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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30

considered appropriate to quote It at
some length.
Says the Times:
"The estimates, made from Gov
eminent statistics, showed that from
VE-Day until the end of last year strik-
ing workers lost roughly $257, 100000
in wages. From VJ-Day until the year.
end the loss was around $200,600,000.
'The figures on working time lost,
which came from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, showed that time lost due
ito strikes mounted rapidly after the
victory over Japan toward the end of
August.
"Of the total of 100000 man.
days lost during 1916 due to strikes.
80, $4,000 were lost after VE-Day, and
25,o75,O0O after VJ-Day.
'"The approximation of wages lost
was obtained by using 81 an hour or
So a day as the average wage in the
industries affected by strikes. A BIS
expert said that 81 an hour would be
very close to correct as an approxima-
ton of the average hourly wage.
"The figure for current wage losses
due to strikes was obtained by apply
ing the $8-a-day average to the 1,500,-
600 workers now reported as on strike
in the country.
'The acceleration of time lost from
strikes starting with September is
shown by monthly BIS statistics on
man-days lost, as follows:
May, 2,210,000.
June, 100000.
July, 100000.
August, 100000.
September, 3,675,000:
October, 100000.
November, 100000.
December, 100000.
'No time-loss figures are yet avail
able for any part of the current month,
but if the major strikes continue
through to it's end it will probably be
one of the greatest periods of strike
lost wages and productivity in the
country's history"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
Religion
DayByDay
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
FACES IN A RESTAURANT

FACES IN A RESTAURANT
Milady and I recently djned in a
big department store restaurant
We stood in line for a long time
before we could get seats (the place
seats 1900 persons), and we waited
nearly half an hour to be served.
Our table was next to the aisle,
so we could study the stream of
persons passing to and fro.
1t was depressing experience.
Even making allowance for the
well-fed look of those who had Just
dined, there was little of the serene
and the spiritual in the faces that
passed. Most of them seemed
care-worn and dissatisfied. Their
personalities were not proclama-
tons Of peace.
Something is missing from
their lives" was the involuntary
comment. 'They are well dressed
and apparently prosperous; many
of the women have carefully
'made-up' faces; but the general
impression is not one of content
ment or peace, Or the outward
shining of an inner light. On the
whole, they are drab and unap-
pealing lot.
That was a depressing judgment
to form of ones fellows. It sug-
gested other groups known to me
who wear serene and dadiant
faces.
Something IS missing from the
life of our day: something of glow
and sparkle and inner content
ment.
That something it is the business
of religion to supply.
Grant us Thy peace, o our
Father-God, that we may diff
fuse happiness in the world.
Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
QUOTATIONS

A new lamp dries the bather as he steps
out of the rub. Hereafter towels probably will
be used for crying purposes only.
Hoop skirts on the way back-fashion note.
Boy, will that give motor car designers a
new headache!
When caught peeking in the back of his
arithmetic book for the answers, Junior ex-
cused himself by stating that he was sinn1v
indulging in little fact finding.
Premier Stain has ben named to renreson+
his Moscow constituency in the Russiar G.,
preme Soviet. Wonder if Joe sat up 1ate '' -,
returns? ieeIloI
zaaok ,. Dumkopf says the outfit he uor,,a
4or cant amount to much. It isn't h ho;as
we ~ o .an we read domesticated buffalo
wear sandals. What. no stockings? 0oilaio
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
1t Must Be Annoying For Your Hat
To Fly When You Sing At A Wedding

