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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
SURVEYORS TO MEET

RALEIGH, Jan. 10 up The
North Carolina society of surveyors
will hold its annual meeting Thurs
day in the civil engineering build
ing at N. C. State College, it was
announced today by Prof. C. L.
Mann, secretary of the society. DR..
J. L. Stuckey, head of the colleges
department of geological engineer
ing, will be the principal speaker.
During the history Of volcanic
mountains, there may be long
periods of inactivity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
DEATH OF 15o. ooo

NUREMBERG, Jan. 22.-R-A
French prosecutor charged today
that a starvation diet and privations
resulting from Nazi looting had
caused the death of at least 10000
Frenchmen, contributed to thous-
ands of other deaths and under
mined the nations health for years
to come.
The Frenchman, Charles Gerth-
offer, told the international Mill
tary Tribuna l trying % leading
Nazis that the crime of starving
entire populations sis not less
odious" than those Of deporations,
murders and massacres.
He quoted reports showing that
the daily ration of food in France
fell as low as $50 calories daily at
a time when millions of ons of
foodstuffs were being shipped into
Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
CAPT.~P. Y. H. WEEMS
STOPS OFF In CITY
ENROUTE TO NORTH

Captain P. v. H. Weems, USN,
former convoy commodore il the
North Atlantic who is on his way
from Florida to his home at An
napolis, Nd, visited Wilmington
yesterday. 49,.
Captain Weems who commanded
2, 1000 ships crossing the Atlantic to
European theatres without loss OF
vessel is on terminal leave and
is retiring from the navy, 1t. was
learned during his visit at the
U. S. Navy Port Directors office.
The captain, former instructor
in navigation at the Naval acade-
my, described his Atlantic record
as lucky" - ..->---
1--WE didn't lose a single man to
enemy action, either" he said, cal
though we did lose II men near
the end of the war when the
French carrier Bearn crashed in
to the stern of one of the vessels
in my convoy"
To pilots and navigators, both air
and sea, the ruddy-complexloned,
white-haired captain is probably
better known for his work on navi-
CATION.
An n e r acknowledgements
authority in the celestial and dead
reckoning branches Of the science,
he is a prolific writer and has turn
ed out numerous books on naviga-
ton used by the services during the
war. He also designed many cal
culators, and other mechanical
navigation devices used by airlines,
ships, and the armed forces.
AS he. expressed it, II design an
instrument, manufacture it, sell it,
then teach you how to use it."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
The New World Almanac
Records 1915 Euents

governing the United States. Here
is a vast range of specific and
general information; the texts Of
the Constitution and Declaration
of Independence; the substance Of
the Monroe Doctrine and other
historic acts; description OF
every state and territory in the
union; special article on Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt and bio
graphies of all other Presidents;
information on elections, taxation
the judiciary. The Almanac also
gives special attention to the or
ganization of New York City ane
state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
OPENS REPLACEMENT
BIDS FOR BRIDGES

The State Highway commission
yesterday opened bids for the re-
placement of the Alligator and
Brunswick river bridges on High
way II in Brunswick county.
Also included in the opening
were bids for the replacement of
several structures in Fender coun-
| ty.
Low bidders on each project will
be determined and announced
later in the day, according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
Raleigh.
The Fender projects were bid
on last fall but quotations were
deemed excessive" and rejected
by the commission.
In anticipation OF the replace
ment of the Brunswick bridges,
telephone and telegraph wires al
ready have been moved from the
structures.
New Hanover residents awaited
announcement of the contract
awards with great interest as the
two bridges, as well as severa
other Brunswick structures, have
for several years been termed
traffic hazards due to their mar
row width.
Also opened in Raleigh today
accordino to the Associated Press
were bids on projects in Martin
Perquimans, Jones, Lenoir, Cum
berland, Sampson. Durham, Per
son, Caldwell and Graham coun
ties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
Interpreting
The News
BY JAMES d. WHITE
Associated Press Staff Writer

BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-P)
"A speckled hen in Hiroshima has
laid an egg. 1t was her first since
the advent OF the atomic age last
August.
! This is according to the Tokyo
Asahi Shimbm. 1t might mean
that the japanese are thinking bet
ter of such widely-spread yarns as
the one about Hiroshima never
being habitable again because of
lingering Acknowledgements de-
signed to strengthen the Japanese
reaction that the atomic bomb was
crime against humanity.
But it could be that the .Asahi
doesn't want its readers to forget
Hiroshima, which it's doubtful
they ever could anyway. While
the Asahi is publicizing the Hiro-
shima hen, the Kyodo news agency
notifies its member newspapers
that American censors ''are wise
to japanese attempts to evade cen
sorship and are very displeased.
Now this censorship was clamp
ed down by General Macarthur
early in the occupation after the
j Japanese press printed a rash of
stories, never proved, charging
the first occupation forces with as
sorted criminal assault, looting and
Thus, although they
probably would have got a mill
tary censorship of a kind for some
time, the Japanese in effect asked
for what they got.
8 Kyodo says Japanese papers
now are evading it by mentioning
in accounts of current crimes such
as large men, (most likely to
be Americans) and "small-type
(Which could be
jeeps.)
The recent death sentence of an
American soldier convicted of kill
ing two Japanese is described by
an Associated Press dispatch as
the first OF its severity for a
crime against Japanese" This
clearly suggests that there have
been other crimes committed and |
punished.
Apart from its implications to
Americans, this situation hints
that behind the censorship there
still is much resentment and prob
ably elements of the super
patriotism which got Japan where
she is today.
After the surrender there was
much beating of breasts by Japa-
lese politicians in the democratic
manner, blaming Japan's bad luck
Upon the militarists. Some of the
higher militarists rent themselves
With cold steel to show their re-
morse at failure. But the lamenta-
ions were for failure. Few Japa-
1ese saw anything wrong with
Japan's International behavior and
aims.
The Japanese myth has faded
'nly by degrees, and then only IN
he hot light of truth. It has faded
most, perhaps, in the minds of
'epatriated prisoners.
Originally destined-under Japa-
lese military custom-to be out
lasts because they had been cap
ured alive, they found that an
American directive had fixed
Kings so they could return as &C
'epted citizens.
They're actually sore now be. 4.
'ause their people, instead OF
corning them, merely ignore
hem. They think more attention
hould be paid to them because of
he1r sacrifices"
They aren't Japan's policy max
RS. They are just clodhoppers
ND clerks stuffed into uniforms
ONE years back to do the fighting.
Glven q chance. they learn
lIicklv .
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
SCHOOL TO END sPEED-UP

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. UD =
Pennsylvania State College will re-
convert from wartime accelerat-
ed program Of three semesters to
a normal schedule of two semesters
a year beginning next fall, Presi-
den Ralph Dorm Hetzel announced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23
GALLUP POLL SAYS:
Republicans Hold Lead
In Mid West Farm Belt
According To Vote Today
Democrats Face Hard Task To Win Back
Farmer Support, But Can Still Fall
Back On Agricultural South

a. following the second Of series reports bv tho
GsH8 political sentiment throughout the country ~
o"~f By GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
PRINCETON, n. j., January 22-Ahough Democratic marty
leaders are going after midwest farm votes this
to date shows Republican
It's to turn
they expect to off with majority of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

Dwellers in the mid-western and
mountain states may soon be dis
covering the delicious flavors of
really fresh ocean fish, in the
first experiment with cargo planes
as carriers, fresh fillets loaded in
Boston at 10 a. m. appeared on
sale in Chicago stores as early as
u. m. the same dav.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

An income Of STATS was enough
in 1941 to cover current living ex-
penses of an average city family
of three in 1871 but in 1914 an in
come of 81, $50 was required.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

midwest farm 'o'e
1913. s;aas ~ farm senti-
. nq'N BY the Institute find that
on 0n' in ~ every ten in the midwest
ar area say they would vote Demo,
"I II the solid South it is a differ
on II picture, of course, with the
sny farmers still strongly
2nuemocratic, in fact, more Demo
n aratic now than they were in 1914;
Farm sentiment was measured
:. + p following question:
III % Tf a presidential election
were being held today, which
s w, would you vote for-the
democratic or Republican,"
The vote of farmers in the mid.
,,a n4' states-states which are OF
c W.T., importance in the electoral
college-follows.
'O-- MIDWEST FARMERS
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

Department of Agriculture chem.
lists have found that from 80 to
IS gallons of liquid motor fuel
can be obtained from ton of
corn cobs or cottonseed hulls and
that about half OF this is in the
form OF ethyl alcohol. 1t is estimat-
ed that something like 100 million
tons might be available for use
in this new process.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

