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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27
lilitary Government Officials Noted -
) For Their Earnest Deuotion To Duty

Of Dinkelsbuehl for instance
found the local detachment Of nine
officers writing a average Of 140
required rports month. When one
inquiries what happens to such re-
ports nobody seems to know any
thing about their disposition.
One directive which causes many
headaches to local commanders is
that calling for accreditation OF
German political parties and early
elections in the smallest govern
mental subdivisions.
With but one exception, found
local commanders Of the opinion
that, with the hardest winter in
centuries ahead of the German peo-
pie and with the country in a state
of ruination, all efforts should be
concentrated on reconstruction
rather than politics.
Besides, it is held the means of
informing educated Germans on the
democratic principles Of elections
are too limited to warrant that the
results will reflect adequately the
will Of the people.
I found that the overwhelming
mass Of Germans to whom I talk
ed also were of the opinion that
it was too early to embark upon
politics.
Monday: What military govern
ment has achieved
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27
Sunday School
Les son
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D.

Somewhere I have read of q
humble home in Scotland, from
which seven sons went forth into
the world, all of whom became men
OF great eminence and usefulness.
I have forgotten the record, but !
think one son became an eminent
surgeon, another a famous lawyer
and judge, another an administrat-
or in an imperial post, and the
others won equal distinction.
That home always has stood in
my mind as an example Of the in
fluences of good home that reach
far out beyond the lives of the par.
ents, who themselves were with
out distinction except in the eyes
of God. It was of such home
that Robert Burns wrote in his
famous poem, The Cotter's Satur.
day Night.
: The seven sons of that particular
home were not reared and sent
forth without a great deal of toll
and drudgery, perhaps not with
out poverty. There were long hours
oyer the Wash-tub for the mother,
and hours Of cooking and mending;
her life many times must have
seemed narrow and with little out.
look or outlet. Yet, think of those
seven famous sons and of the
power and influence which really
lay in the mother who bore them
and trained them. For their lives
were really an extension of hers
Our American life is full of such
records, though perhaps there are
few, if any American homes from
which as many as seven sons have
all become famous. But from hum.
bic homes all over the land, from
parents who have had no distinc.
ton except in their own small
communities, have come sons and
daughters nationally known for
their greatness of character and
achievements. For these we have
mot always given proper credit to
the home.
Is The Scripture passages in ou1
lesson emphasize, along with many
spthers that might be cited, the
place that good homes and Chris.
stian family life occupy in the New
Testament, and in the life Of the
early Christian church. Two in.
stances of this are in the sixteenth
chapter of the Acts. Lydia, the de.
vout seller of purple, was baptiz-
ed with her whole household; and
when the jailer, about to kill him
self because he supposed his pris.
pners had escaped, asked Paul
what he must do to be saved, Paul
answered: Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house"
The influence of Christian homes
Is the same today. but too few
homes are truly Christian. When
We speak of 'Christain", We must
think Of the Jewish ideal OF home
life, upon which the Christian ideal
was founded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27
|CLUB HEARS TALK
| ON ATOMIC THEORY

Members Of the Exchange Club
were interested in a scientific dis
course yesterday by j. B. Edwards
on the Atomic Theory. Through the
use of charts and a blackboard
the speaker briefly traced the
atom with comparative weights
per gram and its period Of break.
down. Edwards likened the space
between atoms, of which there are
98 known types composing all mat
ter Of the universe, as similar to
that between the earth and sun.
He said uranium, composed Of 90
elements, and platinum are the
heaviest atomic masses known. He
described the activity Of the elect.
ron and rotor in their atomic ele-
ments. The atomic energy of one
gram would supply the current nec-
essary for one and one-half days
for New York City's electrical re-
quiremepts, he said.
The Club voted to hold an oys-
ter roast at jack" Hawaiian Vii
lage next Thursday night and to
suspend the regular weekly meet
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27

