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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

On Tuesday, September 5, 1916,
the floor of the New York Stock
exchange was swept, metaphor.
cany speaking, by three tida1
waves of selling. Nearly 5000, 600
shares of stock Changed hands
during the five hours of business.
and when the statistics Rad been
compiled at the end of the dav
1hey revealed that the market
Dreak had been the most severe
m fifteen years. The combined
averages of the New York
Times, for example. showed a
decline of 8.21 points, the widest
since September "a, 1881.
Experience has repeatedly dem
onstrated that the speculative
markets car defy logic, common
sense and the law of gravity with
IMMUNITY SO long as they 90 UP.
out taat the public is invariably
surprised, dismayed and deep
~ affronted when the speculative
roller coaster finally stops climb
ing and goes into one of its oc-
caslonal downward plungas. The
oreak OF Labor Day TUESDAY 1916
produced the usual denunciations
or the market ''insiders" BY Rep
resentative SABBATH of Illinois ard
olners' with special emphasis On
me inquiries of s~hort-sel:ng; and
mere were the customary de-
mands for an investigation" But
an even more important conse-
quence was that the trading and
securities division of the Securities
and Exchange Commission derid-
"a 10 make a case study Of that
single days trading on the Fx-
change. The results of that in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
The Atom In Peace

The Harvesting of atomic eNergv for
peacetlme purposes may not be as far
OH as many persons suppose. Because
OF the existing world disturbance, public
thought has chiefly turned to the atom
as a frightful weapon which could
either destroy civilization, or preserve
1t through the boarding of atomic
bombs in such quantity by one peace
loving nation-specifically the United
States-that no other nation would
dare start another major war.
But the Atomic Energy Commission
has been at work developing an atomic
reaction plant at Los Alamos, New
Mexico, where, it is reported, great
strides have been made in Harvesting
the atoms power. Although this plant,
which is designated as a "pile" for what
reason the scientists alone could ex-
plain, has been in operation since last
November. However, word of it's &C
tlvlties has just leaked out.
DIR. Norris E. Bradbury, director of
the Los Alamos laboratory, tells the
Associated Press that the "pile" sup
plies a more intense source of "fast
neutrons" and that it is hoped this will
make possible the study of fast neu-
tron chain reactions in more detail, and
thus be another step toward finding the
best type of chain reactor for the pro
duction of useful power"
The "pile" differs from others IN
that it uses the man-made element plu-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
An Outside Job
An Editorial From The New York Times

quiry have now been br3dgaf y
gether in a 69-page repo.1
supporting statistics and clo''I
This is a scientific effor' S1
the first of its kind and Qua
to find out exactly What A5PPs.,
in a market break srch
of September 3, 1916. The W. W.
mission may well say OF .H2 ~
port with pardonable proc
cit gives the most co'npTe' ~.
picture of a days market Ye. Pr
sented." 1t is quite true nj T.,
report proves nothing III
proving something one 'se
finding a personal devil or NV n,
a group of personal deE~s Dc,
waom the market break Oh
day might be blamed. 5'.
actual sense it proves a =..,l.
many things. It proves, T. eN' Oh
pie. that in the Ease ct l'-e 10.
stocks with the largest p--cF
cl;nes o. the day "s9>V d,
floor traders, and maIl,o5, ne
non-member firms in S2o., r..
so-called market 'InS'defs 5.,.
tuelly were buyers on 33'a-iN- ~.
ing the day. As for s19-- f..
sales Of this type a~ccool',' vol.
but is per cent Of the CAV az.
ume - a totally inSi2n hc@"-
ment in tAe picture. corr.
AS a matter of fac. ire ri.
mission might we'll haze cid
ed that the real culprlt O u,elf.
the break was the pubic e.
For it appears that 'the a." M.
group of sellers on balance re
sisted of just such ho.o' sl2n
next villain to be tr7r
and oe~r2y2d, 81 y
Old De5il He'd InetIct.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

need this new law. The Wagner
Act was fascism ard initiation and
the NAM. and the big boss
unioneers were theological and
political brothers. The big en-
ployers didn't want anything to do
with the dumb American as an in
dividual or, indeed, as a human
being at all. They wanted to deal
in "manpower," collectively. &C.
cording to Wagner's law. They pre-
ferred to send to the union for 500
machinists or puddlers or muck
ers, without names or even faces,
and to agree on wages and hours
with the bosses Of the unIorn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
Terminal Bonds

