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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
GERMAN, JAP BAUBLES
TO ADORN CHRISTMAS
TREES ONCE AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA. -(R)-
With Uncle Sans help, German
and Japanese Christmas tree
baubles will be back in the stores
again this season after a wartime
absence.
The U. S. Commercial company,
a subsidiary of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation, announced
Monday that toys and Christmas
ornaments from Germany and art
goods and Christmas tree bulbs
from Japan will be among the first
products imported by the company
from the former enemy countries.
They will be exhibited at a dis
play room to be opened soon in
New York city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-P)-
The Fedora. Communications COM
mission admitted Monday things
are sure loused up In the siloi'
wave radio world.
Take that Charlotte, N. c., cop,
in Car 80. Over his radio came the
command: Go to the fire, No. ~.
But the address seemed phoney'
and the cop r%echecked. Good tnlng
lhe did, too, for he couldn't nave
reached the fire by next FRIDAY.
The instructions came from po-
,;oa headouarters all right-Taco-
ma. Wash, headquarters:
This mixup works botn ways
Seattle cops complain about Soutn-
ern drawls. Their radios PICK up
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15

.Chest2,iwe
or
IS 49,
Ca /&Ase $780,
204 with Din
ner A. $50 P. M.
EARLY REPORTS
Louie E. Woodbury., Jr.,
Campaign Chairman, Says
Enthusiasm High

Key workers in the city's Com
munity Chest campaign will put
their $1O6, 2O4 funds machinery in
to motion tonight when they gather
for a kickoff banquet at st. Paul.
Lutheran church parish house at
$3.50 o'clock.
Even though the drive will get
formally under way tonight, cam
'paign leaders had yesterday begun
preliminary solicitation in the ten
day campaign.
Louie E. Woodbury., Jr., cam
paign chairman, last night an
nounced that Red Feather awards
were already on the way to en-
ployees of two local firms for ex-
ceeding their campaign goals.
Mcmillan and Cameron report.
ed collections yesterday that were
twice as large as their contribu.
ton last year, and represented 13(
per cent of their goal. T. w. Wood
and Sons has already reported ir
with 104 per cent of its goa
pledged, Woodbury. said.
Edmund H. Harding, Washington,
N. c., humorist, will be the chief
speaker at tonight's opening cam.
paign dinner.
In a radio interview with Der
Mcdonald, Star-News commenta.
tor, Woodbury. reported yesterday
that campaign teams are "all free
up and ready to 60"
Woodbury. outlined campaign or
ganization and described the chest.
technique of setting its budget.
His broadcast was one Of sever
by campaign leaders that are
scheduled during the next ten days
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
Modoc Standing By

Wilmington'.s Coast Guard cutter
Modoc last night was still stand
ing by the Assertive, a former
mine-sweeper, in a cove at Cape
Hatteras, the Norfolk Coast Guard
station reported.
The Modoc went to the ships
aid Sunday when it sprung a leak
and its pump failed. The Modoc
provided pumps and effected re-
pairs to the stricken vessel. Both
will get underway as soon as the
rough sea moderates, the Coast
Guard station said.
The S. S. Daniel Drake, which
broke away from its towing tug
enroute to the Brunswick river
storage basin, is being towed into
Norfolk by the Coast Guard cutter
Cherokee. 1t will continue its
journey to the Brunswick basin
when the weather clears, the sta
ton said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
ENGINEERS OPEN
TEST LABORATORY
Materials To Undergo
Rigid Examination Prior
To Being Used

Materials used in future con-
struction projects of the Whining
ton district U. S. Army Engineers
will be subjected to exhaustive
tests in the Engineers new South
Atlantic division laboratory in At
lanta, Ca, before being approx
ed, the Wilmington district En-
gineers' office announced yester-
day.
The laboratory is equipped to
test bituminous, concrete, and
chemical materials, and additional
apparatus to test metals will be
added soon, the office said.
Submitting all materials to the
tests is not mandatory, the office
pointed out. Materials will be sent
to the Atlanta laboratory only
when the district offict is Sin
doubt" about any specific material
it is contemplating for use in a
See LABORATORY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
Truman Text on Page Two

