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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-16
.RiCkenbdCker
AssdiIs Airport

Detroit has the worst air
port Of any city In the United
States that II comparable in
size and importance and every
body knows II hut Detroit"
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, preSi-
dent of Eastern Alrhnes, said
here today.
Rickenbacker made the state
ment as he boarded a plane this
morning on the inaugural fight
of regular service between De-
trolt and Miami.
TOO SMALL. UNSAFE
"The municipal airport II too
small and IN unsafe and II II
nay opinion that all airlines
will move 10 the Wayne County
airport AZ soon as the army
moves out.
I'VE already have made ar
rangements 10 land at the
Wayne airport when the cell
ing II too low tO land here"
he said.
. Although the Civil Aeronautica
Authority has condemned the pro
posed northwest airport site
Rickenbacker said he is convinced
that IL is still the best site
proposed yet
RULING HITS DETROIT
The new CAA ruling lowering
ceilings from 1000 10 700 fee
for all airportS more than five
miles from a range station vii
result in Al least 10 per cen
Of all planes scheduled for De
troit not being permitted 10 lanC
here
While Detroit is pickering over
a site. Cleveland IS making 2
bid 10 fiji DetroIt's s place on trans,
Atlantic air service being inaugu'
rated by rthe American Airllne'
Monday Detroit originally was
scheduled stop but was by
passed temporarily because of the
condition of the city airport.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-16
Sullivan in Lead q

Richard G. Sullivan. 35-year-old
utility rate expert. was still in the
lead for the DSR general manager
post today The DSR Commission
prepared 10 take final action in
filling the vacancy TOMORROW.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
New York Ratty

New York City is in the midst of a rat
invasion. The government kindly announced
they have arrived on troop transports. Mer.
chants claim they are destroying stocks in
trade and when other food is scarce they eat
the cats commissioned to kill them.
The subject is treated rather levitously by a
United Press feature writer His article is
good light reading. But there is another side
to the story which sends shivers up and down
the back
Rats spread dread disease-typhus and bu-
oonlc plague among them.
AS the transports bringing troops are gener.
ally from European ports, and Europe has had
a typhus visitation ever since Hitter overran the
smaller countries of the Continent and France,
there is no reason to assume that the rats
lntestlng New York are not infected.
BY the same token, and despite the anti-rat
campaign conducted in Wilmington, the city
authorities cannot go too far in protecting the
people from rats. They should not be influ.
enced by any backward resident but proceed
as far and as often with rat determination as
health authorities declare necessary, in the in.
terest OF the community welfare
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
UNSEEN STARS SHED THEIR LIGHT

1t is vital for the American people to under
stand the issues that confront US because, in
my opinion, the Congress is going to reflect
their will on the subject of international CO..
operation At the moment we are the most
powerful nation from a military standpoint in
the world. God grant that we shall not rely
upon force for our future protection.
There is lot of darkness in the world, but
not enough to put out the light of one candle
There are lot of people in the world, but
they are the children of Him who notes even
the sparrow when it falls.
If we 60 out into cloudless night and
glance skyward we observe the eternal stars
and consultations; We call some of them by
their name-Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter,
Neptune, the Pleiades, and the Milky Way
Astronomers. tell us that more than one
half of all the blenoed radiance of the skies
that falls upon our pathway comes from stars
we never see. They are invisible; they have
no place in heaven, yet they light us on our
way. Thus, it is with human life and human
destiny; few persons may become bright
particular stars in the POLITICAL financial, So
cial, or economic sky but we all may be, if we
will, part of that invisible host of stars that
serenely shed their kindly light on the paths
of all mankind.-A Willis Robertson Of Vir-
ginia in the Congressional Record
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
Editorial Comment
MORE THAN CURVES

In the improvements being undertaken
by the State Highway commission is a pro.
gram for elimination OF curves on the roads,
an example being work on Highway No IN
between Morganton and Valdese
This is aimed at reducing the death Hs+
by cutting down the overturning of cars the
collisions and other accidents due to ha7.r ,1s
on the turns. That will help much but nnore IL
needed. "
Elimination of DRINKS and speeders-of+a,,
combination contributing to mans1auohta.
is a. greater need. These will continue ~ III,
each other well as to kill sober and o. W.
full drivers. The intoxicated and tho reos1as.
often come to death on a straightaway. Thev
do not always need the excuse of curve s
or rar marrow RI raa}tes n to bridge.
the Highway commission. Certain s,1re . o,ry
ishment to match the crime is NECESSITY p4,,'
needed to go hand in hand with elinoin aticn
of driving hazards.-Charlotte Observer q ''>'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
County Holstein Men
To Meet On Friday

