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Evening star., 1946-12-01

Revenue. to the great majority of honest
dealers and to all of you who want cars at
fair prices - it is time when all of us must
pitch in to see that the laws designed to pro-
tect car buyers are enforced.
They've AGestly Anatsuxs
ALMOST none of the black-m dealers,
even in the few big cases. are criminals or
practiced racketeers with police records. With
some notable exceptions like the Detroit
case, they don't work in gangs They are
simply that small minority of businessmen
who do not hesitate - probably never have
hesitated - to cheat and profteer at your
expense. But their tactics are tough - and
unscrupulous.
To prevent these few men from spreading
their black-market poison, OPA has heavily
increased its force of investigators of car sales
The Department of Internal Revenue, which
refuses to allow over-ceiling costs as legiti-
mate business expense on income tax reports,
is following up OPA's list of dealers found in
ceiling violation. The Department of Justice
Continued on page rs
Evening star., 1946-12-01

conscience gave him real twinge: "$3 600, 900
Auto Ring Indicted" "OPA Smashes Largest
Car Black Market" the headlines said. The
story unfolded ugly facts.
There had, it seems, been many willing
Macks in Detroit who sold their cars to per-
suasive strangers. "Spotters" like the man
who had jumped on Macks running board,
had combed the side streets, followed car
owners home and even, incredibly enough,
into church, to lure them with offers of easy
money for their cars. The cars, bought by an
organized ring of unscrupulous dealers, had
been run out of Detroit on well-greased trail
into Illinois, Kentucky and points south.
Ceiling Prices - Plus 81 500
HERE, at auctions" brazenly advertised in
local trade magazines and newspapers, the
cars were sold for fabulous prices. car like
Mack brought 5000 = and many sales had
gone as high as 81 500 above the legal ceiling.
OPA agents. posing as members of the ring,
had uncovered seven-state trail of con-
spiracy. Thirty one men stood under criminal
indictment for violating price regulations. As
Evening star., 1946-12-01
ea CROOKS ON WHEELS y ::. Pau. :.::

ssWant to sell your car, bud?''
Before you answer, read this
inside story of racketeering
in the used-car market
NEAcK pulled his sedan up at the red light
lv1 and was reaching for cigarette when
the man jumped on his running board and
began talking fast.
Want to sell your car, bud? Fellow know
is looking for car like this He's Just a
coupla blocks from here - and he amt fussy
what he pays. IT. easy money, bud You'd
be sucker to pass it up
Mack, who needed some ready cash, pulled
around the corner and talked the thing over.
Half an hour later, he walked out of a Detroit
pool room with 81 200 cash in his pocket -
and no car.
He carefully put out of his mind some
thing he knew very well - that the legal cell
ing on his sedan was $780,
1t wasn't till few weeks later, when he
picked UP the Detroit papers, that Mack's
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
ALIAS SIMMONS

No 5572-A In the District Court for the Ter
 ritory of Alaska, Division Number One, at Juneau.
 J. M. McDOW, Plaintiff, vs. MARI ETTA McDOW, Defendant.
 The President of the United States of America
 To the above-named defendant, greeting
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, First Division, with in thirty days after the last publica- tion of this summons. namely, within thirty days after the sixth day of November, 1946, in case this sum- mons is published, or within forty days after the date of it's service upon you, in case this summons is served upon you personally. and an- swer the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file in the said court ill the above entitled action.
 The said plaintiff in said action demands the following relief: plain tiff demands judgment against you that the bonds of matrimony now existing between you and plain tiff be dissolved.
 And in the event you fail to so appear and answer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof. and will apply to the court for the relief demanded in his complaint and as hereinabove stated.
 Witness, the Honorable Jospeh w Kehoe, judge of said court, and the seal of said court hereunto affixed on this 27th day of August, 1946.
 JOHN II. WALNER, 6Official SeaD Clerk. First publication, Oct IS, 1946. Last publication, Nov 6, l946.
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE

VETERANS, S4,2OO will buy
 Relinquishment l6J acres
 room furnished house,
 5000 watt light plant. F mile Beach frontage near Juneau. $4,000 four-room house
 bedrooms immediate possession Furnished large lot, interio- Completely remodeled GLACIER HIGHWAY, lights, Water, electric range,
 Partly furnished house 3.14 acres. INCOME PROPERTY
 A beautiful home with apartment Nettins~ appr. $500 annually. Everything furnished, humidifier, Norge furnace, vacuum cleaner, Rugs, drapes, electric ranges and Refrigerators, washing machine. INCOME PROPERTY
 26 apartments, several cabins. Large net income small
 Down payment. FOUR BEDROOMS,
 Modern, furnished,
 Large acreage priced quick sale. Acreage West Juneau. MURPHY G MURPHY REALTORS-ACCCUNTANTS Phone 676 over First National Sank
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
BARADO PASSES AWAY