strains of 20 Promise Me-" Those
strains, incidentally, always have
had a soporific effect on me and
I've often wondered if de Koven
didn't compose the music with the
idea it might have soothing
effect on the groom's nerves.
There came the cue for Mrs
Block. She clasped her hands
soulfully in front of her in the
approved manner of singers sing
ing something touching.
About the time she'd reached
that part about &c. that you'll
be mine. :" she felt her hat jerk
ever SO lightly on her head. And
she sensed litter ripping through
the congregation.
But, perfectly composed, Mrs.
Block continued until she had
finished the song.
When she sat down she suddenly
realized that she was bare-headed
And now there was muffled
laughter in the congregation.
Behold! There, fitting amongst
the smllax, was Mrs. Blocks hat,
the canaries looking for all the
world like they were giving wing
to flight.
Her hat had caught in a sprig
OF the greenery and was waiting,
SO to speak, in the breeze.
The wedd ng, of course. went on
to successful conclusion. even
though the minister, in his solicit
tude for Mrs. Blocks hat, plumb
slipped his cue and had to be
gently nudged by his assistant
that there, in front of the altar.
stood a radiant bride and a nerv-
GUS groom waiting to be married
rms, OF course, ends the story,
and, but for my perverse curiosity.
that would be all there is to il.
Once again I'd Ike to know what
happens in the minds of singers
and preachers and other speakers
when something goes wrong and
there's the audience out there.
They can't, as 1 did once in the
seventh grade when I flubbed the
middle verse about the boy zsand-
ing on the burning deck, just take
off and run.
They've got to stick it out, even
if their hats do go fitting away
when they reach high c, a tough
enough proposition even when
your hat is sitting firmly and
snugly on your head.
Still, I'd like to know what goes
on in their minds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
Harry Hopkins

The least known, most uncommuni-
cative and generally low-rated man in
President Roosevelt's inner cabinet -
Harry Hopkins - died at s. yesterday
in Memorial hospital, New York City.
He had been long ill. In fact from
the time he Joined Mr.. Roosevelt and
throughout his years of service, he was
an invalid, living apparently by sheer
will power.
Because of his voluntary isolation
it is doubtful if the part he actually
played in shaping this nations policies
will be known until some biographer in
later years delves into the records and
weaves his official life story around
them.
All that we his contemporaries really
know is that he undertook many private
missions abroad for the President. was
present at the Atlantic Charter meet
ing at sea, attended the Casablanca,
the Cairo and Teheran conferences.
called on Pope Plus XII before the
Crimean meeting. And after Mr..
RoosevelHs death, whan President
Truman needed an efficient emissarv
to go to Moscow when the Big Three
situation was most delicate, he chose
MIR. Hopkins with the result that mat
ters soon took a more satisfactory
turn.
He started life as social worker.
During the depression he was federal
relief administrator. He lived at the
White House for more than three years.
He was nominated to be Secretary of
Commerce, and although he was per-
haps the most disliked new dealer in
the Presidents confidence, so far as
the Congress was concerned, his
nomination was confirmed, So to Fl.
1t was during the attack upon him at
that time that he said:
Il have been an administrative ap-
polntee of the President. I work for
him all the time. I believe in him. If
the Senate confirms me, it knows in
advance that it is confirming someone
who is devoted to the President and the
things he stands for. 1t has been easy
Tor me to be loyal to the President, for
believe in those things"
His tenure in the Commerce Depart
ment was short. Ill health forced him
to resign in 1910.
Not since his return from Moscow
as President Truman's special envoy
was he able to take part in public af-
fairs. While we know so little about
him and his accomplishments the
J thought will not down that he wrought
J better than we believe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30

information about materials.
But, atop the hat reposed three
yellow birds, probably canaries.
Naturally you know that these
three birds were not live birds,
but were an essential part of the
hats decor.
Well, everybody in the church
wore that here-comes-the-b bride
and t-she-simply-dahling ex-
preston.
Mrs. Block took her place some
where near the altar. Behind her
was an arch banked with smilax
and the other greenery you use
in carrying out the traditional
decorations for a wedding.
The organist had begun to stroke
gently those keys that, all to-
gether, purr out the soft and sweet
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
By JOHN SKIES

The next time you have Mrs
Hannah Block sing for your wed.
ding, watch her hat.
1t isn't that Mrs. Blocks hats
have anything in particular to dc
with her singing. In fact, she can
sing just as well bare-headed as
she can with her hat on.
Mrs. Blocks singing is well
known and liked hereabouts. She
has sung for the civic clubs and
weddings and any number of places
and occasions where good singing
is appreciated.
But, to me, what happened to
Mrs. Block and her hat while
singing one time at a wedding is
a significant commentary on wo-
mems hats in general and on
numbers the singers sing at we'd
dings, civic clubs, and the like.
1t seems Mrs. Block was guest
soloist at very swanky wedding
The church was full of people
dressed in the very. finest things
people wear at swanky weddings.
Mrs. Block, herself, wore one
of these millinery jobs that cause
other women to turn in church,
and even on the streets, and won
der why they, themselves, hadn' t
thought up some such creation.
The hat practically floated in
clouds of thin yelling. I'll have to
turn you over to the Society Editor
for you to learn the kind of
material. When I get by percale
and Bingham and blue jean I've
practically exhausted my fund of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
THE STONE IN THE RAIN,
by L azure tie MacDuffie
lDoubledaY. s. SOD

