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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27
COMMEMORATE
An Edi Orial From The
Richmond Times-DiSpatch

In retralnlng from making
answer ''in kind" to Andyei
Vishinsky's ''warmonger" &C,
cusations against the United
States the American delegatim
to the United Nations session
at Lake Success is displaying
more wisdom than some other
American officials have recent
ly shown. United States Dele
gate Warren R. Austin's reply
to Mr.. Vishinsky appears just.
fled, but there have been other
recent statements by American
spokesmen which have harmed
more than they have helped,
For the violent exchanges b..
tween the two great nations
have the effect of intimidatins
the smaller nations and freer
ing them with fear, which s
contrary to their interests and
inirnical to the American aspT
alton Of a world of free and
active nations, working fof
their own betterment. Out Of
their reluctance to do anythn!
which may seem like taking
sides" in the epic contest, the"
small ''neutrals' tend to be-
come more passive and more
dependent on others for the ma
terial and spiritual forces reeo'
ed to resuscitate them.
When the Soviet Literary Ca
zette recently erupted on fn'
subject of President Truman
and his Pendergast past, Amer
lean Ambassador Bedell Smith,
and others who should nav:
known better, beat their oreSo
and made vehement pro'e'"
which merely increased ''. =.
sion. Vishinsky's TRADES a :;
Lake Success have proVo1hSss =. y
further American "repriSaI,. :.
which is quite possibly Wna' III
hoped for.
The problem Of the Egfepssrt, iifss'rt
nations is made more dlll,Is, Nv,
by the compulsion which II tasy "
feel to do nothing Wflch -, nv, \.
be seized upon by one parry II w, |,
the other in this WORD po,-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27

WASHINGTON, - A Turkish
embassy official here in Wash
ington was talking about the
highway system of his native
country. He threw up both hands
in a gesture of complete help
lessness.
"Mud!" he exclaimed. "You
never see such mud" He
dropped his hands to his hips.
"Up to here. And in summer?
Dust! All, you never see such
DUST He dropped his hands
again to his knees.
The Turk then told stories
about the sport of going hunting
in an automobile, and being held
up by brigands. Somebody ask
ed him if there were filling sta
tions along the road, and ga
RACES where cars could be re-
paired. He just smiled. Gaso-
line, he explained, was sold only
in the bigger towns, and in cans.
The main highway from the cap
ital at Ankara to Istanbul was
300 miles long, but it took a
whole day to make it by car
in good weather.
The general impression was
that it was hopeless to expect
that things could ever be better.
But a team of American high
way engineers is now about to
tackle the job of helping Turkey
lay out a modern highway net
work-in two years. Under H.
E. Hits, deputy administrat rator
of the U. S. Public Roads Ad-
ninistration, the first task force,
of eight experienced road-bulld-
ers, will supervise the work.
Most of them are veterans who
helped plan and boss construc-
ton of the Alaska highway
across Canada.
A couple of million dollars
worth of bodybuilding equip
ment has already been placed
on order. Some Of it has already
been shipped and is being un-
loaded under U. S. Army super
vision at Istanbul and Iskender-
um-formerly known as Alexan-
dretta-a tiny port at the north
east corner of the Mediterrane-
an which may some day be an
important city. The British built
a mile-long pier there during the
war, with a modern travelling
crane.
The whole highway job has to
be done from scratch. The first
thing Hits plans TO do when he
arrives is set up a laboratory
to test soils, sand, g1avel snd
rock-the materials he will have
to work with. When his engi-
neers know about them, they
will place orders for American
rock and gravel crushers, ce-
ment and asphalt plants.
In all Turkey, there are now
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27
Italian policy, on the German a.,t1,
and on the terms OF inc AZ, ,
ment in Europe and in ASA

If we examine this ComIl,ar, ,.,.ur,
conception of the near l... lu,~s d,
we find, think, that IT it. ! rfsr, fir,t i i
two major premises. me e ,n3 ~, b,
that we cannot and shall MOI stios. y.
able to regulate the irniob .ah /,
ary boom effectively enonsr 1sr,, ,
prevent a deflationary coil'i .t;.5
NV communist had stuart ss.r5
Karl Marx but had never ,,s,rd ,rs
much about John M''
Keynes. ,,;ss /,
that our diplomacy, as as, ", nlsa,
to operate the Marsha a dnIIlats
will be so blinded by our oDrr otor,i:
and our air force and our s.'' ~ ths
bomb that it will mlsju@ 4ss ool.
teal realities Of post-%~. ca,,r'a.
rope-that in our anIl-T an. INTO bed
mist fervor we shall ge' nts ii..S ths
with the Nazis, the tasclo':, o,,;,,irg:
collaborators and the lo hal
all over Europe, tha1 Nv W. not d
treat the Marshall plan ,nity r, d
an engine to restore the .s q&lys qn&noy-d.
Europe but as fund 70 n. - and
lend lease to those na.!os t!os with
those factions and part.eJp 10 The
in each nation which hian anises.
loudest anti-Communl'' Nv -, ot
The second major pfen4i'ttb rem tbat
the Communists is, IN s3iii.y,Ionatit
we do not have the uilpti,tenes:
vision and skill and as'" 49, work
to make the Marshall pl'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27
GOOD MORNING

