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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
Plenty Left

According to Commerce Depart
ment report, New Hanover county,
retail spending was nearly $500 more
per individual than the national aver
age in 1915. The figures, as cited by
Printers Ink and quoted in yesterdays
Star, are, $500 per capita in the county
against $3.50 for the nation.
There are 50 many possible explana-
tions for it that the wisest economist
would be hard pressed to hit upon the
correct one. Residents hereabouts are
probably no more extravagant than the
people in other sections.
Some of us would not protest a
claim that prices generally were higher,
but it would be difficult to prove it.
Certainly the county's citizens were
earning more than usual, but it would
require a Commerce Department tabu-
lation to show that gross earnings were
sufficiently greater than in other To-
calities to account for the difference.
.r The fact, then, would seem to require
acceptance at face value without lay
mems speculation on the cause.
But what Is not to be overlooked is
that with all the spending Wilmington
banks are Flush" and money Is avail
able not only to borrowers for legiti-
mate investment but to depositors for
business and Industrial expansion, and
particularly for undertakings involving
community benefit and looking to the
public for financial support-such as
the Holy Family hospital, which is
needed for the Improvement of the
areas ability to care for It's sick.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
Prices Too High

The Federal Housing Authority
authorized the building of 10000 homes
In the New York metropolitan area
primarily for veterans. Houses are be-
ing built under this authorization, but
few will be bought by veterans. Why :?
Because they are in the $4,000 and $10,-
900 range, and veterans can't deal in
those figures.
After being available to ex-service
men for thirty days they will become
available to civilians. Thus New York
contractors are circumventing the fed
eral order prohibiting all building ex-
cept by or for veterans.
In addition, the houses will remain
untenanted for the prescribed thirty
days at time when hotels, boarding,
lodging houses and apartments, and
probably woodsheds, garages, hotels
and every conceivable living place
except these homes-are crowded.
Some other way for solving the
housing problem will have to be found,
if the government is to carry out it's
plan of providing homes for veterans.
One way would be to put ceiling on
these homes which is within the finan-
cial reach of the men and their families
they are intended to accommodate.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
Religion
Day By Day

oyERCRowDED CHURCHES

OyERCROWDED CHURCHES
Everywhere I have gone to
Church this winter I have found
overlooking congregations. This
has been true of several denomi-
nations and of several localities.
Yesterday I vent with Army
friends to a Presbyterian church
in Orlando, Florida. The auditori-
UNI, which, / was told, seats more
than a thousand persons, was
TANNED, worshippers standing
along the walls and spilling over
into the choir LOFT and the pulpit.
1t was an inspiring spectacle.
The congregation was made UP Of
pleasant-faced people, young and
old. They could classify as ''Ex-
hibit AZ in a cross section of
America. They were enjoying
themselves, and expressing their
better nature and spiritual aspira-
tions. I thought of William Allen
Whites keen saying. "It pays to
be decent; and, besides, it is lot
Of fun" This great congregation
was happy company. One felt
that one was truly in good So
ty"-with no social lines.
Person with puckered foreheads,
and wrinkled ne1rts, can do no
better than to Join the great
stream of church goers on Sunday
IT seems easier to see through the
fog of our troubled time from the
standpoint of a church pew, with
great thoughts of an almighty and
forgiving and loving God doninat-
ing the hearts of ourself and our
fellow worshippers.
In Thy house, on Thy day, in
the fellowship Of Thy friends, we
would worship Thee, o Eternal
Father, to the Strengthening of our
spirits and to Thy glory. Amen,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
Democracy At Gun Point

