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Hartford chronicle., 1946-11-23

Arnold Canty, Guitarist and leader of the outfit at the Cy- press Arms, has made a change. Assisting him are: Ernie Long, Piano, formerly on big time :; Artie Slade, (white) playing a lot of Alto Sax and Clarinet.
 That new musical show I have been telling you folks about called The Beggars Opera with the entire musical score by Duke Ellington, has changed the name to "TWILIGHT AL LEY'', with a mixed cast in cluding such top stars as: Libby Holman, Alfred Drake, Avon Long, formerly featured with Katherine Durham, Jet Mac Donald, Mildred Smith and Zero Mostel. This production opens at Bushnell Memorial for five days, starting Tuesday, Nov. 26th with a matinee Wed. and Sat. Don't miss it.
 Henry McDaugall, tall,
 Cont. on Page 15)
Hartford chronicle., 1946-11-23

Henry McDaugall, tall,
 Cont. on Page 15)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

have set up their sideshow movie
house in 1876 or earlier. That year
Qeoe) is the same year Mr..
Howard erected the Bijou, so ap-
parently the. carnival didn't last
long. But we'll bet it was a swell
affair while il did last.
By the way. MI. H. z. c. also
told us something new about the
old Bijou. We have always thought
that this custom of singing songs,
the words of which are flashed on
the screen. came into popularity
in the late 1905.
Mr.. H. Z. c., however, says the
custom was observed way back
yonder in the old Bijou. Gorgeous
ly decorated and tinted, the old
songs grandcaddy used tc sing
(and still sings were projected on
the Bijou'5 screen to the accom-
paniment # a piano.
That must have been right much
fun. singing In My Merry Hup-
mobile" one minute and watching
Mount Vesuvious explode the next,
because. speaking of explosions,
the famous volcano had nothing on
those early, volatile vehicles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24

greatest mystic he ever encoun-
tered during his twenty-one years
in the Far East. He wants every-
one to experience the greater
health and the Power, which there
came to him.
Within ten years, he was able
to retire to this country with a
fortune. He had been honored by
fellowships in the Worlds leading
geographical societies, for his
work as a g~eographer. And today
80 years later, he is still so ath-
letic, capable of So much work,
so young in appearance, it is hard
to believe he has lived so long.
AS a first step in their progress
toward the Power that knowledge
gives, Mr.. Dingle wants to send to
readers of this paper a 9,O00-word
treatise. He says the time has come
for it to be released to the Western
World, and offers to send it, free of
cost or obligation, to sincere read
ers of this notice. For your free
copy. address The Institute OF
metaphysics, 213 South Hobart
Blvd, Dept. 35-6-A, Los Angeles 4,
Calf. Readers are ur' I'd to write
promptly, as only a limited num-
Der of the free books have been
printed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
What Is Wronq
When Prayer Fails?

Thirty years ago, in Forbidden
Tibet, behind the highest noun
tains in the world, a young Eng
lishman named Edwin J.. Dingle
found the answer to this question.
A great mystic opened his eyes.
A great change came over him
He realized the strange Power that
knowledge gives.
That Power, he says. can trans
form the life Of anyone. Questions,
whatever they are, can be answer
ed. The problems of health, death
poverty and wrong. can be solved.
In his own case. he was brought
back to splendid health. He ac-
CURED wealth, too. as well as
worldwide professional recogni-
ton. Thirty years ago, he was sick
as a man could be and live. Once
his coffin was bought. Years of
almost continuous tropical fevers,
broken bones, near blindness, pri-
walton and danger had made a
human wreck of him, physically
and mentally.
He wal about to be sent back to
England to die, when a strange
message came-"They are waiting
for you In Tibet" He wants to tel.
the whole world what he learned
there, under the guidance of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE O
TEACHERS
FROM PAGE N

