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tons of wheat in Italy last year which is just one boxcar. But the parades they staged as a result oi that one boxcar made thousands o1 Italians think Moscow was thelr sole benefactor.
 In France, when one meagre snip unloaded Russian wheat at Mar seilles, the Communists declared a holiday, bedecked the city with flags, and cleyerly convinced a good many Frenchmen that they would live off Russian wheat the rest of the winter
 Meanwhile, sllipload after ship load of American wheat was poured into both France and Italy. But since it was turned over to the French and Italian flour millers, it reached the people merely as flour. There was no way to distinguish it from any other flour. Few people knew it was American.
 In contrast, the food aboard the Friendship Train will be distributed through the two joint American Relief Committees in France and Italy. These committees are com posed of the various American re- lief groups functioning in Europe American Baptist Relief, National Catholic Welfare Council, Ameri- can Friends Service Committee, Lutherans, Mennonites, Brethren, Ccngregationalist Service Commit tee, Unitarian Service Committee, and most of the American church groups which conduct relief work abroad.
 Their skilled personnel will un- dertake te make sure that the French and Italian people who re- ceive this food will know that a great many American people took a lot of trouble to gather it from their fields-as the Friendship la bel read-"Bringing it to your door steps in the hope that it will tide you over until your own fields are agaln rich and abundant with crops"
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Profit t-Sharing
Washington PoSt)

Washington PosD
 The 13-year-old profit-sharng plan of the Gen. era Electric is to be scrapped insofar as the rank and file of employees are concerned The rich bonuses enjoyed bv the president and other executives will continue to be pad-an invidous arrangement that will doubtless bring harsh comment from labor leaders However some of the sharpest criticism Of profit sharing has come from labor leaders themselves Wno see in the program device cunningly designed to limit the bargaining power of unions and to weaken their hold on labor.
 It is significant that when GEE introduced its profit sharing plan, employees were not organized Moreover the benefits of the plan were limited to employees who had been with the company five years or longer Thus the system offered an incentive to workers to remain the job and become eligible TOT profit bonuses Today the situation radically altered
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OTHER FACTORS, TOO

recent advertisement sponsored by The Alaska Steamship Company brings home the point that per- haps too many Alaskans and their eager-beaVer or ficials fail to recognize. lot has been salo aooue hioh freight rates Alaska but few have taken the trouble to figure just how much of the increase in Alaskan prices foodstuffs and other items can be charged to higher freight rates.
 Actually the freight increase is very small com pared Dlth the total about cent per pouno on meat carried in cold storage less than cent on can of milk.
 Alaska isn't the only region where the people are facing nflatcnary prices This is nationwide con- dition
 It is true that the transportation involved makes the situation acute in Alaska, but many of these rau ortation factors disconnected from 1relght rates such as the increased of drayage in Seat tie warehouse to dock wharfage and handling charges marine insurance Federal transportation tax; wharf age and handling in Alaska and Alaskan cartage ana adding to the costs of all of these the time lost Tn labor troubles which the merchants to carry large inventories to insure supply
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HEROES WITHOUT HEADLINES

Response from local communities to the Friendship Train has been terrific Little towns off the main- line have insisted on attaching cars. Tiny Cotton, Redlands, Beaumont, Ontario, near Los Angeles, lined up with bigger towns-San Diego, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ven tura. :. In Los Angeles the Team sters Union. under Ray Leheney, arranged for picking up food; also the teamsters bought one carload of wheat at their own expense. The Pacific Electric Railroad did great job of helping collect. On Hal loween the school children of Sa- cramento collected money for food instead of soaping windows. :. The American Legion in Los An geles collected hundred-pound sacks of -four .. P w. Litchfield, chair man of Goodyear Tire and Rubber has periodically volunteered the services of Goodyear men in towns along the route of the Friendship Train to help waterproof packages for export. Local Goodyear men are supplying pliofilm for wrapping. :. In Bakersfield, everyone-from the small children of Greenfield Un- ion School who gave up ice-cream money to big Kern County ranch ers-pitched in to buy one carload of wheat, carefully bagged and packed for export. . In Los An geles the first carload came from Charley Skouras and the employees of 20th Century Fox. The Pasa- dena Lions Club donated two cars, the city of Long Beach one carload of sugar, Los Angeles Meals for Millions one carload of multi-pur- pose food. Warner Brothers studio gave one car of wheat in ad- diticn to the magnificent service of Harry Warner, who got out of a sick bed to serve as national chairman of the Friendship Train Committee. The Screen Actors Guild gave one car of evaporated milk. The City of Glendale, just outside L. A., loaded one car oi wheat Compton, Bell, Hun tington Park area loaded one car of food, and so on. The roll call of American generosity in Southern California is almost too long to ta- bulate.
 (coPYRIuHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INc)
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with people, wants others to like him. He acts this way abroad be- cause he acts the same way at home.
 The Russian Government, on the other hand, is anything but friend- ly Its tactics in the satellite coun- tries behind the iron curtain are terroristic, not friendly. Wherever the Russian Government has gone, it has left a trail of resentment. The Russian people, as individuals, are warm and friendly, not unlike Americans. But the people Of Rus sia unfortunately, aren't running their government.
 So the present American foreign
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

