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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1951-08-03
The Question of a Dams Name

John H. Kerr, Representative
in Congress from the End district
Of North Carolina, initiated the
legislation for the construction
Of the Bugg's Island dam on the
Roanoke river. The dam, which
was built at the cost of the U. S.
Government, is in Virginia but it
is very close to North Carolina,
and the project is more of a
North Carolina than a Virginia
project because by far the great
er part of the land that is to be
protected from floods by the
dam lies in North Carolina. Mr..
Kerr's interest in the project is
due to the fact that this land
lies in his district, which
stretches along the Virginia
border.
Some Government financed
dams have been named for in
dividuals - for example, the
Hoover dam, the Norris dam, and
the Coolidge dam-and it was
natural that, because Mr.. Kerr
had been the chief advocate and
sponsor of the dam, the proposal
should be made that the name
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1951-08-03
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Chapel Hill, N. c.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Mayor and Board of Commits
sioners of the Town Of Carrboro, n. c.
at the Town Hall, Carrboro, ~ c. at
the Mayors office until 200 o'clock
pm, 10 August, 1851.
The work will consist Of seal-coating
approximately 5000 square yards of
surface treated streets, and surfacing
approximately 5000 square yards Of
dirt streets.
Proposals must be marked, PRO
posal for Street Improvements"
All bids must be upon blank forms
provided in the Proposal, Specifica-
tions and Contract"
General contractors are notified
that "An Act to Regulate the Practice
of General Contracting" ratified by
the General Assembly of North Car
olina on March 10, 1925 and as sub
sequently amended Public Laws of
1887, ratified March %, Public Laws
1949, ratified May %, Public Laws of
1851 will be observed in receiving
and awarding general contracts.
Each proposal shall be accompanied
by cash deposit or a certified check
drawn on some bank or trust com
pany insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, of an amount
equal to not less than percent Of the
amount of bid or in lieu thereof a bid
der may offer a bid bond of 5 per
cent of the bid, said deposit to be re-
tained by the Town of Carrboro, N. G.
as liquidated damages in event of
failure Of the successful bidder to
execute the contract within ten days
after the award or to give satisfactory
surety as required by law public
Laws 1888, c. l43, Art. s S. 129, as
amended by Public Laws l949 and
Public Laws of 1851.
A performance bond is required in
the amount equal TO 1000 Of the con-
tract price conditioned upon the faith
full performance Of the contract and
upon the payment of all persons
supplying labor and furnishing ma
terials for the construction of the
project.
Plans and specifications will be on
file at the Town Clerks office in Carr
boro, N. c. and at the office of the
Engineer in Chapel Hill, N. c.; and
copies of specifications, forms of pro-
posal, and set of plans will be mail
ed upon application to the Engineer
at Chapel Hill, N. c. and upon pay
ment of $500, which amount will be
refunded upon the return of the plans
with bona fide bid.
The award of any contract shall be
conditioned upon funds being made
available for such construction and
upon the applicant having a right to
hold the bids for a period Of Is days
from the date Of opening bids, unless
otherwise required by law.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids, or to accept the bid most
favorable to the Town of Carrboro,
N. c., in the discretion of the Board
of Commissioners Of the Town Of
Carrboro, N. C.
j. Sullivan Gibson, Mayor
John r. Cove
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1951-08-03

