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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
CHINA: East Eyes the West

taking first steps toward participating
in direct training of Chinese troops
at Formosa's divisional training CEN
ter. The naval group has been author
lied to create a training unit for
China. The Air advisory group was
set up to provide advisors to the
Chinese Air Force
Winter Offensive
These preparations, some Chinese
observers say, come none too soon for
Chiang's Nationalist regime, which
anticipates a big Communist winter
offensive
After two years, Chiang's troops
still are campaigning vainly to- GUST
Communist forces from strongholds
in north China and Manchuria. Guer-
rilla warfare disrupts communication
throughout much of the liberated"
territory.
The economic strain has been in
creasing steadily. Graft, which led
1t. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer last
spring to urge a Nationalist house
cleaning for more effective use of
dlly W .. dlu, SLlll SdpS Sllllld .
strength. The Wedemeyer report, in
cidentally, has not been made public.
Imitation Spiral
Imitation is rife. 1t requires almost
100000 Chinese dollars to buy one
US dollar on the Shanghai black
market. Wages can't keep pace and,
with 80 percent Of the Nationalist
governments funds siphoned off for
war, vital reconstruction is at stand
still
Russia's role in the Chinese Com
munist resistance never has been
clearly stated. Nanking does not off,
cially charge the Soviet government
is supporting Chinese Communists.
Nationalist Vice President Sun Fo
told an interviewer, however, that the
Russians turned over to Chinese Com
munists enough captured Japanese
weapons to arm 100000 troops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Liberals
The 'Non-CommUnist Left

Prompt approval of the long range
Marshall plan for European recov-
cry together with economic meas
ures against Spain to hasten over
throw of the Franco government" was
advocated this week by Americans
for Democratic Action
In foreign policy statement iden-
tifying itself with "the non-commun-
ist left" this year-old organization
also criticized Argentina's President
Juan Peron and Chinese Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek and urged that
there be no American interference
with European programs of nation
allied or socialized industries.
Signers of tre ADA statement in
cluded Sumner Welles, former Under
secretary of S'ate; Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, United Nations delegate;
Herbert Lehman, former New York
governor and UNRRA director, and
Paul Porter, former OPA administra-
tor.
Declaring thai Americas foreign
economic policy thus far has failed
to attain its objectives despite outlay
of billions of dollars, the ADA said
the four-year European Recovery
Program opened incredible oppor-
tunities of creating better world"
1t proposed that the multi-billion
dollar program to help the Old World
help itself back to its economic feet
be administered by an international
body similar to the three-year-old
European Coal Conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
TRADE: Suqar Raises Cain

syllable while delegates of Haiti,
Peru and the Dominican Republic at
tackled the Cuban treaty as discrim-
mating against their own sugar grow
ers. The Philippines charged that its
sugar industry was scuttled by the
us. quota in the '30's as "the price
of being set free politically"
Cuba, itself, dislikes the sugar
quota law because it will cut back
production from it's wartime peak.
Cuban growers resent law which
cuts them out Of free competition in
the American market,
Czechoslovakis is the latest nation
to want an Exception" like the
Americans. In asking that they, too,
be allowed to form preferential trade
syst ems with eastern European
neighbors in the Soviet orbit, the head
Czech delegate declared, perhaps
with tongue in cheek:
Everything sweet in this world
seems to be either immoral-or fat
tening"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
SideIights

. In Germany it's possible for
hen to earn more than three times as
much as her owner. Sen. William r.
KnoWland (R-Calif) heard this story
while touring the Ruhr: One coal
miner worked two days each week,
just enough to qualify for a heavy
workers ration. If he worked a full
six-day week ne would earn so
marks, but this miner had a hen
which laid FIVE eggs a week. He ate
one, bartered the other four for FIVE
cigarettes each, sold the cigarettes in
the black market for eight marks
apiece. The hens total output was
worth 200 marks a week, the average
miners only go.
. Near Reno, New, the Rocking r
Ranch filed legal claim to water in
all the clouds passing over its $4,000
acres. It will try to precipitate the
water with dry ice dropped from
planes.
. In South Yorkshire, England, a
mine pitboy escaped with a broken
leg after toppling into a 1,554-foot
shaft. Halfway down he overlook an
elevator cage descending almost az
fast as he, rode it to the bottom.
. Four Canadian fishermen found 4
dead sea monster, As feet long,
wedged between rocks on Vancouver
Island, promptly called it "Caddy,"
British Columbia's legendary sea ser.
pent. Scientists found it had 145 yer.
tebrae, a skull IL inches across, do.
cided it probably was a basking
shark.
. British Columbia grade schools
will teach moderation in use of alco-
holic beverages next term. Said the
Minister of Education: GAS long as
the government is the selling and
controlling agency, the government
will consider itself responsible for
education in its use"
. The Anti-Saloon League of Amer.
lea has launched a campaign against
GI benefits for veterans at bartend.
ing schools.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

