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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
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SWAMP STATE:
DEVILS THIRD

CHAPEL HILL, March 8-(P-
North Cardinals well balanced
swimming team was too strong for
the tnree-star North Carolina State
contingent here today and scored
a smashing 81-47 upset victory in
the Fourteenth Annual Southern
Conference championships.
Only two other teams competed.
Dukes devilfish finishing third
with 81 points and V.M.I. fourth
with nine points.
Although State was outpointed,
one of the Red Terrors' three aces,
Billy Kelly, collected fourteen
points and won the "Outstanding
Swimmer trophy. Kelly won the
200 meter free style and the 100
meter free style and finished
fourth i'll the 200 meter breast
stroke.
The breaststroke outcome was
the meets big upset. Kelly had
been the favorite but obviously
tired out from so much previous
competition. he faded on the last
lap with North Cardinals Jerry
Cox finishing well in front. Dan
Breeder of North Carolina was
second and Pete Hexner, also OF
North Carolina, was third.
North Cardinals Norman Sper
was runner-up for individual high
scoring honors with IS 1-2 points.
He won the $50 meter backstroke,
swan on the Blue Dolphins' Win
ming 400 meter relay team and
tied with Buddy Crone, also of
Carolina, for first spot in diving.
Officials expressed the opinion
that the diving was the most bril-
liant ever seen in the conference
meet, with the Dolphins taking
the first four places.
State took three first places,
Bill Ward winning the 50 meter
free style, in addition to Kelly's
triumphs. Bill Despres, the third
member of States big Three"
was second to Sper in the $50
meter backstroke. North Carolina
won both relays, the breaststroke
| and diving,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
TOBACCO GROWERS
LAUNCH PROGRAMS
United Effort To Be Made
To Keep World Markets
Open To America

RALEIGH, March 8-P)-Tobac-
co growers, warehousemen and
manufacturers, united as Tobacco
Associates, Inc, launched their
program to keep world markets
open to American leaf here today
by offering the post of Agency
President to j. B. Hutson of Wash
ington, D. c., former Assistant
Secretary of the United Nations
and one-time head of the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation.
Hutson waived acceptance of the
post pending the outcome of earlier
commitments. He said he would
return an answer within the month.
Long associated with farm and to-
bacco programs, he recently re-
signed from his UN post.
Other officers elected at today's
organizational meeting were: form
er Governor J. M. Broughton of
Raleigh, general counsel; E. Y.
Floyd of Raleigh, executive secre-
tary Of the North Carolina Virginia
Plant Food Institute, secretary;
and Mrs. Irby Walker of Green's
boro, secretary of the N. C. Farm
Bureau Federation, treasurer.
Tobacco Associates, Inc, was
chartered in North Carolina as a
non-profit corporation to work
with state and federal agencies in
promoting tobacco research and
developing new domestic and ex-
port products. A fund of $780,
900 has been pledged for the first
year of operation.
Named to the board of directors
J. H. Vaughn Of Nash
county, chairman; P. N. Taylor
of White Plains; j. E. Winslow of
Greenville: W. Wesley Singletary
of Lake City, S. c.; H. P. Fox
hall of Tarboro; D. F. Bruton of
Adele, Ca; L. c. Norton of Dun
bar, S. c.; Claude Whitehead of
Chatham, Va; T. w. Allen of
Creedmore; Claude T. Hall of RoX-
boro; W. H. Woolard of Green
vile; Edwin Pate Of Laurinburg:
Ficklen of Greenville: and H.
W. Jackson, Jr., of Richmond, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

