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Evening star., 1946-04-06
PEIWQRIH

New Hampshire Ave. at Grant Cjrei,
JOHN CURRY MILAN, d. d.
$50 a.m.-Church School
IL 100 a.m.-"Strength for the Cro.,s
ZOO p.m.-Youth Fellowship,
500 p p.m.-.'Immortality."
Wednesday. s PIN
Evening star., 1946-04-06
MOUNT TABOR
CONGRESS STREET
DUMBARTOk AVE

,3133 Dumbarton Ave. NV.
Hother Of Methodism in Washington
DR.. CHAUNCEY c. DAY, Minister.
II 90 m.-"The Glorious Cross
800 . m.-"Christs Body and the
Churph'x SouJ
Evening star., 1946-04-06
Metropolitan Memorial

sth and Seward Square Sc
Rev. Daniel W. Justice, d. D.. Minister.
$50 a.m.-Church School for all ages
ll:00 a.m.-.Resources for Living Well,''
DR.. Justice.
300 Junior Choir
400 p.m-Intermediate Fellowship.
$40 pm-M. Y. Fellowship.
40 ma Question-Almost."
Chaplain Karl l. Darkev.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
Want To Enlist

With graduation over, it is interest,"
ing to note what the young men now
hugging high school diplomas propose
to do. An article in the Wilmington
News a few days ago reveals the atti-
tude OF a cross-section of seniors in the
Government and Public Affairs clas-
ses at New Hanover. We quote briefly:
20. the average boy finishing up
his high school career this year, finds
himself in an unusual position: for the
past tour years, until almost too late
to plan otherwise, he took for granted
that the end of high school would
mean entrance into the Army, the
Navy, the Marine corps, Coast Guard
or Merchant marine. With the undis-
turbed philosophy only teen-agers
possess, the average youngster made
up his mind somewhere during his
High school career that it would be
the service for him upon graduation"
The article, Analysing motives chief
ly dominating the position of the boys,
found four principal reasons for so
many looking forward to military
training. It is "our patriotic duty" they
say. It is our "obligation" to help see
commitments of the nation, in it's new
position of world leadership, carried
out. We can't continue our education
at college or university because they
will be crowded by GI's; military serv-
ice for a couple of years, therefore, Of
fers us the best out, after which we
can get admission to the places of high
err learning under the CT Bill of Rights,
AS the Army and Navy offer a better
education than most of us could 9TH
erwise get, it would be foolish to neg
1lect the chance to enlist.
The conclusion, based on this sur
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
Bond Approval

DESPITE Sunset Parks antagonistic
vote in the bond election, the proposal
was adopted by the greater city al
most three to one. The result is that
the City Council, through the proper
departments, may proceed with install
lations promised the recently annexed
suburban areas, including Sunset Park.
These improvements include extern
sion of water facilities, of sanitary
sewers, of the fire alarm system, ad-
ditional fire fighting equipment and
street paving throughout the annexed
regions. The cost has been estimated
at S1,O03, OO-the total Of the bonds
and the confident expectation Of the
Council on information from it's fl
nance officers is that evenue from the
services, particularly water and sew
er, will be sufficient to take care Of in
terest payments and create a sinking
fund for their retirement upon ma
turity, without any increase in the tax
rate.
By voting the bonds, Wilmington
takes another step forward. The result
justifies the faith of forehanded citi.
zens in the city's continued progress
and ultimate leadership among chief
municipalities in the state. The old
fear of bonded Indebtedness, which for
so many years held Wilmington back,
at last is disappearing. The sooner it
is eliminated the faster will be this
city's advancement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
A Long Chance

