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Evening star., 1946-03-15
Miss Mary BurriIl Dies;
Retired District Teacher

Miss Mary Powell Burrill, SO, re-
tired District school teacher, died
Wednesday in New York after a
long illness, 1t was learned today.
A native of the District, Miss
Burrill taught English and dra-
matics for 38 years at Dunbar High
School, retiring year ago. She
Evening star., 1946-03-15

The population of the earth in
creases approximately 10000 900 an
nually.
Evening star., 1946-03-15
Weather Report

District of Columbia Mostly
sunny and continued warm this
afternoon. Considerable cloudiness
with lowest temperature in the mid
die Sos tonight. Tomorrow fair and
mild.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy and
somewhat colder tonight. Tomor-
row generally fair and somewhat
colder.
River Report.
From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
ana slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen.
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1946-03-15

MASTIN, WILLIAM EDWARD. Members
ERANs' .AssocIATIoN are hereby notified
TN Funeral from the James +. ryan
funeral home, 317 Pa. ave. Sc, on Sat-
urday. March Is, 1946. at 1870 pm. In
terment Arlington National Cemetery.
MOSES; GRACE G. On Wednesday,
aes - GRACE heF e. MosE beiovss sSss
wife of Samuel Moses, mother of Grace
E. Lester and Samuel M, Roosevelt and
son eaada Fl 0Ifs ssre sisF # aSeT KsSe
E. and Perry E. Rankins. Also surviving
are other relatives and fsnd After
at her her late residence. % Funeral from N Mount unit
Hope Baptist Church, 3rG and sts. s.w.,
on Monday. March Is, ut 2 pm. Inter-
ment Woodlawn Cemetery. Arrangements
fsas EARL hak 1cRR Rn ussfas sos Missa Nsn
brother Of sara Jones, Rosa. Walden, Eliza
Mack re.y, snS Frank
The late Mr.. Pickens may be viewed at
Stewart's funeral home, 80 st. ne. from
naTsP pR qns and pm sanass a
Point, N. c. 16
PRINCIPE, ELIZABETH GERTRUDE. On
Wednesday. March 13, 1916, at George
Ssfa asRRpE TnSsTssK PksRE HRsps ssovsd W
Of Luige c. Principe, mother Of Claude,
Vincent and Louis Principe; Mrs. Matilda
Stevenson and Mrs. Frances Schinderhette
sister of Leonard and Capt. Frank Polio,
U. S. C. G., and Mrs. Rose Jarman. Re
mains resting at her late residence, 1924
Norton pl. NV, until Saturday, March 16.
ct $50 am. Mass in st. AIMS Catholic
Church at 8 am. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. Services by Chambers George
town funeral home. 15
March ia. 1916, CARRIE Z. RICE Of ssss sss
mother Of Anna M. Hun, Catherine O..
Julia A. and James H. Rice Also suryiv-
ing are other relatives and many friends
After 2 pm. Friday friends are invited to
call at the Mcguire funeral home, 1890
9th st. NV. where services will be held or
Saturday, March 16, at 2 pm. Intermen,
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Is
RICE, EDMUND v. On Thursday. March
IA. 1916, EDMUND v. RICE OF 1T2O Al.
1lison s.. ne, beloved husband Of Jean g
neral from the above residence on Tues
mass at St. Anthony's Church at 9 am
Mount Olivet Cemetery. Is
49, 1919 IDA RICE fonssp,i u nso5 Hamiitoi mihtoi
ST. NV. mother Of Mrs. A. Louise Gil
bert and Or: Stuart A. Rice. Service
At the 9. r. Hines Co; funeral home
ll6, At 3 pm. Relatives and friends in
lvited. Interment private.
Evening star., 1946-03-15

FOR THE MEN, TOO!
Golf clubs, bags and bolls by
A. 6. SpoIdine, Wilson, Burke.
Dunlop, Hillerich and BrodIy,
Reooh, Wright 6 Ditson.
Evening star., 1946-03-15

