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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28

After the All-American Tourna-
ment at Frenck Lick, Ind, I drove
to Indianapolis where I was to
catch my plane for New Orleans.
While waiting in Indianapolis, l
dropped in at the Columbia Club
and pulled up a chair beside Wal
ter Pray. Walter has been an out
standing tournament player since
the days of auction, but he still low
es a game of rubber bridge. The In
dainapolis crowd can always be
depended upon for some excitement
in the bidding. I barely had time
to wonder what Pray would do with
his holding, when he simply bid
six spades. South showed good judg-
ment in refraining from doubling.
When the club king held the
first trick, South shifted to the
ace of diamonds. Pray trumped it
and took one round of spades. Now
Pray reasoned that if he was
to make the contract, the hearts
had to break three-three: or the
Jack of hearts had to drop double
ton; Or the only other chance was
to find that the defender with four
hearts also held the one outstand-
ing trump. So he led the ace, king
and queen of hearts, then trumped
the ten of hearts in dummy with
the six of spades-and spread the
hand for the balance Of the tricks.
In justification Of his six-spade
bid, Pray said, What bid could
I make that would bring me an
intelligent response? I had to de-
eide then and there whether or
not to try for a slam. I knew that
the opponents strength lay entirely
in the minor suits, and even if nv
partner were void of spades, he
have as much as the lack of
hearts. Therefore l thought that
six spades was the best bid on the
hand"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Good Influence Overcome
Author Unknown

Department stores in larger cities,
and some smaller ones, group chlldren's
books by age brackets. It is partly a
matter of selection on the basis OF
vocabulary. Books for youngsters four
teen to sixteen years old would be so
much Greek to children of six to eight.
But it is not altogether a matter OF
whe her the juvenile reader knows all
the words. Subjects are also considered.
The average si~X-year-old cannot under
stand many things that are perfectly
plain to the average fourteen-year-old.
And it is the aim of book depart
ment operators to see that only whole
some books are available IN their
shelves for children. Too much praise
cannot be given this matter of selection
Of books for children.
But whatever help the effort could
be in shaping the lives of young read
ers is set at naught by the type of
radio and moving picture entertainment
available to them and which, for the
most part, parents permit them to hear,
or see.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Rationing The Government

Senator Bridges of New Hampshire,
who is slated to be the new chairman
of the U. S. Senate Committee on APP
preparations, recently issued a state
ment in which he said: Government
needs it's own taste of %rationing, CELL
ings and priorities-and in the same
rigid measure that these things have
been imposed on the people.
There must be a r%ationing of money
to spend.
"There must be ceilings on public
payrolls.
There must be ~priorities on new and
costly projects.
1.-THE American people are vigorously
demanding a government that spends
no more than it receives in taxes, that
lives within the ability of it's people to
pay, that balances it's budget and cuts
it's debt.
If that vital goal is to be achieved,
every SOVcIIlIIGllCd IOIl-GSS6uCldI must
be eliminated, and every penny of
avoidable expenditure must be cut from
future budgets.
The economy drive should begin with
activities which are not properly within
the sphere of government, and which
would be provided by tax-paying bust
ness if it were allowed the opportunity
At this moment the federal spendthrifts
are demanding that the government
spend untold millions to create and de-
velop a Missouri Valley Authority, a
Columbia Valley Authority, and a num-
Der of others. None of these would pro-
vide a single necessary thing that pri.
vate industry under local government
regulation cannot and should not pro.
vide. Not n of the0 you'd produce
benefits sufficient to Cytset the losses
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Letter Box
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING

10 the Editor:
The members of the fire depar>
ment wish me to express thel
gratitude to the publisher, the cdr
tor, the round-the-toWn reporter
and the entire staff of the Whining
ton Star and News for a very
great service in the time of dire
need of one of their comrades,
w. H. Sebrell, who saw the dreams
Of his first Christmas out Of the
Navy go up in smoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sebrell are botl
overwhelmed by the goodness OIL
everyone concerned with their WEI
fare. ,
The people of Wilmington and
this community have been WONDER
full, ard we feel very grateful 10
them and to you for having a hear.
of gold in the time of need. We
are convinced there is a Santa
Claus. Thank you for everything.
J.. A. WEST
First Assistant Chief
Wilmington Fire Dep"
Wilmington. N. C.
Dec. 27, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Star Dust
In the Cards

