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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
RACE HORSE BEATS
SPRINTER IN RACE

MELBOURNE, Australia -R
Sprinter Arthur Martin was
badly beaten by a racehorse,
Stenelaus, in a stunt horse-man
race at the Melbourne show
ground recently.
The race was over 100 yards
from a. standing start. The
horse passed Martin within 50
yards and went on to win cas-
ing up. Martins time for the
100 was 1914 over the sodden trot-
ting track.
Experts recalled the o n l y
foot-runner who ever beat a
racehorse over 100 yards in
Austrilia was Frank Scurry
Hewitt Sydney champion and
the race was so years ago. But
the course was so yards out and
so back and Hewitt beat the
horse on the turn-about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

Jaffa in Palestine is the town
from which Jonah sailed on the
trip on which according to the
Bible, he was thrown to the
whale.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
WORN OUT FROM
GETTING UP
NIGHTS?

If you get up nieh.s-have frequent de-
sire to pass your water-yes. and have
backache, due to excess acidity In the
urine, be glad you're reading this:
Three generations ago DR.. Kilmer, q
famous doctor, found hundreds of his
patients with this trouble. So he made q
medicine of 16 herbs, roots. vegetables,
baisams. He called It Swamp Root." I"
Millions Of men and women have taken
it-often with amazing results:
swemp-Root goes right to work 10
fush out kidneys 81. I: increases flow OF
urine, helping relieve excess acidity i. :. 70
the irritated bladder gets a good hushing
out, too. Many report getting q good
nights deep after the fret fsw dosss.
Caution: take a. directed.
For free trial supply, send to Dept. r,
Kilmer & Co., Inc, Boz l25s, Stamford.
Conn. Or-get full-sized bottle Of Swamp
Root today at your drugstore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

by good neighbors, and her
main source of income was a
$40 monthly old-age pension.
Never one to play upon her
distinguished ancestral line,
Miss Minnie's court in Garden
City consisted of chats with her
neighbors as she knitted before
her home, or talks with strang-
ers W no happened upon her
there. ... ........
With no one in Garden City
now to care for her, she has
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

nunltleS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
CHARLES HARRIS
DIES AT RALEIGH
Attorney For State En-
pIoyment Securities Com
mission P asses At64

RALEIGH, Nov. 20 - up -
Charles U. Harris, Raleigh at
torney and general counsel for
the State Employment Securi-
ties commission, died of a heart
attack at his home on Hillsboro
street tonight shortly after 9
o'clock. Mr.. Harris, 64, had been
ill for sometime, but his death
was unexpected.
A native of Raleigh, Mr.. Har-
ris wa sa son of the late J. c. l..
Harris and Mrs. Florence Up
church Harris. He was educated
in the schools of Raleigh and at
Wake Forest college, and had
practiced law in his home city
since he won his law license.
For many years, prior to TAX
ing the position with the state
agency, Mr.. Harris was engaged
in private practice and during
that ime was regarded as one of
the states outstanding trial
lawyers, both in the criminal
and civil fields.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed.
Surviving Mr.. Harris are his
wife, the former Sadie Westbrook
Robbins of Raleigh; one son, the
Rev. Charles U. Harris, Jr.,
Episcopal minister of Highland
Park, ILL.,; two daughters, Mrs.
John Gordon Collins of Scars
dale, N. Y, and Mrs. Daniel w.
Sawyer; six brothers and two
Sisters: Judge William C. Har-
ris, and L. S. (Pete) Harris, both
of Raleigh; Gordon P. Harris,
Syracuse, N. Y; Winder r.
Harris, Washington; Capt. J. H.
Harris, US. Navy, Norfolk, Va;
and c. D. Harris of Louisville,
Ky; Mrs. Charles c. johnson of
Raleigh, and Mrs. M. w. Crock
er of Columbus, Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Goodrich Store Formally
ODens Renodeled Branch

