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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
MOTHER HAS HOPE
FOR SONS LIFE
(ContiDued from Page One)

(COnttDued rom rage One)
caller preferred 70 remain anony.
nous but had told her that "a check
is on the way'-presumably to de,
fray expenses.
The wife of twice-wounded US.
Army Sergeant Mrs. Wrinn lacked
sufficient funds even to buy her
crippled son a stroller" for his
daily trip to the beach. She said
she understood her husband. who
has been with the U. S. Army OF
ccupation in Czechoslovakia, had
landed in New York and would be
returning to Miami Beach in a few
days.
Young Jerry, freckle-faced,
smiling lad, already so wasted by
the disease that he can no Longer
raise himself erect from a lying
position, was king for a Day. on
Saturday as citizens Of Miami
Beach feted him at an exclusive
beach hotel (Roney Plaza.
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JAPAN WILL VOTE
IN JANUARY, 1916
Continued from Page One)

tivity with a bigger voice for com.
moners, in his first statements aft
er the Emperor chose him to foNn
a surrender government.
At present, the House Of Repre-.
sentatives consists of 377 members
of the Dai Nippon Seijikai, q
members of the Imperial Rule AS
sistance Political Association, &c
Independents, and AZ vacant seats.
The House of Peers will not be
affected by the election since ii
consists of counts, barons, princes
and other men of distinction, -
chiefly high taxpayers.
The representative to be elected
in January are expected to be fire
of tn militarist stigma, sine the
military clique has lost much
face with the people because oil
the capitulation.
The average japanese is sick OF
war and the years of privation.
When the Imperial rescript an.
nounced the end OF hostilities most
Japanese we're shocked and Devil
dered as result of being rnisled
by the government S victory"
propaganda. However, the people
did not protest the surrender be-
cause they sincerely hoped for bet
ter things in peace. -.-.... =
In this connection. it is interest
ing to note that Fusanosui Ku-
hara, former president of the de-
funct Seijikai party and a leading
industrialist, has contributed an
article to the Yomiuri Hochi urg-
ing postwar economic cooperation
with the United States.
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CHANG APPEALS
FOR CHINA UNITY
CONTINUED from Page One)

tonight that the talks with Chang
Kai-shek still were in the 'prelim-
mary stages" and a government
source said reports that temporary
agreement had been reached were
''distinctly premature.
Chang promised an early end
to wartime press censorship sc
that the people may have freedom
Of speech and said the govern
ment would promulgate law per-
hitting freedom of political as
sembly and organization.
"Only thus he said, "can we
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SOUTH BUILDING
PROGRAM MOUNTS
Continued from Page One)

ed to $40, 965, 900 for the 1914 month
and to $1o,093, 900 for July, 1915.
Contracts awarded totaled 1884,
Sos, 1000, or a decrease of about Is
per cent from the 1884, 900 fol
the preceding month but higher
than the August, 1914, figure Of
500, 749, 900.
Public building, the record said
was the largest component of the
August total, with an aggregate OF
SIG, 656, 900, followed by SIS, 673, COO
for industrial awards and $12, &c.,
900 for heavy engineering construc
ton. Fourth in line was the $11, 1853,
900 for highways, streets and
bridges. The $8,842,ooo private
building figure was the highest for
this type Of work in 10 months.
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C0ASTWISE TRADE
MAY RESUME SOON
CONTINUED from Page one)

steamship services at the earliest
possible date as an aid to post
war conversion and a return to
peacetime trade conditions the
telegram said.
p It was reported at the meeting
yesterday that an 1CC decision hae
been expected as early as last
week, but possible railroad op
position had curtailed ICC action
The approved application woule
restore general cargo and pas
senger service by water carriers
along the coastal waterways.
Representing the South At.
lantic ports in Washington at the
ice hearing tomorrow will be M
A. Ramsey of Fort Pierce and W.
w. Balkcum of Tampa.
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,e7 PERSONS DIE
nj 0vER NATION DURING
THREE-DAY HOLIDAY
,rant;nued from Page One)