1lIllldl DOlluS
To anyone who did not know what
was going on, it would have appeared
that Wilmington banks were undergo
ing a run" yesterday morning.
Lobbies were filled with queues of
persons before tellers' windows, and
some lines stretched we'll down the side
walk. Not since the shipyard was at
peak production with accompanying
heavy payrolls have the banks been so
busy.
But it was not a run in the accepted
sense. Instead the throngs were made
up of veterans intent upon cashing their
terminal leave bonds.
It was not until late yesterday aft
ernoon that the Wilmington Clearing
House could report the number of bonds
cashed and the money total thereof at
the city's four banks. The number of
bonds was 1929; the total in cash,
1924, $500. AS New Hanover county
has 6071 veterans, approximately three
fourths of whom had bonds, this means
that q, little less than one-fourth of the
bond holders converted their bonds into
cash. How many more will line up to-
day, or later, is anybody's guess.
For the nation, 10000 900 ex-service
people are (or before yesterday were)
bond holders. The total cash value is
Tor was) $780, 00, 600. Not all bonds
will be cashed in, of course. Probably
the three-fourths estimated for New
Hanover county is a fair average for
the country at large.
Whether it is larger or smaller
makes little difference in the aggregate.
The staggering fact is that a huge
amount of money is being turned lose
at a time when Jul goods are
far below normal demand and the prob
able result may be that initiation may
rise to new levels.
In this immediate section there will
be need for the soundest economic plan
ming to hold prices at an equitable level
because simultaneously with this ter
minal leave bond money. the area is be-
ing flooded with large cash returns to
tobacco growers in the Border and the
Eastern North Carolina belts.
However, the picture is not as gloomy
as it might appear. Many a boy who
stood at a bank window yesterday or
will be there today or tomorrow will
not be wasting the new money or
spending it for non-essentials. With
other savings boarded since their dis
charge a large number will be making
down payments on homes. Others will
be discharging debts they have been
unable to avoid contracting. Some, of
course, will devote the money to ac-
curing an equity in an old or possibly.
a new car-of refrigerator, gas range,
washing machine or other household
convenience. Many wardrobes REQUIRE
replenishing. Many fathers and mothers
of veterans need a helping hand. This
need not be initiation buying.
Veterans who have not yet cashed
their bonds, and have no immediate or
pressing need for the money, are to be
urged to hold on to them. The capital
they represent will be helpful when
business finally strikes a balance be-
tween supply and demand and the dol
lar returns to one hundred cents Dur
chasing power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

flies on tanglefoot is quite another
thing.
Every new bit of information con-
corning Russian practices confirms the
growing conviction that there is little
to choose between nazi and Russian
ruthlessness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
GOOD MORNING

Friendship improves happiness and
abates misery, by doubling our JOY ane
dividing our grief.-Addison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
Medic
Shoulder Pain,
By WILLIAM O'RRrEN

Painful shoulder is
develop from conditions apt 10
the joint than from tboca around
Diseases of the shorlder INSIDE,
self are less painful than . Da it,
the nip as the shoulder do 'ose Of
have to bear weight. 0Ves lot
Tendinitis tendon intr,u
tom, bursitis and Torn 't tan5
are the usual causes of a 'T n.3s5
shoulder injury, arth,its ''lnfa.
pain originating inside f5o and
or neck are other causes c0s't
Because tendinitis causes w..
ed stiffness of the shour5o. marx
ability may be extreme. NJ, U.s.
we're pain makes it impossiblo s.
the patient to move his srn, tor
When the pain disappears, h. a s1
covers that his shoulder hay ~ IS
come permanently stiff "'9 De-
Tendinitis is an inflamna+,.
the tendons and attached n,,-. !"
Evetually il tends 70 sn r,gs5'e5
the inside Of the sAonldor 70
causing adhesions (flbrous b, ,olt
to form. AS the patient s, ga,ls,
to move his arm, the Joint y.
comes more painful. w.
Treatment of painful STIFF ..,
der varies with the STAGE NJ tl4 4'
condition. IN the beginning vi.
and stiffness may respond 10 Se..
applicatios and LIGHT 6osa, '. =.
X-ray. The patient is asked n WI VI
his arm as much as 3ossibla -.
avoid the development Of frmtb, "
stiffness. injections of procoo1i,,
hydrochloijde relieves pain ANY
permits the patient to move I IN,
arm for a short time afteywa~ J'
In r2ildeI forms Of tendi,i.
It's. heat and exercise nav coro.
pletely rel eve the condition :,
more advanced stages il is neco,.
sary to give the patient an ane,,
thet:c 10 move the arm.
Immediately after the patient :,
returned to his bed, the affected
arm is ted to the head Of II.
bed. Ice is applied to reduce ts
swelling arc, before all the 81
fects of the anesthetic have WON
off, the patient is made to NOV.
his arm in all directions. TIL,
treasures him thai It can be don,
as he mus co-o~erate in pract.t.
sessions twice a day until norma
motion is permanent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

