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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13
BLAKE SELECTED
AS STUDENT HEAD
Wilmington College Center
Elects Class Officers:
Meeting Called

Donald Blake has been named
class president of the Wilmington
Center of the University of North
Carolina, the student election coun-
Gil announced last night following
a tabulation of the votes cast by
the student body in Mondays cleo
ton.
Blake won over two other can.
didates, Selma Coble and Dan
Wick, seeking the top spot in the
student government.
Named vice president was Hugh
Fox who defeated Sam Loftin,
while Betty Duff was selected sec
rotary over Claude Baldwin.
Jack McCready was named
treasurer winning over Charles
Clark.
The five successful candidates fol-
the executive council were Lyn.
wood Bradshaw, John Collun, Rus.
sell Dyches, Victor Herring ano
Ed Lamb. Also seeking posts or
the council we're Joe Glover, Bill
lie Hammond, Thomas Lee, E. L,
Mathews, and Homer Peterson.
Approximately Ill ballots were
cast by the student body number
ing over 200. Voting in several Of
the contests was extremely close
with as few as three votes differ
ence deciding at least two Of the
races, a well-informed source
stated.
An orientation meeting of the
new officers has been called for to-
morrow at the New Hanover High
school where the college center
classes are conducted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13

The authority spokesman will
lay before the commission a
proposal that the SPA take over
most of the local shipyard for
industrial and drydock pur-
poses, the Stars Washington
Bureau reported last night.
The SPA wants to use the
southern end of the yard for
its projected 3,00O-worker ship
repair docks, and as a center
for expansion of Wilmington's
terminal and tobacco ware
house facilities, it is understood.
The Northern section of the
yard would be used as the
site of heavy industries con-
sidering location here.
Two months ago, the Stars
Washington bureau recalled,
the Maritime commission Of
See SPA On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13
"No Soap"

RALEIGH, Nov. IL - R - An
amendment to the State constitu-
ton authorizing the payment OF
$40 a day expenses to members of
the General assembly apparently
was defeated in the November 5
general election by the narrow mar
gin of 916 votes, an unofficial COM
p%lication of election returns show
ed Tuesday.
Returns from all of the 1929 pre-
cincts in the state showed that
a total of 143, 014 voters favored the
amendment and 143, $50 opposed it.
Voters in 46 of the 100 counties ap-
proved the amendment and voters
in the 81 other counties were
against it.
The proposed amendment would
have provided $40 a day in ex-
penses to each member of the Gen.
eral assembly for the first go days
of any legislative session.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13
COUNCIL TO FACE
ZONE RULE CHANGE
Application To Be Present
ed For Drug Store At
Next Session

Inc City Council may be faced
Wednesday with a proposal for
Inc first amendment in its two
lnohehs-old zoning law - a narrow.
~Iy-conflned law change involving
olly the four i%ntersectlng corn ers
~ Fourth and Meares Street.
IN the other hand, when the
council sits for the first time next
Wednesday as its own Board of
adjustment under the zoning act,
I" may restrict itself to approving
ne application of o. G. Parker to
construct a drug store at Fourth
ana Meares, which is located in a
%.esldentlal sector, from which new
numerical construction is ordi-
Zee COUNCIL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13
GOOD NEWS
Mother Recognizes Voice
Olson Reported Missing

QUINCY. Mass, Nov. 12-R-
Tears of joy streamed down the
face of Mrs. Joseph De Bartolo
Tuesday as she identified over
the transatlantic telephons the
24-year-old CT who stumbled into
UNRRA headquarters in Rome as
her long-missing son.
ooh, thank God Mickey, it's you,"
the happy mother sighed as she
talked with her son over a hook-up
arranged by the Boston Evening
American.
Micheal De B~artolo's whereabouts
since his strange disappearance in
March. 1914, provided a mystery
for the Army. Clad in tattered
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13

clothes and weak, he arrived at
the UNRRA office in Rome Satur-
day to ask how the battle of Cas-
sino was going.
De Bartolo recognized his
voice Immediately over
the telephone, even though the re-
ception was faint.
He told his mother that his mind
was a blank dsring the 30 months
ne was missing. The Army report
him first as missing IN action
and later AWOL.
I'm kind of weak nom, but I'm
all right" he said.
See MOTHER On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-13

