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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

In the Vanderbilt Cup tourna-
ment for the national knockout
team-of-four championship 30
teams entered this year. largest
entry in the history of this event.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, for
merly secretary Of the Vanderbilt
Cup committee, vas on hand for
the first time since 1912.
Over an exceptionally strong
field the title was won by the team
of Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-
ken, George Rapee, Samuel Stay
man, and John R. Crawford, who
finished $50 points ahead of the
runner-up team of Waldemar Won
Zedtwitz, Bertram Lebhar, Jr.,
Peter Leventritt, Samuel Katz, and
Simon Rossant.
This is the sixth time that Jaco-
by has won the Vanderbilt cup, the
fifth for Schenken.
Today's hand was given to me
by Sam Katz, who said his team
could have won the tournament on
it. The bidding shown occurred at
his table, Katz sitting South. If
he had doubled four clubs and
opened a small club, East would
have gone down 800. AS it was,
Katz was doubled at four hearts
and went down 500.
At the other table the opposing
team opened the bidding with two
hearts tthe weak two-bid), West
bid three spades, North four dia-
monds, East doubled, South went
to four hearts and was doubled.
The king of spades was opened
and dummy's ace was ruffed by
East. A diamond was returned,
West ruffed and led a heart, de-
feating the contract by 300.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS
THE EDUCATION OF A COnhE
SPONDENT, by Herbert l.. Nav

tucW NI1diCouA'
Since 1922 this author, oolH I'LL
New York and graduate OF Colu1I
bia, has been on the staff OF w
New York Times, for when n
now heads the London bureau !.
these 500 and more long pages |s
examination paper as ne ca-s
it, he tells what he has learned III
the last decade, which ne dlvlut'
into 10 lessons studied in the cIds
room of the world in turmoil ="
is an education for the puollc, wv,
At the start of the peilod, ~
admired Fascism; did not tay.-
the. League of Nations; ana W.
lieved, after accompanying l'a,.'.
troops in Abyssinia, that II NV.
solini had stopped his WaTlik &C., ss
reer with victory over Halle o l.ns
sic, the world in time woIld hsz
forgiven that consclenceieS5 @o e,
erosion. These attitude; lac W
TO what perhaps may be delI''s0 Z"
healthy cynicism. c;,l
1t was during the Spanish Ons
War, which he covered from nm
Loyalist side, that the eouca's,
began to take effect. There ~
changed his mind about tascl'.'
though he wonders, c~Jrioun
whether he would have II he Hps
seen the conflict from the oPpo s,.o
lines. The Internationa's WV
fought for the Republicans WEI"
he says, the finest group 'i n'',
l ever knew or hope to Know WV. a."
my life" and he condemns "O'
intervention" without reserve
Later he would favor de Gao3S,
criticize the Allied policy Oh ~
couraging liberals, den1oC.eT,
Leftists and anti-Fascists IN I.a ,s,
decide that if the alte'na,n
were Fascism and Commld''''"
he would choose Communism
But he has little more t5an 0I II.
to say for Soviet Russ-2. N.
doubts whether India viii Am
dependence soon, and also |"T ,s
er she should. Gandhi u Cd
years has done his people 't Se
country more harm than go0o
asserts, and sees in the ConsI'.s
party a discipline as st1lc'
among Fascists and NazlS,
He complains of the edl'O5S
treatment of some Of ms w.
patches. And like any neWsPapS
man who takes pride in MS pa
'ession, he lists exclusive S'o-na
and others of a historical vslut
or which Il and the New lUn
as he puts it, ae'si''
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
Bread
punishment.