NfISUSED The whole of the congre gaton sang" "The congregation preferable
 OFTEN MIsPRONoUNCED Jocund. ok-und in syllable.
 OFTEN MISSPEIIED: Crievous not GRIEVIOUS
 SYNONYMS Drunk, nebriated intoxicated mat
 times and is yours Let us mastering each day Today word point land rock projecting into the sea first sylable) promontory with trees upon shakes
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All they could do was write let ters to Washington, which IS pret- ty much like aiming an arrow into the ocean in the hope of hitting a whale.
 And in the end, he had to fight wars after foreign policy flopped.
 Now, however, for the first tune in history the average American sees a chance to do something to influence the foreign policy of ms country.
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policy of friendship is just as simple as baseball. It's to hit where the other fellow ain't. The other fellows government. in this case, isn't friendly, and we are.
 That's the main thesis behind the Marshall Plan for helping Europe. And that's the main objective of the Friendship Train by which the American people, far ahead of their Congress, are already showing that doing unto others as we would have them do unto us is the American way of making democracy live.
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Weather: High, 30; low, 2s; clear.
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MODERN ETIQUETTE Hs RsoRrRrA LEE

Is talk shop when out in society?
 asked question pertaining to your interesting to and even to your friends but to it continually taste.
 O. when girl refuses the invitations Of young man a reasonable excuse?
 hinghat is obvious she does not wish friendship.
 O. If someone you already heard should stop him?
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FOOD AND FOREIGN POLICY

A4ND KOANAAOA'
 For food quite definitely has be- come an instrument of foreign pol icy. It is just as. much an instru- ment of foreign policy as tanks or Eattleships, possibly more so. Fooo means the difference between a chaotic Europe and gradually re- constructed Europe. In the end IL may mean the difference between peace and war.
 And Mr.and Mrs. America-if this Friendship Train is any barometer are only too glad to help send food to certain countries of Europe, if that food will offset the drought in France and Italy, counteract the huge wheat crop harvested by Rus sia and show our friends in Vest ern Europe that they don't have to duck under the iron curtain Tor help and protection.
 These boxcars of food, of course, are only token, and thousands more boxcarS of food must be sent later. Furthermore, this food doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from meatless days and breadless meals past and future, and by countless economies at the American dinner table which may continue many months into the future.
 Nevertheless, it is an important token of American generosity. Am erican saving and American friend ship-a token which can be drama tlzed and which Europe can under stand.
 In the past, drama has been something completely lacking ir American food distribution
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RUSSIAN DRAMA The Russians landed a scant Is
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THE AMERICAN WAY

There is another thing about this new instrument of foreign policy which is important. It fits into the American scheme of things. It's just as friendly as the individual Am erican.
 People travelling abroad can usu- ally spot an American-largely because he's friendly person. He likes to get along with people, talk
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LOOK and LEARN h (. GORDON

