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Evening star., 1947-04-27

nlze us. His superiors are undoubtedly wait
ing for him to report before taking action.
Now, if that report were negative ...'
Il get it!' Birdie cried excitedly This
guy calls up headquarters and tells 'em
we're not the mugs they're lookin' for at all,
and we get plenty of time to break away
The old mans smart Loup'
Thank you, son, said Deac Your sum-
mary is excellent. Fortunately, we have
phone. Mr.. Quinn Il believe that's the
kindly call your Office and inform them that
the tip given them was completely mis-
leading; that the Logan family is eminently
respectable.
Birdie" he continued, get the car
packed and ready for immediate use. Lou,
make sure that Mr.. Quinn says exactly the
right things, in exactly the right way. If he
makes any slips - eliminate him."
''DoN'T worry about that," Lou said
''Nothin' I'd like better than to bump this
guy. There's the phone over there, Quinn;
and when you use it, remember what you
say has everything to do with how long
you live"
Mike Quinn picked up the phone and
dialed the number He was thinking harder
and faster than he'd ever thought before
LET me talk to Gordon" he said his back
itching where Lou held the gun against it.
Gordon speaking voice snapped few
seconds later. Mike spoke slowly:
Evening star., 1947-04-27

for us to liquidate you. 1t will be several
hours before your friends investigate, now,
and when they do, they'll find you bound
and gagged, but unharmed and we'll be in
a perfectly safe place, assure you. You'll
be moderately uncomfortable, but that's
much better than having bullet through
the spine"
"How true that is,' nodded Mike.
They tied him and taped his mouth, doing
a good lob of it. Mike could breathe, and
that was about all.
Il still think Lou said. that we sure
ought to bump him off, after what he done
to me back there in Kansas City"
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1947-04-27

Deac interrupted mildly. IF his colleagues
were on the way. doubt he'd inform us of
the fact. And if they were coming anyway,
why send this gentleman in advance? The
whole story sounds like fabrication"
Lou punched Mike with his gun - hard.
Come clean, copper" he said.
'I've told you all know" Mike said.
Lou glanced at his father Let me take
him down in the basement he said. "1'll
make him talk"
mo" Deac said thoughtfully. The police
have tried to finesse. We shall have to think
of counter -fnesse - if | may use the
term. This gentleman was sent here because
he was from Kansas City, and would recog-
Evening star., 1947-02-09
By Robert ~. Cool

atomic world their place was r1ei-
ther first nor even second in terms
of strength.
Time had caught up with the
tight little isle" which formerly had
dominated much of the world by
virtue of its sea strength, its broad
diplomacy and commercial pre-emi-
nence.
When the Labor government swept
into power in July, 1945, Britons
awoke to another strange sign. Their
socialist program looked like a mid
die ground between communism and
capitalism.
Since then, Britain has charted a
course that has sometimes helped to
bridge that big political gap. Peri
odically Parliament has echoed to
soul searching questions as to
whether his majesty's government
is swinging too far toward one side
or the other.
Once accused of policy of divide
and rule" Britain's new role seems
to call for bringing together its
two powerful wartime Allies in the
interests of world peace.
Recently Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin took an unprecedented step
to assure Premier Joseph Stain
that the 20-year Anglo Russia secu-
rity pact against German aggression
Evening star., 1947-02-09

her atomic research within the
framework of the declaration or
atomic energy she signed jointly
with the United States and Britain
in Washington November Is, 1s45.
In this the three nations agreed
to try to prevent the use of atomic
energy "for destructive purposes
and to promote its use for peaceful
and humanitarian ends" to ex-
change scientific information with
"any nation that will fully recipro-
cate," but to avoid a general dis
semination of information until
enforceable safeguards" could be
devised to contribute to a construc-
tive solution of the atomic bomb.
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King told Parliament in December
1945, that "it should not be supposed
that the control of the raw material
as presently enjoyed by Canada. the
United Kingdom and the United
States, viii not for any length oi
time, prevent developments in other
countries"
"It will be but a matter of time
before all processes are known tt
practically all nations" he said.
Distributed sy Associated Press,
Evening star., 1947-02-09

