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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
The Doctor Says
ICELAND VOLCANO
HOT WATER souri,

WASHINGTON. - The sn,o,,
peak of 1celand's Mount u.f,1G
erupting after a cen>nr ,eSIa
quietude, stands in one -; u
most volcanic regions ~ IL
world, says the NationsI" fs
graphic Society. eeo.
In this land of frost .,s
on the fringe of the Arcti9 ~ fne
more than 100 volcanoes hav. .c \
orally thousands of craters IL
lava field covers loo ons
miles. S4usF:
From some Of Iceland,
canic mountains flow 70;
streams Of scalding hot aa'4
Hundreds Of hot springs and .,sf
sers push through glacial IL. s'S
Many homes and buildinas
piped with hot water ana ST., az
from the underground "fIrn, .'a
The same heat grows flower.
vegetables IN hothouses. The @ ".
tional hospital, outdoor sw,rnma ID
pool. and public laundries =. rss
capital. city of Reykjavik are e., us
piled by hot springs. up
Hekla's normally snow tu..
crater, 4,754 feet above sea ls":y
is spotted with black Vent. N1
tending down to Iceland's sShts'
ranean fires. The mountsinsiSn'
scored with deep fissures
gorges. 1t is situated in the no a"a
lous southwest quarter Of th t0p.'
land 10 miles from Reykiay;k "
Previous eruptions poured do..
such quantities of molten Law.
to form a rampant 40 to IN r..
high around the base Of Man,,
Hekla, known as CLOAK Nv.
tain" For miles around tsa.,
eruptions had scattered nun,;''
and red and black cinders. ~.
dering the soil useless for .s r%
culture. In fact. six-sevenths
the Virginia-sized island is ,nr,,
ductive.
Many travellers have climbed !,
Hekla's crater. The island is
far north that summer clinbs,,
can undertake the ascent with,m
fear Of being caught by darknsv
At that season, distant peaks a,
clearly visible even at nidnigh
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Another Change Needed

New Hanover County owns a very
valuable farm. 1t is under the direc-
ton of the same committee as the
County Home, which has been long
headed by Commissioner Trask.
As we'll as can be judged from con-
ditions revealed in an article in the
Wilmington News of yesterday, it is
in as bad a plight as the Home, which
has been repeatedly the object Of criti-
cism.
The only machinery found in work
ing order are q 1926 tractor and a
1916 truck. The News reporter COM
piled this inventory of machinery:
Junk, seven trucks with ailments
ranging from a cracked block to no
motor, one leaning gasoline pump, one
caterpillar tractor.
Still operating are the one new truck
and the 1926 tractor.
Because of the lack of mechanical
equipment, such items as a hay rake,
drag pan, and a disc stand idle.
The reporter also noted that in front
of the implanted barn are two truck
chassis and parts of their bodies and
motors, and nearby, in a heap, pieces
Of plows, rolls of fencing and ancient
wagon wheels. Behind the barn, in
high weeds, was found the remains of
4 farm wagon, it's wheels warped and
splintered.
Mr.. Trask is an eminently success
full farmer in his W right. Naturally
he knows the Importance Of keeping
farm machinery in good order and hav-
ing sufficient to operate a farm of this
size and Importance.
Since it appears he has not applied
his knowledge to the County farms
equipment, it would seem that a change
in the farms administration is quite
rs necessary as in the direction of the
County Home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Fertilizer Pastures

