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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
|pated inasrnuch as most rail execu-

lpated inasmuch as most rail eXecu-
tives have complained of the in
adequacy of the freight rate in
crease allowing the nations car
riers effective Jan. l..
Market attention was also divert
ed by prospects of huge chunks OF
new financing by state and NUM-
cipal governments. Michigan plans
to come up with 5000, 900, 900 OF
bonds and Illinois is expected to
sell $685., 600, 900. In addition Amer-
lean Telephone has asked for BIDS
On $500, 900, 600 of 35-year deben-
lures.
Corporates closing lower includ-
ed Atlantic Coast Line LIST IS at lug
is. B & O Convertibles at So "a,
Rock Island Convertbiles at 81 "a,
Denver & Rio Grande western 5s
at "a IA, Erie 4 las at IS, Illinois
Central 4 GAS at 80 IA, Missouri
Pacific IF" IS at II IL, Frisco As
at SO, and Seaboard Airline IN
comes at II IA.
Most Latin American issues re-
coded fractions to several points
in the overseas section.
U. S. Governments steadied after
an early dip in over-the-counter
trading. The Victory Loan Dec. z
- of '67-'72 remained at 102 1882
bid.
Sales totaled 81, ITO, 900, against
So, 800, 900 Tuesday.
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BOND AVERAGES
Compiled BY The Associated Press
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STOCK AVERAGES

Compiled By The Associated Press
20 Ii Is 60
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ca, Feb. 2.-(Pe
Turpentine,' 100; offerings, $40;
sales, 800; receipts, 81; shipments,
81; stocks, 1,646.
Rosin. offerings Is; sales. none:
receipts, 2,268; shipments, 2,224;
stocks, 5,289.
Quite: Unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
N. C.

RALEIGH, Feb. 26. - up -
(NCDA)-Egg and poultry markets
steady to firm. .
Raleigh-U. S. grade A large 46
to 48; fryers and broilers 25.
Washington-U. S. grade A large
"A; broilers, fryers and roasters
20 to 30.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-R-Buttel
firm: AA SO score It's; A 90, 70.5;
B 80, 70.25-70.50.
Eggs firm; large No. l and
extras 4~3.5-44.5; medium extras 40
4O.5; standards 40-4O.5; current re.
ceipts 39-39.5; dirties 36.5-37;
checks $685..
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'Steels, M 0 $, Rubbers
And Selected Industrials
Bear Brunt

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-(P)-
Stocks = lower; continued
selling depresses leaders.
BOnds-easy; wide selection
of rails lose.
Cotton-irregular; mill buy
ing and liquidation.
CHICAGO
What-closed mixed; heavy
prOfit-taking.
Corn-strong; expect larger
foreign exports.
Oats-firm with strength in
corn.
Eogs-50 cents to sS1.00 low
er; top $500.
Cattle - generally strong to
rs cents higher; top $500.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 26. - up -
Bearish sentiment ruled the stock
market again today a. leading is
u e dropped l to around 3 points.
and extreme losses ranged as much
as Z.
Steels, motors, rubbers an d
selected industrials bore the grunt
Of the liquidation while rails, hav,
ing the benefit of reports they
would seek passenger fare in,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
Lost Colony Lost Again

When flames destroyed the Water
side theater at Fort Raleigh, North
Carolina lost a valuable asset, at least
temporarily. The burned and fire
damaged buildings will be rebuilt or
restored as quickly as may be, but this
years performance of Paul Green's
pageant, "The Lost Colony" has had
to be discontinued.
=. For a decade "The Lost Colony" has
occupied a unique place in American
drama. Thousands upon thousands Of
Americans have viewed it, many travel
ing from afar to take a place in the au-
dience. One feature of the pageant in
which the people of Wilmington have
taken especial pride is the fact that
Bishop Thomas G.. Darst has annually
conducted public services on the OPEN
ing Sunday. It was only on July 6
that he delivered the sermon that
launched the current pageant season.
Now, flames started presumably by
a short circuit in IN electric organ have
left the chapel, the stage, two cabins,
the stockade, the choir loft in ruins and
damaged other buildings.
The loss is not wholly financial.
"The Lost Colony" has historic, educa-
-tional and sentimental values North
Carolina cannot long do without. Re-
Mobilization of Fort Raleigh is a press
ing need.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26

