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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Brookshire Named
To Attend National
Distributors Meeting

GOLDSBORO, Nov. Is. -
Dewey Brookshire, New Han
over High school senior was
elected from the area to serve
on the board Of delegates of the
North Carolina Distributive
Education club at ceremonies in
Goldsboro, it was announced
here today.
Brookshire and Alonzo Walton
from the New Hanover & h
school were representatives OF
the area. Brookshire will attend
the national Distributors c b
meeting in Washington, April Is.
T. T. Hamilton, principal OF
the school attended by Brook
shire said 1--WE are very happy
to learn that one of our students
were selected as one of the six
students in the state to attend
the national convention to be
held in April. 1t is a worthy
recognition of the student select
ed" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Mr.. Reuther's Proposition

When initiation was little more than a
whirlwind kicking up the dust in our eco
nomic fields, all emphasis was on increased
wages to meet the upward tendency of a
spiral that has become so powerfully dan
gerous that Congress is re-convening to try
to stop it.
AS the cost of living whirled upward, the
nation sought to meet it with higher pay.
Thus, it walked right into a vicious circle.
AS labor costs climbed, so did prices. 1t
is simply a policy of eXpediency and, to-
day. if anyone knows how it can be halted
he will be mighty welcome on Capitol Hill
tomorrow.
But there is hope because the emphasis
heretofore placed on wages seems to be
shifting to the other end of the line-prices
AS an outstanding example, Walter Reuther
recently reelected president of the CIOs
United Automobile Workers, has demanded
that Congress cut the country's price level
by "a minimum Of II per cent or the union
will seek another wage boost.
Mr.. Reuther says, in effect, we uon't van
any more money if II cents purchasing
power can be restored to the dollar. His
political opponents in the union, who suf-
fered a terrific beating at the Atlantic City
convention, are anxious to start a new wage
drive immediately with little emphasis on
prices. Undoubtedly, they're thinking that
this old play has worked before, so why mo-
use it again?
II - - h. L11oI +Ln+ Lo,a o,o ~,o 1,Lo,
leaders looking upon the situation as Mr..
Reuther does. He has seen that the lacking
on of additional cents to the dollar has had
a ~momentarily beneficial effect but has
cheapened it in the long run. Some will
argue that lower prices mean lower income.
That's true, unless production is boosted,
But wouldn't it be better to begin a gradual
cut-back now than to run the risk, which
the whole country is doing, of a sudden
drop?
We think so.
And SO does the Wilmington housewife
who commented a few days ago that she
would prefer a 10 per cent decrease in the
price of groceries to a similar boost in per-
centage in her husbands pay-check.
"Why?" she was asked.
Because" she replied, "%everytime salaries
60 up 10 per cent, the cost of living appears
to advance II to Is per cent. If a person
received a fixed increase in his or her
salary every week, then groceries would be
just that much higher or more every week
end. Eventually you would lave to carry
your money to the market in a wheelbar-
row. Which is what some housewives did
in this world before their countries col
lapsed and entered a depression ended only
by preparations for another war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Good Selection

Those in charge of the visit of the Free
dom train here December 10 should be glad
to know that their decision to place it at the
shipyard has met with almost universal ap-
proval since announcement of the site was
made recently.
The wisdom of this selection is supported
for several good reasons.
Chief among them is that the location is
we'll removed from customary traffic con-
gestion, there is ample parking space FOL
visitors and numerous streets and roads
leading to the site. All these are important
factors when it is considered how many Will
mingtonians and others will want to visit
the train during its one-day stay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

