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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Beware Of Gold Bricks

With other Southern newspapers, the Star
News has boosted of Dixies increasing promi-
nence, its growing wealth, and opportunities
for postwar prosperity.
Perhaps we did wrong to talk 50 openly
about OR financial resources. Swindlers are
operating gold brick game from across the
Canadian border, and if they learn there are
millions upon millions of dollars in the South
ready for investment they may extend their
operations far below New York, where they
have been reaping their biggest harvest.
The story is that New Workers. in great
numbers have been receiving telephone calls
late at night Cor early in the morning, if
you prefer) telling OF fabulous gold strikes
and offering them chance to get in on the
ground floor, if they act right away And the
foxy Gothamites, always on the prowl for
pennies from heaven, have fallen for it at
the rate of million dollars week.
The South has come by its wealth the hard
way. 1t would be catastrophe il any of il
went down the shaft of fictitious gold mines
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Editorial Comment
MR.. DE vALERA's "REPBUL1C"

What practical difference does Mr.. De Va
lera's declaration that Fire is, and has been
for seven years, republic, make to the
world? So far as can be seen. none at all.
Fire hitherto has been a member of the Brl-
fish commonwealth of nations. 1t remains SC.
It's external affairs have been conducted
through King George VI They continue to he
so conducted. Up to now, ministers and con-
suls of Fire abroad have received their ere"
dentials from King George. They still do. And
ministers to Fire from foreign countries VIII
continue to be accredited, not to the president
OF Fire but to the king.
This doesn't mean, however, that Mr. De
Valera's announcement is either to be ignored
or treated with levity. II the substance
of the claim that Fire is republic is ac-
copied by the general sense of the internat1on-
al community, that the classic conception IN
constitutional theory, of what republic IS
will perhaps unconsciously but none the less
definitely be modified. The sharp anti-thesis
that has hitherto existed between republic and
monarchy will be blurred for it appears that
a republic can get through a king and re-
main member of political organization
which is held together solely by king.
Such theory has never been advanced be-
fore and if Mr. De Valera succeeds in ~
holding it, he will have made a small but
perceptible, and Enthusiastically Irish con-
tribution to political philosophy. --Christian
Science Monitor
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Rv MAURICE E. MORAN
Substituting for Kenneth L.Dixon

CASINO - up - Perched like
2 rust brown beetle at an impossi-
BILE angle on a rugged hill thanking
Monte Casino was the burned out
shell of an American tank.
There's several American dead
still in that tank and the others you
can spot down there" commented
an American officer, sadly.
Americans who may have Won
dered why it toook five months to
crack the German defense on this
Hill in Italy" may be appalled,
that the bones Of herioc dead OF
six Allied nationalities still are un-
buried more than IA months after
Monte Casino was stormed.
But death awaits those who do
not exercise caution in the sad
Chore, just as it caught the Aneri
cans in the tanks.
The Germans mined the entire
area so heavily that before last
honors can be paid those who fell
in the long battle, Demolition
crews must clear the section tc
be searched by the burying details.
The smell of death no longer
hangs over the battlefield, but thu
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Cnssino-Monunent To Wars Fury
Sm1bolizes American CT Courage

is even the beloved Char can OF
a Tommy, with dried tea leaves
still clustered in the bottom.
On the winding, narrow road
leading to the Abbey there is a
grass-thatched section Of the rocky
mountain where an Indian regi-
ment persisted after it had stormed
within precious feet of the Abbey
The Germans cut them off and kill
ed them at leisure with pointblank
fire-or permitted the wounded the
more equisite torture Of dying from
thirst.
The Abbey itself is ruined, but
it is being rebuilt by its monks.
Casino below is a levelled mass
Of rubble-a flattened fetish to the
fury of war.
One might ask why this noun
tain was not byspassed. Ascend
ing the heights answers the ques-
ton. 1t commands magnificiently
everything in every radius for
m les around. A general once said
storming it was impossible"
Americans will never know how
impossible" it was Until they
scale the hill-and whether it's five
years hence the bravery of mer
who did the impossible" will be
apparent to them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
QUOTATIONS
Bv WESTBROOK PEGLE
Conyrirht, 1945, by King Features Syndicate)

