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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
MCDONALD INFANT

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. IS -
The three months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Mcdonald, of
Circle Drive, was found dead in
his bed this morning. An autopsy
failed to reveal the cause of
death.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the Chapel of Quinn Nc
Gowan Funeral home with the
Rev. Carl B. Craig, local Presby-
terrain minister, officiating. Burial
will be in the Jacksonville Gene
terry.
The baby, named Bradford
Left, is survived by his parents,
three brothers, and one sister,
Edward, Gary, George, Jr., and
Kathaleen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
POLICE RECEIVE TWO
REPORTS OF CITIZENS
BEING BIT BY DOGS

@. C. Russ, 4O8 North Fifth
street, was treated at James
Walker Memorial hospital yes
terday for a dog bite on the left
leg; and John Session, Number
IL Spofford Village, owner of
the dog, was notified to confine
the animal for 10 days, police
reported last night.
Paul Burris, Negro, 408 Bladen
street, told police he was bitten
yesterday afternoon by a dog
while delivering handbills in Hill
crest. He did not know the name
of the owner of the dog.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
MRS IOHN M. DAVIS

WHITEVILLE, Nov. 15-Mrs.
John M. Davis, 81, died Wednes-
day at 4 p. m. at her home two
miles east of Clarkton. She had
been seriously ill for only a few
hours.
Surviving are five sons, J. w.,
of Chadbourn, c. S., of Ever
green. w. A., of Carmen, Texas.
II. j., of Douglas, Ca, and Aus
tin, of Clarkton. Three daughters,
Misses Vida and Ernestine Davis
of Clarkton, and Mrs. James j.
of Detroit. Four broth
ers, John Elkins, Of Whiteville,
and George, Jim and A. c. Ell
kins of Clarkton. Twenty-three
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
r JAMIE J. MERCER

LUMBERTON, Nov. 15-Mrs.
jamie Jackson Mercer, As, wife
Of D. w. Mercer of Lumberton,
died at her home Thursday at
$3.50 a. m. after an illness of
about Is months. She suffered a
third stroke Wednesday after
noon.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 2:30 p. m. from
Biggs Funeral Home, and inter-
ment was in the family plot
in Philadelphus cemetery.
Mrs. Mercer was the daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Samue]
jackson Of Laurinburg. Surviv-
ing are her husband and one son,
D. W. Mercer, Jr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
Educational Facilities
Study To Begin Monday

tional PROGRAM, elementary edu-
cation, secondary education, pu-
pil personnel and personnel
services, Institutional materials,
adult education, education of ex-
ceptional children, vocational
education, and resources.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
BEST BALL

GREENSBORO, Nov. 14-(P-
John H. Davis of High Point
and Lou Heilig of S%edgefield
captured honors in a preliminary
best ball event at Sedgefield TO-
day prior to opening of action in
the annual Mid-South Seniors gol1
fo,,rro~orf {or,orror,y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
WINS
PHILADELPHIA. Nov

- (P - The good right foot
of big John Siano gave bowl
bound Villanova college its
second extra point victory OF
the season tonight as the
Wildcats rallied in the Sec
ond half to edge Georgetown
University IA to IL before
Is. 900 at Shihe Park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
ALONZO FRANK GANEY

ALONZO FRANK GANEY
Funeral services for Alonzo
Frank Ganey, 20, who died at
James Walker Memorial hospital
Thursday, will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
A. F. Ganey of this city; four
sisters, Mrs. jamie Lem, Mrs.
Bernice Parker, Mrs. Betty
Pearce, Mrs. Alease Moore, all
of this city; brother, Joseph
Ganey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
LIEUT.. B MERCER

BLADENBORO, Nov. 15-The
body Of Lieut.. Robert Mercer
arrived in Bladenboro Thurs
day morning.
Funeral services were held
Friday at the Big Swamp
cemetery conducted by the Rev.
b. F. Ormand and the. Rev. r. H.
Poole.
Lieut.. Mercer Is survived by
biz pasezAei M. md 1d1e. 6. @.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
ALONZO A N

Funeral services for Alonzo
Frank Ganey, %, of Summer
Hill, who died at James Walker
Memorial hospital Thursday
morning at 1880 o'clock, will be
held this afternoon at 2 O'Clock
from 400 Church street. The
Reverends Alexander Miller and
Harvey w. Glazier will officiate
and interment will follow in St
Andrews Episcopal church ceme-
terry at Wrightsville Sound.
Active pallbearers will be Leon
Graham, and Charles Ward.
Alonzo, Silvestri, and Joseph N.
.Ganey.
Honorary pallbearers will be
DR.. c. j. Powell, Alton Ketchum,
Archie McGirt, Arthur Sue, G.
D. Parker, and w. L. Hilburn.
Mr.. Ganey is survived by his
mother, Mrs. A. F Ganey; four
sisters, Mrs. jamie Lem, Mrs.
Besnice Parkes. Mr.. Betty
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
OBITUARIES

