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Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Believe it or
not, ice cream ranks only No. on
the dietary hit parade of kids un-
der 5.
Given a free choice of diet, says
DR.. Harry Bakwin, of the pedia-
tries department, New York Uni
versity College of Medicine, young
children rate foods in this order:
1. Meat.
2. Butter.
3. Fruits.
4. Ice cream.
5. Milk.
Their attitude toward vegetables
differs just as does adults" he
says, and raw vegetables are often
preferred. Cereal is the food most
often refused and it may be safely
omitted from the diet" e..
Bakwin discusses ways and
means of dealing with cases of
poor appetite" in pre-SchOOl
youngsters in an article in the
journal of Pediatrics."' Parents
frequently complain about such a
themselves are at fault.
One of his hot tips to parents:
"There should be no insistence
on this or that food. The food likes
and dislikes of children should be
respected just as in adults"
Let Eat Anything
Let 'em eat fried or highly sea-
eoA1c connnc on1 OYouinc if
they want such, says the doctor,
and-"food should be prepared in
terestingly."
"a prominent cause of eating
difficulty in young children" he
says, "is insistence by the parent
that the child eat certain foods
which she considers are good for
him.
parents should be urged to for
get calories, vitamins and miner
ais and rely on the child's appe-
! tite. 1t is reasonable to assume
that we were endowed with appe-
tite for some purpose"
(Bakwin told a reporter he meant
by this that children, if given their
| lIBc CuOlCC vi SOOO WhOAOoOllS
foods, would be guided-by appe'
tite-to select an adequately bal
anced diet)
Some Causes
The doctor points out that pOol
appetite may stem from some deep
seated emotional disturbance or b'
the aftermath of some acute infec
ton.
But, if your child is healthy anC
emotionally okay-and still ism
eating much-here are some othe1
causes, together with Bakwin''
suggestions for treatment:
1. The need for food is less be
tween the ages of 1 and 5 cOmpar
ed with needs as an infant. Durin,
the first year of life, child gain
about fifteen pounds, tripling hi
birth weight. During this time, ;
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
SALT BOOSTS
BEET OUTPUT
FOR FARMERS
AP NewsfeatureS

GENEVA, N. Y. - Farmers can
earn more money by sailing beets
before they grow.
Prof. c. B. Sayre of the New York
State Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton reports that yields of table
beets increased as much as 300 tons
TO the acre when 500 pounds of
common salt were applied per acre
The salt, costing about $3.50 per
acre, furnishes sodium which
seems to be essential for maximum
yields of beets, he said.
Unlike war years when emphasis
was on total tonnage of beet pro-
ductiOn, Gamers now are buying
them on grade with a premium for
small size ones, he added.
"To increase the tonnage of small
beets in our tests, we doubled the
rate of seeding in 1916. This result
ted in an increased return of about
$40 an acre from the application of
500 pounds of salt"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Child Feeding AdUice
GiUen By Physician

healthy infant has appetite aplenty,
as every mother knows.
But between / and 5 the child
has an annual average weight gain
of only about five pounds. Hence,
corresponding to the relatively
slow weight gain, there's a smaller
appetite. Bakwin says doctors
should tell anxious parents about
this weight factor.
2. A child may refuse to eat,
even though hungry, just because
he knows it may get his mother
riled up.
1.-The child of Is months" says
Bakwin, ''is no longer the pliable,
acquiescent being that he had been
few months earlier. He now takes
a certain delight in resisting his
parent and in seeing her agitate
herself. He may use refusal to
eat as a means of annoying his
parents when he feels that he has
been neglected"
Must Not Force Child
But he warns against trying to
force the child, or to bribe or re-
ward him. Just put the food out,
leave it there reasonable length
of time, then remove it without
comment or show of emotion.
/ If the child requests something
! between meals-a cracker, fruit or
the like-give it to him. Don't go
/ into "you-didn 't-eat-your-lunch-
so now Ou-can't-have-anything'
routine.
3. Poor training habits in eating
may have balled-up Butch's appe-
tite.
Bakwin says some mothers keep
their youngsters on baby food be-
yOnd the time when they're ready
for solid foods (at between Z and
| 10 months of age). Kids who con-
tinue to receive pureed foods toe
long are likely to be poor chew
ers."
On the other hand, says Bakwin
some doctors introduce the baby
to solid foods before the child is
ready.
4. Mothers who continue to feeC
their children after they're able t.
feed themselves raise another
problem. Bakwin says kids like t.
feed themselves, and if denied this
they get balky.
Should Feed Himself
: "The child should feed himself
His table manners will not be gOoC
, at first, but he will learn better b!
: example than by precept."
5. Entertainment at mealtime il
generally overdone." Hence, DON
. go into excessive antics to entic,
child to eat"
, But remember, at the same time
that eating is a social function t.
: large extent. A certain amount o
: entertainment during mealtime 'i
: probably desirable for children" !"
5 Possibilities?
5 Reading a story, turning on tn
/ radio-or just talking to the child
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26

