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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09
by MAJOR HANS

written for the Associated
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CARVILLE, La, Nov. 3 Il
was very fortunate for anum'
Der of people that my wife con
tracted hr 'osy.
It was fortunate, in the first
place, for her. We have always
felt that she was lucky her i'll
ness was not something really
virulent, such as cancer or tu'
berculosis.
With this particular disease.
she is able to lead a perfectly
normal life.
Moreover, she is getting bet.
ter. We feel that she will be
we'll within the next year or so,
thanks to promin and other new.
ly discovered drugs used in the
treatment.
And my wife's illness has been
fortunate for others suffering
from leprosy. Rather, I should
say, for others suffering from
public ignorance of leprosy. Ig-
norance and prejudice cause in
finitely more suffering than the
disease itself.
Since my wife's case received
such publicity, however, the
facts of leprosy have been
brought before the American
people as never before. The AS
ISOLATED Press has carried a
number of stories throughout the
country, telling the truth. Maya
zine editors, who would h a e
been shocked two years ago at
the mere suggestion that they
should run articles on leprosy,
have given good play to the SUBJ
ject.
My wife can hardly keep up
with her correspondence, even
at this date, II months after
entering the United States Ma
rine pshoital here. People are
eager to hear the facts from
her.
All of this means that the
people here have new hope. Mo-
only have they a hope of get
ting well-the doctors have seer
to that-but they have an ever
better hope that they will final
ly be treated as sick people, anc
not as criminals.
Here's an incident to show
what this means. Recently Sam
Jones, a former governor
of Loaiiusna, came to the hospi'
tai and addressed the patients
He's running for governor agair
and he asked the patienst tt
vote for him.
Now of course it isn't strange
for candidates to ask people tt
vote for them. But it is quits
strange that anyone asks tn
patients at Carville for anything
Nobody had ever done it before.
It made them feel like human
beings. I've never seen spirits
60 up so high-not since the day
we were liberated from a ia
panese prison camp nj the Phil
ipines.
1t was only the last legislature,
a little more than a year ago,
that made it possible for the
patients to vote. Before that
they had been disfr anchised, as
inmates of public institutions.
Jones also told the patients tt
use their own names-to STOP
going under assumed names al
the hospital, as most Of them
had been doing to protect
Evening star., 1947-12-21

OF mischievous young mail pilot, who
'buzzed" the rooftops of little Illinois
hamlet each afternoon, waking every nap
ping infant in town. On Christmas Eve, he
buzzed again, this time dropping shower
OF parachuted packages containing such
appeasements for the younger inhabitants
as canned milk, safety pins, rattles and
paper diapers.
The Grocer Succuubed
lHE most grandiose gesture yet noted,
however, was that of neighborhood store
keeper. Known for short changing and even
shorter weighing, he was nevertheless widely
patronized because he kept open 20 hours
day. Come Christmas, he hung NANCY
looking holly wreath on his cash register.
Last year, he put it out on December and
gazed at it daily for "a days. On Christmas
Eve, apparently, his conscience was finally
smitten to an unparalleled extent
Come back herew he called to a woman
he had just shorted three potatoes. Il want
you to know, he said. generously extending
his hand, that I've cheated you many
times in the past and that I'm sor. y for it. -
Into her bag, he put the missing tubers
Into her hand, he pressed the key to the
store. GO call your friends, he command
ed. Help yourselves to anything you want
and Merry Christmasr'
In Detroit, however, there is one man to
whom the Christmas spirit is really familiar
He is pushcart peddler whose cart is
drawn by stocky little Shetland pony On
Christmas Eve the situation is reversed.
BY dint of pulling and hauling on the
part of a dozen friends, the pony is
heaved into the tinsel- and greenery-
bedecked cart. Then, with the peddler
pulling on the shafts, the little animal is
taken for solemn ride around the block.
From tenement windows, pennies rain down,
to be contributed to local mission. Says
the peddler, 1T is tribute to my faithful
pony, good exercise for me, and money for
Gods work.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Scrooge Rides Again
BY JHAN AND JUNE ROBBINS

