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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-11
School Bus Fund

New Hanover county's need for new
school buses has existed from the start
of the war. With the large influx of
new pupils which followed the creation
of Camp Davis and the ship yard, the
old fleet was inadequate. The Board
of Education bought all the buses it
could find anywhere, but for the most
part the additions to the fleet were well
worn and too light for the loads they
had to carry.
That the war period passed without
serious accidents is one of the most
striking achievements in the entire
county. Had there been less efficient
servicing of the old equipment, less ex.
perience on the part Of drivers, the
record could not have been so good.
New Hanover county parents owe
much to the board for the extraordi
nary care it has taken to see that thei
Children travelled to and from school 4,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-11
Poker Face

Washington's congressman Coffee
wants to know if the forthcoming atom
bomb tests are designed ito intimidate
the Russians" The answer is No. =
Russia is land power, not naval.
These tests are primarily naval. They
are to determine what an atom bomb
will do to warcraft and what naval
strategists ought to do about the atom
bomb.
If Russia was not inundated by
what happened to Hiroshima and Maya.
sakl' these tests will not worry her. II
she was so intimidated, then Heaven
protect us against playing stud poker
! with Joe Stain.
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safety, despite the odds it had to con-
tend with in bus operation.
Now that the state proposes to ap-
propriate $95, 900 for the reconditlonlng
of school buses, to increase their safe
operation until manufacturers can de-
liver new ones, the Board of Education,
with complete propriety, expects to
share literally in the funds thus to be
made available. Certainly the record
is sufficient guarantee that any money
coming this way will be well deserved.
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whom mentioned here some
weeks back as owning hat which
gave flight while she, Mrs. Block,
was singing solo at a fashionable
wedding. Well, what with this
and that I got to talking to Miss
Solomon. That's how ! happened
to find out about her teaching the
boys French.
1.-THE boys seemed very much in
terested in buying their women
folks back here those himsy under
things that are to be found mainly
in Paris,'' Miss Solomon told me.
Mostly, they bought those slinky
looking black nightgowns with
yards and yards Of very fine lace
on them
Parenthetically, this little fact
just goes to show me that, how
ever tough our boys were on the
field of battle, they still had fine
feeling for their womenfolks at
home and they wanted them to
have those nice little items.
Another thing the boys went in
for pretty heavily was perfume.
Channels No. 5 was quite favor
lite, though expensive. Miss Solo
mon tells me that when the boys
first hit Paris they paid about 400
francs for a bottle for the Chanel
formula. Then, as the boys showed
the French they didn't care whole
lot for money, the price went on up
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-11
Religion
DayBy Day
TWO PROPHECIES
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

When returned to America. af-
ter spending six months in more
than twenty thousand miles of
travel in Russia, during the Keren-
sky regime and the rise of the Boil
sheviks, 1 expressed, over and over
again, in speeches and in articles,
these two outstanding convictions:
1. The Russian revolution dem
onstrated that whenever and wher-
ever the masses of people decided
to take over power they could do
so.
2. If this revolution permanent
|ly succeeded in Russia, nothing
could prevent it from spreading
over the whole Garth, except the
practice OF Christian democracy.
The reader may Judge TOR him
self, in the light Of events, wheth-
er my prophecy was true.
If so, then there is laid upon us
the tremendous obligation to make
Christian democracy function.
Can we create, after the pattern
shown in the Mount, CLASHES,
brotnerly society, dominated by the
standards Of the Bible?
are we really great enough for
true democracy?
NOT unless we are ready to come
uaoer the sway of the Christ, in
whose discipleship is true liberty.
justice and brotherhood.
.. Urn our hearts, o Lord, to the
psrsonai practice Of the teachings
o... S,., that His Kingdom may b.
established on earth, Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-11
McKenney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

I ran a little contest at the May.
fair Bridge Club in New York to
select the most interesting hand
of the week, with Harry Fishbein
as Judge. Today's hand is the first
from the contest.
Several West players bid two
diamonds over the opening one
heart bid. In the bidding shown,
however, West passed; but when
North bid three hearts and South
went to three spades, West then
decided to come in with nuisance
bid of five diamonds. North now
bid six hearts.
Fishbein said that, in rubber
bridge, he would critic Vests
double, but in duplicate the dou-
BILE is necessary with that hand in
order to protect his score. IT the
hand does not make six hearts
many other pairs will have dou-
bled it. But when South redoubled,
West knew he was lost.
South made seven hearts on the
hand. He won the opening club
lead with dummy's ace, led a
trump to his own hand and ruffed
.nree spades in dummy, thus estab-
ilShlng the spade suit
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Miss Solomon Taught French Language
But Understanding Is Something Else

