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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
Coast To Coast
BY FRANKLIN SNOW

Aitef ~ years Or more Of discussions. non
!aiiroao man mas finally coaxed the railroads
i iiiIo Actually planning operation of through
tralns from coast to coast. These will bf On
ualy oasls' as distinguished from many
spe.lai Trans which have made this trip in
me past put IT took Robert R. Young, Chair
man OF the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
more 1mancier than an actual raroader-
10 get oehlnd the idea; publicize, advertise
anu promote 1t, until it has reached noint
WHERE us inauguration seems certain
1nere was no practical reason from an m.
eratlhg standpoint why through service could
not nave been adopted years ago The "a.
madam National and Canadian Pacific Pal.
ways nave run through trains from Montre a
and Toronto to Vancouver for n anv vears
However, they had the advantaoe ~ he;no
on on one ROADS own rails throughout. In the
ocates, the problem was that if any two roads
east and west OF Chicago 'hooked M ir
such service. they were apprehensive thai
all tne. otner railroads, each side of Chicaoo
would indirectly unite against them And will
volume Of through traffic which w.s M
sufficient to offset this hazard. no pair o.
ROADS mad the audacity to consunmate il.
Inls newspaper takes some modest salts
| 1actlon IN being, also, a pioneer in this sit,,
alton. With its far-fung list of readers eacl
time the topic was alluded to in ito rai1roa,
column years ago, it produced many letter
9! appreciation. This proved the popular de
SIRE SIRE 1or such service. Finally, Mr.. Young
altnough his & o Railway is not so situate.
'iia' I" can very appropriately participate
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
Editorial Comment
THE POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK

Judge H. Hoyle Sink, who has heard 5000
divorce cases during his 10 years as a judge
il North Carolina, thinks there ought to be
a five-day waiting period between application
for a marriage license and Its issuance.
Speaking Of the couples who had appeared
before him, he said in Concord recently,
They all seem to get married in South Caro-
lima and many Of them are underage at the
time Of their application for license
Judge Sink may not have meant to criticise
South Cardinals marriage law, but he was
doing so nevertheless. Unhappily, thoughtful
people have to admit that the criticism Is
justified.
Still, on the theory that the kettle may
reciprocate by calling the pot black, we sug-
gest that Judge Sink might also consider the
possibility that North Carolina courts are
somewhat less than careful in investigating
whether the residence requirements for South
Carolnians seeking divorce in North Carolina
are met, and whether the testimony before
the courts is the truth.
A strict administration Of North Carolina s
divorce law might just possibly persuade the
South Carolina legislators to propose divorce
law for the Palmetto state - which would al
most certainly reduce the number of divorce
cases Judge Sink will have to grant during
his next 10 years.-Spartanburg Is. c. Her
aid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
"A Little Frying May Be Essential
In Digging Out Details For Story

we call the Cape Fear Treatment.
Because 1t is our job, yes, our
very livelihood, we must then pro.
coed to make pests Of ourselves by
putting on our own version of the
third degree In our effort to gel
these folks to tell us what we've
set out to find out. In most such
cases we must end up without the
facts We are seeking. Therefore
when we finally publish a story
it appears that we have gone off
half-cocked. And, likely as not,
the same fellow we asked to give
us the facts in the first place will,
upon reading the story the next
day, make some disparaging re-
marks about the story and humble
something about newspapers never
getting anything right.
And about this business Of max
ing ourselves pests. After long ex-
perience, we know that il we just
walk into a mans office and say:
ANY News Today" nine times
out Of 10, caught cold, he will tell
you he doesn't know a thing in the
world. Therefore, you have to sit
down and quiz him. When you wind
UP your quiz the chances are
he'll come through, unconsciously,
with a story that's good for the
front pages.
In reference to this angle, I was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
zone World Or None"

