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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

But, cruel as he is to his people,
King Mino loves his sons dearly
and can refuse them nothing. One
day, when the boys are more bored
than usual with the same old
games, the same old books and
the same old music, their father
agrees to let them take a trip on
their magic carpet. They fly many
thousands of miles and finally
reach a huge country. AS they
pass over it, they are amazed to
see that each part of it looks diff
ferent; high, snow-capped mount
aims in some places; low green
hills in others. Tall steel struc-
lures CLEAN in the sun; small,
wooden cottages nestle in the
shade of leafy trees.
They decide to explore this
curious place and, making the
proper wish to have themselves
clothed like the people below, the
boys send their carpet shooting
down to earth.
Landing in a street in a big
city, the first sight that greets
them is a long line of marching
children, wearing various kinds
of red, white and blue costumes.
Some are blowing horns, others
beating drums. It is a strange
kind of music, different from any,
thing they've ever heard; Saro
and Nulo like it. The curious
Nulo approaches a friendly-look-
ing boy who is standing on the
sidewalk, and asks what the ex-
element is about.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

"Why, it's the Fouth of July, of
course. Mean to say you didn't
know"
Nulo is not abashed. "The
Fourth of July? What's that ?"
just then, a jolly-faced, brown
skinned man, in a blue uniform
with shiny brass buttons, passes
by. Overhearing NuIO's question,
he says, "YOu two boys must be
new here. You come with me and
I'll tell you about the Fourth of
july" AS they stroll along, he
tells the twins how the DecIara-
ton of independence, signed on
July 4, 1776, gave birth to free
dom and equality in the u S. A.
"That Declaration says that all
men are created equal. Those are
mighty important words, boys,
and believe you me, all Americans
remember them on independence
Day. But" the nice man asks,
chow come you've never heard
about all this? What country do
you come from
He is quite astOnished to hear
about DullO. ."My, you boys must
be fed up with that dull life =
everything and everyone the
same! If it's variety you're look
ing for, you've come to the right
place. just take me on your mag
ic carpet and I'll show you plenty
of different things"
AS they start flying, he says,
"Now, first of all, look at my
skin. It's a different color from
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

The Honorable Owen J. Roberts,
Justice Of the United States SUI
preme Court, recently commented:
1--WE are building a peace founded
upon justice. Nowhere is justice
more needed than In the displaced
persons camps Of Europe, where
1000, 900 Christians and ESQ, 1000 Jews
still await liberation. Only 5000
LOT these displaced persons have
(trickled into our country thus far.
I'VE can absorb many more. Let us
urge Congress to adopt emergency
Immigration measures now"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04
It Could Only Happen On July Fourth
Especial to The Southern Jewish Weekly

Saro NuIO the twin of King MinO
Mind because they the Kings
y enough those All
do named ROlO and all the females
Not only their the but
the time day. This after nothing
Life is dull indeed
King MinO has him put to death Immediately.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-07-04

mines brown, but that doesn't
matter in America. Here, every
body is different. The first peo-
pie to live here had red skins;
now there are folks with white,
brown and yellow faces. They
all worship God in different ways.
too. Look, down there, for in
stance. See that steeple? That's
a cathedral where Catholics pray.
And if you look across the street,
you'll see a church where Protes-
tants go. A little way from that,
you can see a synagogue where
Jews say their prayers. Even
though we all worship Him in
different ways, God loves us all.
He created us equal, you see =
like the Declaration of Indepen-
dence says. And he understands
all our prayers, no matter what
accent they're given in"
"But," interrupts the wonder
ing NuIo, chow do things get
DONE? If all these people are SO
different, they must all have diff
ferent ideas. How can you get
anywhere like that?"
otis just because we all have
different talents and do different
things that it's fun to live IN
this country, son. For in
stance. look at all the differ
ent people in our sports. Base
ball has Hank Greenberg, Jackie
Robinson, Joe Dimaggio = Jew
a Negro, a Catholic. In football,
you'll find the same winning comb
nation of colors and creeds
doc Blanchard, Sid Luchman'
Glen Davis, Levi Jackson. And
take the indoor sports of radio
land the movies: comedians like
Eddie Cantor and Fred Allen head
the list, while Bling Crosby and
Frank Sinatra get top billing as
crooners. If it's variety in music
you're looking for, you just name
YOUR choice and we have it =
everything from Negro spirituals
to the classical jazz of Gershwin,
or the ballads of Irving Berlin
and Cole Porter.
"Get the idea? All our fav-
critics are different and it's
all because of the Declaration OF
Independence. All men are Gre
ated equal is what it says. That
doesn't mean we are all created
alike. It means that here, in
America, we're all entitled to an
equal chance, regardless of race
or religion. And each gives the
hest that is i'm him - no one cares
about the color of his skin or the
way he worships God"
With that, the nice man with
the brown skin, blue suit and brass
buttons goes back to his work
and waves goodbye to Saro ana
lNulo who hurry back to Dullo
on their magic carpet.
AS to what follows when tne
twins get back to their father
YOUR guess is as good as minc'
| I can see King Mino, who has al
WAYS been a sOftie where his sons
are concerned, issuing a procia-
nation to all the citizens gathered
in the palace courtyard. 1t Gre
ates such a Juror that many Dull
1o-ites have to be carried out. IL
states that the Kingdom OF Dullo
;s henceforth to be known as
the Kingdom of VariO, and that
all DulIo-ites, hereinafter to De
kuown as Variants, are endowed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
MISS SUSAN
FRANCES

