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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

Well, MT. President" jOked Biffle, 'I had luncheon of my own on today With group of Senators, but I will see if can squeeze you i'm"
 Truman and Biffle both laughed. They then worked out a list of men who were to be at the luncheon. Truman insisted on inviting ranking Republicans ir the Senate plus leaders of both parties in the House.
 And that was President Tru- mans first phone call rom the executive mansion after taking the oath of office.
 NOTE: After Biffle started to arrange the luncheon, he ran in- to ration trouble, Finally a menu was arranged from leftover Puget Sound salmon. Truman had lunched on the same salmon the day before at a birthday party in honor of Seattle's Senator Warren Magnuson, the salmon having been brought to Truman by Lieut.. Robert Kilgorc, son of the West Virginia senator, both of whom were also present. Thus Truman's last lunch as vice-presi- - dent was on salmon, and his first lunch as President was on sal- mon scraps.
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 The Bell Syndicate, IncD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

en me?" you ask.
 They have given you many or the things in life you prize hlgn- ly-the language you speak, the customs to which you adher Best of all, this contribution does not lie in the past alone. If every hu- man being but yourself were sud- denly to be wiped out and you were left alone in the world, with every thing provided so that you might survive with comfort. you would nevertheless be wretched. And this wretchedness would arise not just from your loneliness but from the fact that your life lacked every day something which only the presence of life in the world can give you.
 When God created life, He put intot he world a vital force. This vital force, living in the hearts of men and women round about us, strengthens and sustains us every nour of the day. We may not know the man who lives next door, We may think we have no interest in 3 man who lives on theo .ther side oi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Views Of The Press
ACTION IN ITALY
New York Times

New York Times
 Alternate blows falling on the right and left enemy Hanks in Italy suggest that General Clark's poly glot armies may be swinging into a major offensive. Clark probably commands men of more racial strains than any officer in the world. In the campaign through Italy our forces have includ- ed British, American, French, Italian, Greek, Pole, Palestinian. New zeals':d and East Indian troops. In the forefront of his drive up the Ligurian coast General Clark is now using battle-tried Nisei, as Ameri- cans of Japanese ancestry call them selves. Brought into action from rest billets in France, they have wrested from the Germans series of towering peaks.
 No soldiers we have sent abroad have more distinguished record than these Nisei C'l the record none surpasses them in loyalty, de- votion or courage. More than 17,600 have been inducted into the Army. The men of the famous tooth Bat talion are typical. They were orig inally Hawaiian volunteers but heavy losses brought replacements from many sections. Distinguished Service Medals are commonplace Private Jesse Hirato won his by seizing a shovel when his rifle damned, charging an enemy nest fnd capturing its occupants armed with a machine-pistol, rifles and gre nadeS.
 Most of the Nisei want to fight in the Pacific. They believe that, raised in the institutions of democ- racy, they are better soldiers thsn Japanese of their own generation trained to savagery and hate. But they do not differ in appearance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

