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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26
National Press and Radio Sports Commentator


Lou Reid, of Jackson, Miss, was
only 26 months old when she was
awarded an amateur card based
on a qualifying performance to
compete in the national champion
ships! Incidentally, a retired
stock-broker named Perry B. Raw
son made a scientific study of the
sport, and finally proved that the
basis of all skating is a side
stepping motion with the feet!
How did the whole thing start?
Some now-forgotten Hollander of
the 18th century, hating to lose
skating joys when the ice melted,
attached large wooden spools to
his ice skates and went humping
along the road.
The next historical mention of
roller skating was in 17G0, when
a musical instrument maker
named Joseph Merlin of Berlin,
manufactured a pair of roller
skates to be used in an opera. Un-
fortunately the unstable actor on
wheels had the skate-wheels lock,
and he was forced to add Band
Aids to his makeup after he
crashed headlong into a mirror.
America was slow to take to the
sport, but two men were mainly
responsible for advancing roller
skating to it's present proportions.
A fellow named Richardson in
vented the roller bearing, and
James L. Plimpton organized the
first public rink.
Because the greater area Of con-
tact with the ground, roller skaters
cannot match the speed records of
ice skaters but they do beat
the times registered by the best
runners. Down in Florida two
years ago, a roller skater even
beat a midget racing auto around
a small oval track.
Roller skating has other prac-
tical assets. 1t is proving valuable
therapy for wounded veterans -.
is used extensively by the Western
Union Telegraph Company to
hasten its messengers . and it
serves to furnish material for
columns like this.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26
GARTER SNAKE EATS BIRDS:
DOESN'T LIVE TO TELL TALE

| -paQQV, DADDY. LOOK. lie Hldiiio
bird is trying to teach the baby
brides how to fly"
Daddy ran to the sons bedroom
window and looked out. At the
corner of the house on a wooded
nlot OF land at Windy Hill Beach.
daddy saw that mama Thrash had
left the hollow stump where her
five newly-born were, and was now
perched atop myrtle bush, chip
ing away in a frustrated sort OF
wav.
See how she does, daddy. She
flvs to the stump and makes
more noise and then flys to the
tree again. See?"
Sure enough, mama Thrash HOY.
cred above the hollow stump, ana
then back to the myrtle bush a
gain. chirping loudly, amost hys'
terically.
something's wrong" said dad.
DIV" they not old enough to NV
vet. She knows that. Let's take q
ook.'
Daddy went out of the house
to the hollow stump, half expect
ing a flutter of wings and feathers
and five little chick ThraShes DIES
9cratc,y trying to wing their way
inward to tho myrtle bush where
mama Thrash was perched.
He stopped suddenly, alarmed
for there half in and half out OF
the hollow stump was a snake
rrere was the cause of all OF the
Thrash's anxiety.
Hand me the weed cutter
quick" demanded daddy, and ne
struck at the snake with the SHARP
:capon. TJc missed. The snake
weavcd itself down into the
stump.
Look daddy, he's in the hole
We can't get him out now, ano
ht'u eat the little birds!
Take the mop out of the han
die" cried daddy" I'll lower it in
TO the hole and spring it together
when | get the snake in the trap.
but the mop holder was too largo
and wouldn't fit in the mono"
stump.
"Get me a coat hanger and the
flashlight," and dady straighter
cd out the hanger leaving a ~
al one end. He lowered it into the
hole and felt the curled snake
tangle in the "U" and he yankee
The snake started to squirm OIL
DADDY grabbed the weed cutter
upward.
There was a lot of connection
struggle.
The brides, the brides. are
hey still there?" They Wernt
All five were gone. The encyclo
media revealed the snake to be :;
Garter snake, harmless, and fec
eff lizards, and birds and grass
hcppcrs but wait
often if the Garter snake
;s killed soon after eating, It's
,ictim may still be alive.
| A quick search revealed a razor
| blade. A few quick stroked. me
snake was open. Yes, there were
The birds all five of them .
Dead!
The mother Thrash lowered a
round the hollow stump all day
Towards evening, she flew dowr
from her myrtle bush and perchec
IN the hollow stump. A few nom
ents later she went in. Minutes
passcd, and she came out again
and flew away. poor thing" said
| the son, Poor thing
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26

