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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
Play Like Veterans

In their splendid concert at the
Greenfield Park bandstand on Sunday
afternoon, the Junior High School band
plaved with the precision and confidence
of veterans.
It is impossible to bestow too much
praise upon the director, Richard
Dobson, who has taken group OF boys
and girls from city and county grade
schools, all in the early teens, and
welded them into a smoothly perform
ing unit which would do credit to an
adult band of long standing.
AS this was but the first of series
of concerts by Mr.. Dobson's young
artists on Sunday afternoons, and as
the word of their initial success spreads
throughout the community, the audi
ences are bound to increase.
It would be a kindly gesture by the
park authorities to provide seats for
listeners during the rest of the series.
On last Sunday the absence of benches
led many in attendance regretfully to
leave at the intermission because of
physical WEAKNESS. At the same time
most of the benches bordering the lake
walk were unoccupied. It would not
require much effort to have them group
days auditors.
And it would add to the comfort of
the players, we are sure, if children
were not permitted on the stand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
YourG1R Rights
Questions anu Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON - Former ARMY
enlisted men and relatives of n1er
still in the service have sent in the
following questions:
Q-1 am the mother of ser
viceman stationed overseas. Ny
boy is only 19 years old, In his
last letter he said he was planning
to marry a girl he met where he
is stationed. He has known her
only three weeks. He is engaged
to a girl in town whom he has
known ever since he was a child.
know he is acting without think
ing. Is there any way 1 can pre-
vent his getting married at this
time? Doesn't he have to have
my approval?
A--The only permission the boy
needs, according to the War De-
partment, is that of his command
ing officer. You can register vour
objection to this marriage bv
writing to his commanding officer
Just address your letter, Com
manding Officer And use vour
sons mailing address.
Q-When l was discharged from
the Army, they didn't give me
two bonds which they had deduct
ed from my pay while I was over
seas. I have written several let
ters about it, and haven't ever
received an answer. Just where
is the proper place to send nv
complaint?
A-send your query, with yo,,r
full name, address, serial number
and place OF discharge, to the
Finance Office, Englisted Paw
Branch, War Department, WASH
ington, D. c.
Questions will be answered
only in this space-net by mail)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
BY JOHN SKIES

In DR.. Andrew ]. Howells note
which came the other day with the
interesting item about Osceola,
there was also an item headed
thusly: ...-.
JOHNSTON, THE CAPITAL OF
ONSLOW COUNTY,
Before the citizens of Jackson
vile, the county seat now, get up
in arms let's see what DR.. Howell
has to say about this:
This heading will doubtless ap-
pear to be very strange, but it is
historically correct. There was
such a town, as has always been
known locally, and as recorded in
the older histories of the State. 1t
was named for Governor Gabriel
Johnston, who came from Scot
land to become the chief executive
of the province of North Carolina
in 1874. But the town had de-
structive and final end.
Johnston was located nearly a
dozen miles down New river from
Jacksonville. 1t was established on
land which has ever since been
known as the Town Point" planta-
ton, on which was erected the
mansion built by the late
Thomas A Mcintyre, New York,
who financed the construction of
the Wilmington, Onslow and East
Carolina railroad. The plantation
was acquired by him about 1890,
and became the site of very am
bilious plan 10 develop an extern
sive stock farm. which absorbed
a good deal of Mr.. McIntyre's S
money, but yielded no profits.
"A brief sketch of the town of
Johnston is given in Wheeler's His
tory of North Carolina published
in 185D as follows:
Johnston, once its capital
(Onslow county's) was located in
the southern part of the county,
where court was held; but in
September, 1852, a most terrific
hurricane swept away the court
house, clerks offices, and dwell
ing houses; the records were all
destroyed, and the town was aban-
doned.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
QUOTATIONS