some sensational headlines. nothing
happened. No malefactor was hailed
before the bar Of justice by the at
torney general. No suits were filed.
For day members of the commit
tee talked loud, got themselves
quoted in the newspapers-and that
was all.
There was q hue and cry
about an alien German who was
awarded q contract by o sup
pOsedly friendly army officer to
install radar equipment In Ha-
wall. The installation was not
completed within, or near, the
stipulated period, and the sur
prise attack on Pearl Harbor
was the presumabIe result. !
Again the same radio commen-
tator reported what he said !
were the facts, and they were
not disputed.
Another congressional investigat-'
ing committee promised to find out
who. if any, were the culprits. The
committee members had an enjoy
able trip to Hawaii, but the public
got only smoke, sensational news
paper headlines and no results.
POLITICAL COVERING UP?
Such were but two of many con-
gressional investigations that have
been started, and never completed.
A third concerned the Canol oil prof.
ect in Canada, which involved the
same army officer and the same
alien German who were implicated
in the radar contract in Hawaii. But
again nothing has happened.
Is there a partisan political
reason for the hush-hush? are
those congressional committees
afraid either to convict or acquis
those charged with graft or trea-
sonable actions? Would she evi-
dence discredit past adminis4ra-.
tions, or would II reflect credit
on those In authority when these
| things happened?
The American people-the Ameri-
can taxpayers whose money has
paid for these tremendous expendi-
tures-are entitled to an answer, re-
gardless. If someone is guilty we
want that someone to pay for his
guilt. regardless of who it may be.
or Of what party. If someone Is not
guilty, we want to know it.
We are fed up with smoke
screens. with sensational headlines
that only indicate fire. Such things
are undermining the confidence In
our American form Of government.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Washington
: G||'|'|A|A.WEEk!||E
By GEORGE A. BENSON

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Let us
waste no time on Russia's repudia-
ton of so much of her national
debt, nor her draining off about
nine-tenths of her circulating cur
rency.
1t was a drastic step to end a
disastrous imitation which stemmed
from the same source as our own,
to wit: too much money and too
few goods for the money to buy.
Russia chose simply to reduce the
supply of money.
American reaction to Stalin's
move is: 1T can't happen here"
Well, something very much like it
DID happen here in 1894, and can
happen here AGAIN if a President
sees fit.
Remember when President Roose-
welt clipped the gold content of the
dollar by 40.49o, just $3.50 below
the maximum permitted him by the
Thomas amendment to the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of that first
New Deal" Congress?
BY a stroke of the pen he marked
up the value" of our gold supply
by approximately $2.S billions. This
was called profit. 1t was a pa
per profit, to be sure, but $500 ,000,-
900 Immediately went into the gen
eral fund of the Treasury, where il
was used to enlarge the govern
ment's balance with the Fedora
Reserve banks. Two billion dollars
were set aside as a stabiIizatior
fund to be operated, without re.
port, either to Congress or the Pub,
| lie, by the Treasury.
Mr.. Roosevelt could have use(
this huge gold increment to pay of
portion of the public debt had ht
so desired. He could have applied
to that purpose nearly $3,000,00O,
000-quite an item back in 1884.
Such an act would have been t;
virtual reputation of a matefia
part of the public debt.
The power to devalue the golC
dollar by an additional 9.69o, cou
pied with the power to devalue sill
yer by 500, constituted a danger
Gus weapon in the hand of tn
President if, as in Russia today, h
should find the public debt gettini
so far out of hand that it endan
gered the economy. That is VIII
the Republicans of Congress, il
1943, led a successful fight to en-
that power.
But the President still retain
the power to ,devalue silver by 50%
and ever since 1888 the Treasur
has been purchasing silver in larg
volume. Thus, another stroke @
the pen could create another pape
profit, and the increment coul
be used to pay off a portion of tn
debt.
So if we view with alarm" tn
Russians use of arbitrary powe
over currency. let's remember tn
New Deal had it. Used it. Sti
has it.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Practical Administrators

