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Evening star., 1947-02-24
On the Record
By Dorothy Thomson

Charges against British Imperialism
have rung the welkin from the liberal
platforms and press of the United States
during and since the war.
But actually what has been happen
ing since the war is hitherto unknown
in the history of empires. Great Britain,
having just won great war, is dissolv-
ing her empire.
Mr.. Attlee has announced that what
ever the conditions, British rule in India
will end not later than June, 1948.
(Americans clamored, "set dateline.O y
Great Britain is leaving Egypt.
Great Britain is laying the Palestine
mandate before the United Nations.
1t has been clear for months that
Great Britain would do all these things.
Her efforts in India have been sincere.
Her pledges to Egypt were sincere.
Great Britain has been urged on in
all these moves by the dominant opin-
ion in the United States - from Col.
Robert Mccormick of the Chicago Trib-
une to Henry A. Wallace.
Oddly enough, however the mood of
the most thoughtful Americans is one
of nluted alarm.
For the passing of empires has not
usually been a pleasant, orderly affair.
On the contrary, the lesson of history
is that when great empire dissolves,
anarchy and then another empire usu-
ally move into the vacuum created. 1t
is the exception rather than the rule
that power is securely and permanently
passed to those to whom it is relin-
quished. Who, for instance, is the efec-
tive ruler today of the component states
of the Austro- Hungarian Empire, dis
solved in 1918?
Usually the dissolution of empires, by
the creation of new opportunities and
temptations, has been the cause Of new
aggressions and new wars. This might
be proved again If liberated" India,
or factions within it, gravitated toward
another empire. such as one on India S
very borders. If India becomes an area
Of noninterference by all great powers,
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Fried SuIt Pork

The countryman wishes it under
stood that he is not fussy about his
foods, merely particular. Now that
all kinds of fresh meat are filling
store counters he hopes that the
matter of fried salt pork will not
lapse into position which it does
not deserve. A man is entitled to
his opinion regarding foods. One
can be just as intransigeant and
contrary as he wishes-if he does
not unduly come into friction with
the prerogatives of his peers.
In upholding fried salt pork,
boiled potatoes and butter Laced,
cream enriched white milk gravy,
one is not necessarily placing this
combination above roast beef, roast
pork, fried chicken or spareribs and
dressing. All that is intended is to
ask that proper recognition and
occasional obeisance be given this
use of hog meat. There are history
and tradition in fried salt pork. For
two centuries in the growth of a
pioneering Nation it was staple food
from spring until fall.
Fried salt pork is humble, un-
pretentious meat, but it has its
points. Of course, really first class
salt pork has strips of lean in it.
It is the lean that gives it that
satisfying chevy substance. The
slices should be exactly one-fourth
inch in thickness; they should be
rolled in yellow corn meal. Fry
them slowly in an old iron spider.
Get a good crisp crust on each side.
Then when they come to the table
breathe deeply of that salty, tangy
fragrance. The meat of the pioneers
is good for modern man. A little
more emphasis on fundamental
foods, the countryman believes,
would help the Nation solve its
problems.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

well and good, but that is by no means
certain.
The Irgun Zionists should celebrate a
victory in Palestine, for the victory is
theirs. Getting Britain out of Palestine
has been the core of their program. And
Winston Churchill agreed with them.
It has, indeed, been for Britain-and
not only for Britain--a "Squalid" affair.
But there will be many Pa1estinian Jews
to whom the news will not be welcome.
British withdrawal may easily mean the
beginning of the end of the Jewish
homeland, and of all hope of establish
ing Jewish state.
One of these days Britain will get out
of Greece Many Americans have ex-
horted her to do SO. Then democracy"
may conquer in Greece by the most hor-
rible massacre the Balkans ever will
have seen. Soviet satellites want Greece
for their Balkan federation" If they
have her. the Red Star will have moved
farther west.
The United States IS leaving China.
When the peace treaties are signed,
both Britain and America must leave
Italy The conditions created by the
Italian treaty do not, however, promise
orderly developments.
Britain is in Europe today only with
toehold. Actually, there is no Europe"
There are few European states" there
is nascent anarchy everywhere. All
that is needed is the realization Of the
intention to encompass the final exter-
mination of Germany-and France will
go, Italy will go, Europe will go.
Surrounded by wreckage and by bolder
despots than ever were the British, we
shall be able, hope, to celebrate "the
century of progress" But the outlook
in Eurasia, where dwells the bulk of
the human race, is dim and grim. Eura-
sia. as a place torn by civil wars, throw
ing up new little Caesars out of it, as
gunmen for central directing power,
would be wreckage to make the war
wreckage look mild in comparison!
GEeleased by the Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1947-02-24

down the diseased animals, and
every one of these will have to be
destroyed. That will be essential If
the thing is to be kept from spread
ing. AS for long-term action, it
would seem to the point for the
Mexicans to reaffirm the treaty of
1880. Under this agreement they
are committed not to import cattle
from countries spotted with the
foot-and-mouth scourge. But about
a year ago they violated this when
they brought in bulls from Brazil.
These bulls are suspected of having
set off the current outbreak. There
might have been no trouble had the
commitment been lived up to.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

