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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
TEACHER pAY ADVANCE

Whether it is called an increase or a
bonus, the bill providing more pay for
state employees and school teachers has
been approved by the state Senate and
House. 1t will mean bigger checks during
the balance of the present fiscal year, and
is retroactive 10 November l, 1916, with
halt the total 10 be disbursed during
next month.
The matter has been in dispute for two
weeks and more and represents a com
promise between Legislators who endors-
ed a straight 20 per cent advance and
forces in the stale who demanded a 40
per cent hike. AS the bill now stands. the
bonus will be graduated in amounts &C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
ARMED FORCES MERGER

The proposal for merging the Army and
Navy under one department, with a single
officer e%xerting complete command over
all the armed forces, will again make its
appearance in Congress. And the public.
which has a very vital interest in anything
concerning our military establishment,
should realize that steps already taken
have put into effect what is good in the
unification plan-without putting into ef-
feet that which might prove dangerously
bad.
The most important Of these steps oc-
Cured recently, when the President ap
proved a plan Of the joint Chiefs Of Staff
whereby a single commander is given
complete operational responsibility in each
theatre where there are American forces.
Clearly delineated areas Of command have
been laid down. AS an example, General
Macarthur has complete command au-
thoritY over all Army, Navy and other
military facilities, personnel and estab-
lishments in the Far East. Other generals
and admirals exert similar authority in
their designated spheres.
This in itself makes impossible the d.
vision of responsibility which had so
much TO do with the Pearl Harbor disaster
One man, not two or three, commands,
and his duties are fixed and clear. Al.
the same time, the spirit Of competition, Of
pride in branch of service, which means
so much 10 any fighting force, is main
tanned.
A complete merging Of the services
would harm that spirit. 1t would reflect
adversely on that vitality important in
tangible-morale. Morale is one Of the
chief strengths Of a defense force in time
OF peace-or a striking force in time of
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25

cordinq the base pay Of the beneficiary
Raleigh reports general satisfaction
among teachers and state workers with
the final outcome Of the prolonged battle
Naturally there will be many among
those who considered the 40 per cent ad-
vance proper TO complain thai they have
been unjustly treated. They will do we'll
10 apply 10 themselves the adage that halt
a loaf is better than no bread at all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
THE BOOK OF
KNOWLEDGE

ships all the way around Afric5
After the Phoenicians came the
Greeks and then the Romans: ane
for centuries the Mediterranean
Sea was the center of an ever ex'
banding world. Then Rome begar
to lose her hold on the lands she
had conquered and civilized. anc
the Empire broke up under the
invasions Of barbarians from the
north and from the east. Still,
however, men sailed the seas. anc
10th trade and exploration went
on throughout what we call the
early Middle Ages.
Men had begun to sail from the
northern countries, Ireland. Nor
mandy and Brittany in France.
and the Scandinavian countries.
Little is known about the mari
ners, but at least one of them
reached the coast of North Ameri-
ca. This was the Icelander, Lett
Ericsson. who visited the shores OF
Canada and New England in the
year 1000.
Several hundred years after the
time of Left Ericsson, there began
the greatest age of maritime ex-
~ploration and discovery that the
world hss yet seen. 1t began when
the mariners of the Mediterranean
countries started to venture out
into the Atlantic 1.-The sea of
darkness
Always the rich and highly civil
lized lands of Asia had fascinated
the European traders. The East
had many products which Europe
wanted. For centuries these pro-
ducts had to be brought overland
for most of the way. for no sea
routes to Asia were known. Even
if such routes had been known, the
early ships could hardly have fol-
lowed them for in those early days
Europeans had no compasses. no
navigation instruments, and they
had not learned how to make the
proper use of sails, but depended
to a great extent upon oars.
The trade routes to India and
China went through lands of the
Mohammedan Arabs. But as time
went on. the fierce Turks, who had
settled in Asia Minor, conquered
most of western Asia and threat
ened Europe. Now, the Turks hated
all Christians and would not per-
NIT travel through their lands.
The land route to the East was
closed.
Of course. this made people even
more anxious to find a sea route
to Asia, and n idea was to sail
around the continent of Africa
and up across the Indian Ocean.
The Portuguese were the ones who
did the most for navigation in this
period, and it was from Portugal
that the African route was finally
opened by Vasco da Cana.
Copyright. 1916. BY The Groiicr Society
Inc. based upon The Book of knowledge
Distributed BY The United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.
MONDAY:
Different Kinds of atoms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
BETTER THAN A HONEYMOON

