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The Nome nugget., 1946-08-09

Sec. 1. That the Northern Light & Power Company, a corporation authorized to do business in the Territory of Alaska, and it's as signs, be and they are hereby empowered, authorized and in vested, for a period of twenty years, with the right of construct ing, owning, equipping, using and
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-26
Tn All Its Beauty

The hundreds of persons who ex-
plored the beauties of Greenfield Park
on Sunday will need no encouragement
to return time and again during the
next two weeks or so as the blooming
season advances. They saw enough to
draw them back.
1t is to other Wilmingtonians who
have not yet realized that despite recent
inclement weather Towering plans there
there are unfolding their magnificence
in the full abandon of spring that this
is addressed. This is especially true of
the azaleas which are now too charming
to miss and will be in full bloom in
matter of days.
Dogwood is whitening. Wisteria is
lavendar rope, and sometimes
white, up tall pines. To pass any of it
up would be to rob ones eyes of feast.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-26
Not This Year
Thoreau.

Because congressional elections are
not 80 far off, and because the Army
does not wish to have universal military
training and selective service in force
simultaneously, coupled with the House
Military Committees desire to study
the military picture in relation to world
trends, there is little prospect of Presl-
dent Truman's training program being
adopted this year.
One committee member unnamed in
Washington dispatches says there had
been some thought of taking the pro-
posal up after the November vote, but
considers neither the House nor the
Senate would have time to take action
thereon before the December adjourn
ment.
When 1e47 finally rolls around
present disturbances may have been
adjusted and the world generally have
become reconciled to peace. In this
case it would appear Mr.. Truman's
universal military training proposal
will be dropped without further ado,
and the United States depend upon the
draft and voluntary enlistments for
the necessary standing army and re-
placements in the occupation zones in
Europe and Asia. This, certainly, is a
consumation to be wished.
Enforced military training of Ameri-
cas- youth is so contrary to the prin-
ciples of the nation and includes such
threat of totalitarianism, it's adoption
would be a grave mistake.
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Rationing Folly

Former President Hoover gives an
irrefutable reason for not reviving food
rationing in this country. 1t would re-
quire three months, he says, to put the
rationing program into action again and
the food crisis in Europe 'is question
of the next four months"
Mr.. Hoover made this statement at
a press conference in Paris, just before
he left for Rome, and after completing
his survey of the food situation in
France. He added that rural residents
in the United States would not be Of
fected by rationing, and, in any case
Americans would act more generous
ly on voluntary basis.
The present need is to get food to
areas where the menace of famine ex-
lists now and where it will spread with
dire consequences, unless food is sent
to the imperiled population, until har-
vest time.
Washington proponents of rationing
revival have failed to think their propo-
sition through to a logical conclusion.
Mr.. Hoover's opinion, based on obser-
walton of the sowness with which
bureaucratic programs are initiated
ought in all reason to end the threat
originating in the Office of Price Ad-
ministration and enjoying the approval
of President Truman.
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Deserved Death AS Spy

Rudolph Hess opens his defense be-
fore the international Military Tribunal
by assuming full responsibility for his
actions and denying that the court has
Jurisdiction to try him.
What has worried us ever since
Hess landed in Scotland is that he was
not tried by drumhead court martial
as a spy and executed forthwith. Ger
tainly such action was justified.
Hess flew into enemy country. He
displayed no white flag. But for his
forced landing and consequent injury.
he would have gone about his mission
secretly and doubtless would have at
tempted sooner or later to fly back
to Germany as covertly as he had come.
Is this not the custom of spies, save
they do not always arrive in planes?
His rank, as Hitler's No. 2 man
assuredly did not change his status
After getting such information from
him as possible, the British would have
performed their duty by shooting him
instead of holding him prisoner fol
years.
What right has he to question tn,
jurisdiction Of the international Tri
bunal before which he is now under
going trial as a war criminal? w
know Of no other spy treated s
leniently.
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Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Mrs. Helen Levy and Max
Schwartz, both of Newark, N. j.,
won the Eastern States mixed
have led the third trump and de-
torney, is a lover of tournament
bridge. During the tournament ]
watched him make the contract on
today's hand.
The combined holdings of the
North and South hands more or
less warrant a slam contract.
The opening spade lead was won
by declarer with the nine-spot, as
East refused to play the jack.
The king of hearts was led and
Schwartz was surprised when East
won with the ace. If another
round of trumps had been pulled
before the heart play, East could
have led the thir dtrump and de-
feated the contract.
East did make a nice play. He
returned the six of hearts, but
Schwartz played low and trumped
in dummy. He then picked lrp the
trumps and led the four of clubs,
and when dummy's queen held,
he discarded his losing diamond
on the ace of clubs.
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York OutdOne