(See BROWN, Page C-5o
Evening star., 1947-02-09

MOSCOW.-Six highly important
questions hold the attention of Rus
sia todayAa midwinter Russia or
to call 1t correctly, a Russia OF
"Kreschenskiye Morozy," meaning
"baptismal frosts."
The questions, which amounts In
some cases to real problems, are:
! Worldwide arms limitation, in
cluding rehabilitation and control
tof atomic weapons.
Spring sowing.
Five-year plans.
The future of Germany.
Immediate aid to the consumer
The coming elections in the 16
Soviet republics which make up the
Soviet Union.
This is the time Of year which
ushers in Russia's coldest weather
It is the time of year when the
peasant bars his door more firmly
and plugs the cracks against the
whistling wind off the steppe.
It is the time of year when Rus
sia's great rivers are frozen hardest
when eggs often freeze before they
reach the market, when food stocks
are lower than they should be.
Samovar Time.
It is the time Of year when Rus
slams all over this great, wide coun-
try gather in the evening around
the simmering samovar.
It is the traditional time when
the Russian looks about him, takes
stock, talks of the past, and, over
endless cups of tea, dreams dreams
of the future. It is the time oi
year when his "nastroyeniye," OF
mood is a thing to concern him
The Russians "nastroyeniye" in
early 1947 is generally good. The
war is over, and he has pretty good
hopes for increasing international
cooperation. He has faith in the
United Nations as an instrument
for preventing future wars.
He does not have anything like
the clothes he would like to have
for himself, his wife and family
but he has more than he had a
year ago, and definite promises for
| the future.
He still has rationing, but on the
whole he is eating well-far better
than he did in those bad, early war
Evening star., 1947-02-09

With the Soviet Union seeking
control of Spitzbergen while the
United States repeatedly gropes fo,
Greenland, the peculiar position od
Britain in the center of world af-
fairs again has been emphasized.
Both politically and geographi-
cally the small island kingdom finds
itself about midway between the
two dominant world powers. FIRE.
quently in the postwar months its
influence has been decisive, and
there are many in Europe who look
to experienced, time-wise Great
Britain for world guidance between
the dynamics of bristling American
capitalism and belligerent Soviet
Communism.
Long Experience.
The role of arbiter and compro-
miser is natural to Britons, who have
been manipulating affairs far from
home for three centuries. In the
century between Napoleon and the
Kaiser, the British ruled supreme,
and gold flowed into their island at
the crossroads of Europe. Now that
has changed. Financial hardship
dogs Albion in this postwar era.
AS soon as the jubilation subsidized
after We day, most Britons can
didly faced the fact that in the new
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Britain Now Hub for East and West

had in no way been weakened. This
followed a Pravda attack. Stain
agreed with Bevin, and soon after
ward there was talk in London OF
general military alliance.
Military relations between Britain
and the United States are less for
NAL but undoubtedly even stronger.
They are based on the belief that
the two countries will never be at
war. Included are provisions for
exchanging officers and standard
izing weapons.
Unusual Position.
Further linking the English
speaking nations is Canada's un-
usual position as member of the
British Commonwealth of Nations
and participant in a joint-defense
plan with the United States.
While the one-time top dog plays
the middleman, Britain's influence
continues to be augmented by
ancient ties with Europe's smaller
nations.
Though alone she can no. longer
guarantee a small states existence,
as once was the case, much of Eu-
rope seems inclined to trust her
leadership during transition from
the old "balance-of-power" security
to that promised by the United
Nations.
(Distrihited hy the Associated PresSl
Evening star., 1947-02-09

is an about effort to get more trac-
tors to the farms and fields.
Every Russian looks toward arms
limitation, rehabilitation and the
control of atomic weapons with the
greatest interest and hope.
If he is to till his fields, man his
factories, rebuild his homes, make
new ones, and put consumer prod
ucts on the market for every one. he
believes he must have agreement
between the Allies on all these i'm
portant matters. ..
The hve-year plans are ever with
the Russian. for they are the blue
print to his immediate material
happiness. Thousands of young
people are going into new Jobs in
connection with these plans. All
about one there exist widescale un-
dertakings to bring to the consumer
more of the necessary things Of life.
Consumer Movement.
The consumer movement has been
revived and revitalized. New shops
are opening throughout the country.
Every one brings more hope and
more excitement.
The press is dominated by the
elections this month in which all is
republics elect deputies to their re-
spective seats in the supreme
Soviet.
Meetings take place nightly in
thousands Of halls all over the U. S.
S. r. Stain has been nominated
from all corners of the land, as
have all government party leaders.
To the Russian mind, all these
six questions are related.
If the U. S. S. r. can get agree
ment on arms limitation, demobi-
lization, control and on Germany,
the average Russian believes other
questions will fall into place.
His country will have material
and manpower for his fields, fac
tories and five-year plan, and the
consumer is going to benefit.
Scat "Kreshchenskiye Morozy"
things don't look too bad for Ivan
Ivanovitch. His "Nastroyeniye" is
good, and his hopes are even high.
distributed by Associated Press)
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Russians Have Liquidated Pessimism
By Eddy Gilmore