Arrangements for a meeting Of
New Hanover county Holstein
breeders to be held at the A. 0.
McEachern's farm, Friday after
noon, were being completed TO-
day by R. w. Galphin, county
agent.
The meeting will start at !
o'clock and will last for two hours.
The program will be in charge Of
representatives Of the agrlcul'
tural department Of State college
A portion of the program will be
devoted to type CLASSIFICATION
demonstration; weight guessing
contest, and a production guessing
contest. A motion picture, in Color
entitled "Story of a Breeding Pro-
gram" will precede a discussion
pertaining to postwar dairy pro-
grams and registration Of cattle
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
TOP o. THE MORNING
Bear we one another's burdens, and SO
fulfill the law of Christ.
Galations 6;2.
Teachers Salaries

Mr.. E. r. Blakeslee principal of Washing.
ton Catlett school, reviewed education in its
broad aspects before the Rotary club on Tues.
day, and while some of his deductions may
have sounded revolutionary TO some of his
hearers we find only reason to commend his
views. Education faces a definite need for
revolution as much as it needs wider dissem.
ination and larger support
We could wish that he had dwelt more fully
upon teacher compensation which is far from
adequate at all levels. We do not pay teachers
in proportion to the service they render. Fol-
example, young man with special talent de-
votes his greatest efforts, after receiving his
masters degree, to get his PhD., spending
years fitting himself for his chosen profession
only to receive an MISUNDERSTANDING ir
some college or university at stipend less
than half the wages OF skilled labor in in
dustry. We look to him to train our boys anc
girls when they go up from high school, for
the business of living cultured in many cases
professional, adult lives, but leave him to exist
on a pittance and expect him to be thankful
for that 'blessing"
The salaries of teachers in grade schools
are so low, in comparison with the earnings
of persons in the same age group in other en-
ployment, that girls take up teaching mostly
as stop-gap between graduation and mar
riage, with the result that save for notable ex-
ceptions. teaching does not represent to them
a high profession but merely a means of pay
ing board bills. Yet we send our young chill
dren to them for elementary training They
do much better job than they are paid for
doing, but take the marriage VOWS as soon as
they find the right man.
The wonder is the percentage of illiteracy
is not higher, particularly in the South where
so little money is devoted to education per
pupil. greater wonder is that so many fine
teachers stick to their jobs when so many
other fields of opportunity are open to them
where larger, fairer remuneration is avail
able.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
.heLiterarV
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
BAD BOY OF MUSIC, by
George Antheil Doubleday,
DOran: S3).

BAD BOY OF MUSIC, by
George Antheil Doubleday,
Doran; So.
Trenton m S an ordinary
birthplace, and a shoestore pro-
prietor a prosaic father, for this
pianist and composer who dec
ade and a half ago was the rage
of Paris for his "Ballet Me-
canique."
Trenton m ak es, the world
takes" according to an enormous
sign flung up before train passen-
gers through New Jersey, and
though the city fathers didn't have
modern music in mind, Antheil's
music has probably been heard as
widely as the industrial products
have been heard Of.
Antheil, who studied in Phila-
delphia at the Curtis Institute and
in New York with Bloch, began
successful concert career in
London and continued it from
headquarters in Berlin, where he
met and fell in love with the
Boski who, after a highly uncon-
ventional delay, became his wife
and, after a highly respectable
length of years, is still.
They went to Paris, the fasci-
mating and incompatible Paris of
Stein and Joyce, Ezra Pound,
Leger, Pic a S o, Sylvia Beach.
Satie ("Eric Satie benignly Come
to Sylvia do" as Stein wrote),
Hemingway, Stravinsky, Virgil
Thomson, stokowski, Elliot Paul.
When Europe began to crun1ble.
the Antheils returned to New
York. There were unexpectedly
lucrative sales of magazine arti-
cles, try at writing music for
the films, and a teaching job at
Stanford University. His Fourth
Symphony was performed by
Hans Kinder and the National
Symphony early this year, and the
Fifth Symphony is already COM
pleted.
The book contains much COM
mentary on music by a man who
speaks with authority and writes
with lively wit. There are tales
told out of school. There are all
sorts of things you ought to know,
and they're fun to read. The bad
boy steps to the head Of the class.
Antheil followed a course of
which American tradition disap-
proves in such expressions as SOW
ing wild oats and the rolling stone
that gathers no moss. Superficial
ly he seems irresponsible; as a
creative worker, he has been in
ordinately conscientious a n d dill.
gent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
FEPC Plans Closing
OF Seven Field Units