In the Cards
Smither was preparing to take a
solo jaunt up into the mountains,
when Jake, the grizzled old camp
guide, stopped him to check up on
his supplies.
You gotta map an a compass?"
asked Jake.
"Certainly,' replied Smithers.
'Hev you gotta deck of playing
keerds?"
why no." rejoined Smithers.
What in the heck do 1 need with a
deck of playing cards?"
1T mought save your life, son."
old Jake replied. Il always carry
a pack with me. If you get lost,
son, just set down and begin play
in a game O. solitaire. Next thing
you know some fool with pop up be.
hind you and begin telling you what
to do next"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28

per cent increases were reported by
Is industries with II per cent of
the workers.
The 107, ATS, 900 mandays Ga days
work by one mani lost by work
stoppages from January to Novem-
Der compares with 30,307, 900 man
days in the same 11-month period
in 1915; 1886, 900 in 1914; and the
1859 average of 16,089, 900. Fig
ures are available only since 1927
but officials said the 1916 strikes
exceeded those of 1919.
The pay figures for Nov. 15.show-
ed average weekly earnings in all
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
TIDAL WAVES HIT
JAP RICE BELT

The shores of Japan's Koo,4
Tokushima, snd Wakayama 1 roenl
lures (provinces), areas b 2,v5ec'
hit by tidal" waves reS r+4eSt
from heavy quaking of the nesg
by ocean floor, have made dis lear
tive contributions to the eco1a ,lc
OF crowded Japan, SAYS tba NJ,
tlo:aal Geographic Society. va
KOCH and Tokushima fo~c g..
southeastern half of shikok| NE
pans smallest principal jsls ID
suited lands along their coasts .r.
virtually the only part of Jsn are
where two crops of rice can TPb hl
harvested In a year, Lying in abo "
the latitude of CbsrIest"1'
South Carolina, the region has r'o.
tropical summers and mild wintor,
that encourage the nations no.s
essential food crop. VS'
The fertile Kochi plain snro,s.
its farmlands far inland into @f fia
gerlike valleys separated bv sta an,
mountain ridges. They sooNo.,
groves of palm, camphor, bamboo
and other s%ubtropical trees.
Capitals of the two prefectnr,.
are port cities of more than IM'
600 people each, bearing the di,
trlct names, KOCH and Tokusbims
Both were hard hit by the ouaEo
Kochl's deep inlet, a six-mile cor'
rldor from the open sea serva5
to build up the force of seismic Sc.
waves, according to japanese ds
patches.
Both cities had their starts :,
settlements surrounding ancieri
feudal castles, as did neighbour
cities of Takalnatsu, Matsuyama
and Marugame, on shikokn',
northern, Or Inland sea, coast Al
Tokushlma, as in other cities tbs
big castle grounds have served AZ
city parks long after the disappear.
ance of the castles.
Isolation deters DEVELOPMENT n
the southern Shikoku coast on =
scale comparable to that of near.
by Inland Sea shores. Railroad
mileage is low on rugged Shikoku
so that transportation is largely
limited to slow coastwise vesseIs
or primitive stage routes over The
mountains to the Inland Sea Or cir,
cautiously, along the island shores,
Four-fifths of Shikoku is upland,
including ridges with peaks more
than a mile high, parts of which
have never been explored. Noun.
tain forest products account for
some of the shipping from Koch
and Tokushima ports, Much of ia,
pans copper, gold, and silver
comes from Shikoku's hillss.
Eastward across XII strait from
Shikoku, Wakayama prefecture felt
the force OF the same Seaquake
waves. Forming the southwestern
portion of the Wakayama peninsu
la, its land is the most southerly
of Japan's main island of Honshu
Wakayama peninsula reaches
southwark from the big, bomb-bat
tered industrial cities of Osaka and
Nagoya.
Wakayama's Kino river valley
in addition to rice fields, has thick
groves of mandarin oranges. At its
mouth is its capital, hard-hit Waka.
yama city, counting about 2OO,O00
residents. Specializing in spinning.
weaving, and dyeing cotton and
silk. this community marks the
southern limit of Osaka'S spread.
ing industrial belt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
QUOTATIONS

