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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Slow Train Through arabia

Of course. camels. Thousands Of
them, taking II days and more to
reach the coast. The hauled
dates out from the two-million-
tree oasis at Hufuf, hauled tex
tiles and such manufactured
goods il.
Then the king shifted to trucks.
He bought several thousand six
wheelers from Army surplus.
They have balloon tires for sand
tray el. There are no roads. but
every half-mile are stakes. Driv-
ers get to the top of a sand dune,
sight the next marker, then take
off in that general direction. Lick
ety-split down hill SO as to get
enough momentum to make the
grade to the top of the next dune.
Needless to say, up-keep is terri
fic. Half the trucks are broken
all the time, and they keep Ibn
Saud half-broke all the time. He
says, 1.-THE truck is my greatest
enemy"
So last fall Bechtel-McCone
one of the six companies that built
Boulder Dam, was hired to survey
for a railroad line to run from
Riyad to the Persian Cult. 300
miles east.
The road will hit the coast at
Dsmmam. Though Saudi Arabia
has 1000 miles of coast line, it
has no harbors. Reefs run out for
miles. So to get the railroad out
to where 1t can load and unload
from ocean-going vessels, Bechtel-
McCone figure they will have to
build a six-mile jetty. This will
cost S. million. The railroad It.
self will cost $40 million. But with
three trains RUIZ by seven-man
crews, the king figures it will be
cheaper than trucking.
Ibn Saud is said to like the idea
of the railroad because it's a
"one-way door," He has seen all
the war movies and been i'm
pressed by the fact that Hitler's
trucks roamed France at will
even after the railroads were
blown up. Also, he remembers
what Lawrence did to the Fejaz
railroad. So the king won't build
roads and will blow up his "one-
way door" railroad if he is in
vaded.
Eventually, though, he wants a
trans-Arabian railroad. Several of
the Arab countries have been con
sidering a plan to rebuild the He
JAZZ line from Damascus 70 Me-
dina. The king wants another line
from Medina to Jidda, on the Red
Sea, and from there east to Riyad.
This line is now being surveyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
By PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON, - When Pres
ident Roosevelt and six-foot-six,
3O0-pound King Abdul Aziz Ibr
Saud of Saudi Arabia made big
talk on an Oriental rug spread un-
der a tent stretched over the deck
of a U. S. cruiser at anchor in
Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal,
back in February 1915, it started
things.
Roosevelt gave the king a jeep,
a Walkie-talkie radio, a wheel
chair, and an airplane. There
have been reports that Roosevelt
also blandly promised to give Ibn
Saud a railroad, on which prom
Use the king is now trying to col
lect.
That doesn't seem to be quite
the way it is, but it's a good
story, nonetheless. According to
the accounts of Col. William A.
Eddy, who was then U. S. minis
ter to Saudi Arabia and who act
I'd as interpreter between Roose-
welt and Ibn Saud, the President
largely to make conversation
asked the king how many miles
of railroad he had. Sadly, the king
had to admit that since Col. T.
E Lawrence of World War I fame
had blown up the old Hejaz rail-
road from Damascus to Medina,
there hadn't been a single mile
of track in the country. Roosevelt
allowed that was very interesting,
but that sometimes railroads
could be very useful.
Authority for what happened
next is Richard H. Sanger, now
or the Arabian desk in the State
Department. He has been all over
the peninsula.
A few months later the king
went to Cairo to visit King Farouk
of Egypt. On that trip Ibn Saud
had his first ride on a railroad.
He liked it and decided he ought
to have one to connect his capital
at Riyad, in the center Of the
country, with the seacoast, giving
him windows on the Persian Gulf
and the Red Sea-"
There was a little feeling around
at first, to see if the U. S. Export
Import Bank wouldn't loan Saudi
Arabia the money to build its -a:l-
road, but the answer was no.
Saudi Arabia vas getting plenty
~, r,o,ov from nil rov,1tioc, E;ob4
million dollars this year, S14 mil
lion next, an average Of $40 mil.
lion a year for the next five years.
If they wanted . railroad, why
not buy it?
The original transportation was
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
BY WILLIAM E.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Written for NEA Service
Chicago has a new Life Master.
John F. Carlin of that city recent
ly became Life Master No. Is. 0ns
OF the admirable qualities Of Cal.
Inns game is that he never give;
up. and today's hand is an es
ample.
If Carlin South had elected h
bid three no trump instead d
three spades. North would haA
had no trouble making that co.,
tract. But Carlin had a close de-
cision to make and he selected The
three spade bid. Naturally NMn
took him to four spades.
West got off to a terrific open
ing lead, and of course if CarLH
could have guessed right and sOn'
W with dummy's king Of d'
monds, he would have beer !
hero. But he made the norma
play, low from dummy, East wen
up with the queen and lnlnnei'
ately returned a diamond. Sa
won and the third diamond va
ruffed by East.
Ar opening lead like this OK
with a tough contract would prov
pretty discouraging to the aVeFas'
player. 49,.
East now returned a mean
which Carlin won in dummy Ta
the ace. Then he ran all Oh "
trumps, banking dummy down. nM .
the ace-seven-five-two OF cl4 u,
In his own hand he retained ". m
k;ng-queen-four of clubs anu ' %
of hearts. On the second % .%
trumr East had to let go the ] a.
of hearts. and when the . ~
trump was PLAYED, East lI 3,
himself hopelessly squeezed 4. d
knew he had to protect the si
suit, so he discarded the Quss+ n
hearts, hoping that his =, paI ~,
might hold the ten-spot' bu 81, n
lin had the ten, and ne WOE
balance of the tricks. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
The Book OF knowledge
Department: - ANIMAL LIFE)
THE WILD DOGS