Cerberus was the many-headcd
dog that guarded the entrance to
the lower regions, in classic myth.
Early stories gave him as many
as 100 heads; later ones credited
him with three.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

along at a dazzling clip. It is no
longer news that Norman can
make his typewriter sit up and
MARBLE. . The wallop of the pro-
gram cones f.u1n the accorded
interviews with statesmen and cit
liens of toreign nations. Listen 10
hem voiclng their hopes and
fears and you get a graphic dag
nosis OF a world running a peri
lous fever. Corwin has cracked
the scrivener's most difficult
problem: He makes political and
diplomatic issues engrossiag and
enlightening-by translating them
into terms of human beings.
Jack Haley has been one of the
better caperers for many years.
However, his radio program
hasn't provided much of a show
case for his giggle-getting skill.
Those insulting barbs that pass
for humor hardly rate a litter.
Yet the session has a high popu
LILLY 1dIlIlS. 4IldL 1911 l d CIcu1t
to his sc-ripters as much as it is
a tribute to Haley. Or, possibly,
just don't care what
they laugh at.
The Importance of expert ma
terial is underlined by the Bob
Burns gagfest. Bob can be a like
able jester, and his drawing hill
snare a guffaw now and
then. But his jokesmiths haven't
provided him with enough decent
quipper : snappers. They merely
scoop a handful of wheezes from
the files. The result is that kerr
nels pop in all directions while
quips trip over their. whiskers. . i
On his last show Burns relayed|
the staley about the man whose
wife is SO homely he always takes
her with him-because he is un-
able to kiss her goodbye. That
gag helped kick dirt in vaude-
face.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
TEACHERS PLAN
=" ANNUAL FARLEY
AZ
Salary Increases Will Be
Tops On Agenda OF
NCEA Convention

d" AsHEvILLE, N, c.. March, 9
(P1 With its ranks seriously
divided on the question of salary
increases for teachers, the N. =
education association will hold III
.e3rd annual convention here OF
Thursday. Friday and SATURDAY
March q, % and 20. 49,
The meeting may well be the
liveliest in NCEA history because
+of kneen interest among members
in the race for president between
r. l.. Fritz, Jr., Of Hudson, cna1r'
nan of the steering commlt'ee -ol
The South Piedmont plan which IS
advocating teachers pay boost OF
az ner cent and Claud Grlgg OF
Abemarle. present NCEA vice
president and chairman OF its legls-
Iative committee which is flghtlng
for salary increases OF ~ per
cent.
Ballotting in the election is
being conducted now and the cleo
lrlaudooned Us0Rsh doh don dahd
80, results are due to be an
rounced during the Asheville meet
ING with this race as a drawing
card. upwards OF 5000 persons
are expected to attend the con-
viction.
If Fritz should be elected, a
precedent as old as the NCEA
would be broken. for in the past
the organization always has elevat-
ed its vice president to the presi-
.dency and the election battles
ever waged between those seeking
the vice presidency.
Although the Fritz-Grigg cam
'paign holds the spotlight. tour
Candidates are il the field for
vice president, A. C. Dawson. Jr.
principal Of the Southern Pines
High school; William Elmore, Lake
Lure High school teacher: B. e..
Lohr, Lumberton School Superin-
tendent and member of the NCEA
board of directors: and T. C..
Robertson, superintendent Of the
Buncombe County Schools. Bertha
Cooper of Elizabeth City is un-
opposed for reelection to a three
year term as national education
association director FOR North Caro-
lima.
Convention headquarters will be
the Ashevilie municipal auditori-
um.
At the first general session.
speakers will include 1t. Gov.
L. Y. Ballentine. who is also chair
man of the state board of educa-l
tion; Dr.. Clyde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public instruct
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WALTER WINCHELL
Continued From Page Six