or at least to apologize for fiction
as entertainment. For this the
spirit of the hungry thirties
can be held partly responsible ;
it did not produce many prole-
tartan novels that were readable,
but it did succeed in populariz-
ing 'escapist' as an epithet for
any novel that did not follow its
! formula. The smear word, like
so many that have no exact
meaning, stuck well, with the re-
suit that today, even in a chang
ed world, the novelist who sells
the reader a good time tends to
do so furtively, hoping that GER
tain critics will not notice the
offense, since of course they
could not possibly pardon it. OBJ
serve, in passing, that 'escap-
ist' is applied almost exclusively
to fiction; nobody would think
to call Oklahoma escapist, or
Grandma Moses, or Danny Kaye.
THE crux of the matter is the
conscience Of the modern intel
ligent reader, whose abundance
of leisure afflicts him with a con-
stant reminder that he has less
time to waste than any Of his
ancestors. We check that con-
science with our hat when we
90 to the theater, we loosen it
with our collar when we settle
down before the television set !;
but for some reason it nags con-
tinually when we pick up a novel.
The story may divert US, may
even absorb US for hours, but we
are far more ready to question
I the worthWhileness Of time 50
spent than if we were looking
and or listening"
The sales records Of the book
sellers prove that there has been
d great increase in the number
of people who agree with Mr..
Hilton's opinion that true
stories about actual people are
apt to be not only as readable,
but far more re-readable, than
Inventions" How dull is a Hem
ingway, with its far-fetched
psychO-analyzing and it's pre-
tentions and spurious realism"
compared with Amy Kelly's
Eleanor Of Aquitaine". What a
pleasure it is to lay aside a Stein
beck and to take up in it's place
Margaret Colts John G.. Cal
houn"! But it all depends
on what novels and what biog-
raphies you are comparing, and
upon what your taste is. ] do
not remember any present-day
novel that | have enjoyed more
than Krutch's biography of Doc
tor Johnson, or Francis Hackett's
biography of Henry the Eighth,
or Phillips Russell's biography of
Benjamin Franklin, or Carl Van
Doren's biography Of Jonathan
Swift. On the other hand | do
not remember any biography
that have enjoyed more than
two novels that ! re-read this
year, tom Jones" and Henry
ESp1opd -
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1951-08-03
What People Like to Read

and novel-reading were published
in a recent issue of the Weekly
Now another distinguished writ
er, James Hilton, author of
Lost Horizon" and Goodbye,
Mr.. Chips" has something to
say on the subject.
He begins his article in the
book review section of the New
York Herald Tribune with com
ments on a situation that pub
fishers and booksellers have been
mourning about for several
months: the decline in the de-
mand for novels.
Mr. Hilton quotes a bookseller
as saving to him: why don't
you writers give US a story about
real human beings with real
Notwithstanding preachy, you
know-just inspirational and
heart t-warminP - the sort of
thing we used to be able to rec
Ommend TO our customers with
out reservation? Believe me, it
would sell like hot cakes"
Here are some excerpts from
Mr. Hilton's article.
booksellers and novelists
both agree that a certain bear
ishness is in the air. People are
buying, borrowing, and presum-
ably reading less fiction. Respect
ed citizens are less ashamed not
to have read the latest by So
and-So. Magazine editors are
cutting down the fiction content
OF their pages.
ignoring an arguable conten-
tion that the present age has
simply not given US a Dickens
or Tolstoy, there are still sew
eral other factors to be consid-
cred. First, there has been a
narrowing of the field in which
the novelist can function unique
ly. Psychoanalysis has roped off
much Of his estate. Before the
explorations of Freud the read
er could depend upon a good
novel for what might be called
an inspired guess as to the mean
ings and interpretations of hu-
man behavior; today these mat
ters are for scientific study, and
the psychiaEist has made the
problem novel seem dull even
though his own casebook may be
duller.
Then also the novelist's ter
ritory has been encroached upon
by an increasing frankness al
lowed the biographer. True
stories about actual people are
apt to be not only as readable,
but far more re-readable, than
inventions. Personally ! found a
recent biography of Florence
Nightingale (by Cecil Woodham-
SMITH the most fascinating of
all the books ! read during the
last year. When biography was
sedate or mealy-mouthed, fiction
GERS had it their own way; but
today not only is truth often
stranger than fiction, but Mize-
ner can be more exciting than
Schulberg.
Another factor has been the
cessation of the novelist's power
to shock. Certainly readers of
From Here to Eternity can
reach the last page with feel
ing that one thing at least has
been amply demonstrated-that
four-letter words constantly re-
iterated in print are every bit as
boring as in real life"
'The situation is complicated
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1951-08-03

"The situation is complicated
by a modern tendency to discount
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salads. Here are a few: Brass
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polishing less often if it is rubbed
with olive oil after polishing.
Sprinkle the oil lightly on piece
of warm flannel and rub well into
the brass
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TO CONSTIPATION

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ALL-BRAN. After years of constipa-
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~: Say merry Christmas"
by giving Prince Albert to
your pipe-smoking friends and
those who like to roll their own
cigarettes. With Prince Albert,
"The bites out and the pleasures
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Barbara Payton Testifies
For Federal Grand Jury
by the Associoted Press