From the Cleveland News.
ut is the great boon of such char
acters as Mr.. Lincoln's that they reunite
what God has joined together and man
has put asunder.
I'm him was vindicated the greatness
Of real goodness, and the goodness of
real greatness"
So the quality of the martyred Pres
ident was summed up by Bishop Phillips
Brooks in Philadelphia memorial serv-
ice in 1865.
Brooks words are for us to reflect on
today, when greatness and goodness are
not always assumed to be essential COM
Elementary qualities.
We have come upon times when we
link strength and greatness together, or
ruthlessness and greatness, or ambition
and greatness. We don't seem to think
so much about goodness, as a component
of leadership.
1t could be that's why the world Is In
such desperate troubles today. Could be
our backs are turned on the only thing
which will save our times.
Maybe we ought to start real search
for goodness in the dominant figures of
public life.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

apprentices In a wide variety Of
trades, mostly related to construc-
ton. The number of applicants is
increasing every week. All of this
is a happy augury for city about
to embark on an expanding program
of building for the future.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
GnurIed Oak

Recorded here
In knob and ball,
The chronicle
OF bug and gall;
The sharp protest
OF scar and stain,
Against the stress
OF iDind and rain:
In branch and t,Dist,
The antiphon
To the strong tug
OF the sun;
Spdsmodtc squirt
And sudden halt,
In response
To soil and salt.
Outer pressure,
Inner need,
Recorded here
For US to read.
SAMUEL YELLEN
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Letters to The Star
Speaks Out in Defense
Of Army Privileges
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
If civilians understood the many hard
ships and personal expenses that Army
and other service people have to under
go, they would never complain about
the pitifully few privileges in the way
of cheaper prices and the very few
scarce things they get that are not
available to civilians
An Army officer gets low salary for
years, much Of which he is forced to
waste to pay for things essential to his
work. He and his family have to have
clothes for all climates as they move
around so much.
Every time service man is moved
to a new station where no Army quar-
ters are available, he is forced to buy
substantially expensive things. Even
times has to spend his own money to
make it livable; some dating from the
Civil War just have to be endured.
One of the greatest hardships is living
much of the time away from family and
friends, often in houses and places
CA11I dAC dAy eA32A1S b0t PACoodAV Va cdeAS-
factory.
Army children often have to go to
poor schools, or stay out altogether,
when they are stationed in out-of-the-
way places, especially foreign assign
ments.
People on foreign service certainly
are entitled to what little luxuries they
may have. They are living anything
but comfortable or. pleasant lives, in
war-torn countries, with many restric-
tions and sacrifices.
Most important of all, in war time,
service men are called upon to undergo
extreme suffering and even the supreme
sacrifice of their lives, while their coun-
trymen at home are completely COM
Portable, with high salaries, good food.
comfortable homes and luxuries of all
sorts.
Twenty-seven Years
An Army Officer's Wife.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

A soldier was recently Informed
that the Veterans Administration
would not finance his divorce. Has
he thought of trying the Home I'M
provement Loan Division?
Evening star., 1947-02-24

For a nation so noted for polite
ness, China seems to be conducting
a very uncivil war.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Catholic School Children

