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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06
Discharged, But Not
For His Authorship

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-(P)-The
Office OF Strategic Services said
today there was no connection"
between its dismissal Of Alexander
Barmine as translator and
his authorship Of an article in the
Readers Digest entitled 1.-THE New
Communist Conspiracy"
The article alleged the existence
OF widespread communist conspi-
racy in the United States. One step
in the conspiracy, it said, was
the attempt, through the political
action committee Of the CLIO, to
gain dominating power in the De-
mocratic party"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06
ROAD FUND ASKED

RALEIGH, Oct. 5. -{P)- The
state highway and public works
commission, ready to start the larg-
est road rebuilding and improve
ment in the states history, asked
the advisory budget commission
today for $90,026,9 47 for the 1916
At biennium, compared with 1884,.
692,0s2 in the present bienniun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06
KAISER HAS Plan

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-(P-Henry
]. Kaiser said tonight that preser-
walton Of private industry and pri-
vate finance depends on the es-
tablishment of a practical system
for mobilizing and employing risk
capital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06
RATE INCREASED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5-lR-The
commodity credit corporation an
nounced today an increase of 0.53
cents a pound in the cotton loan
rate on the 1914 crop, in compli-
ance with provisions of the surplus
property disposal act signed by
President Roosevelt last Tuesday
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06

In shipping, dead weight is the
carrying capacity of a vessel and
includes the tons of cargo and
coal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06
COOPERATION NEEDED

RALEIGH, Oct. 5.-R}- Dean ].
o. Schaub Of N. c. State Colleges
agricultural extension service, told
conference of 200 farm and ia-
dustry leaders here today that ir.'
dustry and agriculture must coop
crate with labor in the postwar per.
iod if economic conditions are to
remain stable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06

An elephant, properly harnessed,
can drag a load Of four tons over
rough ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06

Army officers commanded the
first United States naval fleet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-06


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Randall
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
They Win The Winnies'
BY DOROTHY ROE

Named tops in their fiele
tor l943' are two individual de-
slgners and husband and wife
team each of whom is hailed
as a guiding spirit of America
fashion leadership.
Winners of this years "Winnies'
the bronze figurines awarded to
stars of the world Of fashion in
the manner of the movies los
cars"-are: Claire McCardell, who
designs dresses that can make a
grandmother feel young; Sally
Victor, creator of hats for glamor
girls and their mothers, and Mr..
end Mrs. William Drown Phelps,
known for their outstanding de-
signs in handbags and leather
accessories.
The Winnie" winners are
chosen annually by a jury of 40
fashion editors of national maya
zines, syndicates and New York
newspapers. This year the WIN
ners receive in addition War Bond
awards totalling approximately
$4,000, presented by the firm OF
Coty, sponsors of the award.
Claire McCardell, first prize win
Ter, has to her credit the famous
popover dress. the universal jump
er, the leotard and the sleeveless,
backless sun dresses destined to
sweep the country this summer.
Born in Frederick, Maryland, she
is blonde, pert, and slim. with an
Irish twinkle in her blue eyes
and wears her own clothes with
an air initiated by most of the
sub-debs of America.
Sally Victor is the milliner
Who has so much fun at her work
that it bubbles over in whimsical
touches to entrance her customers.
Her recent scoops include the
'Curvette," hat that is little
more than hair-band; the "Chet-
Mix" daredevil sidedrape that
has been copied far and wide; the
Freedom Bonnet the ''Ha-Pen-
ny Sailor" and the Hair-Free' hat,
which is shaped like a crownless
sou 'wester, holds the hair off tho
neck in the lack.
Elizabeth and William Drown
Phelps started making fine Leather
handbags end belts because
they decided horses were better
dressed than people. They work
with hand tools. native materials.
train workmen in the old craft
guild msaner. And they manage
TO impart to modern handbags the
beauty of old saddlery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Youth Downs 4 Nazi
Planes In Single Day
To Claim Neu Record

