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Evening star., 1947-11-07
Second Hunter Honor
For Portmaker Near
In National Show
By Angelina J. Corobelli
stor Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Nov. Fourth
day of the eight-day National Horse
Show at Madison Square Garden
finds horses of the National Capital
area well ahead in the hunter divi-
sions with Portmaker. DR.. and Mrs.
Alvin I. Kay's current national
champion, seemingly on the way
toward a second consecutive national
conformation hunter title.
In his second appearance in the
show, Portmaker yesterday scored
win in the middle and heavyweight
hunter class after most Indifferent
round. However, Ports performance
was far superior to that of the other
nationally known hunters competing.
MIR. and Mrs. J. A. Hills Greenwich
Comm Golden Hill, the Norths
hope for national honors, was sec
ond; Springsbury's Erin Beau, third,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Maloneys
Prompt Payment, reserve national
champion, fourth.
Sir Pennard Is Third.
In the green hunter classes, Mrs.
Hank Greenbergs My Bill turned
in a perfect round to win the s.
year-old and under middle and
heavyweight hunter event, placing
over North Cardinals Seven Star
Stables Blue Chic. Third award
went to Cheerie Mckee, Silver
Spring (Md.) horsewoman, riding
Sir Pennard. Mary w. Davy of
Middleburg, Va, had Clifton's
Champ fourth.
In the lightweight green hunters,
Seven Star Sables' Bob -O-Link was
victor over Mrs. K. B. Schley's Sir
Sarazaf1 of Monkton, Md. Mrs. Ray
mond Barbin of Keswick, Va,
Sun Boss third. Safety Call, belong
ing to Mrs. M. E. Whitney, was
fourth.
Vernon c. Cardy's Canadian en-
tries, representing the Eglington
Hunt, were winners of the hunt
team event ridden in full hunting
regalia. The Blue Ridge Hunt team
of Portmaker, Springbury's Erin
Beau and Traumertan were Sec
ond; the Cheswick Hunt team fin
tshed third and the Piedmont Hunt
entry composed Of Safety Call, Daze
and Nancy Moran's Miss Diana,
fourth.
Mexican Team In Lead.
The Mexican team continued its
early lead by winning the second
event of the international low
score competition. The Irish team
was in second place, the United
States team in third and the Cana
dians fourth. The stratosphere mil
itary jumping event over eight OBJ
stacles at feet was hotly contested
with United States Army's Swizzle-
stick ridden by 1t. Col. Charles A.
Symroski, Mexico's Hatuey with
Capt. Victor M. Saucedo Garlic up
and Canada's Reject, piloted by 1t.
w. r. Ballard negotiating the for
midable array of jumps without a
fault.
Col. Symroski turned in another
perfect round to win. Reject placed
and Hatuey was third. Tied for
fourth place were United States
Army's Democrat, ridden by Col
Frank F. Wing, jr., and Mexico's
Arete under the guidance Of Lt.I
Col. Humberto Marbles.
Capital area horses were shut out
in the jumper division as Robert
C. Lees Bonne File failed to qualify
in the eliminations for the touch
and out
Evening star., 1947-11-07
Babe zaharias Plans
To Enter u. 5. Open
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 7-Mildred
(Babe) Didrikson zaharias plans to
to take part in the mems National
Open golf tournament next year.
Il don't expect to win," said the
Babe in announcing her decision
here yesterday, but I think I can
qualify" She has a 72-hole medal
play mark of 292 and has turned in
rounds as low as Ct.
The Babe announced at the same
time that she had contracted for
a series of personal appearances in
sportsmen's shows in Detroit, Bos-
ton and New York She will dem
onstrate golf shots and. she added,
"I may do a little casting. too"
Evening star., 1947-11-07

opening of the
season last Tues
day have not
been too optimis-
tic. 1t Is true
that a lot Of fell
lows we have
talked with have
shot their limits,
of four ducks a
day, but this is
no indication of
real duck hunt
ing. And a good
many of these
limits consumed
como hours f0
k&.S
Evening star., 1947-11-07
OUTDOORS

Partly because of the weather, and
mostly because the ducks are just
not down yet in any great numbers,
reports from wildfowlers since the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
PEACE OUTLOOK NOT ROSY

