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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-30

That 100000 Americans have
been injured in home-front acct
dents since the war started. :.
Work accidents last year caused the
loss of 100000 man-years of labor,
and more workers were killed OFF
the job than on the job-25,000 to
$1,000.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-30

That the Chicago fire of 1871,
the Johnstown flood of 1889, the
Galveston tidal wave of 1900, the
San Francisco earthquake of
1906, the sinking of the Titanic
in 1912, the Boston night club fire
in 1912, and all the other major
disasters since 1865 have killed
less than $4,000 Americans.
(And yet day-by-day accidents
killed $4,000 in 1914 alone!)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-30

That Benjamin Franklin was one
of the first safety advocates in
America. Remember? He said:
Haste makes waste" and Care
lessness does more harm than want
of knowledge"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Staff Changes

President Truman could not have chosen
more wisely in nominating successors to Gen.
eral George C. Marshall and Admiral King.
General Eisenhower and Admiral Nimitz per-
formed services for their country and the Al
the one as Supreme Commander in the Euro
pean war theater, the other as head OF naval
operations against the Japanese in the Paci-
fic.
That they will both continue the high level
of service in their new offices, Eisenhower as
Chief OF Staff, and Nimitz as Chief OF Naval
Operations, is a foregone conclusion. The
people may be sure that under their leader.
ship the Army and Navy will advance in the
science of warfare not only parallel to other
powers but above their highest achievement
in technical training and research.
General Marshall, whom General Eisenhow.
er is to succeed Immediately, and Admiral
King, whose post Admiral Ninaitz is to assume
after Christmas well deserve the rest that lies
in store for them Both have given invaluable
service throughout the bitter years OF COM
bat the more difficult because OF the response.
bility resting upon them to shape the strategy
for final victory in association with the chiefs
of our Allied forces. The burdens that have
rested upon them have been all but crushing
at times. That they bore them valiantly, even
when success seemed least possible, gives
them the deep esteem OF their fellow country
men and the respect and envy Of their asso-
ciates. May their retirement to private lite
bring them neace and comfort
That the President has not found it con-
venient to permit General Arnold, onmand
ing officer Of our Air Forces, and General
Somervell, chief of the Army Service Forces
to retire, obviously means that he has not
made up his mind who shall succeed them
They too have rendered great service and il
is to be hoped that both may soon be given
the chance to follow Marshall and King into
private citizenship.
If there is any thought that Mr.. Truman
has not done as well as he might in General
EisenhoWer's case by not holding him in re-
serve for the presidency OF the United Ma
tons, the position that should be his, it is to
be noted that the United Nations Organization
is still to be fully organized, and that General
Eisenhower's present appointment to the staff
does not preclude his selection for the higher
post when the time for selecting a president
thereof arrives.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
A Questionable Policy

President Truman told his news conference
that the United States is continuing to manu-
facture atomic bombs. He added that they
may be destroyed later on and their explo.
slves be employed in peaceful uses
The fact that their manufacture goes on
raises serious question. Is the United States
justified in taking this course?
On the one hand it may be wise. That de.
ponds solely on whether any other nation is
about to stumble on the know-how and with a
stock on hand start another war.
On the other hand, it is questionable if our
relations with the Soviet Union could be better.
ed by our having supply ready for use
while Moscow had none.
Much bitterness exists as a result of the
decision to hold the secret Of manufacturing
A-bombs, and there is no hope of allaying i
until the United Nations adopts the only safe
and proper course at its January meeting. By
outlaWing its use in war and commits all it,
members to program of developing atonni.
energy exclus ly for peacetime purposes.
| Mr.. Truman certain that world peace viii
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Big Money Sighted