The $1,380, 900, 900 loan in cash and
credits to France will help that ma
ton back to it's old position in the
world, but only if every penny thus
placed at its disposal goes into restora-
ton.
At the same time the United States is
taking a long chance on seeing part of
che loan diverted to the cause of COM
munism and the strengthening of Rus
sia's grip on Continental Europe.
There is no reason to doubt that
Moscow's influence in France is on the
increase. Should some later national
election result in installing the French
Communist party at Paris, with a COM
munist majority in the Chamber of
Deputies, and a communist Cabinet
presided over by a communist presi-
dent, Russia, and not France, would
turn out to be the ultimate beneficiary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The treasurer of the American
Contract Bridge League, Bertram
LebAar, Jr., known to radio fans
as sports commentator Bert Lee.
has a keen sense of humor. / ask
ed him for a good bridge hand re-
Gently, and he gave me this one
East cashed two club tricks and
shifted to the king of spades.
Now" Lebhar asked, what is
the only play taat will make the
hand?"
It's a safety playa lead of the
jack of diamonds to dummy.
Declarer needs two entries to
dummy, one SO he can lead the
ten OF hearts and take the ~finesse;
then when he illnesses the jack of
hearts and casaes the ace, he has
to get back into dummy to pick
up the queen of hearts with his
king. He can ruff a spade for one
entry, and he creates the second
entry by the play of the jack of
diamonds. OF course, if West re-
fuses to win with the diamond
queen, declarer does not have to
lose a diamond trick and there.
fore he can afford to give up
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
By JOHN SKIES

It is pleasing to report that the
mails have brought me prompt
word from Mrs. Lorena c. Rawls
in reply to an item I jotted down
here the other day about a trek
I'm planning to make into Lower
Bladen county. 8
You may recall-or. on the other
hand, you may never have heard
of it-that I mentioned that Mrs.
Rawls is the Star correspondent
in Lower Bladen. Personally, I
have for a long time been very
much interested in the goings-on
over in Lower Bladen as chronicled
by Mrs. Rawls. Her items have
a honey flavor that is missing in
most of the blase and cynical
items that come into my cubby
hole from the four corners of the
earth, to coin a phrase.
Which reminds me that I am of
the unbudgable opinion that most
OF you had rather have your break
fast paper tinged with the humani-
tles-the honey, amiable humani-
ties-than the gore and strife and
perplexities that stream over the
wires into all newspaper offics. If
l am wrong, write me a note and
strife you shall have because that
is one item the OPA need not be
bothered with. 1t cannot be ration
ed and it is cheap.
But, back to Mrs. Rawls and her
note to me: "And you are planning
to take a trek to Lower Bladen and
to call by to meet your Currie cor
respondent in the near future. Wei
come to Cabin O. Wildwoods', my
country home way out here in the
swamps, bays, and sandhills be-
tween the rivers.
"But, let me inform you: you
had better wait until the road is
in better shape for travel for you
may have to linger in this direc-
ton longer than you would wish.
I will inform you when it is safe
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31

vey, naturally is that Congress erred
in eliminating the draft Of teen-age
boys. AS the article says: "The young
sters were frankly outspoken in their
belief that Congress had made a mis-
take in altering the draft law insofar
as it related to their age-group."
Unless parental persuasion is effec-
tive it is probable that the Army Re-
cruiting office here is in for a period
of lively business, now that graduation
has passed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
That Trek Into Lower Bladen
MIGHT Well Be Another Grail Search

morning and the hogs are hanging
steamingly from the gallows?
There is something about hog
killing time that brings a nos
talgic-tear to my eye and I am
sure that Lower Bladen could give
me everything I ever expected to
expect in the way of a good coun-
try hog-killing.
This, however, is up to you, Mrs.
Rawls. Any time those roads are
passable, in your opinion, suits me.
Now, about this business OF STIR
ring up the public because it is
good for them. Because of the
vagaries of human nature, includ-
ing my own, I have long since
ceased to judge what is good and
what is not good for the public. In
my younger and crusading days I
was always picking myself a hand
some tangent, climbing aboard it,
and riding wildly and galahadly Oft
on it. 1t vas my thought then
that there was a Holy Grail some
where that the public should have
and, by the beard of King Arthur,
l was, astride my tangent, going to
bring it back to them.
But, as I say, I'm no longer
certain what the public should
have, whether or no they want
1t. l have several Holy Grails
packed away in an old grain bin
somewhere that the public never
would accept. So, becoming some
What discouraged, those Grails still
are in those old grain bins.
If you'll forgive my saying So,
MRS. Rawls. I'm not at all GER
TAM but it seems to me that what
the public really needs in these
days is a place like Lower Bladen
TO head into; a place where there
are no roads and where somebody
IS ready and willing to give minute
~alrectlons to point the way to the
Cabin o. Wildwoods'.
Certainly, it seems the ni,b1ic-
n don't forget I'm a member
ol mat vast boo has lost its way
IN the maze of fancy highways
we're plunging madly down today.
oops: Sorry. 1t seems almost
nnposslole for me to keep that
(.J
Can me, though, Mrs. Rawls.
find the way. ''A'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31