heights. Her matchless pretending
provided the electricity for James
M. Barrie's cookie warmer,
What Every Woman Knows,
and generated an opus glowing
with charm. There's no doubt
| about it-Helen is one sparkler
who car teach some of the other
| alleged stars how to shine.
The Quiz Kids continue to main
tain their position on the sure fire
squad. Those teen : age qwizards
not only seem to know everything,
but their poise is astounding. The
easy manner in which they an
swer knotty queries is bound to
afflict grown-ups with an inferior
ity complex. And that delightful
Joel Kupperman! 1t is hard to tell
if he just read the encyclopedia
or wrote it. . Yet intelligence is
only 8 fragment of the talent dis
played by the gee-whizzers. The
youngsters are also masters OF
the impromptu crack. They can
amaze you with their erudition as
well as amuse you with their wit.
Those melodic tidbits served via
s'The Hit Parade" usually have
mucho vitamins. The leading lifts
come bubbling out of the loud
speaker in a joyous stream. But
we wish the band would white
the emphasis On the brass. The
1--WE jamborees are lease-breakers
. . Andy Russell and Ginny
have a way with a ballad.
But that oh-so-cute chatter they
swap could be deleted from the
shindig without any harm. Their
speaks for itself. . The
clambake's major defect is its
over-enthusiastic introductions OF
the three top ditties. Egad, there's
so much fanfare you'd think they
were announcing the coming Of
Paradise. Let's face it: No popu-
lar song is that important.
Henry Morgan wears the cap
and bells becomingiy. Sure his
show has its ups and downs when
he is stuck with pallid wordage.
But the roller-coasting is the re-
suit of trying to do something diff
ferent. Henry refuses to loll in the
rut chisled by the other
radio cut-ups. He INDUCES in sa-
tirical thrusts that demand the
keenest kind of scripting. . But
when Morgan is sharp his humor
has a razored edge. He punctures
and penetrates the
hides of sacred cows in a crisp
and cracking manner. That kind
gagging takes more than a skill
for nonsense-you must also DE
gifted with an abundance of COM
non sense.
No one can eve accuse Edward
Cantor of letting things. lag. He
S e%xuberance personified. His olio
nay not always be brightly penn
ID, but Eddie manages to keep
he show hopping. . Announcer
Jon Zell makes an adroit toll for
he spoofing and the Mad Russian
gamers an acceptable quota of
,huckles, although the front pages
are making it more difficult to
augh at anything Russian -. But
IS We started out to report-the
show is all Cantor. He has mas
cred the kaack Of shuffling ordi-
nary quips and dealing them like
hey were aces. That is known as
Corwin's Zone World Flight
dramatic series has been going
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
LATE BULLETINS

DETROIT, March 3.-PJ-The
CLIO United Auto Workers an.
nounced' today that it will ask a
guaranteed 40-hour week and a Is
l-2 cent hourly wage increase for
an estimated 225, 900 employees OF
General Motors corp.
MOSCOW, March 3.-P-Mich-
del j.. McDermott, press officer OF
the U. S. State Department, said
tonight that foreign broadcasters
would be allowed to make voice
casts from Moscow during the for
eign ministers conference. McDer-
mott said this information was
based on a statement to him by
Konstantin Zynchenko, chief OF the
Soviet press department.
WASHINGTON, March. 3.-(P)-
The Senate Labor committee end
ed its public hearings on labor
measures today with testimony
from Fiorello H. LaGuardia that
federal power to seize struck plants
should be renewed.
LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y. March
3.-P)-The controversial Palestine
problem vas expected today to be
filed formally with the United Ma
tons by Great Britain as a result
Of an American request for clari-
fication.
NEW YORK, March 5.-(P)-A
general sessions court jury tonight
convicted D a i d Krakauer,
Jerome Zardowitz and Harvey
Stemmer on charges of aiding in
an attempted fix" of last Deem.
ber's National League professional
championship football game.
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, March 8.
up Secretary General of the
United Nations Trygve Lie will an
nounce to a U. N. staff meeting on
Tuesday the impending dismissal
OF approximately 300 U. N. employ
es because of the economy budget
imposed on the organization during
the last general assembly, it was
learned today.
WASHINGTON, March S.-(P)-
Two Republican senators told a re-
porter today that Senator Bricker
tR.-Ohio) has indicated TO them
that he does not favor Senate con-
firmation of David E. Lilienthal for
chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Cerberus vas the many-headcd
dog that guarded the entrance to
the lower regions, in classic myth.
Early stories gave him as many
as 100 heads; later ones credited
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
AMBASSADOR swoD.