Mercer of Bladenboro. Three
sisters; Mrs. T. F. Hester, Mrs.
L. B. Lennon of Bladenboro and
Mrs. John B. Toumbacaris of Co.
roma, N. Y. Four brothers; ]. D.
Mercer of Bladenboro, Gerald
and William Mercer Goldsboro
and Walter J. Mercer of Clinton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

The word Jealousy" is derived
from the Greek word meaning to
boil or ferment, according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
NAMED CAPTAIN

DURHAM, Nov. 14-P3-Roger
Neighborgal, of Huntington, w.
Va, was today elected captain of
the Duke University cross coun-
try team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
MRS. LILLY A. THOMPSON

MRS. LILLY A. THOMPSON
Mrs. Lilly A.. Thompson, IS,
died after a lengthy illness at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Clarence D. Maffit, PIG S. Fifth
Ave yesterday afternoon.
She is survived by five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Clarence D. Maffit
of Wilmington, Mrs. George L.
Morton of Atlanta, Ca, Mrs. c.
R. Richards of Mobile, Ala, Sis
ter Mary Leoba of Buffalo, N.
Y, and Sister Mary Immacula-
ia, of Cincinnati, Ohio. One sis
ter: Mrs. W. B. Lockett of Phila-
delp4lia, Pa. Three grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Andrews
Mortuary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

| The peak of electric streo.
development in the r,i Ca;
States came in 1917 wbar United
than naara 10000 street railway @ a9o'
were operated on 5000 r can
of track. ''V0 mles
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

MARRIAFE LICENSES
,,, Meline Lane Petrone. ,52t''A
Nashville, Tennessee 10th y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

Pearce, and Mrs. Alease Nor
rell; one brother, Joseph Ganey,
all of this city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15
SATURDAY, NovEMRrp .,
Imington.

Imington.
E7 viGtoFia Green Edward,
Oh farm c. Marathon l coioDp'sea
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-15

DIAL 2-SS1l For Newspaper s.,,,.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

Municipal Mar Henry McLemore.
ket, which is located on the Amazon
River, and which presents one Of
the most fascinating sights of this
or any other world.
Shortly after dawn the river
craft come to the docks, their bril-
liantly colored sails ablaze IN the
tropical sun. The boats with blue
sails bring produce from the mouth
OF the mighty river, near the ocean.
Those with red sails bring goods
from the interior, and those with
white sails come from the deep in
terror. This color scheme makes 1t
possible for the buyer to locate
quickly the boat or boats which
have the wares he wants.
All Boats Called Canoes.
The boats are of every descrip-
ton, but all are known as canoes,
whether they be handmade bateaus
with scarcely an inch of freeboard
or two-masted schooners. Docking
space Is at premium, so the boats
are packed together without an inch
of clearance, making one wonder
how the shippers, even II they were
Harold Vanderbilts or Thomas Sop
withs, could berth 50 neatly despite
wind and tide.
To try to tell you what the ANA
zon River traders have to sell would
require half hundred pages. Their
wares range from snakes, birds and
animals to the root Of the limbo.
The root of the limbo is a handy
little thing to have around in case
you don't like certain party and
want to get rid of him. The natives
Evening star., 1947-08-11

that the direc- Constantine Brown.
ton In which Britain is struggling
for her recovery brings her funda-
mentally into conflict with the
United States in the economic
sphere.
This is true in spite of the fact
that the United States has done
and probably will do-more to aid
British rehabilitation than any other
nation in the world.
Britain is endeavoring to pull her
self up by her bootstraps by making
a tremendous play for foreign mar
ketS. This comes at a time when
American foreign trade is riding
the crest of the wave and when
American industry is endeavoring
to entrench itself deeper and deeper
in the world market as a cushion
for the inevitable domestic recess
sion.
Seeks to Get U. S. Trade.
It comes down finally to the fact
that British success in her drive for
export trade will set a limit to-
if 1t does not directly imperil-the
hold of American industry on world
markets. The fact that the Brit
ish recovery program has already
resulted in a self-embargo by the
American moving picture industry
on exports Of films to Britain is just
one phase, and a lesser phase, Of
the matter. AS result of the
conf1scatory British tax on Ameri-
can movies, American producers will
no longer ship films to Britain.
That means a loss of many millions
of dollars a year in income for
American industry.
If all We had to lose by the Brit
ish recovery program was the in
come from the films we send to
England each year, we could easily
sacrifice that in order to bring
Britain back into the realm of
healthy nations. But there is the
prospect not only of reduced British
purchases of American goods, in
order to stop the drain Of dollars
from Britain, but also an accele-
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Gambler Gives Emory
Another S7,000,o0o
By the Associated prex, 4