The nations WHedI SIIudClOu is DIS
variable as the stock market. One day
it is reported excellent, the next de-
plorable. Both are as unaccountable to
the Law mind as what sends stocks up
or down.
For example, on Thursday it was
confidently forecast there would be
more bread-that the situation was
easing. Saturdays dispatches reversed
this opinion. Locally we learned that
further bread cuts were in sight. Ma
tionally we were told that bread ra-
~tioning was seriously considered.
The only conclusion laymen can logi-
cally reach is that nobody knows any
too much about wheat and as it is a
vital subject, not only as respects the
nations bread supply but the feeding
of famine-stricken peoples abroad, the
reporters are doing the best they can
with the ignorance they encounter at
the top when they seek specific infor-
nation.
Obviously there has been grievous
bungling in this as in most other sup
plies in the control and distribution of
which the government has taken a hand.
for this is found in the Chris
tian Science Monitor of last Thursday.
In an article from New York report
ing the optimistic opinion that improve
ment in the bread situation might be
expected, W. read:
Food industry spokesman here can
not understand why the Department of
Agriculture did not take action on the
wheat shortage before the present
crisis. They stress that the same infor-
nation that enabled industry to pre-
dict the current wheat lack was avail
able to the Department of Agriculture
which should have had some plan ready
to avert the present dearth of wheat
for domestic consumption"
When this is placed side by side with
the assertion of the American Institute
of Food Distribution, that if relief is
not forthcoming at once SO per cent of
the country's bakeries will have to shut
down in ten days, the bungling assumes
truly serious proportions.
Foreign commitments are falling
short. National distribution is falling
short. Both the starving peoples of
Europe and Asia and American bread
consumers are hard hit. If further re-
auctions in sales to families, or actual
r%ationing, is resorted to, American
families containing three or four chill
dren will be going so short of bread
that the national health could be seri-
ously affected.
The outlook is not comforting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
Economic Folly

There are so many questions con-
corning farm crop distribution and
farm product prices in retail markets
that remain unanswered, so many
failures of farmers to meet expenses, 1t
seems hopeless to ask more. But one
factor in distribution we have never
been able to understand is the importa-
ton of products from far regions when
area production could meet local de-
mand.
Why should Michigan potatoes be
shipped into southern cities, for ex-
ample, when the farmers near southern
cities can, and do, grow as good po-
tatoes as the farmers in Michigan?
Why do Texas tomatoes find their way
to southern grocery store shelves at
the same time that southern farmers
are growing and, if lucky, exporting
their tomatoes to New York?
Why should any condition be allowed
to develop that leads New Hanoyer
county farmers to plow lettuce under as
fertilizer because the price for local
lettuce is too low to pay trucking
charges while lettuce from far away
is offered by local %grocers?
There is no hope of having these
questions answered in full, but the fact
that they may be asked shows there
is something wrong with the economics
of farming.
It had been supposed that farmer
declarations or cooperative associations
would solve these and many other prob
lens that kept American farming on
the whole under a heavy handicap. But
they have not done so. Michigan pota-
toes were coming south years ago. Long
before the war Texas tomatoes were
coming into Wilmington. This is not the
first time New Hanover lettuce grow
ers have plowed their crop under or fed
squash to pigs. The farmers have been
put to heavy expense, as we'll as con-
sumers who must pay the freight for
imported products.
The farming industry works in mys-
terlous ways its wonders to perform,
but We cannot down the thought that
local markets, all else being equal, would
be the most satisfactory place for dis
posing Of local crops, and if adverse
conditions have been created that thew
be overcome, if not by the farmers
themselves through more effective or
ganization, then through the aroused
support of public opinion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
TOP o. MORNING

Faith is belief plus trust and confidence.
Strengthen your faith by testing it and by
asserting it.
-"CHRISTIAIN DIGEST"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
In Wilson'S Footsteps

In looking back wei the recent ad-
ministrative careers of Fred M. Vinson
and John w. Snyder it is not map
propriate to think of Mr.. Snyder as say
ing to Mr.. Vinson. pa~raphrasing RUTH
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10