WASHINGTON, Nov. ID IT,
The Fair Employment Pracllc.
committee announced today taa
shortage of funds will force clos
ing of seven field offices on LEV
ember Is. nj;
Chairman Malcolm Ross Ss.'
FEPC offices in New YORK fili.a
delphia, Atlanta, San trahcls wv
San Antonio, Los Angeles an.
Washington will close. IhoSe Iii II
Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis VIZ
continue operating.
After heated debate last spiI .o
between congress members W.. s
wanted to make FEPC a pelinagd
ent agency and those who laV s.ye
disseminating it, a comprise sp avt
i. S25O,OO0 to operate until ,r ntf
July. This was half the sum H-'
had asked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
YOUR G. |. RIGHTS
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, Nov. Here
are some more questions from rel
atives of men overseas who are
inquiring as to when these men
will come home:
@. My husband is a radio spe-
cialist, age Is, and has been in
the Navy three years, overseas
five months. This gives him a
total of Al ga points. 1 have heard
many rumors about wartime spe-
cialists being discharged, regard
less of points, and would like
something definite. I would also
like to know if and when the Navy
will lower its points. We have a
daughter six months old, and I
sure would love my husband to
be home for baby's first Christ
mas.
A. There has been some con-
fusion about release of specialists,
probably because Navy has stat
ed that certain "special'' or "spe-
cific" classes of personnel will be
released outside the point formula,
as excess for Navy needs. This
applies, for instance, to aviators
in flight status, who are dis
charged with "a instead of 49
points. However, there has been
no statement that communications
specialists are in excess of needs,
and Al 3-4 point are several
months short of discharge. About
lowering of Navy points, this is
rumored, but there is nothing
definite.
@. My husband is in Company
c, 56th Signal Battalion, European
Theater, and has total of n
points. Would you please inform
me if his unit has been scheduled
for return. If not, when could I
expect his homecoming?
A. If he isn't already on his
way, he ought to be coming soon,
regardless of when his unit comes.
Point score for discharge was low
cred to 70 on October /, and the
Army hopes to bring back all men
with 70 or more points from Eu-
rope in October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
Aide For DIR. Elliott

DR.. A. H. Elliott, the health officer, asked
the Board of Health at its last meeting to
authorize him to employ physician to serve
as his assistant and a full-tme veterinarian.
Captain E. P. Cutter, the physician who has
been working with him by assignment from
the government, he explained, is liable to be
Withdrawn at any time, in which event he will
be unable to keep up with the demands of his
office. veterinarian has long been needed in
this country and the need is increasing steadily.
Doctor Ellrot further told the board that fed.
eral funds are available and could be obtained
to pay in part the salary of an assistant.
The board agreed an assistant is needed but
failed to take action. As consequence. if
Doctor Cutter is removed Doctor Elliott will
be left with a task too great for any one
man.
The board is urged to consider that the
Wilmington community is growing and with
the increase the incidence Of disease mounts.
While it was possible for one man to perform
the duties Of the health office decade ago it
is, as noted, impossible now. With the health
of a greater community in mind the board
will have difficulty in satisfactorily explaining
its action if it fails to make provcion for an
assistant.
Doctor Elliott has labored under heavy
handicaps, including an inadequate inspection
staff, ever since the war brought great in.
flux Of new residents. An office only partially
equipped to serve community of thirty-odo
thousand people has had to serve triple thai
number with small help from the state anc
federal governments. The time is ripe for Will
mington and New Hanover country to give the
health officer the staff and aid he needs sc
greatly
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
The Doctor Says
PATIENCE NEEDED
WITH SLOW Chin
By WILLIAM A. O'BR1rv

