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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
Ia proportion with its resources, to in
elude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities, neal
by sites for heavy industry and s6-foot
Cape Fear rive channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to ONE.
Development Of S~outheastern North
Carolina agricultural and Industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing. pulp wood production and
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-naarket and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
port for expanding air service.
De, elopment Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially In
counties lacking hospitals, and includ-
ing a Negro Health center
Encouragement of the growth Of cem-
mercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23

man turns to him for advice in shaping
his decisions on major issues.
It is with complete confidence that
Secretary Marshall addresses his mes
sage from Moscow concerning this loan
to Senator ,Vandenberg well knowing
the influence he has and confidently re-
lying on his cooperation.
One of the elements that has had
much to do with the rise in President
Truman's political stock is. this non
partisan support Of his foreign policy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
The Grandcamp Inquiry

1t will bring general public gratifi.
cation to know that crew members of
the Grandcamp are to testify at the
Coast Guard inquiry into the disaster
In Texas City which is directly trace.
able to explosions on this French ship.
With their evidence it may be DOS.
slble to fix responsibility for the holo-
caust which cost more than five hum
dred lives and uncounted millions liz
property damage.
1t is claimed that the fire burned
unchecked for forty-five minutes be.
fore the explosion. If this is proved
it is to be hoped that the investiea-
ton d~iscloses why it was not brought
under control in that time.
The Grandcamp was laden with nj
trates and other chemicals of highly
explosive properties. In these circum-
stances it would be assumed that ex-
%traordinary precautions would be taken
not only to prevent a fire aboard but
also quickly to e~xtinguish the flames
once a fire started. Three quarters of
an hour is a long time in which to con-
troll an ordinary blaze.
1t is possible Of course that the
Grandcamp fire broke out where it
could not be successfully combatted by
ordinary means. Even so, it is still to
be explained why it was possible for
this to happen.
1t is difficult to believe that adequate
safety provisions might not have pre-
vented the fire. Oh its control after it
was under way. In the interest of
public welfare and security from similar
disasters in the future, it is important
Ito learn how the fire started.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
The New Council

Wilmington voters are to be con-
graduated for nominating a council on
Tuesday and thus avoiding the expense
and trouble of holding a run-off.
E. L. White, W. Ronald Lane, J. E.
L. Wade, w. E. Yopp and R. L. Bur-
nett all received the necessary majority
vote to become the official candidates
on Mag 6 and in the ordinary conduct
Of al election will constitute the city's
governing body for the next two years.
The only way any one of them could
be defeated is for someone to receive
enough write-ins to top the vote for
a regular candidate, which is not among
the foreseeable probabilities.
1t is upon these five men, then, that
the responsibility of conducting the
municipalities business-the greatest
within Wilmington's boundaries-will
fall when they take the oath of office at
noon on May 81 and for the two fol-
lowing years.
As Wilmington's future depends in
largest degree upon their conduct of
the administration this responsibility is
great.
Under the city's form Of govern
ment they. constitute the board of d.
r~ectors, and as with all corporations,
are obligated to determine policies, fix
the budget, plan improvements and
otherwise act in an advisory capacity,
leaving the execution of their decisions
to the city manager whqne position is
equivalent to that Of business manager
IN any major industry or institution.
If this arrangement is carried out
in detail Wilmington may count on ex-
csptional development during their
tenure Of office, especially if they bring
their business experience to bear with
equal force upon city affairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23