Wendell Wilkes book Zone World"
which everybody read, is about to be
outdone in popularity by another en-
titled zone World or None"
AS the title suggests, it deals with
the atom in all its many aspects, and
is compiled from writings by scientists
most familiar with its possibilities in
war and peace and close observers of
world affairs whose talents include
Interpretation of world trends.
Among familiar names of contribu-
tors are DIR. J. R. Oppenheimer, Albert
Einstein, Louis Ridenour, DR.. Philip
Morrison, DR.. Arthur H. Compton, Prof
Harlow Shapley, Prof. Eugene P. Wig
ner, and Walter Lippmann.
Zone World or None" is not terror
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22

somewhat put out the other day
when a gentleman here who rather
much makes his living by deal
ing with the public became volubly
cantankerous about quizzing him
for story.
when I have any news I'll let
you know" he said, his dudgeon
flying at least halfway up the
scale, land I don't want you to go
putting me through any third de-
gree like I was trying to hold out
on you"
This man, as say, was some
thing of public figure.
Because I felt little worn by
his irascible flare up I didn' t
bother to do much arguing with
him. But I just let my mind flick
over the fact that no less a per-
sonage than the President OF the
United States allows reporters to
quiz him on a very wide range OF
subjects; subjects some times that
could be embarrassing. Yet, he'll
answer the questions of the report
ers and still come through with a
smile. wondered, when the afore-
mentioned gentleman made the
aforementioned remark to me, il
the President ever feels so equally
sensitive about reporters maybe
feeling that he is trying to hold
something out on them.
Naturally, lot Of us in the trade
are boring, In our zeal to do our
Jobs we might sometime overstep
what may seem the bounds OF
propriety. But, in the main, we're
not attempting to put anybody
through any third degree. We're
simply trying to find all the facts
possible so that whatever story we
write may come close to being
authentic.
If you get right down to cases.
we'd probably just as soon not
pry into anybody's affairs. Neither
I suppose does lawyer get any
delight in prying into witness
mind in order to try to get facts
straight.
Still, it's a job that has to be
done. I, for one, hope you don t
mind us getting on with our work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
Russia Wants Delay

Russia's request that the Security
Council postpone it's session from March
Is to April 10 that Moscow may have ad-
ditional time to prepare its case against
Tran is heard with surprise in Wash
ineton as it was believed the negotia-
tons between 1ranian and Russian
representatives in the Soviet Union
capital had ended some days ago.
If there is a predisposition in United
Nations capitals to tn ink that the
Russians have asked the postponement
merely as a part Of their general pro-
gram of interference, precedent for the
oninion is not lacking. It has been the
R~~s ar policy to interfere with UNO
ORC esses from the organization day OF
thct body.
In the present case the United States
ard Russia are on oppos tie Sides
E ward R. Stettinius, Jr., the American
member on the Security Council, has
addressed a note to UNO Secretary
General Lie, urging that Trans COM
plant of Russia's failure to get her
troops out of Iran by March 2, the
date set for that action, be placed at
the top of the Councils agenda. Be-
cause London has taken up Ira n
cause almost with equal vigor it is pre-
sumable that Britain will endorse the
United States delegates position. De
lay In starting the Councils session
therefore, seems to be confronted by
strong opposition
The understanding In Washington
and other capitals, as well as anon,
members of the UNO staff, is that tn
UNO charter requires unanimous agree
ment among eleven members Of tn
Council to postpone the meeting. I
this Interpretation of the charter i
accurate, Russia's proposed delay i
not liable to be sustained.
For all concerned and the effort t
re-establish stable peace in the worl
it is to be earnestly hoped that tn
Council opens it's session as scheduled
that the Russo-Iranian controversy
brought before it first, and dispose
of as rapidly as the Council can lear
all the facts and give it's decision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
Religion
Day By Day
Bv WILLIAM T. ELLIS
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
FINDER THE CRUST

Beneath the crust of conventional
society, with its accepted usages
of decency and civility, lies another
stratum which most of us choose
habitually to ignore. Only when
some bestial crime makes the front
pages of the newspapers, do we
have brief flashes of aWareness OF
what is loosely called the under
world" wherein dwell creatures of
darkness who are not governed by
the prevailing standards of life.
In time Of public disturbances
these men and women lift their vile
faces for all to see.
Is there any power that can
change these dwarfed and malign
spirits into goodness and decency?
The history, of the Christian
Church is crowded with examples.
The Gospel has changed lives =
often the worst into the best. Saint.
illness is just across the line from
sinfulness. An accepted Christ
proves His power to make the foul
clean, the drunken sober, the lust.
full chaste, the greedy benevolent,
tae cruel merciful, the low high.
This is the message and mission
OF the Church; which must now.
as never before, reach down to the
dark masses beneath the crust.
Forgive and amend, o merciful
raaner' the Indifference of Thy
ohurch toward those who are be-
YONG the pale of respectable So
ciety. May we demonstrate that
Jesus Christ came to seek and
TO save the lost. Amen
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
.heLiterary
Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS
BLUE BOY, by Jean Giono WE
inr. 2.7sl

