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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
Cape Fear Flood Control

With water backing up into Water street on
Sunday, the warning Of Paul Hess, local fore
caster, to firms along the street to hasten
in getting their stocks in trade above the
ground floor has visual support.
II haste is not made heavy losses will soon
eventuate, for every hours delay brings a
higher water mark. With the peak Of the flood
at least two days away 1t is easy and de-
pressing to estimate the damage that would
result from failure to move upstairs.
The Cape Fear has not had such a flood
a: this in years. In fact the river topped all
previous marks at Fayetteville. Inundated
areas are constantly driving more and more
families from their homes. The situation is
particularly unfortunate in the region Of Fay
etteville with evacuees, turning toward that
city for succor and housing when section OF
the city itself has been flooded and housing is
the scarcer as result.
Because the river has not overfowed so ex.
tensively in recent years the public generally
and the national legislators have overlooked
the need for adequate flood control in its
watershed. This demonstration OF what it can
do when it goes on a rampage directs attention
both in North Carolina and Washington to the
need. The Cape Fear ought t, be named for
an appropriation for flood control when the
next bill is before the Congress.
Control was started by former President
Hoover, when he was President Coolidge's
Secretary of Commerce, and General Reybold
as District Engineer, carried out the work,
but what was done then does not meet the
present requirements for protection OF human
life. crops or livestock in the upper reaches,
or millions upon millions of dollars worth Of
merchandise along Wilnington's waterfront.
Nothing can be done to correct that neglect
in the present emergency, but there is no
valid reason why possible future emergencies
should not be guarded against.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
TOP o. THE MORNING
No Need For OPA

The Office of Price Administration was ere.
ated as it's name indicates, to regulate prices
during the war emergency to prevent them
from getting out of hand and ending up in
uncomfortable initiation. Instead OF doing this
as intended the OPA has devoted its chief
attention to profits-not prices - with result
that manufacturers lacking the super-minds
necessary to interpret OPA rulings and con.
tradictions, are in many cases ready to re-
sumo civilian production on a large scale but
either can not or fear to do 60 lest some finger
man point them out for punishment or they
be bankrupted by having to sell below produc-
ton cost
. Thus, with the war over, OPA continues to
create shortages, and by holding down pro-
duction is driving the country toward the in.
fiation it was established to prevent by re.
stricting normal competition.
There would be no imitation if buyers could
find what they want to purchase, whether it be
a pair of socks or a threshing machine. It is
only when the people with plenty OF money in
their pockets want an article and there are
more buyers than articles that prices skyrock-
ct and initiation moves in.
That is the situation OPA is creating now
by interfering with private enterprise and the
infallible law OF supply and demand II it were
doing the job it was created for there would
be no need for it even in the opinion Of its
most devoted defenders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
The Turkey Crop

The Department Of Agriculture estimates
Estimating the population at 100. 100000, and
if the crop were evenly divided. everybody
would have "a per cent Of a turkey.
on this equitable basis, which is probably as
well for nobody could consume that amount
Of even a small turkey.
But, as the crop is % per cent higher than
last year's-which set an all-time record-the
price is bound to be lower, and that is one
good cause for the right Thanksgiving spirit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
BY BOB PRICE


War Years With Jeb Stuart, by
1t. Col. w. w. Blackford, C.S.A.
tSribner; 49,
Here is proof that the literary
lode Of the American Civil war has
not been exhausted. There have
been scores of memoirs and auto
biographies, hundreds of historical
probings, countless fictional for
avs yet here comes a new volume
Of personal Renaissance that is
fresh and bright in every page.
William Willis Blackford was the
oldest of five sons Of Virginia
editor-banker, all OF whom served
with the South. He wrote his story
while his experiences still were
fresh in his mind and did some
revising later; but only now have
his descendants made the manu-
script available for publication.
Blackford was on Jeb Stuart S
staff; in some ways he was closer
to the gay and gallant cavalier
than any of that dashing company:
The handsome Pelham, for whom
three bellies wore mourning at his
death; the giant Prussian, Heros
Won Borcke who loses some of his
tinsel to Blackford's pen; Sween-
ey, the banjo player; John Esten
Cooke and H. B. Mcclellan who
wrote their own esteemed chron-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
Need A Jack London