The wac was hardly over Wien the reaction
ary American press came out with idle talk
that the domination of international affairs in
all corners of the hemisphere should belong
to America and that she should consolidate
her moral leadership all over the world -
Alexander Leontiev, Soviet foreign affairs
comm entator
The caste system must go, yes But all our
military thinking must be revised, too. This is
an atomic age, and must quit thinking
in terms OF a system founded on Prussian and
British feudalistic military ideas-Brig. Gen
H. c. Holdridge, retired West Point gradu'
ate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
McKenney On
BRIDGE
Bv WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

One of the most enjoyable bridge
parties of the year is the annual
rubber bridge tournament of The
Whist Club of New York. This
party is conducted for the benefit
of the American Contract Bridge
Leagues Children's Fund, which is
used to fight cancer in children.
AS a result of contributions re
ceived in connection with it, The
Whist club was able to turn over
more than $4,000 to the fund this
year,
Here is one Of the interesting
hands that came up during the
tournament, South was 490 points
behind. If he bid a game and made
it, he would get 120 points plus
300 for game, and the honors
would make it $40 Without the
100 honors, he needed a slam.
His four-heart bid, therefore, was
the correct one. West was trying
to protect his hand when he went
to six clubs. In the play South
actually could make five hearts
by taking the spade finesse and
playing for squeeze.
A pretty play came in with West
playing the six-club contract. You
can see that if he played for the
club suit to break, he would go
down 500 points. His correct play
is to lead small club immediate
ly, thus preventing North and
South from cashing their spade
tricks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30

river in Onslow county by the
name of Johnston. Thus the town
was established by an enactment
of the legislature.
Johnston existed for II years
until the storm came in 1852. Early
in the next year the Legislature
of 1853, meeting in New Bern,
provided measures for protecting,
or relieving, persons who had suf-
fered by reason of the county
records.
'The Act reads: Whereas by a
violent storm or whirlwind in
September last the house of Mr..
Thomas Black, late clerk of the
court for the county of Onslow,
together with the court house and
most of the records belonging tc
the county court where blown away
and destroyed, whereby the estates
of many orphans and other per
sons may be very much perplexed
and prejudiced:
Z" For remedy whereof be it
enacted from, from and after the
passage of this act.
Then followed steps for reliev-
ing from loss the estates of orphans
or others whose favor there had
been judgements of courts or other
records.
But the property interests then
involved would be of very little con-
cern nowadays. The historical in
terest is paramount. An old town
and county seat, entirely destroyed,
never to be rebuilt! Its site was
beautiful, beside the broadening
stretches of New river, in a day
when water transportation along
the sounds and rivers was great
advantage in community life
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
Editorial Comment
WILLOW WHISTLE

No boy of the green countryside ever failed
to learn how to make Willow whlstle in the
w. .s,x;nr time. It was wonderful and mysteri-
~ nrocess First you cut piece of green
willow in which the sap has begun to flow.
shout five inches long. Then you shaped one
80 IF if in the form of a whistle mouth.
md then you wet the whole length of The
s+icls with your mouth and began to beat
aent1v mcon it with the side of your penknifo
tin gradually the skin would loosen and you
could gradually work it off. Thus with the
skin off FOR a moment you could complete
the cutting of the mouthpiece to provide for
the air chamber-and then blow away.-The
centztov,k Bard. in the Baltimore Sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
Religion
Day By Day
FLOWERS THAT BOOM AFAR
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

Milady bears plants from Flori-
da and Canada to our modest gar
den at home; agents of the Amer;-
can Agricultural Department scour
the earth for vegetation that may
profitably be transplanted here:
American maize now grows all
over Asia. 1t all suggest the uni
versatility of our common herita ge
The flowers of courtesy do NOT
all grow exclusively in our gar
dens. 1t would save us from pro-
vlnclalism to recall that MANY
Europeans and most Asiatics have
better manners than we have in
America. Paul's experience with
the courtesy of the Maltese "bar.
barians" will bear a deal of pond.
ering.
There should be no geographico1
limits to morality or to manners
Away from home, we should be.
nave WIN as mach courtesy and
integrity as when in the midst NJ
those who know us. "
mat Thou hast other sheen mt
OF our fold, O, Good Shenberd
ms us with gladness. And va
thank Thee for every manifest.-
t,on OF Thy character evervwhsra
Amen. "here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
The Textile Outlook