A U. S. FIGHTER BASE IN
GLAND, Feb. 8.-R-Lg.
James M. Morris, Detroit, Mich
today became the first American
fighter pilot in the European thea
ter to claim destruction of four
German planes in one day.
And just for good measure the
23-year- old flier shot up a loco
motive after his various aerial
combats.
Plotting a Lightning, Morris first
downed a Messerschmitt-109. Then
he got two Focke Wulf-109s during
dogfight alongside other mem
bers of his squadron. After turn
ing home alone. he sent another
ME-1O9 spinning to earth.
His claim to record is suoJec.
to official confirmation, which VIII
be preceded by viewing the HIM
from his cameras and the taxing
Of supporting statements.
Until this spectacular perform
ance Morris had shot down only
one enemy plane and creolt !ol
that was shared with announcer plioI
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
VINO Refers Over 900
North Carolinians To
Jobs Since January |

RALEIGH, Feb. 8.-The 10 spe-
cial manpower recruiting officers
in the field in North Carolina since
January l found 1,476 workers out
of 7,428 persons interviewed who
were referred to essential war-use-
full jobs in the average of 49,;
days each recruiter worked in the
first four weeks, the composite re
port for that period, made to DR.
j. S. Dorton, state director of the
War M anpowe Commission
shows.
Of the 1,476 persons referred
1882 were referred direct to Jobs
open, 804 in their local areas ane
378 in other areas, while 294 we-s
referred to local offices of U. S
Employment Service of the Wal
Manpower Commission for clear
ance, of whom al were placed il
local jobs and 1853 were referred
to jobs in other areas, through
the Inter-Area Release.
BY type jobs, the referrals WERE
as follows: professional and man
agerial, 8; clerical and sales. %
service, 40; agricultural, 1: skilled
149: semiskilled. 1873; unskilled
1,124.
DR.. Dorton expressed satisfac
ton at the splendid report mad
of work of these 10 manpower re
c. uiting officers during their frs
month of operation, and especiail
in view of the scarcity of 1abo
| in North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
ToWnes-Drake
Vows Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Drake Of
Wilmington, formerly of Farmville
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Vesta, to Lieut.. Paul
Townes of Camp Davis. formerly
of CarbondaIe,' illinois, son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. L.. TONNES of Car.
bondale.
The wedding was solemnized
Wednesday evening, February 2,
at the First Christian church in
Wilmington. The Rev. c. D. Bar.
cliff, pastor of Fifth Avenue Meth.
odist church, officiated using he
double ring ceremony.
The bride was attended by her
sister, Miss Inez Drake, as maid
of-honor and only attendant. Lieut.
TONNES had as his best man, Capt
James " Stoddard Of Camp Davis
Lieut.. and Mrs. TONNES are re.
siding in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
MARINE OFFICER
PRAISES THE US0

NEW BERN, Feb. 8.-'The mil
itary branchs of service are like
football teams. with speed, rug
gedness of spirit and the ability
to think and do, but like football
teams they need the aid of cheer
ing crowds to give them the mo-
rale, the feeling that someone
understands and is pulling for
tinem,' Brig. Gen. Claude A. Lark
in, commanding general of tie
Third Marine Aircraft Wing at the
Marine Air Station at Cherry
Point, declared here Sunday aft
ernoon at the third birthday an.
niversary program of the USO held
at the NSO clubhouse.
The USO was said to be an i'm.
portant part of the cheering crowd
furnishing the morale for the
armed forces, assisting the men
in uniform from every part of the
United States training here to de-
feat the enemy. The general also
spoke of the womer. Marines, and
said that they were handling mems
jobs and relieving men to flgh:
Also speaking on the public pro-
gram was 1t. Col. George H. Mar
shall, field secretary of the South
ern territory of the Salvation
Army. Both local USO clubs are
operated by the Salvation Army
Capt. E. v. Farmer, head of the
Salvation Army here, told of their
work. The invocation was by Chap
lain H. M. Day, lieutenant-com.
mander in the United States Navy,
stationed at Cherry Point.
Second 1t. Antoinette Lyons, OF
the Marine Corps Women's Re.
serve stationed at Cherry Point,
reported that when the reserve
was started year ago it was
estimated that women might fill
30 types of jobs but that now they
are actually taking more than 200
different types of Marine duties.
Music was furnished by the
Third Wing band from Cherry
Point. under the direction of Mas
ter Tech. Sgt. George Seuffest.
One selection, "Sky Hunter COM
posed by Sergeant Seuffert, was
dedicated to General Larkin. AS
the concluding number, Mrs. ]. vi.
West led in the singing of THE
Star Spangled Banner"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
MANY new BOOKS
ARE AT LIBRARY