rumors briefly but leaves the main
question still out on a limb. "For more
than a decade" says the Record, "Mr.
Royal has been prominently mention
ed at intervals as gubernatorial tim
Der. But this doesn't necessarily mean
anything other than political chatter"
The opinion of a Wilmingtonian on
Mr.. Royals probable plans for the flu
ture is interesting. It may ever be
significant, for he was associated with
Mr.. Royal in the same law office as
far back as 1921. It is this gentle
mans belief that if there is no wal in
volving the United States, Secretary
Royal will continue at his present post
during the remainder of the present
national administration, and perhaps
a little longer, but sooner or later will
resign and join his predecessor, for
mer Secretary Patterson, in a law part
nership. He bases this opinion on the
fact that. Messrs Patterson and Royal
were members of the same law class at
Harvard and the friendship establish
ed then has grown in the passing of
the years.
This too is mere speculation. What
Mr.. Royal will decide to do is. as yet
a closely guarded secret.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
Clinton Jaycees Make Good

:. The Clinton Junior Chamber of
. Commerce has operated that city's pro-
:. duce market so successfully during the
= current season that the organization
has voted renewal Of the optional con-
+. tract for another year. Properly, the
. Sampson County News, Clinton's wide
+. awake newspaper, gives the news pre-
. ferred position in its latest issue.
. The market will remain in operation
i. for some ten days more, so a complete
. picture Of its operations cannot be eiv-
/. en- at this time. But John A. Dulanev.
!. the market manager, has announced
q. that through last Saturday 286, 900
i. sales had been made, to a cash value
:. of half a million dollars.
:. Sampson county produce growers
!. have reason to be grateful to the Gin
. ton Jaycees both for taking wei and
. operating the market and giving it a
. thorough-going business administra-
ton.
So satisfactory has the market prov
-. ed that the Lumberton Junior Cham
b. Der is planning a similar project in
their city. MI. Dulaney has been ask
I'd to visit Lumberton and tell the story
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
RoyalpsSecret

Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royal
recently issued a public statement say
ing he had at no time declared his in
tention to enter the North Carolina
gubernatorial race next year. Because
Secretary Royal has risen 50 rapidly
and so high in public office, his an
nouncement which neither affirmed nor
denied persistent reports that he would
be a candidate in 1913 has attracted
widespread public attention.
The Greensboro Record dismisses the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
Delay In The Ruhr

If Secretary MarshalPs decision to
postpone his plans for Notwithstanding
western Germany serves to deprive
French communists and their fellow
travellers in Italy of a propaganda
weapon, it deserves commentator,
which the democracies surely will not
be reluctant to accord it.
Mr.. Marshall had fostered the hope
that the resources of the Ruhr might
be more extensively utilized in getting
Europe back on its economic feet. The
French government interposed an OBJ
lection to the plan on the grounds that
Frances position in world affairs
would be jeopardized by communist an
tagonism.
In as much as the United States
government and its Secretary of State
recognize the important part France
must play in the ultimate settlement of
controversies and the reestablishment
of stable peace in the Continent, the
decision appears in order. Any action
this nation or the other democracies
can take to hamstring communists any,
where is in the interest of peace and
order.
At the same time, it is not to be
overlooked that Europe needs the steel
the Ruhr basin is capable of producing
and that steel requires coal in almost
unlimited quantities for processing.
Not only are coal and steel needed for
the industrial rehabilitation of war
wrecked countries. Coal is required
for heating homes, and winter is not
so far ahead. 1t can only be hoped
that while some delay in implementing
the Marshall proposal is obviously justi-
fled, the situation is so desperate that
no time should be lost in getting the
Ruhr mines into full production and
the steel plants in operation, once the
way is cleared-that is to say, once
French communists, who have been
rooted from the government, have no
power to stir up further trouble.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
MOST BELOVED
MEMORIAL

