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ITALIAN
FROM PAGE ONE

the late George Arliss are good
examples. Both Mr.. Erb and Mr..
klng are valuable additions to the
ITALIAN talent roster.
The production was strikinaly
staged and tastefully furnished by
a technical staff that includes:
Assistant to the Directors. Mrs
Charles c. Chenworth; Technical
Director; Hester c. Donnellv:
Stage Manager, John Powell
Technical Staff:
Scenery-Bob Redmayne. Swift
Boatwright, Ray Warren, Betty
Divine, Helen Jones, Shirley Bea.
sley, Julia Seigler and Marion
Woodbury..
Lights, Everett Higgins; Proper
ties, Hannah Block, Reba johnson
Amy Walker; Makeup, Jesse Rev
nolds, Frances Thompson, Eliza
beth Hardwicke and Doris Coun
ell.
Publicity-Betty Divine, Ka,
Goodman.
Through the Night" by Flor
ence Ryerson and Colin Clemments
is the annual full-length play b,
the ITALIAN Workshop. It's execu
tive committee consists of Der
Jones' r., Chairman. Hester Don
nelly, Sue Calder, Helen Jones anc
Amy M. Walker.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
Do You Know
Traffic
Laus:?

Do you know the speed re-
strictions laid down by the
Motor Vehicle Laws OF North
Carolina?
Section 103 states that nc
person shall drive a vehicle on
a highway at a speed greater
than is reasonable and prudent
under the conditions then exist
ing.
Where no special hazard
exists the following speeds
shall be lawful:
Twenty miles per hour in
any business district; rs miles
Der hour in any residence dis
trict; IS miles per hour for
motor vehicles designed, equip
ped for or engaged in trans
porting property and 30 miles
per hour for such vehicles
drawing a trailer.
The speed of 40 miles per
hour is lawful for three-quarter
ton trucks. One-half ton or
pickup trucks may travel at
As miles per hour.
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MORE ABOUT
ROOSEVELT
FROM PAGE ONE

of the Security Council of the
United Nations-the name
which Franklin Roosevelt gave
to an organization which he
envisioned as the foundation OF
permanent world peace.
This, the Hudson Valley village
Of Hyde Park, is where Mr.. Roose-
welt grew up to be the country
squire, then the governor of his
state and finally, the 31st Presi-
dent of the United States.
This was the place 1.-THE Boss"
loved better than any other spot
in the world-a colorful rural
county of old inns, houses of wealth
cred and century-old field stone
and provincial neiahbors who liked
the late President personality. but
hated his political insides.
Among Neighbors
These were the neighbors who
called him Frank" voted against
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House passed., lacks the ceilings
on existing houses which the Presi-
dent had asked. The Senate. how
ever, put back In the $500, 900, 900
for subsidies to spur production
of building materials. The House
had struck that out too.
Controls Relaxed
The Civilian Production Admin.
istration, meanwhile, relaxed its
priorities for some non-veterar
housing. In general the change per.
mits help on materials for housing
for workers producing food and
other scarce essentials. for repairs
to disaster-damage structures, ano
repairs or alterations to keep exist.
ing space habitable or make more
units available.
The maximum cost to the Fede-
raj Government and taxpayers will
be $143, 10000 annually, the Ohio
Senator said, adding that he was
willing to vote half billion year
for a well rounded long range ma
tional housing program.
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Along...
THESE STREETS

The flags flew west. Down
steep riverward streets fun
neled a chill wind.
The Cape Fear was ribbed bv
.be rough air. On the coffee
,oIored water floated oil in
,eacock stains.
In wind walkers had moist
.ves Overcoats covered cot
Nm dresses and summer weight
quits,
The sun would now and then
chow a hangover eye through
loud cracks.
ont Of the weather, Doctors
Anderson and Rodman had
,neeca and soft drinks at the
Wurchlson soda shop.
Behind the windows of the
shorts Center on Market street,
Jimmy Moore and George Can
adv talked softball. Jimmy
viii manage the City Optical
,n,fad this season.
In book store lately opened
m lower Princess street, the
Walrus and the Carpenter wept
Ike anything to see such guam
tities % sand-such a leaden
skv. 50 many clouds.
Keeping your hat meant duck
inc YOUR head, meant clutching
+he brin1. If your hands were
MI maybe you tried expanding
yo,,r scalp muscles, sometimes
il works.
Bareheaded, his thin clothes
an index to his all-weather in
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MORE ABOUT
FRANCO
FROM PAGE ONE