The defeat Of Germany did not automatically
wipe out the carefully cultivated anti-Semit-
ism in both Germany and Axis-occupled
Europe-Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine and
Rep Emanuel Cellar of New York IN JOINT
letter to President Harry S. Truman.
Advances in science mean more jobs, higher
wages. shorter hours, more abundant crops.
more leisure for recreation. for study, for
learning how to live without the deadening
drudgery which has been the burden of the
common man for ages past-Dr. Vannevar
Bush. director of the Office OF Scientific Re-
search and Development.
It is my absolute conviction, after 20-some
wears in business that if don't promote
local, independent business, we are going to
end up with few great companies and that
ould be very unfortunate for the economy
W. Stuart symington, chairman Surplus Pro-
perty Board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
CONDUCTING
GROCERY PRICING
SURVEY IN COUNT

A countrywide survey Of all ~. M
Gerry stores to check c07 .g.G,rf
with OPA regulat ons on gf "a Nj,
posting and ceiling prices - ,ocsl
week being conducted by me ID lI i.
War Price and Rationlhg qua
was revealed yesterday >, md
volunteers Of some 400 me. .ocsry
n the county on the sale Of gFG J.i,y
items, fresh eggs, meat ,.a a
products, fresh fruit ara W.. s.
bles and poultry is being H's a.. n.
The work is being done At n il
request of the district o.l III. will
Raleigh, to which a LePom poi, Il
be submitted on the flnolNs'
the survey. ,,o,,1cet
The local board also an II ,rcs,
today that control on ref8l n d
had been removed Tor the Sal. ~
cucumbers, eggplant, swes .r. o.
pers and cabbage. The ren ol,.,,i.
cabbage prices became CIV, ,rh
July Fl, on eggplant and .n '"
peppers, July rs, and On '
oers on August /.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Anthony Eden

Sir Anthony Eden British Foreign Minister
under Churchill, goes back to Commons by a
sweeping majority. Churchill goes back, too,
but present interest is in Eden because
Churchill is expected to resign shortly after
Commons reassembles.
If Eden's health is good he has many years
ahead in which to serve the Empire, being
still young and exceptionally alert. His posi-
ton will be inconspicuous under the Attlee
government but his mere presence in the
House of Commons will be of great value be-
cause of his great and intimate knowledge
of European politics and affairs in general.
1t will be remembered that shortly before
Hitler reoccupied the Rhineland he returned
to London with a report on conditions in Ger
many and the fuehrer's preparations for war.
There is no reason 10 doubt that if the then
Prime Minister MI. Chamberlain, had alb
sorbed Sir Anthonys information and acted
on it, Britain would not have been caught
so completely unprepared for the wars out
break. 1t is even possible that if Britain had
then initiated rearming program on big
scale, the war mlSnt never nave Sldltco.
1t was because Hitler got away with the
Rhineland reoccupation, and Mr.. Chamberlain
initiated his policy of appeasement, instead
of rearmament, that he was encouraged te
go ahead with his plans for the conquest O.
the world, with the result that Europe wa!
bathed in blood and the Japanese are still t.
be defeated.
was clear. He will deserve to be heard, ane
needed, even though he is not III Britain
new politically dominant party.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
0PA IN ATLANTA
REPORTS ON MEAT

Clayton c. Holmes, local at
attorney, said yesterday that d
letter received from Rep. J. Bay
ard Clark disclosed that the Region
al Office of Price Administration
at Atlanta, found from a recent
survey of meat supplies coming
into New Hanover county that the
shortage here has been essed some
what in the past several weeks.
Since efforts were first made in
June to obtain more meat for this
area, the survey, completed July
Is, shows that the situation here
has changed considerably, Rep.
Clark was informed.
The survey revealed that $4,000
lbs. of meat per week came into
the county, $4,000 pounds from ma
tional packers and 5000 pounds
weekly from slaughterers in thu
area.
On the basis of Ration Book 4 is
suance, from which Is per cent
was deducted for farmers who
raise their own meat, the popula'
ton for the county was estimated
at 1888. Hence, the per capita
consumption per week averages
better than LIS pound: which the
regional offices terms somewhat
above the average.
On the basis of these findings,
the regional office concluded that
there was no necessity for in
creased quotas in this vicinity.
The improved situation was at
tributable to several factors, Mr..
Holmes said. He learned today
that slaughtering quotas for indi-
vidual farmers who raise their own
cattle in Brunswick county had re-
Gently been increased from 5000
pounds monthly to 5000 pounds,
and some of this increased pouno-
age undoubtedly moved into this
county.
Additional relief has probably
come from increased shipments OF
packers into this territory in con-
formity with a recent OPA order
directing them to maintain ship
ments at the 1914 level.
At any rate, for the first time in
many months many stores in Will
mington had meat all week long
this week, and indications were
that the severest phase of the short
age was past, it was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
BY w. G. ROGERS
A Star Danced, by Gertrude
Lawrence doubleday,
Narrow 60 SfN