Tribulation will not hurt you, unless
il does-what, alas! it too often does
unless it hardens you, and makes you
sour and narrow and skeptical.-E.H.
Chaplin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27
Light Tree Earlier

The Star is in agreement with City
Manager Benson that the Christmas tree
in Hilton park which is the worlds largest
living Christmas tree, is strictly non-com-
mercal But we cannot agree with him
that it should not be lighted before Christ
mas Eve, if for no other reason than the
traffic Jam it will create at that time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27
A TALK WITH A COMMUNIS'

-
At the end of a long conver-
sation which l had with one of
the most important Communists
in eastern Europe, l asked him
whether in view of all his harsh
condemnation of American pur-
poses, politics and actions he
thought there would ever be a
world settlement. Certainly, he
replied. And when do you be-
lieve it will be reached, l asked.
He said in about three to five
years.
His answer, it seemed to me,
as l thought about it afterwards,
threw a great deal of light on
many things which he had said
in the course of the whole con-
versation which preceded it
Thus he had complained bitter
ly that his country was being
denied credits which it was en-
titled to have. He had told me
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-27

So1 y w I'LL AZ t4lS SoAA0AeAOA4 SAA>~
here he cited Mr.. Stassen-that
Europe must give up socialism.
In the third place, you will in
sist, as you have already in Italy
and in France, that you will not
help countries which have Com
munists in their government.
Yet the Communists will be able
to show that production cannot
be carried on anywhere on the
continent without the Commu-
nists to impose discipline upon
the workers. In the fourth place,
the more the plan fails to bring
production in the western coun-
tries, the more you will try to
rebuild German heavy industry.
You will, he said, speaking
with mounting n thusaism, be-
come more and more unpopular
with the masses of Europe. They
will see that your promises have
not been realized. They will see
that your dollars are being used
to destroy their indonnrdence by
stopping the socialism that they
want. Thev will see that vou are
vetoing the form alton of united
national fronts. They will see
that you are subsidizino them
only because you want to use
them for the war you are pre-
pairing.
After all this had been said,
and I had had my say in re-
buttal - though without any ef-
fect-I asked him whether he
thought Europe and Russia as
well could recover from the war
without great help from the
United States. No, they cannot,
he said. Then why, I asked him,
do you do your best to prevent
us from giving help? Oh well,
he answered, you will have to
give it anyway, and we can wait
until you have to give help and
cannot demand a political price
for it. And when will that be,
l inquired. When you have your
great economic crash which will
come when you are overproduc-
ing and cannot. being a capital
ist country, sell all your goods
to your own people and must
therefore export. Now, he said,
you are able to pretend that you
are the great philanthropist Of
fering to help poor Europe; but
when you have your fifteen mil
lion unemployed, your govern
ment will have to subsidize ex-
ports to Europe to make your
own factories profitable again.
This, in condensed form and
translated from his Marxist jar
gon and stripped of the propa-
gandist trimmings which he did
me the honor of not expecting
me to believe, is a pretty fair
picture Of how an intelligent and
responsible Communist looks at
the present situation and the
near future.
His final prediction that there
would be a general settlement
in three to five years can, I
think. be restated in the light of
the conversation which 1 have
reported. His theorv was that an
economic crash, greater than
that of 1929, is certain to occur
within the next five years. Be
fore it occurs he believse that
we shall not grant enough aid
to Europe to save the predoni-
nantly middle class ciety of
Great Britain and France, that
to this insufficient aid we shall
attach political conditions which
will turn gratitude for the help
INTO recruitment AGAINST our poll
tics After our crash, on the
other hand, he believes that we
shall be compel]ed to give great
er aid in order to cure our own
UNEMPLOYMENT and that when
that help comes, the post-crash
help. we shall no longer have
like our present influ-
Ill ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

NEW LEA T

NEW ORLEANS, May 1-(PH
Cotton futures closed barely steady
$1.15 a bale lower to Is cents
hipher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
TOURNEY
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Event Sponsored BY Junior
Chamber Oh Commerce
Auxiliary