Best known In this country nd
for a novel but, I should guess, TOT
his movie, 1.-THE Bakers Wife" ono
of the few completely admirable
films which have ever seen, jean
Giono gives here the account d
his boyhood.
By American standards that boy
hood was sordid and mean, The
son of a cobbler who taught him.
self to read and write, born In 4
shabby village not far from tic
Mediterranean, farmed out for 4
time to a peasant family in tn'
country to gain his strength, no
never had a single one OF those
physical and mechanical comforts
the enjoyment of which is supposed
to launch a youngster on sucses'
full and happy career.
But if boyaood Is the period no'
for making machinist or sales
man, but for forming the full MAJ
or as in this case the creative ma!
then Giono's was rich and lush ana
wholly enviable.
Few books have ever been 80
filled with the sound, smell, 1eei
and color of things. There is mo
texture of a plaster wall, the SWee'
song of the flute, the red OF olo0a,
the insistent odor of women 'n -
fall of rain and the drive Of blacs
banks of clouds, the swift Tow Oh
sheep down the hillside to meet 'ns
rams at the irresistible time o,
mating, the noble procession o.
farm girls carrying sheave1 upon
their heads.
There's death, too, for the boy II
the overturned cart, the baker VINO
hanged himself, and for Odrlpano >
mother, and very nearly death lol
the dreadful, PROSTATE fugitive
gnawed by rats in the stable WheIs
ne was hidden, and for handsome
Gonzales whose bride proudly snow
ed her swollen figure to prove "
the whole village that love had mol
waited supinely for the marriage
bells.
Finally, there is the tender story
Of the bakers wife Aurelle, whose
zeal hunger could not be 1eo o1'
If her husbands big oven; q VIE
las no right to run off with lover
he moral goes, if it keeps her nus
,and from his bakery and thle@F
ms to starve the town.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
BY JOHN SKIES

1t is refreshing to US Of the news
paper trade to find somebody who
honestly shuns publicity.
BY the same token, 1t il crafty
ing to US same tradesters to find
somebody who will help us in the
daily business Of ferreting out
items which we can serve UP to
the customers over the breakfas st
table each morning.
I hope you'll pardon me talking
shop, but few thoughts have just
popped up I'd like to pass along
to you about the trade as 1t ap-
plies here in Wilmington.
There has come to be known
among us In the trade treatment
which in common parlance may
be called the cold shoulder, but
which we have come to call the
Cape Fear Treatment. This
simply means the kind Of treatment
we some time get when we're
trying to run down story.
You, meaning us, will have the
basis for a newspaper story. We
will know certain facts and figures.
But there will be many missing
links. These missing links must
be supplied by those who are con-
cerned with the story; that is,
those who know something about
the subject of the story and back
ground. Well, then we start in con-
tacting these people. Some time,
in fact in most instances, these
people will gladly tell us all they
can on the subject and will even
permit themselves to be quoted.
But a lot of times they won't. They
may tell us that, yes, they know
about so-and-so, but don't say that
d said such-and-such. This is what
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22

book. Instead it contains Information
unexcelled for accuracy on a subject
that is not for from any mind at any
time.
The Star is gratified to be able to
publish MIR. Lippmann's contributions
to this book in serial form while Mr.
Lippmann is on a vacation in Europe.
The series will be started within a few
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
Doctor Says-
EXCESS HAIR IS
EASILY REMOVEn

