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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-12
seas huts will not be adorned
with signs saying, off limits. .

seas huts will not be adorned
with signs saying, off limits.
The most concrete fact available
at the moment on the fraternizing
front is that the recent modifica-
ton of the ban tripled the sale of
soap at one army post exchange.
A partial explanation may be found
in two directions: soldiers needed
to spruce up for conversation in
public Places which suddenly be-
came permissible; or they re-
cognized the wonderful value of
soap as a gift in winning friends
and influencing people.
Judging by published reports
from the United States, many at
home appear to be taking the wf<d
''fraternize" at more than its face
meaning. But any soldier knows it
does not mean being untrue to his
best girl. Having found many new
German friends ranging in age
from two to ten he knows the word
in its dictionary meaning.
There is a great deal of frater-
nizing of one kind or another going
on and much of it is here to stay.
On the other hand there are many
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A National Obligation

Without minimizing any help received from
TIE Allies, it is still permissible to say with
pride and thankfulness that the Pacific war
has been ours to win and that we won it.
With our fleet all but destroyed at Pearl
Harbor, with no air force that could be reckon
ed formidable by third class nation and
ground forces too small to wage effective war
fare anywhere in the world, the United States
has placed in the Pacific Navy more power
full than all other navies in the world in four
short years, air forces which with the great
B-29's are the greatest on earth, and armies
that not only played conspicuous part in the
defeat of Germany but in addition defeated
the Japanese on island strongholds in the
southwest and central Pacific which broke the
back of Japan's offensive.
The Navy all but obliterated the Wanted
Navy of Japan. The Air Forces have had the
japanese Air Force at its mercy for month
or more, bombing Japans chef cities and
centers of war industry with practically no
opposition.
And .by no means least of United States
achievements, we have dropped atomic
tually wiped both cities out, and were prepar-
ed to drop more on other Japanese cities ii
Tokyo had not decided to throw in the sponge.
| It is right to boast of United States achieve
ments in this frightful Second World War be-
cause the United States is first of all, peace
loving nation and it's population peace-loving
people, War has had no place in its primary
objective. We can only pray that war shall
never become one of its principal aims. But.
because the far corners of the world have
been brought so near through aviation, and al
so because we accepted joint responsibility
with the other leading powers of the world fol
peace not only "in our time but far beyone
it, it is apparent that the United States must
exert leadership of the highest order. in the
years to come, least the peace we are sworr
to help maintain be jeopardiged by later
aggressors.
We have proved what we do in war
The demonstration of United States resources
for and in battle ought to be warning to al
nations lot to start another war, not to force
us into another conflict.
We have still to prove what we can do in
peace. We didn't do so well after the former
World War. We led the procession in disarma.
ment, which helped pave the way for this
Second World War. With out chief aim con
centrated upon peace, we dare not forget the
awful price we paid for our blindness quart
er century ago.
I If the only way we can be sure of preserving
peace in the world for or grandchildren anc
their offspring is to maintain large Navy, q
large Air Force and expanded perman
ent Army, we would be foolish not to have
them
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Bird, Western Carolina Teachers
college, Boone; DR.. P. w. Pickle
sinner, East Carolina Teachers
college, Greenville; DR.. w. M.
Grubbs, Appalachian State Teach
ers college, Boone; w. L. Greene,
Raleigh; Russell Gruman, Chapel
Hill: Mrs. E. N. Howell, Swan
nanoa; DR.. w. P. Jacobs, Raleigh;
Mrs. Helen L. Macon, Chapel Hill;
Mrs. Annie Laurie Mcdonald, Ra-
leigh; DR.. F. H. McNutt, Woman
college, U. N. c., Greensboro; Dr.
Julian Miller, Charlotte; Miss
Ethel Perkins, Raleigh; DR.. H. A.
Perry, Raleigh; DR.. w. Carson
Ryan, Chapel Hill; Dean 1. o.
Schaub, of the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, Raleigh; Presi-
dent James E. Shepherd of North
Carolina College For Negroes,
Durham; Harold L. Trigg, Eliza
beth City; Mrs. Margaret Nc
IGimsey, Morganton; and Mrs.
James LeGwin, Greensboro.
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For Party Welfare

