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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
NAVY SECRETARY
DEFENDS LOSSES
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is most inhuman and awful-stop,
stop"
His reply:
ION December 7, 1871, the Axis
confronted us with simple choice:
Fight or be overrun. There was
then, and is now, no other pos
sihility.
Having chosen to fight, we
had then, and have now, no final
means of winning battles except
through the valor of the Marine
or Army soldier who, with rifle
and grenades. storms enemy posi-
tons, takes them and holds them.
There is no short cut or easy
way. wish there were"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
YANKS TAKE IW0;
LOSE 1888 men
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the last remnants of the Japanese
garrison at point after point, broke
IN the enemy defense and reached
the point. Remaining was the
deadly game of hopping up iso-
lated strong points. But the VIC
More than 21,ooo japanese had
been killed up to 48 hours before
the end.
Thus the Japanese lost five men
Many of the American wounded
aready were back in action.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
RALLY DAY PLANNED

The Eighth street Free-W.ill Bap-
list church will hold rally day
Sunday featuring an offering for
the construction Of new church
to be built at Fourth and Queen
streets.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
Briefs
WATCH STOLEN

First 1t. ]. L. Lybrand, OF
Bluethenthal Field, reported to
City police yesterday that his
wrist watch was taken while ne
was at a service station al
Third and Chestnut streets. The
watch was valued at $50, police
reports showed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
HELD IN LARCENY

HELD In LAkCENI
Herman Tyson, IS, and Fred
die Mitchell, 4S, Negroes, were
booked by city police yesterday
for larceny and receiving ana
nut in jail under $500 bond
each. They were charged with
taking a case Of shoes valued az
s81 from the Seaboard Airline
Railroad Co., warehouse at !
brunswick street.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
WILLIAM ALBERT SANDERSON

WALLACE, March 16-Willlam
Albert Sanderson, SO, well known
farmer of the Chinquapin COM
munity, died yesterday at his
home.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Eula Sanderson; six sons, =.
c., Of Wallace, Thomas F., OF
Chinquapin, Henry L., of Whining
ton, Albert L., of Beulaville, H. j.
OF Wilmington, and Philip Sander
son, of Beulaville, and five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Lillian Sellers, OF Kin
ston, Mrs. Rosamond Rhodes, OF
Richlands, Mrs. Vida Milloy, Of
New York City, Mrs. Kate Futreal,
OF Chinquapin and Miss Dorothy
Sanderson, of Wilmington.
Funeral services were held at
8 p. m. today at the home OF
the son, Thomas F. Sanderson, IN
Chinquapin, with the Rev. J. I.
Gresham, of Beulaville, officiating.
Burial was in the family ceme-
terry at Hallsville.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17
Obituaries
ADAM EMPIE WRIGHT

Adam Enpie Wright, OF Phlla-
delphia, son of the late DR.. Adam
Empie Wright of Wilmington, died
Thursday at Southern Pines.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed by the Rev. Mortimer Glover at
$3.50 pm. today at Oakdale ceme-
terry.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-17

Fashion chooses newsmaking costume suits for Eas-
ter loneliness Soft little suit beauties fit for candle
light . figure-lattery Note the new cape suit
pepum pretty, trim bolero, trapunto trimmed star
all with arrow-slim skirts. Come choose yours
from our collection of glowing pastels, blacks, navy
2-tones ALI delightfully."- feminine, wearabe and petite
priced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
MT. Vandenberg's Speech

Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Republi- can and prewar isolationist helped launch the Senate'S foreign policy debate with a speech that merits the attention and admiration of all friends of interna- tional postwar peace.
 He was specific. He proposed an inn mediate treaty among the leading pow CTS to demilitarize Germany and Japan permanently. This, he suggested, would remove the fear of Axis militarism and the doubt of eventual American cooper ation which apparently are driving Brl- tain and Russia toward course of uni lateral and bilateral agreements, and power politics. He was practical. He proposed to allow the President prompt authorization of force to carry out the treaty He also proposed eventual func- tions of the Dumbarton Oaks plan calcu- lated to cancel some foreseeable objec- tions by 'perfectionist" colleagues in the Senate
 And, as an influential Republican, he eharted course of unity and action for his party. His program is one of positive Accomplishment, not negative opposition. kt promises willing, constructive part nership by the Senate minority in the great and fateful work ahead. In short, Mi. Vandenberg probably did a lot to renew lot of wavering faith in the Con- MTess of the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Getting the Wires Crossed

The war seems to be headed in the usual direction. The discussion Of the Polish problem and affairs in Greece, ana elsewhere, indicates the usual selnsh oe- sire of the warning nations to seize some other peoples land, possessions, oceans airWays ~.
 The United States entered this war as a champion of Freedom. We were licked in the peace framed after World war l. But we have a chance this time to use our diplomatic forces and power in De- half of freedom.
 Don't get hot in the collar because you differ with World leaders, or our own national leaders in official and privaCe VS;I life. Let's have the discussion now. Ihe more intensive it is the better for all or us. We don't want anyoooyS 4ano, we have enough of our own. Therefore we must use strong arguments, and employ our comnonsense and brains in search or new Freedoms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Super-Crisis in the Supermarket

On a morning when civilization was tottering it's way along the rim of dis aster, there arrived letter enlisting our support in a nationwide campaign. Our correspondent, a consultant to chain stores and supermarkets, was deeply con cerned. Danger threatents and action is imperative, we learned, and for this reason
 Mothers insist upon putting their young children in the wire push baskets Whlch they wheel around to collect groceries. The evil, we learned on further reading, is two-headed. Children are getting hurt and baskets are getting bent. Appar- ently there is no solution except a pro- gram of national action.
 By the time we had reached the end of the letter we had also reached the con clusion that one of the minor hardsnlpS of wartime living arises from the 1act taht there are too many nationwide campaigns and too few groceries.
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betake himself to leper colony in the South Sea Islands, conscious of the fact that 1t n-ant certain death.
 Recently I was reading of Y. w. c A. worker in London who at the close of the first World War be- came interested in a convict. This man had had an excellent record as a soldier but after his release from prison was unable to find a job. Through this discouraged chap the worker came in contact with num- Der of men who had had prison re- cords. She gathered them together in what she called "1'he League of the Straight Road. which set up as its ideal the attempt on the part of unfortunate men to meet life hon. estly and to get back to the normal way of things after their tragic ex- perience. Each member was expect cd to secure anothog member and
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had scattered all over the plat form.
 Then, as Jack Garner de- Iivered his acceptance speech, the pages were rattling in the wind, making a whistling noise in the micrOphOne. Pat Harri- son of Mississippi tried to hold the pages down, got one page out of place, and the Vice. President repeated one whole page of his speech.
 The President tells how he was worried sick, until the last word of his own address was finished, for fear he would make the same mistake.
 LONESOME PRESIDENT
 Franklin D. Roosevelt has never lost the old sparkle and verve which have characterized his pri- vate and public conversations for twelve long years. Sometimes in press conferences, he is irritable, but he always snaps back. He has his ups and downs.
 AAVCA OhAC Uoy WVAA ID UVuCp however, after dinner in the White House, after the last intimate callers who sometimes come as late as II P. M. have departed, then, in the Lincoln study you will sometimes catch a rare glimpse of Franklin Roosevelt as he really is in these war years.
 One evening friend came over to the residence part of the White House to confer with the Presi- dent on troublesome strike prob- lem. He walked along the thick carpeted corridor outside the Lin- coin study. The President did not hear him. AS the adviscer came to the door, which was open, he glanced inside.
 The room was dark except for one lamp on the Presidents desk which illuminated his face almost as if in a stage setting. The President sat there, gazing off into space. He was not reading, he was not smoking, he was thinking. And on his face was a look of almost tragic loneliness. A man surrounded by people, problems, and war, and completely alone.
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 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
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out unscarred. Yet the rumors about his health have been gross ly exaggerated.
 The chief facts are that after his illness last spring, his doc tors advised him to cut down hjs weight, and he has Lost about twenty pounds. This shows in his face, alreday lined with the worry of watching an ever-mOunting casualty list and war which has dragged on and on.
 Also the President has lost most of his teeth in his lower jaw and has new set which is not too comfortable. During import ant and most embarrassing mo- ments, such as in the middle of a speech, the new teeth some times click.
 Finally, the President has be- come more hard-bOiled about being seen in public in 8 wheel chair. During the early years in office he was representative on this point. He didn't like to have people realize he couldn't walk. But now he knows that during 12 years in the White House everyone IS quite aware of this fact, so he frequently rebels against wear ing his stiff and uncomfortable iron and leather braces, without which it is impossible for him to stand.
 Not only has the President be- come relatively callous about his physical condition, but he is not averse to telling a story on him. self, the frankest of which is re- garding the Philadelphia Conven- tion which nominated him in 1886. The President was walking up to the platform when the bolt came out of the brace on his left knee and he started to fall, in fact would have fallen to the plat form; but secret service men held him up and stood around him so that few people could see what was happening. The bolt was replaced, and the Prfesident continued, but, he said, very much shaken up. In addition to this, Jimmy Roosevelt had trapped his speehc and the pages
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
A SALAD HOUND