years. He is warmer this year, ane
he has more light in his home.
Generally speaking, two of Rus
sia's greatest dangers have beer
removed-a menacing Nazi Ger.
many to the west and a Fascist
land-hungry Japan to the east.
Based on what he is told by his
newspapers and radio, this is the
view the average Russian takes o1
the outside world:
Generally speaking, friendly gov
ernments exist on all Russia's far.
flung frontiers. There is a friendly
government in Poland.
The Baltic countries are back
again with Russia. Oithuania, Lat.
via and Estonia, part of the Russian
Empire before its collapse in 1917
were reabsorbed by the Soviet Union
in 1910 after plebiscites whose re-
suits have not been recognized by
the United States.)
There are no longer Nazi-domi-
mated or Fascist dominated govern
ments in Romania, Bulgaria or Hun
gary. (Communist-d dominated re-
gimes rule Romania and Bulgaria;
in Hungary the Communists are
conducting purge" apparently
calculated to place them in full
control.)
II the outlook in Greece seems
to hold little hope (from the Com
munist point of view), there are
hopes from the Soviet viewpoint fol
Iran, Finland and Austria.
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia ano
Albania are regarded as warm
friends.
Farther from the frontiers, France
seems destined to have a closer
understanding with Russia.
China and Italy are something
else again. and in some quarters they
offer the Russians some concern
But here again there is no alarm.
Sweden has a broad economic
agreement with the U. S. S. R.-one
which the governments of both
countries appear firmly convinced is
workable and which should lead to
a better understanding.
Norway is regarded as a good
friend.
Russia's position on Franco Spain
is well known.
Problem i'm Germany.
And then we come to Germany
While Hitler's regime has been
wiped out, Germany does offer prob
lens, and serious ones.
Russia faces the coming Moscow
Conference of the Foreign Ministers
Council with optimism. The average
citizen has high hopes his govern
ment and its allies are going to
reach some progressive settlements.
But Germany does remain a
problem, and there are a lot of
things happening there now, par
ticularly In the American and Brit
ish zones, which trouble the Rus
slams. However. there is no pes
simism.
The spring sowing is a question
of tremendous Importance to every
Russian. A drought last summer
forced the government to abandon
its plan for abolishing rationing.
This year an enormous effort will be
made to get thousands of more
acres under cultivation.
The party and government are
whipping up spirits everywhere.
The collective farms are going to
work better, it appears, than at any
time since before the war. There
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Reds Stunned
By'OldGuard'
French Officers Loyal
While Communists
Bore Away
By Constantine Bro,pn

