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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23


turn to business as usual, pleasure
as usual" he said.
Marshall said that many of u
people r becoming Indifferent
TO the long-term danger of the
nations. security and generally
have the attitude of spectators. 5
spectators of life are not those
who will retain their liberty, nor
are they likely to contribute to
their country's security" he add
ed.
Marshall said he felt that 1--WE
are seriously failing in our attitude
toward the international problem
whose solution will. largely. de-
termine. our future" because there
are many 'who deplore but few
who r willing to act - to act
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23
DAVID WHITE BRYANT

Funeral services for David
White Bryant, Negro, son OF
Charles L. Bryant, ST., will be
conducted from the residence OF
Bryant, 922 South Seventh street,
Monday, Feb. "a, at p. m. The
Rev. A. j. Kirk, pastor, st. Luke
A.. M. E. Zion church, will Of
ficiate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23
U. 5. MUST LEAD.
SAYS MARSHALL
State Secretary Sees Need
For U. S. Aid In Demo-
:. cratic Processes

PRINCETON, N. j., Feb. %. -
PeSecretary of State George c.
Marshall said tonight that "a
strong lead and definite assistance
from the United States will be
necessary" if democratic pro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23
In Pace
No Longer Assured
BY OTIS
Staff Writer

"Requiscat in pace" can no longer assuredly be in
suibed on ton1bstones, because soon even the grave-dwell-
ss will not be exempt from eviction papers.
Before state legislators began to stick their noses in,
once a body was laid to rest, its peace could not be disturb
ed. Now the lawgivers are attempting to pass two bills
giving special permission to churches and municipalities to
move graves from one location to another.
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DIlINC NNN DIAI SIFIIS oOIffOII1J 70
the churches to change the resting
provided that the graves
must be moved IN "a suitable man.
ner' to a suitable place, the ques-
tor arises as to how do you move
Vrayes
Just what would be the proper
way TO transplant a long-huried
Even a local mortician was
Bumped when confronted with that
question.
Perhaps the old saying. so often
used in commenting on new and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23
Dutch Hero Visits
Win Port
By DAVID
Staff Writer

i, ca T;ln1jb p!e5 port port T nuarM sT' apd F ri sns IS sS no G9fdl for
p. 'h horoic action in the recent conflict, and is the holder of
MS MS hitch Cross of Merit and The Most Excellent Order Of
Tue british Empire, received for bravery and resourceful-
le - +bp face of enemy action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23

The jumping mouse measures
only about three inches from stem
to stern but cam jump from eight
too 10 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-23
TERRIFIC BLAST
LEVELS FACTORY
| Death Reported; Heavy
Damage Caused In I'm
mediate Vicinity

UTICA, N. Y. Feb. 22.-P-A
terrific explosion. followed by fire,
blew a three-story brick factory to
directly or to influence political
action"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

personally think it will be necessary tc
extend controls if homes can't be built any
faster than they are being built now.-Sen
- Deaa0aass Buck R) Of Delaware.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its. resources, to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and pri-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
cluding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement Of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

the word seeks to encompass. At best, a
word is a sign post pointing out the way
along which by full study one may arrive
at an understanding of the meaning OF that
word.
Therefore the singer of epithets confesses
that not only is he ignorant of the limitations
of single word but that he lacks the COM
prehensive information that makes 1t pos
siple to phrase the description OF which the
single word is the merest hint.
The mind of the epithetician delights IN
parading its own deficiencies. When con-
fronted with the lack Of something to say
it hurls an epithet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Cities And Initiation

