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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Washington Catlett
States P-T-.1 Meet
Monday Afternoon

There will be a meeting OF
the parents and teachers o. the
Washington Catlett school to-
morrow afternoon at 2:15 in the
school auditorium to organize a
Parent-Teachers association.
All parents are urged to at
tend this meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
A Million Dollars
To Relieve p;l

1t is estimated that over a ,oi,;..
lars annually is speet for yar Ta q 4
dies for relieving piles. Yet arU Ten
VIII tell you you mat sootbing u!lsg
astringent Petersoa's Ointment :, S90tr
pile torture in a few minutes g1l al
6oc IN tube with apphcator. Pc y
Ointment brings prompt, iov ttti'eEN
from itching Money back if not ", 5.l e,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
RELIGIOUS PICTURE SHOWN

"King of Kings" a religious
motion picture produced by &C.
ell B. DeMille, will be shown at
the Wilmington Salvation Army
citadel, 215 South Front street.
at 7:3O pm, today. The public
is invited. No admission will be
charged, according to Maj. Lisle
Shacklefo:d, commanding off
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Sept. 20.-R-No
wheat.
Corn, No. 1 yellow 2.40-240h;
No. 2, 2.39h-2.40R; No. 3,
2.38; No. 4, 2.36; sample grade,
2.03-2.22; No. l white, 2.78h.
Oats, No. white 1.12h; No. 2
LOB; No. 3 heavy white, 1.12k;
No. 4 heavy white medium
1.05A.
Barley: mailing 2.35-2.40 NOM
inal; feed 1.83-1.90 nominal.
Field seed per hundredweight,
nominal.
Timothy, 4.O0-4.25, red top.
12.50-13.00.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
PARKING

NEW BERN, Sept. 20.-New
Bern is getting ready for the
installation of parking meters
on IL blocks of the business dis
trict. They should be ready
for use by the first of the month,
town officials say.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Unlisted
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Securities

The following bid and asked prices are
obtained from the National Association OF
Securities Dealers, Inc. INT other sources
but are unofficial. They do not represent
actual transactions, they are intended as
a guide to the approximate range within
which these securities could have been
sold indicated by the ,"bid") or bought
indicated by the "asked') at the time
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Menico s English Stumps.
Students W7heir Language
By JEAN BASKERVILLE

"The greatest handicap in learning Spanish in Mexi-
co is having my questions in Spanish answered in English"
says Roland Giduz, son of Pro. and Mrs. Hugo Giduz Of
the University of North Carolina and last years managing
editor of the Daily Tar Heel, student newspaper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Oldest order of knigbtbo.,
the the world H is the Papaii 't ords.
the Holy Sepulchre, fon TaGe5
1899. IoulQed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Open High Low Close
GRAIN RANGE
Hill -.

Open High Low Close
WHEAT
Sep 2.56 2.62 2.51 2.57A
Dec 2.59A 2.62A 2.50M 2.57h
May 2.54 2.57 2.46M 2.52
Jly 2.31R 2.34H 2.25% 2.27R
Sep 2.39 2.4112 2.38 2.38
Dec 2.22 2.22 2.18B 2.18%
May 2.13k 2.14h A2.12b 2.12h
Jly '2.O5k 2.07A .2.05h 2.50b
OATS
Sep 1.12A Lips 1.05A 1.0s
Dec 1.O9 .1.09A 1.03A 1.05A
May 100 1.00A 95A 96A
SOYBEANS-
Nov 1924 1924 3.18 500
Mar 3.21 3.21 3.21 3.21
T.ARD-
Evening star., 1947-07-06