OUA GIL SSsOVJs
The story of Gertrude Lawrence
is as fascinating as t.le gay, wit
ty,. glamorous Gertrude Lawrence
herself, star of the Gershwin broth
ers' 20, Kay'p' Noel Coward S
"Private Lives" Rachel Crothers'
Susan and God" and many other
stage hits in London and New
York.
Miss Lawrence uses an unusual
framework for her autobiography.
She goes back to her native Eng
land to entertain British troa,S,
But as he travels in the thrilling
present, she is constantly reminded
by hotel, street, square. chance en-.
counter of the past and the many
diverse experiences which helped
develop her. It's a book in two
time, today and yesterday running
overwhelmingly together.
She began life with little pros
pect of ever becoming a close
friend of the Prince of Wales or
being the toast of Mayfair and
Broadway. The family kept a Jump
ahead OF the sheriff. most of the
time.
Hard knocks formed the lovable
favorite OF today's audience. She
has been stranded in the prov.
inces, worked as barmaid, frequent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28

spell Of death spreads Its depress-
ing hand everywhere.
The flutter of a rag of what once
was a uniform beckons the visitor
to the sight OF whitened jawbone
and a splintered rib partly con-
cealed beneath the rocky rubble OF
a onetime German machine gun
nest.
None can bury these pathetic
remnants Of a man until the spot
is checked for mines. Yet this
grisly reminder is only few feet
below the imposing granite smart
erected by the Third Polish Divi-
sion to the memory Of more than
900 men of the division who fell on
Monte Casino.
In another direction, a few feet
from the wall forming a semi
circle around the Polish monu-
ment, are two plain wooden cross
es. One contains the name OF a
British soldier. The other says "un'
known German" Nearby is the
Tommy's shell pierced tin hat anc
the German rotted shoes.
A few feet away, in territory still
taboo because it has not been de
mined, is a CHASTITY weller Of Brit
ish and enemy equipment. There
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
The Literary Guidepost

ed pawn shops, gone in one big
smash into bankruptcy, borrowed
from World War l Tommies the
fare to London so she could get
a real start in Charlot's Revue.
But she was fanatical about the
stage. For its sake s;2e deserted
her mother at 10 to join her actor
father; later she would resolve to
leave him in order to carry on
alone; she was married twice, once
to a man who seemed a prom
Using producer and now to one who
understands her absorption in her
profession; she rejected other suit
ors who obviously did not under
stand.
This is her story, told with re-
freshing honesty if not with bril-
lance. You'll see a sample of her
manuscript or so | suppose
it to be. on the back page Of the
jacket in a pleasing, sturdy, sort
Of square script.
l found it interesting to compare
those lines WITH the version. pretty
sharply edited, on pages PIG and
zl7. Some one might have edited
the editor. He lets her say: MOT
shop standing" and then only
SIX lncs below: '''F':'" c9,ot2s still
STOOD He also evidently passed
what seems intended to S a
French word: "farmacie" all
on page 217.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
New Post Commander

Wilmington Post No. 10. American Legion,
chose wisely when it named Donald KING Its
new commander. With its new home and with
scores of veterans of this war returning, the
post will have exceptional opportunities for
service under Mr.. Kings leadersh p, and
those who have been associated with him in
other organizations in which he has held po-
sitions of responsjb ility, are confident he will
discharge his executive duties with credit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Churchill Autobiography

Winston Churchill is writer of rare ability.
Whenever he has written to be read, he has
been as keen as when he wrote to be heard.
70 relaxation and being no longer power IN
British politics, the report that he will turn
his attention to writing his autobiography will
be received with acclaim. What he writes
will not only be good reading but Illuminating
too.
Churchill has been in British affairs since
he broke out Of a Boer prison and made his
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
1t. William 7. Mars
Arrives Back In u. S,