See BOND on Page Two
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
ON BRIDGE

dummy and West all holding three
spades apiece. Then the spade 3
was led. West had to win with the
q and then pitch from his k-9 into
South's Al to give Mr. Richard
the last two tricks.
Where Franklin E. Bailey OF
Union League club, was the de-
%clarer. West had not made the
spade bid. So the hand got played
differently after the club 9 lead:
Three club tricks opened. then a
losing fnesse Of the diamond Q
brought a return Of the spade 4
to the A.. After this came the
heart 3 to the x. diamond A dis
carding the spade s. the heart A.
club J and 7. This left South the
spade j. heart 9 and club 6. and
dummy the spade 20 and heart
Q-S. When the club was led. West
had to choose between the spade
K. which would set up the j for
South. or the heart J or 10. which
would enable the dummy to finish
with two heart tricks. He picked
the spade K. SO the heart 8 was
tossed from dummy and the last
two TRICKS went to the spade J
and heart Q.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
SKIN A CAT wv WAYS

THERE ARE more ways than
n to kill a cat" Is an expression
whose origin Is not at the moment
known. but which might we'll have
come from he talk around a
bridge table. Often there are sew
sral methods to play for a p%articu-
lar contract. and the way to try is
indexed by something an opponent
has done during either the bid
ding or the play. On rare occa-
sions. both Of the best known
fancy plays are available-the
squeeze and the throW-in.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

OUTSTANDING BUSINESS OP-
portunity for returned service man
qualified to assume agency work
for top-rated North Carolina Life
Insurance Company. inquiries
confidential. Salary and commits
sion. Write giving age, qualifica-
tons, to- Opportunity, care Of this
paper 2-T-T-S-9tl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

FARM FOR RENT NEAR EP-
som, Louisburg highway.
Good tobacco allotment, barns
equipped with oil burners,
six-room dwelling with cleo
tricity. Telephone 23O5. 6-2t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
REPAIR SERVICE

HAVE YOUR MATTRESS RE-
built now, we have plenty OF ma
terial, We do all kinds OF mat
tress repairing and rebuilding.
Henderson Mattress Co., South
William ST, Henderson, N. {.
28-ll I'll
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
SITUATIONS

EXPERIENCED SECRETAR Y
wants work in Henderson. College
diploma. Good references. Call
$751; after three p. m. Saturday.
7-3ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
LOST-FOUND

BLACK BlLLFCID CONTAINING
Security card and drivers license
Frank Plulnmer. Return to Car
DINA Eag2in2 Co. office. i-G.i
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

MIR. FARMER BRING US YOUR
Cows, Veal and Hogs. We pay top
prices dead or alive. Gail us and
we will come to see them. S. W.
Renn's Grocery. Phone ll0l-W.
25-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

WANTED ALL PEOPLE SUFFER-
ing from kidney trouble or back
ache to try Kiddo, 97c. Money
back guarantee. Page-Hocutt Drug
Company. l9-t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
WANTED

ARE YOU MOVING TO
Durham Do you want a
place to live there? Will
trade three room furnish
ed apartment in Duke cam
pus area for similar place
here. Phone 500. tt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

Where the bidding went that
way, in a big duplicate, South's
play was Influenced by the spade
bid which West made, though the
singleton club was the opening
lead. There Harold C. Richard.
playing for the Manhattan club in
New York's Inter-club league,
planned a throw-in play against
West. After three club tricks, he
scored the K. A and Q Of hearts,
ruffed the heart s, scored the dia-
mond A. ruffed the diamond Z and
raked in the club j. This left
each player three cards, declarer.
Distributed by King /
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

WANTED IMMEDIATELY ONE OR
Two furnished or u~nfurnisned
rooms. Call Mrs. Gupton, phone
464, between $50 a. m. and 8 p.
m. 7-6ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
FOR RENT

RENT ON HALF SHARES CT
money, good n horse farm, four
acre tobacco allotment, six OOm
house. four miles from Henderson.
Otis c.. Faulkner, Route 2, Hen
derSOn. Lit
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
HELP WANTED

THE" MAN. THAT WE WANT: 80
years Of age or older, who needs
an income of at least $4,000, has
had sales experience but has not
found the kind of business he IS
satisfied to make his life work,
must be Of good character and
ambitious. The nan selected will
be thoroughly schooled in our sales
procedure. Applicant must state
past sales experience, age, depend
ents and names of three refer
ences. Reply held in strict con-
fidence. Write F-IC0, Care Dis
patch. 6-4tl
MAN OR WOMAN WANTED FOR
Rawleigh Route in Henderson
north and east central Granville
county. Real opportunity. We help
you get started. Write RaWleieh's,
Dept. NBC-92-O. Richmond, Va.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

