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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-05
Channel Deepening Just
Ahead

The first essential step toward pre-
pairing the port of Wilmington for the
commerce it so well deserves has been
taken with the ALLEGATION of $S82,612
for dredging the Cape Fear river chan
mel to 80 feet, the deepest it has ever
been.
The call for bids have already been
issued by the Wilmington Engineer Of
flee with the opening date set for March
10. Actual work must begin not more
than thirty days following the contract
award. This means operations will be
under way before the end of April.
|Completion is expected to require nearly
"a year.
With a 392-foot channel, the Cape
Fear will be able to carry a much heaV-
lier ommerc burden than at any time
in it's history. Cargo carriers OF greater
than average draft will be able to ply
its waters, bearing imports needed by
the areas expanding manufacturing ac-
Invites and carrying exports to all parts
of the world. At last the port OF Will
mington will be in a position to com
pete with other Atlantic ports in world
and coastal trade.
But the ms ximum Of trade will not
be possible until modern terminals,
warehouses and other necessary faclll-
ties are provided. 1t is to pave the way
for them that the State Ports Authority
is seeking to purchase such part of the
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company's
Iyard as is not needed by the Maritime
Commission for ship construction, re-
pairs and servicing, and which the
White House is understood to approve.
The project is in line with the admin
|istration's policy of developing the
country's resources to the limit and the
administrations knowledge that COM
merce is among the greatest of these
resources.
The fact that federal funds are now
released for the Cape Fear dredging
project not only proves the govern
ment's confidence in Wilmington's
port possibilities. 1t may also be accept
ed as indicating the governments
favor for port development as contem-
plated by the Port Authority.
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Department.: - FINE ARTS
UNIQUE ART OF ANCIENT
EGYPT

We have told you that the ar
OF the ancient Egyptians was II
spired by a definite system of re
ljgious thought, and that their re
ligion was based on a strong be
lief in a future life.
A Greek historian once saio
that the Egyptians looked on theil
houses as mere places of passage
and on their tombs as then
permanent dwellings. They made
tcmbs f t to outlast time itself
and in them buried THEN dead,
wonderfully embalmed so that the
bodies would be preserved fol-
thousands of years. And they
placed very beautiful things II
these tombs.
They furnished the house Of the
dead with as much tender are
as if the person were alive
Tables, chairs, stools, beautifully
decorated bowls for oils and
spices, painted and inlaid boxes
containing mirrors. hairpins ano
scents. were among the furniture
of the tomb.
In all tombs of any importance
they put a remarkable set OF
writings called the Book of the
Dead" which was supposed to
have been written in the first
place by Thoth, the scribe of the
gods. 1t contained religious teach
ing, stories Of the life of the goes,
and so on. Each copy was sepa-
rately written and painted by
scribes and artists bright
colors and hieroglyphics - picture
words.
The tombs on which so much
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BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
Written for NEA Service