We wish the democratic party to remain ir
power. But we do not wish to have it win by
the payroll route. This is why We have stead.
lily objected during recent years to the tremen-
dous increases in federal employees.
Granted, the war necessitated the employ.
ment Of additional clerks, particularly in the
Army and Navy Departments. But we have
strenuously opposed the setting up of bureaus
with overlapping authority and duplication OF
effort, not only because they were stumbling
blocks to the war effort and imposed needless
Inconvenience upon the public. but because
they carried heavy payrolls and so formed an
important cog in the political machine.
Now that peace is at hand it would seem
possible and exceedingly advisable that reduc-
tons be started in these costly political pay.
rolls Immediately 1t is incomprehensible that
the government should actually require the
services of more than 5000, 600 employees. Il
is shocking to learn that California alone has
$4,000 federal employees, that New York has
297, 300, the Washington metropolitan area 1885,
300, and six other states Illinois, Massachu
sets, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia
more than 900 each. These figures, Of
course are exclusive Of the post office depart
nent which employees only 375,10O.
To clear the democratic party of imputations
TOO frequently heard, it behooves President
Truman to cut all federal payrolls, and parti
cularly bureaucratic payrolls without loss Of
time. This is necessary for his partys well
fare, whether he contemplates being candi-
date in the next pres; dental election or not
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RESOURCE GROUP
MEMBERS NAMED

RALEIGH, Aug. 11.-P)-Gov'
ernor Cherry today appointed
members of the North Carolina
Resource-Use Education com
mission of the State Planning
board. The terms are to be al
the pleasure of the governor.
Named to the temporary execu'
tive committee of the commits
sion are:
DR.. Gordon W. Blackwell, direc-
tor of the Institute of Research IN
Social Science of the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Felix A. Grisette, managing direc'
tor of the State Planning board
Chapel Hill; Paul Kelly, assistant
director of the State Board of Con
servation and Development, Ra,
leigh; Mrs. Helen L.. Macon,
chairman of the North Carolina
Council for Social Studies, Chapel
Hill; and DR.. H. A. Perry, Divi'
sion of Instruction of the State
Department of Public Instruction,
Raleigh.
Named to represent agencies
concerned with research and with
the administration and develop
ment of resources are:
E. S. glastonbury, Andrews;
R. Bruce Etheridge, Raleigh ;
Felix A. Grisette, Chapel Hill; I.
r. Haig, Asheville; Paul Kelly,
Raleigh; Harold D. Meyer, Chapel
Hill; Hiden Ramsey, Asheville;
Carl V. Reynolds, W. Kerr Scott,
Forrest H. Shuford, DR.. Ellen
Blac Winston, E. B. Garrett, and
M. H. Kline, all of Raleigh.
Appointed to represent agencies
concerned primarily with research
about resources are:
DR.. L. D. Baver, Raleigh; DR..
Gordon w. Blackwell, Chapel Hill;
DR.. Milton L. Braun, Salisbury
Dr.. C. C. Crittenden. Raleigh;
President J. W. Seabrook Of
North Carolina Society for Re.
search, Fayetteville; and DR.. Her.
bert F. Prytherch of Beaufort.
Named to represent agencies
concerned primarily with educa
ton about resources are:
Ernest Arnold, Durham; Miss
Marjorie Beale, Raleigh; DR.. T
E. Browne of N. c. State College;
DR.. Clyde A. Erwin, Raleigh;
President Frank P. Graham Of
the University of North Carolina
DR.. Clarence Korstain of Duke
university; Dean D B. Bryan
Wake Forest; DR.. William L. Por'
ter, Davidson college; Dean w. E.
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USO Club Announces
Program For w

The weekly program Tor 'a y,
ond and Orange USO cup ~ y,
week beginning Monday ~ I"
lows: ,,lI,.
9 p. M, informal dahcH'
games. liar IL;
(skates provided. 0;5O p'''
ger painting. irt>
Wednesday, 8 p M ~
oS Thursday. 8 p. m, Di 1.a
prizes, beginners dance C c-' ~,
pong and shellcraft 1'd dsnc nj
10 p. M, in 'ormal o0'''
games. formal u
with orchestra 'HI .;oro
fa ,yt songs at the paw 1srs 1
Sunday, 9 a. nl,' ,, Bela
breakfast " / c 0 sorce3sp
serve; 9::45 a. m. no. o.s n M,
ing (also at 1l:3o' 4, 4 l @Iy n
IL Ii a. m, services in 1o .4ss- so1',
es; 2 p. M, send a le''Ss ;ss.n''
recordings rec E 4:8o p. n fls.o,osa.: t
6 p. M, home hour our .sP BIB (
p pfr5Ss by candleIisht'' Z. w
sT aura.
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Propeller Club Will
Meet On August IS