Best known of the wild dogs
and, until recently, most widely
distributed, is the wolf. In the
early days Of mankind, wolves not
only killed the game OF which
men depended so much and the
domestic animals men kept, but
they occasionally killed and ate
human beings.
Men lived n small groups and
their weapons Of wood and stone
were not sure protection against
these fierce and daring beasts.
Even the better weapons Of the
Middle Ages were not completely
able to protect men from wolvs,
and as late as the time OF Louis
XIV Of France, a great wolf ter
rorized the country, killing and
eating about 80 persons before he
was brought to bay.
The development Of the rifle
and it's commences in the from
tier settlements of the American
West were important in changing
wolves from dangerous, bold ami
mails to cautious ones. They no
longer attack humans; they have
learned to fear mems guns, steel
traps and poisoned bats.
In the British Isles, the last
wolf was killed about the middle
Of the 18th century. but in most
European countries there are still
some OF these beasts. In the
forested and mountainous parts Of
France, Italy, Spain and the Bal
kans, there are small bands, while
in parts OF Russia they are COM
mon, and there are many through
out northern Asia. In North Amer
lea, a few are found in the Ozark
Mountains and some in the south
eastern forests, and they are still
common in northern Canada and
Alaska.
Although wolves s h @ w a great
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Broughton Optimism
Justified