Strickland, fourth; Donaid Chad
wick. seventh and eighth and ath-
letics.
Forest Hills - Miss Marjorie
Marks, third; Milton Eargle,
seventh, eighth and athletics; Miss
Dora Station, music.
Bradley's Creek
Bradley's Greek - Miss Martha
Fleming, second; Mrs. Pauline
Johnson, fourth. Mrs. Ruth Phipps,
sixth; Miss Helen Frostick, music;
Miss Emily Knott, second; Mrs.
Ann Chadwick, seventh and eighth.
Carolina Beach - Miss Margaret
Johnston, first: Miss Emily Lassi-
ter, second: Miss Maria Kitchen,
second; Miss Rosemary Gaddy,
sixth; Miss Bobbie Abernethy,
third.
Matfitt Village Mis- S Jacksie
Daniel; fourth; Mrs. Helen Regist-
er Kittle, thirG.
High School
New High school instructors and
departments with which they will
be affiliated ere as follows:
Miss Elsie Ruth West, CONNER
cial; Miss Harriette Cochran,
Bible; Mrs. J. W. Batten, English;
Herbert Norfieet Hardy, English;
Mrs. Rena Joyner, English; Miss
Mary C. Wyche, English; Mrs.
Louise Turner, mathematics; ]. W.
Batten, science head; John B.
Chase, science; Miss Laura M.
Cherry, science; Mrs. Elsie J.
Lane, science; M. E. Macdonald,
history; Miss Evelyn Brown, home
economics: Mss Shirley Newland,
home economics; Miss Ruth Black
man, home economics head. Miss
Mary Henri Wolfe, music.
The new High school Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps head is 1t.
Col. Weston L. Blanchard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
CT
FROM PAGE ONE

as a 'bonus in disguise" and "a
raid on the Treasury"
The legislation, sponsored by
Senator Edwin c. johnson D-Colo)
is intended to pay enlisted men for
leave accrued during their military
service but never received. 1t is
aimed to match the cash payments
for terminal leave hitherto given
officers only.
Bonds instead of cash was de-
cided for the Senate measure after
the Budget Bureau warned that pay.
ment in money as provided by the
House would have a serious IN
flationary effect on the nations
economy.
Dated back to the time of each
enlisted mans discharge, the bonds
would mature five years thereaf-
ter.
President Truman has indicated
he approves the Senate plan.
Before final passage, the Senate
voted down 81 to II the amend
ment of Senator Joseph H. Ball
(R. MINI leading opponent Of the
bill, which would have deducted
from each GI's bond the amount
of money he received as muster
ing out pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
MANHUNT
FROM PAGE ONE

bidding any one on the streets in
side the municipal boundary with
out official permit.
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Alan Cunning
ham, h & h commissioner for
Palestine, sped back from London,
cutting short his Palestine talks
there. He was expected to confer
Immediately with Lieut.. Gen. Sir
Evelyn Barker, British comman-
der in Palestine.
Confer In Cairo
Barker himself was expected to
confer in Cairo soon with Gen. Sir
Miles C. Dempsey, British COM
mander in the Middle East.
Soldiers and Arab workers
swarmed over the heap of ruins -
all that was left Of six luxurious
floors in the east wing, which had
housed British military headquar-
ters-and coughed violently from
the thick, white concrete dust as
thew worked amid a smell of death
rising in tae glazing heat of the
sun.
Scores of persons were injured
in the Blast. end so were hospit-
allied.
British authorities confirmed
that two JeWs-one dead ard the
other wounded-were found in a
schoolhouse in the old city during
the search. Their identity was not
disclosed Immediately. The police
also seized guns and explosives.
Indignation swept the Holy Land.
On all sides-Christian, Arab and
Jewish-deep resentment was ex-
pressed. =
The jewish community council
for Jerusalem ordered a work
stoppage from 3 pm. to evening in
mourning for the victims. During
hat time several funerals of Jew
lsh victims were held at the Mount
OF Olives cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
OPA
FROM PAGE ONE

