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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Vote For Bonds

Be sure to vote on the bond issue
TODAY. And above all, be sure to vote
for them.
There has been some opposition on
the ground that if they are approved
an increase in the tax rate will be in
evitable. Voters holding this view are
in error. Waite" and sewer service reve-
nue., plus ad valorem taxes, licenses,
and franchises in the annexed areas
will meet the bond obligations.
This is not a h%aphazard guess. 1t is
the expert opinion of the acting city
manager, J. r. Benson, whose services
for the city have lasted twenty-seven
years., and who is city clerk and chief
city finance officer. Surely he is quail
fled to speak with authority.
Failure to approve the bonds, there
fore, will not affect any tax bill. The one
thing it would do is to deprive resi-
dents in the areas annexed to Whining
ton in last November's election of the
public services to which they are en-
titled.
Literally, a vote for the bonds will
be a vote for the city's progress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Doctor Says
GIVE LEFT-HANDER
OWN WAY ALWAYS
by WILLIAM A. O,RR1rN

One child in every three nro
to use his left hand. but NOS
these natural l~ett-handers
trained to use their right b.r5.
by uninformed parents, relativa.
and teachers. Universities NOW,
enrolling an increasing number -,
"southpaW'' students, a fart ,rb;ou
suggests that fewer ~left-banGoI
grade-school pupils are encoIr.
erlng pressure to switch to uss ~
the right hand.
If your child prefers to uso HI,
left hand, do not interfere wifi III,
choice, and do not permit snvons
else to do so.
Left-handed persons are not in.
terior to the right handed. A tey
investigators have found a CERTAIN
number of undesirable traits IN
the left-handed, but the sams
number have been reported in
rlght-handed individuals.
The world is gradually makirs
adjustments for left-handed neH'
Pile, and most schools now bavs
special equipment for those WIN
prefer to use the left hand.
Speech and writing disorder,
may follow an attempt 10 train
a left-handed person to use hi,
right hand for everything. Tho
control center for speech is Located
in the brain near the center which
controls the hand, and confusion
may result if this association !,
disturbed.
Some left-handcd children CAN
be taught to use the right hand
without any speech or writing Diff.
tlculty, but they are exceptions.
Even if the speech, writing. and
hand centers were not located
near one another, the tension,
anxiety, and conflict which de.
velop when youthful "southpaws'
are made to do something which Is
awkward for them might be stuff,
cient to cause stammering.
Although two people in three
prefer to use the right hand, #
is possible, with proper training
for them to learn to use the left
hand.
Servicemen who lost the doni,
nant arm have learned 10 write
with the opposite hand without
difficulty. Often they can write
better with the remaining hand
than they did with the one they
formerly preferred, as the change
occurred during adult life, when
they were better able to make the
adjustment.
This common service experience
is highly encouraging. But changes
made through inevitable necessity
should not be accepted as ju5da,
cation for forcing naturally leh.
handed children to employ the
right hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Month To Consider

Veterans who have not found the 90
ing any too easy since their return
would do we'll to consider re-enlistinq
between today and July /.
If they sign up within this time
they can retain their old rating and
have their family or dependents
allowances continued throughout the
new stretch. If they wait longer they
will receive the customary pay of a
private.
There is a big. difference between
the $138 of a master sergeant and the
Iivate'S $50 . uo0kh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Governor ANAL Goes A Mite Too Far
In His Dreams For A Newer DixelQnd

Now, ask yourself: Are you a
clothesline %quarreler?
The other item comes up from
Montgomery, Ala, in the heart of
the deep South. probably the origi-
nal home ground of antebellum
chivalry, %gallantry, and charm
even more so than Richmond, Va.
The item comes via the Associ-
ated Press.
Here it is:
"Georgia's Gov. Ellis Arnall
scolded the South today for 'blam-
ing everyone else for our ills
when he said, the truth is we
haven't really wanted progress. . e.
We have been content just to get
along.
"Before we can sell the South
to the rest of the nation, we've
got to sell the South to the South.
"That's why I'm going around
trying to make my people unhap-
Ply. Trying to make them want
more. Demand more. Insist on
better things. Forget the knocking
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
BY JOHN SKIES