Justified
Skilled labor, capital and power. This
is the combination of assets, former
Governor Broughton pointed out in his
address before the Kiwanis club, that
can send North Carolina forward at a
spanking clip, to employ a nautical term,
not only in reconversion from war
time conditions but toward prosperity,
security and financial independence,
within proper bounds, of the states
population.
While he did not dwell at length in
his talk on the Old North States ire
mendous supply of workers who acquir-
ed exceptional skill throughout the war
period, in private conversation he noted
the aptitude of North Carolinians for
industrial production, as illustrated by
the output at the Wilmington shipyard
and other major plants, and the fact
that returned veterans acquired new
and unaccustomed skills during their
war service. North Carolina, he said,
is in an enviable position so far as labor
is concerned.
The banks, too, are bullying with
money. The need is for it's release into
circulation via the investment route, for
industries, and as we know so well in
Wilmington. for city and resort hotels
and apartments.
With the war, Mr.. Broughton de-
clared at the club luncheon, the need
for greater electric power development
became alarmingly apparent, with re-
suit that this resource has been ma
terially increased.
Thus, the state now has the green
light to progress. The n requirement
is to move ahead with the signal.
It is the more important to step
lively and without delay because the
Supreme Courts decision on the Inter-
state Commerce Commissions freight
rate ruling favors industrial expansion
and the State Ports Authority's pro-
gram assures ultimate water-borne
shipments in much greater volume than
in the past.
Alone among the states bordering
the Atlantic, the Gulf, and the Pacific,
North Carolina has been handicapped
by lack of adequate ports, port ter
minals and warehouses. This situation
can be changed, the former governor
said, when the exhaustive survey
financed by the federal government is
completed, when the 100000 fund
voted by the recent legislature for the
Authority's operations is at work for
port development at Morehead City,
Southport and Wilmington, and nego-
~tiations for part of the shipyard prop
erty here for utilization as Industrial
sites are successful.
Mr.. Broughton's optimistic view OF
North Cardinals future springs from
his intimate knowledge of the states
resources and opportunities. It remains
for the people to see that he has no
reason to change that view.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

ginger ale were placed in 1T, -,
Of him, his eyes grew big-n T., ', .
a real man now, After a SIP ,
two of it he was asked INV Il.
liked his drink OF glAse.
Fine, Grandma, but il SAs
nv face
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Star Dust
Double Bromide

Double Bromide
When all is sun and harmony.
Complete with happiness, alas!
It's terrible to contemplate
The sorry fact that all viii pass.
But when we're sunk in deepest
gloom
With countless troubles that
amaSS,
How comforting to ponder on
The happy fact that all will pass.
Louise Shaw
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Editorial Comment
Plant That Corn!

The voice of the whippoorwill is heard in the
land almost every night now, and that means
that 1t Is time to plant corn. In many sections
OF the State blowing for corn has been under
way and, in many instances, completed, and it
Is an interesting thing to consider, for it marks
the opening Of the seasons calendar, with the
round OF the aarvests. the threshing and stor-
ing Of the grains, and the picking Of the fruits
and berries as the periods for them unfold
Inc 6enfxtoWu Bard, In the Baltimore Sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
GOOD MORNING

The books we read should be chosen with
great care, that they ma be, as an Egyp-
tain king wrote over his library, ''The
medicines of the SOUL"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Small Fry Department

Three year old Nee was taken,
tor the first time, by his grandma
to the club for tea. When a glass
Of crushed ice and a bottle Of
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
RuSheeS Are
Guests At Party
GiUen By Etas

Last Sunday evening a Rush
Tea was given in the Blue Room
OF the Lucy Thurman YWCA by
the members OF the Eta Phi
Beta sorority. Guests present
were Geneva Roberts Thelma
Browne. Novella Hamlar, Elsie
Valentine. Ruth Caldwell. Mary
Moore. Velma .Moss Irene Petit
ford. Annette Clardy. and Kath-
crime GarvIn.
Sorors present were Ruth
Henderson, Nellie Harris. Mary
Thompson, Ann Porter. Mabel
Scott, Merrell Robinson. Mary
Malone, Billie Green. Blanche
Culver, LaVinia Wright. Edith
Carr Josephine Mahon, Mary
Abron. Eunice Holcomb. Vivian
Broadnax, Mae Edwards. Ethel
Madison. LaNora Turner. A.
johnson. Betty Glasco, Laura
Carr. Norma Patterson, Johnnie
Ross. Bennle Smith Kathleen
Cole and Earlene Carter.
Ann Porter is the pledge mis-
tress: Lille Mae Noble. assist
ant pledge mistress.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Better Leaders
Result From 4
Fine Program

