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Evening star., 1944-02-27

The henpecked husband is the
object of universal commisera-
ton. True, a certain amount Of
contempt is mingled with our
sympathy, but it wrings our
hearts to see an able bodied man
who is so terrified by his wife
that he jumps when she speaks
to him, and who wipes his feet
on the doormat before he enters
the house that he supports by
his labor.
But, strangely enough, there is
another victim of domestic tv-
ranny whose plight is even worse
than that of the henpecked hus-
band, and that is the chicken
pecked mother. But, instead Of
pitying her, We congratulate her,
yet her sufferings are greater
than those of the man, for he,
at least, has only one old hen to
boss him, while she has many
chicks to shoe her around.
Little is said about this diver
tissement Of the young in push
ing their parents about and in
terfering with all of their tastes
and habits because it Is so COM
mon in this country that it is
scarcely noticed. The chicks are
hardly Matched out of the shell
before they begin to rule the
roost, and there is scarcely a
family in the land in which
adolescents do not lay down the
law about what street they shall
live on, whom they shall know,
and how they shall generally con-
duct themselves.
These are minor pecks, how
ever, that parents bear with
fortitude, cheered by the hopes
that when their children grow up
and get married and leave home
they will have some liberty and
be able to do as they please. But,
alas, this dream of freedom
never materializes if, as often
happens, there is an unmarried
daughter left who considers it
her sacred duty to continue her
supervision of mother.
1t does not matter If mother
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Dorothy Dix Says

is merely middle-aged woman,
strong and healthy and in full
possession of her faculties. I'm
less she is on her guard and has
spunk enough to fight for her
rights, daughter deposes her
from her position as head OF the
house and elects herself she-who-
must-be-obeyed.
And before mother knows it
she finds herself relegated to the
has-beens, tottering old soul
who has to be supported as she
walks and who is so senile that
she doesn't know what it is all
about and Jane has to decide
everything for her. And all of
her friends sigh, and say how
sad 1t is, and how fortunate she
is to have such a devoted daugh-
ter. And no one seems to real
lie that 1t is daughters chicken
pecking that has brought mother
to the state she is in.
II you doubt this assertion. lust
look around among your &C
quaintances and you will observe
that the mothers who have no
devoted daughters look about 10
years younger and a hundred
times sprier than their con-
temporaries who have them.
Why, I have seen a woman who
looked as if she were on the
verge of the grave absolutely re-
Juvenated by her old-maid
daughter getting married and
leaving her.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Washington
Wears

Although New Yorkers still
cling to their winters love, the
short black evening and dinner
frock, Washington's smartest
have shown their independence
by returning to the floor length
gown for formal evenings. Skirts
may be bouffant or pencil slim
but floor length they are, and
to those of us who have main
tanned that lovely woman is
at her loveliest in a graceful,
trailing dress, the picture has
been most pleasant one.
Among the outstanding advo-
Gates of this type of evening
gown, We find Mrs. Kenneth
jenkins, whose powder blue, fig
ure-hugging frock sets off her
camellia complexion and fair
hair to perfection. .. Mrs. John
Hlnckley, darkly handsome in
chartreuse crepe, with long, tight
sleeves and a belt of the same
material. Mrs. Warren Lee
Pierson, beguiling in navy blue
gown, made on Chinese lines,
with a slit skirt and high neck
line; Mrs. Loring Christie,
who always wears long gloves
with her gracefully cut, trailing
dinner dresses.
Fond of swirling and bouffant
skirts are Mrs. Kent Legare. who
chooses sheer black lace for a
dream frock. Mrs. William
Doeller, whose black satin gown
boasts a cascade of red flowers
down one side of the skirt. .
Mrs. George Strawbridge, lovely
in wide-skirted frock of black
and pink satin. with a low-cut
bodice. Marylyn Graves,
looking like bit of thistledown
on the dance floor, in snowy
white chiffon, banded in silver,
with silver band fastened with
white ostrich tip atop her
long blond hair.
The Lilly Dache hairnets in
color are taking on quickly in
town, and we are beginning to
see them on the smartest heads.
Mrs. johnson Beatty catches her
smooth black chignon in
fuchsia net, and covers her
pompadour with another of
sapphire blue. The upSwept
red curls of Elizabeth Mayberry
are tucked into a chartreuse
mesh, with a tiny bow of char
treuse velvet on top. Mary
Ellison chooses bright red for
her black page-boy bob. And
who was the beautiful, prema-
turely gray lady we glimpsed in
a downtown restaurant last week
wearing a sapphire blue net on
her snowy locks with devastating
effect-as her eyes were the
identical shade of the mesh?
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Treasured Gift