At the same time, Mr.. Truman
announced that he had ordered an
investigation into the feasibility of
importing cattle from Mexico.
As a result Of this investigation.
l. said the Mexican border may
be opened at once"
Cites Blame
II the price of meat skyrockets,
the President said, the blame must
fall on the representatives of the
livestock and meat industry.
"They have made the definite
promise" he said, that the lift
ing of controls on livestock and
meat would bring to market the
meat which u people want at
reasonable prices.
"The American people will know
where the responsibility rests if
See U. s. MAY LIFT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
The Weather

South Carolina and North Carolina
Tuesday partly cloudy, not much change
IN temperature.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1870 a. m. 50; 1880 a. m. 40; ! 80 p. m.
68; 1880 p. m. 81; Maximum 10; Minimum
40; Mean 55; Normal Sc.
HUMIDITY
1870 a. m. 76; 1880 a. m. 10; 20 p. m.
81; 1880 p. m.
PRECIPTIETION
Total for "a hours ending 7:50 p. m.
0 inches.
Total since the first of the month 2:31
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
High Low
Wilmington -------12:49 am. ISL am
LIS pm. $40 pm
Masonboro Inlet lilo am 4:41 Am
II :38 pm. 1892 pm
Sunrise 6:17; Sunset 5:38; Moonrise
9:36 a. m; Moonset 1887 a. m
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c., a
8 am. Monday 1873 feet. Sunday Ill
feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15
And So To Bed

A lady called up The Star
last night and asked what she
thought was the $64 question Of
the year.
"Could you possibly help
me?" she queried, "I'm try
ing to settle an argument with
a friend. Do you by any chance
know how many cubic cent?
meters Of ale it would take to
fill up the Grand Canyon"
Lady, that's not the S64 ques-
ton of the year. It's this:
Where are you going to get
all that ale?
land what kind of friends do
you have, anyway@
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15

See REvERvIsTs On Page Two
Evening star., 1946-02-03
Red Gross Drive
To Haze Support
IOf Jn,ziOr LeagHe

Members OF the Junior League
again will do their share for the
Red Cross. They are serving on the
Special Gifts Volunteer Committees
now about to launch solicitation for
"big gifts" in advance Of the great
Red Cross campaign scheduled for
the month of March.
The Special Gifts Committees al
ready are hard at work, and several
get-togethers of those serving were
held during last week prior to the
launching Of the campaign Friday.
Mrs. Travis Brown heads the team
Of Junior Leaguers and has serving
with her Miss Sidney Beall, Mrs.
Morton Treleigh, Mrs. David Warner,
Mrs. Lawn Thompson, Mrs. Gregory
Prince, Mrs. Colston Dyer, Mrs. Har-
vey Bundy, jr.; Mrs. George Y.
Wheeler, Mrs. Henry Porter, Mrs.
Hill Carter, Mrs. John Wisdom and
Mrs. John Gilmer.
Two additional special gifts teams
are headed by Mrs. w. Jasper Du
Bose and Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper.
The group chairmaned by Mrs. Du
Bose includes Mrs. G.. Tinsley Gar
nett, Mrs. B. L. Hardin, Mrs Robert
Hooker, Mrs. William MacCracken,
Mrs. Charles Price, Mrs. David E.
Finley, Mrs. James Barnes, Mrs
Samuel Beach, Mrs. David Barry
and Mrs. Nathan Scott.
Included in Mrs. Huidekoper' S
group are Mrs. Warren Austin, Mrs
Elizabeth Barbour, Mrs. Philip o.
Coffin. MRS. Charles C. Glover, jr.;;
Miss Elisabeth Houghton and Mrs.
Samuel Spencer.
Mrs. Morris CafritZ, who for sew
eral years has chairmaned one Of
the special gifts teams, served tea to
the members of her group when they
met at her home Her team includes
as members Mrs. Claude Pepper,
Mrs. Brien Mcmahon. Mrs. William
L. Bait, Mrs. Robert V. Fleming,
Mrs. John D. Small, Mrs. Alf Hell
berg, Mrs. Frank Vanderlip. jr: Mrs.
Joseph Casey, Mrs. j. A. King and
Mrs. Arthur Hill.
Mr.. Frederick P. H. Siddons and
Mr.. Nelson T. Harrison are co-chair-
men of the special gifts division,
which also is comprised In all of Is
teams of volunteer solicitors. They
will seek to obtain a large big gifts
quota toward the overall 1916 Met
ropolitan Area Red Cross goal Of
81 ,573, 400.
Evening star., 1946-02-03
In the NeUs