will show Thor washing ma
chimes for laundry and will fea-
ture dish washing machines.
The tire department has been
increased in size and a COM
plete line of tires of all sizes
is in stock, Montgomry an
nounced. He has been with the
Goodrich company for eleven
years.
During the Christmas season
the store will feature a COM
-plete line of toys for the chill
dren, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

moved to the Cass County
Home, where what might have
been never figures in her con.
versation. She votes a straight
ticket. Which one? She's happy
that another Missourian is in
the White House today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

johnson County, Mo-, and for
years lived with her brother
and sister. Until a recent i'll
ness, her home was a plain cot
tage in little Garden City. Her
cottage rent was free, provided
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

A pythonomorpha is a subor-
der of extinct marine reptiles OF
serpent-like appearance, found
fossile in the Upper Cretaceous
rocks of Europe North and South
America, South Africa and New
Zealand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
KIDNEYS
MUST REMOVE
EXCESS ACIDS
Help IS Miles Of Kidney Tubes
Elush Out Poisonous Wasta

Help Is Miles OF Kidney Tubes
Flush Out Poisonous Waste
Hyou havean excess # acids in your blood
your IL miles of kidney tubes may be over.
worked. Thesetiny filters and tubes arework.
ing day and night to help Nature rid your
system Of excess acids and poisonous waste
When disorder OF kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
maycause nagging backache, ,rheumaticpains,
leg pains. loss of pep anL energy. getting up
nights, swelling. pufiness under the eyes.
headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty
passages with smarting and burning some
times shows there is something wrong with
your kidneys or bladder.
Kidneys may need help the same as bow
els, 50 ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, q
lions for over so years. Doan's give happy
relief and will help the IL miles of kidney
tubes flush out poisonous waste from your
blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Professional Golf Tourney

Wilmington is at last catching up with its
Association tournament for which funds
have been raised by popular subscription Tor
the purchase of shares in an organization
still to be formed) can do as much toward
placing this area on the national sports map
as the fishing rodeo which was launched
last year and is now in progress again, with
anglers from all sections competing.
The golf tourney is to be held in 1913, and
will bring to Wilmington the best of the pro-
fessionals as competitors as we'll as golf
enthusiasts as spectators. Not only will the
press of the nation be displaying the VIII
mington date line before and during the
matches, but the throng that follows the
professional players over the links from
coast to coast will learn about the regions
attractions as a recreation center and in
evitably will spread the word about our
beaches and our hospitality among their
friends at home-just as the fishermen have
done and will do again following the rodeo.
It is confidently anticipated that the or
SdlllLdtlUlI WlI1Cu Will eIllGl &c lO1lOWlIlS d
meeting at the Cape Fear club on Monday
evening will form the nucleus of a perman-
ent sports promotion unit that will give as
much service and attention to other outdoor
games as it will first devote to the golf
tournament and that in time Wilmington will
take it's place among southern cities noted
for national events in the sports and recrea-
ton world.
=. While the money required for preliminary
promotion of the golf tournament is already
in hand, it is considered advisable to raise a
couple Of thousand dollars more in order
to make the event a complete success. In
view of the Journeys foreseeable value to
the business community this small amount
should be forthcoming without bubble or
delay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

to play a. part in dealing with Europe's dis
placed persons.
IL. Decision on the fate of the reciprocal
trade treaties. Much criticism of them de-
veloped among Republican members Of the
House last session. The law expires June 80,
and division in the Republican ranks over
this issue is certain to make controversy
however it is settled.
This, Of course, is but one mans view of
what lies ahead at the Capitol. There is the
strong probability that other measures will
spring into prominence as the session sd-
vances, and that some he names will be eth
er ignored or tabled. But there is no reason
to doubt that the session will be a talking
session.
With the world in unrest and the United
States cast in the role of world leader so far
as non-communist states are concerned, it
can only be hoped that it will not be marked
by bitterness, however widely members may
be separated by party differences.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
These Price Cuts

