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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
TOP o. THE
Seniority, Plus Efficiency

Seniority is indispensable in the ad-
vancement of congressman to vital COM
mittees. But along with seniority must
go efficiency, alertness, and recognition
of opportunity to be of greatest service
both to the nation and to the district.
Without this combination members,
particularly of the House, can make
little progress.
A case in point affecting an impor-
tant industry in the Seventh North
Carolina District is provided by Rep
resentative J. Bayard Clark whose quick
thinking alone is to be credited with
the lifting of the ceiling price on straw
berries when the head of the Office of
Price Administration, Chester Bowles,
had decided to leave it unchanged to
the detriment of the growers.
The story has been told throughout
the berry raising area, and especially
well by the Whiteville News-Reporter,
but loses nothing by repetition. It ap-
pears that Mr.. Bowles had first con-
sented to lift the ceiling and was dis
suaded by preservers; w%hereupon Mr..
Clark phoned his office only to be told
he could not be interrupted. Later Mr..
Clark called the Bowles office again and
told the person who responded that he
must talk with Mr.. Bowles at once as
he was about to attend a meeting of
the House Rules Committee at which
matters pertaining to OPA would be
under discussion. In a very few minutes
Mr.. Clark's phone rang. Bowles was
on the other end and advised the rep
resentative from this district that the
ceiling on strawberries would be lifted
by 6 o'clock that evening.
The point to emphasize is that his
seniority-the length of his service
has given MI. Clark membership of the
Rules Committee, which gave him at
tention from the OPA chief, but his
ability to think quickly and to the pur-
pose was no less effective in putting
the will Of his districts strawberry
growers into immediate effect. A slow
thinker could not have done what Mr..
Clark did in a few brief minutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

ling the summer and recommend what
can be done to break the educational
bottleneck "in time for consideration
by the administration and Congress-"
It is considered certain that Mr.. Tru-
man will accept Mr.. Snyder's proposal
for a special commission to learn the
actual needs. When he does this, Will
mington should be ready to present it's
case with such a mass of information
that the need for a school where south
eastern North Carolina pupils can con-
tinue their studies beyond high school
courses cannot be shunted aside for
lack Ct detail.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
BY JOHN SKIES

It's a little out of oul territory,
as we workers in neWsprint and
news ink call the area in which
our newspapers circulate, but
spying some friends of mine from
Dare county on Front street here
yesterday reminded me o. lots of
things.
Dare S probably the waterest
county in the state. AS you know,
besides the Atlantic ocean, there
are the following sounds which
touch the county: Currituck, Al
bemarle, Croatan, Pamlico, and
Roanoke.
And because it il one of the
waterest counties, it i hit by about
as many storms as any place II
not more so. So, slht before last,
when the APP teletype began toll
ing off the damage caused by
storms lashing the coast from
Texas to Florida and Mississippi,
and a little later when the flash
Cd1IlS LII dDOUt tlc iAAiioeOi
do, l got to thinking about Dare
and Dare storms.
Then running across those Dare
friends yesterday tn It set me to
thinking again. See how Fate dove
tails your thought processes and
your actions?
Well, want to tell you some
thing about the phil sophy of the
people who live in Hatteras VII
lage, probably the waterest spot
in the watery county. So that next
time there's a hurricane or any
other kind of storm around here
you'll be able to take comfort;
Warming around the waterfront
at Hatteras some time back, DICK
Burrus, the former major league
baseballer who's a native OF Hat
teras and who returned there to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
Chance For Junior COLLEGE

If the time was ever ripe for Will
mington to renew the effort to establish
a junior college within it's boundaries.
that time is now.
John w. Snyder, the r~econversion
director, has announced that 2,O80. 900,
including $40, 900 veterans will want
to go to college next fall, but that only
1000, 900, including $4,000 veterans can
be accommodated. The shortages in.
clude housing, school facilities, books
and teachers.
Mr.. Snyder's report urges Presiden1
Truman to appoint a national commits
l. IN higher education, to work dur
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Major Russell J. B d n,
former tournament manager
of the American Contract Bridge
League, tells a story about his re-
cent trip to Japan. On the way
out he played gin rummy and lost
something like 10000 points. They
just kept a running score, and
instead of flying back, they took a
slow boat!
About two-thirds of the way
back Baldwin was two points plus,
SO they quit gin rummy and
started to play bridge.
Here is an interesting safety
play that came up, which i'm
mediately puts Baldwin in the
expert class. The opening dia-
mond lead was trumped with
dummy's four of spades. A small
club was led te the ace and a
spade played back to the king.
If Baldwin had carelessly led
the king of clubs at this point. he
might have lost his contract. His
correct play was to lead a small
club and trump it with the queen
of spades, then cash the ace of
hearts.
Now he could cash the jack of
spades and 60 over to dummy's
ace Of spades. which picked up
all of the adverse trumps. His
losing cards could be discarded
on dummy's good clubs, and he
still had a trump for dummy's
last heart.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
STAR Dust
B background

