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Evening star., 1948-03-16
Dilemma Over China

The testimony given Congress last week
by Major General Claire L. Chennault
underscores with grim emphasis what Is
perhaps the most perplexing dilemma con-
fronting our foreign policy. This is the
relative Importance Of Europe and the Far
East in our diplomacy Our overall diplo-
matte objective is clear. It is the contain
ment of the Communist tide sweeping
aggressively forward, literally throughout
the world. The difficulty in inplementing
this objective Is that our resources are
limited, whereas the task of containment
grows alike more ubiquitous and more
urgent.
For some time past our policy makers
have placed the main emphasis upon
Europe and the Near East, expressed by
aid to Greece and Turkey, together with
the gigantic program of economic assist
ance to Europe embodied in the Marshall
Plan" But there has always been a mi
nority view that large-scale aid to China
is equally vital to our national security.
This viewpoint has been inSistently ex-
pressed during recent months as the stu
alton in China deteriorated. Earlier in the
month, General Albert G. Wedemeyer told
Congress Of the dangers inherent in the
collapse of the Nationalist government
headed by Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek.
And now comes General Chennault, the
hero of the Flying Tigers" with a far
more emphatic statement. He asserts
that military aid totaling close to two
billion dollars must be given the Chang
regime during the next three years If the
Communist sweep in China is to be merely
Contained" let alone defeated. The
alternative, he says, is a Communist China
which, in turn, would spell Communist
dominated Asia and the consequent
strengthening of Moscow's hand for the
final stages in its plan for world suprem-
acy. Our failure to prevent a Communist
China would, in General Chennaults opin-
ion, constitute the greatest failure of
American foreign policy In all our history"
As Chief of Staff during the war Gen
eral Marshall was frequently faced with
conflicting demands from his Army
commanders all over the world. Each one
of them demanded priority in supplies
and men. He had to decide among them
AS Secretary of State, formulating policy
now, he is in much the same predicament.
General Chennault speaks only of China.
And to General Chennault China is of
cardinal Importance. To Secretary Mar
shall, General Chennault is merely one
spokesman for one of many claimants
for assistance Those who hold the re-
sponsibility for decision in Washington
can proceed only on the theory of meeting
first things first. And China, in the
present situation, is not first.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
undermining Navy Rotinqs

Navy old-timers will be hard put to
avoid feeling of sadness over the passing
from naval Technology of such age-old
ratings as coxswain, shipfitter and ships
cook. The terms are stepped in salty ira
dition, going back to the days when such
ratings accurately described the jobs per-
formed by those who held them. And
tradition plays an important role in main
tanning and strengthening Navy pride
and spirit
Take the rating of coxswain, for ex-
ample. The word dates from the earliest
days of English fighting ships, when
"cockboats" were steered by SWANS" (at-
tendants). The United States Navy
adopted the rating in 1877. Now, under
I hmplined nomenclature toAoecoms
Evening star., 1948-03-16

effective next month, the coxswain viii
become q boatswain's mate, third class.
Strangely, the boatswain rating managed
to survive the modernization program
The shipfitter, who, as his title indicates,
originally made and repaired the ships
fittings. particularly the ironwork, will
become the mechanic that he Is today.
The ships cook will be designated COM.
missaryman. The bugler, whose special
lied field has been invaded by modern elec-
trical alarm systems will become seaman.
The watertender bows out in favor OF the
boilerman. And seaman in the aviation
branch will hereafter be known, more
appropriately, as an airman.
There Is much to be said in support OF
the changes, Of course. The number OF
ratings has increased to a confusing de-
gree as the Nays ships and weapons and
responsibilities have grown. The rela-
lively small number Of classifications
among the crew of wooden ship-of-the-
line has grown until today there are nearly
two hundred ratings in the American Navy.
The new order will reduce the list to
seventy-se divided into a dozen cate
gorieS. Even 80 it will be difficult for
officers to keep tab on the manifold rates
and duties. And with atomic explosives
and energy due to revolutionize naval
warfare, the list is bound to start growing
again. It may not be too many years.
indeed, before guided missilemen and
atomic furnace tenders will be included in
ships complements
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Astronomer

