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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
LETTER BOX
KING COTTON

To the Editor:
The future prosperity of the
South rests in part upon Pacific
markets for our cotton and cheap
textiles. In this turbulent trading
area the little man and small man.
ufacturer hasn't Chinaman's
chance except through combi.
nations big enough to compete with
other nations. James B. Duke, who
had a knowledge of foreign mar.
kets and a genius for economic
empire building. saw this, and
planned a pool for selling our cot
ton textiles, but an attorney gen.
eral turned thumbs down.
There are more than a billion
yellow and brown brothers who
use cotton. An inch added to each
Of their shirt tails would raise the
standard of living of every family
in the South. 1t is petty business
but in the aggregate it is enor-
NOUS. For dollar Mahatma
Ghandi can buy a full dress suit,
and a breech cloth is the limit for
most of them. Filipios set the
style for cockeyed shirts; Hawaii
models swim and sun suits for the
world. In colors the Chinese like
blue; the Koreans white; Hindoos
use fancy cotton head dress and
for trousers make the skin do.
Cheap cotton for bedding and pad
ding Of winter clothes consumes
much of the Orient's own crop.
We will grow 100000 bales
this year, and now have 5000, 900
In storage, with mounting charges
and depreciation. With surplus car.
go ships let US barter our cotton
for rubber, sugar, hemp, tea and
a hundred other Oriental products
we need. There is a limit to what
we can give. loan lease or loose.
Dollar diplomacy will not ve.k
in shattered world, but barter or
exchange will be and is safer in
countries which have no stable
government. Let us use our ships
and imagination, and King Cotton
may again rule the Orient.
Lindsay Russell
Wilmington, N. c.
Sept. IA, 1945.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
PRIDE IN WORK
o the Editor:

TO the Editor:
Wednesday night it was win q
of satisfaction ard moaeS'
pride l am sure that local resi-
dents listened to George HICKS, Oh
an American Broadcastlng Coi"
pany Observation-Disclosures program
tell OF the loading with cl2'nlIs'
food, and other needed and ne :,
essary items of the steamship
Courser, at a United States LDl''
New York city pier. o,r
It is certainly good TO kn a'j,,
that among other ships also Gun,
here at Wilmington by the Nor' ',
Carolina Shipbuilding comps so1
the Courser is to take r7uch-neeU ~
living necessities to our ofaVe O.
lies, the Filipinos. .,rs
We who helped build these slnr po
can well note that while we WEI.
not Drawing dangers or COMM n,;Ii
front, we have built and are ,; s.l,
making ships which help save t.d n,s
of those who were on battiello.;,t
Stuart D. patrleN
Wilmington, N. c.,
Sept. IA. 1945.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
GERMANS BECOME
SNIPE HUNTERS"
OF RARE TALENT
BY RICHARD KAsIscupr

IL
MUNICH, - P)-Tha 60
who once plundered Europe's i'1 IIs
uries as conqrerors, have bsco 1oA'
a nation of avid cigaretts I+,'s
snatchers. ouVt
Sold, ers and correspondents W.T..
have travelled Europe trorn N Tn'
mandy to Rome and from BeIsiNa.
TO Budapest say they never ha~.
witnessed anything to match '.
Stay at-home Americans, recal,ir ~,
their own recent cigarette shortsss
probably can appreciate whaIs ST.
ing on. s0'
With their own tobacco supplia,
gone from KNAPP" short-toF r non
existent, the Germans hav.
only the boarded-up tobacco kiosks
or booths to remind them Of tbeir
"Rauchlng' smoking - DAYS
They can only stand watcbins
Americans smoke and then pouncs
upon the fat ends which are di,
carded.
And nearly everone is doing u
kids, gals and men - with few
bothering to be furtive about t5eir
actions.
In Munich some don't even wait
for throwaway but approach Won
to solicit the cigarette you are
smoking.
thoughtlessly tossed away a
quarter'incher in a playing field
outside town and in flash blond
boy of u swooped upon it, pincbed
OFT the fire. salvaged the end and
slipped it into the pocket Of his
leather pants for my father"
When I gave him a whole one 10
take home, he said, ''danke, fuer
sonntag."
On the shores OF Bavaria's Te.
germ lake, Sunday strollers walk
with heads bowed On the lookout
for butts which they bend over to
pick up at the feet Of Yanks re.
Taxing on the benches. In the cit.
les jeep drivers have seen protes.
sional men snatch butts from the
pavements and drop them into
briefcases.
American cigarettes bring fan.
tastic prices when CTS dare 10 sell
them. The top is reported from
Berlin, where some soldiers claim
they are getting $40 a
carton and as high as 81
in occupation marks for
single cigarette.
Chambermaids and mattresses in
hotels where Americans are billet.
ed get the best pickings. They can
keep their husbands and fathers in
good supply for both pipes and roll.
your own from their ashtray col.
lections. In fact one Munich ste.
nographer said her husband con.
siders that the most remunerative
part of his job as hotel porter,
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tread on serpents' duke l:ls'
to rescue someone from peril, or
if it was done unknowingly and un'
Willingly, then the person concern
ed would receive no harm, If ne
Cor she) was as full OF faith and
OF Gods Spirit as were the Holy
prophets and apostles. (AcN
28:3-5.)
The very fact that fatalities oc'
cur among those who use poison
Gus snakes in their religious SerV'
ices shows that something must De
wrong, either with their faith ana
spirit, or with their Interpretation
of the Scriptures they presumaDly,
follow. Surely the worship OF goa
does not require the unnecessary
taking of human life.
F. H. Willard
Wilmington. N. c.,
Sept. ia, 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
Pursuit of U. S. War Aims
By WALTER LIPPMANN

