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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18

YeSterday'S KeSuItS
St. Louis 5; Boston 6.
Detroit 2; Philadelphia S.
Cleveland 5; Washington 3.
(Only games scheduled).
Today Games
Chicago at New York-Lopat 40 VS.
Bevens CD.
st. Louis at Boston <njsnt)-Kinder
(4-0) VS. Harris 1-O).
Cleveland at Washington might -
Embree as VS. Hudson (4-2).
Detroit at Philadelphia - Hutchinson
(5-2) VS. Savage t5-3).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18

The surgeon general Of ne
United States says some pira
monia, measles, and Waoo an
cough are due to malnutrlu04"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18

NEW YORK, June 17-(P)-
The play by play description OF
the major league All-Star game
in Wrigley Field, Chicago, on
July 8 will broadcast over the
Mutual chain, it was announced
today. In addition to 40 U. S.
Stations, the members of the
Canadian Broadcasting COM
uany also will carry the &C
count.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18

TOTALS .-------------- Fl 7 27
z-Grounded out for Marion in 3rd.
zz-Tapped out for Dickson in 7th.
zzZ-Ran for Garagiola in 9th.
zzzz- Walked for Wilks in 9Th.
PHILADELPHIA POL o03 0OoD
ST. LOUIS 2l1 900 Ma-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
ST. LOUIS

x-Grounded out for Judnich in 9th.
xx-Singled for Galehouse in 9th.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07

and other products are important
industries. Both Kansas City and
st. Louis rank high as wholesale
distribution centers for the entire
Observation-Disclosures valley. Flour
mills and cereal plants at St. Jo-
seph had tremendous war output.
Missouri is one of the few middle
states that yet markets ties, lumber,
laths and shingles in large quanti-
ties, supporting more than 300 COM
mercial sawmills. The state has
the largest deposits of lead, zinc
and coal in the Middle West. 1t also
has valuable clays, building stone
and sands. Missouri produces about
AZ per cent of the annual production
of baryte for the United States.
With its varied topography. Mis-
souri, has many scenic attractions.
1t has more than 240 recorded caves,
many with several floors and some
with underground streams. Besides
its many natural lakes, it has Lake
"a Viz OZQI hS WIllCIi was CTGdl6O Oy
the Bagnell dam across the Usage
river, built in 1929. This lake is l29
miles long with 1900 miles of shore
line. Big Spring, with a measured
daily flow of $40, 100000 gallons, is
the largest in the world. All
streams and lakes are stocked with
fish, and the hunting of quail, ducks
and other birds is widespread. The
forests and hills Of the Ozark noun
tains are nationally famous.
Spanned by Railroads.
Missouri is one of the leading rail-
road states of the nation. being
served by l3 trunk line roads
Agricultural products of Missouri
include two and one-half billion
pounds of beef annually; one billion
| pounds of pork; four billion pounds
of milk; one million pounds of chick
ems; besides eggs, sheep. cotton.
wool, corn. wheat, tobacco, soy
beans and other crops
FrGm its rich historical back
ground. Missouri has emerged
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
NouM Rl1k N

The smiling, confident young man
entered a New York bank. He
stepped up to the managers desk.
Good day, sir, he announced.
"Has your bank any need of a
highly intelligent, college-trained
MANI"
The manager poised a pencil
over a form. "Your manner"
"sGradwell Lesserman."
"Experience?"
"Just out of college,"
'EWhat kind of a position are YOU
seeking?" asked the manager.
'Well," unused the young man,
II want something in the execu-
tive line. A vice-presidency, for
example"
The manager put down his pen
ell. "I'm really very sorry" he
said, sarcastically, ''but we have
twelve vice-presidents."
The young man waved a hand.
"Oh, that's all right" he stated,
happily. ''I'm not superstitiousl"
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07

