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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
Army Enlistees Favored

Before the new Army bill was ap-
proved it was expected that dependency
benefits for recruits would expire on
June 30, as would re-enlistments in the
grade held by veterans at the time Of
their discharge.
The new bill, however, provides for
the continuation of benefits to Deepen
dents during re-enlistment and for six
months thereafter. It also provides for
veteran re-enlistments at old grades,
depending on the qualifications of the
Individual enlistee. This is not univers-
ally applicable, but the mar who show
ed special aptitudes and wishes to re-
enter the service may count on SYM
pathetic consideration. The bill also al
lows all enlistees who sign up before
October 6 all benefits under the CT
Bill of Rights.
In such circumstances it would ap-
pear that ex-service men who have not
found a satisfactory place for them
selves in civilian life could not do bet
ter during this trying readjustment
period than to get back into uniform
at least until the country returns to
whatever normally is to be in the fu-
ture. It is equally advisable for young
men arriving at the recruiting age and
not otherwise settled in gainful en-
ployment to edo a trick" in the Army.
Under the present law buck privates
will draw $75 a month with perquisites,
with the rate of pay increasing with
each promotion up to $165 for master
and first sergeants.
In addition to the economic securi-
ty the Army offers enlistees there is
also a patriotic reason for enlisting.
The draft is not providing the neces-
sary requirements for men long in for
eign service, with result that many are
being held at their posts when they
richly deserve to be demobilized. The
shortage of the draft enrolment could
be overcome by voluntary enlistments
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
We Should Still Haze Magnolias
Along With The Factories And Progress

made almost identical observations.
He said something about magnolia
blooming days in the South being
I'VE and, by my own inference,
that we should strive to supplant
the sound of the knocking bird
with the hum and rattle Of machin-
cry.
For heavens sake, Messrs. Da-
venport and Arnall, have you new
er heard of having your cake and
eating it, too?
For many years now. including
those brief ones when the tech
biologists had their short-lived day
on the front pages, I've been stuff
fed with the economic and philo-
sophie soundings that we're aim
ing at a better world. The work
ing week has been shortened so
that the Common Man will have
the leisure to enjoy life. His yer
all take-home pay has been pro-
gressively increased to the point
in normal times-where he may
enjoy at least the material plea
sures of life his bicepial grand
pappy figured belonged only to the
rich.
Then, if Jun standard Of living
is being bettered in such-Wise-
and I've heard from both Govern
or Arnau and Mr.. Davenport that
it has been-what is it these gen.
tlemen want us to do?
Is it that they want US, after
we've done our weekly stint of
IS, 40, or 48 hours-whatever they
finally settle upon as the ideal
Worl ing week - is it that they
want us to sit around in our over
alls and amuse ourselves with lis
tening to the clatter of machinery
and watching smoke belch from
all the blu smokestacks?
Let there be industrial progress,
let there be jobs for those $4,000
600 people-remember?-let there
be sufficient hustle and hustle to
cause Governor Arnall and MI.
Davenport to throw their two hats
into the air and become jubilant
over the whirring of wheels and
the zoom of gigantic, ever colossal,
turbines. I'm all for it. I'm pink
lshly liberal, economically, in
dustrially, and otherwise, to want
all these progressive things. And
to want them right here down
South.
But it escapes me any reason
ing, any economic formula, that
would rule out magnolia trees,
knocking birds, melodious cotton
fields, ringing banjos, Stephen Eos
ter music after we've put in our
day at the factory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
By JOHN SKIES

