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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
MORE ABOUT
TREE
FROM PAGE ONE

This was the 18th year Of the
spectacle which. has marked the
opening Of the Christmas season
for residents Of Wilmington, and
as If in an effort to make up for
the five lost years during the war.
$500 red, white, blue, yellow and
green bulbs flashed on brightly at
the official hour Of Z o'clock to
signal that times once again are
returning to normal.
The lighting of the huge tree last
night was a preview for the bene-
fit of a camera. The official light
ing signifying that Christmas Is
at hand will not take place until
Christmas eve, but to thousands OF
every age this fact did not make
the least bit of difference. The
lights were burning again and that
was the important thing.
Adding to the spectacle Of lights
were 10 floodlights, which played
upon the scene during the exer-
cises. The city electrical depart
ment. in addition to taking care
of the floodlights, decorated the
300 year old tree measuring Y feet
high and 90 feet wide.
The ceremony was staged speci-
fically for the benefit of Fox Movie
tone. MD. Cook was sent to Will
mington to film the event for use
as the company's holiday greeting
to people throughout the nation.
The days program began at 2:30,
when % members of various civic
clubs, donned the garb of Saint
Nicholas to join in the School for
Santa Clauses" The prescribed
course included instruction in tree
decorating and how to fill stock
ings and Christmas bags.
Joining in the occasion were 1000
children, ranging in years of from
one on up who insisted on placing
their Christmas morning orders in
plenty of time.
Highlighting the evenings pro-
gram were holiday songs, brought
to the huge crowd by a chorus
of 400 voices. Churches of many
denominations were represented in
the choral group, as well as special
groups from New Hanover High
school and Williston Industrial
high.
1t was originally estimated that
300 would comprise the chorus but
400 showed up instead. The must
cal program was under the direc-
ton of DR.. Edwin Clark, director
of music at the First Pre- sbyterian
church.
Proceeding the chorus was a
religious program. with the Rt.
Rev. Bishop Thomas Wright as
speaker. He compared the light
ing of the tree after five years
of war with the lights that are
going on all over the world"
Jesse Reynolds. recreation d.
rector of the city Of Wilmington.
was in charge of the program.
Following the end of the cele-
bration, he said there had been
repeated requests that the tree
be lighted every night until
Christmas, even though the pre-
sent schedule calls for lighting
it only on Christmas v night
at 8 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
GARDENS ENGINEERS
HAVE TO WORK FAST

NEW YORK, Dec: 8. - up -
Madison Square Gardens engineers
and mechanics are accustomed to
making quick changes but in the
last "a hours they were called on
for a little extra hustle.
The garden featured a collegiate
basketball doubleheader Saturday
night and as soon as the final game
was completed the wooden court
was ripped up, seats were moved
and the freezing devices set in mo-
ton for a Sunday afternoon hockey
game.
No sooner had the last puck been
fired when the men started the pro-
cess in reverse for Sunday nights
pro basketball contest between
New York's Knickerbockers and
Boston's Celtics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
q HAS
NEXT MOVE IN EPIC

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -(Pe
John L. Lewis unconditional sur
render to the government put the
next move in the epic case up to
the Supreme court Sunday and let
the steam out of his drive for high
err pay.
The end Of the soft coal strike
brought these immediate results,
aside from its relief to strangling
industry and the harried public:
1. The mine owners were in posi-
ton to sit back and wait for any
further government moves against
Lewis, for any deterioration of his
bargaining position, and for any,
thing Congress might do in Janu-
airy about control of unions.
2. The Administration could claim
a significant victory and proceed
on its course toward returning the
mines to private ownership with
out the pressure of an economic
tie-up.
3. The Supreme court, too, found
the urgency of the case relaxed.
1t may announce Monday whether it
will hear the appeal but the argu-
ments probably would be set for
later and a final decision may be
a month or more in coming.
Virtually all the government re-
strictions imposed to save coal
were swept away Immediately at
ter Lewis ordered the 400, 900 min
ers back to work. They included the
freight express embargoes, trayel
Limitations, parcel post curbs, and
the dimout except in a few com.
munities where the utilities were
nearly out of coal.
An order was being prepared
Tor gradual relaxation of the
freeze on coal supplies which was
imposed in advance of the walk.
out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
|PRETLOW FAMILY
LEARN OF DEATH
OF M. L. KERR