QUESTION: Does having ,
baby's tear duct opened interfere
with sight?
ANSWER: No. When a tear duet
is blocked, il is necessary to open
it with a probe. Ta.s drains IL
tears except when the child cries
It may be necessary u ropes, III.
dilation if duct shows d tendency
- close.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
HIGHER GRITS

L corn goes any higher gr,
will soon be a dessert. - Green.
vile (S.C.) Piedmont.
Evening star., 1947-10-07

A.. Richord- -Gno1 since 1735, when Marquis cohe
Ginoi established the pottery, Of exquisite
ceramics sends Us dinnerwors thot revves
the enchanting old brown and gold decoration end
bosketweovs edge, Pottsm os2SM
Dinner pate 81. Cup and soueer S.,
Teapot $780, Sugar bowl, $o5o. Cream pitcher, s57s.
B Royal DouIton, Eneonds fomous maker Of fine
ceramics. revves the lovely Old Leeds spoy decoration
sproI shape. Coy English sordsn eoIos.
Dinner plate $3.50. Cup and saucer $780, Chop pote S..
c :. Wedewood English ceramic notobIe since 1890.
creates new bone china pottern, "chornwood" with
butterflies ond flowers in Oriental profusion
Dinner plate S575 Cup and saucer S4z5 Cake plate S75
D. Coli eorthenwore with Iehtheorted figures and
flowers hand pointed on soft ivory, green morsined
Dinner plate, $3.50. After-dnner cup and saucer, s.
Sugar bowl, S. creom pitcher, s..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
Along. The Cape Fear

HISTORY-It was in February
of 1910 that the chief engineers
recommended to the Congress that
the existing project for Northeast
Cape Fear) river be modified by
eliminating authorization for the
22-foot channel on which no work
had been done and that the prof.
ect for Cape Fear river at and be-
low Wilmington be modified to pro
vide for a 25-foot channel and 2oo
feet wide with increased widths at
bends.
This was to extend from Hill
ton bridge to and including a
turning basin of the same depth
and 600 feet wide, at a point one
and a quarter miles above. This
improvement, according to the en-
gineers required the removal OF
approximately 900, 900 cubic yards
of earth at an estimated cost OF
$73, DOC.
SUNKEN FOREST-The army
engineers have wrestled with the
Cape Fear for many years. They
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
WILKINS. HORTON
HEADS DEMOCRATS
Pittsboro Man Named State
Party c h a n; Joe
Blythe To Committee

RALEIGH, May 23-(EC Fol
lowing the recommendations OF
Governor Cherry, Wilkins P. Hor-
ton of Pittsboro tonight was nam
ed chairman of the State Demo
cratic party, and Joe Blythe OF
Charlotte was named National
committeeman for the party.
U. S. Senator William B. UNI
stead, who resigned last fall as
state chairman of the party, pre-
sided over the sessions in the hall
of the House of Representatives
until Horton was chosen.
The elections Were unanimous.
Horton, who recently resigned
his post as National committee
man. is a former lieutenant gov
ernor of the state and had been
mentioned prominently as candi-
date for the next gubernatorial
race.
Harris dominates
Reg l.. Harris, Person county
representative in the House OF
the legislature, nominated Horton.
The nomination was seconded by
y. L. Ward of Craven, a state
senator.
The Blythe nomination was made
by Tom Bird, member Of the
executive committee from MecE-
lenburg county. It was seconded
by A. H. (Sandy) Graham, state
highway commission commission
er.
Recognition was given to JOS
plus Daniels, Raleigh publisher;
Beatrice Cobb of Morganton, ma
tional committee member, and
Mrs. B. B.. Everett Of Palmyra,
state vice chairman of the execu-
tive committee.
There were only so members
present of the 149-member execu-
tive committee; however, 81 were
represented by proxy votes.
See WILKINS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
WOMAN RESCUED
4O-HOUR VIGIL
IN 12-FOOT DRY WELL

