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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-27

A new method of putting new strength and new mileage into your tires was perfected and the process used by o. K. Rubber Welders has proved it's value from coast to coast. This service has now been brought to Juneau.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Home Nursing Course

Word that home nursing classes are
to be started today at the Red Cross
Chapter house, All South Front street,
should be welcome to Wilmington wo-
men.
The United States still suffers from
p lack of nurses. Probably no hospital
in the country is adequately stated.
Because of this, the more the women
Of the household learn of the highly
specialized profession of nursing the
better off will the family be and the
less will become the strain on hospitals.
A surprisingly large part Of success
full treatment of the sick depends upon
the service Of nurses. This is as true
Of home as of hospital nursing.
The present project of the Red Cross,
therefore, assumes greater Importance
in that the women who take the course
will become versed in the rudimentary
care of the i'll.
I Additional Importance attaches to
the fact that Miss Augusta Futchs will
be in charge and that successive clas-
ses will be available until the middle of
June.
As each class is limited to ten mem
bers, it is obvious that early re~gistrants
only can be accommodated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07

York Times says almost all of the ST.
900 striking employees Of the New York
company are due back On their jobs.
Elsewhere throughout the country, in
addition to Chicago and New York,
strikers are going back either indivi-
dually or in union groups.
It would seem, then, that the union
leaders set their sights too high when
they demanded the right to act as the
bargaining agent of all unions affected
the strike. The end of this grave in
terruption in the nations phone COM
munication systems may well be just
around the corner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Stalin's No Men

There have been many opportuni-
ties to observe that Russia does not
follow generally accepted patterns. For
example, many persons in high places
surround themselves with YES men
whose chief duty is to agree with the
chief. This obtains not only in Holly
wood. 1t is characteristic in manv other
centers, notably capitals of nations.
But Generalissimo Joseph Stain has
no men instead. The result is that when
he says enc thing his foreign commits
sar, Mr.. Molotov says the opposite. Or
if it is not Mr.. Molotov, Mr.. Gromvko
does. By some secret code they seem
to know that a Stain yes is to be their
no.
Thus it becomes harder and harder
to appraise Russia's real position or anv
major problem. From Russia's view
point it may be a fine policy. But #
Icertainly does not increase confidence
in Russia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Star PROGRAM

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion witt its resources. to in
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses;. ship repair facilities, near.
by sites for heavy Industry and 35-foot
Cape e river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing. pulp wood production and
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and Improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and primary
roads. with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air.
port for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially in
counties lacking hospitals. and includ-
ing a Negro Health center
Encouragement Of the growth Of COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON-The question of
whether the federal government
should be allowed to take d hand
in influencing how big U. S. farms
should be is at stake in a weeks
hearings now running before the
Senate Public Lands Committee.
Chairman is Hugh Butler Of Ne
braska.
Should the government encour-
age the development of smaller,
family-sized farms as contributing
to the best way of rural life? Or
should the government be made
to keep it's hands off, allowing the
highly i dustrialized, factory
EARNS to grow as big as their own
ers want them?
Specifically, this issue before the
Senate is confined to a scrap over
irrigation water rights in The Cen
trail Valley of California. People
there are divided in two hostile
camps over this question of big
ranches VS.. little ranches. Actual
ly the issue is national in interest.
Outcome of the California battle
has a bearing on the future trend
Of farming throughout the West,
the South, and maybe the whole
U. S.
Ever since tractors came into
use, the trend in America agrl
culture has been towards bigger
but fewer farm units.
Back in the demonstrating days
Congress decided that if govern
ment money was to be spent on
opening up the West, it must I've
for the benefit of the little people
-family-size farmers. Limits of a
quarter-section- 100 acres-were,
therefore,, put on the amount of
land any homesteader could re-
ceive.
When U. S. reclamation laws
were written back in Theodore
Roosevelt's time. this limitation
was carried over. In 1926 the law
was made to read that no one
owner could receive water from a
government irrigation project on
more than 100 acres.
California has community prop
erty laws, so there a man can
operate 100 acres in his own
name, another 100 in his wife's
name, and get water on all 800.
They can own as much more land
as they like, but they can't get
government water On the excess
acreage.
Tt the East 800 acres is a lot
OF farm. But to Westerners this
"160-acre la limit" as it's
called, is too small. They want it
lifted and are using all the in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Phone Union Losing Out