In his discourse before the Kiwanis
club, Frank letter, of the North Caro-
lima Extension Service, State College,
dwelt specifically upon the agricultural
development of the Old North State and
the brighter future for the common
wealth's farmers as they expand their
use of scientific methods.
He revealed one recent discovery in
connection with the cattle industry that
obviously will play an important part
In creating better herds and inevitably
better revenues for cattlemen whether
they raise milk or beef stock.
He said that it has been learned that
by an instinct not fully understood
COWS will pick out ~pasturage that has
beer fertilized although to the human
eye the grazing appears as good in
adjoining unfertilized land. Also, he
said, the stock grazing in fortified
pastures develops better quality than
If it had unfertilized ~pasturage only.
Although the instinct that leads
COWS to desert one fc. the other is
not fully explainable, the results are
easily recognized. The mineral ingred-
tents absorbed by the pasturage from
fortified soil, are needed by the stock,
and the cows know it.
In the South where year-round green
pastures are available with proper
planting this new discovery should
prove invaluable. 1t cannot be broad
cast too widely. For when all is said
and done, the South - not merely
North Carolina, but all Dixie - now
as in generations past counts upon its
soil to create a livelihood for the inhab.
nents. This does not suggest that farm.
ing is the one and only industry. There
are more spindles in the South thar
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
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Written for NEA Service
If you are interested in the
study Of opening leads, here is
one to give consideration to. This
is the hand that eliminated
Morrie Ellis of New York and his
teammates from the Vanderbilt
Cup Tournament, despite the fact
that Ellis is one of the country's
best players on opening leads.
After studying the bidding, what
card would you lead?
Ellis (East) said that he imme-
diatey eliminated a diamond lead
because he was not going to lead
into the suit which his right-hand
opponent had bid, against a six
bid. His next elimination was the
trump suit. With three to the
jack-nine, there was d possibility
Of making up a trump trick. If
his partner held the queen of
trumps, he was practically as
sured of a trump trick unless he
led it.
Now he was down to the heart
and the club, and after S o m e
study he finally led the heart.
You can see what happened. De-
clarer played low from dummy,
West won with the queen, and
later declarer was able to take a
heart finesse and make the con-
tract.
T. Had a c u been opened, the
contract automatically was DOOM
ed to defeat. Ellis said he thought
that the club was as good a lead
as the heart, but with the queen
feminine of clubs, against a six
bid, he might be able to establish
a trick that he would lose with
the lead.
Ellis said that the really tough
part of all this was that Il he
had simply followed the theory
that it does not pay to lead away
from a king, he would have had
to lead a club, but neither he nor
any other expert believes in rules
that begin with never"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Literary

BY BILL GLOVER
THE SEA.
by Ferdinand c. Ian.
Doubleday; 49,.

by Ferdinand C. Ian.
Doubleday; S3).
Pull up a chair and settle down
with this if the ocean has never
seemed to be much more than
lot of water Or a realm for In,
scientific few.
Lane, who has been a colleu
lecturer in science, philosophy
history and journalism, contdu
The has never let business inta.
lfere with his main Interests ID
life. Those interests total up pre-:
|ty much to the sea and its lore
for Lane has spent a good shan
of the half century since leayR
his Minnesota farmland cradt
to travelling the one and prom!
the other.
A beginners encyclopedia. "Th
Mysterious Sea" is written with
pace and interest that fortunatsF
avoid for The most part the cor
descension Of oversimplificr
ton and the discontinue Of tM
much science.
Starting in with the possible
methods of primordial creation d
the mighty waters, the story tah4
up in logical turn the aweson'
magnitude of the oceans geos
raphy, the colorful pattern Of
their carpets, the fabulous variety
Of life, and so on into the sagasd
the argonauts, the iusty deeds o.
the v~aillains, the mysteries o.
vanishing islands and i'll = Starred
ships. Anything and everything
which touch on Or relate to TIT
great deeps are duly discussed
There's many a fascinating fac
to be cleaned, and the entire WORK
neatly integrates into a succe"
full effort to impart enthusiasm
interest and information on mt
world-girdling waters OF the ss"f
seas (Which Lane will have you
know are three oceans, NOV
exactly).
FLIGHT FROM THE CITY,
by Ralph Borsodi (School "
Living; $2.75)
When Ralph Borsodl ls
achieved notice and disciples .!
publishing this story OF his sg
sistence farming adventures M
far from the biggest Of all Ams..
can cities, America was IN m
depths Of the depression. NO"
is being re-published, he says
fore the biggest Of all cTa'As.
But all the people need DO ne
sists. is to turn to and proua"
their own shelter and food 10 quo.
antee their security and 10 y"
freedom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

nents of cotton material, robes cf
buffalo skin, deerskin garments
and sandals, and robes of woven
rabbit skin sometimes trimmed
with turkey feathers.
The mother was the head of the
family. Each village had its elect
ed governor and a war chief and
priests. Religion was very impor-
tant and there Wer many cere-
monies.
South of the Southwestern area
was the Nahua area-southern
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Star Dust
Fire and Water