Catholic School Children
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial of February Il con-
corning the recent decision of the
Supreme Court upholding the municipal
payment of bus fares for Catholic school
pupils in New Jersey has raised ques-
ton that feel contributes to the ILL
feeling you fear the decision itself, will
create. I refer to the closing sentence:
= = the decision, opens the way for
other claims against the State that
will lead to further legal disputes, i'll
feelings between religious groups and
further action by the Supreme Court. "
Your editorial failed to comment upon
the hundreds Of thousands of pupils
presently attending the parochial schools
in the United States. Pupils who, by
that very fact, are not attending public
schools supported by the tax payments
of Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
These pupils, and their parents, have
the same legitimate claim" to public
education as have any other American
citizens. This claim is validated by
their proportionate share Of public tax
alton. In the interest Of what they
consider suitable education, education
which satisfies the quantitative and
qualitative requirements of private and
public accrediting agencies, Catholic
parents have waived their claim and
have contributed according to their
means to the furtherance of brand of
education that is certainly credit to
the character formation of our young
citizens.
If the Catholic schools of the country
should conceivably close their doors, and
their pupils and their parents hence
forth be required to avail themselves
of their legitimate claim to public edu-
cation, a greater calamity would arise
for public education than one bestirred
by payment of bus fare for Catholic
pupils on an equal par with public
school pupils. The public schools of this
country are presently suffering the
greatest teacher shortage in history.
The drain of war production and the
shortages Of peace have reduced school
construction and repair and available
equipment to an irreducible minimum.
1t is unfortunate that your editorial
would question the integrity and cast
cloud on the mission of an institution
such as the Catholic school that is, to
say the least for 1t, providing an educa-
ton for sizable proportion of Amer
ican youth whom the state could not
conceivably accommodate.
If i'll feeling will be created by a
simple request that all of the children
of the community be afforded equal
opportunity to be transported to a
legally constituted school, I shudder
to think of the i'll feeling that would
be created, and the public faces that
would be Redeemed, If a sizable number
of that group OF children were suddenly
to seek their education in the schools for
which their parents pay their share Of
the tax Perhaps a better substitute
for the word "ill feeling" would be
"bigotry." THOMAS F. MAHER,
Registrar, College of Arts and Sciences,
Georgetown University.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

To the Editor of The Star:
Congratulations for your editorial,
More Than Fares Involved" in which
you discuss the use of public money
for transportation of students to church
schools.
In the face of the explicit provision
for separation of church and state, in
the United States Constitution, one
wonders why anything should arise to
challenge its authority since it is the
safeguard to all of freedom of religion
Atlantic Charter.
1t is not likely the use of public funds
to aid Catholic schools will contribute
to the healing of differences.
FRED WENDELL.
Evening star., 1947-02-24

tThis article is condensed from a dis.
cussion Of the subject in the Bulletin Of
the Atomic Scientists by Edward Teller,
an Outstanding nuclear physicist.)
Evening star., 1947-02-24
What Made Lincoln Great?

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03

from the Rehobeth Baptist church,
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In
torment will follow in the Reno
beth cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; the form
err Lonnie Hughes. Five sons: Selas
Gus, Jackwell, King and j. +.
Jr. Four daughters; Nettle. Annie
Blanche and Maxine all of CALI
wants Ferry. Two brothers; Burrls
and Henry of Gallivants Ferry.
One sister; Rosie Shelley of CALI
wants Ferry and seventeen grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
RICHARD ALLEN / N

MOUNT OLIVE, April 2-Funeral
services for Richard Allen King,
So, we're held today at the First
Methodist church here. Interment
followed in the MapleWood GENE
terry.
Active pallbearers were the
stewards of the First Methodist
church. MI. King was a former
superintendent of the Sunday
school and a member of the board
of stewards Of the church for a
number Of years.
He was the son of the late Julius
is. King and Ella Wilson King Of
Sampson county. He had been q
resident of Mount Olive for the
past IS years where he was engag
ed in the mercantile business. HI
was active in city and county at
fairs having served on the schoo.
board for several years.
Survivors include one sister;
Mrs. r. H. Williams OF Whining
ton and several neices and neph.
eWS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
PIPE LINE SOLD

WASHINGTON, April 2 - P)-
The War Assets administration an.
nounced the sale of an 180-mile
pipeline from Greensboro, N. c.,
to Richmond, Va, to the Keystone
Pipe Line company, Philadelphia,
for 1892, $40.
The agency said the original Key
stone bid of $477, 900 was rejected
and the company accepted a coun'
ter-proposal fixing the higher sale
price.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
QUINN FOWLER

TABOR CITY April 2-Quinn
Fowler, prominent farmer of the
Green Sea section OF Horny coun-
ty, died at his home Monday night.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Thursday afternoon at
2:30 with the Rev. B. Hucks, Of
ficiating. Interment will follow in
the George Fowler cemetery.
Surviving besides his wife are
two daughters; Mrs. Ernest
Stevens Of Tabor City and Mrs.
LESSEE Fowler of the home; one
son, Ned Fowler of the home;
three sisters, Mrs. Mollie Powell
of Loris and Mrs. Luvenia Norris
of Tabor City and Miss Emile
Fowler of the home; four brothers,
Queen of the home; James and
Noah Of Loris and Melvin of Tabor
City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
BOND ELECTION