''mean new scarcities and new
black markets. put up a last
ditch but losing battle. A motion
by Representative Lea fD-Calif.)
which would have striker every
thing but rent controls was de-
feated 220 to 1875 with some Re-
publicans supporting the admins
tration.
Mccormack told the house Mr..
Truman will sign the battered bill,
although he vetoed a previous con-
gres sional attempt to trim OPA's
powers and, moreover, the new
compromise measure bans price
ceilings on major foods - meat,
pountry, eggs, milk, etc. - for at
least 30 days.
But it permits immediate res
toration of controls on manufac-
tured products rents, and on foods
not specifically exempted.
OPA could roll back to their
June so levels any rent increases
made by landlords since that date.
An official told reporters the OPA
plans to reestablish the June 30
ceilings in the areas which were
under rent controls then.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
Recruiters
Process Fifteen

Fifteen men from Wilmington
and vicinity, most of whom were
veterans, were processed by the
local Army Recruiting Station, for
enlistment in the Regular Army
during the week ending July 20, &C
cording to Capt. N. G. Cottle.
The following men were accepted
during the above period: Thomas
w. Blackburn, 2007 Brandon Road;
Louis T. Fales, 2o9 Woodrow
avenue; Robert T. Dunn, 2114 Bran
don Road; John H. Bennett, 615
North Sixth street; Samuel Sheri-
dan, 300 South Seventh street; Ash
by C. Lewis, Carolina Beach; Louis
M. Lee, Four Oaks; Ottoway Shaw,
Kelly.
Charles Tillman, Southport; Ed
gar o. Bellamy, Nak;na; Charles
L. Simmons. Bolton; Marion L.
Strickland, Tabor City; William B.
Holden, Holly Ridge; Linster W.
Cannady, Rocky Point; Johnnie v.
Pickett, Burgaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
FLYING
FROM PAGE ONE

our students will be studying to be
filters instead of French teachers
or civil engineers" Pennington ex-
planned. The flying course will be
complete. rigorous, and up-to-the-
minute" Pennington continued,
"consisting OF both ground and sky
training"
The ground school, teaching
navigation, meteorology, and 9th
err allied subjects, will be urder the
direction o. Al and Kenneth Woot-
en-. another well-known flying
brothers" team.
The Wootens will team with the
Penningtons in instructing the stu
dents in all the secrets of the act
ual art of flying upon graduation
from the ground school.
you'd be surprised at how
many people want to learn to fly,
not only the ex-service men and
women but civilians as we'll" Pen
nington said. Cor maybe you
wouldn't be surprised, after all,
considering that the Age OF Flight
is finally here to stay"
That it is here to stay is evid-
enced by the fact that the Pen
ningtons have about go civilians en-
rolled right now in their private
flying school.
"As a matter of fact, we had as
many as 4 hundred students at a
time back during the war when the
city was tull OF folks working here
at the shipyard and the other war
plants" Pennington added. "But
even though our enrolment has
fallen off a little since the end of
the wal we re looking forward to
having more and more students in
both our private and CT schools as
postwar readjustment gradually
does get readjusted."
In addition to the flying school,
the Fenningtons operate a charter
plane service at the airport, They
average about four charter flights
a week to such widely separated
cities as Richmond, Va, and
Myrtle Beach, S. c., "or anywhere
anybody wants to get in a hurry"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
Well Known Man Felt
Like SwoUen Balloon:
Full Oh Stomach Gas

Recently, a well known man stat
ed that he used to feel like a sWoll-
en- balloon after every meal. He
would bloat full of gas and spit up
acidulous liquids for hours after
eating. Was terribly constipated.
This man is one of hundreds in this
vicinity who nov praise INNER
AID. He states he was amazed at
the results when he took this medi-
cine. Now he eats what he wants
without gas or bloating, and
bowels are regular for the first
time in years. He feels like a new
man.
1NNER-AID contains y Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel different all over. So
don't go on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all drug stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24