| tDOuDleday; S2.5U).
The characters in this first novel
are of the kind we are inclined
to call mice people," There's a
boy, Cole Rives, who doesn't drink,
doesn't run after women, has an
eye staunchly on the main chance,
like any up-and- coming American,
There's old Luther Perrin, Episco.
pal vestryman, who came into his
money the hard way by Shaving for
every penny. There's his sheltered,
innocent daughter Louise, who
marr,es genial Hal Robey but
stays on nobly with her widowed
and bereft father.
At the end of the story they con-
tinue being nice people; nothing
can make them change, neither
suicide nor death nor the growing
chance of war reaching into their
secluded North Carolina commni.
ty.
But by this time you are more
Intimately acquainted. Though
Cole doesn't drink, he has
drunkenness of his own: he hates
Jews, he writes anonymous letters,
He worms his way into places
where he is not welcome. Louise
is still sheltered, but crafty, con.
cupiscent music teacher coud
break Gown the barriers and
what's been done once can be done
again. And old Luther is so utterly
Christian that he wants to develop
beach resort that will be reserr
ed exclusively for Christians.
While the characters go nowheT
at all, the reader covers lot o.
ground. Eight or 10 people no.
completely strangers to you ak
set up under a dazzling spotlgn
and you see every move tns'
make, read their every thought
Miss MacDuffie writes with
extraordinary detachment. LA:
the surgeon with mask and ruo0s
gloves, she doesn't care Whelns.
the patient lives or dies as long, "
the operation is successful ..
doesn't use one incident or DIV
word too many. She calls up a.
evil, inspects it on all Sides o''
misses it. ~.
But she has caught you Co.s
Louise, Luther and Hal aFsl s
book characters at all, but peori
you've happened to run lnto' a
they keep on following Wv: wv
around. Here's Somerset, she sai
like it or not, here are the l sonk T
Her people appan me, her wv
fascinates me. +
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
Mckinney
ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

BY WILLIAM T.. MckENNEY
Americas Card Authority
Here is a combination Of
cards I met in a rather Pc
culiar fashion in Memphis,
Tenn. South was playing the
duplicate contract at two
spades, the bidding having
gone one spade by South, two
spades by North, pass, pass,
pass.
You can see that declarer's
only hope with this combina-
ton is to lead over to the king.
play a small spade back and
finesse the jack. If East holds
the queen, declarer can pick
up the suit. However, in Mem
phis very elderly gentleman
played these cards against me,
and he led the jack of spades.
l made the mistake of covering
with the queen. Why was this
mistake? Because ordinarily
no player will lead the jack I'M
less he holds the jack-ten, and
if the jack is not covered, he
will go up with dummy's king
and finesse the ten on the way
back. OF course, if South holds
the ace-jack-ten and West COW
ers with the queen, he has no
problem whatever. Never be-
fore had 1 seen anyone lead
the jack when it was not back
ed by the ten, and through my
mistake in covering with the
queen, my partner and I made
a spade trick.
A week later at the Florida
State tournament at Delray I
picked up the same combina-
ton of cards. This time was
declarer, playing against Peter
Leventritt, who hac. been on
my team in Memphis. I led the
Jack OF spades and Leventritt
did not make the mistake of
covering with the queen; so l
played low from dummy and
picked up the whole spade suit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
s12,ooo,oOO A Day

The other day the Star noted that
strikes are causing losses that idle
workers can i'll afford, that already
signs of suffering in strikers families
are seen particularly in the Detroit
area. Since then the New York Times
has published an article under Wash
ington date showing that strikers
wage losses are $12,000,000 day.
Because this article shows now
strikes have multiplied and the method
of arriving at the wage loss, as well as
the loss in man-day production, it Is
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
The Doctor Says
VITAMINS CANNOT
PREVENT COLDS
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRYFN ~