Mr.. Byrnes, the Secretary OF State, has
chosen John Foster Dulles to make an indie
pendent tour of eastern Europe, especially the
Balkan states, to gain information upon which
the United States may base its decisions in
the complex discussions affecting the peace in
that broad and largely Russian-dominated ter.
ritory.
Mr.. Byrnes could have hunted the country
over without finding a better, or an equally
satisfactory, emissary for this mission Mr..
Dulles is an expert in international law, an
intellectual in the finer sense, and has seeing
escapes his attention.
But with all respect for his qualifications it
appears that great need exists for an ad-
ditional investigator whose talent is for con.
tact with people rather than governments and
rulers and political leaders, A Jack London,
for example, would be invaluable at this
t1me provided he knew the languages and
dialects of the region.
Jack London's name is Used simply because
he had way of getting next to the crowd
and interpreting herd incentives. ANY man
VITA similar qualifications would do. While
Mr. Dulles was looking into governmental at.
fairs, such traveller, knocking about in a
jeep, would pick up much information that
would never come under Mr.. Dulles obser.
walton.
And with conditions what they are in the
wake OF war in Europe, the thoughts and am
Billions of common men ought to be reported
through roadside contacts and howell hospital
ity.
II the United states is to have hand ;r
shaping the peace in these harassed countrie,
its leaders cannot know too much about wha
the run of the mill people are thinking,
The capable reporter is no less needed thar
the statesman in laying the foundation OF Sc
cure European peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
Editorial Comment
FLAT AND AROUND

Pupils in North Carolina public schools are
taught in the fifth grade that the Mecklenburg
declaration of independence was feat, when
they get up in the eighth grade they are taught
that it was fake That is, if Form Letter
No. 1872 from W. c. Allen, OF Waynesville,
cited by Max Abernethy in Lynn Nisbets
column is correct, and we wouldn't doubt it,
OF course it all dpends on whose history you
read.
The High Point Enterprise, commenting on
this untoward inconsistency, concludes: I'VE
must agree with Mr.. Allen that the situation
is ridiculous and should be remedied.''
We are not SO sure about that "Ridiculous?'
Well, yes, but not more ridiculous than great
many things those pupils will run up against
in life, when they will learn the hard way that
fact is not the simple, meek. irnmobile thing
that it appears to be in a textbook but is the
hardest thing in the world to catch up with
and pin down. It won't hurt for them to get
an inkling of that in school,
Should the situation be remedied? OF course
not. Skepticism is the beginning OF learning
and there could be no better introduction to
the study of history than to run smack up
against glaring contradiction. Thus the act
i've mind is instigated to pursue the subject
to find out for itself where the truth lies, or
rather where it doesn't
Let the textbooks keep up their fruitful bat
tie. Our only fear is that the pupils will accept
the existence Of the declaration in the fifth
grade and embrace its non-existence in the
eighth without noticing that there is any in
consistency about it. Greensboro Daily News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
The Literary Guidepost

icles of Stuart.
It is inevitable that Stuart DOM
mates many of the pages, but this
essentially is Blackford's story. 1t
is a personal tale, rich in flavor
some anecdotes, reminiscent more
than little of Kyd Douglas Il
Rode With Stonewan.'' There are
incidents of battle, there is, blood
and death but there also is vivid
recreation Of the days when war
still could be romantic adventure
to men who sought to make it so.
Blackboard life with the Engi-
neers, to which he was transferred
in 1864, produces an especially
fresh interlude, dealing as it does
with a branch Of the service which
has been too much neglected in
writings of the period. The revela.
tons of the mines and counter
mines in the siege lines of Peters
burg particularly are vivid.
You don't need to know any
more about the Civil War than
who won it to enjoy this book.
Indeed, it may be that here, in
Blackford's story Of men who
found something besides brutality
in war, of soldiers who never were
loath to risk danger for a pretty
smile, is the key to the lure which
that conflict still holds for fiction
writer's and historians alike.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
Growing Up