Small Size Ladies' Golf Shoes,
Sizes 3 TO 5H only. brown, re-
movoble spikes--$5.95 noir
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Temperature and Humidit
Record Temperatures This Year.
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches in
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1946-03-15

fORT LINCOLN CEMETERY-2 sites, Best
location, in front Of church. Phone HY.
&oS6. IS
Evening star., 1946-03-15

March IS, Is46. in New York City. MARY
P. BURRILL sister of Mrs. Roscoe c,
Bruce. Funeral Saturday, March Ii, at
pm, from FraZier's funeral home. $50
r. I. ave. NV, Rev. r. w. Brooks oficlat-
ing. Interment WoodlaWn Cemetery Is
Evening star., 1946-03-15

cation Of stansbury Lodge, No
the Masonic Temple, Brightwood
D.. c., on Saturday. March 16
l946, at 1 pm, to attend tn,
funeral services for our lat,
brother, Past Master JOSEPH
BY order of the Wnrshinfn
Evening star., 1946-03-15

Ladies' Golf Gloves, small, me-
dunn ond large sizes, open back
model ----Sl.25 each
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
PAGE SEVEN

us to understand how people of those times lived.
 Our new Readers are Let's Go Ahead" by Gates Aver.
 Our Geography travels have taken us to all the States in the United States, trip to Alaska, and our last hop took us to the tropical Hawaiian Islands. Here we found big change in climate, scenery and products.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
SIXTH GRADE

We have completed our Elson- Gray Readers. Some of the stories we studied accompanied our his tory lessons nicely as: Achilles, Leader of the Greeks; The Wan derings of Ulysses; Robin Hood and His Merry Men. These stories of great heroes of long ago help
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
THE NOME GET
parkas,

crab fishing, mukluks, parkas, kayaks, and oomiaks.
 We were much interested to see colored mass up in the sky Thursday, which someone called "sun dogs Several round masses of colored balls appeared near the sun. They had all the rainbow col orS.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the United States Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Friday, March 22, 1946

Friday, March 22, l946
 Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with increas- ing easterly winds. Lowest tenn perature Friday night 10, high est temperature Saturday 0.
 Nome data as of 8:3O am. today: Precipitation last 24 hours, trace. Total precipitation this month 0.31 inches.
 Total snowfall this month 6.2 inches.
 Temperatures last 24 hours: highest 5, lowest -22.
 Maximum wind last A hours l3 miles per hour from the north east.
 Sunrise at 5:53 a.m., sunset at
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22

Paraffin Waxes, first made from petroleum in 1868, now are being produced at six times the prewar rate as a result of increased de- mand for food packaging and wa terproofing, especially for over seas shipments.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
School News
HIGH SCHOOL:

Monday afternoon the high school and seventh and eighth grades enjoyed a talk given by Walter Dowd on Japan Walter is home on leave and all of his friends were glad to see him again. He told us many interesting things about Japan and the Japanese people and some of his interesting experiences in the Orient.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
GRADES ONE AND TWO

Two mothers have visited school recently. Mrs. Trigg and Mrs. Whisenhunt. We are always glad to have visitors, especially moth CTS.
 We have been enjoying the reading to us of the book "The Tree in the Trail"-a story by Holling C. Holling of tree in the Old Santa Fe Trail.
 The B class of first grade have new reading and work books Day by Day" and Adventures Day by Day"
 Vernon Carlson has been absent because of a cold.
 GRADES THREE AND FOUR
 The Holland project becomes more and more fascinating as the free-hand illustrations of life in that "toy" land grow in content and color.
 Karen's mother visited the third and fourth grade room on We'd nesday. It is hoped that many mothers will visit during the next ten days while the pictures of life in Holland are still on the board. FIFTH GRADE
 We are interested in our lan- guage class. We will learn to write correct letters to different boys and girls in various parts of the United States. We have letters to answer from South Carolina, Utah, Oregon, California, Virginia, Nebraska and Ohio. They wish to know everything about Alaska. We are telling them about such things as oogruk, seal, ptarmigan,
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1946

