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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-15
VOTE INQUIRY EXPANDED

KANSAS CITY, June 14-(P-
The FBI widened its investigation
today of alleged Irregularities in
the 1916 primary election here to
include the fourth as well as the
fifth congressional district where
President Harry S. Truman took
a hand by opposing the renomina-
ton of Roger C. Slaughter for
conoress
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-15
AMBASSADOR NAMED

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
June 14-W.H-James Bruce has
been appointed United States am
bassador here replacing George S.
Messersmith, the foreign office an
nounced today,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-03-13

XToU'VE got the sun in the morning
Il and the moon at night - Just like
everybody else.
You've got little roads to explore,
and pleasant places to so, and nice
friends to enjoy life with, just as
others do.
But there's one thing YOU can have
that not everyone else can = If YOU
do something about it.
It's in the extra lift YOU find i'll travel
ing in car-stylin9 as fresh as tomOr-
rows morning 9Iorics, enduring as
the classic lines of a Grccian vase.
It'>m roaming the quiet little roads -
or the busy big ones with plenty of
eager horsepower under your bonnet,
all ready to I|ircbaII YOU along or drift
YOU scrcncIy through calm and quiet
moments.
It'sin The feel of a car that's really big
enough. Roomy enough for thrcc-a-
scat husky and solid enough to be
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-03-13

In a car bought rot alone out
Of need or expectancy = but
plainly and frankly out ofdc>irc
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07

Gilbert Chambers of Seldovia is described as a grandson of Judge Thomas Chambers, a Washington pioneer. But nevertheless, the Sel- dovia official, say Seattle club members, is a bona fide sour dough. Newly elected Congress man Homer R. Jones of Bremen ton, Wash, is also a member of the Seattle Sourdough Club.
 Club literature contains this statement: ''Please don't call a sourdough a pioneer-the word pioneer has no more place in sour dough lore than a pair of snow shoes has on the Sahara Desert"
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07
ALL-SEEING DRIVER

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (P)- A driver charged with failing to yield the right of way told acting police judge Granville Scanland the other Inotorist must have dropped from Heaven
 "I never did see him until after the accident and I looked both di- rections," he testified.
 You should also look up in the air." Judge Scanland observed as he assessed $6 fine.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07
PROFITABLE CHANGE

ARDMORE, Okla. (P When w. B. Eagle operated his own farm he used to sell watermelons to dealer for 30 cents hundred pounds.
 Now Eagle has his own water melon store and what do you sup pose he is getting these days?
 Five dollars a hundred.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07

arrived on the Fourth of July from Anchorage, having come up the inside passage from the States.
 They plan to visit for about two weeks before returning to their respective homes.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07
VISITING MIR. AND MRS. FRANK BINGHAM

Mrs. Hannah Verheek of Seat tie, mother of Mrs. Frank Bing- ham and Mrs. Ben Hyndman; and Mrs. Ava Bingham. of Helena, Mont, mother of Frank Bingham,
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07
Sourdough
 Versus Pioneer
(49th Star)

kan pioneer, shun the Seattle Sourdough Club the next time you are in Seattle.
 Its members frown on Alaskan pioneers-in fact they argue there is no such thing. that an Alaskan is either a cheechako or a sour dough, but never a pioneer.
 Organized in 1883 by men and women who hit the trail to Alaska during the gold rush days, the Seattle Sourdough Club was in- corporated in 1945. Club literature describes its members as "The only incorporated proponents of the Old Sourdoughs who opened up the last Great Frontier, Alas ka." Members of the club consider the name "sourdough" as the sec- red tradition of the Yukon water shed and Alaska"
 The word pioneer" as applied to Alaskans was handled thus in Seattle Sourdough Club publi- cation last year:
 Did these cheechakos ride in prairie schooners? Did they till the soil and raise crops, also build grist mills? If not, why? Oh, why in the world. should anyone call them pioneers? To rob the North land of its sacred tradition or usurp the glories of the old sour dough. Sourdoughs ran trading posts, were fur trappers, then min CTS, who washed the subsoil away took their crop from the bed rock; they were migrators like the geese and ducks, the caribou, the salmon, the seals, the snow, the ice"
 "All Alaskans are Sourdoughs, !" says another bulletin of the Seat tie organization. To be an active member of the Seattle Sourdough Club, Inc, a person must be a sourdough, relative or child of one. In addition there are associ- ate members who are not sour doughs, but who are described as interested in the growth of Alas ka. The latter have no vote or club business. Now in its thirteenth year of existence, the club claims 1900 members.
 President of the Seattle Sour doughs is Capt. F. A. Siegel. A former president is Fred J. Wet trick, one-time civil engineer for Copper River and Northwestern Railway and now a Seattle attor- ney.
 An accomplishment of the Seat tie Sourdoughs, as reported by Sourdough w. O. Peterson, who was in Alaska prior to 1899 and is now a dairyman at Benton, Wash, was dedication of the Alas ka Way in Seattle in 1888.
 Feeling affection for the mighty Yukon, MT. Peterson reports that at one time the club started out to change the length of the Yukon by trying to add 700 miles to make it one of the five big rivers of the world, but we were short by 250 miles of water"
 Future plans of the Seattle Sourdough Club include an ambi- ton to erect a Hall of Fame for Alaska's great and near-great." According to MT. Peterson, Seat
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-07

