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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
House FavOrs
nvestigation
OF State Boards
Measure Is Licked For Day.
light Savings Time In
North Carolina
BY Staff Writer

Raleigh-(SpeciaD-W With still
much to be accomplished before
adjournment, which has been
talked of for this week members
of the house of the general as
sembly Tuesday passed on its
third reading a joint resolution
which would authorize the gov
ernor to name a commission to
investigate the states 81 licens-
ing and regulatory boards.
The proposal, introduced in the
house of Rep. Sims of Mecklen-
burg and others, has been sent
to the senate.
After a lengthy-at time angry
debate, the house voted down
1896 measure to reduce powers
of the state board of barber ex-
aminers. The bill would repeal
a requirement that barber
whose license has expired must
take an examination to regain
his license.
After defeat of the measure, a
motion to adjourn prevented con-
Sideration of four other measures
to reduce powers Of the barber
board.
The house, meeting in late
afternoon session, also passed on
third reading a bill which would
remove the debt limitation for
the state, counties and municipal
tiles.
Present debt limitation law re-
quires that the state cannot issue
bonds, save for necessary ex-
penses, without a vote of the
people, except in the amount of
three-fifths of the debt repaid
during the preceding biennium.
The same limitation now ap-
plies to counties and municipal
ties, with the specification that
the repaid debt applies to the
previous year instead of bien-
mum.
Daylight Savings Bill Killed
After some debate, the house
killed a bill which provided for
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
Laurel Springs
Girl Buried Fri,

Funeral service for Minnie Lou
Cox, 16-year old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce Cox, of Laurel
Springs, was held Friday at the
Trarsou Tabernacle with Rev. j.
w. Luke officiating He was as
sisted by Rev. Mrs. Jones, pastor
of the church. Interment was in
the Transou Methodist cemetery.
The young girl was reported
to have been stricken with a
heart attack last Wednesday
night and died before she could
reach the hospital.
She is survived by, in addition
to her parents, one sister, Jewell
Deane, and one brother, John
Charles, both of the home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
Strip Poker Nets
:. Loss To-Two Men
Several Are Tried Before
Mayor 7. F. Parker
And Fined

what apOarentIv started out 10
be conventional poker game
last Thursday afternoon between
friends in their room at the CITY
Cafe and Hotel literally develoD~
ed into q game Of strip noker
resulting in arrests as well as the
alleged loss of S282,OO
ACCORDING to information re-
voa]ed Inv officers Herbert Sew
noun If Waoonar and Rohar,
Lambert If West Jefferson ware
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
Plan Sale For
Feeder Calves


Plans for the tri-county feeder
calf sale are still in progress. The
meeting held at the Courthouse
Thursday morning was not 50
we'll attended due to the snow,
yet the men attending the meet
ing were intensely interested in
the sale.
A committee was appointed to
work with the committees of the
other counties to arrange the de-
tails. On this committee are:
j. W. Gambill, Floyd Miller, and
George Shepherd. The exact
date of the meeting of the three
counties has not been set.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
Sheep Growers
Meet Saturday

There will be an important
meeting of the Ashe County
Sheep Growers Association Sat-
urday morning, April 5, at 1000
a. m. at the Courthouse. This
meeting is important due to the
fact that the year was up April /.
We hope to settle claims and re-
new the insurance. 1t is i'm
portant for everybody that had
sheep insured or plan to insure
them to do so at once as your
sheep are not covered with insur-
ance at the present time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
House Approves $4,000, 900.
School Lunch Program Fund

ported that approximately 3d.
100000 has been made available
for reallocation by Federal au-
thorities, primarily from states
that did not put up as much
money for Federal matching as
had been estimated earlier.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-03
SERVICES HELD

Rev. Finley Miller held preach
ing services at the home of Floyd
Church at Glendale Springs, Sat
urday night when a number Of
people were present.
Evening star., 1947-08-18

WRt. t0:o0-Pisaisi Eddy Duehin is guest
performer.
Wc, fo:3e-Bssiheysn's -Four Country
Dances" chopin's "Etuds In E." Smsiana's
"Pelka," and Dc Fslla's "5srsnah AndaIun"
programmed.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
ON the AR 1oRIeHT.