THE eyes Of China focused this
l. week on Washington where
Congress in special session con-
sidered aid for Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek's government as
well as for western Europe.
Secretary of State Marshall origi-
nally intended to ask the 80th Con-
gress, in regular session next month";
for $300,000,000 Chinese aid. But
the House tackled a S60,000,000 Chi
nese appropriation to the stop-gap
aid bill for France, Italy and Austria,
declaring the Communist threat is as
dangerous in the east as in the west.
Chiang's minister of economic af-
fairs, Chen Chi-Tien, said the Chi
nese government would need at least
$3,00O,000,000 over the next three
years. He termed MarshalPs sum "a
drop in the bucket"
The United States, it is estimated.
already has spent $1,300,000,000 send
ing China aid which ranged from
food to military supplies and Ma
tionalist navy.
Meanwhile in Nanking this week
Foreign Minister Wang Shih-Chien
and U. S. Ambassador ]. Leighton
Stuart signed an agreement providing
China with 211 surplus American
naval vessels and technical informa-
ton and advisors for their operation.
Most of the vessels already had been
delivered.
Plans Underway
Plans are being laid in Nanking
and Washington for sending more
American military advisors to China
if added U. S. military assistance is
granted Chang Kai-shek's armies
Estimates are that $500 American
Army, Navy and Airforce advisors
will be needed if the demands of va
rious Congressman for direct assist
ance to government armies are ap-
proved.
Planning for such an expansion
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
A Sweet Tooth Ache

The American delegation at the In
ternational Trade Organization con-
ference in Havana has found that
sugar can leave very sour taste.
The State Department was prime
mover in calling a United Nations
conference to work toward wiping
out trade barriers. But because of a
sugar-quota law which rigidly appor-
tions the sugar any producing coun-
try may send to the United States,
the State Department had to ask that
the new ITO charter permit continu-
ance of US.-Cuban preferential trea-
ties.
Now other nations cite that prece-
dent in demanding exemptions. Ar
gentina, the Arab League, the Scan
dinavians and members of the British
Empire bloc have pointed fingers
at it.
The us. delegation uttered not a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

NDlGlON tIl4o WIN - OPOSN0 4OaA
,owe. control of the Ruhr (Which
pp,ouId give Russia the veto there),
,as,donment of the American and
prftieh zones and reiterated Russia's
domand for $4,000, 100000 in repara-
t;ons as a working basis for discus
.,on ,,o OF economic unity for Germany.
Hones for eventual compromise
$50 when Molotov denied that agree.
r,en4 On reparations was "pre-con-
ditionn to agreement on other mat
.ors The hopes collapsed next day
nboo Molotov explained that repara-
,,ons economic unity and central
soverning agencies should be dis
slssed simultaneously"
Another Deadlock
When France pressed for an answer
.r her demand for control of the Saar
rreadv agreed to by Britain and the
Ts), Molotov replied only that the
sounrjl would have the time and oc-
eocionr to discuss the Saar problem.
Fronch Foreign Minister Bidault in
dicated he would block any Big Four
decision until the French question
was answered.
The Kremlin abruptly cancelled
soviet-French trade talks in Moscow
and Russia and France expelled each
otber's repatriation missions as ten
sion mounted between the two ma
tjons. France had hoped to get 11,000-
MOO bushels of grain from Russia next
wear in return for French manufac-
tured goods.
French Strike Broken
Meanwhile, the French government
Of Premier Robert Schuman cracked
down on the Communicated General
Confederation of Labor (CGT) which
bowed to a cabinet ultimatum order
Ing 100000 strikers back to work
Wednesday.
The CGT claimed a victory" in
It's month-long strike which had par
,lyzed French economy but bitterly
attacked Premier Schuman for "stop-
ping at nothing to break the strike"
and ordering police "to fire on strik-
ers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Business
Record Pace