This is not a second official honeymoon
for President Truman. II is Tar better than
that. Because he was frank and ouispoken
in his initial relations with the new Ton
oress he has won a much larger degree
of confidence, and commands a greater
measure of cooperation, on Capitol Hill
than his most hopeful supporters believed
possible.
Il goes to show what a man can DO
when he shakes off the shackles and
strikes out for himself. Mr.. Truman has
not fully reqained what he lost while he
was treadinq in President Rooseyelts
footsteps, but is making steady gains in
popular and congressional approval as the
days pass.
Other Presidents confronted with opposi,
lion control in Congress have created an
tagonism by holding strictly TO the party
line. Mr.. Truman gives promise of es-
tablishing better relations between the
White House and the Capitol than any Of
his similarly placed predecessors.
The apostles Of gloom who forecast after
the November balloting, when the republi-
cans swept the country, that the cusio-
mary barrier would again be raised and
the country suffer through contrariness
at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue ap-
pear to be in for an awakening.
When President Truman told the re-
porterS at his press conference thai his
hoped-for cooperation from Congress is d
fact, he gave the American people good
reason 10 expect respectful consideration,
by Congress toward the views and wishes
Of the Chief Executive, and by himself
for the opinions Of the republican majority
in Congress.
CONGRESS and the White House cannot
hope TO maintain complete harmony.
There are bound 10 be differences Of view
point and objective. But it has been made
very plain thai both intend TO work TO-
geiher so far as is humanity possible or
major policies during the Two years re-
naming in Mr.. Truman's administration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Editorial Comment
ATTACKING INFECTIONS

II venereal disease in North Carolina can
be attacked by education, the new magazine
Better Health" and its publisher, the North
Carolina Social Hygiene Society, are destined
to make a real contribution to the task.
CHANGING through the table of contents of
the first issue there is noted a fresh and
intelligent approach to the problem. Recre-
alton can make a contribution Sex instruc-
ton for children will help. The cooperation
of professional people everywhere will be
needed to work with tine schools, the churches,
and the media Of public Interpretation to
strike a hard blow at this vicious tyrant in
North Carolina Until venereal disease infec-
tons are reduced to a new low, the state
is unsafe.-Durham Herald. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
TuNEruL MUSIC

In addition 10 the beauty Of her voice,
The Star also noted that Nan M%erriman,
who sang Thursday night on. the Com
muniiy Concert Associations course.
showed excellent taste in selecting her
program. For the most part she chose mum
bers familiar 10 her audience and for the
most part TOO, they were-for lact Of a
better word-tuneful.
Thus, the auditors, whether we'll &C.
quainted with the world library Of music
or not, found on the one hand ~satisfac-
zion for their cultivated understanding
and on the other delight for their sense Of
hearing. The ear was no less pleased
than the mind.
This emphasis is placed on Miss Mer-
riman's program because it was in sharp
contrast with programs often selected by
instrumental and vocal artists, which are
lacking in this line combination Of quail
lies and instead are concentrated upon
compositions cfrare genius, tc be sure, but
e. mostly over the heads Of average audi
TORS. They would receive a more en-
thusiastlc reception, we are sure, if they
varied their programs, as Miss Merriman
did, by i%nterspersing their classical selec-
lions with old familiar, beautiful and
tuneful compositions.
Because there is no much beautiful and
at the same time great music in the operas
listed for performance here by the New
York Civic Opera group, under sponsor
ship of the Junior Chamber Of Commerce,
1t would appear that music lovers in all
southeastern North Carolina will attend at
least one Of the performances. Bizet's
Carmen, Verdi's Rigoletto and Traviata
are not only great music but have SO
many, we'll, airs if you will, thai most
folks tor months after hearing them 90
about their duties humming or whistlinq
one or another Of them. This is a test that
many operas cannot pass.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
FAMOUS PEOPLE
zen WHO
MADE WORLD KNOWN

