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Evening star., 1946-03-18
81 Saved From Ship
Aground OFF Scotland
BY the Associated Pres,

CAMPBELTOWN, Scotland, Mar.
Is. - Fifteen passengers and 80
crew members Of the America bound
ship Byron Darnton were recovering
today from q 14-hour ordeal on q
storm battered reef OH Sanda Island
in the Firth Of Clyde, from which
they were rescued last night Just
before the American-owned vessel
broke in two.
Passage to the United States was
sought for the passengers of the
7,176-ton Liberty ship.
The captain, Robert p. King, Man
chester, Conn, and the radio officer
William A. Scott, jr., Dundalk, Md,
were the last to leave the ship,
which was bound from Copenhagen
to New York.
Among the passengers was o.
year-old Signe Kresting Roseth OF
Sweden, who was en- route to Roslyn,
S. OAK, to join her husband. whom
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Australian War Wife
Arrives Here After
Delay by Measles

After a suspected case of measles
delayed the reunion of Maj. John G
Minahan and his Australian wife
for week, the couple was serenely
happy today at their residence, 551o
Brite drive, Bethesda, after a years
separation.
Mrs. Minahan arrived here yes
terday from San Francisco, where
she was held up by quarantine au-
thorities who thought one of her
two young sons had measles. 1t
turned out to be a slight rash.
Maj. Minahan, often decorated
veteran of the famed 18th Bombard-
ment Group, first met his wife
shortly after the war began and
he was sent to Australia. They
were married May 26, 1912, and
besides John, jr., 3, the measles
suspect, they have a younger SON.
Peter Michael, who is little over
l year old. Maj. Minahan, who re-
turned to the United States about
year ago, now is on duty at the
Pentagon.
Other Wives Due.
The English bride of former Pfc.
Marvin j. Bryant, 2211 Bunker Hill
road NE, is coming to this country
aboard the transport John Erics-
son, due in New York. April /. Pfc.
Bryant said he met his wife, Olive,
during the two-and-a-haf years he
served in England as a military
policeman. They were married a
year ago.
Also due to arrive aboard the
Ericsson are Mrs. Audrey Thompson,
the wife of Corpl. Joseph L. Thomp-
son, 3511 Lowell street NV, and
Mrs. Blanche A. Goldsborough, wife
Of Capt. Paul Goldsborough, 4724
Seventeenth street NV.
John William Cole, former staff
sergeant in the intelligence branch
of the 9Th Air Force in England
during the war, today was in New
York to meet his Welsh war wife
whom he first saw when he went to
the British Isles long before the war
for the coronation of King George
vi. Their 15-month-old son, Will
liam Alexander, was due to arrive in
New York with his mother aboard
the liner Queen Mary.
Mother Was Immigrant.
His wife Betty will have sympa-
thetic welcome from her mother in
law, Mrs. Catherine Cole, 21O North
Fairfax street, Alexandria, who
came as an immigrant years ago
from the south of England.
Mr.. Cole, who is with the Federal
Housing Administration, studied
at the University of
and recently purchased a
home in Alexandria.
The young couple corresponded
before the war and when he went
to England they were married at
Seven Oaks, suburb of London, on
December 10, 1943. She comes from
Dinas Powis in South Wales, where
her father, DR.. Alexander Couper,
is physician.
Hyattsville Man Waits.
wives OF former SerVlcemen from
Park, Hyattsville and Alex
andria also will be on the Ericsson.
William Bateman of 6123 Forty
second avenue, Hyattsville, was mar
ried in London in December, 1914.
A former yeoman in the Navy, he
now is a civilian employe of the
Navy Department.
Sherman Anderson of 5 Manor
Circle, Takoma Park, former Army
technician, will meet his wife Mar
jorie, who was resident Of Moor
side, England. Mr.. Anderson is a
Evening star., 1946-03-18

student at the Takoma Park Mis-
sionary College.
One Of the youngest brides on the
Ericsson viii be Mrs. Marian Spen-
Ger, .18-year-old wife Of Saint Elmo
Spencer Of 2827 Duke street, Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1946-03-18

she married last October in Sweden.
Her wedding trousseau and silver
gifts were lost when the ship foun-
dered.
Evening star., 1946-03-18
Warsaw Purudes for Tito

