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Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26
SELBYVILL.E


DR. Thomas C. Mulligan was here
on Wednesday night of last week
and held the quarterly conference
Just following the prayer meeting
held by Mr.. Jarvis. DR.. Mulligan
gave a very good talk, and the diff
ferent members of the Official
Board had fair reports.
The Rally Day program last Sum
day was fine throughout the day and
evening. Mrs. Pasher w. Watson,
Jr.. and Mrs. William Stephens,
both deserve great deal of credit
for their untiring efforts In carry
ing out such wonderful program.
The Urah w. Long Bible Class
was responsible for getting the
flowers and evergreens for the
lovely decorations. while Miss
Maude McCabe and Mrs. Lee Stew
ems and their helpers made the ar
rangements which was very arsis-
tically done. In the evening pro-
gram entitled Service" was put OH
by the older children and some of
fhe adults. Miss Agnes Holland was
the Spirit OF the Sunday School,
and told the purpose of the school
snd made a plea for helpers to
which department of the school re-
sponded with pledge Of service.
Mrs. Name Andrews. a resident
of Selbyville. died at the home oi
her sOn-in-law and daughter, Nj
and Mrs. Clarence Derlickson ir
Philadelphia on Friday Funeral
services were held in Philadelphia
on Sunday night, after which ths
body was brought to The Henry H
Watson, Ince., Funeral Parlors
where a short service was held n
D. M. Monday. followed wss;l bur
ial In Red Mems Cematery. Their.
are six children. Alberta al wlios'
home she died. Hannah James ant
John of Philadelphia, BENJAMIN c
of Wilmington and Mrs. Della Mas
sey of Taylorville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. n. Buell. are tIl'
proud grand parents of Carole Lou
ise. horn to Jeanette and Penn Isa
acs. In Milford Hospital on Tuesda,
September 18th.
Mrs. Della Bunting, Miss Glars
Holloway Mrs. Name Law and sis
ter. spent Wednesday afternoon 0
last week with Mrs. Alice Selb
Sheuman in Berlin, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs A. C. Dill and Nh
and Mrs. l. =. Cain, Of FELTON,, wer
dinner guests OF MIR and Mrs. d. A
Petry ard Mrs Volta Long the pas
Sunday: IL occasion being Mr.. re
try's birthday.
Prof. Isaac CULLEN of Stanfor
University. Palo Alto. Californi;
who has been travelling on som
government work, ls now yisitin
his mother, Mrs Ida CULLEN
classified Ads get results.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26
BBC Offers Prizes
For German Criticism

HAMBURG -P)- The British
Broadcasting Corporation has Of
fered Germans ten new radio sets
as prizes for criticisms of the Ger
man section of the BBC's European
service.
Listeners to German language
broadcasts have been invited to
submit suggestions for improve
ments, praise for favorite items and
constructive criticism of programs
they don't like. Twenty books are
offered as consolation prizes.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26
London and Moscow
Zoos Cooperate

MOSCOW = up - Last spring
Moscow Zoo received gift from
the London Zoo of two Australian
kangeroos. In return the Muscoyites
sent to the British capital gift of
valuable reptiles.
Now the London Zoo has sent six
South American snakes, two young
African pythons, two mother-of-
pearl lizfs'ds, blunt-nosed croco-
diles, and Mississippi alligators.
The mother-of-pearl lizards are
getting plenty of attention. In ma
ture these animals, according to
Evening Moscow" feed on sweet
berries. In Moscow Zoo they live
on apple jam.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26
ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS

Happenings That Anect The Dinner Pals,
Dividend Checks aud Tax Bills Of Every
individual National and International
Problems Inseparable from Local Welfare
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-26

The United States uses about 1870
million railroad ties every year.
enough to build $4,000 miles of
track.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
NAZISM NOT ALL
 OF GERMAN ORIGIN