An airpane that provides dining push button fuength lounge with another That's the Sleeperette being installed the Clippers Pan American World Aways These photographs illustrate the ootre of the seating provides adjustable for eating reading writing the which lts virtually horizontal position, sleeping accommodations aboard Clippers
 each unit into a private compartment a night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Give It Authority

- The Airport Authority, with submits
sion of the designations of three of it's
-four remaining members yesterday, is
all but dead.
- The possibilities of it being revived
through appointment of new members
by the County Commissioners appear
: far remote at this time. Rather, there
indications it will be l~iquidated and
I. management of Wilmington's $11,000,-
1000 Bluethenthal airport will revert to
the Commissioners Airport commit
: tee.
Whether the Authority arrangement
sTeceived proper trial during the year
=. of it's existence is a matter of debate.
: 1T has been charged that it did not
have the powers needed to function
properly.
But the important matter, now that
the designations clear the decks Of all
: issues, is that the committee be given
full authority to operate the field. True,
1T will be directly responsible to the
County board, but all general policies
and budgetary matters should be in its
hands. Unless that situation is estab-
- .lished and maintained, it cannot be
hoped that the benefits to be realized
from this great facility will be at the
maximum in the years ahead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
It Is u To The Legislature

warned the legislature North Carolina
cannot develop properly without a first
class port" And, he stressed in force
Iful facts, the time to act is now or never.
Unless the opportunity is taken now,
the postwar trade channels to and from
North Carolina will become fixed
through Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah
and other southern ports.
Introduction Of the appropriations
measures was the first action toward
needing his warning. Early reaction,
according to reports from Raleigh, has
been quite favorable with a dozen rep
resentatives and 20 senators listed as
co-sponsors. But a majority of both
houses must realize the time is here to
abolish the states backward attitude
toward water mmerc and make pos
sible realization of the riches of our
maritime A coastal state, it
is at the bottom Of the list in the ma
ton in adequate ports. Meanwhile,
others have gone ahead and given their
people the tremendous advantages and
savings through these transportation
facilities.
Will North Carolina, through a Ports
Authority as we'll financed as it is &C
tive, go ahead and end this deplorable
condition?
The answer should be forthcoming
soon. On the basis of the states en-
lightened attitude that has brought such
great progress in every other endeavor,
we believe it will.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
BY STAN SWINTON

BATAVIA, March g. (P)-The
Indonesian Revolutionary Republic
has grown up in the past 18
months into an apparently healthy
~westernstyle state which promises
to become a showcase of Asiatic
nationalism.
During a week of unrestricted
movement inside republican Java,
mostly spent in the Jogjakarta ano
Soerakarta areas with rail trips
across the countryside, the com
plete transition from the violent
spirit which marred the republics
birth was striking.
Outside the areas where life is
disrupted by Dutch and Indonesiar
troops facing each other across
narrow neutral zones, the peasants
and toWnsfolk go about their daily
tasks as calmly as in peaceful Ma
laya and Siam.
Bright Forecast
Food is expensive but cheaper
and more plentiful than it is in
side the initiation ridden Dutch
perimeters. Miles of lush green
paddyfields confirm optimistic
predictions for the spring rice
crop.
Three chief impressions were re-
ceived:
l. That the republican govern
ment apparently has a wide basis
of popular support.
2. That in the areas visited the
young government is furnishing
reasonably good administration
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
No Real Excuse

