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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
Free Markets

Although Russia and Germany have entire
ly different backgrounds and traditions, it is
no accident that overall economic planning
for government control or ownership of all
productive activity has booked the existence
OF democratic institutions in both countries.
Where central government assumes re-
sponsibility for operating the economic system
or OF assuring employment, the free express
sion of the will of the members of that society
is incompatible with the functonng Of such
planned economy. Such control of a ma
tons individual freedom which permits man
to carry on private enterprise and buy and
sell as he sees fit, cannot exist.
1t is becoming more generally recognized
that a peaceful world in the future will de-
pend largely upon free markets-the inter-
change of goods and services between ma
tons. Therefore. II Is logical that the great
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
Draft Reduction

1t is obviously believed by President Roose-
belt that the conflict in Europe will be con-
c''lded at least by the end Of June. In con-
nection with his request for funds with which
to finance the Selective Service set-up for
another fiscal year the White House lets it be
known that the draft call probably will be
reduced 81 per cent in July, the men then
summoned to be ,used chiefly as requirements
Were the war in Europe still in full swing
by midsummer, or if it were expected to
continue at top speed until then, we probably
would not hear the White House say materi
al reduction in the total men called up is
quite likely to be made. This seems to be the
significant thing in dispatches revealing the
House Military Committee has voted to ex-
tend Selective Service.
we can only hope that the White House is
ma too optimistic as regards the draft. AT
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
By w. G. ROGERS
1.-The Doctors job" by Carl
Ringer MD Marian. CO,

~'A'A~s \ANVAtVAS pOJs
This author-doctor has, or so
this layman critic supposes, a
wide reputation in the medical
field, but he's going to be sur
prised at how much wider his rep
utation will become in the general
field when the public starts read.
ing his witty, learned, dramatic.
understanding and human book.
Quoting A. E. Housman, Robert
Frost, E. B. White, Henry of Ma
varre, ranging from the disap-
pearing family doctor to institu-
tionalizeo m d C n e, matching
cases of old-time magic cures"
against modern treatments. he dis.
cusses the doctor in our society
in terms which the man in the
street can understand and can't
help enjoying.
I'VE can cure some diseases.
he asserts, but adds that on the
whole the doctor strives at most
to prepare the way for nature. He
quote surgeon: II dressed him
and God healed him."
Among his subjects are psyche
analysis, stomach ulcer, allergy,
convalescence, tees, socialized
medicine.
Medicine. he points out, is al.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
The Subsidy Racket

The nations railways cannot be expected to
grow and flourish in the future under policy
recurring them to pay their own way while
competing transportation is heavily subsidized
with public funds, Thomas Balmer, Vice-Pres-
ident, Great Northern Railway, declared in an
address before the Northwest Shippers Advis'
DRY Board. He stressed the railways function
as the backbone of the national transportation
system in peace and war, and their history OF
steadily improving service while at the same
time reducing rates.
Certainly, said Mr.. Balmer, an instru-
ment Of such reliability and such utility is en-
titled to primary consideration in the planning
Of the nations postwar economy. In tall
and equal field Of free opportunity for all
methods of transportation the nation may
continue to rely upon its railroads in time Of
peace as it now does in time OF war"
Mr.. Balrner commented on the flood Of pro
posals in this country to create prosperity
for everyone after the war by immense expen
ditures Of public money" Many OF these he
explained, have "envisioned supersystems OF
highways, airways and waterways TO be built
at public expense and maintained wholly or in
part at public COST
These proposals assume, Mr.. Balmer con
tinued, that Sin some vague and indefinite
way' these supersystems will SO improve the
public welfare and increase the national in
come that, somehow, in the end, all OF the
bills will be paid and nobody will feel the
pain
The only ultimate end Of the latter line OF
thinking he asserted, can be reputation OF
public debt or currency debasement SO the
debt can be paid off. In either case, the
great majority OF the public are exploited
and victimized for the benefit Of the few
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

witch when you come down, will
you Wes?'
And Yves. grins and his white
teeth flash and he said, Il suppose
you'd like for me to 60 up and
cook you a whole meal?" And he
never made a move.
Another Of my best friends is
Howard Wilson, bosns mate sec
ond class. Like Lieut.. Jimmy Van
Fleet, the fighter pilot we wrote
about, he is from Findlay, Ohio. In
fact they are good friends.
Wilson is low-spoken, handsome
and highly intelligent man Of IS.
He has beautiful homo and a
good business back in Findlay. He
is part owner and general manager
of three movie theaters. His wife
is running them while he is away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24