Ito 500, then 900, then 300 francs
for an ounce bottle.
Mainly though the French were
more interesting in swapping
things for, their finery. A cake OF
soap. for instance, could just about
buy one of those flimsy nightgowns.
The serious side Of Miss Solo,
mons work was in teaching the
French language and customs to
the servicemen in order to promote
a better understanding between the
servicenen and French people.
The understanding, Miss Solomon
tells me, was pretty poor. She
says many times some of her
friends among the French com.
planned that our boys just weren't
doing right by them. Miss Solomon
also said that several times the
boys complained the French were
not doing so we'll by them. She
spent a great deal Of her time
excusing French action to the boys
and vice versa.
Miss Solomon was in a lot of air
raids over in France. She told me
about watching German para
troopers drop on the Paris suburb,
st. Germaine, where she was sta.
toned.
''It was really pretty frighten-
ing" Miss Solomon probably I'M
derstates the case. "And I'd like
to say that, although not so much
has been written about the fact.
our American girls came in for
about as much war as the English
girls who were in the service"
When Miss Solomon was here
she was in the w. A. R., which
means, I think, Wilmington Air
Region. She had something to. do
with the air raid business here
abouts.
One day her commanding officer
called her and asked her how she'd
like to take a nice plane trip.
Next day she was off to New York.
Her home, incidentally, is in
tDIOOA1yu.
Well, first thing she knew she
was at LaGuardia field and prac-
tically the next thing she knew,
some 81 hours later, she was in
England.
She was in England for a couple
Of months working as a switch.
board operator. Then off to France
to teach the boys how better to I'M
derstand the French people.
''I'm afraid I didn't do so well at
this" she tells you. "1'm afraid
most of our boys never did learn
to understand them and I'm pretty
sure most of the French people
never did learn to understand our
boys"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-11
BY JOHN SKIES

When they handed out medals
for war service Miss Anne Solomon
didn't get one.
That isn't so much news because
there were probably millions of
other soldiers, sailors, and Marines
who didn't get medals. But Miss
Solomon rendered particular
kind of service for which she no
doubt deserves some kind of COM
mendation. And thousands OF
wives and sweethearts of service
men probably would like to step up
and give Miss Solomon a collec-
ton of pats on the back.
You see, Miss Solomon taught
French to Servicemen around
Paris. And knowing the kind Of
French Miss Solomon taught the
servicemen could 60 into the shop
pes of Paris and call for the favor
lite kinds of perfumes, lingerie,
and what-not the boys sent back
home.
Miss Solomon was a WAC. She
spent some time around Whining
ton. You remember when all those
WACs with the funny hats, kepis
II believed they called them, were
here.
Well, Miss Solomon has a French
background. Furthermore, she'd
studied French for some time be.
fore joining up. Therefore, the
Army, ever solicitous Of their
mems welfare and wanting their
men to get une bier when they
ordered une bier, just flew Miss
Solomon over to France after the
invasion so she could tell the men
the proper manner in which to
order une bier.
Miss Solomon has been visiting
Wilmington of late. She's kins-
woman of Mrs. Hannah Block here.
Mrs. Hannah Block is the lady
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Doctor Says
ARE NOT INSANg