With legion baseball over fo'
Tabor City for the season, the
boys who played here have been
scattering for the past few days
many of them having gone their
way and their baseball playing
days with the American Legion
are gone forever. Yet, Tabor City
has a right bright future proms
I'd in legion baseball. Many OF
the boys who played this yea
will he back another season anC
they will have the advantage o;
another years growth plus thl
seasons experience.
Interest among those person
who backed the team this yea.
both financially and morally.
greater than ever. They want t.
have a good team next year
Now is the time to start workln;
toward next seasons ball clut
Many of them realize that anc
will be out scouting acound ion
the best possible material.
The midget league here tina
halted during the legion season
is ready 70 get back in actor
now and it is lust such eNperl
cncc as the kids get in this type
play that develops them into
first class legion players an1
eventually carries ball player.
to the tops in their profession
They have to start young. anC
the play has to be properly or
gaaized for them to grasp the
fundamentals which makes base
hau players out SandlotterS.
The hackers of the midget lea
cue deserve round OF applause
II the people will take the league
seriously. do everything poSSlbl;
to encourage as many youth:
as possible 20 participate. there:
no question about the eventua
worth to the boys and to the
legion team as winning organ
iZation.
The local lcgionnaireS made {
right good name for themselves
this season. There was not lot
OF difference in any of the three
teams in Area one District two
when Tabor City came up like
q rocket at the end of the season
to take seven out OF the last ter
games, we suddenly knew We
had as good a ball club as die
Whitcville, Wilmington or mos
any other legion nine. 1t was
jus; d little too much to eNpec'
shr boys to take four in n ROY
over the Whitcville aggregation
The pressure was too great anc
SO many games were played il
so short a period that their
strength was Slapped.
ii we were trying to point out
ono fault with American Legion
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26
City Is Featured
In S. G. Magazine

Myrtle Beach-The Place TIC
Play and Stay" written by a. r
Mum is a feature in the July
issue of the South Carolina
Magazine.
The story is given a two-page
spread in which pictures Of the
Presbyterian Church. the strand
and pavilion. and the municipal
building are included.
Mr.. Mum gives a featuriZed
account of the historical back
ground of this beach from its
first development to the present
day.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26

V-8 or 'Six" she steps out like no
other low-priced car. Yet you can
own V-8 for hundreds less than
most 'Sixes''-a Ford Six for
even less.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26
Receivers Al Vehicles

RALEIGH, N. C.-The Theft
Bureau assisted in the recovery
of Al motor vehicles during Jun;
and began investigation 49,
thefts of 10 more. the North Car.
DINA Department of Motor Vehi-
reported today.
Of 1876 trucks stopped by In
So. ctors. OF the Theft Bureau
1913 were found to be overloaded.
"a Carolina trucks stopped
numbered 1888 and Out O.,
trlic.:s, 1.52S. Of the trucks found
overloaded, 1853 were over their
license limit, with 241 being
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-26

ties" a show
S tyled aft er
Sonia Henie's
revue, which
tours the U. S.
And, finally,
about a hum
dred of tn e
S t u L d i e S t
thrill = seekers
make a living
O u t of t h e
"R oller Der
L. - 4l>o1 Tolo
Evening star., 1950-06-26
The Richitt Case

There is nothing that is necessarily wrong
In the financial transactions which form the
basis of the complaint against Police Captain
Anthony Richitt.
These matters are set forth in the report to
the Commissioners by Daniel B. Maher, formerly
special assistant to the Corporation Counsel.
Capt. Richitts transactions, as described in The
Sunday Star, involve substantial sums of money.
He has given an explanation of the sources OF
this money, however, and on the face of the
matter it appears to be a reasonable expana-
ton. If it were not for the element of public
interest in this case, it could be dropped with
out further ado.
But as Mr.. Maher pointed out in his report,
"a police officer is in peculiar position in regard
to matters which ordinarily would be construed
as private matters" When the Commissioners
feel it necessary to have official investigation
made of police officers activities, and when
that investigation results in recommendation
that the officers business dealings "be thor
oughly investigated and fully explained by
him." a perfunctory dismissal of the matter
hardly is in order.
The Commissioners and Major Barrett seem
to want to close the Richitt case and forget it.
1t may be that on all the facts there is nothing
to warrant further action But the public has
a right to know what the facts are and the
manner in which this case is being handled
except for Capt. RichittS own statements not
calculated to bring them out.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
A pseudonym is permissible only
1Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of 10riter. Please be brief.

