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Evening star., 1946-12-09
Two Bowling chompiion ons Dead
n Fire. Well Known in District

AII.ANTA, uec. . a TWO men
prominent Id mid Atlantic and
southGastexn bowling circles have
been positively ident3fled - among
the yistims a the Winecc0 Hotel
dire
They were Charles fBill) Berry,
n, of CedartoWn, O.. SOutheastern
champion, and Jack 6l1erif, ~
year-0ld Atlanta night club cper-
ator With wInom NJ. Berry shared
the southeastern doubles cham
pionship
M. Berry. who Was well known
ID Warrington ~. C.1 bowling
circles, left Warrington last
Thursday for Atlanta and was
10 have boEled Ia the 6outh
Atlantic sweepstakes Saturday
night. on his frequent visits 70
washington he stayed 1t the
home of Al Spiycy 81 3N Ezner-
street NV
Mr.. Sheriff WAS the son of Nj.
and Mrs. Wade n. Sheriff hi.
Evening star., 1946-12-09

Of 5l11 Annapolis road. 4iAdens-
burg, Nd. and formerly Aved 81
Hyattsville. Md
~. Harry Won the southeastern
championship five years ago. bui
yielded his title during the war
when he served with the Marines
tor three years. he won the crown
again "a l1zB and hAd just returned
10 Atlanta after participating Il
tournaments at Warrington and
Baltimore.
sHe wes the craziest man aboui
bowling 7 ever saw,s John Blick
Operator u alleys Tor ~ years, said
He would % GnyWhers 70 bowl
any tine.
M. sheri6 leaped to his death
from The seventh 1Ioor of the hotel
where he lived. u nAtiye cf WI
mington. Del. Mr. Sheriff came
here eight years ago. He y sur
viyed ~ his former wife and four
children, nov reported living b
Miami, Elas
Evening star., 1946-12-09
French Singer Sentenced
10 Naiional In,Iigni!y
~ Ne Assseiessd rrsss

ORLEANS. France, Dec. d Ger
maine Luhin, IS, blond opera singer,
has been sentenced 10 national
iii<lisnity for lie. The French High
Court Of Js1sttce ccnvi~ted her 0f
collaborating With tlae entany dur
Ing the Naxi occs1pa atieza
Her property Was slso ordered
confiscated, and she wes forbidden
to live III the vicinity of Paris Or
In the department. iii which she was
convicted. for 40 years
Under the national iSadignity SEM
tence, she was prohibited from
yingiRg either on the stage a over
The radio.
Miss Lubin was best known for
Ter Wasnerian roies. and saa1g on
Sverd oeeasinns f1r Adolph Hitler,
Evening star., 1946-12-09
Owners Carried s 425 900
Insurance On MinecoH
d ~ Assseisfsl Pssss

ATLANTA, Dec. owners of the
Wineco6 Hotel carried e425 O0O
worth of Insurance On the building
and fllynishinga Ben Meseell, 14el
festat y & 11iiiflll] In tli6i J a1ropSIt
reported todxy
M. GaaeIl estinated dre damage
to the structure ~ 940o 40 hut rid
advances IA building siace the hotel
WIS constructed would make II
Evening star., 1946-12-09
'Pooles Not at MinecoH,
Friends Here Assert

1t. Col. and Mrs. Charles n. Poole,
former Harrington. VI. rc1idents
who were reported TO be staying 1t
the Winecon Hotel Ia Atlanta when
1t was swept BY IRE last Saturday.
were not III Atlanta at the time Of
the disaster. friends here satd today.
They said that Col Poole and his
wife were ID Montgomery, Ala.
where he Is stationed at Maxwell
Field
Evening star., 1946-12-09