A meal is not a square meal, diet is not a balanced diet and llier is not all it should be without Q salad. The finest food, in prime condition, however well prepared or cooked and served, food that IS good to eat, chock-full of calorleS and therefore excellent fuel to sup port the energy requirements III any emergency, is still inadequate if it happens to be poor in vita mins and minerals-and meal without a salad is pretty certain to be inadequate in that respect these days.
 On the other hand salad with out 8 dash of arsenic is not as easy to obtain these days as you may think. If you are fortunate enough to have your own garden patch ana grow your own spinach, lettuce, as- paragus, chicory, onions and the like, then you can have salad and still no bellyache. But if you buy your vegetables and greens in the market or If you eat out, you can either omit green salad or take a chance on it and hope the arsenic will not exceed your tolerance.
 In Public Health Reports, official publication of U. S. Public Health Service, Jan. 1, '37, Iowa State Uni- versity experts described their find- ings in tests of the spray residues on fruit and urged that apple growing States enact laws to em- power the health department to protect consumers against spray residues. They also recommended that fruit growers who spray their fruit on the trees should use l percent hydrochloric acid rinse. which is a simple procedure and would at least mitigate the poten- tial danger of poisoning.
 It is advisable to use this Solu- tion for rinsing greens or leave vegetables in preparing them for salads. To prepare per cent hy- drochloric acid solution mix pint of standard medicinal Diluted Fly drochloric Acid with g points Of water. This solution may be used over and over for rinsing such leafy vegetables or whole fruits. The dilute acid dissolves and re- moves lead or arsenic residues that are not dissolved or removed by water or even by soap and water. After rinsing well in the l per- cent hydrochloric acid solution, an- other rinsing in plain water re- moves any acid remaining. I be- lieve I'd go for salad any time. even in a restaurant, if knew the greens were given this acid rinse by way of assurance against belly- ache.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
WHY HAVE A SPECIAL
 ELECTION
Bridgeport Post)

