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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
BY JOHN SKIES

For the past 10 or Is years Louis
Moore has been one of those will
O. wisps in my life. Stalk him
though 1 have, just at the point
I've nearly caught him he's always
managed to get away.
Some years back he wasn't so
difficult to catch. That was il the
days when he was feasting the
pirates hereabouts and generally
keeping Wilmington and the a.
jacent beaches in the newspaper
spotlight far and wide.
Of late, though, I've known him
only through an occasional note
I've received from him. Yester-
day, at a luncheon at the Cape
Fear club at which the city and
county paid their respects to Lieut..
Gen. Wheel |, l almost caught
Mr.. Moore. But a large man tot
ing around a plate full Of ham,
turkey, and shrimps ala Newburg
ran him effective interference and
I missed Mr.. Moore again.
However, when l reached what
I call my working quarters, for
no significant reasons, yesterday
afternoon there was a note from
Mr.. Moore. And, as usual, the
note was crammed full of facts and
lore of other days in the communl-
ty. I cannot give you this informa-
ton, as passed along to me by
Mr.. Moore, all in one sitting. So.
I'll break it up into two or three
installments, depending on how
we come out toward the end of
the page.
Folks. Mr.. Moore:
I'm these days of 1916, 81 years
after the ending of the War Be-
tween The States. it will be rather
hard for the present generation to
envision the humiliation and in
dignation of the proud people of
New Hanover county, who had
been devoted to the Cause of the
Southern Confederacy, when they
were further subjected to oppres-
sion by an arrogant and ignorant
Carpetbag and Scalawag State and
County military governmental
regime, through the naming of at
least four of the newly formed IL
townships, as follows: LINCOLN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
Press Is Freed

Older members of the press remen-
Der when adverse comment on a iudoe,s
rulings brought contempt proceedings
against the newspaper involved. how
ever wrong or unjust the ruling MIGHT
be.
1t is to these men that the Sunremo
Court action freeing the nations nrass
from this handicap has the most sipn;fi-
can't meaning. Many among them have
had to fight down their sense of iustico
n remain silent when their reason
able impulse was to expose an intoler.
ant jurist and demand fair treatment
Tor an ill-used defendant before the
frequently miscalled bar of Justice.
The case in question is the apnea1
from a Florida courts ruling on con-
tempt charges against the Miami Her.
ald and its associate editor, John D
rennekamp, based on two editorials
appearing in the Herald, which carried
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08

Between the States.
1T may be a matter of hitherto
unrevealed disclosure to the read
er to know that prior to 1858 there
were no townships in North Caro-
lima. Such subdivisions e au-
thorized under a new Constitution
which the union ~overnment re-
quired to be ~@~nted. For the gen
eral purpose of this record, and to
show the background, North Caro-
lima was again placed under North
ern military ~ule in 1867. Con-
gress also laid down the condition
of readmission to the Union. This
was that a new Constitution should
be adopted. Everyone upward of
81. of whatever race, color. or pre-
vious condition, was permitted to
vote.
I'm accord with this dictation, a
Constitutional convention was held
in Raleigh Jan. IA, 1868, and a
document a formulated.
This, W the addition of many
amendments "'~ce that time, is
still effective. Present at this c.
vention were 1T Republicans, SO
Carpetbaggers and their ignorant
satellites, and only 10 Conserva-
tives Democrats. Among many
other provisions of this Constitu-
ton were those for the elimination
OF religious or property qualifica-
lions for voting or office holding.
popular election of all State and
County officials. abolition of the
county court system. and, for this
record, adoption of the township
county commission form of gov
eminent.
Possibly an insight and study
into the original names of town
ships of the five score counties of
the State may reveal as objection.
able conditions as New Hanover
was forced to suffer for several
years, although this is very doubt
1ul. Certainly the experiences of
New Hanover can hardly be sur
passed, whatever the condition in
other counties may reveal"
More OF Mr.. Moore in MONDAYS
Star. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority


Taking a quick glance at today's
hand, you would not think that de-
clarer would have too much trou-
BILE making five-odd, would you?
Yet at the world championship
Masters Individual tournament,
saw one of the experts forced to
get ar end-play on East in order
to make three-odd. He probably
would have made six if he had pro-
ceeded with the line of play he
started with.
Declarer won the first spade
trick with the jack and led the
ten of clubs. West covered with
the queen, dummy's ace won and
the jack of clubs was returned.
West refused to win this trick, and
now declarer lost his nerve.
If he had returned the third
round of clubs, West would have
been forced to win, and l do not
think he would have cashed the
ace of spades because he still did
not know that South held both
the king of hearts and king of
diamonds. If he did not cash the
ace of spades, the only trick de-
clarer could lose was the club.
When West refused to win the
second club trick, declarer play
ed the jack of diamonds from
dummy, took the finesse and lost
to the queen. West returned an
other low spade, and South had to
be satisfied with two club tricks.
three diamonds, two spades and
two hearts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08

Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS

SILENT is THE vIsTULI
by irena Orska Uongman,
Green; So.
On Aug. /, 1914, the valiant o..,
zens of Warsaw loosed a Garrett
planned revolt against their
tolerable German masters. F.. 81,
days they kept up the IN . s,,.,
fight, paying for their ma.cb'a."
bravery with countless live, 49,
the spreading destruction of .ba,s
beloved city.
The author of this book. MAJ
ical = trained lieutenant in pof|s
General Boris Home Army, tool
part in the uprising. She was sa
tive in a section near the urigsr
sity, . "a map would help.
Which held out more Than :
month. She gives a heart.rendi.s
account of the tragic, losing hub!'
and pants some ~unforgor,s5E'
scenes of terror, bloodsaed .rS
death in its most horrible form,
Her daughter Barbarka, IL w,,
a participant in the dangerc~s
venture, and one line Of devalon
ment in the book is the aoy,o.n
OF the mother for the safety Of w.,
daughter, from whom she r,.
often separated. Both are NOW IN
this country. I'll
Nine. Orska lived through sv.
p%eriences beyond belief. opt -,
least she lived. Friends died ~.
all sides, even right at her ,,5 a
and the most moving incide9t 4,
the death of Scholar, buried ,9
to his neck by an explosion h,
head held in her hands as he ay
pired. These are not pre4tv via
lures but it was not pretty Ts,.
fare.
1houga the author is Concerned
mainly with the human-intere,t
or inhumaa-interest , aspect, ~
her remarkable story, she doe,
touch on politics, and she is anti,
Soviet. A commander, she saw,
told them on the first dsv tb..
the Russians would be in the citg
in less than a week, though she
doesn't reveal where he got hi,
Information. And she presen,,
side by side these two facts. =, =
there were no contradiction N
them: the Soviet radio had urge5
them to revolt, on the one hand
yet, on the other, it was presDm.
ably the Soviet authorities WIN
ordered the Warsaw Communig,
not to take part il the revolt once
it had begun.
1.-THE Germans labeled US Com.
munists," she says, land the So.
viets labeled us Fascists." The
silent Vistula only divided zone
enemy from the other"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
STAR Dust
Well Taught

Well Taught
Yes'' confirmed Aunt E1vira
VINO was we'll acquainted with al
inc happenstances of the village
'Almira Smith and Henry III
wler have broken off their en-.
gagement; been engaged eieh.
years. you know"
What vas the trouble?s' 2 sym.
pathetic neighbor inquired.
1T was a question of economy 81
Aunt Elvira replied.
"Economyo'
Yes, during all their ,ourtsh;r
Almlra had been i~nculcatin' into
Henry, as you might we'll call it,
me beauties of economy. But the
other day she discovered hat he
mad learned his lesson so we'll that
ne had saved up two hundred and
seventeen pairs of socks for her
to darn Immediately after the
Wedding. Well, she 'peared to con-
ciude that he had taken her ad-
wee a mite too literally. and broke
off the match."-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
Chief Justice Vinson