WARSAW, Mar. 18 (P.-Thou-
sands of troops in full military
regalia marched today as Warsaw
held its biggest military show since
Evening star., 1946-03-18

the war in honor of Marshal Tito Of
Yugoslavia. Approximately 100000
residents Of the city lined the parade
route, a boulevard with numerous
red banners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19

Chest would have no reason to doubt
that the goal, from year to year, would
be. reached without the intensive cam
paigning now necessary. The money to
meet the goal would be accommodating
throughout the entire year.
Naturally no employer would try to
influence any worker on his staff as
to the amount of his deduction. Inc
system, to prove successful, would have
to be on a strictly voluntary basis. But
the chances are that the employe who
ordinarily would contribute, say, S.,
would be glad to have a dollar held out
of his pay monthly, and SO more than
double his contribution without turning
a hair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Senator Andrews

The death of Senator Charles o. An
drews OF Florida marks the passing of
an able legislator who throughout the
troubled war period and since kept, as
we say, a level head on his shoulders,
steering a safe course in the affairs
that constantly disturbed the Nation
al Capital and it's political currents.
MIR. Andrews, a Floridian by birth, serv-
ed his state in many capacities before
succeeding Senator Trammel in the up
per branch of Congress, always with
credit, often with distinction.
He will be sadly missed when Con-
gress reassembles in January. But
Florida may be grateful that his sue
cessor, former Governor Spessard l..
Holland, who won nomination in the
states primary election, Senator An
drews having said he would not stand
again for the office, has had wide
experience in state and national af-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19

The defense against guided missiles and
atomic bombs Of the future is capacity Cor
~offense. Offensive defense, directed toward
the launching sites and the heart Of the enemy
as well as his air force, would be the function
of our Air F'orcs.-Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, AAF
commander.
The merit or lack of merit Of a man lies
not in his membership in some arbitrary
group, but in the individual qualities of the
man himself. Labor Secretary Schwellen-
bach.
If any nation were to 60 mad now, among
the first targets it would try to demolish
would be the Bonneville AND Grand Coulee
Dams. We had better see to it that tho
Northwest is better defended than it is now
Sen. Wayne Morse (R) o. Oregon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
FDIC, Building For Rainy Day. Plans
ToKeep PresentBank A sessmentRates

cipate reducing the assessment
rate for the insurance soon.
1T is highly desirable to build
up the corporations resources dur
ing periods of high bank earnings
SO that these funds will be avail
able when they are needed" said
the F.D.I.C. report to Congress.
Its capital and surplus or Decem-
Der 81 reached 1929 million, only
59/100 of one pc: cent of the total
insured deposits of $158 billion at
the close Of the year.
Asserting that the number of re-
c%eiverships declined from nine
each in 1941, and 1912, to four in
l943, and one in 1914, with none
in 1945, the corporation said this
is both interesting and crafty
ing, but it does not throw any light
on the liabilities which the corpora
ton may incur in the future. Prices
will not always rise, employment
and business activity will not al
ways increase, and a time may
again come when this corporation
will be required to aid a substan-
tial number of banks"
In discussing the adequacy or
inadequacy'' of the deposit in
surance funds, the report notes
that the corporation has several
single risks which exceed the total
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Deductions For The Chest

The plan for payroll deductions for
contributions to the Community Chest
which the current campaigns chair
man, Louie E. Woodbury., says has been
approved by tw~enty-four of the city's
business firms, has been in use for sew
eral years by at least one and perhaps
several concerns.
In the experience of one firm, it has
proved eminently successful in increas-
ing it's employees gifts without causing
them to feel they were shouldering an
actual financial burden.
In this one case the employer call
ed his staff together, asked each men,
Der if he favored the plan, and. re-
ceiving endorsement from all, proceed
ed to have his auditor hold out what
eve amount each employe named each
pay day.
When the Chest called upon the firm
he then wrote a company check for the
full amount designating, according to
the employees wishes, which institutions
it was to be divided among and the
amount to be earmarked for each. The
entire transaction was thus concluded
in a few minutes, without the solicit
tor having to interview each emplove
separately and probably receiving small
er contributions than each was giving
through the payroll deduction plan.
If all firms adopted the same method.
there can be no doubt the Community
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19

funds of the corporation.'' At the
end of the year, there ere II
banks, each with deposits in excess
of the capital and surplus of the
corporation, it was reported.
In discussing the need for de-
post protection, the corporation
declared the degree of p-otec-
ton afforded depositors by the
capital of banks is now materially
less than in former years" The
ratio Of total capital accounts to
total assets has gradually declin-
ed from IS per cent in 1875 to
ST per cent at the end of 1945.
The report suggests that enforce
ment of the traditional 10 PEI cent
overall capital ratio should be con-
sidered, although it would not
be wise at this time" because most
of the recent increase in bank
assets has been largely in non
risk category, mainly cash and
Government securities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19