NbrlQBepOrC FOSL) As an aftermath of Senator Ma loney's death the thought of under going a special election to choose a successor for the brief period of his unfinished term will fill most Con- necticut citizens with aversion. We have just had combined presiden- tial and state election and that's enough electioneering for most of us.
 A special election would not only be a heavy and needless expense in wartime but under the complicated procedure which must be followed it could not be held until the latter part of the present year thus allow ing a good part of the unfinished term to elapse, leaving Connecticut without representation in the mean. time.
 All this could be avoided if the Legislature would empower Cover nor Baldwin to appoint somebody to fill in the interim period until the next regular Senatorial election in November, l946.
 This is said by some political fore- casters to be out of the question because we have a Republican House and a Democratic Senate and the latter,-the forecasters assume,- would never empower Republican governor to fill the senatorial vac- ancy.
 But why not? The appointee would hold office only during Sem ator Maloney's uneXpired term, or until January 1947 Such an ap- pointment however, could take ef- feet immediately and the state would have it's full representation in the United States Senate dur Ing his critical war-and-peace per- iod.
 Under the Constitution of the United StaaeS vacancy in the Sem ate Is to be filled by special election except that The Legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appoint ments until the people fill the vac- ancies by election. as the Legislature may direct"
 The Legislature therefore could direct Governor Baldwin to make such an appointment effective until the next regular election in No- vember, 1046. If as a matter of poli- tical expectancy the Republican
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Polling the POllsters

We hope that some day there will be congressional Investigating committee to investigate the congressional passion for Investigating committees. (Try reading it again, a little more slowly.) Too often it has seemed that investigation has been an end in itself, rather than some thing aimed toward eventual legislation or reform And so we have hoped And that hope was revived with the publica- ton of a House Campaign Expenditures Investigating Committee report on Dr. George Gallup's poll. Why the inveSti- gation was ever undertaken is something of a mystery, but here in brief are It's conclusions:
 1. The Gallup organization sin
 cerelv tried to use scientific methods
 in forecasting the results of the pres
 idential election.
 2. Better sampling methods are
 available, and Dr. Gallup should
 have used them.
 3. The Gallup samples must
 either have been inaccurate or oo-
 tained by improper interviewing pro
 cedure, for the poll undereStlmated
 the Democratic vote in about tWo-
 thirds of the state.
 4. Dr. Gallup ought to publish
 raw figures as well as adjusted"
 figures, which take account of some
 imponderableS that don't show on an
 adding machine Thus the public
 could draw it's own conclusions.
 The only explanation for the inveSti- gation we can see is that Congress is go- ing to start a free busineSS-conSultant service. That must be it. The Gallup roIl is nrivate business specializing in the collection and marketing of samples of public opinion. Its only market IS newspapers. It does not undertake any surveys for individuals, private firms or political groups. It has not government contracts.
 Dr. Gallup operates in competition with four other leading poll takers. All nVe firms did well this year, artistically and' we hope, financially. They did well be- cause none of them was off as much as Z per cent in forecasting the actual results of civilian balloting for president. So It is apparent that, for these five firms, accuracy is not matter of congressional compulsion. Accuracy is their bread ana butter Them as gueSSeS closest gets the most business. And if the House con- mittee's subcommittee of expert govern ment poll takers was able to offer pr. Gallup any free tips on increased ettl- ciency and accuracy we presume that he was duly grateful. But if Congress IS going to do that for Dr. Gallup why Shoulnd't it do as much for his competl- tors or for any other strictly private, nonWar business Well, anyway, we hope the boys had a goo dtime Investigating Just tack the bil lon our taxes, chumS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Views Of The Press

House would object to the appoint ment of Democrat as Senator or the Demochrat Senate would object to the appointment of Republican this difference might be effectively bridged by appointing someone who is publicly pledged to fill only the interim term and not to be can- didate to succeed himself.
 This would leave both parties free to make new nominations in 1946 and to start the contest on even terms. It would avoid the expense, the strife and the nuisance of 8 special election in the meantime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
SENATOR MALONEY
(Catholic Transcript

Senator Maloney's death on Tues day of this week takes away from the state and the nationa an able public servant, from his Church an exemplary son and from his family a devoted husband and father.
 In the political arena Senator Maloney was a Skillful contestant. His record of steady progress from minor offices to the Senate of the United States indie. as much. But he was more. He was an honest and honorable warrior in a field where cunning and trickery are too often used as weapons. Tn his own words he never met an issue on the basis of class, politics or special privilege. He met every issue on the basis of his own steadfast integrity. That, rather than his admitted pos- ition as one of the ablest men in the
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Copyright 1s4s, John F. Dille Co.,