Rafa Barado passed away at TAO o'clock last evening in St. Ann's hospital, Barado was 76 years old, single. and was a native of Spain. The remains are at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

employee. were married by Mrs. Mary McCann, U. s. Commissioner, at her home The couple are both employed at the Sanatorium.
 Wm. D. Stephenson and wife have purchased the George Brown home on 9th Avenue, and the Browns have bought the home the Stephensons have been living in, the home formerly occupied by the Bud Blanchard family Both fam flies moved into their new homes this week.
 Mrs. Arnold Gutfeld is expected home Monday after months va cation in the States.
 Max Kapanski returned home last week after spending several weeks in Wisconsin visiting fam fly and friends.
 Mrs. Walter Price left on the last boat for the State on a short business trip.
 The rent panel of the OPA held a special session at the home of Mrs. David J. Mulcare, Chairman Thursday evening. The board mem bers are Mrs. Mulcare, Arthur Tm- ley. and Harold Pribbernow
 Lyman Reynoldson, ST. Ameri- can Express Agent and Skagway resident for over 30 years, retires this week and will leave on the next boat for Seattle where he will join his wife and daughter. Mir Reyroldson has given loyal and et- ficient service and his many friends here wish him many happy years of we'll earned leisure. George Hooker will be the local express agent.
 Mrs. Edith Costner, a resident O. Skagway for the past few years, purchased the Lyman Reynoldson home and will take possession af- ter the departure of MT. Reyno'd- son.
 Juneau residents registered at the Golden North this week were Rob- ert Rice, c. R. Dobbins and Paul Gabriel
 c. Cechowski and J. Thitckerry, both of Chistochina, came over the highway to Whitehorse and to Skagway and have been in town the past few days. They are on their way to the States
 Jesse Hewes, Cooperville, Wash. Chas. Hosack, Forks, Wash; Mary Fenski and Ida Smith, Seattle, Wash; Lloyd Guertin. and E, Campbell, were guests of the Gold en North this week.
 Maj. w. II. Chisholm, of Ottawa, Ontario, and Major M. M. Tlott, Londcn. England, Canadian Army personnel, were business visitors in Skagway for a short time this week.
 Ben Larson of Fairbanks. flew to Whitehorse where he entrained for Skagway on his way to the States for the winter.
 H. E. Latham. former sanatorium employee. left for Juneau via Alaska Coastal Airways last Tuesday.
 Wm. Flynn, White Pass employee, returned from Juneau Saturday by plane. He visited his sister and family while there
 Barbara Lunde, young grand daughter of MT. and Mrs. Carl Lunde. left on the plane Saturday for Juneau. where she took another
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

THE STATES LEADING book keeping record publishers now offer for the first time an op- portunity for salesmen in the Territory of Alaska to sell the sinlplified bookkeeping records that are sweeping the country by storm. Thousands of prospects everywhere - designed for every type of business. No selling eX- perience necessary-they sell on sight. Get in on the ground floor with America'5 largest and. best in this field-the Territory of AL aska is virgin territory for this line. Write today for particulars and see for yourself why hun dreds of salesmsn in the States are enthusiastic in their praise. Garner Pub. Co.,, Des Moines IS, Iowa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

local politicians Bob Bartlett re- ceived 143 votes. Highest number of votes cast for any candidate were given Steve Vukovich, Repub- lican candidate for Representative. Board members were; Judges, Wm. Feero, Sr.., Mrs. Anne Hestness and Mrs Harry Honius Clerks: Mrs. Marie Hoyt and Mrs. Gertrude Beitinger.
 Fred Cederberg is reported to be seriously i'll at the hospital. He has been in ill health for some time.
 Richard Young, young native lad who was recently bound over to the Grand Jury in Juneau for being one of four boys who were accused of breaking and entering Skagway property. has been turned over to an uncle. Jack Davis, and is now in Haines, his former home.
 Mrs. Grace Birklan is now work ing for the Telephone Company. Miss Betty Jane Cozian has also accepted employment as telephone operator.
 Mrs. Mavis Soldin is cooking at the White Pass hospital during the temporary absence of Mrs. Lea.
 MT. and Mrs. E. II. Richter re- turned home Tuesday afternoon after a four weeks trip to An choraee. They were delighted with conditions as they found them and Mir. Richter stated that were he just few years younger he would go to Anchorage. The sun shone the whole month they were there and there was no wind They went to Fairbanks by train and flew to Whitehorse and thence to Skagway by, train.
 All town cals are to checked soon for brakes, lights. etc. George Lingle will do the checking.
 A committee of three membecs of the P-TA met with the Council Monday evening for a discussion regarding the drafting of new curfew ordinance The old one hay ing been first drafted in 1907 was felt to be obsolete and a new one is necessary. The committee con- sisted of Mrs. Wm. Burtield, Mrs M. Reed and Mrs H. E. Honius. Also meeting with the council for the purpose of expressing his views from the schools needs and wishes, was Supt Barney Anderson. c. J. Roehr was present as a repressn- tatiVe of the Boy Scouts.
 
