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Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Georgia
Duel Of the Governors

In 194l angry Georgia college stu
dents hung Gov. Eugene Talmadge in
effigy on the Atlanta capitol steps in
protest at dictatorship in education"
Last week they marched again on the
capitol, this time against his son,
Herman.
The late Gene Talmadgc. a cham
ed to his fourth term as governor
last November but died before he
could assume office. BY curious
quirk, the new state constitution,
adopted in 1945, does not provide for
this contingency.
If Talmadge had died in office, M. E.
Thompson, elected with him as lieu
tenant governor, would have taken
over. The constitution also provides
that the Legislature confirm as gov
ernor the person who polled the larg-
est vote in the general election or, if
no candidate obtained clear ma
jority, the Legislature should choose
between the two with the greatest
number of votes.
Insurance Writeins
When Talmadge became i'll on the
eve of elections, his followers organ
lied Write-in campaign for his son.
Herman, as Insurance if the father
died They figured this would qualify
Herman for election by the Lcgisla-
ture.
After Talmadgc's death in Dcccm-
Der, the then Gov. Ellis ArnaIl an
nounced he would turn over the gov
ernor's chair only TO Thompson, but
the Talmadge- e-dominated Legislature
in a midnight session declared Her
man elected.
Arnall refused to vacate for man
he termed "pretender." There were
fist fights among ArnalI and Tai
madge aides Next day with State Po-
lice guards, young Talmadgc took
over the executive Offices.
When Thompson was sworn in as
lieutenant governor before the State
Senate, he added these words to his
OATH Il will faithfully exercise the
executive power of the State of Geor.
gia."
Arnall resigned in favor Of "Actinr
Governor" Thompson. who demanded
surrender of The executive power!
and the governors mansion.
"You have no right TO claim thi
office" Talmadge told him. There i
no vacancy. The General Assembly o
Georgia elected me governor"
Both finally agreed to let the court
decide the issue, although Talmadg
first said the election of a Govcrno
is prerogative vested in the Gen
eral Assembly, and not subject to re
view by the courts.
without Funds
Meanwhile the Talmadge admins
, tratlOn was without funds. One hun
: dred thousand dollars allotted for tn
first quarter of l947 was turned owe
t by Arnall when he resigned t
' Thompson. Thompson said he ais
4 would tie up all state funds not III
9 gently needed for schools, old az
pensions and vital services.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Science
The Mine as q Furnace

Plans are complete for the firing of
an Army inCcndiary bomb in a seam
of coal in the nations first major cX-
pertinent TO determine if by-product
gas can be plped from coal burning in
the ground.
Experts say the gas may be as rich
possibly even richer, than gas pro-
'uCed in the orthodox coke ovens.
If the experiment is successful, it
conccivably could open a new field by
utilizing millions of tons of coal in thin
seams or at great depths beyond the
profitable range of mining.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

Peocetime SuboteUr

Pedcetime SoboteUr
Property losses from fire totalcd
1851 ,487 900 in 1916, 23 percent great
er than in l945, reported Maj. Gen.
Philip B. Fleming, general chairman
of the National Conference on Fire
Prevention.
The loss was the most destructive
in recent history. The December, 1916
loss of $58,094, 900 was the heaviest
for any single month in the last l6
years
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
MERGER: A Shotgun Weddinq

DRESDENT TRUMANS plan for fyng the armed forces may
into squalls both sides of Capitol Hill before there
formal drive to enact it. The merger with
stretching back half centyo before the Spanish
American Waand the latest uncaon plan has all the eamars
shotgun wedding Although the big brass and gold braid
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
IMITATION: Battle Of the Year

