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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

1t is a pleasure to see u boys
getting back into civilian life. 1t.
Col. R. H. Skinner, of Chestnut
Hill, Mass, is back in the organ
business, which is a far cry from
landing with the first American
troops on Leyte. Dick served as
president of the American Contract
Bridge league while he was in the
armed forces, and as a civilian he
is again taking an active part in
bridge.
I asked him for the most inter-
esting hand he played during the
war, and he gave me this one.
Dick won the opening lead with
the ace of spades and three rounds
OF diamonds picked up the adverse
trumps. Three rounds of clubs dis
closed that the suit would not
break.
Now how was he going to trump
two spades and a club with two
trumps?
He led the deuce of hearts and
West split his honors, playing the
jack. Skinner allowed the trick to
hold, and West was in a predica-
ment. If he returned a heart. a
good heart would be established
in dummy for a discard.
West returned the low spade,
upon which Skinner discarded a
heart from dummy. and his jack
of spades took the trick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
Stain Says No

The customary Russian "No" to pro-
posals by the Western Allies is spoken
again, this time by Joseph Stain him
self, in reply to President Truman's
appeal for the Soviet Union to take an
important part in relieving famine
conditions. Stain says it is too late.
To do Russia justice it is to be noted
that she has sent some relief to Greece
and is pledged to give France $780, 0O
tons of wheat. The reply to Mr.. Tru-
mar is that these commitments are as
great as Russia can make. It is also
to be noted, however, that communism
is rampant in both these countries.
It is true that Russia was hard hit
during the German attack. But it is
not to be forgotten that Russian forces
occupying freed countries have been
living off the resources of those coun-
tries and that there has been much
confiscation by the Russian authorities
IN occupied lands.
But what concerns US most is the
invariable mo" Moscow or Moscow's
agents reply to proposals offered by
Great Britain and the United States,
AS days pass it becomes more and
more apparent that the Soviet Union
intends to play a lone hand to the end
in international affairs. Whatever &C.
quiescence to Western Allied PROPOSE.
tons eminates from Moscow is due
solely to the heavier pressure the So
called Western bloc is able to bring to
bear.
It is not so surprising, therefore
that sentiment is rapidly crystalizine
to give Russia it's head, regardless oil
the possible bad situation this might
involve.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
It's Hard To Make Black Mean Black
In This Highly Cynical Day And Age

DAY, and I have mentioned it be-
fore-that one item I knocked out
some months ago ma6e me per-
sons non grata with the group
about whom I was writing. And,
let me emphasize, I sweated cop
iously over the item, put my
whole soul into it.
The item mentioned a stay I
made in the hospital. In it l re-
peatedly stated directly-and
even indirectly-how grateful I
was for the attention the nurses,
and the doctors, gave me. My
point was that there's a lot to
psychological treatment when
you're sick; l think even more
so than the administering of medi-
cineS.
Everybody likes attention.
whether he'll admit it Or not.
When you're sick you naturally
want-and need-more attention
than when you're well. $50 OBJ
vious it sounds like I'm copying
it from a First Grade primer.)
Well, on that trip to the hos
pital I was SO grateful for the
attention 1 had received that, as
Don as I'd slipped out Of those
cute pajama tops they give you
to wear in hospitals, dressed and
got down here I went to work to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
Doctor Says
DEADLY DISEASES
SPREAD BY TICKS
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN. NJ i,