ON the AR 10hI6MI.
wt, s:oo-Ths "e'ss'e'ds Of America"
dramas are resumed with ihs presentation Of
The Iron Horse" starring Robert Young and
Walter Brennan.
Evening star., 1947-08-18

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Evening star., 1947-08-18

M0p. s:00-Ths Lost days of.pompeii are
reported.
WRc. 9:00-Soprano Blanche Ihsbom offers
The Lords Prayer" SCOTS Lullaby" and
"canlone del veil" from Vsrdis Don Carlos"
W0P. 9:30-"The Fourth Man." story Of
four smsn on a raft by John Russell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

experience has proved that mortal man is
going to have what he wants and if he can
not get it with the sanction of law will
break any law to satisfy his craving.
We in Wilmington know that law observ-
ance and law enforcement have both inn
proved since New Hanover county went wet.
For whereas the city was infested by broth
els of the lowest moral calibre under pro-
hibtion, the substitution of ABC stores has
done away with them all. That Ashevllle
will enjoy equal benefits is to be taken for
granted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

fessor of music at Brigham Young Univer-
sity. Utah. and his composition, "Triology,
is to have its premiere by the Detroit Sym
phony on December IA. How the shades OF
starving Mozart and neglected Schubert
must he squirming over the size OF MIR. Rob-
ertsons prize!
A Brazilian, Camargo Guarnieri, ran
second in the contest, and pockets $4,000.
Third prize goes to a gentleman from Los
Angeles, Albert Sendrey, to the tune of ST.
500.
Henry H. Reichhold, president of the
Detroit orchestra, donated the money. 1t is
to be hoped that his investment will enrich
the worlds musical library, instead of de-
basing it as so much of our contemporary
music does.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

ly once was he ever beaten IN
race. That appropriately enough
was by Upset, in 1919, at Sffa'
toga. But it only proved he was
a real horse and not winged
steed who could fly through the
air like Pegasus. Later ne az,
feated Upset handily. Man
War seemed to reduce otneI
horses to slow motion. Once ne
crossed the finish line quar-
ter of a mile ahead of his near.
est rival. Distance and Weien'
apparently meant nothing 70
him. He galloped through prev,
Gus records as though they olu lu
not exist. Some of his own stA
stand.
Back in the Kentucky olm
grass amid which he was boah
he sired a royal dynasty. NJ
was the father of 1856 foals, ana
many of his children and srai,o'
children have been among Inv
aristocrats of the track. He hlE'l
self was a tremendous money,
winner and they have earneo
more than $3,OOO,OOO for sfelt
owners. Man O. War was o.
noble blood, kingly horse. hls I,
effigy In lasting bronze VIII
stand alert above his grave III
the green pastures he loved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
Big Money In Music

Long before Gene Autry began believing
on horseback while the cameras clicked,
cowboy music has enjoyed wide popularity,
particularly if it was performed against
a background of banjo plunking or guitar
whining, and especially if it was funereal.
We do not know, nor can we learn, that he
had his start in the Gene Autry style, or
how far he has travelled therefrom. but the
fact remains that former cowboy has re-
Gently been awarded $4,000 in a creative
music writing contest over 400 entries from
seventeen Western Hemisphere countries.
The lucky man is Leroy Robertson, pro-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to in
clude public terminals. tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing. pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea,
ton advantages and improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and pri-
mary roads, with paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and IN
cluding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement Of the growth OF
CONNER cial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
Boost Highway No. II

