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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-04
These Americas

Whatever the outcome of the Paris
peace conference may be, or what kind
of peace is set up at the later confer
ence which. will deal with the major
enemy nations, not merely the satellites,
it must be apparent to all persons who
have observed postwar world trends
that the old lines of cleavage and OF
friendship are not destined to survive.
Europe will be vastly changed, with
Russia the dominating power. Asia
will be equally changed. 1t is not pos
sible now to surmise with any assurance
what country of Asia will emerge most
powerful on that continent. 1t may be
China. 1t could be India, if the many
sects and followings could be united.
Or it might be Russia. Not for many
years to come could it be Japan. I'M
portant as Africa has become in trade,
that continent is not to be seriously
considered independently because it is
so divided colonially and so lacking in
a powerful government within it's from
tiers.
This leaves the Americas, all three
of them, to be considered, with the
United States in a position of leadership
and if it is wise in it's policies also in
the position of big brother to all the
republics. The more the world situation
is studied the more obvious it becomes
the Americas must stand or fall
together-not this year, or next year,
but in the fullness of time, when new
aggressor nations combine to rule the
earth.
It behooves the United States then
to cultivate the true friendship of all
American countries, not to gain an ad-
vantage over any one, but for the mutual
protection of all. Former Secretary of
State Cordell Hull started on the right
path when he proclaimed the Good
Neighbor policy and advanced it so
splendidly among some of the neighbors.
has been sadly interrupted since the
war came. Much of the fine work he
did would have to be done over, and an
infinite amount of diplomatic negotia-
ton would still have to be undertaken,
particularly in quarters where we are
suspected of holding selfish motives.
But it would all be we'll worth while.
These Americas, once united in a COM
mon cause, could stand against the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-04

Guidepost
By W. G. ROGERS
Y L PIECE, by AN"'
nouhIeday: S2.50).

The insane or near INSANE 81
melancholy men and women "4s
grip on our way Of life Is %eSs ~,
ing or entirely lost, are the W.
jects of the "a stories in this pTo oa
Born into our hard AND mefct' i
world without the equlpnisD' nj
Withstand all its surprises a.
shocks, they retreat into a W2fm y. i
their own where, beWuoereu sr|
frustrated, their main nope n
their main anxiety, 100, arise n ~.
the confused and imperfect n'~
while Miss Kavan does NJ
precisely take US with tnsno d
draws Us strangely near them.
before, when they suffer fear hid ID
pair, hope or exult. The line 3;o W.
separates them from US a i hie
visible but often impasSd'"
sharply etched. .oint d
Wes see them from their po rn,st
view and from ours, or n1osa
the eyes of doctors d%ha 5ip
friends, relatives, tello" .;cfrs
it's a beautifully complete
of incomplete lives. ~ 4bsa|
There is no violence ~ mo +ra|
stories, except Of course IaS r+s.
mendous violence of the tn 'Ss q
spirit. Miss Kavan is all ais, s1Dfls s5,|
dramatic but not physical o,,,tst
stays well behind the IRON cu IPirs
which conceals the troubled g tssa
Her concern is the 'oeSoia ros NJ
of Zelie who UleS law all
join her mother, 'lhe ,ear.
lamentable cooling of the ns srss
the wild, lost, streaming II
or "the difficult inception COS j
smile". sweet, sad phrase s5rlI
art and understands
merge in telling fashion
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prisoner, Col. Ashe was a gentle
man of commanding appearance.
Tall and erect, with prominent
features, deep sunken but pierre
ing eyes, fine manners, and bear
ing, of remarkable colloequial
powers, and his manner and style
of narration most engaging. Es-
pecially was he fond of anecdotes
and incidents relating to the olden
times most interesting, and SEEM
ed almost inexhaustible. 1t was at
the Old Clayton Hall mansion that
he located the scene of his Tom
Martin story and as it will serve
to illustrate some of the charac-
teristics of those old times, I will
endeavor to relate it as well as
my memory serves.
At that time the old place was
uninhabited, and the young gentry
folks of the neighborhood held
their dancing assemblies there.
The Colonel related tina on a day
appointed for one of those assem-,
blies, there arrived at his fathers
al the Neck, two strangers, one
of them an elderly man, the other
much younger. The elder man
turned out to be a Methodist
preacher, the young man anything
else, as subsequent events soon
proved, and it seemed a strange
chance that should have brought
Two such dissimilar characters to
be fellow travellers. They were
Hospitality received and enter
tanned, and soon made to feel at
ease.
The Colonel goes on to relate,
that towards evening he and his
cousin Sam, Maj. Ashe, retired to
their room to dress for the eve
ming party. They had no. long
been thus engaged when the col
onel discovered that his hair was
sadly in want of a tonsure, and
remarked to his cousin Sar.l that
wished very much that he could
have the services of a barber,
when just at that momen4, the
young stranger stepped into the
room' and hearing the Colonel's
at once offered his services,
protesting that he could dress his
as well as any barber. The
Colonel said he had a very fine
suit OF hair, which in those days
was worn quite full, and was re-
luc.ant to trust its dressing to an
unskllful hand. The y ung fellow
however insisted so strenously in
efforts to make himself useful
the Colonel no longer objected,
and the volunteer barber soon
exhibited by his d~exterous hand
ling of the scissors that he had
not over-rated his skill, and in a
very shor+ time had performed
task as well as any professional
barber. When the hair dressing
was completed, his cousin, Mai,
.she, stepped up to the Colonel
and whispered in his ear. Cousin
Sam, this fellow is certainly
oarber."
Having finished their toilet thew
'elt some hesitancy about inviting
he young man to the party. but
reluctant to do So as he w,e
IN entire stranger, and each one
departed his way to meet at the
lance, the Colonel to 60 through bv
Green Hill. to take one of his
'oua IS as his partner for the eve
ing. When he got there, he found
ne tDung man ready and Qadv)
lee PLANTATIONS on Pare Ten
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-04

