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Evening star., 1945-04-29

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| HAVE mild complaint
"Argosy' has been using Back Talk the title
on its reader department for time, and we've
been sort of proud of having hit on such good one
The explanation is of course, that no one at THIS
WEEK happened to see department - or. having
it, forgot about it.
ROGERS TERRILL
Managing Editor, Argosy
THIS WEEK agrees with Editor Terrill that
Back Talk is a good title, but cheerfully yields
the right of way to 'Argosy.'' From now OH
THIS WEEKS back talk will appear as LETTERS.
"PARENTS AREN'T FAIR"
Your article about parents aroused my interest.
For long time considered myself among selected
few whose mothers had respect for their time at ALL
was surprised to see that other kids had the same
trouble thoroughly agree with the plan of having
list of chores given early in the week. I'm sure it
would improve our attitude at home.
Bob BINDER
No. Hollywood, Calf.
My MOTHER thinks of things for me to do, but she
can't think of everything at She has other things
N-A'AAe 1oN 5000
for your parents while you still can
A TEEN-AGE GIRL
St Louis, Mo.
| AM not far past the teen age myself. but when l
read Parents Aren't Fair" boiled
Why don't our adolescents take over adult respon-
sibites entirely? Perhaps they could make out a
list of chores for their parents.
Why don't they grow up? Then is the time to grippe!
HARRY M. MATTAx
Westminster Md.
WHEN turned to read Parents Aren't Fair
found underlines everywhere. just whch one OF my
10 kids did it, don't know.
| have found that written list of things to do
is we'll liked by my children. However, I've found.
too that Saturdays full Of basketball and shows
and friends that any job may be resented
MRS. H. HoLLINcswoRTH
Pomona. Calf.
Ir's getting too bad when all you talk about is
boys .. .. We girls would like some little attention.
BETTY SMITH
Portland, Ore.
Be calm, Betty. Wen have article about
girls next week.
HAVE you something to say7 Wrte to the Letters
Editor, THIS WEEK Magazine. 40 Lexington Avenue,
New York II, N. Y Letters cannot be acknowledged
or returned but ve'H publish the bretest and best.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Nations Must Find Room
For Christ Says Darst

er will be at St. Andrews church
this morning to assist in an II
o'clock communion service.
The Bishop Thomas Wright led
the congregation of St. Johns in
the celebration OF the Holy Com
munion. All Episcopal churches
in the city will hold services this
morning at II o'clock.
All-Saint' Shy -the-Sea church at
Carolina Beach celebrated the
Holy Commun on last night at 1880
O'Clock, led by the Rev. Thomas
Noe.
The annual carol service of St.
James church was held last night
at o'clock around the Christmas
tree in the church yard.
The Church of the Good Shepherd
and St. Paurs church, both Epis-
copal, celebrated the Holy Com
munion in services last night.
A special service at IL a. m.
this morning will be held by the
First Baptist church, Fifth and
Market streets consisting of spe-
cial Christmas anthems by the
adult choir under the direction of
Henri Emurian, director and or
ganist. DR.. Sankey Lee Blanton
will deliver the Christmas mes
sage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25

IF We are to continue the peace
and make it stick we must revert
to the words spoken to the par
ents of the Saviour "there is no
room at the inn,'' Bishop Thomas
c. Darst, retired, said last night.
In commenting on the first
peacetime Christmas to be cele-
brated by Wilmington, New Han
over county and the rest Of the
nation since 1941, Bishop Darst
continued:
Groom must be found for Him
in the inns" of our governments
our councils; our meetings.; our
laeders and our nlilitarists.
Through the faith of His strength
will come a perpetual peace. He
must be uppermost in the minds OF
those persons who have made the
peace and will try to keep it.
"As we rejoice on this first peace
tul Christmas we must be con-
scious of the reason for which
Jesus came and take advantage
of the protection we can receive
from his teachings
Rev. Darst, who us now at
Greenville Sound, had charge OF
services at ST. Andrews Episcopal
church last night at 1870 when
the Holy Communion was cele-
brated. The Rev. Mortimer Glov-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Uncle SAM MOVES
TO HALT STRIKE