The United Business Service of
Boston, which keeps an eye on many
things, declares higher profits are in
store for textile companies. 1t bases
its view on increasing demand, wider
margins and lower taxes. "Since nearly
all leading companies in the field were
in the maximum tax brackets in 1945,"
says the Service, "elimination of the
excess profits tax will result in sharp
gains in net earnings this year"
Accounting for its view, the Service
explains:
Accumulated needs, both here and
abroad, promise to hold the demand for
textiles well above supply for the re-
mainder of 1916. During the war, out
put was curtalled by acute labor short
ages. However, employment in the in
dustry is now rising, and more experi-
enced workers are returning from tenn
porary war Jobs and the armed forces.
Textile production is thus expected To
show an uptrend in the months ahead
Financial positions of many textile
companies were strengthened during
the war. Virtually unlimited demand
mininized style risks and enabled mills
to establish their own brands at retail
level. Large sales of standard products
to the government, although at narrow
margins, permitted operating econo-
mics. Accumulated earnings fortified
the treasures of larger units, while
OPA policies forced marginal producers
to fall by the wayside. This tended tc
reduce some Of the excess peacetime
capacity. Moreover, government sun
ports for commodity prices shoulo
mean more stable raw materials price,
<'n d consequently fewer inventor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
Doctor Says
|TR0PICALDlSE
| THWARTED INJ 8
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRJFN =,

w. D.
Outbreaks of tropical c.sa.s
not occur in Que country. sco.', o WI
ing to the public health syo S,|o,d'
because the parasites which
them will not be able to ,,.'.. raaN
here. '0'N't
Cholera cannot be spread VI,
water supplies are sa,jsrac,orr,." r"T'e
phus cannot exist IN a po.nr,,;., y
which is not lousy ano trypaoo~, ~,'
miasis is insepara5Ie i-om ''',,, II,
tsetse fly. ' ~e
No outbreak Of ioapore5 A..
cal disease has We, bee oro"a., g'
to the attention of the health 's-
thorities, although the danger -,
been present for four years.
The servicemen who went or,.
seas were protected by ;rmm2. ~
ton from many diseases. M,
helped them to resist disease Will.
away from home, and if continr,.
to do SO since their return ~.
only exception is tnat provided bs
malaria, which is still an imno,
tant disease problem. ''''
Malaria cannot be controlled 4,
border quarantine, and msrs
servicemen who are now livjng !.
the United States may have apo,5.
er spell of malaria. II they becon.
i'll with malaria. they should r,T
a physician at once Tor tgeatmer,
But there is little likelihood th,,
they will spread the disease u
their own communities. if it dos,
not ordinarily occur there.
Recent outbreaks Of smslIoo,
indicate that the virulence d
smallpox virus remains I'M.
changed throughout the centurje,
Those who have been recently
immunized by vaccination will b.
protected after exposure 10 smau.
pox, but those with old vaccin3.
tionS or those who are not proo.
erly immunized may contract t6s
disease.
AS filariasis patients were i'm.
mediately removed from intec.d
areas overseas as soon as IN.
diagnosis was made. none Of the
Army cases has developed Ell,
largement of the tissues rele.
phantiasis).
Amebiasis and bscillary dysen.
terry did occur among our troops
but foreign strains of these germs
and parasites are no more vir
lent than those we have always had
in the United States. The chief pro-
lection against these diseases, and
against hookWor1n, IS good SANTA.
ton.
Tropical disease has been con.
trolled by the application Of MD
ern preventive medicine at hons
and abroad.
Servicemen who were i'll when
they returned 70 this country re.
manned under military medical
care until it was proper to release
them.
Good sanitation, insect control
and medical care in our country
will continue to control these dis
eases until they die out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30

losses. An increasing trend toward In
tegration in the industry should also
help reduce some of the previous de-
structive price competition"
In the meantime some millions OF
US are looking high and low for white
shirts and other articles of clothing
which, being modest, we leave unnamed,
but need.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30

