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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
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Anniversary Day


On Thursday the United Nations
celebrated the second anniversary Of
the signing of its charter at San Fran
cisco, 40 days after Germany's uncon-
ditional surrender and 68 days before
Japan capitulated.
The heads of state of each of the
Big Five, with the exception of Pre-
mier Stain of Russia, broadcast re-
corded Charter Day messages. Andrei
A. Gromyko, Soviet deputy foreign
minister, substituted for Stain. Other
speakers over the worldwide short
wave relays included President Tru-
man, Prime Minister Attlee, Premier
Ramadier, President Chang Kali
shek, and Trygve Lie, U.N. secretary
general.
The program carried a r~ebroadcast
of the original San Francisco cere-
monies, including words of hope from
Gromyko, the Earl of Halifax of
Britain and DR.. V. K. Wellington Koo
of China.
The program was broadcast to 81
countries in 81 different languages.
The audience ran high into the mil
lions, it's exact size dependent on how
many countries picked up the short
wave transmission, recorded it and
r-ebroadcast it on domestic wave
lengths.
More than 1900 Charter Day kits
were sent to US. broadcasting sta
tons. Each kit contained 20 items,
including spot announcements, talks
on the United Nations and suggested
forums.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Library
The Forgotten Service

th~
The maj ority of the nations public
libraries are inadequate and fail to
meet community needs, lacking suf-
ficient books, personnel and buildings,
reports the postwar planning COM
mittee of the American Library
Association.
This conclusion is drawn from a
two-year nationwide survey by the
committee from which a voluminous
report, outlining a national plan for
public library service, will be pub
lished later this summer.
Some of the committee findings:
In the U.S., 100000 people have
no public libraries.
Most public library administrative
units are too small and have too little
incomes
Many state library agencies are in
adequate.
Personnel deficiencies r serious.
Library service is seriously below
accepted standards.
The committee suggests an imme-
diate annual outlay of SAC, 1000, 900 to
better library service but does not
specify from where it should come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Author
Stranger Than Fiction

Mary Roberts Rinehart, who has
written almost as many mystery
novels as her 70 years, underwent an
experience in her summer home at
Bar Harbor, Me-, that might have
come out of n of her own crime
thrillers.
A 6~5-year-old Filipino chef, who had
worked for Mrs. Rinehart for Is
years, went berserk and tried to shoot
her with an old-fashioned revolver.
Twice he pulled the trigger but each
time the gun misired. Later eXamina-
ton proved the bullets failed to ex-
plode because of their age.
The chef chased the novelist to the
kitchen where he lunged at her with
a carving knife. She escaped I'M
harmed when two other servants dis
armed him in a struggle.
That night the chef, Bias Reyes,
was lodged in the Bar Harbor Jail
charged with assault with intent to
murder. Reyes told police that he had
been drinking and also that he had
been i'll all winter under treatment
of Mrs. Rinehart's doctors.
In the morning, a jailer bringing
breakfast found the chefs body hang
ing from a bar in the cell door with
a moose, fashioned from clothing,
about his neck.
Mrs. Rinehart, who described the
chef as a faithful servant" at first
could think of no reason for the at
tack. Recuperating from the shock by
spending a few days in bed, the
writer recalled that last Friday Reyes
resigned as he had done many times
in the past but that she had not
urged him 10 remain as was her Gus
tom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
SANTA HAS A MANAGER

culture, education and research to
advise how much help the United
States "safely and wisely" could give
abroad. One State Department official
estimated the Marshall plan might
call for $4,000, 900 1000 a year for sew
eral years.
When Marshall made his June 5
speech at Harvard, promising that the
United States would support with
dollars a joint economic program for
Europe, he said the initiative would
have to be taken by Europeans.
He has stuck rigidly to that point.
Various diplomats who sought en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
StuIemute
On Atom