One of the outstanding women
players Of the country is Mrs.
Z. j. Seligman of New York. She
does not play in many tourna-
ments, but when she does, she
ranks high in the final standing.
At the recent summer national
tournament held at the Hotel St.
George in Brooklyn, Mrs. Sellg-
man W o n the national women's
pair championship with Mrs. R.C.
Young of Philadelphia. Mrs. Selig-
man gives a beautiful example OF
counting tricks in today's hand.
She won the first trick with the
queen of hearts, and started to
count. If she took the spade finesse
and it lost, she would have three
spade tricks, two hearts, five dia-
monds and a club, ]. in all.
If she did not finesse the spade
and. played for a split in the club
honors, she could count three club
tricks, five diamonds, two hearts
ana w SPduSS, VI -. "NS
club honors were in one hand, the
chances favored their being in the
East hand because East had bid
hearts.
Following this line Of play, she
made six-odd, while those who
took the S p a d e finesse, which
| o o k E d like the simpl cline of
play. made only five-odd.
Although Mrs. Seligman made
a slam. there was no possibility
OF bidding it on this hand. And
II a slam had been reached, East
IN all likelihood would have Sc
lected a different opening than the
heart.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
This Ascending Spiral

The petition of Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph company laid be-
fore the Utilities commission request
ing an increase in charges for business
phones, as reported in yesterdays Star,
will start a storm of protest, as always
happens whenever an advance in rates
is sought by any public utility. Yet,
in this day of increasing materials and
labor costs, its request is in line with
current trends.
The company makes out a strong
case in it's petition. 1t shows that in
twelve months it has added more than
1900, 900 to it's North Carolina pay
rolls and installed $3.50 telephones a
month. At the same time it has had
to meet the increased cost of new en-
ployes, wire, switchboards, poles and
other things that make up this COM
plicated domestic and business service.
Under ordinary circumstances, says
the company, new revenue created by
the expanding service would compen-
safe for additional costs, but, as it hap
pens, the contrary is true. The company
has an investment of $36,500.000 in
North Carolina-an increase of S9,000,-
900 in five years. But net earnings, due
to wage and material rises, are at the
lowest point in the %company's history.
What action the Utilities commits
sion will take is a moot question. What
ever public Indignation follows filing
Of the petition, the request, viewed
from any point, is but another evidence
Of the ascending spiral of production,
service and living costs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
From The Wall Street Journal
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON-The Federal De.
post Insurance Corp. had little use
fo- its insurance funds during 1915,
the first calendar year in three.
quarters of a century without 8
bank failure. But the corporation
in its annual report covering 1915,
warns against possible rainy
days"
Insured bank deposits rose during
1915 to the point where the CAPT
tai and surplus of the F.D.I.C. was
only $1,000 of one per cent OF
the total deposits insured, the low
est ratio in the corporations his
tory.
Although the F.D.I.C. used only
81 million during the year to aid
one weak bank in a merger with
a Sound bank" it does not anti
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Your GIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON.-Here are some
general questions from veterans
and their relatives:
Q-My husband was recently
discharged. He got his old job
back and worked for a couple of
months, then quit because he
thought he could find something
better. He hasn't found anything
at all, and I want him to return
to his old job. He says they won't
rchire him. Don't they have to do
so because he is a veteran?
A-No. I. they hired him back
once after he was discharged, that
is all any employer is required to
do by law.
Q-Is it possible for a student
veteran to work full time now and
still get some subsistence pay
from the government?
Ayes.
Q-My son just got out of serv-
ice. He is not married. I want
him to buy a house for us with
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS loan. He
says they won't give him a loan
because a veteran has to be mar
ried in order to buy a house. Is
this true?
A-No.
Q-Since starting to college un-
der the CT Bill of Rights, I have
decided to become a doctor. Is it
possible now Cor me to stop get
ting money from the government,
thus using up my benefits. and to
save my benefits to help cover the
greater expenses of med school?
Ayes, this is possible. Many
students are doing it.
Q-When my son got out of
service he seemed to be all right.
But recently he has complained of
a pain in his back. I think his
back was injured while he vas in
the Army. He says it is too late
to get the government to do any
thing about it, since he didn't get
a medical discharge. What can he
do?
Ale can apply to the Veter-
ans Administration for a pension.
(Questions will be answered
only In this space-not by MALI
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Star Dust
Schacht Is Optimistic