The Western Hemisphere vas
for thousands of years unknown to
the people of Europe and Asia.
Europe itself was unknown to the
early Chinese; and far back in the
time of King Solomon and the men
who built the pyramids of Egypt,
few people in Asia Minor and
North Africa knew what lay across
the Mediterranean Sea.
Little by little daring sdventur-
ers and traders pushed the edges
of the map farther back and the
known world grew larger.
The first great explorers of whom
we have any record were the Phoe-
nicians, who lived on the eastern
shore Of the Mediterranean Sea,
and had colonies on the northern
coast of Africa. The Phoenician
traders worked their ships along
the coast of the Mediterranean to
the Greek isles. to France and
Spain and even to England. They
found their way overland to India
and China and Persia, and in the
seventh century B. c. sailed their
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
Mritten fnr.NEA Service

Naturally the major events al
q national tournament draw the
most attention, but the special
events of the tournament often
draw larger attendance. There are
thousands of bridge players VINO
either do not like or cannot take
the long grueling championship
matches. and special events are
provided for them.
At the nationals at HOLLYWOOD.
Fla. the newly elected president
of the American Contract Bridge
League. Raymond J. McGrover OF
Brooklyn. N. Y. playing with Lee
Hazen of New York, a newly elect
ed vice-president of the League,
won the special Florida pair event.
Hazen. one of our outstanding Life
Masters. complimented McGrover
on his play of today's hand.
Moreover refused to win the
first diamond trick, and West then
led his singleton trump, which
was won in dummy. The ace and
king of hearts were cashed and a
heart was ruffed.
Then McGrover went over to
dummy with another trump and
ruffed out the last heart. He knew
from the opening lead that West
held the queen of diamonds. and
from the bidding. West (vulner-
able) must have the ace of clubs.
So he cashed the balance of
dummy's spades, discarding his
five of clubs on the last spade and
retaining in his own hand the ace
jack of diamonds and king of
clubs. West had to decide whether
to bare down to the queen of dia-
monds and ace-queen of clubs. or
blank down to the ace of clubs.
He threw away the queen of clubs.
w~hereupon McGrover threw West
in the lead by PLAYING the club
king. 6
West was forced TO lead from
his oueen-five of diamonds into
| declarcr's ace-jack. This play pro-
duced five-odd for a top score on
| the hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
FOR RUNAWAY INITIATION

This period of spiraling prices is not with
out an occasional compensation, for example
the 100 per cent rise from 5 cents to 10
for a juke box tune. We don't know at what
point the juke box addict can be induced,
so to speak. to '1ay off the stuff" we sus-
pect. from the blaring caterwauls heard from
the boxes all over the nation, that 10 cents
a tune won't do it. 1t may take a quarter
or a half-dollar to reduce the decibels. But
may we make it clear that. in this field of
business. we're in favor of runaway initiation?
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
H MAY CASE

This is not written to offer a defense Of
former Representative Andrew Jackson
May, ex-chairman Of the House Military
Committee, but to urge that no stone be
lett unturned either by the prosecution or
the defense in an earnest effort 10 get al
the truth.
Mr.. May is back in Washington. He is
being arrested on a charge thai he profited
by betrayal of the government in the let
ling OF war contracts. Three members of
the carson munitions combine are named
in The same action
Mr.. May is seventY-one years old. He
served in Congress for sixteen wears and
would probably have been reelected BY
the voters in his Kentucky congressional
district had it moi been Tor the cloud thai
shadowed his official record.
Neither his age nor his previous service
should have any effect upon the court.
Nor; should the fact that he is a demo
Graf. In all fairness, politics ought 10 bt
forgotten, and established facts alone gov
ern the case.
1t his guilt can be established beyon,
%peradventure Of doubt. he will deserv
conviction and punishment. Lacking III
establishment Of guilt by proved. iact. h
must be exoneraied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Literary
Guidepost
THERE WERE NO WINE OWS,
by Nora Hoult Didier S2.75)
BY W. G. ROGERS


