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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
Azalea Festival

With the City Council looking favor
ably upon an appropriation adequate
to turn the southern shore of Green
field Lake into a beauty spot, as the
other shores have been, it is appropri-
ate to suggest that now is the time to
plan an azalea festival for, next spring.
1t is now none too soon to start prep
arations as a successful celebration
such as Wilmington might sponsor
would require months of intensive eff
fort.
By starting work on the lakefront
scheduled for betterment no later than
September, the azalea blooming season
could reveal the entire five-mile stretch
around the lake a continuous mass of
blossoms. With an advertising cam
paign starting simultaneously with the
clearing of the south shore, the people
of southeastern North Carolina and
from far beyond would be bearing down
on their a~ccelerators with their cars
headed toward Wilmington for the
opening day of the festival.
There is no way to estimate how
many visitors would be attracted at the
start, but from the success of Mobiles
Azalea Trail exploitation it is certain
that whatever the initial attendance
might be the local festival would at
tract greater throngs with each sue
ceeding year, provided the promotion
was as thorough as Mobiles has been.
A point to consider is that since the
City is ready to do its part in improv-
ing Greenfield Park and it's lakefront
the people, particularly the business
community which stands to profit ma.
terially, have an obligation to do their
share in sponsoring an azalea festival,
and next spring is none too soon for
the first one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31

getting up from a nice Sunday
dinner to watch in awe as a Lieut.
enant Maynard, known in those
days as the Flying Parson," flew
over.
Just to show you how time has
flown, along with the planes, it
a this same Lieutenant May
nard who projected to fly the then
Governor Beckett from Raleigh to
Wake Forest once to make a
speech. The trip, as you known,
is only a matter of II miles.
Everybody had gathered in Wake
Forest not only to hear Governor
Beckett, but probably more likely
to watch the plane come in.
Somewhere along those II miles
the Governor got another notion.
Actually, he got sick because of
the maccustomed buffeting of the
plane and never did make it for
his Wake Forest speech. He had
to put back down in Raleigh and
go on back to the Mansion and
get himself settled.
Such a thing, typical of flying at
the time-and that was just a
quarter of a century ago would
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
Traffic Safety Rally

Because of the human variant it is
impossible to determine what means
may be effectively employed to increase
safety in traffic. We know only that
as long as reckless drivers exist and
worn out cars are driven at too high
speed, as long as signals are disregard
ed, as long as careful watch is not kept
of the road ahead, the highways will
continue to take a heavy toll of lives
and thousands of injured persons will
drag out their years under pitiful handi-
caps, a burden to themselves and their
families.
The problem, then, is to convince
more and more drivers that taking
chances, inviting accidents, does not
pay. How to do this, of course, is the
question. South Carolina hopes to i'm
prove the safety situation through the
safety rally now in progress at Column
bia. This gathering is the aftermath
of President Truman's highway safety
conference at Washington in May.
Some two thousand law enforcement
officers, educators, lawyers and other
public leaders are gathered in the state
capital to study all phases Of traffic
safety, including education, enforce.
ment. engineering, laws and ordinances
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
Yes, The Day OfHigh SpeedAir Travel
Is Definitely With Us To Stay Always

never happen now when Governor
Cherry, awakening from his owr
bed in the Mansion at Raleigh this
morning, might end up as the
principal speaker at a dinner
meeting in Los Angeles tonight.
Further, how many of the Older
people have you heard say, mos
emphatically, that terra firma
was plenty good enough for them
and that you'd never catch them
straying up into the air in n Of
these new = tangled contraptions?
Well, at one time there were
plenty of just such people. But to-
day, I am told by the air line peo-
pie, a regular passenger list
might include several oldsters who
once got about the best they could
in covered wagons.
Perhaps you're wondering why
I'm wasting your time to bring
all this business of the airplane
being here to stay up again. Well,
it is for no particular reason ex-
cept that, already amazed by what
the planes have done to cut down
distances, everything you pick up
in the way of an air article this
day and time forecasts ever fast
er speeds. First thing you know
you'll be able to eat a late break
fast in New York and sit down at
a luncheon table in London before
you actually begin feeling the
pangs of hunger.
This fellow Howard Hughes, as
you know, has himself a flying
boat being teadied in Los Angeles
harbor, l believe, that will carry
hundreds of passengers from Los
Angeles, say, to Tokyo in less
time than it used to take you to
60 from here to Washington, D. C..
I'm resigned to the signs.
There'll come a time, if indeed!
it isn't already here, when you
just won't be able to 60 anyplace
leisurely.
Soon, as it's been pointed out be-
lore, you'll take a %heliocopter out
to Carolina Beach in maybe five
minutes. From the looks of some
OF those that have passed me en-
route, it now takes upward of Is
to 20 minutes to make the same
trip by automobile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
QUOTATIONS.