.;cb 1877 were traffic fatalities.
d bright spot in the heavy
a toll was the fact that j!
ia'sN not approached the 626 total
hsu ,o41 The last Labor Day be
s u Pearl Harbor.
'' .rother was that the traffic
,.l Cities had not reached the 300
l.'a rnore predicted last week ,,
Oh OIL National Safety Council.
a,a.aGG-y---E0w
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ROCKINGHAM, N. c. .U.D =
Henry C. Ellerbe of Wolf Pitt
township (Richmond county, was
a highly respected Negro citizen
when he died at the age Of IS,
recently. His kin took five days
to prepare for his buriay. A print
ed program was distributed to the
mourners covering the ceremonies.
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Slightly smaller than the B-29.
the B-32 has a bomb bay that can
carry a larger missile than pos
sible to load into the divided bays
of the 3d..
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ART STUDENT JUMPS
TO HER DEATH FROM
HOTEL IN LONDON
CONTINUED from Page One)

since 1889 where she shared an
apartment with her father, Louis
Araquistain, former Spanish
Ambassador to Berlin and Paris
before he fled from Franco Spain.
In London he had represented
Diego Martinez Barrio and In
Galecio Prieto, who are now mem
bers of the new Spanish republic
government in exile in Mexico.
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Thirty-six states have arranged
to issue automobile driving licenses
to disabled veterans who have cars
equipped with necessary controls.
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tread the path of democracy trav.
eled by the United States and
Great Britain, and establ; sh a
model democratic state in the Far
East" ..*.. *-..
b Chang said the government was
ready to consider a reasonable in,
crease in the number of delegates
to the Assembly land to seek "a.
tional settlement of other related
problems .r
He declared that "only a United
Nations can safeguard democracy,
mobilize the peoples will and
strength. and protect its indepen-
dence and integrity. Only a United
Nation can accomplish the task
of national reconstruction and con.
tribute to international peace and
world prosperity. . ri
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WEATHER
,canAnued from Page One)

-.eu1NGTON, Sept. 3.-P1- Wealth.
1,,reau report of temperature and
q n ion TOR the "a hours ending pm
ralh .he principal cotton growing areas
"a l-auyhere.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Sight Conservation
Contest Announced

An editorial contest to stress the
Importance of conservation of sight
among high school students was
announced yesterday by the Dis
trict Society for the Prevention of
Blindness. Any senior high school
student studying journalism or be-
longing to the staff of District
public or private school newspaper
is eligible to participate.
Four prizes will be offered: $25,
first; SIS. second; $40, third, and
IS, fourth. The subject will be
Take Care of Your Eyes-Prevent
Blindness"
Rules of the contest may be OBJ
tanned from high school principals
or by calling the society at Republic
0378. Pamphlets on the general
subject of eye health are available
at the society headquarters, 83s
Seventeenth street NV.
Judges will include Philip H. Love
editor of The Junior Star; Allan
Barth, of the editorial department
of the Washington Post; Miss Mary
Gold, former executive secretary Of
the Minnesota Society for the Pre-
vention of Blindness, now with g
Red Cross unit at American Uni.
versity, and Mrs. Samuel A. Towne
Montgomery County teacher ano
board member of the District So
ciety for the Prevention of Blind
ness.
The contest will continue from
Tuesday to February Is.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
So

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So much for the first resolution.
What next9 Why, Of course-the
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Evening star., 1945-12-30

naval officers. Gen. Marshall re-
tired as Chief of Staf and replaced
Hurley as Ambassador to China.
Eisenhower was chosen Chief OF
Staff and Nimitz replaced Admiral
King at head Of Navy. Chinese
Reds offered to work out peace
with Chang. A Truman proposal
for a law like the Railway Labor
Act for all labor brought a charge
of straitjacket from Murray of
CIO; defended by Green Of A. F. of
L. Fact finding plans in General
Motors strike failed to end
the strike. CIO asked Attlee
to intervene on the basis of
British-owned shares but the sug-
gestion was rejected. Ford offered
"a Is cents an hour increase which
was turned down by the employees.
Strike-curbing legislation was de-
layed by Congress until after the
holidays.
The foreign secretaries of Russia,
Great Britain and the United States
reached an agreement in Moscow
which they hope will settle many of
the issues now disturbing world
affairs. The United Nations Organi-
zation chose the United States as
the permanent home OF the UNO.
The Tito government in Yugoslavia
was tentatively recognized.
NEUROLOGY.
January 2, DR.. John F. (Jafsie)
Condor.
January 16, Senator Maloney.
January 26, Thomas j. BOSS
Pendergast.
February 3, William E. (Pussyfoot)
Johnson.
February 21, Maj. Gen. Edwin M
Watson.
March 8, Senator John Moses.
March 3, 1t. Gen. Millard F. Har-
mon.
March 5, Charles w. Bryan.
March S, Christian Heurich.
April IL, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
April 13, Virginia White Speel.
April 10, Ernie Pyle.
June l9, 1t. Gen. Simon B. Buck
ner.
June 20, DR.. Luther H. Reichel-
derfer.
June %, Simon Lake.
June "a, Senator Scrugham.
July 25, Gen. Malin Craig.
July 20, Margot Asquith.
August 2, Pietro Mascagni.
August 4, Senator Hiram johnson
August 4, Maj. Richard I. Bong.
August %, Sir Ronald Lindsay.
September is, Msgr. John A. Ryan
September l6, John Mccormack.
November 8, Gus Edwards.
November IL, Jerome Kern.
November 81, Robert Benchley.
November %, Dwight F. Davis.
November %, Mrs. Ernie Pyle.
December 81, Gen. George S. Pat
ton.
December %, Theodore Dresser.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Party WhirI
Continued From Page B-10D