At odd times, as occasion has offered,
the Star has directed attention to the
"democracies" the Soviet Union has
been setting up in border countries over
which it has assumed dominion. The
Star has named Romania among the
lands where the Russians are exercising
control. In verification of this comes
the Christian Science Monitor with an
article by R. H. Markham in Bucharest
telling his experiences during thou
sand-mile trip in Romania.
He gained a fairly clear picture of
the political situation he says by at
tending provincial political meetings,
living in Romanian homes, meeting ma
tives in many callings and hearing their
views. Considering Mr.. Markham's
reputation for strictly latitudinal writ
ing, we may be sure he has neither
overdrawn nor underdrawn his picture.
He says, among other things that
while Romanian workers political &C
tivities are fairly Free" in partially
industrialized cities Earned communist
shock troops exercise considerable ter
ror;" and most local authorities in the
counties are subservient to the local
Communist Party, as result of which
the Communist Party and local govern
ment are identical in most cases."
He saw many thousands of Russian
soldiers distributed throughout the
country, almost completely filling some
cities" =. and "as even casual OBJ
server sees, these troops are we'll
equipped with antiaircraft guns, cannon,
trucks, jeeps and munitions.
He tells of several thousand peasants
coming from all parts of the country
to large hall in the western Romanian
town of Drastic. They were in holiday
mood, decked out in festive costumes.
AS members of the Peasants Party they
elected regional party leaders and cheer
ed their speakers. "A large Russian
garrison occupying local barracks pro-
vided the background for the meeting"
writes Mr.. Markham, and adds:
GAS I left the city the following
morning for Deva I saw "a longbarreled
cannon pointing menacingly at the sky.
They were established in field near
the road, and beside them was a line
of excellent, incorporating army trucks,
while in a neighboring orchard were
piled boxes of ammunition, and Russian
soldiers were drilling near by"
Probably the situation is little diff
ferent in any country under Russia's
protection" Moscow believes in democ-
racy, but seems convinced that it does
better under the shadow Of artillery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
T-ouch-y Necking

T-ouch-y Necking
Il love you-OUCH!" "
II love you-OUCH!"
And there you have the story
OF two porcupines necking.-Cap-
per's Weekly.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
Doctor Says
ALUMINIUM BAKING
PANS NOT HARMFUL,
by WILLIAM O'BRIEN. NJ

Aluminium cooking utensil, -,
alum baking powder are pert.a 'u'
safe to use, for aluminium. in y
amounts in which !. is fo5nd
food, is not cause of Illness Az a.
minum passes through tho b.s '
unchanged and is eliminated T GS!
out being absorbed. ~''
The idea that aluminpr,
cause a special kind Of poiso1 %,a'
and that it may be Responsible !.
cancer and many other disa.. ny
is an old superstitution which
veloped shortly after sl,n,is We
kitchenware came into con, '4'N
use. WI
When acid foods come into NJ.
tact with aluminium, small amou ,OI'
of aluminium are dissolved in a. s
food. But aluminium is fonns Wy
many foods in the natural ct,. u
and these foods have ALWAYS Nv.
eaten without harm. Wi
OTHER CAUSES TO 8TAyr
Illness ascri5ed to ahminn.
poisoning is always found an :.
vestigation to be something al,
| Cancer, thought by some Ia =.
suit from aluminium poisoning W,
observed for thousands Of vow.
before aluminium was used in ~,
tanners for the preparation of tooS'
and no new varieties are ,ssn
today.
At one time there Was pouul,,
prejudice against canned foods h..
cause of the possibility of poiso,
ing from the metal in the ran,
We were warned to remove fl,
food from cans as soon as ".
opened them.
Properly canned foods are how
ever, free OF germs. To avoid dan.
ger, one need only place an opened
can in the refrigerator, thus ur,.
venting the growth of any germ,
which have entered the fool sincs
the can was opened.
SUGGESTIVE" ILLNESS
The fear of aluminium poisoni,;
may make some people sic,
through suggestion. Persons WIN
think they have been poisoned a,
the result Of eating food prepared
in aluminium utensils may not b,
come sick until they learn what
they have done, hours later. \
the danger" had not been .E
planned to them, they often would
have remained perfectly well.
Deodorants which contain sIp
minum chloride can be used with.
out harm. Most of them consist Of
about 20 to Is per cent aluminium
chloride dissolved in water with
coloring matter and perfume add.
ed.
They act as astringents THAT
lis, exercise puckering effect on
the sweat glands, and are safe for
the normal skin. If they give rise
to irritation. their Use can be STOP
ped. The skin will then clear up
After these deodorsnts stand for
some time, they become concea.
trated. due to the evaporation Of
the water, and irritation may fol.
low their use.
Powders or pastes which are
used as deodorants usually con.
tain bismuth, zinc, or Salcylic
acid. They, too, are harmless.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
.heLiterarY
Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS
PROPHETS AND PEOPLE, BY
Hans Kohn macmillan; $780,

Mill, Michelet, Mazzni, TreIr
schkle and Dostoevsky, qulnte,
of nationalists ranging from liberia
to reactionary. are the subjects Of
these short, Illuminating essays
based on lectures which the aUno,'
professor of history at Smith co.,
lege, delivered at Northwestern
university.
The first three subjects, Englls9
French and Italian. were gool
Europeans, Kohn says, ou' 'a'
German and the Russian, in wnoa
countries "the divine right o.
kings was replaced by the. own. !.
right of nations" were not, lI IL,
schkle and Dostoevsky in the WI
century were the prophets Of IN IN
narrow holier-than-tbou ,. Vt,
manic and slav nationalist ISM
have challenged western clVID'
ton in the last lou years -,
You'll have a much clearer ns.
of the great forces at work afn W.
the big powers today, even ma si
officially of the tensions In :. U Nv,
sessions at Hunter college, i y y.
study these estimates Of ~
thinkers who helped impofla1pI.j
to shape the present tr0ie ",
worlds various nationalS'c
ditions.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
PEACE ATLAS OF EUROPE ~. !"
Samuel Van Valkenburg p m
eign Policy Association D''
CIoan q, Dearce. ST.