A recent article in these columns called at
tention o the forecast that ten billion dollars
would be spent by vacation travellers during
1916. 1t was impossible to indicate the Caro-
linas' share in this huge sum at that time.
Now we have the word Of Coleman W. Roberts
president Of the Carolina Motor Club, that the
share OF the two states in the first full year
after reconversion should be Eat least two
hundred and fifty million dollars And that S
big money in any mans land.
But it will come our way, Mr.. Roberts
added during the closing session Of the clubs
twenty third annual conference in Charlotte
only through very material enlargement OF
travel facilities and services Quoting the
Charlotte News article on this final session
and Mr.. Roberts address," he expressed the
opinion that ample tires, spare parts and
other motoring necessities will be made avail
able to car owners during the early summe,
of 1885,"
This brings summer travel possibilities
home to Wilmington. There are some two
hundred and fifty million dollars to be divided
among resorts in the Carolinas next summer
How much of it will Wrightsville Beach and
Carolina Beach have and hold?
The question is not theirs alone to answer
Wilmington has as deep an interest in these
resorts prosperity as they have themselves
1t so happens that Wilmington banks are
flush Depositors have seldom if ever pos
sessed so much idle money. Why should not 8
considerable part Of it be invested in enlarg
ing facilities and services, which Mr.. Roberts
mentions as an essential factor in attracting
travellers? Neither resort is prepared to &C
comm9date large patronage. Wilmington cap
ltal could be well employed in financing no
tells, apartment houses and other accommoda
tons inseparable from resort success
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Thanksgiving

Because there is still fighting in parts OF
TIE world, strikes underway and others to
come in this country, envy and distrust among
the great powers, and millions Of persons ill
clothed, ill-housed and ill-fed, it may seem to
some there is little to be thankful for this
Thanksgiving, even though the holiday is the
first since World War II ended.
For those who see only the suffering and
despair, who even doubt that God is still in
His heaven, and look forward only to the col.
lapse Of righteous principles, 1t is timely to
suggest that present conditions are a chal.
lenge, and that from the time the Pilgrims
celebrated t he first Thanksgiving, following
their bountiful harvest, this country has met
every challenge with courage and steadfast-
ness.
We're there nothing else to be thankful for,
the fact that we again have occasion to meet
a challenge to our leadership and integrity in
world and domestic affairs is sufficient to
make Thanksgiving day Of rejoicing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Denied Compensation

Refusal of the state. Unemployment Compen-
sation Commission to grant unemployment
compensation to some six hundred workers
from industries where strikes have recently
occurred, is obviously justified provided the
workers were actual strikers. The only excep-
ton, so far as this group is concerned, would
be men who did not strike but were idle only
because their fellow employees in the same
plant struck and tied up the plant
Certainly no man with job who walks out
at the order of his union is Justly entitled tc
be paid from funds established solely for per
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Job For Jaycees

new job has been found for the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. And as the kids say,
lit is right up their alley"
]. T. HERS, executive agent Of the Whining
ton Port Commission assigned them to it Tues
day night while he was addressing them on
port development and opportunities. AS the or
ganization has yet to default on any reason
able request for service, it is to be taken
for granted they'll do what he asked, and do
it gladly and efficiently.
Mr.. HERS urged that the local organization
enlist the services OF other Jaycee units in
The Carolnas to survey passenger possibilities
Tor saips making this port when sea travel
finally gets under way on a large scale. He
noted that Wilmington is logical port of de.
parture and arrival for ship passengers living
n border belts, particularly those travelling
up and down the Atlantic coast of the United
States and to and from Central and South
American cities. He pointed out that heavy
passenger travel through Wilmington would be
Of inestimable value to the beach resorts
particularly-althou he did not mention it.
as steamships carry passengers cars, which
In the case Of train travel is much more
costly, with delivery often long delayed.
Looking ahead, it is possible to envision
ships in coastal business carrying as many
passengers as accommodation can be provided
for, situation which will be profitable NOT
only for ship operating companies but the port
itself and every line Of business connected
with the port and it's commerce.
AS the Junior Chamber of Commerce is
deeply interested in the city's progress it NAV
be reasonably counted on to undertake the sur.
vey proposed for it by Mr.. HERS and in add.
ton stimulate interest in other Jaycee units
In encouraging passenger traffic through the
port.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
The Doctor Says
INFECTED RATS
| ARE REAL MENACg
By WILLIAM A. o'BRIES u.