interesting to note that men are
evidently more eager to have a
Federal law than women.
Eighty percent of males favcr
the proposal and Is per cent Of
women.
The issue is one of those from
which little or no political
capital can be made because
the fact that a voter is a Re-
publican or Democrat makes
very little difference in his
opinion about community
property tax laws.
An odd quirk is revealed by
comparing the opinion of citi-
zens who enjoy tax savings
from split income returns with
those who do not. Residents of
the thirteen community proper
ty states give a slightly higher
vote to spreading the tax saw
ings to the rest of the nation
than those who do not have the
privilege.
Official estimates, based en-
split income tax returns, place
the approximate annual revenue
loss to the Federal government
at $500, 600, 900 were the COM
munity property law to become
applicable to all 48 states. Only
married couples with more than
So, 800 income would benefit.
Eight states whose laws de-
rive from early Spanish and
French laws have long h d
community property provisions;
those states are: California, Ne
vada, Texas, Louisiana, New
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
The Gallup Poll
Voters Think Husband-W Wife Should
Split Income To Reduce Tax Bills
BY GEORGE GALLUP
Director American Institute Of
Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. is.
If American voters had their
way all married couples in the
country would be allowed to
split their income in order to
reduce their tax bills.
AS things stand now only resi-
dents in thirteen states and the
Territory of Hawaii have thi S
privilege. Thus Federal income
tax laws discriminate against
citizens of IS states having no
such community property" ar
rangement.
Observers in Washington now
believe that a Federal commu-
nifty property law is almost GER
tain to be included in any legis-
lation passed by Congress to
grant az relief. Recent Insti-
tute polls show that the tel
would meet with overwhelming
approval from voters through
out the country.
Last March when only eight
states had community property
provisions in their tax laws, and
today, when five additional
states have passed similar regu-
lations, the Institute asked this
question:
"For purposes of income
taxes, in thirteen (eight) states
a man and wife can divide their
income equally between them
selves to reduce their income
tax. Should married couples IN
the other states be allowed to
do the same?"
The replies:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, and
Washington.
Five other states have passed
avs to give their citizens the
same benefit; they are: Okla
homa, Oregon, Nebraska, Penn
sylvania, and Michigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
GOOD MORNING

Despise not prOpheSy1ngs|. IheSSa-
lOnians $40.
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life.
The evening beam that smiles the clouds
away,
And tints tomorrow with prophetic ray!
byron.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Mr.. Spearma%n',
Literary
Lantern
o ny wALTER sPEARN,>,

|, Old Jeeter Lester hAN
i mo1s Of ]r 5EsS,ns essld ssei3I - :
Ln nave liked ed Molly Bo~ss- Would
e es,r of his latest nove IIS'n5ea
cure sqns Hand Of God. '''E @n III
S!oan and Pearce Nv eO1eu
York. 243 PIP. s2.75j, me- New
l., Despite her hard h,o,
binding girdle, M eItS and her
GENIAL soul, willing to d Vas i
happier When she came a III,
from her husbands fu or,1,S home
moaned a bit. There's 6 ID, sa'
IN the whole wide world nothing
imam losing the man r Worse
counted on to support vo, y .
sad: It's a godforsaken 'S 81 s'
f a1aa what it is" But '; a .,s
glasses OF Wine and a xbo, lev
yltamlns in her body b r, o" ..
back her optimism-and' usa'
was ready to look for sn. S'
man or a Job for hereat 0als,
a husband for her 16,vesrss2ts
daughter, Lily. S'VIt
Molly's plans were Unset w..
her brother-in-law. Jet I'sh
Bowser, moved in on her w
the boy next door, Perry T sIa
ter, fell in love with LiIv 1 In',
when she was trying to fit ' ~,
travelling salesman, Bo. ILL.,
Ballard, into her personal n1sr ,'
Christine Bigbee, the preac s,er,
wife, came in for a vitamjn ,h.,
and remained to take over ' ,S.
travelling salesman. "W5at vi,
life for the female element
sighed Molly.
the book and Molly's attenr.
There is rough good humor /,
to get a job at a local dro,
shop and to keep Jethro Bow.
in his place are hilarious. Hay
ever, Mr.. Caldwell seems ia i
reworking the old "po" whit
trash" mine of Tobacco Road
and the ore is not so rich ,
it once was. In fact, the ma
dirt seems to have less an
less pay and more and MAJ
dirt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

Even more than our natural sympathy
is involved in this great appeal. Our peace
and our prosperity-our very sytem of free
life-are at stake:-Secretary of Commerce
Hartman, in his address on food conserva-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

There is no doubt in my mind that the
Republicans Will elect a President in 1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

The light produced by a bos, .
Rican lantern fly is suttlcleny .
enable a man to read a ne"sp"
per by it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

What ls~the use of living while hatrec
and klllng nave marred the atmospheric
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

Because the issue involves in
comes of married couples it IS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
CHRISTMAS CAROL