Requiem mass was scheduled to
be sung for Susan Frances Shan
non, who died Friday afternoon
in Bullocks hospital after a short
illness, by Father Allen Roche
yesterday morning at II o'clock
from St. Mary's Catholic church.
Interment will be held this morn
ing in Savannah Georgia.
For the past twenty-three years
Miss Shannon has been a secre-
tary in the General Superintendent
of Transportation office of the At
Isntic Coast Line.
She is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Charles D. White, and Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Grub both of Viii
mington and Mrs. S. E. Smith o.
WestePalm Beach, Florida.
Pallbearers will be Honorary:
DR.. w. c. Mebane, DR.. X. c. Wal
den, F. Lacy King, c. G. Sibley,
L. T. Andrews. A. B. Love, W. L.
Dixon, Henry B. Marshburn, ]. ].
Allen, and L. W. Green; Active:
John Rezze, Howard w. Primer,
D. A. Lockfaw, W. F. Quinlivin,
John Furlong and Paul ]. Bias.
chon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
HOGAN PIERCE

ham, M. W. Littman, Don E. Lit
man and E. c. Hudson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
sampson s Old Hanging Tree"
Still Standing Near Clinton

of some of the county's Oldest res
idents.
We were told that the prisoner
was placed standing up in a wag-
on, usually drawn by a couple of
sturdy horses. A rope was looped
around his neck and It the given
time the horses were struck
across their backs with a large
whip.
AS the horses responded to the
crack of the whip and dashed off
down the road the prisoner was
left dangling with the rope around
his neck until he was pronounced
dead by one OF the county
officials.
No definite date has been es-
tablished as to when the practice
of using the tree was abandoned,
but the location, being such an
ideal place, was picked for the
erection of Sampson county's first
gallows for the hanging of crimi-
nails.
We have been told that in 1888.
Phillip Faison, a Negro, met his
fate on the gallows. Spectators
said the Negro, who had been
found guilty of shooting another
Negro through the crack in a log
cabin, rode to his death in a one
horse wagon. He was reported to
have been seated on his coffin
when t e conveyance arrived at
the scene of the tree.
Legend has it that several hours
prior to the hanging of Faison, a
group of children were playing in
the vicinity of the gallows. They
had heard about the scheduled
hanging of the Negro and were
playing under the Hanging tree"
A near tradegy was averted
when a passerby noticed a young
ster hanging from the limb of the
huge o a k. Luckily, the passerby
had a strong knife in his pocket
and the youngster was cut down.
The children later explained they
were just playing and Topped the
rope around the child's neck, not
dreaming that he might have been
really hanged.
But before 1883, many a Samp-
son county criminal had met his
fate from one Of the strong
branches of the Hanging Tree"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
OBITUARIES
RUDOLPH CRANBO