transmitted to man bv ...s az
drink contaminated BY h. - I'D
charges, by their bites, aTs oiE
bites Of their parasitic 49,. ne
mites. Control Of rat and ~ I'D
eases includes the des,rrc.;ss c'3,
rodents and their parasi.ss Nv, "
lie health surveys Of rats 49, E-o'
are a potential threat 10 Nv ,.,''.
though the number Of diseased I've. vi
mails in community NAV W. ',''
great at one time.
Rats and mice also DESTROY 49,.
erty and food, and rats ny s'.9'
tack sleepers in their beds
Diseases spread by rats =.
plague, which is contracted ~, ,s
the bite of the infected r., 1, .'.'
as the animal carries he gass
without being sick; Wells 6;ss. .-!
INFECTIOUS jaundice) which dsr.'
ops from eating food contsnin..
ed by rat excreta; rat Bite ts~..
1.-TWO varieties) which follows ~
bite OF a sick animal; tulsrer,,s
which usually develops tollow5r.
the bite of infected flies and tjc:'
but which may be transnitte5 h.
the bite of an infected water -,
Of Europe; scrub typhus which a.
velops following the bite Of an ".
fected larval rat mite.
In many parts Of the world IN.
fected rats constituted rea! dan.
ger to health Control program,
to eliminate them should be CON,
tinuous and not intermittent Tbei,
food and shelter should be elm.
mated, following which the an.
mails should be destroyed.
Some communities plan to devel.
op more effective rodent control
programs as soon as help is avail.
able. Rodent surveys will give in.
formation concerning your roden.
population and plans for the elm,
ination of the animals should be
based on these surveys.
Domestic mice and field mica
which come into our homes At hi,
time of the year n contaminaa
| food with the germs Of food in.
| fections. In addition, mice also
carry the virus OF one form Of
meningitis which is spread by
their infected eXcreta. Nice are
| best controlled by trapping.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
FARMER RELEASED
ON BOND FOLLOWING
HEARING IN COURT

Richard A. Benton, 28-year-old
Route farmer, was released from
the New Hanover county jail
under a $500 bond yesterday after
the hearing Of hit-run and driving
intoxicated charges was continued
in Recorders court until Decem-
Der 10.
Charges arose from an aItomo-
bile accident Saturday night in
which a Marine was seriously in.
jured.
State Highway Patrolman M. j.
Riddick ended a three-day hunt
with the arrest of Benton Tues.
day. He was aided in his search by
Marine military authorities.
Sgt. Edmond Anderson, Marine,
Of Camp Lejeune, is in the U. S
Naval hospital at Camp Lejeune
suffering a fractured skull and back
injuries, the officer reported
Anderson alegedly was struck
while walking with his wife on the
Market Street road, about two and
one-haf miles north of Wilmington,
about 6:15 pm. Saturday.
Riddick said he had been in
formed that the Marine was walk.
ing on the edge of the road. A
pickup truck repeatedly knocked
him IS or 40 feet.
Mrs. Anderson was not injured.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
SHOP EARLY, MAIL
EARLY PLAN WILL
HELP MANY PEOPLE

