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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-13
Hoey's Strong Stand

Addressing the Gastonia Chamber
of Commerce, Senator Clyde R. Hoey
demanded revision of the National La
Dor Relations Act so that the "unjus.
titled discrimination in favor of labor
unions should be eliminated" This is
particularly important not only beca1se
of it's unassailable truth but because it
was uttered almost on the eve of the
reassembling of Congress and of strikes
called in the steel and meat packing
industries, the rapid strike spread in
the telephone and electrical industries,
in addition to the still unsettled walk
out in General Motors plants.
The Senator rang the bell when he
noted that pressure groups and min
GRITTY factions have too long been fav-
ored in legislation by the courts Ever
since the start of the Roosevelt admin
istration the minority group of labor
has basked in especial favor from the
White House, obviously for political
purposes, and to the disgust of many
workers who have had no choice but to
follow their leaders, like sheep their
weather, as well as to the disad-
vantage of the people at large and in
dustry and business in general.
What, then, shall be done? Mr..
Hoey said the people should demand
equality before the law for all, and
cease this special favoritism for or
gained groups. The public interest
should be paramount" Here, again,
Mr.. Hoey speaks truly, but the public
sorely needs leadership, if it is to re-
gain its lost privileges-that is to say,
get a square deal at the hands of the
government.
With the strong position of Senator
Hoey in his Gastonia address, North
Carolina and the entire country will
look to him for this leadership, so far
as his voice and position may be exer-
cised.
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QUOTATIONS

The advance Of science has only taught us
how to destroy the world; it has not inspired
us to preserve the world by living together
in harmony and peace.-Dr. Max Drob, former
president, New York Board of Jewish Mini
Sters.
The time has about arrived for the govern
ment to take a stand in favor of production
rather than Northumberland, Kan,
Jaurnal-World
Great mass revivals like the Youth of Christ
Movement and the Methodist Crusade. which
are attracting crowds too large for Madison
Square Garden and Boston Arena indicate
that we are on the road to spiritual awaken
ing in America.-The Rev. DR.. Allen E. Clax-
ton, New York City.
After the restrictions Of the war years. there's
pent-up urge to travel that will find outlet
in travel volume, the like of which never
has previously occured-Binghamton N. Y.
Press.
At last the time has come for world govern
ment We should surrender enough of our
sovereignty to insure world peace.-Sen. Glen
H. TAYLOR Of Idaho.
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LETTER BOX
HELP THE DUTCH
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
You remember that on Dutch
Hospitality Day. we invited those
young Netherlands Marines to our
churches and OUR homes, and be-
came acquainted with many OF
them.
We reaped a rich reward in the
palmetto gratitude of those boys.
one hostess wrote to ask a guest
back for the next Sunday. but in
MS reply, expressing his appreci.
auon, ne said of the letter "He
com to late" And many of US
Ie!t that our invitation, DELAYED
tla November, almost com to
But we treasure those visits Wa
did have with them, and we tell
eacn otner many a tale Of the hard.
ships they and their families
nave endured and still endure
One Of our family's guests had
oeen IN concentration camp till
MS weight Che is a broad stockv
Iellow) had got down to 100 pounds.
another had been hiding from the
Germans for five years. Now
they have, most of them. been
shipped to Java, perhaps never to
see home again In the case of
some. Vase VI
=. But their thoughts are not for
themselves as much as for their
families at home, in a deva stated
land where everyone is hungry and
cold. One lad told of a cornrnpn;tv
coat which a whole neighborhood
uses because they have only one
among them. Even those with a
iitle money left cannot eat it. and
IN the stores they cannot buv the
necessary food. They can't get
such ordinary necessities, as we
regard rice, raisins, coffee. tea
chocolate. Wool yarn for knitting
IS precious, and when we saw orr
store counters full of it, we knew
ne boys were gone!
For they spent their tiny allow.
lnce on things to send home How
eagerly they bought as far as their
'lttance would 20. And they have :
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-13
TOP o. THE MORNING

