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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Tit For Tat

When parking meters were installed in
Wilmington's downtown district curb spaces
were reserved as loading zones. Private cars
were, and still are, prohibited from parking
in these reservations, save to pick up or dis
charge a passenger.
quately supplied with alleys which could be
used by trucks for taking on and unloading
merchandise, the loading zones were needed
for the smooth operation of business. But
they materially cut down the curb space
available for private motor cars, especially
as additional reservations were established
for buses.
Since trucks have been SO literally pro-
vided for, and private parking space is so
restricted as a result, it is only reasonable
to expect truck drivers to use the loading
zones and not the meter berths.
Perhaps most truck drivers do use the
spaces allotted to them. But not all. All too
frequently a truck obviously making a de-
livery or collecting a load is found beside a
parking meter and the loading zone in the
same block is ~unoccupied.
The motorist who would like to park
where the truck stands must move on until
he finds an open berth at a meter-if he is
lucky. He dare not use the loading zone lest
the officer on the beat tag him.
We PROFOUND this question: If a private
car parked in a loading zone is subject to
be tagged, why should rot the truck parked
in a meter space also be tagged? The logical
answer is-it should.
Indifferent truck drivers who do not obey
the citv's traffic laws deserve nc more con-
sideration than motorists who willfully dis
obey them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Star Program

st.ta ports with Wilmington favored
IN nroportion with its ~resources' 70 M
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities near
BY sites for heavy industry and S'ioo'
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough 70 meet
needs for years to come.
Development OF Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re.
sources through better markets n 1000
processing, pulp wood ~producuon Ano
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
ADVANTAGES. ana 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 more In
dustries.
proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Cardinals heath facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and includ-
ing a Negro Health center.
Epcouraeement Of the growth Of com.
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City n County gov
ernments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Whitewashing Lee
BY T S

WASHINGTON. - In an un-
usual change of policy,
the Army has decided it will
make public the findings OF
Maj.-Gen. Ira 7. Wyche, the in
spector general who was sent to
Italy to report on Lieut.. : Gen.
John C. H. Lee after :Scripps-
Howard Columnist Bob Ruark.
had exposed CT abuses in Lees
command. Not only that, but the
Army's action in either disci-
plining Lee or withdrawing him
will be announced.
Ordinarily, the inspector gen
erals reports IRE secret docu-
ments. They go confidentially to
either the secretary of war -
now Secretary Of the Army Ken
meth C. Royal - or the chief
of staff - Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover.
What seems to have happened
in the Lee case is that his Grass
has so dirtied up some of the
Army's finest linen that
the Army can't do anything else
than wash out the. soiled flnery
in public.
There is probably no nigh Of
ficer in the Pentagon vino be-
lieves that the inspector general
will deliberately whitewash Lee,
even though he is about to De
retired from the Army. Wycbe
is one of Americas most re-
spected general officers. He
commanded the great 18th Di-
vision during the last wa: His
hobby is the idea of trying TO
unite all the religions Of the
world to maintain peace. He
was thinking Of retiring and de-
voting his remaining years to
that cause when he was made
Inspector general.
General Lee is likewise said
to be a God-fearing man. One of
his Biblical nicknames is based
on the fact his initials are J. C.
Army officers recall that he
once had a chaplain aide whose
duty it was to say grace before
every meal. Lee and his wife
have now offered their services
to the Episcopal church, "to
work for Christian unity"
But the Army also knows Lee
as a somewhat pompous individ-
ual. Perhaps the best charac-
terization of him. as given by
one who knows him well, is tina.
"he would like to be like George
Patton but just doesn't know
how" It will be recalled tina
the late General Patton once cot
in trouble for his rough and
ready ways with a CT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Highway Shoulders