WANTED: A FURNISHED OR UN-
furnished apartment for working
couple without children. Phone
664-W. Mrs. Ruddy Edwards.
7-3ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

RADIO SERVICE-OVER 20 YEARS
experience, modern equipment,
and a complete stock of tubes and
repair parts, guarantee you first
class radio service at a reasonable
cost. Complete factory service on
any make radio. Jenkins Radio &
Sound Service, Phone 446.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

INCOME TAX RETURNS COM
pleted by tax consultant loo tied
at Tanner Sewing Machine S.lop.
1903 N. Garnet. Hours 9-5, at
night by appointment. Telephone
IIe-W T-6ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
FOR SALE

LAUNDRY SINKS, CAFE SINKS,
kitchen sinks, lavatorieS. Watkins
Hardware Co. 6-3ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
RADIO REPAIR SERVICE

Two licensed radio engineers with
a full stock of tubes and replace
ment parts are ready to repair
your radio and give you prompt
service. We guarantee every job.
Free pickup service. II and 8
Radio Repair Service, 100 West
Montgomery St. phone 234. 1T
WE CAN REBUILD A WORKOUT
motor 50 it will rtrr-rr-rr like
new! Seven skilled mechanics at
your service. Hester Motor CO.
1913 HOrner street. Thurs-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
NOTICE!
J. B. GEE, Prop

MAURICE ALLEN, CONTRAC-
tor and Builder, General Repairs,
Painting. Weather Stripping, In
sulations, Floor Refinishing, Phone
l026-W. q
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07
&mT|MEz&2MM0NEY
USE THE WANT ADS
REPAIR SERVICE

SEE HARVIN-McINN1S, INC. FOR
General Auto Repairing by quail
fled mechanics. Authorized Pack
ard Sales and Service. 1872 N.
William st. Phone l73. lift
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

THE NEW 1916 CUB TRAINER is
here. Also government licensed IN
structors to teach you to fly. Pas
seneer trips, $3.50 up. Passen ers
insured. OLary's Flying Service.
5-6ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

6 2-YR. GRAPE VINES-CONSlST-
ing of > Blue Concord, 2 Red
Lutte, and 2 White Niagara-S3.lo
Postpaid. Write for Free Copy
Planting Guide prepared by W.
ginia's Largest Growers OF tlHlt
Trees, Berry Plants, Nut Tr" s,
etc. Waynesboro Nurseries. wy
nesboro, Virginia. no
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

BE SURE TO GET YOUR FREE
Calendar here. 1t contains AN
Almanac and helpful, General In
formation on many things, such
as crops. planting, flowers, house
hold hints and other useful aids.
Western Auto Associate Store, OPP
DoSite Post Office. 6-2t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-07

IT'S HERE. THE NEW POSTWAR
synthetic Vita-LuX Enamel. 1t vas
used extensively on the atomic
bomb project at Oakrlde, be-
cause it stood up under severe
gas and fume conditions without
discoloration. Gloss, Eggshell, Flat.
Nav be tinted lovely pastel shades.
Tanner Roofing Company. 2-5-7-3
Evening star., 1946-07-27

the House originated both appropriation
and tax egislation-Congress has gone
ahead with its appropriations and left
the revenue raising to catch up, If pos
sible, year or two later.
Attached to the bill is an increase in
the compensation of the members
from $4,000 to SIS 900, $12,500 in salary
and $500 in expense allowance. This
increase is long overdue. With the in
come taxes of the Federal Government,
plus the income taxes of the States.
members of the House and Senate have
had little take home" pay Certainly
small amount when it is considered that
the members must maintain homes in
Washington and in their own States,
and, in the case of House members
make a campaign for reelection every
two years, and in the case of Senator'S
every six years. This increase in salary
may have been the sugar" which helped
the bill finally to pass. Assuredly, it was
not without its effect.
~
The history of congressional pay in
dlcates the Wariness with which the mat
ter has always been approached. In 1850
the salaries of members of Congress
which has been the same for Senators
and members of the House-was SO 000
After the Civil War, in 1866 the salary
was increased to $1,000 Forty-one years
rolled by before there was another pay
increase-when in 1907 the salary was
made $500. In 1925 it was boosted to
$4,000, the figure for the present Con-
gress, and now tWenty-one years later
it is proposed to go to $4,000 for the
new Congress which comes in January 3.
Members have had $4,000 expense
allowance, during the present session.
This is continued by the new bill and be-
comes part of the $4,000 compensation.
When it is considered that labor gener-
ally received about ST day half GEN.
tury ago and now receives 81 an hour
for similar work, or perhaps more, the
proposed increase for members of Con-
gress does not seem out of place.
The bill provides also retirement pay
system for members of Congress who
care to avail themselves of it by allo-
eating per cent of their basic pay
They must have served at least six years
and have reached the age of e. to be-
come benehciaries.
The streamlining plan for Congress
was worked out by joint special COM
mlttee, with Senator La Toilette Of Wis
consin, as chairman, and Representative
Monroney of Oklahoma, Democrat, play
ing the leading rolls. To them, and to
Representative Dirksen of Illinois, Re-
publican whip Of the House, must 20
the credit in large measure for the re-
form legislation
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Army Medicine