= A new effort to remove the radio
~.*blind spot" on air routes from Char
lesion to Norfolk will be made next
Tuesday as a Carolina coastal delega-
ton appears before the Civilian Aero
nautics administration in Washington
and demands activation of the Very
High Frequency radio beam in the af-
fected area.
Success will mean that night and
: bad weather flying will be made pos
-sible to and from Wilmington and other
: .seaboard points.
~ It is difficult to see how the CAA
can give the group-it will include
! our senators, four Carolina representa-
lives and spokesman of the interested
: communities negative answer. The
facilities, so we are informed, have been
installed. The explanation offered by
the CAA for incorporation is that it's
officials have been under the impress
sion that planes flying the route were
not equipped to receive WIFI.
~ That reason is not valid because Ma
~tlonal Air Lines, principal user of the
route, has advised that it could switch
from low frequency to the high one
while over the area if CAA makes the
beam available.
Obviously there is no real excuse
for this large section of two states to
continue to suffer this disadvantage
In air travel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

Governor Earl Warren of Cali
fornia, Harold E. Stassen, Sena-
tor Robert A. Taft, Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek, David E. Lilien-
thai, Fiorello H. LaGurdia, An
thony Eden, Sumner Welles, John
G.. Winnant, Leon Blum, Senator
John W. Bricker, Senator Tom
Connally, Robert LaFollette, Jr.,
Field Marshall Jan Christian
Smuts, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
Actors, singers, athletes: Clark
Gable, Kate Smith, Bob Hope,
Bing Crosby, Babe Ruth, Hank
Greenberg, Frank Sinatra, Van
Johnson, Paul Robson.
Writers, commentators: George
Bernard Shaw, Helen Keller,
Drew Pearson, Fulton Lewis, Jr.
Religious leaders: Archbishop R.
j. Cushing, Father Flanagan, E.
Stanley Jones, Msgr, Fulton j.
Sheen.
Scientists: Madame Marie Curie
and Karl Compton.
Business figures: John D. Rookie
Teller, Eric A. johnson, Eddie"
| Rickenbacker.
Labor: John L. Lewis.
Others: Charles A. Lindberg,
Madame Chang K%ai-shek, Duke of
| Windsor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Western-Style State
hdonesian Republic Now
SHOWCASE OF Old Asia

compared with those in Siam or
China. With their legacy Of expert
ence from the prewar Dutch ad-
ministration the republicans oper-
ate a complete government serv-
ice, right down to an archaeological
department which is busily main
tanning the famed ruins of Boro-
boedoer.
3. That the Nationalist frankly
admit a cultural and technical
debt owed to Holland. The strik-
ing absence of anti-European feel
ing : makes h e prospects look
bright for reconciliation between
East and West.
Slight Socialism
The average republican official
appears Intellectually alert, with a
moderate socialist tendency. Only
the Netherlands insistence that
the republic accept Overseas Min
lister Jonkman's i n depreciation OF
the draft agreement has delayed
the signing of the settlement, &C
cording to the Nationalist.
An active political life has
grown up inside the republic, with
more than a dozen parties ranging
from the rightwing Moslems to an
unimportant Communist faction.
AT present they are united behind
the government and are holding
party programs in allegiance.
After the settlement European
industries and plantations found
the natives for the first time in a
position to demand higher wages
and better living standards. An
important labor movement, claim
ing $50, 900 members in 26 vital
industries, has grown up.
A large cooperative movement
has appeared in the cottage indus
A need for foreign capital
and technicians is universally rec
ogniZed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

coat, diamond ring, watch, wash
ing machine - and the kitchen
sink.
The Mutual Forum usually goes
in for provocative oral tangles.
Debates may begin in a Well-man-
nered tempo. but it isn't long be-
fore the heated arguments wind
up in a verbal pier-sixer. . Too
often the rostrum is burdened
with solons who make the sessions
seem like the Cong. Record with
a sound track. When that happens
ennui sets it. Because nothing
can be duller than that. Nothing.
That barrage of criticism aim
ed at the State. Departments
shortWavers to Russia has had it's
Feet. They have put a CLEAN on
many of the proFrsms 70 n
spots. But we can't join the
Whoopers who believe that the
are a panacea for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Walter Winche!I
Taking A Ride On The Airwaues

what ais Russo : American d
tons. . .Relaying the Union
democracy to the SoVlet aJose.
won't make everything oheyt sr
It isn't as simple as tndl 70
from it. Remember there sI' md
iron curtains around Georgia
Mississippi.
The Theatre Guilds alr"'' :,
rates a nod for attemPtlas .+i i
steer clear of the usual do" mi,
oric-a-brac. It comes UP N'H n
notch troupers and some ,bIs
Broadway's most menl1 }a'ays
plays. Yet the show isn't ai when
as good as its intentions orpd
the three : acters are lN .hpv
through the microphone o,.fs.
seem to lose much of then 1olct
inal WOW. Nevertheless .,a
Hayes proved last SabDatn m
the program can scaIe
Continued on Page lem
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Time To Start Planning