Since close of the war we have
had some horrifying glimpses of
reckless and wanton waste, in the
name of national defense. We now
are going to provide billions of dol
lars, Is to 20 such billions, for the
purpose of rehabilitating Europe: to
again put the nations Of that conti-
nent on their feet as producers. Con-
gress or the President, or both, will
provide an organization-a man or
a group-to administer the money
the American taxpayers provide.
Those taxpayers are demanding the
best brains the nation can muster
for such purpose They want men
possessed of the know-how of pro-
duction; men who have demon
strated that know-how. They win
radically disapprove the naming OF
men for such q job because of their
political acumen or in payment of
political debt America has men
who can do that job with the great
est possible chance of doing II sue
cessfully. Lewis H. Brown, chair
man Of the board of Johns -Manville.
is typical of those in whom the tax
payers would have confidence. Such
men have the know-how of produc-
ton of commodities; they know the
needs essential to distribution. They
know the bottlenecks that must be
overcome if European nations are
to work together successfully. They
have practical. not merely theoreti-
cal, information TO back their decf-
sions. With men Of such a type to
see that Americas billions are ex-
pended in an effective way. those
billions may accomplish the pur-
pose for which American taxpayers
are contributing them. Politics can
have no place in such a picture.
Should government shut OF
the ever increasing supply ef
fictitious value currency; should
It reduce the amount of govern
ment spending by reducing the
number Of unproductive em-
ployees on its payrolls, and thus
force them into productive jobs;
should government stop the ex-
p0rtation Of American made
commodities to countries that
do not need them for rehabilita-
tion purposes, government would
have taken q long step I'm the
reduction of high prices.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Spanish Border
Bars Are Eased

IRUN, Spain - (P) - Approx
mately $3.50 persons crossed the
Spanish French frontier here dur
ing November, rejecting the grad
ual relaxation of restrictions, al
though the border remains official
ly closed.
Reliable but unofficial infOrma-
ton shows 1000 foreigners and 400
Spaniards entered France during
the month and 1,400 foreigners and
$50 Spaniards came from France TO
to Spain.
In addition official arrangements
between the two governments al
lowed an exchange of 10 Spanish
railroad freight cars for 10 French
cars. The cars had been immObili-
zed since the closing of the border
almost two years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Anti-Freeze Flush

Tractor and car radiators need to
be flushed before putting in anti
freeze. If good flushing preparations
are not available use washing soda
(not baking soda) in water. three
pounds to seven gallons. Put this
solution in the radiator, leave the
cap off, run the engine until water
is hot, then drain and flush with
clean water.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
H4I7{7AD7
! E1Il!i1|l|I|l-
Released by wNU Features.
Probes lust Fade Out

ITO THE starting of congressional
\ investigation there seems to De
no end. To the production Of results
of these investigations there seems
to be no beginning.
We were told in sensational head
lines of the evidences OF graft in the
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
South Dakota
ReSents Census Figures

ABERDEEN, S. d. -(P)- Dean
r. F. Patterson of the University of
South DakOta's school of business
administration asserts census bur-
eau figures tend to give South Da-
kota a defeatist kind of advertis-
ing that is not good for business"
Ever since 1940," Patterson told
the South Dakota Implement Deal
ers' Association at is convention
here, "the census bureau has been
releasing figures which emphasize
a heavy population loss in South
Dakota, but we contend the picture
has changed since 1945 and that the
state has regained some of this
loss"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Philippine Revenues Up

MANILA = (P) - The Philippine
governments revenues for the first
four months of the fiscal year in
creased nearly SO per cent or more
than $20,O0O,00O over the same per-
iod last year to a record $42 2,645,247.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Poland Tightens Belt

WARSAW Up Poles are as
sured of foodstuffs equivalent to
1922 calories per person per day
until the 194S harvests, says the
ministry of food. The pre-war av-
erage was 1900 calories.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26

construction work
on the international
highway throu gh
Central Am erica.
With a blast of
trumpets a congress
sional committee e
ann oun ce d. and
held, hearings in
Los Angeles. Aside
-
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Polish Sweet News

