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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Truman's Tax Problem

Many Americans agree with Presi-
dent Truman that the time has not yet
come to reduce income taxes. They do
not see how it will be possible for the
Treasury to meet domestic and foreign
obligations if they are sliced.
But the Congress holds the opposite
view. The House has passed the re-
vised tax bill by an overwhelming ma
jority, an indication that it could mus
tier enough votes to enact it into law
over a presidential veto. In the Senate
the ratio is not so great although there
is some probability that IN a showdown
the Senate too would override a veto.
This situation places President Tru-
man on a spot. What his decision will
be, whether he will sign the bill and
trust to other means of raising the
necessary money to pay the bills or
veto it, is a moot question. His prob
lem is, what explanation can he make
to the voters next year, when another
presidential election is to be held, that
will offset a veto (should, by chance,
a veto stick and continue the tremen-
dous tax burden which has bowed the
backs of the people so long and still
enjoy favor at the polls. It is obvious
that unless he can do this he could not
hope for victory in that election.
On the other hand, by signing the
bill, at whatever compromise with his
conscience, public reaction to a tax
cut assuredly would be in his favor.
AS for other means of raising money,
it is to be noted that the Treasury is
not conducting it's bond-a-month can
paign through the banks. It is not i'm
probable that with the tax relief pro-
vided in the present bill the people
would buy more than enough bonds to
meet the tax cut, and so the Treasury
would have needed revenue for all
obligations, as now estimated, and the
purchasers would lay away capital
against later economic emergencies.
The difference between buying gov
erenment bonds and paying taxes is
that tax payments are gone forever
whereas bonds yield dividends and in
the fullness Of time may be redeemed
at their maturity value.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Voice OF America In Chinese

Chinese believed the U. S. had &c.
600 troops in China, when the
number was only 1900, made
necessary the circulation of cor
receive information.
Media through which U. S. in
formation officers have to work in
China are limited. There are
around 600 daily papers with a
total circulation under four mil
lion; 700 weeklies and monthlies
have another couple million. New
ertheless, when these publications
with their estimated 80 million
readers have been covered, most
Of the Influential, literate popu-
lation has been reached.
Contents of the State Depart
ment's "Wireless Bulletin 5000
words of Washington and world in
formation sent out in Morse code
every day to all u. S. embassies
and consulates - is edited, trans
lated and sent to Chinese publ
cations and radio stations.
Crawford's staff has also been
sending to a select mailing list of
y. 900 influential Chinese a week
" news letter. This is a digest
Of from five to eight articles on
topics Of the day in America.
Hunger for information about the
u. S. exists all over China. Many
of the features in the news letter
are reprinted.
information officers in China
also operate II libraries. They
give concerts of American RECORD
ed music. They arrange for the
Il translation of U. S. books. Ihey
prepare pamphlets on such SUD
jects as q. S. foreign policy. They
are showing over 100 documentary
films on such things as dentistry,
farming and manufacturing meth
DDS to audiences of over a million
and a half people a month.
Best estimates put the number
of radio sets in China at 100000.
Some are short wave but most are
medium wave receivers. Voice OF
America broadcasts fr o m San
Francisco, relayed by Hawaii,
come in fairly well. But 10 OF
China's radio stations pick up "the
Voice. short =. wave broadcasts,
live, and relay them to their lis
teners by medium wave. If the
Voice is killed by Congress, that
medium Of expression to China is
lost.
The impact Of all this material
on China may be particularly i'm
portant at this time, says Cald-
well. China now has a constitution,
though 1t operates pretty much on
paper and only at top levels. De-
mocracy hasn't seeped to the low
er levels. Consequently, articles,
broadcasts or films revealing op-
GRAFTON Of the American county.
school districts, the sheritfs office
and such everyday things are hay
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
The Doctor Soys-~
TICK DISEASES
IN FEW REGION,