LOYAL SON -. Phil M. Donnelly,
governor Of Missouri, is a loyal son
who "never bothered" to feave
his native state. Born at Lebanon,
Mo-. March 6, 1891, Donnelly attend.
ed Missouri schools, practiced law
in his native state, served as county
and city attorney, and spent 20 years
in the state legislature before being
elected governor for a four-year
term in l944. He is married and
has one son.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07

woods are thick, fruits and berries
abound, and beneath the soils sur
face are rich stores Of minerals.
High in Industries.
Although rich agricultural state,
Missouri has two billion dollar
manufacturing industry even in nor
NAL years. Meat packing at Kansas
City and st. Joseph, boots and shoes
at st. Louis, mems and womer's
clothing in all the large cities, to-
bacco processing, airplane manufac-
ture. book and other printing, and
industries established to process the
states resources and raw products
place Missouri among the ranking
industrial states. Mining, lumber
ing, cement making, corn cob pipes
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07

choppers. running away from the
boil weevil. discovered the incredible
richness of ''SWampeast," where in
places the alluvial muck rad been
as much as 200 feet thick
More than two millio, acres of
Swampeast today are drained by
great bitches What was once worth
less swamp land is now worth up to
ST., 900 an acre! It produces almost
twice as much cotton to the acre
as any other non-irrigated land
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07

continental prairie. Southwestern
Missouri is part of the Ozark
plateau Of Arkansas, and fiat SOUTH
eastern Missouri is delta or bottom
land characteristic of the lower Mis-
sissippi valley.
The states diversity is even
pronounced in its people. The
quiet st. Louis business man Is
unlike the go-getter from Kan
sas City. The farmer in north
ern Missouri speaks a different
language than the delta agricul-
turist. And the Ozark people
differ from all the rest. On one
thing they all agree: Missouri is
q great state! MissOurians have
a state pride as deep and fixed i,
as any Texans.
There are no deserts, no barren
peaks in Missouri. Corn grows tall,
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
as a friendly, hospitable state, .
little more southern than north
ern in accent, a little more west
ern than eastern in its ways.

10 q AAVAAAAJS AOOPAV0OAO SSsSS~1 -
little more southern than north
ern in accent, a little more west
ern than eastern in its ways.
LaSalle's explorations in 1852 To-
Gated what is now Missouri as q
part of the vast Louisiana purchase.
It was relinquished to Spain in 1852,
returned to France in 1900 and pur-
chased by the United States in 1803
During the Civil war, Missouri, al
though slave state, furnished 10S,-
773 troops to the Union and more
than SO. 900 to the Confederate army.
Many Historic Sites.
The state has many sites Of his
toric and prehistoric interest. At
many places are traces Of Indian
villages and camp sites. Indian
mounds, and earthworks are numer-
GUS. The old home of U. S. Grant,
built by the general himself, still
stands outside the city limits of St.
Louis. The boyhood home Of Mark
Twain Samuel L. Clemens) is pre-
served at Hannibal, and statues of
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
have been erected.
Missouri is known as 1.-The Mother
Of the West" Inspired by reports
of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
a st. Louis Spaniard named Manuel
Lisa in 1909 organized the first Of
the fur-trading companies. Jim
Bridger, first white man to see the
Salt Lake valley, was a Missouri
fur trader. The Oregon Trail led
from Missouri to the Pacific coast,
and Independence, st. Joseph and
other western Missouri towns out
fitted the men who conquered the
West. Eastern terminus Of the Pony
Express was at st. Joseph. and the
Santa Fe Trail was blazed from New
Franklin to the Southwest, with the
Santa Fe railroad to follow later.
It was the Missouri Compromise"
act of congress that brought Mis-
souri, into the union as state in
1921 t
Born in turmoil, it has endured all
the hardships of pioneering, insur-
rection, reconstruction and modern
competition. Perhaps through the
trials of generations its people have
learned that "show me" attitude is
far safer than naive acceptance Of
things at face value!
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
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Editors Note: This Is an
other in the "StOries of the
States" serieS.)
BY EDWARD EMERINE
WNU Features

There's no place Like Mis-
souri-as any Missourian will
tell you. Part northern, part
southern, part eastern and
part western, and wholly
American, the "Show Me-"
state is a collection Of indi-
viduals, climates, soils, indus
tries and resources. "Build a
fence around Missouri, cut it
off from the rest of the world,
and it will get along all right"
is a boast often heard.
Missourians might be nearly right
at that about their state being
self-sustaining. Cut off from the rest
Of the world, they still could enjoy
mountains, plains, rivers and lakes.
They could eat beefsteak, lamb
chops, ham and bacon, fresh fish,
fried chicken, fruits, vegetables
and bread, and still have plenty
OF whipped cream, pie, cake, sugar,
potatoeS-Irish or Sweet-oatmeal,
butter and eggs. Their shoes
would be made in st. Louis, and they
would have a choice Of wool or cot
ton clothing, straw or felt hats, light
clothing or fur coats. Besides, they
would have whisky. beer, wine, to-
bacco, corncob pipes and the Mis-
souri, mule. They might be short on
gold and few other luxuries, but
they would have coal, wood, lead,
zinc, iron. glass, clay, copper, nick
el, cobalt. steel, antimony, tungsten,
arsenic and some oil and gas.
Topography Is Diversified.
geographically. Missouri is more
a part Of several other regions than
a region in itself Northern Mis-
souri, is a continuation Of the rich,
rolling farm lands of Iowa. Western
Missouri is part Of the great mid
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
Worthless Svunnp in,o Productive Form Land