~JS oHJ IA y III 81 '
novel, CAS- the Earth Turns
was a popular Book-of.t.,
Month club selection and later
a successful motion picture. He
latest book, "While the Anse,
sing" is a sugar-candy cane ia.
the Christmas tree. (The Mac,
MILAN Company, New York. ia
PIP. $3.50
This is the warm and loving
story of Grandmother Monop
and Christmas with her
daughter, Julie, the perfect wifi,
and good neighbor; jules hus.
band. Horace, who is dub Gus
about so much Christmas spirit
but turns out to be a good Sana
Claus; and their children
Young Horace, Pete and Babt
The Thompsons are a pleasant
family and their Christmas
problems. sorrows and JOYS
make pleasant reading, a littls
on the sentimental side out
after all, isn't Christmas a sent
mental season? And III.
Thompson family did learn 10
listen "While the Angels sing
CHRISTMAS FOR THE YOUNG
With the holiday season ap'
preaching, it is well to discover
some of the better new boo1
for younger readers that will b.
real assets to their shelves
rather than more trash to clJt-
ter up the house.
One of the most interesting
recent collections is "The QUIZ
Kids Book of Stories and
Poems," published by the Fls,
ing Press, New York City. Ge
pp. $3.50 Radios famous QUIZ
Kids were asked to name theI
favorite stories and poems, ana
here are some 90 Of their Sc
lections, with illustrations BY
Richard Dawson and with TIE
comments of the kids them
selves as to why they like ne
stories. Included are such Ola
favorites as fairy stories by us
Brothers Grimm and HanS
Christian Anderson, Joel Cham
er Harris "The Tar-Ba0N,
Howard Plye's "Robin Ho''
and poems by Shakesoe'JS'
Burns, Frost, Milne, Stevenson,
Eugene Field, Celett BurssS
and Lewis Carroll. Under me"
stories we meet Little Women
Tom Sawyer, winnie-the-P 90,
and DR.. Dolittle. The book y
a genuine treasure chest ~.
nightly reading aloud to yo"'
sters of various ages.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16
Yes No Opin
March, 1947 ....74% 1919 16%
TODAY ..77 6 II

As would be expected the sec
tons of the population presuma-
bly, better off financially favor a
nationally uniform ruling more
strongly than those with smaller
incomes. This is shown by the
following table:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

FOF
Federal
Com No
munity OPP Opin-
Law pose ion
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-16

SUNDAY. NOVEMBER Is, 1947
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
EXCHANGE CLUB
HOLDS MEETING

Members of the Wilmington Elk
change club heard the president
of the National Exchange, William
Spear, over a wire recording ma
chine at their regular luncheon
meeting held in the Friendly cafe
terra civic room yesterday after
noon.
The wire recording was pre-
sented by Ronald R. Stewart, man
ager of Sears, Roebuck Co.
through the medium of a silve.
tone recorder with the transcript
ton being made possible by
recording made Of the president a,
be addressed the state member
in Asheville last Saturday evening
J. W. Copeland, executive di
rector of the Brigade Boys club,
was the guest speaker at the meet
ing and he reviewed the organi-
cation of the club and summer
activities.
Copeland emphasized the i'm
portance of guidance and volun-
teer workers for aiding the 315
members in their crafts.
Other honorary guests of the
club were Comfy Rogers, member
now residing at Miami, Fla, and
William Montgomery, former di-
rector of the Boys Brigade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
FIFTEEN INJURED
IN W. VA. CRASH
Automobile Rams Street
Car During Afternoon
Workers Rush Hour

WHEELING, w. Va, Aug. %.
-(R- Fifteen persons were injur-
ed, at least seven of them serious
ly, when an automobile crashed
into a street a safety zone
crowded with afternoon workers
and shoppers here today.
At least three children were
among those hurt.
Police Chief Alonzo Hixenbaugh
identified the driver of the car as
Mrs. Albert A.. Frey, SIS, Of St.
Clairsville, o. The chief escort
ed her to police headquarters for
questioning, with prosecuting At
torney Charles l.. Ihlenfeld also
present.
The impact of the car knock
ed over one of the concrete boxes
protecting the safety zone.
Two or three of the injured per-
sons were knocked under the
wheels of a bits that "a standing
nearby, police said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Four Persons Injured
In Locker Room Blast
AT Philly City Hall

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %. -W.D
- Four men, including three
detectives, were injured by flying
glass today when a locker ex-
plosion flashed through the mar
cotics bureau in city hall.
City chemist Charles Lambert
said the blast apparently was
caused by combustlble materials
stored in the locker.
The expulsion, a Sudden report
followed by clouds of grayish-blue
fumes, twisted a 10Y of 10 lockers,
shattered windows in the room
and cracked wall plaster.
Detectives LILLIAN Leinhauser,
Michael Iannarella and Frank
O'Brien, in the office at the time,
suffered slight cuts. Arthur Zeldin,
who was leaving the office after
receiving a gun permit from
O'Brien, sustained multiple cuts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Fascist Powers Lost War
By World Party Hatred