Initiation is causing as many heaoacAes
for rounicipalities as it is for individuals.
Forced to increase their tax rates TO meet
RAPIDLY rising expenses, numerous cities are
wrestling harder with financial problems to-
dav than ever before. And there are no
signs of any relief The easy revenue OF the
lush war years is slipping away from thou-
sands of local governments.
Emergency retrenchments are becoming
tho order in numerous communities, large
and small.
The Municipal Finance Officers assocla-
ton recently quoted some examples.
Among them were:
Some county prisons in Philadelphia have
imposed three meatless days week to cu'
costs. St. Louis deficit has increased to
point where the discharge of 70G munlclpal
EMPLOYEES was ordered to cut expenses. Gar
bape collections We're reduced there ana
street lights were switched OFT an hour
earlier. San Francisco city agents are scout
inc federal surplus sales for bargains IN
equipment or materials. And among othef
cities with knotty financial propieiis eis
Chicago, Dallas, Newark, Birmingham, sos-
ton, Minneapolis and Richmond.
Raising tax rate is not an easy thlng 10
do. But 1t is the only step, besides danger
ously severe slash in city functions ana
service, that may be taken, to protect the
municipalities credit in the years ahead. AS
a rule, cities and counties have greater
fear of debt than state and national govern
ments.
Anyone familiar with the skyroeketns
costs of living knows that city cannot
escape them. Many held off as long as they
could but eventually the rapidly increasing
expenses of operation caught up with them
The result is that today their budget PROB
lens - making revenue meet the higher eS'
penditures - are quite comparable to those
of the individual citizen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Epitheticians

Name calling settles no argument unless
IT progresses to the words Of insults and
actual fighting.
Yet, there are those who pride themselves
on being tacticians who employ epithets as
the first line of offense
The consequence is that words purposed
70 be informatively descriptive have lost
meaning. Such is the word conservative
hurled by the liberals and the word liberal
tossed by conservatives.
A public that refused to be influenced by
epithets knows it is an honor to be genuine
conservative or a true liberal.
Receptivity to the interchange OF epithets
b indicative of mental flabbiness. A strong
mind bases its reasoning on acts, not on the
names for those acts
There il no such thing as accurate English
inasmuch as it is impossible to conflne with
IN the limits of single word the fullness,
he overtones the intimations Of that which
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

well as the officials Of ohE
European governments.
Inevitably, each of these thn
categories of European mont
has its own special legal ols
as a potential source of immedl
ate aid to western Europe, FIH
although the $125, ,000, 900 Of SET
ed cash is owned by the goyen
ment, there will certainly b
legal claims against it, SecoD!
there is now a case before Til
Supreme court, brought by SwS
interests, as to whether the sell
ed non-cash assets can be u%
before the determination OF eat
case on its merits-Whlch wou'
take years.
Finally, the biggest legal BY
concerns the frozen holdings '
foreign nationals. For If 'n'
timid Snyder were to com2'
with the French request n'
would almost certainly S0u
have a number of law suits Oh
his hands The banks in "nIo
the balances were held W04V
claim, with some justice @
the government had llee'.'
ruptured the confidential Es'
tionship between AmefN'
banks and their depoSltors. !
In these circumstances a O''
step is receiving serious cD
sideration here. 1t has been pm ".
posed that the frozen oalalS'
le seized in entirty, arr tul-
over to the Alier Pfop''
IContinued On Page FlW
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Matter Of F. act
BY STEWART ALSOP

of the Treasury John Snyder
Bidault's request was sympathet-
ically received, although no COM
mitments were made. Bidault and
his government have asked that
the names and balances of French
citizens with dollar holdings in
the United States be made known
to the French government.
This French request has served
to focus attention on a curious
situation. American technicians
who have been studying the mat
ter are not yet ready to shout
Eureka" But the more daring
are inclined to believe that this
situation may hold the key to 6
way out of the terrible impasse
on the timing of foreign aid
which confronts the Administra-
ton. For the American govern
ment either holds or controls
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

