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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
Ship Yard Sale Proposal

The State Ports Authority's proposal
to buy the North Carolina Shipbuilding
plant is in the interest of Wilmington's
port development and the entire states
commerce betterment.
Inasmuch as the Maritime Commits
sion has assurance that the ship ways
of the yard would be left intact and
available in any emergency, it stands
to reason that the property would be
kept in better condition if it were used
than left in a merely standby" posi-
ton.
With portions of the yard not occupi-
ed during the ship building program I'M
proved with warehouses, storage sheds
and service tracks, and dockage pro-
vided for cargo vessels, not only Will
mington but the entire state of North
Carolina would have facilities for NOV
ing sea-borne commerce that would en-
able the states manufacturers to send
finished products into the markets of
the world and receive raw materials
therefrom, in equal competition with
other southeastern seaports. Further
more, this areas industrial resources
would be materially advantaged. There
are industrial concerns awaiting only
the establishment of adequate port ia
%cilities to start building, among the chief
of which is a sugar refinery.
The Ports Authority project is so i'm
portant in the Old North States post
war advancement that the entire con-
gressional delegation is ready to support
it with the full weight of it's influence.
This was the unqualified declaration
of Representative J. Bayard Clark at a
Maritime Commission hearing.
AS ship servicing and repairs would
be an integral part of the Authority's
activities and, as stated, the ways would
always be available for Maritime Com
mission use, the Commission cannot
logically turn down the sale proposed
by the Authority. If it does, it's action
will work a harm to North Carolina and
give competing South Atlantic ports an
unjustified advantage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
Last Appeal

There is time only for a last appeal
to the people of Wilmington, Wrights-
vile Beach and Harbor Island to have
their contributions to the waste paper
collection tomorrow morning at the curb
by 9 o'clock or shortly thereafter. The
Senior Fraternity, which is to gather
the paper, has announced it's plans COM
pleted. A large fleet Of trucks has been
donated by Wilmington business firms
and the city government. Every street
will be travelled, every gift collected.
The hope is to weigh in a hundred
thousand pounds. To reach this the resi-
dents of the communities listed will
have to do their share. There are two
good reasons for setting the goal so
high. In the first place there is still a
critical shortage of paper. The country's
stock pile is too small to meet the need.
Secondly, the Fraternity will devote the
proceeds from the sale to the Brigade
Boys Club which, for half a Gentry has
done so much for the youth of the city.
Be sure to have your waste paper
bundled and tied for quick and efficient
collection, at the curb on time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
YourGIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY GEORGE E. IJAMs

In the uncertain years ahead no
GI benefit will mean more to World
War II veterans and their families
than National Service Life Insur-
ance.
That this is not a theory but a
fact is proved by the experience
of those World War / veterans
who purchased War Risk Insu-,
ance in 1918, when our govern
ment first made Insurance avail.
able to American servicemen.
The wise and fortunate veteran
is the one who converts all, or as
much as possible, of his $40, 00o
National Service Life Insurance
policy as soon as he has dotted the
uniform and returned to his civil.
ian job-thereby securing his in.
surance on a permanent basis at
the lowest possible premium rate.
Naturally, the amount of insur.
ance a veteran can afford to con.
vert must be determined by the
individuals financial status and
his future prospects. Many dis
charges are now in a position to
use terminal-leave : pay bonds for
this purpose, however.
Veterans should remember that
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
QUOTATIONS

The universities graduate 1906 900 people
each year into various professions. Practically
every lawyer is a university graduate. Some
rs per cent of the people in who's Who are
university graduates. The universities are in
a position not to adapt themselves to the
standards of law and politics but to set those
standards.-Prof. Marvin J. Barloon, West
ern Reserve u. economist.
We are discovering the right things in the
wrong order, which is another way of saying
that We are learning how to control nature
before we have learned how to control our
selves.-Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick, president
Rockefeller Foundation.
We cannot surrender the atomic bomb even
to the international agency CUM until we are
completely assured that its construction and
manufacture by other nations will not take
place.-Sen. Carl A. Hatch CD of New Mexico.
We must find ways of ending that fatal dual
ism in the human mind which builds an abyss
between the ways of morality and the ways
Party leader.
Let us hope that the best important achieve
ment of atomic energy will lie in planetary ex-
ploration, and not in human destruction.-Prof
George Gamow, George Washington u. physic-
list.
The job should be fitted to his ability rather
than to his disability.-Gen Omar N. Bradley.
Veterans Administrator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
Traffic Light Needed