HOPE virtually was abandoned
Ill this week of writing an inter-
national atomic control treaty be-
fore the United Nations General
Assembly meets in September.
Soviet delegate Andrei A.
Gromyko told the U.N. atomic energy
commissions working committee that
Russia would never agree to any
atomic control plan in which the big
powers had no authority to veto the
punishment of violators.
The United States is adamant that
the veto must not be used to prevent
countries or individuals from escap-
ing punishment for atomic crimes.
Debate in Assembly
This apparently unbreakable stale
mate is regarded as ruling out any
possibility of a completed atomic
treaty within the next three months.
The whole issue will come up for full
dress debate in the assembly.
Even though this stalemate on poll
icy exists, the majority ON the om-
mission which favors the American
plan, is going ahead.
A tremendous planning job is ahead
in detailing what possible safeguards
will be, definition of the legal powers
of the control agency and deciding
location of atomic energy plants.
The atomic energy commissions
political committee has before it five
working papers, drafted by small
groups of committee members meet
ing informally for several months.
These papers owe particularly
control phases Of the problem. 1t was
explained that they represent only
the views Of individuals, not of gov
ernments, and no delegate is COM
mitted to support the principles laid
down in the papers.
The Soviet Union did not partici-
pate in the drafting of these papers,
but a Soviet representative attended
some of the sessions as an observer
and offered some suggestions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Radio
Million Words q Minute

The Radio Corporation of America
mas developed a new radio communi-
cation system capable of sending a
million words a minute, according to
Niles Trammell, president of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co.
The new system, known as ultra
TAX, can transmit, Trammell said,
20 50,000-word novels from New
York to San Francisco in only 60
seconds"
The new process may mean that
the newspaper of the future will be
delivered by radio, he predicted.
In effect" he said, "it is a radio
mail system which will surpass radio
biography, wire telegraphy, cables
and airmail in speed of operation.
Here, television is used for COM
munications."
Ultrafax will be ready for a public
showing later this summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
AERIAL: Jet Supremacy Race

Newest Bomber
The US. Army Air Forces has a
new entry in the world race for jet
aircraft supremacy-the six-jet Mar
tin XB-48.
The craft completed a 37-minute
test flight over Chesapeake Bay this
week, and excited Baltimoreans tele-
phoned police to report the plane
afire when they noted black smoke
pouring from its gas turbine engines.
Its maximum power is greater than
two giant electric railroad engines
each pulling a string of 125 freight
cars.
The plane embodies a number of
new developments. One is a special
bicycle-type landing gear-two pairs
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

of wheels in tandem-concealed in
flight in the fuselage. Ordinarily re-
tractable wheels fold into the wings
of a plane but the new jet bomber's
wings are designed for high speed and
too thin for that purpose.
For added ground balance, a pair
of "outrigger wheels" is mounted on
each wing which are small enough to
fold into them. On landing they bal
ance the four fuselage wheels.
The XB-48 has a speed of more
than 480 miles per hour, a crew of
three, a tactical radius exceeding 800
miles and a bomb capacity of 10 tons.
The plane is IS feet long, 81 feet high
and has a wing span of 108 feet. The
wing area is 1900 square feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
In Short

Accepted: By Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, U. S. Army chief of staff,
presidency of Columbia University,
effective early next year.
Uncovered: A gigantic swindle of
government property in Germany in
volving a senior Army officer, civilian
AMG employees in Bavaria and Ger
mans.
Voted: The Punjab (India) legisla-
tive assembly, to partition the prov
ince into Moslem and Hindu states.
Upheld: By the Supreme Court,
constitutionality Of the Lea (anti-
Petrillo) Act, and validity of federal
claims to oil fields under coastal
waters of California.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
In the News

In Australia, airplanes are cheaper
to buy than new cars.
In Shanghai, the black market rate
of the American dollar jumped q
percent in one day, bringing $4,000
Chinese. The official rate remains
$4,000 Chinese to 81 American.
A Russian atomic energy plant
blew up a year ago because of Soviet
lack of "know-how" (%according to a
former Alaska glacier p%riest).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
ShoemukeF, Chicago Dolly New
1T NEEDS MORE THAN PRiMlNC

people has the right to choose its
government, whether it be conserva-
tive, liberal, socialist or communist"
In her note of acceptance to the
conference invitation, Russia de-
clared that Europe needed quick re-
Mobilization and that this task could
be helped by the United States,
whose production potentialities, far
from declining, increased during the
war"
Survey of Resources
At almost the same time in WASH
ington, President Truman designated
10 leaders of American business, agri-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Quote