Lumberton, April 2
A bond election on two issues
of $3.50, 900 each for water
works and streets improve
ments in Lumbrton has been
authorized by the city coun-
Gil, to be held at the time of
the general political election
on may 6.
Balloting separately on the
two proposals, voters would
express approval or disap-
proval of the issuance of $780,
600 in city bonds to finance a
new waterworks plant, to be
built when construction costs
permit, and $35O.O0O for uav-
ing Lumberton streets listed
in 20 or more petitions already
filed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
A w, GARRETT

Funeral services for Dan w.
Garrett, 81, GIG S. Second street
will be held from the Sixth street
Advent Christian church III i S
afternoon at 3 p. m. with the Rev.
George W. Saunders officiating.
He died Tuesday afternoon
while enroute to James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Interment will be in Bellvue
cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Rose Garrett, one daughter, Ruth;
three sons, Bonnie, Joe and Will
liam; one brother John, and one
sister, Mrs. j. L. Mills.
The body will lie in state one
hour preceding the funeral.
Honorary bearers will be R. e.
Owens, R. S. Thorpe, Mike Jacobs.
Jr., Newton E. Stokley, Manuel
Foster, Otto Hewlett, Herbert
Chinnis, Noah Jones, Edward Rich,
Randolph Grant, Mike Jacobs, ST.,
and Johnny King.
Active bearers will be V. K.
Foy, L. C. Williams, B. T. Ora
ham, George Ivey Vrandall, and
L. C.. Windham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
MRS. DOLORES STEVENS HOLT

BURLINGTON, April 2.-Funeral
rites were held here this
afternoon at 4 o'clock for Mrs.
Dolores Stevens Holt, "a. who
died Monday morning at 1:15.
A native of Charleston, S. c.,
daughter of Bishop Peter Fassoux
Stevens, Mrs. Holt was the wife OF
the late Edwin Cameron Holt. She
formerly lived in Wilmington, hav-
ing Joined the Colonial Danes
there in 1908. She was also a mem
Der of OAR, and of the Local
Episcopal church, from which rites
were to be held
Among the survivors are one
daughter, Mrs. w. T. Cheatham of
Burlington; a granddaughter, Mrs.
Harry c. James of Wilmington;
and a grandson, William T. Cheat
ham, ", a student of State col
lege.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
EAGLE

JACKSONVILLE, April 2 -
Vann Murrell of Jacksonville
Troop 20 was awarded his
Eagle Scout badge at the
Court of Honor held Thurs
day night at Pine Lodge.
Vann's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
z. E. Murrell, Jr., took part
in the ceremony, Mrs. Muir
rell pinning the Eagle badge
on her son.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
MARIAN DALE LANIER

Funeral services for Marian
Dale Lanier, 2-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Lanier. 70s
N. Fifth street, who died at James
Walker Memorial hospital Tuesday
night, will be held today at
o'clock from the chapel of Harrell,
Coble Funeral home, the Rev. E.
w. Pate officiating.
Interment will be in the Mac
MILAN cemetery, Elizabethtown.
Surviving are the parents; the
grandmother, Mrs. Oliver Lanier,
Elizabethtown, and a grandfather,
Cecil Meares, Wilmington; three
brothers, Ellis, Jr., Ertle and Ber-
ME, and one sister, Maggie Day
Ellis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
EASTER PAGEANT

COUNCIL, April 2 A
special Easter Pageant has
been planned fo- Sunday
morning at 1890 o'clock at
the Carvers Creek Methodist
church on highway 81. The
cast for the pageant numbers
65 and the service will feature
an all-Negro choir. A spec
ial dinner will be served on
the church grounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
Annual Meeting

SALISBURY, April 2-P)- The
18th annual meeting of the South
eastern sertion of the American
Physical society will be held at
|Catawba college here Friday and
Saturday.
!. DR.. Karl z. Morgan, formerly OF
Salisbury and now with the Oak
Ridge. Tenn. atomic laboratories,
will speak on Educational pro-
grams in atomic energy for the
Southeast" Other scientists will
present papers on unclear rission'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
WILLIAM B. MARTIN