TN 1914 Henry Ford startled the
i industrial world with a SIS
minimum wage for an eight-hour
day, five years after he had in
stalled the first endless chain con-
veyor at his Highland Park fac
tory. 1t was the start of mass produc-
ton, a system that propelled America
to the foremost rank as a world eco
nomic power.
Ten days ago his grandson, Henry
Ford II, announced almost as revolu-
tionary a change. In a postwar mar
ket still snarled by shortages, rising
labor and production costs, Ford cut
prices SIS to $50 a car.
It was the first major action of its
kind in the mass production industries
since the end of the war. 1t was in
tended, Ford said, as "Shock treat
ment" to halt the insane spiral Of
mounting costs and rising prices. He
called it an investment in the fu-
ture."
Return % American Way
1t was, Ford declared, an attempt to
return to the economic pattern which
helped make America great - the
principle that higher wages and
higher standard of living depend upon
lower costs and lower prices through
increasingly efficient largescale pro-
dGCtion.
The un-American spiral of mount
ing costs and prices has hurt every
body" said Ford. "Already millions
of American families arc unable to
buy the things which, in normal
times, make up their standard of liv-
ing. In the short view, we can see
irfaton In the long view, there is
danger of depression"
The price slash won quick praise
from the government 1t came week
after the Presidents economic report
to Congress in which he asked busi-
ness to cut prices wherever possible
John II. Stcelman, Presidential assist
ant, said it was good news for the
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Sec. MarshaUPledges
NOn-Purtisun Policy

>EN GEORGE MARSHALL the 5Oh Secretary of State in the
" soder-diplomat but he politician.
be Although his appointment
automatically makes him the Chief Executive White House
should within years. Gen. Marshall went
his any political ambitions and to
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Quotes

Gen. Dwight ID. Eisenhower:
1--WE cannot permit complacency
or an atomic bomb bomb men
tality'-a possible modern coun-
terpart of the 'Maginot Line men
tality'-to lull us into postwar
apathy"
Il. Adm. William S. Parsons.
Navy Director of Atomic De-
fense: "In the atomic energy field
it is not the atom that may get
out of control, it is the human"
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

Dates
Monday, January II
Anniversary (67th), Edison
patented the incandcscent bulb.
Thursday, January 80
Annual F.D.R birthday balls
for benefit of Infantilc Paralysis
Fund
Saturday. February 1
Anniversary (l58th), George
Washington elected first U. S.
President.
Sunday, February 2
Candlemas (Groundhog) Day.
Anniversary (46thl. Army
Nursing Corps.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

tau Rights Rcscr0ed. AP Ne,Dsteatures)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
No Fireworks

Until the last General Assembly inter
yened Christmas, in addition to being the
greatest of all holidays, was marked oy
MANY needless deaths and the manning OF
hundreds of persons, mostly children.
The cause? Fireworks.
Over the opposition of manufacturers
the General Assembly enacted law pro-
hibiting even the possession OF pyfotech-
MICS. Now with Christmas only few days
swav if is pertinent to remind Whining
tonians Of this law.
It is very comprehensive law, embrac-
ing practically every phase OF the IRE
works nuisance In part it reads:
"That it shall be unlawful for any lndlVl-
dual firm, partnership or corporation to
manufacture, purchase, sell, deal in, trans
bort. possess, receive, advertise, use or
cause to be discharged any pyrotechnlcs
of anv description whatsoever within the
state of North Carolina: that for the proper
construction of this act 'pyrotechnlcs, as
herein used, shall be deemed to be ano
include any and all kinds of fireworks anc
explosives which are used for exhibitions
or amusement purposes
It is to be hoped that the law will be
observed, in the interest of mortal we'll
being. Let there be no bootlegging of fire
works this Christmas.
against offenders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17