Relatives here of Mrs. j.. C..
Pretlow, Jr., have been advised
of the death Of Mrs. Pretlow's
father, M. L. Kerr, at his home
in Louisville, Miss, last Friday
night.
Through an err in the COM
munication it was first believed
the message contained the news
of the death of Margaret Pad.
Olson Pretlow, infant daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Pretlow, Jr.
The family here, misinterpreting
the message, notified the Star OF
the death Of the Pretlow infant
instead of that Of Mr.. Kerr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
MORE ABOUT
GUNMAN
FROM PAGE ONE

reported that he had admitted the
visitor, who promptly walked into
the interior and faced Glass with
the weapon.
Once the bandit had secured his
haul, Glass reported that he walked
backwards out of the store and
into the Front Street crowd where
he vanished before the alarm could
be given.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
MORE ABOUT
COAL
FROM PAGE ONE

in effect in many states as a fuel
conservation measure.
Government officials had estimat-
ed millions would have been idled
within a period of several weeks
if the coal stoppage continued.
Industry prepared for a resump-
ton as soon as possible of normal
business which had been throttled
by the walkout Of the 400, 900 work
ers.
Sunday was not a work-day in the
mines. Most Of the men were ex-
pected to be back to work by
Monday or Tuesday in compliance
with Lewis order. They will be
returning under the same terms
Of their contract with the govern
ment which the union had termi.
mated November 20.
Many maintenance men and
cleanup crews returned to work
within a few hours after Lewis
called off the walkout. State UNIV
President High White of Illinois
where the union claims 10000
mines said:
The miners will respect the
Oewis') order"
Similar reports came from the
big mining fields of Pennsylvania,
Alabama and West Virginia.
Mines around Uniontown, Pa,
posted notices on the bulletin
boards saying the pits would be
operated six days a week.
R. E. Rowe, president of Ap-
palachian Goals, Inc, warned that
the peace docs not mean the fuel
supply will become plentiful" The
government meanwhile continued
controls over soft coal shipments
but the conditions under which es.
sential consumers may obtain ship
ments were erased. The Solid Fuels
Administration announced con-
trolls will be kept in force until
adequate supplies r available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
Proposal Rejected

BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 8 -P)
- Voters rejected Sunday a propo-
sal under which the Swiss federal
government would have been oblig-
ed to guarantee jobs for all.
The vote was 124, 900 for the pro-
and 524, 1856 against. Fifty
four per cent Of the nations quail
fled voters went to the pools.
Proponents Of the measure said
it would prevent unemployment.
Opponents argued shat only au-
t%horitarian states could implement
such a law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
ELEVEN PEOPLE DIE
IN FIRE

SASKATOON, Sask., Dec. 8. -
P)- Eleven persons were killed
and 10 were injured Sunday follow
ing the most disastrous fire in the
history of Saskatchewan, Canada's
great grainery in the prairie west.
Shortly before 3 a. m. Is a. m.
EST flames completely Quilted the
interior Of the Barry hotel, a solidly
built inn that catered largely to
regular guests and to farm visitors.
The fire. believed to have origi-
mated from the explosion of a gaso-
line stove in a restaurant that was
part of the hotel, swept with ter
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
MORE ABOUT
UNION
FROM PAGE ONE

signed Monday morning by repre-
%sentatives of the union and the
Washington Waterfront Employers
association. The ALL Internation-
al Longshoremen's association will
sign concurrently with the, check
ers.
Settlement of the Che ckers' dis
pute was reached here Saturday
afternoon when employers with
drew their demand for the sole
right to decide on hiring of super
cargoes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
GREENSBORO TO MEET
WINSTON-SALEM TEAM

WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 8. Wins.
ton-Salem's All-Star high school
football players will meet Greens
boro High, Western Class AA cham
pions, at 2:30 p. m. Monday in the
Piedmont Bowl.
The game, originally scheduled
for Saturday, was postponed when
a heavy fog blanketed Bowman
Gray Stadium here. disappointing
5000 fans who had gathered for
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
MORE ABOUT
LIPPMANN
FROM PAGE ONE

nared to take the whole series OF
steps, then to take the first one or
the second and no more. would
almost certainly be as ineffective
as were the actions Of the League
of Nations against Japan ana
against Mussolini.
Experience has demonstrated
again and again that measures
"short of war" do not work unless
those who employ them are ready
and willing to 60 to war. Since we
do not mean to go to wal with
Spain, let US not take any OF the
ste.3s which are significant only ii
they could lead to war. Let us not
start something we do not mean
to finish.
The proposal of the United
States is a first step on a quite dill
ferent plan. It is an offer OF assist
ance to the Spanish people in the
exceedingly difficult and danger
Gus task, which they alone can
perform, of removing a usurper
and restoring legitimate govern
ment. The next step, which may
already be prepared, would be a
pact Of union among the leading
parties in s,7ain-of all the parties
except the richards of the extreme
Right who are involved with Fran
co and the irreconcilables OF, the
extreme Left.
The union of the parties inside
Spain would have to rest on the
principal of restoring legitimate
government, excluding reprlsals'
granting amnesty and protecting
the individual rights and the es-
tablished interests which were
lawful in Spain before Franco
usurped power with the help Of
Hitler and Mussolini.
With such an agreement inside
Spain. and a corresponding agree
ment among Spaniards in exile,
the next step would almost Ger.
tainly have to be an AGREEMENT
with the Spanish army to remove
Franco and protect the provi-
sional government.
For this, mediation may be re-
quired. But the mediator must be
acceptable to the Spanish people.
The United Nations as a whole
cannot mediate between the legiti.
mist Spanish parties and tn Span.
ish army. No one OF the great
powers-not Britain, not France
not the United States, not the
Soviet Unions qualified to me.
date. All will be suspected because
all are now engaged in a world
wide conflict of power. The &C.
ceptable mediators-if any-must
be governments which cannot be
accused of using mediation to in
tervene for the purpose Of con-
trolling the destiniesrof Spain.
The obvious mediators would
appear to be the Latin American
republics-individuallly or jointly,
They cannot be suspected of hav-
ing designs on the independence
of Spain. They speak not only the
language of the Spanish people
but the language Of Spanish civil
ization. Their friendliness cannot
be doubted. They are not aliens Of
a different culture, and the honor
and DIGNITY of all things Spanish
is inserverable from their own
honor and dignity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
ACTRESS ILL

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. g. (F -
Actress Lucille Ball was ordered
to bed today with what her physi-
clan said was an attack of in
fluenza. Further work on her cur-
rent picture with George Sanders
and Charles Coburn, has been or
dered suspended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
PAIR PERISH

DURHAM Dec. 8-CP-An elder
ly Negro man and woman were
killed early Sunday in a fire which
Quilted a clearinghouse here. Five
more men and women were injur-
ed. The two dead are John Can
nady, Is, and Rosa Lee Wilson, 60,
who e dead when brought from
the blazing building by firemen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
FIVE MEN KILLED

BOMBAY, Dec. g. up Five
men were killed and 16 others
were injured Sunday as new dis
orders occurred in widely scatter
ed parts of Bombay. This city has
been the scene recently of bitter
Hindu-Moslem rioting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
PLAYWRIGHT DIES

LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 8.-Pe
Eduardo Schwalbach, IS, a direc-
tor OF the Lisbon newspaper Dia-
rio De Noticias and a widely
known playwright and author, died
Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
POOL CLOSED

Despite the weekend conclusion
of the nationwide soft coal strike,
the local Young Mems Christian
Association pool will not be reopen
ed this morning, Adam Smith, the
YMCA's physical director, report.
ed last night. well have to get
some coal before we can 20
ahead" Smith said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
GIANTS TRIUMPH :

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. 8.
-(P9 Jersey City's Giants cap
tured the American Football
leagues championship Sunday at
Roosevelt Stadium, scoring a thrill
ing IA to 10 victory over the Akron
Bears before a crowd of more
than 1900 fans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
GRAIN DESTROYED

