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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19
He Who EndsA Mckee Ism fLucky
six Cents, Says Clerk
RY JACK COWIE
Staff Writer

tore I had finally put it too
W. legitimate use as a token
~ Inqal tender I had walked
o. blocks and caused sew
p.oj clerks to pull their hair.
Si A. my foot clamped on the
.,in | looked about for a mo-
. Son+ wondering if someone had
5ronned it-with my 1910 vi
o 1.on II looked like a half-dollar.
Fjneering its smooth surface
discovered my n~ew-found
..s1tb amounted to one nickle,
No Goth part Of a dollar and
bs fifth cousin to a copper pen
ny NV lungs called for the
drajght of a good five cent
oiaar but it was not long until
was informed the five-center
l,ont out with the CCC.
The war is over, thought /,
,od candy is back on the mar
lot why not a good chocolate
"six cents please" said the
yoIng lady as l placed my hand
AVER a bar plainly marked five.
Two downs and no gain, 1
tbolaht as the bright coin con-
tin1ed 10 burn a hole in the
nocket OF my jeans.
Eureka, the light shown
through and I fastened to a
nearby soda shop and asked for
five cent package of ice
cream or a bar. No sale, the
nrice of milk had upped the
nrice OF ice cream commod-
tiles.
The smell of popcorn waited
through from a theater en-
france and sneaking to the door
l asked:
"A five-cent sack please"
The young lady held up a 10
cent box and said:
eleven cents please"
Well heck, if nothing else a
five cent beer would return a
voice which had become hoarse
for asking the price.
Did I find it?
You should know better.
Into a restaurant went l with
thoughts of a cup of joel
Out | came with my nickel
when l had finished glancing at
a menu which read:
Coffee only, 10 cents
An urchin playing on the
streets caught my eye and to
him l said:
Here sonny, take this nickel
and have yourself a time"
He laughed as he replied:
mo soap mister, it takes
three of them to get into a
show"
I noticed a young lady rum
maging through her purse as
she stood near a parking meter
IN front of the postoffice.
To her l offered my nickel,
then she pointed to a sign which
read:
pennies only"
In total disgust I gave up and
headed home. I knew | could
get a bus ride for a nickel but
| was driving a car.
The nickel had caused me
enough trouble SO l dropped it
on the pavement hoping some
other poor sucker would find it
and have as much trouble as I
had encountered.
AS it rolled I followed it's
path and 1t came to rest beside
a second five cent piece.
Happy days, I thought, as I
grabbed the two coins and hur-
RED to the candy store.
A big bar for a dime, 1 said,
ana the girl laughed as she re-
Piled:
Six cents or II, take your
choice"
did and now I have four
pennies and my car is parked
IN a tive cent parking meter
zone.
What luck"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19

EXCESS?

ARE MENTAL ANGUISH AND
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP RESUL TINGe
Then why not try the Portal Treat
ment. 1t is. generally accepted in the
medical field that alcoholism is a
disease and should be treated as such.
And few would disagree that a treat
e which benefits a sizeable num-
Der of people is t least worthy of
being tried by Others. The Portal
Treatment tends to relieve the more
acute symptoms of alcoholism and to
put the sufferer in better position to
help himself. The formula has been
used extensively in the United States
and Canada for 40 years and has
established an outstanding record of
accomplishment.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
Secrecy Surrounding
Atomic Bomb Lifted
Scientific Data Is Released on
= Nuclear Fission.

WASHINGTON- The pipelines of
scientific information, once drained
of all reference to atomic energy to
preserve the secrecy of the atomic
bomb. are beginning to fill with data
in the field of nuclear science-"With-
out impairing the essential security
surrounding the bomb
Passed through the filtering proc
ess of declassifcation, the knoWl-
edge gained in nearly five years of
atomic research and development
is beginning to fiow-both in sclen-
tific and technical channels and in
the public press.
Nearly 500 papers, totalling some
two million words of atomic infor-
nation, have been cleared through
the Manhattan projects declassifica-
tion procedure, according to 1t. Col
w. S. Hutchinson Jr., declasSifica-
tion officer for the army's atomic
development agency. "a
Many of the unpublished, as well
as the published, articles will ap-
pear in the Manhattan projects own
technical history started in 1945.
This will be library of more than
100 volumes bringing together in one
set of books all of the significant
scientific and engineering informa-
ton developed in the atomic energy
program.
American science is best served
by the widest possible dissemination
of scientific information without re.
striction," said Colonel Hutchinson.
''but national security is best
served by controlling certain scien-
tific developments in the nuclear
field as they relate to the atomic
bomb.
''The Manhattan project has es-
tablished a very effective program
which protects the vital secrets of
nuclear science affecting national
security and which still releases the
basic mathematics, chemistry and
physics developed on the project
during the war. One purpose of this
policy is to give the impetus to
American science to continue it's
advance, not only in government
sponsored and government-con-
trolled laboratories, but also in the
many independent academic and in
dustrial organizations that are the
foundation of our national scientific
engineering and industrial strength"
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
ALLIANCES.
Britdin-Frdnce