To most Americans it will prob
ably come as a shock to realize
that the Lincoln memorial in
Washington is only Is years old,
having been dedicated on May 30,
1922. It seems as if it must al
ways have been there, like the
Capitol and the White House!
For Of all the buildings and me-
MORALS in Washington, none is
more affectionately regarded than
the classic, marble temple beside
the Potomac and the huge but
friendly figure of the great Eman-
cipator. within. Possibly that is the
secret Of the memorials amazing
hold on people. Despite its great
size, the building and the statue
Of Lincoln have a very personal,
approachable quality. This was
particularly noticeable in the dark
days of the war in 1941-43 when
thousands Of our men in uniform,
stopping in Washington for a few
rather indifferently climb
ed the steps of the memorial and
then, having stood silently before
the fatherly Lincoln and commun-
ed, as it were, with him, came
down the steps, their shoulders
straight, their heads high and
their eyes shining.
And many a foreign visitor in
Washington during those war
years, from vanquished France or
beleaguered Britain, found himself
going again and again TO that
great silent patient man and al
ways coming away with new cour-
age. To the late Henry Bacon who
designed the memorial and to
Daniel Chester French who mod
eled the statue the nation owes
an everlasting debt of gratitude.
And then, Of course, there was a
man called Abraham Lincoln. The
debt America owes MIN can never,
happily or unhappily. be put into
words-it can only be felt, as by
the young CPS standing before
statue, in the heart. - Bos-
ton Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
Bridge The Gap

When the city and county governing
bodies decided to set up a fund for
James Walker Memorial hospital and
Community hospital amounting to $685.
900 instead of the, $138,000 requested,
they raised the question in the public
mind, whether the institutions can OPP
crate efficiently on the smaller appro-
priation and the parallel question
whether the hospitals had requested
more money than their efficient ad-
ministration required.
For years the two governing bodies
and the hospital boards have been I'M
able to agree on the total money need
ed. The difficulty may we'll stem from
official ignorance Of the hospitals op-
Grafton. When the hospital boards
annually make their requests for ap-
preparations, therefore, the council and
the commission, lacking detailed infor-
nation, and being economically mind
ed, make a more or less cursory and
brief survey and fix upon a figure sell
dom in accord with the request.
One result of this is that there is
continual complaint of inefficiency at
both hospitals among many patients,
especially charity patients who are a
charge upon the taxpayers, and on the
ether hand by the hospitals which,
rightly or wrongly, claim they must
operate on insufficient funds.
The gap between the hospitals and
the governing bodies that administer
public monies collected in taxes is so
wide there is no reason to hope it will
be bridged unless the donor boards and
the receiving boards are brought into
closer and continuing contact. This
might be accomplished if the hospital
boards invited the mayor and the chair
man of the county commission to at
tend their regular sessions as observers
and so learn the administrative poll
cies and needs Of both hospitals.
If this were done the mayor and the
commission chairman would be in an
enlightened position to advise their as
s%ociates in city and county government
what to do in the matter of ~appropris-
tons, and, hopefully, persons requiring
disqualification better served.
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Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, 10 IN
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses. shio repair facilities, near.
by SITES for heavy industry and 3o-1oot
Cape Fear river channel.
CITY auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
DEVELOPMENT of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement OF Southeastern North
Carolina S farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from o
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethenthal air
port for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals, and lnclud-
ing a Negro Health center.
encouragement Of the growth of COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
eyrments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26