sums running into billions of dol
lars which were or still are the
property of Europeans. And what
more logical than to use this
European money to save Europe?
The money falls into three
categories. First, there is cash
seized from enemy aliens. This
sum is held by the Alien Proper
Ity Custodian, and amounts to
about S125,O0O,000. Next there
are assets not in the form of cash.
such as the General Aniline and
Film Corporation, also seized as
enemy property and held by the
Alien Property Custodian. No
one knows how much this sort Of
property might bring, but there
are guesses that it might be
worth as much as half a billion
dollars.
The property in these two cate
gories is actually owned by the
United States. That in the third
category is not. 1t consists OF
the assets of foreign nationals.
These assets were blocked dur
ing the war. The great majority
of the foreigners whose dollar
holdings were thus frozen have
not asked for their release. This
is largely because the dollars
would then be exchanged by
their governments for compara-
lively worthless European cur
rency, and in these days a
European prefers frozen dollars
! to LIQUID fraqces or Ira. No one
in Washington seems to know
just how much such blocked
European money there is in the
United States, but there are
probably inflated estimates that
it amounts to more than three
billion dollars. Thus it is not
unnatural that these blocked
balances. controlled by the
United States Treasury, have
attracted; the interest of M.
Bidault and his colleagues. as
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

You have to give all these mer
credit for having the CUTS tc
tackle these impossible jobs. Like
Eric Johnston, for instance, who
did his darndest to pull of sue
cessful postwar labor manage
ment conference. 1t would have
avoided all the big strikes OF
1916, if it had worked. The par
ticipants didn't want it to work.
Charles Luckman, in his first
week in town, has run into much
the same sort of a situation. His
committee was unanimous in
paying lip service to the desir-
ability of voluntary food saw
ing campaign. Everyone thought
it CHASTITY that people should
starve.
But, when it came to pinning
down the various repre- .tatives
of the special interests, and say
ing, you give up this and you
give up that, the selfishness in
the whole milk of human kind
ness came to the surface like
sour cream
But the farmers had all this
livestock on the hoof, and why
should they starve those animals
and sell them lean, just to pro-
vide more grain for Europe?
And the grain trade people
won't consider raising margin re-
quirements on the Exchange, tc
cut out speculation.
And the food professors say
why should they be put out OF
business?
And the baking industry says
why should We bake only whole
wheat bread when reople prefer
white bread?
And the retailers say people
won't buy the cheaper foods.
And the restaurateurs say peo-
Pile complain if there is no bread
no butter, tough meat and nc
gravy.
And the housewife says what
do they mean-save food-when
prices are so high they can't buy
enough to eat, let alone waste it
And the guy at the table, when
asked to save food says, "Who!
Me?"
Then the Communists and the
leftwing press that doesn't want
the Marshall plan to succeed
anyway, thro.. cold water on the
whole idea of saving food to feed
just western Europe.
And the first thing you know
the voluntary food saving pro-
gram is pretty well sabotaged
before it gets started.
That's why you should show
a little sympathy for Wonder
Boy Luckman. His plan may no,
work, but it deserves a chance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
A. New Wonder Man
BY PETER EDSON

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-Pity
poor young rich man Charles
Luckman. AS head Of the Presi-
dents Citizens Food Committee,
he is the newest wonder boy to
be brought to Washington.
His, job is to show the country
how to save 100 million or 500
million or some such impossible
number of bushels of wheat so
that Europe will have enough to
eat next winter. If he does, it's a
miracle.
There haN been other wonder
men before the luckless Mr..
Luckman. They have all been
licked befo-e they started.
ith great ballyhoo, they are
brought to Washington full OF
hope and enthusiasm and high
ideals. They are right in what
they want to try to do. But ii
doesn't take long for the pres
sure boys and the special interest
groups to 60 to work on them
T ..en-bang!-busts the bubble
And the wonder men go back
where they came from, selling
soap or practicing law or run
ming a business, sadder men but
not much wiser. Anybody who
tackles one of these impossible
Washington jobs is something o1
a sucker.
Wilson Wyatt was the last oil
the wonder men to 60, before
Luckman came. Everything Wy
att wanted to do about increas-
ing housing was right. But the
selfish people in Washington saw
to it he failed. Chester Bowles
was another. If they had just
let him go on with his program
of holding down prices until the
inflationary boom was over
think how much better off ev-
erypouy would De today.
Ed Stettinius, John D. Biggers
Big Bill Knudsen, Lou Holland,
Robert Wood johnson, Philip
Reed, Donald Nelson, Nelson
Rockefeller. Were all expend-
able" as Leon Henderson, who
was one of them, once remarked
"like paper clips and rubber
bands"
It's the exception who can beat
the rap. w. Stuart Synington
was brought in as the young
genius who could solve the sur
plus property disposal program.
When he saw it was hopeless he
liquidated his agency, but he,
himself, landed right side up.
Two men had to give up on the
hopeless War Food Administra-
tors job - Chester Davis and
Judge Marvin Jones. Fortunately
for them, they had other federal
jobs they could 90 back to.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
No Need For Alarm

