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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
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70 About ad" ut 90 per cent Of -
ts! ts,oOo' 900 people earn tbai I'll iEgyn.
from agriculture. 'neIr lvs'
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l80-Legal
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
In the Matter of the Administration Of
the ESTATE OF EDWIN TOOMER
HUGGINS, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has qualified as Executrix under
the will of Edwin Toomer Higgins. de-
ceased.
All persons having claims against the
Estate of Edwin Toomer Higgins are
required to file the same, itemized and
verified with the Undersigned at 10l
Keaton Avenue, Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, on or before twelve Q2) months
from the date of this notice, or this
notice may be pleaded in bar of their
recovery.
All persons indebted to the Estate aIa
requested to make prompt payment of
such Indebtedness to the undersigned.
This 18th day of November, 1947.
LILLIAN WILLIAM HUGGINS
Executrix if the Estate of
Edwin Toomer Higgins, Deceased
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OVER THE NETWORKS

Time is eastern standard. For CEN
trail standard subtract one hour, for
mountain standard subtract swo
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With the Community Chest
campaign continuing throughout
this week, at least, Charles M.
Harrington, general campaign
chairman, said yesterday that
So per cent, or $75, ,747.16 of the
$119,99 goal, has been collect
ed.
Chairman Harrington urged
workers, particularly the vol
unteer workers in the Employee
divisions, "to get those reports
in at once, so we can tell where
we stand, since $44,248.84 re-
mains to be collected before the
goal is reached"
Of the 1873 firms and depart
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Alex Buie Sentenced
TO18MOnths On Road

Judge w. H. S. Burgwyn up
held Recorders court
sentence of 18 months on the
roads for Alex Buie, convicted
in New Hanover Superior court
Tuesday afternoon of q charge
of forcible trespassing on tn e
premises of French Lewis, Jr.
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The original American Navy
consisted of four warships and
four escort vessels. Their names
were: Alfred, Columbus, Andrew
Doria, Cabot, Providence, Horne
Wasp and Fly.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
CITY OF WILMINGTON, NORTH
CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY,
AND c. R. MORSE, CITY-COUNTY TAX
VIM. Blocker tson of Jonas Blocker.
dec'd) & his wife - Blocker, Marie
Blocker Widow of Hamie Blocker,
decd son of Jonas Blocker) and their
children, to-wit: Hamie Blocker, (single)
David Blocker (single), Eta Blocker
(single}, Marie Blocker Russ, and hus-
Marie Blocker Russ and Ruth Blocker,
being infants under the age of 81 years,
James Blocker (sirgle) son of Poor Boy
Blocker decd. son of Jonas Blocker
decd. Frances Gills Kato (Single),
Evelina Gills Kato Williams and hus-
band Randolph Williams, Elliott Kato
(single), Walter Kato and wife, -
Gills, deceased daughter of Jonas
Blocker, decd, said infants being with
out general or testamentary guardians)
The Defendant(s) William Blocker and
wife, - Blocker, Ruth Blocker,
James Blocker, Frances Gills Kato, Eve
lima ellis Kato Williams and husband,
Randolph Williams, Elliott Kato and
an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
New Hanover County for the purpose of
foreclosing and selling certain real
property situate in City of Wilmington,
N. c. being part of Lots / and 2, in
Block 337, located at intersection of
Sixth and Taylor Streets, according to
official plan of said City, in which said
Defendant(s) have or claim to have an
interest, for and on account Of unpaid
taxes due and owing the City of Will
mington and-or the County of New
Hanover.
And the said Defendant(s) will further
take notice that they are required to
appear before the Clerk of Superior
Court of New Hanover County at his
office in the Court House in the City
of Wilmington, N. c., on or before
twenty-seven days after the 1st day of
December, 1947, and answer or demur to
the Complaint of the Plaintiffs filed in
this action, or the Plaintiffs will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded In
the Complaint
This 31st day of October, 1s47.
A. L. MEYLAND
Clerk of the Superior Court
OF New Hanover County.
By: Lois J. Ward, Asst.
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er, defense attorney, to get
back Alexis 20 caliber rifle
which the state had introduced
as evidence.
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Car Inspection