8 U. s. airline might fly to India by way of Bermuda, Gibraltar and Cairo, picking up and dropping British traffic along the way. The former would be a commercial ad- vantage to the British, the latter a commercial advantage to the U. S.. Is it a fair sWap?. This is freedom of the air
 FREEDOMS DEFINED
 Freedom of the air grew into the five freeodms of the air at the Chi cago conference on international civil aviation last fall. They are the right to fly over foreign territory; the right to land on foreign terri tory for refueling and repair; the right to land passengers and cargo from the country whose flag the plane flies in foreign country to which it flies; the right to pick up foreign traffic for it's own country, and finally the whopping big fifth freedom which would allow any plane of any nationality to fly to any other country and pick up or discharge traffic along the route.
 The White House, through the Department of State, has by execu- tive agreement declared these five freedoms to be binding on this gov- ernment. The voices which rise in protest advance these three argu- ments against it:
 Eighty per cent of the postwar international aviation traffic, pas sengers and cargo, will originate in the United States. Why should not the United States keep this bus mess for it's own airlines instead of permitting the airlines of other countries to grab off maybe 50 per cent of this traffic? Since the Uni- ted States has the traffic which other countries want, it is argued that the United States should keep it's own business, flying it's own traffic in it's own planes which the foreign governments must necessar- fly admit to their shores to bene- fit at all
 While the U S. transport planes are now the best in the world, it is maintained that other countries particularly the British and French and Russians, will in time build planes just as good. Having lower labor standards, they can build them cheaper, and with equal access to American air traffic, will be able to undersell U. s. plane manufac- turers and take away this business.
 Furthermore, foreign wage rates being lower than U. s. wage rates, foreign airlines will be able to op- crate at less expense. They will therefore be abel to run airlines at lower passenger and freight rates and to take away U. s. traffic.
 OTHER SIDE OF PICTURE
 Now all these arguments have the old familiar ring of tariff protectionists. To beat them down advocates of freedom of the air talk something like this:
 The days of high tariff wall pro- lection are over. They helped bring on the last depression and they can well bring on another after this war is over The way to increase trade increase U. s. business, is through treer intercourse among nations, irl the air, on the seas or on the ground.
 American efficiency can beat any kind of foreign competition any time and any place. It was done ir the auto world and it can be done in the aviation world.
 Finally, we have more to gain by freedom of the air than we have to lose. We want to fly every place and don't want to be shut out. Ii we shut others out of the U. s how can we expect them to let us fly to their countries?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19


 A lot of myths have grown up about that Committee chiefly that it was run by Hugh Fulton, its counsel. Fulton was a good fact-finder, but it's sheer baloney that he ran the Committee. Real fact is that it was a good Com mittee and had some Al mem- bers. They all ran it.
 Truman believed in teamwork. He didn't move without keep ing his Committee informed and having it's support. He worked also with the Republicans on the Committee-BreWster of Maine, Burton of Ohio, Ball of Minnesota and Ferguson of Michigan-and they reciprocal ed.
 A lot of people around Wash ington think it may be good idea to have more of this kinu of teamwork. During many years under spectacular president, Government officials had drifted into the habit of letting things slip because they knew 'the Boss would take care of it." Now Tru- man is likely to adopt the policy of letting every man handle his own burdens, and if things slip, getting a new man.
 MORGENTHAU
 RESIGNS-BUT?
 After the funeral services at the White House, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau called on President Truman and brought with him a letter of resignation. Truman read it over and said:
 But l want you tO stay on with me-
 Both Morgenthau and Truman were still grief stricken by the sudden death of their mutual friend.
 Now you know how I feel, MT. President" replied MOrgenthau. Roosevelt told me many times, Henry, you and I came down here together from Duchess County (where both M0rgenthau and Roosevelt have estates), and we will so back together. Now he's going back and feel ought to gO."
 But" maintained the new President, you have lot of work to do here and | want you to stay"
 MT. President, l am glad to serve in time of war and I will do anything I can to back you up," replied MOrgenthau, but you are entitled to free hand and to choose your own men. I have one boy with the Third Army in Germany and another of my sons is fighting off Okinawa right now. But I will carry on under two conditions: If you think I am the best man
 for the job, and if you will back me up 100 per cent. That's the way it was with Roosevelt and that's the only way I will stay"
 Well, that's the way it will be, Henry" replied the new President. II will back you up 100 per cent if you will stay"
 In the end, Morgenthau agreed.
 NOTE: Though Harry Hopkins had the reputation of being Roosevelt's closest friend, actually just before the late President left ! for the Crimea conference, he told his last Cabinet meeting: Now if anything should happen to us while we are gone, it's up to Henry MOrgenthau to call the Cabinet together"
 TRUMAN HIGHLIGHTS Should there be a vacancy on the Supreme Court, President Tru. mans first choice probably would be his old friend, Sen Carl Hatch of New Mexico, author of the Hatch Act It seems odd fol Democratic President to be taking advice from hard boiled Republicans. But when the new President met with Senatorial friends on his first day in the Whiet House, he proposed ad- dressing Congres for only five min utes. Because of Roosevelt's death. he felt his message should the world. But their lives affect u support us, and in an indefinabl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