Under the guise of refugees, task forces OF
dissension have established beachheads along
our eastern and western seaboards ana tney
are now drilling their underground, uncer-
cover. and un-American invasion clear across
the country from both fronts.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Time and space factors have gone from
warfare. Never again will we be allowed as IN
the past to mobilize unmolested.
Ira Eaker, AAF deputy COMMANDER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Religion
DayByDay
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THEY THINK THEY
ARE PROPHETS
BY WILLIAM r. ELLIS

Fan mali is of many kinds.
The most pathetic letters that
come to me are from men who be-
lieve themselves to be prophets OF
God, the new anointed ones, sent
to deliver this age. Their letters
are always long, and usually writ
ten in pencil on cheap scratch pa
per, and generally ungrammatlcal.
Two letters received last week
claimed specifically the prophetic
call to a John the Baptist role. L
am he", the writer declared; and
then went on to say plaintlvely. i
have written thousand OF letters
but nobody accepts me-.
These letters represent a wider
company than we know. of persons
suffering from religious abera-
tons. They are ego centric, and
uniformed upon the Bibles teach
ings. In this mornings mail is a
brightly : written letter contending
that Paul was a secret foe of
Jesus, and intent only upon de-
stroying the Gospel! Some of my
correspondents report that their
"call' came to them in visions.
What may we say to these poor,
disordered minds?
Simply that they busy Them
selves right where they are in the
service and ministry that Jesus
taught. He that doeth the will
shall know of the doctrine. To
visit the sick and the bereaved. to
aid the poor, to lead children into
paths of righteousness. to
speak the word Of witness. and to
show Low at all times - such are
the tests of the really called.
1t larger service is indicated
God will open the doors of opnor,
tunity.
Unto all ThV Seokinr -
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28

that occur when free enterprise is liqui-
dated, and more and more property is
removed from local tax rolls.
Senator Bridges points the way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Time Lost By Strikes In II Months
OF 1916 Topples Industry Records

manufacturing of S45.65, average
weekly hours of 40.2, and average
hourly earnings of $1.13 IL.
The Nov. Is figures were pre-
liminary estimates. Complete
statistics we're available up to Oct.
IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
Plastic Panacea

Plastic gadgets by the score
Are being made today
It's plastic this and plastic that
For use at work or play.
There's only one more plastic
| need to cure my ills
And that's some plastic money
With which to pay my bills.
Louise Darcy
Things That Count.
Old Lady: Il never take cock
tails"
Young Sophisticate: 'Gracious,
what do you do between five and
seven?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28

Unto all Thy seeking servants
0 Lord. grant sanity and utter
modestry and clear obedience
Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-28
TOP o. THE MORNING

And there are tempted souls this night,
still waging
Such desperate warfare with all evil
powers,
Anthems of peace, while the dread strife
is raging.
Sound bit a mochery thro' their midnight
hours.
For these. o Father, our petition hear,
And send Thy tempted, sinIess Christ Child
very near.
Author Unknown
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Helen L. McGuire
Becomes Bride
OF Mr.. Sbeebv