LOS ANGELES. Nov. Bar
bara Payton told a Federal grand
Jury yesterday what. If anything,
she knows about a gangland kill
|ing-but she wouldn't tell any,
one else.
The actress spent 20 minutes
with the grand jury but refused
comment when she came out.
Miss Payton was accompanied
Ito the Federal building by her
husband. Franchot Tone. He is
at liberty under $500 bond pend
ing trial on a battery charge pre-
ferred by Newspaper Columnist
Florabel Muir. She says he spat
in her face and kicked her shins
lin an argument at a night club
Tuesday.
In a previous appearance be-
fore the grand jury the actress
provided an alibi for a man ques-
toned about the 1850 Staying in
Fresno Of Abe Davidian, inform
er in an investigation of a mar
Icotics ring. She corroborated
Stanley Adams story that hi
spent part Of the fatal day in
Barbara's apartment. Adams
later was convicted Of perjury.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
by the Assoeioted Press

| LONDON, Nov. ! (NANA-Kem.
news What constitutes nag.
Iging? When does nagging en-.
title a man to a divorce?
These were questions that three
Lords Justices argued over anc
disagreed over in the British Court
lof Appeal. They were discussing
la judges decision to grant di-
vorce to a husband whose CHIEF
complaint was that his wife's nag
lging was cruelty.
Lords Justices Denning and
Hodson thought the Judge was
wrong, but Lord Justice Somer-
veil agreed with him. The wife's
appeal against the decree accord
ingly was allowed.
Said Lord Justice Denning: "It
would be a dangerous thing fol
marriage If a wife could be di-
vorced simply because she fire.
quently complained Of her hus-
bands misdoings.
eff a husband behaves badly, he
cannot expect his wife to remain
silent. The remedy for him is Il
mend his ways and to remove the
causes for complaint.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Oregon Prison Break
By2OConvicts FoiIed
BY the Assoeioted Press

SALEM, Oreg., Nov. 1.-Armed
with knives and makeshift weap-
ons, 20 convicts overpowered seven
guards in an unsuccessful attempt
to escape from the Oregon State
prison last night.
Virgil O'Malley, who became
warden only six weeks ago, said
the attempted break was con-
trolled without violence, although
400 convicts were outside their
cells and unguarded at one time.
The 20 convicts, led by three
convicted murders, rushed the un-
armed guards one by one as they
were being taken from the dining
hall back to their cellblocks,
Warden O'Malley said.
The guards and a prison engi-
neer were locked in cells but were
released about 20 minutes later
after the convicts abandoned their
try for freedom.
Warden O'Malley said Guard
Maurice Flouuet came upon the
leaders of the escape attempt as
they huddled in an area near the
the control room. He shouted to
them to get back into their cell
blocks and they complied quietly
The 400 prisoners had just re-
turned from dinner and were left
unguarded outside their cells when
their guards were overpowered
They stood around or sat in their
cells, waiting to be locked up.
One of the ringleaders, the
warden said, was Omar John Pin
son, under life sentence for the
shooting of a State policeman. The
convicts carried a wooden gun
screw drivers, ice picks and similar
Aeapons.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
The EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. 80 Ass
THURSDAY I,

Judge. "that this is case in which
this court should interfere"
The wife who was appealing wa:
a Swiss woman, Mrs. Elizabeth
Rosa King, who married Godfrey
Howard King, of Boughton Mon
chelsea. in 1916. when she was q
and he %.
Other Woman Involved.
Lord Justice Denning said that
in 1947 Mrs. King suspected her
husband Of going out with other
women.
In 1948, while she was in Switz-
Ierland, Mr.. King committed mis-
conduct and told her. There was
Ia reconciliation.
"Just before Christmas, 1949,'
continued Lord Justice Denning
"Mr. King took a turkey to his ex-
mistress, who was then married to
his brother.
"It is plain that the wife had
just cause for accusing her hus-
band of misconduct on repeated
occasions, and. that being so, her
complaints cannot be regarded
as cruelty.
"It was the husband that broke
up this marriage. He has brought
lit all on his own head"
Permission to appeal to the
| House of Lords was refused.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
ESQ, 900 Retired RaiImen
Get 3O% Pension Raise

