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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
0RRELL APPEALS
TO TAX LISTERS

J. A. Orrel, New Hanover county
auditor, yesterday made plea to
property owners who have not yet
listed their 1915 taxes to do so now
and avoid possible citation to the
Grand Jury.
There are many persons who
have not listed their taxes and we
would much rather they come on
and get under the wire before it is
too late," Orreu said.
January 81 has been designated
the latset date tax listing may be
made and it is understood that
property owners who do not list
during the period allotted, are sub
ject to severe penalty should they
be apprehended and their case
presented to the grand jury.
An unusual case came up yester-
day when young man appeared
at the window and asked where he
might list his taxes for three
years - not in advance, but for
the years 1913, "A, and As.
These cases are rare, as was
pointed out by Auditor Orren who
said they are possibly a result of
migrant workers who have not
been accustomed to the procedure
of this area regarding the listing
of property for the payment of
taxes.
This is a very unusual case, %
the auditor explained, but there
is a possibility that he was not
familiar with our procedure.
In such cases the delinquent tax
lister is allowed to list Immediately
and pay back taxes then and there,
however this is not a wise course
to follow, according to Orrell.
The auditor said he had no way
OF knowing just how many persons
had listed their taxes through yes
terday, but indicated there are
good many yet who have not list
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29

the secretary. Mr.. Willetts, and
the board of directors on the finest
report he had ever heard from
any institution and on its outstand-
ing progress and growth. He also
commented on the large volume
OF loans made, and stated that
he had no idea that Wilmington
afforded such a tremendous loan
ing field as was evidenced by this
report.
Expressions of praise and conf
dence were made by various share
holders present.
J. E. L. Wade, thanked the share
holders for their loyalty and patron
age and in speaking for all direct
ors Of the Cooperative, said that
they each derived a great deal of
joy and satisfaction from the con-
facts made and the assistance Civ
en- the shareholders through the
facilities Of this institution. 4
The shareholders passed a reso-
luton authorizing Mr.. Willetts to
write a letter of deep regrets to
j. H. Hinton on his inability to
attend the meeting and wishing
him a speedy recovery.
The following directors were
elected to serve during the en-
suing year: j. H. Hinton, c. D.
Hogue, j. E. l.. Wade, Leslie Hum
nell, Frederick Willetts, DR.. ]. T..
Hoggard, K. o. Burgwin and J. o.
Hinton.
The following officers were elect
ed at directors meeting i'm
mediately following the annual
shareholders meeting: J. H. Fin
ton, Chairman Of the Board, Fred
erick Willetts, president & secre-
tary-treasurer, J. E. L. Wade, vice
president, E. Moseley Fonvielle,
assistant secretary-treasurer. Mrs.
D. B. Mahoney, assistant secretary
treasurer, Messrs. c. D. Hogue
and K. o. BurgWin, ATTORNEYS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
Missouri Farm Couple
Given Life For Murder

VIENNA, Mo-, Jan. 2S.-tPN
Ben French, 43-year-old farmer,
and Mrs. Henry Westerman plead
ed guilty today to murder charge
in the death of Mrs. Westerman' S
husband, Henry, As, last Dec. 2,
and were sentenced to life impr1-
sonment by Circuit Judge Sam
Blair.
Mrs. IWesternan's 15-year-old son,
Gene, who, the state alleges, fired
the shot that killed his father, is
also charged with murder. Coun'
ty Prosecutor Hamp Rothwe1 ask
ed the judge to change the youth
charges to second degree mfdel
because of his age.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
CUPID KEEPS Busy

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3d. R -
Marriage licenses issued in cities
of 100000 or more population in
creased II per cent in 1915 as COM
pared with the previous year. The
1915 total was $685. The Census
Bureau said the increase may re-
fleet, in large part, marriages of
veterans of World War H."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
BUDAPEST THREATENEn

LONDON, Jan. D. Up The
Budapest radio said tonight that
flood swollen waters OF the Danube
packed up by ice foes and the
wreckage OF war-destroyed bridges
are menacing the city of Budapest,
The broadcast reported that emer.
gency workers were striving to
prevent the river from overflow
ing its retaining walls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29
ORTHODONTIsTs MEET

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 2s.-R-The
Southern Society Of Orthodontists
began a two-day convention here to-
day, with 200 members present.
Technical subjects were discussed
in papers and at clinics during the
day. Officers will be elected to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29