Two entirely unrelated items
came over the United Press and
Associated Press wires night be-
fore last which, because of that
newsprint shortage you've no
doubt heard about, may never
have seen the light of day.
First, let me explain an item:
We, of the newspaper fraternity,
assume a lot of things that we
shouldn't. We think when we say
newsprint everybody knows what
we're talking about. I found the
other day that everybody doesn't.
So let me explain that newsprint
is the trade name for the paper
on which newspapers are printed.
But about those unrelated items:
Does this one from the United
Press, fit any of us hereabouts?
"Rich or poor, people who
squabble with their neighbors over
the backyard fence have mental
disorders, three psychiatrists have
reported.
That's putting it gently. They
may even be insane.
THE psychiatrists said that Of
so cases referred to them because
of neighborhood quarrels 70 pei
cent of the persons involved were
definitely mentally ILL with para
noia persecution complex.
"The judges get tired when
these clothesline quarrelers keep
coming in, n of the psychia-
trists said, and refer them to u.s.
"They have ideas of persecution
and can't get along with anybody.
They blame everybody else for
their troubles - their landlord or
their tenant, or the neighbors next
door, or the neighbors' children"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
TOP o. HI MORNING

81 feel that after we a rebuilt our
damaged buildings, after We have I'M
proved our methods, after we have done
all we could, we need to step out under
the stars and say Now, Lord we are
ready for the miracle, and hear a voice
saying. Not by might nor by power nor
by organization, but by My Spirit, saith
the Lord of hosts 1 believe that after
the shouting and the tunult dies, the old
missionary and the new, will be found
giving the message, in the old way, by
personal contact and friendship"
DR.. Frank A.. Brown. en- route to China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29

bird singing in the sweet magnolia
tree. Forget the plaintive strums
of the banjo strings humming iE
the fields white with cotton.
"I want to hear the whir Of
dynamos of industry. I want the
South readmitted to the union-on
a basis of equality
He advocated this program Of
development:
81. More and better education
Prejudice, intolerance, bigotry,
all our ills stem from ignorance.
SO. Better health-'A sick man
means a low income producer. . .
The time is coming when we must
stop letting people die from lack
Of medical attention.
SO. Economic opportunity
We've got to roll up our sleeves
and 60 to work. If we advertise
FOR industry to come to the South,
then why can't we establish indus
try ourselves"
Governor Arnall is a smart
young man. He's come up a long
way in the world since he was
elected Georgia's governor a
couple or so years back.
And I, for one, am willing to
roll up my sleeves and go to work
literally or figuratively. I'm will
ing to help to keep anybody from
getting sick and dying. And I'm
willing to toss out ignorance.
prejudice, and intolerance from
amongst US by putting on a grand,
all-inclusive, and efficient edu-
cational program.
But, look heah, Guvnuh Ahnall.
you've GAVIN too fab. It's all right
to have all those things you advo-
cate. But you've got to leave me
the hooking bird singing in the
sweet magnolia tree and the plain
tive strum OF the banjo strings
humming in the fields white with
cotton.
What all you tryin' to do to
ouah section? Make us Just an
part of the country like the
Nawth and the Middle West?
They've got factories, but no
mocking r DIS. Couldn't have
hooking birds and magnolias even
II they wanted them.
Why can't we. Guvnuh. have
the magnolias and the cotton Fields
ana the strumming banjos AND
the factories and health and ed,1-
cation? N0
You've GAVIN too fah-uh. CIV
auh. All nevah huhd of anvbodv
being unhappy unduh a maono1is
rec: Especially if a Mawcking
was singin' therein. But Al
ave huhd Of a lot Of people in
ne factories being mighty, mighty
Unhappy. Especially when fhey
aldn't have any magnolia tree 10
ut under after their days work
vas done in the factory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

I am going right out on a limb
and predict that Peter Leven-
tritt will win n of the champion
ships in the forthcoming Summer
National Tournament at the Hotel
St. George in Brooklyn, N. Y. He
has done a lot of winning this year,
and one of the reasons for it is that
he seldom makes a careless play.
I watched him play today's hand
at one Of the Mayfair duplicates.
He was careful to ruff the third
round Of hearts in his own hand,
~discarding a small club from
dummy.
Leventritt realized that West
likely held four spades to the
queen-jack. On the other hand, he
might have been Glowing when
he made the spade bid in which
case East would hold the four
spades.
Therefore at trick four Leven-
tritt did not lead the king of
spades. He led a low spade and
when West played low, he made
the safety play of the eight-spot
from dummy.
Now he was able to take three
rounds of trumps and lose only
n spade and two hearts. 1t is true
that the king of spades play here
would not have hurt the hand, but
he might easily have found himself
in trouble if he had trumped the
third heart in dummy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Religion
E PLAYS WITH THE STARS
BY L T. ELLIS