By WILLIAM A. oBpIrr
Although ticks can xn. ND.
ease if they are jnfect SpPead ai..
e o. mem MAJ are infected and M, not Il
a few localities. Gener.i limited %
t ABOUT ticks often fail 10 T 15.,s'
these facts, and varatiOn mention
caused unnecessary snxiet ts'' al,
Wood and dog ticks
everywhere. Anyone NAV S'e e; found
a Few by walking thro5o5p PUCK Up
or woods. If a tick Is G1sn flsIa
takes it from two TO tt5,ve'ed il
TO transmit disease, as i aouI
feed before it can pass on " nor
llcks which are removed i b.,s4s
they are through teedips 0''3,'
Ticks injure man ann ~.
by the irritation of their b ai,llrai
producing paralysis through ''
normal secretions. and NV Sn he,
ing the cause of Rocky Mo oY y
spotted fever, relapsins fever '' "a,
sometimes rabbit fever. '''
Average tick bite result.
some inflammation. but anir,., q
can become so ac~,ustoT r,,ls'''
them, irritation does not ,a,.,9
Tick bites 60 away Of t1si. 'e.'a
accord and do not reouirs .sa
special treatment. 'y
Tick paralysis can aftac, y.
sheep, cattle, dogs and cats p ,,sa.
able cause is their p~oisonous 'v.'
Iva. Symptoms develop njns !, "a,
days after they have atta W "
themselves to the skin.
Rocky Mountain spotted t..,.
occurs chiefly in Montana H, s,'
and a few other western st.,'.
Eastern variety Is seen in the Al.
legheny Mountain region.
Dogs can be freed of ticks i,
applying any commercial powd.,
containing rotenone. Best me,t.s
OF getting rid of ticks on human
skin is to remove them gcr,Ir
without squeezing them.
QUESTION: My father has m.
berculosis, and his eyes have be-,
bothering him a great deal latelv
Could eye trouble be caused nv
tuberculosis?
ANSWER: One form Of tubs,.
culosis affects the eyes, but 4
your physician has not been able
to find evidence of it in your IA.
theirs eyes, the condition must be
due to another cause.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
In England-For Example

Here in America the proposal Of ma
tional legislation to outlaw strikes i'm
p%eriling public health and safety has
been hailed in some quarters as the be-
ginning of American fascism, a ruth
less device of big business to destroy all
labor uions, and a killing blow at the
rights of man.
Over in England Alfred Edwards, a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
NaZi Generals And Russia

A letter signed by Rudolph Fluegge
appeared in a recent issue of the Wall
Street Journal which, among other in
teresting things, notes that whereas
the Russians denounced Field Marshal
von Paulus, German commander at
Stalingrad, calling him the Butcher of
Kharkov," he later joined the Freezer
many Committee and is now 80 high in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

Duke Of York, who was Ia'e n.s "
be King James II. Inc pu IA,
granted the southern part o. H.
new province to two of his irle Has
who named their territory nay
Jersey, after the island Of Je-'''
in the English Channel.
In 1878, the Dutch again ,s ~
~nossession of New York, ou' NY,
it only a few months, after "T PIT
they lost their colony o rever
stubborn old Peter SnlyY M
continued to live on his fal IT, y.
Manhattan Island and a1fo T VI;
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY I m.sd
GROLIER SOCIETY NJ. 0
upon THE BOOK OF
~KNOWLEDGE) 4,.
distributed by United fs
Tomorrow; How Deep
Sea? ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

ground that they served "our
brave boys" by preventing the
rank and file Of American work
men from lying down on the job.
All decorations except the medal
Of honor were cheapened by the
War Department with the unfor-
t,1nate result that men who really
earned recognition find them
selves reduced TO even terms with
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
ing their influence in shaping

ing their influence in shaping
democratic thought.
Cost of running this show is
around $50, 900 a month. Consider
ing the importance of U. Selma
relations and that h Russians,
British and French have bigger
stats pouring their information
into CT in through subsidized
news agencies, free of charge, the
question is whether it's worth that
much to get the American story
told to the Chinese people.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04

island was called New Amster-
dam.
Next, large tracts of land along
the Hudson River were offered to
any men who, at their own ex-
pense, would bring over fifty
settlers. Soon there were many
farms along the river, farmed by
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Star Dust
Stools

Milking Stools
Technically a milking stool Is /,
mundane and prosaic piece d
farm equipment. But in actual
practice there is a sharp c~leavag.
of opinion among men as to tn.
best type. There are callous and
Indifferent souls who merely use
any reasonably sturdy, appended
box when extracting the lacteal
fluid from bossy. At the opposit.
end of the scale are certain ada.
mant persons who balance pre-.
cariously on d one-legged stool.
These claim their own two leg,
plus the one of the stool are ade'
quate support - if a mar keep,
his mind on the task.
But the countryman likes a four
legged stool with a handle that has
a hole. Then he can hang the stool
on a spike between milkings. He
makes his milking perch Of !
piece of two irch white pine plank
finishes it smoothly and care
fully. The legs are stocky and
strong. Then when it comes TO
milking time he has a comfortable
secure seat. With his forehead rest
ing against bossy's smooth flank,
he can shoot the white arrows Oh
milk into the pail - and let his
mind wander to other things. There
are those, of course, who do MOI
care for this chore, But many !
man rather likes the period When
he works with his COWS and NJ
wants the right milking stool lot
this part of his chores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
GOOD MORNING