Final plans for the bridge tourna-
ment to be sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce auxiliary
on Thursday night, May 8, were
completed at a meeting of that
organization last night in the
Friendly cafeteria.
The tournament, scheduled to be-
gin at 8 p. m, is open to the pub
lie.
The pragram at the meet last
night consisted of several vocal
solos by Bobbie Melton and piano
selections by Patty Jones. Bobbie
sang 'Smilin' Through" open Thy
Blue Eyes" and Thine Alone"
She was accompanied by Patty,
who also played Bach's two-part
Invention, No. 10, and "Peeme"
by Read.
Reports on the Jaycette meet
ing in Morehead City last week
were given by Irene Gilmore and
Adelaide Ward; and a report on
the Child Guidance clinic commit
tee was given by Wilma Sloan.
Visitors at last nights meeting
we're: Mrs. Frances Edmondson,
Elsie Herring, and Miss Mamie
Johnson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO, May l-P)-(USD1

CHICAGO, May 1-R-(USDA
-Salable hogs $500; total $500;
very slow and uneven; rs cents to
$1.25 lower with most decline on
weights under 800 pounds; practi-
cal top 23.75; around one load
24.OO; bulk good and choice w.
$50 Id %. 1923 SO; good and choice
26O-28O ID 21.50-22.75 good and
choice 260-33O lb 20.25-2l.50; 800
375 Id 19.25-20.5 so; sows around 70
cents to 100 lower; good ana
choice l7.25-18.00.
Salable cattle 5000, total $500;
salable calves 800, total 300; all
classes fully steady, moderately
active; p%art-load choice around
1900 lb fed steers topped at 2e.25;
several loads good to choice steers
and long yearlings IS. oo-25.So; bulk
medium to top-good steers and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

gifts; 9o-100 lbs $500; 1Oo-12o lbs
$14.00: 120-140 lbs $1,000 lbs $500;
160-180 lbs $1,000; 24O-3OO lbs $40. 90;
800 lbs and UP $3.50; good sows
under $50 lbs $500; 35O-50O lbs
$3.50; over 500 lbs $l4.0O; good
stays $1,000.
Cattle-Market generally steady
on represented slaughter classes;
good beef type COWS quotable
SIS. 00-l6.00; fat dairy type $1,000
400 bulk Gamers and cutters
$9.00-11.O0; good slaughter steers
quotable $40. O0-22.0O; v~ealers fairly
active, practical top $22.0O for most
good to choice offerings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

yearlings weighing around 1.50l
ID down 20. 50-24.75 Is: most medium
and good heifers Is. 00-22.5 so: load
23.10; bulk beef COWS 13.50-16. so;
Gamers and cutters 10. 00-13.00;
good sausage bulls Is. 75-17.25 prac-
tical top choice vealers 24.00; med.
ium and good stock steers 17.75-
$3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
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NEW ORLEANS MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, May l - (P)
- The average price of middling
15%-16ths-inch cotton at ten southern
spot markets today was So cents
a bale higher at 1923 cents a
pound average for the past thirty
markt days 1925. Middling 7-Sths-
average 1878 cents a pound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

More automobile accidents oc
cur during September, October,
end November than in any other
season of the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
CHICAGO BUTTER,

CHICAGO, May - up - GUS
DA)- Butter firm; IA 81 score
So; 81, 60.25-60.7 Is; B 80, SIS.
Eggs unsettled; large No. l and
Z extras 43.5-45.5; medium ex-
tras 41-42; standards 41-41.5; cur
rent receipts 40-41; dirties 37-37.5;
checks 36.5-37.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, May ! ~
Wheat: none. Corn: No. 3 yellow
100 3-4-1.64 -; No. 4, 1856 II
1.59 IL; No. 5, 1.54 "a: sample
grade 90-1.36. Oats: No. l heavy
mixed 81; No. l mixed Sc IL; No.
! white 81 IA.
Barley: mating 1.60-1.90 NOM
inal; feed 1.3o-1.50 nominal.
Field seed per hundredweight
nominal: Red Clover 43.00-7.-
90; Sweet Clover 11~.50-13.0o; Red
Top II. 50-18.50; Timothy 7.40-7.-
rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
NEW SPOTS