Major General Harry C. Hale is deac
at "a. He graduated at West Point in
1883, the youngest in his class, and was
retired at Cd in 1925. He saw service
in the Spanish-American war, the
Philippines Instruction, the Mexican
border troubles, China and the First
World war.
But the exploit that gives his mill
tary career extraordinary significance
happened in a Sioux uprising in the
Sitting Bull era. 1t was even more
notable than Sergeant York's capture
of German soldiers. We note this in
the New York Times:
"While stationed at Fort Bennett,
S. D., he took part in the Sioux Indian
campaign in the winter of 1890-91
Here he was the central figure in a
notable feat. He went out alone in the
frozen Bad Lands to hunt for the band
of Sitting Bull, which had disappeared
after fight following their ghost-dance
and the death of their medicine man.
He located the Sioux, said to have
numbered more than $50 men, on Cher
Try Creek, and brought them back cap
tives fifty-two miles into the post,
single-handed."
Naturally a grateful government
wished to do the right thing by the
lieutenant. He was recommended for
the Congressional Medal of Honor,
which ultimately was denied him for
a strange reason. The Army regula-
lions call for actual combat in any
case where the medal is to be awarded,
and Lieutenant Hale had accomplished
his mission without the firing of a
shot.
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Wilmingtonian To Receive First Aid
From VAS Hospital Plan In South

In saying that he's a Southerner
I'm not strictly correct. He's orr
ginally from Allentown, Pa, but
he married in Wilmington and he
considers himself sort of adopted
|Southerner.
There are some things Mr.. Roth
rock does remember about his SER
vice in the Navy. While she was
on the Quincy he touched at about
all the countries in the world, in
Guiding South America, Africa,
France, and so on. Before the
Japs first struck, he'd made five
trips to Pearl Harbor.
It must be pretty annoying to
realize you made a trip, though,
across most of the Pacific, proba-
bly, touching at any number of
ports and being in any number OF
hospitals, without remembering a
thing in the world about it.
Still, at the present Mr.. Roth
rock is safe and sound and he's
willing to swap his bit of forgetful-
ness for getting back to America
all in one piece and breathing. And
with the very good chance of be-
coming completely well again.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-26
BY JOHN SKIES