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a - Up -
The government today called con.
feTences in an attempt to avert a
threatened strike Of 100000 mem.
oers of the CLIO United Electrical
Workers.
Officials of the union were in
vited by the Labor Department to
confer here Wednesday. Neil
Brant, international union repre-
sentative, said the organization
would accept.
Officials of the General Electric
and Westinghouse companies were
invited to other conferences Thurs
day and Friday.
Brand told reporter that nego-
tiations with these two firms on
demands for a GO a day wage in
crease had been "fruitless" and
rad failed to at least meet the
offer Of General Motors for Is IL
cents an hour increase"
The next move is up tc the De-
partment of Labor" he asserted,
unless GE and Westinghouse meet
he GIN offer, there is a very strong
likelihood strike of GE and West
nghouse will take place after the
lrSt Of the year"
He emphasized his statement did
lot mean either that the Is IL cent
)ffer would be accepted or that
General Motors would be exempted
rom strike if one were called.
ioWever, union negotiations with
JIM will be renewed after Jan. 1.
The invitation to Washington was
ateded by Edgar L. Warren, chief
u the U. S. Cancellation Service.
IN kilograms to the disputants,
warren emphasized the importance
continuing production in the
Electrical industry and proposed
ne meetings with conciliators to
ron out means of preventing a
itrike
We had been expecting this be-
.auSe the situation was pretty
Serious Brant said. He explained
nat, although the strike was autho-
.Aeo IN a vote taken by the Ma
.onal Labor Relations Board, no
'ellnlte date had been set.
a union source who would not
permit his name to be used pre-
Acted that "if steel goes out,
wen be out, too" A CLIO strike in
,ne steel industry has been called
Tor Jan. IA.
Inc electrical union has stressed
aiat any settlement to which it
asfees will be on cents-per-hour
1sSls' rather than a percentage
nv r'Vfease. Thus far, Brant said,
oeneral Electric has offered a 20
sei cent raise, and General Motors
I'D, r'as proposed 10 IL cents. The
s mlol refused each offer. No pro-
bo have been made by Westing-
uOuSe, Brant said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Gen. Patton Sleeps
With 3rdArmyDead
S i'm p e White Gross
M arks Grave OF
War Hero

LUXEMBOURG, Dec. 24.-(R+
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., was
laid to rest this Christmas Eve in
the American military cemetery
near here, his grave no different
from 5000 others which mark the
final resting places of soldiers
from his own beloved Third Army.
Generals of Allied nations stood
stiffly at attention in the fallen
rain as the body of the fallen
warrior was placed beside that4ot
an American private.
A plain white cross was placed
above the Generals grave-just
like 5000 other white crosses
which dot the gently slipping hill
side. These were the graves of
Third Army men who fell just a
year ago as Patton's mighty arm
ored columns smashed northward
in the bitter Battle of the Bulge.
In the same fog and rain the
half tracks and armored cars
moved once again, slow this time.
One of them bore silver casket
covered with the American flag.
Soldiers who fought under Pat
ton paid their commander as great
a tribute as any of the many
governments who honored him
an evergreen wreath with the SIM
pie inscription: ''To Our Leader"
The train bearing the General S
body arrived before dawn. In a
second special train was Mrs. Pat
ton, and with her the II Generals
and two Colonels who served as
pallbearers.
Picturesque old Luxembourg city
was in mourning. Flags at half
mast dropped in the melancholy
rain.
At 9:15 a. m. the doors of the
funeral car were opened and ten
soldiers, all privates in the Third
Army, lifted the casket to the
platform and placed it on half
track. Mrs. Patton and her bro
Their, Frederick Aver, of Boston,
Mass, followed it. She looked
worn and pale as she slowly
walked behind the casket.
Behind The widow walked the
Generals, and the military and dip
lomatic representatives of Russia,
Britain, France, Holland, Belgium,
Yugos1avia, Czechoslovakia and
Italy.
When the cortege was formed
in the square front ng the station,
the strains of the American ma
tional anthem broke the solemn
silence. Then came the rafting
thunder of an artillery salute.
Through the haze that hung like
a pail over the scene the flags
and brilliant emblems of Ameri-
cas- armies and regiments gleam-
ed.
Over four winding miles of cob
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
YULE SPIRIT
COVERS u. S.