Sloan g. Pearce; ST. ,.,.r,
Twenty-Five boundary pfoOl l'..'
which will cali for settlement ", WI :.
the map of Europe is redrag ~ =
the peace table are discussed '.j IL b
briefly. Historical background -. ;,
provided, contemporary claAA1 nm,
listed. there is some prudent c ~,
ment, and there are helpful I Irsn
THE NEW POLAND, by lnn,
Brant Universal PubliSn n.ss
ternationaI Universities hN
! S1.50). h1|
. After a visit to Poland last ID
the newspaperman-author I tI;+i,,|
on the ravaged country's p s,,o.l
economy and foreign policy ...t n,n
other things, he says the fo aris.s
notions held by some Aliie - In
are false: 1t costs a fortune - u food
in Warsaw, there is plenty 00+olsndI
Soviet ussia gets o,rrieciu1
UNRRA supplies, the oI s.sr r.
concentration camp las 3i.o oS'D RI,
opened as political prison. H. i've
STA is stripping the farms u
stock.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
QUOTATIONS

am firmly convinced that our system of
competitive capitalism cannot survive in a
world of static or declining trade. The other
great powers will then take the trade in bar
ter.
Eric Johnston, president U. S. c. of c.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-16
STAR Dust.


Cornered!
Old Seth, who lived on the edge
of the Grand Canyon, was the
champion teller of tail tales.
yes" he boosted to a bright
young lady from the East, IT dug
that there canyon, and hauled the
dirt away in a wheelbarrow."
"oh, you're joking!' she pro-
tested.
''You think so?' rejoined the old
man. :.
: Eyes" replied the young Wis
itor. you might nave dug it out,
as you say, and wheeled the dirt
away in wheelbarrow-but what
did you do with the ?"-Wall
Street Journal.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26
rss St Antoine Street. Corner columbia--cli'0rd s'a.

Mcradden. Miss Emms il.
liouffman. the program commit.
zee chairman had very n,..
program. which was enioyed 4,
All
The mex, meeting vii ~ a.,
he home OF Miss Ircn, Fli..
the treasurer Thursday n,rh,
c91l Thirteenth street az M
The brother OF Mrs llsp,,.
visited her sunday. lie is iro,,
Toledo Ohio, and is also tho ~,
cousin OF Mr. IIaeler nom a.
hlnhus ohio
The pastors choir was On "a.
program ~ King solomon n.o
list church Friday night m.
pastor Rev Davis rrea sae
,civ Inspiring sermon
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26
ECORSE NEWS
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26
rlRsI RArrIsr nrL NlM>

re firsi Baptist E1r w,. up
'ned wiih The ohorus 10 large
~ r,e do,otion The s,,ia.ro
rraa'ns vss ny the az -ia,nf
'ifoih'' see vrirbl and prayer
~ Bother Lewis Abraham
It'd, Claas had nbfrf I'll
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26
FIRST BAPTIST tHIRtH
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT

The First Baptist Sunday school
opened az = 20 anl I'rother Ilas
Ter offered PRAYER The lesson
for the day was The Laws %
People Exodus 20 liz ves-
The classe, took 80 inmates ia
I'll. s'u'v of ne lesson Tho ~
SON was reviewed by Brother
Donles
The NJ ] class received ils
o';crine hammer with Tho amount
of slQl class SO won th,
attendance banner number pres
enI o. Remarks We're made D,
~ pastor Rev Davis
Mrs + Barton who has hctn
w fer sc,cial werss * nov hack
J. in Snndsv schnol taking charge
Of hen class
Rev, } p Dalis j, paste,
N'o'l" Thomas llaelcr is The sa-
le'intendant and diss Elois, Mo-
Carey is the church rep0fter.
FIRST BAPTI>T ,HgRtn NEWS
TN" Fifs' Bapiis' morning serv-
Zee orcned AZ The usual nom
: he deators and mis-ionqi SIS
lers were in ch?lso ~ the le,o
zion Tho seniof choir rendered
'h' song selections TOR the dan
The reading OF tn, scrinture ald
rravei by Rev Ilell followed
The pastor dcii,,rcd th n,s.
Sase 20 the corcreeaiion Ills ~cr-
non was found in the TEN ana
els; chapters ~ 81 lohn The
tcNt was sir Ne Mould See
Jesus Subicct - Want rs $40
Jesus The message was sn N
fpiraticn 10 AN
Two m"mbers ic.nea a..
canrch Tl,y were Mrs chA.
rers aud Mrs Marie I.an ThWo
w're = 'iSiiors 70 WORSHIP win
ms among them were SIR and
Mrs Pief~ from Il Olive Eap.
~ clipoh retr,ii Eonn,
huasen end Mrs tlinhc'h Gur
nev Of lri'ndshin Remisr h,neh
Rev Davis IS no pastor fd
Miss I.ioisc Ntcsy ihe
church reporter
IP>1 BirTIsr Rrr NlN>
TIE First Baptist EIr MI, op
"ned With The chorp. ~ aarse
- re dc'ution The srietno
rr'd.ns ~ss ay M, ~ -ia,nf
fo,n' zoe Vrirb nd paeer
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26
RAILROADS OPPOSE NEW
ALABAMA jim CROW RULE

a ''vote of praise and thanks and
commended him lnsiily from the
floor for me able clear and UNI
comprom~inr presentation ne
made
Charles " or president Of me
Alabama state Teachers Assoc'a-
ton. said iaar 'his was the rrst
time M a. ycar- that Negro lead
crs have reserifd ~ person an
organized dramatic monster pro-
resi-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26

section. This Is the nev, Burnett Health s
$50 East Columbia. The studio IS operated
ed assistants There are Two separate de
the men. The studio IS complete with ne
steam baths, physiotheraps, infra-red and
Mr.. Burnett has background Of eNpesien
Baden Springs Ind His wife Mrs. Beatrl
as consultant on reducing The woman
Miss Ursula Campbell. graduate Of the B
nett has two capable assistants IN the perso
West served with Sidney Hin for ten YEA
netis. which was formerly located on f.
massage, salt glow special reducing an
scenes in Burneu's Health studio
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26

,,.r contribution was sli5.
Rev r.. l. Todd preached ON
the subject. 1.-THE Hands ~ les
as Il. Luke - 40.
visitors present we've Mrs
SiaS. and Mr.. and AIRS Mckinney
from pciroit and Mrs Thomas
nom Union Baptist church and
many others
r. sanders is the chnr'h re-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26
Nl. IlON RAr1LNr CmrEln

-nniay school vas Opened AZ
o by mo superintendent Elmer
S1nh The lesson Tor The dav wa.
'he Laws Of 1 pecplc
I'VE lnietmedi.t, hovs received
't' attendance and offering ban
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-01-26

.,,ay =, ne lesson. One OF the
.oair t,,i.s Tor discussion VAS
.,iou does one rct Power Tor
chis1.o l.iyms The utter
nediai. sror pndeeed ihe pro-
.,an ior mo dav Little Armour
save rs. welcome addr'ss MAJ
ZION Mckenzie mo response Nyf-
N, Ma Ulster solo lya mrris,
sna snd solo hy Thomas 'lag-
lr
r mnl Nt.e meade b} 'n' as
p'iaotoa Nram ~
s.siant pi..o llN reNnsend aud
RI, Trid
prshc ice Wu-hf + 'hc lac'-
ident and Mis- f'mss h"'Ffs Is
me church iepcrir
Tho ase.iani r4sier u FIRST
Pants. rurch tor,e has INST
returned FROM 3 VISIT Sopih where
no and DIS wifi haa heeu visit
,rr f,ioras anl Relatives The
H., Tonrs,nd lnr, AZ EOS Nine
iocns street rof-e W WONT ~
~, ollewns. ntoes Nemp'Ns
Tmln snnllous Miss and
lallcNls Wis.
a. .A t.D. Itt,,'
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Hartman Returning
From Moscow Soon
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
w. Averell Hartman, American
Ambassador to Russia, will return to
to this country around February /
Secretary of State Byrnes told re-
porterS yesterday.
Mr.. Byrnes said he did not know
what Mr.. Hartman would talk
about on his return. Asked whether
he anticipated a change in the Mos
COW post, the Secretary replied:
II don't know"
Published reports that Mr.. Harri-
man was coming to Washington and
probably would not return to Russia
brought a statement earlier in the
day from White House Secretary
Charles q. Ross that he knew of no
plans to replace Mr.. Hartman.
Mr.. Byrnes said he had seen Mr.
Hartman on his recent visit to
Moscow, but that the ambassador
had not mentioned leaving the serv-
ice.
Secretary Byrnes talked to re-
porters on leaving the White House,
where he said he was holding a
final conference with President
Truman before leaving tomorrow
for the United Nations Assembly
meeting In London.
He said he would take along with
him Assistant Secretary OF State
James g. Dunn.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Veteran Brought in by Brother
Admits Killing Detroit Divorcee