before they pu t their stamp of approval on the permanent civil aviation conven- tion n o W before them for ratifca- tion as a treaty.
 Under this fifth freedom a British airline might fly to Australia by way of the United s t a t e S a Il d H a W a ii, picking up or SC t t i n g down U. s. traffic olnfnp inc way Or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

from our Pacific enemy and would invite attempts at enemy infiltra- tion. Some are used there as in. terpreters and specialists but they have seen combat service chiefly j, Italy and France. Thus far they have won every fight they have been in. But their hardest fight is still ahead and may outlast the war. II is the fight against prejudice reused by color of skin and slant of eye. It is easy to admire them while they are still in uniform. It would be kinder to remember and reward them when the battle is over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

slRned letters pertaining Co per- sonal health and hygiene. not 70 disease. diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady n a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclose,.. Letters should be Driet and written In ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News paper Service. S2O West Madison Street, Chicago. III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
.
 SPOTLIGHT
Fifth Freedom Of The Air
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash in9ton COrrespOndent

Washington, AprI Iy = IS "Iree" dom of the air" as embodied in the fifth freedom of the international civil aviation executive agreements drafted at Chicago going to be the ruination of U. s. air commerce? That is the $64 question which Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee members apparently want answered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

to exempt a few people from such a state ment parents, wife, husband, one or two friends, a teach CT, a benefactor
 Butof humanity at large you Ge- clare that you owe them notll- ing. What have they ever giv-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Current Comment

Tt first Jajanese ships travelled singly. Then they had to abandon that and provide conveys, then air cover for the conveys. They we,e forced to move closer and closer to the China coast, travelling from harbor to harbor They tried hard to keep the road open, but they started too late.
 Rear Adml. Frank D. Wagner,
 Seventh Fleet Air Force Com
 mander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. DID.

HUMANITY OUR BEST FRIEND
 Have you ever made the state ment that you owe nobody in the world anything? If so, ponder such statement for a moment. Do you really mean thiS2 You may want
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945
A Thought for Today

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.-Psalm 18:39.
 
 Resolve, and thou are free.-Longfellow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS I'm Ashamed

HI fASAhdNuCU
 I have a great deal of pain in my finger joints and knees. Doctors say it is chronic arthritis. have your booklet "Ills Called Rheuma- tism' but I can't seem to under stand it. (Mrs. w. A. McL).
 AnsWer-If a reader of your evil dent intelligence does not under stand what I say in the booklet, I'm abashed and ashamed. Won't you help me, Maam, by marking say with question mark or a cross, the paragraphs or sentences or words you do not understand and returning the booklet G'll be grateful for your cooperation, and it may indirectly benefit many other readers). Of course nobody knows enough about the conditions called chronic arthritis or "rheu- matism" to pretend he understands it, but that doesn't excuse any con-, fusing or obscure language in such booklet. have a pamphlet on Calcium and Rhelmatiz"- send a stamped envelope bearing your ad-, dress and ask for it. but you must ask in writing, not with clipping. Oatmeal
 Ben Told if a person eats raw oatmeal it will cause worms. As like to eat it raw I'm worried. (B. J0 ~ Answer-Nonsense. It is a good habit to eat raw oats or oatmeal, raw wheat or cracked wheat, raw potato, raw turnip, raw greens, raw carrot, raw cabbage, raw fruit. etc, daily, if you like it. Not safe to eat raw or underdone beef, pork or. fish-thorough cooking destroys pos-r sible larvae of tapeworm in meat or fish, larvae (microscopic) of trichina in pork or ham.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW
BY DREW PEARSON

 Iieon Advice; Will Liberals Back Trumon? will
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19

the world. But their lives affect us. support us, and in an indefinable way inspSe us.
 (All Rights Reseryed--BabSon
 Newspaper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
WHAT TO DO ABOUT UVPERTFNSION

