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The Star-News can not be responsible for currency sent through the mails. ___ MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS avn AT SO SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS *--SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1946 " TOP O’ THE MORNING Now you are gone-, but you have left to me A priceless beauty In your legacy. The fearless wisdom and the tender heart, The high white faith thet marked you oue apart, The bigness of your self, your soul, your mind, , „ . These are things that you have left be hind. And I, I would not change with king or sage, God, make me worthy of my heritage. —Mary O’ Kelley in "Tribute to Christian Parents. Trouble In India So many things enter into the demonstrations in Bombay that vol umes might be written without more than scratching the surface of the trouble. Mobs in the streets, mutiny omnn cr Indian naval forces, gun fire and deaths, pose a problem for the London government that dannot be solved by promises alone. India, in the Bombay disturbance, is but putting in unmistakable form the demand for complete independence of Great Britain. This was proved by a declaration of Pundit Jawaharlel Nehru at Allahabad the other day, that the British commission sent out by Lon don might help fill in the details for Indian self-government, but the first requirement was ‘'recognition and pro clamation of India’s right to full inde pendence.” There is little reason to doubt that the pundit thus voiced the view of native Indian leaders generally. His reference was to the forthcom ing trip of Secretary of State for India Lord Pethic-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the Board of Trade, and Albert V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, to help the Viceroy,! Lord Wavell, in promoting constitution making in New Delhi. Obviously, after generations of ex ploitation and repression, India is in no mood to submit to further compromise. These gentlemen’s job is cut out for them before they start. The Bombay outburst doubtless will be brought under control. Britain has the fire power for that. But unless London also does something more, it will not restore peace in the country. London’s position is the more try ing because of the variety and diversity of faiths and followings there. Soap Box Deroy It was at least two months ago that Bill Stewart, executive director of the Brigade Boys Club, and Gilbert Pick ard began talking about a soap box derby. Everybody he consulted encour aged him, and with customary energy he got to work on preliminary arrange ments. Now it develops the same thought was in many minds. Before he had set a date or drafted rules , for the local race, the soap box derby assumed na tional proportions with district compe titions, the winners of which will be eligible for the actual finals. Besides a great variety of prizes and trophies, the grand prize is to be a $2,000 scholarship in any universitj the winner may select. It is not ofter a university course is to be had foi pushing a self-made glorified scootei faster over a short course than any oth er contestant. Thus the derby becomes both i source of extraordinary amusement dur ing the construction and racing periods and of the higher education every am bitious buy hopes to receive. Through the joint sponsorship of the Star-News and the Raney Chevrolet Company, the derby which was origin ally to have been a strictly Wilmington event is expanded to take in the entire trade area of the port city. All boys eleven to fifteen inclusive may enter, the chief requirements being that they must build their own equipages with out help, and that it may not cost more than $10. The . winner will be given a free trip to Akron, O., for the finals. Because of the national aspect of the event, and the ingenuity of Ameri can boys in general, coupled with their highly-developed spirit of competition, a safe guess is that the Kentucky derby will have nothing on the soap box derby in public interest. Stalin Addresses Army On the twenty-eighth birthday of the Red Army, Joseph Stalin made sev eral declarations that call for study in high places among Russia’s war allies. The army must guard the Soviet fron tiers against enemies. There is need for intensive training of troops “now as never before.” The army is obliged “not only to keep up with the progress of the art of war, but to advance it.” We quote from the text of his ad dress, as picked up in London: “We must move further forward 'so that we may create the conditions for a new, powerful upsurge of national economy. We must, in the shortest possible period, heal the wounds in flicted by the enemy on our country and restore the prewar level of develop ment of national economy so that we may in the near future considerably surpass the level, raise the material well being of the people, still more strengthen the military and economic might of the Soviet state. “In the new conditions, the Red Army must vigilantly guard the peace ful, creative labor of the Soviet Union people, reliably safeguard the state in terests of the Soviet Union and make the borders of our motherland im pregnable against enemies.” Obviously, this is sabre-rattling. It is such talk as a military leader could be