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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
Remove The Barriers

Announcement that from 400 to 600
fewer children will attend grammar
school in Wilmington this term than
last represents a reversal Of the proper
order.
To be sure the population decline fol
lowing the wars end and suspension of
major operations at the shipyard has
not hit bottom. But there has been
time enough for other industries to
have gone into operation and caused a
new influx of residents, and this would
have happened but for governmental
restrictions of building materials which
have brought construction to a virtual
~standstill.
Six new industries are only waiting
the creation Of adequate port facilities
to move in, in addition to others ready
to locate out of the immediate port
area, as soon as prohibition on construc-
ton activities is removed.
True, the nations need for housing
is great. But the country's industrial
capacity is so great it seems possible
that with the brakes off materials for
both industrial and dwelling construc-
ton could meet the need in compara-
lively short order.
Wilmington is ready to move ahead
at an unprecedented pace. We can only
hope that by the time another school
year rolls around, a normal increase in
school attendance will offer evidence
that the barriers have been showed
aside.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02

outside America where people take tor
granted automobiles, radios, refrlgera-
tors, bathtubs, washing machines,
vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, tele-
phones, electricity, gas, fresh running
water and modern sewage disposal.
India can't duplicate what we have
in America overnight, because capt.
talism requires saving. To enjoy greater
comforts at a later date" the soldier
explains, eve must forego some of the
s%atisfactions of the present. By pooling
our savings with others we. can pur-
chase production equipment beyond
our means as individuals, and produce
consumer goods cheaply and in quantity.
In India capitalism is just in the be-
ginning.
"I like our American system. I like
nv radio and electric refrigerator, an
extra suit of clothes, and meat on the
table. I was never impressed by the
street-corner propaganda who was al
ways trying to prove that the capt.
~talists' were oppressors grinding a heel
on the neck of downtrodden common
people. Now l know! Of course there are
abuses of the capitalistic system, but
I've seen how the other half lives. I'm
back home and glad of it. 1 like it here"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
Glad To Be Back

An excl. observed the way "the
other half" lives in his travels around
the world. Ex-Sergeant VIM. T. Garvey
saw what any G.I. could have seen who
passed through the cities of he Orient
en- route to "the bush"-India's beg
CARS; COWS ambling nonchalantly along
sidewalks; Mohammedans turning to
Mecca; the painted marks of religion
and caste; the roadside vendors of in
sect-ridden cheese and fruit, shoe laces
and worthless trinkets; the haggling
over prices Of wares; the smells; search
ty of food of any sort; the ragged
thousands sleeping the clock around on
the floor in any public building or rail
way station; clothing beaten to shreds
on flat rocks in lieu of washing; thous-
ands of staggering skeletons wailing for
something to eat.
1t is no mystery to him why living
standards are so low in these coun.
tries. Methods employed in gaining 2
livelihood in such countries are still SC
primitive that men can barely produce
enough to keep alive, whereas in Ameri
ca, capital has built up great industries
which make the United States a land O.
luxuries. Few, indeed, are the location,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
BY JOSEPH 81

BERLIN, Aug 81 This city,
situated in the heart Of the Soviet
zone if Germany. is a kind OF
peep-hole through the iron cur
tain. The zone itself is impenetra-
BILE except on watchfully conducted
tours. But it you talk to enough
people and check the varying re
ports backwards and forwards
with sufficient care, you can form
a fairly adequate picture of what
life under the Soviets is like.
1t is not a pretty picture. The
Soviet occupying authorities are
still doing business with their
gloves on. Perhaps that is why
the reports of what they do sound
so much like the reports from Ger
many in the early days of Hitler
before the Nazi terror was total.
Take for example the story of
julius Scherff and Herman Lie
wenthal. Lowenthal was originally
a left-wing Socialist. After the sur
render he went along with the
merger of Socialists and Commu-
nists in the new Unity Party which
Marshall Zhukov enforced. He was
then employed in a confidential
capacity in the personal office OF
the Berlin magistrate which is
headed by Arthus PECK, brother
of the Communist leader, Wilhelm
PECK. He seems, however, to have
been one of those intellectual
theorists whose enthusiams are
never chilled until confronted with
cold and easily practicable real
ity.
The reality of the merger,
brought about by force and fol-
lowed by instant establishment of
complete Communist control OF
the new party, caused him to leave
the Unity Party and return to the
Socialists. AS for Julius Scherff,
he was but another Berlin Social
list leader who was taking too in
dependent a line.
One afternoon in June. LoWen-
thai left his house with a SOVIET
officer on a trivial errand. He was
never seen again. At the same
time, Scherff disappeared. After
long waiting. the Socialists news
paper in Berlin announced these
disappearance. DR.. Suhr and
other Socialist leaders were at
once commanded to appear at
Soviet headquarters before Cen
eral Kotikov. The General treated
them to a furious TRADE against
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
LETTER O
S FREE b
To the Editor:

10 the Editor:
Tuesdays Morning Star carried
a news item delative to repairs to
Legion stadium. Mr.. Gardner is to
be highly praised for his work. Mr..
Hewlett also made a statement
that the work will be delayed due
to the shortage of convict labor.
From where, Mr.. Editor, has
Mr.. Hewlett derived his authority
to put honest labor in New Han
over county on a level with con-
vlcts - due respects going to the
convicts? If I understand the set
up, the stadium and airport are
property the county receives an
income from. Why not charge the
upkeep to the rental and let the
convlcts 60 back to the roads and
drainage?
Will organized or unoreanized
labor. regardless of craft. let this
pass? Are the D. A. ", the legion.
the V. F. w. and others that are
working so hard to place veterans
on jobs going to let it pass? I hone
not.
James S. Hall
Winter Park, N. c.
August 81, 1946.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
Nick enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

At the recent Summer Nationals,
the American Contract Bridge
League announced that the fall
session of the National Tourna-
ment will be held Dec. 8 to Is
inclusive at the Hollywood Beach
Hotel, Hollywood, Fla.
This is the first time that the
national championship tournament
has been taken into the deep South.
Back in 1941 we neld a most sue
cessful one in Richmond, Va.
Fred c. Stresau of Fort Lauder
dale is one of the men who we're
influential in bringing the tourna-
ment south this year. I kibitzed
him when he played today's hand.
Holding the West cards, he de-
cided not to pre-empt but to bid
two clubs. Being vulnerable, his
partner would know that he had
a fairly decent hand, but East
response of three no trump came
as a surprise.
Stresau now had a difficult de-
cision to make. A bid of four no
trump would not elicit any intelli-
gent information in regard to aces.
He decided that East should hold
at least two ces to justify the
three no trump bid, and he was
confident that he would get a spade
opening from the North hand. So
without further ado he jumped to
six clubs.
If North had led a heart. the
contract would have been defeat
ed. However, with the ace of trump
in his hand and his partner having
opened the bidding vulnerable,
North decided to lead the queen of
spades. East's king forced South's
ace, establishing the jack on which
to discard the losing five of hearts.
All Stresau had to lose was the c
of trumps.
Too many players use slam con-
ventions when the information they
obtain will be of no value to them
and may help the opponents to de-
feat the contract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02

Give US eyes to see, o heS siac,
Father, the individuality fhS' men
in the heart of Thy children A
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
Seen Through Iron Curtain
OF Berlin, MOI Pretty Scribe Finds

The fate of Scherff and Lowen-
thai is by no means exceptional.
They lived in Berlin where the
presence of other Allies exercises
some restraining influence. But
in the zone political terror is the
rule. Among those known to have
been arrested are Oberburgerme-
lister Baer, of Magdeburg; the
Socialist leader Rudi Rothe, of
Leipzig, Burgermeister Boumann,
of Halberstadt, and two town
councillors, Pfeifer and Fehr.
These are, Of course, only a few
names which have been carried
to Berlin, often at great FISK
There seems to be little doubt that
the internment camps of the Sow
let zone hold innumerable Social
lists and other anti-Nazi political
Independents. Furthermore, the
evidence suggests that the anti
Nazi Independents are treated
with far more cruelty than the
Nazis themselves, some Of whom
have shown a surprising willing
ness to transfer their loyalties.
Nor is the terror confined to
those in positions of political lead
ership. 1t is omnipresent. Stories
have already reached America
of kidnappings of children in the
Soviet zone. The stori S original
ed in happenings of last summer.
Only recently. the mothers OF
some of the children taken last
summer in desperation made they
way to Berlin. told their stories
and asked for help. These kidnap-
pings appear to have ben more or
less at random. with the object OF
securing young Germans tc be
trained up for Soviet purposes.
Now the approach is more system
attic.
According to we'll authenticated
reports, the system is to round
up former leaders in the Hitler
Jugend, point out to them their
crimes and warn them that they
can expiate their misdeeds only
by serving the Soviet Union These
tragic young people, already
warped and twisted by one iron
system, are then required % be-
come informers and agents pro-
vocatours for the omnipresent
NKVD. In their new roles, they go
among their friends seeking to
organize ~resistenance and report
ing to their paymasters those who
show the will to resist. And the
potential resistants are then. of
course, arrested.
Sometimes, indeed. the test OF
dangerous thoughts is even sim
pier. Not so very long ago, stu
dents at a Potsdam school = very
near Ber but in the Soviet zone
- were ordered to wear red car
nations to their classes in celebra-
ton of some Soviet high day. A
few teen-age boys, as a foolish
joke, came to school with white
carnations in their buttonholes.
They, too, disappeared.
The terror in truth, is every-
where. It is by no means com
plete. 1t can become twenty times
worse if the NKVD is ever en-
tirely unleashed. But it is only
against the background of the ex-
lstence of terror wherever the
forces of the Soviet Union are
present in Germany that the Ger
man situation can now be judged.
For the Sovfets, terror is in fact
a political weapon of the first i'm
portance which they are employ
ing in a determined effort to weld
their zone into a single solid i'm.
political bloc. This they
regard as the first task. AS Will
helm PECK is said to have re-
marked at a strategy meeting of
the Unity Party, The other zones
a- $780,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02