1t is probably poetic justice that
the first ex-serviceman who will,
receive disqualification under the
Veterans administration localized
medical plan in the South is a
man from Wilmington.
You see, Wilmington is one of
the first cities in America which
will have access to this plan The
plan, as you probably already
know, is designed to give medical
treatment to veterans who received
wounds in the war at hospitals,
and under physicians, of their own
choice. And the Legion here has
put up such scrap to get the plan
inaugurated, after the News had
directed it's attention to the action
in Michigan, where the proposal
originated.
The ex-serviceman in question
had quite a harried experience in
the war.
First of all, he was in the SER
vice-Navy-for nearly six years.
Prior to Pearl Harbor he was
aboard the heavy cruiser, Quincy.
Among the many ports of call he
made was Montevideo and he was
there when the Nazis scuttled the
Graf Spec, about which 50 much
was made when the English were
closing in on the German sea
providers which were making ports
of call all over the world, includ-
ing so-called neutral ports.
Anyway, William Rothrock. the
e-serviceman about whom am
talking, saw the Graf Spec after
she had been scuttled. The Nazis
made a pretty thorough job OF
sinking their own ship, he tells
me.
At the present time, and until he
goes to the hospital for treatment
of the wounds he received in &C
ton Mr.. Rothrock is working as
plumber here. He'll probably
90 to the hospital any time now.
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AMERICAS GERMANY: AN AC.
COUNT OF THE OCCUPATION,
by Julian Bach, Jr. (RandOm
House; S3).
Finished only last Jan. /, and
so not tagging very far behind the
daily paper, this books surveys
Americas attempt to denazity and
democratize our corner Of Ger.
many, and concludes that We are
doing better than lots OF critics
have pretended.
Our intentions, Bach assumes
are honorable, but the problem is
astounding complex. We have
stopped trying 70 kill Germans, ne
says; or in reverse. it has now
become our duty to prevent star
walton, which means We must ship
food. We have destroyed industry
so effectively that Germany is
back in "the bicycle age" we
have bounced Nazis from political,
educational and industrial posi-
tons; we mete out justice much
as at home.
While it is principally phys-
cal, administrative matter 10 keep
the Germans from Threatening the
peace again and to turn them INTO
an agricultural people, the difficult
ty as Bach understands it IS 10
teach them ito reject a Nazi point
OF view and act instead in demo
cratic spirit"
He cites the case of Dr. vii.
helm Hoegner, minister president
of Bavaria. A proved anti NaA
more than 20 years, he neverthe'
less opposes any loss of German
territory, denies the peoples re-
sponsibility for Nazi crimes, even
thinks the war was partly the
fault of the Allies since they play
ed along with Hitler.
he mas Germans nOIClHg tuS0S
opinions: that Truman is novel
list, penicillin a coin and, most sur
prising Of all, de Gaulle az Amer'
can general.
Most surviving Nazi MINDED
Germans, he says, are young ratn'
er than old, women rather than
men. In a poll of women OF all
ages, more than half thought tAe--
country's greatest need was a
new strong Fuehrer."
Germanys greatest need seems
actually to be schoolmarms, or
copies of this book.
JARROLD'S DICTIONARY or
by Robert H. Hill Chr dWWWtgL,,
DIFFICULT WORDS, compiled
by Robert H. Hill (HoWeli' oOS-
kin; $3.50.
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Doctor Says
Spring MEANS
ULCER TROUBLE
BY WILLIAM A. O'BR1FN \,