At Christmas, people burst
with generosity - sometimes
in spite of themselves -.
nlcKENs doesn't say whether Scrooge's
IL reform in "A Christmas Carol" was
permanent or only temporary, but it's
matter of record that the holiday spirit
descends every year for a few hours on
large numbers of the population.
As the bells were ringing last Christmas
Eve in New York City, limousine, driven
by speedster who apparently did not care
to see the New Year, piled up against the
back of two-ton truck. The truckman
was large, powerful and furiously angry.
The other driver, slender and pint
sized, was suddenly subdued.
"Why, you began the outraged truck
driver. Then as the chimes rang louder his
eye fell on the battered car, its right front
wheel sagging on a shredded tire. Jaw, a
fiat, he said sympathetically. Come on,
Ill help you fix it. After all, it's Christmas
Ever
Dinner - in His Lap
"A MAN went into Baltimore restaurant
the night before Christmas last year, chose
table next to the ceiling high evergreen
tree in the center of the floor, and ordered
hot stew. An awkward young waiter tangled
with the decorated tree and delivered the
order - in the customers lap!
The patron sprang to his feet and turned
livid countenance to the server. At that
moment, the ceiling lights went out and the
tree shone forth in all its glory. The injured
customer paused moment, then said,
What do you mean by working on Christ
mas Eve? Here, sit down. You probably
need this dinner more than do" And still
spattered with carrots, he grabbed spoon
and served the remainder of the meal to
the waiter.
The seasonal spirit seized, too, the heart
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
Illinois Mine
 Explosion Kills 5

WEST FRANKFORT, III. (P)- Three men were killed and two others slightly injured last night in a mine explosion which brought hundreds of people to the shaft fearing it was a third major disas- ter in southern Illinois within five months.
 For more than two hours, a crowd of about 2,O00 milled around the property in the belief that many of the night crew of about 100 men had been killed or trap ped
 Not until about Il o'clock when many of the workers came to the surface, unaware of the blast, was the worst of the shock and two- hour suspense dispelled.
 The dead, members of drilling crew, are Charles H. Clark, Wal ter Clements, Jr., and George L. Filkins, all of West Frankfort. Tht injured who were treated at the mine for minor burns and sent home are Mike Stinkiewicz and w. A. Blair, electricians of nearby Benton.
 Harold Walker, state superin- tendent of mines and minerals, said the blast probably was To- cal gas explosion" One man, working in a neighboring entry way, said he saw cloud of smoke and dust in the area but that he did not know there had been an explosion until he reached the sur face after the nights work.
 Mine company spokesmen said only the five men were in the blast area, and that all other wormen had been accounted for and were not injured.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
Russia Charges U. s. Interferes In Greek Affairs

LAKE SUCCESS, (PD - Russia charged yesterday that "the crud- est interference into the internal affairs of Greece emanateS at pres ent from the United States"
 This was interpreted immediate ly as a reference to the Truman aid program.
 Giving the United Nations se- curity council what he termed "an answer to the American speech made Tuesday, Soviety deputy foreign minister Andrei A. Grom- yko said foreign interference was worsening the situation daily in- side Greece.
 He also charged that former Axis collaborators were holding prominent positions in the Athens government.
 Gromyko told the council:
 "The situation in Greece WorS- ems with every day because this foreign interference into the in ternal affairs of Greece not only is continuing but is also strength ened. All the world knows who is really interfering into the inter- nal affairs of Greece and from what side Greece is threatened with real danger"
 Rejecting American charges that Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgar- ia were supporting Communist bands, Gromyko laid the blame at the door of the present Greek gov ernment in which he said prom inent positions are being occupied by people compromised in the past by their collaboration with the en- emy."
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
Rio Conference May Ask American "Marshall Plan"

RIO DE JANEIRO, (P)-Secre- tary of State George C. Marshall of the United States was due here yesterday for an inter-American conference on hemisphere defense and delegates eagerly awaited his reaction to an Argentine proposal to include economic subjects in the talks, which began today.
 Diplomats have anticipated that the Argentine proposal, made in brief Wednesday, may develop into demand for a Marshall plan for the western hemisphere like that in the making for Europe.
 Informed American sources, who said Marshall probably would state his views at the opening ses- sion, expressed belief that the United States would stand pat on it's original intention to confine the barley to defense matters.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
u. $. Insists On Full .l1.NatiOn Farley
 On. Jap Treaty