t3V4E64[18 - 18k9H ~ M 4My4Q& ~
Carstarphef1 chairman of The Ma
/ con GA, City CCl1ncilss Kire COM
|n1ittee. The Winecot1 had neither
|sprinklexs nor Axe escApes. The
hotel passed ! city fire inspecti0n
only recently
GOV. ELLIS ArnAlI criticised the
hotels rating II rfire resistant q and
|asked legislation agAiTist such =
claim.
As slieet shreds SIN napped from
upper windows Ia mute testimony
0f many attempts to ne, the Red
Cross casualty list carried the
names of i12 uaid entified dad. Five
,blackened bodies had been iln-
claimed. Five were listed As missing
The Red Cross said II was pcssfble
that the ul,identif lied were the five
missing
Tho salvation Army tabs,lated .
death list 81 1T names III tAbula-
ton also listed four unidentified
bodies. s#s
Sixty-four Of the approxilmately
100 injured persons remained Ii
hospitals. Eleven were II ! critical
condition.
Fire Il Sermon Tspic.
Several Atlanta pastors made the
fire the topic Of their Sunday ser-
mons, one suggesting thAt the CONF
munity itself was to blame
It tthe fire) was probably the
result Of the carelessness of some
individual, said the Right Rev.
John Moore walker, Protestant
Episcopal bishop. And, more prob
ably, It was the carelessness of lis
al Id not insisting on better reeu-
lations governing such buildings.
The Red Cross and Salvation
Army continued the Job of checking
and recbecking the ca4ualty lists.
Long distance telephone lineS and
telegraph wires stilI we're heavily
loadsd with queries from ~ over
the country
Tales 81 heroisil coming out Of
the fire were legion. One centered
shout two young internes 1T Grady
Hospital Dithel Wall of syivcs-
ter. Ga. and Dr. Joseph Hooper of
Wilmington, N. Who swung On
to IN ambulance Ia the pre-dawh
hours Saturday and dashed to the
blazing hotel.
Made Way Across Ladders.
They made their way across rick
ETY. ladders from the adjoining
Mortgage Guarantee Building 70
carry four persons from the upper
floors Of the Winecof1
.Shucks,' 2 said Or. Wall, st wasn't
anything. People Just do things
like that. was scared to death. I
kept asking myself why I wasn't
down home Ia Sylvester, pl0Wtng
those mules. =
Meanwhile, grief stricken Georgia
towns planned funeral services for
% girls and boys who gaily LETT their
homes last week To take part IN
the second annual YMCA State
Youth Assembly. They died at the
Winecon
Bainbridge, Ia extreme South
Georgia, sent seven delegates, and
six were listed dead. One of them
was Patsy Grimm, 16-year-Oad
daughter 81 Georgia. adjutAnt gem
eral, Marvin Grimm,
Thomaston, Ga, lost four out Of
five girl delegates, and its faculty
advisor. Rome, Ga, listed three out
of four dead among Its boys, and It's
faculty advisor critically hurt. Three
Columbus tGa.) delegates we're
killed, and fourth injured.
In one burned-ollt room occupied
by youth conference delegates 4
Bible was found open at : burial
verse.
Evening star., 1946-12-09
Wom0n Ruled Suicide

Coroner "A, Magruder MACDONALD
yesterday issued ! certificate IL illi-
eide Ia che death of porothy Rob
crtson, 81, who died Saturday ~
injuries suffered when she plunged
from the fourtl1-stury window of
her apartment 1t z405 rennsylyai,ia
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1946-12-09
500 for Luroy Gil Scouts

4 LTJRAY, Va, Dee. I. {special)
MI. ana Mrs Ralph lliu1s, of Tue
1fimElyn, have donated two hundred
dollars to the recently re-orsanised
Girl Scout Troop here, It Was an
nosInced today by A. 7. Herndon.
Tbs money Is to be used tor : scout
meetinR place.
Evening star., 1946-12-09
fApysR,rlsEa1E1sr.,
Sc EE ! n
Thot Loosen
Nesd Not EnbarFoss