COLOGNE-Germany is finish.
ed as a modern industrial nation
for a least 80 years. am convin-
ced of that after seeing the des-
truction in Aachen,. Duren, Esch-
weller and other towns in the Roer
and Rhine valleys-and now this
once populous city.
Furthermore, it seems to me that
the argument over a hard or soft
peace is irrelevent in the face OF
the extent of the destruction
throughout Germany. Allied bomb
ers have long since settled that
argument.
According to airmen familiar
with the progress Of the bombing
from the beginning, other cities
have received even worse blast
ing than Cologne. Berlin, Hamburg,
Bremen, Dresden and industrial
centers such as Essen have been
reduced in whole or in part to rub
BILE.
The industrial areas of Silesia
were destroyed in the battle again
st the Russians, and whatever re-
mains will almost certainly be ap-
propriated by the Soviets. If Ber-
lin is defended in prolonged siege
as now seems certain. that will
put the final touch on the capital,
which was also an important in
dustrial area.
That was what happened here in
Cologne. Bombing had carried the
process of destruction very far,
and the final attack did the rest.
According to the estimate of en-
gineers on the staff Of the Allied
Military Government, 80 per cent
Of Cologne's industry has been des-
troyed. That may be high esti-
mate, but even if it were 80 per
cent or 70 per cent the job OF re-
construction is plainly overwhelm-
ing.
There is, it seems to me, no par
allel with the last war and its after
math. In November, 1918, Ger
many's industrial plants was IN
tact. Raw materials had been cut
off and the food supply was at a
low ebb, but the capacity for re-
covery was unimpared. German
soil had not become battle ground
Consider the difference today.
If the war goes on to the bitter
end, with the Russian and Ameri-
can-British armies finally coming
together, then almost all the chief
cities will be in the same state as
Cologne. /
The transportation system is al
ready so near destruction that 1t
functions only for urgent mill
tary necessity, and sometimes not
even then. It took three weeks to
move one division from the 1tal-
ian front into Germany, an opera
ton which would normally take
three days.
Look at Germany's plight from
still another angle. The figure OF
1925, 900 civilian casualties in Colo !
gne is purely arbitrary, but, what
ever it was, it certainly was. high.
Casualties in other big cities
must also have ,been high.
Before peace - restored. hun-'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CH1lDs

dreds of thousands of fanatical
young Nazis will die either in bat
tie with the Allies or in civil dis
orders and the prolonged guerilla
warfare which will probably fillow
the end Of organized resistance.
Add this to the heavy losses al
ready recorded and you get pic
ture of the dwindling population,
with the most vigorous elements
eliminated. Even at the height of
the propaganda drive for more
babies, the Nazis could make only
slight upward dent in the declin-
ing birth rate.
Their present fanatical drive,
pointed toward suicide of the nat
ion, seems to me to explode the
myth of a superbrain directing
Germany toward world conquest
If such a superbrain existed, it
would have dictated capitulation
when the Allied armies advanced
to the German border. The damage
that had been done to Germany
from the air was serious then,
but it was not irreparable.
More important, the Allies were
wholly unprepared then to cope
with the problem of occupation.
In the time that has interviewed,
public opinion in both England
and America has solidified in fav-
or OF stern treatment Of the con-
quered nation, and we have begun
to plan how this shall be melted
out.
Who will be left to rebuild Ger
many, where will the energy come
from, where will the capital come
from? The Allies are plainly not
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24

In those bygone years back in
the old hometown, Jimmy Van
Fleet used to go to Howard Wilson
and borrow money when he got
hard up. Now the younger Jimmy
dwells in the comparative luxury
of officers quarters, and the older
Howard lives the lowlier life Of a
sailor, sleeping on a rack in a
crowded compartment, and wear
ing dungarees.
That's the way things 60 in war
time. Howard is old and wise
enough that it doesn't bother him
in the slightest. He accepts the
war and his own lot calmly.
The o!her pilots know of this
friendship. and ask Jimmy if he's
keeping on the good side of How
ard to insure he'll have a job when
the war is over? He says he is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24

in the mood of the 2os' when
American-British capital went III
to '1oans' or German reconstrue'
ton. The estimate OF 80 years i0'
recovery seems to me conserve
tive. In fact, the question is whe'h'
err Germany can ever approach neF
former position. L.
This is not to say that the oF
manic force of Nazism, with all us
inherent evil, has also been elii. ..
mated, for it has not. 1t can quiz
conceivably take new FORM on
lying embittered Europe asdins.
the "Barbarous Americans W.
their work of destruction.
That, it seems to me, is not an
impossibility. A great deal ue
ponds on the degree OF sucees.
with which we manage our anait'
both at home and abroad
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24