AVA 4NA1AA WI WV
The team of Mrs. Helen Sobel
and B. Jay Becker of New York,
Sidney Silodor and Charles H.
Goren of Philadelphia, who flew
to Brazil to play some friendly
matches with South American
teams, lost 1860 points On today's
hand.
Both teams arrived at the six
spade contract, and in both cases
a small heart was opened. When
the hand was played against
Becker and Mrs. Sobel, the first
trick was won by North with the
ace OF hearts, the king of spades
was cashed and the lack of
spades finessed.
Now the club suit provided dis.
cards for the losing diamond and
heart in declarer's hand. North
and South made seven-odd for a
plus score of 1850.
At the other table. where the
other half of the American team
sat. North-South, declarer, decid-
ed to try to drop the queen Of
spades. He cashed the king and
ace of spades, and went down one
trick for a of minus ion
making the total loss for the team
1850 points, an almost impossible
loss TO overcome in a short
match.
However. the scoring system.
used was the Vienna point count,
which was outlined in yesterdays
article. Under that system the
most that a be lost on one nand
is - points, and despite their -.
point loss on this hand, the Becker
keam went on to win the match.
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weight in light of his reception in Presi-
dent Aleman's capital.
In the last analysis there is no rea-
son why our relations with Mexico
should not be on the same cordial basis
as they are with Canada. President
Truman has carried us nearer that de-
sirable objective. 1t but remains for
American business and industry, as well
as the government, and the people OF
Mexico. despite the racial differenc, to
proceed in unison toward that goal.
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Chief steward and overseer of
cattle. From 8, Npvntian wall
painting in a TONI at Thebes.
time and art were spent are OF
various kinds: h e mastabas Of
the earlier dynasties - heavy,
rectangular constructions the
pyramids OF I'll later centuries,
and the rock-hewn tombs of the
mountainous parts of the country.
Each tomb contains several
chambers and passages. In some
kinds, a shaft leads to a remote
chamber where the sealed sar
cophagus was laid. In some there
is a chamber where "the sad and
solemn priests made daily offer
ings for the dead.
The walls of the chambers, and
in some cases the ceilings. are
covered with decorations showing
men and animals, gods and god
desses.
Figures were often outlined or
engraved, sc%ulptured in a slightly
raised relief, or sunken. USUALLY
the decoration was painted in bril-.
liant colorirg. Often. above and
below the rows or groups of fig
ures are beautiful borders. In
scriptions in hieroglyphics add to
the richness Of the pattern.
The Egyptian artist had to fol-
low strict rules prescribed by re-
ligious authority. Everything is
painted flat. No modelling is at
tempted: nc light and shade
shown: the backgrounds hold no
suggestion. Of the laws of perspec-
tive. The figures are always in
tentionally out of drawing, with
faces, legs and feet in profile, and
shoulders and bodies turned full
front. This distortion is all the
more marked because the eye
shown in t h profile is always
the eye as it would appear in a
full view OF the face. The feet are
always flat to the ground.
The idea that life would go on
forever crept into the Egyptians
work even when the artist had nc
thought Of portraying anything
religious. The keynote of their art
is a quietness, a waiting. 1r
portraits and statues. their kings
end queens n often shown
seated, knees together, feet to-
gether, eyes looking calmly out.
the face in complete repose. II
the figure is standing, it is pulled
out to an abnormal length, and
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Letter Box
FENDER COUNTY BROADCAST

FENDER COUNTY BROADCAST
To The Editor:
Your radio program yesterday
reporting on Fender county was
well presented and very thorough
ly covered all the high points OF
interest in u county. We people
OF Fender county are proud OF
our county and the progress It
has made and it was with great
pride that Il people listened to
your very fine description of our
county.
Many people have reported that
they heard the program and all
were well pleased.
We, the Burgaw Chamber OF
commerce, wish to thank you and
your staff for this excellent radio
presentation of Fender county.
E. M. Farrior
Sec. Burgaw Chamber of Com
merce.
Burgaw, N. c,
March 3, 1917
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QUOTATIONS

Peaches are said to have been introduced
into the New World by Spanish explorers.
X
The first pantomime produced in En- gland
was at Drury Lane in 1902. 1t was called 1.-The
Tavern Builders
Musk turtles can exude strong musk as a
defense. Although they are habitually in the
water, they are weak swimmers.
The average height of the japanese male
is 5 feet 3 IL inches: that of the female 4
feet 10 II inches.
The AmaIekites. a Bedouin tribe of ancient
Palestine. were exterrninated about 725 B. 6.
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The Book Of

has the same movelessness OF
spirit. Egyptian art, alone in the
world, is intensely still.
Wandering about thu Egyptian
rooms of the Metropolitan
Museum in New York. you can
more than glimpse the life and
art of ancient Egypt. You can
stand within a tomb-chamber.
with rows upon rows of painted
scenes around. you, and feel your
self in the presence of Egyptian
men aid women who came tG lay
s;tts upon e offering-table be-
fore those painted false doors.
from which the spirit of the de-
parted might ~ forth at Will.
You d even see how the artist
worked. for on the walls there are
unfinished bits - figures simply
outlined in paint, but moi yet cut
in relief or colored.
These wall - paintings, the de-
signs on mummy cases, furni-
ture and chests, and the exquisite
jeWelry of kings and queens are
proof enough of the Egyptians
love Of color and their artists
Skill in using it. And. as for their
knowledge of nature. their unsur-
passed drawings of birds and
their expressive studies OF
animals cannot fail to make US
feel how true and sympathetic
their vision must have been.
copyright. 1916, BY The
Grolier Society Inc. based upon
The Book OF knowledge
distributed BY United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: What Is An
Aptitude Test?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-05
The Doctor Says
MENTAL ILLNESS
IS NO DISGRACE.
BY WILLIAM A. O'RRIE~