Many wssrers II false teeth hsve gzf.!
pists drcppsd siippsd 81 wssSIsd 81
Just the wrong time ~ not nve ~
1eeE ef thta happsnina e 10y. Sust
iIne 1npn- -acidl powder, on your piates.
Holds false teeth more 4rmly. % they
feel more comfcrtable. Does not ecnfs
dss Sssef1 FAsTRxTH Iii I 4 any sTus stors.
Evening star., 1946-12-09
more practical to tear the building

more practical 70 tear the building
down and rebuild
4 policy Of e350.0 900 a the build
ing was covered ~ four companies.
"A $4,000 policy on ss,se and occu-
pency." insured owners against los
of rent Tor one year. Furnishings
were covered by : t25 90 policy
The present owners acquired the
Is story building for 3150 900.
Evening star., 1946-12-09
Mrs. Donut Wins Divorce

LONDON, Dec. . q a divorce
decree and custody 81 three children
were awarded today to Mrs. Robert
Donat. She alleged the actor was
adulter0ls With Brenda Tl1nbuil,
not further identifaesi
Evening star., 1946-12-09
Gasoline Is Blon,ed
FOR Tragedy At
Cunudion Inn
W sIss Asseeiossd press

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan,
December 3. Gasoline flames
which the IRE chief said moved
ike 4 solid WALL swiftly turned
the Barry Hotel into an inferno
before dawn yesterday, killing II
persons and i1juring 10.
The hre WaS the worst In Sas-
katchewarl history and the worst IN
Canada since the Queens Hotel flre
ii Halifax III 1889. when - died.
a can Of gasoline, inexplicabiy
placed beside the kitchen range, ap-
peared to have caused the blaze.
Fred Fries, . waiter, said the cook
called him to the Kitchen Ehere he
found the gas range blaxing and the
can of gasoline shooting flames =
feet high.
Can Rolled Int Lobby.
Mr.. Fries grabbed the gasoline
can and tried to run into the street
with it but bumped into : fright
ened customer. The can fell and
rolled into the hotel lobby. Some
one else tried to kick 1t out through
the door but q draft sent the flames
spiralling inward. Mr.. Fries said
within 3 minute of the last tumble
the iire was beyond control.
Acting Fire Chief Z. Clark or
dered fire-fgfters To forget the
building, there are lives to be saved.
FircInen visited every one of the
IN rooms while the blaze stiu burned
and found sfotr Or ave people wan
dering around la da1ed condition.. I
Some guests jumped safely from IN
second and top third noors "A
scanty attire. The weather Mas mild.
Others escaped ~ ropes of sheets
and blankets son1e jumped through
The r0tunda slylight.
Hung Frsm Eindsw.
One man. taking = bath a the
third floor, reached the hathrooul
window and hung from II ~ his
hands until firemen reached him.
George Hunter. the night porter,
said the 36-year-old hotels IRE
alarm system did not work and that
hc shouted the alarm II the upper
halls IS sls
The hotel was sold Tor 4110OCo !
week ago to : group including Leon
Asben Of New York.
Doctors said they expected one q
two Of the injured persons to die.
The bodies Of the II dead Were -
badly charred that e was hours b.
fore Identification Of 10 could "
made and one remained unidentified.
All were Canadian, including tNo
women, one Of them colored. and
Two Chinese.
There were shout lao guests Ii the
hotel when the lire hroke out and
nrennen sncceeded IA carrying dozens
% safety. Most of the dead we're
IA their rooz1s.
E1rennen found one man sitting
calmly IN his room. He told them
he had Just been reading about the
Winecof1 Hotel fire ii Atlanta Ga,
Dn Saturday, and had noted that
many 0f the deaths In that disaster
might have been avoided II the men
Ind women had remained Ia their
rooms.
Evening star., 1946-12-09

ms walter coles eft) of the salvation Army held Sunday
school services at the bedside 81 Dorothy Moen Syar-oh
Columbus tcal high school erl yesterday Dorothy sspsd
lower part 81 her body shoulder N cast
and she d unable to bedde Halph McVegh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-10