ra WASHINGTON HI March 8-',
OF Q the budget, was sworn s; o@'rec:or
"a .. ambassador to Great B+ If a. u,
President Truman. DongIses with
leave March IS Tor IoHd ic% viii
succeeds the late O. Nav 0Cn' He
VINO died last month on The ss a :
his departure for tba o'e eve Of
capital. British
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NATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF
AMERICA BASKETBALL CON
GRESS.
Mount Carmel, H., 81, Palmer
dale, Ala, 46.
Pine Prairie, La. so, Charles
ton, S. c., Knights of Columbus AZ.
Hoosier Ambassadors, Lyons,
Ind, Sc, Harrison ChilhoWee Bap-
fist Academy of Knoxville, Tenn,
46.
Rhode Island State n, Rutgers
So.
Syracuse Is, Cornell 80.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 9, To-,

Ray. SAID Nh,
ce No body dy has a compIe,.
i lfp'l0n ne Of what MadronntsS 'i 1,. ca.
ever seen Of hi all :. they I 6aSss
n" Mabadr 0ack-3o feet Of 5+.5 'lac<
claws, teeth all0~ or %ba aet he h,
me best tradition of the lie IN
oep!cted on the ''unknowr inoasacs
charts. aVjgaNns
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

ton: and DR.. Kenneth Mcfarland
superintendent of schools at To-
peka, Kan, a Acknowledgements
school executive and public speak
er. DR.. Mcfarland will discuss
'tomorroW'S teachers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09

Electronics equipment te,..
toy engines Just as it does tbois
big brothers. Each part CALI '4:f
precision manufacture 60 10.
the finished article i is a tai+b ItaI
likeness of the real thine Nl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
LETTER BOX
SEES GOOD AND BAD

To The Editor:
AS l look out Of my ninth fIoa
hotel window, my enthusiasm rum
riot over what a wonderful CITY
you have. Wide, clean streets I'm
buildings and homes, all seenlngg
in a state of good repair.
Your weather is delightful I3'
strategic location of your town "
tops for living, for business ''
transportation.
Yours is a city of fine S'0fss
courteous salespeople and eH'sF
lent accommodations or VlSl.oN
There are, however, two tnas'
that definitely demand the a.
tention of your local Officials a n.
which do tend to detract nol' ~
whole. .,
First. and certainly serious IS u,
obvious lack of smoke control a.
8 a. m. the sun is coming W.,
the horizon, lighting a SUPER ~
scene. But alas it is maTrea ~. ".
clouds of smoke emanatmg n.,,
dozens of chimneys. PrE s'
homes, business and Official ' ..s,
ings all seem to vie "I'D
other. :,,o.n
Smoke is costly TO the u 2's,n
and exterior finishes OF Oa-, sr~,
and to clothing. 1t is also d y q,
carrier of disease germs anu
terrent to a healthful comrilp y,
If large industrial ceni e.s3toa
clean up this wasteful coaa'- ID
then surely Wilmington c"
likewise. as very
large number of oeheLno .-.r.,C
trucks giving forth ear sn M. iro1
sounds throughout the nis G..,,1lt
the vicinity of Third and O"
streets. dprgs!
If buses and large o'" tsst
trucks can effectually silen I5 't +ss
motors, then why shouip b.
enormous fleet of oil cafIlt.' n.
allowed to literally "ViOieS So,si
atmosphere" W i h exhsu Elderly
from trucks that are ey,L p.
equipped with inefficient
or none at all?
A Visitor
Wilmington, N. c.
Feb. Is, 1947. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

Replies to this question, along
with polls showing overwhelming
majorities believing this country
should take part in world affairs,
have ~signaled that this nation has
no intention of repeating its Post
World-War-I history.
Replies to the question also
serve to lay low the myth of Mid
West isolationism, for the Mid
West has been found consistently
on the side of universal military
training-and by substantial ma.
jorities.
This is brought home again to-
day by an examination of the
findings section by section:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