this is only thought, they may be sa1er
We say, may be safer. Statistics tell US
auto fatalities and plant fatalities far ex'
ceed the number killed in the war IN the
same period of time, the last year OF the
recent conflict.
This being true perhaps Americas front
is the safest place after all. We surely
hope So for these wives and children VINO,
naturally, are anxious to see daddy again.
And this all leads to the main point. The
men who march off in the uniform OF their
country are not the heroes, not really The
wives who remain at home, denying them
selves companionship and giving all their
thought and time to the children, wage
fight of another kind, especially with the
world being what it is.
It is a fight we'll known to women Oh
fighting men everywhere, fight that only
such women can feel. This fight is so I'M
portant that if it were to be lost the morals
and the morale of our nation would crum-
BILE. That's the kind of fight these woman
are waging, but then that's the kind OF
women America produces.
And with that in mind mankind can know
our future is secure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington faVoreo
- nronortion with its resources, TO IN
cl,,de oublic terminals. tobacco sto1'
soe warehouses, ship repair taclh1les.
nearbv sites for heavy industry ano
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough 10
meet needs for years to come.
DEVELOPMENT Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets aho
food processing, pulp wood proouc''o''
and factories, .
Emphasis on the regions recrea,
ton advantages and Improvement o'
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern Noruh
Cardinals farm -to-market and prl'
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head IS
land
Continued effort to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and IN
Guiding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement of the growth o'
commercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and Coun:,
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17

Just what sort of an individual
is this Josef Stain, this son of a
shoemaker from Asiatic Geor-
gia, who has had as profound
an influence on the world as per-
haps anyone who has lived in the
twentieth century?
Various persons have testified
to his likeable qualities, after
calling on him at the Kremlin
in recent years. One of these
was the late Wendell Willkie. An
other is James F. Byrnes, who
saw the Russian dictator not on
ly in Moscow, but also at Yalta
and Potsdam. In his Speaking
Frankly Mr.. Byrnes describes
Mr.. Stain as "a very likeable
person" Lord Inverchapel, Bri-
tish ambassador to the United
States, who was formerly am
bassador at the Soviet capital,
has also spoken of Stains at
tractive personality.
But a decidedly different ap-
praisal emerges from a book by
the late Leon Trotsky, which has
just been published in England.
1t is called Stain, and in it Ttrot-
sky's rival in the days after the
Bolshevist revolution says that
the man who now rules Russia
with a grip Of steel was notable
for personal, physical cruelty,
what is usually called ,adism.
"Of Christ's Twelve Apostles,
writes Trotsky, Judas alone
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
Let's Know It All

1t is claimed, and not without reason,
that "far-reaching political repercussions,
possibly affecting the administrative
prospects for survival in 1948, are seen in
the damaging disclosures of the marketing
dealings of Edwin w. Pauley. special as
sistant to Secretary of the Army Kenneth
C. Royal" The quotation is from Wash
ington dispatch in the Christian Science
Monitor.
But it is not only the Pauley case that
can have far-reaching political repercus-
sions. The republicans claim this is but a
beginning, that Mr.. Pauley is but one of
many prominent officials whom they pro-
pose to expose as spectators.
The only thing preventing further dis
closures, ccording to Senator Styles
Bridges, chairman of the Senate Appropri-
ations Committee, is that the Commodity
Exchange Commission, which is sai d to
have list of specializing officials, refuses
to release their names, on the ground that
the law prohibits it from so doing.
If the commission does in fact possess
such list and its Interpretation OF the law
is correct, the law ought to be revised
With a republican m ority IN both
branches of Congress this should not prove
difficult.
Certainly any official who is or has been
profiting as a market speculator should be
exposed, and whether legal punishment Is
possible or not, his resignation snoulo oe
demanded.
There is good reason why Mr. FaoleS
should lead in resigning. The longer ne re
mains on Secretary Royals sta11 tne
greater embarrassment will ne cause 'n'
administration.
To be sure, he disposed of 80 per cen cen
of his 100000 bushels of grain futures ou
he retains $4,000 bushels OF wheat pur
chased after he went with the Army.
The Monitor dispatch adds, without nj
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
No Cause For Alarm