The state highway department traces
many traffic accidents to cars running off
the roadway. The information is interest
ing, not only because it indicates that all
drivers are not sufficiently careful but also
because the shoulders of the states high
ways are not sufficiently safe.
The highway department went through a
trying period during the war when money
was scare and labor even scarcer. 1t did
a creditable job of maintenance on the ma
jor highways, considering handicaps. But
the job it did was concentrated chiefly on
the paving, to the neglect of the shoulders.
Since the war, the highway department
has been active particularly in creating
farm-to-market secondary highways and
some projects on the primary highway
system. But still shoulders are a secondary
concern.
This is noticeable in the Wilmington vi
cinity. Drive where you will you find
rough and rutted shoulders which tax the
dexterity of skillful drivers when they are
forced off the paving. Unskilled or care
less drivers have little chance of rlghtlng
their cars once they leave asphalt or con
crete. Too often they lose control and land
in the ditch. Too often their cars overturn
and they are pinned underneath.
Obviously at least some of the accidents
could be prevented if our highway shoulders
were regularly graded and ruts leveled Oft.
Railroads employ section gangs to NAM
tain roadbeds. While their record is not
perfect they certainly prevent many railway
wrecks. A similar patrol and repair force
probably could do as much for safety on
the highways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
A Wise Selection

President Trurnan's appointment of Mr..
Carbon Gray, Winston Salem newspaper
n,,blisher and radio station operator, to be
assistant secretary of the Army, under Sec
,o+arv Kenneth C. Royal, is pleasing to
North Carolinians not only because the state
4bus contributes two outstanding citizens to
tho ARMY command, but because of Mr..
Crav's indisputable qualifications for public
service.
The Star feels that Mr.. Truman IS to be
. ,oratulated for making such a wise selec-
no less than Mr.. Gray for beng the
Presidents choice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
THE COLD WAR

We may now examine a ques-
ton which must be answered
before the policy, which l con-
tend is preferble to the Tru-
man doctrine, can be accepted
with conviction. I have argued
that we should concentrate our
effort on the evacuation of Eu-
rope by the Red Army. What
about the Communist parties
which are also the instruments
of Soviet power? If the Red
Army withdrew behind the
frontiers of the Soviet Union,
the Communist parties would
remain NO put it bluntly, as a
Soviet fifth column. They will
be assisted, we may take it,
by Soviet agents and by Soviet
funds and Soviet contraband
weapons and by Soviet propa-
ganda and by Soviet diplomacy.
That is true. There will still
be the problem of Communism.
Nevertheless, the heart of our
problem is, I contend, the pres
ence of the Red Army in Eu-
rope. The Communist party in
any country is the fifth column.
It is, however, only a fifth col
columns. and they are the Red
umn. There are the other four
columns. and they are the Red
Army. The policy which l sug-
gest is designed to separate the
first four columns from the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Robot Spans The Atlantic

The push-button flight Of an airplane
across the Atlantic is an outstanding
achievement for the United States Air
Forces. The crew aboard the plane ground
ed in Newfoundland "tuned in" a British
airport. That was all. No human hand
Touched the mechanism until after the
craft had landed. The flight was directed
by beam control outside the plane.
It was like boarding an automatic ele-
vator and punching a button to be carried
to the floor one wishes to reach. Just that
simple. How great an advantage this may
prove in world transportation can only be
guessed.
How terrible it might be in warfare can
not be contemplated without shuddering.
Landing-guided robots, earring atomic
bombs, for example, might wipe out whole
cities, destroy entire nations, without dan
ger to the attackers. And so far as the
public knows no adequate defense against
this kind of attack has been perfected,
despite the flying saucers.
This historic flight conducted by our
AK EOlSCS Ii VI AAAOAS 40
ment that no power could win another
world war. Rather, such a war would wipe
out civilization. For what the United States
Air Forces has just done can be done as
we'll by any other major power and there
is no reason to doubt that all major powers
are now at work perfecting robot flying
and striving to perfect the manufacture OF
atomic bombs.
World peace, therefore, must be the chief
objective of the nations. If the United
Nations is incapable of reaching this goal
with Russia a member, Russia ought to be
ousted. For with Russia no longer a mem
Der, atomic energy control would be set
up and the rest of the world keep Russia
under such surveillance as is not possible
as long as she holds membership. The other
nations could then unite to prevent the
Soviet Union, which is the real warmonger-
ing power, from carrying out its empiric
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24

