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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
BY OVID A. MARTIN
Associated Press Farm Reporter
First OF Five ArticIesl

WASHINGTON, May 6. -(R-
There is no great mystery about
Americas food emergency.
The emergency-with restrictions
on flour, with mills closed fol
lack of wheat and with the govern.
ment tagging in exports to famine
stricken areas abroad-reflects this
simple fact:
Even with its abundant produc-
tive ability, the United States has
not been producing enough to feec
Americans at the comparatively
high rate at which they have beer
eating since the war ended, and al
the same time help missions Of
war-destitute abroad.
Americans and their food Of
ficials did not recognize this ir
time, even though the Department
of Agriculture was warned last
October by one of its own bureaus
that a shortage threatened.
Let's turn back a year. The ma
ton had come through a winter Of
disturbing food shortages, particu-
larly of meat, fats and sugar,
Grumbling and complaining were
heard on every side.
Congressional committees investi'
gated the situation. One was head
ed by the present Secretary Of
Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson,
who then was a member of the
House from New Mexico.
These committees found much
fault with government food man.
agement policies. They recon-
mended changes. 1t was upon the
basis of these findings that Ander-
son was made Secretary OF Agrl-
culture.
Anderson set out Immediately
to get more livestock products to
satisfy both war and domestic de-
mands. But not long after he took
over the war ended. This permit
ted cutbacks in military require
ments and the immediate channel
ing of larger supplies of meat to
civilians.
By late fall the civilian supply
was swollen further as a result OF
policies which encouraged farmers
to feed a large volume of grain to
livestock.
Consumers began to smile again.
but some complained because the
government continued rationing.
There were cries in Congress to do
awav with wartime controls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
mt want to travel great distances Tor
L.. holm thew need,

MI want to travel great distances for
the help they need. .
The Baruch committee, Doctor Rusk
exnlained further, believes there is neeo
FIR ~one-stop rehabilitation centers In
the larger communities, and adds that
at present it is necessary for handl-
capped persons to go to as many as
twenty clinics to complete a program
of preparation for gainful work.
Many persons in this large group
he declared, are in hospitals because
there is no other place for them. Ii
cared for in these centers, which may
be built at much less cost than hos
pitfalls; their going would free many
hospital beds to others needing medical
or surgical attention. Furthermore
the cost of operation, says Doctor Rusk
would be no more than So a day, per
patient. which is much lower than hos
pital rates.
Naturally, the work of. both mobile
and one-stop centers would be concen-
trated upon educating the handicapped
for s~elf-support, and so relieve them
from any feeling that they are not a
part of the community.
AS mobile health units have proved
successful, particularly in sections of
the South where medical care has been
unavailable, there is no reason to ques-
ton the desirability of the program
proposed by Doctor Rusk. On the con-
trary, there are many reasons to think
it would put many handicapped persons
in the way of earning their living and
give them the comfort that comes from
financial independence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Nick On
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Maj. Russell j. Baldwin,, former
Tournament manager of the Ameri-
can Contract Bridge League, walk
ed into my office not long ago, just
back from Tokyo, where he had
spent some time on a special mis-
sion for the Ordnance Department.
We were soon discussing a par
ticular hand in which the major
put a play over or me years ago.
Against Baldwin's three heart
contract, my opening spade lead
held the first trick and l continued
with the ace of spades. The third
spade was ruffed by declarer with
the deuce of hearts. He went over
to dummy with a diamond and led
the three of hearts. East should
have played the ace, but after
some study he played the jack and
Baldwin won with the King.
Now Baldwin went into a deep
study, realizing that if I held the
ace-queen-nine of hearts. there
was little he could do about it.
However, l reasoned that Bald
win must hold the ace and king
of hearts: therefore when he led
a SMALL heart towards the ten-spot,
I suspected that he was trying to
trap my queen. Consequently, I
went in with the queen, and Of
course East had to win with the
ace.
Thus my partner and l holding
the Observation-Disclosures of
trumps, managed to make only
one tr1Inn trick
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Doctor Says
ADDISON DISEASE
OFTEN DUE TO 7. B.
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, NJ. n

BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. y
The outer portion OF the adrena,
gland supplies a secretion which
helps to control salt, sugar, and
water metabolism in the BODY
When too little secretion is pro.
duced> from this portion of the
gland, in Addison's Disease. the
patient suffers from weakness
nausea, and vomiting.
These spells can be helped bv
injections of flucose and salt solu-
ton by vein, but in more severe
cases extracts Of the adrenal gland
must be given.
The usual cause of Advisors
Disease is tuberculosis of the
adrenal gland (only IS per cent
of all cases result from destruction
of the gland due to other causes.
The disease is most apt to occur
in men between 30 and so.
The use of extracts of the
adrenal gland and an extra ouan-
tity of salt in the diet permit the
patient with Addison's Disease to
be relatively free of symptoms, al
though in the past most of the
sufferers from this disease
led invalids' lives.
Friends and relatives of a per
son stricken with Addison's disease
may be the first to notice that his
skin looks dirty. If the condition
starts in the summertime, the skin
color turns to a rich brown: the
fading usual in the fall and winter
does not occur, and link = spot"
freckles remain. The lining of the
mouth, the gums and the tongue
are often spotted with dark brown
pigment.
Patients with Addison's Disease
usually feel fairly well if they take
it easy and if they consume an
extra amount OF salt and doca
(desoxycorticosterone), a drug
which al be injected under the
skin, taken by mouth, or sew
ed under the skin in pellets for a
prolonged effect.
Cortin is an extract OF the
adrenal gland which is used dur
ing crises of nausea, vomit-
ing, weakness, and complications,
as it is usually more effective than
doca under such conditions.
Addison's disease is recognized
without much difficulty in light
skinned persons, but members of
races which normally show Excess
sive color may develop Addison's
Disease insidiously.
In Addison's Disease, excessive
weight loss may be experienced,
and an effort should be made to
prevent this. Foods rich in DO
tassium should be avoided; as
there is a constant tendency TO-
ward dehydration, water should
be taken frequently.
Well = treated Addison's Disease
victims are kept free of weakness,
nausea, and vomiting, although
the brown skin color may never
completely disappear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07

u HE WIN
DOWS, by Sean O'Casey Mac
milan; $3.50.
That tragic land, Ireland, from
the time of brilliant Sean O'Casey'S
poverty stricken young manhood to
the bloody Eastex rebellion of 1916
when Pearse, Connally and Clarke
paid for their rash leadership with
their precious lives, is described
here in prose as riotous and out
landish as the events themselves.
Like many of his countrymen,
O'Casey is a severe critic Of his
country. The very people who
shouted loudest for freedom and
would do battle for it, saw in a
play by the gentle, innocent
Synge a feast of horror, indie
cency, blasphemy, and smut" and
those who howled it down outside
Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre
were the voice of Ireland: ''hoarse,
hollow, and hasty."
Hyde, Sean says, was something
like a bell in Sackville Street:
"chiming the hours sweetly away,
but never hardening into a tocsin
to call the people to a battle" De
Valera three decades ago was "a
young man full of the sever dead
ly virtues, punctual, jealous, stu
dious, pious and patriotic"
But for DR.. Michael O'Hickey,
who was thrown out of his chair
in Maynooth college because, IN
opposition to the bishops, he
wanted to teach the native tongue,
O'Casey has. warm, deep praise,
and this b o k, third autobio-
graphical work by this author, is
dedicated to him.
Accounts of the transit strike,
and the big rebellion, which
O'Casey saw and suffered, are
mastery. And you will cringe at
the hardships which a boy had to
endure to come to literate man
hood: a home without enough
food, a brother-in-laW who lost
his mind, a sister who died and
left a brood of hungry children,
funerals that had to be held even
when there was no money to pay
for them.
Some admirers Of O'Casey's
plays may complain that his writ
ing no longer has the str%aighttor-
ward simplicity of. say, Juno and
the Paycock." Mannerisms out
OF Joyce, and puns that NAV be
inspired by the same fellow Duo
liner, fill some passages to over
flowing. But h e n the literary
man relaxes, its grand, ana
there's no denying the great vital
lty and urge of his pen, and the
D o sweep of the work as a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Help For The Handicapped