expected to give under the pressure of approaching war. It is possible, of course, that Stalin intends his army to believe that war is near. Certainly the wedge which has sunk deep into Rus sia’s relations with Britain and the United States could be accepted as an indication of war. But all that is here quoted, both for the benefit of Russia’s fighting forces and domestic economy, seems actually to prove that Stalin proposes that Russians of all callings and de grees shall take full advantage of the gains acquired in the recently ended war. He has no intention that the Sov iet Union shall experience such a let down, for example, as followed V-J Day in this country. There is a direct message to the United States, as well as to his army, in Stalin’s Army-day address. It is that we cannot afford to overlook any pos sible eventuality, whether in our na tional economy, which has been so seriously jeopardized by strikes, or in our military preparedness. If Words Were Cobbles If words were paving blocks or even cobble stones, enough have been print ed recently to repave the Old Shell road, which would be a project in con ___11 --.- I , , . uui wi wnucrtaKing. it goes to show how public interest can be aroused when older memories are stirred. But what we are presently concern ed with is the fact that despite the mul titude of words devoted to shells, the location of toll gates, and this and that, nobody has associated the road with the days of greatest popularity of the bicycle, when the older generation of Wilmington was its younger genera tion. In those days Old Shell road bore the burden of many a hilarious cycling crowd bound for supper at Airlie and other favored spots with the return trip often starting before moonset, but sometimes ending as the east grew gray. For its day and generation, the ■ young folk of the bicycle era managed to have a pretty good time, and the Ole , Shell road made its contribution to th< ■ fun. / Walter Winchell In New York GEORGE WASHINGTON, AMERICAN First Patriot, now, as never before, Your people need your voice, your vision, The shield of faith your courage bore Against all danger and derision. Ij} prayer and your stout heart you found The strength that put your foes to rout; Today on every side abound The fool within, the foe without. In times as vigilant and grave, O fortify our souls to face The coward and the traitorous knave And crush them both, with God's good grace! —Joseph Auslandei Washington was a victim of scurrilous jour nalism. Editoral attacks plunged to the depths of vituperation. Yet Washington never ■attempt ed to suppress (or investigate) any of his j newspaper belittlers. He once said: I fought I for liberty, and when I refuse to deprive my foes of their freedom--I am defending that liberty.” The first President’s astute diplomatic sense can best be illustrated by the following tale: A powerful French politician asked him for a letter of i-e commendation to the American people. Washington didn’t agree with many of the frenchman’s ideas, but he, didn t want to offend him. So he wrote: “This man needs no recommendation from George Washington.” Isolationist have always used the “Farewell Address” to remind Americans that Washing ton warned us against “entangling alliances.’’ Actually, the phrase does not appear in the “Farewell Address.” It was first used by Thomas Jefferson in his first Inaugural ad dress-sixteen months after Washington died! The Father of Our Country also had his difficulties with Congressmen. He once attend, ed a Senate meeting, expecting to discuss, a proposed treaty with the Indians. Instead of discussing the treaty, the Senate referred it to a committee, and the indignant Washington left the meeting. He never went back to the Senate. When Washington visited Providence, the whole population assembled tc greet him. He was surrounded by a crowd of children carry ing torches, and everybody pressed so closely around him that they hindered him from pro I ceeding. Washington was deeply affected and said: "We may be beaten in a war; it is the chance of war. But the people are an army who can never be conquered.” Washington was a devout man. He set aside a part of each day for meditation and devotion. At Valley Forge, a soldier strolling on the outskirts of the camp heard a quiet voice. He walked in the direction of it and saw the Chief—on his knees in prayer. Our initial Chief Exec refused to pamper seditionists. When a group of malcontents held a large mass meeting, denounced a law and declared that they would not obey it, Wash ington called on the State militia to quell the insurrection. He later pointed out: “If any body of the people are allowed unpunished to rise ana disobey any law, all law and order would soon vanish. We must never parley or haggle with sedition, treason or lawlessness, but must strike a blow that cannot be parried —and at once!” Punctuality was one of Washington’s strong points. When company was invited to dinner, he made an allowance of only five minutes for variation in -watches. If the guests came late he would say: "We are too punctual for you. I have a cook who does not ask if the com pany has come, but if the hour has come.” Washinffton would have heart nmiicetl Kv +ha legend that he never fibbed. He once related the story of