shoulders sagged Imply. Naturally re-
turned soldier - when will he be here?"
Il don't know exactly. He's been hospital
lied on the west coast for several MONTHS
effects of leg injury"
And now it was Jane Wallis last day on
the Society job. Tomorrow Ricky would have
to begin to say sweetly: Eyes, Mrs Jones, an
epergne (How the heck did you spell ebe1gne?)
of roses and bouvardia did you tack an So
onto it, or didn't your on a shell-pink damask
cloth -
She'd be doubling in Society and Sports
for few days. Under the by-line of Ricky
Richards, she'd cover the game tonight. As
Ruthanna Richards, the name her sponsors
in baptism had given her, she'd cover the
Platt-Carter wedding tomorrow.
'I've left whole pad of memos for you,
Rick" Jane, clearing her desk of personal be-
longings, was saying helpfully. Remember
that Mrs. Eiler of the Program Committee ex-
poets you to call her every Monday before
ten and Miss Farnsworth of ="
"Sue, I'll remember, darling! But wait
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-10

till write something like: Mrs Socko Smith
dribbled down the court to the punch BOWL
and every committee chairman in town will
come putting up those stairs"
Il GU hate it, don't you, honey? You hate
Brad Farrell most of all. But wait until you
see him. You'll love him.!
Il WON'T
''All right, you won't. But don't worry
about him yet Tommy is waiting for me in
his car; we'll ride you home, if you'll stop
downstairs a minute while leave an ad with
Myra - something appealing about a bride
with no prospects of stove"
As she leaned on the counter in the adj
vertsing office and watched Jane and -Mya
Higgins, intent on the wording of want lad,
Ricky thought: It would be wonderful to
love your job as Myra does and be fixture
in it. don't suppose she's had thought for
fifteen years beyond her Classified" page.
She throws herself into every new customers
problem as though it were her own. She
works as hard to condense your ad from four
TW-l-IO-46
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-10

the suddenness of last-second long shot:
when Miss Vail leaves to get married, you
are to be promoted to Society Editorr'
'Promotedr' As though a girl on Society
ever rated sports editor!
Eyes very confdentially - we're going
to give you raise"
why that's nice of you, Mr.. Bozeman -
but the fact is, prefer to stay where am
without the raise l love sports and -"
you've been very good at it too, my dear
- excellent Much better, as matter of fact,
than we dared hope when we made the unprec-
edented move two years ago. The trouble is,
we can't use tho sports editors"
''Two?"
Eyes - Brad Farrell is coming back"
''Oh, so that it! So I'm firedr'
''CERTAINLY not! That's what I've been ex-
planning to you, my dear. You're promoted
to Society. Society is really woman's field;
putting you on Sports was merely war
emergency -"
''Oh, sure. know" Her slim, red-sweatered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-10

TUyHE lettering on the door at the foot of
Il the worn stair treads read Editorial
Offices" But when, painting, you reached the
top, there was only one large room, unless
you counted the cubbyhole of MIR. Bozeman
- old Bozo you called him in the outer office,
where the rest of the Clarion" staff batted it
out.
1t was bad enough, Ricky Richards thought,
as she pounded out team line-ups and other
routine preliminaries for the Tiger-Lions
basketball game that Friday night, to have
to do every word of her copy three feet from
the society editors incessant phone. 1t would
be intolerable when she had to hear both ends
of those same conversations, when she had to
take the notes and do the stories herself.
Old Bozo had broken the news to her with
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

The undersigned, having qualified as
Administrator of the estate of Cornelius
Van Leuven, notice is hereby given 10
all persons having claims against the
estate of Cornelius Van Ieuven. to pre-
sent such claims to the undersigned for
payment on or before June ,. 1871, O,
this notice will be pleaded in bar Of
recovery.
All persons indebted TO said estate
will please make immediate payment,
This 1st day of June, 1876.
THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS
& TRUST COMPANY,
Administrator.
Estate of Cornelius Van Leuven.
Deceased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
PROPOSALS FOR THE CTIoN
OF SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION
Wilmington. North Carolina