Highways No. 361 and No. l are well
filled with motor cars and trailers headed
southwark The Florida winter trek is
under way.
Wilmington sees very little of what is
going on, because neither of these main
travelled roads comes this way. Highway
No II, which is Wilmingtons only direct
route, is getting but small percentage of the
southbound traffic and consequently an in
finitesimal part of the money tourists spend
en- route.
II is sad reflection on the acumen OF
Wilmingtonians at large that this highway,
the Coastal route which was to become a
main stem for tourist traffic, has been per-
1nitted to sink 50 low in tourist estimation
since 1t was first promoted that few use it
now.
The neglect it has been subjected to is
costing Wilmington merchants hotels, res
taurants money daily through the lack OF
patronage they all should be enjoying.
Some effort is being made to stimulate
use of No. II, but in the meantime steady
stream of cars and trailers is moving south
ward over Nos. and 3O1.
The effort needs refrigeration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
'Taint Funny, Thomas

The Un-American Committees troubles
with Hollywood witnesses gave the anna
teur jokesmiths some welcome new ma
terial.
One, noting the names of the first few
men escorted from the stand when they re-
fused to say whether they were Connmu-
nists, suggested that the committee was
throwing back the little ones and waiting
for some big fish. He shut up when he
learned how much some of the little ones
were earning or getting.
Another had the idea that-if the $1,000
fine levied on Gerhardt Eisler for contempt
of the committee is yardstick-the COM
rnittee might have been trying to raise
money through fines to pay its way. What
he overlooked is that Uncle Sam is spend
ing much more than Eisler's $1,000 fine to
support the Red factotum in Jail for year.
There's no profit in that sort of deal fl
naneially, at least.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

My strongest impression after
a tour in eastern and in western
Europe, and in Germany, is
that the Russians have lost the
cold war, and that they know
it. We, on the other hand, do
not know this, and are afraid
to believe it, have mistaken the
violence of Mr.. Vishinsky's Ian
guage for Russian power, and
are, therefore, unprepared to
use constructively the oppor-
tunity for a European settle
ment which is closer at hand
than we think it is.
An analogy from the war will
perhaps make clearer what l
am trying to say. We made two
great mistakes which cost us
dearly. First we underestimate
ed the power of Germany and
Japan and their intentions, and
as a result we were unprepared
when war came. Then toward
the end of the war we over
estimated tn cir power, and
were unpre Jared to make
peace. We have learned the les
son of the first mistake, and we
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
The Kentucky Election

Political prophets who have been vocl-
ferously forecasting widespread and con-
tinuing republican victories straight through
the 1948 presidential election will have to
revise their schedules a bit as a result of
the democratic gubernatorial success in
Kentucky on Tuesday.
Although the final count had not been
reported when this was written it seems
clear that the democratic candidate, Rep
Earl c. Clements, had triumphed over his
republican opponent, Mr.. Eldon S. Dunn
mit with a prospect that his lead will ap-
proximate 10000 votes. This figure is the
estimate of the republican national COM
mitteeman, Mr.. Jouett Ross Todd, who had
previously claimed the victory for his
party's candidate by 10000 to $4,000.
The significance of the Kentucky elect
ion is the fact that Kentucky is border
state-a sort of picket line, if you will be-
tween the solid South, traditionally and ir-
revocably democrat and the North where
the republicans are most securely entrench-
ed.
AHdt luC NeIlIOCI dlS SIOuIO take over dSdlIlSt
the doubly stiff opposition of a retiring
republican governor (who cannot succeed
hinnself) and a republican candidate with
the COP party machine on the firing line,
and following so closely upon the sweeping
republican vitories in the 80th Congress,
crimps the style as well as the claims of
the republican prophets, and leaves the
outcome of the national elections next year
matter of sheer speculation, not the fore
gone conclusion republican leaders have
foreSeen
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
Probe Goes Haywire
BY PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON - The House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities has fumbled the ball
again, in its Hollywood investi-'
cation.
Film writer John Howard
Lawson should have been al
lowed to speak his piece. In
stead he was silenced by COM
mittee C IN ir m an j. Parnell
Thomas. He was denied the wit
ness stand in his own defense.
He will be cited for contempt
Of Congress at the coming ses-
sion. Three other writers were
similarly cited.
This is probably just what
Lawson and pals wanted. 1t
>mak>e them heroes. If they are
given fines or Jail sentences,
they become martyrs to the
cause of freedom of speech and
the preservation of American
civil liberties. Their counsel
may appeal the citation as m-
constitutional and carry the
case through the federal courts.
That would make the commit
tee look even worse.
If Lawson had been permitted
to read his prepared statement
and answer the questions put to
him in his own way, his testi-
mony would have reacted
against him and to the commit
tees credit. For what he had
to say was a fabric of abuse.
"For a week, this committee
has conducted an illegal and In
decent trial of American citi-
zens, whom the committee has
selected to be publicly pilloried
and smeared," Lawson's state
ment read. "To the American
public, it has a shorter name:
dirt. feel like a man who has
truckloads of filth heaped upon
him." And 50 forth.
The idea that the Thomas
Committee has no legal right to
make this investigation is a lot
of non sense. Congressional
hearings are established proce-
dures, by law and by custom.
To take away from Congress it's
right to probe any situation it
chooses would be to end one o
the healthiest practices in
American government.
Lawyers not familiar with the
congressional hearing proce-
dure object that witnesses are
not represented by counsel and
cannot cross-examine. But these
hearings are not trials.
The congressional invest;ga-
ton lies some place beween a
grand jury probe and a COM
mon law proceeding in a court
of equity. The purpose is to es-
tablish truth. Witnesses and
lsecofds may be subpoenaed BY
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
M an O. War
An Editorial From The New York Times