thousands of others waited vain
~ on the nations coasts for trans
portatlon to hearthside and lovec
ones: Though every transportation
facility was loaded to capacity
and even beyond-most of them
could not get home by Christmas.
For these, there were Christmas
trees and dinners in camp anc
aboard ship.
thousands of civilians jammed
railway stations, airports and bus
terminals clamoring for trave.
space that was 'non-existent.
Communications lines were
sWamped with holiday messages
and greetings, and mails were far
overwhelmed.
Many of the prewar types OF
merchandise that had been ex-
pected on stores shelves by Christ
mas simply didn't get there, but
1t apparently didn't matter. The
stores reported their greatest sales
in recent years"
Although many places had a
white Christmas, the Christmas
day forecast was for mostly rain
and cold or snow, except for the
eastern Rocky Mountain states.
where fair weather was expected
to prevail.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
IND0NESIANS LIKE
JAVA PRESIDENT
Reporters Find Natives
We'll Armed, Internees
Well Treated
BY VERN HAUGLAND
APP Staff CORRESPONDENT

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 24-(P-
Leaders of the unrecognized lndo-
nesian republic are seeking today
to have an American or Allied
Commission tour Java and learn
for themselves the temper OF the
people before any Allied military
action is launched there.
Newspapermen who toured the
island in just such trip as the
Indonesians want a Commission
to undertake, drew the conclusion
that President Soekarno and his
Indonesian government are ire.
mendously popular with the people,
and have the support Of a wide
variety of groups.
These conclusions were the re.
suit of the trip:
The Indonesian army itself now
has sufficient arms and is suffic-
iently disciplined to insure the
safe delivery of all Japanese still
to be rounded up by the British
and all former internees and
pr. soners of war of the Japanese.
The Indonesian government is
eager to perform this task as soon
as possible.
Internees, after long imprison.
ment by the Japanese, now are
confined to crowded camps, and
while they are not ill-treated, there
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
President Offers Counsel
: In Yule Message; Pope Asks
End To All TOtalitarianiSm
Plans Unchanged

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-P)-
President Truman's plans to fly
to Missouri tomorrow to spend
Christmas with his family re-
manned unchanged today de.
spite reports of unfavorable
weather throughout the Mid
west.
The President was known tt
have vetoed a suggestion thai
he leave by train tonight fol
Independence on the grounc
that he would arrive too late for
his customary turkey dinners
with his mother and other rela.
tives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Appeal Is To Nation
To Make Real, Note
OF Isaiah

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a P -
President Truman said today we
must strive without ceasing this
Christmas Eve to make real the
prophecy of Isaiah that nations
shall beat their swords into plow-
shares and neither shall they
learn war any more"
That was the counsel he offered
the nation after turning on the
lights of the national community
Christmas tree on the south lawn
of the White House.
1t was the first time the tree
had BEEN illuminated since the
United States went to war in De-
cember, 1871.
with our enemies vanquished, :"
declared Mr.. Truman, 1--WE must
grid ourselves for the work that
lies ahead. Peace has it's victories
no less hard won than success at
arms. We must not fail or falter.
eve must strive without ceasing
to make real the prophecy of
Isaiah: They shall beat their
swords into ploWshares and their
spears into pruning hooks; nation
shall not lift up sword against ma
ton, neither shall they learn war
any more
The text of the President talk:
'This is the Christmas that a
war-weary world has prayed for
through long and awful years. With
peace come joy and gladness. The
gloom of the war years fades as
once more we light the national
community Christmas tree. We
meet in the spirit of the first
Christmas, when the midnight
choir sang the hymn of joy: Glory
to God in the Highest, and On
Earth Peace, Good Will Toward
Men,
Let us not forget that the COM
ing of the Savior brought a time
of long peace to the Roman world.
It is, therefore, fitting for us to
remember that the spirit of Christ
mas is the spirit of peace, of love,
of charity to all men. From the
manger of Bethlehem came a new
appeal to the minds and hearts
Of men: "A new commandment
give unto you, that we love one
another
I'm love, which is of the very
essence of the message of the
Prince of Peace, the world would
find a solution for all it's ills. 1 do
not believe there is one problem
in this country-in the world-to-
day which could not be settled if
approached through the teaching
of the Sermon On the Mount. The
poets dream, the lesson of priest
and patriarch and the prophets
vision of a new heaven and a new
earth, all are summed up in the
message delivered in the Judean
hills beside the Sea of Galilee.
Would that the world would ac-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Fore%>a Ministers To Call 21-Nation
Pc IL ConferenceF orMayHouse Group
MayForce Showdown Over Truman Veto
BROOKLYN COMPANY
BRINGS YULE CHEER
TO AILING CHILD