On the basis that he really
has a heart of gold and loves
his men. there is some tendency
among general officers to ex-
cuse General Lee for most of
the abuses charged against him.
They claim he was not re-
sponsible for failure to get over
coats to the troops in the Battle
of the Bulge. That. it is said,
was the result of an Eisenhow-
er-Bradley decision to give am
munition transportation priority
Owe winter clothing. in an eff
fort to end the war by shooting
before cold weather set in.
AS for Lees special train. the
Army says he had it in England
and he had it in France. Why
shouldn't he have it in Italy?
General Lee was given the
Italian command. it is explain
ed. because he was a supply
and logistics man and the Job
was to. roll up the Med,terrane
an theater. There were unex-
pected delays on that in connec-
ton with writing and ra5ifying
the Italian peace treaty.
But now. General Lee is al
lowed to fly home in his pri-
vate plane and retire graceful
ly, before the italian job is done.
This is in accordance with pre-
vious orders. issued before the
Ruark disclosures. It is also en-
indication that the stage is ell
set for a good whitewashing
It is doubtful, however, if tie
case can be camouflaged and
lost sight of that easily. Too
much is at stake. First, because
Of the effect on morale of troops
now in service. Second. :o- the
effect on recruiting, which is
now at dangerously low levels.
If the armed forces are 10 be
built up and maint aimed at
strength considered necessary
for national defense, there m,,s,
be public confidence thai the
Army, Navy and Air Force are
being run we'll and that The old
fashioned caste system has been
kicked out for good.
The $64 question raised bv
the Lee expose is why one news
paper man was able to bring to
Light abuses of rank which tho
Army should have known about,
brt had done nothing to correct,
That puts the finger on tie Of
flee Of the in~~oeto~ rar>ral
Which is supposed to ca.cn these
Things first and see that they
are corrected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24

cure than if the Red Army were
present to overawe the police
and to suppress the resistance
of the national army and of the
national forces. In an unoc-
cupied country the Communist
fifth column would have to fight
and win a civil war before it's
authority was established. In an
occupied country the Red Army
can prevent a civil war and
drive the resistance under
ground and reduce it to a guer-
rilla. action.
l do not think there is any
doubt, therefore, that the evac-
uation Of Europe by the Red
Army would alter the situation
d%ecisively. There would then be
in the internal affairs Of the
European countries no alien
and irresistible military force
actually deciding or threatening
to decide the internal issues Of
power and authority. And once
the Red Army had Withdrawn
to the frontiers of the Soviet
Union, it could not easily re-
turn. For that would be an open
act of aggression, an unmistak-
able violation Of the treaty Of
settlement which would indubit-
ably precipitate a general war.
The next question is whether
the objective of obtaining h G
withdrawal of the Red Army is
attainable. A certain answer to
this question is, of course, i'm
possible. We can only calculate
the probabilities. and we C a n
say that the objective I am con-
tending for is concrete, substan-
tial, Ineligible to every ono
and a normal and universallr
accepted objective at the con,
clusion and settlement of a war.
We may begin. moreover, by
noting that in all our disagree
ments with the Soviet govern
ment the Kremlin has always
agreed that the purpose Of these
tedious negotiations is in tn e
end to Conclude treaties OF
peace with all the enemy states
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24

for another couple OF days u
so, but it is very difficult 10 SCI
what other effect it can have III
leaves the situation no pe''T,,'
no worse and essentially no or
ferent from what it vas De'o's'
It's negativism is bonn, TOW,
ever. to inten~ify Il p. vLe
upon the non-Soviet WoE'o ~
find it's own path til ough dliI--
culties against which the 9oVIe'
Union can bring no aid.
In slamming the door aga'ns'
any possibility OF present adJus-
ment it forces the United 9fa'ts
to continue along the course ~
which Secretary Maraaa'-
now comm tied. We VIII 'l'1
have to call upon the Assn 9+y
for it's support in Greece an.
Turkey, in Korea and else|.eI''
And the Vishinsky speech, sin'p.
ly because it proves the apseH.'
of any other practicable aItf.,
native, will be a spur to u,s
Assembly to comply. Europ(a'
comment on Secretary MAJ
shall's address was rather ~
t;ceablv hesitant. But MI
c,,'rHev has e~ar""'v LETT REQ
for commo,t Al 2 II 8 o5Fio,5
that 4he ae"q'rs e ~" na'l'..
cannot be condn"ted Ike
purge trial in a MoseoW co4 ~.
We have to get on win "o
business of living-With ht95
when possible. but without hu'
STA if need be. The address
formidable as a revelation :,
the Kremlin state Of m.ho'
was rrotesoue as an eii'..
practical s'atncno9n5h p
real world and as su@h II
probably soon be written Oh.
history, which has seldom maj
Tested much interest III
dialectic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Today And Tomorrow
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