Georgetown, s. c. = The Georgetown Times, that has been printed as a daily in these parts for the past 149 years in- dicated recently to the world the fact that Nazism is by no means a German monopoly. They did this under the editor ial caption Anger Down South. ; The implication be- hind the whole editorial was that the Federal Courts of the land plus the "damyankees" were making it more and more impossible for white men in the South to use Negroes as they please.
 As the editor put it, anger is rising here in the South, but the Yankees go on sticking their noises in the South's business. :"
 eff you have trouble with a Negro kill him if you want to l get fa1r tr1al. All of this insane, undemo- cratic reasoning seems to have come out of the anger of the pa per because Police Chief Lyn- wood Shull was tried last Mo- vember at Batesburg, s. C., for binding Isaac Woodard,a a vet. eran.
 The paper accused northerners of sending money into the Soutl to correct what they felt were injustices to the Negro and te woo their votes. That likewise these same northerners were re l ponsible for the fact that the Federal Courts were now prone to upset Southern tradition which at one time gave then the right to do what they pleased with Negroes.
 This was sumarized in the fol lowing statement, "Under thi' malicious interpretation (refer ing to criminal information charges against Shull) a man peace officer or private citizen may be hailed into court fol beating a Negro.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
BILL

Cont. from Page 14) wage required by law to re- cover from the employer double the amount of which he had been cheated.
 Many Negro workmen who now enjoy the protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act do not know their rights. More over, the Department of Labor charged with the responsibility
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

of the enforcement of the law admits that they can only i'm spect about ten per cent of the establishments covered any year.
 ''The plain effect of this bill as now written" the NAACP representative said, lis to give employers the green light to mulct thousands of Negro and white workers out of hard earned wages
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
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Even the Mayor was there to recall the last heroic utterance of Theodore as he chung to the edge of the ice with his friend John and warned the rescuers that their efforts were hopeless and that they too would drown if they persisted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Next Years Ballot

Despite the most active early season cam
paigning by major state candidates in our
memory, the heights of North Carolinians'
present interest in next years primary and
election could be measured best with a
micrometer.
Those to whom politics lave a direct bear
ing on their livelihood are doing some talk
ing and quiet work. But average citizens,
whose votes will decide the winners, are
coolly Indifferent. Maybe they're reading
what the candidates are saying but back
in their minds is the thought that there are
really are no big issues. And with the first
primary day more than eight months away,
there's plenty of time to decide how they
will mark their ballots.
Then, too, the higher office seekers have
been appearing before their "own' audi
ences. They've said little new or unexpected.
1t will be many weeks before they'll move
sparring, maybe releasing an occasional left
jab, which makes the public pick up its
eyes and ears.
Interest in possible local races in 1948 is
even quieter than that accorded the state
ones.
Only evidence of concern we've noticed
was not in possible candidates but the Of
fees to be filled through the primary and
election. Those who have given any thought
whatsoever to their nex years ballot know
it will be a lean one from the standpoint
of places to be filled.
First, New Hanover will join six other
Southeastern North Carolina counties of the
Seventh Congressional district in selecting
their Democratic nominee for the national
House of Representatives, a position now
held by Rep. ]. Bayard Clark, of Fayette-
vile. B
New Hanover and Duplin, two OF the four
counties in the Ninth State Senatorial dis
trict, will not ballot on a nominee this time
as selection of the two senators will be up
to the remaining counties, Fender and
Sampson. This party agreement has pre-
walled for many years. Present senators are
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Took A Long Time, Didn't 1t?

Henry Morgenthau, Jr., joining the grow
ing group of retailers of behind-the-scene
"reminiscences of the Roosevelt administra-
ton, has disclosed that Henry A.. Wallace
passed out So much money during the New
Deals high spending days that the former
Secretary of the Treasury told him he was
getting away with murder"
Mr.. Morgenthau declared the then Secre-
tary of Agriculture spent more and got less
for it during 1934-37 than either Mr.. Hop
kins O. Mr.. Ickes.
Mr.. Wallace's department gave away"
two and a half billion dollars in three years.
For one nine-month period, his overhead
was S130,000,00O to distribute $516, 600, coo.
MIR. Wallace has always liked to do things
with other peoples money and safety, of
course-in the grand name No sir, moth
ing half way for Henry. And he hasn't
changed since the days he was riding high,
wide and handsome under the late Mr..
Roosevelt.
Even after the advent of the Truman adj
ministration, he tried to continue on a big
scale, illustrated best by his flight into
foreign policy. The famous New York
speech which cost him his job was another
incident of pulling out all the stops. De-
handing a complete reversal in foreign
policy, he called for acceptance of the Rus
slams through full appeasement. Yes, one
world, a Communistic one, for Henry and
his followers.
Fortunately, the strength of American
public opinion cast him out of public life.
He was just as determined to endanger the
United States by having it bow to a power
known to have but one aim, the demolition
of Democracy, as he was to throw away
millions handed him during the Roosevelt
administration
Mr.. Wallace is incapable of evaluating
the ultimate returns on his grandiose
schemes, either in the field of financial re-
lief for domestic agriculture or world poll
tics. He got away with murder" of Ameri-
can dollars but revealed himself before he
could deal the same sort of fate to our in
ternational position. But it did take the
American people a long time to find out
just how impractical Mr.. Wallace is, didn't
it?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Around Capitol Square
Young Democrats Meeting Attracts Candidates