Fire and Water
THE, burnt child breads the
fire" is not true of the Sicilian
neighbors of Mt. Etna, whose
latest eruption is one of over 80
recorded in history. Most people
would think this a bad region to
live in, but the Sicilians seem to
indulge in the wishful thought
that another outbreak will not
come in their time. :
Americans who think them
foolhardy should reflect that
many areas in our own United
States are subject to bad floods,
in some cases, annually, which is
far oetener than the Etna erup-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Keep Your Money Working

President Truman and his Cabinet,
gathered to study the price situation,
heard a report from the chairman of
the Economic Council, DR.. Edwin G..
Nourse, which pointed out the need of
price reductions "far enough" to halt
wage increase demands and prevent
another strike wave with consequent
loss of production, unemployment and
ultimate depression.
The. report is based on facts gather
ed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and is reputed to paint a clear picture
of desperate times ahead unless some
thing is done to turn back the price
tide which rose so high and so quickly
as government controls were with
drawn.
From the tone of present newspaper
advertising everywhere, something is
being done to correct the harmful con-
ditions. Manufacturers and merchants,
facing unprecedented buyer resistance,
have begun slashing prices, a move
ment which promises to bring bust
ness generally back, or at least much
nearer, to normal than it has been
since the wal and it's tremendous waste
and extravaganza in government con-
tracts, together with high wages, sent
them far above an equitable level.
Following Easter the nations news
papers were filled with bargain ad-
vertisments which seemed, conscious
ly or not, to be in response to the needs
set forth in Doctor Nourse's report.
Now the question is, will the buying
public react to the trend as fully as
it should for the benefit of the bust
ness world, or continue the resistance
that brought the change about? The
ultimate decision of what Americans
are to experience in the time ahead
rests squarely with the people.
We recall that as the last great de-
preston was getting under way Mary
Roberts Rhinehart published an article
in the Ladies Home Journal in which
she urged the people to take their
hoardings out of hiding and put them
to work by buying even more literally
than before the hard times arrived.
Her idea was that if enough money
were kept in circulation confidence
would be re-established and the depres-
sion literally die aborning. It was not
a bad idea, either, even if it was not
generally accepted. For confidence is
at the root of good times and can be
established or maintained only when
spending is at a normal level.
This does not mean that persons
who have laid away a few dollars
should scatter them to the winds, so
to speak. But it does mean that with
a price recession in progress and every
body needing many of the necessities
of comfortable life there should be no
holding back from essential purchas-
ing.
There is no surer way to prevent
depression than by keeping money at
work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

am not sure yet, even after two years,
whether the Germans really recognize the
benefits Of peace and the stupidity Of war
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

W. cannot continue to tolerate emergency
teachers. It is just as sensible to recruit in
competent teachers as it is to recruit midwives
to practice medicine Just because We need
neapolis Schools Superintendent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

Until we get universal disarmament on a
disciplined basis, we cannot afford to disarm
alone, and if we do disarm alone we shall lose
all our influence and all our authority to dis
arm others.-Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
of Michigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

Try the British diet for a few weeks and
see how you feel. I mean by that, get along
for just a few weeks without milk, fruit juices,
eggs. red meat and other things that we now
take as a matter Of course.-Hugh Baillie,
president United Press.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
GOOD MORNING

Hope is the best part of our riches. What
sufficeth 1t that we have the wealth of the
Indies in our pockets, if we have not the
hope of heaven in our soulS?-Bovee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

If you want to raise a nice Nazi, let the
baby scream. Don't fondle him or give him
any pleasure.-Dr. John c. Montgomery, De-
troit pediatrist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

Only the ineptitude of government can
prevent the chronological expansion that now
pecKons to higher standards Of living.-Robert
Manufa cturers, "
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

tons. Yet this does not keep W.
residents from living there "
returning after the waters nav
gone down.-Reidsville Revue"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

We dare not present to the world a pic,
ture OF a pacifist America picture of Uncle
Sam with a chip on each shoulder and both
arms in a sling.-Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg
r of Michigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