What made an early settlement of
the phone strike most difficult was
that the union insisted there should
be no. local bargaining, but an agree.
ment for all locals instead. AS there
were SO many separate operating COM
panies, this posed a problem that
seemed to have 10 solution. Conse-
quently the strike has dragged IN into
it's fifth week.
But the chief objective of the union
is lost. One by one local unions have
accepted terms from their separate
companies and returned to work. Two
locals in Chicago have been singled out
for harsh action by the union for en-
ding their participation in the strike.
In New York employees of the New York
Telephone Company have been order
ed back in that city, Long Island and
Westchester county, despite picket lines
established by long distance operators
and Western Electric workers who are
still out. This action followed a mem.
bership vote to resume work by unions
representing more than three Thousand
commercial workers and almost az
many accounting employees.
In reporting the decision, the Ne"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Written for NEA Service

Written for NEA Service
Psychic bidding is not employed
by the experts as much as it was
a few years ago, but they all be-
lieve that a psychic should be
used occasionally. Otherwise a
player acquires a reputation for
bidding down the middle and the
opponents can always count on
what he is going to do.
Charles j. Solomon OF Phlladel-
phia employed a good psychic IN
the world championship masters
individual tournament, which ne
won this year. Solomon sat West
and he was in no real danger
when he bid one spade over One
club. having a fine diamond sui
to run to. He does not have a rep
utation as a psychic BIDDER, anc
the players in the Individual louI
nament figure that the fellow VINO
is out in front would not dare Z
use a psychic bid.
Therefore instead OF bidding Ms
spade suit, North made the matt.
raj bid of two hearts. When Soul
failed to bid spades, and vefnle1
his club holding with the BIO o.
three clubs, Solomon decl1eo 10
hid his diamonds, in case the op
ponents got to no trump
Now there was no reason lo'
North to suspect a psychic space
bid. He had two five-caLo SUI,s
himself, so West could easily nave
five spades and five dlamooos,
South had not liked hearts ~
North passed, though | think 'l 10
most players will agree tndt d Nv
should have taken some action
even if it we're a bid Of four clqoS'
South did bid four clubs, and ~.
MOI decided to step OUT VI .'
bidding, for one round aEy@@;3
But North passed, though 1t "ou,g
seem that he should have tr,so
five clubs, since South had BID VIZ
club three clubs and four clo0'
practically by himself. ics
Six clubs or six spades ID S
cold. The only losing trick Not w..
and South would have Is u"
mond. olo,o
Most pairs arrived at a sls an
contract, and Solomon "oN ,'TS
score on the board because wa 49,
and South against him were NV
only pair who failed to arrive
2 game contract at least.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Department: - WONDER CUES
Y TONS
HOW DO SHIPS SAIL AGAINST
THE WIND?

There are many ways in which
man uses the wind for his pur-
poses. He erects a windmill with
sails, and the wind drives these
round and round, working a ma
chine that will grind the corr or
pump up water. Man also uses
wind for drying his clothes after
they have been washed.
But the chief use TO which he
puts the wind is transport. This
was, no doubt, one of the very
first ways in which he made use
OF the wind. Both on land and
water, for thousands of yeara,
vehicles and vessels have been
driven by the wind. The wind was,
indeed, of the first natural
forces man ever used.
Though it may blow continuous
ly in one direction, man is not at
the mercy of the wind; he is not
compelled to go just where tn e
wind happens to be blowing at the
time. By using his brain he is
able to outWit the wind. He can
change the position of the rudder
of his boat End catch the wind
in such a way that he can use
it to drive his vessel in the op-
posite direction from that il which
the wind is blowing.
This is done by a process known
as lacking. 1t consists of turning
the ship a few points to S t a r
board, then a few points to port.
then to starboard again, back to
port, and sc on. much as y o
might direct a course through a
crowd of people, darting first
right, then left, taking advantage
of every small opening but always
making some small Roadway for
ward.
Wnen he wants to drive his boat
Ill the teeth of the wind, the sail
or turns his rudder and sails a
zigzag course. The boat is turned
by means of the rudder, so that
its side is presented to the on
coming wind. This would drive the
boat before the wind, but the re-
sistance of the water on the op-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Big Or Little Farms

