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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
By Peter Edson

Southern Colonial Delta Eastern, National, Western and Pan-American- Grace.
 Steamship lines wantin gair rights are Water man, Grace Lines, Moore-M Mccormack, and Atlangc' Gulf Coast, and West Indies. g,
 Hearings on all these applications have been con- ducted by the Civil Aeronautics Board over the past year or more. The boards recommendations have been sent to the White House, and soon as pres- dential approval is obtained, certificates will be awarded.
 The steamship applications are of particular inn- portance because the decision in these cases will show what the Civil Aeronautics Board intends to do about freezing the ship operators out of the airline business other parts of the globe This issue has been aggra vated by recent c. A. B. action in certifying Swed- ish airline partly owne dby Swedish shipping inter ests, to fly to the United States American shippers claim this sets precedent for granting similar air rights to them.
 From past decisions of the C. A. B.. however. it is known that the board does not favor participation of shipping lines in the flying business. The board ha saso opposed operation of airines by railroads and busines believing there should be complete com- petition between the various forms of travel
 The boar dis known too. to favor greater conlpe- tition between U. S. airline operators That has been shown in the award Of certificates to American' Braniff, and Pan-American to operate in Mexico. Three alrlines-American, Pan-Am and T. W. A- have also been authorized to operate to Europe Cer- tifcates to operate Pacific routes will be awarded later
 Legislation to set up one American flag-line, which would be owned jointly by D. & domestic air- lines, and which would operate as an American mon- opoly in international aviation. has been pending m Congress for many months While it has been stalled. teh Civil Aeronauties Board has gone ahead on tne assumption that a monopoly flag-line. operating as
 chosen instrument, s not in the best public interest
 How well that policy has been set, end whether it can be upset win be shown when certificates to operate in the Lan-Ameriean service are announced
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again. NOW it iS evident In aII sorts of voluntary contributions, indi- vidually and in organized groups, to help feed a hungry Europe, as well as in efforts to cooperate in the national campaign to save food, particularly bread.
 But 1t is becoming obvious by now that none of these voluntary measures, loose and disorganized as they are, will be enough to avert a veritable black plague of starvation in Europe in the next two and A half critical months
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19

posed 0t ktepuplcAllS SefVllB tEleH first and second terms in Con- gress.
 ''Russia hes made marvellous progress in wiping out illiteracy," i" Hartman told the Congressmen, "As Q result, her people are ready and anxious to read the news and opinion put before them by the Soviet Government. That Is one basic difference between the Com munist and the Fascist theory. Hitler and Mussolini felt safer when their people knew as little
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
MOSTLY FLORAL

The flowers that bloom in the
 Spring
 And leave out the tra-la-are not A subject it's fitting to sing, Considering those that we've got, One tulip, from all in the ground, Has entered the world of the buds; Three jonquils are all that we've
 found,
 The rest of them seem to be duds. The hyacinths, flowers of mirth, Are out, but they might SS well
 pass;
 They're growing SO close to the
 earth,
 They seem to be part of the grass The bulbs that we planted with
 care Give out with Q pitiful spike: There's nothing but what is more
 rare
 Than blossoms deciding to strike. I mourn the defections of seeds That spurn, with a sheer and a
 Bah!
 The fertile example of weeds That bloom in the spring. tNo
 tra-la).
 General MacArthur issued . sharp reply to Russian criticism of his administration in Japan. He practically told the Reds to work their side of the world and he'd work his.
 Civilian Production Administrator John D, Small reports substantial progress" in the last three months in restoring low-cost clothing to the stores. Hey, CPA! No BVD yeti
 Chester Bowles says that Q long coal strike will be Q body blow to the United States" And Old Sol seems notably reluctant to counter With a haymaker at this writing.
 THE GARDENERS PLEA
 April April,
 Here's the moment after;
 Never mind your laughter.
 How about some tears?
 We'll, President Truman threw out Int first ball to start the baseball season at Washington Tuesday. There's probably nothing to the ugly rumOr that he insisted on 1t being covered with Missouri muIe- hide before he'd have any part in the ceremony.
 Maybe the grownup are 8 lot smarter than the youngsters; cer- tainly they should be. But we note, in passing, that we. have never seen several hundred teen-agers waiting for hours in a boby-socks line.
 A Yale researcher offers imposing evidence that alcohol does not stimulate the creative genius in ar- lists. And don't think she's wrong just because you've seen some of the best plastered all over our pub lie buildings.
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United States and Latin American
 countries. The fun will begin when c. A. B. makes its announcement, because of the terrific competition among the II airlineS and four steamship companies seeking rights to fly some 30 commercial air routes in the western hemisphere.
 ' When the c. A. B. licenses are granted, however, they may go a long way toward determining U. s. government policy in international aviation. The principal issues to be clarified are tWn. C1l How much
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
Feed the Hungry