ATLANTA, Aug. 10.-Real Estate
holdings valued at 100000 with
an annual return of $500,000 have
been given to Emory University by
Howard Gambler, wealthy son of
the late Asa G. Gambler.
The Atlanta Constitution, which
disclosed details of the gift, reported
that it included Mr.. Gamblers hold
ings in Asa G. Gambler, Inc, and
that the university was seeking to
purchase the remainder of the stock
in the corporation.
The corporation controls a 16-
story office building, the buildings
Of two leading department and
clothing stores and other valuable
downtown real estate.
Asa Gambler, who made fortune
from Coca Cola, himself made large
donations to Emory University. It
was his gift of 100000 that en-
abled the school to move to Atlanta
from oxford, Ga, and greatly ex-
pand it's facilities.
His total gifts have been estimated
at approximately 100000 in addi-
ton to his sons donation.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Capper Urges Anti-Lynch
And Anti-PoII Tax Bills

Senator Capper. Republican, of
Kansas, urged in radio address
last night that the Federal anti
lynching, fair employment prac-
tices and antipoll tax bills be passed
to insure fair treatment for all
Americans"
Speaking on a program sponsored
by the Institute on Race Relations,
Senator Capper pointed out that
the program should also include
suffrage for Washington residents.
1T is just unthinkable that here
in the Capital of this greatest de-
mocracy in the world, Americans
have no voice in their Government" "
he declared.
Senator Capper asserted that
some Americans have been vic
timized by racial and religious pref
udices" and added that "these un-
democratic conditions must be
eliminated If America is to become
a true haven of freedom and de-
mocracy."
Evening star., 1947-08-11
UAW Accuses Martin Co
OF Influencing Election
by the Assoeiatsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. II. - The
United Auto Workers (CIO) charged
yesterday in a prepared statement
that cancellation Of its contract by
the Glenn L. Martin Co. was an
attempt to influence a collective
bargaining election August 81.
The company last Friday gave the
union a Today notice of contract
termination. The contract, which
expired March II, had been extended
by mutual agreement.
Thomas j. Startling, Southern re-
gional director of the UAW, said
the company's move is an attack
on the bargaining agent of the
Martin employees"
The bargaining election at the
airplane manufacturing plant will
give approximately 10000 employees
a choice Of the UAW, the Interna-
tional Association Of Machinists or
no union. The machinists petitioned
for the election.
In terminating the contract the
Martin company said this action
was taken because two labor or
ganizations are contending that each
represents the employees with every
likelihood that neither organization
has the right"
Evening star., 1947-08-11
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. CO A-e
IL. 1917

use it to kill fish. They put a few
of the roots in a pool and the fish
roll over and play dead--for keeps.
1t IS just as deadly to humans. I
think III take a few roots home
and send them to my creditors for
Christmas, advising them to use the
timbo roots as swizzle sticks.
The man who sold me the lizard
expected me to eat it. He told me,
in pidgin lizard language, that it
was one Of the most delicious foods
In the world. Tastes just like
lobster. he said. I asked him how
to cook it. He said to skin it-and
be sure to save the skin for shoes,
etc.-and then roast it in medium
oven up to two hours, making sure
to- baste it quite often. I asked him
how many it would serve. He said
four.
Will Give Lizard Party.
He was wrong. That lizard, If
I served 1t at home, would provide
generous portions for every one west
Of the Rocky Mountains. It has
green eyes. ears and body, and q
striped tail that swishes very dan
gerously. 1t Kisses. too. have been
hungry in my day, but never hungry
enough to sit at the head of the
table and try to carve q lizard. Yet,
the chances are that I'll give q
lizard party when I get home-just
group Of intimate friends who
like lizards.
You'd love Belem. Truth to tell, I
hadn't heard Of it until got here.
It is city of 800 900 and it has the
most magnificent avenues I have
ever seen. Giant mango trees,
planted more than 100 years ago,
form natural archway over the
streets. The Grande Hotel, man
aged by New Yorker by the name
Of MacDougall, offers all comforts
and pleasures.
Yet. so close does the jungle hold
Belem to its bosom, that two days
ago a 20-foot boa constructor was
caught at the busiest downtown
corner. I am sorry I missed that.
I would like to have been there to
run might have set q new
worlds record for 10 miles.
distributed BY McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Man to Man
Taft's Candid Stand on '48 Issues
Contrasted to Dewey's Silence

