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Evening star., 1947-05-18

Here was Hugh Lees store, dark as cave
Through sheer force of habit. Mike tested the
locked door, thinking of the night he'd found
thieves inside, and chased them up onto the
roofs and cornered them - after he'd qot a
bullet through his hat Come to think of il
Hugh Lee had never even given him :.
Thank you" Well, getting shot at was part
of cops job.
Mike shrugged and walked on. No, this
wasn't the way he'd pictured his farewell
tour of Chinatown. He'd had visions of going
from shop to shop, shaking hands with all his
old acqualntances, laughing. joking maybe
being invited to have some rice-wine and
moon-cakes. But his brief talk with Hugh
Lee had cured him of that idea. After that
smack on the nose, he'd said no more to anv
OF them about his retirement. This last natrol
had been no different from any other an
Ald wah!" here and 'Hao-boh-hao2" there,
and not single remark frt n anyone about
his leaving
bUT it hurt - Chinatown's silent indiffer-
ence to his going For of course they all knew
about 1t; the way the Chinatown grapevine
worked, within an hour after he left Hugh
Lee everybody in the Chinese Quarter would
have had the news. So maybe Molly had been
right all along - maybe he had wasted his
lie on this Chinatown beat. . No, by
George. he'd done good job all these years,
JOB any man could be proud of!
Walking along, Mike thought of his first
chinatown patrol. How nervous and jittery
he'd been - full of silly Flu Manchu IDEAS
But cop had to be on his toes in those davs
There were tong wars and opium dens and
1an-tan dives, robbery and murder and may
hem. The Squad had to 60 out on two-man
patrols, and when there was trouble they'd
Just smash down doors and swarm inside,
nlght-sticks swinging, with nobody able to
tell good Chinaman from bad Chinaman,
and nobody caring.
DUr he'd changed all that when he got hold
OF the Squad. He'd put quick end to night
Stuck law. He found he had lnack for telling
the sheep from the goats, and an unsuspected
talent for settling disputes, whether it was
tong war, guild fight, or family feud.
We'll, all that was gone now - there hadn't
oeen tong war in over twenty years. The
pigtalls were gone, and the silk robes and
lelt-soed slippers. Neon lights had come to
Chinatown, and the telephone, the type
writer, the automobile. The Old China Theatre
was now movie house.
Yes the world does move, and things
change for the better 1t did man good to
think back over the years and count up the
score In the beginning, Chinatown was just
)umble of shadowy, mysterious streets But
as the years unrolled, wisdom came, and
Continued on page 26
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Chinatown Keeps A Secret
BY WALTER G. BROWN
illustrated by Steele Savage

Sergeant Mike wondered what his district
thought of him - until his last patrol
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-03

will at uphold the hand of the United Natons veto veto, and will support with financial and material aid any nation in which there burns the light of freedom and which is threatened by aggression Only thus world of freedom be built.
 The Truman doctrine expanded into foreign policy that offers hope to the threatened and aid to the endan gered and which will say to the Russians thus far and farther represents the only possible of arrest ing tidal which by it's avowas threatens to engulf the world
 Such foreign policy must be backed by America S full might all of her economic and military strength fully and completely marshaed.
 Let those who draw back from such complete and rrevocable participation in world affairs pose for them selves the alternative death and disaster.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-03
We Should Be Prepared
(Rocky Mountain NeWs)

(ROcky Mountain News)
 THE U. s. ARMY has ohly 20 divisions while Russia has 200 and the Soviet satellite states could put 100 more into the field according to It. Gen J. Lawton Collins
 There are two reasons why the Soviets able to keep this huge force in uniform:
 l. Their troops abroad living off the land in the areas they occupy, at small maintenance cost.
 2. The manpower needs of Russian industry largely being supplied by the retention of Jap German and Austrian prisoners of war; employed at forced labor
 Our people would not permit either of these exped- ents if it not contrary to American principles and traditions to maintain large standing army.
 But do need large civilian force so that will have effective army if it becomes necessary to call to the colors again. That is the American way, and it is better than the Russian way.
 There is little to believe that war is imminent But we cannot be It might without warning. It is less likely to at all if known to be pre- pared to meet any attack that could be organized against So should be prepared. And we aren't
 Congress has approved army-navy unification and should approve universal military training legislation without delay, so that will be prepared Both are essential to minimum defense needs and the longer either is delayed the less able will be to deal with major emergency.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-03
By BRUCE GUSTIN