No srrer sign has come to attention that the
brave new world is to be something very
different from what we have been accustomed
to in the past than that the name of 9Th Ave.
in New York is to be changed to Avenue OF
the Americas It took two hours of debate in
the Council to get it across, but there it is an
accomplished fact.
If it sounds lot like Mexico City or Paris
it is certainly an indication that we are being
weaned from the old isolationism and growing
up to be International
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
YOUR CT RIGHTS
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, Sept. "a - Hoe
are some questions on the educa.
tional and vocational training sec.
tons OF the CT Bill of Rights:
@. I have been in the Air Corps
for the past three years as a me.
chanic. ! want to get into some
angle of the auto business as soon
as I get out. If l decide to 20 tc
school, will the work I did in the
Army be credited to my school
work and how much?
A. You will get credit for the
training you received in the Army,
if it relates to the courses you
take in school. There is no fixed
credit for Army training as ap-
piled to school work. It is up to
the individual state or institution
you attend.
@. I have a wife and two chill
dren and plan to 60 to college. 1t
will be tough job getting along
on the SIS month. But, the way
we figure, it will be impossible if
we don't get that during Vacations.
Is this subsistence paid during va.
cations?
A. While you are taking a full
time course you are allowed up
to 30 days leave or vacation with
pay. The Government will not pay
that during a regular summer va.
cation if you are not attending
classes.
@. Several months ago I started
course Of vocational training
which sounded plenty rosy at the
time. Since getting into it, how
ever, I've decided it's not for me.
l want to change. Can I? And how
do ! go about it?
A. You can change if you can
give reasons satisfactory to the
Administrator Of Veteran Affairs"
State your situation to the VA off.
Ger who assisted you in starting
the first course.
@. When I was in the sixth
grade I quit to 60 to work and
help support my mother. I got a
fair lob and was doing all right
until / was drafted. While in serv.
ice my mother died. Now l think
I ought to finish grade school al
least and start high school. Can !
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
DailyPrayer
FOR WISDOM IN VICTORY

Thou hast given to the United
Nations great victories; and assur-
ance Of triumph over the Oriental
foe. Our hearts, 60 out to Thee in
gratitude for answered prayer.
Thou art still prayer-hearing and
prayer-answering God. Thou hast
rewarded our dependence upon
Thee far beyond our deserving.
Now we cry to Thee for wisdom
to use Alright the great victories
Thou hast given us: and to admin
lister our new powers over human
lives solely for the ends Of justice,
peace and human welfare. May
our men be as chivalrous in VIC
tory as they were valorous in bat
tie, Increase the spirit of mercy
in our hearts. Keep ever before
our eyes the goal of the Kingdom
Of Heaven established upon earth.
With fresh loyalty and respon-
sible sense Of the days opportun-
ity, may we follow hard after our
Hero and Leader, Jesus Christ.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
USO CLUB WILL CUT
BIRTHDAY CAKE AT
BIG PARTY TONIGHT

Today the 5th and Orange USo
club is four years old. Mrs. Kath-
crime Malone, director, cordially
invites all servicemen and women
and civilians to attend the birth
day party tonight to be held in the
club room, honoring the occasion.
The highlight of the evening will
be the cutting of the birthday cake
by Harry M. Welott. FLA, and Will
bur Dosher, ST.. POSTMASTER for
the party and chairman of the
USO council.
Mrs. Ben Jones, ST., and Mrs.
John Powell are co-chairman for
the affair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
Cut Them Out

Admitting that an earnest damn is worth
dozen dasaes and hell as an expletive instead
OF legendary place Of punishment is often
impressive, we note with alarm, not for the
souls but the vocabularies of perpetual usess
that both are gaining high place in the press.
1t is impossible tp pick up daily news
paper-with the probable exception OF the
Christian Science Monitor without finding
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24

these words sprinkled throughout the text.
Careful rereading will convince the open-naind-
ed person that the reporter would have done
as good a Job without them. and for many
sensitive readers less offensive one.
Orally, they help, Oh! how they help in 4
pinch. But the press would be the better with
out them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
IAN UNDIsCLOsED JAIL"

have confessed numbering white woman, is
said to be held ''in an undisclosed JAIL OBJ
viously for fear Of an attempt to lynch him.
We realize that human nature is such that
wrath rises against the alleged perpetrator Of
such crimes. But, at the same time, we deplore
the existence of situation throughout the
south where mob violence must be 80 careful
ly guarded against; where men cannot be trust
ed to let the law take its course.-The State
Columbia, S. CO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
japanese Soldiers Turned Out To Be
Good Patent Medicine Warriors
By AL DOPKING
Substituting for Kenneth l..
Dixonl