the people are entitled to know
where a candidate stands. On the
floor of the Senate he fought val
iantly for his convictions and he
is going to take them to the coun-
try; to expound them. This is in
striking contrast to Gov. Dewey of
New York, whose theory of cam
paigning seems to be speak to
me only with thine eyes, and I will
pledge with mine"
In pretending that he Is not a
candidate, despite the fact that he
has been out West gathering China
eggs, and in failing sto speak up
manfully for his principles, II he
has principles, Gov Dewey plays
hide-and-seek with the Republican
nomination in Albany, N. Y, while
Senator Taft and former Gov.
Stassen are out looking the voters
squarely in the eyes and telling them
what they believe in and why.
For instance, 1t was Senator Taft
who carried through the upper
House the highly controversial Taft
Hartley Labor Bill. Where does
Gov. Dewey, the titular leader of
his party, stand on this issue? At
the time that this bill was pending,
1t was reported that John L. Lewis
had advised Dewey that NUNS the
word" And certainly it has been
mum"
If John L. Lewis has such an
influence as this with Gov. Dewey,
the country ought to know it. John
L. Lewis has been ambitious to be
Vice President of the United States.
Has he a similar ambition now?
And Is such an ambition related to
Gov. Dewey?
There can hardly be any doubt
that Gov. Dewey would make any
trade to be President. Nor can there
be any less doubt of Mr.. Lewis
willingness to press every present
advantage that he may have with
Gov. Dewey in order to accomplish
his ambition. Can it be that, by
refusing to announce himself on the
Taft-Hartley Act. Mr.. Dewey is
counting the labor vote with the idea
that he can lead it to the altar
behind Dewey-Lewis ticket?
(CopyriEht 1947)
Evening star., 1947-08-11
This Changing World
Britain Is Seen Seeking Trade at Expense
Of u. S. But Keeping Empire Preference

rated British competition against
producers in world
markets.
Even this would not be too much
to worry about II Britain did not
couple her whole recovery program
with an effort to keep her costs of
production low by reviving the war
time direction of labor which, in the
long run, will operate to keep wages
lower than they otherwise would be.
One hesitates to draw the parallel,
because 1t actually exaggerates the
but there is striking
similarity between what Britain is
doing and what Hitler and the Nazis
were doing in the '3os-as far as
foreign trade Is concerned. Winston
Churchill himself has drawn Hitler
into the debate and it must be ad-
mitted that the effort to capture
world markets by means Of govern
ment-directed industry and labor
was the thing that led Nazi Ger
many into direct economic. and
eventually political conflict with the
United States.
Preference Scheme Hit.
Britain's labor regime is pro-
ceeding on the theory that in order
to recover, Britain must return to
her former position as the worlds
Arst trading nation. This can
scarcely be denied, unless one is
ready to concede that Britain must
export that part of her population
which cannot be sustained on Brit
ish land.
What is ignored in British plans,
though, is that British recovery
as trading nation must 60 hand
in hand with a worldwide revival
of multilateral trade, in which there
is no place for the British pref
erential system. It is her insist
ence on retention Of empire prefer
ences which has pretty well stymied
the Geneva Trade Conference.
The United States undoubtedly
remains close to her wartime ally
in a political sense, and out of
political considerations it is nee
essary that we do what we can
while guarding our own interests
to help Britain get back on her
feet. But there are many reasons
to believe that in her fight for
revival Britain Is not participating
in good faith in the whole effort
to bring foreign trade back to a
fully multilateral basis, but is en-
deavoring to preserve certain ex-
elusive trade conditions which, in
the long run, will give her the
great advantage of a solid economic
bloc of British commonwealth ma
tions which would be pretty we'll
closed to American trade.
Americans can and do sympathize
with the British plight, but they
also want her to do her share
toward the recovery of all nations
and that means full British par
ticipation in a free and untram-
meled world trade.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
| Average Veteran
Is 29 YeorsOLd,
Survey Shows
BY tho Associated Press

The Veterans Administration says
the average veteran of World War
II is % years ole, four years the
senior of the average man. still in
the armed services.
In a summary of its age distribu-
ton charts, the agency made these
additional time -marches-on observa-
tions:
Average age of the World War I
veteran, 53.7 years.
Spanish-American War veteran,
I'll years.
Indian Wars, IS years.
Civil War, 10o7 years.
OF the 14,361 900 World War II
veterans, % per cent are less than
25 years of age, the charts said.
Thirty-three per cent are from
IS to 20 years Of age, and 80 per
cent are from 80 to 80. .
Evening star., 1947-08-11