BY WILLIAM A. O'BRYEN NJ
Some people insist that i
take the proper vitamins orr IVY, we
will be a thing CT the past Nus T
imply that physicians recomr nasy
vitamins as cold preventivas
These statements r. mislead;n.,
as vitamins are not Of provad IS s
eft as cold preventives. Tho o oe,..
known way Of preventing cold vi !.
to avoid contact with infected ~. ~
sons.
Vitamin A deficiency in animal,
increases susceptibility to infsc'
tions. But in man, vitamin A !,
less apt to be deficient than ann
other vita:nin, as it is not destynr
ed by heat, is readily stored Il
the body, only small amounts ara
necessary to avoid deficiencv
states, and usually it is preset
ir excess in the tissues.
Vitamin D has been Suggested
as a cold preventive, because
children Who have ricketts,, form
OF vitamin D deficiency, are IN.
usually susceptible to respiratory
infections. A group of children was
given various vitamin D prena,
rations under controlled conditions
throughout one winter, and thew
had just as many colds as children
who did not receive it.
Vitamins B, c, D, and E have
been tried as cold preventives be.
cause animals on diets deficient in
these vitamins are unduly sus.
ceptible to infections. But such ex.
detrimental animals are in a great.
ly weakened condition, and their
ton cannot be accepted as evi.
increased susceptibility to infec.
dence that the addition Of these
vitamins to an adequate diet will
prevent infection in man.
H. S. Dieli, M. D., and his group
of cold researchers, carried out
controlled experiments on Uni.
versity of Minnesota students to
test the value of vitamins in the
prevention of colds. One group Of
students was given vitamin C
alone, another group was given
large doses of multiple vitamins,
and the control group was given
sugar of milk capsules which were
identical in appearance to vitamin
capsules. Neither the students nor
their physicians knew which prep.
aration they had been given.
If cold developed, the students
reported the attack on a special
card and the study was carried on
throughout the year. 1t was found
that neither vitanin C nor multi.
pie vitamins had any effect on the
number or severity of infections.
found that sugar of milk, which
The M inne sot researchers
does not have any merit as pre-.
ventive, was just as effective as
vitamins in preventing" colds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
For A Strong Navy
II. E. Russell

Admiral Nimitz' recent comments on
the state of the Navy are too impor-
tant to shrug off. The man who direct
ed naval action in the Pacific, from the
days when the United States had only
a manned fleet to the time our ships
were pounding Japan at point-blank
range, declares that rehabilitation has
, reduced our fleets nearly to impotency.
"Only the fact that nobody today
threatens our security" he adds, cal
lows me to contemplate the state of
our Navy with some degree of equini-
nifty"
He was addressing the National
Geographic Society at the time, and to
make his argument most effective,
he added: 'Inspired by the record of
that Navy in keeping war from Ameri-
ca and making it possible to defeat our
enemies on their own soil, I hope our
weakness is but transitory. I hope it
never will again become a habit
The Admiral's reference obviously
is to the disarmament program follow
ing the First World War, in which the
United States had a leading part, and
which assuredly encouraged the Ger
man High Command to plot the Second
World War.
With few exceptions history shows
that nations with the strongest navies
have made most national progress and
enjoyed the highest degree of security
When we became a party to the ILL
fated 5-5-3 program, we took the ster
that led to the conflict so recently con-
Guided.
With this experience before us, we
certainly can have no excuse again tc
engage in the scuttling Of our navy OF
permit it's manpower to be unequal tc
it's fire-power.
DESPITE the atomic bomb and the
advances in air-power, strong navy
remains prime factor in the nations
ability to hold its own in any future
emergency.
Admiral Nimitz is SO right in his
views, it seems impossible to dispute
them.
A strong Navy is among the greatest
bulwarks of our future safety.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
STAR Dust
Originality Achieved

originality ACNlcVed
A man was making his first
speech and wanted it to be a sue.
cess. His Grafton was long ano
passionate and he wished to end il
with warning. He could have
couched his worning in the old
proverb about locking the stable
door after the horse was taken but
that was too commonplace. He
wanted something original.
DON'T he shouted. IT beg you.
don't wait until the house takes
fire before you summon the fire
men."
-Capper's Weekly.
One Up On Them
One youngster was watching an.
other swimming about in a pool.
The swimmer was wonderful and
filled the onlooker with admiration.
''You swim like fish," he said.
Better" said the swimmer. II
can swim on my back"
Fe Magazine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
TOP O. THE MORNING