for you to venture up this way and
give you full directions how to
find where I live. And you must
please let me know the exact date
and hour of the day you expect to
arrive.
THE old pot you spoke of (this
is the boiling pot in which food
was cooked for Colonials who
spanked the Redcoats in Revolu-
tionary days. is not as old as you
think and none too large. But,
really, it has a story or two behind
the covers which I shall be eager
to relate. Your article has aroused
much comment. l like to keep the
public stirred. Don't you? It is
good for them.
my faithful old colored woman
will be here to prepare you a
monday meal if you let me know
in advance when to expect you.
And, remember, l live not only in
the woods but in a house under
construction, but welcome to Cabin
O. Wildwoods'.'
Naturally, the first comment I
nave to make is about that bust
ness of the MONDAY meal. Mrs.
Rawls. Would it be better for
me to wait until the winter when
the smoke from oak and hickory
fires is comingling with the fresh,
frosty and Doggy air Of an early
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
Religion
THE BIG
BY L r. L

There is social significance in
the great parades ana mass out
pourings which have attended the
return of war heroes. People want
to feel, and to express, their soli-
darity with the Cause which the
soldiers so brillian tly served.
They, too, know themselves to
have been a part of the war.
Sheer interest in seeing the men
about whom we have read, and q
deep human desire to be a part
of the events of our times, are
other factors in calling forth the
crowds. Such demonstrations are
also an escape from the monotonv
OF life's routine. The Roman au-
thorities who provided dread and
circuses" for the populace knew
their psychology.
Since the war there has been an
increase in, religious conventions
and mass meetings. The crowd in
stlnct is stirring. The task con-
seriousness is increasing. AS we be-
hold the great companies that as
semble behind the banner of the
cross, We recall the m%ultitudes of
old who thronged Jesus.
For the mass interests and
movements of our time, we thank
Ihee, o God, whose omnipotent
Spirit is stirring the hearts of
men. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
Doctor Says
UNDULANT FEVER
!. DURABLE DISEASE
BY WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN.. NJ n

Questions received from reader.
this week included the tolovin,'
QUESTION: Is b~rucellosjs (r,9
dulant fever) completely curabIo,
Is it on the increase? Would w,
advise everyone to drink oaste,.
lied milk for this reason aIora,
ANSWER: From 2 to 3 per ran.
OF patients with ~brucellosis sI,.'
cumb to the infection. The avs..
age duration of recovered case j.,
from three TO four months. Nv,
about 10 per cent last from CIV
months to three years. Occssion,
ally, cases of long standing (eig,t
to 10 years. have been cured
For information as 10 the joci.
dence of the infaction in yonr
state, write to the director of N.
State Health Department.
When milk is properly pasten,-
lied, germs of both animal dis.
eases and human origin are d..
stroyed. The animal disease germ,
destroyed include those of Brucel,
losis, tuberculosis, foot and monk
disease, and certain intestinal all.
ments. Germs of typhoid fever
septic sore throat, scarlet fever
d%iphtheria, and tuberculosis, all NJ
human origin, are also DESTROYED
by the pasteurization process.
QUESTION: I take exception ia
your statement that a physician
can, without causing pain, insert
an instrument between tie rib,
and with it cut the adhesions in.
~terfering with lung movement. All
his is true, except that cutting the
adhesions does cause pain. What
have you to say about this?
ANSWER: The first stage is
rendered painless by insertjps
novocaine into the tissues before
the instrument is passed between
the ribs for the operation (calIed
paeumonolysis) of cutting the az.
h%esions. To eliminate pain when
the adhesions are cut, novocajne
can be injected into the base at.
tached to the chest wall.
QUESTION: I have large cal.
louses on the outside of both feet
and they hurt me a lot. l am ~
years old. I had infantile paralv.
sis when l was three years Old.
and, as a result, my feet are de.
formed. Is there any way in which
the callouses can be removed?
ANSWER: 1t will be Necessary
to have a surgical operation per.
formed on your feet to correct
their condition before you can be
free of callouses. If your physician
does not perform this operation
he will refer you to someone who
does.
QUESTION: I have started sun.
bathing under a sunJamp. VIII
this cause cancer of the skin?
ANSWER: Cancer of the skin
develops, in susceptible persons,
from exposure to the ultra-viola
rays in sunlight, following pro-
longed exposure in outdoor occu
pations. 1t is not likely that sun.
bathing under a lamp will be
harmful, if excessive exposure is
avoided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
It Is To Laugh