worth chose for the event a gown
designed with a bodice of char
treuse and silver brocade with
floor length black skirt. The junior
Mrs. WadsWorth was in an unusual
gown fashioned of satin ribbons in
green and red color combination.
AS the young people arrived for
the dinner and passed through the
receiving line one saw, Mary Beal,
Anne Distler, Joan Exnicios, Nancy
Trowbridge, Marye Thomas, Virginia
Summerin, Carolie Woods, Claire
FahneStock, Caroline Morgan Hale
Steinman, Leila Dickey, Nancy
Thomas, Eugenia Hoffman, Gloria
Gilman, Nancy Yates, Tilda Kauff-
mann, Helen Harrison, Elizabeth
LeMay and Frances Barry.
Among those escorting the bevy
of beauties were: Henry, Corrin P.
and C. Trowbridge Strong. sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Corrin Strong; Alex
Britton Browne, 1t. Philip Ewald
1t Winsor Frost, 1t. Fred Van Eek
Chauncey Parker, jr., Nathaniel
Luttreu, Capt. James Clarke, Daw-
son and Philip Lee, 1t. Merrill
Thorpe, jr. and w. Stuart Syming-
ton. jr.
The dance of Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lips brought to close crowded
program for the younger set. In ad-
dition to the Wheeler affair, also on
the schedule was the dinner given
by Miss Beal's mother, Mrs. JOSEPH
tWarren Darling, at the Chevy Chase
Club.
The dance got underway at 1876
and around midnight supper was
served. The guests were mostly
young people, but Mr.. and Mrs
Phillips did ask few older foll
to the fete. -
Miss Beal stood with Mrs. Phil.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Review
Continued From Page BID

books was Cancelled and curbs on
many other products and activities
were dropped.
Truman summoned a Labor Man
agement Conference to seek strike
prevention formula.
SEPTEMBER.
Surrender ceremonies ending the
war were held aboard the battleship
Missouri and were broadcast to the
world. VI day was proclaimed and
Hirohito visited a shrine to inform
his ancestors of defeat. Occupation
of Japan was speeded and occurred
without slightest resistance. Ex-
Premier TOTO attempted to kill HIM
self but was saved by blood transfu-
sions to face trial as a war criminal
The Navy revealed that the Oki-
nawa campaign cost 80 ships sunk
and 223 damaged including several
large carriers.
Macarthur banned any atomic
bomb research by the Japs and Or
dered end of press and radio CEN
sorship.
Sharp cutbacks in all military
contracts were started and Tru-
man predicted an era of great in
dustrial activity.
The Big Five decided that Italy
should lose her colonies and Rus
sian interest in African holdings
caused some concern on part of
others
Work stoppages IN 40 plants made
$4,000 idle and radio engineers tied
up NBC and ABC stations on the
18th.
Undersecretary Patterson was
named to succeed Secretary Stim-
son, who resigned his War Depart
ment post. Pay issues threatened
strikes involving 100000. E. Bar
.rett Prettyman, Bennet Champ
Evening star., 1945-12-30

Last years crop Of resolutions may
be long since forgotten, but an
other New Years nearly here and
now's your chance to take stock
start fresh - and really stick to
the rules this time!
If you've always sighed for
prettier hands, well-how about
putting them down as Resolu-
ton Number One? Resolve to
take an extra second, for in
stance, to see the soaps well
rinsed off when you wash.
Another second for a thorough
drying session. Then an "exer-
else massage" with luxurious
YardIey Hand Cream!
Ever try this beauty tricks Sim
ply lavish on a coat Of yARDLEy
HAND CREAM, then-Abows out
smooth it down over each finger
with good smart pull. Repeat
several times - it's wonderfully
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Mass Meetings Scheduled
On Surplus Housing Plans