Total circulation of all books
for all branches Of the Whining
ton Public Library for January
amounted to 1923 books.
206 new members were regis
tered at the library for the month.
Adult circulation in Wilmington
for the main branch of the library
was 6,937 fiction books and 1902
non-fiction books. Circulation of
| children's books amounted to 931
fiction books, and 219 non-fiction.
Bookmobile clrculat1on amounted
to the following figures: Airport,
It's; Carolina Beach, $40; Coast
Guard, SIS; Greenville Sound, So;
Hewes Building, Maffitt Village,
1854; Kure's Beach, 1876; Raleigh
Building, Maffitt Village, 81; Trail
er Camp, 1O4; Vance Building,
Maffitt Village, 1888; Winter Park,
25; Wrightsboro School, SIG;
Wrightsville Beach, 1922; Wrights-
vile Sound, Sc. Total Bookmobile
circulation was 1915.
Circulation at Lake Forest
amounted to 1,243 books.
Among the new fiction books re-
ceived at the Library during the
month of January are the follow.
ing: The King Tree, Murder Solves
a Problem, This Winged World,
The Apple-green Cat, He married
| I Doctor, Hurricane Heart, Wild
Duck Murders, Smoking Iron,
Howards End, Llama, To What
Dread End, Substitute Nurse, Hal
lelujah, Arrival and Departure, The
Black Honeymoon, Killing the
Goose, Golden Fleece, Saddle
Hawks, Flint, Mavericks, The Ten
Commandments. Work and Play,
Sailor, Take Warning, The Crime
OF Laura Saxrelle, and Winter
Wheat.
New non-fiction books include the
following: Dramatized Stories Of
Hymns and Hymn Writers, Tel
I. to the Padre, Russia and a
Postwar Europe, Russia's Econo'
mic Front for War and Peace,
Punch In, Susie!, Betrayal from
the East, Science at War, Liberal
Education, Plotting and Maneuv.
ering of Ships, Field Book Of
the U. S., Electricity and its APP
plication to Civilian Life, Diese.
Aviation Engines.
Other non-fiction books are:
Chicken Raising Made Easy
Horses, $50 Dishes from Overseas
Learning to Care for Children, Thu
Big Store, Fun with Pencil
Cartoon Cavalcade, Who's II
Charge Here?, Figure Drawing
The Story of Painting, Pretoria
History of the Movies, One Hun
dred Non-royalty Radio Plays, His
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09