Mr.'and Mrs. Joseph Leo Sheehy,
who were married yesterday morn
ing, will make their home at l414
Forty-fourth street after their
wedding trip to Los Angeles. The
bride was Miss Helen Lillian Nc
Guire, daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
David Joseph MCGUIRE, and the
bridegroom is a son of Mrs. Edward
Sheehy and the late Mr.. Sheehy.
The ceremony was performed in st.
Anthony's Church, the Rev. John
j. Dressed officiating and saying the
nuptial mass. Mr.. Thomas Can't
well was the soloist during the mass.
Mr.. MCGUIRE escorted his daugh-
ter to the sanctuary, where Mr.
Sheehy and his best man, Mr..
Edward E. Gallagher, awaited her.
She wore ivory bridal satin trimmed
with seed pearls and the long full
skirt fell into circular train. A
halo of seed pearls held her finger
tip veil and she carried a prayer
book covered with gardenias.
Mrs. Clarence Smith was matron
of honor and the brides only at
tendant. She was dressed in pow
der-blue lace over taffeta, with
matching hat and carried yellow
pompons.
Mr.. David J. Mcclure and Mr..
Eugene T. MCGUIRE, brothers of the
bride, were the ushers.
The reception and wedding
breakfast were held in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclure In Green
Meadows, after which Mr.. and Mrs.
Sheehy left for the West Coast
Mrs. Mcclure was graduated from
st. Cecelia's Preparatory School in
Englewood. N. j., and Mr.. MCGUIRE
attended the University of Dayton
and took his law degree from
GEORGETOWN University.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Donaldson-Casey
Ceremony Is Held
In ArImqton

White flowers. palms and lighted
candles made lovely setting at
Cherrydale Methodist Church in
Arlington yesterday afternoon for
the wedding of Miss Colleen Casey
OF Washington and Mr.. Earl Dom
aldson of Arlington. The Rev.
Hedley Clews officiated.
The bride, who is the daughter
OF Mrs. Mollie Casey. was given in
marriage by her uncle, Mr.. James
r. Hughes of Cumberland, Ky. Her
gown was. Persian design of ivory
satin. The headpiece was a wreath
Of orange blossoms with a fingertip
veil OF illusion, and she carried a
bouquet of cream roses, centered
with white orchid.
Mrs. zell Fields of Cumberland
was matron of honor. She wore an
olive green dress with satin
bodice and net skirt, and a gold
Juliet cap. She carried a bouquet
OF matching chrysanthemums. The
other attendants were Miss Clarann
Headley and Mrs. Francis Waigand
of Washington They wore gold
dresses, designed like that of the
matron Of honor's, and they carried
bouquets of gold and rust chrysan-
themumS.
The best man was Mr.. James Fix
of Arlington, and the ushers were
Mr.. William Stalcup of Fairfax,
Mr.. Jack Cullen of Washington and
Mr.. Hugh Falconer of Arlington.
A reception was held at the Ad-
miral Club Immediately following
the ceremony.
Mrs. Donaldson is a graduate of
Central High School and the bride
groom was graduated from Wash
ington-Lee High, and later attend
ed Washington and Lee University.
He is employed in Washington, and
after the newlyweds return from
their wedding trip to Canada they
will live in Arlington.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
announcement

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schroell of
Washington announce the recent
marriage of their daughter. Miss
Mary Jane Schroell, to Mr.. Mason
G. Hungerford, son Of Mrs. Louise
Jones of Alexandria. The ceremony
was performed in st. Gabriel's Rec
tory by the Rev. Louis w. Albert.
Miss Elena Caporaletti was the
maid of honor and Mr.. Ferguson
Hungerford was his brothers best
man. A reception followed at the
Statler Hotel
After their wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Hungerford will reside in
Washington.
Evening star., 1946-03-29
Pacific Coast League
Has Gala Outlook
ey the Assoojoted Press

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29.-Base-
balls most ambitious league-the
Pacific Coast-gets off today on its
44th, and perhaps most important,
sea son.
The league that would be ma ior
views 1916 as the acid test of it's
aspirations, but confidence abounds.
With high-caliber playing talent
returned from service and down
from the majors, all eight clubs are
greatly improved and owners an
ticipate attendance greater than
last years near 100000.
We're in for a wide-open race"
predicted League President Clarence
Rowland. Last year we outdrew
the American Association and Inter-
national-tWo leagues with our AAA
classification - combined. 1 think
wen do it again
Materials shortages have kept
club owners from expanding parks
as fully as they would like, but
otherwise they're all set.
The l83-game Coast Leaue sched-
ule, ending September %, will be
topped by Governor Cup playoffs
between first division hnishers run
ming at least 10 days.
Baseball men hereabeut generally
eoncede that the 1945 champion
Portland Beavers are the team to
beat, but they're keeping a hopeful
eye on the Hollywood Stars, with an
almost completely new cast of for
mer major leaguers.
Evening star., 1946-03-29