The alias Jones" was a convenience which
he adopted as the result of two charges of
murder. It was under such a cloud as
might have ruined ordinary men that he
Joined the Continental Navy. Successfully
senior lieutenant and captain, he COM
manded the Alfred, the Providence and the
Ranger. then the celebrated Bon Homme
Richard. His contest with the British
Scraps is a classic often cited for the
savage courage of all participants. The
immediate effect of the news of his victory
was worldwide. Even in England, America
thereafter was recognized as naval power.
But Jones adopted country never re-
placed the Richard with ship worthy of
his merits. He who first had flown the
Stars and Stripes over the waves and first
received the salute of foreign marine
detachment was thanked by Congress and
promised a 74>gun vessel in process of con-
struction. When the ship was ready, how
ever, it was turned over to the French, and
her disillusioned master remained ashore
In 1888 he was in the employ of the Rus
sian Empress, Catherine. Four years later,
on July 18, 1892, he died in Paris. Accord
ing to his own record he had shared in %
battles and solemn rencontres." More
Importantly, he had set an example which
has been an inspiration to multitudes of
other sailors, other officers, other patriots
The homage paid to him today on the
bicentenary of his birth comes from the
heart of the people of the Nation he helped
to establish,
Evening star., 1947-07-06
If There Must Be Two

OF the twenty-five nations invited by
Britain and France to join in the forth
coming European recovery conference, the
only ones likely to demur are those behind
the Iron curtain" Poland is on record as
favoring such a conference, but it will not
attend without Russia's permission. The
same may be said of Finland, YugoSlavia,
Hungary and all other countries within the
Soviet orbit. Czechoslovakia has more free
dom Of action, but its midway position be-
tween east and west has naturally in
hibiting effect. It's decision will therefore
depend on what its leaders learn during
their hurried visit to Moscow.
BY every standard of common sense, of
course, all RuSSia's satellites or near
satellites have good reason to want to take
part in continent-wide recovery program.
They need the industrial production of the
west, just as the west needs food and Ger
tain raw materials from them. To prosper,
the two interdependent halves of Europe
must function largely as an economic unit,
and they could cooperate in doing so If
the Soviet Union-instead of forcing a
permanent split-would give them half
chance Unless it abandons the position
taken by MI. Molotov at the recent Paris
conference, however, the Stain govern
ment will not let them have that chance.
Accordingly, although Britain and France
have once again urged the Russians to
reconsider and participate Fundamentally
in planning recovery on continent-wide
basis, there seems little likelihood that the
satellite countries will reply favorably to
the Anglo French invitation. Their pol
icies are tied to Moscow, and Moscow has
made clear that it will have none of the
Marshall proposal. 1t has made clear that
1t wants two Europes, and not an inte-
grated overall program to reinvigorate
the European economy with American aid
that would be conditioned on acts of CO.
operation doing away with such things as
the iron curtain"
In other words, nothing short of basic,
last-minute change in Soviet policy will
permit genuine, all-inclusive European
approach to the problem. The satellite
peoples may be anxious to cooperate fully
In the Marshall proposal, but even if they
attend the conference opening July II,
their presence will mean little unless Mos
COW reverses itself and gives concrete evi-
dence of wanting common action for the
common good. At the moment, the signs
indicate that the Russians are primarily
interested in making kind of closed eco
nomic and political federation out of the
countries behind the iron curtain" The
prospect thus looks dim for any reversal
on their part. The western powers, in the
circumstances, have no choice but to act
AS unitedly as possible among themselves.
If there must be two worlds, ours can spare
no effort to be the stronger
Evening star., 1947-07-06