on the North East River. He had
been a soldier in the war of the
Revolution, had entered The army
when he was but seventeen years
old, and served through the years
of the war, was at the siege of
Charleston, and was there made
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-04
Doctor Says-
BANGS DISEASE
THREATENS MAN
AND BEAST Ton
By WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN. NJ

Brueellosis Bangs Disease, !,
the major disease-nazard no" :
fronting the livestock inG', tOn'
The germ which causes mi.
lection also produces an jnteos NJ
in humans. 'uon
Farmers, housewives, donsyi..
and clearinghouse emplova, !Ss
primarily endangered, since ,. a a
groups are exposed to in.s a.sss
animals, raw meat, and raw rrir'
The disease is uncommon in !,
fants and children. "
Recent efforts to control n.,.,.
Disease in cattle include the bIas,
testing of animals and the slalsst
ering Of infected stock, but S n,
best method of protecting animal, Al,
is v~accinating calves.
AS far as humans ara y.
cerned, the use of pasteuri vi,
milk and the exercise of extren,
care in handling infected anirr.I.
or meat is the answer n ths
threat.
Brucellosis affects cattle, swim.
and goats, but it may also jnv.S.
other animals.
In male cattle, the infection !,
centered in the genital ORGAN,
whence it is transmitted 10 fl.
female in breeding. Females ugI.
ally develop the disease durins
pregnancy, and abortion often 70.
suits from an infection Of ths
fetus.
The infection of cattle occur,
most often as a result of their
feeding on contaminated foods
Genital infection is relatively less
important.
Attempts to perfect a skin test
for animals have failed. In man.
however, a similar test shows evi.
dence of past infection.
Eighteen per cent of residents
of rural areas in the Midwest who
consult physicians for various rea.
sons show positive skin-tests. This
Infection, therefore, has become A
common cause of i'll health.
A curious feature of the disease
is the apparent resistance 70 the
infection possessed by infants and
young children, despite the fact
that they drink large quantities Of
milk, much Of it raw. After puber.
ty the infection becomes more
common. Calves show a similar
resistante to infection until they
reach puberty.
If calves are infected at birth
or shortly afterwards, the disease
tends to disappear unless they are
permitted to nurse on infected
COWS or to drink infected milk. As
soon as they mature they become
susceptible, and heifers in their
first pregnancy often have the
most serious infections.
DR.. W. L. Boyd Of the Division
of Veterinary Medicine at the Uni
versity of Minnesota points out
that no drug will prevent brucet
losis in livestock.
The vaccine known as Strain IS,
in which germs of moderate vlrl'
lence are used, produces IMMUNE
ty in calves. Use OF this vaccine
in mature cattle may cause the
animals to react positively and
consumption of raw milk from re-
actor COWS, regardless Of Yacct
nation, constitutes a source Oh
danger to man. ..,,.|
Brucellosis infection Will d
conquered through cooperative e. /
fort of livestock sanitary boafl'
and health departments, blu f'
the present everyone should PLAY
safe by using only good-qualV
pasteurized milk and by handing
infected animals a n d meat VIII
care.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-04
Stories OF The Old Plantations,
Cape Fear Riuer Region
From Manuscript by
DIR. JOHN HA MPDEN HILL

to the H%qans Gs%ge paws zSM by z: aahMtu in R 1s 0rM %r in hT possst sion c % TSm@s W.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-04