Dictated, depends entirely on the
case Poland puts up.
De los Rios, official representa-.
tive of the Spanish Republican
leadership which has been recog.
nized as a government only by
Mexico and Poland among the
Council membership. was extreme.
ly reticent as to the source Of the
document he mentioned but he die
say it came from within the
Spanish border.
Troops On Border
It showed, De los Rios said, tina,
Franco Spain was threatening
France, that Franco now has 49,.
900 troops poised on the closed
French-Spanish border.
Spain now has an army supe.
rior to that of France numerically,
and perhaps in the quality OF arm.
ament too" de los Rios said.
Il am sure this document will
be presented before the United
Nations Security Council" he
added. He said the information
contained in the document Show
ed that 450,oo0 Spanish soldiers are
poised on the French border OF
the Pyrenees x x with concrete
orders of mobilization and geo.
graphic location of every division
and regiment
De los Rios said severance Of
diplomatic relations with Spain
by all Of the Uaited Nations col.
lectively" would, in the opinion
q the Spanish Republicans, bring
about Frances downfall.
The Spanish Republican would
not say who might introduce the
document before the Council.
Viewed BY French
He told newsmen it had been
seen by the French government
and there was some belief among
United Nations observers that
Henri Bonnet, the French dele.
gate, would offer 1t. Bonnet was
instructed by his government
Ihur-day, it was reported from
Paris, to support the Polish de.
mand for United Nations action
against Franco.
De los Rios was flown to the
United States from Paris to press
the Spanish Republican side.
Whether de los Rios would be
called on to speak to the Council
itself arose as another issue. One
U. N. observer said it was not
likely that the Council would estab.
lish the precedent of hearing from
what the majority considered to be
a faction Of a country. The Spanish
Republicans are exiled in Paris.
The Security Council will remain
IN recess until Monday at 3 .. m,
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MORE ABOUT
REALTORS
FROM PAGE ONE

He pointel out that town the
size of Wilmington, emerging from
boom in war production, now in
the throes of readjustments. needs
CPA office far worse than
Greensboro and other cities in the
state.
He told the Board that "our in
dustrial situation has not yet
reached the stage to take care OF
unemployment, saying a great
number of jobs could be afforded
BY the resumption of all possible
building.
The Board was in unanimous
agreements with Willets, n d
authorized the forwarding of let
ter to Mayor w. Ronald Lane, in
which a request for a CPA office
or panel to be set up in Whining
ton. will be made.
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MORE ABOUT
SLAYER
FROM PAGE ONE

Columbia death house eight days
ago, was caught by the FB1
Thursday in Knoxville, Tenn.
The 24-year-old Mcfarland, who
was awaiting execution for the
criminal assault-slaying of an 18'
year-old government girl here in
1914, fled from a death-house cell
in the early morning hours Of
April 3 with Joseph D. Medley,
also under death sentence for the
killing of a Washington woman
Medley was picked up inside the
district the same day.
On Street Corner
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
announced the capture of McFar'
land in Knoxville Thursday after
noon. He was picked UP on street
corner there, Hoover said, by
special agents who had concentrat'
ed their search in the Knoxville
area for the last several days.
Mcfarland, one-ttme Marine who
saw action on Guadalcanal, is q
Tennessean.
No Resistance
The announcement of the cap
ture indicated that Mcfarland Of
fered no resistance. Hoover's mer
reported that he was unarmed ano
without cash, and that he readily
admitted his ;dentitJ. They quoteo
him as saying that after his escape
with Medley, from whom he soor
parted, he had hitchhiked ride
to Richmond, Va, and from there
rode a freight train to Knoxville
Escape Investigated
The dual escape from the jan
started an intensive investigation
into Jail conditions here. An Of
fetal announcement disclosed that
Mcfarland and Medley made thei1
getaway after overpowering two
special guards with whom they
had been playing a game OF cards.
The two used can opener to
force a ventilator in the top floor
death row. They lowered them
selves from the roof to the street
with strips of sheeting.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
MORE ABOUT
WAKE FOREST
FROM PAGE ONE