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. a.
Up)-It will be a Merry Christ
mas after all for 2-year-old
Mary Lou O'Hara and her pa
rents.
A Brooklyn, N. Y, firm
Charles Nizer and Co.. is
flying the vitality needed rare
drug, Streptomycin, to her bed
side at Temple University hos
pital to aid in her fight against
Influenza meningitis.
Officials at the Navy hospital
at Bethesda, Md, and Army
medical officers in the Phila-
delphia area, had been comb
ing the nation for the drug,
which physicians believe will
enable the child to recover.
Doctors at Temple hospital
have kept the child alive since
Wednesday by administering
the drug. She was showing some
Improvement when the hospital
ran out Of Streptomycin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
TRUMAN PARDONS
~ EX-CONVICT CTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. H.
President Truman today issued a
Christmas Eve proclamation grant,
ing full pardon to several thous-
and ex-convists who served meri.
toriously in the armed forces.
The proclamation, the White
House said, applies to men who
entered the service on or after
July 20, 1941 and who have served
honorably for at least one year.
Excluded are men convicted Of
offenses after their induction into
the services.
Somewhat more than 1000
prisoners we're paroled from Fed
eral institutions for induction into
the Army" Attorney General Tom
Clark was quoted in the White
House statement as saying.
''It is known that several thous-
and more had completed their
sentences before induction. A large
number of persons similarly situat-
ed joined the other armed services.
It is believed that only few
meritorious cases among such per-
sons will not be included within
the terms of the proclamation.
Such cases would be dealt with
individually under established pro-
cedure, through consideration Of
the particular facts on an applica-
ton for executive clemency."
One effect of the Presidents ac-
ton is to restore the voting rights
of the men involved.
The proclamation is limited to
Federal prisoners, and covers Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Russia Wins
Big Victory
At Moscow
DIPLOMATIC COUP
Treaties For Italy, Ro-
mania, Bulgaria To
Be Considered
By HENRY SHAPIRO

United Press Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW, Dec. 24-W.D-Foreign
Ministers of the United States,
Great Britain and Russia, meeting
here, have agreed to call 81
nation peace conference by next
May / to consider peace treaties
with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria,
Hungary and Finland, it was an
nounced tonight.
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes, British Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin and Russian Foreign
Commisar Viacheslav Molotov in-
vited France and China, as MEM
bers of the Big Five, to adhere to
their agreement-or, as they called
it, frankly, decision.
The effect Of the agreement is
that the Big Three will dominate
peace terms, preparing both pre-
liminary drafts and final texts.
However, under a compromise
worked out by Byrnes which
brought agreement after the Oc-
tober conference in London had
failed, France will be brought in
as full participating power in the
treaty with italy, her populous and
potentially powerful neighbor.
The Big Three also will invite
other powers to consider peace
treaty problems which directly
concern them.
A formal communique issued by
the Foreign Ministers contained
the news of the agreement and said
that final communique would be
issuel in a day or two. In the
last phase of the conference, which
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
mittee
Head Fears
Finish Fight
OVER USES BILL
Chairman Cannon Saws
Congress Unable To
Override President
BY JAMES F. DONOVAN
United Press Staff COrreSnOnden