Average age of registrants was
placed at about 81 years.
Further applications of persons
who found it impossible to make
their applications at Mondays or
yesterdays registrations, will be
considered in view of this fact,
Spencer said.
Few College Students
Few of the applications were
former college students, most of
them being veterans who left high
school to eclist in the armed forces
during the war.
Only one registrant holds a col
lege degrees. records show.
He is Barney w. English, High
wood PARK resident who told
Spencer that he holds the degrees
of B. Mus. anc D. D. given for
college study from Emanuel Col
lege Paris, France, and the degree
of Phi. D. for work from the Temple
Bar College, Minneapolis, MINI.
Degrees Conferred
These college degrees were con
fered after English completed cor
respondence courses, he explained.
He told the registrar that he
plans to do "advanced studies'' tor
his B. A. oegJee at the University
of North Carolina.
He is a graduate of Wallace high
school
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
N GUILTY

A verdict of not guilty and a non
suit were rendered in two cases
Yesterday by Judge Walter D.;
Bone, of Nashville, as the criminal
term of New Hanover county
SUPERIOR court swung into its
second day.
The not guilty verdict was order
ed in the case of two CAMBRIDGE
Mass, white men, Robert L.
Beechin and Alexander Leo Anton,
who were charged with the Larceny
of an automobile. owned by "A: r
Lee, from it's parking place at Sun
set Park on April 20.
Returned Here
At the request of Sheriff C..
David Jones, the. two men were
annrehended in Windsor a n d
brought back to Wilmington by
Deputy Sheriff Charles M, Snow
after they allegedly abandoned the
car in Windsor.
Judge Bone ruled that there was
10 substantial evidence that the
men were connected with the car
theft.
No Funds
The Nashville judge also ordered
the men set free after they were
held here on a charge of burglary
in Cambridge. Their release was
made after Cambridge city of
ficials advised that no funds for the
return of prisoners for trial in the
Massachusetts, city were available
in the city's treasury.
In the non-suited case. Judge
Bone ruled that R. H. Thompson,
charged with the manslaughter of
Joel Jones on Nov. %, 1915, be re-
leased on the grounds that the
evidence he gave shortly after the
automobile accident in which
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
BIKINI
FROM PAGE ONE
Forecast Giant Waves

Forecast Giant Waves
Scientists and naval observ-
ers were chary of putting
themselves on record with pre-
dictions. Most of them expect
a column of water to be raised
from the turquoise and emer-
aid waters of the lagoon, fol-
lowed by a series of giant waves
of diminishing height and power.
Associated Press Correspondent
Howard Blakeslee aboard The U. S.
S. Appalachian said oceanograph-
ers expect the waves TO be so feet
high at a distance of half a mile
from the point of decoration.
What this will do to the guinea
pig task force is still pure guess
work. While the guesses were not
made public, one scientist thought
the decoration would be 100 times
more powerful than the aerial ex-
plosion Of July /.
Tons Of Water
Blakeslee quoted DR.. M. P.
O'Brien Of Tie University of Cali
fornia as foreseeing an atomic
arrow shooting upward at 1000
feet a second from the original
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE O
CHANNEL
FROM PAGE N
support all of Wilmington's port
improvement plans"
Sanford REPRESENTATIVE

support all of W~ilmington's port
Improvement plans"
Sanford Representative
Arthur C. Cundy, manager of the
Sanford Chamber of Commerce.
wrote that he will appear at the
hearing in person to deliver San
ford's support Of the project.
Meanwhile, as more endorse
ments of the project come into the
local chamber office by mail and
telephone, Farrell and H. z. Boyd,
traffic manager of the Wilmington
Port Traffic association, have com
pleted the 23-page brief which the
City of Wilmington will submit at
the hearing.
Brief Drawn Up
The brief will be presented under
the signatures of Mayor W. Ronald
Lane and City Attorney W. B.
Campbell. Packed in its % pages
is a mountain of data which
stresses that Wilmington's desire
for the 35-foot channel is based on
economic necessity"
Further impetus was given to the
35-foot channel proposal last night
when the Wilmington Junior Cham
e of Commerce unanimously en-
dorsed the project.
The resolution was passed after
Farrell and Boyd disclosed the con-
tents of the city's brief to the jay
Gee members.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
TOBACCO
FROM PAGE ONE