ST. BONIFACE, Man., Dec. g.
REGrain valued in early esti-
mates at $500, 900 was destroyed
Sunday in a fire which RACED the
elevators Of the Red River and
Grande Prairie Grain companies
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09
The Weather

WARRINGTON Dec. s.-R-weather
pvre.u renort Of temperature and rain
,.I a. the ~ hours ending 8 p. m. IN
the principal cotton growing areas
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-09

Dial 1881 For Newspaper Service
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-02-07
SIovonski norodi vznemirieni
rodi rekrutironio 'brezdomeev'
v omeriski okupociiski zoni

General je tudi izjavil, da
jc' sleherni MOI pod njegovo
'komando'' prisegel zvestobo
MENU in kralju Petru. Rekel je,
da so cello oni, XII delajo "a Z.
armada v ameriskih uniformah,
prisegli zvestobo samo njemu in
odstavljenemu kralju.
Europa ina pomisleke gIede
politicne naivnosti Amerikancev
v enem oziru sc gen. Popo-
vic in nacelnik misije marsala
Tita v Monakovu strinjata. Ko
sem slednjega vprasal, zakaj mi
sli, da Jugoslovani organizujejo
vojasko silo pod gen. Popovi-
Gem, je skomizgnil z rameni sin
vprasal. "Kaj pa vi mislite ~ In
Popovic je podal enak odgovor
ma slieno vprasanje.
Dejstvo je, da je to splosna
sodba tukaj in da je v politicno
zbujeni Evropi malo takih, XII
bi verjei, da so Amerikanci ta-
ko politieno naivni kot so de-
jansko.
Nedavno je neki ameriski pol
kovnik obiskal glavni stan gen.
Popovica, mislec, da je to ma
vadno taborisce brezdomcev, in
je bill skrajno osupel, ko ga je
cakala castna strata v vojaskih
uniformah. Ma povabilo genera
la je ostal in "kraljevska arma-
da" je defilirala pred MIN. Ko
je bila ceremonija koncana, ga
je gen. Popovic pozval, da maj
trikrat zaklice "zivijo" kralju
Petru.
Ameriski polkovnik je to sto-
'ril in nehote pustil "a seboj
Wits, da obstoji razkol med ame-
risko armada in vlado v Wash
ingtonu, in da je to dobro INA
menje "a jugoslovanske kralje-
vase. Ia take incidente je poll
ticna Evropa skrajno obeutlji-
va.
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Dobravsko mIodino

nom, a v Dobravi ne. Sedaj pa
sno Sc napotili tudi k njim.
Vida je sla prva in z MO se
tri tovarisice. In sklicale smo
sestanek. Mladina sc ga je ude-
leila. In ne lie mladina, tudi ma
tere SO prisle. TO je bill prvi Sc
stanek v Dobravi. Bio je kar
zivahno. Izvolili so tajnico.
Mlada Anica Stihova, XII bo
odgovorna "a prosveto, je> mol
Gala. Mislil bi kdo, da Sc ne "a
nina "a svoje delo, pa je bila
lie plaha. Razlozile smo il stvar
in odpadli so vsi predsodki O
zakrknjeni vasi.
In v povorki je bilo cez nekaj
dni videti dobravsko mladino,
XII je skupno S svetokrizko odha-
jala ma miting-in Sc. Anica in
Sc ena tovarisiea sta prisli k
Sv. Krizu po nasvete. Rade bi
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|Jug0slayija v
borl,i "a svoje
praviene zahteve

(Nadaljevanje 8 l. strani)
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KIDD PREDNJAcI?