When Orange street ceased to be a
through street and Fifth avenue was
substituted the city authorities issued
a stop order on Fifth at Princess, which
is also a through street. The order was
justified on the reasonable grounds that
through traffic on intersecting streets
inevitably would be the cause of acct.
dents.
But the result is that at peak hours
Fifth avenue traffic is subject to indie
terminate delays. Further, when auto
mobiles are parked on the south side of
Princess up to the Fifth avenue inter-
section, as they usually are, motorists
travelling north on Fifth are unable to
see cars approaching from the west on
Princess at sufficient distance to be sure
Of a safe crossing. Frequently the ap-
plication of emergency brakes alone pre-
vents a crash.
The obvious need is for a traffic light
at this heavily used intersection. Its
installation would give a square deal to
traffic or both streets. The authorities
ire to be urged to place a light there
not only for the convenience of mo-
;orists on Fifth avenue but in the in
crest of, traffic safety.
Until such time as a light is in 90.
.ration at this troublesome spot, it is
suggested that Fifth avenue motorists
having to cross Princess use the Sixth
street intersection where, because motor
cars are not usually parked as close tt
tho intersection as at Fifth, there is
better vision of eastbound traffic or
Princess.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16

National Service Lie Insurance is
the cheapest and safest insurance
in the world.
In commercial insurance com
panies, agents commissions and
administrative overhead must be
paid from the premiums of the
policy-holders. With governments
insurance, however, no commits
sions are paid, and all administra-
tive overhead is financed by gov
eminent appropriation.
! In retaining his National Service
Life Insurance, the veteran not
only protects his beneficiary in the
event of his death but also pro-
tects himself against having to pay
premiums while totally disabled.
Under a recent amendment to
the insurance law the veteran may
also procure disability income COW
erage by the payment Of an addl'
tional premium.
Then too. after converted Nation
al Service Life Insurance has been
in force one year it has not only a
loan value but a cash surrender
value as we'll. Also, the cash values
can be used for paid-up or extend
ed insurance, if desired.
Government insurance is a quick
asset, too. 1t assures the aValla'
bllity of ready cash in any emef'
gency without red tape or delay
The representatives OF all repu.
table life insurance companies VIII
confirm the fact that Government
Life Insurance is the best ana
cheapest insurance in the Woflo
today. Servicemen and veterans
are extremely fortunate that oul
government has made available '0
them at the cheapest possible rates
a protection which will mean a
great deal to them and to men
dependents in the years when liz
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
RURAL TELEPHONE
SERVICE EXPANDS