A psychoneurotic !,
who cannot face certain di 4 person
in everyday living without rt'' d0,
ing mental and physjcsI oIe;veI0p'
ances which make him IL Ii''OI 11
though most of us show n NE, Al
behavior at times, the diag neurOtie
n n..u illness is not made Sa9 un1. Of
our reactions are disabling, unless
Chief mental complaints =.
choneurotics are anxiety ''1 rr o. py.
exhaustion, fears, indeci , pr0'Olnd
ry. sleeplessness, or ( isaiia' WOE,
quit III ! :. Physical complaints j5slnS o.
headaches, stomach pains, '''G di.ae
spells, diarrhea, swestin ls' olz1y
bling, palpitation, vo1nifing ''e'a'
body. VI The
Any one of these conr,,;.,
may develop in a normal pas
In response to some situation ' Sal
psy ei1oiieurotlcs develop Them
with greater intensity or with ' lem
cause. Wall less
About half the patients WIN M,
suit physicians are SUFFERING v uGD'
some from of psychoneurosSis WIN n
is estimated that the majority =.
medical discharges for neuror, u
chiatric causes from the service,
were for psychoneuroses. All NJ
US know neurotics who suffer with
INDIGESTION, are afraid of faimra
and find it difficult to get aIon,
with people, and yet who are noe'
NAL in other respects.
Psychoneurotics are not insar.
and may not be noticeablv oues,
They are not towards. They Ara
often warmhearted, lovable Der.
sons who do great deal for tbsi,
family and friends. They are often
high-strmg, and conscientious per.
sons who occupy important place,
in the affairs of the world.
| Stomach distress of a psycho.
neurotic is just as real as the main
of an ulcer, except that in the for.
mer it results from an emotional
disturbance and in the latter from
an organic cause.
In psychoneurotics there is
tendency for distress to shift from
one organ to the other; frequently
the patient in relating his symp.
toms will refer to a notebook 10
refresh his memory. The lengthy
list of complaints Of psychoneu.
rotics has sometimes been referred
to as an "organ recital
Profound fatigue and aches and
pains without obvious cause,
counting cracks in the Sidewalk,
touching every tree or post may
seem just as absurd to the psyche.
neurotics as it does to normal per.
sons, but psychoneurotics find
these feelings more difficult to
control.
Fear may be overcome by going
back to the same situation and
learning to meet the problem in
the proper way. Unfortunately, as
little children, many psychoneuro'
tics did not have proper direction
for when the going became tough
it was too easy for them to 60 TO
an adult for protection instead Oh
facing their problems.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-11
Editorial Comment
LEARNING BUT LATE

Senator vandenberg finds, this late, that
the United States must STAND up 70 RUSSIA
be frank and firm, and demand respect
1t is not unusual for public oIiclals &c De
about three months behind t as. Pubic. 49,,
,,xo,,,;na for some time that appeasement
Of Russia would never do any good. ....d.
u the ' Senator thinks that mutual understand
,.r hetwsen America and Russia and ability
ing , Des"t toaether in harmony depend upon
Americas speaking just as plainly, as It's is
Soviet government does and sa a1 occasions
own purposes and Ideals upon al 49,
JUST Ts 90 ;s we must learn to say no az 'n"e''
instead asae 81 yes SIR right away SIR haeks down
,,, ns Somebody Somebody vigorously backs up'-e
| lotte Observer
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.heLiterary
Guidepost
By CHARLES HONCE

MARK TWAIN, BUSINESS MAN,
edited by Samuel Charles hsO'"'
Little, Brown; 50.
Of the making Of books about
Mark Twain, to twist a PHRASE
there is no end. He has been VIII
ten about more than any o'AeE
American literary figure, and mex
to Lincoln and Washington, plor
ably more than any American Ii
any field.
This book explains in a way why
this has happened. NATURALLY,
is the marvel of Twain's inVen'lOn
and the glory of his prose tnaI navi
sustained this interest. beyoaJ
that, however, the writer ensassa
in so many curious enterprise,
Jumped into so many disputes sal ,t
so many disagreeable things aD ssa.
his contemporaries, ana, In s:t
eral, tilted a lance in so many
rections, that he would haV' "a
tracted extraordinary Afternoon ''1
he never written a line.
One of the fellows against Wllvi.
Clemens was extremely caus5"
was Charles L. Webster MS pr 'I.
fishing associate, on whose si't t,iI
ders he was inclined 10 lay the Luz
blame for the failure OF his 1 D.s.
ness. Webster's son, Samuel Wv" .,.
les Webster, comes up WIN d. o,,n.
tirely opposite picture OF ln s.t asr
citation in Mark Twain's le''''''
now first published. !.
Webster, whose mother Is , A,44.
Moffett Webster, SO, anc a aa's ~.
ter of Twain's sister PanelS' :, ,
plains that when Mark was . -
cheerful mood he was very enter
tanning, but when depreSS'O'
was another matter. q.
II think depression WIN 'l III,
was remorse. Tc get away froIl ~, .,
own feeling of guilt he sone LUMP.
made the injured party the I s.d
goat My father was the io sain.
scapegoat from this illoglcaI p tot
Of view, for Mark ivan M. ts-
guilty about the failure OF "e We. ny
and Company and also a00I I.st6.
fathers breakdown ahd Ivan,
Mark Twain never forgaVe ANY,
he had injured"
Although much of the book XIV ~
.rs the publishing period, 1t le lits.
S a review Of Twain's Wnoie i [
BASED on letters and the r tSe+s-,
ions of Annie Moffett "eO'' ~.
he only living person WIN
Sam Clemens
'oung man.
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STAR Dust
Craved A Little Praise