tense OF brltaln, france, ana the
Low Countries. They are our i'm
mediate neighbors on the other
shores of the narrow Atlantic, and
so their security is 2n essential
part of our own. To stand by pas.
sively, then, because London and
Paris cannot make up their minds
about western Germany, and be
cause Moscow is more urgent
about western Germany, and be.
settlement, is to lose sight Of our
own war aims.
Though it is not our business
to impose our own specific views,
our own blueprints. on the British
and the French, it is very much
our business to bring them as
promptly as possible to an agree
ment that they can and will abide
by. Such an agreement should
have been the condition preceding
any agreement on our part about
the eastern frontier, and this con-
dition, inherently reasonable and
constructive, might well have per-
suaded Moscow to use its influence
also in persuading the British and
French to settle. Certainly, a firm
stand on our part for such solu.
ton would at least have done
something to counteract the i'm.
preston, conveyed by writers In
the Moscow press and by Com
munists in France and elsewhere,
that the Soviet Union favors con-
federation for security in eastern
Europe and division and weakness
in western Europe.
Only by concentrating on prl'
mary questions such as this can
other questions be brought into
correct perspective. We have been,
for example, much concerned to
insure free elections in eastern
Europe. Yet there can be no doubt
that our influence in Bulgaria. Ro'
mania, and Poland would be great
or if we had exerted our influence
successfully to overcome the dis
organization among the British,
the French, the Belgians, and the
Dutch. We are also much interest
ed in a Mediterranean settlement,
but as long as France does not
know where she stands about her
vulnerable German frontier
which is a matter of life or deatA
to the French people-as long as
Britain and France are at odds
about the Ruhr, no other Franco
British. question from Tangler to
SYRIA can be settled firmly.
Nor can there be a genuine treat.
ment of Britain's economic prob.
lem, or of her imperial problem.
The security and the power OF the
empire, based on the British Isles,
cannot be divorced from the coun.
tries across the English Channel.
Nor can the reconstruction Of Brit.
ish industry be planned intelligent
ly without a clear understanding
of how far it will collaborate with,
how far it must compete with, |
western European industry. No |
long range economic plans can be
drawn by statesmen or business
men who do not know what the
basic political settlement is to be.
Since we are in all sorts of ways
involved in all these problems, our
first business is to use our diplo.
matte power, which is great but
relatively disinterested, to see to it
that first thingS come first.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
Editorial Comment
TRAVEL HINT

GOOD NEWS: Priorities on air travel will
be discontinued October IS, and lessened I'M
mediately Soon we can be flying around any
where we please. And the promise of the gov
eminent is that Pullman reservations will be
more plentiful shortly-but we don't know how
long shortly is.-Druham Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
RARE

President Truman said the entire American
people were to blame for Pearl Harbor. Re-
CARELESS of how accurate this statement is. the
President can be commended for startllns
instance of the Peoples not being hattered
nv a man in office.-Charleston Is. CO. Eve
ming Post,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
TODAY and TOMORROW