tory of the Theatre, The Party
Pook,, Party Plans, Fun with your
Child, Bowling for AL, The Read
er Over Your Shoulder, Thirty
Famous One-Act Plays, Kiss and
Tell.
twenty-five One-act American
Comedies, the Best Plays of 1912
8, Twenty Prize-winning Non
Royalty Plays, Shoot If You Must,
New Treasury of War Poetry, Love
Poems Old and New, Wonderings,
Happy Stories, The Bayous OF
L o III lana, The Great Smo-
lzies and the Blue Ridge, Two
Wake of the Prairie Schooners,
the Leaning Wind, The Torch OF
Freedom, Behind the Steel Wall,
Round Trip to Russia, To All
Hands, Sword of Bone, The Paci-
fic Is My Beat, Joe Foss, Flying
Marine, Suzy-Q, Grim Reapers.
God Is My Co-Pilot, Target: Ger
many, Long We're The Nights.
Navy Gun Crew, A Ship to Re-
member, Truth About Soviet Rus
s::a, Pageant of Canadian History.
New Biographies include Good
night. Sweet Prince, Under the
Bridge, Those Were the Days, The
Astronomical Me, Persons and
Places, Where's Sunny?. and
Dune Boy.
New children's books are Judy
Goes Sailing, Tubby Tiny and Top.
Come Wit Me, Thief Island, Down
by the Sea, Evermay Ranch, Peo-
pie from Dickens, Submarine Sail
or, The ABC Bunny Bunny, Ami.
mails Are Fun, Tots and Toys. We
Look and See, Timothy Has Ideas,
Iceblink, Shipwrecked on Mystery
Island, A Happy Day, Incident in
Yorkville, Come Soon, Tomorrow.
Flying with the Coastal Patrol,
Mary Poppins Opens the Door,
The White Goose, Judy's Boa
Trip, and A Window for Julie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Local Group
Will Attend
Red Cross Meet

NEW RIVER, Feb. BY invi-
tation of Maj. Gen. Henry L. Lar
sen, commanding general of Camp
Leieune, a meeting of the Camp
Davis-New River-Cherry Point
Camp and Hospital Council of the
American Red Cross will be held
mere Thursday, with Mrs. John D.
Robinson of Wallace, president,
presiding.
After a luncheon at the officers
club. the business meeting will
hear .r.epor from chapters
throughout We area, in regard to
their many projects of providing
comforts and recreational features
for service men in the numerous
military installations along the
coast.
A delegation from the Whining
ton chapter will attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
decentralization Needed
By Tide Water, Official
OF General Gas Asserts

ligan described various offers for
the common stock, including three
made by the investment firm of
Allen E. Ewing and Co., OF Will
mington.
Ewing offered 100000 for H.
600 preferred shares and the COM
mon stock on June S, $1,000 for
the common stock alone on Aug.
% and $55, 1000 for the common on
Aug. 81. Halhgan said. The second
offer was made orally by G. B.
Ruddick, of Montclair, N. j., who
represented the Ewing company
at today's hearing.
Halligan confirmed the stand by
General Gas and Electric's coun-
sci, Miss Clarice F. Brows, in re-
fusing to submit an original cost
study of Tide Water made dur
ing the Hobson regime" and other
statistical information which the
company deems irrelevant, unless
ordered by the commission.
George w. Sheldon appeared fol-
Bell and Philip w. Bichanen as
counsel for Tide Water.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09

1t was on Valentines day in
1896 that Col Walker Taylor or.
gsnized a Boys Brigade in Will
unington and enrolled a few young
ste.'s whose prospects in life did
not seem to be as bright as they
might be.
On next Monday night veterans
of that group are to hold the 18th
anniversary celebration of the or
ganization at the Brigade Boys
club armory when notable events
are scheduled.
Dr.. j. M. Wells, former pastor
of the First Presbyterian church
and once chaplain of the Brigade,
will make the principal address.
Mayor Bruce B. Cameron, one
of the veterans of Colonel lay
lor's group, is to present the club
with portrait of the founder
The Senior Fraternity, composed
Of young men who had their first
training in citizenship in the Bri-
gade and are now all occupying
positions of trust in the city's bust
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
|R0TARIANS Sell.
$4,000 IN BONDS