What is the most the earths 
 has been given to the straits O of South America? printing establishment the world? of of Davds staying Goliath
 g. Where is the Land of Elephant?
 ANSWERS:
 oxygen combination almost 50 per cent of the  Magellan. Printing Office Washington. DC. 4 Samuel. 5
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20 YEARS AGO FME TIT EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 14, 1927


 persons, all natives seven Of whom were cn'oien w drowned when the Sk wrecked at the entrance bodies had been recovered ana ake Hoonah All residents of Stka and were returning home after spending trolling at Hoonah
 boarded the SS Admiral watson at have jumped overheard rom e Spencer according to capt. O. Glass Line agent said today Accoo the slightly deranged mentally whe boarded the ship
 Williams had been employed Tor some 'e " Violet Beauty purchased the estabshmene ie and be conduo oy Miss Williams Williams Miss Terrell was to Honolulu to take over one oi m shops there.
 large Douglas attended the F1nnsh fishermen oi the Niemi busy py ing his the morning
 attorney accompanied by Mrs Rooen re- trip abroad during which they Convention in Paris visited With MT Rhn Western Europe and made an trip Europe
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO July ~1s-(R-UsDA)
-Salable hogs 500 (estimated),
total $500 (estimated); compared
week ago butchers 1915 higher,
most advance on weights under 300
lbs: sows 25-75 lower, maximum
decline on weights above 400 lbs.
Salable cattle 300 (estimated),
total not given; compared week
ago: Runaway market most
slaughter classes early collapsed
late; however, strictly good to
choice fed steers and yearlings
during week scored net gains Of
so to 1.5O; top on choice steers
and yearlings 2.35 higher than last
week, top heifers standing lao
higher, but weeks top prices not
quotable late; common, medium,
and average-good steers and heif-
ers finished 100000 under high
time when average to strictly
choice weighty steers reached
32.S5; light steers 32.75; 1922 lb
yearlings 31.s5, and CSC lb yearl-
ings 31.00, choice heifers reached
5000; with average daily costs at
record highs, most good and
choice steers early in week sold
at 27.50-32.00, comparable heifers
26.50-29.25; closing bulks material
ly lower except on choice cattle,
no reliable outlet existing late on
common to good light cattle at
17.50-25.5 both steers and heifers;
stock cattle $3.50 higher. at 1880
$500, supply small; beef COWS
closed 100000 under high time,
Gamers and cutters oiostly LOO
1.50 down; most beef COWS late
A. 0-16. so, good offerings 1900
1900 cospared with 2o.00-21.50 Of
ferings early in week; cutters
1880 down late, with cost Gamers
10~.00-11.00; bulls lost early ad,
vance, closing steady, practical
top sausage offerings 1900 and
beef bulls 1880 vealers 100 higher
at 18.O0-25.00 rostly.
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l80-Legal

tax notice that al action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of New Hanover Coun-
ty. North Carolina, to condemn for sale
the following described land to satisfy
taxes alleged to be due the plaintiffs in
this action:
BEGINNING at a point in the Southern
line of Rankin Street 80 feet Eastwardly
from the point of intersection of the
Southern line of Rankin Street with the
Eastern line of Woods Street; running
hence Eastwardly along the Southern
line of Rankin Street 80 feet; thence
Southwardly and parallel with Woods
Street 145 feet to the Northern line Of
Charlotte Street; thence Westward1y
along the Northern line of Charlotte
Street 80 feet; thence Northwardly and
parallel with Woods Street las feet to
the point of beginning in the Southern
line of Rankin Street; the same being
part of Lots 1, 2, and 3 in Block 223
according to he official plan OF the
City of Wilmington.
The said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to appeal
at the office Of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of said County and State in the
Courthouse in Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, on or before twenty-seven days
after the 18th day Of July, 1s47. and an
swer or demur to the complaint in said
action. or the plaintiffs will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This the 9th day of June, 1s47.
A. l.. MEYLAND,
Clerk Of Superior Court
New Hanover County, North Carolina
BY: LOIS J. WARD,
Asst. Clerk Superior Court
Clayton c. Holmes,
Attorney
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STOCK MARKET
MAKES STUMBLE
Broadest Market Since
Octoger 9 Re-
ported
BY VICTOR EUBANK