Ordinarily cut-throat competition is a
menace to any business. That is to say in
normal times when prices and profits are
scaled down to a minimum margin.
When a merchant then advertises an ar
ticle at a price lower than his competitor,
and the competitor retaliates by advertising
an even greater reduction, and both repeat
tn process, the inevitable result is finan-
cial loss for both. All too often one or the
other folds up and resorts to bankruptcy at
the cost of the creditors.
But these are not normal times. The econo-
mists say prices are higher than they need
be. This suggests that profits are above par.
We do not know that this is so, but merely
state the view of the economists, who are
supposed to know their facts, and the logical
deduction to be drawn from their declara-
ton.
If the economists are correct and the con-
clusion is also correct, then the competition
between Wilmington chain groceries and
Independent grocers, is not to be classed as
cut-throat, and so is welcome.
The competition of each class in reducing
the price of meats, poultry, eggs and butter,
still leaves these foods far above normal
levels, but helps the housewife and the
bread-winner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Three-P0wer Control


in the elimination of Nazl5m
and militarism.
1t also should make a big on
ference in the capacity Of the
Allies to impress the Germans
with the value of democracy
The German people are used 10
system and order. They are DIS,
tressed by uncertainty in pollcyI
and conflict in action. They WIN
have no real respect for M
occupiers until they e%1ioII
more agreement of purpose anu
perform their important du'le'
with certainty and persistence
Anything Foreign Minister bI'
dault can do to hasten France
full cooperation in a three.
power administration will save
just that much precious TINE.
The scant prospect that huSsis
will come in will not be lessene9
in any way by a joint S'a,o
of the three Western allies ~
the contrary. if there is any e
feet on the Soviets it Will proc.
ably impress them that tne.
can be concerted action by "'
democracies in Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to IN
clude public terminals. tobacco stor-
2 warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-fcot Cape Fear river channel:
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
through better markets n
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farIn-to-market and pri-
mary roads. with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
Guiding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement Of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Just In Fun

"That's right, Henry. I'm glad
to Just sit and relaX-and think
about my fall wardrobe. Who's
that coming? Henry! It's Grace
and Robert. Look at that terrible
hat! And wouldn't you know
Grace would 60 to extremes?
Her skirt is clear down to tn.
bottom of the calf and it's almost
a hobble skirt. Why doesn't she
learn something about dressing
becomingly? l wouldn't wear
these longer skirts to satisfy
some designer! Heavens, we've
got to put in an evening with
them.
ooh Grace and Bob! How nice
to see you. We were just speak
ing of you and wondering if you
would come over for a few rub
bers of bridge. Darling, what an
exquisite hat! And Oracle, | al
ways say you're the most stylish
ly dressed woman in the crowd
My dear, you're positively ravlsh'
ing in that blue and red, | love
the longer skirts. They're so
feminine somehow. After all, We
women have gone too far with
our shorts and Stacks. | must get
right at it and lengthen all my
skirts. A man wants his wife to
keep up with the fashions,
Wall Street Journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

WASHINGTON Beneath the
eager interpre citation in this
country of the French election
lies recognition of the division
of the world into two, with the
United States heading one, So
Wet Russia the other. But for
the bearing of the French cleo
ton on that, the American peo-
pie would have taken no more
interest in it than decades ago,
when they hardly knew the
names of French political par
ties and knew little more about
French political leaders than
that their names were difficult
to pronounce.
1t may seem far fetched to
suggest that today a French
election has for America some
what the interest OF one in
Maine, important IS showing a
trend which concerns lis. AS in
Maine, leaders on both sides
have always been conscious OF
the nationwide bearing of their
elections, with each striving to
make the effect it desired, SO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Uniform Air Safety