Capt and Mrs. Maurice McAuley
are stopping at the Cloister at Sea
Island, Ga. Later Capt. McAuley,
who served with the 14th Fighter
Command in the Obi theater, will,
with Mrs. McAuley, leave for the
West Coast.
Mrs w. NJ Duke of Birmingham,
Ala, is here to see her new grand
son, Norman Cordrey Pardue, jr.,
born January 49, The child is the
son Of Maj. and Mrs. Norman C.
Pardue, ST., of Washington and
Birmingham.
Miss Marlene Iris Jacobson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
M. Jacobson of Washington, en-
tertained at a formal birthday din
ner at the Shoreham Hotel Friday
night for 20 guests.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
By the Associotsd Press

BOSTON, May 27-Denouncing
what he termed excessive "guzzling
of liquor by United Nations men,
bers, DR.. Daniel l.. Marsh, president
of Boston University, said yesterday
mo wonder that so many of the
international conferences turn out
to be lost week ends!"
In a baccalaureate address, the
educator declared that "a thought
full person cannot help being de-
pressed at the reports of drunken
ness attending diplomatic and in
ternational gatherings
News dispatches disclosed that
members of the United Nations,
when sitting in London, protested
because they were not allowed to
have private bar in the Methodist
church where the meeting was being
held" DR.. Marsh said.
One of the first things that had
to be done for the United Nations
Council on the campus of Hunter
College was to set up a private bar
for the members.
Il am not fanatic on this sub
ject, but it is time for somebody to
call attention to the fact that the
members of the United Nations
would think more clearly and act
more patiently If there were less
guzzling of liquors by its members
and by the same token the sue
cesSful working Of this last hone
Evening star., 1946-05-27
DR.. Graves Condition Doctor Sentenced
Reported Satisfactory For ILLEGAL Practice

The immediate condition" of Dr..
Alvin Cushman Graves, 81, a native
Of Washington, and three others
injured last Tuesday in the atomic
laboratory at Los Alamos, N. Mex,
yesterday was reported satisfactory
according to the Associated Press.
Four other men accidentally ex-
posed to radiation during the same
tests, yesterday were released from
the hospital at Los Alamos, the
Army reported.
Among those remaining under
treatment with DR.. Cushman was
DR.. Louis Slotin, of Winnipeg,
Canada, who was credited with
averting serious consequences to his
co-workers by dispensing flssion-
able material used for an expert
ment.
DR.. Cushman is a graduate of
Eastern High School and the Uni
versity of Virginia. He received his
masters degree from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and a
doctors degree from Chicago
University. Before going to Los
Alamos during the war. he taught
physics at the University of Texas
DR.. Cushmans mother lives here
at 1T Tenth street NE, and a
sister, Mrs. Arthur Baker, at l West
wood drive, Westmoreland Hills, Md
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Riddle
Graves, and their 7--month- -olo
child, Marilyn Edith, are living at
Los AlamoS.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Mrs. Truman 10 Attend
6. ". Graduates Tea