If this goal is reached, or as seems likely
exceeded, the city will have no reason
to regret it's purchase.
Evening star., 1946-10-22

thought out public relations pro-
gram"
Other suggestions were ian ar
rangement with the proposed re-
activated Hospital Superintendent
Association for meetings with the
director of the health agency for
clearance of problems" continu-
GUS attention to elevation Of stand
ards of professional requirements
in the counseling service; develop
ment of more adequate information
on medical needs in referral OF
patients from out-patient depart
ments and physicians, and develop
ment of counseling out of busi-
ness hours and twenty -four hour
attendance for emergencies"
The McIntire Survey Committee
includes Miss Gertrude H. Bowling
of the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Association, Mrs. Art Brown of Ar
lington County, DR.. Paul B. Cornley
of Howard University, Ramone S.
Eaton of Alexandria, George Gar
rett, president of Emergency Hos
pital; DR.. Vane M. Hoge of the
United States Public Health Service,
Mrs. O,Neal johnson of Montgomery
County, Col. Waldron E. Leonard of
Fairfax County, DR.. Herbert p.
Ramsey, president Of the Metropoli-
tan Health Council and vice chair
man ex ofiicio of the Survey Com
and Mrs. William Werber of
Prince Georges County.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Daniel Upihegroye,
Rail Executive, Dies
sx III. A.,eeiotsd Pros.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Daniel
Upthegrove, IS, former chief execu-
tive ofilcer and corporate president
of the st. Louis Southwestern Rail-
way Line Cotton Belt Railroad)
died here early today at st. Luke's
Hospital following a stroke last
Friday.
He retired September Is after SO
years with the Cotton Belt.
Mr.. Upthegrove entered the serv-
ice of the road in a legal capacity
at Greenville, Tex, where he was
born. He later served as assistant
general attorney and general solici-
tor. He was elected president in
1922.
As president he inaugurated a
program OF rehabilitation Of the
lines and was responsible for the
road being one Of the first to enter
the motor transportation field.
During Mr.. Upthegrove's tenure
Of ofiice, control of the Cotton Belt
was held by various interests. In
cluding the Goulds, the Rock Is
land, Kansas City Southern and
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroads
and the New York Investors, Inc
At present the controlling interest
Is held by the Southern Pacific.
When Mr.. Upthegrove retired he
was succeeded by Fred w. Green
chief operating of1cer since 1920.
Mr.. Upthegrove is survived by his
widow, formerly Miss Frances Gra-
ham of Greenville, and two sons
and two daughters. His home was
in st, Louis.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Byrnes
Continued From First Page.)

loan is friendly to the United States.
He remarked that it Is just human
nature not to want to extend credit
to one who charges economic slavery
aims to the lender, adding that this
Government is run by human beings
and he is one Of them.
A specific reason for cancelling the
surplus credit to Czechoslovakia,
aside from these policy considera-
tions, he said, was the fact that
Czechoslovakia had agreed to lend
$40 ,000, 900 Of the American credit
to Romania. Mr.. Byrnes said he
concluded that If the Czechs were In
such financial shape that they could
extend credit to Romania in this
way they did not need the American
credit.
Treasury Aide Questioned.
He pointed out that the Czech
Romanian agreement provided for
a Z per cent administrative fee to
Czechoslovakia and 6 per cent in
terest.
The same reason, indicated lack of
real need, caused suspension of the
Export-Import Bank negotiations
for an additional $4,000, 900 loan
Mr.. Byrnes said.
He added that a Czech govern
ment representative had told him
that a representative of the Treas
ury Department in Czechoslovakia
had expressed the opinion that it
would be all right to lend Romania
SIC, 0,000,0 900 of the $4,000, 900 credit
for purchase of American surplus
property.
Saying fatty that the Treasury
Department has nothing to do with
Evening star., 1946-10-22
TWA Officials Plotting
Plane for U. N. Group