fluence they can muster to have
the reclamation laws amended.
Senators Downey and KnoWland
CT California, Millikin and johnson
OF Colorado, Connally and O'Dan-
lei of Texas have jointly intro
ouced a bill to this end. In the
House companion bills have been
introduced by Congressman Gear
hsrt. Phillips. and Elliott If Cali.
fornia and West OF Texas. The
original Central Valley application
Of the exemption has been bread.
ened to take in the San Luis Val
ley project in Colorado and the
Valley Gravity Canal Project in
Texas.
With this support the proposal
conceivably has a chance, since
the sentiment of this Congress is
all for taking off every govern
ment control possible. If the 16O-
acre limit is killed on these three
projects, however, it's as good as
dead all over
A lot OF denominations and
charges of misrepresentation are
thrown out by both sides. Those
are pretty much local arguments.
What has thrown a scare into
the Bureau of Reclamation is that
if the 160-acre limit we're with
drawn, big operators would rush
in to buy up smaller holdings.
Companies like Schenley and An
derson-C Clayton have in the last
few years acquired big acreage in
vineyards and cotton lands.
Under present bureau program,
irrigation water may be furnished
these big holders on more than
100 or 800 acres, but at the end
OF ten years the excess irrigated
land must be sold.
Strangest aspect of the case is
that the people who want me 160-
acre law repealed use the same
argument which Soviet Russia
used when it took away the hold
irgs of the kulaks and small farm
ers and threw everything into
huge collectivist farms. Namely,
the big farm is more efficient to
operate.
In attacking this greater eff
~ficiency argument, supporters OF
the present 160-acre limit law say
big, mechanical factory farms
tend to develop only farm labor
ers who are entirely dependent on
the few big neutrality-suspicious..
In contrast to that. the way of
Lie on the independent. owner-op-
Grated, family-sized holding IS pic
tured as richer and fuller and
more in keeping with American
rural traditions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Glass Clothes For Men

Two days ago these columns an
nounced the prospect that girls dresses
would be made of peanuts. At the time
it seemed this was quite startling
enough for all practical or impracticable
purposes.
But now comes a fellow in Boston
who says mems clothes are to be made
of glass.
Well, for all the attributes glass
fiber is alleged to possess, we still
maintain it will be well for the wearers
of glass clothes not to throw stones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
The Doctor Says
IS VITAL.
IN HIGH PRESSURE
BY WILLIAM A, O'RPIpn

hN. NJ. h.
In high blood pressure y,
arteries throughout the ShaN
CONSTRUCTED by spasm and 'I is4 are
hardening. The effort of tbo a'[I BY
tc pump blood through tbas Aeaft
rowed channels is the csSe mar
rise In pressure. 0'e loE
Enlargement o. the npar,
blood pressure assists tha ~ Alsa
maintaining good blood fi @Ouy N
can be likened to an incrso Il
the size of the muscles in t5a Se II
CT the man who does heavy arm
When no further e-nIargemar,% IEh'
occur and the difficulty in r can
culatlon is not relieved, the be v-s'
may fail, But this may take y lssI'
High blood pressure c,n
present without the patient E,oS pe
ing it. Many of the so.n n .
symptoms" of high blood alleo
sure are not related to the he ptgs'
OF the pressure. They NAV sA'
worse when pressure is lo,ysr 0t
Many patients with higa bio.,
pressure complain of headaIo10
But most likely the headacbo
the result of nervousness. y
Next most common complqir+
high blood pressure patients =.
firing easily. especially in the "a n
ernoon. AS high blood pressure j..
more common in middle-aged ner
sons who lead an active life ~
fatigue may not be more than Wy.
might anticipate from the w .r
the persons + living.
1t is vital FOR a high blood nre.
sure patient to learn to reIsy
rest in the middle of the dsy .,
IN the evening before dinner
helpful. Some think alcoholic how.
erages help because of the lelsy.
ing effect of alcohol upon bIon,
vessels. But such drinks are Nm.
a cLre-all, as in many cases ,be
secondary effects of fatigue and
sieepiness are disturbing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Editorial Comment
BACK ON THE ROAD