President and Mrs Cloyd Heck
Marvin this afternoon will receive
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, Miss Mar
garet Truman and the families of
400 other George Washington Uni
versity graduates at tea at the
Washington Club
The graduation, including pres
entation of an honorary degree to
the president and a bachelor of
arts degree to his daughter, will take
place at pm. Wednesday at Con-
stitution Hall.
Coleman Jennings, civic leader
and philanthropist, greeted the
seniors last night at a baccalaureate
service at the Washington Cathe-
dral. College courses and degrees
are good equipment with which to
face life but religious faith is even
more valuable, Mr.. Jennings said.
Evening star., 1946-05-27

Justice David A. Pine of District
Court today sentenced DR.. Milton
L. T. Grant. 56-year-old colored
physician. of the 1000 block of T
street NV, to serve from 13 months
to Az years for performing illegal
operations on two women, one of
whom died.
Justice Pine gave DR.. Grant one
to three years in the fatal case, He
then sentenced him to serve six
months to az years for performing
the operation on the woman who is
living The judge ordered the SEN
tences to run consecutively.
He also ordered DR.. Grants IL
cense to practice medicine revoked
Two other indictments charging
DR.. Grant with performing illegal
operations were dismissed through
the United States Attorneys Office
it being explained that it was felt
the others provided sufficient pen
altV
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Seniority
CONTINUED From First Page.)

won Ss6-nine days pay. The union
appealed the case.
Back on Seniority EscaIa tor"
Justice Douglas for the majority
said that the veteran in returning
to his old job steps back on the
seniority escalator" at "the precise
point he would have occupied had
he kept his position continuously
during the war"
Justice Douglas took note of a
ruling by selective service that the
act required reinstatement of a
veteran to his former position or
one of like seniority, status and pay
even though such reinstatement
necessitates the discharge of a non-
veteran with great seniority"
He added:
In view of the language of the
act and the nature of the admin
istrative findings we would want
explicit indication by Congress that
it chose the directors Interpretation
before we concluded that Congress
had adopted it."
Black Questions Union Appeal.
Justice Douglas summed up this
way:
These provisions (of the Selec-
tive Service Act) guarantee the vet
eran against loss of position or loss
of seniority by reason of his absence.
He acquires not only the same
seniority he had: his service in the
armed services is counted as service
in the plant so that he does not
lose ground by reason of his absence
But We would distort the Ian
guage of these provisions If we read
it as granting the veteran an in
crease in seniority over what he
would have had if he had never en-
tered the armed service"
Justice Black in his dissent said
the case should be sent back to the
Circuit Court with directions to dis
miss the litigation because the union
was not proper party to appeal the
case in the first instance.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Belmont Park Results

FIRST RACE-Purse, $4,000; claiming;
maidens; 2year-olds; 8 furlongs, Widener
Course.
flames Bid (James) $40 800 $50
Medalist tWoodhouse) 800 2aO
Shavey Lee tArcaro) $50
Time, 0:5S3s
Also ran-Kaytees Boy. Little Ben, Ok
ford Don, Dundee. Valley K, Irenic.
SECOND RACE-Purse, $4,000; claim
ing; 3-year-olds: 7 furlongs.
Okeetee (Arcaro) $50 $50 200
Marseilles tOnoratol 100 42O
Contortionist (Adams) 29O
Time, 1:2f
Also ran-Swift Town, Raiment, Harp
strings. Buntys Imp, Silver Head.
THIRD RACE-Purse. So. 800: steeple-
chase; maidens; 4year- -ods and upward
about miles.
Tetrol (MarzanD 400 $40 out
Chancefeld Brown 420 out
Chen tMaleni out
Also ran-a Harmonious American Way
a r. L. CounselmanT T. Mott entry.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. $4,000: allow
ances; 2-year-olds; furlongs
Keypote tAtkinson) $50 $50 $40
Manor Laws tJessop) $50 21O
Mother tKirkland) 80
Time. 0:5S2s.
Also ran-Pretty Does Bee Ann Mac.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Body Of Man Drowned
In Channel Identified