The percentages represent the
average for farm sentiment in the
combined area of Ohio, Indiana,
illinois Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Minnesota, and
Missouri.
THE TRUMAN administration
can count as usual, however, on
strong backlog of Southern farm
votes. With the Southern farmers
counted in, the picture of totel
farm sentiment is more favorable
to the Democrats. E
ALI, FARMERS
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

FOUR GIRLS AND FORMER when the in which
tny were riding tore through bridge railing and plunged INTO the
elay River at Dover H. The body of John Shmonis New Ramp
snre a1ter
recovered from the by on Six survivors girl
and five exGIa State University udenwho in tne car
when crashed being hospital nterno"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

The pansy has been deveoped
from the vioet within the past
800 years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

Dial 1881 For Newspaper Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-23

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Evening star., 1946-12-23
'0'Conor Will Seek
Financial Help for
Baltimore al Session
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-Gov
O'Conor has promised to ask the
special legislative session Friday to
give Baltimore some financial help
but details of the proposed aid will
not be disclosed until a meeting OF
the city council today.
The Governor has written Mayor
Theodore R. McKeldin informing
him of the promised assistance. The
Governor said that out of courtesy
he would not div,ilge his proposal
before it reached the Mayor who
met today with the council.
Gov. O'Conor's financial aid offer
was backed up by Gov.-Elect w
Preston Lane, jr., who attended a
meeting with members of the Mary
| land Legislative Council. The ses-
sion was called after Mayor Nickel
din asked the Governor and his sue
cessor to clarity their status on the
agreement with the Legislative
Councils Tax Committee to have
the special session consider racing
proposals Of the Sherbow report.
The Mayor has been withholding
his signature of a city ordinance tax
ing betting at Pimlico per cent
The tax would net the city 81 $50 900
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Council
called a special meeting yesterday
and asked Mayor McKeldin to re-
turn the ordinance of estimates and
tax measures. A majority voted to
rescind a section imposing a tax or
consumers for public utilities.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
w. Rathbone Smith Dies
Al Home in Alexandra

w. Rathbone Smith, 81, retired
civil engineer, died yesterday at his
home, 498 Duke street, Alexandria
after a short illness.
Funeral services were held this
morning at Aqua Episcopal Church
Stafford County, where he was
buried in the family plot.
A native of Pembroke, Ontario,
Mr.. Smith had lived in Alexandria
since 1925. He retired about six
years ago, while member of the
City Engineering Department.
Most Of his early manhood was
spent on railroad construction pro-
jects in northwestern Canada where
he was superintendent Of the Ed
monton, Dunvegan & British Co.
lumbia Railroad, one of the pioneer
lines in the area.
One of his sons, William H. Smith,
is a Washington Post reporter.
Other survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Reba Barrett Smith, Alex
andria; sister, Mrs. John Beatty,
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; three
other sons, Valentine, W., Walter S.,
and Douglas r. Smith, all of Alex
andria; daughter, Mrs. Frederick
A. Charlesworth of Brantford, On
tario, and 7 grandchildren.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Virginia AFL Opposes
Tuck Labor Measures
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 23.-The
State Federation Of Labor, repre-
sentlng AFL unions in Virginia,
yesterday joined the CIO in oppos-
ing Gov. Tuck's proposal of legis-
lation which would outlaw closed
shop contracts and prohibit strikes
in public utilities.
A joint statement signed by ]. S
Smith, president, and I. c. Welstead
secretary treasurer of the fedora
tion, declared that the Governor s
proposed bills, if enacted, will be
detrimental ultimately and newt
ably to the interest not only of Or
ganized labor but of all the people OF
the State of Virginia"
The AFL's declaration of opposition
followed on the heels of a statement
issued Saturday by the Rev. Charles
C. Webber, chairman of the State
CIO Political Action Committee.
Mr.. Webber said the CIO would op-
pose the proposed legislation before
the two public hearings scheduled
by the Virginia Advisory Legislative
Council and in the special session
of the General Assembly which con-
venes January 6.
The public hearings scheduled by
the council, to which Gov. Tuck re-
ferred the labor bills for study last
week are to be conducted in Rich
mond Friday and in Roanoke Sat-
urday.
The AFL statement asserted that
the proposed legislation advanced
"the PHILOSOPHERS Of State owner
ship of private business and of plac-
ing dictatorial powers in govern
ment."
Evening star., 1946-12-23
8 on Seaboard Train Hurt
As Engine Hits Pullman
BY the Associated Press