The only surprise in the Big Four Con-
ference would have been that it continued.
Certainly there is no surprise in its ad-
journment without reaching agreement.
| The western demccracies and the Soviet
Union, poles apart in their separate view
points, could no more hope to get together
on peace program now than at any time
since Moscow made apparent its determin-
! alton to bleed Germany white in repara-
tons
The western democracies. with United
States Secretary of State Marshall as
spokesman, are equally determined that
Germany shall have its chance at rehabili-
tation and take its proper place, under ade-
quate safeguards, in the community of ma
tions for the benefit of all Europe and the
world.
Now the Big Four is through. There is
no reason to think that the powers it repre-
sents can ever find common ground.
1t is significant that newspapers contain
ing the announcement of the failure in Lon
don also announce the passage of the
American relief bill in Congress which pro-
vides $597 900 for France, Italy, Aus
tria and China.
While Russia is devoting its major Ell
fort to reducing these nations, as well as
eastern Germany, to abject want, the
United States Congress comes to their alo
with a money appropriation the only wea-
pon capable in present circumstances OF
offsetting and hopefully defeating the 30
Wet compaign and communist conquest.
\ While this London conference ends IN
failure. there is no reason to think mat
Russia has advanced its cause OF minute
lv more importance is the fact that ne
communists have met defeat in France
and Italy.
Though Europe stands divided now, the
cause Of communism is steadily losing out.
Europe
This is particularly the case in western
Last week Congress hear the report OF
subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs which had been sent to Europe
last fall The subcommittee chairman,
Rep. Franklin J. Maloney of Pennsylvania,
told the House that communist expansion
in western Europe has reached its outer
limits" For the moment, he added, 1T can
only be said that the communist hope OF
early victory in western Europe through
legal democratic means is dead for years
to come" Non-communist Europe is show
ing genuine response" to the realities
of the European Recovery program the
Marshall plan.
Manifestly, then, these non-Soviet peo-
Piles welcome a chance to help the western
democracies in the program of rehablll-
tation, rather than further surrender to the
communists who have nothing better to Of
fer than continued seizure of their resourc-
es and enslavement of their manpower.
They naturally do not greet persecution
and spoliaton with pleasure.
If Mr.. Maloney believes that communism
is defeating its own purpose in western
Europe, we may we'll believe that the
peples of Russia's satellites in eastern Eu-
rope cannot long endure the Red DONNA
ton to which they have been subjected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
Reassuring

Under ordinary circumstances the bit OF
news that Wilmington woman, wife OF
an officer in Germany, and her two chill
dren and their automobile are going to
Germany would begin and end on the wom-
ans page.
But these are not ordinary times
The news, therefore, takes on an aspect
far greater than the woman's page, al
though every one knows the news of the
ladies is most certainly important to them
The thought that may strike most on
reading OF the transfer of the Wilmington
family to the territory where Russia and
the United States might be expected to
clash first should there be trouble, is what
does this all mean?
Surely, one may reason, the government
would not be permitting wives and small
children to 60 to Germany to be with Of
ficer fathers and husbands if there was
the probability of armed conflict.
Placing our confidence in our elected
government, and those appointed to posts
throughout the world, there can be but one
reaction and that a most welcome one;
that war certainly is not in the near flu.
ture, if at all.
It is to be hoped our leaders are making
no mistake Having families of our boy.
over there, whether they are the colonel.
lady or Joe Doakes' family would be :
bad situation should hostilities break out
Those responsible would never hear tn,
bnd of it and new order would probably
vsult that in the future would keep fam
ees of fighting men at home, where, ant
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
Children Facs
Mental Problem
BY EDWIN p Iopp,,