When the Library of Congress
was opened at the start of the
18th century 1t consisted of 1854
books.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-29

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Truck Lane

AS was to be expected, there has
been criticism of the truck lane out
lined at the last session of the City
Council. It is not the best route that
could be selected, especially as it would
traverse a short distance through Forest
Hills which is among the city's most
choice residential districts. If it were
located there it would either prevent
further dwelling construction along its
borders or materially lower the value of
building property.
But there is no need to get hot
and bothered about this particular
route. There are others available and
the people of the city are assured by
both Mayor Lane and Acting City Man.
ager Benson that no final action will
be taken until all are thoroughly in
vestigated and conference has been held
with the State Highway Department.
The one essential step which must
be taken is to get the trucks, particu-
larly the oil tankers, off Third street,
their favorite route, and Fifth and
Market as well. Despite all that has
been said in an effort to stop the nui-
sance they create on Third street, oil
tankers are still travelling at high
speed through this thickly populated
area at night, laundering like freight
trains, Weakening sleepers, disturbing
invalids, and cracking walls and win
dows.
Until they are required to move to
another route, where residents will not
be disturbed by their passage, the police
are urged to keep a patrol car on Third
street at night and compel drivers to
observe the speed limit or submit to
arrest. By this process, we are certain,
the violation of the speed ordinance and
the disturbance they now make night
ly, will soon be abated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Government Lends A Hand

This government proposal to dis.
mantle barracks and other buildings
in surplus Army camps to build houses
for veterans is among the more help
full plans originating in Washington,
1t is expected that enough lumber will
be salvaged to construct about 1885, 0C
three-bedroon homes. Roughly esti-
mated at least 1900, 600, 900 board feet
will be released for essential dwellings
1t may we'll turn out that building
materials dealers will protest the effort
on the ground that it will place the
government in competition with them,
but such a complaint is not sound, since
the dealers had previously sold the
lumber to the government and also be-
cause they are u%nprepared to provide
enough to meet current building needs.
Too many veterans families are hous-
ed in inadequate quarters as it is.
Furthermore the lumber trade can thus
concentrate it's best efforts and the
larger part of it's accommodating stock
to meeting civilian requirements for
new homes and apartment houses.
Something of this sort has been I'M
derway at Camp Davis for some time,
where dormatories are to be taken down,
shipped to Washington and recon-
structed as four-apartment buildings
as a means of relieving the capitals
housing shortage. Even with the Navy
moving in at Camp Davis, there will
still be a surplus of buildings to be
torn down and rebuilt into more modest
but entirely comfortable homes.
It may be accepted that the situa-
ton is the same, in varying degree,
in all camps used for training troops
in all sections of the country. Their
demolition, with the materials being
used in meeting the general housing
shortage is not only a humanitarian
step, but an economic one as we'll. Let
the work start soon and be prosecuted
to a speedy conclusion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
BY JOHN SKIES

The life of a life guard isn't as
easy and simple as you'd maybe
believe. This l have found out
from my daily patrolllng o.
Wrightsville Beach.
No, I'm not a life guard; prob
ably would become frightened sill
lier than usual if anybody were
to so much as scream for help in
my direction.
But, in my best buttinsky man.
ner, l went up to Dick Ryder, one
of the life guards at Wrightsville
Beach and asked him some ques-
tons about his business.
Seems he keeps pretty busy. Sun
day he hauled in a mar who'd gone
out too far and couldn't make it
back to shore under his own steam.
Mr.. Ryder told me, however, the
man didn't give him any trouble.
"All this trouble business" Mr..
Ryder says, ''is mainly talk. Us
ually when a mar feels he's about
to drown he's so tired that he
gives up and is as easy to handle
as a wet sack"
There was something else I con-
sidered important that l learned
from Mr.. Ryder. All this talk
about cramps is mainly talk, Mr..
Ryder tells me.
ITS just superstition about a
person not being able to eat a
heavy meal and then go in swim
ming. Why, I eat a big breakfast
every morning and then 60 right
down and jump in the ocean. And
l swim out fairly far, too. Also
1 eat a heavy lunch and then go
right in the water. I think there's
nothing to that business"
Mr.. Ryder is sunburned almost
black. He tells me he got that
way in five days. Naturally, it
seems only natural that a man who
spends at least eight hours out in
the broiling hot sun every day
will get a good tan. But take me
for example. I've been spending
a good part of the time around
midday out on the beach each day
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
No Place For School