Vhi. F4lIoOl D dppOlIICIIlellL DIS CHloI
Justice may serve to wipe out jeal-
ousles among several of the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court. If
President Truman had elevated one
of them, as he had for some time con-
templated doing, the ill-will which has
disturbed the Court could not have
been eradicated.
To be sure, there is no assurance
that it will disappear with or follow
ing the selection of an outsider, but
the chances would seem better than if
he had promoted one of the members
against whom another member had a
grudge and had chosen an outsider to
fill the vacancy on the bench OCCASION
ed by the death of Chief Justice Har-
Ian Fiske Stone. In the cause of Justice
it is to be hoped that Mr.. Vinson will
restore harmony in the court.
There is one fault, however, he can
not remedy-the lack of a more evenly
divided party membership. With but
one Republican Associate Justice re-
naming, the Court will continue to in
woke criticism, as it has done for some
years, and subject itself to the charge
OF moulding it's decisions in the Demo-
cratic pattern, which was the purpose
OF President Roosevelt throuohout
his presidency.
Mr.. Vinson has been in the public
eye for many years. Fourteen years in
the House of Representatives, several
more presiding owe the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, and United States
treasurer following the resignation of
Henry M%orgenthau until President
Truman appointed him Chief Justice.
lave given him a standing in public
opinion as we'll as experience in the
nations affairs which seem to fit him
for his new duties.
AS Treasurer, the bankers have
felt that he was d~ischarginq the na-
t1onal debt too rapidly, that by so doing
ne has turned loose a surplus of monev
tor which safe investment has not exist
ed, and that the result is the people
who have benefited by this policy have
been lndulging in wasteful and e~xtrava-
giant spending. They feel that a more
conservative policy on debt liquidation
would have been wiser on the ground
That government securities bearing in
terest are a better asset than the cash
they represent which, once in hand,
probably would be squandered or hoard
ed under the living room rug and do
nobody any good.
The bankers may be right about
the Vinson debt policy. But at that it
is not obvious that if he has had what
IS ordinarily the good purpose of get
ting out of debt, he cannot make a
satisfactory presiding justice of the
Supreme Court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
YourGlRights
Questions and Answer
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY DOUGLAS R


WASHINGTON - Wives Of ve.
Grams have sent il the tollowin!
questions:
q My husband was an officer
when We were married. l was a
WAC private. l became pras.
nant while l was still in service.
Am l eligible for the maternity
and infant care furnished by tie
Department of Labor?
A-The Department Of Labor
says you are not eligible. Only
wives of men in the four Lowest
pay-grades of the services may
apply for these benefits.
Q-My husband needed a Id
of work done on his teeth while
ne was fighting in the Pacific. The
Army never did it for him. He
was discharged. His teeth both
cred him so much recently that.
he had to take time off from work
to 60 to a dentist. The bill came
to s64. Is there any Veterans
Administration regulation which
will enable him to secure REIN
bursement from the government?
The Army should have done the
work.
A-To get the answer TO your
S64 question, you will have TO
take this problem to the VeteranS
Administration. 1t is up 70 VA
to weigh all the facts involved
and made a decision.
Q-My husband is in Japan |
have been living with my father
but he just died, leaving a lot 81,
bills and no insurance. | find i
will be almost impossible for ne
to support myself now on my al
lotment, what with prices so hlga
and being required to help my
mother. too. Is there any way my
husband can be discharged?
Ayes, Write to the War De-,
partment and explain your spec.'-
hardship case. His application 10,
a discharge on these grounds Will
be given due consideration.
O. have been notified that !
have been made beneficiary 0. a
part of my brothers gover1me..
insurance. My husband has ar
ready filed his income tax retJ'.
for this year. Will my getting
this money change his return?
A-No. You do not have 70 de-
clare this money. 1t is not SUI
ject to any federal tax.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
Exception To The Rule

A soft answer, we learn in the
Good Book, "turneth away wrath"
And in most cases it does the trick.
But we are wondering what it can DO
in the case of Franco Spain.
Britain and the United States look
with disfavor upon the proposal to run
Franco out. They want the people Oh
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
QUOTATIONS