contemplated. But directlves from
the top level state that only a Ii
censed printer may publish docu'
ments of this kind. Wuerzburg had
no licensed printer. Lincensing is
a tedious, complicated problem,
Stegerwald's speech still is undis.
tributed.
Many Military governors COM
plain that too few people from tor
headquarters ever visit the local
teams. They emphasize, however,
that such visitors ought to know
German fluently in order to be
able to hear the Germans side OF
the story. In this connection many
detachment commanders say that
too little attention is paid at Mill
tary Government training centers
to language requirments. They
feel the language barrier keenly as
hindrance to Fastening the DEM
ocratization process in Germany.
There j S gener raj agreement
among detachments which I visit
ed that Germans who had passed
all tests and were proven anti-Nazi
are held back by restrictive meas
urs from the top. AS one COM
manding officer with ColonePs
rank said, "remove the restrictions
and let the Germans thmselves
get to work. There's too much hold
ing back. We can keep a check all
right and n p anything we don't
consider right. But let's cease put
ting the brakes on all German ini-
tiative."
In the Bayreuth rural area there
is crying need for shoes and
clothes for farmers. Certain vast
stocks of leather and textiles in the
area were frozen by tactical Ameri-
lean commanders to prevent loot
ing and squandering. Now, when
there is an efficient and depend
able supervisor who could be made
personally responsible for the hon
est disposition of the stocks, the
local Military Government finds it.
self unable to release them even
though they admittedly are not
needed for other purposes. Weeks
have been spent in paper work."
Another hindrance of which Mil
itary government detachments COM
plain is. the endless stream of re-
ports. At the little medieval town
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27
Nv LOUIS P. LOCHNER

MUNICH, Oct. 26-P)-Earnest
devotion to a job which he con-
siders novel and fascinating, and a
deep yearnlng for his loved ones
and for his native country make
the average Military Government
official on duty in Germany split
personality.
Get him started on his special
task and he will surprise you with
his initiative, resourcefulness and
ability. Ask him how many points
he has toward a discharge and he
will wax nostalgia and berate his
luck for being detained.
What the Military Government
seems to need especially at present
Is continuity all the more after
Nov. Is when occupation officers
mist turn over the actual admins
trative work to the Germans and
retain only a supervisory hold on
the situation.
Military officers with whom
have talked during a 100 mile trip
through Bavaria believe some spe-
eial incentive should be offered to
retain the men who have proved
outstandingly capable.
l gained the impression that
many would be willing to stay II
they were given home leaves now
or in the near future and it they
had definite assurance that their
families might join them next
spring.
The exodus from Military Gov
ernnent detachments is especially
catastrophe among the enlisted
men who know the routine Of Mil
i;ary Government desk work, much
Of which is confidential and should
not be handled by German civilians
help.
When Military Government CPS
leave they are replaced by trans
fers from tactical units. AS an ex-
ample, 88 riflemen from the goth
Division were transferred to the
Military Government in Bavaria.
Administration naturally suffers.
Retaining efficient men becomes
the more important when some
complexities of policy making and
policy administration are noted.
At Wuerzburg there was INSTALL
ed as chief executive of the y
counties which make up the dis
trict one of the most able officials
Of the late Weimar republican,.
Adam Stegewald, Stegewald serv-
ed as PrIssian premier, as the
Reich's Labor Minister and as
president of the Christian Trade I'm
ions. AS far back as 1920 he ad-
vocated thorough overhauling of
the German civil service which is
militarism.
Stegerwald on Aug. 81 Of this
year delivered speech before a
representative audience of German
civilians. The address was consid-
red so excellent that the Military !
Government headed by 1t. Co. M.
E. Henderson of Bozman, Mont,
approved its publication for wide
distribution.
An edition of 1,25o,o 900 copies was
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27
ONE BRIGHT SPOT

ONE BRIGHT CPOT
HURON. S. D. W.H-One little ray
of sunshine followed the storm that
wrecked the George Gross house.
A week after a tornado struck the
dwelling, visitor poked through
the ruins and found Mrs. Gross
purse containing $50. It was about
all that was retrieved from the
wreckage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27

ing next Friday. DR.. r. T. Rom
ner. program chairman, arranged
the program and Guy Pigford
presided,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-27