Requiem mass was said for Ru-
dolph Cranbo, who died Friday
afternoon at his home SOC Wooster
street after a long illness, by
Father Michael O'Keef yesterday
morning at $50 O'Clock from ST.
Mary's Catholic church. Interment
followed in Bellevue cemetery.
He has been employed by the
Wilmington Iron Works Tor the
past thirty-five years.
He is survived by his wife Mrs.
Lena Cranbo, and three daughters,
Mrs. Mary Benson, Mrs. Catherine
Leonard, and Miss Fannie Cranbo
all of Wilmington.
Pallbearers were H o r y:
J. w. Hawkins, J.. F. Cox, DR.. w.
c. Mebane, E. z. King, j. H. Cur
It's and Julius a. Parker; Active:
E. H. Ganey, R. j. Edens, J. R.
Flora, Fred Mintz, James j. OAR
by and w. H. Bremen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
.no,,s Landmark Once
n;ed To Hang The
Couny Criminals
MAY n, 1947
~ MERRITT

ryTON. May 26-ln Sampson
.l.r+v. a few miles from Clinton,
[L.sas al old large oak tree, one
Ea .ss original four that was plant
|. y afong the stage routes leading
'' Clinton. The lone surviving
r. known as the "Old Hang
i. tree
rsre is no authentic record or
Larcs for the name that has been
this aged tree, but many of
a15pr residents of this Samp-
'o,,nty community have many
10 tell of the hangings
IN have taken place. from its
Tse limb. which old timers
,.ir was used for the*gruesome
~ .,D' q. bringing justice to law
I'.tsrs. has been sawed off. The
''sods used to administer JUS
,til1 fingers in the memory
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
MRS. HENRIETTA BUTLER

Funeral services for Mrs. Henri
eta Butler, 81, who died Satur-
day at 5 o'clock at her home after
a short illness, were held yester-
day afternoon at $3.50 p. M, from
the Yopp Funeral Home. The Rev.
E. W. Halleck officiated and
burial was held in Bellevue ceme-
terry.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Valeria Warren, and Miss
Ruby Butler, Wilmingtin; and two
sisters. Mrs. P. j. Zigler and Mrs.
C. B. Johnson, both Of Georgia.
Active pallbearers were: R. D..
Meir, j. H. Pridgeon, E. c. Har-
rell, w. T. Skies, Frank Pridgeon,
and Nick Omsby.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
THOMAS CLIFFORD MUM

Funeral services for Thomas
Clifford Mum, SO, resident of East
Wilmington, will be held from the
Chapel of Ward Funeral home,
Tuesday afternoon ats o'clock, the
Rev. E. w. Halleck will officiate.
Interment WILL Follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Mr.. Mum died in Bullock hos
pitaI Monday morning after a
short illness. He was a member
of American Legion Post No. 10.
He was a veteran of World War l.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Mum, Sr.,
city; two brothers, J. A. Mum, Jr.,
and c. L. Mum, both of this city;
three sisters, Mrs. D. l.. Gallagh-
er, Greensboro; Mrs. w. H. Pryde,
and Mrs. H.. P. Garvis, both of
this city.
Active pallbearers will be: T.
D. Hall, H. G. Willis, B. W. Dun
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
ARREST OF ARMY OFFICER

LOS ANGELES, May rs - lR
- The arrest of William Kenrick
Evans, So, former army 1t. Col.
on charges of appropriating and
selling for about 500, 900 a supply
of gold coins confiscated from
japanese on Formosa was an.
nounced today by u. S. attorney
lanes M Carter
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
CARL FISHER

GREENSBORO, May rs -U.p-
Funeral services were planned for
tomorrow at Kannapolis for Carl
Fisher, Is, Of Kannapolis, motor
cycle racer who died in a hospital
yesterday from injuries received
in a racing crash here. Fisher was
a captain in the Army Air forces
during the var and piloted B-25's
in Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27

Mrs. ]. K. Ormsby, Rocky Point;
four sons, j. H. Pierce, Dougal
Pierce, Dawson Pierce, Charles
ton; and R. U. Pierce, Augusta.
Ga. Twenty : n grandchildren.
and IS g%reat-grand children, also
survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27
SHOOTS SELF

CHARLOTTE, May 26 - up -
w. L. Goodman, about IS, a re.
tired Southern Railway engineer
who operated recreation park at
Mirror Lake near Salisbury, shot
himself to death in a hotel room
here today with a shotgun he had
just purcased, Police Chief Frank
Littleiohn reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27