We should like TO offer the Republican
fiscal experts in Congress a simple solu-
ton TO their problem Of how much TO cut
personal income taxes, and where.
Just cut EN- right across the board, at
10 IL per cent. That's the magic figure
which, in terms Of CENTS, solved practi-
cally all the labor-management arguments
over wage Increases last year. Who knows,
it might work again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

or three other ranking Romanlan
| communists. She is, nevertheless,
the idol of communism in her
nation. Communist gatherings in
variably greet their leaders with
~vociferously shouted 'long lives
and applaud, stamp feet, and bel
low party slogans at all proper
turns of the leaders discourse.
But there is something more for
''tovarish Annie" w O and
men alike shed tears of pride, and
there is real passion and affection
in their outcryS.
This may be the result of a
warm, sentimental strain in her
own makeup, perhaps the trans
fer by a childless woman OF her
affections to the crowd.
She talks skillfully and passion
ately. All trace of sentiment is
lost as she attacks 1.-The enemies
of the people" and calls Cor the
punishment of opposition lead
ers. Privately, as during an inter
view, her eyes narrow, and her
husky voice grinds ominously as
she speaks with evident hatred of
peasant and liberal party leaders
who stand in the path of commu-
nism.
Anna Pauker is reputed to have
spent up to IL years in Russia.
On one occasion at least, in the
late thirties, she was traded by
Romania to Russia for a Romani-
an non-communist who was being
held in Jail in Russia.
1t is certain that she has spent
sufficient time in the Soviet to
have become n of the best
trained and most trusted Of the
group, on a level with Dimitrov
and Tito. The very gradual recent
de-emphasis of her role in Ro-
mania may not be indicative, as
it is always next to impossible to
know who is top dog il a commu-
mist line of command. Actually, it
may have been her own idea,
aimed at accomplishing Jewish
leadership in Romanian commu-
nlsm.
1t is possible that Anna Pauker
is one of the top four or five
communists at the helm in non
Russian Europe.
She comes from the poor of
Bucharest. Her marriage allied
her to the ubiquitous Pauker fami-
ly OF Romania, which takes in
banking, newspaper ownership,
painting, film distribution, acting,
all fields of literature and the
poorest hand laboring. Her wealth
Ter in-laws hate her avidly, and
her poorer ones love her dearly.
Often in Jail in her earlier days,
while the peasant and liberal par
ties ruled Romania, she now has
taken over a town house, and a
lakeside villa belonging to the
rich, has several gun-proofed au-
tomobiles and a bodyguard. BY
her edct, many of her former
prosecutors, or their successors,
now are in cells.
Her office is in a large mansion
taken by Communist party edict
in a rich mans section of Bucha-
rest. 1t is a large room, with a
big conference table for party
meetings. The sole wall deco
rations are large portraits of Marx
and Engels, Lenin and Stain.
There is none of King Mihai.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

The News
.B By IN J. NJ. ROBERTS, ,1p
AP Foreign Affairs 'E'

