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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-27
CHURCHES

a. m. Pioneers, $50 p. m. Young
People, 7:30 p. m.
OAK GROVE CHAPEL@Caro-
lima Beach road. Rev. John D.
Macleod, pastor. Sunday school
10 am. Worship 6 pm. sacra-
ment of the communion.
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last entry into service. provided
seenIistmens Is within 30 days
after lost honorable discharge.
4. Up to 30 doys' paid furlouqh.
depending on length Of service,
with truvel paid to home and re.
turn. for men who reeniisf within
the prescribed time otter discharge.
Evening star., 1946-09-22

bills and the rent that seemed always
due; and of knowing that some way,
somehow, she had to get Mike through
school; had to make him the man his
lather had dreamed he would be. Your
teacher says you're not trying not
trying in anything. Isthat true, Mke?"
His. shoulders moved in quick
impatient shrug under his sheepskin
Jacket.
Il dunno" was all he said.
She took his chin in her hand and
made him look up at her: Your
teachers giving you one last chance,
Mike. If you don't get these problems
she sent you home with, she says she's
failing you outright
For moment he gazed at her steadily
out of gray-bluc eyes. Then he jerkcd
his head away, "Ahhh. she gives me all
the hardest problems 1t isn't my fault
if she picks on me, is it,"
MARY sat down on the kitchen stool
and looked out the narrow window at
the rain which was gathering in little
puddles all over the cracked pavement
at the back of the house The clothesline
dripped dispiritedly, between wet, gray
poles.
''If you fail" she said, that means
your class will go on without you. And
that means an extra year in school -"
Her hands we're gripped so tightly that
the knuckles had gone white. and with
an effort she relaxed them
ANY cookies?" he asked after a
moment
Have you got the problems with
you, Mikc?"
He ran hand through his straw
colored hair. "Yeah, | got 'em, all
right"
Take them in the sitting room and
get to work I'll bring you your cookies
and milk" She watched him go, shoul-
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Then. you're falling behind in your
class" she said She tried to keep the
panic out of her voice - panic that
came of watching the rising grocery
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dcrs sagging, while he whstIcd defiant,
off key tune
After moment she brought him the
cookies and milk and set them down on
the table Silently she turned up the
lamp for him - for the house they lived
in was row house, and it was always
dark on a rainy day
LIE DIDN'T say anything but wriggled
uncomfortably in his chair and bent
closer above the sheet of yellow paper.
on which he'd begun to mark few
scragglng numbers. Mary went back
to her sewing and tried to concentrate
ON the darts, the tailor's tacks and all
the hieroglyphics of dressmaking, which
were usually second nature to her.
Twice she had to rip seams in the
blouse she was working on and begin
over again. And once she got up and
went to Mike and looked down across
his shoulder
The paper was mussed and dirty
where he'd worked the same problem
over and over. and in one place his
eraser had rubbed hole in the yellow
sheet
She said. Cant you get them, Mike?
Can't you get them at alp
He looked up at her with open misery,
and shook his head She thought for a
long time before she sat down and tried
to work out the problems for him. She
tried to think what jim would have
done, and what was best for Mike
And at last. because so much - SO very
much - hung upon the problems, she
pulled up a chair beside Mike and began
puzzling over the printed rows of figures.
She worked on them past dinner
time, past nine O'Clock. For though
they we're only sixth grade problems,
Mary had gone no farther than the
eighth. and she found she'd forgotten
Continued on page ii
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Sold IN The foilot0ing
stores in this area

TIE Hech/Co
WASHINGTON, DC.
MARYLAND
Annapolis
Strange & White
Baltimore Warner & Co.
Cumberland Manhattan
Denton
Breeding & Nichols
Easton Blades & Co.
Hagerstown
Hopkins-Gruber Co.
Pokomoke City
MerriH's
Salisbury. Powell & Co.
DELAWARE
Dover. Jos. Levi & Co.
Harrington -. Collins
Milford Garrett L. Grier
Seaford Dorzbach's
Wilmington
Jas. 7. Mullin & Sons
VIRGINIA
Alexandria .Levinson's
Cape Charles
VIM. Brown
Clifton Forge
Zimmerman's
Danville. The Hub
Fredericksburg
Washington Woolen
Mills
Harrisonburg
B. Ney & Sons
Lynchburg
Webb, Whitaker Co.
Marion :. MCDonald's
MartinsvilIe
Robt. Atkins
Norfolk The Hub
Petersburg
Jones-Rosenstock
Portsmouth
The Quality Shop
Richmond
Meyer Greentree
Richmond
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
"SWEETo' BOWL