We would like to be reading some
thing these days about plans for the
Second annual Southeastern North Caro-
lima Beach associations Fishing rodeo.
The success of its first year was of
such quality and quantity its promoters
Immediately decided to make the next
one bigger and better. AS an example,
the prize list was upped from $4,000
to $4,000. And this latter figure is
indicative of an undertaking so large
that, ven though the fishing is months
away, plans should be underway.
AS a basis of what may be expected,
look at last years accomplishments.
Two thousand and five hundred per-
sons entered &c different specie of fish
and rewards to the 142 prize winners
ranged from fishing gear to $500 for
the best catch. Entries were received
from residents of 10 states, including
~fish-wealthy Florida and far away Mis-
souri, and Massachusetts,. The cost
was only $1,000 with $500 in prizes
and trophies being given by interested
firms and sporting goods manufac-
turers. The publicity received reached
national scope and placed the Whining
ton dateline in scores of newspapers
and other publications throughout the
country.
If $500 participated the first year
with a $4,000 attraction, it's certainly
reasonable to presume that at least
double that number will be on hand this
fall seeking shares of the $4,000 list.
Therefore, because of the immensely
it is expected to assume, it isn't too
early to start planning for one of the
sections greatest tourist attractions.
Too long a delay will be detrimental to
the project and result in serious curtail-
ment of its good purposes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

"Truth or Consequences" enters
the loudspeaker like a squirt Of
seltzer. and Ralph Edwards en-
ceeing manages to keep things
eizzing. OF course. the revelry sci
dom rises above a pie-in-the-face
level. Occasionally the program
goes in for visual Glowing that
yocks the studio audience and
sends them into a gleeful spree
OF shrieking that almost skaters
the radio tubes of bewildered lis
teners. However, the charade
exudes fun and comes over with
such good feeling it's flaws are
forgivable. On the last show one
contestant was a war vet who was
gifted with a completely furnished
home. The program is stunt
happy. It's current frenzy is 3
contest wherein dialers are asked
to identify a certain voice. The
wlnne- will cop a jackpot. that in
Guides (among other things) a
car. trailer. billiard table, fur
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

great boosts they need. BY voting
for the Junior college proposal, We
will be filling an educational need
long felt here. By approving the
tuberculosis sanatorium proposal
We will be re.establishing a faciii
ty that proved its worth to us in
the past years. And New Hanover
must have it to maintain it's health
standards.
So, if you have failed to do so,
go register and cast your votes
for these highly worthwhile under
takings. New Hanover must have
them if she is to continue to grow.
both in service to her youth and
those suffering from the dreaded
disease of tuberculosis.
A CITIZEN
Wilmington, N. c.: March 8, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
To The Editor
Letters To The Editor
7Junior College, San atorium Mighty Important

ITO the Editor:
"n'Will you give me space to call
: attention to the great Importance
of all voters registering and vot-
ing On March rs for the Junior
college which can be established
in Wilmington and, also, support
ing the Tubercular sanatorium rs
ashoth of these projects are of the
almost importance.
I'VE are making a state fight for
~hetter health conditions in North
~~e3arolina and this Tubercular sana.
s.sfpfium will go a long ways toward
;-Achieving better health for every
gs~ane.
We have ddevoted too little at
tention to our educational pro
grams and this registration aac
vote on March Is will give the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

citizens of Wilmington an oppor.
tunity to have a Junior college
here SO that the vast majority OF
Dung people who are not fl
nancially able to go to a college
situated away from their homes
may have the opportunity Of bet
ter education at home.
The tax to support these two
projects will be so small until each
person should support the two
projects, but so many people will
neglect to register and this letter
is written with the idea of calling
the public's attention to the i'm
portance of the two projects.
AS a representative of labor for
more than 80 years, l urge every
labor union man to take time cf1
| or 60 to the home Of the registrar
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Church Group Sets
Opposition Meeting