No team can win a ball game
merely by fielding, no matter how
brilliantly, all the balls that are
batted out OF it. This may also be
said Of diplomats. Yet by very long
tradition, which is ingrained in the
routine OF the State Department
and the foreign service. our own
diplomacy is, except when it
comes to proclaiming general prin.
ceples, additionally on the receiv-
Ing end, waiting passively Until
some one else bats out an issue.
The result must be a series Of
accomplished facts, more or less
grudgingly accepted and apologiz.
ed for. For country has lost its
effectiveness if it lets the questions
that are up for settlement be de.
fined for 1t and be posed when
and as a crisis or the calculated
policy of other states brings the
question forward. The control OF
the order of business in the settle
ment of this complicated war is Of
critical Importance if our true war
aims are to be achieved. For the
world is sufficiently one world in
the sense that what is decided first
affects what can be decided there
after.
At the Potsdam conference. for
example, we agreed to a drastic
alteration OF Germany's eastern
frontier. But we left wide open the
whole question of CeImany's west
ern frontier and borderland, in.
GLIDING the Ruhr. which is the
most important industrial region OF
the European continent. What hap.
pened, Of course, was that the
Soviet Union and the Polish gov.
eminent knew what they wanted.
But Britain, France, Belgium, and
the Netherlands had no agreement
on what they wanted.
We had no serious conviction
about the matter, and SO, though
we continue to deprecate the di,
vision OF Europe into two spheres
of influence, we were passive. We
agreed to the settlement in the
east and the continuing unsettle.
ment in the west.
This has cetainly not made il
easier, and probably it has made
it more difficult, to reach a settle.
ment in the west. For by pushing
forward the Polish frontier west.
ward into the suburbs of Berlin.
the whole mass Of the German
population is pushed westward to
press more heavily than ever
against France, Belgium, and the
Netherlands. This does not mean
that the new Polish frontier at the
Oder is in itself mistake, though
cannot help thinking that to have
brought it to the western Neisse
was to let Poland overreach her.
self quite bit. But it does mean
that the problems raised in the
west by this settlement in the east
should have been met at the same
time.
From the point of view of the
United States it does not matter
vitality just where the new front: ers
OF Germany are. But it does mat.
ter greatly that they should be
fixed by agreement of all the near
neigAbors of Germany, and fixed
in such a way that severally and
jointly they have the interest and
the power to maintain them after
we withdraw our forces.
This is our primary interest in
the German settlement, as we can
readily see by remembering that
twice IN one generation we have
been drawn into war tor the de.
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QUOTATIONS

1t will take years to reconstruct Ger.
many and the European political scene is very
complicated right now, but am almost opti-
mistic about the business future in Europe
William S. Knudsen.
Under the American government no man
is irreplaceable. No one succeeding to the
presidency has ever failed to rise to the high
est requirements of the office. - Newburgh,
N. Y. News.
If no outside imports (of coaD are forth
coming. Qiberated) nations of Europe will be
8o'ooo,oOO tons short Of their normal needs and
some $4,000. tons below essential require.
menus 1or existence.-Report, Office Of War
Information
once we roomed with New Yorker who
referred to Chicago as "a nice little town,"
wnasn y further evidence that great deal de.
Okla, News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
covERNMENr AND COOK

The -four freedoms cannot exist It the
right Of an employer to discriminate in choos,
ing his employees shall be abolished. No man
can be free if government shall dictate whom
he shall hire to cook.-Charleston, Is. c.
News and Courier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
INITIATION

Families of American servicemen in the
southwest Pacific have sent them SO many
beads to be used in trading that tne oaunles
psa.rd1sss of the currency used, initiation can
b t = problen.-springfield cMass.) Republi-
can.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15

That Texan who, according to the Toronto
s4a ma. sold a monkey wrench for $3.50 more
han H'a' two decades ago and recently bought it
ssvs Zadok Durnkopf He had the extra 50
cents didn't he?
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15

Those British daddies getting their refugee
children back from America afeer 1--WE ve y ssad
are going to have r tIugn p 1 Havnes and
their opinion on BOD eAe'' -A~''''~'
Coney island hot dogs
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15

Anoer,cans cannot afford the human misery
Am ,so sconomic waste of larse-scale pro-
nor cts %ae Neutrality-suspicious. w. Snyder, d.
l.or ~ War Mobilization and Reconverslon'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15

This is our primary interest in
the German settlement. as we can
readily see by remembering that
twice IN one generation we have
been drawn into war tor the de.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15

singing telegrams are PACK. J.: Loo saan nx.
..;sht +,t,,re for out.ot-work radio erooness'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-15
TOP o. THE MORNING
Cowper.