The thing which you had better do if you
find anything you like for it's own sake
is to get a bit Of power, ordering people about.
Prof. c. E. M. Joad, BIC official, to West
minister, England, schoolboys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

Military policy must support foreign policy
put military policy must never make foreign
polcy.-Admi. Thomas C. Kinkaid,
er Eastern Sea Frontier,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
MCKINNEY
On Bridge

BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-05
Mrs. Fernald To Speak
 At Protestant Aid Meeting

Mrs. Charles Fernald, repre- sentative of the National Coun- cil of the Presbyterian Church, will be guest speaker at next Wednesdays meeting of the Ladies' Aid of the United Pro- testant Church. The meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. A. A. Rempel.
 Mrs. Gernald is making a tour of all Presbyterian churches and missions in Alaska. She was in attendance at the recent Sitka conference, where she spoke daily.
 Program session of the We'd nesday aid meeting is expected to begin at 2 o'clock that after noon.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-05
Wedding Plans
 Are Announced

The coming marriage of Mrs. Genevieve Hilderman to Matt Perkins was announced this week. Tentative date for the cere- mony has been fixed for Nov. IA.
 Mrs. Hilderman, whose home is in Des Moines, Wash, only re- gently came to Alaska. She is employed in Palmer in the office of the Alaska Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Corp.
 MT. Perkins, owner of the Shamrock bar, is a longtime Val ley residents. The pair plan to make their home in Palmer.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-05
Community Calendar
FRIDAY

FRIDAY ALUMNI-HIGH SCHOOL bas- ketball game in Palmer gym. CARNIVAL at Palmer school. Concessions open at 7:30 pm, Dancing in gym at 9 pm.
 SATURDAY NOR HOMEBREAKERS meet at home of Mrs. Richard Mohan. 8:3O pm. HIGH SCHOOL-ARMY basket ball game in Palmer Gym.
 MONDAY FOUR-H COUNCIL meets in Ex- tension office. 8 pm.
 TUESDAY LUTHERAN CHOIR PRACTICE at church. 7::30 pm. WASILLA GRANGE meets in Community Hall at 8 D. m.
 Wednesday CHAMBER OF COMMERCE luncheon at Lutheran church. Noon.
 UNITED PROTESTANT Ladies Aid meets at church. LUTHERAN LADIES AID meets at home of Mrs. Eino Wertan-
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-05
Visits Here

M. E. s. Brunelle, clerk of the Third District Court at An chorage, was Valley visitor last Thursday.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-11-05
Classified Ads
FOR SALE

HEATROLA, coal and wood; Al condition, nearly new; $50 takes it. See Walkers at Buff falo Mine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-10
A REAL BATTLE

The move on the part of a few SoutheS1t Alaska Indians, aided by the Department of the Interiors Office of Indian Affairs and Alaska Native Service, and apparently Delegate Bob Bartlett to block pend ing legislation which would open forests to pulp and paper development this year has developed into real battle.
 The people of Ketchikan and Petersburg are especially up in since these communities would benefit most materially from the establishment of new large industry However all of Alaska would gain
 The Alaska Native Brotherhood camp of Ket- chikan, meanwhile, has adopted and sent to Wash ington resolution which states that the Ketchikan Indians favor the legislation permitting the timber sale now proving that all of the Indians have not taken the selfish destructive attitude expressed by the four who recently appeared in Washington: Territorial Senator Frank Peratrovich, Representa- tives Frank Johnson and Andrew Hope, and Fred Grant of Hydaburg
 Had there been opposition to the pending legislation permitting the sale of the timber it is likely that by this time Southeast Alaska would have been assured of least two mills perhaps more. Secretary of the Interior Krug estimates this can support six mills each employing in the woods and the mill 1000 workers, total of 12,000 new jobs and much than that in additional perma nent population.
 The proposed legislation provided that the funds from the sale of the timber would be put in held until it determined whether not the Indian claims were valid. It would have hurt no one But the Indians who have succeeded in blocking the paper mills could not see beyond their selfish
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-10

