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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15

materials and hire his own carpen.
tiers, etc., under the new Govern.
ment program for priorities for
veterans?
A. Yes. His application for a
priority will receive exactly the
same treatment as that of nro-
fessional builder.
@. Can a person resell or 70.
rent a dwelling unit built under
the reconversion housing program
for a profit and to anyone?
A. No. He cannot sell to anyone
at a profit. During the life of the
new regulations he must rent or
sell at the ceiling price, and he
must publicly offer the unit for
rent or sale to veterans for 20
days.
@. Does the new housing pro.
gram for veterans apply to Mer-
chant Seamen?
A. Any person who served IN
the U. S. Army, Navy, Coast
Guard, Marine Corps or Merchant
Marine during World War II and
who was discharged under condi-
tons other than dishonorable - is
eligible.
Questions will be answered onIv
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15

few millions stashed away. 1t
all stemmed from her great
granddaddy she didn't know ex-
cept from the pictures that hung
in the parlor and the millions
probably came down to her by
some complicated court order.
I'm not saying Mrs. Stokowski
isn't fair game for the newspaper
boys, nor that she isn't what the
same boys call good copy. A
beautiful girl with millions of dol
lars who's led a frontpagey sort
of life since she was baby, to-
gether with the facts that she first
married young man whose
father has a title like Broccoli
King of Long Island" and sec
ondly married an internationally
famous symphony conductor, is
bound to keep pretty much in the
newspapers.
Naturally, I do not feel any
such feeling for Mr.. Stokowski.
Granted that he is a musical
genius, and all that. But I dare
say he'd never been the renowned
figure he is if the newspaper boys
hadn't picked him up and given
him right much space. Somehow,
even genii do not come very much
to light unless they make the front
pages. You know, something
about the rose being born to blush
unseen on the desert air.
1t would seem to me to behoove
Mr.. Stokowski to get in on all the
publicity he can. But that's his
business. If he doesn't want it,
okay. Except, he, too, is good
copy and you've got to write about
him even if he does answer your
every advance with a firm but
patient mo Comment"
That still doesn't keep me from
feeling sorry for Mrs. Stokowski.
I shouldn't be at all surprised if
she wouldn't welcome a chance to
get away from it all and take a
quiet cottage somewhere near
Topsail Inlet, just to get away
from the madding crowd. And the
news boys slapping her name on
the front page in letters this h;ob
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
YOUR G. |. RIGHTS
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. (NEA>
= Veterans and home builders
have sent In the following cues
tons regarding the Government
new program which will provide
hard-to-get construction materials
for housing for veterans
Q. I am a veteran and have al
ready started some BUILDINGS
which will not meet the standards
set up in the priority system Thev
Will cost more than $40, 1000. What
am to do for building materials
which are short?
A. Only so per cent Of the criti-
cal building materials come under
the priority program. You viii inst
nave to wait your turn for those
items. 'e
9. plan to start building a
mousse soon for a group of veterans
BUT suppose something unforeseen
over which I have no control
sucn as an increase in the ceiling.
price OF materials or labor costs
happens during construction to
raise my costs out Of proportion
to the price approved for INV hons
ing units. Can I get any re1iefa
A. You can appeal for an adjust.
ment OF your sales or rental price
But IT the adjustment would raise
the price above the ceiling linnita-
ton Of $4,000 on sales or xao m
rentals, special appeal must ha
made and unusual hardship prov
en-.
Q. l think I can build a house
better than most Of the contrac-
tors in my town. Can a veteran
build his horr. ,aimself or h,,v his
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
"Poor Little Rich Girl" Apt Title
For Heiress With Plenty of Dollars