Man may dismiss compassion from his
heart, but God will never.
CoWper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-04

Commerce STRESSED ne fact that
to-day the accent was on youth
In years gone by the affairs of
the city had been lcft SOLELY in
the hands IL thc older peuplc.
without any active participation
by the youth II thc city. Tho suc-
cess mt with by these men is
evident today in uar cts nleu-
bars present last night aRregd
The natiou todav IS hrokine Ga
thc Youth of thC land "a lcad ths
country baCk O. mafmalcy.
mcmhgf said Houug men are
taking active paTts in ah govern
mental affairs On thp case of the
CITY 90 KY West n the Nouth
are given q chance % pail thr
cts uut 90 the financial dniar1m
n IS 10 nuw. they might H. sue
Csssful. and # a certainty couid
mot make conditions much
worse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-04
CHARLES LEVIN
MUCH IMPROVED

Charos Levin. Who vas re-
a. ntlv operated upun a. TIRE
Municipal Hosplial has recover
81 sufficiently O. b. returned %
hls home tnuav
lis condition b. said o. ~
rapidly improving. and has MANY
ffHnds wish ham q speedy re-
CogtrV.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-04

Shelf I arm the first girl you
ever Kissed. h0W Is b you Kiss 50
well?
He-If arm the first man who
ever kissed yea. how do you know
l kiss 50 Wellg
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-10-04


Gees and business men that
h. and has associates want 10
lease the Blight and not buy
4. title o. the property 10 re-
main with the city.
IN leasing the property the
only requirement would be
mat their Investment would
BE- protected. Mr.. Wilson ex-
planned A. an example. he
said that II some time IN the
luture someone else would
want Co erect a clubhouse
and piers in the Blight their
Investment should equal that
teuturcd by him and his az
auciaies.
unsxpecied Hurdle
tm suulnN hn discussion NJ
tas FuFrt. ST. Wilson asserted
ihas n hs opinion be- thought
ttf ths binrsst hurdle in has
4aff o. ulIminatltn 81 his plans
saaId hatg hcgn enc securing ~
ul FL construct the clubhouse
Ha rau and mat there would
81 lfilt difficulty ln securing a
~ ca the stt HaWcRtf hs
@ tEt reverse has proven the
al. A.. 49,. &C.,. Ia s...l-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20
BUY WAR BONDS
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
 ESTATE

Tn the Court of the Commissions
 for the Territory of Alaska, Di-
 vision No 1, sitting in Probate ir'
 Skagway Precinct, Before MARY
 T. MCCAIN, Commissioner and
 ex-officio Probate Judge.
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 EARL w. FRENCH, Deceased. Notice is hereby given, that, in pursuance of an Order duly made by the above named Court on the 2lst day of June, 1945, in the matter of the estate of Earl w. French, de- ceased, the undersigned admins trator of said estate will, sell at private sale or public. auction, to the highest bidder. for cash, and subject to the confirmation of said Court, on the 31st day of July, 1945, at the hour of. 10 a. m. all the right, title and interest, and estate of the said Earl w. French, at the time of his death. being an undivided full and complete interest in fee simple to the property hereinafter described, and all right, title and interest in said estate described as follows, to- wit:
 One Patented homestead, situated forty miles Northwest of Haines, Alaska, on the Haines Military High way.
 The Bluebird and Blujay Placer claims and equipment on Marble Creek at Porcupine, Alaska.
 The sale to be in front of City Hall, Haines, Alaska.
 Dated at Skagway, Alaska, this 21st day of June, 1945.
 (Seal) CARL BJORNSTAD,
 Administrator. First publication. June 28, l945. Last publication, July 19, l945.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20
FLAsH FLOOD DOES. DAMAGE, COLORADO

FORT COLLINS, Colo, July 20. A flash flood which swept through big Thompson Canyon in the Estes Park area last night, fol- lowing a cloudburst in the region, caused highway damage estimated at S50,000 Shoulders and paved sections of the road for dis tance of two miles were washed out.
 The flood crest raised the stream level about seven feet. Foot bridges were washed away, and cabins of summer residents flooded Thou sands of fish were thrown onto the highway, to be scooped up by passersby. Many logs and rocks were strewn along the highway and were cleared away by main- tenance crews during the night. Traffic was resumed today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20
NEW ZEALAND DIPLOMAT E
 VISITOR HERE