themselves and their party in the
cause of which he dramatically
tore the offending newspaper to
bits and intimated plainly that ar
rests would continue if the Social
lists did not moderate their anti
Bolshevist" attitude. Thereafter.
the Soviet press charged angrily
the Lowenthal, so shortly before
the confidential employee of Ar
thus PECK and a few Jew into the
bargain, had been a Gestapo agent
under the Nazis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02

$11O a copy at first but went up to 5000. Spon-
sors of cruisers got better gold "V"s, set in
red, white and blue semi-precious stones, cost
ing $500.
Although Henry makes quite a virtue of the
fact that a person could have choked to death
for lack of a drink at his parties, Korndorff
said Federal served no liquor either because
everyone knows that knocks hell out OF a
whole day and, moreover, if people know a
party is going to be dry they will find reasons
why they can't come. This was just fine for
Federal because the Navy didn't want any
more visitors than a bare ceremonial quorum
taking peeks at Navy ships. He built 76 de-
stroyers at Kearny and Port Newark.
All this came under the head of morale, the
same splendid excuse that justified Frank
Knox. when he was Secretary of the Navy,
in handing over 500, 900 to a young squirt here
in New York whom he named his special as
sistant to turn out propaganda to raise the
morale of the c.. I. O's honest toilers in the
shipyards. Neither Kaiser nor Korndorff know
of any presents that cost S 1000 although trans
portation and hospitality in some cases could
have come to that.
But it was penny-money, or preaKase' GULL
nared to the squeeze on China lend-lease ana
bonus prices to rich "distressed' manufactur-
ers who hollered poverty but rode IN chaises
and the union graft at Camp Shanks ana
Stewart Field, to name only a couple .
The Mead Committee could strlKe "ofe
and richer pay dirt in those dlgglns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
Doctor Says
HAIR REFLECTS
ONES HEALTH
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRFIN ~

