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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
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CRICKETS GATHER

ORDNANCE, Ore, May %
P) - Mormon crickets, which
began threatening this regions
rich farmland last week, were
reported thicker than ever to-
day.
Col. Raymond Curtin ordered
a ton of chlordane, the new
poison which stemmed the adj
vance of the crickets toward
farmland last week. Jeeps we're
sent to spread the poison over
the infested Army ordnance de-
pot area.
F-~mers feared that the
crickets we're already laying
the eggs that mean another in
Hesitation next year. Crews had
: hoped to exterminate the in
sects before the mating season.
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Racine washed over the harbor
break : water causing additional
damage to waterfront installations.
The Root river, flowing into the
Racine harbor, lifted from five to
SIX feet at the same time as the
lake level rose, according to fish
ermen.
Father Joseph Carroll, head OF
the physics department at Mar
quette University in Milwaukee
said the pulsations might be due
to a rock fall in the Lake. This
area was shaken by an earthquake
A few weeks ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
FRICID MEMORIAL
DAY IS FORECAST
Mass OF Cold Air From
Canada Threatens Crops
In Three States

CHICAGO, May 20 -(P)-A frigid
Memorial Day was forecast today
for the Eastern parts OF the ma
ton, but dry and warmer weather
vas in prospect for the corn belt
states where planting has ben
seriously delayed by excessive
spring snow and rainfall.
A mass of cold air from Canada
that brought near or below freq
ing temperatures and frost to
much Of the Midwest spread TO
See FRIGID on Page Two
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VETERANS HONOR
WAR DEAD TODAY
Joint Memorial Services
Will Be Conducted At
National Cemetery

Joint Memorial Day services
will be held this morning by the
disabled American Veterans, The
American Legion and the Veteran
of Foreign Wars, at II o'clock in
the National cemetery at 10th and
Market streets.
At the request of the war de-
partment, the joint services will
be held for the first time in the
history of Wilmington.
An airplane will be flown over
the cemetery and roses will De
thrown out. Lieut.. L. c. Boyd OF
Fort Bragg will pilot the plane and
Capt. Archie Johnson, coast artil.
lery instructor of Wilmington will
throw out the flowers.
A firing squad of the Wilmington
Naval Reserve dressed in full uni
form, will fire a volley over the
graves of the veterans.
The invocation will be delivered
by the Rev. J. L. Davis, Chaplain
of Post No. 10, American Legion.
Wreaths will be placed on the
graves by Ken Noble, commander
of the James Manley Post of the
VFW, and Ray Galloway, Sir,
vice-commander Of the American
Legion Post 10, and the command
err of the Disabled American Vet
Grams.
The ceremonies will be conduct
ed around the flagpole, and the
public is invited to attend. T h e
Gold Star Mothers also will have
a part in the program.
MILLIONS TO VISIT GRAVES
DURING DAY
BY The Associated Press
Solemn tributes to the nations
war dead at ceremonies through
out the country as well as indi-
vidual pilgrimages to graves OF
loved ones will be made today by
millions of Americans in the 18th
annual observance of Memorial
Day.
Symbolic of the services in
honor of those who fell fighting
the nations battles will be h e
ceremony at Arlington National
cemetery in Virginia, just outside
Washington, where many military
heroes are buried.
Boy scouts will decorate 10000
Arlington graves. President
Truman's wreath will be placed at
tt, Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier
by Col. Don E. Lowry, White
| House aide.
Attorney General Tom c. Clark
Seq VETERANS on Page Two
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The Weather

FORECAST:
South Carolina and North Carolina
rarity cloudy and cooler in the interior
Natered showers and little change AZ
temperature in coastal areas FrloaS'
saturday partly cloudy and MID.
Eastern Standard Time)
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hoors
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
l'@ am. IS; 7:3o am. rs; 1:3O p. m
81, 1870 p. m Is; Maximum 81; Mini
mum u; Mean 76; Normal IA.
HUMIDITY
i'5a am. 95; 7:30 an &c; 1:30 p. m.
% 7:S0 p. M. 80.
PRECIPITATION
TOTAL for "a hours ending 7:30 p. m
Is inches.
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
IRON the Tide Tables published by U.
coast and Geodetic Survey.
~, HIGH LOW
"@hington $500 8:21 am. los am
r,. $50 pm. 1:23 pm
"'Sohooro Inlet AIS am. 1888 Am
ass pm. 11:08 pm
.sSuhflse SOP; Sunset 7:17; Moonrise
%! Moonset 2:43a.
AVER stage at Fayetteville, N. c., al
m. Thursday 1919 feet.
More WEATHER On Page TIVE
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And So To Bed