1ndust'y's courtship OF women is definitely
over. Perhaps the intentions were never entire
ly honorable.-Miss Margret A.. Hickey, ex-
president National Federation of Business ond
Professional Women's Clubs.
I'm afraid our foreign policy has been too
definitely pro-British. Take the case of Trieste.
We followed the British Il ad there. 1t was the
French, not ourselves. who proposed a COM
promise acceptable to both the Russians and
Brltish.-Sen. George D. Aiken (R) Of Vermont.
For every school teacher in America there
are more than seven crilninals.-FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
Religion
WRITE TO STAIN
By r. ELLIS

I wrote a letter to Joseph Stain
the ether day, assuring him of my
Country's real friendship for Rus
STA and recalling historic instances
of Russia's friendship towards
America. 1t was a simple. friendly
gesture Of gooe will, and a plea
for greater mutual understanding.
At first thought it seemed idle
to address the ruler in the Krem-
lin; probably he would never per-
sonally see the letter. But some
official in Moscow would.
Then I began to dream of
what would be the effect if a mil
lion Americans would write per-
sonal letters OF good will to MIR.
Stain. Then the Russian govern
ment would surely take notice.
Such an %outpouring of peace and
good will, entirely voluntary and
personal, would change suspicion
and fear into reciprocal friendli-
ness. 1t would be a demonstration
of democracy in action, and would
lead to open doors.
Why is it not an essentially
Christian act thus to bear witness
to the spirit of the good neighbor?
A five cent postage stamp. a
sheet of good writing, paper. and
an intelligent impulse to serve o,,r
generation. are all the equipment
required.
We want to be witnesses for Thee
and Thy truth, o Lord, to high and
low, to the uttermost person We
may by any means reach. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
By JOHN SKIES

Coming from a guy who, Wher
he goes aloft in an airplane, al
ways holds grimly onto the seats
or any other item that is fastened
d o w n this is an unequivocal
e n d o r S e m e n t of plane
travel. Not, of course, that you
need any such endorsement COM
ing from me, but I thought it just
might comfort you to find out that
finally, I hav' decided the air
plane, along with the radio, is
here to stay.
The great number of folks here
abouts who are using planes to get
about in is proof that a trip in
the air has reached the point it's
as commonplace as a two-Wheeled
cart down the Old River road used
to be.
For some time I've meant to
mention this. Daily, as l come
in from the outskirts of the city
to get to my working table, I've
noticed planes of all types whiz-
zing around in the air. A great
many of these, I take it, are train
er planes, an indication that the
folks are learning to fly them
selves.
Out on the Carolina Beach road
the planes positively swarm. This
is true, too, of the Wrightsville
Beach road and, for that matter,
just about all roads leading into
Wilmington.
Also. there's a plane that makes
Wrightsville Sound its home
ground and, even when there's a
spanking northeaster blowing you
a see this plane bouncing around
In the air over the strand.
There may be some of you who
are old enough to remember the
time when a plane passing over
head was the occasion to drop
whatever you were doing and go
out and watch it buzz away over
the horizon. Why, I even recall
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31