1t is time now-or never-for a bold move
toward an age-old dream, the unihcation Of
democratic Western Europe.
Last week, by Russia's choice, our globe was
broken into two worlds. Today, we of the
West are embarked on a cooperative attempt
to push back the frontiers OF hunger and
unrest. to make room for freedom. That is
what the Marshall aid program means Rus
sia, on the other hand, is committed to policy
of throttling this effort, Of seeing that our
program fails.
There Is no escape from the truth that we
are now in struggle, as real as shooting
war, in which the survival Of Western values
is at stake. The question is whether we can
produce order before Russia produces chaos
We must fight this battle of peace with all
the strategic care, all the daring and deter
mination, which we would bring to a war of
survival.
If We of the West do this-if we do not allow
our strength to be sapped by apathy--every-
thing, including the right, is on our side.
Europe is the immediate battle-ground and
the crucial one. The outcome of the struggle
there-the chance that the continent will not
be submerged in the Communist tide-depends
essentially on whether Europeans have suf-
fcient faith in themselves and their future
as free men.
The Bases for Hope
They will not have this faith unless they have
reason to believe two things. The first Is that
America Is determined to back up democratic
forces abroad and will not permit Europe to
be sucked against its will into the Russian orbit
Secondly, they must believe Europe holds the
seeds of its own resurrection, and through
reasoned evolution Of it's traditional system can
once again play dignified and worthy role on
the world stage.
1t Is up to us to see that Europeans
have the first Of these necessary foundations
to their faith. But Europe must provide the
second for itself.
1t can, If it chooses, by simply pulling itself
together. For Europe can do what no single
one of its national units can do. 1t can ressur-
rect ttself-make itself, in fact, going and
powerful economic concern.
As has been said, this at least is the time to
move toward uniflcation-toward, that is, the
"utopian" concept of the United States of
Europe which is generally recognized as the
only eventual salvation the continent can know
The word toward" is to be stressed There
is danger, we have learned, in trying to build
the structure of peace from the town down. 1t
would be a mistake to count today on the abl-
ity or willingness of Western European nations
to bury their national entities in an all-out
political union. Tomorrow, perhaps. Mean
while, the pulling together of the continent can
be begun on the basic level of economies
Such an economic union, if it we're to ac-
complish its purpose, would involve four radical
forms of cooperation. They are these:
/. The Western European nations would
agree to grant one another equal access to mar
kets under their control.
2 They would agree to grant one another
equal access to raw materials under their con-
troll.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
John Paul Jones

An atmosphere of mystery always has
hung about the first of the great Amer
lean sea fighters and not the least splendid
in the long line" Even his name has been
a matter of discussion. Tradition tells that
he was born John Paul, the son of gar
dener on an estate on Solway Firth in
Scotland The date of the start of his
strange career allegedly was July 7, 1747.
One of his many biographers says: His
family was obscure, his circumstances mar
row. his advantages meager, his oppor-
tunities limited" but his genius rose su
perior" to every handicap and he rendered
services to the United States for which
immortality is an inadequate gesture of
appreciation.
Cabin boy on ship to Virginia, next
mate on Jamaica brigantine, he learned
the ways of the maritime trade from the
bottom to the top in terms of grueling
labor, small reward, bitter disappointment.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Luqqinq Safety Proqrum

Superintendent of Schools Cornings re-
quest for revision of District traffic regu-
lations to permit establishment of automo-
bile driving courses in all the high schools
deserves prompt consideration. Until the
rules are modified DR.. Corning does not
feel justified in extending the scope of such
classes, now limited to the vocational night
schools. An excellent opportunity for ex
tension of the safety program to all the
high schools is afforded through the public
spirited offer by an automobile industry
committee of dual-control cars.
School authorities have been reluctant
to take advantage of the offer until certain
objections to the plan have been overcome.
One question at issue is that of liability for
personal or property damage in event of
an accident during instruction operations.
School officials naturally do not wish to
become liable for such damages. An in
surance program, financed by the District,
might be the answer. DR.. Corning also
objects to requiring students to pay the
three-dollar learners permit fee. Waving
of this fee would be in the public interest.
Another rule which should be waived is the
a car at one time This limitation obvi-
ously will handicap school authorities in
making the most effective use of available
cars. Garaging and servicing of the cars
are additional problems to be considered.
There is no good reason why all these
difficulties cannot be ironed out-as they
have been in many other progressive COM
munities. The Presidents Highway Safety
Conference several times has stressed the
value of teaching youth the elements of
safe driving as part of the regular high
school curriculum. Studies have indicated
that many accidents involving young
drivers might have been averted had the
drivers had the adve ntage of proper in
struction in the handling OF an automobile.
Washington s,,culd not continue to lag
behind other o.es in adopting this sofety
education program. /
Evening star., 1947-07-06
To Meet Security Needs