Defense Attorney Alton Len
non yesterday in Recorders
court wanted to put the verdict
in a liquor case to a group of
men sitting in the front row
and listening to the hearing.
"T'm so certain that my
client is innocent that I'll
leave the matter to those
men," he said pointing to the
group. Cali who believe my
client innocent, hold up your
hands,"
A half dozen did so. But not
Judge Winfield Smith. He
found the client guilty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
AXE BLOWS, BLAZE
FOUR LIVES
Police Believe Father
Killed Family Then Died
From Fire He Set

FAIRFIELD, Conn, May % -
(PrAxe blows and fire wiped out
a family of four here today, and
state police investigators said that
it appeared the father had hacked
h wife, son and daughter to
death before suffocating in a fire
he himself set.
Persons attracted by fire In a
See AXE on Page Two
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TOKYO, Friday, May 30-U.D
An Army C-54 courier plane
carrying Al passengers and
crew crashed into mountains
near Tokyo late last night kill
ing an undetermined number of
Army personnel and civilians,
Allied headquarters reported
TODAY.
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FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
with little chsnge in temperature to-
day; Saturday partly cloudy and mild.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
BULLETIN

See VETERANS on Page Two
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See Q'TICK On PsAe Two
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See AXE on Page Two
Evening star., 1947-02-16
White Cliffs of Dover

The collapse of a portion of the
famous white cliffs of Dover re-
ported Thursday would have been
a memorable sight to see, but it
occurred at night and it is probable
that there was not even a single
spectator at any point OF vantage
to witness the event. Scientists
estimated the weight of the material
displaced at a quarter million tons.
The dimensions of the mass of chalk
that fell are given as one hundred
and fifty feet long, thirty feet
deep and two hundred feet high.
From the coast of France, twenty
miles across the Channel, the re-
sultant "hole" hardly could be de-
tected. Much larger and heavier
sections of the southeast coast OF
Britain could break away without
vastly affecting the appearance OF
the island as viewed from the
Continent.
England, of course, is mobile just
as other parts of the planets surface
are. It changes constantly. Yet,
as regarded from the angle of five
or ten centurieS-a mere moment
in the Earth's history-it alters very
little. The limestone at Dover used
to be at the bottom of the ocean.
1t consists of what biologists call
"the calcareous remains of minute
marine organisms and fragments of
shells" To bring into existence an
ounce of it millions of living crea-
lures died in an age remote beyond
the average individuals conception.
The cliffs above the Dour rise IN
| places four times as high as Wash
Evening star., 1947-02-16

ington Cathedral. When fragments
of them fall, the debris is received
by the drowned floor" below. So
it strengthens and bulwarks the
wall still standing. The process of
elevation and decline continues
endlessly. Britain is wearing away,
but Britain also is being rebuilt.
The same principle is manifest in
America. Reginald A. Daily of
Harvard wrote in 1925: "The old
rocks of the Scottish Highlands are
identical in habit and structure with
equally old rocks of Labrador; the
famous old Red Sandstone of England
hes it's mirror image in the Old Red
Sandstone of Nova Scotia; the coal
beds of = Belgium match we'll
with the coal beds of Pennsylvan a. ;"
A philosopher easily might find in
those resemblances proof of the
doctrine of survival by adjustment.
Everything changes, yet nothing
really perishes. 1t is in its power
of mutability that the cosmos has
it's capacity to persist indefinitely.
Lacking that advantage, it would
have been a mere cinder in the
unbounded sky millenniums back.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Our Chosen Way
By the Rev. Franklin B. Gillespie,
Moderator OF the Presbytery OF Washington City,
Pastor OF Le1vinsUiHe (VaJ Presbyterian Church.

"The United States is the greatest
Nation in the world!" How often we
hear that statement. We love to
boast about our beloved Nation, and
we have reason to be proud. In the
short span of our history, we have
developed power, prestige and wealth
that have been unequaled. Yet, in
our gains, we have suffered serious
losses. In our search for wealth, We
have forgotten Him who is the
source of all our possessions. In our
emphasis on science, we have for
gotten to have a moral purpose for
our discoveries. In our emphasis on
amassing knowledge through educa-
ton, we have forgotten why we need
that knowledge. In our emphasis on
freedom, we have forgotten that
every freedom carries with it certain
responsibilities.
Looking at our Nation today, we
see more problems than ever before
in its history. AS living has become
easier, it has been accompanied by
a softening of our moral fiber. We
have lost the assurance of Gods
blessing and guidance, and the sense
of need and dependence on Him.
While boasting over our greatness,
we have forgotten that which made
us great. We have lost the religious
conviction which put the qualities OF
granite into the character OF our
founding fathers.
X
If we are going to regain our
spiritual heritage, we must do three
things:
/. We must restore God to the
center Of our home life. Our divorce
courts are full of people who have
tried to build successful homes on
other foundations than those Of God.
Many children grow up in homes
where the only mention of God is a
curse on the lips of the father. We
must heed the Old Testament
charge, These words which COM
mand thee this day, shall be in thine
heart: and thou shalt teach them
diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest
in thine house and when thou
liest down and when thou risest up"
We need to set aside some time daily
in the home to honor God.
2. We must give religion its right
full place in our educational system.
Many have misunderstood the doc
trine of separation of church and
Evening star., 1947-02-16