.... BY W. G. ROGERS 600
THE TIME OF OUR LIVES,
by MARITIME Rouchaud, trans
lated from the French by
Calire. Nicolas and Louise Va
rese Pantheon; So.
A country stung by cruising
defeat, a home disrupted and
family fleeing from Germans as
we'll as hunger. all this surlelt
catastrophe is "the time OF oI
lives" to the young Rouchauds
The author, who is one Of them
is so youthful you can imagine he'
lis SO youthful you can imagine ns'
putting down her dolls to pick up
her pen. She was IA when Ae'
mother told her to write this 50
that the father, when he returned
from the U. S., would know how
they had lived during the val lH
mother, who was on a Paris new
paper, seems to have SUPERVISE
the composition carefully, but u D
the child's point Of vie" WAl''
comes through clearly, and It '%
stitutes a unique record.
Hardship for groWnups IS fun 10
children. To be sure, the girls, all
the occasional boy, realize tne-s
a war When they see Nine. Ho+
chaud in tears, when an ua@
comes tottering home from oai.s
when they encounter jew M.
there's no doubt about it IN tA'-
minds when they duck ln,o P'..
subways during an air rald' ,,.. ~
under bed covers While 0uI'.
whistle through the streets, w.
when they play tricks on Inc "
cupying Germans.
The family is fairly wel-to-'.,
with money, servants, triendS
high places, education, homes
their own or of relatives S'..
tered through France. But -. III
four years they are refugees W.
spend all their time packing ~
moving, getting settled. 2ac@-.
up again, and make the 'L,%. ~.
from near Paris down 70 ~
Mediterranean ard back.
But FOR MARITIME, her tasse %
ters, numerous cousins and rIeA4,
life goes on. It's great sP0"
crowd into truck Or squeeze '~
a train, or journey by OK or '.,, ~.
cart. There are new babes !"
want troubles, teasing and lo0-''
Though against an on'.D'
background of thunder
grand holiday. Schooling goS',
the board. But there was no -,
of real education, as you Can
preciate when you read ms o,
by one of the unschooIed o'''
tars
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-30
TheLiterary
Guidep0st
Bv W G.. ROGERS

.... BY W, G. ROGERS 90"
THE TIME OF OUR LIVES,
by MARITIME Rouchaud, trans
lated from the French by
Calire. Nicolas and Louise Va
rese pantheon; S3lo
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
MISS MASON READY
FOR BUSY WEEK OF
MEETINGS., BIG TRIP

Seven meetings of New Hanover
County Home Demonstration clubs,
featuring Miss Ann Mason, home
demonstration agent, are schedul
ed for the coming week.
Beginning this afternoon at $3.50
the first meeting will be held in
the East Wilmington All club.
The balance of the weeks sche-
dule is as follows:
Tuesday, July 9-1O:3o, Muir
caysville Home Demonstration
club; 2:30, Masonboro Sound club
Wednesday, July 1920, Kure
Beach club.
Thursday, July 1i-1O:3 80. Lake
Forest club; 2:3O, Carolina Beach
club.
Friday, July 12-The group will
leave for Manteo at six o'clock
am. and at 2:3O pm, Miss Ma
sons assistant will meet with the
Sunset Park club.
Saturday, July 13-The group is
scheduled to return from Manteo
Members and their husbands
who are interested in making the
scheduled Manteo trip, have been
asked to contact Miss Mason al
her office prior to the date set.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
Carolina Farm Comment
By F. H. ETE