When the Star Yesterday forecast that
the treaties drawn for the nazi satellite
nations could not be expected 10 lay a firm
foundation for peace in Europe, it based IFS
view on the fact that juggling geographi-
cal frontiers has always been a danger
GUS thing 10 do. The forecast has already
been fulfilled, not in the outbreak Of &C
fual war but in demonstrations that clear
" indicate the mental attitude Of the
people and governments affected.
Thus we read that violence quickly
followed the signing Of the treaties at Paris
in Rome and Pola, the Italian naval base
ceded 10 Yugoslavia, with a British gen.
eral shot and killed at Pola by an angry
woman; and that Yugoslavia is in a mill
tant frame Of mind over the loss Of Trieste.
which is set up as an International zone
under United Nations control.
We read TOO thai Hungary counts IFS
treaty unjust and in a note TO the French
foreign ministry has assailed Czechos-
lovakia for what it terms ine "inhuman
and humiliating" forced deportation Of
tens Of thousands" Of Hungarians.
So it goes. THE people Of Yugoslavia
do in no way enounCe the territories
which technically are theirs, and Of which
The treaty deprives them, and they will
not cease TO maintain their rights on these
territories regardless Of what ethical modi-
fications eventually may ensue be-,
cause Of a foreign administration" says
the protest delivered 10 the French foreign
ministry.
Greece protests the Terms Of the Italian
and the Bulgarian treaties, on the one
hand over the frontier with Albania as
fixed in the Italian treaty and on the other
recalling Greece demand for the Dobrudja
region on the Greek-Bulgarian border.
II is not necessarily pessimistic to note
that while time ordinarily is a great
healer such sores as these are just as
likely 10 become chronic. II seems the
only common sense view possible in the
circumstances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

an airline operate a service run on rails.
AS a result of this, the carriers cannot
create and operate a truly coordlnated
transportation system-and the public is
prevented from receiving the many bene-
fits such a system would provide.
To urge transport coordination is not 10
urge the legalization Of a possible monop-
oly that would dominate this all-important
field. The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, or any other regulatory authority
given the power by Congress, could pre-
vent that. The surest way TO prevent
monopoly is to maintain and if possible TO
increase competition-and that would in
evitably happen if all types OF carriers
were permitted to broaden their service,
reach out into other fields. and compete
for public favor and patronage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

to do something else TO keep federal en-
ploves out Of politics, Congress passed
a law forbidding all federal employees to
take active part in political campaigns
The Hatch Act, as it became known, be-
cause Of the authorship, has been under
fire throughout its entire existence.
Finally suits attacking its constitu-
tionalitv reached the courts and at last
the Supreme Court. This, the nations
hiahest tribunal, has just ruled that the
Hatch Act is constitutional. AS the Su-
preme Court is the final authority, from
the decision Of which there is no appeal
some three million federal employees are
now denied the right Of s~pell-binding for
any candidate or otherwise taking part in
political campaigns. Presumably those
employed in Washington cannot be pre-
vented from going home to vote, but thai
will be the sum total Of their legitimate
politicking.
The decision is commendable in light
Of what happened during the Roosevelt
dynasty, when federal employees, then far
outnumbering The present total, exerted
a strong influence. The size Of the fed
eral paYrolls alone had significance. II
strict enforcement Of Hatch Act provisions
is maintained similar conditions will not
again exist.
In a second ruling the Supreme Court
has held that state employees in jobs in
volving use Of federal funds also come
under the Hatch Act. Here too the court
has shown wisdom Of a high order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
Written for NEA Service

When you see that the contract
On today's hand was six hearts
and that it was defeated, you will
say, why did declarer play it in
hearts? The hand was ice cold for
seven diamonds"
However, I kibitzed DR.. Louis
Mark of Columbus, O., when he
defended the hand against six
hearts, and l thought he did a
magnificent job on the defense.
The opening spade lead was
trumped in dummy with the three
OF hearts. Declarer decided to play
the HAND safely for six hearts and
give up a heart trick Immediately,
So ne led the queen from dummy.
DR.. Mark NORTH refused to win
with his king.
+ Declarer then cashed out the
a. KING n queen of clubs. dis
cardlng a spade on the third club
tflcK. He led the small club from
dummy, and Trent Sines. sittine
Soutn, trumped with the eight OF
neafts, forcing declarer to over
trump with the nine. West led a
SPADE n trumped in DUNN
with the ace of hearts.
Returning to his hand with the
ace OF diamonds, he led The heart
lack. Dr.. Mark won with the kine
and led back a diamond whic;,
was won with dummy's queen.
WOW oeclarer could not nrevan
M nv Mark rom trumping a dia.
noho and defeating the contract
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
HATCH ACT UPHELD