My neighbor is back in bad d.,
ing his duodenal ulcer 3 cbancs s' "
heal. %
1t is queer that, while ulcer, :,
the stomach or of the duodan,eOl'
has tendency to develop or rao o,il
in the spring and the fall M NJ MI
knows of any reason wav t Hue
should be. Physicians warn tbat NY
ulcei patients at this TINA NJ ~
year to go on the alert md
start their management progr,,O
Just as soon as the first .ign i,
trouble appears. '"
Most ulcer patients dislik. ~.
idea of going back on their onn
special program of living, but u u
saves time and effort in the Iors
run. wig
Stomach or duodenal ulcs, I,
produced by destruction, tbr,ra'
acid secretioas, of the lining msn ~
Orane. ulcer has been likened to
hole in the lining of a coat. II ~
hole develops in the sleeve linz.
just over the armpit, it is dno
denal ulcer. 0"O'
Ulcer is really selt-digestion =.
the inner lining. This does not no,
cur under normal conditions :,
most ulcer patients are nervous i,
dividuals. '
The increase in duodenal uls.s
in the military forces is easilv ~.
planned by the type of life our mill
tary people lead. Excessive mill
tary strain produces many ulcer,
which might otherwise have be-,
avoided.
Ulcer patients know their own
story well. They describe thar
stomach pain as gnawing, grind,
ing, aching, or cramplike. In som,
of them it closely resemble. ordi.
AAoA AAoAA6S1 pd4llSs
The pain comes on a few min.
utes to several hours after eating
and it is relieved by food or alkelj
1t sometimes wakes them at night
but seldom is it present before
breakfast. Crackers or q glass NJ
milk at the bedside table is a good
nocturnal pain-reliever.
There is usually sore spot 0, or
the ulcer, and the ulcer patient
points it out without difficlty.
The best treatment of an ulcer
is to follow to the letter your phys.
clans advice. An ulcer patient
does well when he takes sugges.
tons from his own physician and
from no one else.
Most ulcers respond favorably to
medical treatment in the begin.
ming. Those which refuse TO heal,
Or those which are complicated,
may be subjected to surgical oper.
alton later.
The best approach to the ulcer
problem is through a better under.
standing of ones self, as ulcer is
not local disease. Every time a
potential ulcer patient allows
himself to be overcome by feelings
OF anxiety, hostility, Illustration,
resentment, guilt, or aggres.
sion, he is that much closer to hav
ing his ulcer come back or to max
ing it worse.
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The nature Of his wounds, and the
incidents subsequent thereto, make
his case a very interesting one,
l think.
He was doing service on an Let
in Pelelieu. His Let barged up tc
an island called Angut. Rothrock
started to 60 down the ramp with
Ia landing crew when, bingo.
something happened. Next thing
he knew he woke up in a Naval
hospital in cambridge, Md. This
was two months and two days after
he was wounded.
During all that time he was
either unconscious or semi-con-
scious. At any rate, he doesn't
remember thing that happened
to him from the time he was hurt
there on the approaches to Angur
and the day he woke up in the
cambridge hospital.
Mr.. Rothrock isn't quite clear
just what happened to him. He
said his doctors told him that a
Jap rifle bullet caught him in the
head when he started to go down
that ramp. He saw some Of his
shipmates later and they told him
the handle, used to raise and low
er the ramp, caught him as he
was getting ready to put ashore.
At any rate, he's going back to the
hospital for treatment of whatever
wound it was. And, as I say, he'll
be the first Southerner, 50 far as
current records show, to receive
S,1ch tre atrnenf
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Religion
Day ByDay
THE yOLUBLE ARAB
nv WILLIAM +. ELLIS

Once. while waiting for several
DAYS in a palace at Judah, on
the Red Sea, for an appointment
with King Ibn Saoud. OF Arabia,
7 had an amusing experience with
one of the servants assigned to
me He was an Arab soldier, a
light-hearted. irresponsible young
fellow. who evidently regarded the
foreigner who was the kings guest
as a Croesus.
One night, after my desert rem
devious with King 1bn Saoud, the
soldier came into my room and
began to talk with me, confidingly
and pleadingly. Laughiagly, l tried
to make plain to him that l did
not understand Arabic. But he
thought he could make himself
understood by much speaking. |
later learned from my Interpreter
that he was begging for new out
fit of clothes.
aye receive not, because ye ask
amiss." Our prayers may 90 ur-
answered because we do not speak
the language in which God must
be addressed - the language OF
faith, OF obedience, and of simple
reliance upon the Fathers will.
Save us from meaningless pray
ers, our Rather; from speech that
does not hold the substance of real
ity and sincere desire. Amen
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-26
STAR Dust
The Complete Husband

In ancient days certain Orien-
tai king discovered that, while he
ruled his kingdom, he was, in turn,
ruled by his wife. Anxious to find
out if this alarming condition was
general among his married sub
jects, he called together all the
men of his court, of both high aud
low estate, of all trades and pro-
|fessions-a true cross section of
his kingdom. Then he caused to be
set up at opposite ends of a great
field two flags, at one end a red
flag, at the other a white flag.
"All of you who are henpecked.'
he commanded, will gather under
the red flag, while all of you who
are not henpecked, whose word is
complete law in your own homes,
will stand under the white banner.
I charge that you exercise compete
honesty in your choice"
When the sheep had been Sc
parated from the goats, great
host was discovered under the red
flag, while under the white flag
stood one solitary man.
"Ah," exclaimed the king, one
man who is absolute master of his
household. I will inquire his
secret"
Tell me, brave man, do you
rule your home .absolutely?"
yes" was the reply, IT am un-
disputed master"
We'll. observed the king, edo
you not feel very lonely here all by
Would you not feel better
with the others at the other end of
the. field?"
Eyes, your Majesty, I would"
said the home tyrant, "but alas l
cannot join them. This mornino
was taking leave Of my wife, when
she said, Now remember. stav
away from crowds WALL Street
Journal.
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Editorial Comment
Land Prices