and the crew, having wax in their
ears, could not hear him order
them to cut the cords that bound
him.
The size CT the whale should be
enough to satisfy anybody. Some
r more than 100 feet in length.
But this was not enough for our
ancestors. They described the
whale as being about $50 feet long
and 480 feet broad. 1t was said
to have two horns, or tubes,
through which it sent great col
umns OF water that would sink
aly ship. Water-spouts may have
been the real basis for this idea.
This monster was said to come
UP to the surface of the water,
bearing quantities of sand upon it's
back. Sailors would approach in
their ships and, mistaking it for
an island, would cast anchor in
it's back, land, and make a fire on
i to cook their meals; then the
whale, feeling the heat, would
dart down into the sea. carrying
rnen and ship.
The kraken was the most ter
rlble of mythical sea beasts.
There were supposed to be e a
bishops and e monks who did
all sorts of alarming things, but
the kraken was the worst of all.
It was a creature whose back was
said to measure a mile and a half
in circumference, so that, as it
floated on the waves, sailors mis-
took it for an island. The 'kraken
had arms like the tallest masts of
ships. and with these it could
seize the greatest vessel and pull
il down beneath the waves.
1t was a Norwegian who first
spread the story OF this monster.
There can be nc doubt that he
really did see a very large cutie
fish. Nobody knows how big the
biggest of these really is, but we
know that it's body is nothing like
what the frightened man thought
he saw, nor are its arms capable
ot upsetting a ship.
Fanciful tales also were told of
the S e a serpent. Probably there
were sea serpents once, and it is
just possible that they yet exist
III the great depths of the sea but,
so far, no story about them has
managed to stand mistaken. Rib
bon-fishes have been mistaken for
sea serpents; a lire of whales or
Of dolphins with peculiarly shaped
backs has had the same effect;
and many other curious sights
have misled men into telling the
same old story.
Then there were the mermaids
aid the mermen. The mermaids
were supposed to be beautiful
women having the tan OF 4 fish,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
The Book OF Knowledge
DEPARTMENT: - ANIMAL LIFE
MYTHICAL CREATURES
OE THE SEA

In yesterdays article, we told
you of some Of the strange imagi-
nary animals and birds in which
people believed in olden times.
There were also mythical
creatures of the sea in which our
ancestors believed.
There yer fabulous creatures
called harpies d sirens which
were said to draw seamen to de-
s~truction. The harry had a wom-
ans face and body, but the talons
Of an eagle. The sirens were sup
posed to have lovely voices which
drew navigators from their course
at sea and lured them onto rocks,
where their ships were wrecked.
Homer tells us, in the Odyssey,
that the willy Odysseus Tor Ulys-
ses) thought Of a way to cheat
the sirens. He put wax in the ears
If his sailors. He had himself tied
to a mast, for he wanted to listen,
and listen he did as the boat went
past the singing sirens. He was
charmed by their melodies and
tried to hurl himself toward them,
but he was tied fast to the mast,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
Literary
BY w. G. ROGERS
WHY THEY BEHAVE LIKE
RUSSIANS, by John Fischer
III.-- 20 aE

tI1afper; S.|oI.
Fischer believes himself quail
fled to write this book by virtue
of study of Russia since 1888, &C.
cess to confidential wartime infor-
nation, and a visit to Russia for
UNRRA of about two months,
when interpreters compensated
fol- his sketchy knowledge of the
language.
His thesis is that Soviet leaders
are scared" for their w skins
and their country, often invaded
across vulnerable frontiers and
amazingly weak in comparison
with America.
Fischer suggests two explana-
tons for Soviet preparations for
war" She expects to be attacked.
or intends to attack. If the second
can be proved beyond question,
then we should attack now, he
says; if the first, which he him
self is inclined to accept, can be
proved beyond question. then we
should throw away our main de.
lenses and embrace the Reds as
blood brothers.
Convinced that neither explana-
ton can be certified as correct,
he urges a third course: Keep up
our guard even far off in the At
lantic and Pacific, and at the
same time, in the hope eventually
Of reassuring Russia, try to make
democracy work by avoiding de-
preston at home and by mot
backing F list remnants"
abroad.
II cannot even claim to be an
unbiased Observer" he admits
with unusual f%rankness, and adds
that he brought back from Rus
STA on the whole the same pre-
conceptions with which he went.
His book has been criticized by
the chief of his UNRRA mission
as too hostile to the Reds, but he
regards himself as neither for nor
against.
The first question some readers
will ask concerns America rather
than Russia: Is Russia justified in
being scared OF us? Fischer says
their fear is due, not to an ex-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority
Written for NEA Service