The Propeller club will hold it's
August meetinga Wednesday night,
August Is. at clock at the Fam
GUS Grill on the Carolina Beach
road, and all members are urged
to make reservations for the meet
ing with the secretary of the club.
Nomination of ficers of the
coming year will be considered,
along with other business. A movie
program of some OF the latest war
pictures and items of current in
terest has been arranged.
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Editorial Comment
THE KINGS ENGLISH

Persons who are willing to emphasize the
emptiness of their thoughts by eavesdroppng
a king a candidate for monstrosities in
speech will be listening for King George when
he goes on the air to tell the world what
he knows about British politics.
In our country we have a grand time listen
ing to such outgivings. When Al Smith ran for
the presidency we naturally wished to know
just how bad he could be with his Bronx Irish
We were not looking for any such scholastic
slovenliness as we found in President Hoover.
But when Governor Smith called it "rad-dlo'
and said the 18th amendment was "applic-
CABLE we WINGED. He might be a govern
mental genius but what he did to the king S
English was almost enough to finish both the
king and the tongue
But when Mr.. Hoover came along to tell us
about the demon strata -bility'' of certain re-
publican doctrine, and the decisive" char
acter of certain things more recently "decid-
ed, it was patent that even Leland Stanford
could not guarantee the kings English.
But the king himself got guilty. He was not
the present regent, but his brother, and Ed
ward spoke about "equit table" acts OF his
majesty's government and in "partlcklar"
some more recent legislation. After Edward
had assaulted the language IN royal fashion
it was agreed that Smith, Hoover and Rex
were equally guilty of damage to the king
English.
But in one ''particklar' Edward was less
shoddy in his syntax. 1t is matter OF record
that not during his entire regency did he split
an infnitive. and similarly recorded that
Smith and Hoover never lost an opportunity
to blast open every infinitive in the book.
Which recalls that once upon a time North
Carolina had an editor who got positively
naughty about his dealings with this lntlnltlve
thing Sometime he would announce today that
he would crack one of 'em tomorrow. But even
he has m1it.-Greensboro Daily News.
cObnoxious and Demoralizing"
When the official text of the (Wagner-M ur'
r.v.D;noelD bill at last was made available
+o the nress. it revealed that certain doctors
+ Ind dentists in each community would be de-
sionated bv the Surg eon-General as the ap'
,roved Federal practitioner for that area NC
doctor could qualify as a specialist IN any
,aorticu1ary field save upon designation by the
ee,raeon-G General. And no patient would be per-
% e;ttad tn consult a specialist until the case
naS hoen approved by medical ad1nlnlsFra'
I:a' officer appointed by the Surgeon Gener'
d. And all this, says Senator Wagner, IS not
a:1;zod Medicine is not State Medicine.
VIII Senator, we have examined the te@'
of your bill. 30 eoo;a1;zed Medicine
wv tool further, that it is Sociallzed Meol-
we neculiarly obnoxious and demon a,1Z :
Gu! cine ta ~ Herald-News Passaic' N ."
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WILL VISIT RUSSIA

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. -R-
Four members of the House For.
eign Affairs committee packed
their bags today for an eight week
trip to Russia and the Balkan
countries. The group composed OF
Representatives Bolton CR-Ohio)
Gordon O-1lD Ryter D-Conn), and
Mundt R-SD), will leave the CAPT.
tai by army p1ane tomorrow. En-
route to Moscow they will make
brief stops at Paris and Berlin.
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COMMITTEES ~ p>

RALEIGH, Aug. . IL, II ~
organization COMM medical =
eyommis5ion viii Sir meet a +sa.
dag, and among Other 'p Il
discuss the appointnlaac,lr,s
manent executive osn,miss.of
be completed and SUI
will make reports
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HirOhitO To Remain