From the Mayflower compact to the
Declaration of Independence the ideals
which produced America were drawn and
nurtured from the Scriptures. They were
drawn from the Decalogue, the Ninety
first Psalm and the fifty-fifth chapter of
Isaiah; from Amos, Hosea and Micah;
from the Sermon on the Mount and the
Lords Prayer; from the 18th chapter of
Hebrews and the thirteenth chapter of
LIST Corinthians. All these are not merely
a part of tradition and literature of Ameri-
ca. Insofar as America is civilized socie-
ty, these are America.
We may be wiser than our fathers. If
we are, we can doubtless get along without
the source of strength and vision on which
our fathers drew. That, at any rate seems
to be what millions of us are doing.
Stanley High in "Here Lies Americas
Power''
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The Fergus Project

The association of the name R. C.
Fergus with expansion of the seafood
business carries weight that no Will
n,ingtonian will fail to appreciate.
After years illness and absence
from. business, Mr.. Fergus declares he
is as we'll as ever and ready to give the
project of distributing seafoods over
as wide an area as Norfolk, or even
wider, and bring the center of this
great industry at least two hundred
miles further into the Southland.
What pleases this community most
is that it is headed by one of our own
outstanding citizens, is employing local
capital, and will provide work for cas-
tern North Carolinians.
The Fegus company is building a
,000-pound freezing plant on Water
street which will be in operation within
a month. 1t will receive the catch from
six points and serve territory never
before touched by the products of this
sea area.
It is such plant as this, and
variety of others to come that will
keep this community on the postwar
prosperity map.
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written back from home how yer,
welcome those American things
| are.
Now. there was a thoushtfu,
group OF young women of our city
who devised an excellent plan. anG
called on the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce to help them carry Il
out. Those men took it Up heart.
lily, and did the practical and sen.
slble thing. They went to the
camps and interviewed the com.
manding officers, and they in turn
asked the boys, in the name of the
Wilmington people, to give names
and addresses of those of their
families who are in need.
The boys responded eagerly and
gratefully. And the result was a
long, long list given by the boys.
with deep faith in the promises OF
their friends. Perhaps there are
three hundred families on that list.
1t represents the deep heart long
ings Of those poor fellows now far
separated from their people, and
it shows that they are trusting us.
But we aren't fulfilling our
promises-yet. About ten per cent
OF those names have been taken
by individuals and groups, and
boxes have been sent them. Manv
additional names have been OBJ.
tanned, by those Of our community
most interested in the boys, and
boxes are constantly going to Hol-
land. But those which were par
ticularly asked for, in the city's
behalf, lie waiting at the U.S.O. at
End and Orange.
Our city does not fall down on
its promises. We have got the
most neighborly and human folks
on earth, when we remember toI
dig ourselves up from under our
extra burdens, and get busy. |
So, let us proceed with no more |
delay.
The procedure is this:
Get from the post office the two
papers which are to be pasted on |
each package. Get from the U.S.O. |
he name and address of a family, |
'r two or dozen. Take your post
,ffice slips and they will type
hem.
Get from the closet all the warm
lothes you can possibly spare. [
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Get from the grocery some small
items such as were mentioned
above. Get from Mrs. Ell. Tinsa
Or other Dutch folk, additional sus.
gestlons of what things re most
needed.
Pack your box, and wha a good
time you will have doing it! You
cannot send a big one, for the
weight must not exceed eleven
pounds, and combined girth must
not exceed ~ inches.
Some of us may h ave felt that
1t doesn't matter if we drop our
undertaking now, as so much relief
is being distributed in Europe,
But-wouldn't you, if you were all
the time hungry and cold and !,
you were Dutch and had retuseu
to ask UNRRA for help, bit were
trying to keep yourself alive WIN
out charity-wouldn' you jlst love
to get a box in the Interlationsi
Parcel Post, from that msrvelou'
country your boy told you aoou.,
from those wonderful people WI.
promised to remerh ber you,
need? Then, when ypu found
warm coat for yourself and oas
for your little girl, some soou ~
and the needles and thread to sew
1t, some food you thought you
would never taste again-no"
would you feel?
Wilmingtonian
Wilmington, N. c.
X Jsnuarv - 1915
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CPS and Occupation