The Very Rev. DR.. Hewlett
Johnson, dean Of Canterbury,
disclosing that Winston Churchill
never told the whole story of his
famous eve will fight on the
beaches" broadcast after Dun
kerque: During the broadcast
Mr. Churchill put his hand over
the microphone and, in an aside,
said with a smile: And we will
hit them over the heads with
beer bottles, which is all we
have really got"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

%lightenment as to just what kind of
economic program he had in mind
were told to figure it out for them
selves.
American officials are convinced
this attitude is politically smart. They
believe neither the U. S. nor any
other outside power ever can rebuild
Europe without help from Europe it.
self. Also, they point out, any Ameri-
can-sponsored plan of recovery would
arouse at least as much resentment as
support from both nationalist and
communists in every European coun-
try.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Arms
For the Common Defense

TOT Tie common DEFENSE
Secretary of State George C.. Mar
snail told Congress this week that
the western hemisphere must get to-
gether on the type of arms it uses for
It's own security and well being.
Iestltying before the House for
elgn affairs committee on the Admin
lstratlon's arms Standardization bill,
Marshall declared that if the United
States failed to furnish arms to other
countries in the western hemisphere,
some other country would.
I'VE may be sure that if we are
not willing to assist our Latin Ameri-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
British Bid for Leadership

In a speech marking Britain's bid
for leadership in rebuilding CONT
mental prosperity and democracy I'M
der the plan, Prime Minister Clement
Attlee charged human rights are de-
MED and so-called democratic gov
eminent is a travesty in several east-
ern European countries. He declared:
wherever you find the right of op-
position denied, wherever you find
such devices as the single list of can
didates, wherever you find a govern
ment that cannot be removed by the
method of the ballot box, there is no
true democracy, there is no true free
dom.
"Our foreign policy is based OF
these principles: We hold that every
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Medicine
New Antiseptic

'NeW AnflsePTc
A new drug, produced by the us.
Department of Agriculture research
laboratory at Albany, Calf, may be
as effective in treating surface infec-
tons as penicillin is in combating
internal bacterial invasions:
It is a modified kind of gramlcidin,
a powerful germ killer produced by
soil microbes.
Other tests of germ-killing powers
Of drugs extracted from bacteria are
pelng conducted.
Subtilin, Which has been under IN
%Vestigation for several years, now
ran be produced quickly and in large
Quantities when grown in an extract
made with waste asparagus from can
Alng plants.
Additional tests will have to be
made before either gramicidin or SUBJ
lin can be released for medical use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

Senate overrode a Presidential veto
md made the Taft-Hartley bill the
new labor law of the land, supersed-
;np the Wagner Act which labor
called its Magma Carta."
The right to join unions still exists
inf. the government no longer will
FOSTER the process. Unions may con-
tinue to expand but from now on
their activities will be regulated and
thew will be financially responsible.
like corporations, they will be sub
iect to damage suits.
Curbs on Unions
The new law sets up machinery
designed to block national paralysis"
strikes, outlaws the closed shop, per-
mits a union shop only when a ma
iority of workers vote for it, bars
ilrisdictional strikes and secondary
b~oycotts.
Labor's reaction was expressed by
protest walkouts and there were in
d~ications that unions would lose little
time in testing constitutionality of the
new law.
On Monday, the Senate overrode
the veto by a vote of 68 to Is, six
more than the required two-thirds
majority. The House rolled up a
crushing 331 to 83 vote within a few
hours after the Presidents veto mes
sage was read.
The overriding of the labor bill
veto is the first major setback for Mr..
Truman at the hands of the Repub-
Ican-dominated Congress.
Politically, the reversal is signifi-
cant since it represents an important
victory for Sen. Robert A. Taft, wide
l. mentioned as a candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination
next year.
Filibuster in Senate
The Senate experienced its longest
flibuster in 20 years when foes of the
Taft-Hartley bill talked 80 hours and
81 minutes. Their purpose was to
delay the vote owe the weekend in
the hope that reaction to the Presi-
dents speech might change a few
critical votes.
The Senate turned a deaf ear to a
final appeal by Mr.. Truman for sup
port of his veto. In a letter to Sen.
.Alben Barley, the Democratic lead
er, the President reafirmed his "sin-
cere belief" that the bill would do
serious harm to the country. Earlier
he had called it a shocking piece of
legislation"
But on the final tally, 48 Republic
cans and 20 Democrats voted to over
ride. Three COP senators - Morse,
LANCER and Malone-lined up with
% Democrats in support of the veto.
Switch of Two Votes
Only two senators - Sparkman
D-Ala) and Lucas (D-IlD switched
their position Of May IS when the
Senate passed its original bill. Both
voted for the bill then but went ove
to the Presidents side in the final
balloting.
Before jammed galleries, Sen. Taft
declared in the closing minutes of
Senate debate that the bill lis per-
fectly reasonable in every respect"
Asserting that employers, particu-
iarly small firms, had been virtually
at the mercy of union bosses, Taft
SID: Unions today are big business.
lhere IS no reason why unions should
not have the same responsibility as
corporations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
PARIS: A Time for Europe's Decision

