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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Department: - SCIENCE)
WHAT "CENTER OF GRAVITY
MEANS

The measure that we call weight
is the strength of the gr%ayitational
force on an object at the surface
of the earth. You learned in
yesterdays article that all things
on earth are being pulled toward
the center of the globe by this
force, that this same force exists
between every body of matter in
the u n iv and every other
body, and that it is greater be-
tween near objects than between
things farther apart.
For instance, the North and
South Poles are nearer to the cen
ter of the earth than the Equator
is. because the earth is slightly
flattened at the poles. Therefore,
the gravitational force exerted on
an object at one of the poles is
greater than the force exerted on
an object at the Equator. T h a t
means that a thing weighing a
pound at the North Pole would
weigh less than a pound at the
equator.
If a body is raised a few miles
above the earth's surface, the de-
crease in its weight is only a very
small amount, for a few miles is
a small distance compared to a.
600 miles-the radius of the earth.
As a matter of eact, a 100-pound
boy will weight 1913 pounds at the
top of a mountain four miles high.
We come now to the word CRAWL
ty. Sometimes that is used as ii
it were another name for CRAWL
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources. to In
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities. near
by sites for heavy Industry and S5foot
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing. pulp wood production and
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement OF Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and primary
roads. with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract moro in
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bl~uetaenthal air
port TO. expanding air services
De, elopment Of Southeastern. North
Cardinals health facilities. especially In
counties lacking hospitals. and includ-
ing a Negro Health center
Encouragement OF the growth OF com-
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
The Book OF knowledge

tation. However, it has a more
precise meaning.
We spoke yesterday of the "ac-
celebration Of gravitation" - that
is, a falling ~objects's rapid gain
in speed as it approa ches nearer
and nearer to the earth. The earth
is always rotating, or turning on
its axis, and this motion gives rise
to another force, called centrifugal
(center-fleeing) force. So a falling
object is pulled ever faster and
faster toward the earth's center,
and at the same time pushed
slightly away from the center. The
result of these two forces or an
object is known as the earth's
gravity.
There is in every object a point
around which the whole las of
the object can be balanced. This
is called the center Of gravity.
We often hear that a rowboat
has been upset and someone has
been drowned. There is a simple
rule of safety which we all ought
to know. 1t is that not more than
one person at a time should stand
ur in a rowboat, and the lower
tfat one crouches when he moves
about. the less danger there will
be. This is a problem in equilibri-
UNI, and the whole question OF
equilibrium depends upon the CEN
ter of gravity.
If the center Of gravity of the
boat were in its keel, then the
boat could. not be so easily upset.
When we build a lifeboat, We pro-
vide it with a heavy keel, which
means that the center Of gravity
is kept so low that the boat, even
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Story Nobody Cares About

err men and two women. Above
the average, probably. Lawyers,
professors, army officers. Well edr
ucated. The types that make good
immigrants. s...
Two. Yugoslavs, two Latvians, a
Russian a Ukrainian, a Llthuanl-
an. an Estonian girl, a Polish Jew
ess. Sitting around the green felt
topped table in the hotel 2arlor
they appeared relaxed and dld not
look particularly foreign.
Stjepan Carija, clean-cut young
Yugoslav army officer, told OF
three terms in Hitler's and Tito's
concentration camps. His wife had
been sentenced with him and his
first child was born in camp. He
made his escape through Italy to
the U. S. zone and safety.
Mine Kink, tall and slender Es-
tonian girl who was educated as a
lawyer, told of escapes from both
Russian and German occupation.
In one night 81, 600 Estonians we're
rounded up for deportation to ST.
IBERIA. She made her way TO the
American zone in Germany and a
lob with U. S. Military govern
rceat.
Tiny, Russian-born law Prof.
Audrey Dobrobolsky told o. his
capture by the Germans and his
escape to the American lines. But
he did not want to return to Rus
STA. He told of M camp where
he had seen a woman throw her
self out the window and two men
hang themselves to escape repa-
triation. He told of U. S. Army
officers preventing the Russians
from loading up nine trucks with
D P.'s who were being forced to
accept repatriation.
Wladka Meid, who at II became
a heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto,
is alive today because she does
not look Jewish. Speaking perfect
German, she fooled the Nazis,
smuggling ammunition into the
Ghetto for General Boris futile up
rising, smuggling out jewish chill
dren to the safety of Christian
families in the Polish under
ground.
DR.. Pranas Padalskis. once dean
Of the University of Wilma, became
"a leader of the Lithuanian under
ground. Basing his report on in
formation obtained through the I'M
derground, he told how the Rus
SLAMS are now gradually extermia-
ating the Lithuanian people.
Two o. the nine could not reveal
their names. They are a Latvian
doctor and a Ukrainian professor
of philology. They still have rela-
tives in Russian territory. and
fear renrisals. r
Nobody cares .hout hrse thinss
any more. UNRRA is about to 90
out Of business. Everyone figured
its job would be done by now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Keystone Of Peace