Where the duty is plain delay is both
foolish and hazardous; where it is not,
delay may be wisdom and s~afety.-Tryon
Edwards,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-04
Old Stuff In New Book

Old Stuff In New Book
A new book collectors item n'
been created by the New 1o1s
vice squad on Random House.
book of verse called The Blue Hens
|Chickens. What they object 10 ~
the book has been read by LduI
students in Catullus, for SeveiI
centuries. Lynchburg Va'
No1vs
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-07-24
TET:El1AT-0Tr. SorT3DcUGI- REUNION
TO - It'd II SEATTLE

To celebrate tha landing Of the S. S. Port
and in Soatt1o, July II, 1897, With TIE
rTon OF Cold" which started the Great est
rush III history to the H ondike in 1898,
lola + inc Llac:zans and Yukoners are STAN
.,edine to Seattle for the is tn Int ernatio~a al
oourdougn Reunion to be held in the Eev
-ashington Hotel, July 2A-27, announces
5opt a Z. Hoffman, Northern Chief Of the
Aasld Yukon Pioneers. A no Host Lunch
con on friday, July IS, will honor pioneer
men en6 women On tho Yukon watershed prior
TO pecombor 81, 1899, with international
President, Cant. Al. Goddard as toast
raster. lie took the fret boat dom the
Yukon River in 1897.
ASSISTING northern Chief Hoffman on the
Convention Co!raittee are Sd. S. Sears, Old
inc Yukonar; ST.. 9aggart and R.N. Sun
;1ist 90 lone; Lee 7. I-e1 len, tree 5urer Of
5he ALASKA Yukon Pioneers; Mrs. Nora ill
or, president ST the Ladies' Of the Cold
! North, and hrs. Helen Buck. DauPht ors
the Alaska Yukon Pioneers, Jare Se1lea
IF Cordova, president are also co-hosts
18th the A7asl.a Yukon Pioneers and Ladies
tie Golden North.
5t.*rlee s+vert son, President OF the saa
INK -0a2cl and 5ourdouea Association las
act ified the housing chairman, Glenn 3a~t-
EFT, tLat their group viii. ar i've il 4
A2TTerGd DL2le. Il. oil " ->Eo.lL "--CS
d; / Los Angeles viii be veil represented al
j. st Vice President, 81. Parker OF Yam
cyargor, &c. has mad reservations for a
r q Canadian contingent.
Invitations have been sent to all Ic1oos
: the Pioneers OF Alaska; mayors OF Al
s~ka cities and the Yukon; and to veil
nom o2dt liners OF The E1ondike COLD rush,
including Robert Service, Dan Sutharl and,
Rex leach, SIS. "5n1ff" l-itche1l, H..
lice" Croft, Hon. George. Black and others
from Ostaua to San Diego and Nomo.
: a1old Ship BANQUET and Bali will be
held at tho 21uso1ic Temple Saturday eJon-
4rs and anColl S..io" picnic at ood1and
ark on Sunday rs the w3ndup Of the four
- Of colebrat ion by the stanmedeIs Of
The 5r45ls OF t1q great Cold Rush. "Fifty
years haye been oddod to the days Of their
youth since the lure Of go1d'took these
pioneers north, out thoir h98rts are still
young and everyone is vel come and invited
to attend the. ent ire 3ounionn. says sec
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-07-24

mrs. MARGARET HA7E EIsT1R, District ~orlor
FOR the Department of Public ~o1fare, viii
arrive in Ralmer by bus Tuesday, July %,
ard Will rema in unit il Thursday.
s;|s};**}k
tuberculosis may be called a young uoman's
disease. For some unknown reason more
Young uomon than young men die from it.
kftor 80, however, tuberculosis kills more
men than women.
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Irish Hold to Duncina

Dance halls and milk bars are
among the legacies OF war inherited
by Northern Ireland. In wartime
when thousands of troops roamed
Belfast's streets, these places with
CHEEKY atmosphere sprang up SC
fast that people predicted they
would fail in wholesale lots in peace
time. However, dance halls still
flourish and "block booking" Is an
accepted thing in winter months
Milk bars are still popular, too.
Evening star., 1947-01-31