BUY u. s. VICTORY BONDS
Evening star., 1945-01-21
ENGAGEMENTS


at George Washington University.
Mr.. Calvert was graduated from that
university in l943 and now is attend
ing the university law school, where
he is president of the Student Bar
Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford w. Thompson
of st. Louis announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Pa
tricia Gale Thompson, to Capt.
Frank B. Gary, jr., U. S. NJ R, son
of Mrs. Gary of Columbia, S. c.,
and the late Judge Gary. The we'd
ding will take place in st. Louis in
March.
Miss Thompson was graduated
from Mary Institute in st. Louis,
where she made her debut and sub
sequently became member of the
Junior League. For the past year
she has been living in Washington.
Capt. Gary is graduate of the
United States Naval Academy and
received his LII. B. degree from the
University of South Carolina. He
at present is on duty in the Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations.
! Announcement is made by Mr.. H.
K Rockhold of Chillicothe. Mo, of
the engagement of his daughter,
Miss Rowena Grace Rockhold, to Mr..
Paul H. Primm of Washington, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs James
Primm. The wedding will take place
In May in the Foundry Methodist
Church.
Miss Rockhold, who is the daugh-
ter of the late Mrs. Rockhold, at
tended Central College in Fayette,
Mo, and has been employed in
Washington for several years. She
formerly was secretary to Commits
sioner Ray C. Wakefield of the Fed
eral Communications Commission,
and now is secretary in the Office of
consulting radio engineer.
Mr.. Primm attended George
Washington and Georgetown Uni
versitieS and was graduated from the
latter with an LII. B. degree. He is
in the insurance business and has
been an underwater for 81 years.
He is a former president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Life Underwriters
Association and of the Life Insur-
ance Club of Washington. He has
ACTIVELY participated in church work
arr at the present time is president
of the choir of the National City
Christian Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clancy
Naughton have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Agnes Kathryn Naughton, to 1t.
Joseph Maurice Whelton, U. S. N. R.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Leo
Whelton of Dorchester, Mass.
Miss Naughton is the fourth gen.
Grafton of her family to live in
Washington. She was graduated
from Rosary College at River Forest,
Ill, the National Catholic School of
Social Service and the Catholic Uni
versity of America.
1t. Whelton was graduated from
Boston College and from it's gradu-
Evening star., 1945-01-21
Southern MARYLAND
Social n cfiyifies

LEONARDTOWN. Md, Jan. 20
Seaman George Miles is spending q
furlough here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. s. G. Miles. -
Miss Lucille Kloman and Miss
Betty Hunt of Washington are
spending this Sunday with Miss
Hunts parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Murray Hunt.
Miss Lillian Bowling of Hughes
vile, is spending January in Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Addison and
their daughters, Misses Beth and
Evening star., 1945-01-21

recently was graduated from the
Naval Reserve School of North
western University, where he re-
ceived his commission.
The wedding date depends on the
return of the bridegroom-elect from
active duty in the Pacific.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. White Of
Staunton announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Mary An
drews White, to 1t. Frank Elmslie
White, A. A. F., son of Col. and Mrs.
Edwin Lee White of Chevy Chase.
The bride-elect, whose father
is commonwealth attorney OF
Augusta County, is senior at
Stuart Hall in Staunton. 1t. White
Evening star., 1945-01-21

Peggy Addison Of Marshall Hall, are
spending January in New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer o. Bowen and
Mr.. Guy p Bowen of Huntingtown
left Monday to spend the rest of the
winter in Miami A
Col. and Mrs. william G. Fay of
Mulberry Fields are spending the
winter at their residence in Miami
Beach.
Evening star., 1945-01-21

was . student at Miami University
in Ohio when he entered the service.
He recently returned after % mis-
sions over Germany. and now is
stationed at the Air Forces Re-
cuperation Center at Fort Thomas,
KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. Ries of this
city announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Marguerite
Anna Ries, to John c. Moore, S. K.
&c, U. S. C. G., also of this city,
now serving in the South Pacific
Mrs. Arthur F. Carroll of this city
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Helen Burnet Carroll,
Evening star., 1945-01-21

of Marionville, Mo-, who recently re-
turned from Palestine after two
years as Red Cross worker.
Mrs Marion Yoder Drummer has
returned from visit with her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick j. Curtis, in Connecticut.
1t. q. g. and Mrs. Stuart Chaplin
and their son and Mrs. A. L. Can
field of Portland, Greg, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Guyol 1t.
Chaplin is on furlough from duty in
the Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-01-21

ate school of social service. He re-
Gently returned from two-year tour
of duty in England.
1t. Cecil Newberry Hughes, A. u
S., and Mrs. Hughes announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Annie Mary Hughes, to Ensign John
Benton Webb. jr., U. S. N. r., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Benton Webb.
Miss Hughes was graduated from
Temple Business College and now
attends George Washington Uni
versity. Ensign Webb attended the
University of North Carolina and
Evening star., 1945-01-21