1t. William T. Mars. Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Mars, Sr.. Of
Sunset Park, arrived in Boston at
9 am, yesterday, according to a
long distance telephone message
received by his mother.
1t. Mars has been in a hospital
at Aachen, Germany since June 6,
from which point he was flown to
Paris and hospitalized to await
transportation to America.
1t. Mars will now be hospitaliz-
ed at a location near Wilmington,
according to plans of the Var De-
partment and his parents are look
ing forward to his release on fur
Tough at an early date for an ex-
tended visit home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
MEADE WILL TAKE
CASE..T0 TRUMAN


Production Board said meantime
that transportation is the nation
No. l problem and that he didn't
see 'how the job can be done
without additional railroad man
power. He has just returned from
an inspection of war industries.
Col. Luke Finely of the Army
transportation corps told the COM
mittee that redeployment is of con-
Germ only to the general staff.
Don't you see," Sen. Homer
Ferguson, r., Mich. demonstrated
that if would help the ODT, which
must arrange for pooling of cars
and schedules, if you would give it
daily information on troop arri-
vals?"
Il don't see how knowledge of
daily movements would help it"
Finley replied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Obituaries
BERTRAM QUELCH

Funeral services for Bertram
Quelch, 70, auditor of passenger
receipts of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Co., VINO died at q. m.
Thursday at the A. c. L. hospital
at Rocky Mount, following long
illness, will be held at pm. Satur-
day at St. Johns Episcopal church
with the Rev. E. w. Halleck, offic-
iating. Burial will be in Oakdale
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be George
Sternberger, o. B. Smith, Charles
Keen, Harry Solomon, c. Mob.
Wilson and Montrose Hinnant.
Honorary pallbearers will be w.
D. McCaig, Louis F. Ormond, X.
w. Price, Robert Tapp, r. F. Sim
clair, Robert Scott, Jack Swartz,
o. B. Andrews, Charles Brown,
Marsden Bellamy, Sr. and D. M.
Mcintosh.
Mr.. Quelch was born in Dur
ham, England. and came to the
United States when IS years old.
He had been employed by the At
lantic Coast Line since he was IS
years old.
He was president Of the Citizens
Building and Loan association, d
former president of both the ST.
George and St. Andrew societies
here and served for several years
as a member of the vestry Of st
Johns Episcopal church.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Gerda Bonitz Quelch; three
daughters, Mrs. U. C. Ellis, Of
Chicago, and Mrs. Charles Jones
and Mrs. Bradley Wootten, Of
Wilmington, and seven srandchil
dren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
ARMY DOCTORS
DO GREAT WORK
UPON 0KlNAVA
BY ROBERT E. CF1cr,

OKINAWA - R, okin.n..
scented American armies with ~.
blacklist battlefield ordtion, Nv.
World War II, from . n.s;. "
view but thanks to the plsnr;,.
and genius Of American n.s;.4,
men the non-battie CASUALLY
may turn out to be the Iowa.. .do
military history. ~
The battle wounded wer. 70 "a.
out OF $4,000 fighting men '' wv
non-battle casualties were fsr me
er, with a total of 2l,7l6. The , Oas'
battle casualties include battle Wv
hauslon cases and psycho.neurr~S
sis. "@O's
With professional reticence r.
Frederic B. Westervelt. Tow, vs
Army chief surgeon, said he wv,
been unable to find any inst, nov
in military history, prior to y.
OAinawa campaign. where tews va,
men were disabled by non.batN.
causes than by battle INJURIES
nevertheless he is unwilinc :.
make any claim for estabhsbins
record.
The American success wa, Ar.
complished, said Westeryelt
through a combination of exceuen,
planning and execution and Food
luck.
Long before the Okinawa cam.
paign ever was decided upon Tenth
Army doctors had started studyin,
Pacific disease conditions.
American soldiers were given n.
.oculations for every okinawa dis.
cease it was possible TO inoculat.
against-typhus, cholera, buoonjc
plague.
Studying the statistics Of this
campaign, the results are too good
to be true said Westervelt,
There must be joker some
place, but I've been unable to find
it,"
For one thing the Americans
landed in coal weather. 1t was
planned that way, so mosquitoes
would be dormant and snakes hi.
bernating.
The late 1t. Gen. Simon B. Buck.
ner, Jr.. 10th Army commander
gave orders that every village his
troops had to occupy should b.
burned to the ground, to eliminate
such diseases as typhus.
Three days after invasion Day
U. S. planes were spraying tA.
island with the powerful insect.
eide, DOT. Snakes were captured
and their venom was flown to tn.
United States, to be made into
serum.
U. S. planes were captured and
their venom was flown to the Unit.
ed States, to be made into serum,
Tactical commanders were full.
ly cognizant of their responsibility
in teaching men the dangers Q.
the island and how to avoid
them" said Westervelt. Because
the picture was SO black they lis
tened with care to the instructions
Of the medical men and followed
them.''
The germs Of every disease the
needles believed were on the is
land have been found here but:
There have been only nine snake
bite cases; only SIG cases Of den
fue; only 1913 cases of parasitic
disease and only 2,942 diarrheal
cases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
MRS. SUSAN F. JOHNSON

