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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-28
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6:00-Farm Hour
6:30-Happy Sam
7:GO-AP News
7:15-Happy Sam
7:30-Top of the Morning
8:00-Carolina News
8:05-Morning Devotions
8I0-shady Valley Folks
9:0O-Cecil Brown
9:15-Faith In Our Time
9:30-Say 1t With Music
lO:O0-World News
10:15-Tell Your Neighbor
1o:3O-Heart's Desire
11:00-Kate Smith
11:15-Checkerboard Jamboree.
II :30-Radio Rangers
12:0o-Tabor City Program
12:15> Luncheon Music
12:30-Carolina News
12:45-Sagebrush Serenade
1:00-Queen for a Day
1:30-Martin Block
2:30-Texas Rangers
2:45-Jackie Hill
3:0o-Proudly We Hail
3:15-Ball Game
5:00-Melody Theatre
5:15-Adventure Parade
5:3o-Hop H%arrigan
5:45-Tom Mix
6:10-Fulton Lewis
6:15-Sports News
6:3O-Dinner Music
7:00-Scotland Yard
7:fo> Did Justice Triumph
S:00-Gabriel Heater
8:30-Guy Lombardo
9:00-Your American Music
10:00-Hoppe and News
10:1@Eventide Echoes
10 :30-Dance Orchestra
II :00-Sign Off
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-28
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MILWAUKEE, - W.H-Mrs. Shir-
ley Pochert filed suit for divorce
because her husband criticized the
way she managed the household
finances. In particular, Mrs. Po-
ebert said her husband expected
her to save 500 out of every 500"
he gave her for expenses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-28
LEGION AUXILIARY
HEARS CONVENTION
REPORT AT BURGAW
Snecial To The Star

BURGAW, July 81 The Bur
CAV American Legion Auxiliary
held its regular meeting Wednes-
day evening at the home Of Mrs
Raymond Switzerland with Mrs.
Luther W. Horne, Jr., as joint
hostess.
A report of the recent convention
at Carolina Beach was given by
Mrs. L. @. Myers, the local dele
gate.
A special meeting will be held
in August at which time new men,
bers will be introduced, officials
pointed out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-28
Radio Programs

| 11:O0-News Of Tomorrow
| 11:15-Joe Hassel
11:3O-Gems for Thought
1l:35-Hotel Pa. Orchestra
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-28
BAY STATE CAsHES IN

BOSTON - U.H - Massachusetts
collected $166, 272, 28o in taxes dur
ing the fiscal year le47. $~l4,15o,ooo
more than in the pssviexs year.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
Occupation Wives in
Tokyo Have Il Easy
No Servant Problem TO Keep
En- Awake at Night.


TOKYO. = Tokyo has no. servam
problem. Half a million japanese
are unemployed and the u. S. army
win help you get new maid if the
old one wants too many nights out.
This is one reason why a lot of,
occupation wives would rather live
here than back home for the time
being. Throw in the fact that the
army does their house-hunting for
them and you begin to get their
point of view.
''Of course, there are problems, !"
a billeting officer said. The single
people claim the married ones. have
the best deal. And the married ones
want American plumbing instead of
the kind that is made in. Japan"
The biggest complaints come from
those living in billets. They COM
plain about the lack Of privacy and
about having to live two or more
to a room
Headquarters claims that the ia
cilities for Americans are as good
as or better than those in any other
overseas operation. They are proud
Of advantages they claim over hous-
ing facilities in Germany.
Today there are / 400 officers and
400 civilians with dependents housed
in former Jap homes, hotels and
converted Office buildings, or new
ow-cost-housing units.
In addition there are 900 officers,
900 WAcs and civilian women en-
ployees and 1900 male civilian
workers assigned to billets. Enlisted
men live in various types of bar
racks.
Civilian employees with depend
ents can rent houses and apart
ments on an equal basis with off,
GERS. Rentals, based on pay scales,
range from SIS to $l0O.5O per month,
Military rates run from $50 to $l0s
a north. Bachelor billets cost 81 tc
$28 month.
The rent includes servants, fuel
lights and water. Food from army
cofnnissaries is extra.
Generally speaking, a cook anc
housekeeper go with each house il
the low-cost-housing centers anC
with each dependent apartment.
Billets are run much like hotels
with room boys assigned to eacl
room.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
SCHOOL NEWS