Through program Of coordl-
mated training volunteer work.
ers are bringing Detroit's young
girls better leadership. Edith
Edwards. coordinator Of Lead
ership Education for the Camp
Fire Girl. Girl Scouts and Y
Teens, said Wednesday.
In yearly report released
last week. Miss Edwards said
that 969 leaders had attended
workshops and educational ses-
sions in an attempt TO improve
the quality Of their leadership
and bring their groups more
valuable experiences and infor-
nation.
Coordinated leadership educa-
ton Us joint enterprise Of COM
munity services. The Detroit
Public Schools loan the coordi-
nator. the Camp Fire Girls con-
tribute clerical help, the Y-Teens
provide part Of the office rent
and the Community Chest Of
Metropolitan Detroit finances op-
Grating costs. Miss Edwards says.
The office for Cole (Coordi-
mated Leadership Education) are
in the Central Branch YWCA,
2230 Witherell.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Christmas Joy
Is Planned By
WV Branches

Christmas festivities are crowd
ing the calendars at all branches
of the YWCA. Members of all
ages. Y-TeenS.l employed girls,
and homemakefs, will take part
in the traditional hanging OF
The green's.
Dec. Ii is the date for High
land Park and the Lucy Thur
man branches at 3 p. m and
4 pm, respectively. All mem
bers and friends are invited to
attend.
An unusual holiday party Is
set for Dec. IL, when Catholic.
Protestant and Jewish business
girls will hold Joint celebrs-
ton Of Hanuks and Christmas
at the Jewish Community Center
at 7;30 p. m. The party is being
planned by two clubs for busi-
ness and professional girls The
similarity of the two religious
festivities which occur I'm this
month, will be stressed in a can
dlelighting ceremony
Also on the calendar for Dec
l3 is the Christmas party for
underprivileged children given at
Lucy Thurman branch each year.
Many Riddles gather in the spa
ciouS gymnasium where Santa
gives out gifts to each, Carols
and games are also a feature of
the evening.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Fourth annual Kesper Service
Is Planned By Eta Phi Betas

The members OF the Eta Phi
Beta Sorority are beginning the
Christmas season with very
beautiful candleLght vesper
service on Sunday. Dec IA II
will be held in the auditorium
Of the Ebenezer AME Church.
corner Of Brush and Willis
streets, al 4 p. m.
Bringing the vesper message
VIII be Mrs. Beulah T. Whit
by, long known for her social
service work in this city. as an
executive with the Detroit Inter
racial Committee, and as an in
structor and lecturer at Wayne
University.
The musical program will be
particularly noteworthy. The
Great Lakes A Capella Choir
the Young Adult Choir Of Eben-
ezer Church and the Victorettes.
West Side sextette, will render
the selections.
This is the fourth annual re-
ligious observance sponsored by
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Bermuda Trip
Attracts Many
To Contest

NEW YORK. N. Y.-Thous-
ands OF letters and box tops are
crowding the desk of Olivia
Clarke, president OF Rose Meta
Beauty Products Company al
9 West l25th street. in the heart
of Harlem.
THE free round trip TO per
muda which we are offering as
top prize in contest we are
staging. is proving TO be- more
popular than we hoped," " Miss
Clarke said last week. Smiling
from behind the growing pile
Of entries.
The popularity OF the contest
is largely due to the simplicity
of the rules. The contestants are
asked to tell in fifty words OF
less why they prefer Rose Meta
Beauty Products. Each entry
must be accompanied by the top
from box of Rose Meta Face
Powder. Some persons are max
ing several entries, which is pos
sible under the rules.
The contest opened on Nov.
Is and will close at midnight
Feb. Is. ls4e. The glamorous
and romantic Bermuda trip
which is the top prize. is an
all.expense tour. from the
home of the contestant 10 New
York. thence 10 tropical Ber-
muda and return 10 the win
ner's home.
In addition, fifty other prizes
are to be awarded. including a
Philco combination radio-phono-
graph.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Trade Campaign
Begun BY League
Of Housewives

