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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-07-17
Veiiko novih his

Zvezni stanovanjski urad po-
roca, da je bio V prvi polovici
tega leta pricetih, ali pa re do
grajenih 4O6 900 novih stano-
vanj. Gill je V tenn in prihod-
MEM letu dogotoviti do diva mi
lijona novih stanovanjskih his.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-07-17
ASIA ZNIDARSlC:
PriSIi SO pred IjUdsko sodbo.. -.

toliSki partizan in ii 81 njegov
morilec, samo cato, ker nj no.
tel zapustiti svojih tovarisev.
partizanov. Sc enkrat ii povem:
sramota, da 81 zupnik!!"
Vojni kurat, katoliski duhov-
nix DIR. Peter Krizaj je bill ka-
plan cerkve in moriSea pri Sve-
tenn Urhu. Bill je tudi sodnik
"crne roke". Cinicno je nago-
varjal neko zeno pred usmrtit-
WHO: "DuSo ii Sc lahko RESIN,
zivljenja pa mic vec."
Franc Cerkovnik, duhovnik IL
St. J~erneja, je bill desna roka
najvecjega zlocinca vseh teh, XII
so danes pred sodbo V Ljublja-
nj, mnozicnega morilca Koruna
ma.
Duhovnik savora, bivsi
upravnik Vajeniskega donna V
Ljubljani, je prav tako med OBJ
tozenci. Sc Sc spominjamo, kak-
Sna mocha narodna osvobodilna
postojanka je bill V zacetku Va
jeniSki dom. Sc Sc spominjamo,
kako so ponoci fantje odpirali
okna in prepevali Marzeijezo,
da 10 je bilo cuti dalec pc oku-
pirani Ljubljani. Potem je pc
sem utihnila. Savora je zbral
listo osvobodilnega gibanja med
vajenci. Savora jih je pretepal
V kleti Vajeniskega donna, on
jih je postavljal ma cesto in jaw
ljal okupatorjevi policiji.
Vsi ii duhovniki so IL sole
profesorja Ehrlicha in kranj-
skega dekana Skrbca, "a kate
rega je lastna matt rekla, da bi
ga umorila, preden je postal
zlocinec, &c bi vedela, kakSen
bo.
zena il Grosuplja govori OBJ
tozencu ma %razpravi: "Zdaj ii
povem: ko 81 dial blokirati naSo
vas in priSel delat preiskavo V
naSo hiSo, sem V njej skrivala
svojega moza-partizana! In ku-
hala sem "a osem p~artiZanov!
JAZZ in vsi smo delali zanje. Zdaj
ii lahko povem! Tt 81 mi umo-
ril hCerko! Sc nisem naSla ME
mega groba in Sc ga iscem po-
vsod. Toda zdaj ii vsaj lahko
povem!"
Sc in Sc prihajajo price, mai
vec kmecki ljudje, in vsi imamo
obcutek, da so Sc tn, V sodni
dvorani, pred obrazom tistih,
pred katerimi so Sc nekoc ire
sill, pred tistimi, kateri so jim
nasilno urejali zivljenje ma sve-
tn in pc smrti, kateri SO podlo
zlorabljali vero, ii ljudje prvic
sprostili. Nekaj velicastnega Je
V tel sprostitvi. Tu Sele do kon-
ca spoznamo, kako pravicno je,
da je Cerkev locena cd drzave.
Pc dveh tisocletjih 81 upajo lju-
die prvic povedati oblastnikom
in duhovnikom, &c SO zlocinci,
da so zlocinci.
In nj samo V Ljubljani tako.
V Sarajevt je sodilo ljudstvo
pozigalca in klavca Sarajevske-
ga Polja, ustasa Jozo Madjara.