States Army have placed upon the fair
name of their country, which has not
and cannot ever condone looting. The
perpetrators of the crime, still under
military jurisdiction, deserve maximum
punishment.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
as People

protests against their continu-
ance. These protests charge that
American aid to the Kuomintang
is one of the fundamental causes
of the present civil war.
DESPITE pretence that the
Military Assistance Bill will ap.
ply to all parties in China, Mao
Tze-tung, Chinese Communist
leader, declared on June "a that
he did not desire it, that con-
tinued military aid to a one-party
regime would plunge China into
civil war, a national split and
chaos" and that it would destroy
"the traditional friendship be-
tween the two great peoples of
China and America" He there
fore demanded that the United
States cease all military aid to
the Kuomintang Government and
promptly evacuate American
forces from China.
The Chinese Democratic
League spokesman, DR.. 10 Lung.
chi, also told the United Press on
May 80: IF the United States
does not change her present pol.
icy toward China, there will be
no peace. General Marshall seeks
to promote peace in China, while
the United States transports the
kuomintang troops to wage
civil war. I cannot understand
why the United States has per.
sistently supported the Kuomjn.
tang, which has denied the PEG.
pie freedom and liberty. The
United States is actually aiding
the fascist elements in China.
Does the United States want to
see Fascism in Gilman"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
By NJ. MEYER

CHICAGO monopolists have al
ways been heavy investors in
politics. And these investments
have paid steady dividends
In fact the question of who
runs Chicago?" is answered
with the question, who owns
Chicago?", with which this Sc
ries of Star articles has been
concerned.
The monopolists, well-heeled
with their bank and induStl ial
profits, have never played favor
ties. For their purpose, Demo
crat serves as well as Republi
can.
The payoff usually comes after
the votes are counted. The Attor-
ney-General will not push an anti
trust suit against big monopoly
contributor; a ten thousand dol
lar contributor may end with an
olllDdoSoQO1 SillJ VI a. QCiCSdtC ~
an important international trade
conference. When labor legisIa-
ton is pending, the fifteen-thou-
sand dollar contributor will cry
for "consideration"-and get it.
MANY times, the monopolists
have financed both parties to
guarantee an gin" after the cleo
ton.
The Democrats ended up the
1924 campaign with a large de-
ficit. Two prominent Chicago
mOnopOlists, Julius ROsenwald
and SiIas H. Strawn, donated
$4,000 and $1,000 respectively.
Good Democrats" you say?
But at the same time, Strawn
and Rosenwald were also mem
bers of the Illinois Republican
Finance Committee!
The hand of Chicago finance
has never been absent from the
national political scene.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
Why strikes
are broken

CHICAGO'S banker-monopolists
are their real employers, and this
is never lost sight of. In the early
years of this century, the famous
Kellogg Switchboard strike took
place in Chicago. When city Off
Gals hesitated to break it, the
bankers warned that if the strike
were not broken within a few
days, the banks would refuse TO
loan the city some urgently need
ed money.
The strike was broken.
In 1909, Edward Hines, the
millionaire lumberman, ran
William LOrimer as his candi-
date for the u. S. Senate. LOr-
inner, darling of the mOnopOI-
lists, had a blackened reputa-
ton because of his deal with
Charles G. Dawes. Hines bribed
his way through, and LOTiner
was elected. When the facts
were exposed, the Senate voted
to remove Lorimer from his
seat.
DURING the 1920's when Sam
uel insult dominated Chicago po-
litics, Big Bill Thompson was the
utilityman's favorite. While
Thompson played the clown, In
sull calmly went on plundering
the city. With all his yelling at
the King of England, Thompson
was careful never to mention the
holy name of insult.
The monopolists know even
how to use factions inside a
party.
In the 1926 senatorial primaries
insult was faced with a split
within the Republican party, as
Frank L. Smith ran against VIM.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
KeHHY-Nosh
machine

WHEN Tony Cermak, Chicago
Democratic boss, died in 1882,
the monopolists started scurrying
around for a successor.
They soon found their man -
Edward ]. Kelly, Sanitary Dis.
trict engineer" After all, didn't
Kelly have the blessing OF Colo.
mel Robert r. Mccormick? Nc
Cormick had been president of
the Sanitary District for five
years and there had gotten to
know our new Mayor.
OF course. the fact that Kelly
had been mixed up in a $780,
600 scandal several years be-
fore didn't seem to matter
10uch any longer. The third
member of this alliance was
Pat Nash, partner i'm a large
contracting firm which had
thrived apIenty on fat city con
tracts.
On Memorial Day, 1887, the
Nash-Kelly machine showed its
gratitude to the monopolists. On
that historic day, the city's police
brutally murdered-Ynilitant steel
workers who were demonstrating
outside of the Republic Steel
plant.
Now that Mash is dead, and
Kelly has resigned all party posi-,
tons, the new chairman of the
Democratic machine is former
Alderman Jacob Arvey. Trained
by an old insult puppet-Moe
Rosenberg = Arvey comes well
prepared to carry out the tradi.
ton of monopoly control.
Usually, Chicago's monoplists
stay well-hidden in the political
background. However, when their
direct economic interests are in.
volved, they step into public Of.
flee.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
think
Aid Bill
leader, and others.