In the days when federal employees
were concentrated in Washington, with the
exception of post office and Indian affairs
Stats, the right 10 vote was denied citizens
OF the National Capital 10 prevent the
existence Of a powerful political machine
there.
1t was foreseen thai with residents Of
the states flocking 10 Washington and
holding jobs under the government it
would be possible for any group able TO
crack the whip could rule the country in
definitely and if so inclined practice any
s%kulduggery it wished.
II was a noble idea but failed TO achieve
the broad purpose in that government en-
ploYes with jobs in Washington did moi
surrender legal residence in their home
towns and regularly went home 10 vote
tor the most part as the state machine
Instructed them 10 do.
Control was not in Washington, to b
sure, but still lodged in machines. Tn
only persons actually denied the vot
were native Westinghouse.
Because the purpose Of the original rul
49, = ~
tailed and in the interest Of ~so-calle
n1r'iS in office. ii appeared necessar
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
BROADEN TRANSPORTATION

II we are TO have a broad interchange
able transportation service" writes Henry
A. Wheeler, president Of the Railway
Business Association, The door Of op-
portunity may not be closed against any"
AT the present time, that door is far
from open. Due 10 Legislative and regula-
tory restraints, each form Of transportation
is rigidly confined to its W field. A rail
road, as an example, may not operate a
transportation service by Air-nor may
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
Your Income Tax

@. I'm a 13-year,,old girl and last
summer I made $685. working on
two jobs. 1 worked for a bakery
which kept about $28 of my pay
for taxes and for a hat shop which
kept about SIS. My mother tells
me I can get the money back but
she doesn't know what to do. :.
a. When you stopped working at
both places you should have receiv-
ed a little slip called a. withhold
ing Statement" from your employ
er telling you the exa ct amount
you earned and the exact amount
withheld for taxes.
II you don't have these slips 20
pack to the bakery and the hat
shop and ask for them. You're en-
titied to a refund of all that was
Wlltnheld but without the little Sins
you may have trouble COLLECTING =
when you have botn slips answer
the questions on the back of The
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
NEEDED AT HOME

Widespread IegIeI is nedIQ al SendIol
~Vandenberg's refusal TO accompany Sec
retary Of Stale Marshall TO the Moscow
conference, because the Michigan Senator
has been so closely associated with the
foreign policy Of Mr.. Marshalls predeces-
sor in the State Department, Mr.. James
F. BYrnes.
Senator Vandenberg's decision 10 remain
in Washington at least until congressional
policy toward International trade and in
ternational relief is determined" is based
on his fear thai the republican majority
in Congress, particularly in the House.
may scrap the good neighbor policies OF
former Secretary Of State Cordell Hull and
SO plunge the nation into a calamitous
tariff program.
AS Roscoe Drummond, Christian Science
Monitor correspondent in Washington, puts
bit: Senator Vandenberg's objective is 10
rescue both the country and his party
from . the kind Of high-tariff-minded
ness and high-tariff reckless short-sighted-
ness which President Hoover ~unsuccess-
fully tried TO avert in 1923, which abetted
the depression Of the 1905, and which is
capable Of doing the same type Of world
damage in the visible future"
Mr.. Drummond says that Senator Van
denberg is aware:
|. That if the republican party starts
out TO undermine the reciprocal trade pro-
gram, as its members in the House are
attempting, the nations bipartisan foreign
policy might as we'll be considered a
dead letter, since the United States can
not practice political internationalism with
one hand and economic isolationism with
the other.
2. That tariff debate at this time would
split the republican party right down the
middle, and, with public opinion mani
testify supporting the Hull trade program,
the G.. O. P. would face the likely pros
peel of losing the confidence Of the country
at the very moment it has been given
control Of Congress.
The Senator further holds that the pros
pect of world peace is linked with the
prospect Of world trade; that the whole
basis of political peace which the govern
ment has been bipartisanly working TO
create would disintegrate if world trade
be allowed TO disintegrate."
In light Of this explanation it may be
as we'll that Mr.. Vandenberg has decided
moi TO attend the Moscow conference. Ger
tainlY his bipartisan-leadership at home
assumes new importance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