1t is announced from Hyde Park, Ne York,
that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is on the road
again, behind the wheel of her own car. 1t
will be remembered that the former First
Lady, was denied that privilege for several
months after losing some of her characteris-
tic front teeth and injuring the occupants of
the Other automobiles in a three-way COLI
sion. The matter was aired before a court
which commonly adjusts mishaps of the kind
and despite the fact that the defendant was
Mrs. Roosevelt it was handled in the custo-
mary way which was a tribute to the Ameri.
can brand of democracy.
The celebrated defendant used two excuses
IN explanation of the mishap at the cross
roads--oNe that she was blinded by the sun
ana the other that she probably dozed behind
the steering wheel. The aginative court
would net accept either of these and the
LADY" was penalized just as any other driver
would have been in like circumstances and
must carry dark marks on her permit which
indicate that she has not always been a safe
orlVer.-Lynchburg News.
SUSPICION
Nu wonder foreigners are suspicious of lis
Even our own people are suspicious of us il
we are strangers Richmond (Va.) News.
Leader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE

direction, the sail is swung round
by the wind.
After going for some distance in
this direction, the rudder is again
changed, and the boat turns round,
catches the wind, and takes a
slanting course in the other d.
rection. By doing this repeatedly,
and lacking from side to side, the
boat eventually reaches its haven.
To learn to tack, or to beat up
It windward. as it is called, is one
OF tn e most important things a
sailor has to learn.
Copyright, 1916, BY The Gro
Her Society Inc. based upon The
Book of knowledge
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, 1nc.)
TOMORROW: - Land of Africa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Letter Box
DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT

DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT
To The Editor:
In behalf Of the Community
Council board of directors, ! want
to thank you for your very fine
editorial Domestic Relations
Court" which appeared in the Fri
day morning paper.
The Community Council has been
working for this project over a
period of two years. 1t has only
recently become legally possible
to establish such a court in Will
mington through the cooperation
of our legislators. This step is
only the beginning and a great
deal of work still remains TO be
done before the court can actually
be established.
The Community Council is con-
~tinuing on its campaign for this
project and has a %,oecial commit
tee headed by the Rev. Mortimer
Glover now working towards the
establishment of this court for Will
Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman.
President
Wi1,,;,o4op NJ r
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Savings Bond Drive Ahead

Savings Bond Drive Ahead
It has been a long time, as time
speeds now, since much has been SAID
about savings bonds. The subject was
ON everybody's tongue ever when World
War II had not yet engulfed the ma
ton and we were urged to buy defense
bonds - which we did. And when de-
tense bonds graduated into war bonds
we talked about the need to buy them,
and particularly the need to hold on
to them until their maturity, even more
than at the start.
But with the suspension of hostill-
ties and the last war bond drive had
ended the fact that bonds were still
"a desirable investment was largely lost
SIGHT of and the redemption of war
bonds increased, especially among in
dustrial workers when war contracts
were completed or suspended and the
habit of lavish spending contracted
during the years of plenty was not
easily halted.
Now, the Treasury Department is
organizing a special campaign, through
the medium of advertising and by other
methods, for June and July with the
hope of stimulating regular investment
of savings bonds, not only because the
money from their sale can help restore
financial and economic equilibrium, but
their purchase can provide a nest-egg
for the buyer when the leaner times
so many economists forecast arrives.
This argument, which was pertinent
during the war bond drives, is just as
pertinent now - perhaps more so.
A bulletin issued by the Treasury
Department notes: Savings bond
sales help the national economy by TAX
ing surplus cash out of the consumer
market while prices are high and lay
ing it up against the day when it may
be needed, when a dollar will buy more
and when stored up purchasing power
can help prices from falling too far and
too fast"
1t is the Treasury's purpose to en-
courage bond buying "where you work
or where you bank" 1t hopes to restore
on a large scale the payroll deduction
plan, which was so successful during
war bond campaigns, when employees
authorized employers to deduct
amounts of money regularly from in
dividual earnings and when sufficient
was in hand buy a bond Herewith for
the worker. 1t also wishes to induce
potential buyers to authorize their
bankers to buy a bond a month for
them and deduct the cost from their
deposits. This will make saving easier
for small business operators, farmers,
professional persons and others who
are self-employed - any one with reg
ular income and checking account.
Wilmington and New Hanover
County went about during the period
OF defense and war bond campaigns.
One Wilmington civic club - Kiwanis
- has awarded two ~one-dollar saving
stamps to some member who has not
missed a meeting during the previous
month. This was started back in those
times when war was the ma
bogy. It might help local sales
during the forthcoming campaign if
other civic clubs and organizations in
general adopted a similar plan.
1t would not only encourage regular
attendance at meetings but keep the
need for greater savings bond purchas-
es constantly before the members.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07