No other horse ever won such
fame as Man O. War. None was
more beautiful, with lovelier
lines of grace and power. None
was more beloved by an admir-
ing and faithful public.
Few have lived so long. The
American scene seems a little
vacant with Man O War gone to
the Elysian Fields where
all good horses go.
He was thirty years old. Had
he been human, and of COM
parable, longevity, his great heart
would not have ceased to beat
until he was los. To his owner,
Sam Riddle, and his devoted old
groom, Will Harbut, who died
last year, he was almost hui
man. He had the high qualities
we value in man - strength,
endurance, courage, intelli-
gence, responsiveness and affec-
ton. Harbut called him "the
mostest hoss in the world" Big
Red, the chestnut stallion, was
all of that.
Man o'War was retired from
the track twenty seven years
ago, when he was three years
old. But in two of those years
he created a legend of the turf
that time can never WitheT. On
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
Expectant Dad,
Given Training
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIrN ~

III "AA a. v nhlEN, Mn
In many cities, men abou. =
become fathers take snso;S,
courses of instruction al
prepare them for their new w. 10
ties. Social agencies provide ,aa sa'
lures and demonstrations ~ -.
expectant parents, with ono =.
two sessions exclusively for ~. H..
men. ~
First male session discuss..
ways and means by which ~.
husband can be more ueful h0 %
fore, during and after the h,rtL
of his child, while the secora
period aims to teach him how
to take care Of his baby in >,
emergency. A practical demon
stration of infant bathing !,
given, and other pointers on IN
fant care are stressed.
have taught the first perioa
of such a course for several
years. In our earlier attemn,s
the public health nurses felt tba,
the men needed some instruc.
ton in female anatomy, out 7
soon discovered that my classe,
were more interested in know.
ing how they could heintb.i,
wives.
Our group usually sits in
circle, as this makes converse.
ton easier. After a short in,ro.
duction, there is a question and
answer period which ofte,
proves to be the most interest.
ing part of the evening. Each
man is given an opportunity ia
ask the questions which
are bothering him.
Modern hospital deliveries ar.
difficult for the husband
He brings his wife to the hospi.
tai in a great rush, and has to
leave her at the door of tn.
obstetric department. Even
though 4 special room is re.
served for expectant fathers, h.
is unhappy as he waits for word
rom within. 1t is best for every.
one concerned however, to keep
husbands out of the delivery
room.
Our classes end with a prom.
ise by each man to be NOR.
sympathetic toward his wife
during her pregnancy, to be pa.
tient and understanding at the
time of her delivery, to help her
when she comes home from the
hospital, as she will tire easily,
and to assist her in realizing
her ambition to breast-feed her
baby.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06
Asheville Votes Wet