WARSAW - (P) - Poland's big
chocolate firm, Wedel, turned out
100000 pounds of confectionery
in 1947.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Bricks in Furnace

Approximately 5000 bricks are
required for the lining of blast
furnace with a 25-foot hearth.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26

WHY NOT PAUSE in weeping for starv-
ing Europeans and Asiatics, to drop tear
and prayer for our people right here at
home who are as short of food as they are in
foreign lands-partly due to the high cost of
living and shortage of food in our own bor-
ders of the United States?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
VFW AUXILIARY
HEARS REPORTS

Mrs. D. R. Langley, president,
presided over the regular meet
ing of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars auxiliary, 2573. held Monday
evening in the Tide Water Hall.
One new member was given the
obligation membership.
Reports were given by the well
fare disqualification, and ways ano
means committee chairmen.
Two propositions for raising
money were offered the auxiliary
by Mrs. Hilda Knowles and Mrs.
Callie Saleeby, members of the
ways and means committee. The
auxiliary accepted both PROPOSE
tons and all members are urged
to support the projects.
All persons, who filled out men,
bership cards on the night of the
installation at the Plantation club.
who have not already done SO,
are asked to send their cards,
with initiation fee to Mrs. D. R..
Langley. president, before the next
meeting on May II.
A cordial invitation has been ex-
tended all eligible women to join
the V. F. W. auxiliary during the
membership drive which is now
in progress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Temple Baptist
Women Discuss
Soviet Union

The Missionary Round Table Of
Temple Baptist church met Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. A. G..
White, 1106 Grace street.
After the regular order OF bus
mess, and informal discussion on
Warren B. Walsh's This Is the
Soviet Union" was led by the
chairman, Mrs. Bishop Willis.
In parts Mr.. Walsh says: The
Soviet Union is ruled by men who
are both atheistic and anti-relig-
ious. No member of the Commu-
mist party can be a member OF
any religious group. The basic
dogma of Communism is material
istic, specifically rejecting relig-
ion, which Marx called the opiate
of the muses."
The discussion was concluded
by this quote from Mr.. Walsh's
book: But it is grossly inaccu.
rate to refer to Russia and tc
the Russian people as goddess and
irreligious. They have always
been a deeply religious people
and most of them in spite Of their
rulers, still are"
The hostess served refreshments
following the meeting.
Members present included: Mrs.
j. T. Best, Mrs. Harold W. Wells
Mrs. c. H. Hayes, Mrs. l.. F.
Middleton, Mrs. w. j. Stephen
son, Mrs. Louis Fonvielle, and
Mrs. Bishop Willis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Health Hints For Delphiniums

should be carefully removed.
Then pour a corrosive sublimate
solution $4,000 strength on the
remaining soil area.
Naphthalene flakes can be
worked into the soil about nearby
plants as an added p%recaution
against the disease. While the
flakes will not destroy the dis
ease, they do serve to prevent it.
Keep alert also for cycla,nen
mite, one of the most serious
pests affecting delphiniums. These
mites are so tiny they cannot be
seen with the naked eye. Both
the buds and leaves become
blackened. distorted and blistered
as a result of this pest, as illus
trated.
To control these mites, spray
afflicted plants with a strong
rctenone solution, starting early
in spring. A combination of
sulphur-rotenone dust also c3n be
used and this will control the
broad mites frequently found
along with cyclamen mites.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
\ We, The Women
Bv RUTH MILLETT

The neatly dressed woman was
obviously marketing for a good
sized family. The quantity Of each
item purchased gave evidence Of
that.
She bought packaged bacor
scraps for half the price Of sic.
ed bacon. ordered a couple Of
pounds of cleo instead of butter,
asked the price of pork chops bu'
turned them down when she heard
the price.
1t isn't a very pretty sight tc
watch a woman trying to figure
out how to feed a large family in
these times of plenty in that
postwar world that was going te
be so wonderful.
It's a little bit sickening to see
a neatly dressed woman thinking
how nice pork chops would be for
Sundays dinner and then turn
away without them.
Of course, you can quiet W l
by thinking: well. her
children aren't starving. Compar.
ed with those in other lands,
they're rich indeed"
But still it isn't pleasant to
watch a woman engaged in the
self-imposed task of food %rationing
when the stores are bullying with
food.
1t is an entirely different picture
Of the postwar world than the one
we dreamed of and were led to
expect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
ThaIians Open Mystery Play
"Ten Little Indians" Tonight