Mnogokrat slisimo in citarno o
narodnem prednjastvu v Ameri-
XII. Tega nj! Vsaka narodnost je
'doprinesla svoj delez danasnji
Ameriki. Stvarno je opisano v
knjigi "A Nation of Nations" XII
je najnovejse delo nasega anne
risko-slovenskega poznanega in
spostovanega pisatelja Louis
Adamica. Knjigo Sc dobi tudi v
urednistvu Enakopravnosti.
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Rusija je edini up. da bo
vprasanje praviSno reseno


vprasanje pravieno reseno
Sugestija, da Italia obdrzi
Trst, je zlasti razkacila Jugoslo-
vane. Vlada marsala Tita je lie
pref naznanila, da mora Trst
priti pod Jugoslavijo.
Doznava Sc, da DO Russia pod
pirala zahtevo Titove Wade, da
mora Jugoslavija dobiti Trst.
Konflikt med Jugoslavijo in Ru-
sijo ma eni4strani in Ameriko ma
drugi je neizbezen. Gotovo je,
da DO Velika Britannia podpirala
amerisko stalisce.
Ko .je Dunn zadnji cetrtek
predlozil nacrt glede move meje
med Italijo in Jugoslavijo, so ga
reprezentanti Velike Britanije
in Francije sprejeli ma znanje,
docim je Feodor Gusev, repre-
zentant Rusije, izjavl, da ga DO
studiral.
Misija representative stirih
velesil DO kmalu zapustila Lon
don in odpotovala v Julijsko
Krajino, kjer DO studirala pro-
blem ma lieu mesta. Ameriski
reprezentant misiji je Philip
Mosely. Pc koncanju studije
problema glede zacrtanja move
meje bodo clani misije objavili
porocilo.
Vprasanje italijanskih kolonij
v Afriki potisnjeno v ospredje
Ronald Campbell, reprezen-
tant Velike Britanije, bo potts
nil v ospredje kontroverzno
vprasanje glede usode Tripolita-
nije, CirenaJke, Eritreje in So
malije, italijanskih kolonij v
Afriki. Russia je re naznanila
da DO zahtevala poverjenistvo
"a Tripolitanijo. Njena zahteva
je izzvala odloeno opozicijo brit
skega zunanjega urada, vojnega
ministrstva in admiralitete. We
lika Britannia je proti temu, da
bi Sc Russia usidrala, v severni
! Afriki il bojazni "a svoje ko.
! lonije.
Drugo vprasanje Sc tice repa-
racij. Sovjetska Rusija je re v
septembru preteklega leta ma
manila, da DO morala Italia
placati vojno odskodnino v bla-
gu in sluzbi v vsoti $60O,O00,-
900. Velika Britannia in Ameri-
ka maj bi dobili $300,0O0,0O0,
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Sc je zgodilo.
v Dobravi postaja vsak dan
lepse. :.:..
Ponatis iS tedgiEd "MgG1i,tG." "
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G februar1a, 1916