NE fLA Id Win HE S1AhS
Everybody should have an inter-
est outside of his daily vocation.
The growth of the hobby movement
marks a realization of this truth.
We need something that will af-
ford relaxation and escape from
routine, whether it be the collec-
ton of postage stamps or the build
ing of airplanes.
These extra = curricular interests
should be man = size. It is not
enough to attend the movies or
listen to the radio. Effort and
growth should be involved. A good
hobby should be mind : expanding.
On a recent evening in Florida.
a retired professor, met at a social
gathering, invited Milady and me
to 60 cut of doors to take a look at
Saturn and the moon through his
telescope, which he himself had
built as a recreation. 1t is a good
telescope, and we had revealing
glimpses of the heavenly bodies.
Need I say that I was most inn
pressed with the man himself, WHO
employed his leisure in PLAYING
with the stars? He had hitched his
life onto the biggest interest he
could achieve. In the heavens he
finds surcease from the fret and
worries of our troubled little earth.
Like the Psalmist of old, he dis
covers peace and pleasure in con-
templating the infinite greatness of
the Creator and His handiwork.
We would break the bonds Of
material interests that bind us, @
God, and find peace in a study Of
Thy work and Thy word. Amen,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29

THE HUCkSTERS, by Fred
eric Wakeman (Rineharti
$2.50)..
Any lingering suspicion tina.
Shore Leave" was the only shot,
il the Wakeman arsenal now can
be tossed overheard. If anythins
THE Hucksters" is more sure-tle
than was that brittle, brutal nov5I
OF sailors away from their ships,
"The Hucksters" are the boys Of
the radio advertising agencies,
who jump from the flying rings a,
the crack of a sponsors whip. And
the sponsor who swings the lash
in Wakeman's story is indeed a
fearsome article.
His name is Evan LlewelI
Evans. He likes to "chin-chn'
about a problem, to spin the CON.
pass until it points north aid
then "stay on the beam" He spaJ
on mahogany tables. He takes OIL.
his false teeth and waves them a.
people. He wears a black alpaca
coat, and a bandana handkerchet
round his neck. He likes muse
without spinach, played on the
beam and fast and loud"
But Evan Llewelyn Evans spends
ten million dollars a year to adve.'
Use his Beautee Soap, and he;
sadistic with the power that eH
pendlture gives him; he uses it
keep everyone at the agency from
executives to typists attemDls
He fails to bamboozle only one
man: Vic Norman. Vic makes z
fetish of being relaxed. He doesn't
say CHECK" an right when
Evan Llewelyn Evans propolHd'
a cliche.
I'm not mixed up about via:
1t takes to make money in this
business" Vic says. Certainly "
more than average brains, 80
mans got to look bright. act Ike
a Racquet club member even if h
isn't, have two to three simple b1
good ideas a year, learn how to say
yes sir all the time and no sir Orcs
N a while and ever so often have
CUTS enough to pound a clients
desk and tell him that's the war
it's gotta be. ="
So long as Vic stays on thai
beam, he does better than al
right, both in business and in love-
But there comes a day when Evan
Llewelyn Evans gets up 10 SPEAK
and Vic finds his hands are sweat
moist: The Fear has got hin, Ioo
That's the signal for him TO sa
out of the rat race.
That's isn't the end of the stoF
but it's the end of Evan LleEeE'
Evans part in it and what CONES
after is almost anti-climaX. Evan
is not the hero Of l'
book, but he certainly is its donf
hating character.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
STAR Dust,
Wives Are Like hal

The former Marine was re1at-
ing some OF his adventures on a
Pacific island to friends who had
come for the evening.
At times" he said, "we had
to hack our way through whst
seemed to be impenetrabie Jingle
masses. Only the strongest Cot
ms wife, who had been listen.
ing from the kitchen. remarked.
why didn't you tell me all
lhls before, dear? Now 7 won't
nave to think about Needine Tho
garden this year" Chris+in ne
Science Monitor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29

ing peoples of war-torn countries, as
they have proved in clothing and other
drives in the past, but there could be no
reasonable excuse to make them pay
the same price for smaller loaves that
they have been paying for larger ones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
o LONG. yNnrrn