The miseries of the world are
increased by a war in Java,
where the Dutch have launched
attacks on the troops of the Re-
public Of 1ndonesia. II permitted
to continue, this conflict viii! bring
many deaths and much suffering
to a land where the bright hope
of self government has been about
all there was to alleviate the dis
tress caused by long years of Jap
anese occupation.
One cause of the war was the
fear Of the Dutch that they might
lose all their vast investments in
Java. These fears led them to in
sist on formation of a joint Dutch
police force to exist
throughout a transition period in
which self-gove-nment would be
established The Dutch believed
such a force necessary to protect
Dutch interests, wen those recog-
nized by the republic.
Another cause of the fighting
was the political immaturity of
the Javanese. This resulted in az
'surd demands by their leaders
such as one that Java control all
OF the East Indies, including is
lands where Javanese are disliked
and where the Dutch are or COCA
terms vita the people.
There mas been provocation on
both sides. The picture is rot ore
OF pure blacks and whites. On bal
ance, however, the major respon-
sib1lity foc the war seems to rest
with the Dutch. For one thing,
they issued the ultimatum which
signaled its beginning. For an
other, they certainly are POLITICAL
~ mature and thus should have
great concessions IA, Tho
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON,- With Congress
going home, now is the time to
Sit back and ada up the score.
Since the Republicans took over
Congress on Jan. ], there has been
a new legislative crisis or two
every day. But the concern has
been over each separate piece in
the jigsaw puzzle. After seven
months, it's possible to get an
idea of what the whole pic cure is
going to look like.
Today's picture is even more
confused than it was in wartime.
Then everyone worked for a com,
mon goal-winning the war. The
daily crisis was more or less BIZ
partisan in character. Today par
ty politics dominates everything,
but there's a difference: it is con
servative VS.. liberal as much as il
Is Republican vs., Democrat.
The New Deal and most OF the
New Dealers are gone. The
ereamers and planners of Roose'
velt's day have been replaced as
advisors by what might be called
the hard-boiled, practical, realistic
rren of business. There is no spirit
Of social uplift around Washington
these days-no chance for anyone
to accuse the government Of "cod-
labor.
1t is no exaggeration to say thai
j. the past sever months The
United States has been through
one Of its periodic revolutions.
1t may be too early to pin any
labels On the revolution of 1947. l.
is rampant Republicanism. Blu. it
gets too much support from con-
servative Democrats to make it a
strictly one party affair. It is COM
pounded Of isolationism, of eco
homie nationalism, Of violent anti
communism.
Economically, the aims Of his
new revolution have been to re-
erce government controls and
government interference with pri-
Vate business to a minimum. That
makes 1t definitely capitalistic in
concept. It glorieies the American
rec enterprise system. 1t is SCI
1t is definitely inflationary,
condoning high prices.
IT IS a definite swing to. the
Ilgnt. This runs counter not only
&c the world trend Of today but
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
BY G W. BABSON

GLOUCESTER, Mass.,-With a
possible 49, 900, 900 unemployed by
1852 unless labor relations get
Strengthened out, both schools and
parents should begin now to make
graduates worth employing. Ger.
tainly, there then will be keen
competition sor Whatever jobs
there may be. Young people now
in high schools should make up
their minds to rut work before
play and cut out the social stuff
which is making too many Of
them useful only for driving
trucks and jerking soda.
Business expects the schools to
equip our men ard women with
an adequate background of the
historical, psychological and eco
nUmic forces which have p1 oduc-
ed our nation. Our young people
SHOULD also be given a background
of the many 'isms'. With such a
background students should under
stand the merits. and benefits
which u free society has to Of
fer. However, the school cannot
90 much unless backed up by sem
sible table talk and religious ill.,
struction at home.
No nation can long prosper with
out the proper incentive, progress
and efficiency. This causes a. con-
tinuous Improvement in the stan
dard of living and security for all
producers. When people produce
more, business thrives, national
income increases, standards OF liv.
irg rise, and our voters are happl-
er. 1t is the understanding of these
basic factors including some real
religion, which our homes anu
schools should teach. These. in
clude emphasis on that simple
economic fact That only as We all
produce more is there more to oi-
vide.
Schools today are shortcaanging
pupils. Youngsters are being shov-
ed out into an yer increasingly
competitive world with inadequate
training in the fundamentals Of
reading, writing, spelling. arith.
metic, self-expression, etc. Too
many Of Jul young people knock
ing on the employment managers
door are unable tn do relatively |
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simple mathematical tasks. These
are basic tools of work, rather
than the useless frills which
schools now teach.
1t is not the accumulation Of
vast amounts Of factual material
that makes a young person en-
playable. Rather it is his charac-
ter, his health, his desire to be
OF service and his ability to work
with others. Schools are short.
changing students by their failure
to teach how TO work and live
how to get and hold good jobs.
Schools should spend much more
time in both group and individual
counseling to help students better
understand themselves, their IN
terests and their aptitudes.
With 2 1914 different jobs listed
in the Dictionary Of Occupational
Titles, schools of this atomic age
should offer systematic courses in
vocational information, get their
students out On field trips, make
greater use of occupational films,
pert-time job experiences, etc.
Most important Of all, young peo-
pie should be taught the dignity OF
working and the disgrace Of loaf.
ing.
70 teachers, 1 say: Get to
know your student more than
from just grades" Prepare him
Cor job interviews. Make sure a
student understands his own bal
ance sheet of assets and liabili-
ties. Teach him how to sell him
self on the interview. Schools
should have students realize that
personal qualifications such as in
centive, resourcefu1ness, adapta-
and willingness to assume
responsibility are more important
than joining a union to assure Sue
cess.
But the best training of ali for
getting a good position after grad
uation is to work summers.
Whether or not your boy and girl
does this is up to you,-and not
to any teacher. In some states
boys and girls must get the okay
of the superintendent of schools;
but this always is obtainable i
you as a parent request it. Par.
ents who let their children run
around or Loaf ali summer are
committing a crime against them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
Where Are We Now?