Senator Taft properly paid gracious
tribute to him. The fact is, however,
that Bricker's colorless record In the
Senate had already taken him out
of the presidential race.
Senator Taft's address at Colum-
bus was true TO form in that it
acclaimed. at far more than their
true worth, the achievements Of the
Republicans in both houses of the
S0th Congress. If Senator Taft
claimed too much for the Repub-
licans and disparaged too greatly
the endeavors Of the Democrats,
ones equanimity does not need to
be disturbed thereby. It was all in
the classic political tradition. Sen
ator Taft has hung the Monday
washing Of his party out on the line.
The neighbors may admire its
cleaning whiteness and its apparent
good condition from a distance.
However, closer inspection will be
more than likely to discover patches
and rents and general wear and
tear.
What About Living Costs?
Not only the Democrats, but the
impartial observer may be moved
to inquire why the cost of living
has continued to soar after the
Republicans, in the leash of the
National Association of Manufac-
turers, struck down all price control.
And where is the housing that
was promised to the veterans?
What became of the glibly promised
drastic reduction in Federal ex-
penditures of $4,000, ,000, 900? AS
to tax reduction, might not the
Republicans have succeeded in car
ryng out this campaign promise,
on something besides a stretcher,
If they had presented a bill that
had not favored the rich at the
expense of the poor?
In addition, there are such mat
tiers as rent control, which the Re-
publicans hamstrung at the behest
of the real estate lobby. Many,
in fact, are the discrepancies be-
tween Republican promise and
Republican performance, although
in certain matters the Democrats
must share the blame, particularly
those psuedo-Democrats from south
of the Mason Dixon Line, who ap-
pear to be truly Democratic only
on election day.
Mr.. Taft, in his speech, touched
only briefly on foreign policy, and
observed that the Congress had
done its best to cooperate with
the policies of the President" Even
the White House scarcely can find
fault with his expressed belief
that Congress should hesitate to
interfere with the Presidents
powers over foreign policy unless
that policy involves us in the
danger of an unnecessary war, or
proposes to- drain the resources
of our taxpayers and our productive
labor to an unreasonable degree" "
Mr.. Taft's observation that he is
not happy" about the administra-
tion's foreign policy, but that Con-
gress should carefully refrain from
giving other countries a picture of a
divided America was statesmanlike
and reassuring.
Taft Contrasted to Dewey.
But whatever else may be said
Senator Taft has shown his usual
courage. He properly believes that
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Five-Passenger He|icopter
Tested for Air Forces
BY the Assoeiated Press

A new five-passenger helicopter
which can rise vertically $50 feet a
minute, is undergoing preliminary
tests at Buffalo, N. Y, the Army
Air Forces announced today.
Built by the Bell Aircraft Corp,
the helicopter has top speed of
los miles an hour, a cruising speed
Of 80 miles an hour and can climb
to $4,000 feet.
The AAF said it could be used to
evacuate personnel, transport cargo
and serve as an observation plane.
It has been designed to carry twin
floats, rescue hatch and hoist, Army
litters and life RATS.
1t has room for one crew mem
ber, two litters, and one attendant
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Senator BiIbo Given
Thorough Checkup
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 11.-Sena-
tor Bilbo, Democrat, of Mississippi,
who entered a hospital here last
week, is undergoing a complete
physical checkup and a series Of
tests, but there is nothing to be
alarmed about" hospital attend
ant reported today.
The attendant said the tests are
being made merely to ascertain
what progress the Senator has made
since his last operation. Senator
Bilbo has undergone a series of
operations to remove a malignant
gsowth from his mouth.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

erect, ne skill,
fully cast a fly
in the center of
the pool where
the big trout was
suspected to be.
In doing SO,
he avoided the
underbrush that
Senator@ Brick
er's possible can
didacy consti-
CuCeQ. Ills COL.
| e a 6 ue from
Ohio "self-sacri-
fcingly" took
himself out of
the race and
Evening star., 1947-08-11

PoSuIu. ! WOulQ
have gone for a
boa constructor
$50 cents a FOOT
if it weren't
for the fact that
the airlines limit
their passengers
to IS pounds of
! u 6 6 a 6 e, and
frown on carry
ing snakes as
hand baggage.
I purcha s e d
the monkey, the
lizard, and the
quati at Belem's