Already recognised as one OF the
biggest sandlot organizations in the
country, the Washington Amateur
Baseball Association added still an-
other circuit today when the Capital
Transit League was awarded men,
bership in the District branch OF
the mammoth All-American setup.
The new loop, starting out In its
initial year Of operation, will jain
such veteran circuits as the De-
partmental League, organized In
1900; the Industrial, the District
Recreation and the comparatively
young Metre Military. With thres
leagues operating under the Rec
reation Departments banner, the
Washington Association new has
seven loops getting set for season
that will reach It's climax locally In
the city championship series start
! ing August u.
I Vet Sandlotter Heads Loop.
President of the Capital Transit
League is Bob Dunnigan, who played
center field for the THYME Aces
back in 1929 when that team wor
the city title. Dunnigan describes
himself now as "portly guy" who
doesn't get around to playing much
baseball, but he still is an ardent
sandlot fan and hopes to make the
Evening star., 1946-03-29
Boys Baseball Loop
Needs More Teams

A few vacancies still exist in the
Western Division of the Boys Club
of Washington baseball league and
representatives OF interested teams
may submit applications at meet
ings of the three classes scheduled
for next week.
All meetings will be held In the
library of the Georgetown Branch
of the Boys Club, Twenty-elght
and M streets NV, at o'clock
The midgets will meet Monday, the
peewees on Wednesday and the in
sect class on Thursday.
Play in the ninth season of the
league will get under way on Sat-
urday, April ~, in the midget and
peewee classes and the insect loor
will open April %.
Boys under 16 years of age will
play in the insect bracket, those
under IA in the peewee class ano
those under IL in the midget diyi-
sion.
Evening star., 1946-03-29
Capital Transit League Enters
City Loop; Opens Ploy in May

new circuit one of the Districts best.
The league came into being partly
through the return to the company
|of small army of servicemen who
wanted to play ball. Last year Cap-
|ital Transit had several teams in
operation In unlimited baseball, but
in no organized league. This year
the company gave its haseballers a
blank check and told them to get to
work
League Lacks Only Field.
Uniforms, bats and balls already
have been bought and the only hitch
so far is the matter Of playing fields,
. difficulty that the new circuit
shares with the older loops. Dick
Tennyson of the District Recrea-
ton Department, however, has gone
to work on the problem and hopes
10 come up with . solution soon.
The league will swing into opera
ton in May with eight teams and
will play two rounds in each half
with the winners in each semester
to meet for the right to represent
the loop in the city title play. The
teams will 60 under the names OF
Tigers, Robins, Rams, Wrens, Cardi-
nails, Eagles, Cubs and Lions. Ths
schedule will be announced as soon
aS playing fields are secured.
Evening star., 1946-03-29

ot&f otNU 'Sobo-
due to a score arm and also to being
hit on the head by a thrown ball,
helieves he hasn't had an opportu-
nifty to display his talent.
Torres May Quit Club.
1t is believed President Clark
Griffith already has informed Kuhel
and Campbell of his decision to re-
lease them in order to permit their
shopping for a job, but Griffith de-
MES it. Wholesale trimming of the
Mats squad will materialize after
Sunday, when the A team faces
Brooklyn at Daytona Beach and the
B team meets Buffalo here. There
after the Mats will perform as one
unit
Gil Torres, who arrived from Ha
yana with Catcher Mike Guerra late
Wednesday night, will, be tossed into
the midst OF the third base battle
tomorrow when the Mats clash with
Brooklyn here. Now established a
favorite TO capture the job, Torres
Is saying he's undetermined whether
to remain with the Mats.
He has been upset by the loss of
his son, haa an ailing wife in Cuba
and says hes homesick.
Coan, plagued first by blisters and
later by an agenizing. case of ath-
lets's foot, worked out yesterday
His feet have responded to treat
ment by Trainer Mike Martin and
Gil says he now is prepared to bid
for an outfield berth.
Sent to Chattanooga yesterday
was Eddie Lyons, rookie infielder
whose parting remark was, I'll be
back. I can't play second base like
Gerry Priddy, but If / couldn't play
third better than Torres. I'd quit