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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

We do not often run across a
hand that W AXE a small slam
in both directions. That happened
with today's hand in a team-of-
four match at the Paradise Bridge
club in New York. I have shown
the bidding as it happened at one
table. South's jump to six clubs
was a very good bid, and North
was smart in not bidding six
hearts. He sensed the fact that
East and West had a good sacri-
flee at six spades, and when he
passed, there was only one player
left in the bidding. But East
passed and siA clubs was made
without any trouble.
At the other table South opened
the bidding with one heart and
Morth went to two hearts. East
tnen Did two spades and South bid
only three clubs. North supported
tne clubs with bid of four, which
allowed East to get in a bid of four
diamonds.
North and South eventually
reached six hearts, which was dou-
Dled, East bid six spades. which
South doubled. Because of Sorth's
double, East felt sure that he held
the king OF diamonds, and by re-
ruslng the finesse. East made his
contract.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05

= lines against increasingly FESTIVE local
Z populations at key Joints.
I. g. The tightening struggle with Russia
- over the peace-treaty issue in the Medi-
terranean.
Mr.. Davis sees the French Spanish
situation as revolving around a threat
of Russian attempts to secure suprenl-
acy far beyond Moscow's proper sphere
OF Influence. He writes: +
These issues are SO precariously balanced
just now that decisive change in Spain
could have disproportionately far-reach-
ing effect, from the Foreign Office point
of view. -
Already, Mr.. Bevin is concerned at the
increasing influence exercised by the Com
munists in France
London and Washington are not in
harmony on the future of Spain or the
present. emergency. In the same issue
of the Monitor which gives Mr.. Davis
summing up of the London attitude.
Neal Stanford writes of the American
position, dwelling particularly on the
Washington proposal for tripartite
pressure ito eliminate the last Axis
dictator in western Europe" The
Washington note, addressed to Lon
don and Paris, he says, is understood
to ask:
l. That the three denocracies denounce
General Franco expose his ties to the Axis
and make joint request that he step
out.
2. That an interim "caretaker government
be formed which will free political prison
ers and assure free and lnafettered cleo
TONS
8. That General Frances downfall and res
toration of democracy to Spain must come
from the Spanish people.
The question still to be answered is
whether London will follow Washing
ton, or Washington follow London.
Meanwhile the frontier Of France and
Spain is bristling with armed forces.
But as neither nation is in a position
to undertake a major attack, the
danger of war is remote.
If London is in fact sincere convert
to the principle of self determination,
the third item-that the Spanish people
themselves shall determine the type of
government they wish to live under
will shape British's final policy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
YourGi Rights
Questions ana Answers
On Servicemen'S
Problems
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON - In the pas
couple OF weeks there has been 9
lot OF talk about how veterans are
being hood winked by some EN-.
ployers who are abusing the gov.
ernment's on-the-job training pro.
gram. Veterans Administration
says that within a few months it
will have enough help to check
carefully all these job training pro-
grams, but now the veteran him.
self is the one who should do the
checking.
The plan provides that the gov
eminent will pay part of the ex-
penses Of training a veteran for a
job with specific company while
he is working for that company.
The important provision is that
the company's training program
must be approved by the state
But certain abuses have come to
light in which the government is
merely paying part of a veterans
salary and the veteran isn't learn
ing thing.
One case was of a veteran who
was supposed to be getting on
tne-]ob training in car washing.
VA officials say that the reason
this situation could exist is be.
cause the veteran doesn't fully
understand what the program is
supposed to do.
When man is learning a par
ticular skill or trade or how to do
a specific job he isn't worth as
much to a company as an expert.
enced man. To encourage com.
panies to train veterans for these
jobs the government is authorized
by the CT Bill of Rights to paw
part OF the veterans salary dur.
ing the training period. This
makes it easier for the veteran
and for the company.
Once in on training program
it is up to the veteran to make
sure he is really learning some
thing and that eventually he will
get a better salary as a result of
what he is learning. That's the
important thing, according to the
Veterans Administration.
When VA does get around to
checking all these programs it
plans to stop payments to any vet
eran who isn't making satisfactory
progress and getting ahead on the
job.
Questions will be answered on
ly in this sDace-n0t by mail).
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
Succor The Needy