known Today it has 100000 acres
in cotton, which, although only two
per cent of Missouri's farm land,
makes cotton the states leading
cash crop.
One of the largest developments,
consisting of more than 1000 miles
of bitches which drain $50, 900
aires, is the Little River drainage
district. built by private enterprise
without penny of federal or, stat
E.oney.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07

Not many years ago much of the
southeastern part of Missouri was
a great wooded swamp. Swamp
east it was called. Today it re.
sembles Yazoo valley of Mississippi.
with some of the richest soil in the
world.
First came the woodsmen who cut
down the trees in the, swampland
Next came few settlers who were
successful with diversified farming
In 1923 southern planters and share
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
In Little Pieces

Professor-If molecules can be
split into atoms, and atoms broken
up into electrons, can electrons be
split further?
Student Well, Professor, you
might try mailing them to someone
In q package marked Fragile
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
Renovated

An evangelist claims no new sin
has been invented in the last 5000
years bu: lot Of them have beer,
polished up until they look as good
a. new.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
BOOmerangs

Doctor-That check you gave me
came back.
Patient-Well, that sure is strange.
Doc. So has my lumbago.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
Heavy Thinking

'I'n bet you think twice before
leaving that wife Of yours alone for
an evening"
"Yep. First l think up an excuse
for going out. Then I think UP
a reason why she can't come
along!"
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
Got something for splitting hssdsehs? ?
All in the Mind
By G. Kessler

II thought you were working for
Mr.. Jones'"
$50 did I, but he didn't and now
/ don't" E
Arizona sun., 1947-02-07
Pretty SoggY

Joe-Say. would you like to see
something swell?
Moe-Sure.
Joe-Put q sponge in q bucket Of
water.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
LEGION LEADERS
CONFER AT BEACH
Officials Drafting Plans For
Convention Al Resort
Here

Plans for the 1947 state Ameri-
can Legion convention, expected
to be the largest ever held in North
Carolina with an attendance of 10,-
600 predicted, were laid at a meet
ing yesterday of local and state
Legion officials at Carolina Beach,
site of the planned assembly.
In attendance at the all-day ses-
sionswere Paul Younts, of Raleigh,
executive state vicFcommander;
Joe Mann, Whiteville,' district COM
mander; Ray Galloway, depart
ment vice-commander; Bill Farm
er, general convention chairman;
W. M. Matthews, commander OF
the Carolina Beach post; Mrs.
Thomas w. Bird, president of the
state auxiliary; Mrs. W. R. Hart
zog, president of the Wilmington
auxiliary unit; Mrs. Thomas j.
Cause, past state president of the
auxiliary; Mrs. J. B. Edwards, past
president of the Wilmington unit;
and Mrs. Percy Morton, president
Of the Carolina Beach auxiliary.
Yesterdays conference was held
in the resorts city hall, with the
afternoon session under the guild.
ance of Farmer and Mrs. Morton
Hosts at lunch were the Carolina
Beach post and the auxiliary.
Details of the plans laid will be
released following approval by the
state commander.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
BATTLE IN HOUSE
LINENS ASSEMBLY
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desired by one-fifth Of the member
ship.
Agreement Reached
A "gentleman's agreement was
reached, however, whereby a ma
jority of the House can pass on the
permanent adoption of rules as
recommended by the rules COM
mittee. Since 1941, a two-thirds vote
was required.
Umstead and Rep. Moseley OF
Guilford took the fight over the
gag rule to the Rules committee
which met Wednesday afternoon,
and there again went down in de-
feat. :
Umstead offered a motion which
would change the rules so that a
bill could be moved from the COM
mittee to which it was assigned by
the speaker with a majority instead
of a two-thirds vote.
Rep. W. Frank Taylor of Wayne,
in opposing the motion. pointed
out that il several places the rule:
provide for a two-thirds vote ane
he defended the rule as "a goot
rule intended to expedite the dis
patch of business"
Taylor's substitute motion re
tanning the 1945 rule which call!
for a two-thirds vote was carried
by a voice vote.
The fight will be resumed in the
House on Friday when the Rule!
committee makes its report. Rep
Gass of Forsyth. was appointed
chairman of the Rules committee
and presided over its session.
The first major bill to hit the
House hopper was one by Rep
Kermon of New Hanover providing
the pay increases. Added to emer
gency bonuses now being paid, i
would provide Is per cent boosts
for those making up to $1,000
year; 20 per cent for those making
up to 81, 200; Is per cent for thos'
making $4,000; and 10 per cent TO
those making 5000 or over. TIL
measure would not be applicable t.
constitutional office holders.
The Senate session was sedate
Officers were installed, anon,
them President Pro Tenn Jo'
Blythe of Mecklenburg, organiza
ton was completed and Blythe wa
named by President Ballentine a
chairman of the Rules committee
A resolution was passed payin.
tribute to the late Walter (Pete
Murphy of Rowan, a veteran mem
Der who died a year ago.
AS the uproarious House sessio,
moved along, speaker Pearsal
voiced an unexpected list of rec
omendations, one of them strikini
at lobbyists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
BELL CITES WORK
OF DEVELOPMENT
Continued From Page One)