doubt the good judgement of her pedia-
trician, as everything that I have read
on nutrition placed milk as must in
the diet.
/ will now quote from Government
booklet distributed to Federal employees
during the war: Calcium is found in
milk, evaporated milk, buttermilk. skim
milk, Swiss cheese and American cheese.
We need calcium in our daily diet so the
heart can function properly. Blood.
nerves and muscles depend upon an ade-
quate supply OF certain essential min
erals. Of these the one you are most
likely to miss is calcium. since there are
only few specific food sources of this
mineral. Calcium is also essential for
good teeth and bones. In. milk is the
essential Vitamin B2 or G, also known
as Riboflavin. Vitamin B2 is necessary
for general health and vigor at all ages.
and aids in maintaining normal nerve
tissues This vitamin seems to create
greater adult vitality and to prolong
the span of active life. Foods rich in
Vitamin B2 found in milk are also
likely to provide the anti-pellagra vita
min Niacin.'
Unquote!
From other sources of study on nu-
triton, I discovered Vitamins A. B, c,
D and E are also found in milk to some
extent. That is why milk is called the
almost-perfect food.
Mary Grier
Evening star., 1950-06-26

in the primary, Willis Smith, former president
of the American Bar Association.
Mr.. Smith campaigned as an old-line Demo-
crat and he took a clear-cut position against
the principal items in Mr.. Truman's domestic
program He traied in the first primary, Sen
ator Graham polling 303 sos votes to 25O,222 for
Mr. Smith. The two other candidates ran far
behind, and it looked as though Senator Graham
needed only to pick up handful of their votes
to win the runoff last Saturday. In any normal
political situation, Mr.. Smiths position would
have been all but hopeless.
Then the unexpected happened. When the
votes in the runoff were counted, Senator
Graham had total of 257,156-a loss of $4,000
votes. Mr.. Smith gained $4,000, bringing his total
to 277,672.
This is reversal of form which should give
the administration strategists something to think
about. 1t knocks in the head the contention that
their opposition in the South consists of minor
ity of reactionaries. And it invites some inter-
esting speculation as to what the effect may have
been of such things as the recent Supreme Court
segregation rulings and the Presidents latest
snub of Governors Thurmond and Wright.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
The Public Interest
Mary Grier

The writer has many times in recent
years been amazed at the acceptance,
by the public, of the hardships imposed
upon it by the often-unreasonable quar-
rels between labor and business. pro-
longed beyond reason by petty pickering
of the negotiators and the seeming in
difference of those elected by the public
to the problem of safeguarding their
interests.
When negotiation in labor dispute
is in progress, it should be between man
agement representatives, labor repre-
sentatives and public representatives.
with voting power of 331s per cent to
each, and when decision is reached ii
should be enforced-by the withdrawal
of license to operate in the case of nom
compliance by business. or by the with
draWal of all legal recognition in the
case Of noncompliance by labor.
I. w. Onder
Evening star., 1950-06-26
BY Charles {. TroceweH

just asks silly questions. don't en-
courage that"
The other woman said, "She learned
a good lesson today"
Mommie replied, 'Yes, it all happened
so suddenly, we didn't know quite what
did happen. but it certainly made a big
impression"
Milly still had not smiled.
Looking out the window. she began
again.
What is the matter with that house?"
she asked.
"Tt was struck by bus"
why was it struck by bus?"
They say the bus was struck by
car, or something"
why did the car strike the bus?"
'"They both tried to be in the same
place. evidently, at the same time"
WAS there anybody in the house"
Perhaps, don't know, really"
Were they asleep?"
"I suppose So"
In their beds?"
YES"
did they fall out?"
"They must have fallen out"
did they get hurt7"
Maybe
did they take them to the hospital?"
Etc.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
By jones D. White