With the people who yell "confusion,', its
not confusion, it's evasion. They're lust looL
ing to make an extra nickel. - Pail uo rTo
president Society Of Restaurateurs New W. IN
In the existing world If power politics
thing more than public opinion is rea1irsd some 1ne
ticularly if United Nations decisions 1 w;,l par.
enforced. Col. Stephen Bonsal, 1917 p WI! De
Prize winner in history. 7 Fulltzer
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
No Added Responsibilities

lie membership committee Of
tne fraternity vas examining Ezra
Heogerow, the new applicant. The
chairman a S k e d .Candid,te
Hedgerow. r you willing to SUD-
port the Constitution" The cues
ron seemed to surprise the annli-
cant, as ne replied: That's suthin-
l didn't bargain for. You know
gentlemen, with my small farm
I've got all I kin do to support
Aolea! and the six young 'uns."-
christian Science Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08

the land to decide their own form of
government and place the man of their
choice at it's head.
But Russia wants Frances scalp.
Who can hope to make a soft answer
to Russia stick?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
Youth And Age

Youth And Age
A convalescent sailor in a Nav!
hospital was ordered to take d
sherry flip each morning. The a.
following the prescription the d.
tending surgeon inquired row IL
had enjoyed the connection,
The sailor grinned. az
We'll, DOCTOR" he replied
won't complain, but if the egg ns.
been as new as the sherry ana IN
sherry as old as that egg Voui1
have enjoyed it a great deal more
Wall Street journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08
TOP o. THE MORNING

"No life can be pure in its purpose and
strong in its strife and all life not be
purer and stronger thereby"
Lord Bulwer Lytton in Lucille"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08

(Qu,--4ions will be answered
only in this space - not BY
mail.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-08

SILENT is THE vIsTULA
by irena Orska (Longman,
Green; So.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25

cess in which shes wapS 'sNutS to you" for more up to the minute phrases and smart cracks. For the adult world today isn't 50 different from the small-fry world, not in that respect.
 The comics, the radio, the columnist and commentators, the song writers, and the movies give us our pet phrases. They supply the easy means for talking without thinking, for silencing our tormen- tors, for tying conversations into neat little packages.
 There's no need to be original. Let a columnist or a commentator figure out today'S answers. He's being paid for it. Then we can quote him, without benefit of quotes.
 WHY BE ORIGINAL?
 Let Senator Claghorn give us the snappy comeback. Why try to get our own humorous slant on life when we can feel like wit by saying, That's joke, Son.?
 It doesn't matter where you live or where you go. The pat phrases become all-American the day after they are heard or read across the land. And they'll do until somebody thinks up 8 new set.
 The four-year-old knows the secret of modern social intercourse. A few pet phrases on the tip of your tongue and nobody can insult you, challenge you -or make you think.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Half of all Americans Over 35 Much too Stout
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

There are no actual statistics available but I betcha more than half of all Americans over thirty five years of age are too fat-it is safer to say too fat, too bulky, too stout, of too great displacement, than it is to say overweight, for fabby stacker flesh takes up more room than firm muscle does and so it is mistake to go by body weight alone.
 We're too fat because we overeat, and that's all there is to say about it.
 We overeat rather from custom, habit and social amenity than from appetite, hunger or any real need of strength or energy. We eat be- cause it is time to eat and others are eating. We eat because we can afford fine food or because we like to. show others that we can afford it. We >eat because we have an in- stinctive animal impulse to gobble all the food in sight before some other animal can get it.
 dhC OcoocAL, 4OI cAd1AIP1C. Nn1C person in a hundred may do so with propriety and to his or her advant- age-a child or youth or young adult who works or plays hard. The other ninety-nine cannot take it on an already full or perhaps over- loaded stomach, without suffering in one way or another for their down. right gluttony.
 The easiest of good nourishing viands to do without is dessert. Most of the calories in many g. poorly planned diet are supplied by the dessert.
 There you are, my fat friends. I'm trying to make it as easy as I can for you. I'm as fond of apple, mince or lemon meringue pie and chocolate layer cake, if it isn't too far between layers of chocolate, as you are, so don't assume am ex- pressing a mere theory. I tell you dessert is the easiest. high calory food to do without.
 The table giving average, normal or ideal weights for men and wom- en of different heights and ages,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25