y
PARIS.-Aithough the Commu-
mist Party has bored into the French
government and its defense forces
to an unbelievable extent and rep
resents now a definite menace to
preservation of a democratic France
some corners of resistance still exist
In spite of the comrades remark
able organization and great success
in entrenching themselves, there is
undoubtedly good bit of overstate-
ment in the contention of some
leading French politicians that the
Communists could take over the
government by phone whenever
they so desire.
Although, as has been pointed out
Moscow's stooges have a powerful
grip on the French armament sys-
tenn and the air force, and can
count on'some $4,000 in the Interpa-
tional Brigade, there is still stub
born opposition to them from within
the army and navy.
The Communists are making a
well-organized effort to place the
blame for Frances defeat in 1910
exclusively on the officers corps
although real responsibility for the
disaster rests with the short-sighted
governments in power after 1886
But memories are short and the
propaganda accusing French officers
has taken root with the people.
In conjunction with this cam
paign the Communists and theil
fellow travellers have insisted that
the Maquis, comprising at least 7s
per cent good Communists, were
exclusively responsible for the re-
sistance activities after the Allied
landing in Normandy in June, 1914
The vital role played by thousands
of regular army officers who worked
courageously and intelligently is
seldom, if ever, told.
Undermine Officefs.
The government in power since
the liberat.on-including that of
Gen. Charles de Gaulle-have not
deemed it advisable to emphasize the
role of these professional military
men. The Communists political CO.
operation was much too important
to risk a break for the sake of a
few thousand persons of no political
Importance.
The Communists have taken -ad-
vantage of this situation to under
mine what prestige the officers
corps may still have in the country.
After the war ended they placed
political commissars in nearly all
military units and gave Gen. de
Gaulle many headaches by insist
ing on integrating the Communist
Maquis into the national army. They
instigated purges of officials on
fimsy accusations of collaboration,
and youths with secret experience
except in handling a tommygun--
received regular army commissions.
The Communists were bent on de-
stroying the army's tradition and
forced the abolition of the famous
military school at Saint Cyr,
Frances West Point, which was
created by Napoleon. The historic
buildings in which French officers
have been trained since 1900 were
destroyed in the war. The old-line
officers urged that the 147-year-old
institution be revived, using tenn
porary barracks until a permanent
establishment could be erected.
The officers proposal got nowhere.
(See BROWN, Page C-5)
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Equal Freight Rate Race
Moves Into Home Stretch
Arnall's Attack on ICC Jurisdiction Is Lever
Apparently Advancing Original Suit of
Southern Governors Conference
By Fletcher F. IsbeH

race for the credit equang the Nations railroad freight rates
manufactured goods is about enter
The rivals the Southern Governors Conference and former
Ellis Georgia At the lead
Court appeal from
Commission victory which held
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

Argentina is second only to the
United States in the amount of
corn grown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
HEALTH BOARD ASKS
NEW ORDINANCE

The ~city-county health board
yesterday requested the city and
county attorney to draw up an or
dinance prohibiting major" repairs
on privies and also voted against
accepting compromise settlements
where the city and county have
claims against individuals for rat
proofing construction, according to
DR.. A. H. Elliott, health officer.
Commenting on the action taken
yesterday, DR.. Elliott said the pro-
posed ordinance would stop any
major repairs to badly dllapidat-
ed outdoor structures.
Following a discussion on the
city-county accepting reduced set
Elements for work done during the
rat-proofin.g campaign here, the
board commended that it would be
unfair to those who have already
paid the full amount of their con-
tracts for such work. Hence the
city-county tax collector was in
structed to collect the full amounts
even in the event law suits would
be necessary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
HIGH SCHOOL BAND
TO PARADE TODAY

New Hanover High Schools
ROTC band will parade this after
noon at 3:15 o'clock for advertise
ment Of the Senior class play.
pride and Prejudice" it was an
nounced yesterday by Dan Kelly.
warrent officer.
The band will form at the high
school and will march down Mar
ket st. to Third. They will turn
right at Third and march to Red
Cross and thence they will con-
tinue to Front and make a left
turn and march to Market. They
will drill down Market street to
the high school where they will be
dismissed.
The band will be followed by
the high school student body and
posters and signs will be carried
by a portion of the students. The
senior play, pride and Pre-
judice," will be given in the high
school auditorium Saturday night,
at s o'clock.
Dan Kelly, band warrant Of
ficer, will lead the band and they
will wear the new band uniforms.
Cars will follow behind the stu
dent body and a prize will be
awarded the best decorated auto
mobile in the parade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
GROOM AND BENSON
TO CONFER TODAY
ON HOUSING PROJECT

Fire Chief J. Ludie Groom and
City Manager j. L. Benson will
confer today and expect to draft
recommendations concerning the
wooden structures at Lake Forest
housing project, Groom said last
night.
Following reports yesterday that
the structures would be consider
ed fire hazards by the local fire
department, Harry M. Solomon,
commissioner of the housing au-
thority, and j. w. Grant, authori-
ty member in charge of the apart
ments, stated that they had re-
ceived no reports on the situation.
Although 500, 600, 900 bushels of
U. S. cor reach big terminal
markets every year, about 80 to
IS percent of the U. S. corn crop
is fed to livestock and never
leaves the farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
SCHOOL BOARD
TO TAKE OATH
Members To Name Chair
man And Other Officers
OF The Board