One hundred and seventy-one
years ago today a little group of
civilian physicians organized them
selves into a branch of the Army
that has developed through the
years into an indispensable life
saving organization in war and
peace-the Army Medical Depart
ment. 1t was on July 27, ITS, that
a handful of patriotic doctors VOL
unteered their services to the en-
battled Continental Army, then
engaged in fighting the British in
the vicinity of Boston. With their
crude instruments and quaint meth
ods, the volunteer men of mercy
treated the wounds of the ragged
Continental soldiers and helped to
sustain the morale and to strengthen
the physical endurance of the forces
fighting for American liberty.
1t was to such a small and in
formal beginning that the Army
Medical Corps looks back today as
1T celebrates its first peacetime
birthday since the summer of 1941.
1t has right to be proud of its
record over the long span of years
since Revolutionary days. Through
all the wars which have brought
injury, disease and death of Amer
ican soldiers, the Army doctors and
medical corpsmen have labored
courageouSly and tirelessly with the
troops in combat, sharing their
dangers, Salving their wounds and
striving to comfort them mentally
as well as physically. During World
War II they performed veritable
miracles with plasma, penicillin,
sulfa drugs and other medicines
and techniques-miracles implicit in
the records which show that 96 out
of every 100 wounded men admitted
to Army hospitals were saved. The
death rate from battle wounds
dropped from 8.3 per cent in World
War I to As per cent in World War
II, and the death rate from disease
from 16.5 per cent to only O6 per
cent.
1t is peculiarly appropriate that
the local observance of the ami
versary should center around Walter
Reed Hospital, which not only
represents Army medical service to
fighting men but, through its name,
is a reminder of the contribution
made by the department to public
health in peacetime. 1t was Major
Walter Reed whose researches vir-
tually eliminated yellow fever as
Scourge to mankind And the Army's
battle to reduce suffering in war
and in peace goes on in ever widen
ing fields, including atomic radia-
ton, The benefits of this crusade
are universal, as they should be.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Professor Buird

Mention of the name of Spencer
Fullerton Baird in connection with
the establishment of the Philatelic
Division of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton leads naturally to remembrance
of other, larger, still more important
services which he rendered to it.
The great foundation "for the in
crease and diffusion of knowledge
among men" might have been little
more than a monument of a sort had
1t remained merely what it was when
its sponsor died. James Srnithson, of
course, realized that the work to
which he was leaving his wealth nee
essarily would have to be done by
others. His part in the enterprise was
that of visualizing its possibilities.
The task of translating his dream into
forms of fact came first into the
hands of the physicist, Joseph
Henry. 1t was to be that famous
mans assistant that Professor Baird
came to Washington in 1850. He
succeeded Henry as secretary of the
Institution in 1878 and held the
position through the remainder of
his days.
Meanwhile, the pattern of the
Smithsonian took shape It's func-
ton as research center developed
month by month, but it also grew
steadily in those portions of it's
activity which naturally were
closest to the public-the museum
aspects of the Institution. And in
both fields Professor Baird not only
performed prodigious labor himself,
but stimulated the maximum effort
Of a long list of associates. He
founded schools" in ornithology,
ichthyology and zoology. AS the
unsalaried head of the Fish Com
mission he literally created a new
industry. Yet his interests, his en-
thusiasms, never were limited to
any single subject, even momentar-
lily. He was a chemist, a metal
Evening star., 1946-07-27
For Intelligence
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
University scholarships have been
founded on most everything, from lard
to textiles Indeed, whole university,
Dartmouth, was founded on an original
barrel of rum, historical detail which
loyal Indians permit no one to forget.
Regardless of the nature of his enter
prise, many a man who has got along
himself feels the urge to repay fortune
by helping others get along.
1t is trif1e out of the ordinary, how
ever, to see a gambling house, like
Harolds at Reno, endow a flock Of uni
versity scholarships. The "a four-year
grants for students at the University
OF Nevada will set the house back $18,-
900 a year But this should put no
strain on the Goddess of Chance; in
spite of the fact that Harold's is dedi-
Gated to her, the deity actually relied
upon in that temple is named Per-
centage He is unfailing.
Some eyebrows may be lifted and the
university be besought to refuse this
faro and roulette money this will over
look the reality which is that it is not
the university that gets the money but
the students. They can put 1t to good
use. Though the gift appears to specify
no particular subjects to be pursued by
the recipients, courses in applied mathe-
matics and the laws of falling bodies
would seem particularly apt, with field
work, of course, to be done at Harold's.
What an ironic thing it would be II
some student under one Of these schol-
arships should actually develop "sys-
tenn" that would break Harold's!
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Rude Young Bicyclists