Background
Feeling thirsty, the professor
crawled out Of his berth and made
his way through the silent railway
coach to the water cooler. In his
abstraction he had failed to note
the number Of his berth and soon
found himself h%opelessly lost in the
maze of c%urtained compartments.
Cant you remember the num-
Der of your berth?" asked the con-
ductc1.
"Fm-er-afraid not" was the
reply.
well, haven't you any idea
where it was?"
WHY, uh-oh, yes, to be sure"
The professor frightened with a
sudden recollection. II did notice
one time this afternoon that the
windows look out upon a little
lake!"-CIipped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

passing them along to you from
the Burruses.
But during this particular SEES
sion of EARNING somebody-it
could have been Scotty Gibson
brought up the point that although
Hatteras had been blasted by
countless hurricanes ever since
there was a Hatteras, in the mem
ory of its oldest citizen, which
went back some rs years, there'd
never been a single drowning in
the village as a direct result Of
hurricanes or storms of any kind.
And, if any of you don't know
about Hatteras it is so completely
isolated from the mainland-some
rs miles across the Pamlico sound
from the mainland, in fact-there
isn't a chance for the natives to
leave Hatteras when a blow comes
up. They must stick it out and
do.
Yet, there've been many times
when the sound and ocean me-
and swished all over the sand spit
that is Hatteras village. Just as
the sound AMI ocean have met at
Wrightsville, o lily at Wrightsville
the people are able to leave and
beat it back to the mainland.
And the best I can figure from
many and m ny a talk with the
people of Hatteras, there r none
who r afraid of those storms.
when they hit, they hit and
you're just as safe one place as
you are in another. So, why
worry?"
That wraps up the philosophy Of
the Hatteras people and Old Cape
Stormy, as my friend, Aycock
Brown, called Cape H~atteras which
is about IL miles -orth of Hat
teras village and where is located
what has long been the tallest
lighthouse on the Atlantic coast.
Which also reminds me of the
time in Mays Head when DR.. Rob-
ert Drane, who served nearly go
years as rector of St. Paul's in
Edenton, was spending the sum-
mer with his son-in-law, DIR. Frank
Graham. University president.
DR.. Drane was then nearing 90.
A hurricane was lashing the Mays
Head beach with a wind velocity
of some 80 miles per hour. Calm
ly DR.. Drane retired for the night.
Later, the hurric ane howled high
er and more ominous. DR.. Graham
feared for the safety of his fam
lily. there in the cottage by the
waters edge. He went up, with
other members of the family,
to DR.. Drane's room to persuade
him to come on and abandon the
house.
Il am as safe here as anywhere
on EARTH" DR.. Drane is reported
to have said, and calmly went
on back to sleep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
Doctor Says
GROWTH FAILURE
CAUSES HAlRLIP
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN. NJ. n