Toumanova, star Of Casey Rob-
inson's R-K-O Radio production
Days Of Glory" possesses q
priceless and stunning gift Of
earrings, handworked with rhine
stones. They were a gift to her
from the son of Tcharkaskai, the
famous Russian singer. Rare and
beautiful.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Perfect for Dinners

Another short dress worn by
Amelita Ward, in Seven DAYS
Ashore" which is perfect for
those little dinners or late after
noon parties is black crepe
with red flower print. The top
is sheer black net end the flowers
are cut out around the low neck
line
Evening star., 1944-02-27
By Evelyn Hayes

A slight variation on an old
theme might run something like
this. She likes to "have her
clothes and buy bonds, too"
Anyway, such a sentence (for all
Its lack of euphony) would re-
flect closely the feelings of many
women these days. For many a
woman, feeling the need for
clothes, finds that when she has
bought them she can't afford
the War Bonds she had in
tended to buy. This story deals
with the practical principles in
volved, rather than the patriotic.
Recently, the New York Dress
Institute in New York showed
what they called War Bond
wardrobes which demonstrated
how 1t is possible to have a
smart wardrobe-and buy bonds,
too. Serving as guinea pigs" in
the experiment were Michele
Morgan, movie star, and Kitty
Carlisle, well-known singer-both
women with no small reputa-
ton for chic. Each was asked
to plan her spring wardrobe,
listing the clothes she would
need, with the prices she thought
she would have to pay. Then, for
each item listed, the New York
Dress Institutes Fashion Com
mittee chose lower-priced ver-
sion. 3v the time they fin
ished, SO to so per cent of the
original estimate had been saved
And the stars were so surprised
and delighted with the substitute
wardrobes selected that each
bought the one chosen for her
and sent check to Uncle Henry
(MorgenthaW for the difference.
OF course, the secret of the
saving-and the chic-in the sub
stitute clothes was in the plan
ming. Planning is the ingredient
that makes wardrobe pay divi-
dends of wearing pleasure. A
girl can do much more with
limited funds and unlimited plan
ming than with unlimited funds
and little planning. Just as
good writer, before typing a story,
makes an outlined plan SO her
plot will stick together, so the
smart woman builds her wardrobe
on the basis of a related plan.
The clothes in the War Bond
wardrobes were well-planned.
Stars of the show were the in
terchangeables." "Cleopatras" we
call them-because, like that
versatile lady, they have infinite
variety. For example, in one
wardrobe, designed by New York
designer Molly Parnis, is a two
piece pink and navy print dress
that has one-piece look. The
blouse of the dress, with a big
bow at the neck and long cuffed
sleeves, tWo-times with a two
piece unlined jacket suit in navy
wool crepe, while the jacket of
the suit often double-dates
striped navy and white spectator
sports dress. AS you see, each is
link in a chain and connects
with at least two other pieces in
the wardrobe. AS we have said
so often, any dress or suit you buy
these days should be able to pass
the double = or nothing test.
either it can serve two purposes
in your wardrobe or you'll have
nothing to do with it,
Adele Simpson, another we'll
known New York designer,
showed another War Bond ward
robe. Highlight Of this was
sleeveless black crepe jumper
which serves as a base on which
the model managed to ring four
changes. With its padded extend
ed shoulder line and deep V neck
line, it teamed with a white
blouse for working, with pink and
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Basic Buying

white chambray dickey and mitts
for walking, with two big pink
roses on the belt for waltzing and
with black lace-edged net fichu
for wooing. uts' Leap Year-re-
member?) In word, you'll find
that If you invest thought as well
as money in your wardrobe, you'll
have a smarter collection for less
expenditure-with cash left over
to invest in Bonds.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-18

Shotwell Of Asheville. chairman; o.
G. Balm Of Salisbury; Lionel Ward
Of Boone; G. S. Longest of Rocky
Mount; Marvin Rochelle of Kins-
ton.
Time and place: Ralph J. Shell
Of Hickory, chairman; J. Erie Nc
Michael of Winston Salem; Henry
c. Bourne of Tarboro; Tom Harris
of Fayetteville; and Joe Maultsby
of Whiteville.
Credentials: James M. Caldwell
of Raleigh, chairman; Judge Don
McRae of High Point; F. G.. Tolar
of Mount Airy; Ben Douglas of
Charlotte; and R. L. Pratt of Eden
ton.
Distinguished guests: R. Dave
Hall of Belmont, chairman; Harry
G. Mathew of Asheville, vice chair
man; w. Bryan Booze of Winston
Salem; DR.. c. L. Moore and c.
A. Pennington of Oteen; Wesley W.
Brown, Bert Noble, R. K. Shotweu.
Fred Bauman, Don S. Elias, Tom
Gushing, and Tommy A. Hair, all
of Asheville; Col. Frank Wilson OF
Moore General Hospital and Cap
tain A. W. Angwin of Naval Hos
pital, Asheville.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-18
0PA RENT OFFICE
RELEASES RULES