Members of the county board OF
education who were reappointed
for 4 two year term by the recent
legislature will be sworn in at the
next meeting of the board, which
is scheduled for April IA.
They are DR.. John T. H~oggard,
chairman: L. T. Landen, vice
chairman; ]. C. Roe, Mrs. E. L.
Meister, Emsley A. Laney, and
James S. Craig, Jr.
After they are sworn in by an
official of the superior court, in
all probability A. l.. Meyland,
clerk, the board will name its
chairman and other officers.
On the agenda for next Monday
nights meeting of the board is the
selection of all administrative Of
ftcials for the county school sys-
tenn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
STATE AIRLINES
JOINS IN FIGHT
Official Threatens To Take
Battle Against CAB Rul-
ing To Court

Another voice has Joined the YER
bal storm against Civil Aeronau-
tics Board action in awarding the
Piedmont Airlines the right to OPP
crate two feeder routes from Will
mington to Kentucky and Ohio Of
fees.
State Airlines of Charlotte join
ed hands with Southeast Airlines,
also of Charlotte, in labasting the
CAB decision, with Neil Berboth,
State vice-president, threatening
to take the matter to the courts
il necessary.
In terming CAB action unjust
and unreasonable" Berboth said
his firm would fight the decision
giving to Piedmont the routes
which had been requested by
State.
Proved Necessity
He claimed that State had prov
ed convenience and necessity in
a plea to the air board, and said
this was something Piedmont did
not do.
Berboth was quoted as saying
that his company will file a pro-
test with CAB against the de-
cision asking that arguments be
reopened, and threatened to carry
the fight to the United States
Board of Appeals if necessary.
Meanwhile, John H. Farrell
city industrial agent, said that a
meeting of the airport commit
tee of the local Chamber of
Commerce and the county com
missioners may be called the first
of next week to discuss the sit
uation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

Evening
6:o0-News Report, Is Mins.-nbc
Eric Sevareid and News-cbs
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Terry Serial Repeat-abc-west
Network Silent Il hr.)-mbs-east
Hop Harrigan Repeat-mbs-west
6:15-America Serenade: Sports-nbc
Report From Washington-cbs
Sky King Repeat-abc-west
Repeat by Observation-Disclosures
6:30-Red Barber and Sports-cbs
Jack Armstrong Repeat-abc-wese
Capt. Midnight Repeat-mbs-West
6:451Lowell Thomas Newscast-nbc
World News & Commentary-cbs
Tennessee Jed Repeat-abc-west
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7:o0-Radio Supper Club-nbc-basic
Mystery Drama for Week-cos
News and Commentary-abc
Fulton Lewis, Jr., Comment-mbs
7:15rNews and Comment-nbc
Jack Smith Song Series-cbs
Elmer Davis Commentary-abc
Dance Music Show-mbs-basic
7:3O-The Skip Farrell Show-nbc
Mark Warnow Soundoff-cbs
The Lone Ranger Drama-abc
Henry J. Taylor Comment-mbs
7:45-Kaltenborn's Commencing
Brandt Sports Comment-mbs
S:UOIPaul LaVaIle Melouy-lpN
Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks-cbs
Fat Man, Detective Drama-abc
Burl Ives Recorded Songs-mbs
8:15-Vera Holly, D'Arcy's-mbs
8:30-Alan Young Comedy-nbc
Adventures of Thin Man-cbs
This Is F.B.1., Drama-abc
Leave 1t to Girls, Guest-mbs
s:55-Five Minutes News Periodicals
9:0O-People Are Funny, Stunts-nbc
Ginny Simms Variety-cbs
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9:15-Real Life Drama Series-mbs
9:30-Abe Lyman Waltz Time--nbc
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9:55-Five Minutes Sports Spot-nbc
10 :00-Mystery Theater Mystery--noc
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IL .ooLNews for IS Minutes-nbc-basic
supper Club Repeat other nbc
News, Variety, Dance 2 hrs.-cbs
News & Dance Band Hour-abc
News Dance Band, 2 hrs.-mbs
II .15-Variety & News to l a.m.-nbc
12:o0-Dance Band Hr.- abc-West only.
Greenland, with $4,000 residents,
has no policemen, crime being
virtually unknown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
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