United States Senate, is the reason ths men and women of his state and his faith were proud of him and the reason too that they mourn his loss so sincerely.
 A devoted son of the Church, Sen- ator Maloney did not parade his re- ligion. Nor ddi he try to use 1t for political advantage any more thar he tried to deprecate it for similar purpose. To him his faith was the truth and he served 1t as he served the truth in all the circumstances of his life. How great and good an ex- ample his service gave may only be learned from those closest to him. That 1t was great and good we know If by no other means than the hon. est and open character of the man himself.
 Senator Maloney'S family suffers the greatest loss in his death. How ever fine public servant, he is soon forgotten when he vanishea from the scenes of public life. Sen ator Maloney's place will be filled, even if inadequately, and the world will go on as before. But for his de- voted wife and children the world will not go on as before. The place left empty by the departure of ons as beloved as we know he was can not ever actually be filled. May their lasting grief be lessened by the con- solations of the faith they and he ] profeSSed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 8:l6 a. m, sets ta 5:53 p. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 new moon has been riding high in the sky the last few clear nights
 It would not be safe to predict whether 1t is wet or dry moon. considering the wealth CT for the last month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Selected Poem
JANUARY RAIN

JANUARY RAIN
 Stanton A. Coblentz in the New York Times Rain, on the granite of city day Falls like a sorrow; like an old regret. But beauty walks the hills of showery gray, And leaves a glow in forests newly wet. The Chariot clouds that ride the peak, and drift In streamered grandeur down the delueed pass; The thunder -foaming torrent. race-horse- swift; The valley great with flood in one wild mass, All chant with exultation; while the trees, Ghost-giants ranged amid twilight hall Of ever-changeful floating tapestries. Seem bowed In worship to the source of all. And from the houseless canyon. wood and plain. Welcome one guest the dear life-givng rain.
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of use f u lness which transform
 ed the spiritual life of the British Isles; or of Flor ence Nightingale's work in the Cri- mea, or of Clara Barton's labors in founding the Red Cross. Ponder for a moment tn e courage which led Father Damien to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Sulfur and MOlasSeS

Please explain the effect of sul- fur and molasses on person. Would it be harmful for a child to eat lump of sulfur? (Mrs. L).
 Answer-You believe in preparing well in advance for the big spring thaW? Sulfur and molasses is mildly laxative, nothing more, so far as we know. If the sulfur is pure 1t would be harmless to the child merely a laxative.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20

Croome, took the secretary. Gerald w. Movius. Open ing the des k drawer, Croome found this note:
 ITO my success sor: Please take ood are of Montmorency. He involves Ii t t l e trouble. Just don't hurt him or l will haunt you. He d oe sn't t a k e b aths and he doesn't have to be taken ont for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20

 SPOTLIGHT
New Senator
 'Inherits' a COckrOach
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ingtOn COrresuOndent

Washington, D. C., Jan. 20 - When Washington states newly ap- pointed Senator Hugh B. Mitchell took office as successor to his former boss, Senator Mon c. Wallgren, he was assigned to the office suite for merly occupied by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota. Mitchell's secretary, Jack Croome, took the desk formerly occupied by Yves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
PEOPLE ARE A WORTHWHILE
 INVESTMENT
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

There is nothing so marvellous as to see some consecrated individual throwing his life into an enterprise fo' the betterment of humanity. Think of John Wesley'S long career
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-20
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

slgned letters pertalrine to per- Oonal health and hygiene, not 70 disease, dlagnOsis oe treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady n . stamped self-addresSed envelope is enclosed. Letters should DC brieR and written In ink. Q reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Dr' William Brady. NatiOnaI News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, III