Andre, Louis Thoma.
Beach, Henry Ward
Billups, George r.
Blackwell. Earl T.
BriStow, James G., ].
Butler, Eugene
Campbell, Bobby B.
| Carrigan, Robert
Chance, George Roy
Dern, Herbert s.. jr.
Downs, Charles e., j.
Edwards, Lewis r.
Farley C. E., jr.
Frey, Major r.
Cation, Harold L.
Handy, william G.
Hargrove, william
Irby. Samuel M.
Jacobs, william r.
| Johnson, C. E., jr.
Loratto, Robert e.
Magtutu, Paul w.
MartZ. Fred Donald
Mcdonald, H. M, jr.
McNeill, Jackie L.
Merelman, w. A.
Mitchell, Robert q.
Mooers, Donald 8.
Morgan, Roland G..
Morrison, r. e.
Naunann, Richard ]
| Nottingham, w. I.
Patterson, W. r.
Potter, william s.
Sansbury, William +
Shriver, Robert w.
Taylor, Charles d.
Tucker. Donald
Tull, Stanley
ullrich Donald C..
Ward, John
| Wimpee, c. D., jr.
Winters, Donald Z.
| Wiseman, John r.
Witter, Richard N.
Young, Alfred L.
| Zell, Bernard l..
Abbate, Josephine A
Adams, Marilyn Z.
zimmerman, r. B.
Armiger, Evelyn H.
Boswell, Elizabeth 4
Evening star., 1947-01-31


Clayton. Marilyn e.
Day, Jean Dolores
Decker, Lillian
Dern, Margaret v.
.Dodson, Mary v.
Doke, Ronda D.
Du Bose, Jeanette 3
Faro, Ann A.
Finch, Blanche r.
Gorbea. Maria
Gray, Bertha M.
Hampton, Virginia M
Hewitt, Helen Marie
Horn, Barbara l..
Hill, Barbara A.
Hungo, Margaret
Kidd, Joan K.
Manders, Phyllis j.
Montfort, Myra Jean
Moore, Marjorie l..
Moy, Mary
Noel.s Phyllis A.
O'Bryhini, Betty J.
PaSis, Sonia
Pierce, Caroline J.
Perkins. Dorothy r.
Stafford, Mary l..
Stivers, Joyce Belle
Sundstrom, Rita v.
Sutherland, Joyce M.
Talley, Virginia L.
Tritie, Joan e.
WALKER, 10 Anne
Wallach, Barbara A.
White, Rebecca L.
Williams, Nellie M.
Willoughby, Pauline
Wolfe. Yyonne N.
WuKe, Laura y.
KieSsling, G. w.
Van Ness, Eugene p.
Annadale, Gloria M.
Daley, Helen M.
Ramey, Margaret L.
Robey, Lorraine r.
SchwarZmann, j. v.
Sutherland, Joan B.
Patterson, Ernest l..
HeitZ, Franklin j.
Glass, Sherwin
Allison, Evelyn Mari
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Frost FoiIs Fires

Farmers in the Duiwelskloof area
of South Africa tried to protect
grain crops by burning shavings on
the land when the temperature
dropped, "in the manner OF Cali
fornia fruit farmers"
Evening star., 1947-01-31
Commencement Held
For Class Of 103 al
Hine Junior High

Commencement exercises for '103
members OF the senior class at Hine
Junior High School were held this
afternoon at the school with Adel-
bert w. Lee, member of the Board
of Education, presiding.
Candidates for graduation were
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Mr.. Wallace Abroad

The proper reactlon TO Henry Wal
lace's latest misguided adventure is
to view it more in sorrow than in
anger. For here is a man who is
breaking faith, not only with his own
country, but with a philosophy of
life in which he himself devoutly
believes.
Mr.. Wallace, of course, would dis
sent from both of these propositions.
But the facts speak for themselves.
The disservice which he is doing to
his country is perhaps the lesser evil,
although it is deplorable enough.
But just as he has failed to convince
any significant number of his own
countrymen, he will have little sue
cess in persuading the people of
Britain that the United States has
embarked upon program of ruth
less imperialism" or that President
Truman, in launching his Greco
Turkish program, was inspired by
the unworthy motive of stealing the
thunder of the Red issue from the
Republicans. If Mr. Wallace be-
lieves these things, he deserves to be.
pitied. If he does not believe them.
he has resorted to demagoguery of a
low order. In either event, he can
do no great injury to the United
States, for he has forfeited the right
to speak with an effective voice. No
doubt Mr.. Wallace believes in what
he is doing. But the unpleasant fact
remains that, at critical hour in
our history, he has gone abroad on
mission which necessarily tends to
undermine the position of the United
States.
More than this, however, it also
tends to undermine the basic things
in which Mr.. Wallace believes. The
objective of the United States is to
check the spread of communism.
Primarily, of course, our motive is
one of self preservation. But it Is
also our hope that we will be able to
save other people-Greeks, Turks,
Italians, Frenchmen and others
from the corroding blight of the
police state, with it's cruel disregard
of the hopes and the rights and the
freedom of men.
1t is possible that this is an under
taking that is beyond our powers.
We may fail But it is an effort
which has to be made if we are to
live with our consciences and face
our children Surely it is a strange
thing and a sad thing to find a man
of Mr.. Wallace's instincts in the.
opposition camp; to find him, how
. ever unwittingly, giving comfort to
the enemy and impugning the. mo-
tives and integrity of his own people.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Corcorun Biennial

