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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

BACK TO THE WALL - Like
Rafferty,, the Irish poet, we find
ourself with our back to the wall
this morning.
Unlike Rafferty,, however, we do
not find ourself with our back
to the wall, APPLYING music unto
empty pockets"
On the contrary, we find ourselt
with our back to the wall a-saying
abject apologies unto two irate cltl-
zens of Columbus county.
Compared with us, Rafferty, was
in an exceedingly enviable position.
RAMROD POSITION - Yester-
day and the day before, you may
recall, we wrote at some length
about the Sampson County Year
Book of 1916, by Mrs. Taft Bass.
We lauded the tome, and we child
other Southeastern North Carolina
counties for not publishing similar
books.
Suppose, now, that we write out
for you the letters we received
from the two irate citizens OF Col
umbus county, difficult though it
is to do so in this ramrod position
against the wall.
LEANING SAMPSON - Dear
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
By The Associated Press


Americans the world over
celebrated yesterday the ma
tons 10th birthday, the first
peacetime independence Day in
five years.
While those at home played
at coast and country resorts, in
dulged in sports and participant
ed in patriotic exercises, Amer
lean occupation troops in Eu-
rope and the Orient put on
military displays.
Philippine Independence
While observing its own an
n~iversary, the United States
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
Barkley Predicts Bill
Will Get Quick Approval
Measure Would Be Effective Until June 80,
1947, And Be Retroactive To Death
~ OF Old Control Act

WASHINGTON, July 4-(AP)-A new one-year price
control bill was approved by the Senate Banking committee
Thursday night.
Democratic Leader Barley (Ky), announced he has
"every reason to believe it will be enacted.
The committee approved it by a vote Of IL to 8.
Barkley said he hopes to call it up for action on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
The Weather

North FORECAST
warms%r and South Cardinal Friday,
Scattered ana NJ partly cloudy with widely
lhundershowers.
Eastern Standard Time)
Me,eotss l.. S. Weather Bureau)
|%ending 7og"@gleal data for the "a hours
''V p m. yesterday.
l:3Oa ~ temperatures
| NayimI, f,5Oa 70; 1:30p 80; 7:3Op rs.
Norma III %; Minimum 70; Mean rs;
l:3Oa %. Humidity
iva SO; LOOP rs; 1902 u.
| Total Precipitation
FOO Inch "a hours ending 7:30 D. m.
(Aeaess.l since the first of the month 2.5e
| From Tides for Today
Y. S. co. me Tide Tables published by
N's' and Geodetic Survey.
"Amingto, High Low
--- 2:23a 9:48a
esonboss -, 3:06p 10:11p
N'iel -- II :27a 6:41a
Sunrise s.oo 1902 7:05p
L.: vS;o6a; Sunset Typ; Moonrise
TIE WEATHER on Par. Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

Wilmington and vicinitv.- p.r+,,,
cloudy and warmer Friday with scatter
ed thundershoWers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
Feed The Starving

Before adjourning, the General AS.
sembly of the United Nations Organiza.
ton called upon it's fifty-one members
to do what they could to prevent world
wide famine by saving and growing
more food. Quoting a London dispatch
to the New York Times:
"A five-power resolution was intro
duced by Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin, whose Government was forced
to cut rations last week. He painted a
stark picture of millions in want and his
words were echoed by Edward R. Stet-
tinius, Jr., head of the American dele
cation. Tt is not easy Mr.. Stettinius
declared, to preserve peace and free
dom among hungry men wherever they
nav whether it be in Greece or in
Indonesia or in Iran or in any other
part of the world. Starvation breeds
unrest and it's effects linger on long
after it's causes have been removed.
The fact is that the food situation is
too serious to be delayed Mortals starve
quickly. Or if some of the starving es-
cape death their vitality reaches such
a low state it is doubtful if they can
ever be restored to normal mental or
physical activities.
individuals weakened by insufficient
nourishment cannot very we'll do
days work; certainly they cannot go on
day after day in any occupation. And
if the world is to get back to normally
everybody's effort will be required.
We have talked much about relieving
peoples. Maybe we have
done much too. But it is obvious we have
not done enough; and never will until
we are willing to make an actual per-
sonal sacrifice in their behalf.
There must be more than gray bread
at the White House. And a complete
revision of military boarding, with more
foodstuffs freed would help.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
BrOwder Ousted

Citizens of the United States who
have taken pride in their Americanism
have found nothing in the past to COM
mend in Earl Browder, former secre-
tary of the Communist Party here,
candidate for the presidency and con-
victed of using false passports for
which he served a short period in prison,
but was freed prematurely on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recommendation when
we became Russia's ally in the European
phase of the Second World War.
And there is no particular reason to
consider him praiseworthy person
now, but it stands to his credit that the
National Committee of the party has
expelled him from membership "for
gross violation of party discipline and
decisions for active opposition to the
political line and leadership of our
party, for developing fractional activity
and for betraying the principles of
Marxism-Lenism and deserving to the
side of the class enemy, American
monopoly capitalism"
We may be wrong, but it seems that.
with the war ended, the Communist
Party is up to its old tricks. The world
revolution which the Russian Reds have
long fostered obviously is being revived
if, in fact, it was ever temporarily sus-
pended during the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
Truman-Ickes Quarrel

It is not seenly for either President
Truman or former Secretary of the In
terror Harold Ickes to continue to wash
the dirty linen of the Pauley case in the
public press.
Certainly it is not seemly for citi-
zen to declare in print that a Presl-
dent of the United States has made a
statement that "is not true" Nor was
it seemly for President Truman to make
the statement that led Ickes to pass
the direct lie.
The presidency should be above per-
sonal controversy. When it is not it
loses caste. Mr.. Truman has lost caste
by engaging in a quarrel with lckes.
The President says the Pauley nomi-
nation to be undersecretary of the Navy
will not be withdrawn. If he is deter
mined to leave it in effect, despite the
shadow over the nominee, and if an adj
verse ruling is given the proposal that
the Attorney General conduct an in
vestigation of the case, it is the Senate's
duty to inquire closely into all the facts
before taking final action.
Need for an investigation is clearly
indicated. Let it be made in committee
room rather than through the columns
of the daily press.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
CARRYING ON

1t will be impossible for Ameri-
cas- most ambitious maritime pro-
gram to absorb anything like a
majority of the SO shipyards built
by the government during its war
time expansion program.
A report of Congress asserts that
the successful distribution of the
shipyard facilities will constitute
Ia very real economic program.
With a total investment in excess
of billion dollars and more than
a million employees being engaged
at the peak periods-this recon
version program will have head
aches aplenty. Among the "a ship
yards on the Atlantic coast, there
are two to remain, the Charleston
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock COM
pany and also the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company at Whining
ton. These two are among the few
to continue operations, although
under somewhat abbreviated
peacetime program.
The famous Newport News ship
yard also is to be retained. Like
wise, let it be hoped that there
will remain at its entrance the
monument to the founder, Coils
P. Huntington who said at its open
ing: eve will build good ships
here; at profit if we can, at
loss if we must-but always good
ships. "-Raleigh Times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
Halifax Is Right

AS Lord Halifax is to retire shortly
as British Ambassador to the United
States any public statement he may
make comes virtually as valedictory
The address he delivered the other day
before the Delaware Bar Association
and the Society of Colonial Wars ma
turally falls into this category. And be-
cause he has had such splendid, II
brief, career in Washington, whatever
he says is worthy of public attention.
In this address at Wilmington, Della
ware, in which he declared the world
peace program demands the Existence
of force in some form or other, which,,
if necessary can be invoked" he said
the cart was put before the horse in
1918 when disarmament was started be-
fore security had been established.
eff there is one thing that ] would
suppose is now quite certain" he went
on, "it is that neither you nor we shall
be so mad as to diesarm our nations
except on proved and established
basis of security"
To provide peace we would first ere
fuse the late aggressors any opportuni-
ty to begin again" he said. We should
establish "as- in the trials now proceed
ing, the personal responsibility of those
who have been guilty of deliberately
provoking war;"
The Ambassador called for "main-
tenance of control until we are satisfied
that there is a real and permanent
change of heart" and refusal to per-
nit any one-sided infration of any terms
of international arrangements.
sThis last" he declared, "seems to
me one of the fundamental principles
or which future policy must be based
If law is to be effective, it must be an
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
BY JOHN SKIES

It's high time we delved into the
oyster situation.
Oysters are, or is, a very con-
troversial subject, even unto the
time Of year you may eat them.
And there has probably been more
propaganda spread around about
oysters than any other subject, in
Guiding who killed Cook Robin.
And there are so many things
about oysters that you really have
to be an expert to talk compre-
hensively about them. Not being
an expert on them l shall just hit a
few of the high spots.
You may not know it, but there
is a man in North Carolina who
ranks as the worlds outstanding
authority on oysters. He is DR..
Herbert F. Prytherch who is held
of the United States Biological
Laboratory on little island called
Pivers just off the causeway be-
tween Beaufort and Morehead City.
DR.. Prytherch--pronuonced Tor
some obscure Welsh reason, Prith-
rich-is practically the same thing
to oysters as Einstein is to Rela-
tivity. Which means he knows so
much about them that nobody
can understand just what he does
know.
But, speaking in language we
can understand, DR.. Prytherch told
me not so long ago there is more
money, and pleasure, in oyster
farming than any other kind OF
farming.
You plant the darned things and
then you sit back for a couple OF
wears and watch your garden grow.
You don't exactly watch it grow,
because naturally the oysters must
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
Hang This Up

In the magazine Fortune, for January is
an exhaustive article on DOT, the insecticide
that has worked miracles in controlling =,
eliminating many pests.
In concluding its review, the following nre
cautions are recommended by Fortune.
Keep DOT insecticides where thev will MT
be used as medicine or in foods
Wash thoroughly hands and any parts of tho
skin that come in contact with oil so1u+ione
Avoid inhalation from sprays and seroso,
bombs.
II large-scale application is made no.a,
Is advised to avoid irritation from kerosono
or inhalation of DOT.
Some ventilation is necessary during +reo+
ment
Watch out for fire
Cover or remove any food when dot is
being applied; cover the gold fish bowl. 70.
move the canary.
Keep children and pets away from SPRAYED
areas until sprays have dried.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
TheLiterary
Guiidepost
9
BY J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
The Ciano Diaries, by Count Gale
azzo Ciano Doubleday; N.

"AAO SldAO kDo>u"J PTs
The interest which attaches to
someone else's mail remaining
what it always has been, 1.-The
Ciano Diaries recording the pur'
ported reactions of Mussolinls
young foreign affairs mouthpiece
during the years 1939-43, undouot'
edly will stand as one OF the mos
interesting books of the year.
Aside from that, the value Of the
diaries in fixing responsibility lof
the history of the period is HUE
more than corroborative.
Sumner Welles vouches lot
Ciano's authorship. Authenticity Oh
content is another matter, when II
is considered that Mussolini knew
of the existence of the diary ana
secret police. 1t must have oeen
that Ciano was well aware Oh Inc
proclivities of his dear Duce
much like writing on the walls Oh
the Coliseum in broad day. LIKE
so many diaries which display
great prescience concerning eVen.s
which occur long after the date u
entry but long prior to puollca ,.'Go
one comes to wonder il a 1,is
hindsight may not have heiPed VI.
author before he Smuggleo VIZ
notebooks to his wife, who brough'
them out of Italy.
Either that, or young Ciano was
one of the most farsighted men y.
his time, who saw the fpFare
the Axis more accurately than S''
one else.
With regard to the hinges upon
which the events Of his days tu.n.
ed, there is no reason to douu,
Ciano's familiarity, and his VeIslon
is extremely interesting II seIu 0Jir
importantly revealing. PrlnclpanII
he serves to emphasize no" w.
the world at large was lnl l;1s
ed regarding the inner WoIhi"S u
vi LIlG AhlS. IllS RSJ Is
Mussolini and Hitler, the meme meme
of the Nazis, the relations ne'"S ,sr
Italy and Germany, their W."
aims. all appear much the SAM
as they did during the war
Ciano completely adopts wha' -.
lied writer's were saying OF the , a.,
parity and dislike between l.os!
and Germany, the sure aWaTeI .s.t
of the Italians, even II Duce, .ns.
they had gotten tied up In i eo.tH
thing that was neither prolly'a;gS
nor pleasant. 1t is the story |ni[ NJ
has been accepted as tine bass Wv
the peace, the story which pro0a an1
will be accepted by history .nr
whether Ciano was consciously ~ 4Io
ing to absolve himself or not 'As
intimacies of his account are
colorful addition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
The Oyster Is Much-Maligned Creature
You May Enjoy During All The Months

leagues, etc., are about an ecru in
color. Most Of the Virginia oysters
you eat have been washed. That
is, after they've been opened
they're put through a machine in
which all the grit and so on is
washed off. In the process much
of the flavor also is washed out.
That's about all there is about
oysters. Except that there're
plenty of oysters in North Carolina.
Reason they're much higher than
they used to be is labor. Oyster
men have tough time getting
anybody to 60 out and grapple for
them.
Try it yourself some time. You'll
find why they've jumped in price
from about rs cents per bushel be-
fore the war to from 81 to So now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
The Doctor Says
CLEAN UTENSILS
LESSEN ILLNESS
By WILLIAM A. O'BRrFN .

"ihN, M, n.
Eating utensils which are No, ~,
perry 'teriized after use may ,sr,,s
as spreaders OF communic.b,.
eases. Ns'
Home practices in dish.ws sb,,.-
should be the same as s. rsHhs
practices recommended to- nl"Iy
eating places. After utensils pb b.,
been used, they should be scr 1--we
OF grease and food and soakad icy =;
water to avoid drying o. adbo 49, N
particles. Glasses should he WEI. en-
ed first silverware next, then " d asa-
es' and finally the pots and n T.s.l'
Ideal method for washing "a paliS'
Is to use soap and water wbicb G y;
so not that toweling is unnecessarr
Commercial establishments w.
dishwashing machines which co "se
Dine hot water, a forceful streon I,'
and mixture of soap or detcroon.,
which combines with the food n sra'
cles on the utensils. Dishes, glass
ware and silverware which 49,.
through such process are troo o
Oh disease germs and they sbonId
not be touched with soiled h,nd.
OF towels afterward, ''01
GLASSES should always be rsctsa
on a clean surface with the onsn
side down. This prevents droniata
OF infected mucus from depositir1
in the glasses from cougbinT
sneezlng or talking in the iTnmS'
dlate vicinity, and there is anothsr
advantage in that the average nsr
son picks up glass near the tor
Sliverware in public .atina
places should not be stored IN
open compartments but should h.
wrapped in individual napkin,
Selection OF silverware from q,
open box results in CONTAINING.
ton from soiled hands which NAV
SeAAy OISedSe germs.
Drinking glasses in some nub
lie eating places have been found
to contain hundreds of thousands
of germs per glass, many of them
capable of producing disease
Soda clerks do not clean glasses
properly If Inefficient dip solu.
lions are employed, as the study
OF some of these dip solutions &C.
tually revealed as many germs as
were present in sewage. The
common drinking cup has beeD
outlawed, but in many places il
is replaced by carelessly washed
and handled glassware.
Opportunity for employees to
change from street to work clothes
and places for them to wash their
hands should be provided in all
public eating places. Most of the in.
festival diseases spread by food
and improperly washed eating uten.
sils result from carelessness in per-
sonal hygiene.
The public should support Pub.
lie Health Departments In their
efforts to provide safe eating
places by getting behind rea,
sonable ordinance and working
for its enforcement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18

be under water where you cannot
see them.
But the idea is you get yourself
a bunch of oyster shells-I don't
know how many to the acre. Then
you 60 to Capt. John Nelson, the
North Carolina Fisheries commits
sioner, and lease yourself a lot of
Watery acres. Last figure I was
quoted was II cents an acre. Then
you plant the shells. A couple of
years later you go back and start
harvesting your crop. From that
time on you just keep your stock
planted and keep harvesting. Sim
pie little thing, isn't it?
Well, it isn't really as simple as
all that. There're too many
things to contend with. Among
these is too much rain. If your
oyster garden gets too much fresh
water your young oysters either
die or else they grow up to be as
tasteless as a blotter.
The place where so-called garden
oysters are cultivated on the larg-
est scale in North Carolina is New
river, near Jacksonville. There's
one man there who has ITS acres
set to oysters. During the war,
because of the labor shortage, he
had to let his crop run down, but
he's building it back up again.
There are many such gardens
cultivated on a smaller scale. Best
oysters ever tasted-the best cul-
tivated oysters-came from off the
tip of Cedar island. Cedar island
is beyond Atlantic which in turn
is beyond Beaufort. These oysters
were from mans private garden.
He didn't cultivate them on a COM
mercial scale.
If you think you may safely eat
oysters only during months in
which an ''r" appears, you are
wrong. 1t just SO happens that
May, June, July, and August are
the spawning months of the oyster
and oyster men just do not like to
disturb them during this period.
From this fact has grown the
legend that oysters are ungood,
even poisonous, during this period.
This is untrue. I have eaten oys-
tiers every month in the year and
/ haven't died yet.
Oysters you get around here in
the oyster roast places come main
ly from Rose bay and Stump
sound. They are natural, or wild,
oysters, meaning they aren't cul-
tivated, but, like Topsy, just grow
ed up. To me, these are the best
oysters because they have what
the boys along the banks call a
better relish. They have more OF
the tang of the sea, are saltier.
A great many of these better
relish oysters come from Shallotte
Point, below Southport. Which re-
me that the most enjoyable
oyster roast I ever went on was
there. Among those present, in
cldenta1ly, were Commodore
Charlie Cause, Southport, and Mrs.
Knox Proctor, Whiteville. We
were taking a trip through the
Inland Waterway from Southport
to Little River, S. c., with Captain
Robinson, then Of Oak Island Coast
Guard station. We stopped off at
ohallotte Point and somebody had
arranged the roast for 11s think
the somebody was Inspector Davis
Of the North Carolina Fisheries
commission who later, that NIGHT
led us all the shad we could eat
at the Miller hotel in Southport.
Strangely enough, people don't
BUY oysters for flavor. They buy
hem for looks. The North Caro-.
ina oyster-the one with the most
'elish-is usually dark gray in
color. Those that come from Wiz.
siriia. the Rappahannocks, Chinco. Ii
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
Religion
DayByDay
IN THE HOTEL LOBBY
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

On a recent day had occasion
to stand half on hour seated in the
lobby of one of Washington's big
gest hotels. 1t was a good vantage
point from which to observe the
passing show of modern life. SUCH
a scurrying to and fro Of men and
women!
Milady would have been most
interested in the prevailing fash
ions, and especially in the women S
high hats, which crowned wonder
full coiffures. Everybody was well
dressed, and the men were mostly
handsome and alert.
Sometimes large groups would
hustle by, intent on formal lunch
con occasions, as the several hun
bred newspaper men who were
gathering to break bread with the
British Prime Minister. Others
were there on Individual missions:
imagination plays upon the nature
of the work or play that has called
this multitude to the Capital.
And what of the personal prob.
lens and burdens and loves and
successes here represented? It is
only the outward aspect of sophisti-
Gated and prosperous life that the
observer sees. The real person
alities, that do business in the
secret places of the soul with the
Almighty, are not open to review.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18

piled always, everywhere and to all"
If these were to be Lord Halifax
last words in this country, or on earth,
for that matter, he could hardly have
chosen them more wisely or subject
better fitting the world situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18

In this country today we have government
which has allied itself largely with one agency
of production. 1t has set itself as the champion
and friend of the job receiver and job seeker,
and as the disciplinarian, if not the enemy. OF
the job rrovider.-Dr. Walter E. Spahr, New
York U. Economics Department
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18

foundation for the peaceful and prosperous
world we are trying to build.-British Ambas-
sador Lord Halifax
We all respect freedom of speech, but we
didn't win the last war to preserve freedom OF
speech for Fascist or semi-Fascist propaganda
under the protection of democracy, when 1t
will only lead to a new war-Prof. Amazas p
Arutiunian Soviet UNO delegate.
The Department of Agriculture Will develop
additional ways in which grain now being ''sed
in the feeding of livestock and poultry could
be conserved for use as human food.-Presi
dent Truman
little friendship and kindness on the part
of Free society will go long way toward ~
surno the success of PAROLES in their effor+.
~ rabuild their lives.-Clinton T. DUFFY u,a, -
den San Quentin Prison. W."
Tn snain and Argentina they (Fascists, h,x..
u4ah1ished the basis for an even+,,os nave
hack and for third World War.-Henrv NJ
senthau, Jr., former Treasury secretary NAor'
Political action against reaction ;s A.
1enge of our time.-Commerce Secra 10 sie cnal-
A Wallace. renry
More persons aged II are arres+oa It,,
any other age group.-U. S Attorn eo man IN
Tom c. Clark 4''oiney General
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-18
STAR Dust
Rhetorical Splendor

A patriotic M. P, during a heat.
ed discussion in the British House
of Commons, became very excited
and shouted: 1.-THE British lion,
whether it is roaming the deserts
of India or climbing the forests of
Canada, will not draw in its horrs
or retire into its shell. "-Clipped.
Simple Arithmetic
A mother of thirteen children
was asked, How in the world do
you have time to care for
thirteen?"
"Wen," she replied, when I had
only one child it took all my time;
what more can thirteen do?''-
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Going Up!
"Wen, dear" he alibied, "what
it I have loved another? Don't
you know it has only prepared me
for the greater, higher love I have
for your"
Seems fair enough" she reluct-
antly agreed, 'but how do I know
that the love you now have for me
isn't preparing you for a greater,
higher love for some other girl?"