PARIS, Oct. % R.-With two Of
ficials of strike bound TWA at tn.
controls, special fight took of fol
New York with 16 United Nation,
delegates and other oficials anxious
to be on hand for the opening Of thu
U. N. General Assembly tomorrow.
More than 100 other New York.
bound passengers remained stranded
In Paris, Rome and Shannon, how.
ever, by q pilots strike which yester.
day grounded TWA planes around
the world.
The special flight arranged fol
the convenience of U. N. official.
took of about l am. piloted by Larr,
Trimble, TWA assistant superin.
tendent Of flying in the European
region. Stanley Stanton, assistant
technical manager, was in the CO.
pilots seat, l5 ST.
In New York r. L. Morris,
chairman and counsel Of the
Airline Pilots Association, said
Mr.. Trimble and MIR. Stanton
were members Of the union on
inactive status" and would face
disciplinary action for flying the
plane unless they could give a
satisfactory explanation.
("If their explanation Is un-
satisfactory they may be ex-
pelled," Mr.. Morris said)
TWA said those aboard the plane
included Julian Huxley, UNESCC
head, and delegates from Ethiopia
Evening star., 1946-10-22
Girl, u, Says She Killed
Father 10 Help Mother
By the Assoe;otsd Press

SUPERIOR, Wis, Oct. cc.-Dis-
trict Attorney Andy Borg disclosed
yesterday that a 12-year-old girl
had said in q statement that she
shot and killed her father while he
was sleeping.
II shot daddy because I wanted
mama to be happy" Mr.. Borg quoted
the girl as saying. The prosecutor
said she told him she got the idea
of the staying from radio pro-
gram.
Mr.. Borg said the girl, her a.
year-old sister and their mother had
been questioned for four days in
connection with the fatal shooting
at their home last Thursday. The
child's father was shot with 20
caliber rife, Mr.. Borg said, and
died about two hours later. ass
The prosecutor said no charges
had been placed against the girl
and that she would be taken into
Juvenile Court. He said she told
him she had tried to kill her father
about three weeks ago by turning
on the gas at their home. The girl
was quoted by Mr.. Borg as saying
her father had beaten her and "had
been mean to me"
Evening star., 1946-10-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C''' As
OCTOBER q. l9b
Oceon-Sponning Winds Blight
Crops With TriIIions of Germs
By Thomos R. Henry
ff

man subjects to determine the kinds
and amounts of amino acids neces-
sary to mana problem OF great
Importance in light of tn, synthetic
dies now being proposed for famine
areas-were described by DR.. VIII
liam c. Rose of the University OF
Illinois.
Rat Needs More Elements.
The amino acids are the elemen-
tary chemicals which are the build
ing blocks OF the body. Without
them there can be no growth. Col
|lege student volunteers lived for
weeks on thin waters, codliver oil,
the various necessary vitamins.
amino acids in purified form. Gains
and losses in weight we're deter
mined at frequent intervals, he re-
ports.
Among the findings were that
man can live more simply than q
rat. Types of these elementary food
substances which had been found
absolutely essential for maintain
ing the life of white rats appeared
unnecessary for the boys.
Among the implications Of the ex-
periments, it was pointed out, Is the
possibility of devising an adequate
human diet which can be given by
| injection into the blood stream.
Evening star., 1946-10-22

surplus goods disposal abroad. Mr.
Byrnes said he had asked Secretary
OF the Treasury Snyder to investi-
gate this report.
The Treasury employe in Czecho-
slovakia, he said, has informed Mr..
Snyder that he was not correctly
quoted. Mr.. Byrnes said the employe
now has been asked to state In writ
ing exactly what he did say on this
matter.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
w. E. Purcell, Treasury
Clerk, Is Found Dead

A 64-year-old Treasury Depart
ment clerk was found dead yester-
day, apparently from natural causes.
in a vault of the auditors build
ing, Fourteenth street and Inde.
pendence avenue S.W.
The man was identified as Will
liam E. Purcell, 3467 Fourteenth
street NV. He was discovered in
the vault at pm. by Michael j..
Connor, fellow worker, and was
pronounced dead by DR.. Donald E.
Hughes of the Public Health De-
partment.
Police said Mr.. Purcell is sur
vived by his widow and two chill
dren, all living in New York.
Evening star., 1946-10-22

Albania and other South Central
European countries.
The departure Of the special plane
left four others grounded In this
region-two in Paris, one In Rome
and one In Shannon.
One OF the planes here was
grounded after the pilots bringing 1t
In from Cairo learned of the strike,
presumably by wireless messages
flashed from New York. The second
plane was just about to take OF for
New York when the pilots walked
OF the job.
TWA said the passengers had been
billeted in Paris hotels.
RINEANNA, Fire, Oct. 20 [P.-A
TWA plane, from Paris, piloted by
two officials because OF the airline
strike. took aboard IL stranded pas
sengers at Shannon Airport today
for its transatlantic fight, but
left 10 others from Cairo awaiting
Transportation to the United States.
Evening star., 1946-10-22