feet in the Northern States. The
farms that started the groves before
the war have proved the contention
of the foresters: That is, eight to
twelve acres of trees along the wind
ward side of farm will stop wind
erosion on approximately 100 acres.
The dream of a belt of trees from
Canada into Texas is becoming a
reality. It is a part of the pioneer
ing that is ahead if we are to repair
the damage caused by haste and
greed while a new Nation was being
established. Our topsoil has de-
creased from an average depth of
about twelve inches in 1920 to be-
tween six and seven today. The
long line of trees across a Nation
is proof that we are awakening to
the fact our good earth is a heritage
that must be preserved for the
national welfare.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

state, which had to do with control
and not with removing religious con-
tent from our schools. We have
thought that somehow through edu-
cation we could build character with
out the foundation on which all
character rests, A century ago Hor-
ace Mann predicted that the coming
of free education would wipe out
crime in a hundred years. 1t has 1T
turned out that way. Science
phasizes that it is the search tor
truth; yet T remember, while teach
ing physics in an Eastern university,
we never gave an examination with
out at least four persons in the room
policing" the students so they
would not cheat while searching for
the truth. What kind of people are
we producing in our educational sys-
tenn? On this very problem, Lord
Macaulay wrote: "As if history were
not made up of the bad actions Of
extraordinary men . " as if nine
tenths of the calamities which have
befallen the human race had any
other origin than the union of high
intelligence with low desires. We
have too many people who are edu-
Gated in the ordinary sense of the
word but do not even have proper
conception of honesty.
8. We must re-emphasize the
church, where high desires are. de-
veloped 1t is there that people dis
cover the relationship of all life to
God, and learn the teachings of
Jesus Christ. Yet, many people con-
slider the church as an extra, as
something they can take or leave
alone. Parents make every effort to
improve public schools, but take no
interest in the church schools and
make no effort to see that their chill
dren attend. j. Edgar Hoover
charges: 1--WE cannot stand by and
permit our children to grow up in
Christian America without ever at
tending religious services. A child
who comes in contact with religion,
even but once week, is far less apt
to become juvenile delinquent than
one who never enters a church"
X
II the United States is to continue
to be the great Nation she has been,
the home. the school and the church
must work together in a new way to
restore religion to its rightful place.
Our spiritual life must catch up with
our material and cultural advances.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Lono Line of Trees

In the 1930s when the dust bowl
was on the front pages and black
clouds of dust f1oated on high winds
to the Eastern cities, the idea of a
shelter-belt planting of tree from
the Canadian border to Texas was
greeted with widespread derision. 1t
was labeled visionary and imprac-
ticable-another professors dream.
The idea was first proposed in 1885.
After the fanfare died down the
farmers went ahead with paintings
in cooperation with the Federal
and State departments of forestry.
Gradually line of shelterbelts came
into being across North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and into Texas.
Figures recently released by the
Soil Conservation Service of the
Department Of Agriculture prove
that the Prairie States Forestry
Project is we'll on the way toward
what may become spectacular sue
cess in the years ahead. Between
1895 and 1912 when the work we
largely halted due to the presence
of war demands for food, app-oxi-
mately 2l7,37S,35o trees we're planted
on 3O223 farms. The belts now
extend about 1900 miles.
Reports coming in indicate that
tree planting will be resumed on
a major scale this spring. The trees
set out in the 1936-1938 period are
about forty feet high at the south
end of the long line, about twenty
Evening star., 1947-02-16

result of the numerous union security"
orders of the War Labor Board. Ac-
cording to Secretary of Labor Schwel-
lenbach, about rs per cent OF the col
lective agreements today contain some
form of compulsory membership. Con-
seouently, employment opportunities for
the nonunion worker are greatly cur
tailed.
Neither of these startling develop
ments, however, necessarily means that
Congress will do anything to remedy
the situation. Conservative craft unions
which have not abused their power, are
as vehement against the Ball proposal
as the CIO. Moreover, many employers,
who are not enthusiastic about compe-
tition or individual freedom for their
employees, will not favor any such legis-
lation. But for the reason which COM
PEELED the courts to abandon their old
distinction between good trusts" and
bad" it again seems incumbent for
Congress to arrest the disturbing growth
of another kind Of ps,vate government.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
From City Hall
Bv John w. Thompson, T.