Rumors have recently been heard
of a proposal to construct a junior COL
lege, when the time comes, on a tract
neal the headquarters buildings in the
Bluethenthal airport reservation.
1t is seriously to be questioned if
an airport is the proper place for a
school. Certainly there would be un-
necessary danger Of accident to pupils.
Such a project, however, would be
unnecessary, in any case, as the build
ing for a junior college is already built.
The Lake Forest school was constructed
with this use in view. The government
paid the bill with the proviso that
when and if the building should not
be used for school purposes it would
revert to the government.
To build another school on another
site would represent a waste of public
funds. Furthermore it is doubtful if
q building better adapted to the needs
Of a junior college could be designed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Cost Is Secondary

There is criticism of the forthcom.
ing atomic bomb tests at Bikini on the
score of their cost. Critics claim the
expense will top half a billion dollars.
which naval authorities declare a gross
exaggeration. Commander Lawrence
Julian declares they will not exceed
the cost of a single battleship of the
Iowa class, roughly estimated at $11O,-
900, 900.
Perhaps neither figure is accurate,
but it would appear that, in a case
like this, expense is not as important
as the lessons that may be learned
from the operation. Atomic bombs, de-
spite the destruction wrought by the
two used in Japan, are still largely
unknown quantities.
They are the x in the war equation.
What they can do over land vas fairly
well established at Hiroshima and
Nagasaki although the bombs them
selves were inferior to later products.
What they can do with their present
increased power to naval ships is still
to be discovered. This is why ships of
many designs have been gathered off
an isolated atoll in the Marshalls as
targets.
The operation, therefore, is we'll
calculated to determine how we'll or
how poorly present-day naval construc-
ton can withstand atomic attack and
what structural changes may be need
ed to enable the Navy in event of an
other war to travel on the surface of
the sea under the atomic menace or
whether it will be necessary to resort
exclusively to submarines. It is not
improbable that what is learned from
these tests could be the means of saw
ing great numbers of lives in another
war emergency.
In this, that is if the tests do what
they are expected to do, and in view
of the irreplacable value of human life.
the cost, whether half a billion or
hundred million, will be cheap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Saving Lives Is All In A Days Work
TONI. Ryder OutAt WrightsuiHe Beach

and all l have in the way of a
sun-tan is a delicate hue that looks
something like a boiled shrimp.
There is something else I'd like
to know about: why is it that some
people can go out in the sun and
get themselves uniformly tanned
in a little or no time and others,
like me, just broil and peal? There
is no justice in that. When l go
out on the beach l have to wrap
myself up like l might be headed
for the North pole. AS a conse-
quence, it's difficult for me really
to enjoy the fresh ocean breezes
and the vitamin-brimmed sunlight.
But back to Mr.. Ryder. l be-
lieve he told me yesterday that al
though he's called out several
times each week to help a too
intrepid swimmer back to shore,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

there really haven't been any neal
drownings on his beat this sum
mer.
A couple of years ago a couple
of nurses got too far out and
drowned before the life guards
could get to them. Mr.. Ryder
worked on that job.
They were gone, though, before
we even got there. When we did
get there we had to dive in order
to recover the bodies. We were
at the Lumina and the place the
nurses drowned is north of Station
One. So by the time we got
there there was nothing We could
do except find the bodies" he tells
you.
Mr.. Ryder you'd think to look
at him would be a native of the
beach, but he isn't. He's from
Greensboro. The life guard jot
makes it pretty convenient for him
because he goes to Guilford col
1ege in the winter time. 1 forgot
to ask him whether he plays foot
ball, but it seems as if he might
because he has a sturdy, athletic
build.
But getting back to the business
of saving lives, Mr.. Ryder busts
up a lot of hokum about life saw
ing.
Eve never had to beat anybody
owe the head in order to save his
life. Most of them I've ever drug
in were too happy that somebody
was helping them to try anything
like fighting.
"Of course, there may have
been those who got excited when a
life guard tried to save tnem and
gave trouble, but I haven't had
any of those kind of people around
me-"
Mr.. Ryder also SCOTS at the
theory that a drowning person
always comes up three times.
There isn't anything to it," he
dismisses that thought simply.
That's about all I learned about
l~ife-saving. Mr.. Ryder doesn't try
to glamorize the business. Saw
ing lives is all in a days work
with him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
QUOTATIONS.