|vate property holdings to s1mpll-
fy control OF wealth.
@Communism favors state own
ed farms, but Fascist agriculture
is built around an agricultural class
which produces according to a
state program.
The report itself noted that Fas-
cism in Germany, Italy and Japan
differed in many details, but said
that all those countries built up
the Overwhelming importance Of
the state"
This was accomplished. it said,
by sacrificing many facets IN the
life of the common people, includ-
ing free use of leisure time, labor
union rights and forcible carteliza-
ton of business enterprises.
But the Fascist regimes toppled,
it added, because they could thrive
only on military victories and be-
cause the states were '1imited by
the intellectual, physical and emo
tional capacities of their leaders.
"By feeding upon and tanning
the hatred of groups both at home
and abroad" it concluded, "Fas-
cisms built up such hatred in the
world that they we're ultimately
consumed by it."
The report recalled the SQUAD
bling among Nazi leaders and their
attempts to gain power. This
alone, it said, should dispell the
popular impression" that Fas-
cism is an efficient form of gov
eminent.
Patman called for "fearless ex-
posure" of pro-fascist organiza-
tons in the United States and warn
ed that fascism sis an eve pres
ent danger to democracy"
He urged that the nations edu-
cational system be bolstered to
fight unAmerican creeds and said
that full employment els a prime
necessity in the defeat of fascism.
He called for steps to increase
American living standards, to alert
labor unions to the dangers of
Fascism and to make certain that
the existing government operates
honestly and efficiently"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Mamma From Heaven

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-U.H-
There was mama from heaven
for the bowery boys today.
Derelicts with eagerly cupped
hands dived out of doorways
and cutters to catch the nectar
that flowed when a truck, load
ed with 1000 bottles of whiskey,
crashed into an 81" pillar on
the bowery.
1t was the biggest toast on the
town the buns could remember
and they went to work on a
"lost week end" until only a
puddle was left.
Truck driver Nicholas Gar
zano and his helper, Tony Yer
rome, went to the hospital with
minor injuries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Obituaries

LUTHER CALVIN EDMONDS
FAIR BLUFF, Aug. 22-Funera!
services for Luther Calvin Ed
monds. Sc. 4 former resident OF
Fair Bluff who resided at st.
Louis, Mo-, will be held Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
Chapel of Meares Funeral Home.
Interment will follow in the family
cemetery on Edmond's Place. He
died Tuesday.
Fdmonds, vice-president and
and sales-manager of the Wrought
Iron Rande Co., St. Louis, had
been employed by the COMPANY
for 81 years.
He was born in Columbus coun'
ty, the son of the late James Pur'
dee Edmonds and Nellie Ander
son Edmonds.
Mr.. Edmonds was & veteran o.
the first world war and comman
der of the Fair Bluff American
Legion Post during the secone
world war. He also was a mem
Der of the Fair Bluff Masoni,
Lodge, Wilmington Consistory O
Scottish rite, Sudan Temple, ant
the New Bern Mystic Shrine, ant
the st. Louis Chamber of Com
merce.
He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Ruth Goldsmith Edmonds
two brothers, S. M, of Mullins
S. c., and J. C. Edmonds of Fai
Bluff; one sister, Mrs. Leon En-
zor of Nichols, S. c., nine neph
ews and three nieces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
BY BILL KEZIAH
Star Correspondent

SOUTHPORT, Aug. %. Tired
of having to give an indefinite ans
wer Of, Il don't know" to the
twenty-year old question as to
when Southport is going to build
"a modern hotel, nine or ten South.
port citizens, without any meet.
ing or prior discussion, plunked
down pledges to buy about as
many thousand dollars worth OF
stock in a hotel corporation.
Getting these pledges required
about half an hour. Pledges were
signed as fast as parties could be
seen. The effort was instigated by
Lewis ]. Hardee, local seafood pro-
Queer, who pledged the purchase
stock, as did James M. Harper,
S. B. Frink, D. C. Herring, E. H.
Arlington, F. P. Fodale, O. B.
Hart, R. C. St. George, j. R. Jones,
G. W. McGlamery and M. r.
Sanders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Standard Oil Extends
ALLEGATION Oh Gasoline
Ia Midwestern States

CHICAGO, Aug. %. -U.D- The
Standard Oil company of Indiana
announced today that it would ex-
tend for two more months its pres
ent policy of allocating gasoline
supplies to dealers and customers
in IL midwestern states.
The plan, originally scheduled
to end the last day of this month,
will now continue through Septem-
Der and October for all Standard S
customers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, North and South
Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
CARTER GETS THREE
YEAR SUSPENDED
SENTENCE IN COURT