The price of coal has pone ~ IN 49,.
in the last 10 years. How much hiabo PC = . n,;!
go depends on two things - John T. laws W.
Va.) Times. noahoke
nessean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
HOW TO RE NAsTv

becous neeon' finish reading a lousy book lust
somahes a book club sent it to you. Give it to
NeWs-Leader, ono'ya.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
Looking Ahead

The bus driver asked the l"'
girl how old she was.
IF you don't nina" She saw
'I,ll pay my full fare ami ass.
my statistics to myself. -C+pP'"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-29
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY BOB PRICE

THE ~HUCKSTERS, by Fred,
eric Wakeman (Rinehart;
$3.50.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
Conowingo Power Company
WASTE NOT

The garbage can is still the catch
all for about 100 pounds of good food
that is wasted by every member of an
American family each year. With
food still scarce in the world, we
might well get rid of the doubtful
title of producers of the worlds rich
est garbgae, advised Miss Margaret
McPheeters, Maryland extension nu-
tritionist. We could at the same time
lower cur food costs, and probably
eat better balanced meals in thte bar
gain.
In many homes, as we'll as in res
taurants, much food is wasted simply
because too much is put on TIE plates.
Rolls, butter, bread, and parts of
many cooked foods are left on the
plate to be thrown away. In the
home, portions of food can be made
the right size for each person, so that
none is left to be thrown away. 1t is
farm from fashionable today to leave
part of each dish of food on the
plate.
Many families also waste much
food through careless handling of
leftovers. Many cooked foods can be
saved by prompt cooling and chilling
in the iceboX. Then they can be used
in stews, casserole dishes, and soup,
as well as in such a standard mixture
as hash. Fats from foods can be care
fully saved and used in gravy or
sauce. Fats that are no longer edible
SHOULD be salvaged and turned in ito
the butcher, to assure in return a sup
ply of soap.
Careful buying of foods to suit the
family needs is another important
means of preventing waste. The lar
ger TIE family icebox, the larger the
quantities of food that can be pur-
chased without danger of spoilage.
For the family that likes to make
large purchases a system of canning
part of the wholesale purchases of
fresh foods has proved practical, in
the season when the foods are most
plentiful and low in cost. Bread as
we'll as cake and fresh fruits and
vegetables, milk and meats and other
perishables, will keep longer if kept
in the icebox.
Try to prevent waste in prepara-
ton of food, Miss McPheeters advis-
ed. Thin peelings, use of fresh vege-
tables with the skins on, simpler
dishes that require less cooking, and
use of many raw foods save losses in
food preparation.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
PRIVATELY BUILT HOMES ARE
INCREASING

About 41,0O0 new privately-finan-
ced permanent dwellings were COM
pleted in July of this year, and
Government survey shows that this is
the largest number made ready for
occupancy in nonfarm areas since the
returning servicemen, civilians and
other homeless folks began calling
upon the Government jackpot for
easy credit. For time the Federal
plan was so easy that too many home
builder exsceeded their abilities to
meet payments as they plunged in
debt over their heads. The Govern
ment statement is valuable, and
shows which way the wind blows.
When homebuilder seeks private
credit he will get good advice-which
he needs-providing he stays away
from the sharks and talks to his
friends in local banks and loan asso-
Citations.
The output of building materials,
labor shortage, and high costs of
everything else continues to slow
down the 1916 goal.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
HEROES YESTERDAY, JOBLESS
TODAY"