It's a wise shopper who pi sri
her gift list early, shops cary ,o s~
mails early! Definitely gooo ,es
mon sense from all points VI a W.,
because then you can take dc linn.
tage of wider selections, YOU - md
ping can be more leisurely,i ,5 rI
most important, you're NOR s,sa Nh,
to get what you planned. Nesr nr.
to say you'll avoid the last l Ir.',r
crowds. Planning well IN aoe ~. iot
YOUR local stores are all Sc. Ell, ~
your Christmas now. Their sP' a..
ling and varied collectors so.+ d
ready and each offers a n no. sels
imaginative ideas that VIII VI , o
you make short work OF 'He iii,
est gift list. If your Christmas s;1 mi,
are going via mail, you t I'D De.
must get them off early 5i,, 10 wrap
livery by December 2''n' +5era
them carefully, address = hem
plainly - and again - man Wv
early.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
YOUR G. I. RIGHTS
By DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Het
are some questions about tae re-
turn Of men from overseas and thsi
discharges from the service:
O. When will the 35th General
Hospital in the philippines be re-
turned?
A, It has been replaced and is
scheduled to return but no date
has been set.
@. Can you tell me when 'he
18th Division is scheduled to sal.'
A. Most of the units have al
ready sailed and the rest VIII
soon. =,
Q. My husband has "a points and
is a first lieutenant. ACCORDING 70
reports issued about two moAhs
ago, all officers eligile were 10
be out in 60 days. What about
this?
A. According to Army regi
lations, he should be reported as
available for discharge within ''
days after being eligible on points,
This regulation became effec'l's
September 2 and the go days ISM
much overdue. There might De d
reason for his being kept IN De-
cause of necessity.
@. My fiance is first lieutenaa.
in the Transportation Corps, no"
at Southampton, England he Ns'
"a points, and went overseas III
September, 1913. Will he be nome
before Christmas? =,
A. Your f a &c has go04
chance of being screened ou' III.
return when his point Lever !,
reached in that theater. 1t is AU'
possible to give definite lnioflDa,
ton about the return OF any 0''
individual. -
@. My husband is an lfllaN, -.
first lieutenant with 50 points. ~, =,
has been transferred to the oo1a.
Field Artillery Battalion ana - a. q.
Camp Detroit, France, waning &.
be sent home. Can you tell IN ~
when his unit will sail or "'''
l could expect him? -,
A. With SO points your Aus01 III.
lis above the critical score ~. u.
unit is probably preparing to COM IN
home right now according to IN ~.
War Department. The exact o''
for sailing has not been sell
eve regret that questions can ~. !,
answered only in this space-"
by mail.)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY w G. ROGERS
HOLDERS OF OPINION,
edited by David Bulman

NDA~SSt TN'OSs
The colunnists, arbiters Of our
morals, politics and economics.
are investigated here.
Thirteen men and one woman:
Mallon, Heater, Lippmann, Lew
is, Wenes, Pegler, Kaltenborn,
Swing, Pearson, Lawrence, Ken.
needy, Winchen, Sokolsky and Dor.
othy Thompson are taken apart to
see what has made them click.
The short chapters devoted to
each were written by ii different
persons described as for the
most part outstanding journal
lists" Some of the authors confine
themselves strictly to the facts
and refrain from passing judg.
ment. Others are as vitriolic as
the columnists on whose vitriol
they allege they choke.
Here's a sample Of opinions:
Dorothy Thompson's fault is phil
osophical haziness;" Pegler has
by far the largest intelligent fol-
lowing among the columnists;;"
Swing suffers from "a surprising
immaturity.''
One writer has no criticism OF
Lippmann's desire for U. S..
USSR understanding; another
agrees emphatically with Sokolsky
that capitalism and Communism
can never get along together in
one world. Welles. the blue blood,
is praised, while Winchell is scath-
ingly accused of only sixth-grade
education.
Any one OF these may be true
but there's no single point Of
view from which they're all true.
If this is a book needing to be
written, it needed to be done in
some other way, on some general
standard. There are as many per.
sonal opinions as there are writ
ers. This is philosophical hazi.
ness" and 'immaturity;" this is
the kettle calling the potboiler
black.
MODERN MAN is OBSO-'
LETE, by Norman Cousins
Viking; Sly.
The expanded text of the Satur.
day Review of Literature editorial
is put between boards so you can
save it for as long as this
menaced globe continues to sup
port human life.
Cousins subject is ethical man
against scientific man. The atomic
age is Of our own making and
may well be our undoing.
MAN is asked to adjust him
self to an Atomic Age before he
has caught up with, let alone
mastered, the age ushered in by
electricity and steam," Cousins
says. He warns: 1.-The greatest
obsolescence of all in the Atomic
Age is national sovereignty"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
By WALTER ]. MASON