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.-Vast
multitudes Of dust specks each less
than thousandth Of an inch long
carried by 2-mile- high winds over
desert and ocean barriers, constant
ly menace the great grain crops OF
the earth.
Recent findings on the world mi
grations of plant disease germs
especially the stem rusts of wheat
and oats which occur in devastating
epidernics, were described to the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences meeting
here today by DR.. E. C. Stakman OF
the University of Minnesota.
It has been well established that
wheat rusts are seasonal migrators
north and south over North America
so that the crops of the United
States, Canada and Mexico must be
considered as an integrated whole
DR.. Stakman said. More recent
findings are that Europe and even
India may be Involved in the same
disease pattern. D.
NUMBERED IN 1rllNOnS.
There is strong circumstantial
evidence" he said, that rust OF
small grains develops extensive re-
gional epidemics in Eastern Europe
because Of north and south ex-
change of spores.at different seasons
There is evidence that spores OF
some of the cereal rusts can be
blown across ocean barriers 1,50G
miles wide" 1t is possible that they
may be carried across even wider
barriers.
They are so small that they can
be carried long distances by mass
air movements. On a single acre o1
lightly rusted wheat, there may be
as many as 10 thousand billion
spores. BY using traps exposed from
air lanes, it is found that they may
be numerous up to 10000 feet anc
many may be canJed even higher.
There are certain races Of stem
rust in South America that car
attack almost all the resistant
wheats now grown in North Amer.
lea. Whether they can be carried
by natural means into the whea1
areas of the northern hemisphere
is an important problem" DR.. Stak.
man declared.
New Types Arise Constantly.
More than 200 races of wheat rus'
alone now are known and new type:
constantly are arising, he said. Ont
such new type a few years agt
destroyed the usefulness of the best
resistant spring wheat variety ir
the United States and Canada anc
lately has been found in Mexico.
DR.. Stakman urged rigid tight.
ening of plant quarantines because
of numerous plant disease germ!
which cannot be carried by wind.
but which sweep over great farm.
ing areas If they get foothold by
way of plant specimens which have
crossed State or national borders.
Experiments with volunteer hu.
Evening star., 1946-10-22
u. N.
Continued From First Page.)

U. N. to be established. The man.
date holders would serve as ad-
ministering states, with the United
States, Russia and China as the
mountaineering members of the
council.
French Make Offer.
France has offered French Togo
land and CAMERON and the Aus
tralians have offered their portion
of New Guinea.
The American delegation headed
by former Senator Warren Austin
of Vermont continue dts day-long
sessions of combing through the list
of problems on the Assembly agenda.
1t met in almost continuous session
yesterday and last night to deter
mine a policy on future needs of the
refugee-care agencies after the end
ing of UNRRA next year and also
completed its committee assign
ments.
Mr.. Austin himself will serve on
the Assembly's General (Steering)
Committee and the Headquarters
Committee, which will point the way
for establishment of the world
peace capital in nearby Westchester
County or may accept one of the
rival proposals offered by New York
City and the San Francisco area.
Report on Sites.
The report on five proposed sites
surveyed in Westchester County will
be made public tonight. AS a counter
to New York's offer of $50 acres in
the 1939-1940 Worlds Fair grounds
in Flushing, where the Assembly will
meet in the old New York City
Building, San Francisco is carrying
on its campaign to convince the U
NJ that it has more spacious lands to
offer with reasonable costs of build
ing construction.
A spirit of optimism and pledge
of Soviet cooperation in the Assem-
bly, expressed by Russian Foreign
Minister " NJ Molotov on his arrival
in New York was answered last
night in a statement by Mr.. Austin,
who said:
IT have always believed that this
Is the sincere attitude of the Rus
slams and expression of it by Mr..
Molotov is, of course, very pleasing
to all Of our people. :. I am sure that
the people of America welcome that
greeting as he comes here to this
meeting"
An item of progress was an
nounced almost simultaneously from
the slow-paced deliberations of the
u. N. Atomic Energy Commission S
No. 2 (politicaD Committee, which
said that Prof. S. P. AIexandrov,
Russian delegate. had recommended
world survey to determine where
deposits of uranium might be found
and mined prohtably.
In this first proposal from Russia
suggesting a means of control Of