An important step in activities
to expand telephone service
rural areas was taken today when
telephone service transmitted oysr
electric power wires BEGAN
reality for eight subscribers neap
Aiken, S. c.
The project, through which six
farm families, a rural store and
school in the Talatha comn1r,r
are receiving telephone ~seryisc
marks the first time in the Sank
that electric power wires have bsan
utilized to extend rural ~teIeoaooa
service on a regular comrFrcioI
basis.
The Southern Bell Teleoboo.
company and the Aiken Electric
Cooperative of the Rural EIectri,
fication administration are Cook
Grating in the project. The electri,
power line which serves the ejght
subscribers is an REA line.
The first local call inauguratin,
service of the new line was mads
by Mrs. Hankinson to T. W. Hend.
erson, superintendent of the Aiken
REA group, who was at his office
several miles away. The first lono
distance call was made by Cover
nor-Elect Strom Thurmond.
The development know as pow.
er line carrier" involves the uss
of electric power wires stimuli.
t%aneously for power service and
telephone service. 1t is accomplish.
ed by the use of high-frequency
currents which are popularity de.
scribed as carrying the tele.
phone conversations. "Coupleys"
and other specialized facilities per.
form the job of getting the tele.
phone currents onto and off the
wire at the subscribers premises.
Such equipment does not permit
the electric power current to pass
The telephone instrument itself
is much like a conventional tele.
phone instrument. The subscriber
uses the telephone as he would any
other.
The project is one of seven pan.
ned in the nation this fall. One Of
the seven projects involves a g:oup
of prospective subscribers at Nash
vile, N. c., where the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph company
and the Carolina Power and Light
company will participate. Service
will be started on this line short
ly. This project is an experimental
one by the two companies in,
volved. The other five projects
scheduled for this fall are at Mana
kin, Va; Italy, Tex; Lamesa,
Tex; Oak Creek, Colo; and Ole
Elum, Wash.
: The development of the rural
power line carrier system is be.
) ing furthered in connection with
telephone companies activities to
! improve and expand telephone SER
vice in rural areas, making full
8 use of a variety Of methods, Of
which regular land line" construc'
t ton and power line carrier system
I are two of the, significant methods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16

COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 15-(P-
South Cardinals next governor, J
Strom Thurmond, has the reputa'
ton of being able to shake more
hands in a given amount OF time
and over a wider territory thar
any other man in the state.
Thurmond's energy is so great
that it is held in awe by many close
associates. A relative was asked
during his Democratic primary
campaign what job he expected ii
his cousin Strom were elected.
IF Strom's elected governor,
wouldn't work for the State Of
South Carolina for anything on
earth" the relative said.
"He would work me to death; he
believes in working all the time
himself and he can't understand
why others don't have the same
ideas"
Thurmond, a bachelor, will be A
years old Dec. 5. He does not drink
or smoke. He is ceputed to be
"political' dry too, although he
has v committed himself def
initely.
Thurmond makes up with earn
estness what he lacks in finesse.
He is not a finished public speak
er and appeared i'll at ease in
many of his campaign appear
ances. To do something about this.
he took a short elocution course
at a Georgia mountain resort.
In appearance, Thurmond is dis
tinctly military, carrying himself
stiff and straight. He generally
chooses hats for their similarity
to those affected by old-time South
ern politicians.
A main feature of his gubernato-
rial campaign was his attack on
what he called ring rule" but
he has yet to reveal any detailed
program for his administration.
The political bent was born in
Strom Thurmond. His father had
political connections all over the
state. Graduating from Clemson
college in 1923, the son taught agri-
culture in several high schools fo-
a time but soon gave up teaching
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
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Written for NEA Service

Written for NEA Service
Today's hand was played in a
rubber game at the University
Club in Albany. N. Y. Arthur c.
Riemer was declarer (WesD and
his partner, who bid seven, was
Earl M. Murray of the New York
State Attorney Generals office.
Perhaps their bidding was a lit.
tie optimistic, but they were be-
hind and it had been agreed that
this would be the last rubber.
Hands like this are mailed to me
every day from bridge clubs
around the country. Generally
their chief interest is the fun they
create at the club, but this one is
a little unusual.
If North makes what many
would consider the natural lead,
the fourth best spade, declarer
can play the hand only one way.
He must depend upon the diamond
finesse, and he has to cash the ace
and king OF spades and throw
away the two losing clubs. In
other words. he plays the hand
wide open, and it makes.
The point I want to bring out
here concerns South's double. o.
valid Jacoby says that the double
in the Four Aces system would
call for the lead of the first suit
bid by dummy,;.in this case a heart.
However, a heart opening would
not defeat this contract. Declarer
would lead the ace of diamonds,
which would drop North's single.
ton king. West could then get
back into his hand with the jack
of diamonds and cash the ace and
king of spades. Jacoby pointed
out, however, that in the Lightner
slam convention, a double a asks
for an unusual lead, and North
would have had to guess between
a club and a diamond.
Holding the king of diamonds.
North would realize that if his
partner had the diamond ace, il
would keep; but with the single
ton king of diamonds under the
diamond bidder, his partner could
have the club ace and it might
not keep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
South Carolina;s Elect
Has Reputation AS Real Handshaker