Following studies of the Baruch
Committee on Physical Medicine, DR..
Howard A. Rusk, former director of the
Army Air Forces rehabilitation pro-
gram, has laid before a House Labor
subcommittee a plan for mobile rehabili-
tation centers. They would move from
community to community. Their chief
advantage would be to make available
to handicapped persons who are IN
Av hat assistance can be had or do
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
STAR Dust

me pump can be primed onlv
with food. Without food Germany
cannot support the minimum trans
p%ortation and industry. Without
coal Germany cannot produce
fertilizer and unless it produces
fertilizer it is unable to improve
Its own food supply.-Lt-Gen.
Luclus D. Clay, deputy command
er' u S. forces in Europe.
Fat, rich gooey pastry in these
mes! What We need here is a
pastry holiday.-Fiorello H. La
Guardla, UNRRA director.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Religion
Day By Day
SOMETHING TO CHEW ON
By l. T. L

SOMETHING TO CHEW ON
Sonnet religious books are Cruel
for babies - thin, sweet and senti-
mental. Woe unto the Christian lie
that is fed only on these. there
are strong meat, to be chewed and
we'll digested. On these stout spirits
thrive.
If l were to make a specific
criticism of current religious
literature, it would be that there
is a dearth of fact books, and over
many devoted to speculation. The
facts of Bible history, the facts of
Bible lands, the facts of archaeolo-
gy as they bear on the Scriptures,
the facts of Church history, the
iacts of present religious life -
tnese r nourishment FOR the mus
cles of the soul.
Like Timothy of old, we would
Give attendance to reading"
Grant us, Lord, the gift of dis
elimination, that we may read
cnlefiy Thy word, and books that
'sned light upon its pages. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS

DRUMS UNDER THE WIN
BOWS, by Sean O'Casey Mac
milan; $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Duty To Vote

This matter of casting a vote IN a
nublic election has lost so much OF Its
true significance that the average OF
persons visiting polling places mark
their ballots without full knowledge OF
the candidates or the measures they
support. Their pencils are guided for the
most part by prejudice rather than rea-
son.
Further, so few citizens eligible to
vote visit the polls at all that minorltles
are victorious instead of majorities,
which was the intention of the Found
ing Fathers, who in accordance with
sound democratic principles proposed
that the majority of the people should
select public officials to carry out their
wishes.
A brief article, written by Ralph
Bushnell Potts, which brings the right
and the obligation to vote into plumb,
has come to the Star. It reads:
"The blood of free men stains my
ballot sheet. Whatever others may do,
I shall not carelessly make my mark.
I vote not because I can but because
I must. Those that died for this, my
voice in my government, had a right
to expect that I would prepare with
every faculty to use it wisely, honestly,
and courageously. They did not die
that fools, blind partisans, or the reck-
less might make a game of free cleo
tons.
"Only my secret heart knows whether
l justify the definition of voter as they
wrote it in the r%eddening sand. If I
love my country as they did, I question
my qualification again and again.
IT carefully study the issues and
candidates to determine not what is best
for me or my minority but for my
country.
II will not be confused or deceived
by propaganda, slogans or hlStrlonics.
I shield my eyes to the glitter of per-
sonalities, purge my mind of passion
and prejudice, and search diligently
for the hidden truth. I must be free
of all influences save that of conscience
and Justice.
II vote as if my ballot alone decided
the contest. I may lose my preference,
but I will not throw away my sacred
vote. For within the booth I hold in
my tumble hand the living proxy of all
my country's honored dead"
With this in mind, it behooves all
persons of voting age but who have
failed to register on the past two Satur-
days, to visit their precinct headouar-
tiers next Saturday and be enrolled. that
they may share in the primary election
on May Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Fair Enough
BY wEsTBROOK PEGLER

Copyright, 1916, by King Features Syndicate,
Inc.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Must We Fight Again?