V crnogorski Podgorici je OBJ
pozigalec partizanskih his
in morilec stotin partizanskih
druzin, oficir Nikola Popovic.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-07-17

Go je clanek IL reVlJe Nass
zena". liz leta 1916, XII izhaJa' '
Sloveniji. PriGa kakO tezka Je
bila borba in kako dOlgO bo sc
vzelo, predno Sc duhOvi umiri'
10 in narOd pOstane enotna
duSa.0
Morrill, so lastne ljudi. Sloven-
ci SIovence. Ovajali SO mas oku-
patoriu. Zaradi Nth smo trpeli
DO ieCah, zaradi Nth smo bill
muceni in zaradi Min so nasi
talci padali, SO bile on%ecaScene
na$e zene, zaklani nedolzni otro-
ci. Italijani so sami PRIMAL:
mi Sc nismo spoznali V tel de-
zeli. &c ne hi imeli zanesl jivih
Slovencev, Sc ne bi znali obr-
niti V Liubljani in ma dezeli, ne
bi vedeli, koga maj umorimo,
koga zapremo, koga poSljemo V
internacijo.'
Da SO bill ii izdajalci samo
naihuiSi zlocinci in mic druge-
ga. govore njihova dejanja do
wolf iasno. Tista usmiljenka, Sc
stra Antonija, XII je ma infekcij-
skem oddelku ljubljanske boil
niSnice dala otroku preVeliko
koIitino morfija, da je mali
umrI in rekla: Sal te nj Skoda,
sal 81 partizanski otrok' - 81
Iahko poda roko z ustaSi, Xxi so
Z a proslavo Pavelicevega rojst-
mega dine zaklali tisoc otrok. Ii
liudie SO ubijali cato, ker so Sc
bali, da jim prosvetljeno ljud-
stvo ne iztrga IL rok oblasti. To-
da to je bio tudi ubijanje cara
di ubijanja, naslada mad muce-
MEM samim. PObudniki tega in
mOrilci SO danes pred ljudsko
sodbo. Ali smemo te, XII ma pri-
mer danes sede ma zatozni klOpi
V Ljubljani, pc vsem, kar so
storili, Sc imenovati ljudi?
Zlocince gleda in posluSa V
dvorani in ma ulicah preko woo
nikov sto in sto ljudi, ki so pc
sreci uSli njihovi morilski roki.
Tu so interniranke in INTERIM
ranci, tn je zbrana visa tista
Ljubljana, XII je V Stirih letih
$la skozi njihove mucilnice, tn
50 svOjci onih, XII jih pc krivdi
izdajalcev ne bono nikdar vec
videli. Moramo Sc spOminjati
Raba, Dachaua, Mathausna,
RaWensbrrucka, Auschwitza in
neyidnih grobov nash ljudi. Ma
obrazih posluSalcev nj izraza
veselja mad maScevanjem. LIE
nekO z~adOSGenje, da Sc tisto, kar
ie bio, ne DO moglo nikdar vec
zgOditi, da je koncno zmagala
pravica. ZloCincu Mehletu ie ma
razpravi ena njegovih zrtev, XII
je 20 Mehletovi krivdi zdaj
popoln invalid, rekla: Sal bi ii
dial klofuto, pa mi je pod cast"
Ljudje so spoznali, da je vsa-
ko usmiljenje in odpuScanje
greh tam, kjer hi bill zaradi te-
ga ogrozen obstoj in razvoj clo-
veSke druzbe. VGasih, ko slisijo
podrobnosti zlocinov, jim pre-
blisne obraze izraz gnusa in sve-
te jeze.