superhuous hair can be renon.,
by shaving, by rubbing with ,,'ve'
rasives' or by applying cheni q"
or wax removers, but the onlv r.'
manent method of hair rs1,' 's'
is by electrolysis.
Shaving of the hair /, 49,,
mended for the arms. Iss recon-
arm-pits, and. contrary ~ sS, aat|
belief, this does not causs ~ y popular
to grow back thicker and e o's nai'
IN a controlled experiment ''s ~
a week for eight months ~ ~. Twice
change in its quality was no S,sS no
Plucking the hair Is an o,s 1'
tlce' but it grows back unIs,s p' a.
follicle is destroyed as thu r.l h.
OF a complicating infection 's Tl
appearance of coarse hairs 4.n IN
ing IN , piueking may be the 'p re,ns
OF aging changes, as ther. i !.
tendency for these to occur Il
wax re1novers catch the hal, =.
they harden, and the wax con., a.
ing the hair is separated {ron --'a n
skin much like hair is remor uls
with adhesive plaster. If jnt ,,Utsa
follows, it is not caused BY tSs
remover, but develops as . :, ro, vi.
OF secondary infection from 'I ~.
terra on the skin surface, VI"
Chemical removers USUALLY -.
tain a sulphur compound wb T.
dlssolves the hair extending boro. 4
the skin surface. They do my
have any permanent effect on b ,G'
growth. ~ ''''
The X-ray is the most dsnss.
Gus form of hair remover, as II.
rays cause atrophy (shrinkjng, ~
the follicle, and this DESTROYS A,
hair at its source. A heavy DIS.
may cause liberation Of the ii,
and the development Of cancer
Electrolysis is the only safe rs,.
manent method of hair rernov.
but it must be administered bv ,
skillful person. Each individual
hair follicle has to be destroysd
by the application of the needle .,
Large areas cannot be treated
This treatment Is expensive and
time-consuming.
Bleaching the hair Is a harmless
method Of making it less conspicl
Gus, and If large areas are IN,
volved, this treatment Is recon,
mended. Most OF the bleacba
are harmless, as the majority con.
tain hydrogen peroxide and en-
monia.
In advancing years, there is ,
tendency for excessive hair grown
to develop In the eyebrows, ears
and nose. The ears and brow
can be shaved or clipped, but tn.
nose should be clipped. Pulling
these hairs may result In a seriouI
secondary infection.
The development Of superhuou
hair is usually on a glandul1
basis. Excessive hair growth il
women at the menopause is relate
to the changes which are occurin
in the body, but no effective meth
cd Of treating superfluous hair b
administering glandular extract
is known.
Even though the development
of cancerous mole is uncommor
irritation Of moles Is to be avoide
at all times. Hairy noles Shout
be removed by surgery, and tn
hairs should not be removed sep
arately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
STAR Dust
CAN'T BE ANTI TO ANY NATION

The UNO cannot succeed If 1t is to
be an anti-Russian organization. 1t
cannot succeed if it is to be an
instrument for preserving the Rri-
fish Empire with all its injustices.
Fewer Churchill speeches and
more demonstrations that UNO is
not established to destroy COM
munism or protect any nation in
the pursuit of imperialistic courses
are needs Of the hour in the fight
for peace. 49,
Herald,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
.Smithfield Herald.
IF THE SHOE FITS

At the court of Signor della
Scala, the Governor of Verona
sought one day to cast aspersions
on the character Of Dante, say
ing to the poet, II wonder, Signor
Dante, that a man so learned as
you should be hated by all the
court, and that this fool, the court
Jester, should be so beloved"
''Your excellency," replied Dan
tie, ''you would not ask me that
question If you considered that we
like those best who most resemble
ourselves" p. ..-A ...-.-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter
Salesman: "These shirts simply
laugh at the laundry"
Customer: IT know. I've had
some come back with their sides
split. Clipped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
COR HUMOR

Etiquette is The ne 2a5n you sP1 1om 3ns bayou
T yeu r sp taass i. S. Naval Air S'a'0''
leans, La ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
STRANGE VISITOR

When DR. Glenn Best, of Clinton, was here
the other day visiting his mother Mrs. T. E.
Best, he told Of a strange adventure which
recently befell Mrs. Mosset Parsons, one of
his patients.
Mrs. Parsons was in the yard rak1ng leaves
when she felt something on her ear Thinking
it bit of leaf or grass, she brushed at aer
ear once or twice and went on working. After
while, when she had gone IN TO prepare
supper, she realized that the Object Whatever
it was, was inside her ear.
She asked her huband to take LOOK but
ne couldn't see anything. well, there's some
thing in there she told him. ut doesn't hurt,
but It bothers me. After supper I'm going to
get DR.. Best to look at it.
An hour or so later Mr.. and MIS- g.; Parsons arson.
went downtown and met DR.. BeS. az AilS olilce.
The doctor said he could see dark OBJECT in
the ear. When he probed it with an instrument,
the dark object hoped out and ran acToss
the floor But it couldn't ina a,o LII
h # with ITO folded Newspaper. It was black
widow snider - Chapel Hill Weekly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
MOTT left BEHIND

In every war since 1872 american Sod1ers
h hem l again to the nostalgia refrain OF The
Girl Left Behind Me. 49,. words no long
But in this modern age the Inc, w mefses to stay
er have authority The 1916 ga n the United e
behind, proved by the arrival shin1oad of British
States of s.1ipload after .,; Sd1ps
brides of G1s and their emu NV nroof that CT
This mass migration ,?iios IS beside his warlike
Joe had other aais,e in arms, he was equally i'm
se a: t o:yes s39 that ~ sss
of England should soc Knew all the time that
which We in Aassisai t Flso + Herald
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-22
TOP O, THE MORNING

Brave souls dare to walk alone. what
others do does not deter hardy soul. We
,dmire those folk. They challenge us. They
provoke us to our best.
REV. Josephey, ID.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
JAP VAR 70, 81 lfp s. !.