The engagement of Miss Mary
Robin Metz to John L. Culrrin, r. NJ
1c, U. S. N, is announced by her
mother, Mrs. John A. Clark.
The prospective bride is a studen.
at George Washington University
Mr.. Currin, who is the son of Mrs.
Maude B. Currin of Bethesda, has
been on sea duty for the past II
Y,oor,fbS
Evening star., 1945-01-21
Visitors Entertained
In .Gaithersburg

GAITHERSBURG, Md, Jan. 20
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Best have as
their guest Mrs. Kay Virginia Dull
Evening star., 1945-01-21

Let's see 1t through-this means
you-an extra War Bond today and
Var Bonds really work.
Evening star., 1945-01-21

MISS KALICHSTEIN.
The engagement OF Miss Rita
ESteIe KaHchStein to Capt.
Emanuel H. Pearl has been
announced by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis KalichStein.
Wedding plans 1Dill be an
nounced shortly.
Evening star., 1945-01-21

to 1t. Albert Hamilton Pike, A. u. S.,
Field Artillery. OF Washington and
Fort SILL Okla The wedding will
take place Saturday. February 3, at
Fort Sill.
Evening star., 1945-01-21

MISS ENGELBACH.
The engagement OF Miss
Martha Jean EngelbGch to
Staff Sergt. EdDard Fraley
SmouSe has been announced
By her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Miles Vincent Engelbach of
RollingDood. Sergt. Smouse is
the SON OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
A. Smouse of Oakland, Md.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02
ELMER ID. WAIT,
5191 Tuxedo Ave.

TO THE EDITOR:
YOUR articles covering our
L transportation system surely
are long past due. In fact this
city should not be allowed TO
manage anything except garbage
and rubbish collection. Take the
streetcars and buses from the
control of politicians and give il
TO private parties. Then, and not
until then, are we going to get
results.
Since the shoe would be on
some one else's foot, our council
would wake up and condemn
the suicide zones, would compel
the company to install signals
operating from curb signifying
intention of boarding streetcars
or buses.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02

THROUGHOUT the m mont h of
u March the American Red Cross
will seek sufficient financial contri-
buttons from the people of the United
States to support it's great work in
behalf of the armed forces of the
nation.
The Red Cross is an efficient and
honored American organization, en-
tirely devoted to the welfare and
comfort of the American people in
time of emergency or disaster, and
entirely dependent upon the people
who support it with voluntary con-
tributions.
In time of peace, the representa-
tives of the Red Cross are among the
first arrivals at the scene of disaster
in any American community, and are
the last to leave.
They provide shelter, food and
clothing for the homeless.
They care for the injured and
sick.
They perform the immediate
tasks of rescue and relief, and remain
for the longer and essential tasks of
restoration and rehabilitation
1t is very important and wonder
full work the Red Gross does for the
benefit of stricken people in the
many and terrible tragedies of food,
fire and storm which unfortunately
occur during the otherwise tranquil
times of peace.
But now for more than three
years the American nation has been
living with continuous tragedy, the
greatest of all tragedies in human
experience-that of war.
Millions of young American men
and women have been uprooted from
their homes and peaceful occupa-
tions.
They have been sent to the far
corners of the earth to fight in this
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02
The Red Cross Campaign

terrible war, all of them to endure
great hardships and dangers, all of
them to know the distress and misery
of long separations from their home
land and their f a miles and the
familiar and beloved things associ-
ated with their normal lives.
WITH them, the American people
=" are glad and proud and grateful
to know, have gone the representa-
tives of the Red Cross.
They are doing all of the wonder
full things for American fighting men
that they normally do in time of
peace for the victims of misfortune
and infinitely more.
The duty that rests upon the
people now is to KEEP UP this Won
derful work of the Red Cross.
That can be done ONLY by the
people.
The Red Cross is not part of the
armed forces of the United States.
1t is not even an agency of the
government of the United States.
It does not share in appropria-
tions made by Congress.
1t is not supported by taxes
against the people.
The American Red Cross only
exists and carries on its vital and
indispensable program-in war as in
peace-because the American people
WANT it to do so, and voluntarily
and generously contribute the funds
that enable it to do so.
The American people will remem-
Der this throughout the month of
March, the period of the current Red
Cross campaign, and assure their
fighting men and above all assure
themselves that the wonderful work
of grand organization will continue
without interruption as long as the
war lasts.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02