NGTON, (P) - The American position was disclosed in a note made public today by the state department. It was delivered to Semen K. TSarapkin, Russian charge d'affaire1, by Charles E. Bohlen, departmental counselor, two days ago.
 Tn the note, the United States maintained its unbudging position that the treaty should be drafted by an eleven-nation conference.
 And it made plain that this country will proceed with that work even if Russia refuses 70 at. tend
 However, it expressed its nope that the Soviet Union would par ticipate in the Japanese peace treaty conference to be held fin the near fature."
 There has been no definite date set as yet for the conference but the eleven nations which have been invited to attend are this country, Britain, China, Russia, Australia. New Zealand, the Meth erlands, France, The Philippines India and Canada.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
Juneau Youth To Race In Akron
 Soap-Box Derby

SEATTLE, (P)-When the trim, homemade racers go hurtling down the hill at Derby Downs Sunday in the National Soap-Box Derby at Akron, Ohio, many of the thousands of spectators un- doubtedly will be cheering for the youngster who travelled the farth- est-14-year-o Frank Maier of Juneau, Alaska.
 Tn Seattle Wednesday on his way to Akron, young Maier was accompanied by Waino Hendrick- son, the Mayor of Juneau.
 Over a breakfast of canteloupe and waffles at the New Washing ton Hotel, Mayor Hendrickson ex- plained that, besides accompany ing the Alaska champion on the trip Outside" another purpose of his trip is to present a 20-foot totem pole to the Mayor of Akron.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
NEWS IN BRIEF

LOS ANGELES, (4) - George Godfrey, Negro heavyweight boxer once considered a title contender and who was reputed to have earned a half million dollars in his palmy days, died in poverty in his dingy little room Wednesday with only his large black dog by his side. He was 50 and was born in Mobile, Ala, as Feab $. Will Hams. Dr. Daring said he died of a heart ailment.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
Navy In Pacific To Be Sharply Curtailed

PEARL HARBOR, (P) - Adm. Louis E. Denfeld announced yes terday that operations of the U. s. Pacific fleet, including units in Chinese and Japanese waters, will be curtailed sharply the next few months because of the expiration of 240,000 two-year enlistmentS.
 This will be a critical period in Pacific operations and personnel will be shuffled about to keep fleet units in operation even on the cur tailed basis, said Denfield, who is commander of the Pacific fleet.
 "This second demobilization," Denfeld told a press conference, will create problems that will not be solved until new enlistments build up fleet strength. The first demobilization followed V-J day.
 He said task force 38, operating out of Guam, may be based either at Pearl Harbor or a west coast port and much of the fleet training will be done from west coast ports. Task force 38 already has been re- duced to one carrier, the Anteitam and one destroyer division.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15

SEATTLE, (P-A self-labeled flying newsroom" of the New York Herald-Tribune arrived here tonight enroute to Alaska.
 The newspaper plane carried three members of the New York papers staff-aviation editor An sel E. Talbert and reporter John H. Durston, who will make an aerial tour of Alaska, and Walter Hamshar, shipping news editor, who said he would remain in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15

FAIRBANKS, lP) - Veterans eager to stake out land along the Alaska Highway when it is thrown open October 2 were told yesterday that the 90-day priority is not generally applicable. Fred Weller of Fairbanks, manager of the bureau of land management, said the 90-day head start for vet erans applies only to surveyed land. Most land in the area to be released along the Alaska Highway and other Territorial roads is un- surveyed.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
Underground Jews Execute" Eleven Arab "Brigands''

