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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Ready For Factory

One of the handicaps retarding Will
mington's industrial expansion has
been the difficulty in obtaining priori-
ties for building materials. In addi-
ton to the plants already in or dis
posed to start operation, named by
John H. Farrell, the industrial agent
and executive secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce, other firms have
made it known they would gladly set
up their business here if it were pos
sible to let contracts for their plants
and start construction without further
delay.
One of these latter could solve this
problem Immediately by buying the
Raleigh Community building in Maj
fit Village, which the Federal -Hous-
ing Authority has advertised for sale.
The building, of concrete block con-
struction contains some $4,000. square
feet of floor space and is located on
a thirteen acre tract. The land goes
with the building, and offers space
for additional expansion or warehouse
storage room as needed.
The Raleigh building is not far from
the beltline railroad and will be close to
the projected port terminals-handy to
rail or ocean transport.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Nick enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Part score play an important
part in tournament bridge. Gen
orally if you bid two of a suit and
make exactly two, and have moi
lost any tricks, you are bound to
get a good score.
Therefore when defendin g
against a part score contract, you
have to be really on your toes.
Against a game or slam, the
number of tricks you can win is
limited, but against a part score
every move must be planned. To
days hand is a good example of
keen defense against a part score.
The opening diamond lead was
won by South with the king and
a club was led. Declarer figuring
that eventually he would have %
take the club fiaesse put on the
Jack. North refused to cover.
Now declarer elected to lead the
eight of hearts, and when North
did not cover, he played the
deuce from dummy. South won
with the ace. He realized there
was danger that declarer might
discard his diamond on dummy's
good heart; neverth e less, ne
thought that declarer would be
almost certain to make the mis-
take of taking another club
finesse.
So out came the club and sure
enough, West put on the queen
North won and returned a club,
which South ruffed. Now South
led a low diamond. Don't forget
that North had supported dia-
monds and had led fourth best.
North won with the queen and
led the fourth club Dummy
trumped with the seven-spot out
South overtrumped with the nine.
thus defeating what should have
been an easy contract.
Declarer of course had several
opportunities to make this hand.
He shold not have taken the Sc
ond club flnesse, and he should
have trumped the fourth club with
the queen of spades, but such
things happen on part score hands.
They are important, but too often
they are played carelessly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Bonuses Bad Business

Mr.. Webster-Noah was his given
name-is no longer among us, but his
book, p~aradoxically, is the latest au-
thority on the subject of words and
what they mean. You can't go wrong if
you accept his definitions.
When he defines "bonus," therefore,
as something given in addition to what
Is usual or strictly due, you can lay
your bet on the line with assurance that
you'll win if you can find a taker.
We are particularly impressed by the
phrase "strictly DUE" When Mr.. Web
ster tells us a bonus is something not
strictly due, we are constrained to con-
slider it bad business.
This is particularly true of govern
ment bonuses which came thick and fast
with the ascendency of the new deal.
When the Roosevelt administration en-
couraged race suicide among hogs or
required farmers to pillow under every
other row OF cotton, farmers received
bonuses to offset their losses. The habit
grew, SO that when the Office of Price
Administration was set up, all kinds of
businesses, whether they had to do with
soil crops or industry, began at once to
receive bonuses with the mistaken idea
that bv some strange process the gifts
would prevent initiation.
For a decade or more a large section
of the American people have been liy-
ing off bonuses. The folly of this is
that recipients have had to pay back a
considerable part of the money thus re-
ceived in the form of taxes so that sub
sequent bonus payments might be avail
ble.
Of course it has been bad business
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
STAR Dust
Lawn Moving

0~ "
Most men have two general
PHILOSOPHERS regarding lawn NOW.
ing - and other chores around
the house. They think, first of all.
that it's good for Junior to assume
these tasks. 1t teaches responsible
ty, good work habits, care of prop
erty, pride in accomplishment -
and other phrases that a man
hears at P.T.A. meetings. or re.
members vaguely from that book
on Child Care For Parents that
his wife made him read before the
first baby was born.
Lawn moving is a little differ
ent from clearing out the cellar
or garage. If the lawn goes too
long, the grass gets so high that
it's hard work to cut it. Therefore
On a Saturday afternoon when it
looks as though Juniors ball game
had gone into extra innings, a man
usually stirs himself and gets at
it.
Truth to tell, after a man has
read the papers and looked over
the weeks crop of magazines
he's sort of glad to change into
old clothes and get some exercise.
1t engenders a glow of virtuous
feeling. Then by and by after a
shower and change of clothes a
man can lecture his son in COM
fort, while the latter waits i'm
patiently to describe how the
Bloody Pirates took the Supermen
3-2 in a Is inning game.-Wall St.
Journal
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
IMPROVED PORT
NEEDED IN N. C.

1t goes without saying tia. H..
ter port facilities are BADLY oa vel
ed in North Carolina 20 keen , nsoI
with and further The Sta.sF'Ve
dustrial expansion. M'
At present there is = vioo...
movement underway 70 dsa o.S
the Cape Fear Rive cnsrnaI 'sq
and below Wilmington 10 az d.
on the grounds that IN so doss
the port would be mad svaii.sss,,
for imports and exports and 's
heavy saving to m~anutac+r-..s4
and shippers would follow.
Steadily, the State is o,...
great strides indus.rjajIy .a,
there is little doubt that tmnro e3
ports can play a big part in ,oa.5
ing this industrial growth, ANY,
tageous ports have been the to.
stones to the growth and prosn..
ty OF many cities ana states ~,
New York not been a renars. .'ao
natural port, it could have bs~sis
grown into the teeming metronot!
as it is today.
North Carolina may never T.,
another New York-and this ,Y VI
be just as well-but Il a s9srs;,.5
effort to improve its oorts .s3
channels is made, it may vet G ,s.
come an industrial state rivaga.
some of those on the northern s.. 5
board. Since industrial exnan,',
in the State will naturally .esrI.
in a better standard Of Iyjno t.'
many Tar Heel citizens We bo..
taat the Cape Fear cha9nal y.
made deep enough to handle r,,..
imports and exports. Also wv
provement of all harbor faciHt..
should be constantly kept in mir5
-Raleigh Times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
LETTER BOX
CONCERNING IBN SATn

To the Editor:
Sometime ago. the Rev. Ellis 4,
his column, religion Dav br
Day." featured in your newspape
wrote about King Ibn Saud ca.
ing him a great man. , friend !, i
America, etc."
I suppose that Ibn Saud is every
thing that Rev. Ellis said. But IN
addition, Ib1 Saud is also the ab.
solute monarch who, not so lo0s
ago, sent some good Yemen col
fee to Adolf Hitler so that the Naz
Fuehrer would not be forced 10
dunk his breakfast pastry into the
ersatz brand. King Saud is also The
monarch who holds absolute swsv
over his subjects, IS per cent Of
whom are iliiterate.
Perhaps Rev. Ellis can also en-.
Tighten his readers as to
how much Ibn Saud contributed to
the victory of the United Nations,
and more specifically, why the
great and noble democratic ruler
allied himself with the United Ma.
tons at the eleventh hour. when
victory was quite within our grasp.
It may be OF further interest for
Rev Ellis 10 know of the extreme,
ly despotic and ~autocratic rules Of
conduct which Ibn Saud still i'm
poses upon his subjects-that the
punishment for stealing in Saudi
Arabia is the cutting off of the
hands. I would also ask whether
Rev. Ellis knows Of the tragically
backward manner in which Saud
treats women III his kingdom.
He is also the same gentleman
to whom Winston Churchill once
urged the House Of Commons 10
grant a subsidy of 5000, 900 par year
because this amount saves Britain
the trouble and CO.'S Ct stationins
troops in the Arabian de5ar..
These facts no doubt Slipped
Rev. Ellis mind.
A Clergyman.
Wilmington, NC.
August g, 1916
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
A Medley On hfantD euelopementPad
And 1O-Cent Cigars From WhiteuiUe

of the mat is waterproof mat made
of cotton diaper material.
Infant development mat may
be a high-sounding name for
oil-coating, and is really an asset.
Then there's dope on nursing, cut
ting teeth, room temperatures,
clothing, bathing and baby intel
ligence.
There's a ruler for measuring,
and blank spaces recording the
things which should go into a
baby's book - right before
snookum's eyes, to be appraised
and chewed upon.
The general appearance and
reaction OF the baby gives some
indication of inherited intelligence,
the mat says.
While mama changes the
diaper - by the fouf-cornereo
method, the chart advises -
smarty-pants can play peep-eye
with the animals, ride elephant
back, and play bow-wow with
pooch. (The pooch is done
up on blue, with a pink collar.)
The infant development mat
addresses itself to the new mother,
If she doesn't know what to do.
this thing will tell her.
Because this mat is water.
proof it serves as the mat or
which you give daily care to baby
This mat gives you the informa-
ton you want t the moment you
want IT, co says.
IF there's a flaw in the mat,
it's its length for service. The
waterproof area is just large
enough to last a year, while the
mat carefully inStructs the mother
that such things are needed fol
three years, especially at night.
"Dr. Allen H. Moore, Doyleston.
Pa, and DR.. Ralh M. Tyson,
Philadelphia, compiled and edited
the material on the mat. Snookum
is left the job of revising it."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
BY JOHN SKIES

Before breaking into a routine
that, if l were a mother, would de-
light me, l want to acknowledge a
note from Jimmy Rogers, the
Whiteville Editor, which comes
on the heels of an item l jotted
down herein a day or so ago about
the progressive spirit of the city
of Whiteville. l mentioned, after
praising the place a bit, that no
body in Whiteville had ever so
much as bought me a coke. There
fore, l could not be accused OF
being a mercenary sort of person
who says nice things expecting to
be compensated.
Mr. Rogers:
Being unable to convey to you
a coke by mail, herewith goes to
you, with orchids for a very nice
story about Whiteville. an honest
t~o-goodness 1O-cent cigar"
Taking time out to mention that
the last time l saw an honest-to-
goodness 10-cent seegar was when
I sat enthralled as Richard Harri-
son, playing de Lawd', accepted
one from the Angel Gabriel in
The Green Pastures must
tell Mr.. Rogers that, as much as
I appreciate his thoughtfulness.
cannot smoke cigars, 10-cent ones
or otherwise. They make me
deathly sick.
What l had to say that I thought
might delight all mothers is con-
tanned in a story a United Press
friend of mine from out in
Memphis has just come out with
and, further, shows how dizzlly
we're moving forward toward the
millennium in all fields. The friend
is Dave Howard who has this to
say:
THE heavy pads and slick oil
cloths on which so many children
slept away their first years have
gone high class in the latest pad,
dryly labeled an infant develop
ment mat.
THE mat has been spread for
airing by the National Cotton
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY BOB PRICE
THOUGH LONG THE TRAIL, b!
Mabel HObson Draper CRlne-
harf aud IN COY

Mary Quinn was an e,2ht.ye's'
old girl when her father and heI
uncle took their families westward
over the Oregon Trail. She wa,
an impressionable voardSter ana
she was eager and sae n3s SeA'I-
tive to many things: The ora"
studded belt of a prarie frelgn.A,
a piece of rag CARPET that n''
been the flor of a playhouse ''
spicy smell OF burning sageor0'D'
Mary Quinn saw a Jot Of cog..
try before she found a place N'
could call home for more tAan .
year or two The Oregon iran
California earthquake, EIEo, New
and Joplin. Mo, mining camp:
and watering resorts, homesfea'
sod shanty and brick city house,
1t was a long trail and a Te'..
one but it led at last TO nom.
and peace and Mary Quinn -. d
there on one corner lot
years. her days colored and lol-'
enced by her early life as a 'aps, J
try is toned by a bright s''
thread"
This book IS Mary Qoian's story
1t is her Autobiography s.51
though her daughter, Mabel hoy,
son Draper. has put it down o..
papej. 1t is woven from the S'0'"'
she told, as she told them
The language is fresh, It mas
feeling of spontaneity. At the s.','
it is the prattle of an eager !oro7
ster, it natures almost lmps.5
ceptibly as the eight year,. .@d
grows up. is wooed and wed sn'
finally attains the goal she Sew lew
This is no usual pioneer s.o- SUI,
In the first place, the Qui4AS wiz
not forced westward by eso11"
need. The father was a reign" ~,
and a gtorekeeper. "hIs ID.
wealth never is set down " W,
lars-end-cents, there is no SUI
bling from meal 70 meal
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Reacting To Accusations

Reacting To Accusations
It is always interesting to note the
reactions of individuals confronted with
investigation.
There is Representative May, for ex-
ample, whose name is mentioned in con-
nection with the Carson war contracts
and who %stubbornly refused to appear
before the Mead Investigating Commit
tee and is now at his Kentucky home
facing execution of a subpoena to do so
if and when his health will permit. If
Mr.. May is innocent of implication in
unsavory Carson transactions he would
have saved himself a deal of
trouble and many innuendos-even, per-
haps, the heart attack from which he
is said to be suffering. Even if his
record was not spotless he could have
disposed of the whole mess and gained
public. sympathy by giving his testi-
mony voluntarily when first asked to
appear before the Mead Committee.
Then there is the attitude of Henry
Kaiser. He is reported as welcoming a
request from Senator Bridges that the
Mead Committee investigate his RFC-
financed companies.
Investigations to me are a necessary
disclosure of the facts to the people,"
Mr.. Kaiser said. II will tell the real
story, which has never been heard be-
fore, to the congressional committee,
and the character assassins can tell
their story, all of us speaking under
oath where equity prevails"
He is willing enough to be called by
the committee, but he wants at the same
time to know:
l. "Why the Government furnish
ed the steel corporations over 81, 0O0,-
600, 900 for steel facilities and the cor
porations refused to take a dimes
worth of risk on these same steel facili-
ties.
2."Why the steel corporations weren't
required to pledge their profits on war
contracts and Kaiser was forced to
pledge his profits, just to get the steel
to build ships.
8. "Why those who control the
basic materials are protected and those
who are fighting monopoly are punish
ed"
He is not lodging investigation but
justly wants the committee to do a
thorough job while it is at it.
In contrast is the position of Andrew
]. Higgins, builder of PT-boats and
landing craft, who says he is "surpris-
ed and amazed" that the government
should accuse him of irregularities in
business. So much evidence of irregu-
larlty in war contracts has come to
light it is not surprising that any per-
son should be accused of misdeeds. The
way to set accusations aside is to CO.
operate in any investigation, not in be-
Ing amazed that an inquiry is to be
made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
Religion
Bv WILLIAM T. ELLIS
LITTLE FRANKLIN'S FISHING
By L T. ELLIS

LITTLE FRANKLIN'S FISHING
Thrice, as he sought a place on
granofather's knee, four-year = old
Franklin said earnestly, Il want
to 60 fishing and catch fish" Soon
his wish was fulfilled.
Wise with a wisdom beyond his
understanding was the laddie who
wanted to go fishing land catch
fish," I know SO many grown-ups
who seem content with the mere
fishing-preachers who do not ex-
pect converts: students who have
no idea of permanent knowledge:
scolding parents who do not ex.
pect to be obeyed; pleasure-seek-
ers who have no conception OF
happiness.
so run that we may attain"
exhorted the apostle. The goal is
the real reason for the race. When
at last we return from life's fish
ing to the Fathers house, let il
be with a full string of fish in
our hand.
W. want to count for Thee, our
Master, as bearers of sheaves for
Thy harvest. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10

council, which is involved like a
proud papa because the backside
something which goes on the neither
side Of a spanking new baby. The
pretty pictures and vital informa-
ton thereon, however, excuse the
monicker.
The information printed on
this pastel blue and pink creation
covers many angles. First, there
is the waterproofing, softer than
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10

worse, even, than robbing Peter to
pay Paul. The worst part of it is that
nobody can get something for nothing
without having to pay heavily in the
long run.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-10
TOP o. THE MORNING