fifth, to divide the Red Army
from the Red International. For
the Soviet power is most for
midable where they are able to
work together, that is to say,
where the Communist party has
the support and protection Of
the Red Army.
There are, as l write, no Com
munist states except within the
zone of Russian military occu-
patton. Outside the military
boundary of the Soviet orbit
those countries are most threat
ened with a Communist seizure
of power into which the Red
Army could most easily march.
Within the Soviet zone it would
be interesting to see what would
happen if the occupying force
inside those countries or sur
rounding them were withdrawn.
For it is one thing to resist a
local dictatorship and quite an
other to resist the strongest
land power on earth.
It is conceivable, though it
has not yet happened, that a
Communist party might win an
election, or that it might seize
the authority of government
though there was no Red Army
to support it and protect It. But
even if this happened, the posi-
ton of the Communist party
would be incomparably less Sc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
A Boomerang

Among the Russian puppets Yugoslavla
has first place Drug Tito, the dictator, holds
office through the patronage of Moscow.
In all matters upon which a vote IS taken
in the United Nations or in committees on
which a representative of Yugoslavla holds
membership the voice of Russia is echoed
by a Yugoslav. Not even Poland is more to
be depended upon to follow Russia's leader
ship.
1t is not surprising, then, that the Yugo-
slav foreign minister, Mr.. Stanoje SHINE,
should oppose the Marshall plan in an adj
dress before the General Assembly since
Russia is bending every effort at its dis
posal to defeat any and all attempts of the
United States to extend constructive relief
to European countries willing to help them
selves, as provided IN the Marshall pro-
posal.
But when he adds that the United States
is trying to isolate Russia and her eastern
European satellites "behind a dollar cur
tain he invites comparison between a dollar
curtain and the iron curtain Russia has low
cred over eastern Europe and hopes to ex-
tend to western Europe as well.
Whether the United States is fully iustifi-
ed in bringing additional sacrifices upon her
citizens by providing a huge amount of
money for this purpose-$19, 1880, 900, 900 is
what the conference of sixteen nations in
Paris recommends over a four-year period
is not for us to say. But it is certain that
any country behind a dollar curtain would
nave a fair chance to recover economically
and spiritually, whereas the countries be-
hlnd the Russian iron curtain are steadily
being starved into complete s%ubjugation to
Moscow and a state Of total administratlve
eclipse. Yugoslavia dare not call her soul
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24

were on it often had reason to be away from
home or office and could not be located.
Now that fifteen women have been named
for jury duty they are to be encouraged to
serve and put the men to shame. There may
be good and sufficient reason why some
should seek to be let off, but it will be to
the credit of those without actual need to
be excused to give this service willingly
and without complaint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Grave And GrOtesQue


In the rather shattered silence
following upon Mr.. Vishinskys'
blast a first impression is that
this singular contribution to
world peace and order is at
once both more serious and less
serious than it seemed as it was
delivered. 1t is more serious be-
cause OF its extraordinary VIC
lence, its ignorance, it's misquo-
tatlon or mislnterpretation Of
virtually everything in Ameri-
can life and policy, its curious
revelation Of what is considered
to be diplomacy in. the secret
conclaves of the Kremlin. It an
pears to put a tragic end to any
lingering hope OF finding some
presently practicable avenue to-
ward agreement between the
Soviet Union and the United
states. The chasm is dug; the
oiawbridge pulled up; the door
Slammed. locked, barred and
oolted by a mentality either too
ignorant Of the world to know
what it is talking about or too
lost IN its own propaganda to
care. 1t is impossible to denv
lle gravity OF this seemingly de.
Del ate and for the time BENZ
irretrievable break in the pam,
1"l processes of International re.
organization.
In another sense, however,
the speech is less important
than it may have seemed. II
was too fantastic, too pointless.
TOO completely negative in anv
proposals of it's own, to live as
anything save an exercise in TO-
rensc propaganda, an echo Of
the 1nurky rankings of Hitler
ISM without the emotional IRAN
Mess which gave them their or.
rlole impact. The speech will
serve to make propaganda
throughout the Soviet empire
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Shame The Men

Newt 70 failing to vote, men geherany
dodge jury duty. 1t came TO SUCH " p'',
Now Hanover county that when the last
vanira was drawn the sheriff asked 'he press
70 withhold the names Of those caneo oii
ha bsd served summonses on all. HIS reason
was that when the newspapers published a
i11rv list in advance the men whose naiieS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
Senator Batting 500