BY WILLIAM A. o'BR1Fx =,
Children do new things ca Oh a.. ~
partly because they sre Vs ssa Gay
up and partly because som Sauw'ns
teaching them. But SONY OAe is
dren's minds grow so slowl,, enlI'
they never can 60 to schoo, mat
II they 60 to school, they csr, Or
keep up with other children e +hao
age. S" lAelr
A State Division Of Public ,,
situations has just issued r Nm M
teal guide for parents of ret. pssc,
or very slow children. II IL
fortunate that everyone does ul'
understand them, as then M, ilo'
difficulty is slowness in le.rn liam
most of these children bavs n
NAL parents, and normal broth -lul'
and sisters. 0'''eIS
Very slow children learn be,t :,
they are loved and wanted Il
home and are included in tSina a.
the family does. They often ~.
rejected by the family and es MA
cially by the neighbors. Thew l, mn
learn a thing only when tb "ia
minds are developed enough !.
they are stubborn or refuse ~.
task, it is probably too hard tns
them. 'O'
Authorities point out that II !.
easier to teach them if thew ~.
watching and listening when VIM
speak to them. Repeat often ''s
little practice each time is bes.
Keep to a routine. This reeular;tr
will help them know when t6s,
are to do such things as wssb
their face, eat dinner, and 20 IN
bed. o.
Show them how to do a thin,
rather than just tell them. Yon
have to show them many times
Help them only when they need
it. 1t may take longer but it i,
the only way they can learn Havs
them finish and let them know vou
are pleased when they have done
will.
The very slow child needs
great deal of praise in the begin.
ming. Relax and have patience
Work on one thing at time, as
you may mix them up if you give
two orders at the same time
Very slow children need special
discipline. S CO lding, nagging,
threats and warnings do no good
because h y cannot understand
Otherwise they should be dis.
ciplined the same as other chill.
dren. Very slow children respond
well to the reward system.
In teaching the very slow child,
the mother should establish rou.
tine of special instruction. A halt
hour at the same time each day
should be spent with him and
when each days lesson is finished
his things should be put away.
Very slow children should not
start to school until they are able
to take care of themselves, speak
so others can understand them,
play with other children, and be
able to profit from further in.
struction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
MIR. Attlee's Position

As BELTS Prime Minister OF Great Britain,
Mr.. Clement Attlees address before joint
session Of Congress was dignified, carefully,
even repressively, edited. The printed text
shows that in actual fact he said little Of speci-
fic value, despite which fact comments fol.
lowing the speechs delivery were about as
diverse as the members Of Congress who con-
scented to express an opinion.
Mr.. Attlee lacks the eloquence of his pre-
decessor, Winston Churchill and as a conse.
quence his words failed to stir his audience as
Mr.. Churchill has always been able to stir his
hearers. 1t may be said that if Mr.. Churchill's
spoken words seem to be marching through
blood and sand Mr.. Attlee's appear to move,
! almost haltingly at times, in milk and water
Nevertheless, Mr. Attlee is the head of a
great government closely related by common
language and blood to Our own, and what he
has to say regarding the common cause OF
peace and economic relations bears the closest
analysis, particularly as England has broken
with the old administrative principles and sub.
stituted national socialism which, in Germany
finally led to complete totalitarianism with the
state supreme and the individual nonentity.
The prevailing common sense of the British
people should be relied on to prevent the same
process OF governmental controls, but for our
part We scent danger in Englands labor re.
FORMS because we were so oppressively I'm.
der the heels of a bureaucratic government
throughout the war period, which was on its
way to total controls, and which the people and
private enterprise will have to fight as for
their lives to overthrow, and because we are
now suffering grave set-backs from strikes
which stem from labor's extraordinary gains
under the Roosevelt dynasty.
Because of the disturbing currents in Ameri-
can life in recent years, aside from the war
itself, we are therefore unable to determine
it Mr.. Attlee, in his declaration that there
need be no undue rivalry between the ex-
banding economy of the United States and
expanding hold American labor has gained on
the national economy, or whether the refer
ence was merely generality.
This of course is academic speculation. What
has proved a cause of genuine regret and COM
plant is that although President Truman and
ed no press releases concerning the taree-cor.
nered discussions on the atomic bomb and
atomic energy should be issued until the three
conferees Mr. Truman, Mr.. Attlee and Mr.,
Mackenzie King of Canada, has arrived at
decision, there has been a steady trickle of
news from the British headquarters AS the
distinguished guests of the United States, it
would seem that common courtesy called for
observance of the hosts wishes
The American press is peeved at British
leaks, particularly as it recalls that when the
Atlantic Charter was prepared they were told
there would be simultaneous publication in
America and Britain, only to find that London
was hours ahead of Washington in releasing
its text.
1t is understandable that reporters should
strive for news "beat' but not governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
Peacetime Military Training Faces
Debate At National Legion Meeting
BY WILLIAM j. CONWAY
APP Newsfeatures Writer