God will not always remove a burden,
but He will always give strength to bear it;
and strength is a far greater gift than ease.
Exchange.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-04
Revenues OF State Still
Reaching For The Stars

two-thirdS of the general fund in
crease. and amounted 10 S2.975.92g.
Since trends and tendencies arc
more significant than actual dollar
increase. il is interesting 10 note that
general fund receipts continue aCccl-
Grated increase. The lgi4 take for
the first four months was 10 per
cent above l9i3: tho l945 total went
7.2l per cent over 1914. while the
current report shows 27.27 per cent
increase over last year.
Increase in the highway fund we're
LIZ per cent: 1891 per cent and
1923 per cent for tho respective
years.
Actual State spending has grown
slightly less rapidly on percentage
than has the revenue take. but pend
ing requests before the advisory bud
get comission call for Approximately
so per cent increase over current
spending. Some of the budgetccrs
point out that even If revenue s,,s-
tains IFS accclcrating ratio. il still
will rot meet pending requests for
appropriations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-04
Foreign Ministers Gather
10 Study Plans For Peace
Future Of Germany
And Eastern Europe
Pose Big Problems

New York. Nov. 4.-,1p-Rouud
m oval white pine table high in a
skyScrapcr hotel. the four foreign
ministers meet today To tackle tho
last great issues blocking thl ucacc
OF eastern Europe. and To- try. if they
can, TO make Il :.Lrt ON settling the
future of Germany.
Secretary of State HyrncS. Foreign
Ministers Molotuv q. Russian and
Bevin of Great Britain and Deputy
Foreign Minister Cow dc Murville
OF France agreed 10 open their scs-
SionS ut y. m, EST. There was
some chance that Byrncs might meet
one or more of the other ministers
Tor formal talks before the session.
The presence of the ministers here
and that Of the 5l-mcmbcr United
Nations Assembly made this CITY for
the time being the diplomatic center
of the world. and an arena i'm which
Russia and the western powers NAV
test To the limit their ability to solve
critical issues Of pcaccmaking and
housekeeping.
The main disputes left over from
the 2l-nation peace conference which
enQcd AT Paris October 20 are:
lrleStc-lt has been agreed that
nc Strategic Adriatic port. claimed
by Italy and Yuguslavia. should be
placed under The United Nations Sc
curlty Council. Yu2oSlavia has held
out Tor lax control. presumably
hoping To take over the port even
tually, and has said she would re-
fuse to sign the Italian peace treaty
as now drawn.
Danube navigation-by the now
famous votes of ID TO 6, with Rus
STA in the minority. the Paris confer
cnce wrote into the Romanian. Hun
Sarian and Bulgarian treaties clauses
Tor freedom OF navigation on the
Danube, whose 1000, 00O-ton-a-ycar
traffic flow is now dried up. DESPITE
the Paris decision. Russia has a veto
IN tho foreign ministers meeting, and
Nloiotov's objection To the naviga-
tlon clauses against the insistancc
OF the western powers could indie
fInitcly block the three treaties.
Bulgarian frOnticr-ituSsia and the
other Slav states sought unsuccss-
fully at Paris to have western Thracc
taken from Greece and awarded TO
Bulgaria. The border issue is intcnsi-
lied by the fact that the frontier
lies not only between the Balkan
states but also between the Russian
and western spheres of influence.
a 3Tth floor tower apartment has
been put in readiness at the WAL
dorf-Astoria for the big four session.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-04

Accepted In
Air Strike

Washington. Eov. i.-iAP)--Fcd-
eral Mediator FRAN; p. Douglass
said today that opposing sides in
the l5-day-old strike OF Trans
World Air Line pilots have accepted
in principle his proposal for arbi-
tration.
Douglass told reporters he cX-
poets the walkout 10 end as soon as
representatives Of the company and
the pilots union clarity few points.
Douglass, chairman Of the national
mediation board. said that repre-
SentativeS Of TWA and Ct tho Air
Line Pilots Association would meet
in his office this morning 10 COM
plete details of the arbitration agree
ment.
The proposed agreement would
provide that tho 400 pilots 20 back
to FLYNN. while demands for higher
pay for four-cnginc aircraft ilicrs
and for revised working rules arc
submitted 10 the arbitration panel
whose decision would DC binding.
David L. Bchnckc, president Of tho
AFL Air Line Pilots Association. &C
cepted the arbitration offer by tclc-
gram and also sent II letter. Doug
lass said giving his Interpretation
of some of the points covered.