In the past. patients
with mental disease were So,'eyng
institutions mainly to protoa ss'l .
and members of the comn,"'eh
from possible injury. Pa,je1, "'a.'y
are advised to go to hos,a| now
the early stages of mental dr.. u
o treatment just as thew mi aEe
enter Tor any other i.I0ass '"sAt
Insanity, a lay term ;,o,
the severe types of mcnt,I 'oaes
ease which had required ,, U.S.
ment long before the pat}eo, 'eat'
admitted TO an i~nstiruion "'s
though there are many kj9ds y
mental disease, none of ther9 u
a disgrace TO the individual ~ are
family. VI Ms
It is possible in most sra,o.
patients to enter mental bosa 'o'
by voluntarily seeking care Y''J's
bringing a certificate from Vy
physicians, by temporary .Eo
certificates, or by court conn',
ment' Many states admit pat,an'.
to public institutions on tho
ommendation Of their family nS Sy'
slclan for certain treatmen.s ''
Laura W. FitsimmonS
Textbook for Psychiatric Al o "('
ants macmillan Company. lglZ
urges nurses and attendants ,1 w.t.,
entering patients at ease bv Ht put
ouclng them to the other na,,c'o,
III the ward ard by eynIaini"S
where things are located. As ,,o.,
patients enter mental hospitals ".
luctantly and as 1t is a trvjno ~.
deal Cor relatives. eyery+bt,.
should be done to make if os s
as possible. N'SS
Modern mental HOSPITALS
reception units in which patien,.
r examined as thoroughly As on
admission to other hospitals AH'
erWard they are sent to tbe
proprlate section of the boen;,,r
for special treatment. Menfal
tlents appreciate being in an in.
stitution where their condifio, ~
understood and where thew 20
ceive special treatment.
The greatest difficulty IN ,5o
care OF mental patients # M,
time is the shortage of STATS ~
give them the Treatment flow
need. Too much emphasis h.,
been placed on the need for ne.
buildings and not enough rpor f.
nanclal support for proper med
cal care.
Relatives, of mental paijaa,,
should cooperate with the bosni
tai authorities ir Z egard to vjsitinc
rules. Patients should be prepared
tor the visit to avoid being sur.
prlsed. and relatives should be
warned of any changes in patients
because of their illness.
We should work f o / increased
financial support for these inst
tutions so thai more patients ca,
be treated in the beginning stages
o. their illness and preventive and
folloW-up services started.
QUESTION: What is the cause
OF dizziness and flaming in al.
leroy?
ANSWER: Patients who are ex.
tremely sensitive 10 certain food,
OF lnhalants may develop such a
tight constructor OF their bronchial
muscles that they are unable t(
breathe. and faint as a result.
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Religion
DayByDay
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THIS TRAvEL-HUNGRY WORLD

Our is a travel-hungry world.
The normal tide of tourists hal
been damned by the war. In
creased Indictment to see the
whole world has infected most Of
the service men and Wonen who
served abroad. Their tales have
increased hunger for travel in the
breasts of the home-folks.
When this upset old world Of
ours settles down in peace under
law there will be such a mlnglins
of peoples as man has never
known before. And this is all TO
the good.
1t should be prepared toI, Many
docile and prosperous persons WiI
sign up for luxurious and minute
ly scheduled cruises. They Will see
only the outer shell Of the places
they visit. But they will enjoy fine
food and easy travel conditions
and get in a lot of bridge,
Men and women - eSpeclaIIF
young men and women WIN
shorter purses and more adven'af'
GUS spirits, will get closer TO Inc
life Of the peoples. They viii maze
personal friends in many lanes;
They will dig deeper into socISI
and political conditions. They VIII
make it their business to IND ON
what American missions ana pAI'
lanthropy and commerce are re~[
ly doing. They will pay couT'eSS
calls upon their consuls "hereNs'
they go.
And, recognizing that they d.
a travelling exhibit of AmeLI1'N
life, they will adhere to the Cni$
tan standards of their W CoV'
try.
We would know Thy world an"
Thine other children, o Father "
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Editorial Comment
BAFFLED

1t may be clear as day t. many. but we
confess that it battles us that the most re-
sourceful and the richest nation in the world
that fed and supplied the men and Wunitions
to win the biggest war in all history, doesn't
know how to get houses built for its people
or how to supply us with enough sugar for a
pie.-CasWel Messenger.
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The outgrowth of an exhibition
OF Latin-American work held in
New York nearly two years ago,
this book, with pictures you'll be
glad to e and information you
ought to have, contains text in
both English and Spanish. and
more than 40, pages of prints.
In addition to the more familiar
names such as the Brazilian Porti-
mari and the Mexicans Siqueiros.
Covarrubias, Galvan, Merida,
Montenegro, Orozco and Rivera,
there are scores of less well
known artists from Is countries,
including A gentina. Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia, Costa RIGA, Cuba
and on to Uruguay and Venezuela.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-05
Literary
Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS

BY W. G.. ROGERS
PORTRAIT OF LATIN AMERICA
AS SEEN BY HER PRINT
MAKERS, edited by Anne
Lyon Haight. foreword by
Monroe Wheeler, introduction
by e Chariot (Hastings
House: S5).
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GOOD MORNING

Whole years of joy glide unperceived
away, while sorrow counts the minutes
~ they pass.
Hazard
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Do you hope he gets away with II?