All three Milford Schools are
closed today. Staff members are Wis
iting other schools and attending
special meetings to observe meth
DDS and inspect equipment, which
will be useful in the Milford
Schools.
The Junior-Senior High School
assembly will be held on Tuesday,
November IL, at 1925 a. m.
The program this week commem-
crates Armistice Day. 1t is prepared
by section 7-2.
Announcements and introduc-
tions-R Robert Hitchins.
The First Armistice Day-LesteI
Hastings, Dicky Lank, Jimmy
Reedy.
Recitation: I'm Flanders Fields
Kathleen Isaacs.
Choral recitation: Americas
Answer" girls of section 7-2.
Group singing: keep The Home
Fires Burning" There's a Long
! Long Trail"
Taps and a minute of silence
i honoring the memory of those whi
made the supreme sacrifice h
World War / will close the Pre-
! gram.
The public is invited to attend tn
| observance of this occasion.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07

Mrs. Hattie Wilson of Fairview
Farm was the guest of Miss Eliza
beth Wilson last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Mitchell
were visitors of Mrs. Belle Mitchell
at Georgetown last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beaufort Warning
ton and Frank Warrington spent
the day last Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Hamilton and family
at Harrington,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Campbell of
Philadelphia, are spending this
week with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur B. Campbell and other
family relatives.
Services on the Nassau Charge
for Sunday, November 9th-F
Charles Iouhcff, Jr., minister.
ZION CHURCH 10 a. m. Morning
Worship Service-Miss Margart:
Ann Lockerman, Pianist. Selection
By the choir. Solo by Mr.. Arthur
Hill. The Lewes Lions Club will
worship in a body at this servio.
ECl AAOtA Ny ibA4Cl PAolOi -hCupJCSL
Our duty to God and to Man" IL a
m, Sunday School, Raymond NJ
Iank. Shpt. I
WHITES CHAPEL 10 a. M, sup.
day School, Norman c. Neff, SlNS
IL a. M, Morning Worship Servile
Selection by the choir. Sermon b.
the pastor Subject: Looking For.
ward with Assurance. 1880 p. M.
program sponsored by the Metho
dist Youth Fellowship in which al
three churches will participate. This
program will be opened with a goo,
live song service, lasting Is min
utes. The guest preacher will be tn,
Rev. ]. Richard Bicking, who vii
give an Illuminated illustrated lee
! tlre. A great service for everyone.
CONLEY'S CHAPEL 10 a. m. Sun
day School. Alden S. Hopkins, Sup1
II a, M, Song and Praise Service
! Don't forget the special service a
Conley's Sunday evening, Nov. 18th
at 7.30 p. m. Sponsored by Th
Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07

The size of the average farm in
China is three and one-half acres.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
Ben1sdrins Bait Lure for
Big Fish. Physician Finds

CHIcAGo.-A medical man came
up with a "surefire' formula for
hooking the big fish-just feed the
worms with benzedrine and watch
the fish bite.
For several weekends, DR.. George
Apfelbach, a Chicago physician, has
been fishing in a creek near his
summer home. But they wouldn't
nibble.
So the doctor dissolved a small
benzedrine tablet - a pep pill = in
half a glass Of water. Into the solu-
tion he dropped a night-crawler.
normally lethargic.' Unconditional
worm.
Instantly. Apfelbach said, the
worm was galvanized into action.
Apfelbach impaled the worm, Still
thrashing, on a fshhook and cast il
into the creek. A moment later. he
said. he caught a five-pound bass
Since then, the doctor claims, he
has caught lots Of black bass.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
Crop Land Of Nation
Periled by Erosion
Officials Say Failure to Act Will
Cost U. S. 20 Billion.

TON.-Conservation Of
ficials say that one-fourth of the ma
tion's entire crop land is threatened
with irreparable damage by 1850 if
the present rate of erosion contin-
ues. Another IS per cent of the land
faces permanent injury between
1860 and 1875.
Failure to act, ii. was indicated,
will cost the nation 20 billion dollars
in the next 20 years-in actual cash
and without regard to the fireplace
able loss of a vital natural resource.
Continued retirement Of broad
areas from cultivation each year
well may force a reduction of the
American diet, officials added.
Pointing up this possibility, they
said census experts estimate that
by 1870 the United States viii have
a population Of 10 million, COM
pared with the present l40 million.
They said so great a population
will require more--not less-lanG
than is producing crops today. The
officials stressed that mo one will
starve.' Instead, the national diet
would decline in nutritional quality.
There would be shifting to a heav'
ier cereal diet.
! According to the soil men. erosion
now is making its most vicious at
tack upon the rich middle belt oi
the country.
The Midwest long has been con
sidered a permanently" ricf
bread basket. But intensive culti
vation of war-important crops in tht
last few years has exposed million'
of acres Of precious topsoil to WING
and rain, officials said.
The so per cent Of available croK
land now suffering from critical
or serious" erosion totals 225 mil
lion acres. Another 210 million acre
is undergoing slow eating away
The rest of the nations farm lan'
resources, or only about rs million
acres, does not need conservation
help now and may never need it.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
Little Dutch Band
Still Vows Them