Many American cities. exclusive of
Wilmington, maintain thorough sys-
TENS of vehicle inspection. One city
in particular deserves notice because
of the exceptional record it has made
The city is Evanston, Illinois. Evans
ton started it's inspection program in
1888. During fourteen years Evans
ton has won eleven safety awards in
national competition, and in 1882, 1888
and 1885 took the grand prize among
cities of all classifications for it's
safety record.
The $4,000 the city has invest
ed in plant and equipment obviously
has been money well spent. It is not
too much to think that many times
this sum has been saved to motorists
through avoidance of accidents by
keeping their vehicles at par. How
many lives may have been saved can
only be guessed.
At stated intervals motor car own
ers are required to put their autos
through a testing lane. The building is
a q%uonset hut unit some two hundred
feet long. AS the motorist enters he
is halted by an attendant who checks
license plates, horn, mirror, windshield
wipers and windshield, zeal and side
glass, turn signals, tail lights, stop
lights, parking lights, at the next stop
the driver has his headlights tested
for candlepower, vertical aim, horizon
tai aim and defects of the lens.
Next is the wheel alignment check,
where the car is driven over treadles
which show either a "toe-in" or a "toe-
out" of front or rear wheels. Then the
car is lifted on a hydraulic hoist for in
spection of the steering mechanism.
Finally the brakes must show their
stuff.
II the car gives q good account of
itself in these twenty-five items, the
driver is given a sticker, good until
the next inspection time. If it fails to
pass, the driver is given ten days in
which to have the fault or faults cor
rected, and is forbidden to drive the
vehicle beyond home and thence to the
shop for repairs.
We could use a program like this to
a good advantage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
GOOD MORNING
What is the best government: That which
teaches us to govern onrselves.-Goethe.
Upward Price Trend

No question is heard more fire.
quently or in more places than, "Why
are prices so high?" And no question
has more diverse answers.
Perhaps one answer, by the Long
Island Builders Institute, will help e
plain the general upward trend. The
Institute claims that bricklayers lay
only one-half to two-thirds as many
bricks per day as they did in prewar
years.
The Institute cites the case this
way: A bricklayer working before the
war at an SO a day wage put in place
from 800 to 1000 bricks daily. Now
he receives $18.03 a day and lays 400
to 500 bricks per day.
We are quoting an authoritative
organization, and assume that its fig
ures are accurately compiled. If they
are, the difference between prewar pro-
duction and wages and wages and pro-
duction now, applied to other trades,
would seem to account in some meas
ure at least for higher prices.
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found a solution to the coal problem.
And many authorities think that sim
liar i'll effects may result when Labor
~socializes the electric industry, which
is scheduled for the near future.
The American loan was, of course,
a life-saver to England. 1t gave her
dollar credits she had to have. Our
reasons for making the loan were nan
fold - perhaps the most important
being the hard fact that England is
one of the very few friends we have
abroad in a world torn between con-
flicting i%deologies. But English econ
omists are greatly concerned because
much Of the loan is being spent for liv-
ing purposes which do nothing to solve
the trade and export problem. This,
too, has been the subject of much
angry debate in Commons.
Some observers have forecast the
collapse of the Labor Government. The
best authorities do not agree. It is
significant that Mr.. Churchill, despite
his strong criticisms, has not introduce
ed a measure of censure against the
government. It is felt that Labor will
continue in power at least for the time
being - that the British people will
give it every chance to solve the prob
lens. The British lion, which once
proudly dominated half the world,
for survival.
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Department.
WONDER QUESTION
HOW is THE DATE OF
EASTER EJXEnr
EASTER FIXED:

In early times, all countries did
not KEEP Easter On the same date.
The churches of Asia Minor cele-
5rated it on the same day as the
Jews kept their Passover, while
the churches of the West, remem-
bering that Jesus rose on a Sun
day, kept Easter on the Sunday
following the Passover day. Then
the Council of Nicaea passed a
decree that everywhere the great
feast should be observed upon the
same day, that day to be the Sum
day following the Jewish Pass
over Four rules were laid down
for the fixing of the date.
1t was decided that March q
should be regarded as the spring
equinox-the time in spring wnen
day and night are equal; that the
full moor on that date, or the next
after that date, should be taken
for the full moon of the Passover
month; that the Sunday following
full moon should be Easter Day;
and that if the full moon happened
en- a Sunday. Easter should be the
Sunday after. This plan has been
observed ever since.
In carrying out the arrangements
for the fixing of Easter, various
difficulties have arisen during the
centuries owing to the fact that
the moons do not correspond ex-
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Presidential Amendment

The Constitutional Amendment re-
stricting the election of a President to
two elected terms, which has been
adopted by the Congress, is now in the
hands of governors of the forty-eight
states, to be submitted by them to
their respective legislatures.
Thus the nation takes one more step
in the highly desirable prevention of
dynastic government, and the resump-
ton of a tradition which existed from
the time it was created by Washing
ton until the third administrator of
President Franklin D.. Roosevelt.
Naturally, it's course will be slow.
Legislatures ordinarily do not act
quickly. They have seven years to act
on this amendment. But long as this
period of time may seem at first glance
it is brief indeed in the life of the ma
ton.
Thirty-six legislatures must ratify
the amendment to make it effective.
The single exception to the two-term
presidency would be in the case of a
vice president elevated to the top pc.
sition and holding the office for not
more than two years of his predeces.
sor's unexpired term. In these cir.
cumstances, and if the voters so will.
ed, a President might remain in the
White House for ten years, but nc
longer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
Who's Teaching Who7