off the books won't injure the American taxpayers. There wasn't a ghost of a chance of collecting any of it. And it will help Italy to get back on its financial feet by easing "burdensome clauses" of the peace treaty.
 Some of the Buchenwald atroci-
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-03
THAT

Now the United States is being realistic. It has cancelled one bil- lion dollars of debts owed this country by Italy. These include 523 millions for supplies furnished Italian civilians by the American army as we'll as 305 million for occupation costs. Writing this debt
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-03

tration camp a hell hole in which more than 50,000 prisoners per ished have been sentenced to the gallows. Five, including the wife of the commandant, are to be i'm prisoned for the rest of their lives. Hanging is too good for such mon sters, but it is as far as civilized society can go in exacting ven geance.
 Former Prime Minister Church ills description of the British La bor governments ''crisis powers bill as ''blank check for totali- <arian government" is accurate. Under this measure, the govern ment will have authority to tell people where they must work and to take over the management of private business which it decides is operating inefficiently. The emergency" excuse for such dras- tic power does not change the facts. Emergencies are the rock on which democracies are wrecked. Any people who depend upon gov ernmental magic to solve all their economic troubles are putting a to- talitarian moose around their neckS.
 
 There will be widespread agree ment with former President Hoov- CTS view that 'one nation alone" Soviet Russia-is responsible for the present unsettled state of the world. AS he sees it, we have only two alternatives:
 First, cooperation with Russia which is improbable
 Second, making peace among the peoples outside Russia and her satellites, together with subjuga- tion of her international poison squads-which is possible"
 From all indications, this second course is the one which will have to be followed. Unless and until Soviet policy is changed, cooper ation with Russia not only is inn probable but it is impossible. Arthur Brisbane used to say repetition is reputation" Any statement, no matter how fantaS- tic, if repeated often enough, vii, be believed by lot of people The Gallup poll of public opinion or the Taft-Hartley act presents a perfect example of that.
 Constant reiteration by lahc. leaders of the charge that the Taft Hartley act is slave law" seems to have convinced lot of people. Previous Gallup polls showed pub lie sentiment overwhelmingly in favor of regulating labor unions. But now it appears that of the peo- pie who have heard or read about the new law, 39 per cent disap- prove, only 33 per cent approve, and 28 per cent have no opiniCn. And of those who disapprove, most cannot recall any specific rrovi- sion which they think is bad. Certainly the British, seeking relaxation of provisions of the 1 agreement under which they ob- 1 tained 3-and-three-fourths- billion dollar loan from the United States, should furnish an accounting of the money already spent. After all it is our money. If the British re- quire more financial assistance, we have a right to know how they
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-03
Wednesday, September 3, 1947
For Wednesday, September 3, 1947 ..., .,,... ..,,. The Way To Peace Is Not Munich
(By Palmer HOyt)

