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I Macedonia Rated Vortex Of Whirlpool In Balkans Action’s Difficult Prob lems Defy The Wisdom Of A Modern Solomon X. MACEDONIA This Is (he last of a series . . articles under the gen ", title. Orphan Areas of Eu e The stories have been Irepared by the National G.eo aphic Society for the WU * h,.ton Star-News to inform readers about disputed areas . Europe whose forms of gov ernment and economic rcla with neighboring coun tries may have to be deter mined by negotiations among ,he Allied Powers. Rational Geographic Society T"e vortex of the political whirl, ill known as the Balkan peninsu jrwl,ere history has long reflect strife, violence and oppression :sT;oosely-bounded area called Macedonia. There difficult prob. • defy the wisdom of a Solo onlfor over two million people > varying racial strains, creeds, L tongues live in some 55,000 nauare miles divided among three neighboring nations. Macedonia, roughly fan- shaped, is bordered on the southeast by ,J.e Aegean sea and stretches east, .ortit ar.d west from Salonika, its chief city and principal port. Touched on the east by the Nestos ..... onrt the majestic Rhodotie mountains, Macedonia includes much of the southern lobe of Yu mslavia. and reaches on the west t0 the Albanian border. Mace c ria’s generally accepted south western border meets the sea just north of famed Mount Olympus. The region is drained by two im portant”rivers, the Vardar and the Struma, which have cut valuable outlets for the inner Balkans. An important east-west route which "skirts the sea from southern Greece to Istanbul (Constanti nople) passes through southern Macedonia. Salonika, ancient and cosmopoli tan "city of a thousand sails,” is rich in history. An important Greek colony, it was a busy Homan port, and became the sec end city of the Byzantine empire. Sacked by the Saracens in 904 and by the Normans in 1185, it later fell into the hands of the Ve netians. The Turks took the city in 1430 and ruled it for nearly 500 years. A beautiful white tower fort, built by Suleiman the Mag nificent at the height of Turkish power, still stands guard over Sa lonika. The city’s importance today. stems from the fact that It is the only first-class port of the north Aegean and lies at tha mouth of the Vardar depression, route of the principal railroad line from Belgrade. Budapest, and beyond. Yugoslavia, deprived of good Adri atic ports by the lofty Dinaric Alps, looks south for an outlet, as ' does Bulgaria. Three nations— Greece. Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia -share Macedonia, making it a bone of contention. The northern reaches of Mace donia are ridged with rugged and fitvnrrp rvi ’ n + m • n ola o in c visV\i/»ri girdle hilly plains. There the cli mate is continental, and a no madic shepherd's life is the lot of most inhabitants. Farther south, a series of broad alluvial plains stretches across the seacoast re gions—fertile basins with a Medi terranean climate which produces grains, tobacco, grapes, figs, apri cots, and similar crops. Much to bacco smoked in America and labeled Turkish is really from Macedonia. Ibis southern section is better developed and mors populated. Eeneath its surface lies oil, as yet practically untapped. Along the coast itself, the vastly irregular Aftalkidike (Chalcidice^ peninsula l!USlS its three rocky promon °- es trident like into the sea. The easternmost of the three is the site famous Mt. Athos monastery, aas i°nS been the rule ‘ . n° "'°man—not even a female Mimal-shall be admitted. - acedonia's population consists : ‘ ® \13 s' Bulgarians, Greeks, : nomad Vlachs, Albanians, Turks, ' an.^ dews. The inhabitants ; a* a cozen different tongues i ieij j31® divided into seven rival t thl ii,Uj ®roups- There, indeed, is ( ton. of Babel—a “tangle of < pernio-■> 8 ,,tlumPing ground of j ■trains" 3 mus6um of racial r since 11 recreation week program listed a teen-age dance at Vance cen ter tomorrow night and' a basket ball game with the women of Hewes center playing a team from Camp Lejeune Thursday will high light the week’s city Recreation department calendar. The week’s schedule: Monday 8-10 p. m.—Bingo at Lake For est center. 7:30 p. m.—Teen-Age Club dance at Vance center. 