test. and they say they should be
able to find out whether the DD1
will help them in protecting thelr
sweet potato crops.
Well Fertilized
Ralph Summey of Dallas, route
/, CASTOR county, planted six acres
of good land early last fall with
two bushels of barley, two bushels
of oats, and Is pounds of crimson
clover seed per acre. He fertlliz-
ed the land before planting with
300 pounds per acre of a 4-lO-6
fertilizer and then he added 100
pounds of nitrate of soda, in ad-
dition to a good coating OF stable
manure.
This spring, when he badly need
ed feed, Mr.. Summey put 40 COWS
on this six acres and kept them
there for 30 days. He says the AZ
COWS got all of the grazing they
wanted on this six acres and thai
the milk flow of the herd jumped
by 10 gallons a day. Not only that,
but he saved some very valuable
lespedeza hay that he badly need
ed for future feeding. Mr.. Summey
told Farm Agent Paul kiSer that
supplementary grazing planted
in the fall, provides the cheapest
feed that can be produced on a
farm, and that it fills in a gap in
early spring before the pasture is
ready. Mr.. Kiser says nearly all
the dairymen in CASTOR county
will plant grazing crops this fall.
This will be true of North Caro-
lima as a whole.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
Scientist Churches
Study "God" Sunda,

GOD" was the subject of the
lesson-sermon in all Christian Sci
enc churches and societies on
Sunday, July 7.
The Golden Text was from Hab-
akkuk 2:14. 1.-THE earth shall be
filled with the knowledge of the
glory of the Lord, as the waters
cover the sea-"
Among the citations comprising
the lesson-sermon we're the follow
ing: The Bible-'I am Alpha and
Omega. the beginning and the end
ing, saith the Lord, which is, and
which was, and which is to come,
the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8.) AND
from Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy: God is the divine
principle of all that represents Him
and of all that really exists. No
wisdom is wise but His wisdom:
no truth is true, no love is lovely,
no life is Life but the divine: no
good is, but the good God bestows''
(pages 272, 275.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
Your Rights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

Observation-Disclosures are some
questions from veterans the an
swers to which are based on re-
cent government rulings and court
decisions:
Q-Just after I got back from
overseas my wife sued me for
divorce and got it. The court al
lowed her alimony, which I was
able to pay for a while from the
money I had saved while in ser
vice. But I started school under
the CT Bill of Rights and soor
spent all that I had saved. 1 am
not earning any money while !
am in school. AS a result, l cant
pay the alimony. Can my ex-wife
have my government subsistence
attached?
A.-No.
OIL owed several bills before
I went into the service. My cred.
itors didn't ask for payment I'M
til recently, after 1 had been dis
charged. But 1 am now attend
ing school. Can they take any
thing out of what the government
gives me? Or can they take the
bonds I saved during the war,
while I was in service?
A-They can't touch your sub
sistence, but it is possible for
them to have your War Savings
bonds attached.
Only father gave me a house
as a present when 1 got out Of
service. Is there any way I can
borrow money under the CT Bill
of Rights with which to furnish
it? I am planning on getting mar
ried soon.
A-You cannot get a CT loar
guarantee to buy furniture.
Q-The state in which I live is
expected soon to give a bonus te
veterans. I am planning or going
to college next fall under the CT
Bill. The school I am planning to
attend is not in the state in which
I live now. Will my going out Of
the state affect my getting the
bonus? And will my getting the
bonus have any effect upon how
much the government gives me to
go to school?
A-The bonus will have nothing
to do with how much subsistence
you get while going to school I'M
der the CT bill. The wording of
the bonus law will determine
whether or not you can get the
money if you are attending school
outside of the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
WING
JACKSONVILLE, N. C.