(By Palmer HoyD
 WHEN THE LATE ADOLF HITLER found it neces- sary seize the Sudenenland because of the treatment accorded pan-Germans the world with proper indigna tion termed it Fascism and international rape
 When Josef Stan Fascist" plot in Hungary he decided in the name of democracy" to handle the situation by putting the Communists in charge although they had boiled but r per cent of the popular vote at the last election.
 Most Americans, save the Communists, the fellow travellers and MT. Harry Wallace, called this sudden altruisc move coup detat. They realized that total arianism was on the march again.
 It is highly apparent that Mr. Stalin feels confident of democracy with his own boys the job In YugOSavia of his best Tito, properly train ed in the Marxist-Lenin institute in Moscow, is in charge In the Russian of Germany, Herr Wilhelm Pieck, who also his letter at good old MIL. l., is guarding democracy" for Uncle Joe.
 The march of the Russians, march that has since World War IFS beginning placed Esonia, Latva, Lithu ania Finland Poland, East Prussia, Yugoslavia Alba mia, Hungary Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia and points and south under either Russian domination or influence has given the western democraces espe cally the United States, real cause for fear.
 It is increasingly plain that real peace come to the world unless it is based on showdown between Russia and the United States and in the informed world it is apparent by the day that peace is vital cessity.
 It's like the famous story of the hen and the hog who were reading wartime headline in newspaper that had been waited into the barnyard The headline said "U S. Faces Ham and Egg Shortage"
 The hen said to the hog "Old boy, we've got to do something about it, and the hog replied "Its very well for you talk because with you it is merely matter of production, but with me, it is matter of life and death'
 And so it is with us for whether the Russians realize it not people cognzant of the fact that this atomic age another could bear fruits but those of disaster and death
 Actually what is the nature of the conflict between the U. S s. R. and the U. S. A.?
 The issue crystal clear and deeply drawn, is that the entire world must be made of Bascay it is the conflict between the aggressive police state and ib erty, between expanding totaltaranism and democ- racy, and not between Communism and capitalism.
 Because of the yawning gulf between the two great powers of the earth the problem of stopping the onward march of Russian power in Europe is extremely diff ficut one Once before in lifetimes, have country after country fall before the armed strength of theology.
 Then it was Hitler and Fascism, it is Stalin and Communism There time in Hters mad march when aid to threatened nations and frmness in dealing with the aggressor would have stopped his insane ad Instead had Munich The of peace to- day does not go to Munich-that is the way of death not life.
 What, then is the answer?
 The answer only lie in U. S. foreign policy that
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
A Divided Germany

The Low Countries are we'll within
their rights in expecting western Ger
many to share with countries attend
ing the present Paris rehabilitation con-
ference in all benefits that ultimately
may accure through augmentation OF
the Marshall proposal.
Western Germany is not under Rus
sian control but is occupied by Ameri-
can, British and French administrative
forces, and thus should be aided if the
United States Senate approves the
Marshall plan and the United States be.
comes the big brother of European
democracies anxious to work out their
own economic salvation with the help
ing hand of the big brother.
But what are we to expect from the
German people if, as seems only too
likely, the pre-war German state is di-
vided and becomes two Germanys !
Russia is as determined to seal off
eastern Germany as a satellite as the
Low Countries believe western Ger
many should become. a fellow demo-
cracy with them and the other nations
which want to escape Russian DONNA
ton. How will the German people. as
a whole, take to the idea of being under
two forms Of government? It appears
reasonable to think they will resent it
and out of this resentment NAV spring
the motivation of greater international
disturbance that World War II created,
History does not reveal that the lug
CLING of national boundaries helps the
cause of peace. On the contrary. there
are innumerable cases where such Jug
Cling has led to war. A divided Germany
would be no exception, we may RELY on
that.
Whatever else this Paris meeting
accomplishes for the benefit of the
countries participating, it is verv clear
that Europe cannot hope to be restor.
ed or live in peace for long unless the
future Of Germany is settled on 3
homogeneous basis. And this is what the
Kremlin opposes.
Russia does not want a united Ger.
many. Russia wants a slave state with.
in the prewar reich.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
The Book Of knowledge