A 3l-year-old colored man, who
drowned in Washington Channel
yesterday after either falling or
jumping from the bank, was identi-
fed today as Robert Isaac Lucas by
his sister, Mrs Esther Beaver Of
1888 Bennett place NE, police re-
ported.
Donald Albrighten. 13, of 437
Sixth street S.W., and Bruce john
son, 13. of 444 Tenth street SW.,
told police they saw the man either
jump or fall into the estuary con-
Meeting the Tidal Basin with the
channel between Fourteenth Street
Railroad Bridge and the Highway
Bridge overpass at 2:15 pm The
body was recovered an hour later
by members of Rescue SQUAD No. l.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Mrs. B. 5. Lamberton Dies;
DAUGHTER Of Late Judqe

Mrs. Helen Clabaugh Lamberton.
daughter of the late Harry Morris
Clabaugh, former chief justice of
the District Court, died yesterday at
her home, 254O Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV.
A lifelong resident of the District.
Mrs. Lamberton was the widow of
B. Spaulding Lamberton. an electri-
cal engineer who died in 1888 She
was member of the Chevy Chase
Club
Surviving are son. Harry c.
Lamberton; a daughter, Mrs. Jen-
nings Bailey, jr. and five grand
children, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
1870 am. tomorrow at St. John s
Episcopal Church. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Draft Extension Faces
New Delay in Drive
For Antistrike Bill
By the Associated Press

President Truman's plea for
emergency power to draft strikers
into uniform raised a new bar
rier today to quick action on the
expiring draft act itself.
At the same time, there appeared
little if any inclination on Capitol
Hill to pay particular heed to the
Chief Executives simultaneous new
appeal for gentler treatment Of
OPA.
According to the time table, DEM
ocratic Leader Barkley has worked
out for the Senate, draft and OPA
extension rate one-tWo on the
chambers priority list.
Strike Control Ahead.
But Senator Barkley had to agree
to shove strike control legislation
ahead of those two in order to win
approval of the $3.50 100000 British
loan earlier this month.
And while the Senate went ahead
and passed its own version of the
Case Labor Disputes Act after lis
tening to Mr.: Truman plead for
only emergency action now, that
emergency bill has succeeded the
Case measure as the first order of
business.
So the draft extender is still
hanging fire
Most Senators agree the chamber
probably will go along with its Mil
ltary Committees recommendation
for a full year extension with only
fathers exempt from induction.
But these same Senators also
agree that there is little chance the
House will retreat from its insist
ence that teen-agers as we'll as
fathers be kept out of uniform.
The House went further, too. and
decreed a flve-month draft holiday
that could be terminated October
IS only by presidential order.
1t was this Stalemate that forced
both chambers to rush through a
stop-gap extension just ahead of
the May Is deadline 1t carries the.
draft law to July l but with induc-
tions limited to the 1929 age group.
The best Senate supporters hope
for now is compromise that might
extend selective service to next MAY
IS with bottom age limit of 19
instead of the previous 18
Easier on OPA.
The House also has disposed of
the OPA extension bill but in
form the administration has said
would mean an end to price con-
trolls.
The Banking Committee resumed
its long, behind-doors study of the
price control bill today. Chairman
Wagner told reporters he hoped
the measure would be completed
by Wednesday.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Man Shot in Row With Wife
Recovering in Hospital

Charles Stratton, Sc. of 1856 Fifth
street NE, who was shot twice in
the chest Saturday during an argu-
ment with his wife at their resi-
dence, was reported in good condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital today.
Mrs. Ethel Stratton, 40. was
charged by the police with assault
with dangerous weapon and re-
leased in $4,000 bond. The weapon
used in the shooting was a .38
callber revolver belonging to Mr.
Stratton, according to police.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Col. McMorris Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for 1t. Col. Wat
son L. McMorris, SO, who died Friday
at Camp Mccoy, Sparta. Wis, will
be held at 3 pm. tomorrow at Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
A native of Washington, Col Nc
Morris enlisted in the Army in 1917
and served with the 42d Rainbow
Division during the World War and
in the Army of Occupation. Since
then he had served principally as an
instructor in various officer training
schools.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Curran Declares NMU
Will Strike Despite
ANY New Labor Laws
BY the Associotsd Press