Mr.. Walter Davenport is a gent
leman who has been writing pieces
for Golfers for 10! these many
years. Upon meeting him and
chatting with him for a spell
some time back, I Vas charmed
with him. He impressed me as
the easy-going, unhurried person
who would like nothing better than
to sit in the shade Of 4 magnolia
and sip away the waning hours
of a late Southern afternoon with
the traditional mint julep while
talking of crinolines and anti-bel-
lum times.
True, Mr. Davenport impressed
me as a person who is deeply SEN
sitive to the Problems which Con-
front us. He's meandered all over
the nation-all over the world, in
fact-probing his literary scapel
into the Matters that Beset us.
Still, I was somewhat put out,
upon reading an article Of his in
a recent number of Golfers. The
article was entitled Headache
Down South.
In this article Mr.. Davenport
placed his blue pencil on the eco
nomic problems that are looming
in the South's postwar world. He
discussed the movement Of labor
in the South, told of how things
are going to change industrially.
He mentioned that the tenant prob
lem, and the sharecroppers, is
going to be quite a headache be-
cause agriculture is being taken
over by large-scale farm operators
who are turning more and more
to technical developments in agri-
culture to pick the cotton, a well
as to weed it and cultivate it.
He told of how an increasingly
large problem to leaders is
the one Of getting labor to stay
down South after a few years of
tasting the big money in wages
that war industries brought up.
He stated, in substance, that
there's going to be some changes
made; that we're going to move
on to an indu5trialization like I'M
to that of the East, New England
states, and the Middle West.
Going along with him most of
the way I agreed. I know, for in
stance, what is being done all
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
The Doctor Says
sun, WIND CAUSE
SKIN TROUBLES
BY WILLIAM A.. O'BRIFN


Summer skin troubles dao.,.
from excessive SUN and wind ~
posture, especially of those uart,
the body which are ordinariIv ~
cred by clothing. The summer s"'
is more apt to injure the skin h.
cause of the absence Of protects
particles of dust and smoke wbi,s
partially obstruct the rays in ta
colder months. Wy
The skin is protected from Il.
jury by the thick outer LAYER .n,
by its coloring matter (pigmsN1'
Persons who live in the troni,,
develop a deep tan from the irri
tating effect of ultra : violet r.r'
upon the skin, and this in tIr'
protects them against sunburn i.
ordinary exposures.
While tanning is ordinarily -.
sidered a sign of health. childr.,
who develop a heavy tan in IL.
summertime receive progressival'
less benefit from ultraviolet rad.
alton, and they may be the fin,
to show the need of vitamip n
in the fall and winter.
The oily deposit on the norm,,
skin also protects it against ini,rr
by the ultraviolet rays. One fscto,
in causing skin burns at the bear,
is the removal CT skin oil in batb'
ing.
To protect the skin, a suitsbI,
oil preparation should be applied
before exposure. The lower Il,
which often shows the irritstir,
effect of wind and sun, can h.
protected by a pomade.
Skin irritation may result trc,
cosmetic preparations which cam,
tain a perfume or other Chemical,
to which the user is SUBSCRIPTIONS
Reactions are most apt 10 occ,r
after exposure to the sun. Sin,
cosmetics which you suspect ar.
causing you trouble and give IA,
ture a chance to bring out yor
natural color.
Headache, vomiting, fever, and
general fatigue may follow sun
exposure, even though the skin
may not show marked changes.
Sun burns can be avoided nv
gradual exposure of the skin ire.
member the possibility that irrj.
tation may develop from exposure
in partially shaded places. Re.
s~istance to the suns rays is M.
permanent, and secondary burn,
can occur long after initial ex
posture.
To treat ordinary sunburn sp
ply any soothing oil or powder,
but if the burns are severe a ply,
sician should be consulted for ts
relief of symptoms. Serious skin
consequences Of exposure to h.
sun include the development a
permanent pigmentation and scaa|
Excessive exposure to the svl
rays in susceptible persons o.
long periods Of time produ
warty growths and thicke \
patches, which eventually beco
cancerous. Cancer OF the skin a|
lip is essentially an occupationa|
disease which develops in thosd
who are exposed while working
out-of-doors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
STAR Dust
His Own