Discussing the discomfort of Ameri-
can soldiers retained in foreign service,
De Witt Mackenzie, writing from
abroad, says the GI's viewpoint is
easily understandable, and he has done
& magnificent job, but now that the
fighting is over he wants to get home
to his loved ones.
If that were the whole story, says
MIR. Mackenzie, the only concern would
rest in how long it would take to de-
mobilize the American forces in Eu-
rope. But it isn't the whole story, by
long shot, he says, adding: "for when
the CT gives up his duties as part of
the occupation troops Of Germany, he
must be replaced by another we'll
trained soldier-or at least there must
be sufficient requirements so that
America can maintain powerful force
in the Reich indefinitely"
Mr.. Mackenzie further explains:
'tLong before the war ended, the
Allied leaders had decided that there
was only one possible way to insure
the world against further German
aggression. That was for Allied troops
to occupy the fatherland over long
period of years, during which the peo-
pie would be re-educated in the ways
of peace and democracy.
eve invited the second World War
and got it-by our failure to occupy
Germany in 1918 and finish off the
job. Now we are faced with a similar
problem. How will it be solved? Well,
a lot of Germans are thinking, and
hoping, that in year or two there
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in North Africa. One day he saw
rather large French or Moroc.
can hog. He didn't know which.
But he'd eaten a lot of barbecue
in eastern North Carolina and he
figured the boys would enjoy such
m ca ], even though Rocky
Mounts Bob Melton was far, far
away.
He inquired the price Of the hog
from its owner, French-speak-
ing native. This seemed a little
high because it was $500 (sic) for
the one hog. Even an American
hog. Mr.. Lea figured, wouldn't be
worth that much, with or without
OPA. So, he let that pass for the
time being.
A few days later the native
came back with two hogs. Told
Mr.. Lea he'd take 1,40o, or one
can Of black pepper, for the pair.
Mr.. Lea gave him the black pep
per.
1t seems, according to Mr.. Lea.
that the natives in North Africa
can rustic up cart loads Of money.
mat is, they could when he was
there. Naturally, these conditions
VIII change when, and if, neeo.
tlations are made in some future
year for the French and Ameri-
can governments to get together
10 discuss what is technically de-
scribed as loans. That, of course
is beside the point.
But the natives didn't have pep.
per ana they We're willing to trade
anything for it, more evidence of
the simple truth that everything is
relative. after all
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So We Go Far Afeld And Find Arabs
Fishing Like We Do At WightsuiUe

the invasion that was scheduled
for japan.
Mr.. Lea didn't forget about the
fishing industry while he was
rendezvousing on the shores Of the
Mediterranean. He watched the
Arabs seeing just as he'd watched
the boys around Topsail Inlet do
because the Arabs fished just like
they do on our outer banks, in
Guiding the beaches at Wrights-
vile and Carolina. Only most Of
the work in North Africa is done
by hand; no winches, horses, and
other such means Of power our
fishermen use.
But Mr.. Lea and his CT friends
got precious few of the fish caught
by those Arabs. And for a fairly
obvious reason. It seems the
Arabs hadn't heard a great deal
about OPA. They asked, and re-
ceived when they sold, the none
tary equivalet of 81 per pound
for their catches.
So, what Mr.. Lea and his mates
did, not having a superfluity Of
four dollarses, was quite practical
and upheld the global reputation
the boys attained for ingenuity.
They simply tossed hand grenades
overheard and up came the fish
very obligingly to be popped into
the skillets. North African fish,
even though they may not speak
the American language, have lit
tie resistance to depth charges of
INT.
Another thing you might like to
know about Mr.. LEAFS experiences
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-13
BY JOHN SKIES