 MS. Hal Selby will arrive on the Louise Monday to spend the wint- CT with MT. and Mrs H. E Honius and Carolyn. Mrs. Selby, the widow of the former editor of papers in Valdez and Seward, is no new comer to Alaska, having spent over % years in the Territory. She is the mother of Mrs Honius. Due to the fact that the boat failed to stop al Juneau this trip, she was unable to stop over for a visit with Ter son, Tom Selby, and wife.
 Harry G. Ask, Skagway merchant, is expected to arrive on the next toat after spending the summer in Seattle with his family.
 Robert Rice, representative from the Veterans Bureau in Juneau paid skagway a brief visit this week
 ska9way had another marriage last week when Wilbur Moore re- gently discharged from the armed forces. and Mary Cole, sanatorium
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
NewsY Notes From SkagwaY
lsprcIAL CORRESPONDENCE

SKAGWAY. Alaska oct 13- Delegate Bob Bartlett arrived in skagway shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday evening after spending a few hours in Haines. A special meeting of the Council was called at the City Hall for o'clock and, in spite of the very short notice about 30 townspeople turned out to meet the delegate.
 Among the matters ol importance to be placed before the delegate for his advice and help were the prob lens of finding out the towns sta tus in the matter of several build iAas constructed here during the war and promised to the town un- der certain conditions. The town fulfilled its part of the obligations, Lut so far have been unable to get ownership of the buildings in ques- ton. The matter of the purchasing of the EVA constructed sewer, damage to town and local property while the army was here, the con- struction of a new airport CT th2 enlarging of the present one, flood control and the food situation was also thoroughly discussed. The ever present problem of securing a high way from here to Juneau was also brought up.
 The delegate gave all the i'm prss sion of sincerity He refused to promise the impossible, but he did promisa that wherever he could help he would He stressed the fact that if we want something we will never get it by sitting back and wishing for it, but every or eanization. individual and the town as a whole must hammer away and never quit demanding until they get results. He explained the pro cedure necessary 10 get statehood and the amount of time involved, and several other matters which were not clear to many of those present. The meeting broke up about thirty The Delegate returned to Juneau via plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
LOST AND FOUND

LOST - Siamese Cat. Ear marked
 "W'' cut in ear. REWARD. Call Douglas 354. C400-t6)
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plane for the States to join her parents in Seattle. Little Bobby has spent the past ten months with her grandparents. The Red Cross will supervise her journey
 H C. Jamieson, Canadian police man, arrived in Skagway Saturday on the plane from Juneau He has been sent from Prince Rupert to kill the grizzley bear which at tackled and killed Slim" Burns, Whitehorse man, last Monday, at Log Cabin, a railroad station. MT Burns and three other native youths had killed a moose and were cutting it up preparatory to carry ing it to camp when the bear at tacksd him. Mir Jamieson left about four Saturday afternoon in the Paige car for Log Cabin.
 The small child of Mir. and Mrs. Albert Judson passed away Sunday evening after long illness. 4 brief funeral service was held by the Rev. Dodge and the body was iintelred in the Skagway cemetery. The Judsons are native family.
 The SkagWay Womans Club met Wednesday evening with Mrs. L. Frolandcr, chairman of the Welfare program, feature of the evening Guest speakers were Supt B. An derson and pr. Schulman from the T. B. sanatorium. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Fred Nord Mrs. McBrown and Mrs. Frank Calk ins.
 Four new members were inflicted into the Emblem Club Friday eve ming. Those received into the or . der were Mrs. Edith Bennett, Phyl- lis Richmond. Marie Larson and Hilda Van Zanten. Dainty refresh ments were served after the busi- ness session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