the General Assembly to a circuit
judgeship, youngest man ever elect.
ed a judge in this state.
Thurmond obtained a wartime
leave of absence. He held a reserve
commission and became attached
to an airborne outfit that landed in
Normandy on D-Day. He was
wounded.
Thurmond returned in 1945 but
resigned from the judgeship last
May when he announced for gov
ernor.
Thurmond belongs to the Junior
Order of United American Mocha
MICS, Woodmen of the World,
Knights of Pythias, Moose, Lions,
State Grange, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
Veterans of Global vars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
For TWO-Term Presidents

When it vas proposed that President
Washington offer for a third term he
declared his belief that two were enough
for any mar and so set a precedent
which was not interrupted until Presi-
dent Franklin Roosevelt, under the
stress of war, was a candidate for a
third, and a fourth term and was elect
ed both times.
The eight-year tenancy of the White
House has never had the support of
low. 1t was merely a custom, honored
by candidates and accepted by the peo-
pie. The proposal of limiting the presi-
dency to two four-year terms was
vigorously debated during the third and
fourth campaigns of President Roose-
welt but because of the conditions moth
ing has been done about it.
Now the republicans who will chiefly
influence the legislative program as a
result of their recent victory at the polls.
and who are caucusing on their proce-
dure when Congress reassembles in
January, plan to make eight years the
maximum length of any Presidents in
cumbancy by enacting a law to this eff
feet. 1t is among the sounder proposals
the republicans have adopted. Certainly
the United States, v e in such an
emergency as was used by President
Roosevelt to extend his tenure of office.
Will not want another similar dynasty.
Fundamentally it is contrary to the
nations principles of government.
But the republicans will encounter
considerable antagonism from a section
OF the people who hold that one six-year
term would be preferable to two four
year terms, provided an incumbant
could be reelected. They contend that a
President devotes much of his first term
TO drafting his second campaign, at
a sacrifice to the nations business, and
does not fully devote himself to the
duties of his office until he is snugly
enconced in the White House for an
other q%uadrennium.
1t a President knew that he had but
one term and could not be a candidate
again, in their opinion, he would set
himself to his tasks from the beginning
and the country benefit as a result.
They propose the six-year term in the
belief that a Chief Executive could not
carry out a program of such magnitude
as a President must have in four.
When the republicans get around to
considering the length of the presiden-
tial incumbancy we will hear more about
both, with the probability that the
other will be enacted into law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
TOP o. THE MORNING

The new clerk was a respectable looking
individual but he whipped out. a piece Of
profanity in the jauntiest sort of way. 1t
was meant to be funny and called for a
smile. Blu the employer, instead of laugh
ing at the joke, leaned over the counter
in an earnest sort of way ARD said, at
scares me to hear anybody take Gods
name i'm vain-that's one thing God is par
ticularly careful about-His name.
From Earnest Worker"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16

to study law in his fathers office.
He was admitted to the bar in
1880.
After four years as Edgefield
county superintendent of educa-
ton, he was elected to the State
Senate. In 1888 he was elevated by
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-16
Religion
DayByDay
MILADY'S FRIENDS
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

Milady was entertaining for
luncheon nearly a score OF friends.
They are all neighbors, and past
middle age, women Of a
diversity of interests. Like a wise
husband, I had fled the house be-
fore they arrived.
When I returned, hours later,
they were gathered in the living
room, apparently all talking at
once. They sounded like the bird
cage at the ZOO! OF course, I leased
them a bit, and then ran away.
Later, Milady spoke seriously:
"Of course the. women talk a lot.
They are at home with one anoth-
er, and having a good time. But
want you to know that in none of
our meetings is ever a word OF
malicious gossip spoken about any.
body. l think that Fact is a tribute
to the women's character"
Chatter without scandal; fast
flowing talk without any meanness
that comes near to being good
society"
So often we wound with our ton
CUES; forgive us, patient Father,
for all unkind and unChristian
speech. C~onsecrate TO Thyself our
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-13