NEW YORK, May 27-The sched-
uled June Is strike of CIO mari
time workers will take place re-
gardless of what kind of repressive
legislation they pass in Congress
unless ship operators meet the CIO
demands. Joseph Curran, president
of the National Maritime Union,
declared today.
Mr.. Curran made the statement
at a meeting of 1900 CIO officials,
claiming to represent 100000 mem
bers in the New York metropolitan
area.
The maritime leader did not elab-
crate except to say that in the
event of strike the NMU would
cooperate fully to assure speedy
passage of all Legitimate relief and
troop ships"
Before Mr.. Curran spoke the
meeting adopted a resolution calling
for defeat of antistrike legislation
proposed by President Truman yes
terday.
Seven maritime unions claiming
combined membership of 200, 1000
have called a strike in an effort to
enforce demands of increased wages,
shorter hours and improved working
conditions.
At Washington the National Fed
Grafton of American Shipping issued
a statement describing as fantastic
falsehoods" statements by the NMU
that American steamship companies
made huge profits during the war.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
5000 Canadian Seomen
Strike for Shorter Hours

TORONTO, May 27 (Pr.-Approxi-
mately 5000 seamen were called out
on strike today as the Canadian Sea-
mems Union implemented its drive
for shorter hours by ordering a
complete tieup" of all Canadian
lake and coastal ships.
Announcement of the strike was
made last night by Union President
j. A. Sullivan in telegram to Labor
Minister Humphrey Mitchell. Mr.
Sullivan said the only vessels to be
exempt from the stoppage ARE those
whose owners have made joint ap-
plication for the eight-hour day" to
the Canadian War Labor Board.
The Dominion Marine Association,
representing operators, said charges
would be made under the Canada
Shipping Act against seamen who
strike illegally. The act, in effect,
forbids crewmen to impede naviga
ton"
Conflicting reports were made on
the effectiveness of the walkout
Union officials maintained 81 ships
were tied up-six at Fort William
two at Windsor. three in the We'll
land Ship Canal, four at Kingston
three at Montreal and one each at
Hamilton, Toronto and Cornwall
Capt. N. H. Reoch, operating man.
ager of the company, said at Mont
real that only six ships were tied
up because of the strike, and added
that new crews would be sent to
enable the ships to sail.
At Thorold. Ontario. where the
Canada Steamship Lines passenger
vessel Noronic is strikebound neal
an entrance of the Welland Canal
union pickets swarmed up the moor
ing lines yesterday to prevent what
they thought was an attempt tc
nonunion seamen to board her
from the lines freighter Edmonton
AS the Edmonton came alongside
the Noronic, about Is pickets climbed
hand over hand UP the moorine
cables of the passenger ship ano
quickly played fire hoses onto the
1relghter. After few minutes the
Edmonton drew away
Many United States passengers
on the Noronic, which had been on
a Lake Ontario cruise, previously
had left for their homes by taxi, bus
and train. Approximately 200 pas
sengers were from Cleveland and
$50 from the Detroit district.
Evening star., 1946-05-27
Clark Griffith Adopts
Seventh Child War Victim

Clark Griffith, president of the
Washington Baseball Club, has
adopted" Brian Birkby, II, of Brad
ford, England, the seventh war child
taken under the financial wing of
the "Old Fox"
Brian, child of parents made poor
through the devastation of the Ger
man bombings of England. is living
in children's colony were he is re-
covering from malnurition. The
adoption was engineered through
Foster Parents Plan for War Chill
dren Inc