TE L AVIV, Palestine, CH) - Eleven Arabs were killed today in a bomb and machine gun attack on their Shanty six miles from Tel Aviv. Hagana, the Jewish under ground defense organization, an nounced it had executed" seven of these in reprisal for brigandism.
 A Hagana communique said the dynamited house was headquar- terS flor the brigandism which has been responsible for recent attacks on Jewish settlements"
 The toll of dead and wounded mounted steadily in the bloody ra- cial clashes between Jews and Arabs in the area of all-JeWiSh Tel Aviv and its neighbor city, all-Arab Jaffa.
 Two more Arabs were found 1 stabbed to death in the Shiek Mu-
 rad quarter of Jaffa, and another Arab Watchman was found dead
 near Ramat Gan in the Tel Aviv area.
 The Palestine government, an nOuncing new security measures in attempts to halt the conflict, said there is no reason whatever to suppose that the riots are part of a concerted plan or that vari- Ous OutrageS which occurred in the last few days are anything more than a series of disconnected incl dents confined to the limited area where Arabs and Jews live side by side"
 The Jewish agency asked the government to gain control of the
 situation before irresponsible ele-
 ments plunge the country into a
 blood bath
 ! The bullet-riddled bodies of i four of the Arabs slain in the at
 tack on the shanty were found
 spraWled in the yard. Two of them
 were Egyptian Arabs, one was from Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, and one was a Palestinian. Seven other bodies were recov- cred from the debris by authori- ties.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
India---As Two
 DOminiOns---Cains Her Independence
(BY c. Milton Kelly

NEW DELHI, (F) - India achieved independence today as the separate dominions of MOslem PakiStan and Hindu India, with great thrOngS of the 400,00O,000 people celebrating joyously and lesSening in some troubled spots the bloody communal warfare.
 Lord Mountbatten transferred British authority at midnight to the larger dominion of India, whose 277,OOO,OOO residents are overwhelmingly Hindu. He chang ed title from viceroy to governor general.
 M. A. Jinnah, the monocled Mos lem league leader whose adaman- dant stand largely caused division of the country, became governor general of Pakistan and it's 7O,OO0,- ! 900 MOslemS, at KaraChi.
 MohandaS K. Gandhi, the frail little lawyer who became known as the architect of India'S free dom" by his lengthy, mild cam ! paigning, began fasting, praying and spinning at his Belliaghatti peace mission" in East Calcutta.
 Hundreds of thousands of Hin dus and Moslems made what they called a "holy pilgrimage" to Gan dhi's residence. Occasionally he presented himself on his veranda and received deafening cheers and slogans such as The Hindu and Moslem are one" Gandhi had de- sired a united, independent India.
 The 3,OOO,OOO Hindus and 1,000,- 900 Moslems of Calcutta ended suddenly their year long warfare under the emotional upsurge of independence. They joined freely together in celebrations with ex- tolerance unbelievable before yes terday. But a senior police officer said: "If anything goes wrong, God help us"
 The sorest spot appeared to be Lahore, capital of partitioned Pun iab, where communal violence continued. The unofficial toll in three days of rioting there mount ed to 268 dead and more than 200 injured. At least 36 fires blazed in Lahore and mobs were reported footing.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15

NOME-A group of high rank ing naval officers stopped yester- day at the Nome Air Base. The group included: Vice Admiral Od- dendorf, Rear Admiral Strukle and a party of seven. The party stop ped at the base for lunch and re- fueling. The party is enroute to Kodiak via the PribilofS.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15

TOKYO, (P-U. s. Navy and air forces in the Far East marked "well done" today on the first combined training exercises con- ducted by the two services in the Japan area since October, 1946.
 Superfortresses, attack bombers, jet fighters and carrier planes joined American and British ships in the exercises, which ranged from Okinawa to Japan.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
FAIRBANKS, (P)-A Grumman

FAIRBANKS, (P)-A Grumman amphibian plane which sank in the Naknek River last week was raised Wednesday, but officials of the Northern. Consolidated Air lines said it was beyond repair. Pilot Orville Tosh of Fairbanks and his co-pilot escaped unin- jured when the plane hit the rive. The plane had been used to ferry cannery workers and fishermen.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
GREENS FURNITURE STORE TO BE ON FRONT STREET

Howard Green, local contractor and owner of Nome's only furni- ture store has purchased part of the Bon Marche lot next to Glenn Darlington where it is understood he plans to move his furniture store which is now on B Street.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
KARUIZAWA. Japan. (P)-Mt