His Own
Sitting in the House of Commons
when news was brought to him that
his Drury Lane theatre was on
fire, Richard Brinsley Sheridan ex-
cused himself and fastened to the
scene of the conflagration.
A huge crowd blocked his ap-
proach to the fire. He elbowed his
way to the front and crawled un-
der the ropes. A burly policeman
blocked his way.
II say" protested Sheridan,
pleasantly, surely a man NAV
warm himself by his own fire."
Disinterested Praise
A skinny hatehet-faced spinster
attending a Hollywood g n
party, gazed out upon the in
credibly beautiful landscape and
gushed, "Oh, I just love n%ature!"
Groucho Marx overheard.
That's loyalty" he quipped,
after what nature did to her!"
Clipped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
Religion
THE FISH THAT GET AWAY
BY WILLIAM T. L L

Two big fish got away from me
M morning in our Canadian lake.
Almost every Gay l lose a bigger
fish than | catch. That is because
they are bigger. stronger, wiser.
At least l had the thrill of hook
ing them and of battling with
them. Better to have fished and
lost than never to have fished at
all. And those fish are still in the
water.
Have our best efforts failed?
Has life brought us defeat after
defeat? At least it has taught us
that the victories are there. to be
accomplished in another attempt.
There is always a tomorrow in
which to try for the fish lost to-
day. A good fisherman is always
a better fisherman for the fish
that get away.
Thou art the God of a seconJ
chance, o Lord. In the midst Of
failures, we grid ourselves for VIC
tory. Save us from defeated Or
embittered hearts. Amen
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11

Guidepost
Bv W. G ROGERS
SUN YAT-SEN: A PORTRAIT, By
Sfenhen e h e anu Rnhert

SUN YAT-SEN: A PORTRAIT, oN
Stephen G anu Robert
Payne asia Presx-John Day;
$3).
Born In 1865, when China val
ruled by an emperor, and dyn4
in 1925, when she suffered troni
the rivalries Of war lords. SUI
Yat-sen was justified In his dea'nt
bed ~pessimism, Cor his country
was still far from realizing a1I
Three Principles: Peoples NJ
tionaiism, Peoples sovsrelsnya
Peoples Livelihood"
But if China escapes dlctatoFf
ship and achieves a republican
government, 1t will be in Isf'
part because of the Christian any
democratic ideals voiced fof ia'
millions by this child Of a NWG
family. i.
He received most Of his 'chooFs
ing in Hawaii where an ens'
brother supported him. At m'
moment when the ancient enpl'
tottered, ne was In America fes1
ing the news In Denver ana ~.
Louis. He fastened to Lordon "
halt further loans to the doVaSa
empress, and returned home y
first provisional president.
Yuan Shih-kai. his successor
buttressed by a five-poweF lo'1
betrayed the republic, accspsl
Japan's Twenty = One Denana1
had himself proclaimed empSsj
reverted under pressure " II
presidency, and then died,
From then on it is a plc'~
and sometimes to the western
a confusing one, Of the fou1t
and growth of the KuonlhI'.s
the increasing importance o.
tasks assigned to Chang KalI
and Suns attempts to thrlA
publican principles upon INV"
calcitrant north.
The great leaders devot'p
Christian principles did mol
vent his having two wives al W.
nor his swearing falsely, 10
admission to the U. s., tAa'
was born in Hawaii. And
votion to democracy did no.
vent his holding, in matufiV,
conviction tn t "the lnaIv wv.
should not have too mucn ~,
ty." But the Chinese seem 10
forgiven and forgotten these
ters just as they have his HS
policy toward the Reds. :.
Written by a Chinese ana
Englishman, this book ~
toward an understanding t..,,
Far East. 1t is smoothly VIZ
too, perhaps toe smoothly ", M.
tends to hull to sleep, l ~
find Sun brought to life. ~
history rather than biogfapa"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
Nick enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Mrs Benjamin peggy Colder
and Charles J. Solomon Of Phila-
delphla have won a great many
tournaments together. Their bid
ding is exceptionally accurate, and
they employ two bidding conven-
lions which have worked out very
we'll.
Their bid for four clubs asks for
aces, the same as a four no
trump Blackwood bid. An exam
pie of their other convention is
given in today's hand. This par
ticular artificial bid was used by
some members of the Four Aces
at n time, and it is surprising
that it is not more generally used
ployed by good players.
When South opens the bidding
with one nc trump and North
goes to two no trump. South S
natural bid Is three no trump,
which would be defeated quickly
with a diamond opening. In
stead Mrs. Colder and Solomon
use the bid of three clubs, which
asks partner if he has a four-card
major, and if so, to bid it. In
today's hand North has two four
card majors, which calls for an
other artificial response of three
diamonds asking partner to select
the major.
1t is a we'll known fact that many
hands that can be held to three
no trump or ever defeated at that
contract can easily make four of
a major. The artificial bid of
three clubs costs nothing because
II there is no fit in the major, the
flnal contract becomes three no
,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
Concentrate On Rents