Pinned to the heapy earth like any man,
He yet can pierce the nights fre-studded
DOME,
Fly on the comets Ui,gs: and be at home
Deep among star-s,oarn,s, there to read
the plan
And landmark OF the Peerless Artisan.
And he can leap the Milky Way and ronn,
Where island systems, spread like cos,nie
foam,
Dot with billion ,Dorlds the ttmeless span.
Someday, perhaps, a human carauel
Shall play Columbus to port of spucs.
But here is one who, earth h-contatned. ear
dtDeH ~
Where triple snns disport and planets
race;
Borne by lens. he leaves this temporal
ecu
70 kno1 the tnfnttes serens embraces.
STANTON A. cOBLErTZ.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

More letters than The Star can son-
venisntly print have been received In esn-
ment on its editorial, Church and State"
They are Acknowledged with deep appreci-
alton. The selection printed herewith t.
day must necessarily conclude, fer the time
being, this form Of public discussion pre-
voked BY Supreme Court decision that viii
exercise profound effect on the pattern Of
religions instruction TN American public
schools.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.
q. What was the name Of the mechanical
man that was exhibited at the Worlds Fair In
New York?-J. w. N.
A. The mechanical man made by the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
at Mansfield, Ohio was named Elektro.
Q. When was the Column Club of New York
founded?-G. Il. w.
A. The Column Club was an exclusive "Ht-
erary club" organized on October 10, 1925, by
men prominent in the literary and artistic life
of New York, many Of them graduates Of Co.
lumbia University The name was suggested
BY the wooden column which stood In ths
middle of the Chapter Room In the basement
of Christ Church, where the first meetings
were held.
@. On what date was the British House OF
Commons bombed in the last war?-D. 3. r.
A. The House of Commons chamber was
struck by q bomb during nve-hour moonlight
attack on May 10, 1s4l.
q. To what part Of the country Is the term
Bible Belt" apphed?-C. A. B.
A. The term Is used loosely OF an area ex-
tending across the Southern States. 1t has no
definite boundaries that can be named.
q. On the stamp which shows the United
States frigate Constitution there are is stars.
What do they stand for?-E. W.K.
A. The Post ONCE Department says that the
Is stars represent the number Of States In the
Union In 17o7, the year In which the vessel was
launched
Evening star., 1948-03-16
y Letters to The Star \
Readers Continue to Register Protest Against Courts Ban
Religious instruction

To the Editor Of The Star: t.&
Thank you for your splendid editorial on
Church and State" think you expressed
the whole problem in a very clear. concise
way. We of the church know our own limita-
tions as to the possibility OF reaching many
for q broad type of religious education, and
feel we have closed the door to an important
avenue Of mutual help between our Christian
faith and American democracy.
ROBERT E. SHERRHL,
Minister. Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

vital interest in the preservation Of free
Europe renders 1t daily more probable that
the right word will be spoken by us-and
spoken In time.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

ciation now comes deeper feelins-the Joy Of
knowing that as I daily pick up your paper
from my door step touch shoulders" with
those who love God and are not ashamed to
say 70.
Please accept my humble thanks for your
hne. noble work
MRS GRACE o, BROWN.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

To the Editor Of The Star:
The dissertation on Church and State" that
appeared lately in The Star is . seriously ar
resting piece of writing.
In view Of far wiser men than ever sat on
the bench of justice, there Ia yet higher
court before which each Of us must stand and
give accounting-or have the justices for
gotten that they are answerable?
IsOBEL GREGORY DEXTER,
Evening star., 1948-03-16

To the Editor Of rhs Star:
Your article in Thursdays Evening Star On
Church and State" and the one in Saturdays
on Plus to the Italians" were greatly appreci-
ated by my family and myself.
LOUISE Oh. COLLIFLOWER.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Questions and Answers
By Gould Lincoln

A reader can set the answer to any ausstioe q
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau S1o Eye street NE. Washington 2. D. c.
Please tnclose three 80 cents for return postags
Evening star., 1948-03-16

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your scurrilous cartoon by Jim Bergman
in The Star for March II is an insult to the
Supreme Court and to all who agree, as do
with the decision in the public school religious
instruction case rs being one Of the most
wholesome ones the present court has made.
To represent tie court as blindfolded and
letting atheism give the Constitution greater
weight than the Holy Bible Is complete
Misrepresentation Of the position Of the court.
would attribute this descent into the worst
yellow journalism to some miscue In your
organization were 1t not for the special edi-
torial in the same issue which makes it svi-
dent that cartoon attack on the decision Of
the court was specially ordered by those who
determine your editorial policy.
HECTOR G. sPAULDING.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