Food is coming to play a more and
more important role in the search for
peace. Last week it occupied chief at
tention in this country. Heavy ship
ments of American grain are being
rushed to the u. S.-British occupied
zones in Germany, not only because the
Germans are hungry-which might be
reason enough-but also as a means
Of thwarting Russia's campaign to
spread communism, which thrives best
where stomachs are empty.
1t would seem that Great Britain
would welcome this relief effort. but
Britain too is on short r~ations, and the
government is reported to look upon
1t with some disfavor.
How sharp The London governments
antipathy may be is not clear. But the
United Press reports from London that
the Attlee regime is negotiating with
Moscow for Russian wheat in exchange
for which the British would give the
Russians the know-how of a variety of
scientific processes. It is even said that
a delegation of Russians is expected in
London at no distant date to conclude
a deal.
The United Press emphasizes that
the atomic bomb is not among the
formulas with which the British pro.
pose to pay for Russian wheat. The idea
is to get Britain off bread rations.
Could it be that England, by deal
ing with Russia, would pave the way
for communism on the tight little isle
while her American cousins are doing
their best to hogtie it in Germany
where peace, if it ever returns, mus
have its foundations?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON = Nine displac-
ed persons, liberated from D. P.
camps in Europe and now in the
United States as refugees. were
brought together in a Washington
hotel parlor the other afternoon.
Advance billing was that this
would be the most exciting press
conference of the year. 1t wasn't.
Barely a dozen reporters showed
up. Nobody cared.
Nobody cares that although the
war has been over two years,
there are still close to a million
people in Europe's D. P. camps.
They have no homes. Fearing po-
litical persecution, they can't go
back where they came from: So
they are shifted around 1rorn
camp to camp, while authorities
try to figure out what to do with
them.
As one Of the nine phrased it.,
we have been prosecuted one
year by the Soviet, three years by
the Germans, and two years by
UNRRA."s
This mistrust of the United Ma
tons Relief and Rehabilitation
runs through all their stories.
They are not ungrateful of the Fact
that but for UNRRA they would
probably not be alive today. But
they resent that UNRRA camps
were opened up to Soviet liaison
officers who were permitted te
screen the D. P.'s and take away
those they wanted. UNRRA stats
have been filled with Communists
and agents of the Russian NKVI
secret police. they say.
All kinds of pressVres have beer
nut on these refugees to accept
repatriation. In some camps the
rations were cut to less than 1000
Galleries a dav. In others there nas
been no heat. Some Of the refu-
oees we're taken TO the borders of
their homelands and showed
across.
others have accepted repatria-
ton, tried it, then fled back to
the comparative security of the
2. P. camps. Their experiences
have made those who stayed be-
hind more determined than ever
not to go back to the places they
once called home.
They don't want UNRRA. they
don't want 1RO-the new Inferno
tional Refuge Organization which
United Nations is now trying to
set up. ALI they want is a place
to eo-sny place where thew can
settle down in pesce and begin
again.
TIVE mo ~eft.oes. w-o ware IN
trodrced by dapper little DR.. Ds-
vid Martin of the Refugees De-
Tense committee which set up this
conference, were a varied lot. Sew
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Fantasy