7's At the war crimes trial of sLieutenant-.
General Masaharu Homn1a, since SEN.
fenced to be shot, the former intelligence
officer on his staff recently revealed that.
orders for the invasion of the Philippines
reached General Homma's headquarters.
on Formcsa on November Goth, 194l,
eighteen days before PeaSl fIagbor. ~ ~
The date is imp ah3g because there.
has been aasstudie asffoftt Eiiit sthe, United
States to create The dnpression that the
note delivered to- thesJ ap aHliese AM bassa-
dor, on November &c, 1911, was a practi-
cal ultimatum which compelled the Jap
anese to fight Former Secretary of State
Cordell Hull has vigorously denied that
his note was anything like an ultimatum
and, in fact, it merely restated some funda-
mental principles, upheld by the United
States, and previously announced.
1t is not easy to figure out how isola-
tionists and pacifists in this country can
continue to make the assertion that former
President Roosevelt and his Secretary of
State manouvered the Japanese into a
position where they had to fightssT he nlti-
matuEn allegatioh FANS frat IN the race 81
revelations such as the one reported from
Manila
While it should not be necessary to call
attention to these facts. in order to con-
vince Americans that this nation was
treacherously attacked, it is necessary at
times to call attention to the truth to avoid
the acceptance of error, vociferously and
insistently repeated
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
( !, s..a.a,.: BY ELISABETH HOLDING .

Her hand was on the knob be-
fore she remembered that uncle.
He was so obviously mistaken
that it did not seem worth the
trouble to go into the parlor and
explain to him that she was the
wrong Miss Leonard.
| Opening the door,, she found a
man in there, a little oddly in a
checked suit too large fer him,
and yellow shoes and a bright tie,
a sporting outfit that accorded
we'll with his, lean, nutcracker
face. He jumped up nimbly and
stared at her. Gs,1 ii aasSit
aWeli!" he said. "This Diana AZ
Poor old Harvey's girl :. !" Us :
She was too much surprised to
speak. lG
I'm your uncle Peter" he con-
tinued. You have heard your
father speak of me-"
Di colored a little. She had
heard her father speak of his
family as unit-"the most con-
temptible, heartless crew that
ever breathed."
The sporting little man sighed.
eyes :" he said. "Poor Har-
vey Well! When we heard
that he'd passed away. we wanted
to get in touch with you, but we
couldn't find you. Only yesterday
we saw in the papers all about the
wedding of this Mrs. What's-Her-
Name secretary
Miss Diana Leonard. That's poor
Harvey's girl, says !, so tele-
phoned the house. half an hour
ago and ] was told you'd just
left, toscome here. So !"
He spptHife e. and 7 SHE r. smiled baek
II see you've i've got atN your our hat on.
he said. I'm a9hurry? No? Well.
your Ault Eh3rf A4!tfer idea was
perhaps you'd come. to, tusv-act
as her secretary, with sthes usual
financial arrangement, .'y'know:.
Scientific work, y'know." =
"Yes, thank you. / should like
it very much" said Di.
"Any day that suits you"
"I can come-today," said Di.
Excellent" he said, with a
quick glance at her. "You wouldn't
care to come at once, would you?
If you would, I could drive you
down"
Just then she heard Mrs. Frick
calling her.
Excusing herself, Di went up
to the first landing.
"Oh, dear!" cried Mrs. Frick. 81
don't like this! Going off with a
man you don't know! Stay
here"
Surprised, Di exclaimed. "but ]
haven't any money!"
"Why didn't you tell me-" cried
Mrs. Frick. s'Stay anyway and
pay me when you can't $3.50 - ~ ~
| ssPm aWfully, soErys but you
| see-asi al are 81 Il ,x7eu1ded ]
'ThenI ring me upl" said Mrs.
Frick. 'tPromise to- ring me hp, AIS
soon as you get there, and give
Tine the address" -igtoF .sn,Sf 9
II pr6mise!'" said Di. ~
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