ny "AAA"AM A. UbRlEN, NJ, n.
Injected WOOD ticks spread +ol,-
remia, relapsing fever, and ForLv
Mountain spotted fever; thew NV
also cause tick paralysis, especi,i
ly in young children. While oth.r
diseases are spread by ticks, they.
are the mos common ones. in our
country.
Rocky Mountain spotted fay.r
develops in the northern portioo ~
the Rocky Mountain area and In N.
southern and eastern portion =,
the Alleghenies. The cause \, sn
infected dog or wood tick.
The disease starts suddenly
with fever, headache, irritation n
light, muscle and joint pains. and
chills. On the third or fourth
day. a rash appears on the .Y.
tremities which finally involves
the entire body. The incubatior
period is eight to ten days.
Persons in infected tick areas
can be protected by a special vac.
cine.
Tularemia is acquired bv III.
bite of a blood-sucking horse-fy
or that Of an infected wood tick. hy
contact with an abrasion Of The
skin, or by eating insufficientlv.
cooked rabbit meat. Sudden onset
pains, and fever are characteristic
and, if the disease follows 4 bits
the neighboring lymph glands are
enlarged and swollen.
Relapsing fever may be either
louise = or tick = borne. Infection !,
characterized by two or three At.
tacks Of fever, with intervals BE-.
tween the attacks OF two to -
days. The disease is caused bv
spirocete which is spread througb
infected wild rodents by the bites
of infected ticks.
Relapsing fever also occurs in
lie nocky Mountain region, as
well as in a few western and
southern states.
Tick paralysis which is caused
by a poisonous substance So.
cre:ed by the salivary glands, d..
veltps zine to Is days after at.
tachnlent. If the ticks are remov.
ed, the signs of paralysis dissn.
pear. Small children are usually
affected, for they have less resisi.
ance to the poison than do adult,
Ticks do not spread a disease
unless It is present in the area
but bites by non-infected ticI
may cause tick paralysis.
Ticks should be removed from
the human body as promptly as
possible, without crushing them
with projected hands. Ticks should
be removed from. dogs and other
animals with the same care.
Only a small percentage Of ticks
are infected in nature, and tbs
number of humans who contract
these diseases is small, except in
a few districts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

sweat and slave on this typewritel
in a heroic effort to thank the
nice nurses who gave me the at.
tention.
Well, it just goes to show some
thing or other. When l was talk.
ing to this special friend of mine
yesterday in the hospital he had
that artical that was handed him
by n Of the nurses. He told me
he'd read it three times and that
doggoned if he could see any es-
SERGE of vitriol in it. So he said
here you read it because you
probably don't remember it anc
see what you can find. You
English pupils and linotype op'
orators and proofreaders: l didn't
punctuate what he said to me be-
cause that's the way he said it te
me-without puctuation.) .
Somebody else had underlined 3
lot Of sentences and phrases II
the article. Now, it so happened
that most of those sentences anc
phrases were favorable to the
group about whom-I never know
whether to say whom or which
] had written.
1t turns out that some Of the
girls got the notion that I was
sarcastic when 1 expressed my
grateful appreciation and thanks
to them for their attention to me,
My reaction naturally was one
of those "well-rn-be-doggoned'
ones. l was really afraid to walk
back down the corridor after my
visit with my friend in the dead
ly fear I'd be ambu shed with q
hypodermic needle. When I lief
the building it was with the feel.
ing Of relief that comes when you
get away from something in
which, or whose, clutches you've
thought you were in.
I was safe, all right. BUT J
can tell you this: The very mex
time I write Il like you'' I'm 60
ing to put an editors note on il
like this. Editors Note: HI
means exactly what he says"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
ny W. o. kUGERS
TALKING THROUGH MY HATS.
by Lilly naoba ad;+.a NJ

TALKING THROUGH MY HATS.
by Lilly Dache, edited by DOROTHY
Roe Lewis (Coward-McCann;
S2.5O.)
Though hats whisk in and out
OF these pages, this is mainly
about a person and a career un-
usually interesting both humanly
and as Americana. Miss Dache
1.-TWO syllables) was born in France,
but New York gave her opportunity
and she grabbed it with both hands
and has had a whirl ever since.
The uniformed outsider assO-
ciates her with sequins, big ear
rings, clinky jewelry and leopard
skin. All that g%litters is not froth,
however, and this is an engaging
ly frank and witty record Of an
early conservation to millinery
work all day and half the night,
debts that kept piling up, and
whole weeks when there wasn't
much to eat and a beau was extra
welcome as delivery boy and meal
ticket.
After trying Burlington, N. j.
and Philadelphia, she came to New
York. Her first job was in a
shop at Broadway and 77th, her
next at Macy's and then back to
the Broadway stand, which she and
a fellow clerk bought. First BIZ
shot client was Marion Davies
But as a good French girl, she
could own a big and Fashionable
shop and still, without a husband
be regarded by her family as a
failure. She married Jean DeS'
pres. Stories of the courtship, the
cousin who rashly told her when
her English was rudimentary Hs'
yes" was always a safe answer,
Of her date with a grocery clefh
make this most entertaining READ
ing.
Being a milliner is sometime,
like being DOCTOR" she says, anu
she prescribes her c%oncoctlon.'
made out of a dash of this ana
dache of that, for women wiz
want a husband, want to keep
husband, want a lover or, oelHS
down in the dumps, want a ILL.,
Dorothy Roe Lewis is AP faSp
ion editor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
Cotton Industry Changes