ELKTON, Md, Nov. 21-(R -
The Gretna Green of the Eastern
seaboard is getting back to nor
NAL, which means that once again
anyone who has been in Elkton
half an hour can spot those beam
ing couples who flock here by the
hundreds to be married.
The end of the war has meant a
considerable increase in the mum.
Der of marriage licenses, which
clerks in the Cecil County build
ing attribute to returning veterans
who are marrying the girls they
left behind.
Elkton was more or less quiet
little town of about $500 persons
before the war.
Then, within three years, War
Manpower Commission figures
show, an estimated $4,000 work
ers filtered through the war plants.
Now the biggest plant-Triumph
Explosives, Inc-has shut down al
| together, and estimates by town
officials place the present popula-
ton somewhere around 5000.
There still isn't any surplus OF
housing, despite Federally-built
accommodation which housed the
thousands of war workers, but
things appear more like the days
of peace.
Stores are no longer damned
most of the time, the streets ap-
pear normally populated, and
closed is the USO where once
thousands of soldiers from the Alb
erdeen Proving Ground, sailors
from the cambridge Naval Train
ing Station and their friends and
relatives were clocked in a single
day.
One of the last reports of the
now-extinct War Manpower Com
mission gave some idea of the
problems which faced Elkton, re-
counting that not only were en-
ployes needed for the two ammuni-
ton and ordnance plants, but to
build the big cambridge Naval
Training center nearby and hous-
ing for workers and military per.
sonnet.
The VINO modified community
organizations and industrial per
sonnet departments to reorganize
and replan the social and economic
scheme of the entire county. Food
supplies were increased, public
housing built and priorities OBJ
tanned for private construction
where owners guaranteed to rent
to war workers.
So far as that population increase
is concerned, town officials vari-
ously estimated a peak of $4,000
to $4,000 persons, and the VINO
said it was believed there will be
about 20 per cent increase in per.
sonneP' at the one major war
plant which plans to make civilian
items.
Meanwhile they still come into
Elkton tWo-by-two, on trains, in
buses and by automobile, to enter
matrimony. They stil1 must wait
48 hours for the license, and many
of them stay in Elkton until it is
issued-al of which means more
business for the town.
In 1914, a total of 1890 marriage
licenses were issued. So far this
year-up to Nov. there have
been 6,724, and if only as many
are granted in the last two months
as were last year the 1914 mark
will be exceeded.
Ever since June, the number Of
licenses to wed have shown con.
sistent increases over the 1914
months and the county clerks Of
flee expects this trend to continue.
However, it won't be anything
like the peak war year of 1912,
when 14,101 couples received the
certificates, or 1941, when 1906
couples came into Elkton to
marry.
But the marriage runners -
who abandoned their business to a
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
CHINA WANTS BULLETINS

BUFFALO - U.D - Chang Fu-
tsung, director OF the National
Central Library in Chungking,
China. has requested Grosvenor
Library to resume mailing of
Buffalo library bulletins to the
Chinese Institution. Delivery OF
the bulletin to Chungking was
stopped when Japan blockaded the
Burma Road during the, war.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Editorial Comment
LET'S STEP OUT BRIsKLY

Sedentary citizens can couple the end of
shoe rationing with a personal inventory of
their walking habits They are hereby ren1,d-
ed that brisk daily walk is one of the
best physical conditioners It shakes cobwebs
out Of the gray matter, too, and helps reduce
worries to proper size. We were reluctant
to bring this up during the SO months when
each pair of shoes cost ration stamp and
lots of stamps went to the children instead
of Nom and Pop. But now how about nutt;ng
our soles into the fine old custom of 'Takine
a constitutional?''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
Matrimony Is Big Business Again
AS Elkton, Nd, Retu rms To Normal

great extent during the war to dc
more pressing hauling of passen'
gers and goods-are back at their
old stands once more, complete
with their $100-a-year licenses
from the Town of Elkton.
And once more the familiar
greeting is heard at the railroad
station, the bus stop and on the
streets:
Going to get married, mister?
I can show you the ropes"
Ekton is back to normal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22
THE ROAD RAru

The British War Office is LOOKING for w.v
to dispose of poison gas. It's no good for
anything except war purposes. It can't he
dumped without danger Present methods of
neutralzlng are long and costly.-Philade1phi
Record.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-22

It is estimated that New York
State Troopers recover nearly halt
million dollars worth Of stolen
property annually.
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ultimately be achieved. 1t certainly cannot
eventuate While the present world unrest. Of
"hlcn the atomic bomb is chief predisposins
cause, prevails ~
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sons out of work through no personal cause.
II all six hundred workers denied compen-
sation were strikers, the commission IS to be
commended for its action.