Higher retirement and survivor
benefits are in store for most OF
the Nations railroad workers and
their families as a result Of recent
amendments to the. Railroad Re-
tirement Act, the Railroad Retire
ment Board said today.
The board estimated that 250,-
900 retired railroad employees will
receive increases averaging 80 per
cent and some 10000 survivors
of deceased employees will get in
creases averaging IS per cent in
their monthly benefits. The first
checks to include increases will
go out about December 1.
Among the major changes are: !:
The maximum annuity now
payable to retired workers will
rise from $144 to $165.60 a month,
The maximum amount payable to
survivors of a deceased railroad
worker will rise from $109 to $160
"a month. A survivor will not be
permitted to earn $50 month in
social security employment with
out losing that months annuity
payment.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
By George A. Macarthur
Associated Press Fore:cn Correspondent

WONSAN HARBOR. Korea
Nov. 1.-Tiny Tae-do is a neutral
island in the shell-Splashed har-
bor of Wonson. where the only
enemy is disease-leprosy.
I visited Tae-do and talked to
its Mayor. Kim Byong Suk. Shells
from the Allied fleet offshore and
from Communist batteries on the
shore whistled overhead.
But hilly, wooded Tae-do was at
peace. 1t is peace bought for
100 Koreans at the cost of leprosy
which means isolation from the
world.
1t is better now on Tae-do than
early in the war, the Mayor said.
In the early days, both Commu-
mist and Allied shells occasionally
burst on the island. Now both
sides know there is no enemy here
but "moun dong" Korean for the
dread disease.
Left Strictly Alone.
Tae-do would make a good OBJ
servation post. Islanders can see
Chinese and North Koreans dig
ging trenches and gun emplace-
ments on the shore. Facing the
sea they can watch the booming
guns Of Allied warships. But
both sides leave Tae-do strictly
alone.
The Communists probably would
get little information even II they
slipped over patrols at night to
question the Koreans.
The lepers are desperately neu-
trail. clinging tenuously to life
in the middle Of war. Their hold
on life is slim enough, as the
fresh mounds testify in the island
cemetery.
Occasionally the population in
creases. n baby girl was born only
six months age.
The islanders live in three old
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Leper Island Finds Loneliness
Worse Than Life Amid War

Japanese barracks in a cove on
the eastern or seaward side OF the
island They exist on a slim diet
of millet, sice and fish.
The gain is supplied by the
South Korean government and
some charitable organizations.
The lepers catch their fish. mostly
by bombing them in the cove near
the barracks They dimantle old
Japanese tombs left on the island
and use the charges to bomb fish.
Loneliness Worst Thing.
One fisherman lost his left hand
recently when an unstable charge
went off too soon, but the lepers
still use the bombs.
The Mayor said the worst thing
about life in this colony set up
by the Communists in 1945 is the
loneliness.
The small boat bringing sup
plies from one Of the Allied-held
islands in the harbor. an occa-
sional visit from Navy doctors
from the feet and the calls Of a
Navy liaison officer are their only
outside contacts
The liaison officer, 1t. Jim
Lampe of San Diego. Calf, is the
most frequent visitor. The son
of a missionary. he spent Is years
in Korea before becoming a naval
aviator in World War II. He
speaks Korean fluently.
The lepers are always glad to
see 1t. Lampe. whose liaison
duties take him from the fleet
to the Allied-held islands in the
harbor. He visits them just to
talk to them.
From the Mayor on down, the
lepers gather at the beach when
they see 1t. Lampe heading
toward shore. They bow low,
smiling and shaking their heads.
They listen as 1t. Lampe talks.
Then they turn back to their
leper barrackS-and loneliness.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Justices, 2to1, Decide Nogging
lis No Grounds for Divorce

"The more loving the wife is
the more jealous she will be, be.
cause she will feel herself in dan.
ger of losing all that she lives for
"Reproaches are not cruelty un.
less they are carried on SO unrea.
lsonably and long as to be wholly
out, of proportion to the occasion.
Lord Justice Hodson: "In al
cases where what is called naggine
has to be considered, it Is impor-
tant to examine how the COM
lplaints which are described as
lnagging arose-for it is an easy
accusation to make, especially fol-
la man against a woman, and 9
difficult one to refute.
'"The conduct complained o1
must be such as can fairly be de-
Iscribed as cruelty.
otherwise, the court might be
asked to find cruelty when mere
domestic unhappiness had brought
about deterioration in the health
of one or other Of the partners.
Lord Justice Somervell, dis
agreeing. said that the lower court
justice had said that in the latter
part of her married life the wife
enjoyed hurting her husband.
II do not think" said thai
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Kings Daughters, Sons
Cited at Virginia ParIey
BY the Asscciafed Press