CHARLES CITY, Ia, May %
R-Mrs. Bert Dawley, u, was
rescued today after spending 40
hours in a 12-foot dry well into
which she had descended in an at
tempt to rescue her pet cat We'd
nesday.
Firemen said Mrs. DaWley had
placed a latter into the well but
had either fallen as she descended
or been unable to get out again.
The well opening was less than
two feet across.
. Mrs. Dawley was found by a
brother-in-law, Fred Rivers, who
had begun a search when he did
not find her at home.
Mrs. Daw,ey, weak and stiff
from her confinement, was hos
pitaliZed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
THREAT OF VETO
FACING COUNCIL
Russian Believed Ready To
Block Report OF Balkans
Commission

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, May %
-R-.le threat of a Russian veto
popped up tonight over a Unltea
Nations Balkans investigation
commissions report criticizing
three Soviet satellites for their
part in the trouble along Greece's
Northern border.
The commission completed
work ON its report today In
Geneva and the United Nations
looked to a battle expected to be.
gin here in the Security council
about June 8.
Soviet Russia's council dele
gate, Andrea A. Gromyko, has
maintained throughout debate on
the Balkans problem that Yugo-
slavia, Albania and Bulgaria have
done nothing to warrant criticism
by the council. His declaration In
dictated that Russia would not per-
NIT the council to approve any re-
port blaming those countries.
Russia and Poland stood alone
in the commission against a sec
ton finding Yugoslavia primarily
responsible for supporting guerril-
la warfare n Greece, and Albania
and Bulgaria blameworthy to a
lesser extent. Conditions in Greece
were held by the commission to
be a contributing factor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
MAN KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
Four Others Injured In
Head-On Collision Near
Wingate Friday

WlNGATE, May 23-(P-Ernest
Station, "a, of Morven was killed
and four other persons were IN
iured, three critically, in a head-on
automobile collision on the Win
gate-Monroe highway this after
noon.
The injured, all patients at the
Memorial hospital in Charlotte
were listed as:
Mrs. Raymond Pee1e, her daugh-
ter, Capt. Janette Peel of the Re-
serve Army Nurse corps, and
Miss Marjorie Smith, all of Marsh
Vile: and Robert Bryant, II, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Bryant OF
Morven.
Miss Smith, identified as a home
economics teacher in Winston-Sa-
lem, was said to have suffered
minor injuries.
Station is survived by his parents,
See ONE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24

closed one of the two outlets at
the mouth, forcing all warters
through one. They have dredged
and removed logs and snags and
even sunken forests.
They have Strengthened bends
and removed rocks until there was
a 3O-foot channel in 1910 at mean
low tide and 300 feet wide from
ocean to Wilmington, a distance OF
about 80 miles.
NATURES BATTLE - But to
keep the channel open there is a
constant battle with Nature. The
shifting sand in the river anc
ocean continually encroaches upon
the dredged channels causing them
to shoal which is also increased
by silt bought down from up
stream.
The result is that annual main
tenance dredging is required to
be done to restore the original
depths. The cost is the work done
on the Cape Fear has amounted 10
approximately $12, 000, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
NAVY WEEK OBSERVED
AT EXCHANGE M E E I

Naval Reserve Operations week
was observed during the meeting
of the Wilmington Exchange club
yesterday by a discussion OF the
values Of the Reserve program.
Literature on the naval reserve.
explaining the program and telling
of the training and advantages Of
fered, was distributed TO the mem
bers present.
During the meet a delegation was
appointed to attend the State boaro
of control meeting which is to be
held in Fayetteville on Sunday.
Announcement was made that the
details in the plans for the local
club to sponsor a benefit football
game next fall would be worked
out with the state organization.
Guest of the club yesterday was
William Barfield.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
FOOD PRICE DROP
MERE FRACTIONS
Sharp Decrease In Meat,
Dairy Products Costs Off,
set By Bread Rise