The reptilian heart is 'nfee'
organ.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
TOP O. THE MORNING

TOP O The MUkNING
If God forgot the world
Forgot for just one day
Forgot to send the sunshine
And change the night 10 day.
Forgot to give Us friendships,
Forgot to send us rain
Forgot to send the children play,
Forgot to often pain.
What would happen to this world
If God should forget
Forget for just one day?
From Church News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
BY OVID A. MARTIN
Associated Press Farm Editor

WASHINGTON, July 30 tR -
Food requirements of the armed
forces have passed their wartime
peak, barring unfavorable devel-
opments in the fighting against ia
pan.
Military purchases of food for
the IL months ending June 80, 1916,
are expected to be at least per
cent less than for the correspond
ing period of 1944-45.
This is assuming that the war
in the Pacific will still be going
on a year from now. Defeat of
Japan in the meantime would re-
suit in a greater reduction.
These facts were disclosed to me
by Army food officials in explain
ing recent adjustments in military
food purchases, including m e
items in short civilian supply.
This expected reduction in mill
tary buying reflects:
Prospects that there will be
fewer men in uniform between
now and next June 30 than in the
past IL months.
2. A reduction in the number
of civilians in liberated areas to
be fed by the Army.
3 Favorable progress in filling
supply lines to island bases and
fighting fronts in the Pacific.
With the exception of few
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
RENT CONTROL UNIT
LEADS DISTRICT IN
REFUNDS TENANTS

For the last two years, the Will
noington rent control office has
led the district in refunds to ten
ants. but not in penalties paid by
the landlords to the Treasurer of
the United States, Frank Mc1nnis,
of Raleigh, OPA district rent ex-
ecutive attorney, announced yes
terday.
Landlords in the Wilmington
area, it was shown, refunded SIG,
277.48 to tenants, and paid penal,
ties aggregating $2,65720.
Fayetteville was next with $14,-
1882 refunds and $974.37 penal
ties. The Goldsboro-Rocky Mount
office was third with $5,95724 re-
funds and 1854 so in penalties.
Landlords in the seven rent con-
troll areas of the Raleifh district
the last two years refunded their
tenants and paid penalties to the
Treasurer a total of $62, 6O4.11 as
a result of OPA's rent control en-
forcement activities, McInnis said.
Of this sum, $48, 1918 was re-
funded tenants for over-ceiling
charges and $13,81292 was paid in
penalties, McInnis said.
The Wilmington office takes in
New Hanover county and includes
Burgaw and Jacksonville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
POLICE WILL GET
SALARY HEARING

Members of the Wilmington Po-
lice Department have been invited
TO appear before the next budget
appropriations meeting of the City
Council Thursday in regard to
their dissatisfac tion with proposed
S. blanket raise for all City en-
ployees.
Appearing before City Manager
A. c. Nichols yesterday morning,
a group of police officers requested
the special meeting of the Council
and members of the Police Depart
ment. They asked that the meet
ing be held before the 1856 City
budget is adopted.
At a meeting Sunday night Of
policemen and Chief Charles H.
Casteen. Officers Earl Sanders, L.
B. Ruark and C. R. H. Peterson
were appointed to confer with the
City Manager in an effort to ar
range the special meeting.
Chief Ludie Groom, of the Fire
Department., yesterday said that
members of his force didn't seem
much impressed with the idea OF
the S. blanket raise; however, no
action by this department has been
taken.
When questioned about the pro-
posed S. increase covering all City
employees, Mayor Ronald Lane
said that the plan was being con-
sidered but no final decision has
been reached
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
ALT Drinkwater Will
Leave Coast Guard
After Forty Years