IND WORLD WAR III break out
~ Saturday night as Communist
Northern Koreans surged across the
38th parallel?
The answer to that question may
depend upon whether Russia thinks this
is the right time to clean out the last
corner of American influence left in
Northeast Asia since communism took
over the Chinese mainland.
There seems little doubt that the in
vasion of Southern Korea was extern
sively planned and executed. Along this
215-mile border, incidents have been
happening for five years. but this attack
was no mere incident.
Meanwhile. prompt American instruc-
tiops to Gen. Macarthur to rush weapons
to the South Koreans from Japan indi-
cate this country will support Southern
resistance-as long as it lasts. If South
Korea folds, the question of what Ameri-
ca will do still has to be decided.
The American Government is operat-
ing in an election year on the basis
of a bipartisan foreign policy. This
policy supports resistance to Communist
expansion in Asia as well as in Europe.
It has been challenged by the attack on
ouG IllC 4QCSblOA 4C"
mains whether this attack means basic
Soviet answer to the stronger American
line, or something less.
There is an outside chance that North
Korean forces, about half of whom are
tough characters from Manchuria, are
jumping the gun on somebody.
Close to 100000 of these Korean
fighters. including officers. were repat-
rated to North Korea about year ago,
after helping the Chinese Reds drive
Chang Kai-Shek's armies from Man.
churia. They had been reared and
trained in Manchuria under the Jap
anese. They came to their homeland.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Rent Controls and Little Men

Robert j. Lewis had quite piece IN
The Star of June 16, entitled "Rent De-
control Would Hit the Little Man" So
what? He should know that may thou
sands of Little Men, and more especially
Little Women, have been very hard hit
under rent control simply because they
saved some money and invested it in a
small apartment building or rooming
house. They suffered loss because OF the
way rent control was administered.
Unless Mr.. Lewis states why the prop
erty owner should bear the burdens OF
those who rent, his argument smacks OF
insincerity Just why should thu property
owner, and only the property owner, help
in such major way to support another
class in their fancied or real inability
to pay their rent? Why should the prop
erty owner, large or small, be made to
assist another class to get something for
nothing? That's all it amounts to.
The property owner is the only citizen
who is compelled to sell his services for
less than the market price. AL others
were freed from this in 1946-nearly five
years ago.
Mr. Lewis quotes supporters as stating
that "the District rental program has not
yet produced its full quota of rental
units" It never will. as he should know.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Whut's She Got?

I harbored some slight hopes, when
Perle Mesta was exiled to the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg. that it might
eventually be possible to pick up a paper
somewhere this side of What Cheer, Iowa,
without being compelled to read of her
inconsequential activities. This hope has
turned out to be illusory.
It is not that hold i'll will toward
Mrs. Mesta, who has done nothing to
merit it from me. The facts are simply
that, like the Athenians. have become
SO fed up with reading of her innocuous
doings, as they did of AriStides the Just.
that chortled when the news of her
appointment was announced and whooped
with glee when she finally departed these
shores, as the Hellenes did when they
banished Aristides.
There must be thousand women in
this country who have a thousand times
more on the ball than Perle ever had,
and since it is impossible that she is
subsidiZing the press nationally, what is
the answer? I should be grateful for a
logical explanation Does she know where
the body was buried?
whitney Colt.
Philadelphia.
Editors note: If Ambassador Mesta
knows where any body was buried, she
never told us about it,
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Thanks for Seal

The faculty and members of the 1850
graduating class of the Kelly Miller
Junior High School wish to express their
appreciation to the Commissioners of the
District for allowing us the use of the
District of Columbia Seal as part of the
stage decoration for Commencement.
The Seal was requested by the class for
class day. Many thanks for helping us
develop an atmosphere of Sesquicen-
tennial.
Edna Forrest Browne.
Chairman of Glass Day
Mural M. Alexander.
Principal
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Spending ArIington's Tax Dollars

