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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
Might Ease Housing Lag

The plan of Housing Expeditor Will
son Wyatt to foster loans to COM
panies manufacturing prefabricated
houses in an effort to catch up on the
tagging homes-for-veterans program
is commendable. 1t is to be hoped that
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton acts favorably on his recommen-
dations and that production will under
go a speedy pickup.
The national housing shortage is
showing little Improvement and in
some eastern sections the type of
houses being built for purchase by ex-
servicemen is shoddy and priced ex-
horbitantly.
The national government, which has
long recognized an obligation to house
its returned fighting forces but has
done little enough to meet the obliga-
ton, certainly ought to accept any
plan that promises to ease the situation
ana reduce prices to levels the veter-
ans can pay without mortgaging their
future for long periods of time.
The veterans want homes. They
want to buy them. But at the rates of
pay many are now receiving they could
not hope to pay out much short of their
deathbeds.
Those among them with specialized
training who have been fortunate
enough to secure employment in their
particular lines of endeavor with top
compensation for their work are able
to buy homes even. at the advanced
prices real estate has reached. But the
great number of veterans who lack
special skills and %aptitudes, and must
depend on common labor jobs for their
livelihood, can't hope to live under their
own roofs debt-free for many years to
come even with a federal loan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
Navy Day And RONS

Wilmington's three-day celebration
of Navy Day is in every sense a gala
event, with chief credit going to the
local chapter Of the Reserve Officers
Of Naval Service which received it's
charter last night but which for
weeks past has been drafting the pro-
gram which is affording the destroyer
squadron now in port and the people
Of this vicinity such fine entertain
ment.
Composed exclusively of officers
from the wal forces of the Navy, the
Marines and the Coast Guard, Whining
ton RONs have been demonstrating
in their preparations for the current
festivities the qualities that gave them
pre-eminence in their combat services.
With them Wilmingtonians general
ly welcome the naval squadron and
the planes which will have part to-
morrow in the tribute to the hero dead
and later participate in an aerial
demonstration over Bluethenthal air
port.
We are grateful to the authorities
which permitted the squadron to visit
the city and wish only that the STAY
might be prolonged, that the full meas
ure of the proverbial Wilmington
hospitality might be extended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
Had Laugh On His Lips
As Death Came, His Physician Says

Iutes after one x x x while he was
chatting gaily with his cousins,
Miss Suckley and Miss Delano, Bill
Hasset, and Mrs. Elizabeth Shou-
matoff, the artist who was pant
ing his portrait.
"All commented afterWard on his
high spirits and how well he look
ed Suddenly, and while a laugh
was on his lips, he complained Of
a terrible headache, and collapsed
in his chair.
DIR. Bruenn went on to tell me
that he had rushed in to find the
President pale, cold, sweating pro-
fusely, and totally unconscious"
McIntire said he then arranged
10 have DR.. Paullin 60 to the
Presidents residence Immediately
and a Navy plane readied to take
Mrs. Roosevelt and himself there.
Shortly %afterward, McIntire con-
tinued, Dr.. Bruenn called again
and confirmed my fears, giving
it as his opinion that the President
had suffered a cerebral hemorr-
hage." In a few moments DR..
Bruenn was On the phone a third
time but:
Before he had fairly started to
give me details, however. I heard
him utter a startled exclamation.
1T seemed ages that 1 waited,
but 1t could only have been a mat
ter of seconds when someone else
picked up the telephone, and a
broken, tear-chocked voice inform
ed me that the President was no
more"
Mc1ntire also detailed in his
book some of the intimate circum.
stances surrounding Mr.. Roose-
velt's candidacy for the third and
fourth terms.
He said Mr.. Roosevelt intended
to retire from the presidency after
his second term, but was convinced
that he should seek a third term
to avoid reputation of his foreign
policy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
QUOTATIONS.

Last year we dropped a small, IS pound
pellet on a Pacific target. That pellet killed
200 900 people. 1t is shocking that we, a peace
loving nation, should have been forced to do
that.
Guy E. Snavely OF Washington, director
Association of American Colleges.
Practically Immediately we must realize
that we are not yet ready for world fedora
ton. Realistically. the most we can hope for
now is a safe reduction in military expense
and a long period of peace based on mutual
trust between the Big Three.
Henry A. Wallace
For the first time, speed and reach are
available to prevent remote incidents from
developing into great wars. Air power is thus
a new dispensation-it can be the instrument o.
peace.
Gen. Carl A. spastz, AAF commander.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
TOP o. THE MORNING

Morbus Sabbaticus is a disease peculiar
20 church members. The attack comes
on Sundays; no symptoms are felt on Sat
arday night. The peculiar features are as
follows: 1t generally attacks the head of
the family and continues to spread until
sometimes every member is affected. 1t
always proves fatal in the end to the soul.
No remedy is known for it except repen-
lance and prayer. Real heartfelt saliva
ton is the only antidote. 1t is becoming
fearfully prevalent and is sweeping thou
sands every year nrematurely to destruc-
tion.-Selected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
The Case Of Spain