MANTEO, July 30.-(P)-Alpheus
w. Drinkwater, who was one of the
few to have a grandstand seat at
the birth of aviation at nearby Kit
ty Hawk in 1903, will retire tomor-
row after as years service in the
Coast Guard
1t will be his 10th birthday and
Dare county has proclaimed holi-
day in honor of its best known citi-
zen-Alf DrinkWater.
Drinkwater and his wife, who has
helped him as telegraph opera
tor for 40 years, will be guests at
fish fry, and an informal recep-
ton.
He retires with the Coast Guard
title of senior communications Of
ficer.
Many of the original newspaper
reports of the Wright brothers
first flights were given the outside
world in kilograms tapped out by
Drinkwater. He still has the copies
of some of these stories.
For many years he has been
Associated Press correspondent at
Manteo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
Marine Corps Heads
Refuse Comment On
Camp Dauis Project

Marine Corps officials in Wash
ington said yesterday that they h d
mo comment at this time regard
ing an unconfirmed report that the
Corps would take over Camp Davis
facilities for the training of Marine
Corps troops.
Following an official tour by
board of officers from the War De-
partment, first option as to the use
of the camp was offered the Army
Ground Forces and the Army Serv-
ice Forces, after which the facili-
ties were to be offered to othN
of the service.
1t is understood in some sources
that use of the camp has been pro-
posed to train troops of the Neither
lands Marines, which now are sta
toned at Camp Lejeune; however,
there has been no official confirma-
ton of this report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
Major Cases Appear
On Court Docket For
Trial During Day

Murder, manslaughter and lar
ceny and receiving charges are
scheduled for trial Tuesday in
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn's special
criminal term in superior court.
Sam Mccoy is the defendant in
the trial for murder, while L. A.
Rivenbark faces the manslaugh
Ter charge and Gerald C. David
son and Harriet Davidson face
the larceny and receiving charge.
Susie Monroe was found not
guilty of charges of assault with
a deadly weapon, and Mary Black
was ordered to pay court costs af-
ter being found guilty of forcible
trespass Monday.
Trial of Marine Cpl. Clyde F.
Tyler, charged with nanslaughter
in connection with a highway &C.
cident that resulted in the death
Of another Marine, is pending un-
til his release to civilian authori-
ties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
Accident Victims
Progressing Nicely
Hospital Reports

Two hospitalized victims of the
three-vehicle accident near Bolton
early Monday we're reported pro.
crossing satisfactorily M y
night while the third had been
treated and released from James
Walker Memorial hospital.
Mrs. w. E. Lewis, who was
travelling to Wilmington from St.
Louis with her husband, was re-
leased after treatment, while Mr..
Lewis, was retained for treatment
of an arm fracture and lacera-
tons
L. M. Craig, son-in-law of the
Lewis of Is Country Club Pines,
was reported in satisfactory con-
dition Monday night although suf-
fering fracture of the left leg and
possible fracture of the back.
The accident occurred at 1870
a. m. Monday when an oil trans
port truck struck Craigs car
and then ran up on top of the
Lewis car, both of which were
parked beside the highway near
Bolton, highway parolmen report
ed.
Craig had gone to aid the Lewis S
when their car had a flat tire, Of
ficers said. The oil transport was
operated by H. L. Justies, of Con-
over, who was uninjured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
Food And The Armed Forces
First of Four Articles)-

h to be shipped to Europe to
feed them than had been expected.
Now some of these prisoners are
used in agricultural production so
that they can help feed themselves
and German civilians.
The Army does not expect to
take anywhere near SO many pris-
oners in the Pacific as in Europe.
Military demands will be further
lightened by the fact that Army
feeding of civilians in Belgium,
Netherlands, Denmark, Norway
and Italy will come to an end after
August shipments have been dis
posed of.
Foods supplied European CT
villains by the Army were largely
those not in short supply in this
country. About IS per cent was
wheat and flour. Other items in
cluded dry peas, dried eggs, evap-
Grated and dried skim milk, de-
hydrated soup and limited quanti-
ties of sugar, fats, coffee and fish.
The end of military feeding of
European civilians does not nee
essarily mean, however, that those
people will no longer get Ameri-
can food. Plans are being made
to supply them through other agcn-
cies, in some cases the United Ma
tons Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-
ministration and in others by gov
ernments of the liberated countries
themselves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31