To the Editor Of The Star:
Since reading the Bible in schools must now
be considered, it would be well to call atten-
ton to the attitude Of many teachers on the
subject.
Atheism is an ugly word, and is misleading
If applied to persons who accept morality,
truth and courtesy as the fundamentals OF
religion An honorable teacher recognizes the
supreme value OF good home, and the NaA
and Soviet practice Of defying home influence
Is hostile to true education.
The spirit OF truth, however. would seem to
demand that the same standards Of criticism
should be applied to Jewish literature - are
auplied b. common consent 10 Greek and
Latin literature. Il. p. CAkIEA
Evening star., 1948-03-16

70 the Editor Of The Star:
was raised under the belief that religion
should not bs taught in the schools lest it lead
to telling people In the end what religion to
believe. I still believe in that doctrine, but
to deny God in the schools and then teach
atheism Is tempting God to do to . country
that which God seems to have done, or perhaps
I should say allowed" to be done in America.
Evening star., 1948-03-16

To the Editor of The Star:
want to take this means of expressing to
you my sincere appreciation of your honest and
frank Interpretation of Church and State" and
your courageous effort to inform the public
OF your stand
Your paper has been delivered to my door
step for 13 years, and throughout this tins I
have appreciated the privilege Of being Star
subscriber but added 10 that sense Of arpre-
Evening star., 1948-03-16
TO the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The star :,.,
I would like to express my complete ap-
proval of your editorial, Church and State "
I read 1t with great pleasure and want to
congratulate you on publishing 1t.
MRS. DOROTHEA sONTAG.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04
FIRE AT ANCHORAGE;
= $4,000 DAMAGE DONE

\ ANCHORAGE caused ex-
tensive damage to the Anchorage
Machine Works at Eighth and B
streets. running a $1,000 arc welder
and several welding adapters.
Total damage to the building
was estimated at $4,000 by the
owner, Joe Borden. A wall and two
large garage doors were ruined,
white the ceiling and the interior
were scorched considerably.
The fire, according to Borden,
broke out with an explosion in the
rear of the shop. An arc welder is
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04
JOINS PRA STAFF

JOINS PRA STAFF
New on the clerical staff of the
,ublic Roads Administration is
irs. Lula M. Davis Formerly OF
oakland, Calf, Mrs. Davis says
ne realized a lifelong ambition
v coming to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04

Associated Press returns at 10
am. (EST) Thursday, with the vote
about "a per cent complete, showed
Truman leading in % states having
total of 304 electoral votes, as fol-
lows:
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Co.
orado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, ILL
nois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachus-
etts. Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Caro-
lima, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
Washington, West Virginia, Wiscon-
sin, Wyoming.
Dewey was leading in is states
with an aggregate electoral vote OF
1879. as follows:
Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana,
Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michi-
gan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Dakota,
OREGON, Pennsylvania, South Da-
kota, Vermont.
Thurmond was in front in four
states having total Of 30 electoral
votes, as follows:
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
and south Carolina.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04
Electoral Vote:
Truman, 3o4;
Dewey, 1872;
1hurnloI1d, 80

Associated Press returns at pm.
tEST, Thursday from 123,205 o.
the country's l35,864 voting units
showed the ponular vote:
Truman-22,3 35,251.
Dewey-20, 466 ,202.
Wallace ,036,491.
Thurmond- $780, 500.
Total-44 TBS SAB.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04

believed to have congested and set
off the blaze Borden received first
degree burns of the forehead in
attempting to extinguish the fire
with hand chemical apparatus.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04
IN ADMIRALTY.
No. 5099-A.
NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT AND
ARREST OF PROPERTY


NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT AND
ARREST OF PROPERTY
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Division Number
One, at Juneau.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF COM
MERGE OF SEATTLE, National
Banking Corporation, Libellant,
VS.. The Gas Screw or Vessel VET
ERAN', Official No. 231,751, her
Masts, Bowsprit, Tackle, Engines,
Apparel, Boats, Anchors, Gables,
Chains, Rigging, Furniture, Fix
lures, and all other necessaries
thereunto pertaining and belong
ing, Respondent.
TO ALL CONCERNED: NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, William
T. Mahoney, as United States Mar
shall for the Territory of Alaska, did
on the 3oth day of October, 1948,
attach and arrest the gas screw or
vessel VETERAN, Official No.
231, ISL, her masts, bowsprit tackle,
engines, apparel, boats, anchors,
cables, chains, rigging, furniture,
fixtures, and all other necessaries
uhereunto appertaining and belong
ing, in the above entitled action, in
certain cause, civil and maritime,
on contract for the foreclosure OF a
preferred maritime mortgage on
which there is due and unpaid 3d.
1895, together with interest there
on at the rate of six per cent per
nnum from June z, 1913; a late
barge of sos on each dollar paid
more than fifteen days after its due
late amounting to $47.50; and costs
and expenses of this action includ-
ng $75OG0 as proctors' fees; and,
he owner and all other persons
Interested or concerned herein are
eauired to be and appear at the
inc and place of the return of said
recess, to-wit, Saturday, the Goth
lay of November. 1913, in The Uni
PQ OJdLcS DiStIlCJ SOuAJ INOOiAi Ia
ne Federal Territorial Building, at
-uneau, Alaska, at 1000 o'clock A.
T., or as soon thereafter as this
,use may be heard, and answer in
hat behalf or default will be en-
.red and condemnation ordered as
rayed in the libel filed herein.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, the Both
ay of October, 1948. M
WILLIAM T. MAHONEY,
U. S. Marshal,
BY WALTER G. HELLAN,
Deputy U. S. Marshal.
I. E. Robertson and M. E. Monagle, |
'roctors for Libellant.
first publication, Nov l, 1948i.
asst publication, Nov. 10, 1913.
JOINS PRA STAFF
New on the clerical staff of the
'ublic Roads Administration Is
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TIDE TABLE
NOVEMBER. s

High tide, 4:37 am, 14.9 it.
Low tide, 1920 am, As TT.
High tide, 1914 pm, 1877 TT.
Low tide, 1908 pm, OIL it.
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There's pis news IN Empire ads.
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-13

Mrs. Laura Watson spent Tues
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wat
son and children.
Mrs. Mildred Hill of Laurel spent
Friday and Saturday of last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Brantley DonO-
van and daughter Brenda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Carey were
callers on Sunday evening of Mr..
and Mrs. James d. Mills.
Isaac Short of Georgetown, Miss
Sally Ann Short of Milford and
Miss Frances Collins are spending
three weeks in Cloyne, Ontario.
Mrs. Hilda ShOckley spent a few
days last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. Barnes of Springfield, Pa.
Mrs. Anna Gentry of Wilmington
spent Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Mills are
spending this week at Oak Or
chard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brantley Donovan
and daughter Brenda were enter
tanned at dinner on Saturday eve
ming by Mr.. and Mrs. Howard JOS
eph and family of Seaford.
Miss Betty Danegger of Milford.
Miss Helen Tweetie of Dover and
Miss Orpha Webb are spending this
week touring the New England
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-13

close out the Delaware schedule
with an afternoon game on Nov. 20
at Wilmington Park.
Because of the very limited seat
inc facilities at Frazer Field. New
ark, the Blue Hens home games
have been scheduled frequently at
Wilmington Park, where $4,000
can be accommodated. The 194S
season marks the second straight
year that all the Hens home con-
tests have been played there.
Robert F. Siemen, business man
ager of athletics at Delaware, said
that all persons who have bought
season tickets for the five pre-
ViOusly-annOunced games at VIII
mingtOn Park will be given first
call on tickets for the same seats
for the West Chester game. This
priority will continue until Sept.
%. Delaware student tickets will
be hOnOred for the game.
H%&
1948 Varsity Football Schedule:
Sept. 25-Pennsylvania Military
College.
Oct. 2-Maryland
Oct. 9-West Chester Teachers
College.
Oct. 15-Bucknel.
Oct. S0-Muhlenberg.
Nov. 6-Gettysburg.
Nov. 13-ROllins College.
Nov. 2O-Washihgto nand Lee.
1948 Freshman Football Schedule:
Oct. 15-Lafayette, EastOn, Pa.
Oct. 23-Navy Plebes. Annapolis.
Oct. 20 - West Chester State
Teachers, Newark.
Nov. 5-Muhlenberg, Allentown,
Pa.
Nov. 12-Gettysburg, Newark.
FRESHMAN home games are
played on Frazer Field, Newark )
Delaware Coaching Staff
Head William D. Murray.
Line COach-JOseph Brunansky.
Backfeld Coach - William S.
Martin.
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-13
University Notes