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-13

World production of petroleum in
I046 is expected to reach 252, 600 900
gallons daily.
Browning chief., 1946-05-03

stand against the political sooth-
sayers who would tempt them to
think they can 90 on getting
something for nothing. t b e
sounder and happier Americas
future will be. We should de-
msnd a balanced budget-and
more.-Christian Science Moui-
tor.
Browning chief., 1946-05-03
BALANCED BUDGET

Th e demand Of thirty-ons
Governors of a balancing Of the
United States budget for the
fiscal year has much more be-
hind it than appears in the head
lines. That many. executives act
ed at the urging of state tax.
payers associations does not
lessen tie value of their stand.
They have taken a sound posi-
tlon-at the right time.
The President has already
pointed to reduced deficits, and
it has been expected that he
would soon announce a balanced
budget. The Governors demand
may take the bloom eff" any
such announcement. 1t may irk
those who are extremely parti-
san-minded or who believe in
continued deficit spending, but
sober citizens will welcome the
weight the Governors b ave
thrown into the scales.
Even those who have argued
that the budget need not be BAL
anced every year should recog-
nizs that the time has come to
tighten up on Federal finances.
For their argument was based
on the supposition that q deficit
was permissible in lean years,
since it could be wiped out in
prosperous years. That means
not only bringing one years
books into balance-it means
starting to pay of accumulated
debts.
That should be the goal. And
the next fiscal year ought not to
be too soon to start. Every bust.
ness index points to a period of
great prosperity. If the United
States is ever going to cut down
that $500, 1000, 900, 900 debt, this
is the time to start. " 9 shall
hear complaints that heavy taxes
will discourage recovery. Under
almost any other condition that
would be truer than it is today.
There should be no further cutt-
ing of taxes while the Nation is
borrowing to pay current bills
and while initiation still threat.
ems.
If there is any politics 10 the
Governors statement that the
alarming growth Of inflationsry
trends is increasingly aggravated
by unsound Federal fiscal prac.
tices," it is kind of q politics
which should sweep the Nation.
For price initiation is not the
only kind of initiation, and the
sooner the people take q strong
Browning chief., 1946-05-03

Sixty-three years ago this month,
Americans discovered a new way
Of joshing a neighbor who invested
his money unwisely: "Go buy your
self Brooklyn Bridge" Brooklyn
Bridge had just been opened. Some
people actually turned over their
savings to confidence men who sold
them the great New York span.
could say to you today: "Go buy
yourself a BRIDGE" and I would be
giving you sound advice. The bridge
I have in mind consists of United
States Savings Bonds a bridge
between the present and your future.
U. S. Treasury Department
Browning chief., 1946-05-03

Spare Stamp number 40 in Ra-
tion Book number four has been
made good for five pounds of su-
gar beginning May l. 1916. and
will expire August 81, 1916. the
Office o f Price Administration
announced.
Browning chief., 1946-05-03

Rail>.Qwiz
q 70 Q Q ODUCDDr q

What Is IN L. c. L. shipment?
Any shipment of freight too small
to move on carload rate is called an
L. c. L. shipment, the initials meaning
literally 'tless than carload" Such
shipments, usually consisting of
crates, cartons, boxes, barrels, etc.,
are handled in package cars with
other L. c. L. shipments.
Browning chief., 1946-05-03

Jhe immense and fertile plain" drained by the
1li.si.sipp thus added to the nation at cost
Of 1910 per quarter-section, or 4 cents acre.
On these plains American agriculture has grown
and thriued until today The ,uorld looks for a
major part Of its sustenAt,ce 10 Our Democracy.