6:23 pm.
 Comparative data:
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest -2, lowest -22.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: Lowest -32 in 1928, highest 32 in 1914.
 Data for other selected stations as of 7:30 am. today:
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-22

The sweet potato is an elib)e member of the morning glory family.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
EMORY, CARTIER
AIDING in DRIVE
To Direct Mechanics OF
Community Chest Cam
paign Starting Oct. IS

H. R. Emory, executive director
of the Wilmington Housing author
ity, and Walter j. Cartier, secre-
tary of the Wrightsville Beach
Chamber of Commerce, were de-
signated last night to direct two
committees whose chief concern
will be mechanical aspects Of the
city's $106, 2O4 Community Chest
campaign.
Louis E. Woodbury., Jr., general
Chest campaign chairman, named
Cartier to head the arrangements
committee which will direct the
kickoff meeting for Chest work
ers Tuesday, Oct. IS, and the three
report meetings, which are sched-
uled for Oct. 81, % and 25.
Cartier is the former secretary
of the Wilmington Chamber OF
Commerce, a director of the Ro-
tary club, and secretary of the
Southeastern North Carolina Beach
association.
Emory will serve as chairman of
the campaign information COM
mittee. He is a member of the
Kiwanis club, a former local news
paper executive, and the legislative
chairman of the National Public
Housing conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
0ADBARRICADES
COME OFF TODAY
City Engineer Expects To
Have Flood Repairs Com
pleted By Night

The City Engineering department
will have all but n of it's post
flood street ~barricades lifted by to-
night, City Engineer ]. A. Loughlin
said yesterday.
Thirteenth Street near Lee Drive
will remain closed for the undeter-
mined period that will be required
to restore the bridge washed out
there, he asserted.
With his departments two grad
ers scheduled to go into operation
early today, Loughlin still has the
job of repairing five minor wash
outs, most of them not serious
enough to require the presence Of
anything more than a warning sign.
Minor washouts are still unre-
paired at:
Eleventh Street between Dock
and Orange.
McCrae and Tanning Streets.
Adams Street between Carolina
and Northern Boulevard.
Pine Crest at Carolina Boulevard.
Forest Hills Drive at the school
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
RAINFALL NEARING.
NEW RECORD HERE
Only Five OF Past So Years
Exceed Precipitation
Since January

Wilmington's railfall for 1916
may submerge a 69-year-old an
nual rainfall record set in 1877. 1t
was revealed yesterday by official
rainfall figures released by PAU
Hess, chief of the local U. 5.
Weather bureau.
Here is the complete inside story
as disclosed by Hess:
AS of 7 p. m. last night, 61.1o
inches of rain had fallen on the
Port City since January 1. In only
five other years has the total
annual rainfall exceeded the mark
of GLIB inches registered so far
this year in less than nine months.
The years and their rainfall
marks are as follows:
1876 - g.. 70 inches.
1877 - 1855 inches (the highest
ever recorded by the local weather
bureau, which was established in
1870.
1883 - 64.00 inches.
1884 - 62.7O inches.
1915 - 63.95 inches.
With over three months left in
1916, Hess hazarded that the
years railfall, already well over
See RAINFALL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
BY LARRY HIRSCH
CAPE FEAR MASCOT Ev