Golden Clean was brought to the
United States.
1T became SO popular that
seedsmen Immediately wanted 10
get doubles in ether colors. To
get these, David Burpee had over
40, 900 crosses made. Golden
Clean was crossed with all the
different colored singles known.
"AIl of the plants in the first
generation were single, like their
parents. The seed was saved, ana
planted, and the second genera
ton was watched carefully. When
the plants came into bloom, about
one out of every four had double
flowers.
Zone evening Mr.. Burpee was
walking through the greenhouses
looking at his new double n%astur-
tiums when he noticed one that
was different from all the rest.
Instead OF having ten Or twelve
petals, it had about fifty and look
ed like a begonla.
"This new super-douhle nnstur-
tium was watched with the great
est of care, but it would not set
any seed because the flowers did
not have any pistils. New plants
could be grown. however, by cut
ting off pieces OF the bran&hes
and sticking them in wet sand,
where they would take root. Az
though the super-double nastur-
tiums did not give any seed, the
flowers had some pollen, and this
was used to make crosses on or
binary doubles. Finally, by max
ing many crosses and taking cut
tings, success was achieved"
Copyright, 1916, By The Grolier
Society Inc, based upon The Book
Of knowledge
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Early Days of
French Canada.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
Revealed at Last

We knew it would come out sooner
or later. No unusual manifestation
escapes explanation for long.
Flying saucers are no exception. W.
know exactly what they are.
They are the presidential electors.
We have the word of Richard l.
Strout of the Christian Science Mon
itor staff to prove it. He says they (the
electors) are "the Flying saucers of
American politics"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
QUOTATIONS

Two years after Pearl Harbor the United
States took the offensive. In less than two
years it had finished the war. Yet two years
nave elapsed since World War II and we
can't solve the housing problem.-Most Rev.
William A. Griffin, Bishop Of Trenton. N. +
No longer does science contribute to the
tactics OF war. Rather war must attempt to
adjust its tactics to the advances Of science.
Sidney j. French, Colgate u. chemist.
There's nothing new about racket any more
taan lhere Is aoou. women. They're just
dressed up dlfferently.-Randall M Ruhlman,
Cleveland c. Of c. official.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
In proportion with its resources. to In
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses. ship repair facilities. near
by sites for heavy Industry and 3o-foot
Cape Year river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
deeds for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Caroline agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and FOOD
processing, pulp wood production and
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market n primary
roads. with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Rluetaenthal air.
port for expanding air service.
')e, elopment Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially In
counties lacking hospitals. n includ-
ing a Negro Health center
Encouragement of the growth Of COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
Compulsory Training

The report of the Presidents Ad-
visory Commission on Universal Train
ing is one of the most thought-pro-
voking documents made public in this
country.
There is certainly nothing new in
compulsory military training-the arm
ed services were urging it long before
World War II. But the reasoning be-
hind this report-which was the result
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15

of six months of study by the commits
sion-gives it an unusual degree Of
force.
So does the commissions member
ship. It did not include a single. mill
tary man or professional lingo. Its
chairman was the physicist, Karl Comp
ton, president of the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology. Other members
included Daniel Polling, editor of the
Christian Herald; Charles E. Wilson,
president of General Electric; DR..
Harold Dodds, president of Princeton
and ex-ambassador to Russia Joseph
E. Davies.
It is stated that, at the beginning,
there was a wide diversity of opinion
among the members. But, at the end,
all of them came reluctantly" to the
same conclusion. That conclusion con-
sists of a security program of which
compulsory training for all males at the
age of 10, or after finishing high
school, is the keystone.
That would affect from 100000 to
10000 young men each year, and the
annual cost of this part o. the program
alone is estimated at $1,750,000.
The suggested training plan is an
interesting one, and in some respects
novel. The commission believes that it
should be placed under the control of
a three-man commission, reporting di-
rectly to the President, of whom two
would be civilians and only n a mill
tary man. Training would be in two
parts. Part one would be of six months
duration, and would consist of training
in an Army camp Or aboard a Nevy
ship. Part two would offer a number
of options, including enlistment in the
Army or Navy for a %two-year period,
enrolment in the National Guard or
the Reserves with 48 evenings a year
OF drill plus tWo-Week periods IN sum-
mer camps for three years, or enroll
ment in college R. O. T. C. courses.
In addition the Commission feels that
national security demands seven more
ingredients: a united and informed ma
ton; a coordinated intelligence service;
stimulated scientific research and de-
velopment; industrial readiness for
war; an air force ready to strike on
little notice; better equipment and
training for all the services; and uni
fication of the armed forces. It said
that it viewed with horror the total
cost of this program, and could not esti-
mate it.
But, it added, the alternative was an
Invitation to determination"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
BY I S