Craved A Little Praise
Her houseman having up and
quit just before a dinner party
the hostess phoned an agency and
asked that a butler be sent i'm
mediately.
The, butler came and she gave
him few hurried instructions.
The first course was decently serv-
ed, after which the butler ap-
preached the hostess and whisper.
ed, could I see you in the buffers
pantry?"
She couldn't imagine what awful
thing might be happening back in
the kitchen, but she kept a poker
face and just pretended that she
hadn't heard. The man went into
the kitchen and soon brought the
second course. Again he whispered,
"I'd like to see you in the buffers
pantry right away"
Again she ignored him, but her
mind was in a panic. The third
course, and third time the butler
whispered that he must see his
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TOP o. THE MORNING

ga word spoken in due season, how good
1t is''-Proverbs 1928.
Oh, give Thine own sweet rest to me,
That may speak with soothing power
A word is season, as from Thee,
To weary ones in needful hour.
-Havergal.
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mistress right away. So she eHCus ne
herself and followed him "
pantry. ,rsd
"How'm I doing?" he lnqulltti,
-capperS "ee~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28
McKENNEY
 ON BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY Americas Card Authority

Every committee meeting of the American Contract Bridge League brings out an interesting hand or two After a recent meeting of the Master Plan Committee we got into a discussion of hands and Walde- mar von ZedtWitz said that some one at the club had given him the hand and bidding shown today, and asked What would you lead?''
 The question narrowed down to whether the jack of spades or jack of clubs would be the best lead.
 Most of those at the meeting thought that the jack of spades was the best lead and we asked von Zedtwitz if that had been his choice. He said no. When asked if he would lead the jack of clubs, his reply again was no.
 While we were trying to figure out why he would lead a diamond or heart, von Zedtwitz announced that the correct lead was the ten of clubs. His reason was that from the bidding, the hand was probably ice cold for siX-odd. Perhaps all declarer would have to do would be to take one fnesse for 12 tricks.
 Suppose that dummy held the king and two small clubs, and de- clarer had the -queen-e eight and a small club. He would probably
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28
By 7EPSIE KINARD NEA Staff Writer

New York - Jewelry has the golden touch which banishes the "nothing-new' wardrobe blues dur ing the seasonal transition, if bold pieces are used and are worn in inventive ways.
 Take a chatelaine, for instance, which gives you seemingly yards of gold chain to drape, plus the added gimmicks of jeweled hearts and keys to flash. Drape it's chains, four ragere-fashion, and see what nap pens to any old dud that you want to pull up from end-of-summer dumps. For that effect, attach your chatelaine to the top of your sleeve or circle the armhole with your clanking "jool."
 Tasseled lariats, used in two con- trasting colors-half in gold, half in coral, for instance-and worn at the neckline of a dinner dress will add the Midas touch that makes an old-timer look like a million.
 Or encircle your waistline with ringed gold rope belt that makes lassoed midriff look like a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28

runs out ot polite conversation they're getting things partu uou aoeH invite tanAa faces Why not stage
 It's good idea mixing milling around to best stunts know everythngs hidden in plain sight. It's like this ~ " HIDDEN UNDER YOUR NOSE Before guests you'll to collect articles and plant them around plainly but to detect
 
 track down the objects write the place where he found Under priate place. At the end the longest list of misplaced objects should win suggestions to start you off
 apple o tomato plant.
 Stick candle
 Stand the among the garden
 Use umbrella for a
 alarm o
 It's idea your party or your guests will notice the things
  they want to do : but what fortune deals out
 SPIN THE BOTTLE paper acts you want your guests to put slips lace down the circle Let spnnng the bottle and the slip which bottle when it to rest the the chance to muster forces, then have variety show
 chldrens game to be sure but it will get your guests their feet boxes or what have you in the customary  the parade, and so until a rounds with the characters Story to the grue besides leaving clue
 Really all need idea ge-togeher party
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28

