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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
The Literary Guidepost

English. He was true poet, trans.
lated into many languages, read
by thousands. He uttered some
profound and moving sayings
which deserve to last, and I'm.
doubleday will.
Just how much Barbara Young $
loyal effort will help them to is
not easy to decide. She adds some.
thing to what was already known
by Gibran's many followers, but
may not be doing him justice
among those to whom she intro
duces him. He will last rather as
author of The Prophet" to cite
only one OF his blackboard vol
umes, than as leader of a cult. Ir
other words, ecstasy is not expla
nation and, it might be added, the
person on his knees is not always
the one who enjoys the best per.
spective.
The book is illustrated with pho
tographs which show Bigran's sen.
sitive features. and with paintings
by him. there are better ex-
amples of his art in THE Pro
phet," though perhaps they were
not available for reproduction.
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BY w. G. ROGERS
"Thjs Man From lebanon"
Barbara Young (Kn0Df. ~. ~

D1IudId 1Ouny NAHOp1, 9S.JU).
Kahil Gibran was poet, painter,
prophet, seer and christian my.
stic." Out of a boundless and dis.
ciple-like devotion. Barbara Young
has written his story.
Born in 1883 near h e sacred
Cedars of lebanon and now bur.
led there, Bibran Travelled widely
from Beirut to Boston, to Greece,
Italy and Spain, to Paris for study,
family to New York where he liv-
ed from 1910 to his death in 1881.
He was a phenomenon, but not
unique. He came in a period when
cult leaders, sometimes with long
hair, often in Indian or Greek
robes, were winning followings
among people shaken by the last
war, mistrustful Of their age, TO-
mantically hostile to the machine.
willing to abandon all for a loaf
OF bread, jug of wine and a
singing in the wilderness.
Gibran may not fairly be classed
with these, however, though he ut
terly condemned the airplane, be-
lieved in reincarnation "a word,
however, which he did not use)
and did not rebuke the author Of
this book when she once exclaim-
ed to him that she saw "a light.
tenuous but clearly visible sur
rounding him, halo-fashion.
He wrote a beautiful, limpid
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
Washington Calling
BY Marquis Childs

WASHINGTON, Jan. l7-There
are many signs that Americas
natural resources are diminishing
at an alarming rate ir the course
of this costiest of all wars. Just
the other day, an Oregon news
paper reported that a large lum
Der company which has been oper
ating for half a century will shut
down within less than two year:
because, according to company Of
ficials, there will be no more com
mercial timber to cut on the lower
Columbia river.
This Is a cloud a lot bigger thar
a mans hand. The Pacific North.
west long has been regarded as
the heart of Americas lumber
Industry, yet newspapers in Ore.
gon and Washington are pointing
out that new industries based on
low-cost electric power may be
needed to replace a declining tim.
Der economy.
Iron ore is being mined in Amer
lea at rate well over 100 million
tons year. Most of it comes
from the fabulously rich Mesaba
range in Minnesota But is tne
Mesaba range so rich?
According to gloomy estimate
made some time ago, the country S
high.grade iron ore deposits will
be able to support this volume
only three years more. In one Of
fetal calculation, an average OF
is years will see the end of all
inferior iron deposits which are
commercially available under
present chronological methods.
Likewise, experts take a pessi-
mistic view of on. copper reserves.
Before the start of the war, it was
said that the United States had
reserves of copper sufficient for
40 years. Today estimate is much
closer to 10 years.
So long as the war lasts, of
course, we must spend as prodi-
gally as necessary. There can be
no holding back.
But steps toward a long-range
conservation program are essen.
tial, and they can be taken now.
Under the pressure of war needs
many conservation practices have
been relaxed. Selective logging, a
program designed to leave seed
trees and new growth in all cut
over forest areas, mas not been
followed in the face OF Army and
Navy demands fol- huge lumber
deliveries. Some lumber compa-
MES have used the war as con-
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lvenient excuse to drop conserva-
ton practices which were costly
to maintain.
1t takes many decades for
/ Douglas fir or a Pore pine
to grow to maturity. We do not
start reforestation al resto-
ration On large sea, me next
generation of Americans may be
without lumber resources.
We have thought of ourselves so
long as "nave" nation that it is
a distinct shock to realize We may
find ourselves among the ''have
nots" unless we show a little CON-
mon sense. If the depletion of our
resources continues, the day may
come when W, will be forced to
depend on oil imports from the
Middle East, on timber imports
from Siberia, and on minerals
from the mountain ranges of
China.
However, the picture is not en-
tirely black On the one hand,
private industry is constantly de-
veloping new technique to use new
raw materials. Along with this
goes long-range government plan
ming to conserve natural re-
sources. The Tennessee Valley
Authority, with it, program of soil
restoration, is good example of
the kind of action that can be
taken by the Government.
The United States and Canada
have recently organized the Arctic
Institute of North America, which
will investigate the possibilities for
development of the Far North. Per-
haps in Alaska and Canada's Yu-
kon territory rich new resources
will be found.
On the upper Columbia river,
the great dam at Grand Coulee is
almost completed. When I was in
the Northwest last fall, l was told
that this project would make pos
sible a 5000, 100000 yearly addition
to the Nations agricultural in
come. Approximately 10000 irri-
gated farms will be carved out
of the wilderness, many of them
available to returning soldiers.
The word planning" has some
people a sinister sound. They
should go back and read the pa
pers of old John Quincy Adams.
He had a plan fol- conserving the
natural wealth of the country for
the people No one listened to the
|tar-sighted Yankee. But it still is
not too late for a little elemen-
tary planning to save something
for our children's children.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
Polling the Pollsters
By JAMES THRASHER