SeLClemenC OF Cne SIrlke Ill UIIuIllIl-
Gus coal fields is announced by John
L. Lewis and Secretary of the Interior
Krug, with President Truman's ap-
|proval. .
Lewis has ordered the miners back
to the pits, with their pay raised eigh-
teen and one-half cents an hour, and
Lewis to collect five cents a ton on
all coal mined for his health and hos
pital fund. This is two cents less than
he had demanded and the fund, instead
of coming under exclusive union ad-
ministration, will be dispensed by a
three-man board, one of union choice,
one selected by Krug and the third
picked by the other two.
In a few years this will make Croe-
sus look like g, pauper. And the CON
Stunning public, the civilians needing a
few tons for heat in winter and in
dustries requiring millions of tons year
ly for normal operation, are once more
the suckers.
The settlement is pleasing to Wash
ington and the miners. How the opera
tors will react had not been revealed
when this was written, but inasmuch
as the men who put up the money to
keep industries running have no real
voice in labor disputes it really makes
no difference how they react.
They'll pay up or Lewis, who has
repeatedly demonstrated that he holds
higher power than the government, will
order the men out again, and Mr.. Krug
and Mr.. Truman will have the whole
job to do over again, making greater
concessions to the miners, imposing
heavier burdens upon the operators,
and squeezing the consumers harder
than ever.
What a joke it is to hear Joseph
Stain castigate the United States as
a "capitalistic" nation! There is moth
ing in u national life held is such
disrespect as capital.
While bituminous coal mine opera
tors are being cornered and the con-
Stunning public bilked, miners in the
anthracite coal fields are prepared to
walk out on Tuesday unless a new
contract with this group of operators
is signed in the meantime.
If this additional fuel strike is to
be STAYED off it behooves MI. Truman
to sign the labor control bill just pass
ed by both branches of Congress. It
may not be his ideal of labor legisla-
ton, but it offers the public some
security against the predatory lords
of labor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
The People Pay

When you scatter the fog that Or
dinarily closes over federal edicts
Chester Bowles' announced intention
to add a quarter billion dollars to
American Housewives dairy product
bill early in June and the alleged pro-
posal of Congress to do away with
subsidies in the dairy industry amount
to the same thing.
In both cases, were subsidies to
take the place of advanced costs of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
Editorial Comment
HOGGING AND BOARDING

This period Of inadequate supplies and TN
precedented demands for goods might be
eased considerably if all Americans acted
win FAIRNESS, dl1e consideration for others and
a sense OF individual responsibility for the
IT, good in a time of extreme difficulty.
- ~ nia?ofl'y Of Americans probably do ty
t " reiraln from seeking to get more than
vuho sla[e' out there is a large minority
VINO seem to think only of themselves any
VINO resort to practices which can onlv msle
Dispatch. $50 LILIES
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31

Guidepost
By JOE WING
ALEXANDER OF MACEDON, by
Harold Lamb Doubleday;
$3.50.
BY JOE WING

If Harold Lamb wrote this book
to prove that despots have a To-
in common, he did pretty we'll
At the same time, ne made a rat
ting good story as usual out Of
ancient chronicles - stepped up
with a few psychological theories
plus hypothetical conversations
that lend verisimilitude to what
might otherwise be bald and uA'
interesting interludes.
Alexander the Great, as my
history book used to call him.
took Greece even easier than Hit
Ter took Germany. Using the army
perfected by his predecessor he
brought the divided city states 70
their knees, and wiped out Corn'l
as an object lesson to all VINO
might stand against him. Then 70
get more living space, protect n'
borders and gain control o. the
seas, he led his phalanXes a3aIn''
the dominant Persian empire.
Once started he didn't know
when to stop. In fact ne dldn
stop until far past the horizon o'
the then known world when, i'll
India, a mutiny among bis Owl
troops turned him back.
Relying less and less on veteran
generals, more and more or n'
own intuition, he i%mproViSed SURF
fire tactics, drove his engineers i"
marvellous technical attainmenS
At a sign of disagreement III
purged his top command rutAiSSs
ly. His troops, quite correct
first in their attitudes towards wv
conquered, became more haraens'
with each battle, finally mas"
cred whole populations.
Alexander finally went 10 p-s,%f
after standing ne s'n
for something more '132 '
years. But it was malaria Ds
poison, that got him, and ne va
at the height of his po"sr IS..t.
than at the collapse OF his t"
pire.
The collapse came at.ar"a.a ''
with the Hellenic world 5red4.-'
up into the elements Of Macs1"@
Asia Minor, Egypt and ba0s .,.s
Yet the deeds of AlezaHde1 .
afterwards, physically for gen., al
atoms and in the minds Oh I"''
even now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31