NeCOIO FOCe
Business and industry continue to
set records for l947 but businessmen
remain tense because Of rising prices
and clashing proposals in Washing
ton on imitation curbs.
Christmas business was at a peak
during the week. Department stores
from coast to coast set records. R. H.
Macy in New York sold slab l,072
worth of goods one day.
Steel production was the largest in
peacetime history. Construction con-
tracts awarded exceeded any week
since November, 1912
Price Increases
The feverish pace of business was
matched step by step by rising prices.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion granted per cent fare increases
to railroads west of the Mississippi
and a Is per cent boost in coach fares
on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford.
Butter sold for 81 pound and eggs
81 dozen in New York and some other
large cities. The retail price of short
ening went up two cents pound, so
did coffee. Oil price advances soon
will be felt by auto drivers and home
owners.
The Associated Press index of IS
wholesale commodities hit new highs
then levelled of a few points.
Third Round Ahead
CIO president Philip Murray said
his unions would 60 after a third
round of wage increases. Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton Anderson pre-
dicted a spring meat shortage might
result in fantastic prices" and said
consumers will want price controls
on meat before long.
The American Meat Institute de-
clared price controls would bring
back the black market "where prices
would be higher than ever and un-
der which many families could not
get much meat at any price"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

naturally centers. about Maj. Gen.
John P. Lucas Army Advisory Group.
This is because China's military prob
lem is one of ground fighting, and be-
cause both American air and naval
groups are operating under programs
which, if fully carried out, would
provide adequate personnel for ex-
pansion.
The Army advisory group is now
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Quotes

Emperor Hirohito, visiting
Hiroshima for the first time on
the sixth anniversary Of the at
tack on Pearl Harbor: "There
seems to have been consider
able damage here"
The exiled Grand Multi of
Jerusalem, addressing Ar a b
League in council of war on
Palestine: when sword speaks
everything else must be silent"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Dates

Monday, December Is
Bill of Rights Day.
Fe deral income tax (last
quarterly payment)
Tuesday, December 16
Anniversary (174th) Boston
Tea Party.
Wednesday, December II
Pan American Aviation Day.
Thursday, December 18
Conference on radioactive iso-
topes, Auburn, Ala.
Sunday, December Fl
Anniversary (327th Landing
of the Pilgrims (Forefathers
Day in New England).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
New Developments
In Duel for Europe

HE Big Four conference Of foreign almost caught its
second wind this week in London when switched briefly
from saying mo" to saying maybe" easwest staeate re-
NAMED unchanged however, when Foreign Molotov re-
familiar basic Soviet reparatons
5padocked the Moscow conference last spring
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04

units storage capacity may be
added easily or any unit may
be taken out of service for re-
pair or inspection without dis
turbing the others. Inasmuch
as the installations are subter-
ranean, above-ground hazards
are eliminated.
Pipe for the pipe sections is
made and finished at plants of
National Tube company near
Pittsburgh. They undergo n.y.
drostatic water testing to in
sure that they withstand pres
sure of $500 pounds per
square inch.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04

the ends and machined for
connection, one to another.
The pipe sections are buried
many feet underground. The
utility company said the un-
derground gas storage primar-
lily has lower cost of initial
installation; secondly, a lower
cost for operating and main
tenance than the conventional
gas holders so familiar in the
American landscape. Another
important point in favor of the
underground systems, the util-
ity company said, is that since
storage is in numerous, small
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04

Copies of the John Alexan-
ander Dowie Centennial is
sue of The Theocrat (the is
sue of May FL, 1947) are a.
valuable at the literature
counter in Zion Auditorium
and at the Theocrat office
on the second floor of the
Administration Building.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04
WORLD WAR III AMPUTEES
NOTICE
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the Veterans Administration
has approved the applicants
eligibility and earmarked the
money for the claim, the oper-
ators' division of his office
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would hold the applications
until the applicants were ply
sically able to take the requir-
ed examination.
PUBLIC SERVICE PIONEERS
IN UNDERGROUND GAS
STORAGE