The prediction that North Carolina may
lose one of its IL places in the national
House of Representatives after the 1850
census should not cause much alarm.
The reason is that there is little ikeli-
hood of it coming true.
Although the House committee on Post
Office and Civil Service has conducted a
survey of population shifts of World War
II and finds that North Carolina may be
one of the states to suffer, we don't be-
lieve it gave enough consideration to the
commonwealth's exceptionally high birth
rate. And all in positions to make authorita-
tive forecasts believe it will be maintained.
In addition, many 7 ar Heels who migrated
to other states to work in defense indus
tries have returned home. In doing so,
thousands found jobs on the farm or in in
dustry without recording their return with
the employment services.
Another factor to discourage expecta-
tions of the loss of congressional district
because of comparative decrease in popu-
laton is the fact that North Carolina is plac-
ing greater emphasis than ever on new in
dustry. Most of the jobs in these postwar
factories, especially in the Piedmont, will
60 to home folks but many others are going
to make Tar Heelia their new home be-
cause of the employment opportunities
Therefore, like many others more familiar
with the states population trend than the
House committee, we believe it will keep
its round dozen Of seats in the lower
House.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. -
When French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault visited Washing
ton some days ago, he expressed
a curious optimism. He acknowl-
edged that the results will be
disastrous if France fails to get
some dollar aid within the next
few weeks. Yet. after conferences
with President Harry S. Truman
and Under Secretary of State
Robert Lovett, he remarked to
the press that he felt confident
and encouraged" The source OF
this optimism has been puzzling
observers here ever since.
The fact is that Bidault repeat
ed in Washington request which
had already been made in Paris
where French officials have, ap-
preached Under Secretary OF
State Will Clayton and Secretary
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14

Many North Carolina citizens
have been distressed in recent
months by disclosures that hun
dreds of insane and other men,
tally sick people are still await
ing admittance to the state in
stitutions designed for the care
and treatment of such unfortu-
mates; that many of them have
been waiting for years: that not
infrequently some of them are
confined in jails and sometimes
in special improvised stockades
at their homes.
Many have been distressed by
the disclosure that hundreds,
perhaps thousands. of mentally
defective children and others af-
flicted with cerebral palsytspas-
tics) have been awaiting admit
tance to the institutions design
ed for their training and treat
ment.
Some of our citizens have
grown impatient because the
State authorities, including the
Hospitals Control Board. seem
to be so slow in providing en-
larged facilities for the accomo-
dation of the great numbers of
adults and children who are en-
titled to accommodation in the
institutions for mental de-
fectives.
Their impatience has been in
creased by the knowledge Of
such afcts as presented
by Governor Cherry in his ad-
dress to the North Carolina Cot
ton Manufacturers Association
in Asheville the other day, in
(which he showed that the State
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Why The Closed Doors?
An Editorial From The Charlotte Observer