PosluSamO Metiicanko, mater
umorjenega partizana. Govori
kot prica proti Alfonzu Klemen-
cicu, proStu, duhovniku krizev-
skega reda. Govori S p%onosnim,
dvignjenim glasom:
"Trikrat tie je oni gospod ma
kolenih prosil, ko 81 z domo-
branci gnal mojega sina ma mo-
riSce. IzpuStite ga, ii je rekel,
nedolznega boste ubili! - Tt ga
nisi izpustil. Mucil 81 ga in ma
koncu umoril. Takoj pc umoru
81 sci Z domobranci V farovz, Sc
spominjaS, takoj pc umoru in
S noe ste popivali. Taxi, pija-
nj, ste Sli zjutraj V cerkev. TAX,
pijan. 81 daroval maSo, 81 Sc OBJ
hajal. In kaj 81 govoril domo-
brancem ma priznici: LIE tako,
fantje. LIE tako naprej! Sramo-
ia, da 81 zupnik! Sramota, da 81
GloVek. Moi sin lie bill poSten ka-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
BAILEY FORESEES
GOOD YEARS AHEAD
Continued From Page One,

Continued From Page 0ne)
erations that I maintain the high.
est hopes for southeastern North
Carolina. The final consideration
is most important of all, The popu.
lation of Southeastern North Caro-.
lima is a good population l know
that public men are often accused
of uttering words of flattery about
their constituents.
I hope no one will think that
am trying to flatter anyone when
I say that the population Of South
eastern North Carolina is a mos
excellent population. 1t is made
up very largely of the Scotch, and
their descendants, and those who
are not Scotch are English, and
all are sound Americans and good
North Carolinians. l would not
leave out the negro race. l have
never thought we could get along
without them. They deserve com.
mendation for their patience, their
aspirations for progress, and their
fidelity to duty. There is no better
labor,
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employees TOTAL.
EXPERIENCE LONG

Four employees connected -.
the Electric Maintenance cooo1. ,.'
ny, 224 N. Water street hava 20
aggregate experience in the 49, al
pany's line of service Of $50 vs9r. ..'
That is one reason the comnarn
has consistently supplied its cn. wy
toners with a better-than.sver.~
service. The other reasons can -
Jumped together in Just tbe ~.
word, service. '
Electric Maintenance coror,..
serves as contractor for industris,
and commercial electrical inst.I
lations. and in that capacity h.,
served some of the largest pro;'
ects undertaken in Wilnin9ton
Successfully completed Jobs ' sv.
tend back to the founding date ~
the company, 1918.
]. c, Hobbs, the owner Of H..
company, does not attempt n
paint a roseate picture Of the N.
ture with pretty phrases. Sagelv
he observes:
Wilmington together with m
other South Atlantic port area,
will find unparalleled opportunt,
ties to make use of its river and
harbor facilities in the service \.
North Carolina shippers unles,
America again takes a notion IA
operate a self-contaiaed ecoro,
N.Y. I
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ton become the tulip capital? 1t
can it we have the cooperation we
feel we should have in transmit
ting to the world the message of
Wilmington; if we have the help of
every one of our close to $4,000
residents.
Our Advantages
California and Florida are the
nations vacation spots in winter.
Michigan, Maine and the north
claim the vacationers in the sum-
mer. Right here in our own back
yard we have the year round vaca'
ton spot; winter or summer - II
makes no difference. 1t isn't toe
cold here in the winter months; il
isn't too hot in the summer. We
can make Wilmington the nation
playground if we get your coopera-
ton, if we all join in and toot our
own horn a little and then some
more.
That's what I have been driving
at in this message, to give you ar
idea of why We can be proud te
say, II am from Wilmington, Norti-
Carolina, and mean it.
can see trains, planes, ships
and busses disgorging passengers
! by the thousands here in few
years. I can see mills, working a
top speed, with thousands happily
singing at their work like the
.stevadores on the docks.
can see our city stretching ouf
beyond it's present limits with new
homes melting into the beauty o1
the old ones that are our pride.
can see a great and booming
Wilmington. the fairest of the fail
among cities Our home town
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armament of cities. 1t moves up
ward because Of our determination
to 20 ahead, because we have
people who are willing to take up
the burdens Of good citizenship o.
neighborliness.