Triggering an earthquake by an atom BOMB
explosion is a most unlikely event. DestructloT
of our cities by atom bombs is a rather likely
consequence of the discovery of atomic energy.
1t must be prevented By making national CO.
operation replace international rivalry, parlc'
ular]y in this important field.-Dr. David H
Inglis, Johns Hopkins U. physicist.
Liberty is on the bargain tables all over
America today at a discount and exchange
prices. We are trading it away for all KINDS
of social experiments, fathered by those who
would change our form o. government.-Pot-
ter N. Emerson, president KlWanls lnterna.
tional.
When thew Government employes) get 81
SUNDAYS and 50 Saturdays off, a months va.
cation plus a lot of sick leave, they only work
about half the 1865 days Of the year.-Rep.
Earl Wilson (R) Of Indiana.
We intend to secure a drastic improvement
in living conditions all over the world and in
every Wsy.-Trygve Lie, UN Secretary Gen.
eral.
Physical punishment iii their { Eskimos')
education is almost completely unknown, and
as a result the average individual among them
is better adjusted and more balanced thar
among us.-Dr. Margaret Lantis, Arctic In.
s%titute, Montreal, Canada.
The United States must fear Communism
because 1t is a foreign-controlled totalitarian
movement whose leaders in the past have
openly proclaimed that it advocates revolution
House Committee on Un-American Activities
repor
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
By WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Ameri s Card Au .hOrity

With the increased interest in
tournament play throughout the
c"untry, the big problem of the
American Contract Bridge league
is to find capable tournament di-
rectorS. A director must be a
combinaior of maste.. of cere-
monies, mathematician, King
Solomon, and a good bridge play
err.
John S. Stark of St. Louis, Mo-,
seems to have all those qualities.
He has handled the st. Louis tour
naments so we'll that ..e was re-
Gently appointed by the League
to direct one in jackson, Miss.
Today's hand was played by
Stark. Would you play dummy's
king of clubs on the opening lead,
or would you play low from dunn
my so you could trump it? If you
played low, I am afraid you would
lose the contract. Stark went up
with dummy's king, and when
South played the ace, he discarded
the four of hearts.
Now when a club was returned,
Stark trumped with the eight of
spades, cashed the ace of hearts,
and with three trump entries in
dummy, he established two good
heart tricks for ~discarding two
losing diamonds.
If Stark had failed to go up with
dummy's king of clubs on the
opening lead, it would not have
helped him to discard the small
heart on the jack of clubs. North
then would have shifted to a dia-
mond and defeated the hand.
If declarer had trumped the
opening club lead, North would
eventually get in with a heart and
then shift to a diamond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
IN THE FIRST WATCH. nv Will
liam McFee random House:

r.IUoA WAICH, by Will
lam McFee random House;
3d.
Already author of more than =
score OF books, McFee here adds
a volume of "reminiscences which
is n of the best in the lot. I'm
not sure, indeed, but what This
account of the source Of sona of
ms fiction is better than the fic-
ton itself. Il"
forty years ago he shipped as
third engineer on a tramn steam1
er' and when this book ends. half
a decade later, promoted to chief
engineer. he temporarily ouits The
sea- or swallows the anchor"
In between he net an -
sortment of characters, men and
women, fine, %superfine, not At al
line. They, or composites Of then
ana their adventures on shin'
BOARD where the sailor earns hi,
money and in port where he
spends it, sailed down by McFee,s
3ud!clous comments, Compose this
book. ullS
In a certain respect, these infer
esllng pages cover three stages in
transportation. An old time bos,,n
on a newfangled steamer .ustoh
ing a full-rigged sailing shin mass
exclaims; Pm sorry I ever left
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

the e and came into steamed Ind.
And the author, noting such nv" md
ern improvements as wireless nm.
healthier shioboard diet c M,
plains that Going to sea = s-or
GOOD if you cannot get away f'0'
the land" in
McFee's words, dealing with S n
faring at the century's s5aL'' Ike
now outmoded ships when, rs.
wines, had their vintage new
But good character is always .ro.
and fresh, and here's a rich s nss
ply: Brown the wolf VINO .9d
domesticated, McFee himse!L in
the lady journalist, the glfl nd d
Pauen, the girls in Aguilas, az ~
Captain Williams who MADE ~.
mistake Of giving his fanny
ride.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Editorial Comment
AND