'sSWEET' BOWL
At a recent auction a sugar
bowl sold for $1,000. 1t must
have been filled with sugar.
Christian Science Monitor.
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value, it is to be hoped that when the
State of Florida takes over, it will be
advertised in proportion to it's worth.
No Time To Lose

There is a story going the rounds OF
an American carpet manufacturer MAX
ing Investigations of the wool situation
and other conditions in Kashmir with
the thought Of opening factory there.
II want to go to Kashmir," he is quot
ed, ito set up a plant under our own
management" He is convinced, in ad-
vance, that it will be possible to manu-
facture there some of the types "of
modern carpets the American market
demands"
This is not an isolated case. Indus
trialists in other fields are said to be
planning to establish plants in foreign
lands. They are sending representatives
hither and yon abroad to scout for sites
and skilled workers.
How much Of an exodus will result
is anybody's guess. What the South,
and especially southeastern North Caro-
lima is chiefly interested in is whether
a manufacturer who could do equally
well by re-establishing himself south Of
the Mason and Dixon line is to be allow
ed to settle upon foreign site without
first being given an opportunity to see
what the South has to offer.
Since it is definitely known that
some manufacturers are on the lookout
for plants abroad, it is the more I'M
perative that Wilmington hasten it's
tentative plan to create the position Of
industrial investigator and get him into
the field. Already, through the efforts
of Industrial Properties, Inc, number
of new industries have been attracted
to the city, but there is so much more
that could be done to bring others here
if skilled agent were on the job, and
as time is fleeing, it is the more i'm
portant to start such a campaign at
once. With an experienced and skilled
man on the ground in the person of
John H. Farrell, new executive secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce, it
would be foolish to delay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
Less Dangerous

Aviation set new mark when Col
William Fl. Council flew his Jet pro-
PEELED plane from Long Beach, Cali
fornia, to LaGuardia Field in few Sec
onds more than four hours and thirteen
minutes last Saturday. Now the Colonel
wants to hop the Atlantic in his "Shoot-
ing STAR" the P-8O he used on the trans
continental flight.
Why not? The distance is less. And
as he had fuel for $50 miles more when
he landed at LaGuardia Field, he could
still detour from a set course in event
of sudden storm.
From the West coast start to the
East coast finish he covered 2,47O
miles. From Newfoundland to Britain
is 1900 miles. The proposal is not I'M
reasonable. And as planes are now
equipped for safety in forced landings
at sea, and his route doubtless woulo
be adequately patrolled, there wouic
seem to be less personal danger thai
in the cross-country hop.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
Time To Stop It

Word comes from New York that "a
little shower" of nylon hosiery, some
four million pairs in fact, is to be re-
leased to retail dealers next week. The
women who get them surely will be the
happier and those who do not degree
or two more disappointed than ever.
Whether it is by design or not, what
astonishes us most is the amount of ad-
vertising the American press has free
ly given nylon stockings. Column upon
column of type in the news columns Of
newspapers everywhere has been devot-
ed to their scarcity, their distribution,
the rough-housing that has happened
in stores with few pair, the queues of
prospective purchasers lined up upon
sidewalks when news passes that such
and such store has supply.
AS it happens, the business admins
tration of newspapers generally is as
well devised as the administration of
any other business. But in this one case
advertising managers and, alas! editors
have gone overheard to give space to an
article Of apparel without thought of
the revenue they should be deriving
from it's advertisement.
Yes, we are as guilty, but in the
present instance only to note that nylor
stockings have had, we hope, their last
free mention.
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Another Auditorium Site

So far as the public knows, no de-
cision has been reached on site for the
proposed auditorium. The City Council
may have made up it's mind, but delays
announcing its selection until it is Ger
tain the people will make no more sug-
gestions, as they were properly invited
10 do.
Some time has passed since the Star
received it's last proposal. But obvious
ly the people are still deeply interested
in the site. Another location was pro-
posed yesterday. Like others previous
ly heard, it has advantages which de-
serve careful consideration.
A Star reader believes the area from
Grace to Rankin and Eighth to Tenth
would be best for the project, in that it
would afford a close-in location, provide
ample parking space, and if the grounds
were adequately handicapped give re-
cuperating patients and nurses off duty
at James Walker Memorial hospital a
park in which to rest. Furthermore, the
reader rightly holds that the property
would be vastly improved over it's pres
ent condition.
It is suggested that the Council ado
this location to the others on the list.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
TOP O. THE MORNING