Beneath a bumbling, apparently
aimless adolescent manner, young
Henry Simpson hides a shrewd
brain. How shrewd, even his own
father is now only beginning te
surmise. The other day, Henry's
father gave his offspring 50 cents,
and by way Of initiating him into
the great world of finance, counsel
ed: Invest it carefully and wisely,
son."
That evening Henry reported that
he had invested the sum in a flyer
in pigeon-raising in partnership
with his friend, George. His father
vas disappointed and angry.
But, father" protested the
young tinancier, George has guar
anteed I'll double my investment
in a few days
"Fiddlesticks!" scotfed the elder
Simpson. The venture is absolute
ly worthless - you've lost yots
money!"
Henrys face assumed an express
sion of utter detection and futillty.
His father was deeply touched.
Here, Henry" the elder Simp.
son exclaimed reassuringly, here
is a dollar. Take it and see what
You can do with it."
GOSH" exulted Henry, suddenly
happy again, George was right
after all. He said I'd double my
investment in a few days, and here
I've done it in only twelve hours.
What do you think of that, father?"
His father answered him not.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
Literary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS

THE BlRD ESCAPED, Dy 0
Golden (Rinehart; $3.50.
Three men and a photograph,
and a secret, too, set off in the
crew of a small steamer across
the dangerous South Pacific in
late 1941.
They are Prince, the steward;
Jacko, the fearful, ugly first cook.
who keeps a falcon Gagged on the
deck; Sebastian. second cook: and
a snapshot, at which Sebastian
steals a risky glance, of Prince.
Jacko and a beautiful girl.
Without Sebastian there would
be no secret, and for that matter,
without Prince and Jacko there
would be none, either. But it is
the persistent, probing Sebastian,
newcomer to the high seas. rub
bling elbows with Jacko in the tiny
galley, who smells a rat.
It's nothing, Prince says, forget
about it, don't be sticking your
lose in other peoples business.
But curiosity keeps gnaWing at
Sebastian. He hears the captain
talk about murder; he watches
Jacko tantalize the imprisoned
bird cruelty: he ees him make
painstaking entries in his my5teri-
or7 book; and he gets caught
reading it and, as Jacko flies at
him with a knife, barely escapes
with his life.
Their ship carries a little gun.
but they miss their n chance to
use it and we now catch up with
the lone survivor where we me
him Oh the first page, washed up
On a tropical shore along which
more birds peck their way. ieav-
ing diamond shaped footprints in
the SAND. A man recovering con-
sclousness in this deserted, for
saken spot could, out of desper-
alton, escape his terrifying loneli-
ress by conjuring up a troubled
past. IT he calls the names Of
Prince and Jacko, he might hear
them answer; if he needs them,
ne might make them out of the
wlsps OF mist which sweep in
from the ocean. or out of the bird,
themselves, cooking their heads a.
tney stalk up and down. The an.
s"er that might be expected onl,
In Liverpool may be found hers
on the opposite side of the world.
N this clean white beach one
might dig up the story of an an.
palllngly bestial and unframed M
ture. N'
The author handles her unusual
material expertly; the very sub.
stance o. her tale is imagined by
enc OF the characters She has
imagined, and yet it stays eerily
e!ose to credibility. This il Ne
KIND Of stuff Dali paints.
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Britain's Plight

Winston Churchill, past master of
the resounding phrase, once said that
he had not become the Kings First
Minister to preside at the dissolution
Of the British Empire. It is too early to
say whether that unenviable task will
fall to conscientious, uninspired Mr..
Attlee - but it is clear that England
is now in the midst of one of the bit
terest crises Of her long and turbulent
history.
The roots of this crisis go deep. Be-
fore the war, England was hard put to
maintain her dominant position in the
world. The war placed an almost unen-
durable strain upon her resources and
energies - and, of every great impor-
lance, practically exhausted her Amer
lean financial credits. The people of
the Dominions, as in India, have long
been dissatisfied and restless. And in
the more advanced Dominions, such
as Canada and Australia, the influence
of the United States has rivalled and
in some ways exceeded that of the
Grown.
You can find a dozen opposed rea-
son for the victory of the Labor Party
over Mr.. ChurchilPs Conservatives in
the last British elections. The most
reasonable is that a weary people
wanted a change, and Labor promised
that. 1t received heavy popular en-
dorsement of the most sweeping pro-
gram for Specialization of industry ever
seriously proposed in a democratic ma
ton. And, at the same time, the people
approved al "austerity" program, de-
signed to regain and expand England's
foreign markets and to rebuild her
world economic prestige. This program
was also. urged in most of it's essen
tials by the Conservatives.
First move of MI. Attlee's govern
ment was naturalization of the coa]
mines - long one of the sorest trouble
spots in the British domestic economy
During the war, coal production was
kept up by what amounted to draft
labor. Since naturalization, production
has been inadequate, and the miners
seem no happier than before. Labor
spokesmen attribute the recent emer
gency, in which coal shortages result
ed in a temporary shutdown of almost
all industry, to ON of the wors'
weather in English history. However
even if this factor is given maximum
value, it is evident that Labor has NO
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The Book OF