Traditional allies against ! Ger
many, Great Britain and France
renewed their old bond in London
by agreeing to a treaty of alliance
to guard against a rebirth of an ag-
gressive reich.
Though the alliance ostensibly
was directed against Germany, OBJ
servers saw in the pact strength
ening of the western European pow
ers against the expanded influence
of Russia on the continent. With
Britain and France serving as a
core, smaller nations like Holland
and Belgium might adhere to the
western bloc to check the threat OF
communism.
In concluding their alliance, Brit
ain and France agreed to work for
the orderly development of western
European economy to promote mu-
tual prosperity and at the same time
prevent establishment of strong
industrial base for war in Germany.
Emphasis was placed on harmon
izing the British and French econo-
mics to remove trade conflicts and
harnessing essential German indus
try, like coal, to the needs of neigh
boring countries.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
GEORGIA.:
Chip off Old Block

With "Old Gene" gone, Young
Herman" kept alive the fiery Tai
madge tradition in Georgia politics.
When his father died before he
could be inaugurated, young Tai
madge mustered sufficient support
in the legislature to have himself
named governor; then, defying in
cumbent- Governor Arnall, who held
his election illegal, he set up his
own offices in the state capitol.
Meeting young Talmadge's bold
challenge, Arnall carried the issue to
the state supreme court, dominated
by his own appointees. But again
Herman struck back by threatening
to ignore an adverse court decision
on the grounds that the constitu-
ton empowered the legislature to
elect governor and a denial of the
right represented judicial encroach'
ment upon the legislative branch OF
government.
Amid the hub-bub, one sure fact
emerged: Young Talmadge had
demonstrated political leadership
and was power to be reckoned
with in Georgia politics.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
Driver Risks Life to Save
Az Minutes, Race DiScIoses

PHILADELPHIA.> - Would you
risk your life to save four and one
half minutes?
Lots of motorists do, says Phila-
delphia Safety council. To prove it,
the council conducted a novel race
over a 1O-mile course of city driv-
ing.
Two 1899 sedans of the same
make were started off together.
One driver was under orders to
show no courtesy to anyone-just
drive as fast as the law would allow
and keep within traffic regulations.
He could take all the chances he
wanted. Driver No. 2 was instruct
ed to travel at safe, normal speed,
showing the prescribed courtesies OF
the road to pedestrians and other
motorists.
The driver who took the chances
crossed the finish line in % min
utes-just four and one-half min
utes ahead of the safe and sane driv-
er.
Car No. /, in addition, bumped
tenders and had several close calls
in traffic.
To drive home the point of the
race, Herbert T. Hecht, safety coun-
Gil field service engineer, said:
1--WE figure that a man of 35 has
about II million minutes of life left
to him. The fast driver saved only
four and a half minutes Just figure
the odds he's getting"
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
DR.. CALDWELL'S
SIENNA LAXATIVE
eo"rA'"so I" SYRUP PEPSIN
y ss.s';'s s;t,:s i, RELIEF OF pAIN1 IN
of headache or colds painful
miseries. monthly functions.
St.JOseph ASPIRIN S:.'ts; ~
They gon,t Rattle

A farmer with fine stand Of
hazelnut trees was bedeviled by
trespassers during the nutting sea-
son. He consulted a scientific friend,
and upon his advice placed at con-
spicuous points the following no.
tice:
"Trespassers, take warningl All
persons entering this wood do so
at their own risk, for, although COM
mon snakes are not often found. the
Corylus Avellana abounds every
where about here, and never gives
warning Of its presence"
He was troubled no more with
treSpaSSers.
(In case you don't know. Corylus
Avellana is the botanical term
for hazelnut)
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