Former President Herbert Hoover,
wisely chosen chairman of a continuing
committee for the relief Of starving peo-
pies throughout the world, calls on
Americans to reduce their consumption
of foods containing wheat at least Is
per cent He estimates that at least
30O,0O0,OO0 persons in. Europe alone
will need relief during the next four
nonths-until harvest time-with an
other hundred million in Japan, China
and Russia, and that the total figure
may we'll reach 5O0,OO0,OO0.
Setting aside the Samaritanism in
Mr. Hoover's request, for the moment,
there is a selfish reason for the Ameri-
can people, more bountifully provided
with foodstuffs than any people on
earth, to do as he asks them. This half
billion people facing famine and death
are an essential factor in the ultimate
prosperity to which we look forward.
In the final analysis, it comes down
to the matter of trade. The United
States cannot hope to prosper through
its commerce if the lands desolated by
the recent war are even partially de-
populated by starvation. Nor can it
reach it's normal volume of exports and
imports if hungry millions are incap-
able of performing normal tasks
through physical weakness, even if they
survive this crucial four-month period.
There can be no holding back, if the
United States is to accept the new re-
sponsibilities imposed by it's successful
prosecution of the recent fighting war.
Any persons within our borders who
might claim that we have done enough
by helping to liberate the enslaved
countries from the dictators, and are
entitled to use all of our resources our
selves, would take narrow view of the
true conditions. It is our duty, for one
thing, to succor the needy. For another
we would be the losers by failing to
check increasing famine in quarters to
which we must look for large measure
of our own coveted prosperity.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
BY JAMES d. WHITE
Associated Press Staff Writer

In this age of atomic energy, the
two largest hydroelectric plants
west of Grand Coulee and east of
Dnieprostroy may assume stra-
tegic Importance of the highest or.
der.
Both these dams happened to be
in Manchuria. Both were built by
the Japanese with Chinese labor
and repeatedly were completed aft
er Pearl Harbor.
To produce the materials for
atomic bombs, the United States
located its two main processing
plants near the Tennessee Valley
Authority and the Grand Coulee
project in Washington. The infer
ence seems likely, therefore, that
such great concentrations of cleo.
trio power are at least handy when
it comes to reducing the vast
amount of raw materials that go
into the production of atomic ener-
gy.
1t therefore may be highly signif-
icant-just at this time when con.
ditions between Russia and he1
wartime allies seem to be getting
worse instead of better-that un
confirmed reports from China state
the Russians have taken over con.
troll of all power systems in Man
churia.
For many years the Japanese in
Manchuria generated their electric
power with coal-steam plants. Goa.
was abundant and cheap. But
about the time Japan extended he1
sphere in Manchuria on down into
China-1937 or so-the Japanese
began building two great dams
to power their growing industrial
empire in Manchuria. -.
One dam was located on the Yalu
river at Suiho, about so miles
from its mouth, and on the border
between Manchuria and Korea. The
other was few miles east of Kirin.
on the Little Sunhari river about
80 miles east of Changchun, the
capital.
AS far as I know no foreign OBJ
server ever got to the YaIu dam.
but I was allowed to visit the
Kirin dam in 1889 when it was
about half completed. It stretched
almost half a mile across a deep
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
TheLiterary
Guiidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS

BY w, 6. ROGERS
The Power and The Glory, py
Graham Greene Viking; sE'V'
The Ministry of Fear, by 0ra,
ham Greene penguin; ~
cents. ,..,
The end Of the war has shower e.,
ed us with many blessings 0o' ~. w.
a bookman few of them are qul.
so welcome as the reissue Oh sum- SUN,
of Graham Greene's aOSG 9..'
novels. Though these two Volu ..r'
are reprints, they merit a rev .t..,
they might even merit 'i'''
when they are reprinted. d,
This Englishman, Wn0Se ts;,, ~
quaintance I, happy and S1 \ h.
ing, first made with what ! Ir W
lieve was his third book ,. t~
Gun for Hire writes S !. ~,
which are thriller oilers Il ,.,: nj
view them specifically. NO lN VI,
writer can raise the halr I'll IN d. I,
head so fast, and keep IT Op :
long, as Greene. %, M.
But he is not content WIN ,as-
NAL, empty plots however sN' h,
their mechanics. Ihous" lind
achieves fantastically sens "a. 4,
effects, he does more; sets L l.r,. =,
ries in our times and co1'I N +,
them out of our problems. .l Ill
way, he melodramatizes cer.rr
significant aspects Of this cs :1n. b
he puts the mystery technique
an adult, literary use. .,,-itt,,
Lots of people have v T
thrilling stories about 5n' .a+ h.
but it takes a Greene 10 s ~,
story in Mexico, make his lu so-,t::
a prescribed priest, ana NV MI
him to the last stirring page Nil,
only by his flesh-and-0lG9o 9ar,sa:
suers but also by his d, ram d
personal quandary; his ls s-i,s
death, his abandonment 10 ond vi
his unworthiness as priest a .;or D
his persistent, abiding de'or ,J h.
God. That's 1.-THE Power an At
Glory" first published ns''
The Labyrinthine Ways ;+ts1
And lots of people have Vl IL, d
about spies, but few tea !. .;' vi
Unexpectedly and yet con'AS
Y with enthanasia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
QUOTATIONS