world than I've seen corner gro.
Gerry stores. And she's had her
name in bigger type than almost
anybody or anything-and more
times.
Why, there was a time, when Mrs
Stokowski was only a tot of, say,
II when the New York tabloids
wouldn't think Of going to press
without a front page screamer
about what went on between her
mother and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney and the Surrogate courts
of New York. This was when Mrs.
Whitney was seeking to have the
courts give her custody of the
child, away from the child's moth
err.
The tabloid pictures I saw then
OF the child made me sad. They
pictured her as a dazed, bewild-
cred little girl who didn't seem to
know what to make of all this
traipsing from one court to the
next, and Of staying maybe one
week with her aunt and the next
with her mother. AS I recall, the
child wasn't very beautiful in
those days.
OF course, I know that I may
be being somewhat excessively
big-hearted in shedding a tear for
Mrs. Stokowski. I'm not 50
certain she needs, or would well
come, my sympathy. She'll Ger.
talnly never have to worry about
where her next piece of pie a la
mode is coming from.
But, still I feel a little sorry
for her. How would you like to
be sitting in booth eating 8 piece
OF pie a la mode with your h,/
band and not bothering anybody
and just in from a long automobile
drive and have some guy with
long and dirty fingernails and
frayed cuffs whom you'd never
seen before come bargaining up to
where you were eating and start
asking you all kinds of personal
That's why I felt sorry for Mrs
stokowski. Really, the girl could
not, and can't, help it if she has
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
Another Strike Delay

That the national telephone workers
strike was postponed two hours after
the union chief announced it would
start is an indication Of some change
in the viewpoint of labor's leadership
which, since the General Motors strike
started, has been disposed to ride
rouqhshod over industry in the manner
of dictators and aggressors who set out
to rule the world few short but bloody
years ago.
In ordering the thirty-day delay,
the union requested withdrawal of
pickets from telephone exchanges, aiA
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
.heLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
THE ZEBRA DERBY. nv Ma

snulman Doubleday; S2).
Asa Hearthrug returns from war
to a father who, knowing the BOYS
don't like to talk of their expen.
ences, takes the opportunity to d,
the talking himself, and to a moth.
er who welcomes him though she
realizes there will be no more al
lotment checks.
Shulman guides Hearthrug on,
zany trip through our facile post
war world, which lends itself
wholly to satire, and in one Or
TWO places he makes the very most
OF 1t. In the utter utter Language
with which the author describes
MS hero's love for Lodestone La
Toole, in a take-off on Time masa'
zine and in a play written sup
posedly by Communists, there Is
| think, brilliant writing. and
Bill Crawford's illustrations match
1t in vigor.
But it's hard going in between
The author seems to me con-
b1nation Of grand writer and Snsf
guy. He dashes this stuff OF, 0,
SO l suspect, and sends The oa'
stuff off with the good to the prln-
er. Given a blue pencil and a pa4
OF scissors, and even wasteos'
ket, he could split your sides.
WARD TWENTY, by James War
ner Bellah (Doubleday;S2l.
This book has curious histo!
Last May it was published by AP
pleton Century and sent to reVle,'
ers. Then they were asked to ".'r
hold their reviews temporary
next they were informed rls ,,
had been transferred to DouOS
day, which now releases it.
Perhaps the original pu0lisfs
thought the novel too hot to n'n
die. 1t deals with the love lns
hospitalized soldiers. They me-
have lost sight, arm or leg ,,t w.
they haven't lost their appen,,'..i+,
Bellah shows them tackllng l,'
t..eproblem. He isn't squeamls"i, :.
Soldiers who read books md!
indignant, and so may many VI, .,r
lians. But after all, this is lai e.,
about the sort of soldier VINO uOt n
not read books. AS deplc,l0r at
vice, it has these virtues; III ~.
and vital and powerful, II Tex .;
fast, it sounds real on many pas siy
and it does dea,, however Tai.N n
With a problem facing sco! IONS
thousands of American c4NI .-
MI AL-:-- ---1-''----
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
BY JOHN SKIES