the father who informed his tot that he never told a lie. . . The youngster looked up and said: “Why couldn’t you lie? Didn’t you know how to talk?” Amazing how seemingly unimportant events in the lives of great men have a tremendous effect on history. . . Washington originally intended to join the Navy. A British admiral offered him an appointment as a midship man. But Washington’s mother objected so strongly that he gave up the opportunity. . If he had joined the Navy, he never could have become the leader of America’s Army —and the U. S. A. might not have been born. When George was asked to define the basis of patriotism, he replied in a few well-chosen words wortn memorizing: “Labor to keep alive in your breast that littie spark of ce lestial fire, conscience.” The Founding Father’s life is an open book. He knew he was making history, and he kept careful copies of all his important letters and writings, so it is impossible that there should be any doubts on any important points. So jealous was he of his own honorable repu tation that his last act as Pi rsident was to file a denial of the authenticity of some spurious letters attributed to him by his po litical enemies. He said: "A lie can gain much circulation, but history always catches up with the truth.” One May day Washington rode from Mount Vernon to carry dispatches to Williamsburg. On the way he stopped for dinner with a friend. At tfte same table was a lady named Martha Dandridge. He spent the afternoon with her. The next day he returned from his mission, called on Martha Dandridge and pro posed. She accepted. Because he devoted his life to fighting for nueriy, wasmngion naiurauy loaiueu uigoiry. This is part of a letter he wrote to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, R. I.: “May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants, while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the Father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vo, cations useful here and, in His own due time and way, everlastingly happy. If Washington were alive today, he’d be vilified by Congressional cowards—because he fought bigotry. . • Ke d probably be unde* subpoena to some un-American’’ committee because 'he was a revolutionist. . . Washing ton probably would be wondering just who won the war—himsell or Benedict Arnold? If the Father of His Country heard some of the speeches m Congress, he’d insist that the city of Washington change its name He’d . be slandered and investigated because iwo of his comrades were foreigners-Lafayette and ' Kosciusko. (Copyright, 1946, by Hearst Corporation.) LITTLE CHESTER, THE FIRE WARDEN_ Men Of Other Days Banded Together To Sound Progressive^ Note In City BY JOHN SIKES For several days now there has been a to-do in the Star’s ALONG THE CAPE FEAR about the Old Shell Road. Created quite a lot of interest and caused lots and lots of folks to call in and write letters, most of them addressed to ATCF. Around the shop here we’d thought all the returns were in. But after we’d finished counting noses and tabulating those returns a communication came in that is entirely too good to leave out of the finals. It is a letter from Mr. F. H. Fechtig, purchasing agent of the Alantic Coast Line. Quoting from Mr. Fechtig’s letter: “. . . . the question came up as to the Wrightsville Turnpike. “When I came here to live in June, 1894, the Wrightsville Turn pike was here and had been used for some time. “My old friend, Major W. H. Bernard, who owned the Star, I think told me that this road was built a few years after the war. It was later improved and incor porated, as you find by the laws of North Carolina, 1874-‘75, chapter CLXIII, page 712, “An Act to Incorporate ‘The Wil mington and Coast Turnpike Com pany’’ “I enclose you copy of this act for your easy information. “The first tollhouse was on what was then known as the Wrights ville Turnpike road and just about 100 feet east from where our Fire Department Building is now situated. “The second tollhouse was on the west side of the road and at or about the northern intersection of the Wrightsville Turnpike and Greenville Sound road. “The third tollhouse was at what 2 was one time known as Lee’s 2 Creek on the east side and just . north of where the bridge is now over Bradley’ Creek. I owned 2 a horse and phaeton and the toll 1 was 25 cents for the round trip. I 2 had many rides over this road. Yours truly” 2 F. 2H. Fechtigtsigned) Mr. Fechtig sent us, as he said, 1 a copy of the incorporating act ' of the Turnpike. Section 1 set forth: The General . Assembly of North Carolina do 2 enact, That for the purpose of 2 constructing a turnpike road from the city of Wilmington or from 1 some point in its vicinity, to a i point near the head of Lee’s i Creek, with branches therefrom i to different places near the J sound in the county of New Han- i over, the formation of a orpora tion with a ca,. tal stock not excee- i ding one hundred thousand dol- i lars, and to be styled “the Wil- : mington and Coast Turnpike Com- ; pany, is hereby authorized. The names listed are those to be conjured with hereabouts, so I herewith give you Section 2: “That it shall be lawful to open books of subscription to the Cap itol stock of said corporation at different places in the City of Wilmington