Southern owners are reported sell
ing their cotton mills to northern buy
ers at a huge profit, with the expecta-
ton of buying them back in a few
years., when the anticipated era OF
prosperity passes, for a song or two.
Robert Hanes, president of tn
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company OF
Winston-Salem cites one case in which
an owner bought a mill a decade or
more ago for $780, 900 and has now
sold it for $4,000, 900. This money, Mr..
Hanes adds, has been invested in gov
eminent bonds and the seller "hopes
to get his mill back at half-price in five
years."
This transaction is noted in an arti-
Gle in the Wall Street Journal of last
Friday, and serves as an example of
what is going on in the cotton mill
industry. 1t may be that others are not
counting such big profits, but it illus
trates a trend that is spreading rapidly
south of the Mason-Dixon line.
It was not so many years ago that
cotton mills in New England absorbed
the South's cotton crop-an economic
monstrocity which piled up needless
costs for everybody concerned, down to
the purchaser of spool cotton or piece
goods. Then, with the development of
cheap electric power, the mills began to
find new sites in the South, near the
source of their raw material, which re-
suited in savings for everybody except
the railroads that lost their former long
hauls and large freight revenue.
Gradually southern capital went into
the %transplanted mills, so that the tex
tile industry became one of the South's
and surest sources of income. At
this time, along with industry general
ly, it is not prosperous, as a result of
strikes and OPA ceilings. It is easy
to understand why southern owners
should be willing to take a profit and
trust to the future to make it easy for
them cheaply to ~reacquire their old
properties.
But there is no positive assurance
that northern buyers will be willing to
let go when times are bad. If they
hang on, and they well might do so, the
southern manufacturers will be in a
tough spot, despite their immediate prof
it's. The ultimate outcome could we'll
be that besides moving their mills from
New England to the South, the north
erners would remain to weather any
difficult period ahead, and the South
have no part in the cotton industry
except to raise a crop-a condition that
existed for so many costly decades in
the past.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

af.A
that doesn't get him by that 1[st
eagle-eyed inspection OF the Lls.t
of His Life. There's a Worla -,
meaning packed into a slngI'
statement such as Il see, Helli'
that you've bought another uh1pleir
Ia" A man can protest that ne
get the other one back tolmorroT'
and besides an extra umbrella a.
ways comes in handy. The new
able "Humph" and smile-Wlln,s
meaning prevents one from enialS
ing too much on the point. UmbreI.
las are essential in a climate yiia.
drops moisture. But for ONE ie 1o
son they are a most elusive a'l''N
for a man to keep his hands on
Clipps1
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

While obviously Americas fat salvage does
not feed starving people, it does lessen both
consumer and industrial demands upon fats
and oils and allows more food fats to be
shipped overseas. American Fat Salvage
Committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

Hollywood is a universal disaster compared
to which Hitler, Himmler and Mussolini were
trivial and fleeting incidents. Films are ruined
by their continued distortion of American life.
Sir Thomas Beecham, British orchestra con-
ductor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

Veterans are having a great deal of diff
Guilty in getting value. We at VA are afraid
of a catastrophe unless prices are tied to
real value. Unless loans are based on real
value, we could have thousands and thousands
of cheaply built houses turned back by yeter-
ans after a few y~ears.-Francis x. Pavesick
Veterans Administration Loan Guarantee Sec.
tion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

The bobby-soxers are running the American
+n.dition of beautiful women.-James Mont
gomery Flagg, artist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
TOP o. THE

There cal he no greater blessing 70 any
one than that m people shall be better
and happier because of his life.
-THURSTON
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
STAR Dust
Blind Justice

