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Mtlmittgimt Morning #tar North Carolina’s Oldest Daily Newspaper Published Daily Except Sunday By The Wilmington Star-News R. B. Page, Publisher_ Telephone AH Departments 2-3311 Entered as Second Class Matter at Riming - ton, N. C„ Postoffice Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879__ SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY Payable Weekly or In Advance Combi Time Star News nation 1 Week .$ -30 5 -25 $ -SO 1 Month . 1-30 1.10 2.15 3 Months . 3.90 3.25 6.50 6 Months . 7.80 6.50 13.00 1 year . 15.60 13.00 26.00 (Above rates entitle subscriber to Sunday issue of Star-News)__ SINGLE COPY Sunday Star-News .Ten cents Morning Star .Five cents By Mail: Payable Strictly in Advance | Months .5 2.50 $2.00 $ 3.85 8 Months . 5.00 4.00 7.70 l Year . 10 00 8.00 15-40 (Above rites entitle subscriber to Sunday issue of Star-News) _ " WiLMINGTON STAR (Daily Without Sunday) I Months-$1.85 6 Montbs-$3.70 1 Yr.-j7.40 When remitting by mail please use checks or U. S. P O. money order. The Star-News can not be responsible for currency sent through kbe mails. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ALSO SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1946 TOP O’ THE MORNING Rich is one who counts among his bless ings godly parents, a Christian home, a family altar, and an undimmed faith suffi cient for anxious days. Save Waste Paper Paper is still a critical material. The mills still lack an adequate stockpile, especially for the grades processed for packing. With large armed forces abroad, dependent in a big way upon the sup plies and medicines sent from Ameri can ports, it is obvious that any break down in the flow of scrap paper for re processing from home and office to mill could jeopardize this great service. That Wilmington and its vicinity may have opportunity to make its con tribution to the stockpile, the Senior Fraternity and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, with the assistance of Boy Scouts and members of the Brigade Boys club, are to send a large fleet of trucks through the city, street by street, one week from tomorrow — March 3. All preliminary arrangements are complete. All that Is in question is whether the residents are saving their old newspapers and magazines with in tention to place them at the curb on that day, tied stoutly in bundles for speedy and convenient handling. In previous waste paper drives the people of this community have contri buted largely. Surely they will be as liberal again, even though the fighting war is ended. Strike Against Strikes Because strikes are delaying deliv eries of farm tools, machinery and parts, together with household items such as bath tubs and refrigerators, a group of farmers in four Nebraska counties have organized a “strike against strikes.” The organization is known as' the Farmers Vigilante Movement. It had its birth in a one-street farmer service village named Edgar, thirty-two miles from Lincoln. The members disclaim any affiliation with the farm holiday movement of the early thirties, which was characterized by hangings and stop ped farm mortgage foreclosures in the trail of the 1929 depression. Quickly following the new movement at Edgar, a similar and affiliated move ment came into being at Chickasha, Oklahoma. Most members in both states are enrolled in the Farmers Union, and it is reported that the Vigilantes are in effect in rebellion against this union’s president, James G. Patton, who is ac cused of being too close to the national administration. The American Farm Bureau Federa tion, the National Grange and govern ment agricultural agencies, through their leaders, are said to consider the movement unwise, irresponsible and im practical. Notwithstanding, it continues to grow. Despite the attitude of the powerfu groups mentioned, if the movemenl should attain sufficient membership b> spreading throughout the rural area; of the country, it might bring an en< to the strike wave which is destined ti f * "I gain tidal proportions with the tele phone strike ordered for March 7 and the indeterminate date of the walkout of railway brotherhoods. Red Cross Roll Call Time has arrived for a bit of re budgeting, to be prepared for the an nual Red Cross roll call campaign, which is to open early in March. While the fighting war has ended and the call for Red Cross services is considerably less than during the com bat period, there is still need for its activities both at home and abroad, in behalf of the occupation forces as well as the returning veterans. The organi zation is as faithful today in its works of mercy and succor as when the fight ing was heaviest. Furthermore, the Red Cross performs difficult tasks when floods and other catastrophes happen and citizens are unable to meet their own and their neighbors’ needs. It cannot go on, at its high standard of efficiency, without public support, tfor can it come under the patronage )r jurisdiction of Community Chests or jther united sources of relief because t cannot foresee when its services may oe needed, or how greatly. The roll call, comes back this year, :o replace the war chest it has had to ceep filled since the Second World War started. Because the requirements, so far as human estimates can