High Commissioner David Wilson of New Zealand, head of that "Dowr Under" Dominion's legation to the Capital of the Dominion of Can ada at Ottawa, today extended his respects to the Governor of Alaska while in Juneau on one-day stop
 High Commissioner Wilson, ac- companied by his Military Attache, T. w. White, Group Captain, Royal New Zealand Air Forces, arrived here yesterday afternoon aboard a U. S. Army plane, from Edmonton. They were met by Secretary of Alaska Lew. M. Williams.
 The High Commissioner is on a mission throughout Canada, and call ed in Juneau primarily to convey to Gov. Ernest Gruening the friendly good wishes of the people of the South Pacific commonwealth. This noon he and Group Captain White were luncheon guests of Gov. Gruen- ing. They stayed overnight here at the Baranof Hotel.
 After viewing the sights of the Juneau area, the two New Zealand representatives were to fly to White horse late this afternoon.
 Previous to his diplomatic appoint ment, High Commissioner Wilson held cabinet rank in the New Zea- land Dominion Government, being leader of the Legislative Council, the upper chamber of the New zea- land General Assembly. Members of the Legislative Council are named by the Crown. His present post at Ottawa corresponds to that of a Minister in, usual diplomatic ranks, it is said.
 Group Captain Whites equivalent rank in the Army of the United States is approximately that of Colonel-perhaps a bit higher.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20
1946 0LDSM0BILE
 EGIvEN SHOWING
By DAVID J. WILKIE associated Press AutcmotiUe Editor

 Associated Press AutcmotiUe Editor
 DETROIT, July 20.-The 194t Oldsmobile, with numerous advance ments to streamline its appearance was given a preliminary showing to- day for newsmen and trade paper representatives
 Described by s. E. Skinner, Gen. eral Manager of the Oldsmobile Di- vision of General Motors as a new car, not merely a modification ot the 1942 model" it has a new Gen eral Motors hydramatic drive that eliminates the clutch pedal and pro- vides fully automatic shifting through four forward speeds.
 The hydra-matic drive, Skinner said, is basically similar to units now being used on army tanks and other military vehicles.
 Skinner said a relatively small part of Oldsmobile's production fac ilities is being devoted to automobile production. ft@ n
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20

lators inspected the Wrangeil Insti- ute, being conducted by Alaska Na- tive Service Director Don c. Foster, and lmched there, following which they went on to Petersburg; arriv- ing in that city early last evening. Dr. Gabrielson and Alaska W&FL Director Frank w. Hynes conducted the party on an inspection of the Experimental Fur Station at Peters burg
 The five Congressman talked with Chamber of Commerce and other of ficials. at both Wrangell and Peters, burg
 After attending to business in Juneau tomorrow, the group is to leave Sunday on trip to Glacier Bay, Hoonah and possibly Excursion Inlet, returning to Juneau Monday. Possibilities for development of Gla- cier Bay will be pointed out to them by Alfred Kuehl, landscape architect fir the National Park Service who has done considerable planning work there this summer At Hoonah they will view the FPHA project under construction to replace the burned village.
 Gov. Gruening expects. to accom- pany the party on the Glacier Bay trip and Indian Service officials Bropfy and Foster will likesy be on hand when the Congressmen arrive at Hoonah.
 Tuesday the subcommittee is to leave Juneau by plane, for Anchor age, from where the group will make circle trip into the Interior by the highway and Alaska Railroad, visit ing Fairbanks, Mt Mckinley, Circle Hot Springs, Matanuska, Seward and return to Juneau by air. The group is scheduled, to arrive back here August g, and is to fly south to Seattle the next day enroute back to the National Capital.
 Members of the Congressional sub- committee are Chairman, Jed John son (D-Okla) vice Chairman, Michael J. Kirwan D-OhioD John J. Rooney, D-NY; Henry c. Dworshak, R-Idaho) Ben Franklin Jensen, CR-Iowa). In addition to Dr. Gabrielson, their host on the Brant, they are being accompanied by Committee Clerk William A. Du- wall and Robert K. Coote, General Lana Office representative.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20
BASIC PAY RATES
 SHOULD BE UppED
 SAYC0NGRESSMEN

WASHINGTON, July 20. - Rep. Holified D.-Calif said today petition urging President Truman to raise wage scales has been signed by TO Congressman.
 Holifield said in a statement the signers want speedy action on up- ward revision of the Little Steel Formula" He added:
 An increase of at least 20 per cent in the basic pay rate is needed in order to keep up mass purchasing power and avoid sowing the seeds of a disastrous depression in the immediate future"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-20
CITY FATHERS
 I MEET TONIGHT

An interesting City Council ses- sion has been forecast by Mayor Ernest Parsons for this evening when the Juneau City Fathers gath CT for their second July meeting. If the discussion maintains the standard set at recent meetings, the City's business will get quite working over.
 The meeting opens at o'clock in the Council Chambers at the City Hall.