3 p. m.—Rhythm band and folk dancing at Cornelius Harnett. 3:30-4:30 p. m.—Bible club at Hewes center. Tuesday 7:30 p. m.—Church meeting at Lake Forest Community center. 7:30-9:30 *p. m.—Scout Troop No. 10 Lake Forest Community cen ter. 7:30-10 p. m.—Teen-Age club at Vance center. Wednesday 7:30 p. m.^Teen-Age meeting at Lake Forest center. 8-11:30 p. m.—Square Dance at Hewes center. Thursday 7- 10 p. m.—Cape Fear Rifle club, Lake Forest Community center. 8- 11 p. m.—Women’s Basketball game, Hewes center vs. Camp ie jeune. Friday 7:30 p .m.—Teen-Tavern club at Cornelius Harnett. 8:30 p. m.—Square dance at Vance center. 8-11 p. m.—Teen-Age club, Lake Forest Community center. Veteran Pension Claim Form Error Discovered; New Instructions Issued Short-forms of No. 526 used at seperation centers for the filing of pension claims for veterans have been mailed to local service-con nected officers by mistake. These forms should be returned ;o the nearest Veterans’ administra tion office at bnce, Leonard Bar rett, local contact representative jf the North Carolina Veterans’ commission, said. Veterans who have received one Df the forms by mistake will have to fill out the regular form, Barrett explained. A Copenhagen restaurant offers 157 varieties of sandwiches, includ ing bird nests and cactus flower coney. i—_Tiff. _ - ? l -- ****iWu, iunvcuv/ma was subdued by ancient Persia in the early 5th century B.C. It has known the rule of Philip and Alex ander the Great, the sway of the Romans, Byzantines, barbarian Slavs, and Turks. Saint Paul es tablished the first Chtristian churches there, and Saints Cyril and Methody, creators of the Slav, ic alphabet still used throughout eastern Europe, went north from Salonika to enlighten the bar barians. In the 15th century the rising tide of Islam inundated all the Balkans and beat against the gates of Vienna. For nearly 400 years the tide remained full and strong, but in the 19th century a strengthening undertow of nation alism caused Turkish power to re cede, and Greece, Serbia, Monte negro, Romania and Bulgaria gained their independence. Macedonia was among the last sections to be liberated from the Dttoman Empire. The desire to 2nd Turkish rule in Macedonia caused the new' Balkan states to attack their former master in 1912, and the Sultan s power in Europe was reduced to small hold, ngs in Thrace. Division of the spoils caused a car among the Balkan allies the text year, and at its conclusion Macedonia was divided among Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece. Dis ippointment at her small share laused embittered Bulgaria to join he Central Powers in 1915. Ireece received additional parts if Macedonia in 1919, shutting Bul ;aria off from the Aegean Sea. the latter country heeded Hitler’s iromises 20 years later and joined he Axis nations. 1 iittPBI laliflMfi Bilik I LISTING I Hie fime lor listing taxes has been extended for a short time. Please promptly and save penalties. J. A. ORRELL COUNTY AUDITOR . . ^a.ced°"ia is ,the ultimate in confused border lands—a region of numerous and long-conflicting ’ antarea the slze of Wisconsin, live some 2,000,000 people divided by a dozen <iif t0"^es and info seven rival religious groups. Three nations—Greece, Bulgaria, and Yugo outlet* on the6 Aegean°nSea°f contentlon» two of them would like a larger share in order to have an LOWE WILL HEAD BISHOPS COUNCIL ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Feb. 23 —(IP)—Bishop Titus Lowe, of In dianapolis, Ind., was elect-presi dent of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist church today, be coming the highest ranking Meth odist official in the United States. Bishop Lowe succeeds Charles G. Selecman, of Dallas, Tex. Bishop Paul Bentley Kern, of Nashville, Tenn., was elected vice president, and Bishop G. Bromley Oknam, of New York city, secre tary. Also elected' today were new officers of five of the six colleges of bishops. They included: S o u t h-C e ntral jurisdiction — President, Bishop Paul E. Martin, Little Rock, Ark.; secretary, Bishop W. Angie Smith, Oklahoma City, Okla. Central jurisdiction—President, Bishop Edward W. Kelly, St. Louis; Secretary, Bishop Robert N. Brooks, New Orleans. Wood engraving