There definitely are two schools OF
thought about modern painting. Ac-
cording to the public reaction, most
of the artists represented in the
twentieth biennial exhibition at the
Corcoran Gallery are radical" and
esoteric. Only very few OF the
canvases displayed are subject to
Immediate comprehension by non
professionals. 1t is necessary to be
educated" to the dogmas OF con-
temporary design in order to ap-
preciate them fully But that does
not mean that ordinary people
ought to stay away from what GER
'tainly is one of the most notably
challenging shows of its kind ever
staged in Washington.
On the contrary, the average cltl-
zen should welcome an opportunity
to see for himself the pictures which
"a jury of painters has judged to be
worthy of recognition as works in
,dicative of the prevailing trend in
American art. The jurors as a
group symbolic the commonly held
conviction of their colleagues that
they should be appraised by men
qualified by training and experience.
Amateur opinion, the painters
themselves insist, cannot be &C
cepted as canonical. Yet it is
wanted The artists wish to be
known to their lay neighbors as
serious craftsmen, earnestly striving
to interpret the world about them
in creative terms. 1t is but fair
that the public should give their
offerings an unprejudiced viewing.
Not everybody will be enthusiastic
about everything he sees on the gal
slery walls; much of the exhibition
probably will fail to win popular ap-
,proval.
But the same observation applies
to all other fields of human effort.
Not for at least century has there
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Fifty Years Ago

A new building for the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital on the south
west corner of Seven
Hospitol teenth and L streets
Ceremony NV, was placed in serv-
ice on April 7, 1897, and
The Star for that day carried an ac-
count of the rites of dedication. Right
Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, Bishop of
Washington, presided over the cere-
mony: Rev. Charles E. Buck led pray
ers: Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim, DR..
w. w. Johnson and DR.. E. o. Belt de-
ivered prepared speeches on the work
of the institution and ways and means
Of financing its endeavors. Mrs. Horace
Gray, as president of the Board of Lady
to furnish the hospital, and she and her
associates were credited with making
possible the opening.
The Star on August g. 1897, printed
list of places at which reserved seat tick
cts for a reception to
Where to Buy Bob Fitzsimmons at
Tirkets Center Market Hall four
evenings later might be
obtained Bijou Theater. Arlington
Hotel, Chamberlins Hotel. Riggs House,
Metropolitan Hotel, National Hotel, st.
James Hotel, Warwick's, Drivers, Kins-
lows Restaurant, Costellos Restaurant,
Appler's, Pat Murphy's, Eckerton's,
Kozel,s, Bernard's Cigar Store and Hud-
sons Information Bureau we're included
in the roster, each representing an estab-
ltshment universally known to the peo-
pie of the city. So far as current oper-
alton is concerned. not even one OF the
lot now exists. Only the Hotel Raleigh,
where the Fitzsimmons cards OF adnIs-
sion also we're available, survives, brought
up to date.
In preparation for entombment In the
monument raised to his memory on Riy-
erside drive, New York City, the remains
I of Gen. U. s. Grant,
Gen Grants leader of the Union
cosket forces in the Civil War
and subsequently Pres
ident of the United States, were being
removed from the coffin Of steel in which
they had been incased following his
death in 1885. The Star for April 8,
1897, explained: The outer case which
incloses the casket Is fastened by $50
bolts, the heads Of which are nearly one
inch in diameter and "the heads must
be drilled through and pounded down
before the case can be opened. It was
estimated by the men in charge that the
work would take three days TO perform
Whenever the cases may be re-
moved. the public viii not be given an
an opportunity to vieH the removal OF
the cssket. That viii be done under
cover of night and at an hour which
viii not be made public