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. 1.-The
Kings Daughters and Sons were
to wind up their Virginia conven-
ton today with the election Of
officers.
At last nights banquet session,
50-year citations were awarded
seven clubs and one individual for
humanitarian work. Recipient of
the individual award was Mrs. w.
j. Kendrick Of Front Royal.
The club awards went to Silver
Gross and Ministering Circles Of
Staunton. Ware River Of Glou-
cester, Whatsoever of Millwood,
Ready Workers of Roanoke, Good
Will of Warrenton and Whatso-
ever of Front Royal.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Mine Workers Union
And ITU Officers Still
Shun Anti-Red Oath
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

| Virtually all labor union officers
have signed the non- Communist
oaths required by the Taft-Hart-
ley law except officers of the In
ternational Typographical Union
and United Mine Workers.
President Woodruff Randolph of
the AFLs ITU and President John
L. Lewis of the independent UNIV,
along with their fellow officers,
have steadfastly refused to file the
oaths. or to recognize the Taft
Hartley law in any way.
Both Mr.. Randolph and Mr..
Lewis are widely held to be anti
communist. They have said they
considered it undignified for labor
leaders to have to file such affi-
davits when employers and other
citizens are not required to sign
them.
Most other union leaders have
complied, including those gener-
ally placed in the "left-wing"
category.
Failure of a unions officer to file
the oaths disclaiming tiesakp COM
munism bars the union from the
laws privileges.
Both the ITU and the UNIV
have said publicly they would get
along without TIL law benefits
and they have not used the laws
provisions since the statute was
enacted in 1947.
Mr.. Lewis went even further
than Mr.. Randolph in opposing
the law. pulling the UNIV out of
the AFL because he didn't approve
the action of other AFL unions
complying with the law.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Halloween Paraders
Caught in Store Blast;
Woman Dies, 28 Hurt
BY the Asseeioied Press

PITTSBURGH, Nov. IA 32-
year -old woman was fatally
burned and % other persons in
jured by a series of gas explosions
which transformed gala neigh
borhood Halloween celebration
into a scene of terror last night.
Mrs. Helen Kellington died to-
day about II hours after the blasts
which showered flaming debris
over hundreds of paraders and
spectators.
The earthShaking blasts let go
in the basement Of a confectionery
and dwelling house in the Beltz-
hoover area Of Pittsburgh, a South
Hills district where a Halloween
parade reached the end of its
march.
Seven persons were treated at
nearby doctors Offices and two
received first aid at the scene.
Caused by Broken Main.
Fire Chief James r. Coslett said
broken gas main in Max David
sons confectionery set off the ex-
ploSions. They were felt four
blocks away.
Chief Coslett estimated property
damage at $4,000. A roaring
fire broke out after the first blast
and destroyed the tWo-story build
ing.
Davidson's wife, Rose, 81, is
among those critically injured.
She was in her apartment over the
store.
Others on the critical list are
Deputy Chief Stephen Adley, 46,
and Fireman Harry Pemberton,
~. Both suffered burns.
A wall caved in and pinned
Mrs. Jim McCafferty. an ex-
pectant mother. in her auto for
nearly an hour. Three friends
were with her.
Freed by Fireman.
After f1remen freed Mrs. Nc
Cafferty she said:
When the explosion happened
it seemed as is the roof lifted off
first, then a wall gave away and
crashed down on our car"
Between 200 and 300 children
wearing masks and gay costumes
already had fallen out of the pa
rade and were at recreation lot
across the street when the blasts
started.
Escaping gas hampered fire.
fighters for a time. One fireman
was knocked off the roof of the
building by the second blast. He
was not identified.
The last sections of the parade
were rerouted and children were
taken to a community center
where parade officials kept them
interested by awarding prizes.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
PeriIous Religious Festivals

The Binar Qndian government
took maximum precautions against
breaches of the peace during a
period when three major religious
Ifestivais-Bak'r Id, Dusserah. and
fMuharram-were to be observed.