leader, and others.
All pointed out that the Bill
was provocative of civil war,
gave excessive powers to the
President of the United States
over both us. policy and the
Chinese army, and invaded the
prerogatives of the United Ma
tons by putting Washington IN
the position of pre-judging
Chna's still unassigned duties uu-
der the Charter.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
Behind
the scenes

DURING the Harding admins
tration, William Wrigley, gum
and sport magnate. was a mem
Der of the Harding inner-in-
nerum, the so-called poker caDi-
net" This unofficial position
meant that Wrigley could not De
blamed for any of the rotten
scandals of the administration.
In 1924, the Republicans
, picked a Chicago banker =
Charles G. Dawes as a vice.
presidential candidate. Dawes
was chairman of the Central
Trust bank, from which insti-
tuition before World War / he
had helped William LOrimer
swindle the State of Illinois
out of several hundred thou
sand dollars.
But bygones were now bygones
so the monopolists, and the
Dawes campaign fund received
$500 from Wrigley and $1,000
from Marshall Field.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
Political
contributors

IN the depth of the depression,
when Dawes bank was on the
rocks, he was able to receive a
$90,000,000 loan from the Hoover
dominated Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation.
When the Chicago monopoIiSts
saw F. D. r. drawing Iabor's sup.
port in 1892, they hesitated. But
by 1886, their game of playing
both sides of the street was again
in full force. Our leading" fam
lilies went full speed ahead that
year. Both parties received Size
able sums, as follows:
FAMILY Republicans Dem.
McCormicks $22,500 S $500
Cudahys $13,500 $4,000
Wilson's S 5000 5 $500
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
LOCAL COMMENT

The Bill was also condemned
this week in joint statement is
sued by the Chicago Committee
for a Democratic Far Eastern
Policy, Julia Krenwinkle, execll-
tive secretary; and the Chicago
Win the Peace Committee, Doro
thy Bushnell Cole, executive di-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

B. Mckinley for the nomination.
insult solved this problem by
contributing $125,000 to Smith
and 100000 to Mckinley.
All in all, insult contributed
$238,O00 to both parties during
1926 just in the state of Illinois.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
Who owns Chicago?
Why the Two Old Parties Owe Their s
to Chicogo's Giant Financial Interests

been owned by them for many
years past. Roger Sullivan, Big
Bill Thompson, Pat Nash, Ed
Kelly-all of these so-called
''bosses" have been and are to-
day merely front men.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

IN the 1914 election, when the
war was at its most critical point,
the nti j. Allie d policy most
vicious, Chicago's monopo-
lists played a special role.
All over the country the great
monopolists still played both
sides of the street. In Chicago,
however, the wolf-pack of monop-
olists closed ranks, led by Colonel
Mccormick. All funds went to
support Dewey's campaign
against Roosevelt The family
score-sheet of political contribu-
tons to Dewey read as follows;
McCormicks (Tribune, Har-
western ..............................S SIS, 0O0
Armours Packer ............. $500
Swifts tPacker) ............. 1850
Cudahys (Packer) .......... $500
Wilson's (Packer) ............ $500
Ryersons finland SteeD -. $500
Other Big Dewey contributors
were:
Sewell L. Avery tMontgom.
cry Ward) ...............,........S 5000
Silas H. Strawn list Ma
tional bank) .......... .......... $500
ROBERT E. Wood (Sears,
Roebuck) .......................... 3,462
Stanley G. Harris Harris
Trust bank) ...................... $500
L. Block finland SteeD 49,. 5000
+ n
THE people of Chicago, led by
the AFL and GIO political com
mittees, recognized this solid
front of their old enemies-and
voted the other way
Despite this, the monopolists
seem to be getting a free ride to-
day. They paid Dewey and still
got Truman!
Monopolists never forget their
own back yard. Therefore, the
city'se political machines have
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

This is the fifth and lost of
series of eTclusiUe Star ar-
ticles by N. Meyer on "Who
Gums Chicago?"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
Who runs
Chicago?