In A talk recently on high blood pressure tried to indicate the 1al- lacy of CD restricting the eating or meat. CD taking salts and (3) aS- suming that there are certain Specl- fic remedies, cures or treatments that one with high blood pressure Apprehension, hyperpeisia) must or should have, that the high pressure Is what ails the patient, when as a matter of fact, it is only one sign of something wrong. Whenever I tell what not to oo about complaint or what does not cause the trouble I am conscious of the inevitable queries that will come in-what in tarnatlon ooeS cause it then, or what should one do about it? Tn the first place. when I say here that there IS no scientific or physiological founda- tion for the notion of many doctors and most laymen that there IS nervous energy" apart from ordin- ary physical or muscular energy !, I'm trying to teach hygiene, how to keep well. It does not imply that I can tell why you feel so exhaust. ed even though you do no nara work or muscular work etc. If you insist on asking me to dl- agnose or prescribe for your trouble | I can only remind you that the 1n- structions printed regularly with this column bar such letters from consideration.
 Now here are some things be- lieve every one with high blood pressure should do. Whether you do these things or not is up to you T cannot advise you further about it. no matter how much informa- tion you may give me about your history History - that's what I'm grousing about, folks. It Is not within my province. Please spare me multi-page letters about 1t.
 One with high blood pressure should
 1. Have complete health exam
 ination at least once a year,
 preferably by the same physl-
 clan or physicians every time.
 ?. Have a retinoscopic examina-
 ton by a physician who uses
 the ophthalmoscope or retino-
 scope (not necessarily an ocu-
 list).
 3. Make a must of getting suffi-
 cient exercise every day to pro-
 vide a vicarious outlet for
 blowing off steam (emotional
 tension) produced by trials,
 worries, veXations or irrita-
 tions of life.
 4. Drink plenty of water - not
 less than two quarts day.
 5. Reduce if you are overweight. G. Take life facetiously - but I'll
 explain this in the next talk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
Miss Christian,
Mr.. Van Mater
Will Wed TODAY

The marriage of Miss Jane
Christian. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. W. Christian of Wilmington and
Holmes Van Mater Of Plainfield,
N. j., will be solemnized this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church, Third a n d
Orange streets. The Rev. William
Grove, Jr., pastor of the church,
will officiate at the ceremony.
Miss Christian will have as her
matron-of-honor and only attendant
her sister, Mrs. w. W. Woodhouse,
Jr., of Raleigh. She will be given
in marriage by her brother-in-law,
Mr.. Woodhouse.
The bridegroom will have as his
best man, his father, D. D. Van
Mater of Plainfield, and ushers will
be J. c. Christian, borther of the
bride, and Dan Van Mater, the
bridegroom's brother.
No invitations have been issued
but friends of the couple are cordi-
ally invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
X WE, THE WOMEN
Who Said A Brave New World

die bunch of women ready to do
or die for a pair of nylons?
T h e sporting thing to do, OF
course, would be to say F'Here they
are; come and get them" and let
the best women win.
If Nellie the waitress can out
shove and outpush Mrs. Plush
bottom from Park Avenue - then
Nellie is the girl whose legs de-
serve to be encased in the first
nylons.
IT'S A FREE COUNTRY
After all, this is a democracy,
isn't it? We have had gold rushes,
and rushes to new territory to
stake out homesteading claims.
Surely, we can face a rush for
nylons.
So why not give women an
equal chance at those precious
stockings? And let the women with
the sharpest pair Of elbows win.
Why not make it a purely sport.
ing proposition? And maybe even
sell bleacher seats for masculine
spectators? It would be better than
a wrestling match-no doubt about
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
SNYDER ASKS HELP
OF WHOLESALERS TO
THROTTLE INITIATION