Cleft lip harelip) and clett
palate result from failure of +5a
various pieces OF the mouth and
face (Which nature assemblies in
ligsaw-puzzle fashion) to grow ia
getaer before birth.
Prenats1 impressions, 50 fra.
quently blamed for cleft lin ana
palate, cannot cause them, as n.
parts are normally Joined together
prior to the 18th week, long bA.
fore the mothers are frightened"
Heredity plays an importaat
part in causing the condition. p,
several cases may occur in fAs
same family, and family historic,
may show the condition has been
present in past generations. It il.
impossible to predict when a cleft
lip and palate will occur, for good
genetic information is too scanty
at the present time.
Although the face may fail 10
grow together in several places.
the most common variety of cleft
is in the lip. The opening NAV be
on one side or on both, and the
condition varies from a small
notch in thu soft palate to a wide
open fissure.
An infant with a cleft lip should
have the opening repaired as
quickly as possible after birth.
Surgeons can operate in the first
few weeks ano join the separated
portions together. This makes il
easier for the baby to be fed, and
also aids in the control of respira-
tory infections.
When the Lip is drawn together
at birth, the jaw bones have a
better chance of developing nor
mally, eve though the palate NAV
be separated. The nostrus may
show a tendency to flatten, but
this can be repaired later. 1T is
mot wise, however, to permit the
deformity Of the moss to persist
too long.)
# a cleft in the palate is pres
ent, it IS usually seWed together
later, when the child is a few
years old.
Early speech training is recon.
mended in every case. Even
though some children W h o have
had a badly deforned mouth do
not seem to have much speech
difficulty after repair, others have
a great deal of trouble. These
children should be taught by
speech c%liniciaas, who usually are
connected with the schools. II
speech clinicians are not avail
able, the mother should obtain in
formation as to how she can help
with the training at home.
Difficulty in speech after repair
of the palate usually is caused by
leakage of air in the nose.
Children with repaired cleft lips
and palates should feel loved and
WANTED. Mothers might well pay
Especial attention to their dress,
and everyone should encourage
them to lead normal lives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
Religion
Day By Day
RUSSIANS LIKE AMERICANS
By T. ELLIS

Whatever the political leaders
and miiitarists may say, the Rus
sian people like Americans. Their
memories 60 all the way back to
the fanir., near the close of last
century, wher American succor
saved myriads of lives. They know
orr ministries after the first
world war, ano III aid in the re-
cent war. They understand the
good will Oh individual Americans.
For sly months, during the rise
of the revolution, traversed fronts,
from twent.' thousand miles of Rus
STA, including the battle fronts, and
everywhere met special friend
illness. Whenever difficulties arose
1 need but to speak the magic
worGs, "Americanski pyjalister''-
II am an American, if you please"
- to receive instant consideration.
That phrase meant something in
the mind of the remotest peasant.
In these days of vast misuader-
standings - and there is much in
Russia's postwar conduct, not
easv to understand - it is well to
bear in mind this basic truth. There
is truly a reservoir of popular good
will upon which to draw; a reser-
volr greater than even Mr.. Willkie
saw. With the growth of free reli-
glon, in Russia we may look for
even fuller understanding of one
another in the light of Christian
fellowship.
We pray, our Father, that we
may demonstrate between nations
the love that we have learned from
the whole worlds Savior. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS
DAY OF THE CON
QUERORS, by Niven Busch
Harper: $3.50

tI1dIpcI, SE.ouJ'
Mark Gregory, famous war cor
respondent, flies back to Frico
and his wife Corinne, their son and
assorted friends on VI. Day, the
middle of last August, The
tremendous tensions generated by
the momentous break in the course
of international affairs have roper
cussions OH individuals and, at
least among Busch's characters,
there'L be a lot of things besides
Japan's surrender by which to re-
member the day.
Bars do a rushing business,
sneak thieves are on the prowl,
girls are easy to meet, shops are
looted, there are fireworks and a
parade, and the police are run
ragged.
Marks plan for a celebration
was a reunion with his wife, but
though she had known Of his
scheduled return, she wasn't at
home to answer his ring. So as he
hunts around town to find her and,
later, to keep up with her, we fol-
low and discover that the sllenc-
ing of the guns has failed to stop
the world in its tracks. You can
still lose your life, you can still
see anti = Semitics at their base
task you can see selfishness, IN
fidelity, super stitution and a very
clear-cut case of perversion.
Busch says. in other words, that
Aug IS was not the millennium;
peace was not just an olive branch
and a dove. This observation,
which hardly anyone will dispute,
has not been developed into a salts
factory novel, however, It's a man
ufactured job; snappy-looking and
streamlined. It's a natural for book
statesmen but for readers, some
thing to turn to only if time haa@4
heavy on their hands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
GREAT AMERICAN SHORT
NOVELS, edited by William
Phillips dial; S4).