National Tube company, u.
S. Steel subsidiary, has collab-
Grated with the Public Service
Company of Northern Illinois
in a project experts believe will
revolutionize the natural gas
storage field. In short, the pro-
ject provides for gas storage
underground rather than in
the conventional storage tanks
above ground, and insures lar
ger subterranean natural gas
storage facilities in the years
to come.
The utility last fall complet-
ed a pilot installation of SUBJ
terranean gas storage at Kan
kakee, Illinois, and will start
this week on an installation on
160-acre tract at Wolf and
Foundry roads at Mount Pros
pect, Illinois, nearly 40 times
as large as the Kankakee pilot
installation. National Tube,
which furnished most of the
pipe for the wartime ''Big In
CHI" oil line, built the high
pressure, torpedo-like, pipe
sections for the Kankakee pro-
ject and is now finishing the
underground pipe for the
Mount Prospect installation.
At Kankakee the pilot plant
has a capacity of 100000 Gu
bic feet of gas, while at Mount
Prospect the finished project
will have capacity of 100000
900 cubic feet.
Inasmuch as there previous
ly were no installations of this
kind to guide them, engineers
of the utility company and Ma
tional Tube pioneered step by
step in the development, first
in blueprints and then by ex-
perimentation. When blue
prints and preliminary tests of
pipe installation had been de-
termined, construction of the
pilot plant at Kankakee pro-
ceeded according to schedule.
Finally, with the Kankakee
installation completed, but be-
fore actual gas was introduced
into the underground storage
system, a conclusive test was
made with air. The test was
successful and natural gas was
then forced into the sections
under pressure, and the Kan
kakee plant was in operation.
1t has been operating success
fully since November.
The pipe sections made by
National Tube for the under
ground gas storage are fash
toned from "a inch seamless
molybdenum steel pipe, simil-
ar to that used in the "Big In
CHI" except that the wall thick
ness is 1-2 inch as compared
with 3-8 inch in the "Big In
CHI" Each of the completed
pipe sections is 40 feet long
with a capacity of $4,000 Gu
bic feet at 2,240 pounds pres
sure. They are nosed in at
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-04
ZION MOUNTAIN VIEW
CHAPEL NEWS

from Leland Barton, Elder in
charge of the Phoenix, Ari-
IONA Branch of the Christian
Catholic church,.
We appreciate the articles
in the Theocrat covering the
life and works of DR.. Dowie. |
hope that every member and
friend of Zion has read this is
sue. The THEOCRAT is
means of contact between
those scattered throughout the
world and interested in the
work of the Christian Catholic
Church and the home activi-
ties. 1t should also be means
of keeping in touch with the
various branches. I hope that
more of the groups will send in
news items of their activities
and blessings that we might
know of them. There are many
mountains, valleys, rivers and
plains lying between us but the
Leaves of Healing and Theo-
crat faithfully come over all
of them to us.
Last Wednesday evening a
company gathered at the cha
pei to fellowship together. We
had our meeting on the out
side since our plasterer's scat
folding was set up on the in
side and the building was
closed up so as to slow up the
drying of the plaster. This is
a very dry country. We used
our new protector and studied
with the pictures the first mis-
sionary journey of Paul. Sew
eral children came for the first
time.
This is a busy week as we
plan for the vacation Bible
school which starts next week.
Also, during the next few days
there is work on the plasterlng
to be done, new indirect light
ing system to be installed, cool
ing system to be set up, the
ceiling to be painted and doors
to be hung.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. P. Barton
returned Monday from Calf
ornia where they attended the
funeral of Mrs. Pete Baugh-
man who passed away last
week. While there they at
tended the service of the Pasa-
dena branch and visited num-
Der of friends. Mrs. Lillian
(Bromstead) Jensen is visiting
in California for a short time.
Mrs. Jensen and the children
moved into their new home,
which is located near Lloyd
, Halls, recently.
In closing we remind you
that the Lord Jesus Christ
commanded us to give forth
the Gospel to all even to the
ends of the earth. Let us be
faithful in giving forth this
message through the tracts, the
literature, the Bible, the Tes-
timony, our testimonials, the
Zion Passion Play, and by our
lives. Let us spend time in
prayer for the ones who are
on and going to the various
mission fields.
Leland Barton.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-11-14
The Toroh Ideal
Ofo Jewish State
By DIR. GerisOn Appel