A struggle followed. Mrs. Marsden
was beaten and Blattert left her un-
conscious, Mr.. Wencel said.
About o'clock tonight, police said,
Blattert and his brother, Charles
Blattert, 80, appeared at police head
quarters.
This man has something to tell
about the Marsden case" police said
the brother announced.
Then followed the story, Mr.. Wen
Gel said, in which Blattert, who was
wounded overseas, told Of casually
meeting Mrs. Marsden In the tavern
spurning girl companion in pref
erence to the older woman. Blattert
had picked up" the girl on street
car, Mr.. Wencel said, and she 'got
mad" when he left her In the tavern
for Mrs. Marsden.
He said the older brother declared
II knew Walter was mixed up in it
He's been nervous ever since this
thing happened"
Medical examination disclosed that
Mrs. Marsden had been strangled OF
had suffocated. Her slip and beer
pulld up tightly around her neck
(See Staying, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1946-01-06
BY j. A. O'LEARY and
CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Figures showing that Ameri-
can business interests shipped
more than 145,000,000 barrels OF
oil and more than 100000 tons
of scrap iron to Japan in the five
or six years before the war were
placed before the Pearl Harbol
Committee late yesterday by
Senator Lucas, Democrat, oil
Illinois, as he defended the ap-
plication of economic sanctions
on Japan in 1941.
II am not so sure but that Il
would have been good thing if VIZ
had applied economic sanctions Ions
before we did," the Illinois Senator
said as the committee recessed its
hearings until January is after Ad.
miral Harold r. Stark completed his
testimony.
Senator Lucas said he brought UP
the question because of "insinua-
tions" he has heard to the effect
that the sanctions were what drove
Japan into war"
Other high lights of the session
were:
A disclosure that Admiral Stark
former Chief of Naval Operations
was highly commended for his serv-
ices in Europe during the war by
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Woman and Four Mer
Held as Operators Of
Busy Gaming Set-up
S20, ,000- -Doy Take
Attributed to Place
Roided by Lettermon

An alleged gambling estab-
lishment in the basement OF
5121 Eighth street NV, where
the take" was reputedly more
than $4,000 a day, was raided by
police yesterday afternoon. Four
men were arrested and authori-
ties said equipment used in TAX
ing horse race and numbers bets
was seized. VI.
Almost simultaneously other OFF,
GERS arrested Mrs. Edna Mae Holmes
IS, of the HOO block Twelfth street
NV, and charged her with setting
up gaming table, operating a lot
tery and conspiracy to violate the
gaming law, in connection with the
Eighth street place. She was taken
into custody at laundry and dry
cleaning establishment at 1922 Ver-
mont avenue NV.
In terming the main raid the sec
ond biggest here since August, In
spector Oscar ]. Letterman, chief OF
the police gambling squad, disclosed
the alleged operators had planned to
move into Maryland Friday night
but delayed because their setur
there was not quite ready"
Before police arrived, Inspector
Letterman declared, more than $4,000
in cash had been taken in by those
arrested, and even after the raiders
gained admittance to the premises
shortly after pm. bets continued
to come in over the telephone. Po-
lice revealed they themselves took
in more than $1,000 in bets and
that a written record of these
wagers, naming horses, was made
(See RAID. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Transit Pay Raise Starts Jan. IS
As Company Reverses Stand
Firm May Drop Appeal to Sterilization
Board, but Still Hopes for Higher Fares

The Capital Transit Co. last
night decided to put into effect
next Sunday morning the 12-
cents-an-ho wage increase
granted transit union workers
recently by board of arbitra-
ton.
This decision is a reversal of the
company's previously announced
plan to delay the new pay scale
until it had obtained a decision
from the Wage Sterilization Board
in Philadelphia on the award. The
company had begun plans to put the
matter before the board, with a
view to asking approval for the
added labor cost as basis for in
creased streetcar and bus fal es here.
The company's new plan was
greeted with pleasure and relief by
the operating employees, William F.
Simnas, president of the transit
union, said last night. Many of the
men had become confused, and there