NEW YORK, lily 10 -P-The
stock market stumbled during the
Iast week after one o. the most
substantial two-months' recoveries
in a long time. Bonds trailed with
shares to a lesser degree while
commodities scared and re1apsed
at intervals.
Monday was the best day for
the stock division with activity the
most pronounced. of the week.
Buying and short covering were
credited mainly to rising initiation.
airy psychology based On the wage.
price spiral. From then until Fri.
day the coarse was downward as
speculative contingents cashed in
on. the idea the exceptionally
lengthy upswing called for a, siz-
able technical correction. Div.
dends and earnings still were
helpful but waning tax hopes, ir
addition to doubts regarding bust.
ness and international affairs,
chilled sentiment.
On the week the Associated
Press 60-stock composite showed a
net decline of i Of a point at
G7.2, first drop since the sharply
dumping period concluded May
II. The comeback started from
that date and. with scattered in
terruptions, the overall index
climbed go points up to last Mon
day, or, in terms Of quoted values,
about SO, 600, 600, COO. In the 40 SEES
slons from the May low, which
was bottom since Jan. Is, 194a
there were only 10 moderate de-
clines. The industrial average IN
the same stretch was up 1871
points and on Monday reached a
new high since last August.
Volume for the week Of 1898,
973 shares compared with 5000,
7Sa. the week before which was a
top since the 6-day period of May
"a. On Thursday the million-share
mark was bettered FOR the twelfth
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straight session, a record since
last December.
Rails pushed up Monday on
hopes of passenger and freight
rate boosts, with steels, motors,
oils and special industrials follow
ing. A number of extra and in
creased disbursements spurred in
dividual favorites. Turnover was
1850, 900 shares, largest since May
10. Selling in the final hour cut
gains. 1t was the broadest market
since Oct. 9 with LOTT issues ap-
pearing. A STOCK exchange seat
was transferred for $66, 900, up ST.
600 from a previous transaction at
a high since March II.
While a number of pivotals con-
tinued to record peaks for the year
or longer in the Tuesday proceed
;ngs, losers prevailed at the close.
The pace slowed to 1,180, 900
shares. Offerings again reduced
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leaders moderately Wednesday on
1.070, 900 shares. Liquidation was
more urgent Thursday but deal
ings held to LILO, 900 shares. The
days average dip of IS of a point
was the widest since July 9. De-
clines ranged from l to 4 points.
In the concluding session the eli
rection was cloudy until the final
hour when oils, motors, rails and
special issues were given a run
Up. Turnover dWirdled to 800, 00O
shares, a bottom since June 80.
The tax bill veto and subsequent
Congressional action was said to
have been pretty well discounted
narketwise. One of the reasons
tor the market bulge of the past
several weeks was seen in the dis
closure that the stock exchange
short interest as of July IS was
reduced to 1,418,3O2 shares from
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WORLD BANK
MAKES HISTORY
Public Sale OF $25o,ooo,.
900 Of Its Bonds Re-
ported

NEW YORK, July 19.-tREThe
world bank added a new chapter
TO the history of internationa.
finance this week with the public
sale of $3.50, 600, 900 of its bonds.
The response of investors. saiG
a spokesman for the bank at the
weekend, was terrific"
ON Tuesday the bank climaxee
weeks of intensive preparation b,
distribution to some 1000 dealers
throughout the nation Of $3.50, 900,
700 OF 25-year bonds with a 3 pe,
cent coupon and 500, 600, 900 of 10
year bonds with a 2 IA per cen.
coupon.
At noon the same day, E. F
Dunstan, marketing director. an
nounced heavy over-subscription
Each issue was sold to dealer.
at par, or 100, with the provisor
tney would sell to their customer,
at that price. Dealers were allow
ed a sales concession of $3.50 TO,
each lO-year bond sold and S. TO,
each 25-year bond.
Trading in the bonds also started
tuesday on the New York Stock
exchange on a when-issued basis
Both issues Immediately com.
manded substantial premiums owe,
the offering price.
Inc long-terms closed FRIDAY =.
luz 1892, after topping 103 earliaI
IN the week, and the short-terms
at lo1 1872, after getting up te
around 1O2. Heavy turnover wa:
reported On the exchange bu.
there were indications of ever
more activity in the ove~-the,
counter market.
Bond dealers interpreted the
fluctuations in price during the
week largely as indications O.
speculative activity. A consider
able part of trading was done ir
small lots, a sign that the bis
investors such as banks, insurance
companies and estates had not We
entered the market on a large
scale. Such institutional investors
usually deal in six-figure blocks
Of bonds or more.
Proceeds of the loan will be
used by the international banking
institution to make dollar loans t,
member nations. The banks sun
ply Of lendable dollars, prior t,
the bond sale, was confined chief
ly to the United States subscrip
ton of around $721, 600, 900. Tha
amount was reduced by the bank
first, and thus far only, loan o
$3.50, 900, 900 to France.
Consideration is being given. Of
tlclals indicated, to application:
for loans by several other Euro
pean nations, among them Den
mark, Poland and the Netherlands
The bank is pledged, under 1t
articles of agreement, to use ii
funds to assist in the recons.ruc
ton and development of nations
especially those whose economic
We're damaged or destroyed b,
war.
Intense interest in the new Sc
curities relegated the corpocat
list to second place in the BON
market.
Turnover in the popular rail
was small but prices tended ur
ward throughout the week. Biddin
was stimulated in large part b
hopes that several requests TO
higher freight and passenger rate
would go through, as we'll a
earnings reports for many carrier
which showed decisive improve
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WHEAT CLOSED
HIGH YESTERDAY
Aggressive Buying Noted
On Market; Feed
Grains Squirt