Prices of farm lands in ten states North
Carolina included, are now above those Of the
peak of 1920 This is due to better prices fol-
crop products
This economic condition is evident in the
prices paid for farm land at the sales before
our courthouse doors. In some cases prices
paid have averaged well over 5000 an acre
Farm land is not the only item that mas in
creased in price. Building material, some
manufa ctured products and many other things
have had their increases - not to mention
wages.
All this is excellent If the situation does not
get out of hand and bring about imitation and
consequent depression.
The American Bankers association advises
that the effectiveness Of initiation controls
and how well the people remember the bitter
lesson of Is years ago" will determine whether
or not there will be another boom and after
wards another decline similar to that which
followed the first World War-Herttord Coun-
ty Herald
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DIPLOMATS ARE HUMAN

Meanwhile, the little people-the
mothers, the sons, the fathers the
daughters-can only wait and place
their faith in the diplomats.
1t is great pity that the millions
who want peace in Russia, Bri-
tain, the United States, China and
all other nations still find them
selves at the mercy of policy-mak.
ers who, despite a flock OF good
intentions, are fallible humans
after all.
Anderson Is. c. Independent.
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House Plants

you want your potted house plants to
Tourist. sink their clay roots into second
POT filled to Its brim with sand or peat moss
mat Is kept moistened This process is known
ss plunglng." The soil in the flower pot then
ula"s s, Its moisture through its porous clay
eo'' Inc potted soil is moistened more uni.
,ormly. there is less danger of packing too
liIil !y Tor the. good of the plant, and plant
nutrients do not leach away in surplus water
1orloa Department of Agriculture Bulletin.
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Final Test OF Lewis

Settlement of the General Motors strike
switches the spotlight from Detroit to Wash
ington and from Reuther to "John L.. He
loves that bright light Nobody delights more
in its glare. This time 1t will show him up.
He has his supreme opportunity and his final
test, because the large scale production OF
manufactured goods now depends on him and
his united mine workers. If they are reason
able, the wheels begin to turn; If they de-
mand impossible terms. the machine Will be
stalled again. Lewis will show whether ne Is
an economic statesman or a demagogue-
Richmond '(Va) News-Leader
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QUOTATIONS

Each war is greater in Obstructive ability
The peoples of the world have got to take
and make the United Nations their instrument
for peace,-Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Americas Plenty

The United States is producing and con-
Stunning more food today than ever before in
its history
as 100 per capita consumption now is 10
compared with an index OF per capita con-
sumption Of IS in 1921
And in addition consumption of more ex-
nensive foods has increased more than the
Consumption of the simpler dishes The people
Of America are spending more to eat more.
Americans could give Europe enough to per,
nit millions to live and still have more food
than they had in 1910 - Columbia Is g
Record
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TOP O. THE MORNING

That virtue which we appreciate Is as
much ours as another's. We see so much
only as we possess.
ThOreau.
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.heLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS

AMERICAS GERMANY: AN AC.
COUNT OF THE OCCUPATION,
by Julian Bach, Jr. (RandOm
House; So.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-25
Fots, Oils To increase

Washington. July 9 - tUP)- The Agriculture Department to- day promised Americans somewhat larger meat supplies, plenty of eggs at reasonable prices and possible increase in fats and oils.
 It said there also should be about as much turkey as last year and only slightly less chicken
 Larger meat supplies per person than a year ago and near-record egg supplies will tend to keep egg prices from rising more than sea- sonally during the Summer and Fall it said.
 Department officials said the an- ticipated increase in meat supplies stems largely from the prospect of an all-time record corn and wheat crop.
 They said this will enable produc- CTS to feed their cattle and hogs to hevaier weights. In addition, some producers probably will hold back bred sows, which otherwise would have gone to market, result ing in larger Fall pig crop
 The Fall pig crop had been ex- pected to slump IT percent because of the tight feed situation. How much record corn crop would off, set this reduction was not certain.