The Housewives League OF
the Booker T. Washington Trade
Association has launched a mann
moth trade campaign. an annual
affair. as a means of stimulat-
ing interest within the group in
the very fine business organiza-
tions in Detroit,
The drive was begun on Nov
l8 with a very special program
at which time more than one
hundred women were present
the first five receiving fowls as
door prizes. Fifty other prizes
were also awarded,
To promote the campaign the
women are displaying banners
throughout the city encouraging
the patronage of race businesses.
There is also a sound car which
will enter the many sections of
the city carrying the message
of the group
Women are also asked to en-
ter a contest In connection with
their regular spending program.
AS each purchase is made the
merchant is asked to sign a
book that has been especially
designed for that purpose.
This civic venture will close
on Dec 10 with a banquet at
the Bethel AME Church. st
Antoine and Frederick. Business
and professional sponsors will
display banners or placards. re-
suits in various communities
will be noted. and prizes award
ed. Reservations for the banquet
must be in prior to the date
set.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13

guest speaker. and the rest OF
the participants. Included were
Mrs Josephine Brogden. who
gave the history of the group.
Mrs Alice Barrett, president
who welcomed the members and
the many guests; Mrs. Jeanetta
Welch Brown, president Of the
Detroit Association of Womens
Clubs; and Mrs Rosa Gragg.
president emeritus of the same
group. Solos were rendered by
Miss Mary Louise Fisher and Ma
thaniel Lipscomb.
The committee OF club mem
bers planning the lovely affair
were Mrs. Frances Washington,
Mrs. Lila Stewart. Mrs. Annie
Leigh. Mrs, Geneva Chappell
Mrs. Thelma Cabbitt, Mrs. Jes-
sic Prish, Mrs. Ethel Wallace,
and Mrs. Gertrude Donaldson.
Among the friends sending
greetings TO the club were the
Detroit Federation of Women $
Clubs, Mrs. Haley. Michigan
State Federation. Dr. Daisy
Northcross. Mrs, Jessie Nichols,
and Mrs. Josephine Vinson.
Officers
Numbered among the prom
inent women making up the
membership of the group are
the following officers: Mrs. Bar
rett. president Mrs. Frances
Smoot first vice-president; Mrs.
Estelle Crumpton. second vice.
president: Mrs. Hirtalean Rivers.
recording secretary Mrs Martha
assistant recording
secretary: Mrs. Josephine Boy
den. corresponding secretay
Mrs. Louise TibbS, financial sec
retary Mrs. Jessie Parrish. treas
urer. Mrs. Charlotte Hilliard
and Mrs. Sadie Palmer
parliamentarian.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13

Is an active member of the Iola
Phi Lambda Sorority,
Another wedding that Will
mold Xmas priority will be that
of our Hazel Miller Bess &c
William H. Sears on Monday,
Dec. %, at the YWCA. Mr.. Sears
has been recently appointed to
the Science Department of Hig-
gnbotham School.
Our congratulations TO Car
men Murphy who is going all
out on her House of Beauty
idea. After the first OF the
year, because of Carmen, De-
troit women, like New Workers.
will have tip-to-toe service with
everything to glorify women with
color at her House of Beauty
to be opened on John r. Mrs.
Murphy is already making a
tremendous success of her Beauty
Bar. This week she brought
Rose Morgan, New York's out
standing stylist. direct from Rose
Meta House Of Beauty in New
York TO service her customers
for the week of Dec 8
On Saturday night Odessa
Trotter and Carmen Murphy
played Joint hostesses TO a very
swanky party honoring Rose
Morgan at the Club 666's. Just
oodles Of folks were there.
How lovely TO hear that the
Charles Wilson's are infantici-
pating. She was formerly Cole
ather Ann Dickerson Of this
staff
Mrs. Purnell Shelton, who
Likewise is expecting a visit
rom Sir Stork was much sur
nrised U when the faculty oil hls-
einbotham School where sne
teaches. rendered bSr with some %
nrettv pink and frilly dainties daili'ss
an Friday. her last day WIN
he Board of Education ere she
Leaves for a stay at home
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Lmian Association Observes
Fifty Years Of Organisation