first page Of n of them under
the line reading Employees OPP
tional Income Tax Return. Sign
it. attach the other Withholding
Statement to it and mail both OF
them to your collector of internal
revenue.
Before too long you should re-
ceive a refund check for the entire
amount withheld. Because your in.
come was less than $500 you don't
have to pay any income tax.
Your mother doesn't have to sign
anything, Or do anything-though
of course she can help you follow
instructions. In the eyes of the tax
law you're an independent indivi-
dual.
@. Last year I spent SO. 400 on
campaign expenses running for
county sheriff. I'm told I can't de-
duct any part of that So, 400 from
my Sc, 900 salary in figuring my in
come tax. Is that fair?
A. NC. it isn't. A business man
car deduct expenses for advertis-
ing his wares but you can't deduct
expenses for advertising your
qualifications for public office.
In a 5-to-4 decision the supreme
court a couple of years ago decided
the question in the Treasury's
favor. Five justices of the
court held the language of the law
does not permit the deduction of
campaign expenses.
Some day Congress may pass a
law making it clear to the supreme
court that campaign expenses may
be deducted. Until that happy day
you must pay a tax on 'out-go"
as well as income.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
Religion
DayByDay
KEEPING FRIENDSHIP IN
REPAIR
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

A successful author was reveal
ing to me his personal sorrow over
his loss of early background. "
have not a friend today whom l
knew more than ten years ago.
All of my relatives r dead, and
my old friends have slipped out
of the picture"
His W work has kept him
world-wandering for years, and.
somehow his larger interests have
crowded out contact with those
who had been the friends of his
boyhood and young manhood. The
situation to him is a real grief.
There are no friends like old
friends; and no wiser counsel than
the famous Keep your friendship
in repair" New-found friends sell
dom reach the depth Of intimacy
that was shared by those of early
years. Fame and wealth r no
substitutes for real friendship.
With eminence comes loneliness.
To win fame and public praise is
no substitute for fellowship with
those who care for ones own self
alone.
In this loneliness of eminence
some have found the companion
ship of the Christ, who walked a
solitary way, and who Himself
knew all the bitterness of being
imperfectly understood by even
His nearest associates. There is no
more moving passage in literature
than the description OF His fare
well dinner with His friends, as
He coveted their understanding
and remembrance. The sacrament
of communion is the embodiment
of the desire of Jesus to be re
membered by those whom He
loved best.
Teach us, o Father, to take
time for friendship. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE

springs and rivers and wells is
mainly a difference of mineral
salts in solution. Rain water di-
rectly collected contains almost no
mineral salts, while rain that has
been in contact with earth and
rocks contains mineral salts in
greater or less abundance.
1t is not harmful to drink rain
water directly collected, though
water containing a small amount
of mineral salts is probably more
wholesome and certainly more
pleasant to drink.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

mat or on the floor Or even, il
they are great favorites, upon q
couch or bed. Yet, like their an
cestors, they still 60 round and
round before they lie down. They
are following the urge of instinct.
which does not take into account
the fact that circumstances have
changed.
What Is A Corn?
A corn on a toe or some other
part OF the foot is generally the
result. of wearing shoes which do
not fit. 1t is composed of the outer
part of the skin. The overgroWth
Of this skin in a lump, which pro-
duces the corn, is caused by the
pressure of the shoe at the spot.
But the corn would not result
unless the pressure were taken off
at intervals-and this, of course.
is done when we take the shoe off.
If the pressure were kept applied
to this spot all the time, the skin
at that point, instead of overgroW-
ing, would waste away.
Copyright, 1916, by the Grolier
Society Inc, based upon the Book
of KnoWledge)
Distributed by United Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Men Who First
Wrote English.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