milk. cream and cheese, the money
would still come from the people.
Every dollar drawn from the national
Treasury, whether for foreign loans,
subsidies or peanuts, went into the
Treasury in the first place from the
taxpayers.
It's always the people who pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
TOP o. HI MORNING

O man, I beseech you do not treat
Gods promises as if they were curiosities
for a museum; but use them as every
day sources of comfort. Trust the LORD
whenever your time Of need comes on
Sturgeon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
STAR Dust
Nothing Missing

N'"oiAS MISSING
"A certain notorious Broadwo,
spender recently a~ccosted . 1920 may
college mate, a rather b,rouI
out Woodworking financial s,,c.
ess, ana tainted him about his
shabby appearance. o'' Ills
why observed the spend+hr;f,
candy, Il do believe that's vow
there" Sou We go1
yes" was the cheerful replv.
and I still have my grandfathe1sSs,
land also. Don't you wish i1 els )
could say that, too?"-clipned o0
Naturally
Colonel Tackhale, of vicksh,,re
was a gentleman of the old schno1
1ree and easy and of verv con'
vlVlal habits. On ne street ono
morning, about 9 O'clock. he
cnanced to meet an old crow,
whose company he had shared ny
the evening before.
'Cuh'nel," called out his friend
how do you feel, subj"
Inc colonel snorted at the MN.
Sensical nature of the query.
Major" he declared tartlv .1
ieel K h, sub, as any Suthron
gentleman should feel, sub, at This
hour Of tho maWnin'. "-WaJI Street
Journal.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-09
ATOM SPIES:
Russ Reply

Canada's disclosure of an atom
spy ring had ticklish diplomatic
ramifcations with Russia's angry
protest against the dominion's an
nouncement of the news without
prior consultation with Moscow with
a view toward correcting the stu
alton.
Though admitting that the soviet
military attache had received atom
ic information from Canadians,
Moscow said the data was of a mi
o nature and the recipient official
had been recalled when it learned Of
his activities. 1t was limited that do
minion's action was calculated to
impair Russian prestige at a time
when the Reds were advancing the
cause of independence for subject
people in the United Nations organ
ization.
In discussing the atomic informa-
ton its military attache received,
Moscow declared that it consisted of
data already compiled by Russian
scientists or included in a book by
DR.. Henry Dewolfe Smyth of Amer
lea. A consultant to the army on
manufacture of the A-bomb, Smyth
detailed atomic developments from
the l920s through the war, but omit
ted vital figures in the formula for
producing the necessary materials.
AS the Canadian case developed.
pressure in this country increased
for added safeguards Tor protecting
Americas secret Of manufacturing
the A-bomb. Declaring that more
atomic information had been di-
vulged since the introduction Of the
A-bomb than during actual work
on the project, army men were said
to have charged some of the leaks
to scientists discussions.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-09
SnOOkum Russell WOtCs En-
at X. r. Mems Club Dance

The Railroad Mems Benevolent and
Social club presented Snookum Rus
sell and his orchestra as guest band
at the club Saturday, Feb. %. A large
gathering of dance lovers was on
hand to dance to the sweet tunes of
Snookum and his orchestra. The dance
was given by the World War Veterans
II. A group of ambitious young men
who have just returned from the serv-
ice. They are all members of the rail-
road men club. Some Of them are
large shareholders in the club. These
men hope to bring to their club for
their members and their guests, more
outstanding attractions and some of
the nations best bands. Now get your
friends together and come on out to
your club, and enjoy the comfort Of
your beautiful lounge. The club is
open daily from 2 p. m. until l p. m.
If you are not a member, come down
to the club and be interviewed for
your membership. Delicious meals are
served daily.