THE Paris meeting of the for
i eign ministers of the Soviet
Union, Britain and France to dis
cuss US. Secretary of State
George c. Marshall's plan for put
ting Europe back on its economic
feet may prove n of the decisive
parleys Of the postwar world. This
may be the last chance the world may
have to avoid division and almost in
evitable preparation for another war.
For better or for worse, the Paris
meeting should reveal to a waiting
world Russian policy for the imme-
date future, at least.
Russian cooperation in rehabilitating
Europe would mean a shift from the
present trend of Communist expan-
sion which has set on edge the nerves
of every small nation in Europe. 1t
would mean an end to a steadily
growing rift between east and west
with smaller nations unhappily hav-
ing to make a choice between one or
the other of opposing ideologies.
If on the other hand, Russia does
not cooperate, it probably will mean
frank recognition of the need for a
western economic bloc in Europe.
That may mean division of the con-
tinent into opposing camps and an
armamnpte rare
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
New Era for Labor
Under Federal Curhs

ORGANIZED labor entered a new era this week unwil1inp1v
" Unions grew tremendously during the last IA wears under The
protective mantle OF New Deal laws which encouraged workers to
organize and bargain collectively. Employers were prohibited from
interfering with union organizing activities.
Last Monday federal policy was changed drastcally when the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Dates
Nupdov TYrno IN

Monday, June 80
OPA scheduled to expire.
Tuesday, July l
Dominion Day in Canada.
Thursday, July 3
Eighth international Manage
ment conference opens in Stock
holm.
Friday, July 4
Independence Day.
Saturday, July 5
U.N. Economic Commission for
Europe reconvenes in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Sunday, July 6
British National Day of Prayer,
proclaimed by King George vi.
Spanish referendum on claw
of succession" making Spain a
traditional monarchy with Die
tator Franco as chief of state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26
To Start Re-Issuing NC.
Drivers Licenses July l;
New Law Applies TO All
DETERMINATIONS To Start On
Tuesday; Will Be Civ
en- Alphabetically

AShe county motorists are a.
gain reminded that in accordance
with the law passed by the 1947
General Assembly requiring the
resistance of all motor vehicle
driver license in N. c., the sche-
dule for denominations starts
on Tuesday, July l. From this
time until December 81, license
holders whose surnames begin
with the letters, A or B are to
apply for resistance.
AS far as it could be learned
yesterday, the selection of the
person to give the examinations
for Reinsurance Of licenses in
Asha county had not been an
nounced. This, along with the
hours. will be announced at an
early date
According to the law, the OPP
orators license issued under the
I947 Safety Act shall automati-
Continued on Page 81
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Home Coming Is
Planned For SUN.
To Be Held At Bald Mountain
Church; Special Program
To Be Given

There will be a home coming
service at Bald Mountain Baptist
church on Sunday when a large
crowd is expected to be present,
it was announced this week by
Rev. M. D. Hart.
The new church building vii.
also be dedicated at this time. The
sermon will be delivered by Rev.
R. R. Campbell, of Louisville, KY.
Other speakers for the event vii.
be Professor B. H. Duncan, Revs.
W. E Carlton and Grover Triv-
cite and others.
All former pastors are especial
Iy invited to be present at the
all day meeting. Dinner will ba
served by the ladies of the church
and community.
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DIR. |. C.. Greer
Guest Speaker
AT Rotary Meet
Dinner Meeting Tonight At
Healing Springs: Rotary
AIMS Invited