Here il nearly 700 pages are
eight OF these pieces Of fiction
memorable in themselves but too
long for magazines and too short
for books and hence unlikely to be
in your library. Phillips writes an
introduction to these contents:
"Benito Cereno," by Herman
Melville: washington Square
by Henry James; Maggie" BY
Stephen Crane; "Melanctha,' by
Gertrude Stein; "False Dawn by
Edith Wharton; 1.-THE Great Cats
BY by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Pale
Horse, Pale Rider" by Katherine
Anne Porter; 1.-THE Pilgrim
by Glenway Wescott.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
Let's Have The Facts

LCC 3 nave TIC dCCS
Under date of May Is, the Christian
Science Monitor contained this an
nouncement from a special c%orrespon-
dent in Washington:
Under the impact of the tragic
gap which still exists between mini
mum world food needs and available
supplies, the United States and Great
Britain have joined in an agreement
on policies for feeding famine-threaten-
ed nations"
This would appear to indicate that
Washington and London were in accord
OF relief. Yet on May 20, just two days
after the Monitor announcement, a dis
patch from London, filed by William
Boyle to the United Press, says a Sec
ton of the London press had sharply
criticized the United States "for failing
to do its share in feeding the world"
Even the conservative Daily Mail
bears down on Herbert Morrison for
agreeing to divert 200, 900 tons more of
British grain to help meet foreign needs
by saying that Britain is scraping
the bottom of the barrel to make good
the commitments of America"
Naturally the communist papers in
London follow the customary trend,
the Daily Worker saying great Ameri-
can trusts were consolidating their
position by manipulation of scarce food
overseas" In their farthest ramifica-
tons the communists cannot miss a
chance to twist the knife in capitalism's
side.
If the London Daily Workers COM
ment was all, the situation would need
no investigation. But when the Daily
Mail blasts the United States for fall
ing down on a job, it's thrust is not to
be overlooked.
An explanation of the actual situa-
ton is needed, and it should come from
Herbert Hoover, whose knowledge of
the effort to relieve suffering in war
wrecked countries, as we'll as the
amount of foodstuffs needed and the
ability of this country and Britain to
provide relief is reinforced by his re-
cent survey ION the ground" This is
no time for heckling by any section of
the British press.
Until MI. Hoover makes public a
complete statement of the needs and
each country's ability to meet it, there
IS a pl%easanter phase of the relief eff
fort which partially sweetens the bad
taste left by the Daily Mails criticism.
Francis Sayre, back from a tour of
Latln-American countries, reports:
Cuba has promised 20, 1000, 900 tons
OF sugar this year, and another 2O,OO0.-
ooo tons from next years crop, $780,
0o0 pounds in cash, and shoes and other
footwear.
The Dominican Republic, n of the
smallest states in the world, has con-
trlbuted 100000 pounds-equivalent to
two per cent of it's national income
with which corn already has been bought
and shipped to Europe.
Brazil has added a contribution of
z'ooo,ooO pounds to it's previous dona-
ton of $500, 900 pounds.
Uruguay gave $4,000 pounds and
promised Mr.. Sayre a further 250,0O0
pounds.
Argentina, which has fulfilled only
partially a promise to ship 100000 tons
of wheat, promised the entire balance
would be out of the country before the
end of May, and that further ship
ments would be made later.
Although medica. discoveries have heighten.
cd the possibilities of cure for the mentally af.
flicted. our public mental institutions continue
l. - h,pdicanped h. lack of finds and +r,;.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

Although medica- discoveries have heighten-
flicted, our public mental institutions continue
to be handicapped b. lack of funds and train
ed personnel. AS a result they are forced into
a low standard of treat ent aid are, COM
parable in some cases to conditions prevail
inc in the notorious concentration camps of
Europe. Owen J Roberts, former Supreme
Court Justice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

Our first objective, our greatest concern, is
n ,1.e our great power and resources so that
men and civilization will survive and SO .nat y
W. again we can begin to build this kind Oh
enor1d in which mans -aler+s will have 1ree
w., and his hopes a chance of realization.
pWSctins Secretary o. State Dean Acheson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22
Quotations

I do not believe the United Nations can safe
less peoples of the world if the sa pUmIr
Council now w~hitewashes these recent occnr.
rences by accepting Russia's contention tba+
inasmuch as agreements have been concluded
between Persia and Russia the Council has
no right to discuss the question Of Iran anv
rotary of State. oAaei oec'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

s+ ameney per cent of the people of the United
9sases 81 MAKE their living by working the land
h halS ~ per cent is the seeded for nearly
1e1 c .e next generation. Why shouldn't 20
tho Isnd9 ol inc Jewish people also live on
Wal1asa ao'-commerc Secretary Henry A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-22