We hope that some day there will be
congressional investigating committee to in
vestigate the congressional passion for lnves-
tgating committees. Cry reading it again.
little more slowly.) Too often it has seemed
that investigation has been end in itself
rather than something aimed toward eventual
legislation reform.
And so we have hoped. And that hope was
revived with the publication of House Cam
paign Expenditures Investigating Committee
report on DR. George Gallups poll. Why the
investigation was ever undertaken is some
thing of mystery, but here in brief are it's
conclusions:
l. The Gallup organization sincerely tried
to use scientific methods in forecasting the
results of the presidential election.
2. Better sampling methods are available,
and DR.. Gallup should have used them.
3. The Gallup samples must either have
been inaccurate or obtained by improper in.
terviewng procedure, for the poll underesti-
mated the Democratic vote in about two-thrds
of the states,
H. Dr. Gallup ought to publish raw figures
as we'll as adjusted figures, which take ac-
count of some imponderables that don't show
on an adding machine. Thus the public could
draw its own conclusions.
The only explanation for the investigation
we can see is that Congress is going to start
free busness-consultant service. That must
be it.
The Gallup poll is a private business spe-
cialzing in the collection and marketing Of
samples of public opinion. Its only market
is newspapers. 1t does not undertake any sur
veys for individuals, private firms OF political
groups 1t has no government contracts.
DR.. Gallup operates in competition with four
well this year, artistically and, we hope, fl
nancially. They did well because none of them
was off much as per cent in forcasting
the actual results of civilian balloting for pres
ident.
So it is apparent that, for these five firms,
accuracy is not a matter of congressional
compulsion. Accuracy is their bread and but
ter. Them guesses closest gets the most
business. And if the House committees SUBJ
committee of expert government poll takers
was able to offer DR.. Gallup any free tips
on increased efficiency and accuracy, we pre-
sumo that he was duly grateful.
But if Congress is going to do that for Dr.
Gallup why shouldn't it do as much for his
competitors, or for any other strictly private
nonwar business?
Well, anyway, we hope the boys had a good
time investigating. Just tack the bill on our
taxes, chuns.
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Daily Prayer
FOR COMRADEsHIP