In the past HlrohltO, despite the sham dl-
vinity accorded him by Shintoism, has actual
ly been the puppet of the japanese mill
tary Henceforth, according to the terms laid
down by the Big Four, he is to be the puppet
Secretary Of State James F. Byrnes' reply
to the charge affares OF the Swiss legation,
through whom the Tokyo surrender offer
came, makes this very clear. From the
moment of surrender the authority of the en-
peror and the japanese government to rule
the state shall be subject to the Supreme Com
mander of the Allied powers. - And further,
The emperor will be required to authorize
and ensure the signature of the government OF
Japan and the Japanese Imperial General
headquarters of the surrender terms neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of the Pots
dam declaration, and shall issue his COM
mands to all the Japanese military naval and
air authorities and to all the forces under their
control wherever located to cease active opera
tons and to surrender their arms and to is
sue such other orders as the Supreme Com
mander may require to give effect to the sur
render terms
Thus Hirohito will be the agent merely OF
the Supreme Commander, and will remain en-
peror only until such time as the people OF
Japan determine for themselves the form OF
government under which they propose to live
through free election
There will probably be considerable COM
plant that the Big Four did not require the
surrender of the emperor as Japans chle1
war criminal, and there is considerable rea-
son to back this view. But considering tnat
| there is no government in Germany with which
the Allied governments can deal, ana pro-
| badly will not be for some years, II is pos
sible that some of the chaos that has followed
the European victory may be avoided by re-
tention' of Hirohito as the head of the Jap
anese government with authority to issue or
ders essential to the eradication OF the war
party the war industries, the war education ana
the creation of a sound peace.
This will be longtime process, during
which Japan will be dynastic state only te
the extent that the emperor VIII be carrying
out the instructions of the Big Four, through
the Supreme Commander. 1t is reasonable u
believe, therefore, that as long as the Big
Four act as team, there will be no serlou:
threat of return to imperialism in Japan
-V
Any realistic description of our civilizatlol
would exhaust our vocabulary OF such WORD
as pain, hardship, hunger, fear and despair
But while we live in suffering world, 1t i
J one that is hopefully looking for some cur
to help restore it to health and peace-Rev. A
Dale Fiers, Newark, O..
So long as the enemy asks for Japans un
e conditional surrender, she will have to snet
blood proportionate to the time and intenslt!
OF each battle.-Jap Adnl Kichiasaburo NJ
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TOP o. THE MORNING

DC. not know any one promise in all
the Hible for the lingerers-for one who
perishes through straightforward refusal,
there are probably thousands who perish
through putting off. How shall we escape
If we refuse-no, If we merely neglect SO
great salvation?
Frances Ridley Havergal.
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So long as the enemy asks for Japan's un.
conditional surrender, she will have to she'd
blood proportionate to the time and intensity
OF each battle.-Jap Adml. Kichiasaburo No
mura
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-12

Any realistic description of our civilization
would exhaust our vocabulary OF such wofds
as pain, hardship hunger, fear and despair
But while we live in a suffering world, it is
one that is hopefully looking for some cure
to help restore it to health and peace-Rev. "A.
Dale Fiers, Newark, o.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Responsible Jobs
Urqed for Veterans

There will be "a great many frus-
trated boys if servicemen trained
to handle responsible military duties
are not permitted to apply their new
skills to equally responsible work in
civilian life, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
told member of the Junior Board of
Commerce yesterday at a luncheon
at the Annapolis Hotel.
She declared it is necessary for
educators to join with employers to
give returning veterans a chance to
work in positions of responsibility
"for which they have been trained in
service"
"You cannot give man maturity
and .hen have him go back to being
little boy" she said. when a
man is in service. he feels he belongs,
and when he is out of service, he
feels as stranger among civilians
unless we show him he has a re-
sponsible part in the community"
Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out that a
discharged soldier can no longer go
to servicemen's clubs because he is
out of uniform, and suggested that
clubs be formed for them.
She advised that friends and fam
lilies of wounded veterans should
not be unduly sympathetic" and thus
make them feel they are any diff
ferent than before they received
their handicap.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Allied Planes Hammer
Berlin and Other Cities
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2.-British
Mosquito planes kindled huge fires
in Berlin in a double attack before
dawn today as the capital prepared
for long siege.
(Supreme Allied headquarters
announced that besides the at
task on Berlin, heavy bombers
rained explosives on vital COM
munications at Mainz, Ludwigs-
hafen and Siegen)
The Berlin correspondent of Af-
tonbladet gave this description of
Berlin, which he said the Nazis
were converting rapidly into fort
ress:
Policemen with steel helmets and
rifles were standing guard in out
skirts of Berlin. Columns of troops
tanks and armored cars rolled con-
stantly through the city of 4,300 600,
while more and more Berliners were
commanded to join Volkssturm units
near the capital
key positions along the wide
superhighways and other roads lead
ing into Berlin were being manned
and fortified"
The Tidningen correspondent said
the Portuguese Legation and two
other diplomatic missions had left
Berlin because their countries did
not maintain relations with Russia.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Homes Sought for 50
After Alexandra Fire