The Eastern States mixed pair
championship was won this year
by Mrs. F. W. Solomon of Brook
line, Mass, and Jack Shore of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Solomon was
the happiest person at the tourna-
raent when at the end of the first
SESSION she and Shore had a COM
manding lead over the other SO
pairs.
In the evening session they had
ar equally good game and finish
ed 81 10 points ahead Of the see
end pair. This was Mrs. Solomon's
first championship.
Today's hand is one that gave
them a top score. When the other
three players passed, Shore
tEasD correctly opened the bid
ding, and Mrs. Solomon wisely
bid two spades rather than one
no trump. This allowed Shore to
jump to four spades.
When the king Of hearts held
the first trick, South continued
with the ace, then shifted to a
small spade.
At this point the average player,
having won the spade in dummy,
would enter his hand with the
ace Of diamonds, ruff a heart in
dummy, pick up the trunps and
discard two clubs on the good
diamonds. Then when a club was
played from dummy, North would
80 in with the ace and hold the
hand to four-odd.
Shore did not make this mis-
take. He reasoned that if South
had held the ace and king Of
hearts and the ace of clubs, he
would have made an opening bid.
Therefore after winning the third
trick in dummy, Shore led the
jack of clubs. North made the
proper play Of the deuce, where
upon Shore weat in with the king.
Then he ruffed his heart. picked
up the trurnps, discarded two los
ing clubs on the good diamonds,
and made five-odd for a lone top
score.
This resulted simply from the
knowledge that South could not
nole the c of clubs and refuse
to open the bidding, and then take
no action over The spade bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
For A Houston Moore Drive

Because there was no check of WISH
tors at Greenfield Park on Sunday it
is impossible to say more than that
thousands viewed the Towering azaleas,
dogwood and wisteria now at their
glorious best. Traffic on Hoover drive
had become so heavy by mid-afternoon
that the police permitted one-way travel
only, in the interest of safety.
Auto licenses were observable not
only from nearby states. They were
also from Massachusetts, Vermont,
Pennsylvania, New York, and probably
other states that escaped notice. Word
has come Of an out-of-state business
executive, here for a few weeks for con-
|~ferences, who inquired if he might rent
a Lake Forest unit for a fortnight and
bring his family to feast on the magnif-
icence of the a~zaleas.
The attendance indicates what can
be expected next year in the matter
of patronage when sn azalea festival is
scheduled to be held. With adequate
promotion and publicity Wilmington will
overflow with visitors during festival
week, and not by nearby residents alone
but by out-of-state folk who will seize
the opportunity to view the parks
beauties and attend the lake carnival
and other entertainment features to be
offered.
The Star points out that whenever
the people of Wilmington unite to put
a project through, whether it be a.
Doctor Moore day at Greenfield, city
extension, junior college or tuberculosis
sanatorium, the particular project is
crowned with success This is to be
remembered whenever it is necessary to
go to Raleigh or to Washington in sup
port of IN undertaking Of community
value. I'm unity there is strength" is
more than a trite saying. 1t is true.
The throng on Sunday also illustrates
as nothing else could do the high re-
spect in which DIR. W. Houston Moore
is held. It is Doctor Moore who has
devoted such consecreted effort to the
development of the park through the
years and is chiefly responsible for the
idea of yearly festivals.
Wilmingtonians recognize the value
of his work in behalf of the park. Why,
then, would it not be a fitting tribute
to him to change the name of the drive,
which was called Hoover drive because
it was created as a WPA project in
Hoover's administration, to the Houston
Moore drive?
The City Council could not pay a
better tribute to the beloved physician
who has provided the inspiration for
the parks Identification.
1t is principally to his untiring work
that park development has a place in
the city's budget after years of finan-
cial neglect.
The Star. votes for the Houston
Moore drive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
Religion

By WILLIAM I. ELLIS
IN A SINAI WADY

In the long, slow camel rde
from Tor, on the Red Sea, b
Mount Sinai, one gets a vivid i'm.
preston of the great and terri
BILE wilderness" at which the
Israelites grumbled. The heat is
terrible the ride is b%ody-nruisns
and the danger from Arabs il real,
even though one has a military
escort.
The scene is most forbiddiag as
we enter the long wady, Or ravins,
that leads to the monastery On he
mountain. The walls are high and
dark. And on the brim are shapes
of heads looking down on W.
Should they be hostile tribesmsa
we were at their mercy.
Through our glasses, though, We
could see that these lines Of heads
were really little piles Of ston.
erected by Arabs throughout the
ages to commemorate some a
perience on the spot, or to pleas
some spirit. Frequently in the Oil
Testament we read Of simii
piles or pillars set up as memoir
ais.
As I rode through the daf
shadows Of that Sinai wady,
unused upon the grouadlessness .
most of our fears. There wai nj
an enemy hand lifted against
during the whole Journey. An
though the going was at tint
rough. we were on our way
the Mountain of God.
Forbid our foolish fears, 0 Lon
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
The Doctor Says
collie PAIN WARNS
OF lNfLAMATIon
BY WILLIAM A. O'Rp,p,,