be made, will not be on the wartime level, the Drganization has reduced the goal of the forthcoming campaign. , In Wilmington and vicinity the con tributions sought are no more than half the total of last year’s appeal. That is no reason why public interest in the ef fort should be halved. On the contrary there is the more reason for the people of the community to speed their gifts so that the drive may be concluded quickly and the army of volunteer workers return the sooner to their per sonal engagements. The Kiwanis club, making its $100 donation by action of its directors on Thursday, has set the pace. The ex ample thus offered well merits adop tion. All persons and organizations that cannot act so far in advance are to be encouraged to lay their plans to be ready with their gifts when the solicitors make their first call. The Security Council The accomplishments of the United Nations Assembly, at its first session, recently closed in London, are generally believed above par, considering its un dertakings were exceptional and largely without precedent. Chief interest centers in the activi ties of the Security Council, which had no more than organized than its agenda was crowded with grave problems. There was the Iran problem, the Greek problem, the Indonesian problem, the Syria-Lebanon problem. Solutions of a kind were found for all. In the first, the decision was to let Iran and Russia resume direct negotia tions. It was found that British troops in Greece were not a threat to world peace, but must be withdrawn quickly after the March elections in Greece. No investigating commission is to visit Java, as requested by the Ukraine. Rus sia exercised its veto power in the Syria-Lebanon controversy. Whether the right answer was found to these four principal problems can be known only in the fullness of time. The reason that interest is concen trated on Council is that when the As sembly again meets in September, this time at interim h PflHmmrfprQ in Moin York, the trusteeship problem probably will be the most serious it must take up and settle. Bitter as were some of the disputes during the Council’s London proceed ings, this matter is obviously destined to produce more and greater quarrel ing. Britain and Russia particularly, whose delegates resorted to unveiled vituperation at London, inevitably will hit the ceiling” over the trusteeship question, and the United States, with its need for defense bases in the Pacific, can be expected to take an even firmer stand than at London. Obviously the natural alignment will be the United States and Great Britair against the Soviet Union. If the Sep tember session in New York works ou1 this problem with comparative satis faction to these three powers, th< - United Nations Organization will hav< i passed a grave danger and may bi l thought to be on the way to long ex > istence i Dangerous Thesis By LIVINGSTON HARTLEY Now that the power of the Third Reich has been destroyed, there is a widespread tenden cy to discount future danger from Germany and to dwell upon the possibility that there may some day in the future be danger from Russia. Some small groups in the United States •and Britain who have always been par ticularly suspicious of Russia even go so far as to advocate rebuilding a strong Germany as a barrier to Russian expansion. How dis astrously the adoption of this thesis would af fect the peace and security of the Atlantic democracies can be seen by considering some ! of its practical consequences. First, it seems quite clear now that a fun damental principle of Soviet policy is to pre vent a revival of the historic German menace which has twice caused the Russian people such destruction and suffering. For this rea son, an attempt of the Western democracies to rebuild German power would destroy any real hope of effective co-operation with Rus sia and replace it with serious antagonism. Second, there is no practical possibility that Germany could become strong enough to serve as a barrier against Russia. Both are land Powers separated only by the plains of Poland. Russia is far superior in manpower and will, in the future, be far superior in industrial capacity. Possessing the most pow erful land force in the world as well as mili tary control of more than a third of the former Reich, Russia could easily prevent Germany from creating a land force of com parable strength. Third, although a restored Germany could not be strong enough to serve as a barrier against Russia, its Army could be strong enough to menaco Franco and Britain. France is far weaker in manpower and industrial capacity than her historic enemy and Britain can exert only limited land strength on the nuwever great a superi- i prity the British might be able to maintain in the air or in the employment of new weapons, the frontiers of Germany’s western neighbors could be threatened by the German Army. Fourth, a rebuilt Germany, consequently, could hope to expand towards the West, even though it could no longer expand towards the East. Instead of serving as a barrier against Russia, it would be impelled to seek a part nership with Russia, a new Axis in which it might influence Russia towards aggressive policies. Only by this means could Germany satisfy its traditional and inherent urge for expansion. The