need is presented to them clearly and the means of helping Is made plain.
 This generosity has been demonstrated time and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
L. A. Scramble

WASHINGTON, April 19-(NEA)-The Civil Aeronautcs Board is about to let go whole flock of certificates granting competing U S. Aviation com- panes the right to operate airlines between the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
IMerry-GO-R Round.

WASHINGTON, April l9-Averell Hartman, ex- Ambassador to Russia, gave Republican Congressmen penetrating picture of Russia during an off-the- record session of the 78-70 Club The Club Is com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

20 Years Ago
 Miss Sadie Garvey of Sylvan Avenue returned home after a vac cation in Boston. Although no one was injured, there was considerable damage done when trolley crashed into a car on East Main Street near Maltbys Garage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
s Years Ago

Kathleen Burns of Catherine Ave- nue attended the Junior prom at Boston College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
15 Years Ago

A Chamber of Commerce report showed 67 accidental deaths in the city in the previous year.
 MT. and Mrs. Alfred Hart of Buckingham Street were registered at the Hotel Barclay. New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19

Don Ameche starred in That Night In Rio" at Loew's Poll thea- |t~s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19

A Yale researcher offers imposing evidence that alcohol does not stimulate the creative genius in ar- lists. And don't think she's wrong just because you've seen some of the best plastered all over our pub lie buildings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19

General MacArthur issued . sharp reply to Russian criticism Of his administration in Japan. He practically told the Reds to work their side of the world and he'd work his,
Evening star., 1946-06-24
$4,000, Asked
|For District Street
And Highway Plans
Continued From Page BIZ

of New York avenue to the District
line to connect with the New Bal
timore- Washington parkway, grade
separations and layout changes at
the intersection of Constitution and
Pennsylvania avenues, at lexington
place, New York avenue and Flor
ida avenue; at Ninth and c streets
S.W. and Virginia avenue, and the
Massachusetts, avenue bridge across
the Anacostia River. Twenty mine
paving jobs plus replacement of
40 miles of streets and 20 miles of
inferior streets and sidewalks and
many other minor jobs are also
contemplated.
The expansion for the Traffic De-
partment includes increasing from
two to four the number of traffic
lights at each lighted intersection
so that lights on both sides of the
street will be visible from any direc-
ton af approach, a central con-
troll system, so that the traffic sig
nails can be varied according to
the traffic conditions, interconnec-
tions of some smaller zones whose
lights now operate independently;
replacement of painted white lines
with durable markers, more neon
one-way signs, pedestrian barricades
at appropriate spots, new car in
spection station and more parking
meters.
Trolley Problem Studied.
Gen. Young's report devoted
much space to the streetcar prob
lem, and the plans thus far ad-
vanced to solve the congestion in
cluding the Greiner-De Leuw re-
port of 1914 and the District S
Whitehurst-Arthur plan. He said
the former was basically a plan
to substitute a few nonintersecting
underground tracks for a large
number of intersecting surface
tracks, leading to few stops" and
the ultimate possibility of high
speed underground rail transit. The
Whitehurst-Arthur plan, on the
other hand, he said, was predicated
on the idea that Washington street.
cars never should and never will
operate in high-speed subways, but
instead would remain on the sur
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ferent philosophy which I am in
clined to consider sounder."
He added that q final decision
on the matter, Is vital before the
end Of this calendar year.
Building Congestion Cited.
The congestion Of Government
buildings In the downtown area,
Gen. Young indicated, is the great
est single cause Of its traffic ills
and for this reason he recommends
initial financing of the entire un-
derground program by the Federal
Government. The Capital Transit
Co., he thought, should have only
certain trackage costs to meet. 1t
Is considered likely that the Dis
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face over most of the city, going
underground at normal speeds and
stops in the congested areas.
While other plans have been SUBJ
mitted, Gen. Young said, only these
two concrete proposals have been
received.
'The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission was asked
many months ago for recommends
tions," Gen. Young observed. "but
produced nothing"
While the Greiner-De Leuw re-
port "has been carefully thought
out and has many merits" Gen,
Young said, "The Whitehurst-Ar-
thur plan proceeds on a diff
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trict's half of the $6O,000,0OO sub
way cost would be chargeable to
the general fund rather than the
highway fund and thus be paid by
all citizens generally rather than
just motorists who pay the gaso-
line tax.
The Engineer Commissioner also
gave long consideration to the park
ing problem and recommended that
the Park and Planning Commits
sion be asked to study the parking
Evening star., 1946-06-24