A frock to make you unfor- gettable,, and one destined for a busy fall. Buttons make a striking trim, the high round neckline is young and charming. It's not dif- ficult to make-today's ABC Special.
 Pattern No. 6O3O comes in sizes II, 12, 13, IA, Is and IS. Size 12, cap sleeve, 3 1/2 yards of 39-inch.
 For this pattern, send 25 cents, in COINS, your name, address, size de- sired and the PATTERN NUMBER to Sue Burnett Waterbury Demo- crat 1150 Ave. Americas New York 19 N. Y.
 The FALL AND WINTER issue of FASHION is brim full of smart ideas for every woman who plies a needle Easy-to-make styles special designs by Americas top flight designers lots of ideas with accessories free printed pattern in book. Price 25 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28
Good Posture, MghtlyCarp Chin Contours
By ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

Contour slips under the chin can be corrected by carrying your head well and by buckling down serious ly to a routine of nightly throat care.
 But needed first is a realignment of posture that holds chin line at a clean-cut right angle with the column of the neck. Even babies who don't hold that line have double chins.
 Holding yourself erect by push ing up your head-you can even imagine that there's a tack at the crown which you want to push into the ceiling-is matter of conscious control in the first stages of pos ture- discipline. But in no time at all, you will find yourself auto- matically holding your head high when you walk, sit or stand.
 As for the care of the skin, the frming job depends upon nightly spanking of the throat and chin which is all but punitive. To smack, use either the back of the hands or wad of cotton, squeezed into iced water to make a spatula- shaped batter
 Before the spanking is admin istered, clean and soften the skin. The softening cream, chosen for end-of-summer use, should be a rich, dry skin emollient. Some ex- perts insist that skin gets better fabrication from a homsgenized cream-one with essential ingredi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28
Quaint Story-Book Styles

billed for a tWin-sister act on the schoolyard circuit. The teams stooge is doll, dressed in a match ing outfit.
 Fabrics used for this collection also tap picture-book sources for designs and colors. Familiar hunt ing scenes, gambling lambs and barrels full of flowers are trans lated into modern cotton prints. K. G's favorite colors-soft gray, sky blue and bon bon pink-make little charmers frosted with white rufles, capelets, berthas or double puff sleeves. On a pink chan1bray, designed for 3 to 6-year-olds, double laced white ruffles punctu- ate blue ric rac that accents a boat neck and flip skirt. The same frou frou appears on a matching Kate Greenaway bonnet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28

On one ring-leader gingham with an upstanding ruching neck line, a shawl collar of matching gingham. edged with white pique ruffle, makes a detachable access sory. A Kate Greenaway-inspired reticule bag of matching gingham goes with this frock to give little glamor gal, aged 10 to 14, two cos tunes accessories.
 AS pretty as the picture but as school-worthy as history books and as washable as a three-year-old's face are printed seersucker or chambray frocks topped by crisp white pique or organdy pinafores. Designed for two age groups - 3 to and 2 to 14-these pinafore- pretties, ruffled at ar1nholes and at hemline to form a fishtail back, are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28
By EPSIE KINARD NEA Staff Writer

New York-America' small fry can WOW 'em in the classrooms this fall, dressed like Kate GreenaWay' $ charmers. so reminiscent of the be- loved 18th Century picture-book clothes is a collection of frocks which, on the centenary of her birth, pays tribute to the English author, artist and liberator of chil- dren from stuffy styles.
 Style ideas for frocks to make ] little 1946 moderns look good enough to eat with spoon are plueked right out of her paintings and pen drawings. Typical touches are spanking big bows hustle ruff fles, pinafores, berthas, capelets, double-puf sleeves and shawl col lars for dresses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28
PRESsURE-COOK BEANS

Champaign, III. (UP)-With the canning season just around the cor ner, housewives are warned by Miss Grace Armstrong, foods specialist Of the University of Illinois, that the only safe way to can green beans in home kitchens is by means of a pressure cooker.
 She says that the boiling water bath method cannot produce high enough temperature to make the vegetables safe from spoilage or food poisoning bacteria. This is true of all non-acid vegetables, she says.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-28

When. Jim comes home we're going to invite people to our home be- cause we like them or because they're fun to have around - not just because we really must do something about the Joneses.
 T made a mistake in giving up my own friends and my own in- terests. I had to go back to them when Jim was gone, and then I realized I never should have made being Jim's wife my whole life. It wasn't good for me - and I won t do it again"
 Never again will the house. be my chief interest. When Jim was gone the thing that kept us close was the memory of shared experi- ences, not shared possessions. I'll never hesitate again about such a choice as going along with Jim on business trip or staying home and using the money saved to buy new draperies for the livingroom."