fact that its political system has been since 1933 more akin to that of Russia than to that of the Western World would make such a partnership the more ac ceotable to the German people. Fifth, a restored Germany would be more likely than any other Power to launch a war of rockets and atomic bombs. Now that the copulation and industrial potential as well as United States and Russia are so superior in in area, war is the only means by which Germany can attain a leading position in the world. Russia, in contrast, resembles the Unit ed States in being able to count on attaining such a position through peaceful development. German scientific aptitude, industrial know how, will to expansion and ruthlessness com bine to fit a Germany which has regained her power for the role of launching a surprise atomic offensive which could bring on a Third World War. Scientific experts have pointed out how the impossibility of knowing at once frcm where such an attack had come could play into the hands of a re-armed Germany. For example, it could in the future suddenly destroy large sections of New York either by shooting rockets across the Atlantic or by detonating atomic mines placed in buildings by German agents. Our military leaders might then think the aggressor was Russia and con. sequently fire rockets at Russian cities. Thus a Third World War could be started despite the desire of every nation except Germany for peace. These considerations indicate the danger of any attempt to rebuild German strength for purposes of power politics and the absolute necessity for continuing collaboration between the Atlantic democracies and Russia to keep Germany powerless to wage another war.— Christian Science Monitor. Editorial Comment Off to the Dance A woman's teen-age niece, whose ambition is to be a designer, appeared in the living room to greet her escort in a dress her mother did not know she had — a brand new evening dress shaped in a very sophisticated manner. Brand new, and yet to her mother it had a faintly familiar look. She rushed off to the dance before her mother had a chance to ask where she got the dress After puzzling for a while about where she had seen that ma terial. long suffering mother suddenly dashed upstairs. ‘‘I knew it!” she called down, "She’s gone to that dance wearing her new taffeta bed spread!”—New York Sun, Increased Hazard There seems to be no certain method of compelling citizens to walk the safe way com mon sense dictates and the law prescribes, and so long as there isn’t, vehicle drivers must be doubly cautious, especially during the coming months when night will come early and streets will frequently be wet and made more hazardous by fallen leaves. — Memphis Commercial Appeal. Blooming Shame With spring around the corner wouldn’t it be a terrible thing if Charleston’s renowned vernal flowers should decide to go on a strike? —Charleston Evening Post. Futile Before leaving for Sunday school little Joey went in to speak to his father, who was read ing the morning paper. He was silent for a moment, then asked: “Daddy, did you g0 to Sunday school when you were a little boy?” “That’s right, son. Every Sunday.” “Well,’’ muttered Joey, walking awav "T bet it won’t do me any good either McLeod, in Pageant. r' —Anne Trained theIknifenishppedS cuttlng sandwiches when my fingtr*”’ She CUed’ “Ive gone and cut want somethin*'t^wind Sa!d her friend- “You Mr. Smith?’Answers^ £XS * “ 1 caU m Swish Of The Locks On The Laddies Brings Yearning For Old He-Man Days By JOHN SIKES It is a pity that I am unable to interview Charles of the Rit2 at thif time. There are any num ber of questions I should like tc pose to him. Mr. Charles, in case you do not keep up with such important mat ters, is the high-toned gentleman whose salon touches up milady’s bair into what I suppose are sup posed to be fetching hair-dos. The down-pushed up-sweeps and the up-done downsweeps. What I would like to talk with Mr, Charles about is the current trend amongst our younger boys —and maybe some of the older fellows, too, who’re just a couple of calories away from an alder manic paunch—the current trend toward what I reckon you’d term feminism. These lads have reached what I would call the hair-do conscious ness stage. Doubtlessly, they came upon the threshhold of this stage by staying away from barber shops. Then they became intrigued with the notion that their mascu line charms might be enhanced by permitting their locks to grow in all directions, particularly over, under and about the ears. Then, as they progressed in their hirsute preoccupations, they permitted these self-same locks to curl cunningly on down and over their collars. As I say, they probably first got this way by staying away, volun tarily or involuntarily, from the barber shops. Then they noted in the movies that Van Johnson, Frankie Sinatra and maybe a female impersonator or two were deliberately letting their locks grow out; for what reason I am not prepared to tell you. So these laddies let their locks do likewise. Maybe this is the age of Femin ism. I do not know. There was a time, I remember, when the young men wanted to look he manish and give every outward indication, at least, that hair grew upon their chests. Factly, some of the youngsters even let their shiri