parts for ''the land Of the morning
calm" for the second time since his
exile 40 years ago. DIR. Rhee's fol-
lowers consider him the legitimate
head of the provisional Korean gov
ernment set up by those leaders for
tunate enough to escape when Japan
dealt Korea its final, crushing blow
in 1905.
Presidents of the United States
since Theodore Roosevelt's time,
state department and other govern
ment officials have been consistent
ly sympathetic and stubbornly un-
cooperative with the effort of this
unhagging patriot to obtain recogni-
ton of his country. They did not
frown on his return to Korea when
it was liberated" by the defeat of
Japan. They put no obstacles in
the way of his choice as head Of
the group which set up a provisional
government of Korea. They permit
ted that group to send an observer
to the u. N. but when DIR. Rhee
returned from Korea in December
of last year his efforts to make his
voice heard before the international
body were blocked by the state de-
partment ukase, ''No official stand
ing"
Today Korea is a nation bisected
by the 38th parallel. The North.
under Russian control, is separated
by the Asiatic model of the Iron
Curtain and no real Korea govern
ment exists in the Southern half,
still administered by the U. S. mill
tary government. This is due, DR..
Rhee says, to the same lack of Of
fetal sanction from the state depart
ment which the aging doctor has
sought since Pearl Harbor.
'All we ask is that we be allowed
to hold elections to set up in the
American zone of Korea a national
government just as the Russians
have set up what they call demo-
cratic government in their zone.
We only ask that the United States
do for us what they have already
done for japan.
'"The other liberated countries
have been given this privilege. We
never fought against the Allies. For
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
Bathed i'm Mutual Admiration

There is distinctive brand of po-
litical humor often buried in that
remarkable and largely unread (and
frequently turgid) document. the
Congressional Record.
The Republican recommendation
sion only three times a week, Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday. de-
voting the other two days to COM
mittee work recently touched off
typical exchange between kepubli-
cans and Democrats on the senate
floor. Both parties conjured lightly
with the names of founding fathers.
( Majority Leader Wallace White of
Maine began by opining that an ex-
ception to the Monda Wednesday,
Friday rule should perhaps be made
for Lincoln'S birthday (Which falls
on Wednesday this. year, so that
Republican senators could. as he
put it. have opportunity to go to
their homes and elsewhere to make
their customary, and think, prop
er, speeches on Lincoln's birthday"
He added that provision. too. might
be made for Washington birthday.
Senator White then recalled that
the Democrats usually nave either
a Jackson Day or Jefferson Day
dinner. for which they might want
to be excused from the senate
Minority Leader Barkley was
agreeable. Said he: $50 far as Lin
coin Day absenteeism is concerned.
we have no objection to any deviation
from this program tthe MWF
rule) that would permit our friends
tC get back to Lincoln"
The Record recofds as follows:
Mr. Barkley: | think the closer
the party gets back TO Lincoln
the nearer it will come to
Jefferson think there will
be no difficulty about arrang-
ing for Washington birthday
and for Lincoln's birthday. So
far as Jackson is concerned,
the Democrats have always
celebrated Jackson Day on the
9th of January. today, which is
the day of the Battle of New
Orleans.
Mr.. White: | think the senator
from Kentucky is celebrating
II now.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

southern area-what right have TO-
600, if there are that many (Which
I doubD, to interfere with the rights
of 18 million Koreans in the south
ern zone?" asks DR.. Rhee.
In the secret agreement at Yalta,
DR.. Rhee asserts: President
Roosevelt agreed that Manchuria and
Northern Korea be placed in the
zone of the Soviets. This was con-
trary to the spirit of the Atlantic
Charter and the other agreements
up to that time. When the American
people realize this, am sure senti-
ment will develop that will make it
possible for Korea to become ma
ton again. am going back to
Korea with that hope"
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

Ir. Barkley: But in April / think
it is planned to have a num-
Der, of Jefferson Day celebra-
tions throughout the country
and l am sure that Jefferson
and Lincoln and Washington
and Jackson will all be main
tanned upon an equal footing.
Ir. Tobey: I'd like to say for the
benefit of my friend the sena-
tor from Kentucky that | hope
his statement which l shall
designate, as Exhibit A, is evil
dence that the great party to
which he belongs. of which he
has been majority leader in
the senate for so many years,
and so successfully, will be
bound to return to the prin-
ciples and teachings and ten
cts of Thomas Jefferson.
Ir Barkley: will say to the
senator that we have never de-
parted from them, because
Jefferson was the outstanding
liberal of his day, and we have
always adhered to the liberal
policies which were advocated
by the original liberal, Thom-
as Jefferson, which were not
altogether dissimilar to the
liberality of the founder of the
Republican party. Abraham
Lincoln.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
Long Fight for Freedom Continues
Korea a Sore Spot in
Far Eastern Politics
By BAUKHAGE
NesUs Analyst and Commentator.