There is the Key to success-ln
dividually and collectively. we
have formed here an 1ndustria'
Properties, Inc, to encourage IN
d,1strv to locate here by oullo1ns
buildings for sach industry. we
need YOUR cooperation in boosting
wilmington, in selling Wilmington.
Every new industry that locates
here is like a shot in the arm
like the taking Of a vitamln PIN.
We will grow ard wax strong as
a city only to the degree mas we
add to our blood stream with new
;rdustry. new citizens. new tolks'
We need your help, your alo'
vour cooperation in this venture.
r eqnenober that we all profit IN
some manner by the influx OF In
dustry. business and people. we
bring in more spending power,
more circulation OF money. we
bring in people, from whom we
can absorb something and VINO
can gain from us some OF the nerl-
tage of 200 years Of life that mas
been our city's.
We have marvellous housing. we
need more. Some here may be IN
clined to criticize our zeal for ne"
life in this community, but rernem-
ber it is for the welfare OF all.
We don't like to envisioa any
thing like this, but should severe
unemployment come all would SUI
fer. Stores are dependent upon
the trade; trade is dependent upon
employment; employment is ce'
pendent upon the market and upor
available industry, If we have the
industry we shall keep our popu
Iation, add to it. We shall have
trade and extend our trade. We
shall have eanployment-work toa
our people and our people will be
happy.
Possibilities
There is much that still can be
done in development hereabouts
You remember the story Of the
, Castle Hayne colony. Before those
. Dutch folks settled out there tt
raise tulips, daffodils and othel
lovely flowers, production in tha
section was less than $500 a year
Now the returns are half a mil
lion dollars a year. 1t shows wha
! can be done, what the possibilities
are. The bulb and flower industry
8 is a good one. 1t will be larger II
the future for Holland, once thu
Q tulip country of the world, hal
0 been ravaged by the war and i
q will take years to come back. w
have better land and better sol
for tulip growing and developing
e than Holland. Why can't Whining
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can safely say that double I,sh ,nd,
and more found its way taioeGl' I'LL u;1
Wilmington in the war years, .oso+e O..,
cotton, fertilizer, lumber, creoso,e
and shirts. There's just salilpie
of the biggest shipments Oh 'ie
wear from Wilmington.
Two railroads give us excenSn' 81 "
rail transportation. We nave 'lie
General offices of the Atlantic
Coast Line here, and the Seaooaio
Air Line has q divisional oilice
here.
We are but few hours from
anywhere in the land by plane,
and we have one of the most
modern airports in the South: Iha'
airport will play big part IN our
future development and We oon
intend to let the air parade 1ly
bv us. We are planning for the
future and air travel certainly mas
a part in that future.
Facilities
We live at the eastern terminus
of the Tenne-Sea Trail, Dixie
new East West highway thai
stretches from the Atlantic to the
Pacific: and we are the center Of
q huge network of roads that lead
in all directions, permitting easy
travel o motorists, vacatlomsts
and business men.
By water-and here's that mar
Dor again-we are accessible BY
the ocean or by the intra-coasta
waterway.
/ challenge any other city in thf
nation to say it has better air
railroad, bus or ship facilities.
Our government is of the best
as I can testify. We say wit
modesty that We have good gov
ernment, honest government i
this city. Our officials are prou
of their city and proud to serve II
| Our tax rate compares favor
ably with any other similar city
. We husband our resources. We ar
careful of our expenditures bu
[ not pinch-penny. We want ne7
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things that are so commonplace.
It's because everyone Of you must
constitute yourself a one man
Chamber of Commerce committee
to 60 out and sell Wilmington to
the nation. Besides, it is a good
thing to pause now and then and
take stock Of ourselves. and sur
vey our own backyard. We get
quite a jolt at times in realizing
just what we have right here at
home.
We are 4 beautiful vacation
spot. hear that there are many
folks in Wilmington who, like the
man who came to dinner. came
here to visit and stay on.