In the symbolism of heraldry.
sable-black-is the color of grief
and penitence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-27

PIERCE
ROCKY POINT, May 26. -
Funeral services for Hogan Pierce.
80, who died in Baker Sanatorium
Sunday night after a long illness,
will be conducted from the Mt.
Holly Baptist church, Watha,
this afternoon at 4'o'clock.
He is survived by one daughter.
Evening star., 1947-05-04

in Labrador. Uranium lies near the
Arctic Circle, gold and copper beside
huge wilderness lakes. some Of which
are larger than the smaller Great
Lakes. One Of the worlds four
atomic energy plants Is located in
Ontario.
Grew Like U. S.
Eighty years ago when Parliament
approved the British North America
Act, Upper and Lower Canada had q
combined population of little more
than million. The new Domin-
ions growth paralleled that of the
United States in the years that fol-
lowed. In time her link to Britain
was even further loosened, to bond
Of sentiment, tradition and friend
ship between equals within the
British Commonwealth of Nations.
Meanwhile, relations between Cam
ada and the United States improved
after early feuds. The 4,oO0-mile
boundary has been undefended for
a century. In 1916 some 10000 United
States citizens moved to Canada to
live, while there are approximately
1000, 900 people Of Canadian origin
or antecedents in the United States
Evening star., 1947-05-04

During the war, the United
States built Alcan highway linked
Alaska, Canada and the United
States. But aircraft have proved
the real key to the northern spaces
and both Alaska and Canada lie
athwart world traffic routes OF the
future. Now Canada has given the
United States permission to build
two arctic weather observation out
posts on her northern islands, and
several more are to be established
later. At Churchill, on Hudson Bay,
experts from both Canada and the
United States are conducting cold
weather tests Of military equipment.
Unlike Alaska, canada is a great
nation as well ss an undeveloped
northern region. Practically all of
the country's 11,5o6.655 inhabitants
live in the southern strip from Van
couver, British Columbia, to Halifax,
Nova Scotia. Here modern indus
tries, cities and ranchlands express
a well-rounded and prosperous econ
omy.
But Northern Canada also has
riches that are just beginning to be
tapped. Perhaps the worlds largest
iron ore mine has been discovered
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Average European Favors More ForcefuI u. N.
Believes the International Organization Will Go the Way League of Nations
the United States Fails Make Judnious Of Its Power

For centuries Europe has known
only the argument of force.
When the u. N. was organized its
main appeal to the man in the street
was the expectation that it would
have at its disposal an international
military organization capable of
coping with violent outbursts wher-
ever they might occur. The fact
that this international force was
never developed and that no one
even speaks about it has contributed
to shake confidence in the United
Nations.
No Enforcement Power.
An Italian admiral, De Courten,
who was commander in chief of the
italian Navy at the time of the
armistice, placed before the British
and American representatives a con-
structive proposal, suggesting that
the bulk of the Italian fleet, which
Italy would not be permitted to keep,
be placed at the disposal of an inter-
national organization. The U. N.
had not then been created.
The idea seems to have been
favorably received by the American
and British military representa-
tives, but it was dropped after the
Moscow Conference of the Big Three
Evening star., 1947-05-04

only on the threshold OF Its develop
ment.
When Secretary of State William
H. Seward purchased Alaska from
the Gear, he got a ittle-known
region inhabited by Eskimos and a
few seasonal fishermen. Twelve
years before, the United States had
refused to buy it.
Neither Americans nor Russians
could foresee that by 1910 the $685.
400 square miles which Seward
bought for $7,2oo,0O0 would annually
produce gold valued at $26, ,000, 900
and fish worth approximately $50,-
100000. Since the purchase, Alaska
copper mines, alone, have yielded
more than $225. 10000
Population Of the Territory Is
about IS ,0oo-tewer than in Nevada,
the least populous State-but ex-
perts say the Territory could support
10000, 900 people.
The war pointed up Alaska's i'm
portance In hemisphere defense,
and. something of a boom COM
menced after WI day. Recently a
territorial referendum asked Con-
gress to make it the 49th State.
Evening star., 1947-05-04
By Constantine Br0wn
Stor foreign Affairs Analyst