CAPE FEAR MASCOT - Every
organization needs a mascot, and
although ALONG THE CAP E
FEAR isn't exactly what you might
call an organization, we need a
mascot worse perhaps than a tight
ly-knit group like the U. S. Army,
which has a mule, or like the Soviet
Union, which has Joe Stain.
Our need stems from the fact
that in our flounderings into Cape
Fear history we often could use
something substantial to hold onto
to keep our head from going under.
Now what, we ask you, could be
more substantial than that big ship
pictured on Page Three of today's
paper? And what, too, could be
more appropriate, considering that
the ships name is S. S. Cape Fear?
SUBSTANTIAL MEMORY - OF
course the S. S. Cape Fear prob
ably isn't in existence any more,
seeing as how it was built during
World War l.. But just the memory
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
JUNIOR COLLEGE
CENTER OPENING
Registration Gets u n d e r
Way In High School
AT 4 p. m. Today

Close to 260 local high school
graduates, the great majority of
them World War II veterans, will
assemble in the New Hanover High
school cafeteria at 4 p. m. today
for registration as students in the
local branch of the University of
North Carolina, according to an
announcement yesterday by Dale
Spencer, director of the local
branch.
Any applicant who can show a
high school diploma or a letter of
admission from the state univer-
sity will be admitted as a student
in the local college center, Spen-
Ger said.
The opening day will be chiefly
occupied with registration and
placement tests. At 4 p. m. Tues
day the prospective student body
will meet again in the high school
auditorium for further examina-
tons. Directors of the center will
present the students with their
programs in the auditorium at 4
p. m. Wednesday.
College classes will begin Thurs
day afternoon.
Final plans for instruction were
drawn up by the college faculty at
a meeting with officials of the
University Of North Carolina at
Goldsboro Saturday, Spencer re-
ported.
Required Courses
The college director said that
the freshman curriculum for the
first two quarters will include re-
quired courses in English and the
social sciences.
The first quarters English
course will be occupied with COM
position and theme-Writing, the
second with methods of correct
reading.
Textbook for the first quarters
instruction in social science will be
Shotwell and Robinson's History Of
Europe, Spencer said.
Applicants will not be required
to bring their registration and tut
ton fees to today's session. The
federal government will provide
fees for veterans under the CT bill
of rights; for other students, the
registration fee will be S. per
quarter and tuitian $50 per quar-
ter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
Dutch Leader.
Pact
Natives Say
"De Facto" Rule Over 81
Millions In Java, Suma-
ira Breaks Deadlock
GOVERNMENT DENIAL
Official Insists
Commission Has Recog-
nized Plea Oh Nation

BATAVIA, Java, Sept. %.
(UP) - The Anglo-D Dutch
commission seeking a peace
formula for the Netherlands
East Indies has recognized In
donesian "de facto authority"
over 81, ,000 natives in
Java and Sumatra, breaking a
four-month deadlock in nego-
tiations, a high Indonesian Of
ficial said Sunday.
A Dutch government communi-
que Immediately described this re-
port as "a pure fabrication" but
the Indonesian official insisted it
vas true and would be borne out
when formal negotiations are re-
sumed.
He said the Dutch were "cha-
grined" over the leak in prelimin-
airy negotiations and issued the
denial "for strategic reasons"
The official said Lt.-Governor-
General Hubertus Van Nook agreed
to sign a pact with the heretofore
unrecognized Indonesian republic.
instead of issuing a protocol.
Negotiations broke down last
June when the Dutch insisted upon
a protocol rather than a treaty.
Confirms Stand
The 1ndonesian source confirmed
the new Dutch stand, but said any
conclusions regarding Indonesian
independence would be "prema-
ture."
I'VE fear the Dutch interpreter
ton of de facto authority does
not coincide with ours" the source
said.
He said the Dutch merely may be
recognizing the Indonesian govern
See DUTCH On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
Truman Picks
Hartman For
WauaceIsot
Ambassa2& 80 n
Will NE
APPOA I JELLS
0 justice Cabinet Member
Joins Chorus OF Favor
able Comment