What other city can boast as we
that lying whiting thirty miles o1
the Gulf Stream we enjoy for most
of the year the ideal bathing con
ditions that attract thousands te
Florida?
Vacationists
Do you realize that weekend ir
Wilmington for tired New Yorker.
and Philadelphians is not a dream
but a reality. Many are, or were
before travel became so restricted
hopping trains In the north on Fri
day evening, arriving here Satur
day morning for two days Of ful
and froIic on cur beaches befor'
jumping off again Sunday to b.
back at their desks Monday morn
ing.
We have golfing facilities, bridl
paths for horse lovers, parks an
lakes. We have year round beaut
of vegetation and flowers; waite
lilies, oleanders, laurel. azelias, il
ponicas, .magnolias. trees drape
with Spanish moss, and archin
cypress trees. What more coul
one ask of nature in the way
beauties?
And fishing! This Is a paradis
! for Izaak Waltons. You can fis
for salt water or fresh water fis
I - as you wish. There is no sue
thing as an off month for fishe
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

business new folks to settle here.
We want those who are here to
stav and our city government Is
conscious Of its obligations in this.
Our trading area stretches out
beyond our own city limits, be-
vond the limits Of New Hanover
County. and out into the country
for 100 miles. It is truly an area
to be envied for it's rich in the
abundance OF the soil; its products
are full and wealthy; and it's peo-
pie willing to support the indus
tries that center here.
We have a good labor market
yet unemployment is low. People
here like to work, like taelr
homes. and are proud OF their
city. They are industrious and dill
gent. They don't stay out OF work
long, for they are OF that KIND OF
American stock, filled with forti'
tude and ingenuity. that make
jobs where none exist.
We expect to grow and expand
with the coming years. We have
doomed during the war but
doomed conservatively. We want
to keep apace with our growth.
We expect new industry to move
in. We need new industry like the
body needs new blood. That new
industry will bring with it folks
folks VINO will work in the mills
and the offices.
And here again industry Is look
ing for the ideal in locations from
the standpoint Of its employees. I
have said this is a good town in
which to live and in which to work.
We are a honey, hospitable peo-
pie, with a hearty hand Of well
come to newcomers and much to
offer them. Our schools are OF the
best. our churches Of the finest,
and our background Of learning
and culture is outstanding. Our
free school SYSTEM goes back to
1913 when James Innes LETT 4
fortune for the use OF \ tree
school.
Cody People
We are church going. God fear
ing people, and here a Protestant.
Jew, or Catholic may worship as
he wills in his own church aad In
his own way, for tolerance is one
Of our attributes. That tolerance
is stepped within US, for it was
here that Cornelius Harnett, mem.
Der of Is Colonial Assemblies
Deputy Provisional Grand Master
of Masonic Lodges in North Amer
lea, wrote the religious freedom
clause Of the Constitution OF Nortt
Carolina.
We are industrial and rural.
We have grown, but never hav
lost our touch with the people. w
have progressed but not ava.
from the things that add to tn
beauty, the attractiveness and tn
charm of our city. Here. on tn
docks, workers still sing thei
chants as they load and unloa
: vessels. Here for generations chi
: dren have greeted the rising su
on Easter Sunday with Easte
hymas sung from the tower OF ol
=, St. James Church.
t i suppose you are wonderin
Y why I am telling you all thes
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-, sr here. no fishing through the
ics in winter, for there's no sucn
,h;rs ~. as ice. It's just put-pu1 oy
haat se o,,t to the Gulf Stream ior
poa' os w. W, kind of fishing that the
movies ma rave about, that Floflda
thinks it has under monopoly.
hunters will find quail. duck,
der. wild turkey, and ether game
in abundance ard the oang-nang
ot the hunters gun is familiar
,1,,sic ~ in the woods and marshes
hsre abouts in the fall months.
We have excellent hotel and res
+.,,rant facilities - both for the
visitor and for the permanent
guest.