and elsewhere, under the directions of any three of the following named persons, via: John A. Sanders. William B. Giles, Zebulon, William A. Wright, Rich ard A. Grant, Eli Murray, George Harris, George R. French, Henry Burkheimer, Christopher C. Morse, William A. Cumming, Robert Hen Leland Lions Net $500 In Novel Entertainment Old Fashioned Fiddler’s Contest, Hog Calling Fea ture Evening Program By JACK COWIE SJaff Writer Crowd of 750 persons jammec Leland Higl school auditorium Friday night to participate in at “old time” musical festival whicl saw Joseph Reeves crowned a! “King of Fiddlers.” The event was staged by the Le^ land Lions club to raise fundi for the establishment of a $50< scholarship to be awarded to s member of the graduating clas; of the High school there. Fiddlers, guitarists, banjoists hog-callers, husband-callers, con tests and general joviality kep the audience in a hub-bub of clap ping, whistling, yelling and laugh' ing throughout the three - hour pro gram. ° A direct turn-back of the tim< took the oldsters in the auditoriun to the days of church socials anc town gatherings when the uglies man, the prettiest girl and the mos love-sick man were picked by the audience as features of the enter tainment. With votes being purchased for c penny each, the crowd selectee F. W. Wooten, Leland, as the uglies man in a competition which sav Glenn M. Tucker, principal of the High school and chairman of the program in a heated race for the -T* , two bars of soap awarded to the ' winner. According to the announcer, Thurman Skipper, tail-twister of the club, and assistant master-of ceremonies, the soap was to be used to “wash all the ugliness off.” A heated contest was staged for the title of the "most love-sick man” with Jesse Smith being awarded a gallon jar of sour pickles after compiling 1,951 votes. Music harking back to the square dance days competed with musi cians knocking out jitterbug and jive musical extravagangas as 1 Wilmington’s own Langley Brothers took first place in the stringed 1 band competition. The band composed of Harold and Ralph Langley and Elmer , ' Covil, won out in competition with ( Joe Reeves and his band, the Lea i Brothers and Little and Wilhiem. Prettiest Girl Vote \ Tucker, who acted as announcer for the voting-contests, had the , crowd doling out the pennies, nickles, ar.d even $20 bills as Miss [ Merle Smith, Miss Shirley Adams, ; Miss Bessie Mae Jone and Mrs. Foster Robbins entered into a spirited contest for the title of the prettiest girl. Mies Smith, Hampstead, won out in me closing seconds of the contest . compiling a total of 6,500 votes ; Her nearest competitor, Mrs. Rob! : bins, ran a photo-second with 6,000 • votes being cast in her name. Further musical contests saw Earle Little awarded first prize t -f ling, George A. Peck, Henry K. savage, Isaac Granger, John N. doffitt, Edward Ridder, David 3. Murchison, Armand J. deRosset, I. R. Bridger, William H. McRay, Sdwin E. Burruss, Francis W. itencher, James Dawson, D. dcRay, T. H. McRay, J. H. Chad >ourn, J. W. Atkinson, O. G. 5arsely, T. J. Southerland, E. A. Vnderson, J. A. Englehard, C. D. dyers, C. S. Ellis, J. R. Davis, r. H. Bernard, J. W. Atkinson, jevi Hart, G. W. Williams, W. G. (Thomas, 'J. D. Bellamy, Wilkes dorris, H. Samson, T. H. Smith, Urich Adrian, C. W. Steadman, S. Peschan, R. E. Heide, and John Jawson. Thus, while the Wi' lington of oday is setting its sights for ixpansion, industrially, commer :ially, socially, and otherwise, the :itizens of today have a per ectly good precedent for progress let for them. Those 49 citizens of an earlier lay, some 70-odd years ^ ago, got hemselves togeather and took pos tive action a proposition that was irobley as badly needed and wanted as expansion are needed ind wanted today. And those fellows went right illCdU di xu. uuxxi me luiupmc. * feel pretty ce-tain the fellows of today will proceed just as con structively and actively, and as resultful, with their plans today. After all, the Old Shell Road was probably as important a piece of improvement and progress in those days as the building of factories and adding new payrolls are today. We ought to be able to make the grade. Those fellows did, not so long after the Civil War when everything looked pretty hopeless. in the guitarist’s group with Covil receiving first award for his banjo playing. V. H. “Red” Lowman, Maffitt Village, member of the Carolina Playboys, local radio stars, enter tained the audience with several banjo numbers. Although not eli gible for prize competition “Red” said he couldn’t stay away when here was a chance of hearing some “mo ntain music.” First prize in the hog-calling con. test was awarded to Dawson Jones, Leland, who had a small pig in i box on the stage, answering him oac’. Jones was awardt 1 the pig is a prize. The Smith sisters, members of he Hampstead Harmonizers of Tampstead High school, won first ilace in a singing contest. The jalance of the group, Tommy and Leslie Lea and Billie Howard, plav ng as the Harmonizers, were warded second place in the string id-band event. “Pity Poor Blake” seemed to be he consensus as Mrs. J. L. Blake ;ave forth with a lusty “John, your >reakfast is ready,” to win first dace in the husband-calling con est. The Leland resident said her lusband was “hard to get up fi^im he barn in the morning,” and her lalling was the result of actual jractice. Her prize was a rolling )in. Competing with the winner were Mrs. C. Zibiin, Mrs. J. L. Henry, Mrs. C. D. Morse and Mrs. H. T. jevis. First prize in the quartet com >etition was awarded to Mrs. Eula itoper, Thurman Skipper, Harvey J>wry, and Dan Mintz who turned heir prize money back into the Jons’ Scholarship fund. Although an exact accounting of he proceeds was not available, a : Interpreting The News By DEWITT MACKENIE AP World Traveler HEREFORD, Germany, feb 21 ~*s a critical moment in Europe s winter of p-;vatlnu and with several weeks of - . , ly cold weather to come thc-V-',' grave dangers to be overcome be Eore spring brings relife. The Germans who made *he v the war produced this chao*; ■ tion are paying for their sir's" £0 ditions vary in different pars oi r " country but even here jn British zone where things ' 2 vastly better than the gulf - -!* habitants have any right to expect there is a threat of epidemics. Precautions Taken This is due to the una-oidablv low rationing, shortage of coal and overcrowding brought about by «,» widespread devastation. As a re suit, emergency precautions have been taken in the way ol prov,d« * & xiv/oyncxia uugiuis ana nurses The authorities say that the real answer to the threat of epidemics is more food and this moans fo. portation because even in prosoer. ous times Germany always im. ported heavily. Actually the British have been importing breadstuffs to help meet the crisis. The normal food ration allowed the Germans is 1,550 cal. ories a day although heavw work, ories a day although heavy work, ers are granted more. The miner for instance, get 2,400. However, doctors say 2,000 cal. ories are the minimum on which health can be maintained and this means that the average German is undernourished. One result of this is heavy infant mortality and in some other parts of Germany there are reports of epidemic con. ditions. The big towns and industrial areas like the Ruhr are the ones hardest hit. The farmers in many sections have been doing well de spite a great shortage of fertilizer. Distribution of coal is a serious problem owing to disorganization of rail and canal transport. Huge sections of railroads were destroy, ed during the war. Inumerable im portant bridges were blown up and are hard to replace. Grea; quantities of rolling stock were destroyed or damaged, many re pair shops were wiped out and maintenance of even the undam aged cars and engines has been dif juciul. numerous canals upon which Germ any depends so heavily for transport were blocked and only now are being put back into operation As the result of all this trans port upheaval there are millions of tons of coal mined ana ready for shipment from the Ruhr with nothing like enough transport avail able to move this fuel upon which the restoration of the country so largely depends. In the midst of all this hardship there is an almost unbelievably incongruous touch. Mrs. Mack and I immediately noted that the Ger mans in the British zone—and we understand that the same is true in many ether parts of the coun try—-are far better dressed than are the folic of the Allied countries of Britain, Belgium, Holland, and France. That must seem like a fairy tale to the reader and as a matter of fact my partner and I found it hard to believe at first glance. But it's true and the explanation is simple enough if you know how to look to: it. Britain has been deprived of new clothing by inability either to import or to manufacture it. That’s the position today but' wait for a bit and see what hap pens. When the Germans v- ' out the present loot they will --? unable to replace it. Then Hit d get a better understanding of wliat the occupied countries suffered. YWCA SECRETARY TO ATTEND MEET Miss Dorothea McDowell, execu tive secretary of the Wilmington Young Women’s Christian associa tion, will leave tomorrow to attend the national convention 01 ‘-e YWCA which is being held in Con vention hall, Atlantic City Feb. 26 through March 8. The convention is divided in1-? two conference. During the v-ee,! of Feb. 26, the Nation __ Asso ciation of Employed YWCA o'-1' cers will meet. This group is ce..* posed of professional field direcio.s and executive secretaries of when Tv/r;w/T-n^-i-oii the South he gional representative on the exec* tive committee. Mrs. J. D. Freeman, president of the local YWCA, will leave w* mington Friday to join Dowell for the second part convention which will begin Aiar. • ^t this meeting staff and volt taj ieaders will meet represent: iTWCA’s and about 20 lead presenting foreign counter J attending the meeting will be student representatives from CJJ eges throughout the coun' . It is anticipated, that bet.veer, 4,' 300 to 5,000 YWCA workers v tend the convention, M*ss '“c Dowell said last night. DISCUSS MARCH WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-'* Delegates to a 16-state conferee-^ of the national council for * h manent FEPC today dsseus tentatively a march on Washing ^ ;his spring by national labor, c\ rnd church groups to suppo Pe ■ ng FEPC legislation. _ cough estimate made by the c ■nittee in charge showed the e'e'J ng would net close to $500.
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