cerned with internal politics -
who should be president, vice
president, etc. - for the next
year. The positions are more
than usually important this
time because it is generally
conceded the 1948 campaign
will be enc of the hardest
fought in a long time. YDC Off
GERS elected at this convention
will be in office during the pri-
mary and until the fall cam
paign gets well underway.
SERIOUS - There is 2
serious-mindedness about these
younger citizens that indicates
real concern for the future of
the state. But there is no evil
dence of despair or lack of faith
in the ability of the people to
come through any sort of trol,-
bious, times. A big percentage
OF those attending this meeting
came through the Hitler-Toio
difficulty all right and while
readily confessing the problems
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Alton A. Lennon, of Wilmington, and Rivers
Johnson of Warsaw.
The county will, however, vote on a men,
Der of the State House of Representatives.
Rep. Robert M. Kermon has said he will
seek reelection.
Only offices remaining to 60 before next
years local electorate are Register of Deeds,
with Adrian B.. Rhodes incumbent, and three
of the five positions on the board of County
commissioners. Board members whose four
year terms expire early next December are
Chairman Addison Hewlett, ST., James M.
Hall and Louis j.. Coleman. Some minor
listings for constables and justices of the
peace will complete the ballot.
And for those who. like to jot down such
dates, the first primary will be on May -
and the second. if necessary, on June rs.
The general election will be on Nov. 2.
Yes, the number of positions coming up
for decision is small in New Hanover.
But that's no indicator that public indif-
ference will prevail, especially as to the
Commission posts, after the first of March,
usual date for the temperature of politics
to turn upward here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

To The Editor:
Wilmington now has "scoot-
ers'. There are dozens of the
darn little "Putt Puts. Also
along with this innovation, the
city has a new type of traffic
problem.
AS Isit in my office over
looking the intersection at sec
ond and Chestnut streets, I
have the opportunity to see, at
first hand, the many and va
rious traffic violations and fool
hardy stunts INDUCED in by the
teen-aged drivers of these
wasp-like mechanical fleas that
aspire to the realm of inexpen-
sive transportation for the aver
age American wage Garner.
Definately that is what they
were invented for. However,
unfortunately the original h a S
gone awry and has resulted in
a lot of over-indulgent parents
listening to the pleas of their
offspring and buying them a
scooter.
So what has happened? They
"beat" the stoplights. They ig-
more them entirely. They cut in
and out through traffic. They
endanger the lives Of not only
their drivers but also the lives
of everyone using the streets of
Wilmington.
In short, the teen-age drivers
of these strange contraptons,
constitute a menace to the life
and safety of all Whining
tonians, "a hours daily, every
day.
Members of the Wilmington
Police department., what about
doing something about this stu
alton?
NORMAN r. RING.
Wilmington, NC,
Sept. 10, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Only obstacle between Wilmington ana
establishment of vitality needed east-"est
air service is the Civil A%eronautics Boards
decision as to whether it will e-open this
part of the now-famous Southeastern case
and, if so, what changes it may order in the
franchise granted Piedmont Aviation, OF
Winston-Salem.
A temporary certificate of operation was
awarded Piedmont over State and other air.
lines but actual issuance has been held up
by appeals for review of the case.
After months of costly preparation, Pied
mont is now ready to place its planes IN the
air on regular schedule between Whining
ton and Cincinnati. But it cannot do SO until
final temporary certification is granted.
State Airlines has been the leader In the
fight against Piedmont. It carried It's re-
quest for dissolution of the original "A
decision as far as the u. S. District\C Court of
Appeals in Washington. There its petition
was denied and now its attorney says the
Charlotte company will not continue to the
Supreme court, as earlier threatened by
H. K. Gilbert, Jr., president.
Wilmington City Council assisted State
in it's campaign by joining in the petition TOR
= review and new hearing. Now that State
has failed in court, shouldn't the city With
draw it's participation in the plea, reverse
it's stand and, because of extensive prepa-
ration bv Piedmont, request CAB not to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Continued on Page Seven