help from the United States
and the British mentioned in
only one paragraph, as / recallO
NOV what would you do with
~ a situation like this? De-
Gaulle is playing game Of
working the Russians against
us before our costly struggle for
France is over. He is not doing
it slyly, but obnoxiously, COM
batively.
We should have friends in
France advocating our cause at
the top. The Russians have.
They even have a Communist
newspaper in Paris. But there
is no Roosevelt or Churchill
party or newspapers there or
elsewhere in Europe.
IF WE are going TO join in
Il every European argument for
all time TO come, as the Livadia
agreement provides, we have
stumbled at once upon a grave
defect in our diplomatic system
which will be the ruination of
our efforts.
Already DeGaulle has practi-
cally told us by his actions. he
no longer considers us the world
leaders, and he has not treated
us like a major nation II other
nations follow that line. in truth
we will not be world leader or
a major influence.
This is the most critical Pc
riod of American diplomacy.
What we acc )mplish in the next
year or two will determine the
course of the world, perhaps for
generations. We can still win
the war and lose the peace.
Distributed BY Bins Features synd Inc.
Reproduction in who'll. or in part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02

4 RGENTINA'S absence from
"A the American family circle
at Mexico City came immedi-
ately following the snub of Mr..
Roosevelt i'm piled by Gen.
DeGaulle's declination to meet
him in Algiers.
These events, after Livadia,
have bestirred an effusion OF
news comment, both official and
private. Our relations with the
stronger small nations are
being deplored,- the tactics of
our state department criticized
and the situation commonly de-
scribcd as "a mess"
There have been comments
dealing with Mr.. RooSevelt's
personal spoofng of DeGauIle
in the past, and their rather
apparent dislike for each other
or, in the case of Argentina,
criticism has come from men
like MIR. Sumner Welles, who
decry the Hull policy of stand
ing our ground against Fascism
there as elsewhere, and who
want 10 kiss the Latins and
toss them poSies in the form of
our money and economic favors.
WELL. we tried the kissing
w game on DeGaulle, or
rather Mr.. Churchill did.
Churchill picked him off a
refugee raft and backed him TO
the extent II am informed al
though the figure has never
been published of S1,000,000.
When we liberated Paris with
American and British blood,
DeGaulle'S first speech was an
astonishing disclosure OF his
thoughts. paying great tribute
10 the French and acting al
most as If he and his followers
had freed France with some
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

triSt is one who measures
your eyes for glasses.
Sin The religion Of the ancient
Greeks, tho Gods Of Olympus
drank a wine called nectar.
In the same connection what
was ambroSia7 ,
DO you know what Winnie
iS7
S-Name five Of the eight who
VIII form the L 5 delega-
tlo1 20 the United Nations
conference starting April 25
IN San Francisco?
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02
A. e. REMINGTON.

TO THE EDITOR:
WHY could not the schools
w either open an hour later so
as 10 allow war workers 10 get
TO their work on time without
standing 10 get transportation
or be pushed around in the cars
and buses by students with
huge bundles of books which
punch you in the back and ribs
to say nothing of the extra room
they take up; or have the stu
dents 60 an hour earlier if they
have to be at school so early.
The schools could easily open
an hour later in the morning
and still allow the students TO
get home long before the war
workers are through their days
work.
Then, too, many of the women
who shop stay downtown until
the last door is closed before
they decide to get home with
their bundles and often with
several children who take up
seats which should be left for
war workers.
Many offices, too, could either
start work later and work an
hour later than they do and /
believe many of the workers
would prefer to do that rather
than be waiting and pushed
around in the cars and buses
by everybody trying to get home
at the same time.
l believe that the street rail-
way has been trying TO do its
best to carry people but ii would
he impossible 10 carry a whole
city full of people at the same
time.
A REGULAR TRAVELLER.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02
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