Rotary club members. nv IVA,
vidual solicitations have sold s s9a
600 in "E' bonds, it was reve 9I!, !,
at the weekly luncheon meet;n a4eo
the club held Tuesday ~ :"
Friendly restaurant. 'ae
Rabbi M. M. Thurman h.,
$11, 900 in his first attemnt, '0l 4,
was reported. 10 1t
Fred Setter, of the Hanover \,
tual exchange was accepted ; Eiu'
Rotary membership. with Poto! a'o
H. A. Marks charging him va. .sa
his duties as participant. M win
reviewed tenets of the Poaa Ms
code. -'O'aFy
Louis shrier, clothing store =.
orator, spoke briefly on the b, w.
ground of the clothing indust TaVS'
Plans for Ladies Night weeo y.
cussed, and the Country cInh uS'
as the location for the fl]nc C set
scheduled for next TUESDAY .irt,
at 7:30 o'clock. Rotarians IsI
bring their Rotary-Anns, wbo WIN WIZ
appear in either formal or n may
ncal dress. "'''.'
The birthday OF Rotarian r.,
Mathis, oldest member, wa, ,.s
osnized. Visitors included ] o. >
Benson, A. L. WeidensauI d H. H.
USO, and Ted Kennedy Of N ls
Bern. Club members agrees w.. s
tend and bring their wives to a..
bond dance to be held Wedne,s..
night in the Cape Fear arnor
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. r.. Shackleford and
Mrs. Oscar G. Sanford have re-
turned to their homes here after
spending the weekend in Fayet-
teville, where they went to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Neil A. Vann
on Sunday.
C. w. Goodman of Carolina
Beach, is a patient at the Veterans
hospital.
Mrs. N. C. Blake of Burgaw, is
patient at James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Shelhart and
children, Jack, Jr., and Linda, Of
lScarsdale, N. Y, are visiting
Mrs. Shelhart's parents, DR.. ano
Mrs. J. w. Smith at their homs
on Grace street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.-@-
H. H. Halligan, vice president Of
General Gas and Electric COM
pany, told the Securities and Ex-
change Commission today Tide
Water Power company unquestion-
ably needs a disqualification {.
but it has been our opinion that
the ultimate owner should be the
one to recapitalize.
He was testifying on his COM
pany's agreement to sell Tide Wa
ter's common stock to Warren w.
Bell, of Wilmington, N. c., for
$55, 900.
General Gas and Electric is
willing to dispose of its interests
in Tide Water, which serves cleo
trio, gas and bus transportation
in Wilmington, Fayetteville, Kin
ston and other North Carolina
towns, since it cannot be integral
ed under provisions of the Hold
ing Company act, Halligan con-
tinued.
Under cross-examination by Da-
vid I. Bursten, SEC counsel, Hal
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Church Auxiliary
To Serve Luncheon

The Woman's auxiliary Of ST..
Johns Episcopal church will serve
a luncheon Thursday at the parish
house, Third and Red Cross streets
from 1890 until o'clock. Reser-
vations may be made by calling
Mrs. T. F. Darden, Mrs. David
Murchison or Mrs. McC. B. Will
son.
Featured on the menu will be
turkey, hot biscuits and lemon pie,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Cosmopolitan
Chief Bullish
On u. S. Writinq
BY ADELAIDE KERR