Most people who observe the signs of
the times as reflected in the daily press,
in forum discussions, and the observa-
tons of informed commentators, are
seriously asking themselves if another
wal is inevitable.
Walter Lippmann, who has just re-
turned from Europe and whose first
article on his findings there appeared
on this page yesterday, says the con-
sensus among men in high places whom
he interviewed for the most part is
that another conflict is inescapable,
that it will start between Britain and
Russia and again draw in all nations.
Some few hope that it may be avoided,
but most claim that as "heirs of the
Axis" spheres of influence will lead
all too soon to unsheathed sabres.
In a broad way this was said prior
to the appearance of Mr.. Lippmann's
enlightening article by a group of
editors at home again after a three
weeks tour of the American occupation
zone under sponsorship of the War De-
partment. Seen at the Pentagon, where
they reported to Secretary Patterson,
it was explained that they had selected
no spokesman and the comments of
each were to be accepted as strictly
individual views. There was general
agreement among them that food short
ages and lack of Russian cooperation
are the g~ravest problems in Europe
today.
The question of relieving hunger is
being answered we'll if belatedly. but
Russia has shown no inclination to CO.
operate except when the other leading
Allies yield to her wishes.
That the other great powers should
nave permitted Russia to get the upper
hand is the more difficult to understand
because of the way it came about. From
the time the collapse of Germany be-
came obvious these other powers, chief
ly the United States and Great Britain,
began to placate Moscow in the alleged
interest of harmony, and, with no
thought that their meekness would en-
courage the Russians to increase their
demands. It was the old policy of ap-
peasement, in the practice Of which
Great Britain paved the way for Hit
|ler's conquests and threw the world
into conflict. Is Munich so soon forgot
ten?
1t may not be too late to prevent
World War III. If it is not to come
Russia will have to be shown beyond
peradventure of doubt that the first
exhibition of open belligerency would
rob her of her war gains and 90 far
toward her extinction, along with the
other powers, with atomic bombs as the
chief weapon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07
Food Emergency Hit United States
Because We Didn't Think 1t Would

not on UNRRA's list got loans
and other funds with which to
buy food.
When it came time for this coun-
try to supply foreign food baskets
emptied of their own meager har-
vests, there was not enough left.
Tomorrow: - Surplus seen last
fall.).
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-07

There's one of each OF them in every office
the fellow who wants to borrow a dollar
cause ne gets paid tomorrow and the fellow
Who can: lend him one cause he was paid
Observation-Disclosures Evening Star.
Evening star., 1946-10-27

SURE wish Congress or somebody
would hurry up an get tn sex
problem settled.
1t must be terrible confusin' to a
lady never to know until she opens
tn door to lunch wagon or restau-
rant if it's a low dive or a nice
joint.
know how it is on tn other sex.
A man has got to watch out or he
will land in tea shoppe. An you
can't even trust a barber pole.
It's liable to be BOBBY trap for
a permanent-wavc saloon.
Our regular customers amt sex
conscious, l guess. because we get
men. women an children. There is a
sort of family atmosphere around
here, except Bumps Rafferty, points
out that at home you can take your
shoes off.
Well. anyway. me an Jake Bulls
got to worryin'. What we were
wonderin' was whether we ought to
put up sign invitin' tn women
especially.
PEoPLE come transientin' past"
Jake says, IAN tn ladies in tn car
do tn decidin' about where to stop
an eat"
That's tn way it is in our carl
agree. What do you think we ought
to do?'
I'VE ought to put up suggestive
sign," says Jake.
"Suggestible," I corrects him.
Evening star., 1946-10-27

Suggestive amt quite what we're
after"
well, then, we ought to say
Bring Your Wife an Kiddies',"
Jake argues.
Too corny," tell him. How
about Ladies an Gents Welcome'?'
Too highbrow an stuffy," is
Jake's feelin'.
Some joints put out a sign read
in Booths for ladies'" he comes
back.
They might think we didn't want
'em sittin' at tn counter" l say
to Jake.
50 THIS went on until yesterday
when guy sticks his head in the
door an asks if it is OK. to bring
his wife in.
''Sure," tells him, ''anybody
is welcome here SO long rs they
behave themselves right"
"How do you expect fellow to
know you want women trader" the
man chides us.
I'VE was thinkin' of sign," Jake
starts to say.
Just what you need" this fellow
interrupts. Look Only four dollars
an fifty cents - installed freer' An
he holds up sign he is sellin'.
We don't think much of it. 1t Just
says Ladies Invited" an amt got
much oombh, but we took it an it
settled the argument at least for the
time bein'. -WAllY bOREN
Evening star., 1946-10-27

LONG DAY, loads of work to
do? -. stay alert and inter-
ested but relax and be
comfortable too. Don't
crouch like a tiger and tense
up. Sit upright, bend for
ward a little from the hips.
Feet must be firm too, not
wrapped around a chair.
Evening star., 1946-10-27