While in the United States are still millions
of men and women who reject the theory
that the world owes them a living. there are
other millions convinced that government
dhe taxpayers) ought to support them in COM
fort or luxury, that somehow or other the
curse pronounced against Adam when he was
driven from the Garden should be removed
Charleston IS. c. News and Courier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Religion
AS THE STATESMAN SEES 1T
Bv WILLIAM T. ELLIS

In a long conversation with the
then Secretary of State, Cordell
Hull, we discussed various sub
jects. Inevitably, u talk drifted
to the spiritual aspect of our pre-
sent problems. My friend ex-
pressed himself strongly upon the
imperative need that all the pro-
posed measures for a better world
shall have behind them the driving
and sustaining power of religion.
Sometimes it seems as if states
men and publicists see more clear
1y than do preachers and Christian
teachers the paramount lmpor-
lance of the Christian motive and
Christian spirit in this hour. Ma
chinery, organization and legisla-
ton are entirely inadequate to
bring in the new order unless there
be in the hearts of the people, in
dividually and as a mass, the i'm
pulsion of the great Christian veri-
ties and ~integrities.
In other words, and most prac-
tically, only Christ can save the
State.
Vain is the help of man to de-
liver us out of our troubles. We
look to Thee. o God, to lead us,
Make bare Thy mighty arm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
STAR Dust
History Is Important

History Is Important ,.,
History is important. Polyoi.s
who flourished more than a century
before Christ, was right when ne 81.
declared: "a statesman VINO
ignorant of the way in Wn,.n
events originate is like a physical
who does not know the cause y
the disease he undertakes to culs'
washington Evening Star
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Pertinent Query

PtTtIHtHt VuOHy .Lnr,eI
A poll is said to have aUSis
that 6 per cent Of the memo MEMBERS q
Of the American Federation IT. ..
Musicians were opposed to lts 1lo.
election of James Caesar Pe.Is5S,
Are thew still members?-Memp'''
Commercial Appeal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
lei IT COMES FROM

The Chronicle is almost persuaded to tae
belief that the heat wave which We are now
being subjected to is a reflection from the
torrid Georgia and South Carolina political
campaigns.-Augusta (Ga.) Chronic]
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

QUESTION: Is a co-neal trans
plant of value in all forms Oh
blindness? .
ANSWER: No. 1t is performed
Eonly in those cases in which there
is a cloudiness of the cornea (clesI
portion) of the eye. The opaque
section is removed and replace"
bv clear corneal tissue.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Chinese Reds Charged
With Massacre Of 1000
BY the Associated Press

NANKING, Dec. 25.-A delega-
ton of government sympathizers
from Chahar Province charged to-
day that Chinese Communist troops
massacred more than 1000 citizens
of Chungli and sacked the town
December 8.
The delegation exhibited photo
graphs of piles of mutilated and
burned bodies to support their story
They said Communist troops ma
chine gunned 100 farmers who
helped in the defense OF Chungli
and burned others, including women
and children.
Ii Chieh-chung, chairman Of the
delegation, said 300 dead were found
inside Catholic church by Kuo-
mintang Government Party) REIN
forcements who elected the Com
munist troops three days later.
Chungli is % miles northeast of
Kalgan, former Communist mill
tary base captured last fall by gov
ernment forces.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
BY the Associated Press

MACON, Ga, Dec. 25.-AlmoSt
300 persons were evacuated from
the historic Lanier Hotel early today
when flames spread through one
wing, destroying some Is rooms be-
fore the city's entire fire depart
ment brought the blaze under con-
troll.
Three persons received minor in
juries as an Army pilot and pretty
young switchboard operator were
credited with directing the rescue
of more than 10 persons sleeping
in the threatened section of the six
story brick building.
Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Hudson
said the blaze apparently began
shortly before midnight in fourth
floor linen closet, although the area
was inspected by a hotel detective
only 20 minutes before the alarm
was sounded.
No damage estimate has been
made of the fire, which was ex-
tinguished at lie am. after scantily
clad guests were escorted to the