attacks Of colo pain Az ''l
most characteristic cono are h.
patients with infamm.Iplalnt 4
stones in the gall blsdd.u0a aat
digestive disturbances nav Will.
ISOLATED with gall bladds,y be IT,
ditions. 0'ler Con.
Chronic inflammation ~,
bladder. with or without " ~. me GAL
more common in wonnoS n'oAes i
the disease occurs in Ehs
are not able to stand tha they
long as women. The ayers pan az
ration of symptoms in mon age d.
operation is two years, ubilo oefos
en- wait nearly seven years s won Won,
asking for operation. ''S Oetas,
Gall stones may be siler,
discovery during the courss tas'
general examination brinas r.. Of
problem as to whether or w " ~
gall bladder should be rs NV as
Mild digestive symptoms '% eorov
in middle-aged patients .olnine
sufficient indication for ns Mt
operation in the opinion s,Fsisi
surgeons, but real cole u " NOS
Typical gall bladder col;c
begins rather suddenly in pam
of the stomach or liver regio o.e pit
goes through to the back and saJ'i AN sna
to the right shoulder. NaI,ss, 0,'el
vomiting are present in the i ~
ginning. Few disorders in
cause greater distress. Rens ..aa
injections OF morphine NAV y.
CURED for relief. 'e Il
Pain may stop as suddenly T.,
it began in a few minutss n
hours, but usually there is en-. Vt
ness for days. During the ints sus
between attacks, there nav ~
complete relief from all ,,,. We
toms. Milder symptoms Of ''a a,S
bladder disease include dull se ea4
ness under the ribs on the r;ss.
side made worse by joltiag ~ :.
full meal.
Relief OF pain in gall blsdd.,
disease does not result from di..
Surgical removal is the onlv cur.
Some cases run a seli.l;mlt,,
course and symptoms disapoe,
QUESTION: will carrots a,
glasses help nearsightedness,
ANSWER: Neither one vii, b.,,
as nearsightedness results fron
the eyeban being too long. Class,
viii improve vision for distant 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
GOOD MORNING

Titles Of honor add not to his worth, who
b himself an honor to his tdtle.-ohn Ford.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
Star Dust
Sweetening Initiation

It is to be regretted that M
Truman could not afford to ma"
an issue Of the sugar rat]oiLs
bill. AS designed and passed v
the Republican Congress, 1t ny
resents a low order OF poll1lv.
triggering with consumer ec0.s
my and international ~obllsalols
The bill abolishes both raw.
ins and price control on sugar ~, !.
October. 1t is no accident Wv
this date comedies with the ns
vesting period of beet ana ess
sugar in Louisiana and Colol . srr
The certain and sudden ln-l' ,a~
Of sugar prices at that time M n,
prov a handsome wind1al Nv
our domestic producers, II ' WV
likewise ring up millions IN sa''
profits for the sugar retlnerls,N; M
Perhaps needless to say
vember l will be another oo.,-
day for the housewives ouos''
Nashville Tennessean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23
For Training Purposes

For Training Purposes
A Navy task force is soln a,.s
visit Greek and Turkish .o.otS
for training purposes ron
ing to an announcement, bas
Washington. That training Al
mess will bother the man ~ n
street who didn't think p'' ,s,b
next bout actually hau isli
S C h e d -yet.-oprl"S
(Mass.) Union. ~
animation OF the facts. ou' 70
ly to their blind adhe[elnLs 4
Marxist doctrine. For exam Ga.
seems to him nonsensicSl ~ cut'
lin to see in Churchllls lao .,l Il
tain" speech in Fulton "esD v
war against the USSRA."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23