= It is unfortunate that the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board is investigating the non-schedul-
ed, or charter, %airlines against a background
of narrow escapes rather than tragedy.
But the rescue of the SO persons aboard the
Bermuda Sky Queen in the storm-swept
North Atlantic does not make the forced
landing Of that flying boat more excusable,
or the investigation less necessary.
Two sets of CAB regulations now govern
the operation of scheduled and non-schedul-
ed %airlines. The commercial lines, for in
stance, must carry a three-hours' supply OF
extra fuel On overseas flights. Their pilots
must have had at least 1900 hours flying ex-
'perience to obtain a license. There are other
rules regarding maximum loads, runway
lengths, and so on.
The non-scheduled carrier need have only
an extra As minutes fuel supply, which il
why the Sky Queen had to be ditched. IT.
pilots are required to have only 200 hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

.. experience. Load and runway rules do
not apply.
Human lives, of course, are involved in
both types of operation. But, for reasons of
economy, the CAB seems to have assumed
that the lives of the paying passengers are
considerably more important.
There are reaports Of many illegal opera
t;ons under minimum safety rules, since the
CAB forbade the carrying of passengers by
charter lines. This ban arose from the CABS
decision that, with faster and more frequent
scheduled service by domestic and foreign
carriers, there was not enough business to
warrant the non-scheduled lines carrying
passengers.
Since the ban went into effect on Sept. 10,
some non-scheduled operators, if reports
are true, have been getting away with poten-
trial murder. They are said to have leased
their ships and crews to foreign travel agen-
cies Or airlines, or to have set up phony cor
porations here.
There are other questions that needed ans
wering. For one thing, why has the CAB
been so lax in enforcing it's rules? Is it
shortage of manpower, inefficiency, or some
thing more sinister? The board was one Of
the government agencies hardest hit in the
last budget cut by Congress. If that is the
reason for a situation which is a threat to
the lives of air passengers, then certainly the
CAB should be given enough money to carry
out it's duties.
Is it better to maintain two sets of safety
regulations Or to permit charter airllnes to
carry passengers under a uniform set of
rules? Whatever the answer, any who have
violated the present ban on the trans-oceanic
transport of passengers by charter plane
should be dealt with severely.
Another obvious need is for the adoption
of uniform legal, economic safety regulations
by all governments which operate, or whose
nationals operate, passenger flights outside
their boundries. This would prevent the type
of dodge that is charged in the present sit
uation. International air authorities have
recommended such a step, but the govern
ments have failed to take it.
The narrowing experience of the Bermu-
da Sky Queens passengers has done all avi-
alton an injustice. This near-tragedy is
bound to stick in the public mind, despite
the remarkable safety record in trans-oce-
anic flight established by the armed forces
transport services and by commercial car
riers. The least that aviation authorities and
operates can do is offer the international
air traveller reasonable assurance of safety,
by whatever line or plane he travels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
A Talking Session

Whether Congress is recalled in advance
or on the regular date in the first week in
January, it is obvious that the forthcoming
session will be spanked by forensic fury.
Not only the heavy volume Oh major leg
islation to be debated but the additional
fact that national political conventions will
be held in June, with all members of both
branches focusing their attention upon the
outcome, warrant this conclusion.
Dismissing the strictly political aspect
for the present, it is interesting and in
structive to note the probable legislative
program the session will probably face.
One of the Washington correspondents
whose ear is close to the ground and eye
always upon the present and future af-
fairs of importance finds eleven measures
of primary Importance that will spur con-
gressional orators to unexampled p%erfor-
nance. He lists them thus:
/. An immediate appropriation for en-
ergency financial aid to western Europe.
2. At least three months duration of
hearings and debate on the Marshall Plan.
8. Renewed efforts by the Republican
majority for reductions in Federal spend
ing.
4. Another effort at tax reduction, with
both Republicans and Democrats jockeying
for the best possible political position.
S. A revision of the structure of the
whole Federal tax program to remove many
inequities and inefficiencies.
6. Passage of a universal military train
ing bill which the President is strongly
urging but which, though a majority is
likely, will split both parties.
7. Amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act,
some of which Senator Taft has said he
himself would initiate.
8. A whole Republican program and a
counter Democratic program of social leg
~islation embracing Federal action in the
field of education. health, housing, and Soc
ial security.
9. Emergency appropriations primarily
to take care of occupation costs, which in
Germany and Korea are likely to increase.
10 Legislation to enable the United States
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Food For Europe
BY 7 EDISON