BALTIMORE, Nd. = tP) = The
old band wagon with the fringe on
top was 75 years old last summer,
but it was revived after 80 years Of
idleness and is we'll on its way to
being classic adjunct of parades,
picnics and other entertainment
programs in western Maryland.
The Little Dutch Band of the Mid
dletown Volunteer Fire department
dresses in, costumes of the Cay COS
with whiskers to match and tours
adjacent areas in the ancient Vehi-
Gle. 1t often plays tunes that were
popular in other days, but can give
out with occasion with stricly
modern music.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07

Wild turkeys have been found all
the way from Honduras to Maine.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07

Ciassfied Ads get results.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
NASSAU


The EvangelIstic Campaign which
has been in progress on the Nassau
Charge for the nast FIVE weeks,
came to a close Sunday night. The
campaign was from Sunday, Sept.
2S til sunday, Nov. End. The serv-
ices came to an end in Whites Cha
pei where they were being held for
the past two weeks. The church
vas crowded and the Rev. F.
Charles Louhoff. Jr., pastor of the
charge preached the closing SER
mon. Miss Mary r. Vincent sang a
beautiful solo and the Crisp family
trio at Lewes, played and sang two
selections. Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton
B. Gibbon who assisted the pastor
in the campaign for the Eve weeks,
closed their contract Friday eve
ming and left to begin to open ano-
ther campaign beginning last Sun
day evening. The campaign held on
this charge proved successful and
drew the largest crowds ever
known to have attended any of tie
three churches. The entire charge
Is very happy over the results of the
campaign.
c5nley's Chapel Sunday School
last Sunday registered the highest
attendance the school has had in
more than ten years. the worship
service also broke the record.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Kitchens OF
Milford, who have just returned
from a two weeks visit in Califor-
mia and their daughter, Mary Ann
and son, Howard. Jr.. Of Milford and
Mrs. Hettfe Jester of Georgetown
spent the day last Sunday with Mr.
Kitchens and Mrs, Testers parents
Mr.. and Mrs, Frances Kitchens.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Louhoff
Jr., we're entertained at dinner last
Saturday evening by sIr. and Mrs
William Murray and son, Billy, al
their home at Ocean View.
MIR. and Mrs. II. Ernest Conwell
Mrs. Eliza Dutton and Mrs. More
Massey. all OF Milton, were enter.
tanned last Sunday evening at tht
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frances Hit
chens BY Miss Elizabeth Wilson ant
Miss Lillian Cade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Roach OF Mil
ton were, visitors of the formers
mother, Mrs. CARDIGAN Reach, las
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Davidson an'
children were visitors last Sunda,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy King. Mrs
King has been confined to her hona
with Illness for sometime,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Phillips o
Midway and Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Louhoffy Jr., were entertained a
dinner last Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph McIlvaine at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John.R. Hitch sper
last Saturday eveEs%g at Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Roach an
daughter spent last Saturday /
Milford and were entertained a
dinner by Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Eek
storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mitche
spent last Tuesday with Friends q
Hobbs, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Davidso
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Davidso
spent last Sunday at Blackbird, an
were the guests for the day Of NJ
and Mrs. Martin Mitchell.
MIR. and Mrs. Marshall WilkiT
and children of Georgetown wei
guests for the day last Sunday wit
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs Iohu r Hitch Wal
visitors at the parsonage last MOI
day evening and spent an enjoyab
time with Rev. and Mrs. Charlt
Louhoff, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warrington Murrs
of Media, Pa, and Mrs. Della Grit
Of Roxana were visitors at the hon
of Mr.. and Mrs Beaufort Warrin
ton last Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
MILTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Plaford Russell
have returned to their home after
having spent a few days as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Todd or
Wilmington and Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Russell of Philadelphia. a visit
to John Wanamaker New Village
of Vision and dinner at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nagele and
family, helped to make the trip
most enjoyable.
Pilgrim Holiness Church Notes
A new Leiiox furnace and oil
burner has been installed in the
Pilgrim Holiness Church and is
proving satisfactory.
$3.50 a. Sunday School. Har-
old Moore, superintendent.
10:S0 a. rn.-Morning worship
and sermon by the pastor.
| GAS p. my. p. S. Mrs. Rus
sell Walls, speaker.
1880 p. m.-Evening services.
Prayer meeting Thursday at 1880
p. m.
Rev. Elmer J. Hooking, Pastor
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
Parents Complaints curb
Bells Of Ice Cream, Men