With world conditions growing worse
instead of better, the Senate Military
Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee has
evidenced an understandable reluctance
to go along with the House in the latters
determination to slash the Army'S budget.
Despite the urgent pleas of top military
experts, the House cut the requests of the
ground and air forces by $435, ,309,077.
Opposing it's judgment as to the adequacy
of the reduced funds to that of General
Eisenhower and other military authorities,
the House reduced the strength of ground
troops and aviation to point that General
Eisenhower contended was below the
danger point.
Subsequently Russia further disturbed
the peace of the world by torpedoing the
Paris Conference and contributing to
final division of Europe into opposing
economic and political blocs-a frictional
development that bodies no good for peace
loving peoples. It was probably more than
a coincidence that the Senate subcommit
tees recommendation for restoration of
most of the House cuts and the granting
of additional contractual authority for
planes came within few hours Of the
Paris Conference collapse.
With a realistic regard for the changing
needs of national security in this fast
moving air age, the subcommittee laid
due emphasis on the Importance of keep
ing our air defense-and offense-reason-
ably strong. Army aviation, like the
ground forces, demobilized too rapidly
and too extensively after the close of
hostilities 1t gave up not only too much
equipment but too many experienced
flyers and ground crewmen. The AAF,
seeking to rebuild its strength toward
what it considered minimum requirements
in the critical year ahead had sought
funds for seventy air groups. But the
Presidents budget provided for only fifty
five air groups and the House cut this
number to thirty eight The subcom-
n1ittee, under the able leadership of
Senator Gurney, restored the provision
for fifty-fve groups. More than that, it
boosted contractual authority for new
planes one hundred million dollars above
the two hundred and eighty millions
allowed by the Budget Bureau.
The Gurney subcommittee action is
timely its reasoning sound. The full
committee would be we'll advised to accept
the report and to submit it promptly to
the Senate for approval. And the Senate
will be avoiding what General Eisenhower
termed gambling" in the field of security
If it insists on adoption of the suncom-
nlittee's recommendations.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Fifty Years Ago

Among the small items offered by The Stal
under date of June 10, 1897 were these curious
"gleanings": "St. Louis had
News pretty little year-old girl
Miscellaneous named Cyclonia, because she
was born the night OF the
great storm. Lady Elspeth Campbell, grand
daughter of the Duke of Argyll, is skilled
player on the bagpipe and through her the
instrument has become fashionable in English
dra wing rooms Edhem Pasha has forwarded
to the Sultan big dog of the royal Danish
breed, formerly the property OF Crown Prince
Constantine and captured at Larissa When
Nansen (the Arctic explorer passed the day
with Emperor William, the emperor introduced
his children to his guest In a characteristic
manner After dinner the young princes were
called They filed in and stood to attention
In military style. Shake hands with this gentle
man. said the emperor. Look well at him.
Some day you will be able to understand what
his work is, and then you will be glad to be
able to say you have met him."
The Star for July /, 1897, reported: For the
first time in history general census has been
taken of the population of the
Russion Russian empire which is shown to
Census number 1921, lib, of which total
64616,2S0 are males and GA 504 1888
females. United States Consul General Karel
at ST. Petersburg, who transmits the figures to
the State Department, says they show that in
As years the population Of Russia has doubled
and during the last IL years 1t has increased
20 per cent. To take this census the Russian
government employed an army Of 100000 per-
Evening star., 1947-07-06
A Democratic Balkan Front