JAChooVN AALL, ~. Ss
MONDAY, JULY
6:28-Sign on
6:30-Melody Mustangs
6:45-Musical Clock
7:0O-Morning Headlines - Wilmin gton
Morning Star
7:05-Musical Clock
7:45-News ~Roundup-TN
8:oo-Fairy Tales-TN
8:15-Under the Capitol Dome
8:15-Front Page News
8:30-Musical CLOCK
8:45-Sally Ann Time
8:55-UP Commentary
9:0o-UP News
9:05-Spotlight on Rhythm.
s:l5-songs of Hope and Glory
9:30-In the Woman's World
9:45-Melodic Moods
9:55-Carolina News
10 :00-Cecil Brown News-MBS
10 :15-Barry Wood Show-TN
10:30-Your Hit Parade
10:45-Hymns You Love-MBS
II :0O-George Carson Putnam, News
11:l5-coke Club with Morton Downey-
MBS
11:3O-124O Club
12:O0-UP News
Z.Uo-6lll ArInur
~ :10EOn the Farm Front
12:15-Greenville Tobacco Board of Trade
Program-TN
12:30@Joyce at the Piano
12:45-John ]. Anthony-MBS
1~:00-Cedric Foster. News-MBS
1:15-Melody Lane
1:30-Queen for a Day - MBS
2:0O-UP News-Wilmington News
2:05-Musical Cavalcade
2:l5-Songs by George Byron-TN
2:3O-Lady Be Beautiful-MBS 8
3:00-ErskIn Johnson-MBS
3:15-Music Box
4:30-Atlantic Beach Melody Hour
4:45-Glee Club Serenade
4:55-UP News
5:C0-Meet the Band
5:15-Superman-MBS
5:30-Captain Midnight-MBS
5:45-Tom Mix-MBS
6:00-George Henley, News-MBS
6:15-Maola Pleasure Parade
6i30-Henry j. Taylor-MBS
6:45-Sizing Up Sports
7:00-Bulldog Drummond-MBS
7:30-Casebook of Gregory Hoods-NBS
8:00-Gabriel Heatter-MBS
8:15-Twilight Serenade-MBS
8~:3O-Spotlight Bands-MBS
9:oo-Gene Krupa,s Orchestra-MBS
9:30-Meet She Press-MBS
10:00-All the News-MBS
10:15-George Sterney's Orchestra-MBS
10:30-Leighton Mobiles Orchestra-MBS
10:55-WJNC Reports the News
11:00-Billy Bishops Orchestra-MBS
II .1E-Sian off
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
Radio Programs
WMFD Wilmington-1400 KC
MONDAY, JULY 8

7:oo-News with Martin Agronsky
7:l5-Musical Clock
7:40-NBC Musical Reveille
7:55-UP News
8:0O-Your Sunshine Hour
8:15-The Breakfast Club with Dor
Mcneil
9:00-My True Story
9:25-Betty Croker
= of all Churches
9:45-Lean Back and Listen
10: oo-Breakfast in Hollywood - Tom
Brenamen
lO:30-Kellogg's Home Edition
lO:45-Ted Malone
l1:oo-Presenting Midday Musical
l1:3o-At Your Request
Il :o0-Baukhage Talking
IL :15-Man or the Street
l2:30-But not Forgotten
l2:45-George Barnes Orchestra
1:oO-John B. Kennedy-NeWs
1:15-Musical Interlude
1:25-Round the Town Reporter
1:3o-Bride and Groom Show
2:00-Al Pearce and Gang
2:30-Ladies Be Seated
3:00-Jack Berch and Boys
3:l5-Ethel and Albert
3:3o-Our Singing Land
3:45-Little Show
4:00-Organ Serenade
4:15-Let's Dance
4:45-Hop Harrigan
5:00-Terry and the Pirates
5:15-Dick Tracy
5:3O-Lone Ranger
6:00-Headline Edition
6:15-WMFD Sports Parade
6:20-Musical Interlude
~6:25-Round the Tow Reporter
6~:30-Evening Request Program
7:00-Kiernan's Corner-DB)
7:15-Ed Sullivan Pipelines
7:30-The Fat Man
8:00-I Deal in Crime
8:30-Forever Tops
8:55-Sports with Harry Wismer
9:00-Ed Maher News
9:15-Carolina Playboys
9:30-Questions for America
10 :00-News of Tomorrow
10:15-Relax with Cal Tinney
10 :30-Gems for Thought
10:35-Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
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Questions will be answered
only In this space-not by mail.)