Down Alabama Way
please mann, Miss Operator,
give me number $685."
us this an emergency?'
mo, honey, this here is jes'
Aunt Mandy calling"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
GOOD MORNING

Sow an act, and you reap a habit; SOW
IN habit, and you reap a character; SOW
a character, and you reap a destiny.-G.
d. Boardman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
Star Dust
Right Of Way

A local farmer down in Texas
was driving along in front of an
out-of-stater when he pulled over
to the right, reduced speed. then
turned directly in front CT the
following car, causing a nasty
collision.
When the Texan became noisy
about the damage 10 his car, the
tourist politely reminded him that
slowing and pulling to the right
did not indicate a left turn. Fur
thermore," he said, Il didn't see
you give any hand signal
Signal, hell" shouted the irate
farmer, pointing at the dirt road
into which he was headed. Livery
body knows I live right up there"
True.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07

posite side prevents this. The YES
...-, u.rTt4ure, takes the line OF
least resistance. When the rudder
is turned and the boat changes it's
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07
MCKINNEY
On Bridge

BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-07

~ ts
MAY 6. 1947.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22
PACE TWENTY ONE

to have sled a tractor, train and
basketball, ! also have a sister
named Peggy she would like a
stove and a doll and my little
brother jimmie would like a
train and a truck they have been
good too. Don't forget the boy
and girl in other lands.
Charles Hall
PSI also want to basketball and
the thing you throw it in
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-12-22

cowgirl suit with everything
/ needed and we want blackboard
set with everything needed.
Sandra Chapman
Marysville, Ohio
I'm in the 3 grade
Maember 20
Dear Santa Claus
for Christmas / want doll.
puzel ring and a electric stove
candy fruit / leave some apple
pandauty on the table
Francis Compta
Marysville, Ohio
r. F. ID.
Dear Santa Claus
l wish you would send me
some games / haven't a game
But my brother Jerry has lots of
games and | also wish you
would send me bicycle motor
A / wish you send me electric
train to run around the Christ
mas tree / want a b b gun be-
couse there are lots of pheasants
around are place. And l want a
siren for my bicycle.
David Raymond Wagener
Dear Santa Claus
I wish you would give me a
game and a gun and cowboy
suit, and a trater with key on
it. / want a train that would
run on n track: / want a watck.
/ wish you would bring me a
story book and a hook and lad
der truck.
Donald Paver
Dear Santa Claus:
My name is Ronald Cunning
ham, l am six years old and i'm
the first grade at Pharisburg
school. l have been a good boy
this year. My little brother Gary
and | want a carpenter set, steam
shovel, a GENET mixer and
basketball for Christmas. MY
little sister, Sue wants a doll
baby, bed and toy piano.
Ronalyd Cunningham
Dear Slant
| have tried to be a good girl
since last year. / would like a
new red sweater a doll with
some clothes and a nurses set.
Don't forget my brothers and
sister. I'll be looking for you
Thank you
Mary Lou MaMnville
Tuesday Nov l8, l947
Dear Santa Claus
I'm a little girl 6 yrs. old ann
in the Its grade of school at
Pharisburg. | would like for you
to bring me a nurses kit, a car