We can't vouch for the aut
ITCHY of this tale which CONES,
Britain.
Two men, Photographic
game in Africa, came upon a /
elephant sitting on a jungle t
One of them whispered: Lets
Gle him and photograph him
he gets up
AS they Unanswered about
animal they ran smack into a
ond elephant sitting with his b
to the first. The holder Of the
men walked UP to the creature
demanded: How come you
are sitting back-to-back?'
The elephant, surveying the
for a moment, rumbled; IN
shout SOL really mustn't sps
Josephine and l are playing
ends"
Christine Science NOM
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
The Right Light

An ambitious little group o. y
teur performers were braVel ",
tending with the manifold pfoD'
of mounting a tableau bearing '
ambitious title Of "Noak's A'h
"Now, how shall we HUM.
the ark" asked one anxious !
ticipant. latina,
"Oh, that's easy" .I TejG,l'ss
whimsical member. WIN =
lights of course"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Editorial Comment
MIR. TRUMAN AND PRICES

President Truman is to be credited with
good intentions and not much more for his
appeals in behalf Of lower prices,
L,wer prices are needed, but they aren't
brought about by speeches.
One way of getting them is by tough gov
ernnnent regulations, which we don't have
and aren't going to have.
Another way is by competition among pro-
ducars and distributors for the public's pa
tronage. That for us, is the only practical
way.-Charlottesville (va.) Progress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
The Doctor Says
EXERCISE, Fruit,
BEAT CATHAR1Ir
BY WILLIAM A. O'Rp,r,

Most important factor. w.
e elimination are exercise ~ go
right amount of fruits "a aid d
tables. cathartics. enems and vg.
rltatlng foods often are rsyn and i
for aggravating the con 5dsisgon'a
Americans reportedl,
nearly IS million dolIaTys 'psa
Tor bowel medicine. In mos.' le'
these remedies not on lI,0S' Gag
necessary, but actually tb a'e I;
me cause OF much of the s ~. !
~ When the average patie p.ll y
SO called constipation sts ,-' vi;
cathartles' it quickly becom. 10 u
essary for him to combine D.,
use because the bowel IL, aS
function without them. caa'
1t is unfortunate that tba >,
has been led to believe s'e p-a'
special habit time is des s,a' |
Many adults can trace tb 1sSl'' Y
Guilty to infancy. Modern n.y. ~
clans do not recommenJ .nl
ing children as it is h,.. ny
anticipate their desires and nd'' !,
operate with them. Y
To overcome constipation l..
medicine should be stopped W n
or two dishes of FRUIT is
eaten two or three times
Cooked fruits are p~referaS 4 q
fresh fruits, and especiauv WY
roended are pruaes. AMY ,s"5
baked apple, applesauce, rb,s.
pear and peach sauce.
Green-cooked vegetables q.
be eaten in liberal amounts )
commended vegetables are snr.'
string beans, beets r.,.s
greens, squash, peas, ssnar,s
caulifloWer. Other foods WY
taken as desired.
Constipated persons need ,,,
else. A daily walk is helpfnI j
cid idea that the failure of ID
nation in elderly persons wa, j
to weakening of the bowel mr,s|
is no longer believed, as cor,ts
ton can be just as commo1
young persons.
QUESTIONS: NV husband n
it difficult to control his bail
Could this be due to weak
neys??
ANSWER: 1t is more likeIv !
to something wrong with hi,
der. He should consult his pi
clan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
NO CLOSED DOORS

Thus failure to settle anything at Moscow
does not ind us devoid of an alternative. The
need TOR one had been prudently anticipated.
but LEI no one suppose that this alternative
In AWNING more than a poor second. A full
may goal OF our foreign policy. The Moscow
necIns was a failure. But when our deleea.
tlo9 tslt 1t closed no doors.-Baltimore Sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20

ton should not be a burnt offering on
the alter of perjury.
We all want to save a little money
as taxpayers, to be sure, but not at
the sacrifice of our children's educa-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Conductors Choice, No D0uO'