6CAIdChIt ~ OPVAAAAoSAS
After the Nuremberg trial had
dragged on for four or five months,
I asked Hjalmar Schacht's black
robed German defense counsel
what Schacht thought of his
chances to escape hanging or i'm
prisonment. "Schacht thinks his
chances are extremely good" was
the surprising reply. I'm fact" the
attorney continued, Herr Schacht
believes that the longer the rial
continues, the better his chances
are for acquittal."
I, of course, was amazed az the
response and pressed for ar ex-
PLANTATION.
"You American newsmen are
partially responsible for It," ne ex-
planned, because you've given
Herr Schacht such a buildup as a
financial wizard in fact as some
of you put it, the greatest financial
genius the world has ever known
well, Herr Schacht believes that
if this trial continues any great
length of time it will require the
services of such a financier to fig
out some way to pay for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Religion
MILADY'S BIG BASS
BY I, ELLIS

Milady caught a five-and-a'h'li
pound bass. Canada's air was
clearer, the sun shone brighter
the lake looked lovelier, because
0. that fighting fish landed safely
in the boat. The thrill of the catcn
~glorified the day.
Thus the extraordinary trans
forms the ordinary. One reason
for living hard, for doing things
for seeking adventures, OF spirit OF
o. body, is the effect upon the
commonplace. To meet a new per-
sonality, to read a great book 70
hear a fine sermon or lecture "
visit a fresh scene, to enjoy a
spiritual transport, is to affect al
the routine of living. God pulS
mountains on the Landscape u
challenge and inspire US.
Our Father in Heaven, we Pray
for exceptional experience, 10 e'
rich the routine of life. Make W
Adventures in spicit, ever ESSAY
ing something new for ih'''
Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Doctor Says
DON'T DOUBLE Up
| IF EATING FOR :
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIFN

vi. d.,
Excessive weight gain in
nancy results from self-indu1aoss'
by expectant mothers who b oare
been told that they are "eatina nave I've
two" Obstetricians have t9, LOT
that the weight Of the neI nGuna
child is seldom affected BY % bo1.
much the mother eats, eyc ny now
the cases of extreme deficjenpo,, In
Total weight gain in pregnanou
averages % pounds. (The 1na,Icy
gain should not be allow" ~sisnt
exceed 25 per cent of the motba, 70
original weight,) At birth
increase in weight is accorn we
for as follows: infant, afterbip5a
and membranes, II pounds. ,,+,.
us, 2 IL pounds; breasts 0'sI,
pounds; storage Of protein
pounds, increase OF LIQUID nnr+;.
OF blood and tissue fluid. : ,
pounds. The average motb.1
leaves the hospital after t5o binH
Of her child weighing witbin VI
pound or two of hes pre-pregnsnca
weight.
Expectant mothers are urgoa /.
their physicians 10 ~replenigb tba W
tissues without adding additinn,i
~NNt4llOldI
body fat. Many women tbro,na
boredom develop the habit NJ 49,
ing between meals or going dou.
at night for raids on the icsbov
The attentive hucband USUALLY ia,
dulges his wife at this tims h,
searching the stores for tbi,o.
which she fancies. This is 2 cono
mendable practice unless it resnlt,
in excessive weight gain Or inter-.
ference with regular meals,
Too little weight gain NAV bo
just as undesirable as too rnucb
An increase in weight in norm.1
pregnancy is inevitable; failure n
gain actually means loss. Recon,
studies have shown that mother,
on deficient diets may harm their
babies, as the fetus is e~ssentiaIv
a parasite as far as nutrition !,
concerned. If the mother has ths
food, the baby will get it, but #
she cannot supply it, he will bav.
to 60 without. Such infants NAV
be nearly normal in weight bnt
may show deficiencies in other
ways.
Weight gain in pregnancy should !
be gradual and persistent. (Exces. !
sive gain should be called to the
attention OF the physician in
charge.) Expectant mothers need
plenty Of protein in the form Of
meat, eggs, fish, and milk, certain
cereals, and vegetables. In the old
days, mothers were warned abMt
the dangers Of eating 100 much
meat at this time, cut mothers who
get an extra ration of mea! DO
best.
Minerals such as calcium, iron, |
PHOSPHORUS, and others can be
supplied by the diet. Milk and
certain vegetables are good
sources of iron.
Extra fruit will not only supply
minerals and vitamins, but it will
also be laxative. Cooked fruits
twice a day may obviate the use
Of cathartics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19
Service To The Handicapped