II takes 80 little, why should we withhold
That precious thing within our power to
give?
Love, like a warm garment in the cold
And sympathy for others while we live?
II takes SO little, ali, dear God, I pray,
Help us to give it wisely day by day.
-CroweIl.
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The Doctor Says
DIET IMPORTANT I
FOR GOVT CURE,
By WILLIAM A, O'BRIFN =,

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN ~
In one large clinic, ona o, NV. u.
every 20 patients SUFFERING ~ 80. VI
chronic disease of the iojnfs -toa
govt. This disease probablu "aa
more prevalent than most 80
realize. FN0p'e
The first attack Of govt ususl,,
starts suddenly. lasts three ~ "
days, and then disappears q, Cor ~
pletely. 1t may affect a toe toat
ankle, knee. wrist, or other ioin.
Attacks develop while the patian,
is asleep. Pain increases in inton
sity until it becomes so sevsr.
that even the weight of the bad
clothes cannot be tolerated. ~
ward morning the pain eases and
the patient falls asleep.
When the physician inspects N.
affected joint, it is sore and ton
der. The skin is purpliSh red and
the veins are distended. As ths
swelling disappears. the skin peels
and itches.
A second attack Of govt follows
in about a year or longer. 1t is
similar to the first, except it NAV
be more severe. Sooner or later
the disease increases in severity
attacks occur more often, and
many joints are affected, but the
patient still does not have any
| joint trouble between attacks.
After many years of acute
seizures, chronic equity arthritis
may develop with involvement Of
many joints, swollen hands and
feet, and deposits of urates in tn.
tissues. Those who develop equity
attacks late in life seldom have
equity arthritis.
| Govt Is more common in men,
although it does occur in women.
First symptoms usually appear
after IS years Of age, but the di.
sease can develop in children, Govt
| seems to run in certain families,
although records are incomplete in
this regard. 1t is primarily di.
sease of the well-to-do, and those
who indulge in rich foods.
A patient with govt should Sc
cure specific instructions from hi,
physician as to what to do if ar
attack occurs. If warning sign:
are recognized, the attack may b.
prevented. After the pain sub
sides, the patient should remain il
bed and protect his sore joints
from pressure. Hot water com
presses applied every two or three
hours, and special drugs will cas-
the pain.
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QUOTATIONS

The men and women who made this country
great and who kept it free were plain people
with faith and courage. Let us justify this
herlta5e.-President Harry S. Truman.
II the American people could See innocent
children and the aged literally dying from
starvation in the streets of German cities, I
am sure they would feel that these come
under the mantle of Christian charity.
DR.. Edward E. Swanstrom, assistant director
OF War Relief Services, National Catholic
Welfare Conference.
Without social justice and security, there's
no real foundation for peace. 1t is among the
socially disinheriteo and those who have
nothing to lose the gangster and aggressor
recruit their supporters. Prime Mini
ster Clement r. Attlee.
The UNO) Assembly must decide if it
prefers freedom Of speech and equality of
nations, or an instrument which could en-
danger the faith the peoples have placed in
the UNO.-Dr. Guy PERI Cisneros. Cuban
delegate to UNo Assembly.
India will not willingly submit to anv ~,
pire or any domination. It will be contin,,ir
revolt of millions, with a passion hehins s
which even the atomic bomb will mot s,,nn. a ~
| -Jawaharlai Nehru, leader in India 49,
pendence movement Anue'
In common with every sailor and s,,,..
WHO 1ought IN the Pacific, I am in deht :.
american journalism for the competent ~ W
ner IN which it covered the war 49, AsIaii'
'" Nanltz. Chief of Naval Operations
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bizarre commentary on the ways
Of Justice.
A man-Mr. Gill and I didn't
remember his name-was murder
ed in Asheville about 9 o'clock
one night. The Asheville police
saw Yves hanging around some
place like Pack Square in Ashe-
vile so they picked him up as a
suspect in the murder.
From time to time, various per-
sons were taken to his cell in an
attempt to fix the crime on Yves.
One day a lady, whose purse had
been snatched a couple Of years
before, came In to identify Yves
as the thief. She was positive Yves
was her man.
when did you say the guy got
your purse?" Yves asked the lady.
'Last February" she said.
"I'm sorry, lady, but I was on
the chain-gang then" replied Yves.
The records bore him out.
Later, during his incarceration,
Yves wrote letter to Al Capone,
then in the Atlanta pen. The letter
was intercepted by police who turn.
ed it. over to the newspapers which
in turn played it up as prims
facie that Yves must be a bad guy
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LETTER BOX
To The Editor:

To The Editor: .,,
I read with much interest," y4|n
editorial, wants Disarmament, ~.
believe that the only way III
can have peace on earth IS 1oI mt n
nations to disarm and l tnliA .,. .i,,
we Americans should do every N into
We can to instill that though ' -.
the minds of people OF otAei ~
tons. ,.or,s
do think we should oec .,,its
more spiritually minded anu s w"
Gods help do all we can 10 . INV
practical Christianity tnrou5 - Il
the world. We need the SPIN
love, and not force. e.
After Napoleon was sent 70 r ia
Helena he said: "Caesar, CHo, an.
magne and I conquered vas' "y bl,t
bers of people through force, al al
Jesus conquered more than "" 1--we
through love - Jesus mus
been more than a human Ogl4S y,
So, with that spirit of love- lss NV,
do all we can to feed the hunSs ID.
minister to the sick and help " IN,
ucate the people Throughout -
world in the right way to I'VE,
Carl Render
Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 81. l'7'
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BY JOHN SKIES

There are times when the cogs
Of Justice mesh too intricately
and grind away too tediously.
If that pat little homily bothers
you don't let it frighten you away.
It's just by way Of introducing a
situation in which Edwin Gill and
I had a recouecting conversation
yesterday about a case history of
North Carolina crime annals which
involves Wilmington, Al Capone,
and Colonel Lindbergh, among
other things.
Mr.. Gill Is North Carolina Com
missioner of Revenue, but OUR
conversation referred to the time
he was Paroles Commissioner.
Mr.. Gill interviewed prisoners
State Penitentiary in Raleigh where
Mr.. Gill intervi ewed prisoners
who felt they deserved paroles.
Mr.. Gill was very conscientious
about these matters. I think he
was, and is, one of the most
conscientious state officials I've
ever known.
When he was Paroles Commits.
sioner he was haunted every wax.
ing hour by the thought there
might be men, or women, incar
cerated in the Safe Penitentiary
who shouldn't be there.
There was the case of Yves
Scanlon. Chat is not his name
| In telling Mr.. Gill I was going te
mention these incidents in ar
item I told him wouldn't mention
the subjects real name because
the subject is now out on full por
don and would not care to embar
rass him, although I don't believe
Yves would be embarrassed.)
Yves was tried and convicted or
murder charge in Buncombe
county Superior colrt in Asheville
and the pre-trial, trial, and post
trial events compose a very
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
Ringing Museum

A brief Associated Press item from
Sarasota, Florida, announced that the
John Ringing estate is at last prepared
to turn over to the state the museum
and home of the circus king. The gift
has been available since 1886 but could
not be delivered because Of financial
entanglements.
John Ringing was the Barnum type
of plunger, squandering millions on
projects no careful financier --ould
touch. But he left one monument OF in
estimable cultural value-the museum,
lust north of Sarasota, and the home
into which he crowded mementos of
his travels.
The museum contains the greatest
collection of Rubens pictures in the
world. It also has large collection of
paintings by other of the worlds great
artists. But interest in the museum is
not confined to the exhibits alone. The
building is unique. During his mean
derings MIR. Ringing collected not only
statuary, but whole tiled floors OF an
Gent design. He had marble doorways
ripped from old palaces and installed
with the floors in the museum. Ship
loads of such materials crossed thf
ocean to have their cargoes finally add
ed to the display. The basement is flllet
with art Of various sorts for whlci
there is no other space.
Being Sarasotan, Mr.. Ringing hat
vision of the little West coast city III
timately becoming metropolis, AM
could not be diverted from that opinion
The consequence is the museum stand
in an isolated spot, off the main high
way, and must be sought out diligentl
- -.;-itnrs. For the sake Of its grea
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
Nick enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Harry j. Fishbein has the ability
to argue a point long and well. He
and Alvin Roth, with whom he
plays a great deal, had a battle
over today's hand, of which I have
shown only 10 cards.
South opens the bidding with one
club, North bids one heart, then
South bids two hearts. Now what
should North bid?
FisAbein contends that North
should pass, and believes that prob
ably ] out of 20 experts would
agree with him. Roth, however,
believes that North should make
another bid, and of course three
hearts is the only other bid he
can make. If South bids four
hearts, Fishbein says that bid auto
matically draws double. Roth
says South does not necessarily
have the tops in clubs. He might be
bidding short club suit and have
some strength in spades and dia-
monds. Fishbein agrees, but the
odds are against it, because North
is void Of clubs.
I will say I have found that,
whenever the bidding goes as out
lined above, one Of the opponents
generally doubles because they
don't like the bidding. Therefore,
when you 60 down with this type
Of hand you, 60 down doubled. 1t
would not be too difficult to 60
down minimum Of 700 points on
this one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
'TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
WAITING IN THE NIGHT, by
George Millar Doubleday;