M. s. Leota sa:.e rom Aux Bay every Thursday 9:15 am. to con- meet with OHarra bus for Fair banks or Anchorage. See J. B. Bur ford adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
pANES lN TIE NECK

WADENA. Minn., Oct l6.-For several months the partially con sructed George Uselman building has teen a haven for sparrows.
 After workmen installed windows without telling the birds-many Of the sparrows broke their necks seskinq an exit through the glass. Workers halted the wholesaleY Yde- etuction of the birds by white washing ethe window pares.
 @>--Ss- ----N
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
WANTED

pOCKETBOOK with social security card and picture of my son, Dan iel James; the one that was kill ed in Italy Please return 1t to KINY or Douglas P o. Box 11S3. Will pay REWARD. Frank James.
 (401-tD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

HAVE YOUR CURTAINS stretched
 now at the hand laundry, SIS .Willoughby. (399-t2)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

Wonan or man Glsh washer, also waitress. Call Percy's Cafe. t291-u)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

WANTED Employ competent, ex- perienced stenographer. Employ ment permanent. Law office. R. K. Robertson, 200 Seward Bldg. Phone 334. (400-tf)
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CARPENTERS, inside work. 6 day
 week. Call 34 evenings. (355-tD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16
MISCELLANEOUS

MACHINE made button holes.
 Blue ATS. C400-t5)
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WANTED Used furniture 142 Will
 loughby. Phone 788
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

Elizabeth Beatrice Newman oI Hydaburg. and John J. Lunde, son of MT. and Mrs. Carl Lunde of Skapway. were united in marriage Saturday evening at 7.45 o'clock in the Rev. Bakers cabin, with the Rev. Gallant and the Rev. Baker officiating. Attendants of the couple were Dorothy Dennis. bride of few weeks before, and Paul Moreno Besides the bridal party the par ents of the groom were present at the ceremony. The young couple will leave soon for Sullivan Island. where they will spend the next two months hunting and fishing.
 Baptismal services were held at the Presbyterian Church last Sun day morning for the young dau2h- ter of MT. and Mrs F. A. Larson and the young son of MT. and Mrs. Barney Anderson The babies were named Janice Marie Larson and Michael Steven Anderson.
 Mrs. Elton Enestrom of Juneau flew home Sunday about neon af- ter spending a couple of days in town electioneering.
 Two hundred and twenty-three voters turned out for the General election on Tuesday and cast the biggest Republican vote seen here in 14 years, according to several
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

Self il with an Empire Wantad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

FUR. HOUSE. or APT. with at least enc bedroom Must have by Nov. lst. Louise Yakopatz, Red 662,
 (390-tfl
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FOR SALE

DINING ROOM TABLE, chairs and dresser. Phone Black TAB be- tween 5:30 and 7:30 pm.
 401-t3)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

SET OFFICE furni- ture; 3-oven stove with 150 gal
 water tank and Ray Oil Burner; wash basin; large French Fryer; new windows. Call 672. (401-t3)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-16

1887 PLYMOUTH. Good condition.
 325-3rd. Apt upstairs. (40l-tD
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
AIR ROUTE CASE
VERDICT EXPECTED
Lieut.. Col. Boyd Says De.
cision Seen Before
Thanksgiving

The Civil Aeronautics board will
Sin all likelihood" make a decision
in The Southeastern States air route
case on or before Thanksgiving, a
well-irformed sourc told Lieut.
Col. Henry E. Boyd, traffic man
ager of the Wilmington Port Traf-
fic association, in Washington late
last week.
Colonel Boyd disclosed the news
We. terday afternoon after his re-
turn from Washington where he put
in the city's and county's bid for
establishment of a Latin Ameri-
can air route here during a hear
ing before the CAB in the Latin
American air route case.
The Southeastern States case.
brought before the CAB a few
weeks before the Latin American
controversy, centered on proposed
air routes which would connect
Wilmington with many cities in me
Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia
Virginia, and Ohio.
See AIR ROUTES on Page T"o
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
COOLER PERHAPS
Theft OF Refrigerator
Stirs London High Hats

LONDON, Sept. 23.-P)-Lady
Elizabeth White, 20, an English
beauty who gave up aspirations to
a stage areer for marriage, and
a 40-year-old tall moustached friend
were held in 5000 bail each Monday
on charges of stealing a r%efrigera-
tor and other articles valued at ST.
900 from her mother, the Dowager
Marchioness Of townshend,
The case caused a great hubbub
in England's moneyed title set, and
Mayfair society matrons lined up
outside the courthouse for the
chance to see the proceedings.
A request by the Warehouses
that the charges be dropped was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
FAIR BLUFF MAN
HELD IN THEFTS
Earlon p. Dudley Goes To
Jail In Default Oh ST.,
500 Federal Bond