It's little surprising, if democ-
ratio, to find such people as Mr..
and Mrs. Leopold Stokowski top.
ping off meal with pie la mode
the same as you or I would. Some
how, you expect them to finish off
with Baked Alaska or Crepes Su-
zettes or even Liederkranz with
fresh pineapple. Anything but pie
la mode.
Still, that's what they were eat
ing here Sunday night when I car
ried on a one-sided conversation
with them. Mr.. Stokowski didn't
want to be bothered. With the
conversation, that is.
Frankly, I didn't want to bother
Mr.. Stokowski, either. I much
preferred talking with Mrs. Sto-
kowski, the former Gloria Morgan
Vanderbilt. Firstly, Mrs. Stokow-
ski is a very pretty young girl in
dusky sort of way. She's quite
natural, too. And she wore even
less makeup than you generally
see on most any young lady you
pass on Front street.
Neither was she dripping with
diamonds and other baubles al
though she certainly could afford
to drip with them if she wanted
to because the last time I had
any count she was listed way up
in the millions. / did see some
where, though, that some time
back she petitioned the guardians
of her fortune for an extra touch.
Seems she wasn't getting in but
about $4,000 per month and this
hardly covered actual expenses,
let along enough to buy lot OF
costly baubles.
This latter fact may have been
why I was sorry for the young
lady, only I don't think it was.
What touched me was the almost
mouse-like way she demeaned her
self while ! was trying to get Mr..
Stokowski to talk, a feat I never
got around to accomplishing.
OF course, know Mrs. Stokow-
ski has been around. She's proba-
bly, seen more ports of call in this
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
Religion
DayByDay
BRANDED

Tourists to India are always i'm.
pressed by the colored caste
marks upon the foreheads OF the
Hindus... So various are these that
only the longtime foreign resident
can identify them all.
Back of the idea of these caste
marks is something akin to Paul s
declaration, II bear in my body
the marks Of the Lord Jesus" An
old commentator said that Christ S
sheep are all marked on the ear
and the foot: they hear His voice
and walk His way.
If the heather Hindu wears the
sign-manual of his faith, how much
more proudly should the follower
of Christ bear the spiritual marks
of His disciple. We are His, and
we want all the world to know it.
We are not much, o Lord; but
all we are is thine; and We would
testify to all the world. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
The Doctor Says
COLD VACCINE
NOT EFFECTIVE
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRTFN y,

BY WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN. M
Vaccines have been wideIr n
for years with the hope of nTo, oSed
ing colds. Studies conducteg 's :.
University of Minnesota 6v q ~ 'ns
Dlehl, M. D., and associates H. l., J.
cate that vaccines are not At ,, nloI'
in such prevention. The ide. 'a al
they were of value came from us'
dividual experiences ratber WIN u III
from group studies in which ulaa
trolls were used. eoA'
Ordinary cold vaccines ~,
veloped from mixtures ~ oe'
germs most commonly fonnd ne
the nose and throat of person" u 10
fering with colds. Since the ' os sol'
mon cold is due to a filter rJ,n'
virus, the germs included in
vaccine are not responsible f., ne
infection. Therefore it is not , ,as
prising that these vaccipes h saf'
proved disappointing. nave
AS the virus of the common ,.,,
promotes the growth of o .OIa
germs in the respiratory pass o~s'
it was hoped that a vaccine r,S
from these germs might ra asaue
the number of complications 4 a's
again the investigators wors n 1N
appointed in their results NJ N.Y.
same number of compljca+ tls
were observed in the vaccins ts
patients and the controls, 's'
The university students wer. i
vlded into four groups of from s ~,
to 400 each and only fboss ,'' n 'w
usually had four or more co T.o
per year were selected. Gro,ln 3s
was given injections Of the poi a
vaccine; Group B was given WV in
Jections of sterile water in FL. u,
same number Of injections; Gron'
e was given oral vaccine wbios
they took throughout the winter ~
corolng to instruction; Group n
was given capsules with the sam.
general appearance, but thew ons
contained milk sugar. None Of n.
students knew what they We're CIV '
en- and none of the physicians WIN VIII
saw them with their cold, know
what they had received. "
> Students reported to the stndor.
Health Service whenever a col ~,
developed and a record was ksr 4
OF each cold which lasted mor,
than "a hours. Studies continns5
over three years.
Group A students who received
injections of vaccines reported that
in the previous year they had I av'
eraged A. colds, but during f..
year they were taking vaccine tbpy
averaged only 81 colds, which i
a reduction Of SIS per cent and
apparently an excellent result,
Control Group B. who received
water injections had an averags
OF 49, colds the previous wear AND
l.s colds during the experiment
or a reduction of 81 per cent, prov.
Ing that injection of vaccine did
not prevent colds.
Oral vaccination against cold,
was proposed in order to avoid
the troublesome injections. Crom
Z students who received oral vac.
cine capsules reported approx.
mately 70 per cent reduction in
colds. Group D students who r.
celved the milk sugar capsules Al.
SO reported the same reduction
Inc average number of days lost
per person from school was ey.
actly the same in both groups
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
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PUTS BARBER AT EASE