1t Is as interesting as it is significant
that the first major reaction of the
oppressed peoples beyond the Soviet iron
curtain" should have been proclaimed
here in Washington.
Timed appropriately on the Fourth of
July, authentic spokesmen Of the Peasant
Parties of Eastern Europe. free to speak
because in exile from their oppressed
homelands, issued a manifesto on behalf
of democratic peasant movement aimed
at the eventual liberation of their coun-
tries from totalitarian tyranny and the
establishment of a United States of Europe.
The prime movers in this new move
ment are. Ferenc Macy, former Hungarian
Premier and leader of the Small Land
holders Party; Georgi NJ Dimitrov, head
Of the Bulgarian Peasant Party; Vladimir
Matchek, former Vice Premier of Yugo-
slavia and president of the Croatian
Peasant Party, and Milan Gavrilovitch,
head of the Serbian Peasant Party. But
with them are associated representatives
of the Polish and Romanian Peasant
Parties. So there is good reason for
assuming the correctness of their claim
that they voice the aspirations of more
than 100000 persons who stand for
political and economic democracy, i'll
dividual liberty, and private ownership"
These accredited spokesmen for the
peasant millions of Eastern Europe have,
one and all been forced to flee from the
homelands by the same brutal technique
of local Communist minoritieS backed
by Moscow. Their aim is to appeal to the
!, civilized world and hearten their oppressed
followers at home, in the hope that the
tyranny now existing in their native lands
may be broken. Their tactics are the
creation of an overall committee which
will present the case of their countries
to the United Nations at the September
meeting of the Assembly, either directly
or through friendly members, under Article
IA of the Charter, which entities the
Assembly to consider any situation in
volving a threat to the peace or good
relations among nations.
In all this there is an interesting parallel
with the movement which arose in Eastern
Europe after World War I. At that time,
the Peasant Parties of most of the nations
IN that part of the Continent favored the
; movement then known as the Green Inter-
national This trend came to naught,
ewing partly to nationalistic rivalries
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Franco PIebiscite

On this Sunday morning throughout
Spain polling booths are open for unique
electoral verdict. The voters are asked to
affirm by their ballots the law of success
sion promulgated by the government
which, in effect, establishes Generalissimo
Francisco Franco as lifetime dictator of
Spain.
This succession law formally declares
Spain to be kingdom and provides for
the selection of king or regent as sue
cessor to Franco on his death or retire
ment. 1t empowers the generalissimo to
install a monarch during his term of office,
but the chances that he would do this
appear slim. This is because the legitimate
heir to the throne, Don Juan de Borbon,
son of the late Alfonso XIII, has refused
the offer made to him by Franco, which
would have made him little more than
fgurehead and would also have implied
Don Juan's Endorsement of the present
regime. Theoretically, Franco could choose
some other member of the royal family,
notably the Carlist "pretender," who is
supported by the ultra conservatives, es-
pecially in Navarro. However, it Is most
unlikely that the generalissimo would at
tempt to place upon the throne per-
sonality which would awaken the dynastic
feud that dates back a century and has
cost Spain two civil wars.
Although the balloting will be osten-
sibly free, the general opinion among
Spaniards seems to be that Franco is sure
of an Endorsement" by the electorate. At
least, there appears to be widespread and
rather cynical apathy among the voters.
The articulate opposition is confined to the
radical elements and the monarchists,
though for diametrically opposite reasons.
The radicals still secretly give their allie
glance to the republic, overthrown by
Franco in the civil war which ended nearly
a decade ago. The monarchists want
genuine restoration without the strings
that Franco has attached
In his radio address to the nation on the
eve of this electoral referendum, Franco
stressed the guiding principles of his re-
gime as being patriotism, religion and
social justice" He tacitly admitted short
comings in his system by saying that "one
can remedy the defects of a regime, but
one seldom escapes from chaos" He ended
on note of rhetorical pathos when he
declared: Il cannot serve you after I am
dead" adding that this law of succession
guaranteed continuance of what he stood
for.
1t is as yet uncertain whether the radi-
Gals and monarchists will show their oppo-
sition by voting adversely, by staying away
from the polls or by casting blank ballots
Those respective techniques have all been
suggested by opposition leaders
This succession law, if adopted, will place
Spain in an analogous position to that of
Hungary after the overthrow of the short
lived Communist regime of Bella Kun.
The counterrevolutionary leader Admiral
Horthy declared Hungary to be kingdom,
but made no serious attempt to restore the
legitimate Hapsburgs. He functioned as
regent for more than twenty years until
Hungary was first taken over by Nazi Ger
many and then conquered by Soviet Russia.