CHICAGO, Nov. 14-4R- Peace
time military training for the ma
tons young men is headed for re
newed debate at the American lie
gion's national convention-thi!
time in the light OF such revolu
tionary additions to the weapon!
Of war as the atom bomb and thu
robot plane.
The organization has supported
the idea of universal training since
1919, but members trickling into
town, for the sessions report thu
question now is what type or form
of training would be best.
The impact of the atom bomb
rocket projectiles and other de
velopments upon the technique Of
combat, as we'll as the feasibility
of training youths to handle sucs
devices and the possibility of int
grating training with education, will
be considered by the Legion's Ma
tional Defense committee.
The committee also will study
suggestions concerning a unified
armed forces command, maintain.
ing military strength, retaining
strategic bases, stockpiling vital
materials and pushing scientific
research.
Postwar security for the U. S.
shares top interest with the post
war welfare of veterans in such
fields as jobs and housing, ade.
uuate disqualification and rehabili.
tation of the wounded.
The four-day meeting, opening
Sunday in the Coliseum, has a
stream-lined pattern. The tradi-
tional big parade and band con.
tests Of pre-war years won't be
revived until the victory conven-
ton in 1916. But new features have
been added.
All surviving winners of the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor in the
war against the Axis have been in
vited as guests Of honor. A mass
initiation of several thousand young
ex-service men from Illinois and
surrounding states has been ar
ranged for Monday evening as a
ceremonial prelude to a night-long
party welcoming World War 2
veterans in general.
The G. rs of 1941-45, now num-
.bering 100000 in the organization
record membership Of 1,700, 900 will
occupv many delegate seats, and
may elect some of their buddies
to national offices. Next year, if
the membership swells to 3,000,-
600. as some officials predict, the
younger group will be in a posi-
ton to dominate the proceedings.
Biggest headache this year is
hotel space. The people in charge
have only 5000 room> And they
need at least 1900 just to house
delegates of the Legion and its
auxiliaries and distinguished visi-
tors-including a long list of brass
hats and dozen governors.
Such wartime chiefs as Admiral
King and Generals Bradley. Ar
mold, Vandegrift, Doolittle, Groves
and Hershey will address the con-
vention. The Legion's Distinguish
ed Service Medal will be awarded
to General Eisenhower, Admiral
Nimitz, former War Secretary
Stimson and, posthumously, to
President Roosevelt, Brig. Gen.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Ernie
Pyle.
John STEELE, McLeansboro, ILL.,,
business man and former Illinois
Governor who was an officer in a
machine gun outfit in France in
1918, is regarded as the favorite
in the race for the post of national
commander.
Other ,contenders include Villas
Whaley, Racine, Wis; DR.. w. J.
Danforth, Fl. Worth, Tex; Martin
W. Coffey. Middletown, O.; Fred
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
RELATIONS SAFE

NEW BERN, Nov. l4-ro III 0
first time since the ou;os '.i. D.
World War II Gus L. Das a-G O
New Bern, has received . %p a
the safety of his re nI- elsie.
Athens, Greece. His father n 5
and a brother, DR.. Peter ~ .fe and
we're all reported to De sA
well.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
GAS MEN TO MEET

RALEIGH, Nov. 144P- The
seventh annual meeting of the
Southeastern Gas association will
convene here tom, row for a two.
day meeting at N. c. State Col
1ege. Delegates from several
southern states ar expected to
attend and participte in ..vic-
tory program" which includes
speeches on various phases of the
petroleum industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
PRACTICAL LESSON

Rad HOMBERG, Germany wv wv,
14-P)- Eighteen million u eoor1a.
in the American zone Oh o. il
ton will get a practical lesson :.s05 to
democracy by being PERM, ~ On
keep Hitler's "Mein h "a .nsy de
their home bookshelves ii 'n''
Giro
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-15
MAY SUE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14'-VHIl
Soft coal producers have Deen w. as
vised by their attorneys 'na r-. 5s,
have legal cause to sue the oA. Nv.
Mine Workers for breach OIL y.
tract as a result Of last mum N,
strike over foremen's bargalA~'
rights.