LOS ANGELES:-Sone parents
protested that ice cream trucks,
with their bells and mechanical tune
teasers. made too much racket late
at night.
So the bosses of the city's 600 ice
cream men met with Kenneth Hahn,
chairman Of the city council public
health and welfare committee, and
Hahn said, agreed to these regula-
tions:
Street selling to cease at 9 p. m.
Tone volume to be reduced. gen.
orally. The call Of the ice cream
cars to be silenced entirely around
churches. hospitals and schools.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
A SHOCKING
WAY TO CATCH
BROOK TROUT
APP NeWsfeatures


BOISE, Ida. Several scores of
trout were knocked out with elec-
tricity in Richf1eld Canal recently
but it was for their own good.
James c. Simpson, state fish cul-
turist, said that many trout had
wandered into the canal from Wood
River and were IN danger of being
stranded there when it became
necessary to lower water levels.
So crews using electrical shock
ing machines, powered by portable
generators, worked in the pothoIes
where rocks and snags made seifi-
ing impossible. The current stunned
the fish so they foated to the top
but most of them were reported te
have come to no apparent III
effects when placed in other water
Some 800 fish ranging from one
to eight pounds were captured.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07

In the vast majority of states one
year residence is required before
divorce proceedings may be started,
but six states require two-year re-
sidence and two states (Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts, require
three years.
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
CARD OF THANKS

II wish to extend my apprecia-
tion to DR.. L. L. Fitchett, nurses,
nurses aides and house doctor, al
so my friends for their lovely cards
and flowers during my stay in the
hospital. Mrs. Geneva Wiley. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1947-11-07
IN MEMoRIAM

In loving memory of father James
E. Boone, who passed away, Novem-
ber 8. 1926:
A tender chord of memory
Is sadly touched today
Having thoughts of you. dear father
That will never fade away.
do not need a special day
To bring you to my mind.
The days | do not think of you
Are very hard to find.
1t Daughter Lula
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
Human Factor

II seems that common and usually harm
less oversight was responsible for the crash
of the first experimental flying automoolle'
The pilot just forgot to check his fuel oe1ore
q second takeoff, and ran out of gas IN MID
air.
This occurrence bears out the recent state
nent of an aircraft company executive (no'
with the firm that made the flying auto)
that eve can make airplanes fool-proof, pu'
,ve can't make them damn-fool-proof.'
In civilization in which science IS making
life ever faster, more mechanized, more com
Portable and, at the same time, more deaoiS
and dangerous, that remark doesn't neeo ~
he limited to the field of aviation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

zens are permitted to change their political
minds. The result in this case is a partisan
division of authority which invites partisan
tug of war.
The fault is not in the system. But the
question is whether the two parties WILL re-
sist the template to indulge IL purely po-
litical game There is the uneasy recollection
that there have been such performances be-
fore that caused momentous repercusslons
far beyond the field of domestic political
maneuvers.
There seems chance that our Washington
politicians may forget the simple truth that
the mistakes WI I lead to domestic disaster
or war are made in the quiet and apparent
safety of l. 4ce When disaster or war comes,
there is nothing left to do but pitch IN ana
work together. But the pound Of cure is cost
ly and tragic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1947
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
. City auditorium large enough t.
meet needs for years to come.
. Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
.Carolina's arm-to-market and prl-
mary roads. with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
tustries.
Proper utilization of BluethenthaI
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina's health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
cluding a Negro Health center.
encouragement Of the growth
nmercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and Cour.
'ernments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

small step to something less liked by the
landlords.
It seems that if the government can SUD-
sidize the landlords, it might not only con-
tinue to set the rental but in many cases
decide The rent is too much; or that the
property needs certain fixing, thus grant
ing work to men who might otherwise De
on wPA, all at the cost fthe landlord
naturally. i,
Here is a proposal by two senators tnat
should command close and immediate study
by landlords real estate men and tenants
It is fit subject for tenant associations ana
landlord associations alike.
Full details VIXEN the bill is put IN the
hamper, may be obtained from the cieih ~
the United States Senate. They are sfatls'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
1t Happens Here