You will be happy to learn, no
doubt, that they catch bonitas,
mullets, sardines, langouse, and
octupi in the Mediterranean OF
the shores of North Africa.
If langouse bothers you, don't let
it. It simply is the way ]. Hamp
Lea, Jr., and I decided to spell
shrimp in North Africanese. We
pronounce, it, if you're interested,
longawse. We do not know whether
this is correct.
I'd never have known about the
fishing situation in North Africa,
nor about langouse, if J. Hamp
Lea, Jr., hadn't called me over
the telephone and delivered a doc
umented scolding-this is the way
we effete scriveners term a verbal
cl1as1ising-over some casual and
1 thought innocent, remarks I
made about shrimps the other
day.
Mr.. Lea is the son of J. Hamp
Lea, Sr., OF the Hamstead and
Lee ending-in-a branch of the
family. Lea, pere, probably has
sold more fish, wholesale and re-
tail, than anybody else in North
Carolina over the past good many
years. Let me hasten to remind
you that I said probably. The fish
merchants are very sensitive.
They are remindful, in this light,
of the tobacco warehousemen in
Tabor City, Whiteville, Lumber
ton, Wallace, Clarkton, and so on,
who will prove to you at the drop
OF an auctioneer's inflexion that
his market pays the highest price
for your tobacco. Tobacco ware.
housemen's superlatives are more
numerous than Hollywood
I wouldn't wish to become in.
volved in who, or whom, sells the
most fish in North Carolina.
I knew Mr.. Lea, Pere, in those
days when I was called "Mullet, ;"
although really 1 wanted to be
known as "Big Shad."
Well, it seems that when I wrote
that shrimp cocktail is about |
as luxurious an item these DAYS
as those mink coats they're ad. |
vertising for dogs, Mr.. Lea. fills
did not care for the comparison.
Why didn't I use my time, he said
in a tone of voice over the sele-
phone, pointing out the high cost
OF frequenting night clubs? Or the
price of 100 proof Bourbon? Mr.
Lea! l work nights and I haven't
seen any Bourbon since they pack.
aged it in fruit jars. So how would
know about such things?
Anyway, Mr.. Lea considered 7
vas casting aspersions on the
'arlmping industry when I sue-
sested it was worth at least
rip to your banker when Won de-
;ided to order a shrimp cocktail
wasn't. I merely wanted to ex- |,
plain why three or four shrimps
lea1 OF lettuce, and a dash or
10 of Worcestershire cost vo,
about the same as you once ex-
,ected to pay for a table d'hote
Inner.
Mr.. Lea, fills, really wasn't
'coldlng me for keeps. though. We ,
lad right pleasant chat at his ,
ISL place down on Water street ,
Which he operates in a partner .
nip with a Mr.. Smith. Young Lea !
just back from more than three !
ears overseas with the 5e1st ,
,ombat Engineers. He was in on :
nat business at Dieppe back in ;
~ and on and on through such :
laces as Anew, Oran, Kasseraine !;
ass; Gala, Randuzi, an d Mes. :
ina In Sicily; Salerno, the Rapido :
!ver, Naples, and Rome. Their
larselles nd on upward in q
outhern France. Just before the .
toms burst, he was making for n
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Editorial Comment
SUBSTITUTES FOR sUGAR

II lack OF sugar is shadowing your enjoy
ment OF fresh grapefruit, what about drizzling
corn syrup over the top Of your grapefruit
halves! Top the golden citrus fruit with dab
Of jelly or jam-currant, grape and apricot %
well. Ever try maple syrup spread on grape
fruit halt for breakfast? - Baltimore Sun.
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OUT OF TIME

Musicians in France have declared that the
whole world is sadly out of tune To correct
the trouble, they suggest broadcasting the
standard pitch Ia" over all networks. It also
might help if the people who syster, aticallv
play or sing off key could be persuaded to STAY
off the air. - Washington Evening Star.
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A HARDY SOUL

hardy soul has offered to remain on q shin
under atomic bomb attack, to report on the
effects. Evidently he plans to be his own Ghost
writer. = Washington Evening Star.
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Several years ago Monty Woolley played
Kris Kringle on department store platform
during bond rally Suddenly he burped One
woman in the crowd was shocked.
Woolley leaned forward and rasped: "And
what did you expect, madana-chimes?"
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Then there's the one about the pretty-face
who refused to hang mistletoe at Christmas.
With a twinkle in her baby blues she Good
mo sir! I've got too much pride to advertise
for the ordinary courtesies lady has a per-
feet right to expect!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-31
BY FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW

Off Bikini Atoll, July 30-tUP)- The two bombs of Bikini exploded with entirely different results, Each was a tremendous spectacle to be- hold.
 The Able Day test, July 1, was a bomb dropped from an Army air. craft, detonated above the surface of the water, and intended to in- flict damage on superstructures of the target fleet below.
 observed this mighty demonstra- tion from an airplane which &C., ccnpanied the bomb from it's Kwa- jalein base. This blast was at once spectacular and deceptive. It fol- lowed the exact pattern of the three other atomic bombs The test bomb exploded experimentally in New Mexico July 16 of last year, then the two others dropped in rapid suc- eession and in deadly earnest on Japan Aug and which were in- tended to blow her out Of the war, and did.
 First, there was a blinding white flare as the bomb actually burned up air and atmosphere in an incan- descent dome mile in diameter. The dome then became red fireball with licking tongues of flame reach ing out like forked lightning to ships far distant from the center of the target.
 These phenomena occurred in a fraction of a second after which winds officially estimated at 1000 miles an hour followed shock waves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-31
Regains Station
Regdins Station
 Lost Rajah' Proues He Was Not Cremdted