available on written request if you inclose stamped sell addressed en- velope, makes no allowances for type of body build, indeed no such chart or table can do so. Two per- sons of the same sex, height and age may have widely different ideal weights owing to structural differ ences in body frame breadth of shoulders, girth of chest and pelvis.
 It is rarely advisable or even pos sible to reduce weight by any kind or amount of exercise, although reasonable amount of exercise is good for any one following 8 ra- tional physiological reducing regi- men. If by strenuous effort one does lose a few pounds in few hours the loss represents chiefly the weight of water excreted as sweat and otherwise. This loss is usually restored by increased water intake within the next twenty-four hours.
 Any one of mature age with a handicap of stacker flesh to dis pose of should take two m.o.o.h.t.i.d. as a must, whatever reduction regi- men he or she elects to follow. Two Miles Of Oxygen On The Hoof three times day, that is. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY America's Card Authority

With the increased interest in tournament play throughout the country, the big problem of the American Contract Bridge League is to find capable tournament di- rectors. A director must be a com bination of master of ceremonies, mathematician, King Solomon, and good bridge player.
 John S. Stark of St. Louis, Mo-, seems to have all those qualities. He has handled the St. Louis tour naments SO well that he was re- gently appointed by the League to direct one in Jackson, Miss.
 Todays hand was played by Stark. Would you play dummy's $ king of clubs on the opening lead, or would you play low from dunn my so you could trump it? If you played low, I am afraid you would lose the contract. Stark went ur with dummy's king, and when South played the ace, he discarded the four of hearts.
 Now when a club was returned Stark trumped with the eight oi spades, cashed the ace of hearts and with three trump entries in dummy, he established two good heart tricks for discarding two los ing diamonds.
 If Stark had failed to go up with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
very best of exercises for any one inclined to excessive stoutness.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

very best of exercises for any one inclined to excessive Stoutness. QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Henna
 Does henna used on the hair over a period of years have any harm full effect on hair or general health?
 (E. Al Answer-No, that is, provided it is only henna and not a concoction of various chemicals with enough henna to warrant use of the name. Send ten cents and stamped self addressed envelope for booklet 'The Hair and Scalp"
 Small BuniOn
 I am getting small bunion. It isn't large enough yet to worry about, but any shoes I wear seem to irritate it and want to avoid that.
 (MrS. T. R.) Answer-Go barefoot or in stock ing feet as much as possible. Wear only straight inside line shoes-or shoes that seem to toe in slightly. never shoes that turn the toes out ward. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet Care of the Feet"
 Headache
 Have you any information or ad- vice for people who suffer frequent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25

Warm Weather Rambling: Wonder what was the out of the recent situation wherein prominent local teacher jokngy sold wooden blocks wrapped in we'll known butter wrapper for 80 cents pound black ket butter? Wonder what the situation when gulible feowteacher reported she had given it to her parish priest who having difficulty getting but ter? Pity the poor guys working in the press these days Have to keep extra for the sake of
 smooth of the paper through the press Like work ing in boiler-room of tramp steamer. Wonder if there murders during the ho muggy weather? The victims being such okesters those who unexpect edly slap the back just about the time you have your temper under control. State party conventions will be rolling around and all the backroom parleys will be in full swing Don't be surprised if many local residents start sproung feathers More chickens in kitchen pots than Hoover dreamed of. That recreation field in the Huntingdon Avenue section promises to be dandy. Certainly big enough Won der the people of that section going to get the service they pleading for strenuously? Sure going to miss Barnum & Bailey this year. We are bound to feel twice old not seeing it annually Won der if anyone is really trying to straghten out the de- plorabe conditions in state mental institutional Will
 probably be political platform this year. Those cond- tons really rough and don't blame them entirely lack of hep good deal of it is indifferent planning and we stand to back up them words. They say that
 the television reproduction of the big fight really good if the fight itself lousy The sets said to be hundreds of dollars cheaper and twice good prewa Think we will go and take cold shower and have long cool tall you know what. See you later