Guidepost
By W. G. ROGERS
ECONOMICS IN ONE LES
SON, by Henry Hazlitt Harp

ECONOMICS IN UNE LES
SON, by Henry Hazlitt Harp
er; 81.
Whenever we tamper with EN-
nomic law, this essayist believe,
We may appear to improve it o1'
we will see, after we lift up OH
eyes and look beyond our noses
that we did not. A special favor 70
one man Or one industry, Haz!ltt o.
the New York Times declares, SOON
er or later inevitably harms some
other man or industry.
But If it is true that we are
in the grip of blind and unna''
ageable forces. nevertheless they
are benevolent and if we let them
alone, they'll treat US handsome
ly. Don't touch, says Fazlltt'
. BY letting them alone NJ
means abollshing tariffs, suoSlals'
and parity prices, 2 pfogr5"
some readers will approve. Ba.
he further, and here dlfteTea.
readers will approve, mean y
slashing taxes. aspiring 10 II.
production rather than hll En-,
ployment, dropping all ratloA'a5
and price controls, the e'-!cacy -
which even in wartime seem; ;,
dubious to him; and stopping d.
but the obvious minimum OF ls..
eral activity. He cites The NoL.'
Dam, for instance, as q dlStulg'
ance of the economic equllloFlal.,,,
and the best he can find to S''
FOR it is that if is photo9enic'
In Hazlitt's opinion, minimum,
wage laws, too, interfere uh"@,
rantedly with society's 'natuG'' :,
distribution of compensation. Il
there are real injustices IN ,I'
field, Hazlitt would let unlas
right them; though perhaps 'as
is a way of advising US to f0I=[,
about them altogether, tor o4
few pages further on ne q0e'
tions whether unions can I9.
wages at all. Strikes are ]uS.-
able. in his opinion, but not TX
resort to intimidation, when ~
defines in part as ~picketinG.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
Mex enney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Probably sthe strongest group
of rubber bridge players in the
country play at the Cavendish
Club in New York. Any day three
or four Life Masters will be found
IN a rubber game there, and you
a always look for some thrills
when you pull up a chair to kibitz.
Here is a hand that came UP in
a game the other night.
Declarer won the opening dia-
mond lead in dummy with the
king and cashed tie ace of hearts.
When the six-spot fell from the
South hand East was warned
hat the trumps were breaking
four-one. The opening lead of the
nine of diamonds also was a
marked singleton, as South Ger
tainly had to have the king and
queen of clubs to justify an open
ing bid.
Declarer led a small club from
dummy and played the ten-spot
from his own hand. South Won
and came back with a small club,
but declarer safely took the fl
nesse of the jack and was able
to discard one of his losing spades
on the ace of clubs.
The average player does not pay
Sufficient attention to the small
spot cards. Why did the NAV of
the six-spot mark South with a
singleton heart? Because it natu-
rally would be South's lowest
heart, and while he might have
held the queen. declarer was
warned that the missing hearts
might be punched in the North
hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31

public support and public information,
out of which it is hoped to formulate
a safety program that will go far to-
ward reducing the deaths and injuries
on the states highways.
1t is a splendid effort which de-
serves the full measure of success.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
TOP o. THE MORNING

Opportunities do not come with their
values stamped on them. A day dawns
quite like other days, but in that day a
life faces us. To face every opportunity
of life thoughtfully and ask its meaning
braveIy is the only way to meet supreme
opportunities when they come.
Maltbie D.. Babcock
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
Doctor Says
WEATHER CHANGE,
|BRlNC MANY COINS
BY WILLIAM A. o BBrrv

ohIEN, "
Epidemics of summa,
start in August and ext..s 'oa'
the fall months. As a. ND
known, the same vi,,P. d is
causes the winter varjat~ With
is responsible for the Gods
type. S0Tns;
The common cold il bi,,,u
tagious. The infection is sn-s CO..
susceptible persons n - '.saa .
to 4S hours. "FS' 4
Resistance varies from
to person, and it varies p ps',oa
same individual from time IN N III
throughout the year. 0ns
Common cold epidemic, r-.n.,
for at least six months out y ot AZ
year. VI The
Following recovery from
an Individual may enioy 'o-o'
munity for a month or +,ro ~ = M
lae' may account for the pevjo5'
icity of the cold outbreak, ~.
regularly come in January "',.s3
February, April and Nav a.3
August and September. IT, 'a'
age person has two TO tbres o o..
a year. '0'o'
Summer colds are often Nv
fused with allergic reactions i, VIII ",
nose, as the symptoms (,ror1 gs
mucous membrane, waterv AZ.
charge, interference with br.. w
ing, sneezing, and throat NV.
tation) are identical.
Some severe allergic reaction.
in known h~ay-fever victim, w.,
caused by complicating COMM,
cold virus infections.
The common cold is not = c,,,.
cut disease, for other ~infectio9, i,
the body start with symptoms -. >"
sembling the common cold B.l
proof that the infection is csv,si
by the common-cold virus * r,n,
ally lacking, because of the tec I,%
cal difficulty of locating the vim,
Respiratory infections in cbi.
dren should be observed with >,
open mind until their true natr,s
is revealed, In one-third Of unns.
respiratory infections apparenf,
caused by the common-cold virp,
the d e a e subsidies. vjt,m,
treatment, in 48 hours.
Allergic reactions in the ro,s
may result from foods. Summs,
vacationists have been known 4,
stuff themselves with milk AMI
thus to develop an allergic Re.
action, even though they are NH.
u p Sc t by milk in ordina,y
amounts.
The relationship between the on,
set of virus colds and changes f.,
the weather has been observed ON
shipboard. When the ship passed
through a cold current after crgs.
ing in warm waters, colds in.
creased sharply.
Some observers believe that The
common-cold virus is a constant
inhabitant of the human nose
which is activated by sudden
drops in temperature.
The treatment of a summer cold
is the same as that for a cold
at any other time of the yea.
At the first sign of infection many
people take a hot bath, 60 TO BID.
and stay covered. In the majority
of cases, the cold then disappears
in SO to 48 hours.
QUESTION: My mother has d.
abetes and is taking iasulin. Nov
She is having trouble with her
foot, which is painful and numb
and becomes red and swollen. She
has been told that the trouble is
in her nerves. She is 81. What
treatment do you recommend?
ANSWER: Nerve trouble (nel.
ritis) in diabetes is difficult TO re.
lieve. Circulation is also a prob
lem, and your mother should be
careful that she does not put any
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-31
A Sure Way