Two mass meetings to discuss CO.
operative plans for purchase Of
Government surplus housing in this
area are scheduled within the next
five days.
At 4 pm. tomorrow, Edmund j.
Flynn, real estate dealer who has
been in a controversy with off,
cials of the Defense Homes Corp.
over details Of an offer he said he
would like to make for Naylor Gard
ems, will address Naylor Gardens
residents in a community hall at
the development, Thirtieth and Nay
lor streets NE.
At 8 pm. Thursday, a mass meet
ing will be held at the new Interior
Department auditorium, Eighteenth
and c streets NV. under sponsor
ship of the Washington Amvets
Evening star., 1945-12-30

Avail yourself Of every time.and.
effort.savins device that can make
life easier for you next year. SILL
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ample Of what / mean,- paper
sheets impresnated with super.
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your silver with record.breakins
speed no matter how badly silver
is stained. Use SILVER SHEETS
while silver is still wet from wash.
ins,-see how all tarnish and dull.
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dry and your silver polishing
is done! Rather different from the
long hours you used to spend labor.
iously scrubbing silver :. no dam.
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Ask for SILVER SHEETS at your
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Evening star., 1945-12-30
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DANCE.
United Nations Girls. National Press
Club auditorium, pm. today.
EXHIBITS.
Oil paintings by Jack Perlmutter. .spe-
Gallery, 157 Randolph place NV: !. to )
and e1aS Auao s sans Of GG I
brary Of Congress, Fourteenth and 1nde-
pendence avenu, s.W.. 8 am. to $50
PIP President seOtfqT Monroe exhibit commemorat-
ing 1924 anniversary Of Monroe Doctrine
through WEDNESDAY; exhi5ititon Of worlS.
asofss rseT throash nas
books, and manuscripts. through Ja'-dary
10; photographs of Latin American silver
nial exhibition through March Is: Library
through Fridays; 8 am. to pm; satur-
Pietro Lazzari drawings; Public Library,
Eighth and K streets NV. 2 to pm:
annual M sshiStiGa n %nsha. e mn5a
onai Museam sa1ars smthsonsn institution
I'm. to 4:3O pm. daily through January, 8.
Japanese and German s,.5 surrender aoeu. nal,
msns and sss pfssesn' eses
5 pm. Sundays through February
ment. National gallery Of Art, q am.
to 5 pm. weekdays and to 10 pm.
Sundays 'hr0ush hEcRGRE' fsffHsEy g.
'How to Look at Paintings and Sculp-
ture: The Modelling of Forms. by Lois
A. Bingham, National Gallery OF Art
pm. today.
Chamber music program featuring Paulo
Gruppe, cellist, and Camille Plasschaert'
violinist. Phillips Memorial Gallery, pm.
Jan Tomasow. yiolinist,. National GAL
'efS 0i Af' FOR sERVICEMEN. IsV
Sightseeing trip, Lincoln Memorial and
Statue of Two Jima Flag Raising, leave
USO Club, Eighth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, $50 pm. today. Buffet
supper, $50 O'Clock tonight.
Dance followed by buffet supper and
more dancing, NCCS-USO. 1914 N street
Tea dsnss fqIlSyed By ge snack SUPP supper and n
aanee' 8 3S p YMfa5eso' Y fadeS 1888 q street NV
Buffet supper. Uso Club, 1911 street
NV, $50 O'Clock tonight.
Dance, SCOTS Hotel. 80 pm. today.
Buffet supper followed by dancing
Ofncers Club of United Nations O'Clock
tonight.
Service personnel may obtain more in
formation by calling the United Nations
Center. National 5000, or any OF the fol
lowing USOs: Executive 042s. National
3431, National O614 or Republic 1927
Colored personnel may call USO, Decatur
1864 or War Hospitality, Decatur 776s
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Baby Hit by Train, Awarded
$500, 900 for Loss Of Arms
Py the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTOWN, w. Va, Dec. 20.
"A verdict of 100000 was returned
today by West Virginia Federal
Court jury to Charles Daniel Armen-
trout, 19-month-old child, who lost
both arms when struck by Vir-
ginian Railway Co. locomotive.
The verdict was believed to be the
largest for personal injuries ever
awarded an individual in a Federal
or State court in West Virginia.
The child was struck in May, 1945
on the tracks near his home at
Cirtsville, Raleigh County. The suit
was for 100000.
Evening star., 1945-12-30