COLUMBUS, Neb. U.D-Custono.
ers Of barber shop here watched
with great interest as the proprie-
tor unwrapped package his wife
rushed into the shop with. Thew
were disappointed when he brought
out his false teeth The barber had
forgotten to bring them to work
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
WEATHER CALLS LEAD

CHICAGO U.R)-Seemingly, its is
more important to know what the
weather is than to know what the
time is in Chicago, since the rec
ords of these two services of the
Illinois Bell Telephone Co. show
that 100000 people a year call
mn mo call for the time
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
Good Will Tours

Announcement that Indiana manu-
facturers, newsmen and Chamber OF
Commerce delegates are going to Latin
America with the intention of staying
six weeks and while making friends
survey the opportunities for closer COM
mercial relations, shows Hoosiers anx-
ious to profit by postwar development
and to benefit the peoples of nations
they visit.
Commerce is two-way proposition.
Like participation in local civic affairs
you get out of it no more than you put
into it. These Indiana men are well
aware of this and are prepared to offer
as much as they hope to receive. On
this basis, their trip cannot result in
failure.
There is quite as great an oppor-
tunity for good will tours within the
boundaries of eity's natural trade
territory. It is recalled that the Cham
Der of Commerce of Mobile, Alabama,
just beginning to feel growing pains.
organized such trip through south
Alabama and north Florida. There were
close to hundred cars in the motor
cade and the schedule was carefully
worked out so that lunchtime found it
at one town, dinnertime at another and
evening at still another, with meetings
. in all at which the towns themselves
were extolled and the resources Of Mo-
bile explained.
Probably this junket had as much to
do with crystalizing sentiment for port
development as any preliminary step
taken by Mobiles civic leadership.
Certainly it accounted for an increased
volume of business between Mobile and
the region it served, and considerable
part of this new business was of the
sort that could provide cargoes as soon
as the new port terminals were COM
pleted.
While Wilmington is exerting effec-
tive effort for the establishment of
new industries it might be found worth
while to conduct a similar expedition
throughout it's trade territory. A weeks
motorcade from city to city for meet
inqs with civic-minded citizens all along
the line, could be productive of closer
friendships and better business rela-
tions on a strictly mutual basis. A
hundred cars, four men to the car, would
be an impressive measure for bene-
fitting the entire area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-15
TOP O. THE MORNING

From scheme and creed the lights 60 oW'
The sanity facts survive;
The blessed Master none can doubt,
Revealed in holy lives.
Whittier
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-04
None Too Soon

Resumption of drafting for the armed forces comes too Conscrpon should have been suspen ded It will take long time to repair the damage done by the summer vacation decreed by shorsghted Congress
 Too rapid demobization, coupled with diatory replace ment already have weakened all three of fighting services degree that in these unsettled days is disturbing We have weakened ourselves much that have sadly decreased effectiveness force for lasting world peace
 A year ago we had the most powerful army in the world with the possible exception Russas welorganzed weltrained wearmed. Today have emacated skele ton It would take months, indeed would sufflce to make the remains into effective fighting force.
 Even we have the most powerful navy, in ships and weapons that the world has known. But it is manned by beLbottomed landlubbers who, in frghtfu numbers don't know fore from aft from sarboard and whose morale is very low.
 We have and better fighters and bombers than other nation could throw into the air. Yet can't even operate an efficient peacetme military transport service because lack to keep those few planes in safe flying condition.
 1916 again 1941 But that is chiefly because with efforts haven't managed to weaken ourselves fast as we've tried to-and also because millions of young haven't been in civilian clothes long that in emergency we couldn't pull them back more.
 Twice, in quarter of century, have lost tens ot thousands of best young needessy because got into before could get ready for them Learning nothing apparently we're doing best to drift back to sad situation.
 We don't want war; of We didn't in 1916 1941 We don't expect in the future We didn't in l9l6 94 when the conditions that breed for us were no more apparent than they now.
 It is far impossible that had been strong in 1916 and again in should not have had then training and make it abundanty clear that war should be forced prepared to win T-tast.
 Is that mongering? It so called before World War which couldn't avoid by sticking our heads m the sand It was so called before World War H. into which we were forced though denied it's possibility Ii ls maybe bit of war mongerng is in order
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-04
Extravagant Charges