Sealed proposals will be received by
the City Council of the City of Wilma,
ton, N. c., at the City Hall until u
o'clock am. on June 80, 1916, for ne
citv of Wilmington, N, G., %comptis'a3
o one l4ia9"'5 2a3 feet s" Cast hon Pipe;
Cast Ca teg IRON ~ PIP pes' 1905 lso5' feet 10" cast Iron
30 p1P oa, 4 fest &c 3set Terra Gotta pine. 1890
Go.10i ,c ieet Tepra Gotta Pioe. 1854 fe.,
l ,e. ra " eta Pine 1870 feet Is Tela
Co++d % D. 81 feet i" Terra C33
D. pu.s' az pT h 1s8 Pile Bents, a,a
: ~ tpe = necaesarv for the c%ons'Tlc'
t;oo 80 enid cover
Plans, specifications, i aIa 'insrection At
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as administrator o.
the estate of Luther E. Morton, deceased
late of New Hanover county, North Caro-
lima. this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of sad DE-
ceased to exhibit them TO the uace!,
on or before the 9th day Of
May, 1947, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All persons IT,
debted to said estate will please MAKE
immediate payment.
This the 25th day of May, 1916.
w. E. YOPP,
Administrator of Estate Of
Luther E. Morton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

Administrator of Estate OF
Luther E Morto'
Evening star., 1946-04-14

left Monday for New York where
Comdr. Morton will have duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmot v. Castle
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Hawkes.
of Rochester. N. Y, were guests this
week of Capt. and Mrs. Archer M. r.
Allen, who have an apartment at
Carvel Hall. Mrs. Castle is a sister
of Mrs. Allen and both are daughters
Of the late Capt. and Mrs. John
Quimby of Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Robert L. Burwell, jr. and her
two daughters are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert L. Burwell, sr., of Han
over street. They are en- route to
Evanston. Ill, where DR.. Robert L.
Burwell, jr., is an associate professor
at Northwestern University.
Miss Jane Younge, formerly of
Boston, Mass, and now living in
Washington, D. c.. was the week.
end guest of Mrs. John Urquhart.
wife Of Comdr. Urquhart, at her
home on Hanover street.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Across the Sligo

Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Strawser
for many years connected with the
Washington Sanitarium and Hos
pital, have returned from Florida,
where Mr.. Strawser was on leave
of absence for about three months
Mrs. Strawser went down in Feb
ruary and on their return they
visited friends in Hendersonville,
N. c., and also stopped at Wythe-
vile, Va, where they spent a few
days with their son-in-law and
daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. Will
liam E. Peeke.
DR.. w. L. Whitson, head of the
department of physics and math-
ematics in Washington Missionary
College, has accepted a position at
the Pacific Union College in Ang-
win, Calf, as head of the same
department there. He and Mrs
Whitson and their children, Mar
garet and William L. jr., will leave
for the West at the close of school
in May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nobrega
entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. Ed
ward Stivers of Philadelphia over
the week end. Mrs. Nobrega and
Mrs. Stivers were classmates when
Evening star., 1946-04-14
annapolis

Mrs. Jules James, wife of Rear
Admiral James, and her three young
daughters left Annapolis on Friday
Over the week end they visited rela-
tives on Long Island and will sail
next Monday on an Army transport
to join Rear Admiral James in Italy
Comdr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Nor
ton spent the week end in Annapolis
at the apartment they formerly oc-
cupied on Southgate avenue. They
Evening star., 1946-04-14

taking the nurses course at the
Mountain Sanitarium In Fletcher,
N. G.
The Rev. Lewis H. Christian is
spending the week end in New York
City.
His brother. Mr.. Daniel Nobrega,
and Mrs. Nobrega recently arrived
and will make their home at their
Evening star., 1946-04-14

apartment at 10l Flower avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Conrad ens
tertained a group of friends in
honor of their daughter. Miss Ruth
Conrad, who arrived from Miami,
Fla, to spend her vacation.
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28
Strike Vote By
 Sailors Union In Progress Today