SUFFOLK, Va, Dec. 23.-Eighi
persons were injured yesterday
when a freight locomotive ran into
the rear of the Seaboard Air Line
Railways southbound passenger
train No. IT on a curve near the
Suffolk passenger station.
Three were admitted to Lake
view Hospital here for observation
and five were treated and dis.
missed. Hospitalized were Mrs. w
M. Eaton and Mrs. P. A. Beering
of Norfolk and Charles Tibbs, COL
ored, of Norlina, N. c., chest IN
juries.
The passenger train, the Norfolk
section of the Cotton States Spe-
cial and the Sun Queen, had just
pulled out of the Suffolk station
when the freight locomotive, also
seuthbound to Norlina, plowed into
the rear Pullman car. The Pullman,
reported to be badly damaged, and
the freight engine were derailed.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Prosecutor 10 Probe
La PLATA Fire Fatal 10 5
Special Dispofch 10 The Stor


LA PLATA, Md, Dec. 23.-State's
Attorney Thomas c. Carrico an
nounced today he had ordered an
investigation into the fire in which
five colored children were burned to
death in a tenant house on the es-
tate of Vice Admiral Frank J.
Fletcher near Mason Springs yes
terday.
The prosecutor said he was order
ing the inquiry on the basis of news
paper accounts of the blaze, as he
had received no official report on the
tragedy.
State police identified the victims
as Beulah Marie johnson, 7; Jane
Virginia johnson, 6; Robert Morris
johnson, 3: Thomas Harrison john
son, 2. and Elaine Adeline Johnson,
5 months.
Trooper B. E. FISHERMAN said the
children of Robert and Gertrude
johnson were found in the beds of
the charred ruins of the home on
the historic estate, Araby, now
owned by Admiral Fletcher.
Investigation showed the children
had been alone in the house for only
short period, and that the flames
apparently resulted from an over
heated wood-burning stove.
A motorist passing the estate dis
covered the fire and sounded an
alarm, but the walls of the house
collapsed before help arrived.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
State Department May Retain Part Of Space
In Old Building Despite Projected Transfer
Article in Journal
Lompoons Diplomacy
In New Quarters

State Department employees who
have been lamenting the projected
move from the old State Depart
ment Building next to the White
House to the new War Department
Building on Virginia avenue NV,
have learned that not all of the
departments staff will make the
move.
Actually, the State Department
may hold on to about one-third OF
the present building. although sew
eral weeks ago wholesale transfer
from the old building was indicated.
Public Buildings Administration
officials said today the State De-
partment may retain between $4,000
and 100000 square feet in its present
home at Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. Within
that space, Secretary Of State
Byrnes, who at first fatty refused to
approve the move at all, may ar
range his facilities as he sees fit and
remain within walking distance of
President Truman's White House
office
This was the best deal Uncle
Sans Office space manipulators
could work out in their big program
of moving as many Government
agencies as possible into Federally
owned structures, releasing space in
key District of Columbia buildings
and in rented buildings.
But the fact some will not have
to go to the Virginia avenue building
apparently is small comfort to those
who will have to make the move
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Mrs. Loulie Fuller Carr
Dies at HyatfsyiIIe Home

Mrs. Loulie Fuller Carr, wife Of
G. Hodges Carr, retired Hyattsville
merchant, died yesterday at her
home, 41o7 Hamilton street, Hyatts-
vile, after a years illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow at Pinkney Memorial
Episcopal Church, Hyattsville, by
the rector, the Rev. J. Jaquelin
Amber. Burial will be in the family
plot in st. James Episcopal Church
Cemetery at Tracey's Landing, Anne
Arundel County.
Before her illness Mrs. Carr had
been an active worker in Pinkney
Church, of which her husband is
senior warden.
She was born in Washington. a
daughter of the late William H. and
Mrs. Josephine Louise Fuller. She
came to the Hyattsville area with
her parents when she was Child.
Her brother, Edward A. Fuller, who
died in 1885, was formerly treasurer
of Prince Georges County.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Carr leaves a daughter, Mrs. Edwin
Hayes Gott of Gary, Ind; three
sisters, Mrs. Nellie Fuller Brooks,
Chevy Chase: Mrs. Franklin G.
Tingley, Hyattsville, and Mrs. Ralph
c. Wilton, Bethesda, and three
grandchildren,
Evening star., 1946-12-23
7 Duck Hunters Found Dead
Of Exposure in Virginia
BY the Associated Press