We mediate upon Christ do a
comrade, who walked the conil'"'
ways in company with the con.
mon people. Divinely remote ]"
His own spirit, He yet craVeo al az
sociation with ordinary men a|
women. Their fellowship was pl|
cious to Him. At wedding 1eSss
at banquet board, in synasos"
and homes, as well as in HIS way:
side walks through Cahlee, Jes"
was ever a companionable man a.
Like Him, we, too, would wan
more constantly and closely WI.
our fellows. Save us, Lord, HUN
solitariness and seclusion. Like Jul ".
service men, may we tiho IN :,
comradeships in the eXigencleS =,
this war. Teach US the art Of ~ N,
loWship. May we minister by W.
personality to the children an. IL.
wives and parents Of those "ll y.
loved ones are afar in service, =.
US walk through this world OF lo. "a
ly hearts, mot to be n1lniSls.~
unto, but to minister Ana M .,
we ever maintain fellowship ~ w.
the friendly Christ. Amen-"' i Il
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B-29s HELP JAPS
IN EVACUATION OF
TOKYO CIVILIANS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17-(UP)-
The Tokyo radio said today tha.
single B-29 Superfortresses had at
tackled the main island Of Honst
and that civilian evacuation from
the Japanese capital would be In
creased.
Breakfasts recorded by the Fec
; said one plane bombed Nagoya al
7 pm. Tuesday Japanese time
and that a second raid was msdi
against Kyoto about l1:30 pm
third raider penetrated the Kant
district, in which Tokyo is located
at about am. today,
The enemy said the raiders drop
ped explosive bombs instead Of tn
incendiaries usually used in slns'
plane attacks.
Tokyo, disclosing its evacuation
plans, said a government comm
tee would begin deliberatlo&
Thursday on means of strengthen
ing Tokyo's air raid defenses pa
ticularly the speeding up OF Gull
struction of air raid shelters
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
Will Freedom Survive?

Another year Of war has drawn to close.
Volumes OF rhetoric will be written about
the awful destruction of the past twelve
months. Puny efforts VIII be made to describe
the suffering Of the men of the armed forces,
who face death day after day, year after
year. far from home and loved ones. Ac-
tually, there are no words that can adequate
ly sum up 1914 the most critical year in
American history
The astounding thing about the home front
is the fact that except for the families Of
service men, it lives normally and has no
concept N of the horrors of war Communi-
ques from Washington on the price Of toilet
paper OF some other trivial item fill countless
columns in the press. Social security planning.
full employment and dizzy talk Of content
ed postwar world, with all the worries as
sumed by benevolent government, arise from
the American scene like a haze from a swamp
Clear, unqualified thought ION the subject Of
personal freedom, is almost totally lacking
As the war moves on, country after country
sees the spectre Of oppression and govern
ment by small cliques loom larger and dark
err over the world. The United States is no
exception to this trend. Much of our postwar
planning is crazy mixture OF individual init
alive and bureaucratic pate-nalisn. The con-
flict between those who believe in state So
cialism and would have the government take
over basic industries, and those who believe
In the superiority of privately owned enter
..;.a hoe lod tn ra sh nroniSes Manv m both
sides apparently believe that the crux of the
issue is a full stomach with the result that
4 material value has been put on freedom.
Each side has striven to outpromise the other
until il has become rank heresay to suggest
that there may at times be lean going in the
future.
Millions expect government to furnish them
Jobs. to guarantee peacetime prices, to pro.
tect them from the insecurity of competition
Thew should remember that the they
..k If government, the less freedom they will
have II government ends by owning most o.
industry and employing most OF the people
"a weI, az regulating the lives of the remain
der. freedom will become mockery. AS Rob
.rt s Henry, eminent writer and historian
observes;
1.-The right Of nonconformlty is ultimately
n. most important of human rights out
s.,h+ i, II can long exist independently OF tn
~,obt NJ private property. After all, the mai
..,h. GUMS nothing. and nas no hope OF ownln
.,,,,h;ro Tor himself, is under terrible nano1
..r IN expressing untrammeled lnolV'ouan'S
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interpreting
| The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Ap,,,...