By JAMES F. DONOVAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a W.H -
Chairman Clarence Cannon, D.,
Mo-, said tonight that his House
Appropriations committee may
force showdown between Presi-
dent Truman and Congress on the
return of the public employment
offices to the states.
President Truman yesterday We
toed bill to recover $51, 900, 000,-
600 of unused war appropriations
because the measure contained a
rider requiring return of control
of the offices to the states within
100 days. In strongly worded
statement, he rebuked Congress for
attaching Objectionable legisla-
tive" riders to otherwise desirable
legislation.
Cannon told reporters that, be-
cause the veto came after Con-
gress had adjourned, it has no le-
gal power to override it. But, he
said, his committee may give the
lawmakers a chance to vote on an
almost identical measure soon aft
er Congress reconVenes..z.,sa.ss..ssss,
when we meet again, Can
non said, "the Appropriations com
mittee will have two alternatives"
to approve the $51, 1000, 100000 re-
cision bill again either with or
without the Objectionable uses rid
err.
eff we approve the bill with the
rider and Congress passes it, he
said, 1--WE would then be in a posi-
ton to vote to override the Presi-
dents veto should he reject the
bill a second time"
He said he intended to ask his
committee to make its decision on
the matter as soon as Congress
reconvenes Jan. IA. He believes
the House will be unwilling to ap-
prove any recession bill which does
not contain disputed USES provi-
sion.
Although refusing to discuss the
merits of the controversy, Cannon
said he believed Mr.. Truman was
'in strong position when he as
sailed the use of riders.
1.-THE President is undoubtedly
right" he said. 'Parliamentarians
are generally agreed that it is bad
to put legislative provisions in ap-
preparations bills. Such procedure
has long been regarded as an evil. !"
In turning down the RECESSION bill,
Mr.. Truman told Congress that a
return of the offices to the states
would "immeasurably retard our
unemployment program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
~ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE AssoClATED PRESS
De- peace-Blessed America, glowing
.;+h the oldtime yuletide spirit,
S S.labrated today with an old-fash-
. 'snsd kind of Christmas whose
srjshtness and cheer swept away
ST Of the lingering shadows of
w Moi since the dark days Of 1871,
,,ben the jarring notes of conflict
s s lent a saddening air to the
4nkling Of Christmas bells, had
,be nation enjoyed such universal
ssnpiness and good cheer.
MANY family was united
,rol,nd the Christmas tree again
attpr months or years of separa-
s s The tree itself was laden with
ranv an article that could not be
attained in former years. The lard
~ was filled with all manner of
sood things for the Christmas
table.
Witbal. there was much that kept
+ from comparing with the Christ
mas of yesteryear.
About 5000, 900 sons and daugh-
+srs still were in far off lands, I'M
,ble to come home until wars
I.st task was finished. But mill
t.rv officials in Washington said
tbev were trying to make Christ
mas as enjoyable as possible for
mrvice personnel on foreign soil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Santa Full Stockings
Deplete. Stores Stocks

Empty shelves bare counters
and shortage of saleable mer-
chandise in Wilmington stores last
night gave promise of full stock
ings and an abundance Of gifts
under Chr stmas trees in New
Hanover county and vicinity today.
Last minute shoppers were left
holding the bag" as they tried to
buy merchandise that '.just wasn't
there" sold out in the greatest
Christmas business Wilmington has
enjoyed for several years.
Lack of wanted merchandise
kept sales from mounting even
h CHER. Some merchants claimed
shoppers were doubling up in their
buying as they made purchases
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
It's Not Ring Around Rosy
Because There Is No Ring

would see it as soon as she open
ed the box.
Miss Kuhn took the box TO her
office. to do an extra-special job
of wrapping. The ring box drop
ned to the floor, but when she
picked it up it was closed so she
didn't look inside.
After the soldier left, she found
the ring on the floor. :
Frantically, she appealed to a
radio station which broadcast a
call for the soldier. But he hasn't
claimed the ring.
Somewhere, he's still grinning
over that surprise he's going to
give his girl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
Pontiff avs "True
Peace" Does Not
Exist Now
By J. EDWARD MURRAY
United Press Staff Correspondent


VATICAN CITY, Dec. 24-UR-
Pope Plus XII, in Christmas Eve
message to the world, called today
for an end Of all totalitarianiSm
and outlined. the Fundamental
moral prerequisites of a true and
lasting peace.'
True peace, he said in his ad-
dress to the college of Cardinals
assembled in the consistory hall
at the Vatican, does not exist.
But with an accumulation,
Hitherto perhaps never achieved,
of experience, good will, politics al
insight and organizing talent, men
have begun the preliminaries to a
world peace settlement.
He said statesmen faced perhaps
the greatest task in history OF
bringing peace, order and prosper
ity to mankind latter 80 years OF
world wars, economic crisis, and
incalculable restitution.
The Pope implied that no nation
was entirely free of guilt for inter-
national conflict and said nations
seeking PREPARATIONS should base
their claims ION moral principles
Continued on Page "a. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
BETHLEHEM BUSINESS
BUSTS; CHRISTOPHER
CLOSES CHEERFULLY

BETHLEHEM, Md, Dec. a.
R-Postmaster j. R. Christopher
turned the keys in his desk tonight
in his office, sighed reminiscently
and reported:
"Our business in the Little Town
of Bethlehem was slower this year
than at almost anytime I can re-
member"
Most years the postoffice staff is
swamped with mail sent in from
outside to be postmarked Beth
Lehem and passed on to Yuletide
recipients the nation over.
Christopher, postmaster for 80
years, opined that the drop in this
peace year of 1915 came from the
fact that-like himself most folks
are waiting for their boys to come
home land nothing else matters
much right now"
"In another year." he continued,
all this war confusion will be over
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