One of the most pitiful. intrigu.
ing and charming women I've me
in a long time is presented in this
novel about white : haired Claire
Temple who, IN her late seventies,
lives in her Kensington house with
her cook Kathleen. her cat Lisa
and her failing memory.
Mrs. Temple had been a writer,
a beauty, and an emancipateo
Victorian who went through two
love affairs that brought her a
certain notoriety. Now she re-
ceives an occasional visit from a
charitably-minded friend and she
can, when Kathleen doesn't pre-
vent it, scurry down to the base
ment for tea with the wash
woman.
Aside from that she is p:thet-
ically alone. She quarrels bitterly
with Kathleen. as she will later
with a paid companion. but she
can't get along without them.
When the doctor asks what she
would do if they left. she explains
in tears: Il should die of grief
and loneliness"
Her intolerable dilemma is that
she cannot live without the people
she scorns. and cannot live with
them. Perhaps her wretched lot
must be blamed, as Miss Hoult
implies. on the frivolous individu-
atty of the era of her youth, but
bit seems to me to be rather the
direct consequence of her immedi-
ate tragedy: She is losing her
mind.
That it was a mind Of admir-
able quality you realize on almost
every page. The old woman re-
peats the same questions and yet
through her sorry befuddlement
there break constantly flashes of
the former brilliance. 1t is Lon
don, and wartime, but she can't
tell which war. and blames ex-
blossoms on Zeppellns, sends her
best wishes to friends long dead,
can't remember that she's had her
coffee, and looksiup a phone num-
Der only to forget it before she
can give it to the operator. But
she knew Oscar Wilde and Henry
James, and strong and handsome
men, and the experience of love.
SO long past, still lies sweet and
fresh in the part of her mind I'm.
affected by her years.
Miss Hoult sets Claire Temple
So securely among friends and &C
quaintances true to life, pictures
the bombed city so naturally, bal
ances between gentle laughter and
gentle tears with such unusual
sensitivity, that her book is a dis
tinguished creation, and l econ
mend it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
Religion
DoyByDay
SATIATED
BY L T. ELLIS

SATIATED
Probably I shall be dubbed a
phllistine or a pumpkin, but l
must confess to having been fire.
quently satiated with beauty. l
have cen such beautiful land
scapes that l have shrunk from
seeing more. Our Canadian lake
an its varied beauty sometimes
auses me to urn aside to a book.
The sunsets from our cabin ere
SO gorgeous that they are often
too much for me.
All delights pail in satiety-ex-
cept the contemplation of the en-
c%ellencies of Jesus Christ. Every
new angle from which His person,
ality is approached offers a new
joy. Meditations upon Him. in the
morning, throughout h e vagrant
hours of the day and in the niabt'
watches, yield ever fresh salts.
factions.
In peace and cxaltation of shirt
q God VIC look upon the s~lorics
OF the Ono who has rcdeemea nc.
VIC seem never to get enou.b
OF HIS beauties. We thank The.
Aor the prospect of heaven. Amen
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
NOT so EASY

1t is often easier to sit on the side lines
and say what should be done than it is Cor
those with the responsibility to solve the
problem.
And already we are seeing evidences that
the Republicans are finding it harder to put
talk into effect than to do the talking.
First it was some renigging on the amount
of the tax cut; now there is hedoing on con-
trols.-The State Columbia. S. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
LETTER Boz
o. JUNIOR COLLEGE

FOk JINlUh IoL
To The Editor:
Congratulations on the lux /
torial in Tuesday issue Of ut
mington Morning Star; Key 81 4
Junior college idea before IT,, ...
mington folks eyes until ava A
election: have heard Sol'. y +
say they had rather h've l 9s {.
Tor college in Wilmington , J .
auditorium, that is if we c0'''
have them both.
p. S. Il am not opposed 10. d
sanatorium but think we ~. a.,
concentrate on the junior - 4
now and let the sanato'i'-'
later.
Wilmington. N, c.
January "a. l947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
UNFAIR TO

If according to the law a person under 16
years O.. age is considered a child. why do
they allow movies streetcars. sports arenas,
etc. to charge children at IL years of age
adult prices: - Robert Rutkowski in the
Baltimore Evening Sun. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25
WITH WHISPERS

A radio network has dropped a couple Of
its commentators famed for their boards. Are
to the jokes?-H. v. Wade in the Detroit
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-25