is on a sound financial OG% =,
and reminded that 'ne :,
Legislature increased the ~ =.
serve fund to $50 million IN ., ~
der to further staoll'Ae
states fiscal soundneSS' /,
In addition to this acton aoa.r, !
pointed out, the 1941 oeui' NJ.
Assembly provided more in IN
$50 million for permailsl"D. lD. !,
provements at the VARIOUS n, !
stitutions of the state "n,I .IJ,r
more money for ou'~I "a
at these institutions thar .ro,,
provided for similar polP'
during the last SO yeaIs,h -, 4,
That being the case WY IL
the mental institutions dIlao', Il,
open the doors to lhclea. sos
numbers of desperate casfs u,
mentally sick people WIZ i.,.r,,
waited long FOR adfIll'. III,, 1.
Why no room tor men.ani .a VA:
fective children who nave "a.
ed years for admittaflce -
we'll Training school? \,
There are at least wv tr.
swers. One is that it taAeo M,
lot of time. under presen1s 11.c,s NJ
ditions. to get buildings pi'n cor
and under construction ai.l . bes
pleted, after the money ilas Seas3
! made available. Another Te qi Ii,
for slow progress is the tn,bine ne
cost of construction CON- y !, t1
with the situation lmpIeu rbprr "
statement of Governor
that: ,ysye
"The Legislature, hu|b % bi
provided that none ass " Al
money could be spent llflleSid laeSid B
until a dollar of value co.,"
.L dollar SDert
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
GOOD MORNING

And going in, he saith to them: Why
makes You this ado, and weep? the
damsel Is not dead, but sleepeth.-
Mark 5:39
Whatsoever that be within rs that
feels, thinks, desires, and animates, Is
something celestial, divine, and conse-
quentIy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-14
Gle an You,
| Medicine Che,,
BY WILLIAM A. O'RR1p>,

The family medicjna o,t' Aa
should be housecleaned y. Ua9'e
once a month. One =, Fa9
should be reserved for co1y Sscaa
les, and the other for |o'l1e
simple household remed,a, 'N
The average home moS...
cabinet usually contains 's''N -.
riety of antiseptics pain L., VI
and partially usea ooyoa S'IF'Y
bottles of powders. pile y
sules and liquids prescr.bss ~ !
a physician for some nv. .a ;?
ness. If anyone took i'm S''. u.
of one of these remedies Nv "s
take in the middle of the ~. wy
or if a c lid got into i
cabinet, disaster could ras,,
After a patient no % ,..
needs a prescribed rems5r
should be discarded II ls ".
advisable to throw medicns '
the rubbish heap howayo'' '
children may find il tbero Y
take it Liquid mod.cine chg. ~,
be emptied INTO a Oh an and '- y
bottles destroyed or b,lad y Y
used pills, powders and caY,,..
and their containers s5aiy ,
either be burned or buried '''
Every home medicine c.h;..
should contain absorbent c"..' rs,-
bandages, cause, adhesive wy W..
and prepared adhesive bs,, NY
ages.
Aspirin is the strongest sn
killer which should be ken, ~, !,
the home medicine cab,a
While excessive doses NAV ',, !,
harmful and some people w w
sensitive to aspirin, the ar,
age person can be given asn,,
without difficulty. Sleeping %
lets, laxatives, purgatives y, ~.
narcotics have no place in bor,
medicine cabinets.
For minor burns, anv M,
mercial burn remedy can \
used. Serious burns REQUIRE 4,
services of a physics
and nothing should be aDoFy
on them.
Tooth pastes and tooth DIV.
ders are classed as cosmeto
because they do not have 4,
medicinal value. MANY bsna
makers do not buy them. aa
is more important to have W.
good tooth brushes viii
two rows of stiff bristles h,
each member of the family W,
ter, salt and soda make saa
factory dentifrice.
There should be a spec,
cabinet for general nursny
equipment, such as a thermr
eter heating pad or hot wat,
bottle, icebag, rubber sheetnI
emesis basin and bed pan.
QUESTION: What is myoca
ditis? Would penicillin
of value?
ANSWER: Correct use Of d
term myocarditis limits ii TO,
infection of the heart muscl
1t is used, incorrectly, in refe
ring to weakening Of the hea
from high blood pressure,
hardening of the coronary 4
teries. Penicillin would not be
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