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28,-(P) Harry Lundberg, secretary of the AFLSailor's Union of the Pac- fife said today strike action would be held in abeyance after a strike deadline of September 4 pending outcome of a hearing of wage in creases by the Federal Wage Sta bilization Board.
 A strike vote by union member ship was in progress today, and probably will be 95 percent in favor of a walkout, Lundberg said
 He announced receipt of a tele- gram from chairman w. Willard Wirtz of the Stabilization Board granting a rehearing of the Boards order denying wage increases of more than S17.50 a month, the same as granted CIO seamen.
 AF,L seamen had negotiated an increase of S27.5O monthly, but the amount unded the Boards ruling was the same increase as received by the rival CIO Ma tional Maritime Union.
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28
Russ Ambassador Leaves Greece In Turmoil

ATHENS, Aug. 28, -(P)-The inn pending departure of K. K. Rod ionAv, Russian Ambassador to Greece, complicated the diplomat ic turmoil in which this nation found itself today on the eve of a plebicite expected to bring King George II his throne.
 Rodionov applied to the govern ment last night for a wise enabling him to leave the. country, thus capping a week of diplomatic de- velopments, including the depart .urH of Isador Cankar, Yugoslav Ambassador to Greece; formal charge by the Ukraine against Greece before the United Nations Security Council, and the forth coming visit of a U. s. naval force. The unexpected announcement
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28
FREIGHT CARS SHORT BLOCK TO ECONOMY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, -(P)- The government marshaled the powers of eight agencies today to deal with the freight car short age officially termed as one of the worst blocks in the road back to normal peace time economy.
 Reconversion Director John R. Steelman said the struggle to move crops and mounting factory out put had developed ga threatening transportation crisis"
 He warned that failure to solve the problem could have grave consequences" for the reconver- sion program in the next few 
 Tn a statement from his White House office last night, the re- conversion chief called on the ag- encies for prompt and vigorous action" to relieve a situation which finds the railroads carrying more freight than before the war with one-third fewer cars.
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28
Big-Four Lined-Up Solidly Against Aussie Proposal

PARIS, Aug. 28, -(P)-The Big Four nations lined up solidly ag- ainst an Australian proposal for a special commission to investi- gate reparations claims while Am erican sources predicted that the Foreign Ministers Council would meet tomorrow in an effort to find means of speeding the work of the month-old 21-nation peace con- ference.
 While Italy was preparing her views on redrawing the Italian frontier and military commits sion was debating it's procedure of operation, as yet not begun, there was speculation as to what effect a proposed meeting of the Big-Four tomorrow might have on the deliberations now begged down by more than 300 amend ments to the five draft treaties.
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28
Presidents Birth
 place, Lamar, Mo

LAMAR, Mo-, Aug. 28,-(PD-Ev- erett Earp's tired of listening to the City Council and Chamber of Commerce argue about who is going to build a sign pointing out President Truman's birthplace. He is going to put one up himself.
 Earp is owner of the five-room white frame cottage where the President was born. He also is a realestate dealer and has been Chief Constable here for Is years.
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28

of Rodionov's departure was made without any official explanation.
 The announcement that the United States was sending the mighty aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, a cruiser and sever al destroyers to call at Greek ports was regarded here as a con- elusive indication of U. s. support for Greece in the current diplo- matic tussle.
The Nome nugget., 1946-08-28
DUTCH WAR ON
 INDONESIAN REBELS

BATAVIA, East Indies, Aug. 28 -(P)-A Dutch military report today said that a company of Meth erland troops had killed 92 Indo- nesians and captured 30 in a for ay against "heavy opposition" near Soerabaja.