items yet to be harvested and pro-
cessed-such as canned fruits ond
vegetables-the bulk of the mill
tary buying during the months to
come will be limited to replace
ment of day to day consumption
and the establishment of essential
reserves.
While overall requirements are
somewhat smaller, there will be
no change military authorities
said, in quantity and quality sup
piled each man.
American fighting men are the
best-fed in the world. Military au-
thorities believe this has been inn
portant in making them better
fighters than their enemies.
1t is possible to maintain this
superior diet and still cut down
somewhat on total military pur-
chases. The Army is gradually re-
ducing the number of non-military
persons on it's supply list-such
as German and Italian prisoners
of war, civilians in liberated areas
of Europe and in the Philippines,
displaced persons in the American
zones in Germany and Austria, as
we'll as Allied troops and civilian
employees in Europe.
Army demands shot up sharply
and unexpectedly during the past
eight months. The number of Ger
man prisoners of war far exceeded
expectations, and much more food
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
Woman Faces Larceny
OF Jewelry Charge

Mildred Rogers, resident of
rooming house at 116 South Fifth
street, Tuesday faced a charge of
larceny and receiving after police
men had recovered $115 worth Of
jeyelry allegedly stolen from that
address,.
Detective E. B. Murray, who re-
covered the jewelry Friday, said
that Miss Helen Bryan and Mrs.
Eloise Labriglio reported that day
that two cavaliers and a gold chain
had been removed from their
rooms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
NOW
SHE SHOPS
cash and Carry
Without Painful Backache


Many sufferers relieve naggine backache
quickly, once they discover that the real
cause of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of TAX
ing the excess acids and waste out of the
blood. They help most people pass about 8
pints day.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
maycause nagging backache. rheumatic pains,
leg pains, loss of pep and energy, getting up
nights, swelling. pufiness under the eyes,
headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty
passages with smarting and burning some
times shows there is something wrong with
your kidneys or bladder.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, stimulant diuretic, used successfully
by millions for over 40 years. Doan's give
happy relief and will help the IL miles of
kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from
your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
Transportation Corps
Celebrating Birthday

The Army Service Forces Trans
portation Corps, involved in one of
the biggest moving jobs in history,
took time to note the passing OF its
third anniversary Tuesday.
Having aided in the embarking
of 635, 1000 troops from Europe from
May IL to July Is, Major General
c. P. Gross, commander of the
4O3, 1000 persons in the corps, an
nounced that a million more are
expected to leave that country in
the remaining five months of 1915.
He predicted that redeploIHent
from Europe would be complete by
May, 1916, and expected to move
100000 more troops in the four
months of 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
If Back Aches
Kidneys

, Do you suffer from Getting Up nj ehts
Sackache, Nervousness, Leg Pains, Dizzi.
Bladder Weakness, Painful Passages, OF feei
DID and rundown, due to non-organic and
non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles?
u u 50, mere is good news: The very first dose
ally goes right to work helping the Kidneys
nusa out excess acids and wastes which NAV
nav nave e., caused your. trouble. So take cystex
and rapid increase in pep. more e vo,1t hH
Iesling and Joy Of living. cysfex must sur
prise and delight you and satisfy completeiv
v vo, you simply return the empty package and
another day without trying cvsterS s1~G.
81 &c: Isar this out: take to yonr druoo?st::
0e sure to get genuine. guaranteed cystsr
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
TO PLAN RECREATION

Community recreationaI pro-
grams will be the topic dis
cussed at a meeting of Coun-
ty Home Demonstration club
leaders in the office of Miss
Ann Mason, county home DEM
onstration agent at 10 a. m.
Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
THIS IS The WAY THAT
MILLIONS BUY ASPIRIN

Millions ask for St. Joseph Aspirin by
name. There's none finer, none faster
nor surer at any price. Many choose
the IL tablet package for l0c. But when
you buy the big 100 tablet size Tor 35c you
value. Always demands St. Joseph Aspirin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-31
AUTOS COLLIDE

A collision involving a car
driven by Mrs. Flora May Cook,
10 Court 3, Lake Forest, and
Mack's taxi, operated by
Isaiah Robinson, Negro, FOG
Campbell street, at 10th and
Red Cross streets, yesterday
afternoon, resulted in damage
to both vehicles, according to
police. No charges have been
preferred.