Where the atomic bomb strikes there Is i'm
mediate and total paralysis. Ma1.Gen
! Anthony c. McAu1iffe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
Is It Harmful To Drink
Rain Water

All the water we drink is rain
water. Some of it has penetrated
deeply into the earth and been
drawn up from wells. Some has
run down hillsides. Some has gone
directly into reservoirs. But all
drinking water has at one time
been rain water.
The difference between rain wa
ter directly collected in rain tanks,
or ~cisterns, and rain water from
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

The first thing to say in answer
ing this question is that the whole
tree does not grow up. Part of the
tree grows downward, and that is
the root. Each part grows to the
place where it can do the work for
which it was made.
In the seed from which the tree
grows, there are certain cells
which are meant to form the part
of the tree that is TO live in the
air and the light. Wherever the
light is, they grow toward it. On
the other hand, there are other
cells which grow best in the dark,
and which even seem to be affect
ed by the gravitation of the earth,
so that they grow toward the CEN
ter of the earth.
Nearly all plants have two
parts: n that lives in the air,
and one that lives in the soil.
Neither part could live without the
other. A tree is so made from the
first that the part of it which is
capable of making leaves must
grow upward into the light and
air; while that part of it which
can suck up water and salts, and
also can hold firm, must grow
downward into the earth. So, in
whatever position you plant a seed,
when it sprouts, the young shoot
will grow upward and the young
root downward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
Why a Dog Goes Round and
Round Before Lying Down

This action represents a habit
that has been handed down for
countless generations. 1t goes back
to the days when dogs were wild
and lived in the jungle grass. Il
they wanted a comfortable bed,
they had to turn round and round
a few times to level the grass.
Since that time, many species
of dogs have been domesticated,
or tanned. They nov sleep on a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

Teach us, O Father, to take
time for friendship. Amen.
Evening star., 1947-11-07

except for receptions. He preferred
more simple "digs" In Mayfair.
Every single employe of the En-
bassy. down to the humblest char
woman, janitor and messenger boy
plus their families-was invited per-
sonally by Mr.. Winant.
Some of them in all their lives bad
never been inside such a house. Mr..
Winant made them all welcome and
all equal, with that simplicity of
manner which enabled him to put
kings and publicans at their ease
Served Charwomen.
He served the charmen from the
buffet table as graciously as if they
were titled ladies and he enticed
lowly messengers into corner for a
talk about the state of affairs from
their viewpoint.
That was the sort of thing that
prompted one diplomat here to say:
America will never fully know the
debt it owes Gil" Winant for the
friendly understanding he estab-
lished between Britons and Ameri-
cans"
Evening star., 1947-11-07
Winont1s Devotion to Work
Recalled by II. N. Observers

up several shelves before he sud-
denly realized what he had done.
There also is the story of the CT
from Akron who wanted to see the
inside of the American Embassy in
Grosvenor Square one Sunday morn
ing.
The MP at the front door had
turned him away and he was wan
dering dejectedly along South Aud
ley street.
A tall, hatless man in multi babe
him good morning, introduced him
self as a fellow American. shook
hands with distincti:o che5t-high
uplift, and asked him now things
were going.
The CT explained about the En-
bassy.
well, I know the MP at the door" 4"
said the stranger, maybe I can get
him to let us look around. I work
at the Embassy, too"
The CT got to see the Embassy all
right. What is more, he stayed for
lunch.
Devoted to Lincoln Ideals.
He nearly fell fiat on his face,
though, when a f1unky hailed his
host as "Mr. Ambassador" and he
realized who was guiding him.
Mr.. Winant's devotion to the
ideal of Abraham Lincoln was not
a mere affectation stemming from
his own physical resemblance to the
martyred President. He believed In
them-and he tried to live them.
His gesture of tipping his hat
every time he passed Lincoln's
statue near Westminster Abbey was
not done for show. He would pause
and study Lincoln's face for a few
moments, as if receiving inspiration.
London Party Recalled.
Never, in all the history Of Lon
don, was there a party like the one
Mr.. Winant gave on the 4th of July,
1914.
1t was out at the official Embassy
residence in Kensington, palatial
mansion furnished in a style befit-
ting the dignity of the United States.
Mr.. Winant actually never used 1t