People who refuse us help now will lose
our friendship for generations: = Sir s. ".
Ramamurthi Indian food ADVISER.
Juvenile delinquency perhaps can never be
wholly eradicated, but conc c1s eHort on
the BART of the whole nation should be made.
Attorney General Tom Clark.
Germans are not prepared to become a
democratic nation such as the United States
Defeat destroyed all elements OF l natlonal unity
but II did not destroy German naracteristics
NDr Hans Sinaons, New York School for
Social Research.
Some people seem to think that if you drop
a., a+oo,,ic bomb somewhere near fleet every-
49,. a. ~ the area will be sunk. On the basis
s ~ MAT know about Hiroshima, don't think
t o. WI ,.,11 happen.-Adnl. John H. Towers.
when our wounded were in hospitals over.
t,,e Red Cross was there. Now that thev,ro
sea Sc Sosnita1s here at home, the Red Cross IL
I.,r Nth them. Though the war is over o,,s
SUI msed the Red Cross as much as suar ooi
Maj Maj Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Army Surgeon
General
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
Leadership Up To U. S.

1t is up to the United States to make
the United Nations Organization a 60
ing concern. No other power can do
the job so efficiently. The only worry
is whether we will take the trouble to
work out definite program well in ad-
vance of the next Assembly session,
and stop 'last-minute improvising."
This is the studied opinion of John
Foster Dulles, voiced at the Philadel-
phia Foreign Policy Associations re-
cent dinner meeting. He put the prop
osition this way:
IF the United Nations is to be gal
vanized into positive and unifying
force, the spiritual and intellectual
power must, above all, be supplied by
the American people. The success or
failure of the United Nations depends
on that more than on any other single
factor"
It's tough job, he added, but not
impossible. The need is to find ways
to stop the present tendency of coun-
tries to drift apart and substitute "a
trend toward fellowship" Obviously he
is correct.
The greatest hope that the desired
goal may be attained, however, is not
TO De found in flimsy compromises,
which characterized the London Assem-
oily session, but in drafting a strong
program and taking the leadership in
It's adoption. 1t can do no particular
good now to note that if this had been
done IN London the session would have
met greater success, except that the
London failure to do so points the way
to a sounder policy for the future.
The disturbing element in the United
Nations Organization, from its birth,
has been the Soviet Union. Moscow,
; IKE half-broken colt, has been taking
the DIT between its teeth, so to speak,
and running wild on all issues origi-
mating in other capitals, particularly
) Washington and London. And the
/ United States, with it's eye on world
/ peace but lacking program that could
promote it, time and again, has sub.
mitted to what in effect amounts to
Russian dictation.
/ Fortunately, first by Senator Van.
denberg and later by Secretary of State
Byrnes, we are encouraged to believe
that at least this nation is shaping 8
: foreign policy which cannot be ignored
or low-rated in Moscow
To Mr.. Dulles declaration that the
> spiritual and intellectual power needed
to bring the United Nations Organiza
ton up to par, we would add the power
OF proper militancy, as a substitute TO,
Tour previous appeasement.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
The Doctor Says
FRACTURED Bone,
REQUIRE SPIlNT,
BY WILLIAM A. O,Rp,,,,

- WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN
., Every fracture of a MAN.. NJ D.
should be splinted before .a't " bone
s tlent is moved. Fractures IL me s. p,
bones may not require HI. =. Small
precaution, but if the s sni.s special
bone :, in the leg or arm ' !, ;s or
a spllnt should be appIis dd'csetl
clean cloth or sterile drsssiDSsl WIN \
no skin antiseptic should ' BY b., BY
t because Of the possibility ., Used t'
cept for the control OF herors. Il
emergency treatment seldn,a ase
quires haste. ''a ss'
Keep the victim sov.-.,
send for help. Injured na.,I s'
should always be carried V1asa'
stretcher in an ambulance y w
slble; never should they be ero pos
ed into the back seat Of an '' wv.
mobile. In lifting injured nsr ,a'A
avoid the common error Of ' c''sa
ing them by holding on n 't Any,
arms and legs, with the ,b asa
flexed on the abdomen ~ a4 ~
may cause laceration Of imports ,a
blood vessels and nerves, ''N
In suspected injury to the sri,.
extra care is necessary TO ar,',
further damage to the spinal eot
A blanket should be slipped u,S. S
the body il the patient X lyi..
face down and each one Of a. I
four corners should be grasped /,
strong adult so the patient ~,
be lifted without bending the b,s,
Il stretcher is used, a small (
roll Of padding can be plsc,3
under the small Of the bact IA
avoid backward bowling Of n,
spine.
Fractures Of the forearm N
wrist may be splinted by usjs, /
towel-padded pieces Of wood on |
each side. Or, a bunch Of folded
newspapers can be wrapped
around the injured extremity b.,
fore splinting. The splinted mem.
Der should be held up by a Sin,
tied around the neck.
In fractures of the arm, a pad
may be placed between the arm
and the body and the arm ban.
daged against the body. In iniu.
les of the collarbone, a figured.
eight bandage may be placed
around the body and shoulders
For fractures Of the iemur
padded board can be placed along.
side the body extending from the
arm pit to the foot. This car be
held in place by strips Of cloth
| which are tied around the Chest
waist, thigh, knees, and ankles Or
| padded boards may be placed Oh
both sides of the thigh and held
together with ties. In the case 0!
fracture of the ankle, pillow can
be folded around the injured eS
tremity and tied with bandages,
First-aiders should not attempt
to reduce fractures and all unnec'
essary manipulation should be
avoided, as it may not only be
painful, but it can cause damage
If it is a minor injury, it Is safe
for the first-aider to move the VIC
tim without waiting for a phya'
cain 70 arrive. If the doctor is on
the way, wait, and keep the patient
as comfortable as possible,
If a physician is not avalla's
Immediately, ore competent PEI
son should take charge and ASSN
certain jobs to others. If an a
tremity or the spine has been 10,
jured, the part should be handed
as though a fracture is pre'eh'
even though the usual signs al'
| absent. An ambulance should
summoned and the injured person
+.kor IN +he nearest hospital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
Religion
Day ByDay.
CIsTERNS AND SPRINGS
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

ClSTERNS AND SPRINGS
Palestine is a land of few springs
and many cisterns. Some of the
springs are large and sweet, but
they are not numerous, nor are
there livings wells. But cisterns
are everywhere, especially in Jeru-
salem. Cisterns simply collect and
hold the water of the rains, They
are a poor substitute for flowing
waters.
Some person are springs - their
source higher than themselves
and some are cisterns.
God is the eternal spring. Jere-
miah quoted Jehovah's complaint
that the people had abandoned
Him, the fountain of living waters,
and had hewed them out cisterns,
broken cisterns, that can hold no
water"
And that is one perfect picture
o. what is wrong with our day.
Thirsty, with unslaked souls, we
turn to Thee, O God, the fountain
OF living water. May we drink and
live. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
LETTER BOX
THANKS FOR CLOTHING


To the Editor:
AS the pastor of the Greek Or
thodox church of Wilmington, I
wish to publicly congratulate, and
express the gratitude of my peo-
pie, to Mr.. w. w. Clardy, 719 Nixon
street, for the clothing and other
things that were sent by him to
the suffering people of the Island
of Crete through Mrs. Mary S. Por-
tolios of Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Clardy's name was added
to the names of many other Amer
leans who have done so much for
the war suffering people of Greece.
REV. E.. B. PARALYSIS
Wilmington, N. c.
March 4, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-05
TOP o. THE MORNING

Today will think as little of myself as
possible, fixing my mind upon my work,
my friends, those 1 can help, and God.
From Gin the Morning" by DR.. Albert
Palmer.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-11