hearted support, financial and 9th.
erwise, of the college in its new
-ocation.
~. That prior to the final con-
summation of this proposal ane
he removal of the college from
Wake Forest to Winston-Salem,
there shall be obtained, from the
Baptist constituency and other
sources, in cash or in collectible
pledges, an amount sufficient, to-
gether with funds already in hand
TO- building purposes, to erect on
the new site in Winston-Salem the
requisite number of buildings OF
suitable type and design to pro-
vide adequately for a student body
CT not less than 1000 students"
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difference, small boy stood in
1ne porch OF Foy. Roe and COM
pany. He was reading the
PAINS OF baseball gloves. The
money line in his own hand
showed meagre returns for
april. They were still any.
oody's gloves.
Dick Shew, realtor walking
landmark of Princess street.
stopped in front Of his office.
Was it going to rain? So it
rained. So you raised an UNI.
orella and went on doing bust
ness under your hat. The office
was place for signing papers.
renters and sellers were in the
street.
At the foot Of the street, cor
ner Of Front, Ed Hawkins talk
ed with friends. Something
may have been said about his
place in Wrightsville Beach.
No sun out there either. No
chamber of commerce model
this week.
Down the road in Sunset Park,
Willie Hewlett and Oscar Sell
lers rigQed fishing tackle. Ugly
weather? Not at all. Anglers
weather.
Lights began to show from the
houses. From back doors went
the names Of children. Names
quavered in the air of vacant
lots, penetrated thinly into al
leys cancelling ball games.
Child, it's supper time.
1t was time to get back to
%NyYyxa
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ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

gadget in the wall right now and
see how it works.
Let's see. Yesterday morning we
were one-fingering on the piano
forte we were seeing Nelly
home behind an old gray mare
what old gray mare?
OF course. The old gray mare
that used to pull the street-cars
along the streets of Wilmington.
But how long ago was that?
Which streets? How many wheels
on the street car? Did the old gray
mare have harness-mate or did
she have to pull the whole contrap-
ton by herself? And what did the
Humane society have to say to
that?
Okay. Pull the plug out Of the
wall.
TO TIMEUCTOO-It's a swell in
vention, Wanda, as far as it goes.
But you can see, from the ques-
tons we ask, that it doesn't 60 far
enough. Otherwise we wouldn't
have to ask the questions.
On the other hand, however, it's
probably not the fault of the in
vention after all. Our mind just
doesn't seem to be the right raw
material for the gadget to work on.
Suppose, Wanda, you send us a
carload of the gadgets. Well dis
tribute them to all the folks here
abouts and see what happens.
We've got our bags all packed
for speedy departure on the next
ship to Timbuctoo.
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calls them "Aunt"-since she
cut her first tooth.
Off-the-Record
Their hostess had few
Washington friends in for lunch
Thursday and planned to take
them to a Shrine circus.
There'll be tea at Blair House
and - ssh - several "off-tne-
record" doings.
The President did his part
Wednesday night, escorting all
10 and Mrs. Truman &c a con-
cert by the Philadelphia Sym
phony and Pianist Eugene List.
The ladies were unanimous
about Mr.. Truman's friend
young List" whom they met.
Their verdict-'he's wonder
full"
Mrs. Truman says the house
party was first planned back
in the days when Truman was
vice president. One member
suggested they all buy a sta
ton wagon and drive up to
see Bess.
Back in Independence this
spring, the first lady, a charter
member herself, talked it over
with the other 10, whose club
has met every-other Tuesday
for rs years. The invitation was
issued-and nobody turned it
down.
And that bridge game?
Mrs. Truman said her
secretary solemnly, doubts
if they'll have time for that"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-12
MORE ABOUT
POWs
FROM PAGE ONE