By DIR. GeriSOn Appel
Members of the Rabbinical Council
of America
copyright, 1947, Independent
Jewish Press Service, Inc.)
One of the infequently stressed
but vitality significant facets OF
the Zionist ideal is to be found In
the religious and mystic literature
of Judaism. There the return to
the Land of Israel is considered
not merely as a political phenom-
enon but as the realization Of q
divine promise, the fulfillment OF
an inspired prophecy.
How does the Jew, to whom the
Holy Land has a deeply religious
meaning, envision Zion in its re-
stored state? What shall be the
spiritual contours Of the Jewish
State above and beyond the dis
tinctly external, though necessary,
political trappings?
During the course of Chief Rab-
bi Herzog's last visit in this coun-
try a number of years ago, the
writer had the pleasure and priv
ilege of spending a Sabbath after
noon with him. One thing stands
out wildly in the Chief Rabbits
conversation. 1t is the profound
faith expressed by him that ultim-
ately Jewish life would reflect, in
all vital aspects, "the "shiltOn ha-
TOrah", the rule and authority of
the TOrah. We may safely say
that this expresses also the hope
of virtually all of religious Jewry,
regardless of current party divis-
ions.
Our religious philosophy of Jud-
aism comprises three mutually
complimentary elements: the Peo-
pie of Israel, the Torah of Israel,
and the Land of Israel. They are
the very foundation of our faith
and our conception of Jewish nat
ionality. To deny their interde-
pendence or the everlasting nature
of any of the three, is to be blind
to the reality Of Jewish life, to
be ignorant of the flow of Jewish
history through the ages-in short,
to deny Judaism. Maimonides in
commenting upon the restoration
of Zion, the coming Of which con-
stitutes one of his Thirteen Prin-
ciples of Faith, states unequivoc-
ally "this is the heart of the mat
ter: the Torah, it's commandments
and its Laws, are eternal and ever
lasting" (TIi1choth Me1achiYo(
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-11-14

Human beings have two sets of
values: public and personal. The
first they profess, the second they
practice.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-11-14

Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS1.
HANOVER, Germany = The
Hebrew immigration Aid Society
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-11-14

(HIAS) has been appointed by
officials of the international Ref
ugee Organizations Preparatory
Commission to handle all Jewish
emigration cases in the Land
Niedersachsen area of the British
Occupation Zone.
A circular distributed by Roger
K. Acley, Regional Resettlement
Officer, advised that all inquiries
concerning emigration received by
Area Teams will be turned over
to the HAS headquarters in
Hanover for assistance.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-05-24
CITY NEWS

HOLD THIS DATE TUESDAY.
JUNE 3, FOR THE GUARDIAN s
Is ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN
EBENEzER BAPTIST CHURCH
Mrs. Lemna H. Watkins gave
a dinner May 4 in honor of the
prospective bride and groom
Miss Patsy Hubbard of Cam
bridge and Frank Middleton of
weymouth Fall, Nova Scotia.
Other guests we're Mr.. and Mrs.
John Langfcrd, Miss Wilhelml-
ma Langford and Warren Lang
ford.
The House of Dandridge-Dav-
export presented first showtngs
of pencil sketches and sculpture
by Louise Monroe at the Silver
Mask Studio Shop, 522 Column
bus Ave, Saturday, May 18th.
Surprise and admiration were
expressed by all who viewed the
artists works. Mrs. Monroe adj
mits that when she started
studying a year ago merely as a
hobby, she never expected to
reach her present level of
achievement. For the benefit of
those who were unable to at
tend on Saturday, the exhibit
will be displayed for a limited
time. Make it a MUST to see
this exhibit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morse
had as their guests on Mothers
Day Mr. and Mrs, Norris Ed
monds and Mr.. and Mrs Howard
Russell of Providence, r. I.
Hold this date open, June %
The Usher Board of the First
AATE Church is presenting the
Rev. r. Nelson of Youngstown,
Ohio. The Rev. is the brother
of Mrs. NJ. j. Judson and Mrs
Marie Nelson Best.
The members of the cast OF
Anna Lucasta, currently playing
at the Plymouth Theatre, were
the guests of Louis Levine at
his Cocktail Lounge on Massa-
chusetts avenue, last Tuesday
night after the performance.
The AristO Club. invites il,
friends to attend her 21st birth,
day held in the Charter Room
of New England Mutual Hall OF
Friday evening, May 20. Be 1t
time for the Grand March
played by Stanly Harris's or.
chestra.