more than 40 years we have carried
underground work against our jap
anese oppressors.
I asked if he thought the people
were ready for a democratic gov
ernment.
He paused a moment and said:
"You may be surprised, as I was,
to learn how familiar the Koreans
are with the democratic system"
The japanese, it seems, when
they made their various levies upon
the Koreans found they had to deal
with a system that had already
been set up, based on the democrat
ic choice of a leader for a group of
perhaps 20 homes which, ins turn,
chose their representatives for larg-
er groups. DR.. Rhee said he found
his people were much more familiar
with these processes than he thought
they could be even though he had
followed their activities so closely
through all these years. Then DR..
Rhee went on to explain that with
cooperation of the military gov
ernment, at least Ave attempts had
been made to set up national gov
ernment; that each time the Com
munists had blocked it by refusing
to join and because of the directives
under which the military govern
ment was forced to operate-no gov
ernment was permitted in which the
Communists did not participate.
'They (the Communists) claim
they have 10000 members in the
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

eased and that there will be no gen.
eral business recession in 1947
severe enough to impede construc-
tion.''
Haynes estimates show that 6 bill
lion dollars will be expended for
private residential construction, ex-
elusive of farm homes, for the larg-
est outlay in any class Of construc-
ton.
Private construction of all types,
he adds, will make up the bulk Of
the years new construction spend
ing, amounting to 1l,700 million dol
lars or 40 per cent more than last
year.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
Desperate Measures

Watson's wife was well known in
the little suburban community for
her numerous shopping forays into
the city. These costly excursions
were source of dismay to Mr.. Wat
son, especially when his fellow COM
muters chided him about it. Then
came the day the dignified Watson
boarded the commuters special
with pair of his wife's shoes under
his arm. They were. destined for
the repair shop. A neighbor, view
ing them skeptically, quipped:
Rather a drastic measure, eh,
Watson?"
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
HOPE FOR HOMES
Million Houses To Be Started

WASHINGTON. Construction
will be started on a million new
permanent dwelling units and about
100000 units will be completed
by private builders during 1947 it
is estimated by the department of
commerce. The estimates compare
with 675,0 units started and about
45O, 900 completed during 1916.
Prospects for meeting the ma
tion's construction industry goal
of is billion dollars, representing
an increase of SO per cent over last
year, were termed favorable by
John L. Haynes, chief of the COM
merce department construction
division.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
100 Passenger, 600 MPH
Plane Aim of the British

LONDON Britain announced
plans to build a flying wing air
liner shaped like an arrowhead
to carry+ 100 passengers at 600
miles an hour. The plane will be
powered by six jet engines giving
total takeoff thrust of 100000
pounds, the ministry of supply
said.
The plane will have range of
$500 miles and, besides its 100
passengers, will carry 171s tons
of mail or freight and a crew of
IA, including six stewards. 1t will
take four years to build.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
NEWS REVIEW
Congress Scans Tax Gut;
Ford Slashes Car Prices

labor on the eve of negotiations for
new contracts and set the pace for
industry generally. AS labor was to
clamor for higher wages, Ford in
ferred that they could be paid out of
increasing production of goods.
with workers sharing the rising
profits.y
With iprices away up and buyers
hesitant to pay for inflated values,
American industry stands at the
crossroads, Ford said. Bring prices
within reach of the average con-
sumner through mass production and
the U. S. may well avoid business
recession. he declared. With en-
ployee efficiency on the rise, Ford
revealed that his company is turn
ing out about 1000 units day, ex-
elusive of buses and tractors.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
Portable Phone Replaces
Railroads Hand Sigra!,

CHICAGO Portable telephones
carried by freight train shippers
soon may Danish many tradition.
al hand signals along the line of the
Pennsylvania railroad. company of
ficialS intimated.
This new kind of "walkie-talkie. =
which receives and transmits the
voice through trains. to control tow
ers and between trains, was ar
nounced by Pennsylvania and Unic.
Switch and Signal company.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

tinue the current high excise levies
on liquor, furs, jewelry and other
items.
Representative Taber (Rep., NJ
", chairman of the house appro-
priations committee, asserted the
budget could be reduced at least
to billion dollars, still assuring
essential expenditures and allowing
for a payment on the national
debt. Such cut would bring the
budget in line with the decrease in
revenue resulting from the 20 per
cent tag slash
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