The occasion was all s, III,
musicale. The kind-hear, leu. ~,
spied a lonely-looking l ~. ,,
|huddled in a corner Of u, ,,is
and paused to make CO con s.,. d
"Tell me-" she finally ash 'sa,.
you play any musical ln.'IG- A,
mot away from home
tie man replied, ,,,si
How peculiar" rsns,A,a, 4,
hostess. What instrufnei'
play at home" M NILE
replied. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Dust
PEPPER M SALT

Qualifications :.
My man doesn't have 10 b,
charming,
Attractive or quite debonsll
My man doesn't have to b. N
some
And dark or even have hair
My man doesn't have 10 hs
money
Or pass an intelligence test
Just give me a man who
mine,
AL mine and I'll do the
Gladys 0si
q, s,.r
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20

- .NF-
when it is upset, has the power
to right itself. But in an ordinary
rowboat there is no heavy iron
keel, and the greatest factors in
determining where it's center of
gravity lies are the bodies of the
occupants. AS soon as we stand
up, the center of gravity of the
boat is raised, and any dis
turbance is likely to lower it.,
which means that the boat goes
over. ~
Copyright, 1916, By The Gro
lier Society Inc, based upon The
Book of .KnoWledge)
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: First Railway
Safety Devices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
pull o<GRAw7y

Concentration Of weight near
of doll prevents 1t from tip
ping easily. If pushed over, 1t re-
turns to al erect position. The
around which 1t is balanced
is its center of gravity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
GOOD MORNING

A soul exasperated by its ills, falls out
with everything, with its friend and ITSELF
Addison.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Lend-Lease
An Old Story

The arrival of the new Soviet am
bassador, Alexander Panyushkin, in
Washington sometime this month is
expected to result in reopening ne
gotiationS for settlement of this coun-
try's $11,2OO,G00,O0O bill for Lend
Lease to Russia.
Most of the other Allies already
have settled their Lend-Lease ac-
counts for few cents on the dollar.
Russia is being asked to settle only
for goods which could be used for
peacetime purposes and which still
were serviceabl' on VI Day. The rest
has been written off as a part of the
wars cost.
Russia received a greater proper
ton of civilian, type goods than. most
of the other Allies The negotiations
also involve disposition of 95 mer-
chant ships. These remain out of 126
which were supplied as Lend-Lease.
The Kremlin paid $4.17O,OOO inter-
est due July l on its obligation for
pipeline" goods delivered after VI
Day, even though Congress decreed
an end to further shipments. (Lend-
Lease pipeline" goods are those
procesSed and awaiting shipment but
not sent before the end of the war;
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
In Short

Died: DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler,
IS, president emeritus of Columbia
University.
Completed: At Teterboro, N. j., air.
port, leisurely, 123-day round the
world flight by Cliff Evans and George
Truman, in two pint-sized 100-horse-
power fiivver planes.
Ratified: BY the Senate, by a 72 to
l vote, the irter-American defense
treaty guaranteeing hemisphere de-
tense against attack from outside.
Agreed: BY the Gas, Coke and
Chemical Workers Union, CIO, to a
government request for indefinite
postponement of a threatened strike
at the Oak Ridge, Tenn, atomic en-
ergy plant.
Adopted: BY the Greek govern
ment, a degree banning all strikes
for duration o. the rebellion"
Leased: BY Panama to the us. for
10 years, IA sites for defense bases of
the Canal.
Dedicated: BY President Truman,
Everglades National Park in Florida.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Palestine
Jidoh,' Holy War


Arab leaders in concIave at Cairo
this week talked of holy war and
raising volunteer peoples army"
TO stave off creation of the Jewish
state in Palestine until British troops
are withdrawn completely by next
August.
Under this plan, regular armies of
the seven Arab League nations would
be held in leash, mounting guard
along Palestine's long, narrow bor-
ders to cut of reinforcements and
supplies.
ANY invasion of the Holy Land
by Jewish displaced persons would
be met by ''counter-invasion from
neighboring Arab countries, said Hus-
sain Khalidi, Arab Higher Executive
Committee chairman in Palestine.
In Cairo. Sheik Abdel Latif Draz
declared: Whenever Islam is at
tackled in any cf its countries, Jidah
(holy war) becomes an obligation of
every Moslem in the world"
AS the Arab Jewish clashes in Pal
estine increased, Britain announced
her intention tc surrender her Holy
Land mandate or May Is, suggesting
that independent Arab and Jewish
states be createc on June /.
The British plan for turning over
power to Arabs and Jews is subject
to approval of the United Nations
five-nation commission on Palestine
The commission. would set up the
provisional governments during the
proposed two-week transition period
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Business
Record Pace