Substituting for Kenneth L.
Dixon)
TOKYO-P)-The Japanese, in.
stead of being the Judo experts
they were supposed to be, turned
out to be pretty much patent
medicine warriors.
They carried all sorts Of pill
boxes and fancy tiny walls with
them into battle, each carefully
labelled and prescribed for what.
ever particular mission the SOL
diers were assigned by hteir Of
ficers.
For special attacks, like an at
tempted airborne infiltration, they
took a double dose as they did
at Yontan Airfield on Okinawa
last May. For that particular job
they lugged along both what they
called special attack medicine"
and special attack VINE
Most of the handful Of Nipponese
who crash landed their planes on
the Okinawa Airdrome carried
these so-called courage concoc-
tons along with them. A majority
Of them were wiped out by Ameri'
cans, who applied a hot lead treat.
ment instead.
Many Of the patent preparations
were found on bodies of botN
filters and foot soldiers. Among
them were Flight Strength Wine"
and a chocolate medicated candy
bar which supposedly increased
a mans endurance.
American medical officers have
examined many Of these concoc.
tons picked up by Marines and
dougboys in the island battles
of the Pacific. There never has
been an official report on what
benefit, if any, these pills, bars
and liquids held for Hirohito's
little men but generally no one
except the Japanese puts any
stock in them.
Some medical officers think that
whatever value these "attack" and
'flight" tables had was strictly
in the mind of the Japanese
soldiers, although there is a pos
sibility there were. vitamins in
them to reinforce endurance and
vision.
One medicated tablet commonly
found. was carried in pillbox
labelled mi" Directions on the
box prescribed it be taken after
each meal for three days pre-
ceding infiltration attacks. This
pill may contain vitamin A, also
found in carrots, which scientists
say improves after-dark seeing.
Even all the Japanese didn't go
for the courage prescriptions
Many pillboxes were found un-
opened on battlefields and, con-
trary to popular belief. the Jap
anese seldom resorted to opium
to stimulate their courage.
The majority of the stories
about use of opium have sprung
from long stemmed tobacco pipes
which japanese carry. U. S..
Marines, soldiers and even medi-
cal officers sometimes mistook
them for opium containers be.
cause Of their tiny bowls which
are about the size of the little
finger.
In the days when Banzai at.
tacks were fashionable among the
Nipponese they relied on Sake
for false bravery.
This may have helped in one
way or another, as one war cor
respondent discovered in tn bat.
tie. of Guam last year. To cele.
brate the Marines and doughbovs
liberation Of the island, he partook
rather heavily Of Sake rice wine
During the night he awoke On
his cot in the press tent with
his conclusions:
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
Fair Enough

frd,tor.s note.-The Star ard 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., 1945-09-24

mo I know why those da "
Japs Banzai. After drinking this
stuff you feel 81 bad you don't
care what happens to your
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24
War Dads Will Present
Ten-Point Program

CHARLOTTE, Sept 23.-'g.nt
1o-point veterans program a o|a.s
ed by the North Carolina =, n'p hs
Association of War Dads wiz w
placed in effect on national SI .a..
Robert E. Smith of Chario''e' '''
president, has been advised \,
The program includes POM, s,,c w.
legislation, disqualification e sc..sr.
ton, employment, disabled xe ,,et.
ans counselor service, care OIL w. ~.
Grams widows and orphans eA en-,
sion. Americanism and la'""'
peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24

DUBLIN, Sept. 23.-C3-MI In;ss
its first appearance IN 'iis ~ the
Cup final in "a years, Cork won oh.T,.
aIl-Ireland Gaelic Footoan e'a .,o
pionship today by defea'ln ais and
favored Cavan team, two so'' s.ven
five points to no goals ana ''
points. . ,ear
gale before $1,000 ra,n'W, Nat.
spectators including Sir John C -
fey, United Kingdom High c GUs
missioner in Ere, nd DaVlo 0
United States Minister.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24

Tire-makers think rationins can end by Jan
!. Meantime, warily we roll along.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24

America has never liked "sauealer:" but
that name applies only to fellow CROOK Ht, ane
not lawabiding citizen at ioer AGAINST law
ienoble in providing lnior r MOI. SsaN'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24

do this? viii
A. Yes. The Government "
pay for this
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-24

The END of the war has not essed the crit ~
al need for food but. if anything. has Nm in,
Yorl State Emergency Food Commission
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-13
EIGHTH HAMMERS
ACROSS SCATTERING