Suppose automobile he taking; would you
him to UwdY with it? very human isn't III?
But is it right or wrong?
All through lives have think whether RIGHT wronu
10 ndersel competitor politics. hold
truth to well to do thousand different things wont to
oud better world constantly concerned with problem q
dnd wrong. S
The Church TOO is Htuy concerned with hut problem It's
" It's followers hove spent long hours studying
he best and lest The Church good realistic answers to
the questions OF right and all answers Hut Il
followed. will build better world " -
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know that she, too, was human:
that she had emotions occasion
ally.
But she could not do that. II
was that deceptive outer calm of
hers that Bruce had wanted. He
had said so that night on Catalina
Island. They had been lying on
the beach below the pavilion
where Bruce was pianist in the
orchestra that had been playing
there that summer.
you've got to marry me. You
you do something for me; you
steady me. you"
''It's a summer night" she had
told him. "It's moonlight and
we're on Catalina. You've three
years yet of medical school. Three
years." she had repeated. her eyes
on the twinkling lights of Avalon
Bay. st isn't such a long time"
every summer I'll play with
some banda band always can
use a good pianist" he had ar.
gued. Through the winters I'll
carve my cadaver, I'll learn about
bacteria ard germs-and memo
r:ze all Cushing and Christopher
have to say about surgery" A thin
veneer of laughter had cloaked
his suddenly steel tone. "I'm GO
ing to be the best surgeon on the
West Coast, you know" "a
He had caught her to him then
in fierce grip. s1
Without you, by my side-to
come home to at night, and. may
be, to believe in me-without you
I'd never get anywhere, You've
got to marry me, Tnette. Now
That had been five years ago. =
tAnd just two weeks after ti.eir
marriage somebody had brought
Homer Gregg out from the Bev-
erly Wiltshire Hotel. Surgery,
Tnette felt, had lost a promising
candidate. a,
And on nights like this one,
when she was alone and unable
to sleep. that hour on the beach
came back wildly. She should
have refused Bruce; she should
have stalled unstil the fall semes-
ter had comfnenced and he had
become lost in his work.
Ito be c0ntinued)
Copyright 1947 BY Frank RiordanJ
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>BysFronk Riordon

She chung to him. "Any time"
Their lips met. At last Bruce
made himself let her go. Hurry
home. woman" he whispered.
60 T'nette drove back to Encino.
- She would, she supposed, be
spending most of the following
week at the hospital with Nola.
"And there" she commented to
the dashboard, "goes my week
with Bruce"
A gloom of apprehension set
tied around her, and a lot of 'if's"
circled in her mind. If Nola had
been younger. if her general
health had been better, if the
baby had waited until it was due.
When she reached Encino and
turned into the driveway of the
house she saw that all the cars
were gone. That helped little.
AS she opened the door into the
den she involuntarily gasped:
"Oh!"
"Sorry startled you" Lam
S04QIJ 1cJi al OSG IL O4il tIlG COQCll.
Il thought I'd stay just in case
Mrs. Lyons needed any help with
Julie. Besides" Gail laughed with
out humor, Il forgot I did not
have my own car"
'You can sleep in the spare
ROOM" Tnette said as graciously
as she could.
"Did Bruce stay in town."
T'nette nodded.
Hes great hand at helping
everybody. isn't hep" Viciously
Gail threw the cigarette she had
been smoking into the cold fire.
place. eff you'll lend me a pair of
pajamas. I'll take you up on that
offer of your spare bed"
T'nette gave her pajamas and a
housecoat; and later. alone in her
/ own room, crawled into bed. Re-
Numbering the ruined supper
party she wanted to weep with
evaporation. All of them, includ-
ing Bruce. thought she was so
calm and so contained, when all
the while she was a scared little
rabbit trying to fit in with Bruce
and his loony associates. How
shocked they would be if just
once she let go, if just once she
lyelled at all of them and let them
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Chapter 2