Earlon Prince Dudley, 21-yeaf
old youth of Fair Bluff, was il
New Hanover county Jail last night
under 81, 500 bond after U. S. Com
missioner J. Douglas Taylor, U.
S. Deputy Marshal Walter Hatch,
and an FBI man had pointed out
to him earlier in the day that two
wrongs do not make a right, par
ti~cularly when it comes to steal
ing automobiles.
Dudley was charged with steal
ing his second vehicle on Septem-
Der II in Whiteville, at which
time he was already under $500
bond for swiping the first n on
September 8.
Caught At Mullins
Officers picked up Dudley with
'hot" car number two in Mullins,
S. c., on September 20, three days
after the alleged Snatch"
Dudley was too busy bordering
the Federal arithmetic of 1.-TWO
wrongs don't make a right" to
make any comment on the two
~car-stealing charges or the two
bonds (tota1 So, ooo) last night.
His case comes up for trial at
the October term of U. S. District
court here. at which time he may
have the arithmetic figured out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
BLAST IN MOOSE
HALL K. LIS ONE
Four Others Are Seriously
Burned While Decorat-
ing Hall For Vets

NEWBURYPORT, Mass, Sept.
% - (R) - One man was killed
and four others seriously burned
Monday when an explosion dam
aged the basement of a clubhouse
being painted for a welcome home
celebration for veterans q World
War 2 Saturday.
The dead man was not immed-
lately identified but police said
that two of the men burned were
Rocky J. Fourier, a painting con-
tractor, of Amesbury, and Ben,
jamin Pfouff, 80, of Newburyport.
Two of the men stumbled Out
with their clothing in flames, po-
lice said, tafter the blast in the
three-story brick quarters of the
Order of Moose or Market street,
See BLAST on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
AlongThe Cape Fear

bent so badly that we could have
used it for a corkscreW if we had
had a bottle which had a cork.
1t is unfortunate that bobby-plas
and memories should get this sort
of rough treatment, but memories
in particular. A twisted memory
is a real problem. You can throw
a bent boby-pin into the waste
basket and forget it, but a bent
memory is not so easily discarded.
CAROLINA'S GARROUSELS -
This one bent memory of Summer
of 1916 is twisted around the
or
carrousels, if you prefer-at Caro-
lima Beach.
Understand, please, there wa
nothing wrong with the merry 60
rounds as such. The steeds were
as fine and fabulous as the ones
we straddled back in the days
when papa had to ride too and
hold US in the saddle.
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
CAROLINA BEACH
DITCH PLAN
Commissioners View Flood
Damage AT Resort; An
other Meet Set Today

The New Hanover County board
of commissioners yesterday began
study of a sweeping plan for ditch
construction which leaders of the
Carolina Beach township admins
tration told them would eliminate
future danger of floods like the
che which has kept a sizeable por-
ton of the resort unaer water since
Thursday morning.
Mayor w. G. Fountain, of Caro-
lima Beach, and State assembly,
man-elect R. M. Kermon presented
the ditch plan to Addison He "
lett, Sr., chairman of the board,
at the conclusion of a two-hour
tour during which Hewlett and his
four associates on the board view
ed the ravages of a f~ive-day-o.d
rain which still showed its traces
in nearly a foot of water along a
900-foot stretch of the Fort Fisher
road.
The flood control plan presented
by the Carolina Beach leaders in
wolves construction of a two-to-six-
foot ditch along the Carolina Beach
road from the Wilmington Beach
hotel due west to the Dow Chemi-
cal road and connecting with the
Hinniker canal.
Also requested is the construction
of another ditch north towards
Carolina Beach, which the assem-
See DUTCH on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24

LINDEN, N. J, Sept 23-lA)-
Scores of Gypsies, their traditional
garb minus usual ornaments, par
ticipated in age-old rituals Monaay
as they buried their queen MRS
M.r+. Evans. in Linden cemetery.
During the ceremonies George
Evans, king of the Evans tribe, one
~ tho largest in the country, placed
a jewelled star, symbolic OF MS
position, in his wlfe's coffin.
After the coffin was lowered, the
mo11rners slipped vine, first pouring
the queens share into the grave.
Then they Joined for a feast carry
ing on a tradition that the food
thew ate there would be symbolic