Rekel je, da SO Sc Jugoslova-s
nj organizirali v "armado" kma-'
lu po osvobojenju. On in vecina
njegovih tovarisev, je dejal, so
sli v vojno proti Nemciji IL pri-
blizno istih razlogov kot Angle
Ii in Amerikanci. Toda ko sta
Anglia in Am erika PRIMAL
marsala Tita, sta zadali "smrt-
nj udarec" njihovim madam "a
boljsi svet. Dejal je dalje, da
bodo on in jegovi tovarisi raje
ziveli in umrli v Nemeiji kot pa
Sc vrnili pod Titovo "diktatu-
ro' v Jugoslaviji. Postal so
profesijonalni vojaki, da Sc pre-
zivijo, zlasti, ko so videli, kako
dobro Sc godi Poljakom, XII so
Sc znasli v enakem polozaju v
Nemciji. Dostavil je, da niti mai
mani ne dVomi, da bodo even
tualno vsi dobili zaposlitev pri
ameriski armadi.
Ia enkrat je vazna streha i'm
hrana, pozneje pa upajo
"udariti"
Ia sedaj je vazno lie, da ina
jo streho in hrano, je nadalje-
val zastopnik gen. Popovica.
Vecina clanov "kraljevskih sill"
so sluzili v armadi in so izvez-
bani v rabi orozja. Samo, ako
bi Jim bila dana prilika, da
"udarijo".
Med tenn pa Sc Jim je sode-
lovanjem ameriskih oblasti po-
srecilo dobiti il nemskih zalog
dovolj papirja "a tiskanje dveh
tednikov, XII so posveceni vecji
del propaganda "a kraljevino in
pridobivanje pristasev. Cez cas-,
je rekel, bodo zaceli izdajati
mednarodni tednik, 8 katerim
bodo skusali dobiti podpore "a
svoj program v inozemstvu.
Med razlaganjem tega pro-
jekta je prisel gen. Popovic, XII
je rekel, da Sc je mudil v Augs-
burgu, kjer Sc mu je posrecilo
zaposliti emo njegovih stotnij z
amerisko zracno silo "a straze-
ME tamkasnjega zrakoplovisea.
General je rekel, da je prosi1
in dobil zagotovilo, da bodo ME-
govi pristasi dobili ameriske av-
tomobile, da Sc bodo izucili "a
voznike in mehanike. Potrdilo
o tenn sem pozneje prejel cd me-
kega castnika 3. armade.
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videle, da hi smela dobravska
mladina prisostvovati sestan-
kom svetokrizke mladine, da bi
Sc Cd ME kaj naucila. In tudi to
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@ ljudeh il Dobrave ma Do
lenjskem pripovedujejo, da MISC
bili-baje-najboljsi. Res je, da
je njihova vas dala lie enega par
tizana in da je bila v vasi samo
ena druzina, XII je podpirala par
tizane. Ostali ljudje 50 Sc drzali
nekako v sredi ali pa SO bill od-
kriti nasprotniki Osvobodilne
fronte in belogardisti.
Tudi o dobravski mladini so
govorili, da je ista kot starejsi.
Zato si mladinke cd Sv. Kriza
med lett borbe MISC upale k
MIN, da bi jih pritegnile v orga-
nizacijo. Pri Sv. Krizu so imeli
sestanke. Pomagali so partiza-
Russia, Jugoslavija in Grcija,
zrtvi italijanske agresije, pa
ostalo vsoto. Velika Britannia
in Amerika pobijata predlog, XII
doloca, da mora Italia placati
vojno odskodnino.
Evening star., 1946-03-21
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

ca
@. How many persons own series
E United States Savings Bonds?
"A. w. S.
A. According to a Treasury De-
partment survey, 81 million out of
an estimated 81 million persons
who received income owned such
bonds at the end of 1945. This
means nearly three out of every
four income-receivers.
@. What is the significance of, the
letter v on the ribbon of the
Bronze Star Medal?-C. r.
A. The letter v stands for valor
and indicates that the award was
made for valor rather than for
meritorious service.
9. Is six the only perfect number?
ID. w.
A. No, there are others. Any
number whose factors add up to
the same sum as the number it
self is perfect. Those next to six
are !, %, whose factors are /, Q
4, and IA, followed by 1876, 1928,
and 33,550,336 and others.
@. When was the red-letter Bible
first printed in the United States?
Il. j. H.
A. According to the records of
the American Bible Society, the
first strictly red-letter edition was
a New Testament published in 1899
by the Christian Herald. In this
the words of Jesus were printed in
red. Oxford University Press issued
in the same year a Testament in
which certain passages we're under
lined and marked in red in the
margin. A Bible with Red
Letter Testament was published by
the Christian Herald in 1901. There
may have been earlier attempts.
The idea is attributed to DR.. Louis
Klopsch of the Christian Herald.
@. Is 1t possible to have the body
of a soldier brought back from over
seas if the family is willing to pay
the expense?-P. r. S.
A. 1t is not possible as yet to re-
turn soldier dead from overseas,
even though families are willing
to pay the cost of transportation
@. What is the size of a silk
worm cocoon and how much silk
lis in it?-R. C.
A. Each cocoon is about as large
as big peanut shell, and consists
of a single continuous thread of
silk from 500 to 1900 yards long.
The f1lament of silk is so fine that
one pound of it would extend for
900 miles if stretched out in a
straight line.
@. Will the men inducted into
the Army since VI day be en-
titled to wear the World War II
Victory Medal?-R. B. w.
A. All members of the armed
forces who served honorably on
active duty at any time between
December 7, 194l and the date of
the termination of hostilities in the
present war are eligible. Date of
termination" means the date pro-
claimed by the President or fixed
by Congress.