We sit uneasily today in the presence
Of an infant peace which holds an atomic
be,nb in its lap, Most of our decisions con-
corning the future tremble and shake -.
The uncertainty and urgency of our day
is leading people to consider seriously the
kind of world we must have Only
podlv and righteous world is fit to survive,
and onlv a Christian world can be cody
and righteous.
II. E. Russell
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-30
Figures

Figures .s
According to General Mo OI;,s
cooperation figures the stIl FIX !,
workers have lost $72, OO0'O0u. ~
wages. The union puts the ~ y
ure at $e2, 100000. No dou ar
CIO President Philip MuIia L..
will try to convince the wor Hoo 4,
that they have made sIO'0''
900.
Charleston Evening POS"
Kodiak mirror., 1946-07-06
KODIAK l. DIARY

ay Martin, local agent for Pacific Northern Airlines, never seems so happy as when he is busy, so he must have been hap py Sunday as he herded AZ townspeople on the PIMA. plane, for he was running around like a head with it's chicken cut off.
 The herding, of course, was for the 2 flights of 21 passengers each that sightsaw around the island and the weatherman coop erated and provided a beautiful blue sky and a minimum of white feecy clouds
 The trip started with a quick taxi trip to the base, a short wait while the plane fueled up on gas and the 2 pilots and stew ardess fueled up on mllkshakes. a quick scramble as everyone tried to find the best seats tip the back ones are best) and then a fastening of safety belts
 We were on the first trip and headed out the runway straight for town. Leaving the runway we circlsd to the right and then headed up to Buskin lake, flying directly over the Ski Chalet to the other side of the island.
 Flying at about FOOD feet (the mountains met us at least half way in places) at a speed of 175 miles an hour, we sailed smooth ly along with Kupreanof strait on our right, and Afognak island.
 We saw Port Bailey and snap. ped a picture of it, but frankly we didn't see as much of the scenery as we would have liked because we were so busy taking pictures of 1t.
 Crossing Kizhuyak and Vieko- da bay and Terror bay and on down the west coast of the island 1t seemed like the island was made up as much of water as it was of land. The central part of the island, on our left, was a diminishing succession of high snow covered mountains
 The terrain was kaleidoscope of snow-tipped mountains with icy blue lakes alternated with verdant valleys with tiny streams etching their way along the bot (continued on page II, 4 \ n l l t \ \ l . . h . | . . | \
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Model Plane Meet
Slated Tomorrow

A Zine control" model airplane
meet will be held at / pm. tomorrow
at the polo grounds near the Tidal
Basin as the opening move in the
formation of a number of model
airplane clubs by the District De-
partment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
"Llne-control" models are pow
cred planes held in circular flight
through wires attached to the mod
els and held by operators.
Ted Siegel. chairman of the vFW
Youth Activity Committee, an
nounced that his organization has
obtained use of the polo field from
! to 7 pm. each Sunday.
Each local VFW post, he said, will
be asked to organize flight" OF
children in the area and to appoint
leaders to supervise activities. BOYS
first will be taught to construct and
operate hand-launched gliders and
eventually to build more complicat-
ed gasoline-powered models.
Under the plan, each flight" will
hold weekly contests to determine
winners and those will be entered
each month in city-wide competi.
tons. Winners will be awarded
prizes, Mr.. Siegel explained, anc
added that committee members hope
to propose the program be devel.
oped on a national status by tn,
VFW.
Tomorrow's meet, however, will
be open to all model enthusiast.
with 'line-control" planes
Evening star., 1946-08-17
|WaIcoH KOS Gomez,
Wants 10 Fight Louis
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 17-Jersey Joe
Walcott, a Camden. N. j., family
man, today found himself perched
precariously, and perhaps appre-
hensively, on the brink of a bout
with Joe Louis, should the heavy
weight champion be successful in
his title defense against Tami
Muariello next month.
Jersey Joe, 32-year-old father of
six children, knocked out stocky,
muscular Tommy Gomez of Port
Tampa, Fla, in the third round
of a scheduled 1O-round bout at
Madison Square Garden last night,
and it was understood the winner
of the encounter would be next in
line for a shot at the championship.
1t was a tragic ending of title
dreams for the Florida slugger, who
came out of the service Scared by
16 shrapnel and bullet wounds to
run up string of six straight
knockouts and place himself in a
contending position.
A crowd of 1857 paid 47,886
to see the show. Walcott, enthused
by his quick K. O., expressed an
eagerneSs to meet Louis.