problems created by Federal build
ings in time to report to the next
session of Congress.
In the case Of the water system
expansion, Gen. Young did not
want to finance the improvements
by increasing the water rates on
the theory that it was not fair to
saddle the present population with
improvements whose benefits would
extend to future generations. He
added that failure of the water
Evening star., 1946-06-24

mended in the next six years in.
cluded additional basins and filteri
at Dalecarlia filter plant, more
pumping stations and reservoirs
and extensions Of water mains
hydrants and meters.
Evening star., 1946-06-24
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. B.
MONDAY 4,

system to incur any serious break
down during the war years when
demands increased terrifically was
tribute to the excellence Of the
system.
Specific improvements recon-
Evening star., 1946-06-24
Gen. Kirk 10 Give Address
AT Graduation Of Nurses

Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, sur
seon general of the Army, will be
guest speaker at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row at the capping ceremony of the
American University -Sibley Memo
rial Hospital Lucy Webb Hayes
School of Nursing in the Metropoli-
tan Memorial Methodist Church,
Nebraska and New Mexico avenues
NV.
The following students will re-
Evening star., 1946-06-24
ceive caps:

celVe caps.
Click, Sylvia c.
Coleman, Emma G.
Connolly, Carolyn M
Curtice, Rachel M.
CZul, Ann
Dauphin, Dorothy r
Hastings, Doris M.
Higginbotham, Jessi,
Hunt, Doris Ray
Johnson, Addie L.
Johnson, Marian L.
Johnston. Pauline, N
Keesling, Donnalee
KEEPER, Florence j.
kummell, Joyce M.
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Evening star., 1946-09-30

Sheldon Electric Clock :. the "Streom-
liner" seIf-stortine clock for
kitchen, dinette or bathroom with pre-
cson motor .. accurate timing. Of
plastic =. finished in white, red, ivory
color, or green AC----5.58 incl. tax
Evening star., 1946-09-30

Economoster Electric Heater -. a great
wormer-upper for chilly fall mornings
and evenings. The guaranteed heat
ing element and large refIecting sur
face insure steady heat for an average
room. Portable . AC-----9.87
Evening star., 1946-09-30

FeotherIine Automatic Electric Iron .
You can diol and maintain the exoct
heat intensity each fabric needs. The
sole plote is rounded for ironing eose =. .
the handle folds, and cord is firmly
attached ------1O6O
Evening star., 1946-09-30

AIl-metoI Folding Step-stooI with back .
sturdi|y made, with rubber-treoded
steps for extra protection. Folds con-
venientIy away when not in use. Fin
ished in baked white enamel with red,
black or blue
Evening star., 1946-09-30