Efforts we're being made today to
provide homes for 80 Alexandra col
ored persons who were left homeless
yesterday when fire destroyed four
small frame houses and damaged
four others In the 100 block Of South
Columbus street. No one was in
jured.
Alexandria city oficiais said the
homeless families may be sheltered
in trailer homes built by the Govern
n1ent for defense housing on Mont
gomery and Henry streets. Arrange
ments were expected to be completed
today.
Firemen said the blaze started
from an overheated stove at 435
South Columbus, one of the houses
in the center Of the block. The
flames spread to three other houses
and four others were badly dam
aged by smoke and water.
Firemen said the eight houses
probably would have to be torn
down. They estinated the dam
ages at 5000 to q, ,60o..
Firemen were handicapped in
fighting the flames by ice which
formed as water was played on the
fire.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Virginia Convention
Plan Curbs Poll Tax
Issue, DoveI Charges
By the Associated Press.

hy tuC ASSOCldteQ fTeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. III. r
Dovel, Republican State Committee
chairman, has charged in a lette,
to Gov. Darden that the restricted
State constitutional convention plar
to be submitted in the referendum
election March was devised as 9
means of preventing full public
expression on the subject of the
poll tax as prerequisite for voting
Mr.. Dovel's letter, copies of which
were distributed to the press yester.
day, was in reply to statement
made by the Governor several days
ago that he was very much sur.
prised" to learn of Mr.. Dovels op.
position to the convention ref.
erendum.
Il cannot believe, in proclaimine
his hostility, that he tDoveD repre-
sents the rank and file of his party,
the Governor stated.
Mr.. Dovel, in his statement yes
terday, recalled the Governors
statement that he would urge the
people to vote for the restricted con-
vention as a means of paving the
way for servicemen to vote in State
elections, said he would debate the
issue with the Governor lat any
time and place. within the Com
monwealth of Virginia" that he
might wislsss
Mr.. Dovel further charged that
the Democratic political organiza-
ton in Virginia. headed by Senator
Byrd, was isafraid to 60 to the people
on the question of abolishing the
poll tax"
Evening star., 1945-02-02
New Landings Increase
Manila Peril, Japs Say
Ry the Associated pres.

BY the Associated Press.
Domei, Japanese news agency, to-
day said new American landings OF,
Luzon Island this week at Subie
Bay and on the Batangas coast
have brought q further serious
turn" In the "war situation in the
Manila sector"
The dispatch estimated that fve
American divisions are converging
on Manila Bay.
A Tokyo broadcast to Germany
said "the main japanese forces
have not yet put in an appearance
When and where the troops under
Gen. Yamashita take their stand
and launch counteroperations is no,
yet known
The broadcaster said Gen. Mac
Arthur is holding in reserve great
number Of troops, especially air
borne troops"
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Emergency StockpiIe
OF Coal Sought for
Arlington County

Arlington County Manager Frank
c. Hanrahan said today he is con-
ferring with Solid Fuels Admins
traton officials in an attempt to
create county coal stockpile to
ease the emergency.
Mr.. Hanrahan's conference with
STA officials followed an announce
ment by M. P. Ayers, county pur-
chasing agent, that residents will
be out of coal by the end of the
week unless dealers obtain supplies
While some District distributors
were reported supplied with coal
this does not affect Arlington deal
ers who do not, have trucks with
District tags. Under a motor law
no truck without a District tag may
pick up load in the District fol
delivery elsewhere.
Mr.. Ayers explained that while
Arlington does not clear its emer-
gency coal certificates through the
Washington clearing house of the
Merchants and Manufactures AS
sociation, this Office has promised
to handle a few of the certificates
in the present emergency.
Griffith Consumers, Inc, which
operates a retail coal yard in Ar
lington, was said to have some coal
on hand and smaller county deal
ers reported they had been given
emergency loads there. Other deal
ers were allowed coal after regular
customers were served, it was said.
Officials of the emergency coal
organization reported that the de-
mand for emergency certificates had
risen from 10 on Monday to a daily
average of 40 to so during the last
two days. Nearly $50 had been
issued through yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-02-02
Norfolk Man EIecfrocuied
For AssauIiing Woman |
Py the Associated Press.

Ey inc ASSoclNted FfeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 2.-Wieie
Rodgers Jones. 29, colored, of NAr-
folk died in the electric chair at the
State Penitentiary this morning Tor
criminally assaulting a young white
woman October 2. J.
Maj w. Frank Smyth, superfn-
tendent of the penitentiary. an
nounced that Jones was pronounced
dead at $40 am. The condemned
man went into the execution cham
Der at 8:35.
He had no visitors yesterday ex-
cept spiritual advisors, Maj. Smith
said.