CHARLOTTE, March 8.-CR-n
mass meeting to organize oppOi II
ton to the sale of legal liquor ~
Mecklenburg county will be spor VI,
sored here tomorrow by the county y
chapter of the North Carolina a
lied Church League. III 10
The general subject will I,o' ps
LIQUOR: A Menace" The group n.y.
opposes a bill in the genera n.
semblv which would permit ~. or,
county to vote on the esta0lSn"i'D
of ABC stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Just Around The Corner

There's a rainbow round our Shout
der. The futures full of hope. Stop
the presses. Good news from Washing
ton.
American business, bedeviled by
strikes, shortages, red ink, taxes and
what not, is going to get a break this
year. It will have only about 1000
forms to prepare for Uncle Sam.
John @. Public, who can't sleep nights
for worrying about one form-his in
come tax return-may shudder at
thought of 1000 of them, some in tripli-
cate, quadruplicate, and on up the line.
But business at the peak of wartime
government. curiosity had some 5000
forms to fill out and send in, under
penalty. Four thousand? Pouf! a mere
nottings, if ever that.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Chicago Woman Defies
Myositis Ossificans

CHICAGO, March 8.-W.H-Mrs.
lola Warren said today that her
heart wouldn't let her body turn
to stone.
Mrs. Warren, "A, said a happy
marriage and her determination
to live did as much as medical
science to check the strange
malady which for II years slowly
turned her body to stone.
Twenty-Five years ago, physicians
said she wouldn't live two years.
She was a victim of Myooitis Os-
sicifans, and with the publication
Of he~ plight she became known
as Chicago's "Stone Girl"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
The Gallup Poll
Macarthur And Eisenhower Head List
Of Those Most Admired By Americans
Churchill, Truman And
Marshall Are Also High
In Latest Survey
BY GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute
of Public OniniOn

PRINCETON, N. j., March
8. - General Douglas Mac
Arthur and General Dwight
D. Eisenhower are the two
men who head the list again
this year of living people adj
mired most by the u. S. pub
lie.
This is or" the basis of a poll
Of the nation in which voters in
all walks of life were asked:
What person living today in
any part of the world do you ad-
mire most?"
Here are the first 10 on the
list-in order of frequency Of
mention.
1. Douglas Macarthur
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Winston Churchill
4. Harry S. Truman
5. George c. Marshall
g.. Eleanor Roosevelt
7. James F. Byrnes
8. P pc Plus XII
9. Sister Kenny
10. Thomas E. Dewey
The above list stands as a high
ly revealing reflection of the
American mind. 1t will provide
interesting material for the So
biologist and for students of the
public mind in this country.
Students will find it significant
that the first 10 includes no great
industrialist or businessman, no
famous educator, Or scholar, Or
scientist, no name popular in
sports or the theatre. In fact,
these people are all with n ex-
ception, in some aspect of public
affairs. The lone exception is
Sister Kenny.
1t is also interesting to note
that three of the top 10 are from
outside of the United States -
Churchill, Pope Plus, and Sister
Kenney.
Some changes have taken place
in the top 10 since last year. There
are three newcomers - George
C. Marshall, Pope Plus XII, and
Sister Kenny.
The three not included in the
top group - Henry A. Wallace,
Herbert Hoover, and Harold F..
Stassen-still receive very prom
inent mention in the poll this
year.
For the purpose of comparison,
here are last years top people:
/. Douglas Macarthur
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Harry S. Truman
4. Eleanor Roosevelt
5. Winston Churchill
g.. Herbert Hoover
Z. Henry Wallace
8. Thomas E. Dewey
9. Harold E. Stassen
10. James F. Byrnes
Among the men polled, the top
five most admired persons are
Eisenhower, Macarthur, Chur-
chill, Marshall, and Truman.
The women's choices Mac
Arthur, Eisenhower, Truman,
Eleanor Roosevelt. and Churchill,
Veterans pick Eisenhower. Mar.
shall, Macarthur, Churchill anc
Truman.
PROMINENTLY MENTIONED
Names most prominently men.
tioned in the present poll, after
the top 10, include Elder States
man Bernard M. Baruch, Henri,
A. Wallace. Premier Joseph Sta
lin, Mohandas K. Ghandi, Sena
tor Arthur Vandenberg, of Mich
igan, Walter Winchell, columnlst
Henry Ford, Cordell Hull, Her
bert Hoover. and Albert Einstein
In addition to those alread,
mentioned, the following person,
received prominent mention
. throughout the country:
Military and Naval leaders: Al
miral William F. Halsey, Genera.
Charles deGaulle, Admiral Richa~,
E. Byrd, General Mark w. Clark
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
j Political: Clare Boothe I,e.