The members OF the Lydian
Association observed their ff-
teth anniversary at a banquet
on Saturday night The dining
room Of the Lucy Thurman
Branch YWCA was the scene
Of the affair which was attended
by more than two hundred and
fifty persons, including Mrs
'iaude Henderson. only living
charter member and relatives of
the founders.
The guests were seated about
tables which we're decorated in
the colors Of this ardent group
Of workers for charity. gold and
purple The unusual centerpiece
was three TERED cake which
was covered with gold leaves
and floral decors of purple The
arrangements OF gold NUNS and
purple cut flowers further en-
HANGED the beautiful setting
Program
Mistress OF ceremonies for the
brief but interesting program
was Mrs Sadie Palmer. She
presented Rev. Robert Bradby
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Bits Of Banterinq
Gee All OF The Talk That's Going Around
Is About the Omegas-Theyre Coming to Townl |!

The National Omega Convention is meeting in De-
rot beginning Dec 27and the whole town is on fire get
ting ready. Everybody is expecting houseguests Dr. Ben
Browney. who with his better half Vrga is enter
tanning the atters mother Mrs Lotte Roxborough says
he'll have to build addition to his house for all his ex-
pected fraters
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
Many Guests AT
Reception For
Nezclyced Pair

Mr. and Mrs. George Wheat,
lov Cnee Mable Lewis received
pifts and Fluctuations from their
MANY friends at an elaborate
wedding reception given II the
boyne of their sister, Mrs. Sylvia
McClartv. 260 Hague street Inc
affair was held on last SATURDAY
evening. The honored couple
were wed in Toledo. Ono IN
November.
The musical program included
niano selections by william
Hawkins vocal selections by
w,sst artists. and piano rendi-
tions by Edward Coleman OF
New York City. Mr.. Coleman IS
member of the Day Dawn
and Dusk. internationally known
trio.
Among the guests who enloyeo
the music, dancing. cocKtalls
and turkey dinner were: Helen
lee Payne. Fannie Moore. NIL
dred Tavlor. Charles Purdy MI
and Mrs. Robert Smith, Tucker
Wallace. Mr.. and Mrs. Wine
Hudson. Charles Thompson, Mr'
and Mrs. T. Carey, Dora Reese
Albert Bell, Josephine Woodiey
E. r. Chandler. Mr.. and Mrs
Sylvester Moten, Ira Roberts
C. Charles. Alma Robinson
Ir and Mrs. Homer MeClarty'
MIR and MEs, Nathaniel Lyons
Mrs. L. Powell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Houseton and Ernest
Others we're Jerome Ward
Connie Gaithskill. Ernest smith
Walter Wheatley, Mr.. and Mrs
Hosea Walker. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ted Carruthers, S. Johnson
Mary Hopkins, Marian Ander-
son. Margaret Jones, Charles
Steele. A. Charles, Willie Phelps,
Sammie Powell. and Mr.. and
Mrs Lamar Webb.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13
SANK Club Holds
Indoor CarniUaI

Members Of the SANK Club,
group of girls who have COM
bined the idea OF Christmas
Savings Club, with having a
lot of fun. held a gala indoor
carnival Saturday night. Dec. s,
at the Clark home on Buchanan.
Pat johnson and Virginia Ceaser
were hostesseS.
Balloons and crepe paper dec
orations added 10 the festive air.
To complete the scene. booths
featuring fortune telling, refresh
ments. and even kissing, lined
the walls.
Other members Of the club
are Essie Lewis. Hazel Blinco,
Fannie McNear, Ernestine Burch
and Lois Wilson.
The Detroit tribune., 1947-12-13

the sorority. held before Christ
mas 10 herald the coming OF
the ChIst Child Those who
have attended in previous years
have attested to It's beauty and
solemnity.
Edith Carr, Pennie Smith and
Billie Green chairmen OF the
Vesper Service Committee. along
with the sorors invite all cit
lzens 10 attend.
The Valley settler., 1947-02-13

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