WASHINGTON, Sept. %
F - President Truman Sun
day selected W. Averell Harri-
man, mutual friend of Britain
and Russia, to be the new
secretary of commerce.
In picking Hartman, now am
bassador to London, and formerly
to Moscow, he also got a combina-
ton of big businessman and long
time new dealer to succeed the
ousted Henry A. Wallace.
The intent was obvious-to soothe
b o h the Democratic political
wounds and the foreign affairs
abrasions arising out of the Wal
lace break with the administration
over Russian policy.
Early reaction to the selection OF
the 54-year-old multi-millionaire
was favorable, with Wallace him.
self joining in the chorus.
Through an aide Wallace author
lied this quotation:
1T am sure that this appointment,
will be received with the greatest
enthusiasm by the business COM
munity."
Senator Lucas Of Illinois, chair
man of the Democratic Senatorial
campaign committee, led off on
Capitol Hill with this:
st personally know Mr.. Harri-
man and have the highest regard
for his industry, business ability
and patriotism. It is an admirable
appointment because of his wide
knowledge of domestic and foreign
affairs"
No Statement
Only the bare announcement OF
the selection came from the White
House. Eben Ayres of the Presi-
Dental press secretari-t merely
telephoned the news wire services
that Mr.. Truman would make the
appointment. The President him.
See TRUMAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
AlongThe Cape Fear

of it should be substantial enough
for III purposes.
After all, it was made of con-
crete, which you know is a pretty
substantial substance if you have
worn out as many shoes on it as
we have.
Further, the s. S. Cape Fear
made Cape Fear history, the topic
which is right down our shaft alley,
speaking in genuine ship term
inology. The chances are, though,
that this history has been forgot
ten. So, to remedy this defect and
get our mascot launched again in
the full glory of yesteryear, we'll
crawl down into the trigger pit
right now.
NO SOCIAL TEA - We don't
know what day, month, or even
year it was, but the First World
War was raging, and the United
States of America needed some
merchant ships worse, actually,
than we need a mascot. To ease
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
COMMISSIONERS
PLAN INSPECTION
Carolina Beach To Present
Recommendation To ,
Check Floods

Carolina Beach's civic leaders
will present a series of recommen-
dations for alleviating future floods
at the resort town to the members
of the New Hanover county board
Of commissioners when they in
spect the still rampaging after
math of last Wednesdays rains to-
morrow afternoon. state assembly,
man-elect R. M. Kermon said last
night.
The county board may expect to
see as the rains residue a two
mile long lake stretching from
Cumber's cottage to Salisbury
street. Despite a recession of some
two feet over the weekend, Ker-
mon reported this afternoon, the
flood waters r still three fee
deep in some places.
The Carolina Beach administra-
ton, in company with Kermon,
toured the flooded area Saturday
to frame a set of recommends
lions for county action.
Mayor w. G. Fountain: towr
commissioners T. A. Groom, Don.
aid Dick and Gene Reynolds, G. A
Lilies and representatives of the
resorts engineering department
made the inspection tour.
Kermon said last night that they
had seen nothing that would in
cline them to lower their origina,
flood damage estimate of S75, 900
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
NAVY PLANS TAKING
FIRST OF PERSONNEL
FROM ICELAND TODAY

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22-U.D-
The Navy said Sunday it will be-
gin withdrawing its forces from
Iceland Monday under the recently
announced U. S.-Iceland agreement
which permits this country to use
the airfield at Keflavik until the
occupation of Germany is over.
A War department spokesman
said U. S. Army forces also would
be removed as soon as the State
department submits a formal re-
quest.
Under the agreement, this coun-
try will withdraw all its forces
and turn over all airfields to the
Icelandic government. 1t reserved
the right to use the American
built Kelfavik field as a transit
point for planes coming from and
going to Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
EXCESSIVE Use
OF ALCOHOL HIT
Associated Charities Report
Issued By Mrs. L. 0.
Ellis Here