Service To The Handicapped
The proposal of the. United States
Employment Service to conduct a spe-
cial campaign, starting on October 3,
to find jobs for physically handicap
ped ex-service men has assumed pro-
portions far beyond any program the
USES alone can conduct.
A group of Wilmington young men
composed of veterans and civilians is
organizing not only to crusade for
Jobs for the handicapped but to con-
solidate, as far as possible, similar ef-
forts of all organizations, and particu-
larly to spur new and greater efforts
to rehabilitate them not only through
employment but in their needs tor
spiritual, cultural, educational and
moral reawakening.
This group is to function in an ex-
traordinary, if not actually unique,
manner. It will have no committees,
but operate exclusively as a unit. 1t
has also realized that its objective can
be the more readily reached if it aban-
dons the prevailing policy of helping"
handicapped veterans, saw to the ex-
tent that it will help them to help them
selves, to take their proper place as
independent, self-supporting individ-
uals, in a disturbed world that needs
not only workers but sound thinking
among the men who know the folly and
uselessness of war and, as they will
learn, the inestimable advantages Of
peaceful, employed lives.
These young men have no sympathy
with the general idea that the way to
set veterans on the right track is to
help them, a policy which the govern
ment has cultivated and inculcated in
civilian and business circles. One of
their main plans is to uproot this poll
cy, particularly in the business COM
munity, and convince business heads
that instead of merely helping the men
who have returned from battlefields
with physical handicaps. which the men
themselves justly resent, they will be
helping themselves by recognition of
the Handicapped mems ability to do a
full days work as well, if not actually
than many civilians. Where the
experiment of employing crippled per-
sons has been tried, it is a proved fact
that when engaged on tasks within
their limited ability they are as compe-
tent and faithful and as good producers
as physically whole employees.
The group therefore will devote con-
certed effort upon e~radicating any pref
udice existing against cripples-par-
tlcularly those who sacrificed their per-
feet physiques and want only a chance
to demonstrate their fitness for en-
ployment. The campaign now taking
shape therefore will not be a six-day
affair, but a continuing effort to make
physically handicapped veterans indie
pendent of help so that they may en-
JOY the fruits Of their own labors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-19

fairs. Florida will continue to nave at
least one Senator who can be depend
ed on to stand for the higher ideals Oh
the traditional way of life.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-08-30
More Cotton
Price Hikes
Are On Way
Boost OF l To 2
Per Cent ForcetI
BY New OPA Law

Washington, Aug. 80. Up -
OPA tagged cotton garments with
another price boost today and dole
fully acknowledged il may not be
the last.
The new ,'creasc, about 2 l/2
per cent at textile mills, will mean
another hike CT one to two per cent
on cotton apparel sold at retail, the
agency said.
Today's upward revision. the
fourth since March. brought the total
Jump for basic fabrics to more than
80 per cent.
And al OPA pri:ing official told
a reporter privately that any attempt
at stabilizing cotton textile prices
at the new level will depend almost
entirely on what happens 10 the price
of raw cotton.
Under the OPA extcndcr act, he
said, the agency is required TO fix
fabric prices at n level which will
reflect the current cost of raw cot
to-, or parity, wherever is higher.
Raw cotton prices TO date have fol-
lowed steadily upward trend.
Saying CPA will review its tex
tile prices once month the official
GuGed: There will be more price
irrrcascS if necessary to reflect the
raw cotton cost"
a l6 per cent increase earlier this
month was TIC first under the new
OPA act. Prices previously had
been raised 10 per cot in March
largely TO cover waco increases
and five per cent in April 20 spur
production.