The Arlington School Board has been criti-
cized in some quarters for going too fast in its
school construction program. The criticisms in
creased recently when talk of a new $9-million
bond issue for schools was begun even before
the present much-publicized building program
was completed Citizens of Arlington who are
concerned over their rising tax bills will welcome
therefore, the announcement by Mrs. Elizabeth
Campbell chairman of the board, that the new
bond issue proposal is somewhat premature.
although we know that additional bond
money is required for vital school construction
Mrs. Campbell said, 1--WE wish to proceed as
conservatively and soundly as possible" She
diSavowed, on behalf of the board, any respon-
sibility for the demands which have been heard
for bond issue referendum next November.
AS the board chairman properly pointed out,
it is impossible to estimate the amount of bond
money needed for future construction in advance
of careful study of the county's needs, and they
cannot be determined accurately until the pres
ent construction is DONE
Arlington has earned national attention by
it's progressive school program But the county
has other needs outside the educational field
that must be met too. For example, the State
Water Control Board has left the county no
alternative but to build new sewage treatment
plant at the earliest possible date. This will
require bond issue of considerable size, for the
county cannot raise the money for such a
project out of current revenues. The burden
of necessary improvements in the educational,
sanitation and other public service fields is a
heavy one on the county's taxpayers. County
officials responsible for spending owe it to the
taxpayers to see that the burden does not be-
come excessively heavy, or unbalanced in favor
of one service against another.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Who Called Signals for Korean Attack?

their teeth, or whether 1t is part Of a
definite Soviet plan. it follows two events
in the South of great importance.
One was the election late in May. held
upon American insistence. in which the
voters turned out in unprecedented num-
bers and revealed popular interest IN
Democracy which foreshadowed eventual
political defeat for the Communist to-
talitarians in the North. However, the
voters also crossed party lines and
elected an assembly with a majority OF
independents who could not be depended
upon to support the policies OF President
Syngman Rhee. His control appeared
weakened.
The other event was the visit of John
Foster Dulles, Republican adviser to the
State Department on bipartisan foreign
policy. to Seoul last week. There he made
a speech which disappointed the South
erners and may have mistakenly en-
couraged the Northerners and or their
Soviet sponsors to leap into action.
He assured the Southerners of Ameri-
can moral and material support, but
qualified it by saying that this would be
consistent with your own self-reSpect
and your primary dependence on your
own effort"
This was merely a re-atflrmation of
American policy. but it may be that the
Northerners figured, in the wake of an
election which weakened the Rhee gov
ernment in the short run but might
strengthen it later on, that now was their
time to strike.
A full-scale invasion, however. could
not have been mound without long ad-
vance preparation.
The real question is whether 1t was the
Northereners' own idea or whether their
Soviet sponsors decided this was the
time to recoup in East Asia for some Of
the set-backs they have sustained in
Europe.
(Assoeiated Press0
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Senator Graham Beaten

The defeat of Senator Graham in North Car
olina is of course, blow to President Truman
and the Fair Deal.
Senator Graham has been loyal admins
tration supporter in Congress, and his sympa-
thies generally are in line with the administra-
tion program. During the campaign he did say
that he was opposed to such things as FEPC and
the Brannan plan, but it is certain that he would
have been a much less effective opponent OF
these projects than the man who defeated him
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Commencement Exercises
In Junior High School

A tuorrted frown aboDe her eyes,
Upon the podiuns she stands;
Before her sits her orchestra.
Time on their hands.
She straightens. S,oallotcS, taps her stick.
Lifts up her arms. looks round, and 10
Rdpt silence, tDttI bot1S poised to drGtc.
Lips pursed to blo1o.
DotDn sweep her arms: the tautneSs
meltS
From limbs, fresh spirit pinks her q
cheeks
And time and circumstance both slip
Awdy, as Music speaks.
Transported By the Presence-fet.
Child players merge identity
In uiolin. piano, horn
And tynpant.
And Mendelssohn is in her eyes
And Tn her baton and her Dotces
And in the Instruments and hearts
OF girls and boys.
The arms raise up. and hold as "
To stay the ending that must be:
The arms descend. and all return
To nnyediity.
A n F,AIJMENHAFY
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Ceiling All Shovions!

All readers. admirers. correspondents.
acquaintance. friends; translators. in
terpreters; enemies, cartoonists, satirists,
caricaturists; sculptors, painters and pho
tographers of the wayWard Irishman, are
invited to cooperate with me in the vast
project of the Centennial Biography of
Bernard Shaw
This work. designed for publication in
1856, Mr.. Shaw's centennial year, will
probably run to several volumes; and
like my earlier works on Shaw is autho-
rized by the subject. Correspondence
with owners of manuscripts, letters,
postcards, likenesses, caricatures, car
toons. programs, playbills, portraits Of
players in Shaw roles. photographs of
scenes from his plays, and all other
types of Shaviana is earnestly invited.
Archibald Henderson,
721 East Franklin street, Chapel Hill.
N, c.