Clark and Wilber K. Miller were
named to the United States Court
of Appeals.
OCTOBER.
| A Big Five conference at Lon
don ended on a sour note when
Russia refused to accept proposed
agreement on the Balkan govern
ments. Russia asked for four-power
control over Japan, but was refused
On the 9Th Baron Shidehara set
up a new peace cabinet at Tokyo
but in other parts OF the world
trouble broke out. A revolt in In
donesia grew in proportions while
Jew-Arab outbreaks increased ir
Palestine. Civil war in China spread
as Chang and the Communists
failed to agree. Pierre Laval was
sentenced to death in France anC
war criminal trials began in Ger.
many.
A revolt in Venezuela resulted II
new government pledged to de-
mocracy, and Gen. de Gaulle re-
ceived an overwhelming vote of con.
fidence in France. Macarthur
banned all Jap relations with othel
nations and ordered huge famil,
; land holdings broken up. Will
lease-lend over, Britain cut back OF
purchasing in the United States.
|, The WPB was replaced by CPA OF
the 4th. General Motors EN-
ployes voted 10000 to $4,000 to strik'
and other strikes were threatened
Agitation for and against Army
,, Navy merger plans was increased. !
short telephone strike was callet
here. A site on East Capitol stree
was chosen for the proposed munici
pal stadium.
NOVEMBER.
Washington went through tw,
transit strikes, one on the 9th ant
one on the 2lst, which tied W
city traffic and resulted in Unitec
States seizure, in dispute over pa.
/ rates. All meat, butter and fat ra
S tioning ended on the oath
Truckers strike kept Christmas sup
, plies in freight yards and a Grey
hound bus Walkout halted trafh
Northeastward The bill reducing
income taxes $5,920,000,000 in 1914
, was sent to White House on tn
, 1st and was signed on the 9th.
, Truman, opening Labor-Manage
! ment Conference, warned that tn,
, free enterprise system was at stake
, The parley agreed to collective bar
gaining procedure, but was divided
on whether wage increases shoult
be studied now
Prime Minister Attlee visitet
Washington on the 9th and late
addressed Congress, urging worlt
, harmony. A conference on The
! atomic bomb brought a decision Il
keep the secret for the present
. though Molotov insisted Russia b,
informed
The Pearl Earbor investigation
opened, reviewing much of what
. had already been told. Ambassado,
Hurley resigned his Chinese post
charging underwriting by State De-
partment officials. Russia and Irar
ulspuUed over AZerbaijan provinc.
A B-29 flew 8,198 miles from Guam
: to Washington nonstop in IS hours
{ DECEMBER.
The Pearl Harbor probe, marked
by wrangling, brought out that the
top Jap code had been broken anc
that officials here considered Kim.
mel and Short had been adequately
warned. Delay in messages, failure
: to realize import of others and {
: defense of the presence of the fee
! in harbor were all discussed by wit.
nesses who included ex-Secretary
, Hull, Gen. Marshall and higf
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Elections in Italy
Urqed for Feb. II
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 29.-Italy's first elec-
tions in 20 years would be held
February II under provisions of a
bill presented to the cabinet today
by Vice Premier Pietro Nenni.
The measure, scheduled to be
considered at the next cabinet ses-
sion, calls for municipal elections
on that date to be followed by cleo
tions for a Constituent Assembly
Nav 5.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
mak. ARiskt.,, .lsv.k., -Smik Ueu, geaA

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Evening star., 1945-12-30

lips to receive. She wore becom-
ing gown of white damask brocade
Mrs. Phillips was in dark blue velvet
and Mrs. Darling, who stood next
to her daughter, was In the gown
she wore to her child's debut at the
Sulgrave Club. 1t is of crepe in a
corn maize hue and with 1t she wore
antique gold jewelry.
Evening star., 1945-12-30

post. At this meeting, the Ainvets'
proposal for lease Of Mclean Gard.
ems will be explained. Col. Lawrence
Westbrook, who has had experience
in mutual ownership projects, will
speak. 4
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Il HEREBY RESOLVE"
for Ne.u Year 1916, make resoIutions stick!

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such magic you'll
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Evening star., 1945-12-30

smart as it is. Gay, bright Scotch
plaid! Its sparkling color tells you
you're getting the one and only
"Scotch" Brand Tape &. the most
popular brand Of transparent, self
sticking tape in the world. Next
time you're shopping, be sure to
pick up a roll of Scotch" Brand
Tape-the kind in a gay Scotch
plaid dispenser. You'll find scores
Of chores for it every day around
the house. Your favorite store may
have it now-25c complete.