Omens OF a total military !.
aster in the east are stalkins ,t o'
tered Nazi armies in flight .s sAaf
the Polish plains with ma s.ua
Russian armies at their he'll 'S'e
Within less than a week ths+ su
mile wide Red Army winfer W.
fensive has ripped the NV, wiz. o.
critical center of the German F0.s
Front to shreds from the Cas- raS
ians to the southern border ~ r ~
Prussia. u 1aS
The Russians took Warsaw
their stride to lunge on down y. N
banks OF the Vistula. They tbrs v'
ened to isolate all East pr,s' a''
from the Reich and menace Ber s'
itself at close range. There rem. ~
no formidable natural barrs. o.
across the wide breadth Of w
lower Vistula valley behind wb Ss
tottering Nazi troops could r.H I.
short OF German 1888 frontier,
bare 100 miles from Berlin,
Southwark Krakow was crea;b,
reported seized and Moscow y,
hounced capture of Czectocbow.
Between them the Silesian hnb .,
German war industries, the Cls
Witz-Hindenbugg Beuthen Ks,,
Wlce-Sosnowiec cluster of tactorr
cities that rivals the Ruhr in II.
west, lay exposed to the 6Omi vi.
wide Russian southern advance
Just beyond lies the Oder ValIsy
leading into the heart of north csr
trail Germany and to Berlin
The Dazing speed with which IN.
main Russian winter offensive h.,
been driven home invalidates er
cry current estimate of how on,
the war in Europe will endure !,
fully justifies its German charsr,
terization as Stains end-the.w,,
campaign because Of the extrems
peril in which huge segments n
the Navy army stand.
German armies defensivelv a.
ployed in East Prussia are unde,
heavy pressure.
Far southwark the once DOVER
full Carpathian defense bulwarb a
the Nazi East Front fast is be
coming untenable. At Krakow, Rel
forces are already astride sent
of its main communication ROUTE,
with Germany. North of the grcg
bend of the Danube above Buds
pest other Red forces closely men
ace supply and escape channel
into Austria.
Triple pockets in East Prussia
west of Radon and in the Car
pathians apparently are beir,
forged to match relentless Re,
pressure up the Danube toward In
Vienna-Bratisivia guarded south
ern gateway to central GERMANY
Successful closing of any Of tn
three traps on the foe could tea
SO wide a hole in Nazi fore
available to man Reich defense
On the old German eastern iron
tier that any protracted stan,
there would be impossible.
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He is without place for his foot to stand
upon, in opposition to the conforming forces
of the collectivist state"
Our people could lose everything OF materl'
al value as the price OF victory In this war
and still have bright future However, let
too much government destroy the freedom
and horI, of the individual to build again
and there is no future The right of ownership
is more important than ownership itself
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
M d. DANIEL DIES

ROME, Ca, Jan. II "
Mather D'Aray Daniel, TO- plg ss,
inent Rome citizen, ami mem,
of Daniel and Sons Funeral ho. AN.
died in a hospital here Today ' M,
an illness of several months w. q,
of the Oldest funeral direc'o-s 81
the state, Daniel was instfu,he. wi
in organizing the Georgia 0n ,..,
Directors Association. Burial plad
were not Immediately ANNOUNCE
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A Chaplain in the South Pacific recently
wrote: During the past few weeks, the
Protestant soldiers who are the regular at
tendants at the Chapel worship services,
gave in freewin offerings more than $500
10 the support of the Mission work on this
island. Truly these young men have dis
covered their part in Christ's work Of win
ming the world.
Dan T. Caldwell, Defense Service Council.
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SWIM MEET CANCELLED

DURHAM, Jan. II. - Up - A
swimming meet between Duke
University and the Cherry Point
Marines scheduled for Friday has
been cancelled at the request Of
the Marine team.
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within people that makes them meet trouble
with instructive courage.
Anyway, it's heartening to find that We
aren't getting fewer. For the next 100 years
we will need all the people we can get to-
gether.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
Rationed Prophecy

Since prohibition isn't popular in this coun-
try. how about strict rationing Of prophecies
on the wars duration by our civil and mill
tary leaders say one prophecy every two
years, beginning with those in 1914?
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TEMPERATURES RISE

LAKELAND, Fla, Jan. 17-,o N,
Temperatures will be Slightly NJ,
er throughout most of penli'Su.-,,,
Florida tonight and THURSDAY o ~.
Federal-State Frost Warning d.
lice forecast today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star accepts no re-
sponsibility for the personal views of Mr.
Pegler, and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
Think
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-18

An office seems to be the handiest place
for some people to look for sleep they lost
the night before.
A truck crashed through the front Of how
bershop in an Indiana town and mn one W.
hurt. A perfect place for a close shave
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-18
Fine Points in Bridge

able, 1900 vulnerable Not In.
creased by doubling or redoubling.
Rubber bonus: Two-game rub
Der. 700; three-game rubber, 500.
Unfinished rubber: Winners Of
one game score 300. II only one
side has a part score in an unfn-
lshed game, so points.
Duplicate Contract Bridge
Same as rubber scoring except
for the following differences:
In place OF rubber bonus. game
bonuses are awarded. 300 for a
game bid and made on a deal by
a not vulnerable pair, 500 by a
vulnerable pair.
For making a part-score con.
tract, so points.
Game and part-score bonuses
are added to the value OF tricks,
plus lin case OF doubled or re-
doubled contracO the so points for
making the contract.
Honors do not count in match
point duplicates. Do count in total
point team play.
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II you are hungry. what
would you bid on the South cards
Of this deal after North opens
with 1-Club?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-18
Telephone Co.
Plans Radio
Service After War