Six regulations have been -.
leased by the Area opA Rant y,
flee whereby landlords mo, ' VI
crease rent, Maurice H. Noors m
sociate director, announces Io w. as
day. Ne0 yeSter-
Inc rent regulation provides 49,.
tain groups upon which . Io@, yer,
may may increaSe his rent wher ,,0 cop
altlons have been changed s von,
the maximum rent was eSfo b SINCE
The increased rent can ul1sned
charged G.! until petition has ho "
filed and an order entered % h., 0e e
rent director, it was pointed o sne
Inc rent director has powar w. u.
authority to raise maxinun, w. Or
Tor one or more of the foIIouinSS
speclfled reasons upon whicb
landlord may ask for an incro on
l. A major capital improvement
T. Increase in services or furn;st
ings. -7'i''S'i'
8. Rents based on personal :.
special relationships between h.,
landlord and former tenant,
a. In some cases where Thor,
mas been an increase in the 1yr,
Der OF occupants or subtenant,
.. Where a long term lease h..
been in effect, or leases calljn as
for different rents during thu
lease. '"e
6. Property formerly exennt
from taxes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-18
LEGION MEETING
GROUPS SELECTED

ASHEVILLE, June IT, R DE.
partment commander Robert e
Stevens of Goldsboro, announced
today the appointment of convea-
ton committees to serve during
the annual convention of the North
Carolina department of the Arneri-
can legion here tomorrow through
Tuesday.
william T. Joyner, Raleigh law.
yer, heads the resolutions commit
tee which will draft the depart
ment's policies for the 1944-45 le-
gion year. Burgin Pencil Of Ashe-
vile, former department comman-
der, is vice chairman, and other
members are Henry A. McKinnon
of Lumberton; Judge Hubert E.
Olive of lexington; Robin S. Kirby
of Charlotte; M. Emmett Robinson
OF Goldsboro, and J. Guthrie Ma
dry of Rich Square.
Other committee appointments:
Child Welfare: DR.. H. E. Glass;
tevens, of Greensboro, chairman;
W. C. Alexander, Jr., Of Durham;
r. L. Keller of Morganton; Robert
L. Pratt of Edenton; and John H.
King of Durham.
Rehabilitation: Cecil Pate Of Fay
etteville, chairman; C. A. Penning-
ton of Oteen; James M. Caldwell
of Raleigh; Karl A. Muschette Of
Oteen; Frank Sasser of Fayette-
vile.
Americanism: H. Pat Taylor of
Wadesboro, chairman; R. L. Nc
MILAN of Raleigh; James w. lis
dale of Asheville; Victor R. john
son of Pittsboro; and June H. Rose
of Greenville.
Rules: Ralph w. DoWd of Dunn,
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New Hanover Tops State
In May Liquor Sales

New Hanover county again led
liquor sales in North Cardinals
Is wet counties in May with a
total Of $213,899 4O,< it was an
nounced yesterday by the state
Alcoholic Board of Control in Ra-
leigh.
Runner-up to New Hanover in
sales was Durham with $751;
1925; and Cumberland was third
with $130, 053.3O. Total North Caro-
lima sales last month were $1,317,-
1900.
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athens is the oldest city in Eu-
rome sarvino canita1
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chairman; Mark Lasitter, of Snow
Hill, vice chairman; Nathan Patla
of Hendersonville; Frank W. Swan
of Andrews: and DR.. Harry Keel
of Winston Salem.
Constitution and by laws: Rob-
ert Moseley of Greensboro, chair
man; D. P. McDuffee of Newton;
and Thad Eure of Raleigh.
Trophies and awards: Burrell
Correll of Raleigh, Chatham; w.
c. Alexander, Jr., of Durham;
Adam J. Whitley Of Smithfield;
Paul H. Robertson of Chapel Hill;
and Zeb. v. Morgan of Wilson.
Sons of American legion: r. K.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-18
Lowrin,ore Will Speak
At Accountants Meet

, Charles S. Lowrimore, of Will
mington, will discuss the individ-
ual income tax act of 1914 at the
annual meeting of the North Car
DINA Association of Certified Pub
lie Accountants in Charlotte June
1924.
Other speakers at the two-day
conference will be J. F. Adder OF
Washington, regional head of the
sterilization unit of the Treasury
department; C. D. Rosenberg OF
Winston-Salem; and Emil F. Will
Ter of Kannapolis.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-18
PHILLIES AFTER BOYS
WITH SPEED OF CARDS