The nations experiment with prohibition
having been a tragic failure, the majority
vote cast in the city election at Asheville,
by which the sale Of liquor becomes legal
is to, be commended. AS result it is to be
expected that bootlegging of rotgut liquors
will be largely eliminated and drinkers be
able to purchase standard brands at ABC
stores.
This is not to commend the traffic
in liquors. Mortal man would be infinitely
better off, morally, spiritually and financial
ly, if it could be stopped successfully. But
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

congressional committees. and
statements before tn m are
made under oath. Federal
courts have upheld congression-
al committees in numerous in
stances, recognizing and so es-
tabishing their special juris-
diction.
The Un-American Activities
Committee did very well for it.
self in the first week of its hear
ings. It built up the case that
there was an active minority of
Communists in Hollywood who
were exercising an influence
out of all proportion to their
numbers.
There is plenty of popular
support just now for putting the
Communist minority out OF
business - for silencing it, not
by censorship or suppression,
but by exposing it for what it is.
While American Communists
make a great to-ao about want
ing to better the condition OF
the underprivileged people IN
the U. S., that is not their main
purpose in life. The Communists
have no program for improving
life; their number one objective
| is to further the foreign policy
Of Soviet Russia.
If it were otherwise, why
should the Communists be 80
reluctant to admit their party
membership? There is no law
which makes it a crime 10 be-
long to the Communist Party in
the U. S. today. Nor should
there be such a lsw. FB1 Di-
rector J. Edgar Hoover and
many other responsible citizens
have said that outlawing the
Communists would merely
drive them underground and
make them harder to combat.
The Thomas Committee may
recommend passage of an anti
Communist law when it gets
through with the Hollywood
hearings. If it does, it will
further convict itself of wanting
to suppress the Bill of Rights
which guar antees American
freedom.
John Howard Lawson's in
sistence on protection Of his
rights to freedom of thought
and action "as an American cit
izen" cannot and should not be
denied him. But it furnishes 4
laughable c o mmentary on this
whole issue. Under the Commu-
mist system, Lawson would
have no freedom Of thought and
action. He would at all times
be subject to a court system
that, under Soviet law, is even
more one-sided than the justice
being handed out by the I'm
lAmeriean Committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-06

leaders were arraigned before n
secret tribunal n d denounced
as failures by one of the high
est officials of the Russian Com
munist party. They were told
that they had collaborated with
the Socialists, the Christian
Democrats, and the liberals,
and they had failed to bring
France and Italy within the or,
bit of Soviet diplomacy. They
were ordered to cease collabo.
rating, and to fight the social.
lists and progressives, and to be-
come a more competent and
more militant revolutionary
party.
The so-called Cominform the
new Communist In tie irrational
with it's seat in Belgrade, sp-
pears to have grown out Of this
situation-that is to say out Of
a belief in the Kremlin that
they have lost the cold war IN
western Europe, and might
even begin to lose it in eastern
Europe unless they toughened
their tactics.
There followed the decision 10
crush all opposition in their own
orbit, and to commit irretricv-
ably the governments of east
ern Europe-all of which want
to coll8borate with the West, |
think this was the reason for
the execution of the Bulgarian
peasant leader Petkov, and for
the persecution of Manu-, Mlko-
olajcyk, and the Yugoslav peas
ant leaders. These actions ara
designed not only to intimidats
the opposition but to make the
breach as irreparable as posi-
Our own greatest danger 10
that we shall accept a false es'
innate of the European stu
alton, and Of the real alignment
of forces, and that as result
we shall be frightened and Vlo-
lent when in fact we should De
confident, constructive, ana
magnanimous. For our real
problem is not how to wage tae
cold war. 1t has been wagea
and the decisive moment Of
is behind US. Our problem N
mot how to contain the Sovlets'
They are contained. 1t is TO push
toward 4 settlement which per
nits the recovery of Europe
and of the world, and TO relax
the tension, to subdue the arS'
liety, and to end the panic.
| Copyright, 1947, New York
! Herald Tribune Inc.