This f a m us horse, pictured above with Will Harbut, the groom who has been with him since his peck racing days, blazed through two-year-old competition in 1919, dropping only one race. The fol- lowing year, as a three-year-old, he Sson all the races fin which he was entered.
 Bryan Field. MBS racing author ity. asks you to name this aIl-time, thoroughbred winner. :, ANSWER: Man O War i
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-11
QUxZ

ITS YOUR DEAL: The basic fun- of the game of Bridge are almost as old as the history of playing cards. The King outranks the Queen and the Queen outranks the Jack-and so forth. The idea of competing on the basis of tricks taken by she individual player was developed in the French game ot Plafond. popular in the 18th and 18th Centuries.
 ITS YOUR BID: The designation of . trump suit was one of the re. finements brought out in the game of Whist, and this was carried step further i'm Auction Bridge with she inauguration of a bidding auc- lion for the privilege of naming lhe trump.
 IT'S YOUR LEAD. In Auction, the player has to take che number of tricks his bid called for, bue he could score game or slam bonuses for tricks taken above his bid. Con- tract changed all this, and the play CT had to bid for the necessary number of tricks in order to score she game and slam bonuses. YOU'RE DOWN TWO RE. DOUBLED: If you can's tell Arr shur Hale. the MBS commentator,
 who is considered the father of
 modern contract bridge.
 ANSWER Harold S. Vanderbilt.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-11

WHEN the postnan makes his
 w appointed rounds in rural Middle America. he is more likely to deliver leafiet written in simple Spanish than a mail-order catalogue or a letter from Aunt Rosa. The leaflet will teach the farmer a new skill, or 1t will tell him about some new wrinkle in agriculture. By fol- lowing the expert instructions, 4r. Middle American Farmer sa1 fA- crease the yield of his land and ad- vance to a higher income bracket.
 The spadework for these unusual circulars is being done cooperative ly by the United States Department of Agriculture and officials of the Guatemalan. Fl Salvadoreen. end Nicaraguan governments. together with progressive interests such as the United Fruit Company. Their experimental plantations are carry ing on research aimed at making the small farmers lot a happier enc by improving his diet. preventing crOD diSeaS>J encOuraFiur better
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-11

pfanstng practices. and avoiding dis astrous erosion. The major ob1ee- tive. however. 2s to develop new tropical crops. These arc not com petitive with northern produets.
 Dr. wi1soa Popenoe, director ef the School of Pan American Agrf- culture in Honduras. has won wide acclaim for his Schools part in this eroy diversiAcatioA program. En- dowsd and maintained by the United Fruit Company. the School hes undertaken extensive expert. msnts in natural rubber. oil grasses sna palm sf1s, dbers. insecticides suck aS fotenons. and various trop- ieai woods. Students return home to the tea Middle American repub- lies trained te grow an astonishing variety of crops. Thanks to these graduates. and to the circulars. RED. Middle America is rapidly becoming . sterehouse of new trop- ieal products of inersasing import ane to the LISA.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-21

tax rate now is 40 cents on the
hundred, with a bonded indebted
ness of $4,000.
Last Wednesday was the fiftieth
anniversary of the wedding of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas E. jefferson.
This fact having become known, a
number of their friends planned a
surprise. Mrs. Jefferson was in
vited out to tea and Mr.. Jefferson
was taken up town and then out
for a ride to a farm with a friend.
While they were out a large group
of their friendsnumbering sixty
gathered at their home on lower
Main Street. 1t was a pleasant
surprise to the bride and groom
when they entered their home to
be overwhelmed with hearty con-
gratulations and sincere good wish
es on having reached the half GEN.
tury mark in their married life. At
an appropriate time the guests
Smyrna times., 1946-03-21

were invited to the dining room
for refreshments. A remarkable
incidence in the serving was that
the same china set given on their
wedding day in 1s46. was used on
this occasion, and not piece had
been broken or lost. 1t was the
same old delft china used in that
day and the guests felt quite hon.
ored. Among the many present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson,
Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
L. Carrow, Newark, N. j.; Mrs. R.
M. Jones, Dover; Mrs. H. r. Car
row, Mrs. M. ]. Bewley, Mrs. L. A.
Cotton, Mrs. Harriet Grieves, Mrs.
Elizabeth Spruance, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. E.
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lee
Cummins, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Me-
gear, Mr.. and Mrs. William F.
Brown, DR.. and Mrs. David T.
Smithers, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel ].