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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-11
Stock Market Registers
Ne,v IS YearAuerage Top

T.9, a peak since March %, 1881.
The industrials rose 9 at 1884,
best level since Sept. II, 1880
while the utilities were I'D 2 at
52.6, a high since Feb. 4, 1887. It
was the second broadest market on
record, 1,042 issues registering.
OF these, 507 advanced, 1858 fell and
TT were unchanged.
Eastman Kodak climbed 7 points
to 232 and International Silver. on
sales of 100 shares, was up 8 at
2o3. Standard Gas 81 preferred ad-
ded 3 7-8 and Du Pont and Allied
Chemical 3 each. Lesser plus signs
were retained by U. S. Steel.
Bethlehem, Republic Steel, Ameri-
can Telephone, Commonwealth &
Southern, United Corp, National
Power, Goodyear, Goodrich, Ana
conda, Dome Mines, Homestake,
Schenley. Hiram Walker, Mont
gomery Ward, Southern Railway
and Great Northern.
Losers included Santa Fe, Penn
sylvania, Southern Pacific, West
ern Union GAP, Air Reduction,
Standard Oil (N.JD, Boeing, United
Aircraft, J. I. Case, Packard, Gen
eral Electric and General Foods.
Chrysler was off IL but General
Motors ended up 1-8.
Bonds were spotty. At Chicago
wheat was off 1-8 to up IA OF
cent a bushel, oats up 1-8 to down
3-8 and rye unchanged to 1-8 low
er. Cotton was up 30 cents bale
to off Is cents.
In the Curb Aluminium Ltd,
gained 4 and smaller Improvement
was shown for American Light,
Ashland Oil, Brazilian Traction and
Catalin Corp. Turnover here was
100000 shares, the same as Wed
nesday.
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STOCKS IN THE spow,1cHr

NEW YORK, Jan. 10-(P-Sales,
G: price and net change of the
fltteen most active stocks today:
Gmwlth and Sou 1874, 800 33k up u
nat Pow and 1t $500 111s up IS
Graham Paige 43, 400 l21s up Is
Ganad Pac 10000 % off "a
United Corp $4,000 Az up 1s
Columbia Gas and Ell "a, 700
1914 up Il
Laclede Gas $4,000 71z up "
Am Pow and 1t 26,300 14R UP 70
Radlo-keith-O Is, 300 175s up rs
Await Corp $500 1917 up Is :,
Fl Pow and 1t Is, 200 1917 up n
packard Mot $4,000 11ss no
Std G and E 81 pr 23,9OO 80 up
Interlake Ir 21,o0o is no
Pepsi-Cola 1860 1894 up 2s
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Profit Cashing Puts
Number OF Rails In
Losing Ranks
Markets At A Glance

Markets At A Glance
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. - UP -
Stocks-firm; profit-taking stalls
scattered leaders.
Bonds-mixed; carly rally failed
to hold.
Cotton--steady; mill and COM
rissi0n house buying.
CHICAGO
Wheat-1-S cent lower to IA high
er: sympathy with rye.
Corn-unchanged at ceilings.
Rye-unchanged to 1 1-8 lower;
III dalton.
Hegs-active, steady to a quarter
higher. Top SLABS ceiling.
Cattle-mostly steady. Top S18
ceiling.
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NEW ORLEANS MIDDL1NGs

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10. ~
The average price of middling 49,
10 inch cotton today at ten designat-
ed southern spot markets was Is
cents a bale higher at 24.53 cents
pound; average for the past 30
market days 24.33; middling rs
inch cotton 22.98.
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SWEET POTATOES

CHICAGO, Jan. 10-RE(NCDA)
Chicago sweet potatoes weaker;
bushel crate Louisiana Porto Ricans
3.6O-3.75; Tennessee bushel ham,
pers Nancy Halls 1925, Porto Ricans
40.
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CASH GRAIN

CASH GRAIN
CHICAGO, Jan. EWheat:
No. 2 red and No. hard, 1.79,
nominal, ceilings.
No corn sales.
Oats: No. 2 white heavy, 81;
No. 2 white heavy, SO.
Barley, nominal; mailing, 1.21-
1.39 IL; feed, 1.15-1.23 IA.
Field seed per hundredweight,
nominal: timothy, 5.25-5.50; red
top, 1.00-11.50; red cloved, 31.5O;
sweet clover, 1915; alsike, $3.50;
alfalfa, common, 33.50-36.50.
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RALEIGH POULTRY

RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 10-P)-
Poultry and egg markets slightly
weaker to steady following price
declines in line with OPA regula-
tons.
RALEIGH u. S. grade AA,
extra large, so; hens, Is IL.
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NEW ORLEANS SPOTS

=, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1o-R-
spot cotton closed steady Is cents
a bale higher today. Sales 1902,
low middling 1910, midd1ing 24.40,
good mlddling 24.80. receipts 1 AT,
stock 216.432.
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CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, Jan. 10-(P)eThe
butter market was firm today and
unchanged at OPA ceiling prices.
Eggs were easy; prices we're I'M
changed. 81
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N. C. HOG MARKETS

RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 10-F)-
Hog markets active and steady
with tops of 14.55 at Clinton and
Rocky Mount and 1890 at Rich
mond.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS

CHICAGO, Jan. 10-R)-Butter
firm; receipts 1896, market un-
changed.
Eggs, receipts 1889, nervous.
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WHAT STOCKS DID
rEIII VOpK IN Lm
WASHINGTON POULTRY

WASHINGTON-U. S. grade A,
extra large, SO; broilers and fryers
two pounds and under. 80 IL: 2 -
to three pounds 81.
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Open High Low Close

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10-R-
Cotton futures closed steady 10 tt
20 cents a bale higher
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NEW YORK, Jan. 1O-P)-The
associated Press weighted whole
sale prices index of IS commodities
To-Day advanced to 1892.
=, Parre eus day 112.16, week ago
1 Id2 month ago 1889, year. ago
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CHARLOTTE SPOTS
TREND OF sTAPLE PRICES

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 10-@
Spot cotton 24.53.
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NEW ORLEANS C(yITON

MlddIing spot 25.30n up 5
n-Noninal; bid.
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'llterlake If 21,000 IS no -,
Pepsi-Cola $4,000 1874 up z1s
Evening star., 1946-03-24
Journalist Historians

At a recent meeting OF history
teachers at Stanford University in
California, Professor Thomas A.
Bailey complained against the
writing of history with a snap and
punch" The great mass of
pseudo-historical stuff read by the
American public today" he said,
flows from the typewriters OF un-
trained and nonprofessional histor-
ical writer's" In consequence, there
is a prospect that in the near future
a historian, actually competent to
write the truth truly, may be obliged
to use a pen name and pass himself
off as a columnar oracle" Matters
are further complicated by the
offending Journalists" setting them
selves up "as the arbiters of histor-
ical scholarship in the United
States"
The public at large, OF course, may
not share Professor Bailey's indig-
nation, yet it must be conscious of
the fact that his grievance has been
justified on occasion. Motion pic
lures and radio have been guilty OF
Interpretations" which were in
effect falsifications. Certain COM
mentators do let their opinions run
away with them. A tendency to
dramatic" facts admittedly de-
veloped during the war and still is
manifest. Even ordinary newsreels
and news broadcasts are "jazzed up"
by deliberate sensationalism. The
same observation applies to books
in both the frankly hctional and
the allegedly nonfictional categories.
Admittedly, there is nothing new
about all this. Professor Bailey as
historian knows that Shakespeare
and Moliere, Dante and Petrarcll,
voltaire and Carlyle were Journal
lists" of sort. They wrote history
not only as they saw it and heard
1t but likewise as they imagined it.
Defoe and Victor Hugo, Scott and
the elder Dumas, Goethe and
Schiller, James Fenimore Cooper and
Washington Irving were prophets
in retrospect" DR.. Samuel johnson,
who surely was an authority on
the subject, declared "Ail history
: : is romance" except In It's purely
documentary aspect. But an author
is not necessarily inaccurate or
extravagant because his work ap-
pears in newspaper or a magazine.
On the other hand, what Professor
Bailey particularly complains about
does merit sharp criticism. Any at
tempt to costume historic events or
personalities in the style" of the
so-called funny books" ought to
be resisted. To the question: "Shall
historians be allowed to write his
tory?" the only proper answer is:
Yes. But II readers are to care any
thing about them when they have
been written and published, books
Of history must not be too dull, too
uninspired. Perhaps General Robert
Evening star., 1946-03-24
Political Speech

FIeS1uenC truman COlQ recent
press conference that his address
to the Democratic party faithfuls
attending the Jackson Day dinners
would be political speech" Now
he has kept his word.
The estimated 10000 Democrats
who paid from $40 to 500 plate
to partake of the trimmed down
dinners throughout the country
heard Mr.. Truman concede the de-
STABILITY of maintaining an opposi-
ton party, while making no secret
OF his own conviction that the COP
should not rise above the status of
minority party. Without resorting
to offensive partisanship, he recalled
that the Republican party for the
most part had voted against essen
: -tial defense measures prior to Pearl
Harbor, and he managed to convey
the thought that, despite the opposi-
tion'S wartime conversion to an "en-
lightened" international outlook, the
best hope of the country for the
future lies in the perpetuation of a
Democratic administration in WASH
ington.
In the course of his speech the
President took note of the fact
recently brought out in headline
form by Henry Wallace-that there
are some Democrats in Congress
who seem less than fully alive to
the virtues of the Democratic ad-
ministration. To these wayward in
dividuals the President addressed an
appeal for party unity and party
responsibility" But there was no
threat OF punitive action; no appeal
to the people to chastise the un-
faithful at the polls. After all, from
the political point of view, there is
a difference between Republicans
who vote against Democratic pro-
posals and Democrats who stray
from the reservation.
Stating that the United States
has achieved world leadership, the
President modestly asserted that
primary credit for this must go to
the Democratic party as "the party
Of enlightened internationalism.
He also foresaw, under the Demo-
Gratis, a future of full production,
maximum employment and high ma
tional income, accompanied by
progress toward a balanced budget,
reduction in the public debt and, in
the end, lessening of "the taxpayers
burden"
Yes, it was political speech. But.
in an age in which so many speeches
revolve around the theme that man
is about to blow himself to smither-
eens there is room for an old
fashioned political speech. Perhaps
we ought to have more of them.
Evening star., 1946-03-24

head and an expressive countenance, his
appearance denoted in marked degree
benignity, power, alertness and frank
ness"
The prehistoric" equivalent of mod
ern atomic destroyers was represented
in an editorial
Disastrous Explosion in The Star Of
Narrowly Averted March IS, 1896.
reading. in part:
Persons and property in the immedi-
ate vicinity Of Thirty-fifth and o streets
narrowly escaped destruction last eve
ming. The horses drawing wagon in
which was considerable quantity of
high explosives ran away, the wagon
collided forcibly with lamppost and
the dynamite was scattered all over the
sidewalk and roadway. 1t is almost
miraculous that no explosion resulted.
Speculation as to what might have hap
pened had one cartridge gone wrong is
idle. but the probabilities are so star
ting that it Is in order to suggest more
care in the transportation Of such dead
" material over the city's streets"
Evening star., 1946-03-24
r each Us to Pray
By the Req. James Allen Dudley,
Minister OF the Eptoorth Methodist Church

a trying moment came he turned to
God to give him wisdom and Divine
guidance, and it was granted.
In the Lords Prayer Jesus ascribed
praise to God and acknowledged Him
as the Giver of all things. One will
never pray unless his belief is in the
living God whom Christ knew and
acknowledged. He must look to the
Father for forgiveness and, as he so
petitions, the Father Is faithful and
just to forgive and to cleanse from
all unrighteousness. One should
never expect the blessing of Heaven,
with sin upon his soul. God does
4 hear and answer prayer. Multitudes
so testify and what others have ex-
perienced it is reasonable for you to
expect. He will hear and answer.
X n y
Our prayers are to be practical.
We should be concerned about others
and, as We petition the Lord to teach
US to pray, we are to realize the need
Of the world about US. Our prayers
should place before US our brothers
in their need and then help God to
answer all prayers, for these un-
fortunate people are praying to the
same God and expecting Him to
answer their petitions. You can help
God to answer the petitions of the
needy.
If you would know how to pray,
come into intimate fellowship with
God and His Son and you will find
your prayers more natural and your
communion sweeter as the days 60
by.
The Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America has issued these
ten simple rules of prayer:
Pray where you are. God is pres
ent everywhere and ready to listen.
Pray when possible in a quiet spot
where you can be alone. 1t Is we'll
to fix your mind deliberately on God,
apart from confusing distractions.
Pray to God simply and naturally,
as to a friend. Tell him what is on
your mind. Get help from the pray
ers Of others. Pray remembering the
good things God has done for you.
Reckon up your blessings from time
to time and give thanks for them.
Pray for Gods forgiveness for the
unworthy things that you may have
done. He is near to a humble and
contrite heart. Pray for the things
that you need, especially those that
will make your life finer and more
Christlike. Pray for others, remem-
bering the situations they confront
and the help they need. Pray for
the world in Its need. asking God to
bring better things and offering your
help to Him. Pray above everything
else that Gods will may be done in
you and in the world. His purposes
are deeper and wiser than anything
we can imagine. Pray, and then start
answering your PRAYER"
Evening star., 1946-03-24
Philippine Trade Bill

The Stars editorial and news
story of Friday. asserting a connec-
ton between lobbyists for Cuban
sugar interests and the reported re-
duction of the Philippine sugar quota
in the pending Philippine trade bill,
have been resented by members of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee who have the bill in charge.
The Star should have rested its
assertions on the differences to be
drawn from a reduction in Philip
pine sugar that promises most direct
benefit, in the opinion of competent
authority, to Cuban sugar. The
good faith of the members of the
committee is not questioned.
But The Star wishes again to point
out the highly damaging effect, on
the economic future of the Philip
pines, if the tentative decision of the
committee to reduce the Philippine
sugar quota is made permanent.
Such decision would mean an
other blow to a people who are one
of the chief victims of our war.with
Japan. There have been a series of
such blows. We have, regardless
Of, their original wisdom, in effect
repudiated understandings which
were interpreted in the Philippines
as involving our good faith. We
have not yet paid claims for war
damages when there is no question
as to the legitimacy of the obliga-
tion to pay them. We are in danger
now OF creating a type of resent
ment in the Philippines which will
be more bitter because of the sug-
gestion of ingratitude.
There are grave doubts as to the
wisdom of Philippine independence.
But that has been decided and is
irrevocable. We therefore must
make sure that in cutting the ties
which have bound this battered lit
tie country to the United States, our
motives and our methods are so clear
and the justice of our course is so
apparent that no one can question
them. There are involved not merely
the people of the Philippines, who
have proved their loyalty, but our
conscience as a Nation.
Evening star., 1946-03-24
Bucking Wood

A generation or so ago a farm lad
was keenly interested in what
Saturday would bring forth in the
way of job. In those days at the
turn OF the century when winter
had turned into March, a country
man would often say: "This is a
good day to start bucking up the
wood. Why don't you get at it before
the rush comes?"
Mr.. Webster in his customary
succinct and direct way merely
says about bucksaw: A saw set in
a deep H-shaped frame, used for
saving wood on a sawbuck or saw
horse. That is all right so far as it
goes, but it gives no inkling of what
it means to push" one up and down,
up and down, hour after hour. The
long pile Of wood in the backyard
behind the woodshed looked dis
couraging at first. Eight or ten
cords of wood is lot of fuel. But
somehow, after fellow got going,
it was not too bad.
Naturally the work varied accord
ing to the kind Of wood. The logs of
maple, oak and beech were solid
stuff. After they were sawed they
would have to be split for the
kitchen range. Nothing like maple
and oak" mother would say "for
real baking. It's a steady, hot fire.,
OF course, 1t was not expected that
lad would buck through knots and
gnarled twisted places He sawed
either side Of these tough spots, and
tossed the stubby chunks into a
special pile. They were the wood for
the big parlor base burner next
winter. What a fellow liked best
were the gray birch logs. They were
only a few inches in diameter and
made a quick, hot fire for summer
breakfasts and to fry potatoes and
make biscuits for supper. And, of
course, II lad smelled the spicy
fragrance OF hot gingerbread along
about ten O'Clock, 1t was expected
that he 60 in to see how mother
was making out In the baking.
Evening star., 1946-03-24

actual war Of nerves were being
waged against them by the shave"
nations. Linked to the international
angle are rumors from what are de-
scribed as reliable sources that the
whole Crossroads" undertaking
may be postponed indefinitely. Un-
til such reports are verified, how
ever, there is no persuasive reason
to take the White House explana-
tion at other than face value. Other
explanations must be weighed in the
light Of what at present they appear
to be-conjecture.
Evening star., 1946-03-24

This was the request of one of the
Lords disciples. He desired to be
taught by Jesus to pray that he
might be able to offer model prayer
and thereby please God and have
access to the Throne of Grace. Jesus
replied with what is known as the
Lords Prayer.
The desire of the disciple is the
longing of multitudes today. When
confronted by problems, perplexities,
burdens and grief, they instinctively
feel the need of calling upon some
one beyond themselves, upon God,
the source of all life; yet how shall
they? Man asks: How can I pray?
do not know how" Then he finds
himself saying, Teach me to pray"
Somehow he feels that there are
those who should be able to teach
him how to pray effectively. He has
heard the long prayers Of some, but
wondered If this was required and
then he recalls that Peter on one
occasion uttered but three words
and that they were most effective:
Lord, save mel"
A son OF noble woman was
crushed between two cars and the
words upon his dying lips were these
Of Peter, and 1t gave the mother
much comfort to think that her son
had so called upon the Lord. 1t is
true that man has much for which
to be thankful and sometimes he may
be guilty of much speaking, but
this is not what ayails. A little girl
heard man praying one day and
he became so noisy that it distressed
her. She leaned over and whispered
to her mother: If he lived closer to
God, he wouldn't have to talk so
loud!" Perhaps the child had ar
rived at the right conclusion. If
we live close to God, we shall be able
to talk with Him about the things
that concern us. Praying in reality
is talking with God and having God
to talk with us.
Many of our servicemen in fox
holes and trying situations called
upon God and while their prayers
would not be published as model
prayers, yet they definitely felt that
God had heard them and answered
their petitions. The need of the
hour drove them to God, for there
was none other to whom they could
60. Doubtless many of them would
say. Teach us to pray" but in their
distress they did it instinctively.
We know a great surgeon who said
as he left the hospital the day before
he was to perform a very serious
operation saying: Il am going home
to pray and ask God to direct me in
the operation" The operation was a
success and he ascribed praise unto
God. This surgeon had been reared
in Christian home and prayer was
a large part of his life, so that when
Evening star., 1946-03-24
Bomb Test DeIuy

1t was inevitable that President
Truman's unheralded announce
ment of a postponement for about
six weeks of the atomic bomb tests
should set off a chain reaction of
speculation regarding the reasons
for the delay. The repercussions in
and out of Congress are varied and
interesting, with predictions in some
quarters that the Bikini experiments
on a sacrificial fleet might even be
postponed indefinitely or Cancelled
altogether.
Although there had been no ad-
vance hint of the impending action
until few hours before the White
House announcement, Presidential
Secretary Ross told reporters that
the decision was not sudden one.
If the conditions which prompted
the ultimate decision have existed
for some time, as might be inferred
from Mr.. Ross statement, it is un-
fortunate that the change in sched-
ule was not made earlier. Officials
in charge of Operation Crossroads"
have been working at feverish pitch
to complete arrangements for the
epochal tests by the May Is deadline
originally set for the initial explo-
sion. Ships which are scheduled to
be targets for the bombs already are
assembling at the Pacific atoll or are
en- route there. Advance contingents
of technicians, observers and other
officials have left for the scene. An
earlier decision would have made
for more orderly planning of the
project. However, those charged
with the heavy responsibility of
staging the unprecedented and COM
plex operations undoubtedly can
make good use of the extra time
afforded for the preparations. Major
General Groves, in charge of the
bomb production unit, was one who
welcomed the delay.
The announced reason for post
poning the tests is that the legisla-
tive situation in Congress is such
that many Congressman who desire
to witness the bombardment could
not do so if the May Is date were
adhered to. That is the date, also,
on which the draft law will expire
unless Congress extends the act in
accordance with the urgent requests
of the President and his military
and naval advisers. There is other
important legislation on which the
White House is seeking early action
The White House may have wished
to remove any inducement for the
lawmakers to forsake their duties at
the Capitol in favor of the Pacific
trip.
Suggestions also have been made
that the postponement is related to
a desire to avoid Haunting the ter
rors OF the atomic bomb In the faces
OF UNO delegates whose countries do
not possess the secret of the new
weapon. Countering this theory is
the possibility that the delay, how
ever short or long, could have the
effect Of increasing uneasiness OF
such nations, just as though an
Evening star., 1946-03-24
None of That Now
ON the St. GATHERINGS Standard.

From the st. GATHERINGS Standard.
II Canada loans none. to other ma
tions and they turn around and spend
it back in Canada, the money seems to
stay right at home. 1t is reminder,
too, that the headache after the First
Great War, borrowing in New York, is
being avoided after the last war. Ca
madam provinces, for instance, paid
through the nose In heavy discount Of
the Canadian dollar to meet New York
commitments. None OF that now,