An additional outlay of 61s bill
lion to 7 billion dollars will be made
for repairs and maintenance, ac-
cording to Haynes.
Haynes points out that the esti-
mates are based ION the assump-
ton that increases in the cost of
construction will be moderate in
1947 and that any increases in the
price index of materials and labor
rates will be Offset, in part at least,
by the increased volume Of build
ing materials"
It also is assumed. he adds, that
present remaining controls on non-
residential construction will be
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
New Russian DirigibIe Has
Two Engines and One PiIoi

MOSCOW.-Russia's newest dirigi
BILE, the Patriot, a two engine shir
designed for operation by one pilot
is being prepared for its first tes
flight. The dirigible accommodate.
IA persons and the designer is Maj
B. A. Garff. Russia's other dirigi
BILE is the Victory
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

ana trim LIl0 1881
'48 budget of unnec-
essary frills, COP
h use lie a der S
massed to push
through a 20 per
cent cut proposed
by Representative
Knutson (Rep.,
Mimi.
With the Republi-
cans cautious about
pairing military ex-
penditures because
of the un S e tiled
world stu a tion,
President Truman's
b u d g e t did not
lie ave too much
room for tinkering.
AS a result, COP
leaders planned to
concentrate on the
income cut estimat-
ed at 3R billion
dn11arc anI nm.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

ment ana the
American people
will demand a
free and inde-
pendent Korea. !"
That is what you
hear from the
earnest group OF
Koreans am d
Americ ans who
will be waving a
fearful but hope
full farewell to
their b e ! o v e d
leader and friend
the venerable
DR.. Syn gm a n
RhHn-aS he de.
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
FORD:
Production Lead

Declaring that the high standard
of American living was based upon
mass production, Ford Motor COM
pany slashed the price of nine mod
els from SIS to $50 to stimulate
cautious buyers market, 4
Thus did Henry Ford II, youthful
president of the famed auto COM
pany, steal a march on organized
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31
NEWS REVIEW
CONGRESS-:
T1x-Minded

Standing pat on their determina-
ton to scale personal income taxes
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

WASHINGTON. - Reveal the
secret clauses in the Yalta agree
Arizona sun., 1947-01-31

,WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street, NV,
Washington, d. C.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-07
BLOSSOMINC OF RED CROSSFLACS
X
laurence Parker, Es-Seabee, Contributes Hours
X -
DUE TO VETS INGENUITY, LABOR

holds special commentator for
rapid fire with carbine, having
scored 1874 out of a possible 200.
When he received the common
dalton he topped more than 200,-
900 Marines and Sea Bees on
rapid fire.
Parker has also been in charge
of placing posters in display win
dows. In this he has been assist
ed by six members of the Junior
Red Cross: the Misses Diane
Dickens, Irene Whitaker, NJ a e
Kaplan, Dolores Washington, At
tilee Murphy, and Barbara
Greene.
Notable among the window
displays depicting Red Cross ac-
tivities is disaster portrayal in
'Kress', installed by Cyril Mar
shall with the assistance of Mrs.
Vivian Gulick, Mrs. Mary Mum,
Mrs. Marion Grant, Parker, and
the Kress staff. Special posters
were done by Marshall and Mrs.
Harriet Parker of the Naval Hos
pital. The model representing the
Gray Lady was furnished by
Beldners dress shop.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-07
Lewis Tells
Congress Miners
~Blackiacked"

WASHINGTON. March T.
suisn l. Lewis. president OF the
Uniisd Coal Miners Of America,
tsaiaS told congress that coal OPP
efutnaa and miners would be able
~ aetgie their differences if the
government ceased using the
"oiseklaek" on the miners.
Vs. made no comment on the
bnstei States supreme Courts
aeeiaion that upheld the legality
- siae aln.000 fine that had been
issisAaaGd nn him by a federal
spiiat or The reduced fine of
sspofalo on has union. provided
the union fully complies" with
sis'ise tiolsisborough's anti-strike
tniunEiion
TIE government has had con-
tFpf ~ the mines since MAY q
uf taaf Year. and will not relin-
Hsiish euntrol till June 80. until
nftef Nhich time there will be no
aaftke. unless the union decides
10 fain ihr risk 1T paying the re-
a@indeT of a S3.500.0OO fine that
haa beUn imposed by Colds
smfuagh.