PHILADELPHIA - What tn e
Phillias need most TO climb up
ward in the National League stand
ings says Scout Jocko Collins, is
speed afoot.
Herb Pennock and Joe Rear
don (head Of the Phillies' farlns)
have given us instructions to bring
in boys who can rum" Collins re-
ports. ~'You know how much speed
has meant n the s.. Louis C;'di-
nails. We're after players of that
type who can get that extra base
and go a good distance for flies in
the outfield."
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TEXAS SPRINT CHAMPION
ALWAYS LIKED TO RUN

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. - Charley
Parker. Texas schoolboy sprint
champion, always liked to run be
cause his borther Bryce was sue
cessful in high school and later
with Rice Institutes trackmen.
In the 1913 state meet. Charley
ran the 220 in 20.6, on-tenth I'M
der Jesse Owens national high
school record, set in 1888. Char
ley's time was not recognized be-
cause no thermometer was at the
field that day. There was a slight
tailwind.
BUY MORE WAR RQNDS
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Miss Carolyn Jordan,
Rufus Evans Married

OF interest to their many friends
in the city is the marriage of Miss
Carolyn Jordan to Rufus M. Evans
which took place on Saturday
June 10, at Conway, S. c.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Jordan of this city
and Mr.. Evans is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Evans also of this
city.
The couple will make their home
in the city.
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COLLIER SINKS

NEW YORK, June 17.-lRLThe
sinking of the coastal collier Maui
rice Tracy at 3:45 a. m. today in a
collision with a Liberty ship about
seven miles off Barnegat was an
aounced by headquarters of the
eastern sea frontier. All members
of the crew were saved. The
freighter was damaged in the bow
but able to proceed.
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WILL SELL BONDS

SPRAY, June II |RE Home
Demonstration clubs Of the state
have joined with North Carolina
Federation of Women's clubs and
the North Carolina Nurses asso-
citation in undertaking to sell dur
ing the Fifth War Loan drive,
100000 in E, F, and G bonds
to pay for hospital ship and its
equipment.
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MRS. JOHN THOMAS KILPAT-
RICK, JR., of Richmond, Va, who
before her marriage in the Chapel
of the Cross in Chapel Hill on
Tuesday, June 8, was Miss Jane
Cavenaugh, daughter of Major and
Mrs. Charles I. Cavenaugh of Will
mington and Tampa, Fla. She
graduated from the University
with an A. B. degree in journalism
at commencement exercises last
week and was married the follow
ing day.
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The Taiga of Siberia, one of the
worlds greatest forests, is 1900
miles long and 1000 to 1000 miles
wide.
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PROMISING ROOKIE

NORFOLK Va. George, Motto,
third baseman for the Norfolk Tars
in the Piedmont League, had try
out with Newark this year, but was
returned to the lower Yankee farm
because he couldn't hit. Motto bat
ted only 1913 for the Tars last
year.
However, on a recent three-day
stretch he smashed 10 hits in 70
official at-bats.
Athens is the oldest c;+,, r.,
Evening star., 1944-12-16
SociaIized Medicine
Coming, Rutland Says

DR.. George G. Rutland, District
health officer, predicted in Phila-
delphia last night that socialized
medicine was inevitable, but should
be limited as far as possible.
Addressing the health division of
the Council of Social Agencies there,
according to the Associated Press,
DR.. Rutland said he did not favor
the Government taking over all re-
sponsibility for families and, above
all, adopting patronizing attitude.
Il am certainly not in favor of
spoon-feeding people, because it
weakens them," he said.
with $1,000 physicians in Gov
ernment service and 100000 to
IL 100000 men being served, plus
the Government benefits their wives
are receiving in medical infant care,
there Is little doubt about the ten
dency toward the Government tax
ing over in matters of health"
II don't know whether 1t will be
for good or Ill. Personally I think
there is limit to over-governmental
aid and patronization. The public
must be educated to realize its re-
sponsibilities, so that 1t will learn
more to do for itself. II that re-
sponsibility is destroyed we win de-
stroy the American initiative and
the spirit Of independence which
made this country great"
Evening star., 1944-12-16