and former members OF inc
general assembly were encoun-
tered around Capitol sQuaLs
con business with state depalt.
ments," but also mixing wiz
the convention crowd aro"'i"
the hotel.
AMBITIOUS-One little story
illustrates this point. 0asa
Whitener is solicitor OF InI
Mecklenburg : Castor iudl0'at
district, retiring presldent
the Young Democrats ana
member of the justice adfaAalo
tration commission. He was a.,
costed in the hotel lobby w
Fred Helms of Charlotte, as Ea
a commission member, VIII "4 ~
question: care you trying II
improve the administrator :"
justice, or are you attemptnai5;
to run the politics Of the s'a'' 81
"Well," replied Whitener. If
reckon I'll have to do sorle vi
BOTH" He later admitted -.
program was probably 700 "'
bilious.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Win Again

While the country as a whole kept an
interested eye onsthe monstrous hurricane
rushing across southern Florida Wednesday
night, the Corps of Engineers of the War
department conferred its immediate attention
on one region-Lake Okeechobee.
1t was vitality interested because, after
many years, one of its larger engineering
achievements was receiving it's first great
test.
The story goes back to 1923 when a dead
ly tropical storm smashed over the lake,
west of West Palm Beach, and swept its
shallow waters westward and then east
ward to drown an estimated 1,5C0 persons
trapped in the surrounding lowland. Dam
age to the crops, all in the harvest stage
was approximately $315, 900, 900. Within a
few months, plans were under way to ring
the large body of water-it is % miles in
diameter-with a .35-foot dyke. The project
also included several flood gates. The ire
mendous job, requiring the expenditure OF
$22, 855, 900, was completed in 1888.
Satisfied that their works would hold,
the Army Engineers then began the wait
for the supreme test another great hur-
ricane.
1t came last week with winds up to 100
miles an hour, quite comparable to those of
the disaster of almost two decades ago.
While this storm skirted the southern rim
of the lake, its winds reached 100 miles an
hour over the water, seven inches
higher than ever before. But the retaining
wall met the terrific demands and there
were no breaks or overflow into the rich
lowlands. Only damage suffered by the
bean, cane and other crops was from the
high winds and accompanying heavy rain
fall.
Thus, their levy withstood its greatest
assault. Although most of the residents of
Moore Haven, on the west, and Pahokee, on
the east, were evacuated, those who remain
ed were free of the danger of floods. In
%expending the millions to effect the theory
OF protection, the government, through the
Army Engineers, enhanced the value of one
of the nations most productive food grow
ing areas. AS far as Lake Okeechobee is
concerned, the section is now safe from such
hurricanes of last week and in 1928. This
assurance should encourage its greater de-
~velopmeAt.
Lake Okeechobee is but one of thousands
of projects, large and small, standing to
the credit of the Army Engineers as they
quietly go about their peace-time assign
ments of building and maintaining perma-
nent facilities for greater national safety
and prosperity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Star Program

statA ports with Wilmington favored
IN PROPORTION with It: resources 10 IN
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities. near.
by SITES for heavy industry and so-'oo'
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough 10 meet
needs for years TO come.
DEVELOPMENT OF Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re.
sources through better markers ana 1000
processing. pup wood production aho
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
ADVANTAGES an, Improvement Of resort
accommodations
Improvement OF Southeastern North
Carolina 5 farm-to-market and primary
coads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet TO Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the Cltys IN
dustrisl Agency to attract more IN
dustries
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
port for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina s heath facilities. especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and tncluo'
ing a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF the growth OF com'
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County gov
ern-nents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