London. July 3l - (UP) - The highest court of the British empire the judicial committee of the Privy Council-ruled today in favor of the Host rajah" of Bhowal in his 26-year fight to prove that he was not cremated on funeral pyre in 1909.
 The court ruled that the man who claimed to be Ramendra Narayan Roy, Rajah of Bhowal, was in fact the rajah and not mere pretender as claimed by the rance of Bhowal, Roy's wife. -:..
 The strange case has been fought through the Indian courts for years and reached the Privy Council this year.
 At stake in the action was the in- come of BhoWal, small but rich principality with revenue estimated at more than s4oo,o0o year.
 The story began in Darjeeling in 1909 when the rajah, the rance and her brother were living together in the famous Indian Summer resort. The rajah became i'll and apparent ly died Apri Is, 1909. The next morn ing his body was carried by mour- ner to the burning pyre for crema- ton.
 The rance claimed the cremation was completed.
 The rajah. however, claimed that as the torch was being touched to the pyre monsoon squall broke,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-31
Nazi Cohorts See Little But Death For Varied Crimes

trop, the champagne salesman turned diplomat, is next in the front row. Whatever dignity or bearing he may have had is gone. The dapper Ribbentrop is an old man, dull faced and apprehensive.
 Keitel, Kaltenbrunner Rosenberg, Frank, Prick, Streicher, Funk and the pious Schacht complete the front row. Behind them sit Doenitz, the infamous admiral, Raeder, also beaten Nazi naval man, Shirach, Sauckel, Jodl, Won Papen. Seyss- 1nquart, Speer, Neurath and Frit- sche.
 Poland Awaits Frank
 They are neither pretty nor im- pressive. Little Frank blinks behind dark glasses. If he escapes the moose here. Poland is waiting for him. He was once the governor gen. eral of Nazi Poland. Prick might as well be hanged now, too, and get it over with. Norway and Czechoslo- vakia want him. Seyss-1nquart is another whose tale is just about told He bossed Holland during the war.
 All listen intently Four interpret CTS are always on duty. Each ques- tion. each answer instantly is trans lated into Russian, French, German and English Every seat in the courtroom has its headphones. Each headset is equipped with a four way dial Turn the switch and you get 1t the language most convenient to you.
 Now the trial which began Nov. 20, l945. is almost over. Six weeks from now we should know who is to die and who Is to live.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-31

radially outward from the central point of the explosion Smoke ob- scured the entire target array and the atomic cloud arose swiftly like nightmare mushroom into the sky We were flying at 1000 feet, and it passed us going up faster than I could lift my head and eyes to fol- low.
 The storm was over and the cloud was dead within l5 minutes after which it spread out into a dirty, brown, then, many angled line of vapor across the whole sky.
 The quick diminishing &f the atomic storm led many observers to the erroneous conclusion that the bomb was near dud and that dam age was negligible. When we flew low over the target array the next day, however, our eyes were opened wide by the panorama of terrific damage below. The almost new Jap anese cruiser SakaWa was sinking, the modern carrier Independence which was regretfully placed in the target array only because no older carrier was available, was a warped wreck. Two transports and two de- stroyers were on the bottom, the battleship Nevada, cruisers Pensa- cola and Salt Lake City and many other battlecraft were badly dam aged.
 Lowest In Efficiency
 This bomb was perhaps of the lowest efficiency of any of the five thus far detonated and it was al- most 700 yards off the bullseye, but its effect was devastating. The very fact that 1t missed the target by wide margin demonstrated that you only have to drop an atomic bomb in the general vicinity of target that a near miss does not have to be very near-to smash 1t beyond recognition and to subject to radio logical activation all life within a wide area.
 The second Bikini bomb, first ever