collars stay unbottoned just to prove it. Alas and alack, these days have passed. You can hardly turn around anymore without seeing one of these laddies—I almost wrote the “lassies”—go skipping and shrugging by with his hair plumb down to here. I’m wonder ing now if these laddies also are wearing the girdles for men I have seen advertised. Let’s get this straight: I have no fuss with girdles. I think they're just the things for man or woman who has permitted him self on herself to become to bulgy. However, my worst suspicions would be confirmed were I to find these young fellows with the long hair-dos actually wriggling their youthful frames into these elastic gadgets. Of course, it is just possible that this item was prompted by a note of jealousy. It is almost impos sible for my head to produce any thing but a very scant thatch. But, for some cantankerous rea son, I sort of hanker for the days among our youths when they strode into a barber shop, es pecially in the spring, and ordered the clippers all over and all around. Them, if you will permit the in elegancy, was the days when a Chicago editor, raising his unpopu lar voice, scribed a parallelic be , tween Valentino and a he-man I football player of Chicago U. named McCarthy. “As I look at the present fawn ing over the matinee idol, Valen tino,” he wrote, "all I can say is: “Thank God for Five-Yard Me-* Carthyl” 1 LETTER BOX GIVE HIM A CHANCE To The Editor: After reading the column “And So To Bed” in the February 16th issue of the Star, I was throughly disgusted with Police Chief Cas teen’s boys, and think it a great pity that they aren’t assigned to more worthwhile jobs for the betterment of our City. To me, it was a shame that they had to jump on the “young ex-sailor”, who had been in town only 10 minutes and even worse to make him pay a fine of $1 for having failed to make a deposit in a parking meter. I do not know the young man. but wondered if possibly he wasn’t a non-resident and maybe from a town where they don’t have park, ing meters. If so, it could have been so easily over-looked. Too, having been “newly converted to civilian life”, I wonder if possi bly he hasn’t just returned from overseas duty. At any rate, being a sailor, he, no doubt, spent the greater part of his time on the water where such things as park ing meters don’t exist. I wondered, too, if may be this same young man was driving an automobile for the first time since being out of the service, and nat urally to him meters here were a new thing. The young man stated, as per your column, after “Presenting both the tag and a $1 fine to the man at headquarters,” *but I’ve been in town only 10 minutes’’. This is one point which I would like to stress. Wo want Wilmington to srow and better Itself We want folks to come here to make their homes. We want the trade of folks from surrounding coun ties. Well, I think a small way to help bring this about is by being courteous at all times to these folks — just don't jump on them because they have failed to adhere to our ciiy’s technical ities of traffic laws and regula tions. How are they to know? They do not live here. For heaven’s sake don’t fine them a $1 when they have been in town only ten minutes, just because they have overparked or overlooked naving the meter— at least give them another chance. Anyone who lives in Wilmington and drives a car certainly knows something of the downtown park ing rules. If they didn’t know before, the police have taught them. But, why expect people from out of town to know our rules. Towns and.' cities just like states have different rules. Why not give these out of town folks a break — another chance? I would like to suggest should they break a parking rule and re port to headquarters with the tag, find out tactfully if this is the first offence. If so, explain • in a very nice manner our rules , and ask in a nice manner that they try to be more observant in the future. Tell them, it was nice that they came to our city and : we hope they shall do so again real soon To know if this is a first o««^ I might suggest that he«v;i. • keep on file the license n_f-' and name of the driver car. f ,1 It is far better publicity for ' city to have these folks .or . j rather than enemies. . Our City Fathers would P-;’ ably do well to take ?«•; note next time they V1 wijcS 0 sister city, Greensboro. - ^ has flourished with many . the repidity of our city , ana. las done so without any f of parking meters. Without guing the merits or demerits o ^ meter system, an hours - around the streets of Greens^ jusiness section will not br*.. light one-tenth the traffic oi- ,r, vhich may be seen, during ,4 ■ same period' of time, in on. Possibly there is aB 4 :ealousness in the prosecutes ■* minor traffic offences in our •• 1 t. Booster For Wilmington. Religion Day By Day By WILLIAM T. ELLIS Night and day, all thoughtful persons are pondering these troub led times. Those who see most know that only a fundamental change in the public mind can solve our difficulties. Many of these persons of vision believe that only Christianity has the answer to our day’s riddle. They look for a revival of reli gion. But when and where is the break to come? Will a new, great Christian leader arise? There is none such on the horizon now. Will there develop a mass turning to prayer? Is some new book, as yet unpublished, to seize the imagina tion of the world? Will a statesman arise from amidst the Lilliputian politicians to proclaim the way of God? We do not know. We can only pray, “How long O Lord, how long.’’ Make bare Thy mighty arm, O God, and show us the way of strength. Lead us in » P*th, for our feet stumble sorely. Amen. McKenney On BRIDGE BY WILLIAM E. McKENNY America’s Card Authority FREAK hands usually bring about bidding situations, but to day’s hand brought out an excellent playing problem. If South had arrived at a con tract of six hearts, it would have gone down to defeat immediately with a spade opening. East would win the first trick with the ace, return a spade and West would get in a ruff. However, six spades cannot be defeated if the declarer plays it well. South must not let the opening diamond lead ride around to the king. It must be trumped in dummy with the three of spades, and the four of spades led from dummy. If East puts on the nine declarer plays the ten, and then must lead the ace of diamonds and trump it in dummy with the six of spades. The seven of spades is led, and thus declarer loses only one spade trick. 47643 ¥10976 4 ♦ None 48642 A AQ9 ¥ J8 ♦ 98753 4Q107 4K J 10 52 ¥ AKQ3 ♦ AK 4 AK Duplicate—Neither vul South West North But 2 4 Pass 2N.T. Pass 3 ¥ Pass 4 ¥ Pass 4 4 Pass 54 Pass 6 4 Pass PaSS Pass Opening—♦ q. Z3 -■*1 The Doctor Says— DAMAGE CAUSED CHIEFLY BY COLD By WILLIAM A. O’BRIEN,M. D Exposure to severe cold ln ' absence of marked damp^* causes slowing of the blood streak The harmful effects of prolong* exposure to cold usually rp’,u from stagnation of the blood. ' If the cold is intense the turns white and the frozen oar!1 solidifies; after thawing the s' may remain pale if the small jrn teries are still in spasm. When thawing is complete th. skin changes to a bright pink an swelling begins; permanent da age to the arteries may result from destruction of their liniJ cells and this causes the blood -n clot and stick to the wall. Frostbite is most apt to affect the fingers and toes, hands and feet, although the ears frequenU. are involved. If the injury is sever*! loss of skin from gangrene and h,. fection may occur even if there It little damage to the deeper tissue' in imia cases, me SKin recover! without gangrene developing. Whether “cool” or “cold” ap. plications should be applied to a frostbitten extremity is still a de. batable question. Some investi gators believe the part should be kept cold, while others consider ordinary room temperature to be ideal; no one recommends that heat should be applied, as this results in extra swelling and blis tering. Mild frostbite causes painful cold, numb, stiff, waxy . whit! fingers, toes, or ears, which are usually insensitive to touch. As a general rule the part throbs for hours and numbness persists for days. In severe types, the tissues may not swell as the part imme diately develops dry gangrene. When blisters form they may loosen the skin which is cast off, leaving a thin, smooth, shiny, dusky pink to blue surface beneath, The part is sensitive to cold for j long time and usually turns dusky blue on exposure. It may require months or years for the small blood vessels to grow back, so the part always should be protected front cold exposure. The Literary Guidepost By W. G. ROGERS IRAN, by William S. Haas (Coto bla; $3.50.) What Iran needs most is i gooi publicity agent to tell her that shi foolishly lost her glamorous his toric identity when the name oi Persia was abandoned. To most people in the westers world, I suspect, the land' of Cyrus Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes, ani Mithridates, of Luristan bronzes and beautiful carpets, of Zoroas trianism, Mithraism and Man! chaeism is one thing, but the lari of Teheran and Bandar Shap'd and oil fields quite another. Hisiory books and news storiei combine in this account by Haas who for five years was adviser ti the Persian ministry of education It is a somewhat colorless accoun1 of a colorful people and country but it is most timely and it is'1 only book devoted solely to PernJ I Iran ever held in the tingling hard I of this eager reader. With a population of about [ 000,000 and an area of 628 P square miles, Iran lies just bey® the Tigris-Euphrates valley, aw fully athwart the land approach - India from the Mediterranean. England has long wanted to crost it east and west, Russia, to pe-* trate it north to south. There a great climatic extremes from , lnnaouauie ucocuo w . Demavend towering above ran. ? Under Reza Shah, who ruled ; two decades, the country was w idly if not ruthlessly modermz. There is vast wealth in on. 1 _ alert and intelligent P°PuIaf’^ coming increasingly pohtical-i®“ j ed, can benefit from it. . © Irrigation, education, machire^ more highways and railroads • P among present needs. Most o " the country must be leu 1 to develoo its own destiny. •• ' Haas believes neither British Russian policy will interfere tically. In a free world, tie s - Iran’s “genius again will ute lavishly to civilization, has done in the past.’’ This useful book contains photographs, pertinent, s.a and documents, and an index.__ RING AROUND THE “ROSY”
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