AaRt~A
BRUCE went to the telephone.
- Unexpectedly, Tnette's voice
came across the wire.
"I'm at the Hammonds', and
you must come in right away"
she was saying urgently. "It's
Nola's baby"
Bruce knew T'nette never got
upset over things that did not
matter.
"Give me fifteen minutes"
As he hurried through the
dining room he called out: Keep
the home fires burning. Some
things gone wrong with Nola.
Tnette's there"
Bruce, strange, heavy excite
ment growing in him, took the
Canyon Road to Beverly Hills in
twelve minutes. Seven minutes
more found him at the door of the
Hammond place.
Tnette met him.
SIN glad you're here" she
said, catching hold of the lapels
Of his jacket. 'T've already tele-
phoned the doctor and an ambu-
lance-and the hospital. But"
She looked up at him with COM
plete trust. "They needed you,
darling"
She led him into the bedroom.
Nola, who was ten years older
than Austin, lay huddled up in a
corner of the bed.
This is it" Bruce said cheer
fully to Nola, making certain the
old grin was right in place.
what we've been waiting for and
what you've been wanting for
years."
"But I'm so horribly fright
ened," Nola quavered. II didn't
think one was, usually"
"It's no light chore," he said,
raising a young one these days,
what with wicked swing factories
like ours leading them down the
rug-cuttin' trail"
"You don't have to try to cheer
me up" Nola smiled wanly." One
of her skinny hands made pitt
full gesture that included Austin.
herself, and the gaudy bedroom.
1--WE just don't seem to know how
to do anything right"
The doorbell rang. Bruce an
swered, and let in the ambulance
driver and attendant. 'In here. I"
He helped the two men transfer
Nola to the stretcher. accom-
panied them to the ambulance;
and before they closed her in,
be said:
"Everything's going to be ali
right I'll follow you to the hos
pital with Austin. And make them
sound the siren all the way across
town. This baby has to have pub
licity."
The ambulance was soon far up
the street. Bruce turned back to-
ward the apartment. T'nette was
approaching with Nola's overnight
"rn take this right down to
Nola," she said to Bruce.
. You'll leave it where it is"
Impulsively he put his arms
around her. "I'm sorry about that
supper" he apologized. "But the
playbacks arrived today"
TITS all right" She put a soft
hand against his mouth. "Give me
kiss and I'll hurry on to the
hospital"
you'll hurry right back to En-
cino. I'll take the bag to Nola.
can sleep tomorrow" he said
'.but Julie will have you up al
dawn"
T'nette saw that arguing would
do no good. She turned to get into
her car: but his arms went around
her again. ..
II want a raincheck on you ir
that DRESS" he said huskily, his
lips against her ear. Zone of these
nights mighty soon"
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noise at the front door and pound
a black bear paving his way in.
The barracaded herself and the
child upstairs while the bear
.rummaged about the kitchen eat
ing sugar, biting open cans and
breaking a window before am
bling away.
Fopp, an FBI agent, rightly de-
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duced that the animal might re-
turn to such good fare so he no.
titled park rangers and three
days later the 300-pound animal
returned and was killed.
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Bear OF A Burglar
Runs Into F.B.I.

GREAT FALLS, Mont.-(AP).
Mrs. Gene Fopp was alone with
her baby in her cabin at Glacier
National Park when she heard a
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Penicillin was first isolated as
"a brown powder in 1910 at OK
ford University.
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NEW LOOK" in SARONCS


of land the tina
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-12-17
Ruski casopis o
valutni refOrmi

MOSKVA, 16. dec. - Ruske
banke in trgovine so sc danes
odprle, da bi zacele poslovati so.
glasno novo vladno reformo
valute. Izmenjava starih srubljev
"a move je dobro organizirana.
Pred bankami stole dodge vr-
ste prebivalcev, XII menjajo de.
mar in Sc takoj podajejo v trgo'
vine, kjer Sc prodaja hrana, bla'
go in drugi neracionirani izdel'
XII 20 drasticno znizani ceni.
V zvezi z reformo pise vladno
glasilo "Izvestije":
"Valutno reformo in ukinje.
ME racioniranja topic odobrava
nase veliko ljudstvo.
"Sovjetsko ljudstvo vidi '
zgodovinskih merah komuni.
sticne stranke in Wade, pot h
nadaljnemu ucvrscevanju nase
drzave in nov porast 'ljudskt
blaginje."