|, only some 80 odd laborers are
lodged there now and WORKING on
local farms. The camp will accomo.
date 200, but it is still an unanswer-
ed question whether that many will
arrive there in time to harvest
the spring crop.
The lettuce crop is expected to
reach its peak the last of April
Snap beans will be ready for pick
ing about the middle of May.
Squash will follow soon after, and
then the cucumbers and all the
other vegetables grown or New
Hanover soil.
The farmers are wondering how
many of these fruits OF the earth
will find their way to market, now
that the prisoners are going away.
The community may wonder too.
The community may, as was pre-
dicted two months ago, have to
draw in it's collective belt several
notches and do without the vege-
tables which have so long made a
familiar appearance on the evening
supper table.
AS for the prisoners themselves,
they are finished with, wondering.
They only know that they are going
away from the land they titled,
the land they learned to love, back
to the land of shell-torn. fields
where few things grow.
Congressman Clark, Senator
Clyde Hoey, and other prominent
Washington officials fought to keep
the prisoners in America, not only
to grow the food to feed this coun-
try but to feed the whole world.
But the prisoners are on their
way home today.
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MORE ABOUT
BRIDGE
FROM PAGE ONE

"some little gremlin" did hers.
The White House pool is
ready and waiting if anybody's
in the mood for a dip. Mrs.
Frank Wallace says mot for
old ladies like U.s."
Then there's that presiden-
tial yacht they've read about.
The club has a Potomac
cruise promised on the first,
sunny day.
Two sleek White House linn
cuisines took them sightseeing
Thursday morning, with Mar
garet Truman as guide riding
in the front of one with the
chauffeur. Most club members
have known Margaret-who
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HOUSING
FROM PAGE ONE

ton joined in vocal support of the
program.
They termed it a 'fbig step" to-
ward a perm lament national pro-
gram to provide decent living con-
ditions" for millions of American
families, with private capital sup
plying most of the funds. and local
and state governments taking the
initiative.
That measure, like the bill the
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AS DOWN HAGERSTOWN

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April IL
P)-The Philadelphia Athletics ran
wild in two big innings today to
trounce the Hagerstown Interstate
league club, 1853. The Mackmen
tailed IS runs on only seven hits
in the seventh and eighth innings.
Second Baseman Lee Handley led
the attack with a three-run homer
in the seventh.
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BOX
Continued from Page Four)

chief victims of the recent war,
singled out for des "uction since
1888 by the Nazis. It is the pur-
pose of the United Jewish Appeal
to save as many lives as can yet
be salvaged from Europe and elsa
where, to restore them to dignity
and a life Of justifiable happiness,
be it in the Jewish National Home
land in Palestine or other eoun-
tries.
All who have a heart for justice.
for humaneness, for a love Of fell
lowmen can assist this great cause.
Said Lowell, Who gives himself
with his aims feeds three, himself.
his hungering neighbor, and Me-"
SAMUEL A. FRIEDMAN
Wilmington, N. c.
April II, 1946.
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him and still led the victory torch.
light parades on election night,
So, Friday, year after the
squire died at the age of So, his
folks will gather inside the an
cient hemlock hedge just off his
back porch, and mourn his passing.
Mr.. Truman flies up from Wash
ington, landing near West Point
and motoring over to the Roosevelt
estate.
Beginning at 2::so p. M, there
will be formal ceremonies broad
cast over worldwide radio hook
ups. The President will speak
So will Mrs. Roosevelt and new
Secretary Of Interior J. A. Krug,
formally accepting the estate for
he government.
There'll also be a lot Of other
famous new deal names at the
side of the grave now marked by
huge slab of marble. Names such
as Rosenman, Daniels, Currie,
Lubin, Flynn and Ross McIntire,
the Navy vice admiral who was
Mr.. Roosevelt's personal physician.
Nothing To Do
McIntire, sure that the Presi-
dents health was sound, did not
make the ill-tated trip to Warm
Springs, Ca, last April. Instead,
he sent along his assistant, DR..
Howard Bruenn. 1t was Bruenn
who had The unfortunate task Of
watchine Mr.. Roosevelt die. There
was nothing he could do.
At Ills D. m. a year aeo-April12
Mr.. Roosevelt c1anped his hand to
the back Of his head and COMPLAIN
ed Of terrific headache. In a
little more than two hours he died
Of what the doctors called "a mas
sive cerebral hemorrha ge.''
Mr.. Roosevelt's death project
ed ouiet-spoken Missourian into
the vortex Of one of the worlds
most crucial periods. Mr.. Roose-
welt died on the verge of victory.
The goal he sought so forcefully
a working United Nations-was
less than p month away.
Difficult Heritage
Mr.. Truman inherited many of
the Roosevelt enemies, and some
Of the Roosevelt supporters. The
New President in his year in Of
flee has found it difficult to sepa-
rate the two groups. This separa-
ton becomes increas ingly impor-
tant to him as Mr.. Truman faces
his first great political test-the
congressional elections this sum-
ner.
There was turmoil when "F. D..
R." died, and there was turmoil
now. Mr.. Roosevelt in his last
year was unsuccessful to large
extent in putting over his domestic
congressional program. Congress,
however. went along 100 per cent on
his foreign policy once the war
was on.
That is virtually the position in
which Mr.. Truman finds him
self.
The parallel between the prob
lens Of Mr.. Roosevelt and those Of
Mr.. Truman is bound to cause a
lot Of reflection at the graveside
Friday.
Short And Simple
The services Friday would be
to Mr.. Roosevelt's liking-short
and simple. He'd be critical, in a
respectable sort of way, if his old
rector, the Rev. George w. An
thony of St. James church, prays
too long at the invocation.
And he wouldn't like Rabbi
Jerome Unger from Poughkeepsie
to pray too long at the benediction.
One thing Mr.. Roosevelt would
like-hearing the great Negro con-
tralto Marian Anderson, conclude
the services by singing 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner"
AS she sings Friday, a lot OF
people - from Honolulu to Meri-
wether county, Ga.-will think
back, back to the days when my
friends" was a radio trademark
and a tilted cigaret holder was q
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NOTHING SERIOUS