This could be directed to Mr.. Molotov,
Pal Joey and all the others who shout from
the housetops that America is imperialistic
that opportunity here is fluke.
But it's simple story, one that has been
recorded hundreds of thousands of times, in
fact ever since those wise forefathers of ours
drew up the Articles of Confederation.
Only this time it is first and that makes
it worthy of special mention.
A man named Jesse M. Donaldson started
working for the United States Postal depart
ment in his youth. He didn't have to gamble
much on his future, it seems. Then after
honest effort, good service and efficiency,
the things that win for loyal workers that
something enforced contracts have always
failed to win, he rose along the ladder OF
success until this week, when
Bob Hannegan, the postmastergenera de-
cided to 60 into baseball in big way. Bob
quit and, yes, you've guessed it. Donaldson
is the first man to become postmaster-ge gen.
eral from the ranks.
No politics in his appointment by Presi-
dent Truman. Mr.. President obviously made
this appointment based on a record of faith
full service That is in itself worthy of special
mention.
Two things are demonstrated; government
is getting farther away all the time from the
spoils system in appointments and that in
the good old United States man more often
than not can write his own ticket.
Mr.. Molotov and Pal Joey's boys didn'1
get to the top through diligence. They go'
there through revolving bloodshed murder
and mass slavery. The method they used
only suffices to strengthen the method we
use.
Congratulations to Messers Donaldson and
Bob
Batter up. Play ball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
Subsidized Landlords

The government may be called upon
through its Congress to say no or yes to a
proposal to subsidize landlords in lieu of can
collation. of rent controls. Two senators are
planning such law.
Thus something new had been added to
the scheme of things.
A subsidized landlord would be a land
lord who would be paid by the government
certain funds he would be prevented from
getting in the form of increased rents due to
the rent control law which prohibits him
from raising the rent.
At first some landlords might be inclined
to shout with glee at this, thinking the
tenants would be paying the increase via
taxation. But there is always one thing to
remember in free enterprise form of gov
ernment. That is, perhaps it would be but
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
Unh0 oily Deadlock

Istooge party, the Socialist Unity
Party.
The Socialist Unity Party was
commanded to instruct it's lower
echelons to report to Karlshorst
all cases of inefficiency and cor
ruption among Soviet Military
Government officials and Rus
sian factory managers. Assur-
ances were given that these re-
ports would be held confidential.
1t was grimly added that if in
vestigation proved the accuracy
of the charges, the offending
Russians would be removed and
appropriately disciplined.
This astonishing order is the
final admission, in turn, of
strange condition. This condi-
ton has for some time been dis
cerned by official American in
vestigators peering through the
cracks in the iron curtain cut
ting off the Soviet zone. 1t has
an odd historical parallel.
The history minded may re-
call that after the defeat of Ath-
ems in the Pelopennesian wars,
the heavy-handed Spartans for
a time dominated the Aegean
sea. But the Spartan admins
traitors and soldiers sent out to
command the new territories
and strong points won by Spar
ia suffered from fatal weak
ness. The bleak, regimented life
of Sparta, with its endless round
of military exercises, political
indoctrination and sparse living,
left the Spartans utterly unpro-
tected against the temptations
of a richer environment. Th y
took bribes, acquired slaves, en-
Joyed luxury, and generally
yielded to temptation with sing
ular abandon. The rapid corrup-
ton of Spartans exposed to the
non-Spartan world was a pri-
mary cause of the rapid COL
lapse of the embryo Spartan
empire.
Even in devastated Germany.
Soviet administrators and SOL
diers appear to suffer from the
same weakness as the Spartans.
Furthermore, the corruption
and inefficiency of the Russian
soldiers. and administrators on
occupation duty are only the
eliminating difficulties of a
problem which Marshal Sok-
olovsky would find it hard to
solve with the most brilliant and
honest officials in the world.
Part of this problem derives
from the unappeasable hunger
of the Soviet Union in particu-
lar, and the Soviet sphere in
general, for manufactured
goods Of all kinds. This has
caused eastern Germany to be
classed with Czechoslovakia as
a heavy contributor of industri-
al products to the general pool.
Hence arises the constant pres
sure for, more and more Ger
man goods for Russia, At the