Different Kinds of atoms
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thing. Because all her activities are
cloaked by actual love, she cannot
see how trying and superfluous they
are. To her, you are still children,
darling helpless little ignorant
things who need Mother every in
slant.
Everything Is Changed.
She can't realize that everything
has changed since her children were
little. Nursery procedure has
changed. Any mother who gave her
baby mashed bananas and orange
juice SO years ago ran risk Of
being charged with criminal neg
lect. Any mother whose youngsters
wore one brief garment all summer
long, and hardly. more in winter,
would have been considered mad,
Youthful nursery sins were pun
ished then with brisk spanking:
nowadays. they are sympathetically
analysed under the headings of fixa-
tons, inhibitions, completes, escape
trauma. Modern children frequently
don't know. what punishment, law,
duty, obedience are. They spend lots
of time in boarding schools and in
summer camps, they know a good
deal of divorce and other grown-up
troubles, and nobody ever says to
them "children should be seen and
not heard" or sends them to bed
without any supper.
! We anxious mothers and grand
mothers :. can't change this. The
world moves on, and If some of its
steps are in the. wrong direction,
many of them are toward, SIMPLE
ity, better health. more honest
points of view. Interference and
lamentation and fussing won't help.
Interest and understanding and gen.
erous cooperation, will. Mothers who
can't keep step with the new ideas
can be a tiresome, clog on the
younger feet, and even make very
real trouble. But sometimes it is
impossible to convince them that
even love and concern can be- over
done, can be costly mistake.
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Lost Paintings Found

Aboriginal paintings which have
been lost for 100 years in caves in
northwestern Australia recently
were found by Howard Coate of
Derby. The paintings were first
discovered by Sir George Grey in
cave near the Glib river about 100
miles from Derby. Howard Coate
searched for the cave for nine
months using maps and bearings
from notes made by Sir George.
The bearings proved wrong, but by
luck, Coate discovered a big cave
in which he found the lost paint
ings. The largest figure is 1914
feet long and feet high.
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FAMILY HARMONY

Operabundant lore and con-
Germ ON THE part of doting motb-
ers frequently leads to tragic con-
sequences, Miss Norris .Varns in
today's article.
To many mothers and even
grandmotbers their children, d.
though grovn and s0itb families
of their o1On, gre still children,
"darling belbless, little ignorant
things" sObo need tbe constant
attention of their elders. ibis is
The case sOitb THE barassed Oregon
boasesOife, sUbo ,Vrites Miss Nor
ris that her mother "means so
tDeH," but causes so many COM
plieations among her cbildren's
families.
The tUorA mopes ON, Miss Nor
,is advises, and even though some
of THE steps may be in THE wrong
direction, many of them are to-
ward simplicity in iving, better
bealtb and more honest points of
pieaD. Mothers wbo refuse keep
step Nth THE new ideas .Ubicb
prevail throughout THE .Vorld as
well as in their daughters BONES
can cause very real trouble.
Interest, understanding and gen.
er0ns cooperation, Miss Norris
eoansels, are The keys to better
understanding and perfect bar
mony bet1Ueen mothers and their
ebildren's families.
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Use of Radiant Heating

Use Of Radiant Heating
A new method of radiant heat
ing using electrically heated CELL
ing is operating successfully in an
experimental four-room house at
Knoxville, Tenn. The electrified
ceiling contains heating element
of conductive rubber sandwiched
between two thin layers of plastic.
The entire ceiling in each room
becomes warm, producing enough
heat to keep very nook and corner
at a comfortable and uniform
Temperature.
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PHONOGRAPH RECORDS

All OF the latest records and q large
supply of the older numbers. Give us the
name Of the selection you desire and the
preferred artist and we will mail you the
record the day your order is received. II
your order Is for four or more records we
will pay postage and COD. charges. Our
record stock is the largest in Montana
and We can give you the records you
want.
Try Our Service and Be Convinced!
LAUREL RADIO q ELECTRIC SUPPLY
COMPANY, Laurel; Montana
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ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVED

American ingenuity has solved
another long standing problem of
table etiquette-how to start ketch-
up flowing from a bottle without
scattering the tablecloth or your
shirt front. i...
The answer, revealed at a pack
aging conference Of American Man.
agement association in Philadel-
phia, is small hydraulic pump.
Special tongs for extracting olives
from long, narrow bottles and fun
mel to help keep toothpowder on the
brush also were exhibited.
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Many Synthetic Fibers

No longer is rayon the only COM
mercially accepted synthetic fiber.
Glass, vinyon, nylon, aralac, all
these have proved their values as
textile fibers. They often are used
in combination with cotton and
wool and may be had in many COM
binations. Since introduction Of
rayon In 1911, it has increased in
volume SO that it now ranks sec
ond only to cotton in ths amount
produced. -