KARUIZAWA. Japan. P)-Mt. AAsama. 90 miles northwest of Tokyo. erupted suddenly this af- ternoon. probably killing four of a party of 20 Japanese mountain climbers near the summit.
 The e.3ls-foot volcano sent clouds of smoke and ash thousands of feet into the air in six separate eruptions within four hours. There was no lava.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15

WASHINGTON, R-President Truman met with his cabinet for nearly an hour today in their reg thar Friday session. Secretary. of Labor Schwellenbach told report CTS it was largely routine. Other members were silent.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-15
B UL L E T I N

WA HING TON (P) - The United States has rejected firmly a Soviet demand that the job of drawing up a peace treaty for Japan be left 10 the Big Four Pa cific powers-The United States. Britain. China and Russia.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
High School Nine Overcomes Five-Rm
st. Gerard Lead To Win BY 6-5 Score

History repeated itself on the
Bluffton college baseball diamond last
Friday afternoon when Blutfton High
came from behind to defeat Lima
st. Gerard, 6 to 5, in an extra-in-
ming Lima league game.
The victory, which enabled the. un-
defeated Pirates to continue to set
the pace i'm league competition, in
many respects was a repetition of a
tilt played about one year ago when
Rluffton rallied to defeat the Gerries,
after trailing at one time, IL to 0.
In last Fridays tilt, the Lima crew
had everything 30 their favor as
they pulled away to 5 to 0 lead
before the Pirates ever broke the
scoring ice.
Spotty fielding was the major
contributing factor as the Gerries
tailed two runs in the second inning
and three more in the fourth.
Button finally broke through for
one run in its half of the fourth
then picked up two more in the fifth
on Pogue's circuit clout with one
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24

Monday, April 2S at 500 P. NJ. in
the Memorial Hall at Lima, Ohio.
Officers whose terms expire are
Orin Steel, Harrod, Chairman; Scot
Hesler, Westminster, Vice President;
silas DilIer, Bluffton, Sec'y-treas. +;
Herbert Rupright, Bluffton, Sports
mems representative; Pat Linder,
Delphos, sportsmen's Alternate; Les
ter Hinkle, Lafayette, farmer repre-
sentative; Harry Mayberry, Colum-
bus Grove, farmer alternate.
$50
The fishing season for black bass
in the southern zone of Ohio closed
April Il and will reopen on June /.
The southern zone is classified as ell
waters south of u. s. Highway No.
35, where it enters Ohio from Indi-
ana, and continuing eastward to IT,
S, Highway No. SO and II. S. Alter
nate Highway No. 80 to Marietta.
The season for the northern zone
closes May and will reopen on June
16. The season viii be closed in the
Lake Erie Fishing District, compris-
ing 10 counties bordering Lake Erie,
from May 25 to June 80.
The reason for the difference in
the seasons between the northern and
southern sectors, according to Div.
ision of Conservation officials, is due
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
Sportsmen Donate Funds For Mos
quito Control Program

At special meeting Of the Sports
mems Club directors, to which mem
bers of the town council and the mos
quito committee were invited, unani-
nous support was given the mosqui-
to control program by directors of
the Sportsmen's organization.
As direct aid to the town in fin
ancing the project the club viii do
nate 500 in cash. The fund will be
expended from the profit earned by
the club at last years rodeo. Income
from sale Of membership tickets is
used for game and fish restocking
and other conservation practices,
Discussion was held at the meeting
in regards to fishing and swimming
regulations at the Buckeye. The town
council viii draw up tentative plans
for hours of fishing and swimming
at the east end of the quarry, same
to be submitted to the club directors
for approval.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-04-24
High School Nine To Meet Two Foes,
College Three In Play Of Next Week

Bluffton Highs baseball team will
play two games during the coming
week and the Bluffton college nine
will have three tilts on its schedule,
as the two teams swing into the
midst of heavily-carded mid-season
play.
Both high school games will be
away from home, and only one of
the college tilts will be on the
Bluffton field.
The schedule for the week:
Wednesday, April %
Toledo u. VS.. College, here
Friday, April 25
II. S. VS.. South, there
Saturday, April &c
College VS.. Wilberforce, there