also to the historic drift of Ameri-
can history, whic has been gradu-
ally towards the LETT increasing
the power of the mass of The peo-
pie, giving them more benefits.
The speed Of this change has
been curbed sharply by Demo-
cratic President Harry S. Truman.
There may be some question
whether the man in the White
House or the men in Congress
have the correct feel Of the public
pulse. Both claim they have. But
Gallup polls on such important. is
sues as universal military train.
ing and retention of high taxes
which the Congress rejected-indi-
cate that a majority of the people
may be ''out Of step" with the
majorities of Congress.
The reception given Henry Wal.
lace on his western tour has
swakened in some politicians a
re alization that a large number Of
the people may be way ahead of
Congress on foreign policy-on a
desire for greater cooperation
with the United Nations, a desire
for peace.
American voters will line up 20
be counted on all these issues in
the 1913 elections. If the trend of
recent events in Washington is ap-
proved, the conservative Republi
cans and Democrats can count on
being returned to control Con-
gress. And the Republicans can
count on electing a president and
vice president tor the first time
in 20 years.
If the electorate disapprove, It
will be Harry Truman and a more
liberal Congress, possibly compli-
Gated by Henry Wallace and a.
third party ticket. If the latter de.
velops, the conservatives can still
win, and Wallace will turn out to
be their biggest help.
What a conservative sweep IN
1948 would lead to, no one can &C.
curately fo-etell. For the voters.
the important thing is to know
what the shift towards conserva-
tism in the last seven months has
meant.
An attempt to appraise in detail
what has been happening in the
fields OF social welfare, domestic
economic policy, foreign policy
ana military policy will b made
in succeeding dispatches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
BabSOn Discusses Job Hunting

Too many parents hate TO make
their dear Susie and Johnnie get
Z job because their friends do not
work. Instead Of being content 10
Listen to speeches, Parent-Teacher
Associations should urge parents
to refuse to give spending money
loan the car to kids wno loaf
summers or who fail in their
winters. 1t is not now too
late for parents to get tough this
summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-26
Just In Fun
A "RECORD" PERFORMANCE

Playing to a house 81 crOTcot,-
that The overflow audience I'LL
ed the stage. Mischa Elman va,
rcundly applauded, and at n'
conclusion of each number foun' =;
a listener tugging at his coa'-is9 ,
ard imploring please pay
Iiumoresque, Mr.. Gilman, pledS,,
play Humoresque!' ,.v
At length the artist Offered "..
coveted selection as an encore
Leaping to his feet, ana 'hEo"
ing his arms about the as'
tinguished violinist, the grafiS
suppliant shouted, "Wonoe'l4
Wonderful! It's just like On YOU
record!"-Wall Street JournaL