Several years ago, the Chicago
Transit Authority was formed 70
manage the transfer of privately.
owned street car and elevated
lines over the city. Prominent as
a member of the Authority is J.
q. Adams, director of the Con
tinental-Illinois bank. which is
closely tied up with the bankrupt
IL" line.
AS the crucial transfer ap-
proaches, Chicagoans would do
well TO keep close watch on Mr..
Adams and his feIlow-bankers.
They have squeezed the citys
transportation system dry once
already.
During the next two years,
Chicago mOnOpOlists have three
great political hurdles to Jump
successfully NOvember's
congressional election. the 1947
spring elections, and the l94S
presidential elections.
y
The city can be sure that the
monopolists are already picking
candidates, contributing great
sums Of money, and organizing
both parties.
Labor and all other progress
siVe organizations must take
heed. Time is short. BY running
peoples candidates where posi-.
BILE, or by supporting outstanding
men of the major parties where
necessary, the people of Chicago
can truly start answering the
question "Who runs Chicago?"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-08-08
Block Head

G EOR e TROXEL
and his Wooden Head
ed Wonder Danny o.
Grady, provide plenty
of laughs on the
W0WO HOOsier Hop.
Georges fruitless at
tempts to keep Danny
quiet is one of the high
spots i'm an entertain
ment-studded program.
Evening star., 1946-06-27

Genuine leather writing ooses,
complete with stationery, mem
orondum book. calendar and od-
dress book. Grond for the trov-
eler this summer.
5 Originally 500 Leother Writ
inc Cases 3,25
~ Originally l.5o Cole ndors.
soc
81 Originally 75e CoIenders, l0e
3 Originally $50 Desk Sets five
50 Originally Soc Notch Boxes
with decorated tops --l0e
50 Originally soc Notch Boxes
with seoshel trim Toe
Stationery, Street Floor,
Tie Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1946-06-27

$50 Originally 2.95 to z4.e5
Assorted Fromed Pictures. Old
mosters, tloroIs. birds, boots, etc.
soc to 1880
All frames as is
The Hechf Co.. Picture Gallery,
Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1946-06-27
OCCASIONAL PIECES

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tops s------79.95
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veneers on eumwood. Bose
has two doors, top for
books ----69.e5
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CeIIoretts thot opens into
q bor 59.95
I Originally $500 Mo-
hoseny and Brass oeee-
sionoI TebIs with three
large ovol shelves, 1895
10 Originally 1895 Solid
Mehosony "ButIsr's Troy"
Coektoil TabIs. Bross
hinged sides 1895
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Decorated End Tebis Of
French provincial design,
1895
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W. Irwin Book Tebis Of
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Ropids mode 1895
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Decorated Lemp Tebls of
French provincial design,
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mahogany finished hord-
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Cool royons these jumpers onc!
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400
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Suits, sizes 10 ond $4,000
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Evening star., 1946-06-27

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Three styles ----l2.S5
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end White Lssthssetts
ciseuIs.- -Bas Stool 500
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Mirrors. l5x37h 800
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Floor, The Heckt Co..
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Gloss and
Semi-Gloss EnomeI
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A olistenine, Iustrous finish for
woodwork and VOLS in any room
in the house. Briohtens and pro-
tects sofeIy washable. In
white. ivory color and cream.
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Deck Finish use on floors in
side and out eroy and red
2.79 seI.
81 Originally 3.25 WashebIs
Fiet Wall Paint in white
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se Originally $50 Me.;ns spor
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use on floors, furniture, linoIeum,
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z.7s sal.
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Root Red Psint for any
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Paint Department, Seventh Floor.
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