A Sure Way
Alice, VINO was five years old
was often asked to run errands for
her mother. She went willingly il
she could pronounce the name OF
the article wanted, but dreaded
the laughter which greeted her at
tempts to pronounce certain words
Vinegar" was one of the hardest
sor her. She never would 60 for
it if she could help it, but one
morning her mother found it alb
solutely necessary to send her.
Entering the store she handed
the jug to the clerk and said:
Smell the jug and give me a
quart"
The Furrow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13

Naugatuck. Feb. i3 - As q pro-
ject in its program OF Service TO
the Y. M. @, A., the US Mems Club
is sponsoring a series OF three bas-
ketbali games at the local Y in
which the team OF the U. s. RUB
Der company's Naugatuck Footwear
plant viii be the host. The first Of
these games viii be with the team
from the Woonsocket plant Of the
u. 8, Rubber Co., and is expected TO
be attended by capacity audience
Tickets are available today at the
Industrial Relations offices OF the
Footwear. Chemical and Synthetic
Rubber Plants. the desk at the Y.
M. Q. A. or any member OF the US
Mems Club.
The proceeds from these games
are to be used toward the purchase
OF Q moving picture protector for
the local Y, NJ, @, A., for which the
need has been felt for some time. In
the past, any Aims that were 10 be
shown ut the local association, nee
essitated borrowing q privately
owned machine with consequent
imposition upon its owner. On occa-
sion, the unavailability OF such q
machine on short notice. prevented
the showing Of Aims which were
highly instructive and educational.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13
Dom Di Maggie
Signs With SOx

Boston, Feb. IL - CUP - DOM
inic DiMaggio, speedy center fielder
and youngest of the famed baseball
brothers. has agreed 10 terms for
the 1916 season, General Manager
Eddie Collins OF the Boston Red Sox
announced today.
Collins said he talked with Di-
Maggie at his San Francisco home
last night and the bespectaeled out
fielder appeared satisfied with the
terms offered. The salary was not
announced.
DiMaggio was discharged as a
chief specialist in the Navy about
a month ago. His three years sery-
ice included overseas duty In Aus
tra:ia and the Philippines.
He said he had been working out
In San Francisco for the past two
weeks and that he would report 10
The Red Sox training camp at Sara
sofa, Fla. on Feb. rs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13
Preacher Roe
In Bad Shope

BateSyille, Ark, Feb. 10. tUP)-
Elwin Preacher Roe. a prominent
figure in the Pittsburgh's Pirates
pitching plans for this season, still
was in serious condition today at
a local hospital as the result OF a
fractured skull
The skinny highlander. who was
the Pirates second best pitcher last
season with II victories and Is de-
featg. probably will not be able to
join his teammates at their Cali
fornia spring training camp for at
least a month.
The hospital bulletin merely
stated that Roe spent a restiul
night but was still in serious con-
dition.
Roe, 27, was injured at a basket
ball game Saturday night when he
fell during a tussle with Referee
Guthrie Goodwin. A basketball
coach in Arkansas during the win
ter months. Roe disputed oeci-
sion against his team during the
game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13
College Basketball

a$s GNANE9 ANEnD
William a. Mary IS. Hampden
sydney 80.
Ohio Wesleyan so, Wooster 30.
Oklahoma 81, Kansas State ~.
carbondale Tchrs S. Cape Girar-
deau 46.
Cornell College 63, st. Ambrose %.
Alabama SIS. Columbus Air Base
Ohio U. SO, Muskingum IS.
Franklin College 40. Ball State
Tchrs IS.
Syracuse 70. Clarkson Tech 81.
South Dakota As. Morningside 80.
Duke 70. Georgia Tech 81.
Creighton 80, Drake 81.
Gallaudet 40. American u 90.
George Washington 81, George
town u. 80.
Texas Tech II. Hardin Simmons
80.
Wesleyan IS. Trinity 81,
University Of Mississippi So. Mis-
sissippi State ~.
Loras 6s. camD Grant 50.
Providence College So. Brown u.
IS.
Illinois Normal 81, Illinois Wes-
leyan SO (oVertime).
Augsburg College so, ST. Mays
College rs.
Abilene Christian Il, Texas Wes-
leyan II.
Niagara so. Alfred Il.
Buffalo State Tchrs 81. u OF Buff
falo 81.
Glencove Mas SO. Florida 38.
Roanoke 40, washington a. Lee 26,
Eau Claire Tchrs Sc. Stevens
Point Tchrs 50.
New Mexico IS. Fl Paso Mines Is
Wright Field 10. Fort Sheridan 43.
Oklahoma A a. NJ 80. Tulsa 10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13
COLD PUTTER
COSTS NELSON
MUCH MONEY
ny STAN oPrOwsKY
UNITED Frs sports Writer