SALUDA, Va, Dec. %. The
bodies of two Richmond men, killed
by exhaustion and exposure follow
ing a duck hunting accident were
found yesterday on the Dragon Run
flats near here after a widespread,
two-day search.
The two, identified as John. Her.
bert Stultz, IS, and George D. Arm
strong, %, were said by officers to
have died Friday night after their
boat overturned and while attempt
ing to make their way out of the
swamps in ankle-deep mud in a
cold, heavy rainstorm.
Sheriff r. B. Segar and Deputy
Sheriff C. M. Bristow said the
bodies were found mile apart. The
men, both employees of the Du-
pont Rayon Plant, Richmond, ap-
parently became separated in the
dark.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Woman Killed, Man Hurt
In Crash Near Winchester

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 23.-
Miss Colleen Lewis, Is, daughter ot
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lewis of Fred
erick County, was killed and her
companion, William Steward, 26
was critically injured late Saturday
when an automobile in which they
were riding north of here went out
of control and plunged off an en-
Dankment.
A State police officer who investi-
gated said Miss Lewis was dead OF
skull fracture when he reached
the scene.
Mr.. Steward, a prisoner of the
Germans during part of the war
was still in a critical condition to-
day at Winchester Hospital. He
had a skull and jaw fracture, at
tendants said.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
|QuodrupIets Born in Baltimore
To British Wife of Veteran
Chances of Survival
Of ; Boys and Girl
Called Very Good
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-Charles
Hem, jr., was casting about today
for names and a house big enough
for a family suddenly increased to
seven by the birth of quadruplets-
three boys and Al girl-to the Brit
ish girl he married during the war.
The babies were placed immedi-
ately after birth yesterday in indi-
vidual oxygenated incubators as a
precautionary measure, although DR..
Thomas j. Bowyer, who made the
deliveries, said the quads' chances of
survival were very, very good"
The 28-year-old mother also is in
good condition" after the delivery,
which was performed without anes-
thetic in SIS minutes at the st. Agnes
Hospital.
The couple, who have another son,
Johnny, about Is months old, met
and married in England while Mr..
Hem was a sergeant with the 84th
Division and Mrs. Hem, the former
Dorothy Geast, was serving in the
ATS, British equivalent of the Amer
ican WACS.
Mother Is Calm.
Mrs. Hem was one of the calmest
persons in the hospital and after
the delivery asked for British cup
of tea" before taking a sedative.
The quads were not weighed, but
DR.. William H. Sawyers, who with
DR.. Walter Benavent assisted at the
delivery, estimated they were zap
proximately half normal size, or
about pounds apiece"
Mr.. Hem, who didn't get his first
look at his new offspring until three
hours after their births, said he and
his wife had picked no names, al
though they were informed by
X-rays last month that quadruplets
were on the way.
"We didn't want to tempt fate"
he said. Now that they are all
here and living We'll give them
names. You know, we'll have lot
more to think about than names,
too. This is sure case of four of
a kind meaning a full house"
Housing Is Problem.
The 28-year-old bookbinder was
referring to his housing problem.
At present he and his wife and their
15-month-old son are living with
his parents, three of his brothers
and sister.
Before X-rays indicated the null
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Charles 7. Robinson,
Pastor and Former
Police Officer, Dies

Charles Tillman Robinson, 46, OF
95O9 Biltmore drive, Silver Spring
pastor of the Moody Memorial Cos
pei Church, Boulevard Heights, Md,
and a former Montgomery County
policeman, died yesterday at Subur-
ban Hospital after an illness of two
weeks.
A native of Washington, N c.,
Mr.. Robinson lived in the District
area since childhood. He attended
schools here and Charlotte Hall
Military Academy, later going to
Cleveland where he studied for the
ministry.
Moving to Silver Spring in 1927,
he was associated for some years
with his father, Noah r. Robinson,
in the development of Indian
Springs Park. Later he was ap-
pointed to the Montgomery County
Police Force but resigned a year
ago after five years service to re-
sumo his theological studies.
He entered Mount Vernon Uni
versity here and served as pastor
of the Community Calvary Church
until he was made minister of the
newly organized Boulevard Heights
church.
Mr.. Robinson was member OF
the Silver Spring Masonic Lodge
and the Montgomery County Police
Association.
Besides his father, he leaves his
wife, Mrs. Miriam w. Robinson, and
sister, Mrs. Nina r. O'Neil, both
of Silver Spring.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Wisconsin
Avenue Baptist Church, Forty
second and Fessenden streets NV
Burial will be in Glenwood Gene
terry.