Although they say they can't afford
to talk for the record, some local law
makers think lot of the case jam in
Municipal Court could be cleared up If
Chief Judge George P. Barse would see
to it that all his judges put in full
days work on working days. Some OF
this may come out when hearing Is
called at the Capitol on the bill to
add three new judges to the court
The attitude seems to be that since
things are the way they are, three
more judges would help and some local
lawmakers may get the appointments.
They don't feel in position to oppose
project of the judges before whom
many of them practice.
Don't rely too heavily on rumor that
Police Chief Harvey Callahan is going
to retire in favor of Detective Chief Bob
Barrett or Inspector Oscar betterman.
People who ought to know say 1t isn't so.
District Budget Officer Walter L. Fow-
Ter is back from brief excursion to
FIOGlQd Will UIlC 4LA6AAV
as well be cold here as there"
X II
Heat is already being put on the
Commissioners for jobs in the slum-
clearance program.
Finishing touches may be put this
week on the $22s,0O0,0o0 six-year plan
fNr rifu
tentative plan sprung by Engineer Com
missioner Gordon r. Young is ready
for mauling by the citizen committee
he appointed to work up permanent
plan for submission to Congress-if
the two other Commissioners approve.
Hardest thing to find is going to be
the money to put 1t over.
X X X
Keys to the city are made at Lorton
Reformatory
Victory Of the Week-Fire Chief Gle
ment Murphy has finally won complete
control over the communications which
dispatch his apparatus to your fires.
The loser is Herbert Friede of the Elec-
trical Department, whose communica-
tions empire has suffered major re-
duction and who stands to take salary
cut if his Job is reclassihed.
X X X X
House Divided Against Itself Depart
mcnt: The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board was studying an application for
a liquor license the other day. On a
petition opposing the license was the
name of a woman. On petition sup
porting the license was the name of her
husband.
From the Health Department dairy
inspectors comes this tale OF how to get
rich quick. A dairy farmer serving the
District decided to 60 out of business
He offered his farm for sale. Higher
of two bids received was $4,000, which
the farmer accepted, although he want
ed $4,000. The new purchaser put up
500 deposit to close the deal and then
auctioned off the farm, herd and equip
ment separately for $4,000.
Installing those new elevators in the
District Building was like putting a
fancy, modern hat on quiet, somewhat
shabby-looking cid lady.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
g. w. u. Hospital Appeal

In 1755 Benjamin Franklin was
asked to write for the cornerstone
Of the Pennsylvania Hospital an
inscription which should be appro-
pirate to carve thereon. He re-
sponded with the words:
In the Year of Christ
MDCCLV
George the Second Happily Reigning
For He Sought the Happiness of His
People,
Philadelphia F1ourishing
For It's Inhabitants Were Publick
Spirited)
This Building
BY the Bounty Of the Government
And of Many Private Persons
Was Piously Founded
For the Relief of the Sick and Miserable;
May the God of Mercies
Bless the Undertaking
Much the same sentiment might
be felt-and providentially is felt
toward the George Washington
University Hospital, now in process
of construction. Need for up-to-date
hospital facilities in the Capital of
the United States has been demon
strated too often in the recent past
to require further argument. What
is needed is broad and liberal
comprehension of what the new
George Washington University Hos
pital is to be and the part which
the public is asked to play in its
development.
Very little explanation actually
should be required. The George
Washington University Hospital will
be a central feature of modern
medical center which gradually is
to come into being in the not
distant future. 1t is being con-
structed by the Government, and
it will be operated by the university
in association with its School of
Medicine, an institution of medical
education established in 1925 and
famous throughout America if not
throughout the whole world for the
achievements of it's three thousand
alumni
This tradition of a great teaching
organization is to be maintained
and expanded. The resident faculty
will be supplemented by more than
hundred distinguished physicians
from other cities who have accepted
invitations to lecture and demon
strate here. A close and fruitful
association with the medical and
surgical staffs of the Army and the
Navy will continue. The latest in
ventions of mechanical science are
to be made available for the use of
the George Washington University
Hospital personnel in operating
rooms and laboratories. 1t will be
in every detail an up-to-date insti-
tuition. The healing and curative
arts will be practiced within it's walls
under conditions favorable to a de-
gree unsurpassed anywhere.
It is for the furnishing OF the
building that appeal is made to the
metropolitan community. The uni
versity has waited until other enter
prises of the same general character
have been carried to completion.
Now the community is being asked
for help which is imperative to sue
cessful fulfllment of the overall
program. The sum of $925,o00 is
the objective for public gifts Each
subscriber will be partner in an
undertaking in which he NAV take
real pride. The George Washington
University Hospital is to be bene-
faction of the highest value and
significance. 1t will be good for
Washington, a great asset to the
city and the Nation.