Gently portrayed the English play
wright in The Man Who Came
TO Dinner"
The play which will open tonight
lat $50 o'clock in the New Han
lover High school auditorium, is
under the direction of James Nc
Koy assisted by Hester C. Don
nelly.
Technical director: Hestet c..
Dom 'ly; stage manager: B. M.
Jones, Jr.; scenery: Andy john
son, John Powell, Milan Wood,
Tex Watts, and Warren l..
Humphrey; special scenery;
Claude Howell, Betty Divine, Al
dyth Carroll, and Elizabeth Bird
gers, properties: Rebs Johnson;
Alice Canister, and Helen c..
Jones.
Makeup: Howard Canister, Eliz-
abeth Hardwicke, Frances T. Ed
mondson, and Jesse Reynolds;
costumes: Leila Corbin and Julia
Eleanor Watts, Marion Frink. and
Seigler; publicity; Betty Divine,
Kay Goodman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Some DID, Some MOI So Old;
Silver Authority Says Here

At one'of the most novel events
ever given in the city, DR.. George
B. Cutten of Chapel Hill, authority
on silver and sometimes diplo-
matt, either varified or disproved
the antiquity of old silver here
yesterday at the "Old Silver
Show" at Gilmour Hall, sponsor
ed by the Colonial Danes.
Over 200 interested women with
a few men attended the show and
lecture. The exhibits of silver,
some old and some very beautiful,
filled the lecture hall to capacity.
DR.. Cutten opened his lecture.
by paying tribute to the Colonial
Danes for their efforts in salvag-
ing old silver. He referred to their
early and first collection, which
was started in 1906.
H~umorously. he referred to him
self as a ''Sterling character,
since long ago a friend has made
the pun on hearing of his interest
in old sterling.
DR.. Cutten says that most Ameri-
can silver was made of coin, be-
cause of a shortage of silver in
the early days of this country.
| When a woman wanted a silver
spoons or any sort of silver utensll,
she collected enough silver coins
to make up six spoons. Finally,
| she took the coins to a silversmith,
who. by hand, beat out the re-
quested utensil.
Saying that sterling contained
a slightly higher percentage OF
silver thar coin, Dr.. Cutten ex-
planned that the first sterling came
to England during the re3in of
Richard I, who imported a silver
smith from Germany named
E~asterling.
DR.. Cutten, a collector Of some
1900 early American spoons, ex-
planned that all the designs were
imports from England except for
the coffin headed spoon, which is
an American design of 1900.
Displaying some of his own
spoons, DR.. Cutten showed all the
American spoons before ITO turn
ed up at the handles. while those
after ITO turned down at the
handle. He went on to explain
what is known as the hallmark on
the back of old English silver and
added that the work hallmark
came from the fact that English
silver was always stamped in
Goldsnith's he1l.
The hallmark, however, tells the
silver authority five things about
the silver-the town in which it
was made, the year of its origin,
whether it is sterling or coin, in
what soverign's reign it was made
and the creator Of the silver.
When someone asked how a
person could tell the age OF the
| silver. DR.. Cutten explained that
authority identified age through the
shape. In the case of a boot shaped
creamer, the date vas 1850; a he'll
met shaped creamer, 1880, etc.
His most startling remark to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Chairmen OF
Flower Show,
Enth @usiastic

Committee chairmen Of the Cape
Fear Garden club Flower Show
met yesterday with Mrs. Lester
w. Preston at the Community
center to give reports on progress
being made in the various COM
mittees.
According to Mrs. W. G.. Robert
son. publicist, the leaders of the
show revealed a great amount OF
enthusiasm and expressed them
selves as heartily optimistic over
the future of the show.
Although the wild flower divi-
sion was not listed in the Flower
Show schedule, Mrs. Evander
Toomer, chairman, announced that
a wild flower division would take
up an entire room of space. The
wild exhibits, however, will not
be judged comparatively.
The publicist, joined by all mem
bers of the Garden club has urged
that the public cooperate and
enter anything they think appro-
pirate.
Schedules may be procured from
any local florist.