To the Editor Of The Star:
One night recently as I was crossing
on the go" signal at Connecticut ave-
nue. and K street NV, cavalcade of
youthful bicyclists streaked across in
front of me, totally ignoring the change
of the traffic signals from green to red.
They were riding very fast and had not
been very much on the alert, undoubt-
edly would have been hit. called to the
end boy: you have no business to be
crossing on the red light" He managed
to slow up enough to be able to turn
his head and shout back in the most
insulting manner: You mind your own
business" I said: ut is my business
when you almost hit me-" but I am sure
that this was lost on him.
Will these youngsters never learn the
difference between liberty and license?
If the youngsters wish to keep some
of the rights which others have fought
for them to have, they had better stop
abusing their privileges. l.. K. P.
Evening star., 1946-07-27

lurgist, a mathematician, a linguist,
an artist.
The Star printed the news of
Professor Baird's death on August 10,
1887, with obvious regret. 1t spoke of
his celebrity as IAN accomplished
scholar +** of great executive abil-
ity," credited him with IAN honest
heart and a kindly spirit" and
claimed for him that "to no scientist
in the country do the masses of the
people owe more" His memory, it
declared editorially, would be per-
petuated "as long as an intelligent
posterity can read the story of his
achievements" The centenary of
the Smithsonian Institution next
month inevitably will bring his name
to notice again.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lincoln

Congress, probably to the surprise of
many OF its neutrality-suspicious. those
who do not believe in change-flnds it
self Strearlined today as a result of the
passage by the Senate and House of
the La Toilette Monroney bill The
measure is designed to increase the eff
cheney of action by the legislative body,
to eliminate a lot of the underbrush
which has clogged the motion of the
Senate with its Sc members and the
House with its ABS.
Advantages which accrue from the
new legislation are many Principal
among them are the reorganization of
the committee structure of both houses
the legislative budget, which will be
worked out early in each session of the
Congress; the overseeing of administra-
tive agencies of the Federal Government
by the streamlined standing commit
tees, and the increased stating of the
congressional committees and the legiS-
lative reference bureau.
The number of standing committees
of the Senate is reduced from 33 to Is
of the House from 48 to 49, The juris-
diCtion of the new committees has been
extended to cover the subjects which in
larger number of committees. One of
the most important changes is the crea-
ton of a single committee in the House
and a single committee in the Senate
to deal with the armed services, instead
Of having separate committees on mill
tary and naval affairs.
Whatever may be the fate Of the
pending bill to unity the services. the
whole subject of national defense will
be handled by the same committee in
Congress-no longer will needs of the
Army and of the Navy be considered
in separate vacuums Undoubtedly this
decision of the Congress will have an
important effect on the measure, which
has been strongly supported by Presi-
dent Truman, for the uniflcation of the
services.
The legislative budget should go far
toward keeping Federal expenditures
and revenues within balance in the flu
ture The budget will be worked out by
the Senate and House Committees on
Appropriations, the Senate Finance
Committee and the House Ways and
Means Committee, acting together.
If the expenditures, according to the
budget, are to be in excess of the reve-
nues, then provision must be made for
increasing the national debt to the ex-
tent of that deficit-a stern check on
the runaway facility of appropriating
public money in the past.
In the recent past-and indeed since
the 1905 when a single committee of