New Orleans, FEB. IL -. (up) -
Byon Selson begged on from the
pro-amateur preliminary 30 the New
orleans open golf tournament today
10 tune up on his putting IN an ef.
fort to regain his position as golfs
number one money winner.
Nelson, who resumed competition
after layof OF more than q month,
IN the san Antonio, Tex, open,
found that q lack OF sharpness on
the greens was too much 10 over
cone and he finished third behind
Ben Hogan, the winner, and Sammy
Byrd.
The pro.amateur competition
found a f0ll-sized field ready to
compete including both Hogan and
Byrd and the recently rejuvenated
Henry Picard.
Picard. former Professional Golf
Association champion, became a
good bet with local followers be.
cause Of his return TO form. He Is
the only person ever to win the
New orleans open twice, coping
the prize In 1893 and again in iell.
He also holds the 72-hole tourna-
ment record Of 276 which he set In
1891.
Hogan Won Nest
Nelson, who set an all-time mark
for golf earnings last season, was
trailing Hogan In the current gold
rush. To date Hogan has won S7,~
56s while Nelson has collected So
4l6.67. Hogan has finished In the
money in each, OF the six tourna-
ments In which he has played. Nell
son has played In only three. but
third In the other.
Nelson won the two major tourna-
mentS to date on the winter swing,
the San Francisco and Los Angeles
opens, while Hogan took the Phoe-
nix and Texas opens.
Nelson has finished in the money
in the last 10 tournaments in which
he has competed.
In third place among the money
winners was Herman Barron of
White Plans, N. Y, who hasn't won
a tournament, but who has earned
$S.74760 thus far.
Other money winners this season
include Jimmy Demaret OF Houston,
Tex, who won the Phoenix Open,
with a S3,44586 return. Byrd, play
ing out of the Plum Hollow course
at Detroit, $3,264.e4, and Toney
Penna Of Dayton. winner of the
Richmond. Cal, open, whose return |
is S3,252o8.
Rounding out the top 10 money
winners are Jim Ferrier of Green |
wich, Conn. S2,9426i; L. J. Dutch |
Harrison of Little Rock, ARK. S2,- |
844; and Harold (Jug) MoSpaden Of |
Sanford, Me, S2,444.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13
IngersoII Tops
|. r. A. Pin LOOP

The I. r. A. Minor Bowling league
goes into its 23rd week tonight with
the following schedule: French vs.
Eyelet Specially: c. L. a. p. VS.
United Chromium: Steel Bail VS.
Shoe Hardware: ThinSheet Metal
VS. Lux Clock; Benrus VS. SOM
ers Brass; Waterbury Companys
VS. Inregsoll.
This week. BurFitt of Somers
topped last weeks high singles by
one point l48 over Carlo of Eye
let's l47 and DeRosimo of Steel
Balls La Who were tied last week
for first place.
With high triples Carlo OF Eye
let had 1872 while Laliberte of SOM
ers reached 37l. High single team
games was Steel Ball with 5g4 and
Somers second with SCI. High total
team games Steel Ball with 1923
and IngerSoll with 1925.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-13
CYO Gomes

Lone leadership Of the western
division of the CYOKC basketball
league belongs to boys from the
parish of Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel.
as a result Of a convincing 1920
victory last night over st. Johns
OF WATERFOWL; Nitro scoring 10
points for the winners. Brasche of
the losers had a big night with II
markers, Nickel making the other
six as Altierio and Ortelle got 7
each for Mt. Carmel.
In other league games, st..
Michael's won tight game from
st. AIMS 1888 and st. Joseph's
had all 1t could do to top st. Pat
rick'S 1895. Keith, Fappiano and
McAree of st. Mikes scored we'll:
Gelains got IL for the Trenches;
while Shanahan and Januska
melted "a for st. Joes; Kachergis,
German and Bergin scoring 1887
points for st. Pats.