There are other things that 90
to make up the attractiveness OF
a city. Radio, newspapers, public
TRANSPORTATION within the city,
theaters, and motion picture
houses. And we have them all.
Famous "Firsts"
We gave inspiration to the first
American playwright and for over
100 years we have fostered this
drama. The ITALIAN Association
one of the earliest theatrical asso
Citations in the state, was formed
here about 1900. It has survived
up and down, for lots OF years ane
was revived in 1929 by the little
theater group.
Our radio station, W.M.F.D.. il
one of the finest we have seen.
We are not lacking, then, on thu
cultural front in Wilmington.
That brings US face to face will
the future.
Wilmington has destiny in thi
state and in the nation. Her plac'
is in the sun of cities. She belong
/ in the forefront of the parade o
municipalities. She has set tn
pace these past five years. w
must not falter now.
We've got to have the same kin'
of determination to carry on tha
those English yeomen had in 173
when they founded their settlemen
along the Cape Feat River and be
gan the destiny OF Wilmington.
Nations rise and fall with tn
ambitions and the determination Q
their people. So it is with cities
We cannot sit back and admire tn
past, great and noble as it ha
been. I said j moment ago tn
past is but the promise of the fl
ture. We need leadership, inspire
leadership, to carry us on to grea
er heights, to keep Wilmingto
great, and to make it greater. TIL
Lord has endowed us richly wit
natures gifts, has given us plent
fully of beauty and resources. Our
. is the task to wisely use then
| to employ them to the advantag
, for which they were given, and
. bring them to the people for Whol
. they were intended.
| Star Rising
I Wilmington star is rising in tt
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
MAYOR LANE LISTS
FAVORABLE POINTS
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what the Governor of North Care
lima said to the Governor OF oout-i
Carolina - "It's long time De
tween drinks"
We've even been touched by pi-
rate lore for IN old St. James
church YOU can see that 4oo yea
old painting Of the Lord whieh wv wv
hundred years ago was taken l. o--'
pirate ship off Brunswick
Why do tell you all this? Be-
cause l want to give you OaeA
Ground of why we of Wilmington
are great, to give you some IDEA o.
what has been our past in prepara-
ton for my discussion OF our 1u-
ture.
These historical facts may seem
like everyday knowledge ye.
taken together and considered as
= whole, they mark this city as
one of the most historical IN 1he
nation.
What VIVA does one look for In eity
- desires to make his home?
W. Mbat does industry seek in the e
.o1'r, mm1 in which it desires to locate!
yet T,et,s take the latter first, lot
+be former is dependent upon IL
1nd,,strv , wants transportation
water power, good government
low taxes, available 1halneI1' s,s11
Nv r1srkets sources Of labor supply
md favorable climate.
w We have them all. Remember
- MAS our harbor that brought the
first settlers here and that hafool
n1avs a big role in our present
dav progress and in the tomorrow
of Wilmington. Our harbor Will De
the gateway for trade ana com. @
merce for visitors untold, and 1or
life and expansion. '----.+<
Our Position
We lie midway between New
Work and Florida-a sleeper 3our-
nov to the metropolis or TO the
land Of flowers. You can board a
train % in a blizzard in New York
Citv and wake up In Wilmington
in sunshine and warmth. Our ell
-oate is ideal for vacationers and
for industry. Our mean tempera'
ture is e3.3 degrees. Let California
and Florida boast of their weather
but we don't have to in Winning
ton Others do it for US. Roger
Rabson. internationally known
statistician once said: whining.
ton to my mind is one of the most
excellently situated spots along
the entire Atlantic Coast Tor a
vear-around resort. Winter ano
summer climate is ideal, as me
teorological figures attest" Anc
that is some tribute from one whe
spent his life studying statistics
including weather statistics.
But was discussing industr!
and not vacationing.
Through our port prior to tn
war there passed cargoes wort
upwards of $12,00O,Oo0 a year.