NEW ORLEANS, May l - up -
Spot cotton closed steady, rs cents
a bale higher: Low middling 81
O5; middling $3.50; good middling
8 $3.50; receipts 5000; stocks 1884,
226.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
LOCAL QUOTATIONS


a. Indicated nnllal dividend rate.
b. Income and profits dividends paid
in past IL months.
c. Paid in 1946.
(The above quotations are nominal and
are believed to be indications of the
price at which the securities NAV he
purchased or Sold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, May 1-(P)-
USDA)-Livestock: Hogs-market
s1.00 higher than Wednesday on
all weights; top $21.O0 for good
and choice 180-24O lb barrows and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
O

CHAkLOIIE u
CHARLOTTE, May 1-Pl-Spot
cotton 1890.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, May. 1-(P-May de-
iveries of all grains were strong
on the Board of Trade today, i'm
parting a firm undertone to dis
tant contracts. Some Eastern com.
mission house buying and short
covering was apparent in the near
by contracts.
Wheat closed s4-47s higher, May
81. 63h-S2.64, corn was unchanged
to 21s higher, May s1.61B-$1.62,
and oats were unchanged to 27s
higher, May 89-S9h.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03
UNIVERSITY PLANS
TRAFFIC SCHOOL
1t. J. R. Smith, Highway
Patrolman Here, Named
As Instructor

1t. J. r. Smith, Of Wilmington,
| commander of Troop B of the
State Highway patrol, h a been
appointed a member Of the in
struction staff Of a two-week
school of traffic law enforcement
scheduled at the University OF
North Carolina on Jan. 5-18, &C
cording to an announcement re-
ceived here from Chapel Hill yes
terday.
Traffic problems, including the
alarming rise in the number u
accidents throughout the country,
will be discussed and analysed
during the school. 1t will be con-
Quoted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation with the cooperation
of the u~niversity's Institute Of
Government.
Traffic officers from counties
and cities throughout the state will
attend the school, which is part
of a program of statewide safety
education being sponsored by the
Institute. The. school will also
serve as a model FOR locally spon-
sored traffic schools which are to
be conducted in approximately 20
of the larger cities and towns of
the state from February to June.
Instruction will be conducted
primarily by the FBI, which is
sending several traffic specialists,
including William H. Harper. spe-
cial agent, to carry on the training
program. John C. Bills of Char
lotte is special agent in charge in
the Carolinas.
Guidebooks in North Carolina
traffic law, traffic control, and &C
cident investigation, p r epared by
the FBI and the Institute o. Gov
eminent, will be furnished the Of
ficers attending the school.
Other members Of the patrol
who will serve as instructors in
clude Col. H. ]. Hatcher, of Ra-
leigh. commanding officer; 1t. D.
A. Lambert, Greensboro; 1t. w.
B. Lentz, Asheville, and 1t. Lester
Jones, Greenville.
Also on the staff will be Captain
Lloyd w. Henkel head Of the
Traffic division, Charlotte Police
department; Captain C. G.. Rose
mond and 1t. 3. L. Lloyd Of the
Traffic division, Durham Police
department. and Sergeant Thomas
w. Davis, Traffic division, Wins
ton-Salem Police department.
Members of the Institute staff
who will serve as instructors in
clude Director Albert Coates and
Assistant Directors Terry Sanford
and Clifford Pace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03
Recession OF Business
In 1917 May Be Avoided

Those who participated in the
survey were almost evenly divided
on whether there would be a bus
mess setback in 1947. A slight
majority expressed the view tina
the price structure, key factor IN
production, would inevitably level
off largely because of consumer
resistance. A strong minority, how
ever, asserted they saw no reason
for a recession in 1947.
Forecasts OF Majority
A majority of the editors, recog-
nized authorities in their respec-
tive fields, also forecast that:
1.-The wage-price spiral will
come to an end in 1947 in most
fields.
2-Production generally will con-
tinue to increase, with a noticeable
rise in man-hour production,
especially after the readjustmen'
sets in.
3-Materials and labor will be
available in sufficient quantities te
permit supply and demand te
reach a balance, except In a fe"
basic raw materials.
AFTER a rise in the first quar-
ter of 1947, the price trend foI
consumer goods will turn down
ward in most fields.
5-Before the end of the yea1
consumer resistance to high prices
and shoddy material will force a
BUYERS strike.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-UD-A
dwelling off" in business activity
in 1947, with possible price drops,
but not necessarily a general re-
~cession, is forecast in a survey by
editors of leading business papers.
The editors feel that despite the
nations basically sound economy
and the untitled wants for con-
sumner goods, business and indust-
try enter the new year facing an
uncertain and confused pattern, in
sharp contrast to the optimistic
forecasts of a year ago.
Growing consumer resistance to
high prices, in the opinion of the
National Conference of Business
Paper Editors, will bring a general
levelling-off in business activity.
This shaking down in the price
structure may be nothing more
than a mild readjustment of an
overgrown buyers market. But,
the business editors warn, failure
to halt the wage-price spiral, pro-
longed strikes for higher pay,
which throttle production in key
industries, and failure to maintain
a high rate of man-hour produc-
ton may result in a serious bus
mess recession before the end OF
the year.
Consumer Goods to React
The readjustment forecast for
1947 will be most noticeable in
consumer goods, except heavy dur
ables, and less noticeable in indus
trial raw materials and supplies.
Those fields, it is predicted, will be
bolstered by the requirements OF
the home building and construc-
ton industry, which is not likely
to be affected unless there is a
sharp rise in labor and material
costs.
Regardless of the form the level
ling-off observation-disclosures or
recession-the business editors are
unanimous in their belief that any
setback will be Of short duration.
Once acknowledgement problems
are settled, permitting a steady
flow of goods to bring about a
balance between demand and sup
ply, the commodity price struc-
ture will be firmly established on a
high-level plateau for a long Pc
Rod Of prosperity.
After a careful study of their
respective fields, the editors of the
100 business, trade and technical
magazines affiliated with the Asso-
ciated Business Papers, expressed
their views in a survey conducted
by the conference Of editors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03
Local Sailor Feared Lost
FoHowingF Fall From Ship