but, until some organized effort
is done towards securing Federal
appropriations, the construction Of
flood-control measures will neces-
sarily have to be delayed. The
Buggs Island project can be ex-
pected to afford a partial solution
to the flood-control problems on the
Roanoke.
Mr.. Bell explained to the Engi-
neer Society the methods river
basin organizations follow in many
years of existence along the Ala
bama-Coosa, the Savannah, and
the Altamaha Rivers, in their or
ganized effort to bring to the atten-
ton of Congress the local problems
and need for flood-control protec-
ton, navigation, and hydroelectric-
power development.
Proceeding Mr.. Bells address
new officers were installed by the
club. Headed by C. L. Matthews,
who succeeds D. B. Packard as
president, the new officials in
clude:
R. A. Ashworth, who succeeded
Mr.. Matthes as vice president; and
Ben Merritt, who succeeds H. E.
Hicks as secretary-treasurer.
George Thomas was renamed as
a member Of the board of direct
ors, while George Gillette, Jr., was
named a director succeeding Mr..
Ashworth who became vice presi-
dent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
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general settlement of the conse'
quences Of this war.
There will be no disarmament,
atomic or otherwise, unless the
rivalry of the great powers Is re-
placed by a concert Of the great
powers. AS long as they are in fact
rivals, as they are now, and there
fore potential enemies, agreements
however promising when they are
stated in general terms will be OBJ
structed by disagreement over con-
crete details.
This is not in reality a pessi-
mistic view. For it means in prac-
tice that we shall be discussing
disarmament while We r dis
cussing a political and economic
peace. The two discussions will be
carried on at the same time.
Neither can be concluded sepa-
rately. Either we shall achieve
both peace and disarmament, or
we shall get neither.
This in substance is, I take it,
what the President meant when
he said in his message to Congress
that In our steady progress
toward a more rational world
order, the need for large armed
forces is progressively declining;
but the stabilizing force of Ameri-
can military strength must not be
weakened until our hopes are fully
realized. When a system of collec-
tive security under the United Ma
tons has been established, we shall
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
KIWANIANS HERE
INSTALL OFFICERS
Continued From Page One)