va ",
The hair, like the rest q, g..
body, receives its nourishmsn.
from the blood, and it reflect, H..
etate of ones health. Person, y
from any cause may notice
definite change in their hair w5i,s
will improve as they do.
The hair, like the skin. /, ~,
stantly exposed to dirt and srnnta
and it should be shampooed =,
least every other week.
Dandruff on the common W..
iety, which dry scales collec, \,
the scalp, is an indication o. Nm,
hygiene and not of disease, T5s
rare types Of dandrutf, which ~
due to disease, should be -ea.sS
by a physician.
Dandruff cures are ~essent;,r,
cleansing agents and usually .,s
Of no greater value than xo,n
and water.
Excessive dryness Of the hal,
is counteracted by keeping tbs
hair and scalp clean and by pn..
ting additional oil on it. Any TYNE
or oil (mineral oil. olive oil, etcl
will do.
Excessive dryness may be due
to disease. Deficiency Of the Inv.
roid gland, for example, in which
the patient becomes overweigbt
the skin thickens and scales, and
the movements become slow and
deliberate, produces excessive
hair-dryness.
Gray hair is produced by an
excess Of air in the hair in and
around the hair cells on the in.
dividual strands.
The claims made for v~itannin,
which are guaranteed TO restore
the original color Of hair are IN.
founded. The sole basis for these
statements is a few experiments
on animals in which extreme
dietary deficiencies produced
changes in hair color; the normal
hair-color was restored, Of course,
by feeding the animals normal
diets and extra vitamins,
Instead Of trying to change gray
hair, one should prize. In young
individuals It is an attractive
frame for a youthful countenance,
while in older persons 1t is a
proper complement for the aging
changes in the face.
There are no absolutely safe
hair-dyes. All varieties have given
trouble at one time or another.
Badness of a certain type
seems to run in families, The
condition is, OF course, more com
mon in men, and if it develops
before the individual reaches the
age of 20 there is not much that
can be done about it.
Scalp rygiene (cleanliness) is
ust as important for individuals
with thinning hair as it is for
those who have a full head Of
hair. but il does not halt the loss
Of hair.
Some of life's major tragedies
involve the extreme depression
which often follows badness IN
young men; the nature to ration,
alize the loss of hair has required
confinement in an institution ioE
the mentally Ill.
| Many young men who lose mell
hair feel that their attractlVeness
for members Of the opposite sex
is gone. The average woman
however, discounts personal ap
pearance in selecting her mate.
Permanent-wayin wing OF the half,
as a rule, is a Harmless metnoo
of making straight hair curly Tor
naturally-curly hair is formed tna'
way in the scalp. Damaging re-
actions to the materials used have
been reported in susceptible SUD-
iects, however.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02
Religion
DayByDay
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
JUST BACKGROUND

Milady was reporting upon a new
neighbor whom she had mel on
is a pleasant person, but she u ~!
background, without any peiS0H'
characteristics ,o
Gust background'-the pNa as
describes most of US. We are y.o ~
|fillers-in of the human scene lDI W.
is nothing colorful about w. orr
do not make original remarks ND
routine of life is rather drso s n..
commonplace. We do nothing nso.
tinctive. We are the common ~"
pie, vino make up "the msSss re
Even in the Gospels, the sr+
gray, colorless crowds are i t1Err
sented in the multitude who 1Gn acs.
ed Jesus. They were "Just nsr.
ground" for the few DISTINCTIVE ~
sons who are named. ,;on
But stay; Jesus had compaS't4C or
upon the multitude He caIeq sosL.
them, taught them, fed thehl' n ms
ed them. Behind the seeming Sa az
ness of the crowds, he saw eS'N
an individual life. u.y
Milady's new Acquaintance arr
have seemed drab. but IN neL
embodied all the loves ana nv nor.
and fears that constitute d F;or
sonality - that wonderful cIt renal d
made in the image of the etelD''
Father.
Give US eyes to see, o Hea Stae.
Father, the individuality fna' men
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02

QUESTION: I have heard Of q
reducing diet which preserves
three daily servings Of ice cream.
for ten days. 1t is said to reSa.'
in the loss of considerable welgAI
Would you recommend such
diet?
ANSWER: This is a one-slaeu
reducing diet which l would NV.
recommend. Ideal reduction az"
include almost all the foods server
at each meal, only those OF hs'
caloriv-value being eliminated
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Steel
Continued From First Page.