Blind Justice
Justice in our early western courts
was willing enough, but frequent
" abysmally ignorant. In a certain
California trial, the suspect, havins
clearly established his innocence Of
the charge against him by ar
allbi, had the satisfaction of hear.
ing the prosecuting attorney re.
mark to the court:
Il think, your honor, that this
trial had better stop right here.
The alibi has been fully establish.
ed"
4 think so, myself" replied his
honor, with an approving nod: and
then, summoning the prosecutor to
his side, he said, in a stage whisper
which was only too audible through.
out the courtroom, 81 say, what Is
the penalty for an alibi?" Wal,
Street Journal. ~
Umbrellas
Umbrellas are interesting i'm.
pedimenta in the daily business If
living in rainy weather. On the s,,r.
face, they are plebian EVERYDAY
gadgets with a definite purpose -
namely, to keep rain from ONES
head and shoulders. Practically
there are some nec,,1isr
things about umbrellas.
In the first place there's nothing
a man has, with the possible ev,
ception OF his rubbers, that can dis
appear more easily. If a man hss
several erronds on a rainy day and
finally ends up just before time tn
catch the 500 for home without HE
umbrella, he hasn't the slishtast
IDEA where he left it. OF course :
man can always buy another hut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
Department Holds Seni-FornoI Dance

The Production Department of the Chase Brass & Copper Co.,, Grand Street, recently held a semi formal dance at the Rod & Gun Club, Thomaston. Chaperons were pr. and Mrs. P. S. Parsons. Mir. and Mrs. R. II. North and Mrs. P. H Jae1Son. Door prizes were won by Mise Patricia Goodale and Floyd Nichols.
 Those attending were: Rosemary Reilly, Thomas Egan; Maureen But Ter, Bill Stillwell; Catherine Ham lton, Bill Hale; Mary Bergin, Art Johnson; Catherine McInerny, George Miller; Janet Voghel, Mich Mussio; Judy Mackey, Jack Larkin: Mir. and Mrs. Gordon Dishner; Lau- ra Nichols, Gene Reilly; Virginia Farrell, Charles Duffany; Marion Parsons, Raymond Warner: Frances zukauskas, Joseph Lingis; Ruth Phelan, John Slavin; Pauline Att wood, Wallace Straub; Mary Ciullo, Carmine Bruscino; Dolores Baltser, Raymond Pannone; Jean Reynolds, Francis Sacco; Lois Dambowska, Floyd Nichols.
 Alice Biron, Jack Mattrella; Pat Kennedy. George Synnott; MT. and Mrs. Patrick J. Kennedy; Wanda Mattrella, Joseph Santalucia; MT. anG Mrs George P. Parsons; Mir. and Mrs. Raymond Mencio; Olga Richardelli, John Guida; Patricia Goodale Rohert Greenwood. Vir- gina Walsh, Warner Nichols; MT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
Ben MNOCY' Girls Hold YNIe Party

The annual Christmas party of the Ben Mawr oiriT Club was held recently ct the "2i Club". A grab bag featured the entertainment pros gram.
 Those attending were Mir. aMd Mrs. Hugo Nora, Mir. and Mrs. Ed- ward Mast, Mir. and Mrs. Albert Ciancuili, Mir. and Mrs Nicholas Augelli, IT, Mir. and Mrs. Peter Augeli, Jr.. Miss Gertrude Rosa, Patrick Steere, Miss Anne DeCosmo, Andrew Purcaro, Miss Lucy Lam. berti, Ernest T'ravisano, Rosamond T'ravisano and Robert DeFiore.
 The next meeting will be held Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Hugo Nora of East Main Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
H0t1aSSNh WEI Establish Arts CO111Ntittee

A local Hebrew Arts Committee will be established by the Business and Professional Division of the Hadassah. Plans made ct a recent meeting include c choral group un- der the direction of Cantor Jacob Sivowitoh, a dance group under the supervision of Mrs. Joseph Duhin and a dramatic group led by Mrs, Maurice Jackson. The first meet- ing win be held Jan, 6,
 A birthday cake was cut in obs servance of the birthday of the late Miss Henrietta Szold, Hadassah founder. Mrs. Herman Farber was admitted to membership.
 A monologue, Crossroads" was given by Bertha Moskowitz and candleleight ceremony in observ- ance of Chanukah.
 Miss Ann F Cassel was in charge of Q social which followed, assisted by Miss Moskowitz and Miss Fet- broth.
 The Business and Professional Di- vision will meet with the Senior Hadassah Jan. 2s in Beth Fl Syna- gog.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
Junior Study Club
 Discusses Industry

The Study Ulub of the Junior pl- vision of the Waterbury council of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
Girl Scout Troop Holds YuIe Party