When Secretary Marshall F.'
ed to the Senate Foreign P. Is'H
committee that the world &c.
very critical condition b. S&l
breaking what you would ID s Va,
startling bit of news. 0
But although the ~secretsr,
military man and therefora ST
be expected to think along ,. l.a
INES there is no reason 10 5ar
ne was talking about inv ,s-'a
war. "lAhes
There is sufficient tronb.
out that, although it turks 5~U os. wiz
~ IN the background fot tb e' t,
There are cases when a s' e. loS''
sonaltlon becomes critical % na..
because a cure for his lii, 'I u
snond " oeeauSe ne falls Ia ,
spond TO treatment. That " |" =
worlds state today. Prog.lS al
ward solution of its major 1 nro. y
has been small since tho p,UV!sHI
stopped. SaOoll
ON BRINK OF CoLLApS,
Marshall Dosihlv h-et
much On his mind. bsVir. V2Aa
come from there. China is :. la
brink of economic and poljtic vi ' Ia
lapse. The general could wsr !. N'
oeen thinking what would b.a'
II Russia took over the csi,s
communists and tried to stsn S'
the vast void which would y
by disruption of the Nankir " Leg
eminent. Even if China is sS,' s.'
ed only to political collapse sT sss
civil war it would provide a I c..'
for a world so unsettled A, .'
one. ll
The situation of Great Br,,.
internally torn politically, s1ffs' oal
grievous outward wounds
struggling economically Womb /.
in itself sufficient grounds for ~, y
secretary's Statement. ~'
Prospects for continued lnr.,
India, even a soaring civil o ,
which might tie up with a holy NO,
In the middle east; the jna,,r,
to get Europe started again; a rsI
tain tendency toward totaIt1.,.
ism in Latin America; the u,rs'.
tainty of the atomic future An
these and more probably were ,
Marshall's mind.
And there is, OF course. to a,
continuing crisis which is s1o.-r,.
posed on everything else-be N,
ficulty of obtaining the uoce,.
ton of Soviet Russia for uesc,
General Marshall is well aga,
that when he goes to Moscow rt
month he viii be stepping into o.,
Of the most complicated situation
with which a man was ever asked
to deal.
The best informed people hso
no idea that Russia intends to D,
cipitate a war in the near future.
They believe her intentions are just
the opposite. But what Marshall
will be trying to do is to effect i,
peace for Europe which will 90 ~
far as possible toward eliminating
the causes of European wars Al
we'll as to provide foreceful pTe,en.
ton. He cannot avoid considering
the possibility that that any pea,
to which Russia agrees nov may
be adopted in the light of what |
will mean to her in some iutN,
war if one becomes Necessary u
prevent the slow death of tOtalta
rian Communism.
Success or failure at Moscow \
not likely to mark the Termination
of this crisis. But what happen
there, and in the other councils
these days, will have an imPorjan
bearing on whether, when the ci
sis does break, the turn will oe u
ward war or peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
80 Reported Safe 81
In Pacific E'a
Feb. !

HONOLULU, Feb. Ia iror.
LIST rescued all 80 persons sspOt
the stranded freighter LAKE II isa
on a reef 50 miles Soo'n I1ced.
Jima today, the Navy an .io coz
The3, s89-ton vessel, recen,' va
verted from a seagoing oaISs .,rgc3
left on the reef where 1t hSo .,,ivOrl
early in the day. The SUI VET;
were taken to Two Jima. me, sir
reported to include the c8P
wife and 3-year-old son. IA 10
The Navy announcemen' p az III
indicate whether salvage eolne
ship or any of its cargo OF sa noJll
quonset huts and other lteiiS
De attempted. fror
Mobile, Ala, left HonoI" q
Shanghi Jan. Is. Circumstal'..sst NJ,
her accident were not known
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

In speaking OF a program OF
compulsory military training, the
recently appointed Secretary Of
State said such a system is neces-
sary to back W this country's for
eign policy with positive military
power.
A poll OF the nation on the issue,
completed just before Mr.. Mar
shall made his statement, finds
the public continuing to hold its
conviction that a program OF train
ing is necessary.
The belief is held by a majority
in all parts of the country, the
New England. Middle Atlantic sec
tons, the South and Midwest,
Mountain area, and the WeS
Coast.
1t is, moreover, a belief held by
all major voting groups in the
population, young voters, middle
aged, and old. men and women
alike, Democrats. Republicans,
and Independents, by people in all
o%ccupational and all educational
groups.
AS in previous periodical tests
of sentiment on the issue, the In
stitute had field reporters ask:
I'm the future, do you think
every able-bodied young m a r
should be required to take mill
tary or naval training for one
years."
The replies today:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
Rats Are Feathering
Nests With 81 Bills

Rats around Wilmington are real
y 1eathering their nests in expen-
slVe style as evidenced by a 90
year-old 81 bill which was found
by J. A. Henderson.
bill, which was made for the
Homrnerclal Bank of Wilmington in
1901 war discovered in a rats nest
WIN all the dates still visible and
part OF one end torn off.
Names really became confused
wnen ). A. Henderson told j. J..
aehoeFson OF the Star-News cir
culation department about hi dis
covery and added that his boss
name was j. A.. Henderson.