WARSAW, July 27.-Mrs. Susan
Francis Johnson, 10, widow of j.
D. johnson, died Friday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Julius
Ticker, of Magnolia, after two
years illness.
Surviving are four sons, c. G.,
of Chapel Hill, F. W., of Rose Hill,
B. H., of Magnolia and P. D.
Johnson, of Castle Hayne; and two
daughters, Mrs. j. D. Bland, of
Rose Hill, and ]. E. Tucker, of
Magnolia; and 10 grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
3 p. m. Saturday from the Mag.
nolia Baptist church with the Rev.
J. B. Sessions, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in the family burial
ground near Magnolia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
City Briefs
RUMORs DENIED

Rumors that the Ethyl-Dow
Chemical company was being
moved from here were denied
yesterday by officials Of the
Dow Chemical company in
Midland, Mich, and were term
ed without foundation. A COM
pany spokesman denied re-
ports that the local concern
was curtailing activities, say
ing that, if anything, produce
ton was being stepped mp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
DAZED

MADRID, July 27-U.P)-Influen-
tlal Spaniards were dazed at the
first news of the election results.
Many refused to believe today that
labor had gained clearcut ma
lorlty. They gloomily predicted the
Labor party landslide would have
serious effect on continental Eur
ope.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28

way home against heavy odds in the 90's.
Starting at that period and bringing his ex-
periences down to the recent election in which
he met defeat, the book he could now COM
pose would take its place among the most
valuable on British history, from Victoria to
the present George.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
AUTOS COLLIDE

Automobiles driven by Mrs.
L. M. Pike, 15K Nesbitt Court,
and James Ferger, of Wilma
bow, collided at Front and Mar
ket streets yesterday after
noon doing a slight amount Of
dameg to both cars. No charges
were preferred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS

REVIVAL IN PROGRESS
A revival campaign is now
being held at 8 p. m. each night
at the Holy church Of Jesus
Christ at Third and Marsteller
streets, it was announced last
night. Bishop r. L. Hancock is
in charge of baptismal services
held In the church pool. The
campaign will last through
August 5.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
WILLIAM p. BOWDEN

BURGAW, July 27.-William P.
Bowden, So, died here about 4 D.
m. Friday, after suffering a heart
attack. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
GUEST ORGANISE

Sgt. Andrew T. Murray, who
is now home on furlough, will
be the guest organist at Tenn
pie Baptist church at the 8
o'clock service tomorrow night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
TRAVELLERS TO MEET

The Cape Fear Council, Unit
ed Commercial travellers will
meet tonight at o'clock, ut
the Cape Fear hotel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Could Be

Atlanta Constitution notes that Texas which
in 1899 ranked second to North Carolina and
Georgia in industry got from the defense plant
corporation In the shape of war plants SOB
for every man, woman and child, and ha wing
one-sixth Of the south's population, drew one
third of the governments total investment in
war production, three-fourths Of its invest
ment in iron and steel plants in the southeast
and southwest. 1t couldn't be that Houston's
Jesse Jones had anything to do with this,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28

George Larkins, Rt. l, Will
mington, reported to police last
night that while he was attend
ing a movie, someone stole his .
bicycle valued at SIS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
w. M. ALLEN

Funeral services for w. M. Allen,
81, Of Richmond, Va, brother of
D'Orsay G. Allen Of Wilmington,
who died Wednesday, were held
at 4 p. m. Friday at Richmond
He is survived by two daugh-
tiers, sister, and another brother,
Frank L. Allen, of Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
Old As War

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in NV Dav speaks
OF the invented" language of men in the
service and illustrates with the use of chick
for girl. And that not only is older than world
war II but is almost as old as war ITSELF
Lynchburg Wa.) Times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28
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 Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-28

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
Evening star., 1945-12-01

The Falls Church Community
Theater will present the popular