Weorever Three-woy Cooker ). 3-time
winner with q famous name of ex-
tro-heoV aluminium. Can be used in
3 combinations as shown: lR-qt.
double boiler; 2-qt covered saucepan,
or as serving cosserole----2.25
Evening star., 1946-09-30

Cost Aluminium Oval Rooster :. roe
enough to roost q lib. fowl :.
Thanksgiving isn't SO for away! Of
fine quality, heavy aluminium costly
cleaned :. cooks the woterIess way,
8.o5
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
Obituaries

THE REV. MR.. w. H. MILTON
Funeral services will be held
from st. James Episcopal church
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
for the Rev. Mr.. William H. Mil
ton. D. D.. former pastor of the
church.
The body will lie in state at
the church from 8:45 o'clock this
morning until time for the tu-
neral.
The Rev. Mortimer Glover will
officiate assisted by Bishops
Thomas C. Darst and Thomas H.
Wright.
Pallbearers will be Robert
Strange. Eugene C. Hicks, Jr.,
Robert Jewett, Peter B. Ruffin,
F. Clark Adams and Stone C.
Pulliam.
Honorary pallbearers will be
George &. Elliott, W. B. Thorpe,
William M. Atkinson, E. A. Nets,
Lewis F. Ormond, H. C. Rorison,
George G. Thomas, W. D. Mac
MILAN, George L. Peschau Mil
ton c. Calder, Herbert A. Lynch,
DR.. ]. B. Cranmer, w. N. Har-
ris, Thomas II. Wright, R. D. Cron-
ly. il. c. c. Chadbourn and F.
H. FechtiS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
c. T. CARTERET

TABOR CITY, June 29-Craven
Troy Carteret, 81, of the Beaver
Dam section, died this morning at
5 o'clock in Columbus County hos
pital, W%hiteville, following a stroke.
He was the son Of the late KenZie
and Florence C~arteret and a life
long resident of Columbus County.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon in the Beavers
Dam Baptist church of which he
was a member. Interment will be
in the Mcpherson cemetery. Rev.
Hucks, pastor of the church, will
officiate.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Mollie Cartere;t two
daughters, Mrs. BERTHE Norris and
Mrs. Clardie Worley; seven sons
v. D., James, Alon, Jason, Glencie,
Cargin and Garland Carteret, ano
two brothers, Laranza and Mar
zon Carteret, all of Columbus
county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
KELLY GOODEN

ELIZABETHTOWN, June 29-
Funeral services will be held from
the Calvary Baptist church here
at a o'cloc;l tomorrow afternoon
for Kelly Gooden, sc, prominent
Bladen county farmer, who died
yesterday from what the coroner
described as self-inflicted pistol
wounds.
Burial will follow in the Nc
MILAN cemetery.
Surviving + four sons and three
daughters: w. Emmett Gooden
Leon Gooden, Of Elizabethtown, G.
Garland Gooden, Augusta. Ca,
Orland H. Gooden, Fayetteville;
Mrs. Gladwyn Tatum, Elizabeth
town, Mrs. William Bradshaw and
Mrs. Frank earlier, Raleigh; three
brothers: Allie Gooden, C1arkton
James Gooden, Tar Heel, Ernest
E. Gooden, Richmond, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
May Modernize
Navy Discipline

WASHINGTON. June % - [P -
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal to-
day directed the judge advocate
general of the Navy to prepare re-
Communications for legislation TO
modernize the basic government of
the Navy and to authorize changes
in the court-martial procedure.
The Secretary's directive was
based in part on the report by a
board headed by Arthur A. Ballan-
tine, New York attorney, which ne
had appointed to study the Navy S
wartime administration of justice.
Likewise the Secretary's direc-
tive was in conjunction with the
dedication program of the United
States school of naval justice at
Port Hueneme, Calf. In accord
with the boards recommendation
that men should be trained in naval
justice procedure two months
classes are being given $50 officers
and $50 yeomen there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
SALLY RAND PUTS
ON SHOW IN COURT
Officer Says She Concealed
Something From Judge,
However
-.u npANC1SCO lime 29-(P)-