Bruce B. Cameron Memorial camp
was the outstanding job accomp-
lished in the 7th district during the
year.
He then presented Laney with the
past-president's pin and cautioned
him that it represented another
year as a member of the KiWanis
official family.
Directors Jack Hope, George D.
Conant, Fred Little, C. S. Morse,
Paul Allen, Jack LeGrand and o.
G. Balm e then indicted into
office and reminded that their task
was that of business manager Of
the club during the year 1947.
Walter B. Freed was then induct.
ed into office as secretary-treasuer,
the lieutenant-governor paying him
the compliment of being one of the
two hardest working secretaries ir
the 7th district.
George D. Conant then stepped
forward to be indicted into the Of
flee of vice president and Their
Rex Willis was presented with the
presidents pin and handed the Ki.
wants gavel which he will wielc
during the present year of club &C.
tivities.
Following the induction cere.
monies, Rawl spoke briefly, telling
officers and members that they
could find true happiness in the &C.
complishment Of set tasks during
the year.
President Willis announced that
committee chairman and person
mel for the year would be printed
in the next club bulletin and retir
ing president Laney voiced appre
citation for the fine cooperation he
had received during the year.. Or
motion of Jack LeGrand he wa.
accorded a rising vote of thanks fol-
his leadership.
Visitors for the day were Nick
Avera Of Raleigh and E. Herber'
Powell, new manager of the Will
mington branch of the North Car
DINA Employment Service.
Attendance prize went to Henry
Jones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Today And Tomorrow

| be willing to lead in collective dis
armament, but, until such a sys-
tenn becomes a reality, we mus
not again allow u weakness to
invite attack"
The visit of the Italian Prime
Minister, is a reminder of what
the making of peace requires, MIR.
De Gasperi is no ex-enemy states
man. He has never been an enemy,
always our ally and the partisan
of the civilization which the war
was fought to- defend. There can
be no question here, or indeed
anywhere else, that the govern
ment Of which he is the head has
earned the right to the support
of the United Nations.
Whatever help we can give him
now-both material and moral
we should give him. But in help.
ing Italy let us realize that Eu-
rope cannot be saved merely by
helping mi country and then an
other to tide over its immediate
difficulties. The help we can give
in this fashion will be quite tenn
porary unless we can at the same
time provide a plan and a project
for the reconstruction Of a Euro.
pean system. The Italian problem
is insoluble by Italy alone, or by
Italy with such help as we car
give. For Italy is a part Of Europe,
and unless there is a settlement
which looks towards the solidar.
ity of Europe, nothing that wi.
last can be accomplished.
Copyright, New York Tribune, Inc,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09

Chief emphasis was placed on the
Methodist College Advance, a
movement in the conference to
raise 1915, 900 for the church col
leges in North Carolina, yesterday
morning during the final session II
the two-day conference OF minis
tiers and laymen in the Wilmington
district, held at the Wesleyan Meth
odist church at Winter Park.
]. H. Rose, superintendent OF
Greenville city schools, delivering
the keynote address on Education
and the Methodist Church in North
Carolina, "stated that over $500, oOO
in cash and pledges has been rails
ed since the drive was launched
last October.
1.-The church has led in providing
education" said Rose, since the
Protestan reformation. One pop
ular denomination after another
has risen in zeal to preach the Llv-
ing Word, but not n OF these de-
nominations has survived that fail
ed to provide educational lnstitu-
tions for its ministers"
Bishop Asbury and Bishop Coke
planned a college in America while
most of the circuit riders were still
riding in the Wilderness he said.
1T is no accident that today the
Methodist church in North Carolina
maintains a system of colleges and
la University that parallels our
great system of tax supported col.
Ieges and universities" he declar-
ed.
1.-THE Methodist Church must con-
tinue to educate its ministers, mis-
sionaries, and other full-time
christian workers." the speaker
continued. Moreover, North Caro-
lima, for it's own good, needs a linn
tied number of colleges and univer.
sites that are free from political
control. We very much need the
church colleges for the sake OF
better tax supported colleges, both
from the standpoint of cooperation
and spiritual influence"
1.-The church exists to give a full
sweep to development and our
sense of eternal obligations but"
he pointed out, Education by the
church must be superior education
if it is to serve its functions"
Rose concluded his talk with q
plea that every loyal Methodist ir
the Wilmington district make 8
contribution to the Methodist Col.
lege Advance. He listed the
church schools as; sufficient salar'
les to obtain teachers of proper
training and ability" sufficienr
library and laboratory facilities;
sufficient endowment to guarantee
: a reasonable degree of permanency
to the institution, and adequate
buildings, both for dormitory anc
administrative purposes.
eff we reach the $875, 900 goal,
we will enable the church colleges
to improve their services to the
church as we'll as to the state" he
said.
Preceding the talk by Mr.. Rose,
the conference divided into SIX
groups, each group including min
listers and laymen of the six zones
in the Wilmington district, in order
to make definite plans for the
observance of Layman's Day or
Sunday, February %.
The lay leaders for the six dis
tricts are w. A. McGirt, Whining