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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
Realtors Step Out

Action taken by the Wilmington
Board of Realtors at it's Thursday
meeting is enlinently praiseworthy
Proposals by the president, Frederick
Willetts, included:
Efforts to have a Civilian Production
Administration office or panel establish
ed here:
Consultation with the district Office of
Price Administration director, Maurice
Moore, to learn if any change in the rent
ceiling is anticipated;
The boards cooperation with the daily
press.
On the first, the decision was to ad-
dress an appeal to Mayor w. Ronald
Lane to exert the city administra-
TONS influence for the establishment
of a CPA office, not only because Of
the industrial plants already under
construction but slowed down by lag.
gard deliveries of material but others
intending to locate here, and as the
solution of any unemployment prob
lem the people face. ..
In presenting his third recommended
ton, Mr.. Willetts declared the news
papers can do most to promote Viii.
mington. To which may be added the
assurance that by all means within
their broad program the daily press
is the best friend of both the city anc
the Realtors.
1t is Mr.. Willetts' second PROPOSE
ton, however, that merits specia
emphasis. Whatever the OPA rent di
vision does, the board plainly declared
Wilmington shall not be burdened by
initiation, so far as it's members are
concerned. With this pledge in the rec.
ords, it behooves the people of vii.
mington and New Hanover county tc
deal only with the boards members
whether interested in buildings, homes
or rooms.
By doing so they adopt measure
Of self protection.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
Religion
Day ByDay
LIVING LIFE TWICE
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

My companion on a long and ad-
venturous trip through the remoter
reaches Of the Near East, years
ago when travellers had to 20 in
pairs and well armed for protec.
ton, was at lunch with me recent.
ly in an Armenian restaurant in
New York. He was an exuberant
boy when we journeyed together:
now he is sedate, middle aged
man. We spent more than two
hours. talking over our common
experiences.
THAT is life," said the mediator
within me. 1--WE live in action, and
in memory. Often the latter its the
more enjoyable and significant. II
is an art Of wisdom so to crowd
our early years with worthwhile
experiences that the recollection Of
them will be sweet in the years to
come. God gives us memory, that
We may have roses in December. I"
Today's spiritual arjdity may be
refreshed by thoughts OF yester-
days showers of blessing.
We remember the former years,
o Lord; and we are grateful for
all the paths whereas Thou hast
led us. As Thou vast then, 50 be
Thou now, our Guide and Guard.
Amen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
The Soft Answer

The Navy has opposed President
Truman's military establishment mer-
ger proposal from the start, and Mr..
Truman has been Seeing red" more
and more in proportion to increasing
antagonism to his pet program.
Now it is a well established psvcho.
logical fact when anybody sees red
enough some kind of explosion is bound
to take place. It has, in this case.
Mr.. Truman has "laid the law down.
to the Navy men in no uncertain terms
They, along with the War Department
are expected to support his unificatior
policy when, as Commander in Chief
he has established it.
Mr.. Truman, of course, is well within
his rights as Commander-in-Chief. Blu
it's doughnuts to fish hooks the nava
leaders will resign rather than Civ,
in.
In cases of this sort, and they seen
to be increasing, Mr.. Truman Nigh
be we'll advised to remember a text h
must have learned as boy in Sunda,
school: "A soft answer turneth ava
wrath Persuasion is so much bette
than explosion.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
War Prisoners

German prisoners of war have left
the Wilmington area for home.
Crops are ahead of season. Native
labor is scarce. But the prisoners who
played an important part in getting
them started will be gone when they
mature, and a serious question exists
whether the areas rich vegetable crop
can be harvested in time.
The program for the return of wal
prisoners has been inadequate from the
start, not only hereabouts but through
out the country where they have been
quartered They should not have been
sent home until this summers crops
are in, nor should their work have been
so largely restricted to farms and
diaries. They could have been useful
in other work too.
France has clearer view of war
prisoner employment and what to DO
when the prisoners are ultimately sent
home. The French propose to replace
prisoners with free German labor as
a substantial contribution to their share
in German reparations. France now is
EMPLOYING 100000 German prisoners.
This number soon will be increased to
| 100000. The nations reconstruction
is necessarily so great that the Paris
government hopes to import this many
laborers when and as the prisoners
leave. The government will take this
proposal up with it's Allies shortly.
But this is not all. France wants
100000 immigrants to keep the popu-
lation up to the betweenwars average
not only Germans, but workers OF
other nativity, to move in with their
wives and families and settle perma-
nently. It is claimed that if something
like this is not done, and considering
the present population decrease, France
will have but a 100000 population
by the year 1000. At the time of the
American Revolution France contained
one-sixth of Europe's population. To-
dav it has but one-twelth and is still
going down.
At this rate, when the Millennium
comes there'll be no Frenchmen to en-
10Y it. In the meantime, France is
making good use of German war prison
ers, which is more than we can say
for ourselves.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
lisa Hard Task When You Get Around
To Trying To Ansuer A Few Missiles

lis business is the thing I wish to
call to your attention. Here it is
April 13 and I'm just getting around
to it. 1don't believe anybody's tenn
pus fugits quite so rapidly as mine.
II regret, naturally, Mrs. Littleton,
that I have procrastinated to the
point-and that I have been so dis
courteous-that I haven't acknowl-
edged receipt of your note. Be as
sured, however, that it was none.
theless appreciated.
Here's one that I'm very
happy about, but I'd better tell
you about it first. I've been trying
to run down, figuratively speak
ing, a fellow by the name of Lee
Braxton in Whiteville, on upon any
grounds upon which 1 might catch
him, for months. All to no avail.
So ! heard from him. His letter
was dated no later than April 8.
May I hasten to pass 1t along to
you:
am sorry That l was out OF
town when you were in Whiteville
a few days ago. I understand that
you had a nice Write-up in one of
your previous issues and if you
ha e copy Of this I would appre-
ciate very much if you would for
ward same to me.
Il feel that you are on the right
track the way you are handling
the publicity for the nearby towns
to Wilmington, and I believe Will
mington would have benefited and
would have been much larger if
this attitude had been taken all
along"
For my reaction to this note I
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Lew Parker plays bridge in a
way that is somewhat charac-
teristic of his role of "Goldie'', the
carnival barker in Are You With
lt?" Shall l say he is a carefree,
rambunctious bidder, or let you
Judge for yourself from today's
hand.
He said he was afraid to use
forcing bids or Blackwood because
he was sure it would end in con-
fusion, but nevertheless he came
out on top and made his contract.
East's bid Of two clubs was a
cue-bid which Parker South
could not be blamed for doubling
When East bid two diamonds
Parker's double was a little on.
timistic, but at least it told his
partner that he had big hand
From distributional stand.
point North too held a powerful
hand; nevertheless after his bid of
five clubs, Parker's jump to seven
came as shock.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
Blanton To Move Up

The Rev. Sankey Lee Blanton has
been so long and actively identified
with the religious and civic life of Will
mington, has surrounded himself with
such a wide circle of friends not only
among the membership of the First
Baptist church, of which he is the pas
tor, but the city's entire population as
we'll, it is hard to accept the fact that
he will be going to new and greater
charge as dean of the Wake Forest
School of Religion when the college
fall term opens.
We may we'll believe, in fact he has
so declared, that his acceptance causes
him the regret that always accompa-
MES departure from home. 1t is only
the opportunity for greater service
that led to his decision.
Mr.. Blanton's ministerial career has
been outstanding. He graduated from
Wake Forest in 1925, and holds gradu-
ate degrees from the Southern Baptist
and the Andover Newton Theological
seminaries. For five years he was pas
tor of the Baptist church on the Yale
campus, in which, as Southerner, he
met exceptional success, Yale being
in New England with a student body
chiefly from the North. 1t is no less
remarkable that when he accepted the
call to Wilmington ten years ago he
readjusted himself to Southern life
as readily as he had to conditions as
he found them in New Haven.
Before studying for the ministry,
as member of the AEF in World War
I, when Bob Williams of the Atlantic
Navigation company, was his command
ing officer, his adaptability to environ
ment was soon manifest. AS mess
sergeant he was soon handling supply
service between the French and Ameri-
cans with the expedition and efficiency
of an old hand in the business.
Now he is to return to his Alma
Mater. It is trite to say that Wake
Forests gain is Wilmington's loss. But
it is true.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13

have leaned back and scratched
my head a bit longer than usual.
I know, from my chats with Ems.
ley Laney, Warren johnson, and
The Boss, himself, that we here in
/ Wilmington-and I don't mean just
+ those of us who do time on our
newspaper, but all of us-appre.
ciate that our most valuable as.
sets are the country which sur
rounds us. And Mr.. Braxton's coun-
try happens to be one of those
valuable assets.
We I'd like to empha size,
aren't doing Mr.. Braxton q
heck of big favor by a stickfu]
Of type here and there about these
Southeastern North Carolina coun-
ties. They are helping US to keep
on our P's and as in our efforts
to give them the kind of town they
want to come to and swap dollars
and opinions. And, to get complete
ly away from the cynical side, I'd
like to put in my two-bits worth
and say that we value those opin.
ions as much as we do the dol.
lars.
Down here we have a section OF
the State that is entirely different
from any other section. It is def
nitely Southea stern North Caro-.
lima. We like everybody else, but
this is the section that means mos,
to US and, by the spray and foam
on the brow of the Atlantic. we
must develop this section.
| 10000, there I 60: mention
something and at the drop of sec.
tional piece of pride I 60 expound
ing.
But, at any rate, I got some O,
my letters answered.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
By JOHN SKIES

Just to prove I'm hurnan-as who
suggested ! am or am not - one
of the chores l hate most is ans
Wering letters. This adherence is
so pronounced and advanced that
will stuff letters and cards in
my pocket and, weeks later, when
am forced to fish them out again
to send a suit to the cleaners
they're that old - the letters and
cards-I completely have lost track
Of their subject matter.
Such is the case today. I have
a card here from Mr.. Albert S.
Grady Of Carolina Beach. Pm 60
ing to pass it along to you on the
off-chance that somebody may
know what it's about and, in turn,
let me know.
Dear Sir, he says:
Il suggest that you 60 to the
James Book store, Ill Chestnut
street, less than a block from your
sanctum, buy a Turner's Carolina
Almanac for 1916, read the -Four
Cardinal Points on Page three, for
zcG yOQl WI III AlllldlldC, dIlO L Cot-
in peace. The N. Y. folks know
nothing about Wilmington and the
Caroliaas; they do not know that
lunar means green cheese, and
that 'vernal equinox means spring
fever; and the Turner's is only
dime and is worth two bits, or
more.-I bet-cna."
Mr.. Grady - whom I've already
said I betcha, to use his term,
pronounces it Grady" the
missile "Confidentially yours
Now, cannot tell you what the
hush-hush is about. I can't even
remember why he refers to any
almanac.
1t is, 1 resignedly assume, some
thing 1 should have answered
weeks ago. You see, the card is
post-marked March q.
Here's one that says Il want to
thank you very much for the nice
write-up in The Morning Star
March Is -
Modesty, Of course, keeps me
from revealing the entire contents
OF the note. But it came from. Mrs.
Pearl Littleton, Of here. The March
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
K0REA'S ECONOMY
ALL OUT OF KlLTER
SINCE WAR ENDED
BY MORRIE LANDsBFRc

SEOUL, April 12.-R-Yoro.,
economic plight probably is union
among war dislocated couniris.
the Far East. VI
Not a battle-ground itself HI;
little nation nevertheless has n,'S
eered. Few Koreans are sorry ~,
Japan's surrender overturned tbo9.
economy. But the U. S..Pussi.r
occupation that came WITH il 10,
proved a definite hardship.
Korea wants to buy tror,
abroad, but has no way Of pavivn
Japanese DEGREES impoverjsbsI
the silk industry, which otheryjssa
might have shipped raw silk :.
the United States to establish
basis for foreign exchange.
American-occupied southern n
rea grows rice chiefly and robodr
is talking about exporting that
commodity when there isn,t
enough to feed all of the peonJ.
at home. '
Factories in both the American
and Russian occupied zones Ar
cut off by the rigid boundary NJ
the 38th parallel. The south NAV
have raw materials that the in.
dustrial north could use but fra.
communication is o t permitted
Korea actually is two countria,
which have not recognized earb
other.
There is no Immediate reliet !,
sight, although the American-Rus
sian commission, now in session
here, might LIT the blockade snv
time.
American military government
attempts to increase production
are hampered by the BOUNDARY
line and a shortage of supplies
So far, only a minor quantity Of
goods has come in from the Unit.
ed States.
Army authorities recently an.
nounced plans to import commodi.
ties from the United States, but
the quantity and method Of paw.
ment have not been announced
Meanwhile, Korea has a problem
at home-inflation.
Prices Of many commodities are
more than 100 times what thew
were in 1887. Koreans complain
that they are going up every dav.
The military government SAYS It
is doing everything it can to stsbil-
ize them.
In an analysis of the economic
situation, DR.. Allen Loren, eco
nomic adviser to the military gov.
ernor, attributed initiation not only
to the huge increase in currency
but to scarcity of goods and
number of subsidiary factors.
"At the time OF Korea's liber.
alton, there was fear and uncer
tainty among the Japanese in Ko.
rea," he said. Japanese compa.
MES paid huge bonuses to their
officers and many officials with.
drew company funds for their own
USE"
He said the people imagined The
banks would be closed and with
drew their deposits. Bank of Chos.
en- (Korea) notes in circulation
doubled from the end of July 1915
to Oct. /. The people didn't hest.
tate to spend and prices sky.
rocketed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
Stabilizing Influence

Civilization, like liberty, must be worked
for We cannot honor too highly the sacri.
noes OF the world and good will among ma
tons.
Of all the guides to better civilization tbe
Oldest is the Bible. For ages it has stimulated
conforted and inspired those who have turned
to it. It is common knowledge that men WIZ
have long neglected church and the teachings
OF the Bible. found solace in it under the mos
trying conditions of war. Resort to the Rh1a
must become more general NY 0-'4e
more and more as people come to read the
s S,Ie as haolt' the tendency toward injustice
N5tN ana violence will decline. -Montpelie,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
IVY GRIPPED THE STEPS
and other stories by Elizabeth


Bowen (Knopf; $3.50.
The II short stories composing
this latest volume by the talented
English woman were written in
London between 1941 and 1914, and
the author in an admirable preface
correctly sees in them a unity
which, though it doesn't turn them
into novel, does result in a
single, clear ard startling picture
The mood is fanciful, perhaps
even unnatural. A dead past in
tertwines in ghostly fashion with
dead rre3ont; the border line
between the living and the depar',
ed wavers eerilv: a demolished
building symbclizes what can nap
pen to its occupants; and plncn
yourself as hard as you will, you
CENT be sure it's you.
This is a war book Of DIFFER
ent sort. Abandoning the more
obvious adventure tale MISS
Bowen writes out Of the capita o.
an entire country which missed An,
utilization hv hairs breath. o"'
has some things to say when y"
won't understand, even IN ne.
least successful stories, and Wn-'1
we couldn't noesibly have VIII e"
Somehow all the difference We
tween America which got out d
the war comparatively whole y"
the rest OF the battered Torld u
Indicated in these PAGES,
TIVE LOST rANnsT '"E,
NV winjfre5 WelIes fp"f: ST.
It's hard TO say what makes
,oet. hut here in this sweet
"entle book of memoirs by WIZ,
fred We1es is an answer IS '-.
as most. In five volumes Of ooT
the autho~ had oiven nNo'f o.
voice small brt f1swless. To ieL,
how it came by its very sosvlm
personal accents. YOU have 0hN ~.
read in this posthumo''S V.'' ~
prose account Of her ch1ldhooo' ~
family. her forebears, her town.
Norwich. Conn. r.a
The material could not be csVy.
important or dramatic, vel J,
moving and genuine ard ricn !,
little things like treasures foll ,,r
an attic. plants in the "lnd ,.,,
school days, trolley rides o W..
out in the country, the 'r'" ~.
and pleasures of a oirl W. !.
older brothers. even the maFe. =,
who is going to have the co rr
The book slows qule"'
and you'll be fond of 1t.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
Editorial Comment
Around On Corner

PRESIDENT Truman predicts an era of I'M
paraneled prosperity for the United States
ana we agree with him that it will come when
strikes and the OPA let production ger start
ed. 1t will remain until some group power
1ul enough to throw a monkey wrench stons
the wheels for its own selfish ends.
And we are thankful to President Irun An
for not saying anything about prosperity
being just around the corner. 1t is in the
assembly line, waiting to roll-Fayetteyille
Observer. LAG
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
STAR Dust
Even In A Nice Way

Even In A Nice Way
Whistler, the artist, had a French
poodle Of which he was very fond
The poodle was seized with an in.
lection Of the throat one day and
Whistler had the audacity to \send
for the great throat specialist
Mackenzie. -
When Mackenzie saw that he had
been called to treat a dog, he felt
lncensed, but said nothing. He pre-
scribed, pocketed a big fee. and
drove away.
The next day he sent postha ste
for Whistler. And Whistler th;nk-
ing he was summoned on some
matter connected with his beloved
dog, dropped his work and rushed
to the home of Mackenzie.
On arrival the great specialist
said gravely: ''How do you do M
Whistler? I wanted to see you about
having my front door painted"
Wall Street Journal
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13

Summer dresses will have their places in
the sun, says an advertisement. Which is
just what some of the thin ones we've seen
should keep out OF.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
The 500 Canals

1MC 500 Canals
Under normal conditions, more
shipping travels through the 500
canals between Lakes Huron and
Superior during the eight-month
1ee-1ree season than through the
Panama and Suez canals torether
In a year.-Ships.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13
A Page From Life

A Page From Life
Minister: Richard, what does
your rather say before each meal?"
Richard: go easy on the butter
kids" A''eA ;
Wall Street Journal
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Add efinitions

Authorizations
Political war: One in which ev.
eryone shoots from the lin -
mond Moley.
Philosophy: A study which en-
an!es man to be unhappy more in
telligently. "
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-13

TOP O. MORNING
A growing desire for public worship is
an index of mans deepening spiritual
lily.
BISHOP BRENT
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-08-17
Husband and Wife
Released in
Rosie Case

Charles MCGOWAN were released
from the Kinds County Jail here
last Friday where they had been
held since July 10Th in connection
with the Rosie Death case. Charl-
es MCGOWAN and his wife became
involved in the case when he dis
covered the pocket book and later
the body of Miss Catherine Ros-
sic, young white woman, whose
death and the subsequent search
for her body created a sensation
in local criminal annals. The body
of the young woman was discover
ed in deserted cabin near spring
ridge after Is days search which
was stimulated by rewards total
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-08-17
MRS. EMMA B. MILLER STILL OUTSTANDING
AMONG WOMEN LEADERS

Up in Washington, D. c. at the meeting Of the Ma
tiono Association of Coored women. the other day. Mrs
Emmo B. Miller, of Yozoo City, motive MississiPpion
made spirited strenuous but unsuccessful effort to pre-
vent an open mass demonstration the port of the group
against ynchngs, particularly the recent Georgia Incl
DENTS and some lessor incidents that have brought dis
grace to the state and communities in which they have
occurred, as we'll as to the notion itself
Because of her action which has been widely publish
ed in the press throughout the nation, there ore those
both here and yonde viii will be immediately inclined to
mark Mrs. Miller as member of the Uncle Tommish"
group, or as an exponent of the Handkerchief headed
philosophy prevalent in and among certon school OF
southern Negro Leaders, designation badge which hos
oreody rendered ineffective the voices Of number of
such eoders who long ago should have been seneed but