FAISON, April 2 - William Bry-
ant Martin, 60, died last night at
his home in Faison after a short
illness. Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday afternoon al
3 o'clock from the residence with
the Rev. Murphy Smith, pastor OF
the Faison Presbyterian church
in charge. Burial will be in the
Faison cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters;
Mrs. A. V. Crouch of F%aison, Mrs.
F. D. Casteen, Miami, Mrs. Henry
Davis of Jacksonville, Fla and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
HEADS -POsTMAsTERs

JACKSONVILLE, April q
Postmaster Frank Smith OF
Jacksonville was elected chair
man Of the Third North Car
DINA District Of the National
Association Of Postmasters as
that group held its annual
meeting at Trenton Friday
night. Postmaster Webb OF
Morehead City was named
vice chairman and Post
master w. P. Bridges of War
Saw was elected secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
INSTALLATION SERVICE

LUMBERTON, April 2 -
Lumberton Chapter No. 1l6
Order OF Eestern Star will
hold a public installation Of
new officers in the Masonic
hall Thursday April 3 at 8 p.
m. The public is cordially in
vited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
M. S. SHOEMAKER

Word was received here yester-
day Of the death OF Merritt S.
Shoemaker, age II, at his home
in Cortland, N. Y. on Sunday,
March 80.
He is survived by his wife, three
daughters, n son, one brother
and one sister.
The daughters are Mrs. Steve
Havlin of Erin, N. Y; Mrs. Jack
Conner of Binghampton, N. Y;
and Miss Jesse Mae Shoemaker
of Cortland, N. Y. The o is Hart
ley Shoemaker of Erin, N. Y. The
brother is o. H. Shoemaker OF
Wilmington and his sister, Mrs.
L. G.. Wedge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
TOBACCO PLANTS

L~UMBERTON, April 2 -
Unusually warm weather dur
ing the latter part of jan
uary and the first days Of Feb
urary brought a thick crop OF
tobacco plants out of the
ground and, for a while,
growers were afraid they
would be oversize before
TRANSFORMING time. But cold,
wintry weather followed for
the balance of February and,
with the exception OF a few
mild days, continued thorough
out March. This not only put
a stop to the growth Of the
young plants, but killed a
large portion OF those on the
beds, R. C. Rankin of the
Lumberton Tobacco Board of
Trade has reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
MRS. ROSA d. BASS

WH1TEVILLE, April 2 - Mrs.
Rosa D. Bass, SO, Of near White
vile died at the home of her daugh-
ter Wednesday at 12:45 a. m. aft,
er several weeks illness. Funeral
services will be held Thursday al
3 p. m. at the residence, Rev. A.
D. Frazier of Elizabethtown Off
ating. 1nterment will be at Western
Prong cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Ray
mond and Earl Bass, both OF
Whiteville. One daughter, Mrs.
Vollie Thompson of Whiteville;
four brothers, Walter and Charlie
Davis both of Mcdonald; Harvey
and J. K. Davis, both of Fairmont;
two sisters, Mrs. Penny Davis oil
Fairmont; Mrs. Lille Hayes Of
Lumberton; fourteen grandchildren
and nine great grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
SOUTHEASTERN SEARCHLICHT
News Of Interest In All Neighboring
Counties Told Briefly


ing from Goldsboro, Pollocks-
vile, Harkers Island and New
Bern.
Harkers Island delegates
presented "a picture of the pur-
pose of life on earth. Specific
examples of the lettering OF
lives We're cited by Ealine
Lund and Elder R. K. King,
who are missionaries of the
denomination. President La
thaem Virgins spoke on the
subject, "Restoration of AL
Things"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
OFFICERS

RED SPRINGS, April -
The 1947-48 officers Of the Stu
dent Christian Association of
Flora Macdonald College were
installed in an impressive
candle light service in the col
lege auditorium Sunday eve
ming with the retiring presi-
dent, Goldie Knowles, presid-
ing,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03

Rachel Martin of Faison. Three
sons; w. R. Martin of Wilmington.
Frank T. Martin and Eugene c.
Martin both of Faison. Sisters;
Mrs. Eliza Alexander of California,
Mrs. C. H. Allen of Florida, Mrs
w. H. Randolph of Florida, Mrs.
J. D. Cameron of Calypso, Mrs.
J. J. Crawford and J. L. Ward
low Of Panama and five grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03
MRS. BERLIN WARD

TABOR CITY, April 3 Mrs.
Berlin Ward of Route One, Tabor
City, died at her home this after
noon. The body is at the Jessup
Inman funeral home awaiting fu-
neral arrangements which will be
announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-03

George Guide, Villanova track
ace, who has scored stunning VIC
tories, was a halfback on the foot
ball squad last fall.