WASHINGTON, - Debate on
whether the United States can
afford to furnish Marshall Plan
aid to Europe is apparent
ly headed for long and bitter
clubbing. This is indicated by
preliminary and entirely unoffi-
cial comparisons of the first two
reports on this subject. One is
the general report m require
ments, prepared by the 16-na-
ton Committee on Euro.
pean Economic Co : operation.
The other is the 25o-page Report
on National Resources, prepar-
ed by experts from is U. S. gov
eminent agencies, working I'M
der direction of Interior Secre-
tary j. A. Krug.
The tone of the Krug report
is that the U. S. can furnish all
aid needed, without strain on its
resources. A check up against
stated requirements in the Eu-
ropean report shows it may not
be so easy. Also, the Krug re-
port takes no account of the
financial drain which a four-year,
$40 billion aid program might
make on U. S. economy. A re-
port on that phase is due by Nov.
l from the Presidents Council Of
Economic Advisers, under DR..
Edwin G.. Nourse.
If all the U. S. had to furnish
was coal, the problem of Euro
pean aid would be easy. The
16 : nation coal requirements
from the United States are put
at 95 million short tons for the
next four years. They scale
down from As million tons in
1913 to seven million in 1851.
The Krug report shows that
American coal consumption this
year will be 625 million tons.
Peak U. S. coal production was
604 million tons in 1914. That
makes a surplus of SO million
tons productive capacity from
which to fill Europe's needs. It
is "A million tons greater than
requirements.
The money to pay for this
coal will have to be advanced
by the U. S. taxpayers. With
the credit of so many European
nations in such shaky condition.
it is impossible to expect the
American coal industry to car
ry the importing nations on the
cuff for four years.
The petroleum situation is lust
the opposite. Europe produces
little of its own oil. It will need
liz million short tons during the
next four years. Practically all
OF it is going to have to come
from the Caribbean, the Middle
East or Indonesia.
The U. S. is now a net I'M
porter of petroleum itself. This
IN spite of the fact that u. S,
production ID now at an all-time
high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

1t was only a hint but even
a hint from Georges Bidault
that France may join it's zone
of occupation in Germany with
the British and American zones
in a three-power top control is
genuinely good news. The sharp
separation between the occupa-
ton zones has made much
trouble in the administr alton of
Germany. Furthermore, it has
been the excuse for much more
that has gone wrong. For more
than two years It has been pos.
sible to blame all too many
failures or semi-failures on lack
of coordination and agreement
as to policies and procedures.
In recent weeks the American
and British zones have begun to
on a basis which
amounts, for all practical pur-
poses, to a merger. If the
French join in, the whole of
Western Germany will be
brought together under an es-
com m on occupation.
This holds every prospect of
making a vast difference in the
effectiveness of the control and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
By MARK

in France were both sides
aware of the effect on the world
especially the United States.
The same was true of the cleo
ton in Italy a week before. In
both countries, leaders on both
sides strove to impress Ameri-
ca, and did so for the effect
on the world conflict between
America and Russia.
In France the anti-C Communist
leader, G raj Charles de
Gaulle, during his campaign,
urging his followers to effort
said, "The United States has
marshalled it's power to counter
act Soviet ambitions, and there
is not a free man in the world
vino does not welcome this
American sion." An
against the Communists, Gener-
al de Gaulle charged that they
were Railways striving to serve
the interests of the Soviet die
~tatorship.', In the Italian cleo
ton, the Communists said the
same thing in reverse, calling
the anti-Communists "Judases,'