The Michigan Bell Telephone
Company today announced that mo-
bile radiotelephone service, bring
ing the advantages OF two-way
voice communication TO drivers Of
motor vehicles, may be inaugural
ed in its territory in the postwar
period.
William c. Bergman, manager
for the company, said that the
Michigan Bell is filing an early
application with the Federal Com
munications Commission for per-
mission to inaugurate service in
metropolitan Detroit as result OF
a survey among potential users. He
said service to other cities in the
Company's territory may follow, If
warranted.
Mr.. Bergman pointed out that
the proposed service is one OF the
new developments the company ex.
poets to unfold in its $4,000, 900
postwar program which is counted
upon TO provide jobs not only for
It's 5000 employees in the armed
forces but for many others as we'll
With the proposed service, a sub
scriber could talk from an equip
ped vehicle TO any Of the 2700O,-
600 other telephones IN the coun-
try. Likewise. the occupant OF the
equipped vehicle could be called
from any Of the millions Of tele-
phones.
Calls would be handled by a spe-
cial operator and would travel
part way by telephone wire and
part by radio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-18
Scoring Correctly

IN PRACTICALLY all parts Of
the country, reports crop up occa-
sionally about changes in the scor-
ing Of both rubber and duplicate
contract bridge, causing confusion
and arguments. To straightN out
people who have been misled In
that way, here goes for a simple
summary Of the Official scoring.
Let's start Nth rubber scoring,
then give u.~ y ways In which
duplicate scoring Is different.
Rubber Contract Bridge
Odd tricks bid and won count:
Clubs or Diamonds, 20 each;
Hearts or spades. 80 each: No
Trump. 10 for the FIRST, 80 for each
subsequent. Doubling doubles
those values, redoubling quad
ruples them. Vulnerabi.ity does
not affect them. 100 such points
constitute a game.
Overtricks count: Undoubled,
the trick value; doubled, 100 not
vulnerable, 200, vulnerable: redou-
bled. 200 not vulnerable. 400 vul-
nerable.
Making any doubled or redou-
bled contract, so.
Undertricks count for defend
ers: Undoubled. so not vulnerable,
100 vulnerable; doubled. 100 for
the first, 200 for each subsequent.
not vulnerable. and 200 for the
first, 500 for each subsequent, vul-
nerable: redoubled, twice the dou-
bled value.
Honor counts: Four trump hon.
ors in one hand, 100; 5 trump hon.
ors or aces at No Trump, $50.
Not changed by doubling or re-
doubling.
Slams bid and made count: Lit
tie, 500 not vulnerable, $50 vul-
nerable; Grand, 1000 not wilmer
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-18

the University OF Michigan golf
team was cancelled permanently at
the request OF University officials,
because Of final examinations for
the students this week end.
Announcement was made Sunday
that the Washtenaw Club will re-
Yiye the Washtenaw County ANA
teur Tournament. and the event is
scheduled for the latter part OF
July and the first part of August.
Il will be on match play basis.
with one flight only, TO be compos-
ed OF the l6 low qualifiers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-18

Mike oHara who had lsl-43.net
las.
Play in the Stelmle Cup tourney
reached the semifinals. In the
Championship Flight Nick KEN.
len defeated Jerry Sinclair 8 and
! Nike OHara defeated Arthur
Robinette and .. Roy Connolly
defeated John Montonye 4 and ..
and Taylor defeated Turner and
2.
In the first flight r. J. Baker de-
feated Joe Korbel by the default.
route. William Davis defeated
Ralph Mcclellan G and (. Pat
O'Hara won by default, and the Me
Clain-Campbell match remained un-
played.
The scheduled 6 man team match
between the Washtenaw Club and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-18
Sports Calendar
TUE SDAX

TUESDAY
Moose We. Local S49, baseball,
Recreation Park, 6:15 p. m.