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29-PC
sa1Iv Rand twirled her fans and
~inqeled a giant size rubber bubble
;odav in a command performance
for the municipal court, which sat
in extraordinary session at a night
club ringside table to view the
evidence
and jury to determining whether
Sallv is guilty of indecent exposure
and assorted related offenses, wore
? ouizzical look at close OF the
show and said he'd reserve decl-
sion. The trial will continue IN IT'S
customary setting Monday.
officer John Toomey, who teStl-
fled in detail about nudity yester-
day, said she Judged a little, and
omitted the part where she usually
stands with her back uncovered TO
the audience.
well said Officer Toomey,
somewhat gloomily regarding the
appIauding press tables. It's all
in the way you look at it. l don't
say it's suggestive. It's Just the
nudity
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30

courage as any action since I have
been in Washington.

courage as any action since I have
been in Washington.
1t was against the advice of Bark
ley and other congressional leaders
that Mr.. Truman slammed the bill
back to congress less than "a hours
after he got it.
He minced no words. He said the
measure would continue the gov
ernment's responsibility to stabi-
lie the economy and at the same
time destroy the governments pow
er to do SO.
"The fact that initiation has al
ready Quilted the economy of coun-
try after country all over the world
should shake our comfortable as
surance that such a catastrophe
cannot happen here" the president
warned.
Let us remember further" he
said, that initiation and collopse
in x x x this country would shake
the entire world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
OPA FORCE
TO STAY ON JOB
Continued from Page One)

throughout the country to keep in
creases within Is per cent.
Il nope the OPA is really finish
ed and does not return" the form
er president of the Wilmington
Real Estate Board said. Il would
rather take a chance that the coun-
try will return to normally of its
own accord than have the agency
continued" he added.
Landlords should not raise rents,
he averred. There will be adjust
ments, he said, but there is no
real reason for increasing rents
in Wilmington and the surrounding
area as there is no shortage Of
houses for rent in the vicinity, he
continued.
Il hope he said, people will
use restraint and not over-charge."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
MRS. BRIDGET A. EVANS

SHALLOTTE, June 29-Funeral
services for Mrs. Bridget Ann
Evans, SO, Sballotte, who died
Thursday afternoon, yer held
Friday from the Oak Grove Bap-
fist church rear Shallotte. Inter-
ment followed in Oak Grove GENE
terry.
Surviving are four sons: Wesley,
Archie, John and Willie, Shall
lotte; two daughters, Mrs. Henry
Eta Clemmoas, Supply and Mrs,
Sis Flowers, Winnabow; two half
brothers Merdick and Fletcher
Hewett, Supply and Shallctte; ~
grandchildren and IS great grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
Indoesian
Government Kidnapped

BATAVIA, Java, June 29.-WH-
The unreco9nized Indonesian gov
eminent announced today that its
premier, five members of his
cabinet and a member of the In
doneslan army's general staff had
been kidnapped by an armed band
IN an apparent coup d'etat.
Radio Joe Jakarta, voice of the
government, said DR.. Achmed
Soerkarno, recently reduced to
relative impotence in the independ-
ence movement, had assumed
dlctatorial powers, taken over all
government functions and declared
a STATE of emergency throughout
the Netherlands East Indies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-30
MRS. ROSA THORPE

Mrs. Rosa Lee Lorenzo Thorpe,
an employe of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad for the past Is years,
died yesterday afternoon in her
home. 16 N. Fifth avenue, after a
lorg illness.
She is survived by one son, Vim
cent A. Thorpe, Freeport, Tex,
and a sister. Miss Mary Lorenzo,
of this city.
She was a member of the First
Baptist church.
Funeral arrangements, to be an
nounced later, are in charge of the
Andrews mortuary.