Girl Scout Troop, No. 3, was hostess at Christmas party yes- terday afternoon at the Second Con- gregatlonal Church to girls on the Scout waiting list. Dr. John O.. Walker, pastor of the Second Con- gregational Church welcomed the girls and announced that they have been accepted as members of the troop.
 Christmas carols were sung with the Rev. Henry r. Liebeck, assistant pastor, pianist. Games were en- Joyed and refreshments served. Mrs. Joseph c. Light, troop leader and Miss Janet Keckefoth were in charge of the affair.
 Those attending were Jean Allen, Joan Alt, Pauline Alt, Elsie Barker, Los Bertrand, Joanne E,lstace, Barbara Jenks Maryline Kaplin, Betty Kurtz, Carol Light, Barbara Lyon, Theresa Maher, Geraldine Mangini, Katherine Martin, Muriel Mckinley, Beverly Mendillo, Marie Pagano, Lois Poeltl, Ruth Robacker, Carolyn Rob Jill Walker and Sandra Wright.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
Contract Bridge
CORNEIL nRInOE CLVjB

The Wednesday afternoon tour. nament held under the direction of Mrs. John Mor1arty of Linden Street closed with the winners ae follwos, Mrs. James Duncan and Mrs. Ralph Crane, 287; Mrs. 1'hom- as Oliver and Mrs, Charles Feery, 2e2; Mrs. Uric Dionne and Mrs. Prank Driscoll, 26oh; Mrs. James Bulger and Mrs. George Casmai, 25bia.
 The Wednesday evening tourna- ment closed with the winners as Miss Ruby Goodrich mad Mrs. Jo- sephlne Sandore, l47; Miss Rather. inc Wall and Miss Martha Shoner, i3B,
 winners in the evening session were Mrs. William Mcfarland and Mrs. Patrick Brehaney, 48h; East and West, Miss Wall and Miss Shoner 5lh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
MANOR BRIDOE CLUE

The Wednesday afternoon toirna. ment held under the direction of Mrs. William Myers of Hinsdale Avenue closed with the winners as follows, Mrs. Joseph Reilly and Mrs. Edward Joy and Mrs. Joseph Stone, 530; Mrs. John Kruse and Mrs. Asa York, 536 Topscorers in the regular session were Mrs. York and Mrs. Kruse, 36; Mrs. Joseph McArdle, and Mrs. Louis Louges, 35.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
ELTON BRIDGE CLUB

Winners in the Wednesday eve. ming tournament held under the direction of Mrs. William sherman Smith at The Elton were as follows:
 Section 1, Herbert Root and Alvin Davis 34 i-2; Mrs. Martin Lynn and Mrs. Irving Cutting, tied with r. E.. Smith and H. L. Straus, 34. Off, ficial standing, Levon Thomas, "A; Mir Root and Mir. Davis, a l-2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20
Births

Mir. and Mrs. Thomas ?. Phelan of Hastings, N. Y,, announce the birth of their first child, e sons Thomas Francis, Jr, Dec. i4, at Yonkers General Hospital, Yons kers, N. Y. The infant is c grand- child of Thomas Pheian, East Main Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

Section 9, Mrs. Aaron Jacobson and Mrs. Joseph Reilly, 62; Mrs. Louis Lougee and Mrs. Helen Clarke, 6i; MT. and Mrs. Robert Strohacker and Mrs. Louis Boisvert. 5O Official standing. Mir. and Mrs. Strohacker % and Mrs. Ida Birdsall and Mrs. Louis Lougee, 02.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

roadsr hy tAe Rev osgaaa Tseans SI
 The Rev Thomas plgnam. moaer. Atof of the group wAs pENsene end Mary c. Hutchinson presided Ns .nhAlrmAn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

oaahollc Women held lss monthly
 meeting recently aa the Diocesan Bureau, A study Of the rights and
 dutles og labor and management wAs continued, using as a guide for the dlgouBalon "fnduntry At The cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

Mir. and Mrs. Revill Robertson, of High Street, announce the birth of q daughter, Denise Ann, Dec. l2, at st. Marys Hospital. Mrs. Robert son Is the former Jo-Ann Pascucci.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

Tnosa psessAA tn6luaee tAa szl&a Mary A. caanlAA, Mary As1ne No- lan, Irene pNlasanA Rosemary RAnA. Dosas paanaey, Mary CwacA much, mson end Mrs. KennelA oaxtsN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-20

and Mrs. John Shaw; Kay Samela, Louis Nordby; Emma Trenaglio and Eugene Santalucia.