Senator Wagner of New York, long ailing,
saws he has no intention of r%esigning. He's
building up his health, he explains, to fight
for repeal of the Taft Hartley labor law and
for passage Of the Taft-Wagner-Ellender
housing bill.
We can't help admiring Mr.. Wagner's
moderate and open-minded estimate OF
Senator Taft as the co-author of legislation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
GOOD MORNING

The mind is but a barren soil; a soil
which is soon exhausted, and will pro-
duce no crop, or only one, unless 1t be
continually fertilized and enriched with
foreign matter.-Sir J.. Reynolds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24
WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. c.

her own, nor can Poland or any of the other
Russian satellite states.
MI. >Simie's figure of speech is a forensic
boomerang.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-24

1t is d human problem that faces us
in the world today, not a political one.
The people must be served. and they will
60 where their hope leads t1,en, even if
It is a false hope.-Peerl S: Buck, author.
1t Gnter-American Conference) repre-
sents the supreme effort of men working
in the spirit of good will.-President Eu-
rico Dutra Of Brazil. !
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-07-03
THE LEXINGTON ADVERTISER. LEXINGTON. MISSISSIPPI

Rich Kealhofer 1875; II. S. Terry
1900; The Texas Co. $500; Homer
johnson 5000; Glen McNeer 30l. 95;
Lee Cade 1870; Peoples Oil Co. 2IO.
rs; Weathersby Chevrolet Co. 212.
rs; Standard Oil Co. 1926; w. A.
Harvey Store SIS; Terry's Garage
1856; Southern Equipment Sales
165.19; Miss Road Supply Co. 218.40;
Notwithstanding Equipment Co.
1880; MISUNDERSTANDING Equip. Co.
1920; Misunderstanding Equipment
Co. 43. 96; Watkins Aldridge Equip
ment Co. 1894; Texaco Service Sta
ton 1865; Booster Hocutt 1886
J. H. Hocutt $500; Federal Land
Bank 1000; Ramsey-T hurmond Co.
1887.
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of Road District No. 2, for sala-
ries, labor, materials and supplies
as follows, to-wit: A. c. Autry 140.
90; Elum Mcbride 103.50; w. M. Nc
Bride 103.50; Roger Mcbride 94.50;
Richard Ellis 10000; Will Walker
1O5.75; Halbert Farmer 105.75; Stan
dard Ill Co. 1912; Gwin-Lail Co.
800; Stribling Bros. Mchy. Co. .54;
Rays Clay Gravel Co. 1880; Mrs.
Mildred Holmes 800; J. D. Kyzer
$40: Texaco Service Station 100:
H. A. Norwood $50; Standard Oil
Co. 68.15; Red T Oil Co. 206.50; Red
T Service Station 2.25; Hand Motor
Co. 25.70.
It is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of Separate Road District No. 3
for salaries, labor, materials and
supplies as follows, to-wit: H. c.
Brock 5000; Sou. Oil & Grease Co.
q .28; Gwin-Lal Co. 47.80; Presley
Chev. Co. 1880; Ebenezer Cash Store
30.66; Yazoo Valley Elec. Power
Assn. 6.45; Raft Harthcock 1880;
Oscar Rogers 1880; Shot Killebrew
$500; George Rogers 5000; James
Harthcock 10000; Eulis Ellington
$500; Norris Dickard 10000; Phil
Ables 24.00; Crown Service Sta. 2.25;
Ebenezer Cash Store 3.03; Southern
Sales 234.96; Gwin-Lail
Co. $40; Presley Chevrolet Co. 62.15;
Ramsey Thurmond Co. 1885; Miss.
Road Supply Co. 40.74; Trigleths
Garage 8.03; j. c. Dickard 100; T.
J. Terrell las; Standard Oil Co. $50.
II.
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of P & r Road District, for sa-
%laries, labor, materials and supplies
as follows, to-wit: T. E. Murtagh,
308.29; Standard Oil Co. ALL; Bre-
Equipment Co. IS. "a.
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of the Separate Road District No.
a fund as follows for salaries, labor,
supplies and materials as follows, to-
wit: R. c. Causey 1880: Estell Scott
10000; Sam Carpenter 10000: Avis
Ables 1880; Chatie Washington II.
90: John Bowman 1880; Bones Fis-
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