-Four agriculture scholarships,
made possible by a grant from the
Sears, ROebuck Agricultural FOun-
datiOn, have been awarded to Uni
versity of Delaware students,
Dean George L. Schuster OF the
UniVersity's School of Agriculture
has announced Each is valued at
5000
One scholarship was awarded to
an. upperclassman, Leonard e.
Hitch, Of RD 8, Laurel, and the
other three go to entering fresh
men. They are:
James w. Maxwell, of Brindley
Road, near Wilmington;
Boyd Mccoy Cook, of near Mid
dletoWn:
Charles F. Thomas, of Wyoming.
Hitch, who will be a junior next
month, won one of the Freshman
Sears-Roebuck Foundation scholar
ships two years ago. A graduate
of Laurel High School, he is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ElOn Hitch.
He viii be first vice-pPesident of
the University's Ag Club this fall,
and has been named on the Uni
versity Deans list of honor stu
dents for three Of his four terms
at Delaware.
Maxwell, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis w. Maxwell, is a graduate
of Al. I. DUPONT High School i'm
1915, and of West Nottingham
Academy III 1948. He was captain
of the football team at DUPONT
School, and also participated in
baseball, basketball, wrestling, Boy
Scouts, and the Future Farmers Of
America He plans to enter agri-
culture because it offers a greater
opportunity for the future than
does any other profession or vOca-
tion and he feels that "the Uni.
vefsity of Delaware's agriculture
curriculum can offer me the best
technical background and thor
Oughly equip me for further needs
in the future"
Cook. son of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Wallace Cook. both alumni of the
University of Delaware, is a recent
graduate of MiddletOwn High
School He played three years Of
varsity baseball and also partici-
pated in basketball and soccer.
Vice-president of his class, he also
has been president of his All
Club, president of his F. F. A.
chapter, and a member of the
state F. F. A. executive committee.
He commented that ''it is up to the
few of us who wish to farm, to
understand the newer and better
methods Of farming to help feed
the people of this country"
Thomas, who was graduated
from Caesar Rodney High School
in 1947, is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
A. Bailey Thomas of Wyoming. A
All Club member, he has served
also as an officer of his local FLA
chapter, as state FLA president in
1947, and chairman of the state
He has been a state winner in
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-13

States.
Miss Gladys Sharp spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Watson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Webb and
son of Milford Neck were dinner
guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene P. Smith.
William Potter and Mrs. George
Williams were dinner guests on
Sunday evening at the BOni Lynn
Inn at RehObOth.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Collins and
Mrs. Frank Reed returned home
on Tuesday from a visit with rel
atives in Erie. Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Brantley Donovan
attended the Glover Farms picnic
held at Loves Creek on Sunday,
being the guests of Layton and
Layton of Georgetown.
. MILTON FIREMENS PARADE.
August 23rd. 8-13-It
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-13
ROXANA

The guest speakers at ROxana
Methodist Church last Sunday eve
ming were Mr.. Abbott and Harry
DerricksOn of Salisbury, Md, and
c. w. COddingtOn of Selbyville.
The Sunshine Sunday School
Glass will meet at the cottage of
Mrs. Harry Goodwin, Jr., on Tues
day evening, August II. At this
time the class will hold their an
nual picnic supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilgus en-
tertained Thursday, August 5, to
dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Middle
ton Of FrankfOrd in honor of Mr..
MiddletOn's birthday anniversary.
Many more to follow.
Misses Sonya and Elaine Turner
were in the Peninsula General Hos
pital at Salisbury for a tOnsilec-
tony, Thursday until Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lewis have
moved into one of the Hudson
Apartments at SelbyVille.
The Pal Sunday School Glass met
at the home of Mrs. Kendall Whar-
ton on Tuesday evening. After the
business hour the hostess served
delicious refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Flood of
near town are the proud parents of
a fine baby girl, born last week at
the Milford Memorial Hospital.
+ Miss Betty Wilgus and Bill Scott
attended a baseball game in Phil
adelphia on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Griffin and
daughter, Joy Bee, were dinner
guests Saturday of Mr.. Grifin's s
parents at Salisbury, Md.
Mrs. Alva Lynch entertained one
day last week Mrs. ZenO Long of
near town and her daughter, AL
berta, of Lewes.
. MILTON FIREMEN'S PARADE,
August 23rd. 8-13-1t