629 Morris place NE. and son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Corrado, 1881
Seventh street NE, was wounded
November Is in Germany, his fam
lily has been notified by the War
Department. He recently wrote home
that he was injured in his left hip
but was getting along fine.
Pfc. Corrado was among the first
infantry troops to land in Normandy
on D day. Entering the Army in
September, 1943, he was sent over
seas last March.
A native of Washington, he form
erly worked at the Navy Yard.
Pvt. Frederick H. Walk, 20, of 1918
M street NE, was wounded in action
on November 18 in France and Is
recovering the War Department has
notified his mother, Mrs. Blanche M
Walk. He joined the Army as a vol
untary selectee on March 20, 1912
and after completing basic training
with field artillery unit was sent
overseas last August. Pvt. Walk was
born in the District and attended
Mckinley High School. At the time
of his induction he was a civilian
employe Of the War Department.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
Testimony on Sale
OF WLM Today Will
End FEC Inquiry
By the Associated Press.

by lne Associated PreSS.
An investigation of the Federal
Communications Commission by a
House subcommittee, which has
been in progress for 20 months, was
scheduled to end today with testi-
mony as to the sale of Radio Station
WLWL, New York, owned by the
Paulist Fathers, to Arde Bulova In
1887.
At a committee hearing yesterday
Edward j. Noble, former Undersec-
retary of Commerce, recounted the
circumstances of his purchase of
Radio Station WMCA, New York,
and denied that he applied any
pressure" to consummate the deal
The former Commerce official,
meeting newsmen Immediately after
his testimony in the closed hearing,
asserted:
IF my testimony doesn't vindicate
me, then will have lost faith in the
value of truth"
Bought Station for S850,000.
The House subcommittee was in
quiring specifically into the sale of
the New York station, purchased In
1910 by Mr.. Noble from Donald
Flamm for $850,0O0.
Mr.. Flamm, at open hearings, tes-
titled he had been coerced into the
sale. Another witness, Leslie Evan
Roberts, former public relations
counsel of WMCA, testified he par
ticipated in what he termed "con-
spiracy' to scare Flamm into SELL
ing"
Mr. Noble has described Mr.. Rob-
erts' allegations as ridiculous
grossly unfair, and absolutely with
out foundation"
Mr.. Noble, chairman Of the board
Of the Blue Network, told reporters
he conferred with Thomas G.. Cor
coran, early New Deal braintruster,
regarding the qualifications of Will
liam Dempsey, an attorney, whom
he subsequently retained to repre-
sent him In the WMCA negotiations
At the same time, Mr.. Noble said,
he asked Mr.. Corcoran If he thought
"the fact that I had worked" for
the late Wendell L. Willkie in the
1910 presidential campaign would be
held against me" by the FEC in
considering authorization for pur-
chase of the station.
Reassured by Corcoran.
He quoted Mr.. Corcoran as re-
plying:
No. absolutely not. Forget it.
Mr.. Corcoran, whom Mr.. Noble
said he had known "for good many
years." testified Thursday before the
committee.
Mr.. Noble said that in purchasing
WMCA he paid Mr.. Flamm "46
times earnings" and that when he
sold 1t in 1942 to Nathan Straus,
New York City financier, it was for
III times earnings"
Evening star., 1944-12-16
| Atlantic Charter
Never Printed as
| Public Document

The Atlantic Charter, whose effec-
tiveness now seems in question as
the result of Prime Minister Church
Ills speech, never has existed as a
parchment document comparable to
the Constitution or Magma Charta,
the State Department and White
House revealed today
1t was merely a public statement
drawn up by President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill on
August IA, 1941, during their con-
ference at sea.
Inquiry by the North American
Newspaper Alliance at the Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park,
N. Y, brought an answer that it was
not among the Presidents private
papers. DR.. Edgar B. Nixon, acting
director, thought 1t was in the State
Department.
Officials there we're not able to To-
cate it promptly. But If it still ex-
lists at all, it is merely a memo
randum, not parchment document
preserved for posterity, they said.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
18th Air Force Suffers
$4,000 Casualties in Year
Ry the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The Italy-based 18th Air Force
has lost approximately 2,400 planes
in combat and suffered $4,000 cas-
ualties while flying 100000 sorties,
the War Department reported yes
terday.
Summarizing operations by the
force since its activation November
/, 1943, the Department said planes
of the 18th had flown more than
150,0o0,000 miles and dropped 200.-
900 tons of bombs on 630 industrial
and military targets in II countries
The Bits and B-24s of the 18th
destroyed 1850 enemy planes in
combat and more than 1000 on the
ground.
The 18th Tactical Air Force, in
Is months of flying from Mediter-
ranean bases, dropped 1851 tons
of bombs and destroyed 752 enemy
planes in aerial combat. The 18th
lost 1,173 planes to antiaircraft fire
and in aerial combat. The an
nouncement did not report the
number of enemy planes destroyed
on the ground by the Tactical Air
Force.