Frances Whiting, who edits on.
Of Americas most famous genera
magazines, should be the writer's
delight.
Point one: The first woman edi.
tor of Cosmopolitan knows what
she wants.
Point two:' She is willing to help
the fellow who is trying to pro-
duce it.
Point three: She foresees a
whopping future for American
writing. <s'-
I'm very bullish about Ameri-
can writing after this war;" she
told me. eve are finding, both in
reports coming back from the
front, and in the things soldiers
write, they are getting back to
first principles of writing. There
isn't time to do more than tell
what happened to John Jones as
wildly, simply and honestly as
possible.
"On that basis you can build a
real literature. In the past we have
been terribly respectful Of, Euro
pean literature and that cramped
our style. The coming American
literature is going to be un-self-
conscious. After the war America
will do better writing than she's
ever done before"
AS she talked Miss Whiting
leaned back in her chair in a typ
ical Whiting posture-easy and re-
laxed, with hands folded in her
lap. She is a tall, and though not
plump, rather large woman. Her
hands look capable, her shoes
have sensible walking heels. Her
silver-t threaded hre wn hair is part
ed in the middle and very simply
dressed. Her frock is smart con-
sentative dark wool, but on one
shoulder hangs cluster of mink
tails caught with an eye-smacking
BOW of shocking pink velvet. Miss
Whiting has built much of her sue.
cess on her easy friendly manner.
!: She was born in Washington,
Pa, was schooled there and was
graduated from Vassar. Since her
family had moved to Olympia,
Washington, she went west after
graduation, took Job in the
state capital, and eventually be-
came secretary of the Department
Of Labor and Industries. After four
years of that she came back to
New York to do newspaper work
and for the next few years she
swung like pendulum between
politics and the writing field, with
one fling in tie book publishing
business. Eventually she was Of
sered job as reader at Cosmo-
politan and went there.
!: Cosmopolitan is not the smooth.
e superficial approach to life,"
she says. That belonged to the
'wenties. Now readers read for en-
.ertainment and security. People
rave lost the world they depended
N and they want to be reminded
nat they can get a secure world
gain. Our policy is to reflect the
INES we live in-the vi ole scene
as honestly and entertainingly as
We can by the best fiction and the
aost important non-fiction we can
get"
To achieve that aim, Miss Whit
.ng says she works virtually all
,1er waking time, not only during
Ter nine to six office hours, but
throughout every conversation,
heater performance or reading of
paper or book.
In private life Miss Whiting is
the wife of Lieut.. Com. W.. w.
Reid, of the Naval Reserve, who
is now stationed in Cristobal,
Panama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
William Hooper PIT. A.
Will Convene Thursday

The William H Hoop er Parent
Teacher association will meet
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the school at which time the
fifth grades of the school will have
charge of the program and pre-
sent, What We Are Fighting For"
and a demonstration of physical
education to music.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Sorosis Plans
Monthly Social

North Carolina Sorosis members
will again be hostesses to service
wives on Thursday afternoon when
they will entertain at the monthly
openhouse at the club on North
Third street from until $50
o'clock.
Mrs. j. H. Russell, Mrs. Brad
ley Wootten and Mrs. j. H. Fus-
sell. Jr,, will be hostesses for the
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Club Clock

The regular meeting Of Dis
trict Nine, North Carolina
State Nurses association will
be held Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the nurses
home.
The Euphian class Of St. An
drew's Presbyterian church
meets Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock at the church.
The Winter Park Prayer
band meets Thursday at 3
O'Clock at the home Of Mrs.
r. w. Mason.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Local Brigade Boys Club
Observation-Disclosures

ness community, is to hang a
plaque containing approximately
$50 names of men in the armed
forces who are still or formerly
were on its rolls.
The festivities will start at G:30
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
KILOGRAMS BY LIGHT
WAVES

Beaming kilograms by ligh.
waves through a device called 10,
efax may replace present dsv
wire transmission after the w.
Telefax, which reproduces III.
original message prepared by tbs
sender, would not only effect INV,
err rates but would reduce chance,
of error.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
PRIVATE zoo

When Mrs. MacLaren Morrison
moved from London to Chisel.
hurst, England, her retinue in.
cluded more than 100 pets. includ.
ing seven dogs, 80 cats, so birds,
several monkeys, and a large
number of pet mice. which had to
be trapped on moving day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09

The first incendiary bombs
were used during World War
mai~Jy from German Zeppelins
and consisted of ightw eight con.
tainers filled with kerosene and
oil oaked cotton waste.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
Don't ssr WORMS
CAUSE TRoUBLE l

Bowel worms living and growing inside you
Or yeu1 child may cause real distress 4 neg.
even suspect roundworms. JAYNE'S Is
Americas leading worm medicine. Used by
millions. Scientifically tested. Acts gently.
When no worms are there, does no harm.
Demand JAYNE'S Vermifuge.
FREE: Amazing metal polishing cloth.
Works like magic! Polishes silver by just
ing. This month only. Clip this Id and send
It with name and address to Dept. IS,
DR.. D. Jayne & Son, 2 Vine St., Phila., Pa.