1RiplE-P0sED DRAWINGS show
how back, neck and eye
strain result from bad pos
tore. Good tyPing tech
nique means less fatigue,
fewer errors, increased
speed. With good typing
technique and the right ma
chine it can be much easier.
Evening star., 1946-10-27

PLACE YOUR HANDS in rest
position, forearms parallel
with the keyboard (about
800 angle). Don't pound
the keys just curve your
fingers anduse a lingering"
motion. Put rhythm into
your strokes. Don't arch
your wrists relax them.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-07
One-Hander Becomes A Good Hand At Sea

PLYMOUTH, England-(P)-Bill Salter wanted to go to war-and did, despite the fact that he was born without a right hand.
 Rejected by the RAF, he volun- teered and was accepted by the Royal Observer Corps and was posted as an aircraft identity ex- pert aboard the liner Empire Broadsword which took troops to Normandy and brought wounded men back.
 Salter has been listed as missing since the Empire Broadsword struck a mine and sank.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-07
Coin Lost 60 Years Found For Owner

MOUNT VERNON, Wash.-(P) Franklin Good, 77, has recov- cred a 50-cent piece he lost in 1883.
 The coin, which Good earned by shooting ducks with single barreled muzzle-loading shotgun, fell out of his pocket and rolled into a mortise of home he was helping his father to build.
 Recently he heard new owner planned to rage the building and told him of the lost coin. It was found within a few inches of the spot where Good remembered dropping it 60 years ago.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-07
Victory Clothing Collection Drive
 Starts Here

NEW YORK, Jan .7-Dr. John w. Studebaker, Commissioner of the U. s. Office of Education, has called upon the nations school children, college youth and educa- tional leaders for utmost support in the Victory Clothing Collection for Overseas Relief. His statement was made public today by Henry J. Kaiser, nation chairman of the Collection. Mrs. Carl Glavinovich is chairman of the Nome Victory Clothing Collection.
 Dr. Studebaker pointed out that school children, college students, school administrators and teachers through spirited cooperation in the April United National Clothing Collection helped collect clothing
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-07
PAGE FIVE

which aided 25,0OO,0O0 war sui ferers in Europe, China and the Philippines. Pointing out that mil lions of other ill-clad children, women and men overseas are suf- fering and dying, he said the need of clothing is imperative.
 In letter to superintendents of city and county schools, and to presidents of colleges and univers- ities, Dr. Stakeholder said: "Now I am asking you to marshal all of your forces again for the second nationwide clothing drive"
 The Victory Clothing Collection in scheduled in Nome for Jan. to l2. The national goal is 100000 900 garments in addition to shoes and bedding. Each contributor, MT. Kaiser said, is invited to at tach a message of goodwill to clothing gifts, "a message to warm the heart"
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-07
THE NOME GET
CIs Protest DemObiliZatiOn Showdown

MANILA, Jan. 7-(P)-At least twelve thousand American sol diers jammed into the shell-bat- tered ruins of the Philippines Hall of Congress last night in noisy but orderly mass protest to the demobilization showdown.
 They thundered approval to a resolution calling for Congression- al investigation. Boos rang through the hall as an enlisted man, acting as chairman, read a statement by It. Gen. Styer, commanding the army forces in the Western Pacif- ic, explaining the delay of home bound trips.
 Earlier thousands of milling en- listed men marched to Gen. Styer's headquarters and sent in a com mittee of five, who were told by the general that changing inter national situation" prev n e sending all eligible men home at once
 Long before six pm. service men began gathering, climbing the twisted masonry fronting the great flight of ruined steps to the capi- tol entrance where makeshift stage had been set up and a wheezy loud-speaker where one soldier orator asserted "Since the last regulations were promulgated every guy in the army has had his release figured down to the last minute. Now the War Department showdown leaves everybody up in the air"
 Meanwhile, a charge was hurled that uniformed man, represent ing himself as an officer, exam ined hundreds of soldier telegrams to Congress, which had already been turned in at the cable office here. Earl Baumgardner, manager of the Manila branch of the Radio Corporation of America, said the Filipino night supervisor on duty early today said a man wearing a United States Army officers uni form, entered and the officer de- manded to see the files and read them. The manager declared the man had no authority to examine the files and violated civil and criminal codes.
The Nome nugget., 1946-01-07

There are some six thousand species of orchids.