Secretary General Lie calls upon the
United Nations General Assembly to
take a stand" against the Franco
regime in Spain and so remove, as he
states the case, "a serious obstacle to
the smooth progress of the United
Nations"
There can be no reasonable doubt
on the part of any person who has fol-
lowed SPANS history under Franco
that a change of government in that
benighted country would be in the in
terest of better world harmony and
domestic peace. Franco has held Spain
under an iron heel since he set himself
up as the nations dictator after the
civil war. Evidence accumulates that
while he was neutral on the surface
during World War II he was secretly
aiding and abetting the nazis and that
after the war he offered sanctuary to
nazi refugees. AS it was the nazis and
1taly's fascists who won the civil war
for him and prepared the way for his
triumphal entry into Madrid, Berlin
and Rome, but particularly Berlin, de-
manded payment for that service. And
since the fall of Berlin and Rome Fran
co has continued the same policies he
practiced while they were still power
full, not in the same way, but with the
same end in view.
It is not in the international field
alone that Franco has been a stumbling
block. His persecution of S~paniards op-
posed to his regime has been as serious.
There is every reason to believe that
as long as he remains at the head of
SPANS government the nation and the
people will suffer as anti-nazis suffer-
ed in Germany under Hitler.
But it is not clear that the United
Nations can depose him. That is up to
the Spanish people, who have every
right to determine what form of gov
eminent they want.
Perhaps the United Nations could
force an election to determine this. But
to be effective any election would have
to be closely supervised by completely
neutral powers to see that a fair bal
lot and a fair count were taken.
Any revolution, particularly if Rus
STA had a hand in it, would again battle
Spain in blood, and the world has had
enough bloodshed for many years to
come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
Girl Scout Week

Tomorrow will mark the opening
of Girl Scout Week, during which the
organization will embark upon the
second of a two-year postwar citizen
ship campaign designed to make "bet-
ter citizens to build a better world"
Under trained leaders Girl Scouts.
here and everywhere else, are becom-
ing more and more a vital part of
community, national and international
life. They are learning to be active
and useful citizens, to participate in
group planning, to keep abreast of
current changes and trends. to be
ready and able to offer their skills and
services whenever and wherever thew
are needed.
Girl Scouting is the largest or
ganization of its kind for girls in the
world. It was founded in the United
States more than thirty years apo
by the late Juliette Low, in whose
memory Girl Scout Week is annually
observed. Each day in the week has
its specific purpose. Thus, on Sum-
day, uniformed troops will attend SER
vices in their W churches. Monday
is h~omemaking day, Tuesday is citi-
zenship day. Wednesday health and
safety day, Thursday international
friendship day, Friday arts and crafts
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-P)-The
last minutes of President Roose-
velt's life were filled with gaiety
and high good humor, and there
was a laugh on his lips as death S
first shadow fell.
Once a fleeing moment after
his associates had noted with graft
fication his high spirits" and
how we'll he looked" the Presi-
dent was sayig that a terrible
headache had seized him. He fell
unconscious.
And then he was dead.
This story of Mr.. Roosevelt's
last moments was made public
Friday in a book by his personal
physician, Vice Admiral Ross T.
McIntire. The book, White House
Physician was published by Put
nam.
McIntire was not with the Presi-
dent at the time of his death in
Warm Spring, Ca, but he relates
the story in the words of other
physicians who were at Mr.. Roose-
velt's side during the final minutes
and from their telephone CONVEX
sations with him in Washington.
The Admiral, disclosing that the
President had gone to Warm
Springs for a rest because he was
planning trips to London, the Pa
cific war theater and China after
the United Nations meeting in San
Francisco, said every possible
checkup proved him sound up to
the morning Of his death. although
he had been warned that he must
not continue to disregard health
rules to keep up with his work.
On Thursday. April II, the Ad-
miral said. DR.. Howard Bruenn,
a Naval medical officer who with
DR.. James Paullin of Atlanta was
at Mr.. Roosevelt's bedside when
he died, called Washington. Nc
lntire wrote:
His report was most optimistic.
The President had gained back
eight of his lost pounds and was
feeling so fit that he planned tc
attend an old-fashioned Georgia
barbecue in the afternoon and Z
minstrel show that evening X x x
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26

Safety plays are generally over
looked by the beginner at contract.
Yet they are not difficult to learn
If you will take the time to count
your tricks in advance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26

day, and Saturday out-of-doors activi-
ties day.
Girl Scouting, the common ground
of understanding to all girls, serves
more than a million members. With
wider sponsorship and more volunteer
leaders it could serve a million more.
Every woman with an interest in girls
has something to offer the ~organiza-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
Star Dust
Lesson Finally Learned

The word gotten" was the pro-
lessons pet abomination, but one
OF the students persisted in using
Ii The instructor hoped the bow
would learn better. He did, but if
was many years later.
1t happened when the one-time
student dispatched a telegram to
his wife, reading, Have gotten
tickets for the show tonight" When
he reached the theatre he found his
wife waiting in the lobby - with
eight eager friends.
When the astonished gentleman
whispered a surreptitious whats
the big idea?" to his wife, she
slipped him a telegram reading:
Have got ten tickets fo- the
show tonight. Science
Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26