he would be granted leave. A tele-
gram from Naval headquarters in
Norfolk arrived New Years day
informing the family Of their sons
presumed DEATH.
The Ha~dee living room
was a scene of tragedy and the lit
tie Christmas tree in the corner
next to the fireplace seemed out OF
place. Scrapbooks of young Rar-
dee in and out of uniform, were
scattered about the room. and his
gifts were left unopened under the
tree.
Miss Hardee said her brother
had been assigned to a Naval hos
pital barge, which transported Of
ficers and other personnel from
Norfolk to the Portsmouth Naval
hospital. He was on a return trip.
an hour before he was to begin a
two-week holiday leave, when he
slipped overheard in the darkness,
and two creWmen were unable to
find him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03

A planned Christmas celebration,
delayed one week, ended in tragedy
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
r. Hardee, 1918 Ann street, when
it was reported that their son, Mil
ton, 81, was believed to have
drowned in the Elizabeth river,
Norfolk. Va, the family disclosed
yesterday.
Hardee, a seaman first class.
who served in combat areas during
World War II, and re-enlisted in
the Navy this summer, slipped
from a Naval hospital ship on Dec.
81, at II o'clock at night, a few
hours before his holiday leave was
to begin.
Miss Clara Mae Hardee, sister
Of Milton, revealed that her broth
er had wired the family Christ
mas asking them to keep his pres
ents until New Years day, when
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03

Gene Stratton Porter wrote
many of her books about nature al
Limberlost cabin. Sylvan Lake.
near Rome City, Ind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03

DOUGLAS, Wyo. - WH - Bill
Hagar is kicking himself for de.
stroying the head of a deer he
killed in the mountains. He learn
ed too late that a Rawlins taxi.
dermist wanted to buy it for $10C
as an oddly. 1t had 10 points on
one side and nine on the other.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03

Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
The Literary Lantern
Continued From Page Six)

ward Steichen and others. Steich-
en- terms him "the father of mod
.rn photography and a fertiliz,
ing force in the development OF
modern art in America"
Such Photographic master
pieces are included in the port
folio as his "Poplars Lake
George, Hands Dorothy Nor
man.. "Portrait Georgia
OKeeffe and Spring Showers
New ork. They clearl y demon
strate why the eulogies OF his
friends and admirers are Justl-
fled - and they make j splen-
did contribution to the his
tory of photography and modern
art. Dorothy Norman is publisher
of the Twice a Year Press, which
is located at 124 East 10th Street,
New ork City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

1t has been estimated that
peoples of the world drank 300
billion cups Of tea in 1890.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Culprits Cut Yuletide
LIGHTS Over Market St.

City officials were wondering
yesterday if Wilmingtonlans ex-
pected the city to provide Chrlst-
mas tree lights, not only TOR the
streets downtown and tor the
worlds largest living Christmas
tree. but also for every private
home too.
Yesterday city police received
a report from a janitor in the
customhouse that an unidentl-
fled individual, apparently over
Jealous with Christmas spirit,
cut one of the strings of lights
on Market street between Water
and Front streets.
City Electrician D. F. Sandlin,
Jr. rushed to the scene of the
crime and repaired the damage
before other enthusiasts had 6
chance to string the lights or
their own Christmas trees.