now are different they refuse
to admit they are any more
challenging. Along the same
line there is apparently more
inclination than before the war
to coordinate YDC activities
more closely with regular party
a1talrs-and to demand larger
voice for younger men and
women without necessity Of
widening the breach between
TWO organizations. That is per
maps due to the fact the real
leaders are on the age border
line.
DOUBLING - Many of the
conventioners are killing two
birds with one stone. The COM
mission on the administration
OF justice set a meeting for Fri
gay SO its members could also
attend the voc convention. A
Yancey county delegation fixed
an appointment with the COVER
nor to discuss road problems on
the same date for the same rea-
son. "A dozen or more lawyers
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

have no brief for Communism
In fact, we are too Commu'
nistic already; but there is not
much to choose between Com
munism and national bank
ruptcy. We today actually owe
the equal Of our total wealh
a decade ago, and the fact thar
we owe it to each other does
not make us in reality more
solvent than if we owed 1T TO
outsiders. The only difference Is
in the prospect of soon beng
called upon to settle But settle
n,ent could come with astonlSh'
ing swiftness, either by
Reputation or violent initiation
and we are rapidly approaching
The latter method of settlement
The point that I am trying 10
get across is that there IS
limitation to our ability to ex'
tend national credit. The leu
eral government is at present
in worse condition with respect
to it's finances than any otheF
governmental unit, state, coun,
tv or municipal, with when !
am acquainted; yet we 60 lhel-
rily on asking federal aid for
Continued on Page Seven
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Double Damage

The Grand jury's place in the machinery
of justice has been questioned recently with
one North Carolina Superior court judge
going so far as to suggest its abolition.
We do not agree but the conduct OF
two juries, one in Northampton n another
in Warren county, in recent weeks certainly
gives cause to wonder whether prejudice
sometimes prevails over reason in acting
on presentments. That a crime was commit
ted by a mob in removing Buddy Bush, a
young Negro, from a Jail with intention of
lynching him goes without saying. Blu both
iuries found themselves unable to indict the
defendants.
Whether the would-be lynchers will ever
be brought to trial depends, as we see it,
not 50 much on the quality of evidence as
the attitude of the Grandjury considering it.
The ones which dealt with Bush's case GER
tainly did nothing toward s~ubstantiating
the prestige of the Grand jury system. They
damaged it as badly as they did justice as
a whole in North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Showdown In UN

The remainder of the family of nations
has notified Russia and its satellites that
they can either cooperate in peace or live
of war.
That is the essence of efforts to liberalize
the veto in the United Nations.
Used by the Russians in their general
lost count, the majority members of UN
appear determined to remove the greatest
of obstacles to it becoming a practical, work.
ing organization. Complete abolition of the
veto is the ultimate goal so that majority
rule will prevail among the major powers.
AS long as one may say mo" to any PROPOSE
ton, UN is powerless.
The Soviet union has lost the first round,
an effort to prevent a special UN conference
On the veto issue. The steering committee
passed the proposal on to the assembly by
a 9 to 2 vote. There will be other rounds
and as each is fought, tempers and talk of
war will mount. But the feeling is growing
fast that either Russia or the veto must 60.
If it is the former, it will be because the
remainder of the world is disguised with
Russia's continual bluffing, tired of its ever
present spirit of incorporation. Accom-
panying this will be the sentiment that the
democracies, in fact, all except Moscow's
vassal states, may eventually have to oppose
Communism's expansion with force.
But the danger must be risked if the
United Nations is to survive. Time for its
reconstruction through elimination of the
veto is overdue because use of this parlia-
mentary weapon by Russia has done more
than anything else to damage public conf
dence in the potentially great organization.
If Russia must talk war, as Deputy For
eign Minister Vishinsky did so vigorously
last week, it must be prepared to realize
that more and more of the worlds people
are approaching the conclusion that if we
must fight eventually, why not now?
It is showdown time n the United Ma
tons is the logical location for it.