actly with the calendar. A series,
or cycle, of 10 years has therefore
been taken and numbered from l
10 10, the numbers being known
ss Golden Numbers. Then to each
of these years has also been given
4 number which is the age, reck-
oned in days, Of the moon at the
beginning of the year. The num-
bers il this second series are
known as Epacts, and from the
Golden Number and Epact the full
moon for deciding the date OF
Easter in any year may be work
ed out.
1t is curious that in arranging
the date of Easter according to
rule. the spring equinox is a cal
culated date and not the actual
spring equinox; the moon referred
to is not the actual moon shining
in the sky, but a mathematicaliy
calculated moon; and full moon
does not mean a complete
circular moon, but a suppos-
ed full moon according to GER
tain averaging over a course of
years. All this is due to the inn
projections Of the calendar, which
never corresponds exactly with
the real movements of the sun and
moon.
The earliest date on which East
er Sunday can fall is March q,
out that will not occur till the
year 2285, and the latest possible
cate is April Is, which last fell
in 1943.
The reason nineteen years a r e
taken to form a cycle for reckon
ing the Golden Numbers is that,
on a given day of the month, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03

moon is approximately in the
same position in the sky as it was
nineteen years before. so tha1
nineteen forms a complete series.
What Is The Nautical Almanac?
The Nautical Almanac is a boob
prepared specially for navigators
and astronomers, with tables
showing the daily positions of all
the bodies of the solar system, the
places of the fixed stars, predic-
lions of astronomical events, and
other similar information. Nauti
cal almanacs are issued by the
governments of Great Britain, the
United States and other nations.
How Much Is A Billion?
The nations of the world differ
as to how much a billion is. In
the United States, Canada and
France, a billion is one thousand
millions-Written 1000. 900, 0G0. In
France, this number is sometimes
called a milliard, a term which is
always applied to it in Germany.
In England and Germany, a bill
lion is one million millions
written 1000, 900, 900, 900.
Copyright. 1916, BY The Grolier
Society, Inc. based upon The Book
OF Knowledge)
DISTRIBUTE by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Early Indians OF
the West.
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Religion
DayByDay
BY L T. L l.
CUP IN A

After meeting a Winter train,
which arrived at $50 a. M, we
repaired to an all-night restaurant
for breakfast. What time does
the sun rise nowadays down here
in Florida?" I asked the attend.
ant.
"A little before Six" he replied.
At six o'clock we were leaving
the restaurant in full darkness,
and l reminded the man that his
appointed time had passed, with
no sun in sight.
"Oh, it'll be up in a minute, y
he replied, confidently and care
lessly.
There are people like that,
whose sunrises will appear sin a
minute" But the Lord of day is
more leisurely in his motions. Sun
rises are gradual. Daylight comes
slowly.
Changes in life and affairs-the
sunrises of the human soul-like.
wise never come sin a minute. y
We would enter into the patience
of God, and learn the graduaIness
Of the growth of the Kingdom,
Amen,
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Written for NEA Service
You may not agree with the bid
ding on today's hand, but that
was the way it went when 1 kib-
ltzed the hand in the world cham
pionship Masters individual tour
nament. Of course, when. North
bid two spades, he was inviting
a slam. AS a matter Of fact, some
players treat that bid as a slam
demand.
North's jump to five hearts over
three hearts should show a solid
heart suit. Perhaps North thought
that three to the king-ten would
solldlfy the suit. In my opinion
the king of spades or jack of
hearts were much needed cards
for a slam demand, but several
pairs did reach seven-odd. and
those who counted their tricks
made it.
The county showed six heart
tricks, the ace-king of diamonds.
ace of clubs, two club rufus, ace
of speades, and maybe a spade
trick would be established for
thirteen.
The first trick was won in dunn
my with the king of diamonds. the
ace OF spades vas cashed and a
small spade trumped. A small
club was trumpet in dummy with
the three of hearts, and another
spade ruffed by declarer. Another
club was ruffed in dummy. the
king of hearts was cashed. and q
spade led. There was no use for
East to ruff, so declarer ruffed
with the seven of hearts, and
cashed the ace-queen of hearts.
picking up East's trumps. He
eashed the ace of clubs, and still
had a diamond to get over to
dummy to cash the good nine OF
spades.
This was just a matter of count.
ing up to thirteen, and then plan
ming the play so as to cash all
thirteen tricks.