Charles Carter, 81, suspended
superintendent of the county farm,
was handed a three-year suspend
ed sentence yesterday by Superior
Court Judge Leo Carr.
Clarence Groom. As. was given
five-months on the county farm.
Both were found guilty in con-
nection with the loss of $500 from
Eldridge Fergus near a South
Front street wine shop. A jury
previously had found the pair
guilty.
The court first sentenced the
two to 10 months on the county
road. However. after further tes'
timony was introduced the flna.
sentences were passed upon.
Bill Davis. found guilty of VIC
lation of the liquor law in connec'
ton with the operation of an es'
tablishment on the Carolina Beach
road, drew a 5000 fine and costs
He was placed on probation fol
two years.
A jury found him innocent Of
selling liquor, and possession Of
liquor with intent to sell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Southport Citizens Seek
Answer To Hotel Problem

The above represents only the
folks who were seen. An around
the town effort will be made Thurs,
day and Friday 40 ascertain how
much stock can be sold locally.
From indications this will be a
considerable sum, with more money
o~DlalnaDle from out of town sourc.
es.
The goal is for funds for a mod
ern structure Of not less than SO
rooms. Disguised with the lack Of
hotel facilities that has always ex-
listed here and with the recogni-
ton that the need should be rem.
idied, the general demand is for
the whole thing or nothing. When,
and if, sufficient stock is pledg-
ed by local and outside parties, a
meeting will be called, a corpora
ton formed and the charter applied
for with hopes of being able to
start construction during the whit
er or spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. -U.E-
The fascist powers failed to win
World War II because they Quilt
up such a worldwide hatred OF
fascism it finally destroyed them,
a report prepared by Liberty OF
Congress experts on "fasclsm IN
action: said today.
The controversial study was
made at the request Of Wright Pat
man. D., Tex, who warned IN a
foreword that there are many
strong symptoms Of fascism IN
our wv democratic society"
.'This movement in the United
States m~asquerades under other
names than the discredited one OF
Fascism," he said, "but whatever
it may be called, its peculiar
characteristics are alarmingly evil
dent"
The report, a companion to last
years Communism in. action"
was made public on authorization
of the house after weeks of bitter
debate.
DR.. Ernest S. Griffith, who di-
rected the experts of the library's
legislative reference service in
preparing the report, made a
comparison of fascism and COM
munism in the preface. He did so,
he said, to prevent Communists
from taking any aid or comfort
from the exposing Of the other
major form of totalitarianism."
He said there appeared to be
no fascist equivalent to the Com
munist program of world revolu-
ton, although the Rome-Berlin'
Tokyo axis ~"potentially had inter
national aspects" He listed these
major differences:
Communism is frankly atheis
tic and intolerant of religion, bu'
Fascism attacks specific religious
groups and practices because they
stand in the way of the full
achievement of the Fascist pro
gram.
PA Communist frowns on pri'
vate property and nationalizes in
dustries, banks, and agriculture
while Fascism develops large pri'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
|C0PS CONTINUE
COUSIN CHASE
Judge Allows Youths Fiji.
teen-M Minute Headstart
To Elude Police

BALTIMORE, Aug. %. -(PN
Two young cousins still eluded the
law today after a judge gave them
a 15-minute headstart and said he
didn't like it" when a swarm Of
cops besieged the courthouse and
tried to arrest the lads. e.
The 15-minute handicap which
Judge Michael J. Manley gave
William H. Miller, 18, and George
R. Miller, 20, of Manchester, Md,
expired at 3:01 p. M. yesterday.
They and three others were ar
rested on warrants sworn out in
Pennsylvania charging them with
the theft of airplane parts at a
Hanover, Pa, airport.
The Millers first won their way
out of jail, where they had been
held on extradition warrants, when
Judge Manley issued a writ OF
habeas corpus. An assistant at
torney general had told him he be-
lieved the Millers innocent and re-
ported the victim of the theft had
decided not to press the charges.
But prosecutors called in police
and ordered the cousins arrest
as soon as they left the courtroom
on fugitive warrants expected mo-
mentarily from Pennsylvania.
"You should have seen it," Judge
Manley said today. "They hae
captains, lieutenants, detectives
and about every cop in downtown
Baltimore up here. They blocked
the doors and the Railways.
"There wasn't any legal reason
ing in what I did - just a practi
cal spirit of fair play for innocen
boys pestered by the police.
81 couldn't forbid their arrest
but I could give them a chance
Another judge up here did it once
before"