fore Congress for under the COM
promise agreement, price regula-
tons are banned on tobacco unless
it is found in short supply.
Experts say that dwindling de-
mands of the military forces for
all tobacco will bring much strict
er grading to the floors and a de-
mand for better quality.
Most of the flue-cured leaf will
hit the markets within the next few
weeks but the Agriculture depart
ment said some will not be harvest
ed until late August or even after
the season closes.
Markets in this area are located
at Abel, Bailey, Blackshear, Doug
las, Fitzgerald, Hahira, Hazelhurst,
Meter, Moultrie, Nashville, Pei
ham, Quitman, Statesboro, Tifton,
Valdosta, Vidalia, Waycross, Ga.
and Lake City and Live Oak, Fla.
Mol Q ooJ1 rnr Norrcnoror Sarxoo
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
STUDENTS SIGN UP
Registration SweAs
COLLEGE Entries For City

Veterans and n~on-veterans total
Ing 1877 registered for admittance
to Wilm;ngtons college center
which will he conducted at New
Hanover High School this fall.
The number registering was con-
sidered very high by Dale
K. Spencer who is in charge of reg
istrations for the local unit of the
University Of North Carolina which
is slated to open here during the
week of September % to 30.
Five Classes
The grand total which officials
declared will make possible @the
operation of at least five classes,
contained 10l veterans Of World
War II, all CT whom were male
applicants: IS non-veterans. 13 of
whom were females.
There were nc e~x-service women
entering applications, however one
former WAC is registered for the
courses FOR veterans at the high
school, Spencer said.
Registration Closed
Registration was closed official
ly at 4:30 yesterday afternoon after
two days, during which time reg
istrcrs of applications were kept
busy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24

is slated to hover in the region of
81, $50, 900, with formal adoption ex-
pected some time in August.
No Official Step
The New Hanover County Board
of Commissioners, also meeting
yesterday in special budget SEES
sion, engaged i ma lengthy discus
sion of the tentative 1946-F county
budget but took no official steps
toward adoption.
The conference centered mainly
on the public school allotment, with
County Auditor j. A. Orrell, School
Superintendent H. M. Roland, and
E. A. Laney, school board official,
taking part in the discussion.
No definite figures on the bud
get were released.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24

CONFUSION of 1000, 900 OF more tons
of lagoon water.
A saucer-shaped cavity is eX-
pected to be formed in the bottom
of the lagoon, extending down
ward possibly $500 feet.
The old battleship Arkansas may
well wind up in this hole, as well
as the submarine Pilotfish. They
are among the nearest target ships.
Hinged around the target cpl
center at more than. 500 yards
are the cruiser Pensacola, the
carriers Independence and Sara
toga, six other submarines, and a
half dozen transports with soft
underbellies.
The battleship New York and
four LCI's Qanding craft Infantry
are anchored at a greater distance.
And this time the battle ship
Nevada, which survived her first
test of atomic frenzy, is given an
hono-ed position well to the rear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
NOT GUILTY
Cambridge Men Released
By Superior Court Judge