Record Pace
Business and industry continue TO
set records for i947 but businessmen
remain tense because of rising prices
and clashing proposals in Washing
ton on imitation curbs.
3 Christmas business was at peak
during the week. Department stores
from coast TO 'ccast set records. r. II.
Macy in New York sold 81, ,48l, ,072
worth of goods one day.
Steel production was the largest in
peacetime history Construction. con-
tracts awarded exceeded any week
since November, 1912
Price Increases
The feverish pace of business was
matched step by step by rising prices.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion granted 6 per cent fare increases
to railroads west of the Mississippi
and Is per cent boost in coach fares
on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford.
Butter sold for 81 pound and eggs
81 dozen in New York and some other
large cities. The retail price of short
ening went up two cents pound, so
did coffee Oh price advances soon
will be felt by auto drivers and home
owners.
The Associated Press index of 35
wholesale commodities hit new highs
then levelled Of a few points.
Third Round Ahead
CIO president Philip Murray said
his unions would go after a third
round of wage increases. Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton Anderson pre-
dicted spring meat shortage might
result in fantastic prices" and said
consumers will want price controls
on meat before long,
The American Meat Institute de-
clared price controls would bring
= back the black market where prices
would be higher than ever and un-
der which many families could not
get much meat at any price"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
US. Faces, ),
Fuel Lack

CONGRESSIONAL committees
~ began delving this week into
the nations fuel situation-mili-
tary and civilian. The President
asked Congress for power to ra-
tion fuel, steel. most foods and
exports.
An Armed Services subcommittee
under Rep. Dewey Short (R-Mo.)
began studying present oil and oil
products shortages, principally as
they affect the Navy and Air Force.
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee under Rep. Charles A.
Wolverton (R-N.J.) started to inven-
tory all fuel resources and supplies.
''We are not producing enough (oil)
now to meet our civilian and mill
tary needs" Short disclosed The sit
uation will grow more acute, he said,
with enactment of the foreign aid
bill which will send more oil and
gasoline abroad
Record Yeal Coming Up
Oil production this year will set
record, Department of Interior Off
cials conceded, but still it will not be
enough because -
l. There is shortage of tankers,
pipe lines and tank cars. and of oil
drilling tools
2. Domestic needs have spurted.
Demand for home heating oil is, so
percent higher than before the war.
Railroads use about 40 percent more
diesel oil each year. Farmers burn
twice as much gasoline as before the
war. Motor cars, trucks and buses
use lot more gasoline now and in
dustrial use of oil for heating and
power has increased steadily.
Coal Cars Scarce
The situation i'll coal is somewhat
similar There is a shortage of certain
kinds of coal in certain parts of the
country. The main reason is a short
age of coal cars. -.
When coal is mined it has to be
hauled away because there's no place
around the mines for storing it.. The
coal car shortage has cut down min
ing of better quality household coal in
West Virginia and some other fields.
IF it were not for the coal car
shortage" a government official told
Congress, "it is believed that sufficient
coal could be produced in the United
States to meet domestic demands as
well as Europe's most pressing needs" !"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
A Sweet Tooth Ache

The American delegation at the In
ternational Trade Organization con-
ference in Havana has found that
sugar can leave a very sour taste.
The State Department was prime
mover in calling a United Nations
conference to work toward wiping
out trade barriers. But because of a
Sugar-quota law which rigidly appor-
tions the sugar any producing coun-
try may send to the United States,
the State Department had to ask that
the new ITO charter permit continu-
ance of U.S.-Cuban preferential trea-
ties.
Now other nations cite that prece-
dent in demanding exemptions. Ar
gentina, the Arab League, the Scan
dinavians and members of the British
Empire bloc have pointed fingers
at it.
The US. delegation uttered not a