The executive council of the American Federation ot Labor has loose with blast at the Lea Petrlo Bill that makes the AFL criticism of even the Hoobs ana Case Bills letters of recommendation by comparison
 The council says the Lea Bill represents the lowest point m history of national labor legislation Never before It states "has any Congress arbitrarily and completely struck down the basic right to strike for plainly lawful pur poses"
 While the Lea Bill with gross unfairness singles out for attack single union in single industry the council statement goes on t contains principles and imposes re- srctions which, upheld would crush the freedom ot all American workers the American Federation of Musl- and it's president Mr. James Petro fighting for the liberties every worker in this country and for the very existence of every trade union in the United States
 glance back at the Lea Bill fails to reveal these nor doesn't abrdge the right to strike for plainly lawful purposes unless it has suddenly become lawful to coerce compel consrain broadcaser to employ persons than he needs in his broadcastng business which the Lea Bill prohibits Mr. Petrilo from doing.
 The bill also prohibits Mr. Petrilos collection of royal ties from the manufacturers of recordings and transcript tons used in broadcasting. But that again lawful purpose only because Mr. Petro and of his adher ents say that it is.
 The AFL councils contention that the principles and restrictions of the Lea Bill threaten the existence of trade unions and the liberties of American workers also is tonable For "every trade union in the United States would have to impose similar conditions employers to those imposed by Mr. Petro the broadcasers before those principles and restrictions could apply.
 Since they are not imposed, the ALL would seem to be needessy upset The very fact that the Lea Bill applies to single union in single industry demonstrates the unqueness of Mr. Petrllos methods And unless the AFL. IS contemplating demand for paid stand-ins in all it's trades and crafts for royalty payments the union from all goods and services produced by it's members then there Is apparent cause for alarm.
 It is the fashion among labor leaders to reject with horror the suggestion that any caprice of union of ca might be contrary to the public welfare and charge that and all attempts to curb those caprces deep this case the charge eravagant to downright foolish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-04

Guest writer for Peter Edson while vacation)
 WASHINGTON, Sept. A. (NEA-The weekly press conferences held by Acting Secretary of State Dean AchesOn are becoming institution. They have been nicknamed the Security Council of the Fourth Etsate. The foreign press Is well represented American newspapers and wire services.
 With international affairs currently in the head lines from the State Department is considered of top importance And with Secretary Byrnes out of town most of the time, AcheSon, from habit, is becoming looked upon as the spokesman for Americas actions in foreign affairs That is why his weekly meeting with reporters is getting such attention.
 The questions asked by representatives of the interest. Three four Chinese reporters always present Their questions naturally have to do with activities of the U. S. government in China. They seek information about policy involved in the sale of planes and to the Central Government and other problems related to China.
 Tass, the Russian news agency is usually repre- sented The Tass reporters questions mostly well thought out and deal with key points in current rela however that there has been evidence of ques tions being planted" with the Tass man by the Rus sian government.
 Other foreign reporters include usually five six representatives from British and London papers, French Press correspondent, Dutch newsman, and VeriouS foreign radio representatives.
 Here's typical session:
 The confe1enc is held in large room with conference table in the front and several rows of chairs in back Acheson sits at the head of the table and the regular reporters who cover the State De- partment sit around it with the rest in the seats The only decorations in the room bust of Brand Whtlock, former ambassador to Belgium and a small statue of an American Indian.
 While waiting for Acheson to waS in from an adjoining room reporter in loud voice asks friend several seats from h4..>-