Jones was killed was ma5a
Thompson was still in = ".,sa
condition, and therefore inadm1s'o
able. "'4Ss'
Fatal Crash
Jones lost his lite when y.
he was riding in, alIegedlv on. yaf
ed by Thompson, crashed cs0,a'
Four Oaks intersection M ne
Greenfield sound road. ne
A matter for future s,o..
court consideration came IA Ta M
yesterday when a suit for ,bo rSn'
titioning Of the estate of The G IsI,
Mrs. Emma M. BelIamy WAS t ta,s
at the office Of A, L. MeyI. ,,,q
court clerk. '-'0'
The suit was filed BY Mrs
T. Bellamy, widow of William pS
lamy, against Emmett H. Bell,
and wife, Lillian M. Bellamv, M..
Eliza Bellamy Williamson. Me-. .''
guerite B. MacRae, widow NJ Nj
son MacRae; and Mary B. Bar.
roll, widow of John L. BarroIl
Complaint Entered
The complaint, prepared BY AZ.
torney Woodus KelIum, states t5,,
the petitioner and the d~eiendar,,
are each the owner of a onefif5
undivided interest in As pieces nj
property in Wilmington and New
Hanover and Brunswick countis,
and that they are the only heirs 4
law to the estate under notice.
The petitioner asks that the Court
appoint three commissioners IA
divide the estate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
NEW BUILDING SET
O NEWS AGENCY;
MODERN STRUCTURE

Approximately 81, 900 newspapers
and 30, 900 magazines will be
handled each week at the new
home of the Service News com
pany 813 South Sixteenth street,
President Leonard Alpern said yes
terday. -,
The new building, erected by
Gillette-Miller, Incorporated VII
mington contractors, is an ultra-
modern structure of brlck. con-
crete, and glass-blocks, with 1u-
crescent lighting.
Alpern, a news distributing agent
for 20 years, came to Wilmington
about five years ago from chi
cago. His general manager IS
Charles E. Brown, who came here
recently from Augusta, Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
r DONNIE SMITH

SOUTHPORT July % Mrs.
Donnie Hughes Smith, 40, of Ash,
died at 2:3o p. m. Tuesday in the
Dosher Memorial hospital here.
She is survived by her husband.
Dave Smith; two sons, Floyd
Smith and Joe Smith, Ash; one
daughter, Claris Jane Smith, Ash;
a brother, Wilton Hughes, ASA; and
five sisters, Mrs. Hortey Bellamy,
Mrs. Minor Jenrette, Mrs. Hattie
Etheridge, Mrs. Alma Ward and
Mrs. Mary Ward all of Ash.
Funeral services will Be conduct
ed from the late residence at 8 o.
m. Wednesday by the Rev. Bert
Bennett. Burial will be in the family
cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
BANQUET
FROM PAGE ONE

happy he came to Wilmington and
promised even better teams in
the future. THE fine spirit and
cooperation given me since l have
been here has touched me deeply"
the coach said.
The banquet was sponsored by
the Lions, Exchang, Rotary
Civilians and Kiwanis clubs. DR..
E. C. Anderson was in charge of
making the arrangements.
Marvin Allen, former local boy,
now in charge of intra-mural
athletics at the University of
North Carolina, made the trip here
with Cromwell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
ACL
FROM PAGE ONE

One of the trains will also leave
Fayetteville at nine a. m. arriving
in Wilmington at 1870 a. m.
The schedule was removed dur
ing the war so it could be operated
from Wilmington to Goldsboro anc
Rocky Mount, and a mixed pas
senger-freight was substituted be-
tween Wilmington and Fayetteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
COUNCIL
FROM PAGE N

can be 'streamlined'' without
the hiring of additional person
mel and without changing either
the quantity or quality OF those
services.
If the day-per-week proposal
unfeasible, the men Will
likely be given at least two days
off per month. The current time OF
allowed by each department is only
one day per month.
Although the new budget still re-
mains unbalanced. the final figure
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24
MORE ABOUT
BUDGET
FROM PAGE ONE

Further, both governments have
been asked to contribute several
hundred dollars to the support of
the North Carolina Travel Council,
an organization which promotes
tourist travel throughout the State.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-24

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