by strongest pressure group on Capitol HilD, see-nothing, hear nothing COP Senator Rsvercomb stated T know of no such organ ization" The American Elm bassy in Moscow has sent the State Department a unique report on the famous Russian comedian, Utesov, head of the Soviet state jazz orchestra. Utesov's jokes are sometimes inspired by the Krem- lin, and here is his latest line, as reported Q the State Department: Certain unfriendly nations" he says, claim they have the atomic bomb, but they'll find that Russia has the atomic bomb and lots more, too" American diplomats don't know whether this is a joke or deadly serious But anyway, the Embassy considered it important enough to send to Washington. Solicitor General Charley Fa- hey will resign as legal adviser to the Secretary of State. Ernest Gross, an ex-colonel and a good man, aill take his place.
 tcoPYRyGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-10
BATHTUBS AND EUROPE

Despite the critical shortage of cast iron for domestic uses, the Commerce Department last week det ided to lift all export controls on the shipments of lavatories and bathtubs abroad.
 Story behind this is that plumb ing-1iXeure manufacturers have produced enough lavatories and bathtubs to equip more than a mil- lion new housing units in the Uni ted States during the current year. They had every reason to expect that these new homes would he built in l947-but now they won't be-
 The lifting of price controls by Congress has so crippled the hous- ing program that the plumbing fixture industry is saddled with a huge backlog of bathtubs and lav- atories for which there is no home market. So the Commerce De- pertinent, to rescue the bathtub manufacturers. decided to let them sell to foreign customers.
 Another example of the short sighi-dness ot Congressman like Fred Hartley of New Jersey and those who pull the wires in the rcal-estatc lobby
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-10
The Wrong Weapon
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer
 Some thousands of coal miners in Pennsylvania are idle for no clear-cut reason They not strik ing Evidently they are acting in protest against the new labor law passed by Congress and sent to the White House-for veto signature. The walkout IS not widespread and is unlikely to have any influence on the Presidents action But if it does have any influence it will be to encourage his signature Of the bill For this walkout illustrates one of the abuses which have grown up in the labor movement.
 That abuse is the and more frequent use of the strike as a political weapon. Additionally, the strike is of strengthening the demand Of work for pay increases, or shorter working hours or some similar benefit When the strike is used, whether openly surrepttiously, a means of at tempting to coerce Congress or the President 1t be- comes revolutionary weaDon-a weapon of direct action-to suppant the recognized methods of exer- cising influence in political affairs.
 In France recently we have seen the used openly by the Communist party as an instrument coercion against the government And there IS some doubt whether the coalition cabinet of Paul Ramadier could withstand the direct pressure of Communist controlled unions, if these to act in concert. Democracy as we know it and France has known it could not survive this substitution of direct action for the normal process of the ballot and legislative debate.
 Our problem in America $ n no sense as acute But it is worth noticing that the Pennsylvania miners are using precisely the revolutionary technique that the Communist unions of France have adopted. The threat to system of democratic self govern ment although remote is no less rea:.
 It is likely that most labor groups in America will realize this, and will not sanction any widespread use of the strike other of industrial stoppage a device for coerch-S government. For II they accept that means of political action, they are laying the foundations for dictatorship And there is no country in the world not the Soviet Union, where labor have thrved under dictatorship. They children of the democratic system and they ! will perish under any other system.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-10
AIR PILOTS PAY

The Government nas been Guck- ing one factor which some Civil Acronautics officials contend to be a root cause of recent air crash cs-namely, pilots pay
 Las. year, during the VIVA stlike, the public got the impres- sicn that pilots receive fantastic salaries-between sl5,O00 and $20,- eco year, However, the only pilots who earn such pay are those who fly the oceans. In the USA pilots earn base pay of from Sl85 to $500 a month which they get whether they fly or not, The real money comes from the numt CT Of hours they spend in the air There fore, if pilot is to make a high salary he has to spend maximum number of hours in the air Some times this leads to taking chances
 Airlines have contended they might not get as much work out of pilots if they paid guaranteed an- nual wage, but, on the other hand some Civil Aeronautics officials be- lievs that they wouldn't be as many crashes if pay scales were changed.
 Truth is that airline pilots get srueling training before they qual- fly, have to maintain sharp physi- cal standards, earn every cent they make.