Excessive use of alchol Is the
major cause of broken homes ana
consequent juvenile delinquency
in Wilmington according to Mrs.
L. O. Ellis, executive secretary
of Associated Charities, in the re-
port of her agency's activities dur
ing August issued here last night.
1.-THE sudden disappearance OF
husbands and fathers leaving no
clue to where they have gone
seems to be a never-ending prob
lem that has not been solved"
Mrs. Ellis reported.
1.-THE greatest of u problems
with families seems to be excess
sive drinking habits causing so
many broken homes and out OF
these homes come most OF our
juvenile delinquent childrn."
Associated Charities spent ST.
322.4 A during August, its secretary
reported, in case work and differ
ent financial assistance to 24o
white anQ Negro IdI1lllleS.
Emergency Cases
The agency handled a total OF
ITO emergency cases involving
problems which included unem-
ployment, insufficiently compen-
stated employment, lack of income
due to prison confinement of the
family head, budget deficiency,
and illness. Association Charities
gave financial aid to As families,
and either rejected or referred te
other agencies the cases of q
others.
In all the agency gave case
work services and assistance in
cash grants and orders for rents,
food, clothing, transportation
medicine, eye glasses, fuel, milf
and other kinds of service to l7O
families. Another 125 families re-
See EXCESSIVE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
Injured
Desperate
Jewish Stand
Soldiers Use Guns, Smoke
Gas, High Pressure
Hoses To Quell Foe
CONDITIONS "SMELL"
900 Men, Women, Children
Without Water For Over
Four Days

JERUSALEM, P a | slime,
Sept. %. - (UP) - One Jew
was shot to death and eight
wounded so severely they had
to be hospitalized Sunday
when British marines fought
their way aboard the blockade
runner Palmach off the Pales-
tine coast against the desper-
ate resistance of 900 illegal
Jewish immigrants.
Several marines also were in
iured in a 12-hour battle that ragged
on the decks and in the hold of the
refugee ship before the last OF the
desperately fighting refugees were
subjugated.
The marines used guns, smoke
gas and high pressure hoses as
their weapons while refugees
fought back with a shower of gar
bage, buckets, luggage and heavy
ships tackle.
Conditions aboard the Palmach,
named after the striking force of
the Jewish underground army,
were described as horrible. The
ship was filthy and unbelievably
crowded and the refug ees, includ-
ing Is expectant mothers, had been
without water for the last four days
of their 12-day voyage to the Holy
Land.
The British minesweeper Rowena
caught the Palmach trying to run
the blockade just after midnight.
It was intercepted off the Nakura
Coast guard station on the Pales-
tine-Lebanon border.
Engines Destroyed
The master of the Rowens order
ed the Palmach to proceed to
Cyprus, to which all illegal i'm
migrants who arrived since Aug
ust II have been deported. The
Jews destroyed the Palmach's en-
gines.
Marines were then summoned
and they warned the refugees in
See INJURED on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
New Demands

WASHINGTON, Sept. o. Up -
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce
reported Sunday "a new wave OF
insistent demands for abolition of
OPA."
A Chamber statement ascribed
this to OPA operations in meat, ef-
forts to roll back restaurant prices
on meals with meat, and a call for
return of control over dairy pro-
ducts.
"OPA efforts to Illustrate the
workings of supply and demand in
the open market are paying off in
an artificial cycle of feast and
famine in meat. Disruption of the
huge packing industry and the clos
ing of thousands of butcher Shops"
the statement said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-23
Of Nation
Mourning At Bier
Of Beloved Queen

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 22-PH
Gypsies from across the nation
gathered here Sunday night. their
colorful costumes replaced by
somber black, their gay chatter
stilled in the presence of death.
They came to pay final tribute
to their dead Queen Marta, a.
year-old wife Of George Evans,
king of the Evans tribe, one of the
largest and best-known Gypsy
groups in America.
Queen Marta lay in state in a
candle-lit mahagony coffin at a
funeral home where some 30
families, adults and children. sat
quietly or talked in whispers be-
fore Russian Orthodox memorial
services. Burial will be Monday in
a Linden, N j., cemetery.