Every cause for anxiety seemed 10
have lifted. x x x"
Because of this report, the Ad-
miral said, he arranged for Or.
Paullin to join him in a thorough
checkup of the President during
the weekend ''in view of the pro-
posed trip to San Francisco, with
London and China to follow in all
probability. x X I made my ar
rangement with DR.. Paullin and
had just hung up when DR.. Bruenn
called back. The President, he
said, had tainted, and was still
unconscious.
This had happened at 20 min
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
The Best Part Was Missing

A certain small-time promoter.
whose financial situation is not OF
the best, appeared one morning -e-
Gently pale and distracted.
Whats the matter, Harry?" a
friend asked.
Had a dream last night" the
promoter replied. Dreamed l paid
off all my creditors"
Well" said the Other, that
doesn't sound SO ala-ming."
That's what you think" retort-
ed the promoter. II didn't dream
where I got the money!"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
Religion
TRAVEL
By L T, ELLIS

From many journeys to Ear
places I have brought home hun
dreds OF souvenirs. Most Of these
have been given away or lost.
With the passing years, those that
remain mean less and less to me-;
whereas the memories of the ma
tons diverse life take on in
creased significance.
Years teach us that the great
considerations of human welfare
and destiny are the supreme con
l think more today about the
peoples o. Japan and China and
India and Persia and Arabia and
Syria and Egypt than I did when
1 was %cluttering up nv luggage
with curious mementoes Of tneir
ways.
Lord, make us alert to all the
deeper needs of our fellow men.
and deliver us from enrro.sment
In trivialities and superficialtie..
We would put away childish thing.
as we grow up into knowledge of
what most concerns Thee. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-26
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Bridge players just want to play
bridge, without music, speeches.. or
other interruption. A famous raolo
singer recently was a guest at a
club, and was persuaded by n OF
the members to sing a song. AT
the end of the song there was very
little applause, and when the radio
star glanced around, he saw that
most of the people were still play
ing bridge-and they did not like
having their game Interrupted.
If you were playing today's hand'
you would not want to be inter-
rupted enther. How many club
tricks have to be made in order to
make the contract? Five club
tricks, a diamond, two hearts and
a spade would give declarer nine
tricks, but if the clubs broke bad
ly, he would probably lose his con-
tract.
Therefore, the safest plan is to
find out whether the diamond
finesse will work, and if it does. a
safety play can be made in the
club suit.
The opening lead is won in dunn
my with the ace of carts and the
diamond finesse taken immediate
ly. Now declarer makes his safety
play to protect against four clubs
in one hand. He lays down the
ace Of clubs, then leads the five
and plays the nine-spot from dunn
my.
When it holds, the king of clubs
is cashed, another diamond finesse
taken, and a club is given to West.
Now nothing can prevent declarer
from cashing four clubs, three dia-
monds, two hearts and a spade for
10 tricks.
Safety plays are generally over
looked by the beginner at contract.
Yet they r not difficult to learn
il you will take the time to count
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Take Ny Word for 1t

There is no bee" in biography
Avoid "bee-OG-raphy." In biogra-
ply and all derivatives, the obi"
should be pronounced by"
1t is surprising how often We hear
Massachusetts, misprounced as mas
sa-TOO-setts. 1t is one of Kay
Kyser's favorite n1ispronunciations,
although I feel sure that he has
Travelled in the Bay State many
times. 1t is hard to see how "chu''
can be thought of as spelling "too,"
But, as old DR.. Spooner once OBJ
served, Many thinkle peep So" Be
sure to say massa- CHOO-setts.
Now let us jump westward sew
eral thousands miles to what may
soon be the State Of Hawaii. 1t
would be nice+if we stateside folk
could welcome our Pacific territory
into the Union as: hah-WY-ee, in
stead of the slovenly "huh-WAH-
yum" of which most of us are guilty.
And Honolulu will very much ap-
preciate being called: HOE-noe-
LOO1oo.
While we're in the Pacific we may
as well have a critical look at two
japanese terms which we Gus
tomarily manhandle little: geisha
and hara kiri. 1t may be well to
note that, in the English spelling of
japanese words and names, the
digraph sci" always has the sound
of "ay' as in day" Therefore,
geisha is correctly pronounced:
GAY -shuh. And the-mei of Domei
Japanese news agency always has
the lay" sound, as: DOE-may.
AS for hara kiri. it should never
be Harry Carey" Both as" are
"ah,' and both lis" are "ee,' thus:
HAH-rah KEE-ree.
Once people. get your business letters
out Of the Stone Age. Ny pamphlet gives
valuable hints on streamlining and MOD
ernizing business correspondence and Of
fice procedure. For free copy. send q
stamped, self-addressed envelope to Frank
Colby; in care rs Of The Star. Ask for
{Copyright, The Bell Syndicate. Inc, 1946D
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