BALTIMORE. Ma, April 11-WH
"A swollen neck gland which has
been bothering Outfielder Joe Di-
Maggie of the New York Yankees
was diagnosed today by DR..
George Bennett Of John Hopkins
hospital as a bronchial cliff which
will rot have to be removed until
after the 1916 season.
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SUSPEND MUNGO CARD

RICHMOND, Va, April 11-UD-
Van Lingle Mungo, the "bad boy
pitcher who turned over a new leaf
last season and became the New
York Giants leading pitcher, was
suspended indefinitely today by
Manager Mel OFT for breaking
training rules.
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s-Day Trial odeF: 70 peevs whas kesssse
can do TO help you feel improved ana ~
fast It works, get Romie1 from your osS ss-
gist and take exactly Is directed. See tns ~
suits for yourself. You Be the Judge: un ~
surprised and delighted, simply return sI 70
empty package and your money BACK ., -
guaranteed. Don't suffer another hour wlsI ;;
out trying Romind. Insist on kem,.nncs~ -.
your druggist u out. ask him 70 - = w.
his wholesaler.
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49, housands Of sufferers from the pains and
ioin es Of Arthritis, Rheumatism. Swollen
hsar Lumbago, Scistica and Neuritis nave
fo srn Iei1ghted to discover that the Doctors
tt ,nuls called Romisd starts circulating
~. Qsh the blood almost Immediately after
nj nj afst dose. usually helping nature remove
t esuSe pains and soreness, and at the same
s sa1 promptly combating the pain and dis-
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A survey Of health conditions
among the Zuni Indians showed
that the tribe was in extremely
poor health.
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BEAUTY SPOT

The Grand Canyon Of the Colo
rado river is 278 miles long and,
at one point, it is 10 miles wide
and about 5000 feet deep.
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The Weather

WASHINGTON, April 11-tRAWeather
Bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending pm in
the principal cotton growing areas and
elsewhere.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-01
DR. BLOCK RESIGNS
 FROM TERRITORIAL
 tIfALTH DEpARTMENT

Dr. N. Berneta Block, Director of the Division of Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Chil- dren's Service of the Territorial Department of Health, has re- signed according to announcement made today.
 The resignation was accepted with deep regret states Dr. c. Earl Albrecht, Territorial Commissioner of Health. "inasmuch as the de- partment has lost a faithful and untiring worker, who did much for Alaskans by improving maternal and child health and care of crippled children
 The appointment of a successor to the position will be announced at a later date, the Commissioner said.