was practiced by the Chinese as early as the 10th century. Former Wilmingtonian Promoted To Colonelcy With Army Tank Forces Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Wood bury, Sr., 1107, Chestnut street, have been informed of the promo tion of their son, L. B. Woodbury, Jr., to full colonel, U. S. Army. Colonel Woodbury entered the service November, 1940, as a first lieutenant in the infantry. He was later transferred to the Armored forces as a tank commander with the 13th Armored division. In 1944, Colonel Woodbury was sent overseas as liaison officer with the Chinese Armorced' Force serving 23 months in the Burma and China theaters. A graduate of North Carolina State college and former district manager, Raleigh district, Rem ington-Rand company, Colonel Woodbury, who will be discharged in April, will return to a similar position in Birmingham, Ala. SETTLEMENT SEEN ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 23.—(U.R)— Settlement of the 178-day-old strike at the plant of the Athens Mfg. Co. here appeared a distinct possibility today when It was annoupced that the company had made a proposal i for a contract. I MARINE DEVULCE PLANS FOR NEGROE CAMP LEJEUNE, Feb. 23—The Marine Corps will continue the training of Negro personnel on a limited scale, Maj. Gen. John Mar ston, commanding officer, has pointed out. Through their wartime records they have won for themselves permanent peacetime roles as Ma rines, the general explained, say ing the steward branch would be retained with personnel being trained at Montford Point. NegFoes served with the Marines during World War II for the first time when on June 1, 1942 the corps broke a 167-year tradi tion and began accepting their enlistments. The first Negro recruit arrived here Aug. 26 of that year. Since that time, General Marston asid, they have served in the Pacific area as well as in this country compiling a record that led to hem being retained on a limited scale. Americans own or control 70 per :ent of the world’s refining ca >acity. V REDDY KILOWATT..THE BEAUTY AID I'm such a tough, hard working guy, it's almost embarrassing to be called a BEAUTY AID. After seeing the beauties of every land and climate from the Aleutians to Australia and around the globe from Burma to Berlin, our veterans award the prize to the American girl. I It's here in their own country that good looks last... that women ^ have time to play and stay young, because they are smart and efficient. jj They use more electricity than any other women in the world ... it saves them from drudgery and gives Jhai real beauty boost . . . leisure j TIDE WATER POWER (0. * LOCAL LUTHERANS TO ATTEND SYNOD Wilmington pastors and laymen will attend the 142nd annual con vention of the United Evangelical Lutheran synod of North Carolina at Winston-Salem, Feb. 26-28. The Rev. Walter B. Freed, St. Paul’s and the Rev. Carl Fisher, St. Mathews’ Lutheran church, will be attendance together with laymen to be selected by the two chruches today. j Dr. Franklin C. Fry, national Lutheran figure, who has recently returned from a tour of devastated countries in Europe, will deliver two addresses during the meeting. He will present the needs of Christian people as a preliminary of Lutheran world action appeal for a sum of $10,000,000 to be used in the work among the population of war-torn countries. The synod, organized in 1803, has 166 _ congregations, 100 ordained ministers and more than 48,000 members. Dr. Jacob L. Morgan, Salisbury, will preside. Recently Douglasville, Ga., citi zens began boasting of their young mayor, 28-year-old Harold T. Mosely, Sr. Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Servloe ____ _ V ———————————————- — » ORDER CUSTOM BUILT, BEAUTIFUL VENETIAN BLINDS l BY MAIL! SAVE UP TO 50% Look at these Low Prices... 2 Week Delivery Beautiful off-white Ivory Venetian blinds made of Bonderized and Galvanized steel slats. Sizes To Fit the Average Size Window 23“ x 61"-$5.50 27" x 61*-$5.90 30" x 61"-$6.85' 33" x 61*.- $7.45 36" x 61*---$7 951 39" x 61*- $8.90' We also cut to your specific sizes, wood or metal blinds at 63e per square foot. 12 square feet minimum. All prices FOB Washington, D. C. 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