DR.. I.aG Greer, superintendent
of the Baptist Orphanage at Tho
NASHVILLE. bill Be the guest speak
er at the dinner meeting Of the
Jeffersons Rotary Club to be
held tonight at 700 o'clock at
the Healing Springs hotel.
DR.. Greer, who is also presi-
dent of the Good Health Asso-
citation, is well known and be-
loved here as all over the state
where he is known throughout
for his humanitarian activities.
Ladies' night is being observed
by the club and Rotary-Anns and
other especially invited guests
will be present. A program of
entertainment has also been plan
ned which includes special must
cal selections under the direction
of Mrs. J. Bruce Porter.
Speaking at the club last week
was Rev. Hoyt Wood who spoke
on the subject, Club Service"
Gale Mcmillan was in charge of
the program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26
Lansing Continues To Be
Number One Team In League

The Lansing baseball club, af-
ter capturing a double-header
victory from Laurel Springs, on
Saturday, remains the top team
IN the Mountain Baseball league.
The Lansing team, to date, has
won total Of 10 games and lost
only three. Running close sec
ond in the standings are both the
ScottVille and West jefferson
teams, each with total of eight
victories and six losses. Tied for
third place are Laurel Springs
and Helton with East Jefferson
being at the bottom of the list
Week end games as reported
are Saturday-West jefferson. Is,
Laurel Springs, S. The Lansing
Scottville and the E. jefferson
HoltOn games were called off on
account of rain.
On Sunday, in the opening
came, Lansing defeated Laurel
Springs, ITO and in the second
came, rs. Pitching for Lansing
in the first game was Blevins,
and in the second, King and
Blevins.
West jefferson was also the
winner on Sunday. defeating the
Scottville team "a. The scores
Of the E. REPRESENTATION games
were not reported.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26
Pastors To Meet
AtPhenix Creek
Church On Sat.
Regular Conf erence To
Begin At 1000; Pub
lie Is Invited

The regular conference for min
listers and church workers of the
AShe association will meet at the
Phenix Baptist church, Saturday
morning beginning at ten o'clock,
it was announced this week by
Rev. R, c. Ashley, secretary.
An all day program has been
planned and the public as we'll
as the church workers are cor
daily invited to attend.
Speakers for the morning SEES
sion will be Ira T. Johnston and
Rev. w. F. Barker, who will
speak on THE Progress Made By
Ashe County Baptist Within The
Past Fifty Years" The sermon
will be delivered by Rev. R. C.
Ashley at 1870 o'clock.
The afternoon session will O.
pen at 100 o'clock with Rev.
E. w. Powers and David Hairless
preaching on Our Future Pos
sibilities."
Plans for the association for
the coming year will also be
discussed and all members of
the association are urged to be
present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26
New Schedule Is
Made For Claims

1t was announced this week
that effective July l, the follow
ing schedule will be observed ir
taking claims in Ashe county:
Unemployed readjustment al
IoWance claims and un-employ-
ment compensation claims will
be taken each Tuesday from 9:3C
a. m. until 100 p. m.
Self employed readjustment al
loWance claims will be taken
each Tuesday from 200 p. m. un-
til $50 p. m.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-26
New Safety Act
To Make Drivers
Use More Care
Speed Limit Set At 55-Miles-
An-HOur; Must Be Fin
ancially Responsible

Beginning next Tuesday mo-
.orists will become acutcIy con-
5cious Of the efforts the 1947
Legislature made to curb acct
1ents, by putting teeth into the
Motor Vehicle Safety and Re
sponsibility Act" which becomes
effective July l.
Not only does this require the
discrimination and resistance
# driver license but includes a
responsibility measure
and an act to require mechanical
inspection Of motor vehicles, peri
odic resistance of drivers licen-
Continued on page 81
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West Jefferson Bean Markets To Open TUESDAY,
.Ashe Lamb Pool
Postponed Until
Early In July
Market Is Expected To Pick
Up After July 4; Little
Demand Now

H. D. Quessenberry, county a.
gent, said yesterday that due to
the flooded market and slight
demand for lambs, that the lamb
pool originally planned for this
month had been postponed until
a later date and would be held
as early in July as conditions
permit.
He pointed out that it probably
will be held July 4 or July 8 and
that more definite announce
ment, pending market conditions
would be made prior to that time
eve are anxious for the farm
ers to get as. good price as pos
Sible and do not want to put
lambs. on the market while it is
flooded, Agent Quessenberry
said.