Under date of May 10, the Christian
Science Monitor contained this an
nouncement from a special correspon-
in WASHINGTON:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01

reached $500; grassy and shortfed medium
to good grade steers closed at 5 00-19 so
mostly; good weighty kinds occasionally
making 20. 00-22 90: grass heifers. 1900
100; most fed heifers finishing at 1900
300, and grading good and average
choice most beef cows closed at 1000,
- 30, but strictly good weighty cows sold
early at - 90 - 90; practical GU late
choice vealers, 1900; one feature of week S
trade was excessive liquidation habitat
steers. yearlings and hefers, and the re-
turn home Of 1000 or more head of these
by original owners; another feature re-
volved around inSistent demand for stocker
and feeder cattle at 12.O0-l6 so, replace
ment account such as had been bringing a
sharp premium to killers.
Salables sheep. 500 teStimated): total
not given compared week ago. Slaughter
spring lamb prices worked higher on early
sessions, reaching $500, a new record at
this market but at midweek uncertainties
regarding price control proved a bearish
influence and values dropped 300-4: so,
leaving quotations 25o-350 lower than
Friday last week; weeks bulk good and
choice spring lambs, I9.002250: top,
23.0o, early, late top, 1900: medium to
good, IA 00-21 90: largely II 90 down late:
common. 10.00-14 90; good and choice
yearlings, No. l TO fall shorn pelts, 1900
1900; common to good comparable pelts
u 00-l5.00 load good to choice S9-pound
old-crop lambs fall shorn pelts, II 90;
shorn slaughter ewes, ! 90 or more higher
good to choice, S.00-S5O; common and
medium, 65O-775: culls. 500 down: few
native breeding ewes s 5O-S.75.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Aug 81 tlPl (USDA) -Salable
hogs, l,50O estimated. total not given;
normally steady: compared week ago bar
rows and gifts generally around ) 90 lower
with sows 5000 90 lower.
not given; compared week ago, Mopday's
receipts largest since 1884, weeks tota1
going back to last July; unusually wide
proportion medium to good grade steers in
only feshy feeder condition in run: choice
fed steers closed steady, medium to good
grades unevenly, .00-4 90: mostly . 90
300 down: choice heifers weak to 0(
lower, others 2.00-4 90 off; very ragged
market late as most grades and classes Still
stood far above OPA compliance prices due
Tor reinstatement next Monday. beef cows
.00-2 90 lower: Gamers and cutters. 25-7F
cents down: bulls generally 90 lower ano
erades falling most; extreme TOP steers
1928: several loads. % 00-30.l0: best $40.
pound yearlings, 5000; best heifer year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01

rUnit Of trading, 10 shares sales printed in full
Elm bsnkrupcy or receyership or being .eorganized
companies, Rates OF dividend in the foregoing table
amsnnMsl dsclsrstion i1nIess otherW,ss noted spe
cal extra dividends not included Elk dividend
dend. cash 9r stock = Dessrsd Or paid 50 far ths
able In Canadian funds Accumulated dividends paid
or declared thts year. New iSsus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01
Hospital to Get lncubutors

Robert G. Whitton, administrator
of the Alexandria Hospital. yesterA
day announced that donation of
$500 by the Old Dominion Kennel
Club will be used to purchase two
incubators for the nursery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01
Capital Securities

Over the Counter.
The following bid and asked quotations
on Washington securities traded over the
counter represents prices at which one or
more dealers, members of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc,
would trade with the general public at the
time the quotations were assembled for
The Star as of Friday noon:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-09-01

1912 1913 49," i9+s sfss;ISA,S.,' a.
MARKET AVERAGES as
compiled by the Associated
Press, are shown in the above
chart. Stocks fell to ITO, a
decline of 4 points from last
week and the largest weekly
loss since May, 1910. Bonds
closed at 1923, compared with
1884 a week ago. Commod-
tiles we're also under pressure.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-09-07
Funeral Rites Held
For Rosa Griggs

Funeral rites for Mrs. Rosa
Griggs were held at 3 pm. We'd
nesday afternoon at Central Meth
odist church. Mrs. Griggs was
found dead early Monday after
noon seated in a chair at the Tip
Top Club, where she had been
serving as hostess for long time
and won many friends in chaper-
oning the young people of the
city. Her death was attributed to
heart failure.
Active pail bearers were William
Thompson, Clarence Grays, Phil
Smith, Edward Lee and Gordon
Ford.
Honorary pail bearers were Ro-
bert Bell, M. P. Bloomfield, James
Dotson, Frank Washington, Dor
sey Williams, d. D. Shepherd and
M. E. Mosley.
Interment was at Elmwood
Cemetery.