"God and soldier we adore,
In time of danger, not before.
The danger past and all things
righted,
God is forgotten and the soldier
sighted"
Although this bit of wisdom was
written $50 years ago, it describes a
current situation as well as any
words could. Just one short year ago
our men in uniform were the adora-
tion of the Nation. Nothing was too
good for them. They had guided the
country through one of it's most peri
lous periods and the grateful citizens
would never forget the sacrifices
made by those brave soldiers, sailors
and marines.
But now the danger is past, and
the promises and good intentions
that existed one year ago are no long
er in vogue. The jobs that were sup
posed to be waiting for the returning
heroes have not materialized and the
situation has become so serious that
the Veterans Administration stated
recently that there is danger that
many veterans will exhaust their gov
ernment employment benefit without
finding a job. And the " A. has plac-
ed at least part of the blame on the
absence of ''positive" job placement
program.
The American Legion, an out
standing guardian of veterans rights
saw this danger months ago. Last
July National Commander John
Stelle asked President Truman to
call a conference of all groups en-
gagged in veterans rehabilitation work
| to draft plans for improving services
on the community level. But alas,
soldiers are sometimes "slighted'
even by their own Commander-in-
Chief, for nothing was done about the
Legions suggestion.
| General Omar N. Bradley, head of
the Veterans Administration, has
stated that more than six million vet
Grams have applied for readjustment
allowance since the program began in
September, 1914. At present, approx
imately 100000 veterans are receiv
ing allowances at rate of $135, ,000,-
| 600 month. One and three-quarter
million ex-keroes who WE'RE going
to be well taken care of when the wal
ended!
The solution to this serious prob
lem must be found in the community
The patriotic citizens who sometimes
went to ridiculous extremes in their
sincere desire to back up the boys
over there" should be reminded thai
NOW is the time for them to really
help the young men who devoted
several years of their lives so that
the World might live in peace again
The least that a veteran can expect
from a community that sent him of
to fight war is an opportunity tc
make living in that community.
Washington News Service
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
SCHOOLS AND CITIZENS

On every side there are people who
say that the schools are concerning
themselves with too many nonessen-
tials. They argue that better teaching
would result if folderols like manners
appreciations, health and citizenship
could be deleted and total emphasis
put on basic schools skills.
How simple education would be if
it's functions could be so limited. But
wise men have always known that
the important tking is not what
Johnny is taught at school, but what
Johnny learns at school. Citizenship
as such, can be deleted completely
from the curriculum, but every day
while he is being taught reading,
writing or arithmetic, Johnny is ac-
quiring habits of behavior which will
color the quality of his citizenship.
Through his teachers approach to
subject matter, he learns to become
intolerant, to accept unquestioningly
or to seek for proof, to respect au-
thority or to cringe and rebel at it..
He is learning to express his opininos
or to be led around by the nose; he
learns to listen to the minority or to
bully it. Every day he practices being
citizen, and that practice is never
wholly static. Through it he becomes
more proficient as a constructive or
destructive member of society.
Webster defines a citizen as one
who owes allegiance to the govern
ment and is entitled to protection
from it. In the United States he, of
course, owes his allegiance to the
democratic form of government. The
chief difference between the demo-
cratic and the totalitarian forms of
government is that the totalitarians
rely upon the thinking of a few,
whereas the democracies rely upon
the thinking of the many. Thus think
ing can no longer be considered a
right or privilege; it is duty. But
thinking does not come easy; it must
be learned.
Learning to think and practice in
thinking precede proficiency in think
ing. The school is the laboratory for
experimental thinking. 1t is the place
for putting thinking into action, for
learning to choose, to evaluate, to
discuss, to debate and to weight all
factors in situation. Thinking
straight is prerequisite to good citi-
zenship. Can our schools fail to ac-
cept the responsibility? If the demo-
cratic form of government is to con-
ham Age-Herald.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
STATEMENT OF POSITION WITH
RESPECT TO CECIL COUNTY
ROADS

Our County needs a sound progress
sive road building and maintenance
Such a program should con-
tain the following points:
Cd Transfer to the State Road sys
tenn of all County roads which pro-
perly constitute part of that system
as rapidly as is practicable, thus re-
lieving the County of financial re-
sponsibility for this road mileage.
(2) Maintenance of County dirt
roads in a state of practical useful
ness by proper drainage and lasting
economical repairs.
CD improvement by grading and
hard-surfacing County roads of as
great mileage each year as available
funds will permit.
(4) Avoidance of wasteful, un-
stable repairs by having all road
work performed properly with the
use of good materials and properly
protected adequate drainage.
(5) Strict application of all tax
funds collected for road building and
maintenance to those purposes only.
(6) County Commissioners with
authority and responsibility to effec-
lively and economically promote the
County road program.
The adoption and successful pro-
motion of such a program will re-
quire strong support in the Legisla-
ture of Maryland. My vigorous sup
port for this program is assured if
am returned to the Senate of Mary
land.
JAMES w. HUGHES
Candidate for State Senator
Published by authority of
Albert G. Buckworth, Political Agent
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