r.. 'ohDAN, NJ
Enuresis, or involuntarv w. u D.
nation, is a freqUen1{t III,
troublesome ! I, problem d,,.il N'
childhood and youth. II coro1S uaSlNS
ly goes under the nsme t'5'ol' ~
enuresis. . called
When control over tle ,,,:
during sleep is not obtainog1' urine
the time a child is one su su 0y
half or two years old. ~ '.9 IT..
bed-wetting occurs after bea b*aea
absent for several Years taS NM
is great deal If emot;asy ;as's
distress, not only in the y.'Upa vo,.L
ster, but in the parents, psr.ag p5Urag'
resent the trouble csrSaa r.s1N
bed-Wetting, and are senSit,n.oy n oy
the fact that their enid l..,s doe, 10
seem on a par with othsr, Av
the same age. o.
The youngster y bo ,,.
from enuresis mas 4 d;sa.,H d;tsH
psychological problem IN .v1N
come. Sometimes dn infec,io. ".s''
the urinary tract or soms S4 wi. %
physical cause is at ,anit Tge; y!
ally, however, the yoI,na,.s' rsa'
inability to overcome tho hSs,yS S.S
of bed-wetting is caused b' 5a0N
mixture of resentment and a.
of physical punishment. or ,is.i iss'
lar mental causes of wbicb IDi.'' ~
is probably not conscious '' '
Several methods are balnfm
treating enuresis. 1t is ncu.n "a
well to cut out fluids as % nn
as possible after three or 'a'a s.'I
o'clock in the afternoon 'sa' sa
other suggestion which has No.. Wow
made, is to give a level ,' w,
spoonful of table salt with I. W
tie Jam on a cracker at he'd
time. This is advisable oDIy Wv :
recommended by the doctor =
Good results are obtained Snna
times by awakening the yonns
ster at definite periods duris,
the night in order to urinst,
When enureSis continues h.
yond the age at which it sbon5
disappear, it is probably pD.
cause of one or more Of fire.
psychological conditions in r,a
child. The first is that the RI IA
has not yet grown up with retr.
ence to control of the bladder
The second is that subcn.
sciously, the child wishes 10 "a.
main In, or return to, the p,o.
tected irresponsible state Of m.
fancy, rather than to asgn.
the normal difficulties Of i
age. Finally, there may bo ,
subconscious resentment agara
the parents in which bed-weturg
becomes a way Of getting even
with them because of too niue,
criticism.
Recently, an authority mg,
gested that parents be given the
following advice: A child should
not be accused of enuresis until
he is well past the age when
he could normally be expected
to control this function. In other
words, not all children develop
bladder control at an equal rate
of speed, any more than they
develop other functions,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON n 2.

knowledge that the purchase would be in
his name" Are we to infer that ownership
of this wheat would, in Mr.. Pauleys opin-
ion, be all right so long as his name did
not appear as purchaser?
While it is obvious that the republicans
propose wholesale exposures for the politi-
cal gains they hope to make thereby the
administration cannot well place obstacles
in the way of legitimate investigations
Rather, it should encourage them.
It certainly could count on equal politi-
cal gains with the republicans by this ac-
ton. BY doing so it's integrity could not
be brought into question.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-17
Land OfPlenty No More
BY PETER EDISON

sential users.
The oil industry fears return of
wartime controls. Ten years ago,
oil furnace men blandly assured
tl.eir customers the country lit
orally had oil to burn. Yet this
very winter, cars may stand idle
and houses cold because
the country can't produce the oil
as fast as it is being consumed.
Steel men fight government al
location of steel tin and allow
products. Manufacturers talk
grandly about increased produc-
ton being the only way to bring
down prices. But, in spite of un-
precedented demands and high
price incentives, the physical
volume of goods produced has
been increased My five per cent
since the end of the war. In
creasing it more and faster is
held back by shortages of raw
materials.
Sen. Homer Capehart of In
diana talks about increasing of
food production 20 per cent to
bring down the cost of living.
|Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
Anderson says coldly, "There is
very little more land we can
bring into use through drainage
and irrigation" There are now
only three acres of cropland per
inhabitant.
That there would ever be a
shortage of electric power has
been considered unthinkable.
Yet it is here. Still, some people
fight development of super-pow-
er projects too big for private
industry to finance or handle.
Careless irrigation practices
by private enterprisers who cry
out about 'their rights" have, in
some weston states, lowered the
water-table to daguerous levels,
leading to drying up the land.
Selfish stockmen want to break
|up the national park system and
the government owned forests
and ranges, just so they can
over Craze for a quick profit,
even if it destroys the land.
AS President Truman said in
Defeating Everglades National
Park recently, 'There are al
ways plenty of hogs who are try
ing to get our natural resources
for their own personal benefit"
What all this adds up to is that
the country is in a state of tran
sition from abundance to mere
sufficiency. The old concepts of
the copy books still listen good,
but if todav's problems of scarce
supply and greater demand are
to be brought into balance, there
must be some sound manage
nlnt and some new thinking.