CHICAGO, July 19-tP)-A good
demand developed for wheat on
the board of trade today following
trade advices that the Commodity
Credit corporation vas inquiring
for grain in the southwest. Prices
advanced nearly 5 cents and feed
grains Joined the upswing.
Mill buying was noticeable in the
wheat pit. indicating a good flour
bushes. Cool weather in the mid
west aided corn as analysts felt
warm weather was needed to spur
growth of the crop. already
week or more late in developing.
Wheat closed 3 to 4 ga cents
higher, July $2.37 ga, corn was
3 1-8 to 4 cents higher July S2.l6
IA, and oats We're l 1-4-1 3-8 high
er, July $1.01 1-4-l-2. Lard adj
vanced 40 to 48 cents a hundred
pounds, September S19.25.
Also aiding sentiment were un-
confirmed rumors that the produc.
ton and marketing administra-
ton shortly would announce a
higher buying price for flour. News
dispatches said elevators in the
southwest were being forced to
close down because of the rail-
road box car hortage.
Temperatures in parts Of Iowa
overnight fell as low as so de-
grees. While this would not DAM
age corn, it would retard growth,
grain men said. In the spot mar
ket, corn sold at firm prices. July
oats went back above $1.00, fol-
lowing the upturn of other grains.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND
By virtue of the power and authority
in a decree of sale made in
certain action pending in the Superior
court of New Hanover County, e,herein
be City of Wilmington, ct al. are plain
lfs, and Farris Marshall and Ed Wad-
|ell, are defendants, the undersigned
Fil,. on Monday, July 18th, 1e47. at II
lclock Noon, at the courthouse door
II New Hanover County, sell at public
l@u2ion, for cash, to the highest bidder,
ll that certain lot, piece or parcel Of
had situate, lying and being in the City
II Wilmington, County of New Hanover,
lnd State of North Carolina, bounded
lnd described as follows, to-wit:-
BEGINNING at a point in the eastern
Ene Of Ninth Street IA feet southwardly
Prom its intersection with the southern
tne of Meares Street, thence eastwardly
parallel with Meares Street 165 feet.
thence southwardly parallel with Ninth
Ptreet u feet, thence westwardly parallel
Fith Meares Street 10 feet, thence
horthwardly parallel with Ninth Street
} IL feet, thence westwardly parallel
Rith Mesres Street 90 feet to the east
en line OF Ninth Street, thence north
kardly along said line 20 1-2O feet to
fhe beginning, being part of Lot 3,
n Block II, according to the official
plan of the City of Wilmington, N. c.,
together with a right-of-way in, over
end through an alleyway 7 feet wide
py 81 feet deep adjoining this lot on the
fouth, fully described in a deed to
willie Nixon and wife, recorded In Book
~, page 430, of the Registry of New
Hanover County.
The above property is sold subject to
eii taxes for the years 1916 and 1947
'and all street and sidewalk assess-
Ilnents.
The high bidder will be required to
deposit 1870 of amount of bid at the
conclusion of the sale with the under
Signed commissioner.
Dated and posted this 26th. day of
Pune, ls47.
c r NcJhITTPT CopopoiSSioner
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CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, July l9-(P)-Wheat
tone was easier today: bookings,
$4,000 bushels; receipts 232 cars.
Corn was active and stronger;
bookings AZ, 900 bushels; receipts
258 cars. II
Oats met a good demand for
choice grades; basis firm; book
ings $4,000 bushels; receipts Is
cars,