WASHINGTON, May % -W.D-
Tie Bureau OF Labor Statistics re-
ported tonight that the average re-
tail price of food dropped 0.8 per
cent from mid-March to mid-April
but still was only a fraction be-
low the all-time high.
1t said that sharp decreases in
the price of meat and dairy prod
ucts more than offset a continued
upward climb in the price OF &C.
real, bakery products and fats and
oils.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
said a nationwide survey showed
that average retail food prices on
April IS we're three per cent high
er than in February and up 80
per cent from the April IS, 1916,
level.
Prices for dairy products, led by
ali II per cent drop for butter, de-
clined an average of almost five
per cent as a result of ~"seasonally
increased supplies" Meat, fish
and poultry prices, following an
"of-again-on-again" pattern since
price controls were lifted, declin-
ed about 2 IL per cent with
heavy marketing."
But prices for cereals and bak-
cry products advanced 3 IL per
cent as bakers reacted promptly
to flour price increases at the
wholesale level" the bureau said.
Fats and oils, still scarce, were
UP four per cent.
Fruits, vegetables and eggs
were up slightly as bad weather
cut into usual seasonal production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
CONGRESS READY
TO HALT lie WIS
Conferees Plan To Leave
Labor Bill Effective Date
Open As Weapon

WASHINGTON, May % -(R)-
A House : Senate conference COM
mittee, with an eye to the posi-
bility that John L. Lewis might
call another coal strike July l,
agreed today to keep instantly
ready a labor bill provision de-
signed to smash such a tle-up.
The committee reconciling diff
ferences between the separate
bills passed by the two chambers,
decided to postpone the effective
date of some, sections of the final
draft.
But it stood pat for immediate
effectiveness, provided President
Truman signs the bill; of a pro-
vision which authorizes the gov
eminent to obtain injunctions a.
gainst national emergency strikes.
To Hold Hammer
Senator Ball (R-Minn) and Rep.
Hartley GRIND, both c%onferees,
told reporters that the committee
discussed the possibility of a coal
strike July l in standing by plans
to put the emergency section into
effect promptly.
The date is significant because
the government must turn the soft
coal mines back to private opera
tors then.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers has been negot1a-
ting with Northern coal operators
and, it was announced today, will
See CONGRESS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
Waterways Shipping Held
Key To Prosperity In
North Carolina

North Cardinals ports are not
the personal property" of Will
mington, Morehead City or other
coastal communities but belong
to the entire state, according to two
prominent Piedmont leaders who
arrived here late yesterday after
noon as the North Carolina State
Ports authority halted overnight
in a five-day inspection tour Of the
waterway a n d
port facilities. :
Both - A. G.. Myers, Gastonia
textile industrialist, banker and
vice chairman of the authority, and
J. Harry White, Winston-Salem to-
|bacco executive and also a mem
Der of the ports board-expressed
the conviction that North Carolina
must make greater use of these
ports if it is to enjoy maximum
prosperity.
Arriving from Fayetteville late
in the afternoon, members of the
authority toured the port of Will
mington and paid especial atten-
ton to the Maritime commission
See SPEAKERS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-24
COLONIAL READY
FOR BERMUDA HOP
Company Announces Serv-
;re From New York, WASH
ington Due July Is

colonia Airlines, holder OF the
W. aI-around safety record
snong commercial airlines OF the
1In;te6 States a n d applicant be-
fors the Civil aeronautics board
last fall tor a route from WASH
;noton TO Bermuda, via Winning
ton and Charleston, announced
rasteroay at New York, that IN
.rgural flights between New YORK
.no Bermuua and Washington ana
bermuda VIII begin on OF acou'
July 10. ~
% tine Washington Wilmington
rnarleston Bermuda certl1lcate
LED by The company in gne So
caIeo caribbean case, Wilmington
will be linked direct by air Win
washington and Bermuda.
Under Colonial's Caribbean case
.nnIication. Wilmington would be
the secondary hop-off point 1or
Bermuda IN case of bad weather
at Charleston.
Colonial officials, in announcing
that definite schedules are expect
.c to be announced for the Ber-
muda routes sometime within the
next two weeks, said that Douglas
DC-4 equipment would be used,
eacL ship seating "A passengers.
Sigmund Janas, president OF
Colonial said yesterday that a
general qualifying program Tor
flight personnel is at present be-
ia carried on in preparation Tor
the Inauguration OF passenger
fights.