The revival of OPA becomes more
unlikely following the Senate's action
outlawing ceiling prices for meats,
poultry, eggs and kindred food prod
ucts. The opposition's position is that
with increasing deliveries in the open
market the larger supply will meet the
demand and so level off prices and
wipe out the black markets which have
so widely controlled these table COM
modities in the past. Perhaps the op-
position is right, perhaps wrong. 1t has
been particularly observable since
OPA's passing that no general Excess
sive jumping of prices has transpired
in local markets and stores.
What should concern the people most
while the Senate is acting on OPA,
item by item, is rents. If the upper
branch of Congress takes the same
action on rents that it has on foods,
dwellers in rented homes have reason
to tremble for what they may be re-
quired to pay, unless Governor Cherry
invokes his wartime authority and
freezes rents. The Star renews it's ap-
peal to Mr.. Cherry to issue the neces-
sary proclamation.
This is the more necessary in view
of the forecast that President Tru-
mar probably will veto the bill now
being debated in the Senate as he did
the previous one submitted for his
signature.
That increased rents are to be a vital
item in the advancing cost of living,
despite the general fair-mindedness of
Wilmington landlords, is we'll illustra-
ted by the attitude of Senator O'Daniel
of Texas, who promises to filibuster
against OPA again as he did so short
a time ago, and the action of his son
in hiking the rent of a veteran and
throwing him out when he could not
pay.
Even with thousands of owners dem
onstrating their determination not to
take advantage of their opportunity to
initiate rents, there are other thousands
of the O'Daniel type ready to put the
screws on tenants and pile their house
hold goods on the sidewalk unless they
pay up.
Wilmingtonians could help convince
Governor Cherry of the need for freez-
ing North Carolina rents if they would
take the time to write him personally
over their W signatures. Don't wire
him. kilograms are too impersonal in
such a case as this.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11

if enough veterans and high school
graduates signed up.
AS the Wilmington recruiting station
has set a fine record in the past 1t is
hoped that it will top it's best showing
in the months to come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-11
TOP o. THE MORNING

Il Is difficult to understand why a man
who believes little or nothing, and that
very feebIy, is called a "broad" man, while
one is "narrow'' who believes a great zeal
with all his heart.
Quoted by Anne Rankin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-28
MORE ABOUT
LABOR
FROM PAGE ONE

would find themselves just as
much ION the spot as Demo
Gratis who supported it.
Labor, almost to a man, de-
nounced Mr.. Truman Monday. But
he had the support of many news
papers, Democratic and Repub-
lican, and Of an apparently large
majority of the general public.
Thousands of kilograms arriv-
ing at the White House, accord
ing to Secre' ry Charles C. Ross,
praised the Presidents determined
action to end the railroad strike
and to prohibit further walkouts
against the government.
Hannegan Speaks Up
The a THURMAN reaction
brought quick response. A state
ment by A. F. Whitney, president
Of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and a heavy loser in the
rail strike. pledging strong finsn-
cial support to pro-labor candidates
and anti-Trumanites in the No
vember off-year elections, was
snapped up by Chairman Robert
E. flanagan of the Democratic
National committee.
THE men in Mr.. Whitneys union
know the Presidents record
through the years when he fought
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-28
MORE ABOUT
MINERS
FROM PAGE ONE