So 1t Was. Ill
At the public library, a XIV
boy presented a Well-Worn, u N,
volume at the return desk INK
librarian glanced at the W., ~,
leaned forward to take IN III -;
Of the boy, and then rema' n,
This is rather technical
it?" NJ
Planting his feet firmly on ", :,
floor the boy, half defianl. a,,
apologize, said, 1T was Una, n.s,
when l got it.'-Commerce ME-
zine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23

Forbid our foolish fears, o Lon
our Leader, and teach us 10 M
low, In faith and f~earlessness, @
path Thou hast hidden us wai
Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23

QUESTION: i'll carrots Or
glasses help nearsightedness, y
ANSWER: Neither one will hsl,
as nearsightedness results from
the eyeban being too long. Class,
viii improve vision for distant d.
jects.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-23

and the crew, having wax in their
ears, could not hear him order
them to cut the cords that bound
him.
Evening star., 1947-10-16

Lone-weoring cotton chenille
obIone mot and lid cover. Seors
"Avon" design in lovely shades.
Sears Wisconsin. Bladensburg
and Arlington
Evening star., 1947-06-15

tial music and accompanied the
soloist, Mr.. William Snodgrass.
, Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a white satin gown
and finger-tip veil draped from
coronet of orange blossoms. She
carried bouquet Of white roses
centered with white orchid and
shoWered with stephanotiS.
Mrs. David FitZhugh of Roanoke,
who was matrofi of honor, wore q
yellow marquisette gown with lace
mitts and carried red roses match
ing her coronet. The Misses Bar
bara Conrad and Mabel Cross, who
were bridesmaids, wore orchid mar
quisette gowns and carried yellow
roses. and the other bridesmaids.
the Misses Alice Price and Dorothy
Voight, wore pale green gowns and
carried talisman roses.
Mr.. B. ]. Skinnard served as best
man for Mr. Mills and Mr.. G. Will
liam Woltz, Mr.. Robert Shsid. Mr.
George B. Griffin and Mr.. Theron
Rice were the ushers.
Kr0ger-Widmayer
The Rev. Louis w. Albert offlci-
ated at the wedding yesterday of
Miss Rita Louise Widmayer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Widmayer, and Mr.. Gordon Stephen
Kroger. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Benja-
min Kroger of Hyattsville.
The ceremony took place in st.
Gabriel's Catholic Church and Miss
Katherine NJ. Weber played the
nuptial music and accompanied
Miss Florence Hunter, the soloist.
A reception followed at Hotel 2400.
The bride was escorted by her
Evening star., 1947-06-15

where the bridegroom will attend
the State university.
IHanks-Newkirk
The Central Presbyterian Church
was the scene of the wedding yes
terday of Miss Catherine Ann New
kirk. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucien Whitfield NeWkirk of Mag
nolia, N. c., and Mr.. George Kuglar
Hanks, jr., son OF Nj. and Mrs.
Hanks OF Chevy Chase. The Rev.
Alexander j. Mckelway officiated
at the ceremony, which was followed
by a reception.
Escorted by her father. the bride
wore a white satin gown and finger
tip veil attached to coronet OF
orange blossoms. She carried q
shower bouquet of white roses,
stephanotis and baby's breath.
Miss Amelia NeWklrk attended
her sister as maid of honor. wearing
blue organdy gown and carrying
Briarcliff roses; Miss Willie Sprunt
NeWkirk, another sister. attired in
pink organdy and carrying pink
roses with blue delphinium, and
Miss Annie E. Wells. wearing yellow
organdy and carrying talisman
roses and delphinium, were brides
maids. Mr.. j. Thomas Broughton
served as best man for Mr.. Hanks
and Mr.. Edward B. Sabine and Mr..
Harry Carr were the ushers.
The newly married couple will
reside in Chevy Chase after their
wedding trip.
The bride is a graduate of Mon
treat College and the bridegroom
attended George Washington Uni
versity and served with the 3l2th
Bombardment Group of the Army
Air Force in the Pacific theater dur
ing the war.
P00ie-B0uard
The marriage of Miss Janet B.
Bovard, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John r Bovard, to Mr.. Charles T.
Poole, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Poole. took place yesterday in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church,
the Rev. R. Paul Schearrer officiat-