WASHINGTON, Sen. James o
Eastland Of Mississippi may be
claiming more fame than he de.
serves in. taking credit for forcing
the resignation Of Assistant Sec
rotary of War Howard c. Peter
sen. Eastland has been demand
ing Petersen's scalp for some
time. He even led a delegation to
see President Truman about it.
Petersen, who has been If
charge of War Department civil
affairs, is leaving the War Depart
ment at the end of July, all right,
But he has long planned resign
ing to accept a vice presidency
in a big eastern banking house.
Eastland's row with the Wal
Department is over the cotton
program for occupied Germany
and Japan. Cotton is grown in Il
states, and the % senators from
these southern states form n o!
the tightest blocs in Congress.
Ranging all the way from liberal
Pepper to reactionary Bilbo, on
the subject of cotton they all think
and act alike.
Half a dozen times in the past
year this group has called Peter
sen to Capitol Hill for closed SEES
slons. Their aim is to see that the
War Department keeps on buying
only U. S. grown cotton for Ger,
man and Jap textile mills-pay.
ing, OF course, the going price o.
So cents a pound or more.
So far, over a million bales o.
U. S. cotton have gone to occup
pied areas-$35 million worth *
Germany. and $135 million to Japan
It represents about a sixth of The
surplus cotton bought by the gov.
eminent in depression years
Commodity Credit Corporation
bought it for from 10 to 20 cents
a pound. The U. S. Commercial.
Company then bought this cottoi
for the War Department military
government, paying 80 cents .
pound. This gave C.C.C. a profit
at the expense of U.S.C.C., wlic:
was like taking money from one
Of Uncle Sans pockets to put il
in another.
Anyway, this cotton was usec
to get German and Jap textile
production going. It provided EN-.
ployment. The cotton was sold to
German mills. The proceeds were
Used tor the expense of military
government. The theory was thai
40 per cent OF the textiles would
tie used locally anG the rest sold
at a profit as exports to give the
Germans and Japs foreign ex-
change y buy ether things they
reed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-15
Oil For Russia

Rep. Alvin F. Weichell, chairman OF
the House Merchant Marine Commit.
tee, accuses the Commerce Department
of failing to protect the interests OF
American consumers in allowing large
quantities of petroleum products to be
shipped to Russia when the people Of
this country face the prospect of gaso.
line and oil shortages in the coming
months.
And there seems to be good reason
to complain of the shipments, whether
the Commerce Department is directly
responsible or not. Through June Rus
STA took 100000 barrels of our pro.
troleum products this year. If the
United States reverts to rationing these
heavy shipments will be blamed.
However, the Commerce Depart.
ment answers MIR. Weichel, according
to a standardization by Josephine Ripley
in the Christian Science Monitor. bv
saying:
That as of June 80, when export
controls were reimposed on petroleum
products, no new licenses for oil to Rus
STA or any other country have been
issued.
That Russian shipments now under
way were those in process at the time
OF the ban, and which, under the usual
terms of export control orders, are al
lowed to proceed.
That all oil shipped out after the
date of the order will be deducted from
future ALLEGATION totals.
That no new export licenses have
been issued since the ban on June 80
and none will be- until the Commerce
Department, after consultation with
the Export Policy Committee, repre-.
senting interested Government agencies,
determines what the petroleum surplus
Will be after domestic needs are met,
Then, according to Commerce Off
cials, export licenses will be issued
against these ALLEGATIONS to the various
countries applying.
Furthermore, the department ex'
plains that shipments are private trans
actions between private companies ane
Russian purchasing agents and that the
government has no part in them.
Well. something Ct the sort was sale
when Japan, or Japanese purchasing
agents, were buying huge quantities Of
petroleum. as well as scrap iron, in this
country from private companies before
the war sucked the United States in
That OUGHT to be remembered now be
cause Of our unstable relations with
RUSSIA. - .ysh' tFAeF