ROME, April 12-R-Ihe Srlt-
ish Eighth Army hammered west
ward today from three bridgeheads
across the Santerno river and Brit
ish armore locked in a heavy bat
tie with Nazi Tiger tanks.
North of the new bridgeheads
troops which had made amphibious
landings from Lake Comacchio be-
hind the enemy's lines captured
the villages of Menate and Long
astrino and linked up with other
units advancing astride the Reno
| river.
Polish troops of the Eighth Ar
my, smashing along the vital
Highway Nine Wia Emila) which
runs from Bologna through Faenza
captured Castel Bolognese, an i'm
portant junction town five miles
west of Faenza and a miles south
east of Bologna. Their dawn at
tack routed a strong enemy rear
guard.
The Germans strongest resist
ance across the Santerno came
south of Mordana, where the Nazis'
veteran 26th Panzer Division was
fighting grimly, and a few miles
farther north in the area just east
of Massa and Lombarda where
the enemy had massed many bdg
Tiger tanks.
1t. Gen. Richard L. McCreery,
of the Eighth 9Army, sent his
own armor pouring across into
the bridgeheads last night for a
close range smuggling match with
the enemy tanks.
As a result of the Polish capture
of Castel Bolognese and the einni-
nation of enemy positions imrne-
diately to the north, the Eighth
Army was within 3 IL miles of
Imola, another vital junction along
the main road to Bologna.
In the west the American Fifth
Army battled within IA miles of
the naval base of La Spezia, seiz-
ing the mountain villages of
Torana and Gragnana against
only light resistance. Fifth Army
troops cleared the marble quarry
ing center of Carerra and five
miles to the east took the village
of Colonnata.
Evening star., 1945-08-29
American U. Awards
Scholarship 10 II Girls

Mary Graydon scholarships for
the fall semester at American Uni
versity have been awarded to II
area girls who completed their high
school work with high scholastic
standing, Paul F. Douglass, presi-
dent of the university, announced
today.
The scholarships were made pos
sible through the endowments of
Mrs. Graydon, who left her entire
estate of $1,000 900 to the university.
Mrs. Graydon lived in New Jersey.
Recipients of the scholarships
were announced as Dorothy H. Bos-
worth, Eastern High School; Mary
P. Browning, Calvin Coolidge:
Catherine Betty Emery, Western;
Maryada Frank. Mckinley; Mar
jorie Jane Hall, Bethesda Chevy
Chase: Mary G. Jaudon, Central;
Janet Reid Ralph, Theodore Roose-
velt; Mary E. Robey, Anacostia;
Marguerite r. Shirer, Washington
and Lee of Arlington: Mary L. Thie-
baud, George Washington of Alex
andria, and Lily White, Montgomery
Blair of Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1945-08-29
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What decorations is Gen. Eisen-
hover entitled to wear?-K. S.
A. A list of the medals and deco
rations awarded General of the
Army Dwight D. Eisenhower is as
follows: Distinguished Service Medal
with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Dis
tinguished Service Star Philip-
pines), Grand Gordon Nichan
Iftikar (Tunisia), knight Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath
(Great Britain, Grand Gordon
Ouissan Alaouite (Morocco), Grand
Gordon of the Legion of Honor
(France), North Africa Star with
numerals 1st and 9th Armies Great
Britain, Legion of Merit. Russian
Order of Victory, British Order of
Merit, Order of Suvorov 1st Degree
(U. S. S. r., Polish Virtuti Militari
Star of Abodon Calderon 1st Glass
Ecuador, Croix de Guerre with
Palm France), order of Polonia
Restituto CPoland), Cross Of Lib
Grafton France).
@. What rank will an enlisted
man commissioned during the war
hold If he re-enlists?-K. D. F.
A. The War Department says that
if an enlisted man of our Army who
has been commissioned chooses to
re-enlist within a specified time, he
will be given his prior permanent
enlisted grade provided he is found
physically and otherwise qualified
@. Can a soldier overseas deposit
his monthly savings in the Army
bank and get interest on them?-
r. E. T.
A. The War Department says
that a solder stationed overseas
may deposit part of his pay directly
with an Army finance officer at his
post or station. He will receive 4
per cent interest per year on such
deposit. A soldier may also take
advantage of the personal transfer
account system by which he may
transmit money to an individual
payee or to a bank or other insti-
tuition. The money is paid to the
nearest personnel officer, who in
turn transmits it to a finance officer.
No interest is paid on money trans
mltted by this system.