lenbach and John r. Steelman, spe.
cial assistant to the President. Ef-
forts of the three men to bridge the
Az cent wage gap between Mr.. Muir
ray and Mr.. Fairless proved futile.
Bowles Visits Truman.
An hour after the conference be-
gan. Price Administrator Bowles
made hurried visit to Mr.. Truman,
raising the possibility that increases
in steel prices had entered the pic
ture.
The administration hopes that by
offering to raise steel prices the in
dustry can be induced to make a
satisfactory wage settlement with
the Steel Workers. Mr.. Snyder and
his advisers are said to advocate
about s4 per ton increase, while
Mr.. Bowles stoutly opposes any price
rise above $3.50 a ton.
The conferees had scarcely settled
In their chairs in the White House
cabinet room before Mr.. Truman
called them to his Office, nearby. He
urged them strongly to reach agree
ment. saying that 1t was vital to
the interests of the country" Mr..
Ross related. The conferees then re-
turned to the cabinet room.
Later, the President went for a
swim and the conference recessed
for dinner at 6:45 to return at s
Mr. Truman Cancelled an engagement
to attend symphony concert at
Constitution Hall to stand by at the
White House.
When they returned at 8, Mr.. Tru-
man again called them in to urge
agreement even more strongly.
Evening star., 1946-01-17
French Demand Death
For Nazi RingIeaders
lin Nuremberg Trial
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NUREMBERG, Jan. 17.-France
asked death today for the "a ring
leaders of the Nazi regime and for
punishment of hundreds of thou
sands Of members Of German terror
organizations.
Francois de Mention, wounded
war veteran who is the French
prosecutor, denounced Hitlerism and
all 1t stands for with a fervor that
brought fear to the faces of Her.
mann Goering and other prisoners
before the International Military
Tribunal.
Civilization requires from you
after this unleasing Of barbarism
verdict which will be a sort Of SUI
preme warning" De Mention said.
Justice must strike those guilty
Of the enterprise of barbarism from
which we have just escaped. The
rein of justice is the most exact
expression of great human hope.
Your decision can mark decisive
state in its difficult pursuit"
Foundation for Uplift.
The chief French prosecutor said
that perhaps the punishment of
hundreds of thousands of men who
belonged to such terror organiza-
tions as the SIS, the SD, the SA and
Gestapo "awakens some objection" :"
but warned:
Without the existence of these
organizations, without the spirit
which animated them, one would
not succeed in understanding how
so many atrocities could have been
perpetrated."
Mr.. de Mention told the court
that death sentences for the leaders
and verdicts of guilty for the Or
ganizations "can serve as a founda-
ton for the moral uplift of the Ger
man people and the first stage in
their integration into a community
of free countries"
His accusation ran the gamut of
German crimes. He said of 250,000
persons deported from France only
IS 900 returned.
"At Osciewin concentration camp
the most beautiful women were set
apart, artif1cially fertilized and then
gassed," he declared.
Firm Justice Necessary.
One OF the biggest crowds since
the trials opened packed the court
room as Mr.. De Mention declared
that diplomatic maneuvering alone
could not assure peace-that firm
justice must be meted out by the
tribunal.
Mr.. De Mention said his country
was acting as spokesman for the
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Jockson's Authority
Extended by Trumon

President Truman today issued an
executive order extending the scope
of the authority of Justice Robert H.
jackson as chief American prosecu-
tor of the major Axis war criminals.
The present case is being prose-
cuted before an international tri-
bunal.
Under the order, Justice Jackson
has authority to proceed before
United States military or occupa-
tional tribunals in cases against
other Axis adherents, including
those who may be designated by the
international tribunal.
He is authorized further to desig-
nate deputy chief Of counsel to
carry on this secondary prosecution.
The order also provides for ap-
pointment Of a successor to Justice
Jackson whenever he has wound up
his work in Germany, vesting this
power In the United States Military
Governor for Germany or his sue
cessor. Justice Jackson was desig-
mated by President Truman.
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Richardson
Continued From First Page.)

there are certain leaders of enlisted
men in this command that are con-
tinuing agitation on the demobili-
zation program despite the an
nouncement by Gen. Eisenhower,
Chief of Staff of the Army.
"It is directed that you take full
and complete measures to instruct
these leaders, both officers and en-
listed men, and all under your COM
mand that further agitation will not
be tolerated.
Enlisted men have had an op-
portunity to present their grievances
which have been met by Eisen-
hower's announcement and no fur
ther mass meetings, agitations or
like actions will be permitted. Com
manding officers will be held re-
sponsible for enforcement of this
directive and will court-martial Of
tenders for disobedience of orders" /"
Copies were sent to Gen. Eisen-
hover and Gen. Macarthur.
A headquarters spokesman said
the three confined to quarters were
restricted pending investigation of
Evening star., 1946-01-17

remarks and actions" at a Tuesday
night meeting of demobilization pro-
test committee members at the
Honolulu labor canteen. He said
Gen. Eisenhower speech to Con-
gress was assailed bitterly and plans
tentatively were made for a mass
meeting to signify dissatisfaction.
Eighty members of the Oahu Serv-
icemen's Committee for Speedier
Demobilization met last night at the
labor canteen and unanimously went
on record in support of "the forth
right and democratic leadership"
given by two restricted leaders.
They also expressed concern" at
Gen. Richardson's action in resrtict-
ing the pair.
A cablegram signed by 5000 SOL
diers was cabled by the committee
to Chairman johnson of the Senate
Military Affairs Subcommittee
studying demobilization. 1t ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with de-
mobilization policies.