posaIs for a contract to end lne
DISPUTE which began March H.
were made to Lewis on Saturday.
The amount of the wage increase
favored by the government, was
not learned specifically but OIL
Gals most concerned with the
wage price policy have been repre-
sented as opposed to granting the
400, 600 bituminous miners any
more than the 10 IL cents hourly
increase granted to the CLIO steel
workers and CLIO auto workers.
Optimism Prevails
There was no mistaking the
optimism which prevailed among
persons close to negotiations Mon
day. Whether this was the direct
result of the conference between
Lewis and President Truman at
the White House Sunday night,
lasting less than a half hour, was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-28
MORE ABOUT
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

war, died 500 after her child's
birth.
So the little girl went to live
with her grandmother on the banks
of the Cape Fear. AS time erased
the tradegy of war, the little girl
grew up and fell in love with the
"Henrietta." o
So great was her devotion to the
old sidewheeler that her grand
mother decided to give her lts
name.
And from then on the little girl
was called "Henrietta."
SOMETHING SPECIAL - Mrs.
Evelyn Spooner, $40 Chestnut
street, is the lady who told us the
story. She sent it to US IN ina
letter we so fortunately ran a
ground on yesterday.
We don't bump into stories like
this n very often, and that's why
we wanted to tell you about 1t to-
day.
In fact, it's so out of the ordinary
that we would hesitate to believe
it if we didn't know something
special about Mrs. Spooner.
'H%enrietta," the little girl who
fell in love with the steamboat,
was Mrs. Spooner's mother.
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR-1n
our usual hit-or-miss land usually
the latter way, we missed locat-
ing a building by two blocks IN yes
terday's story.
We called attention to a building
"across from the city hall on Front
street" Of course we meant Third
street.
Next week we're going to chal-
lenge Mohammed to a mountain
moving contest. Since there aren't
any mountains in Wilmington we're
going to move a few down here
from Asheville several days before
the contest begins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-28
MORE ABOUT
BOND ISSUE
FROM PAGE ONE

Is. and franchises in the new areas
plus the income from the city as
a whole should provide sufficient
funds to retire the bonds, Benson
and Mayor W. Ronald Lane said
yesterday.
Low Indebtedness
Benson and Mayor Lane also
pointed out that the city, with a
bond indebtedness of only $3,712.-
500 - the lowest of any city in
North Carolina with a population
of 80, 1000 or more is in sound
financial condition.
What the bond issue, if passed
tomorrow, will neal to the city
is summed up as follows:
% The installation. of 100, 00O
feet of water mains and 10 fire
hydrants.
Cd The purchase of the Sunset
Park water and sewage system, a
facility ready to be put into opera
ton by the city as is.
81 The installation of 1877, 00O
feet Of sanitary sewer lines and
1856 manholes.
"a The installation of new, and
the improvement of old, storm
drain systems.
90 The installation of SO fire
alarm boxes in the new areas and
q in the old.
CO. The purchase of new fire
fighting equipment and apparatus.
Cd The paving and r~esurfacing
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-28
WILLIAM BERRY FIPPS

TABOR CITY, May 27-William
Berry F'ipps, So, died Sunday night
at GIT o'clock at home on Route
/, Clarendon.
He was a Columbus county farm
err and a son of Mrs. Martha Ann
Fipps and the late L.. Fipps.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Tuesday afternoon at 5
o'clock with the Rev. Mr.. Ralph
Johnson officiating. Interment
will follow in the Bethel cemetery.
Surviving, besides the mother,
are the widow, the former Miss
Bertha Lee Davis; four daughters,
Mrs. Jim Gore, Mrs. Jeff Gore, of
Clarendon, and Mrs. Henry Arnold
and Mrs. Clint Wright, of Raleigh;
seven sons, Alton, Glenn, Theo-
dore, and Charles of the home;
Barney of Charleston, S. c.; Ralph,
of Washington, D. c., and John R.,
with the U. S. Armed Forces over
seas; three sisters, Mrs. Henry