America is the United Nations.
This is the belief of most political
leaders in Europe, and particularly
in the Mediterranean basin. Their
reasoning is simple: If the United
States places all its might behind
the international organization it is
likely to preserve peace-for a while,
at least.
But if the United States hesitates
in the face of the Slavic bloc's drive
for expansion and permits its peace
full endeavors to be nullified by the
veto power, the United Nations will
share the fate of the old League of
Nations.
1t will become sounding board
for loquacious politicians who like to
hear the echoes of their own high
sounding words about peace and
freedom, and the U. N. eventually
will be transferred into a mere de-
batting society.
Confidence Shaken.
The rank and file of European
peoples, outside of cabinet ministers
and diplomats, have limited faith in
the new international organization
Evening star., 1947-05-04
By Robert N. Cool

Americas north country - by far
the larger half of the continent,
above the United States Canadian
border-celebrates its 8oth birthday
this year.
On July /, 1867, four British
Canadian provinces were united in
a dominion and set upon the road to
self-rule. In the same year, on
March 30. a treaty was signed max
ing Alaska a United States possess
sion after it had been sold by Russia
for $7,200ooO.
Like Our July 4th.
Dominion Day." or as it was
decreed last year, Canada Day." is
observed much as is the Fourth of
July in the United States. The dis
cussion over nomenclature, which
followed a House of Commons vote
changing the name of the celebra-
ton, showed how Canadians are
divided between loyalty to their
British ties and a sense of national
independence.
Both Canada and Alaska have
made big strides since 1867, though
each is generally considered to be
Evening star., 1947-05-04

Foreign Ministers in l943. Secre-
tary of State Hull and British
Foreign Secretary Eden yielded to
the pressing demands of their
Russian colleague, Molotov, for the
surrender to the U. S. S. r. of one
third of the Italian fleet.
For more than a year military
naval and air representatives of the
major nations have been discussing
the plan for an international police
force with almost completely mega
tive results. How can the United
Nations, ask European peoples, en-
force its decisions in keeping peace
with nothing to enforce them with?
Between 1920 and 1899 it was
contended that the League of Ma
tions would fail because 1t lacked
enforcement power. This was at
tributed to the fact that America
withdrew into her shell after World
War I and refused to become a
member of the League of Nations.
Greece an Example.
The birth of the U. N. was greeted
by a wave of enthusiasm through
out the world This enthusiasm
was based on the belief that the
new organization would have mill
tary, naval and air forces at its
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Africa Plays Key Role in British Plans
Royal Famys Visit More Than Social Call to Continent Which
Is Economically and StrategeaIy Vital

LONDON-The visit of the British
royal family to the Union of South
Africa had a much deeper signifi-
canoe than a mere round of social
calls. =
1t involved the consolidation of an
important geopolitical position.
Only five European nations now
hold territory on the great land mass
called Africa. They are Britain,
France, Belgium, Portugal and
Spain.
Germany and Italy, for many
years contenders for African terri
tory, are now out of the running.
Of those remaining, Britain is by
far the greatest land owner and the
most influential power. Her pres
tige in Africa, as a result OF the
royal visit, is higher than ever be-
fore.
Covers Huge Area.
Africa contains 11,260,000 square
miles. 1t Is so huge that mere fig
ures fail to give an adequate mental
picture of its bulk.
If properly pieced together, the
maps of all Europe, India, China and
the United States could be super
imposed upon it.
Untold wealth lies hidden in
Africa's forests and rocks.
All that man covets in the shape
of physical wealth, gold, diamonds,
precious metals, oil and valuable
commercial crops are to be found.
But more precious than ill these
lis Africa's geographic position in
relation to world political and mill
tary power. The nation which re-
mains strong in Africa viii carry a
strong voice in the affairs of the
world.
Britain Stronger in Africa,
Hence, Britain can claim today a
strength exceeding that of her pre-
war position. She is in control OF
the strategic points around this vast
piece of the earth.
She holds the Straits of Gibraltar
commanding the entrance to North
Africa. She owns the valuable base
of Cyprus, controlling the entrance
to the Suez Canal and Somalilan6
| at the southern end of the Suez.
Her self-governing Dominion od