BOSTON, Oct. 16-(P)-Recon-
version Director John W.. Snyder
today asked retailers and whole
salers to help in fighting initiation
until manufacturer can cope with
the demand for goods built up in
four wears of wartime scracity.
In an address prepared for the
18th annual conference on dlstrl
button here, Snyder said the ac'
cumulated demand for durable
household goods equals about two
years of sales at the high l94o
rate. :.
lies created by wartime marriages
have been unable to buy the fur
niture. pots and pans, rugs and
household equipment needed TO
set up homes, the chief OF the
Office of War Mobilization and
Reconversion asserted.
ssThere will be continuous up
swing in demand for the furnish.
ines and all manner Of household
appliances which n wlyw e d 8
need, Snyder stated. 'These
needs very often will be coupled
with the financial ability to buy
Xxx in three and a half years OF
war our people saved more than
thev would have saved in 10 years
at the 1910 rate.
1--WE must fight the threat of in
1ation as We would the plague.
The first and best way to flgh'
it is to produce more goods. :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
Cardinals Yackety
Yack Queen Will Be
Selected By Stars

CHAPEL HILL. Oct. 16.-Hun1p-
hrey Bogart and Lauren Baby"
Bacall will select the queen Of the
annual beauty ball to be sponsored
by the Yackety Yack, student
yearbook at the University Of
North Carolina, it was announced
today by Editor Fred Flagler OF
High Point.
The beauty queen and her eight
attendants will be selected from
photographs by the Hollywood
stars and will be returned to
Chapel Hill in time for announce
ment Of the selections to be made
at the ball which is to be held in
Woollen Gymnasium Saturday
night, December /, following the
Carolina-Virginia football game.
All fraternities, sororities, dor
mitories and campus organizations
are invited to enter photographs
Of one or more goods to compete
for the title OF the Queen of the
1916 Yackety Yack beauty ball.
Deadline for entries is November
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
Bradley's Creek
P.-T.A. Will Meet

The Bradley's Creek Parent
Teacher association will hold the
regular meeting Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at which
time Mrs. Crowley, d e l e 6 a t e
to the PIT. A. Summer Institute,
will give her report and a talk
by Mrs. Tongue on Safety will be
heard.
Immediately before the meeting
an executive m m it t e e ses-
sion will be held at 1:45 o'clock
at which time all officers and
chairmen of committees will meet
for important business.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17

Colorful Harvest F estival Scheduled
Thursday Night AT Pembroke Park

On Thursday evening, October
10, at 8 o'clock, the City Recrea-
ton department will present a
Harvest Festival, at Pembroke
Jones Park. The park is located
between Market and Dock streets,
at 18th street, across from New
Hanover High school.
Five hundred children will take
part, representing seven Recrea'
ton Centers of Cornelius Harnett
Mrs. Maxine Smith, director; Hem
enway, Mrs. Elizabeth Copestake.
director; Lake Forest, Mrs. Re-
becca johnson, director; Nesbltt
Courts. Mrs. Irene Waters, dl-ec-
tor; Vance building, Mrs. Virginia
Davis, director; Raleigh building,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17

This woolly lamb is so cute j.. {.
you'll have fun crocheting it; baby
VIII love it! Can't you see this
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lily?
"Baa, baa black Sheep" crochet
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ior THIS pattern to Wilmington Star
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Send fifteen cents more for our
I94o Needlework Book-94 illustra-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17

Mrs. Catherine Hale, director;
Hewes building, Mrs. Vertile
Schoppaul, director; Glee clubs
fr o m H m enway. Chestnut
Heights, and Lake Forest schools;
Glrl Scouts from Troop 13; Boy
scouts from Troops IA, 10, and %,
and the New Hanover High School
Band. Members Of the Teen-Age
clubs will be the ushers.
The program was planned and
directed by Mrs. Josephine Gal.
lagher, and is under the super
vision of Mrs. Elizabeth May.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. There will be no Adnis.
sion charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
HEN SAVES NECK

Evansville, Ind, -W.D- Some
people take their dog with them on
weekend trips, but Mr.. and Mrs.
George Summers Of Evansville
travel with little Rhode Island
Red hen. They bought her in prep
aration for Sunday dinner, but she
saved her skin by laying an egg
for them and has become a pet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-17
Catholic Daughters
Plan Party On Friday

The Catholic Daughters of Amer
lea will sponsor a benefit bingo
party on Friday evening at 8:15
o'clock at st. Mary's Catholic
club. Fourth and Ann streets.
The public is invited. Attractive
prizes will be given and tickets
may be obtained from any men,
Der of the organization.