0CoA6 sc ~
$2.75).
The English author dropped out
Of the belly of a Liberator one
night in June, 1914, in France, and
stayed near Besancon directing
Maquis attacks on the Germans
until the American 7th Army lib
Grated the area.
His associates, aides and ST..
periors were Albert, the French
man who pretended he was Eng.
lish; Col. NORM, the patron, who
passed himself off as a peasant;
Boulaya, "Curly" n d eventually
some Americans.
Millar's story is peculiarly pro-
sale. The stuff that made our front
pages was mostly a game: hiding
behind corners, ducking behind
trees on the slopes Of Franche'
Comte, swiping cars and gasoline
from Nazis; walking until your
legs were ready to fall of and
then blowing a few railroad
switches.
Yet it was just this sort OF stun
that helped Importantly to free
France. Men paid for this win
their lives, and willingly ran the
risk. An escapade in a village
could bring the entire village
down around the inhabitants ears
as the Germans or their Cossack
stooges burned, killed and raped
for vengeance.
The Maquis had their moments
Of vengeance, too. The handsome
La Marche as despicable cur
labo" was turnbled into grave
he dug; a couple in Darnan9s
train met the same grossly oe'
served fate. -.
One of the most abomlnao!
grotesque stories I have READ cqn.
Germs the capture Of NORM ~
was caught because he was raSn,
but then his captors beat him up
so badly that they couldn't recps,
nize in his angled features 'll'
man for whom they had hun's.
high and low for months; then Nv
was betrayed by a fellow prlS0D
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-01
The Cogs of Justice Almost Ground
Pleasant Person To Electric Chair

because he was writing to Capone.
It turns out Yves knew Capone
only through the newspapers. He
said he wrote Capone because
he thought the gangster might
help him out of his dilemma there
in Asheville.
So, they put Yves on trial for
his life. On direct examination it
was brought out that Yves had
worked in New Jersey at about
the time of the Lindbergh kidnap-
ping. Viola! BY innuendo they
arched eyebrows and implied Yves
must have had something to do
with the kidnapping. Nothing rele-
want, as they say. to the trial, but
it helped picture Yves as bad
character.
Wes' attorney brought out the
fact, completely substantiated, that
Yves had crossed the Cape Fear
river bridge here at $3.50 on the
afternoon the murder was COM
mitted that night at 9 in Ashe-
vile. The substentiating was made
possible by the fact that there was
a toll house on the bridge at the
time and the substantiating was
done by the toll taker.
Yves was driving a Model T at
the time and it was approximately
five years old.
In explaining his position on the
witness stand there in Asheville,
Yves said:
"Judge, I don't rightly see how
I could of made it here to Ashe.
vile in time to kill the man."
But they convicted him ano
sentenced him to the electric chair.
Mr.. Gill secured his commute.
ton through the then Governor
Ehringhaus.
1t was during this communication
period that Mr.. Gill and visited
Yves in the penitentiary.
Yves was apple-cheeked anc
naive. He was about 30, but acted
the part of a blushing schoolboy
He freely admitted his many runs
in with the law, but said he didn't
kill the Asheville man. "Why, ]
didn't even know the fellow" Yves
explained.
He told Mr.. Gill and me about
the time in Asheville when a
friend of his was on trial for
moonshining. It was at Christmas
time and Yves had been shopping.
He walked into the courtroom
with his arms full Of Christmas
packages. His friend was trying
to explain that he wasn't guilty
Yves walked right up to the bar
told the Judge he knew his friend
wasn't guilty.
'How do you know this?" the
judge asked him.
because it's my still and I dc
all the working around there
Yves explained.
Yves told us the judge said, "Jus-
set your packages down. Boy!"
When we were leaving Yves that
day, Mr.. Gill turned to him and
said:
ewes, believe you are innocent
and I'm going to talk to the
Governor about giving you 8
parole"
Yves said:
"We1l, thank you very much,
Mr.. Gil. But don't be In too much
Of a hurry. You see, I'm painting
the warden's apartment. It'll take
me at least three or four more
weeks. And I wouldn't want to
leave here before / finish"