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lRe uex on asrpauets produced h Alaska is collected apparently only by the exporter" at the time of export.
 Whether the new law means that the man who produces AND wholesales inside Alaska pays the wholesale tax is not set forth.
 Albert White. prominent Ju- neau attorney. announced that he is preparing to take the bill into court, hoping to have the sales tax declared uncolleetible, because the intent of the legislature is not clear and many ambiguities may develop
 Tax On Magazines7 Do We collect on magazine sub scriptions?" asked Publisher En- cry Tobin of the Alaska Sports man. No you don't was the best answer The Chronicle could give. A tax on newspapers and magazines abridges freedom of the press and is therefore unconstitu- tional
 The courts have held, however, that the sales tax is collectible in states other than where the maga- zine or newspaper Is produced, be- cause it is not being distributed directly by the publisher but is construed to be commodity, which thus is taxable Washington state collects the tax on magazines from outside the state but not on newspapers produced in the state.
 The Sportsman and The ChTon- icle, however, will have to collect on all stationery and printed pro ducts they sell, although it will take a ruling by the Attorney General or a court opinion to de- eide which of such sales are retail and which are wholesale. Printing generally is construed to be manu- featuring, and thus would be sub ,ject to the one-half of 1 per cen tax
 Barbers Wonder. Too What of barbers?" asked an other questioner Whether the ba, ber's earnings are wages or salar ies or whether he would be taXet ? as rendering a service is also no clear. Wages and salaries are no taxed.
 But the sales tax is also, a this newspaper set forth over tw l weeks ago, an ACQUISITION ta ? to be charged by contractors . shoe repairmen maehinists gar ages and similar places with al 2 their service charges. Whethe this affects the Ketchikan Publi , Utilities is not clear until the At g torney General decides whethe
 they manufacture provide service ? CT are wholesalers.
 ! One accountant said he was be ? ing asked by all kinds of client r how to handle the tax. The bes 1 advice The Chronicle could give
 and it was being given by attor neys is to collect the tax now an P wait for clarification from Juneau
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Sgt. K. c. Johnson is a can- didate for Territorial Commis- siOner of Labor on the Dem Ooratic ticket. He has been a resident for more than II years. During that time he attended the University of AL aska where he majored in mining. For 5 years he was actively engaged in Safety En- gineering in which he handled workmen's compensation and dealt in labor relations. Since entering the military service, he has been assigned to the Fire Prevention and Safety Section, Headquarters, Alas, kan Dept, where he com piles ana analyses statistics for application of preventative ynaocura.
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BIpWELLS RETURN

BlDWELLS RETURN
 Mir. and Mrs. George Bidwell re- turned to Wrangell on the North Sea after having spent the winter in San Diego, California.
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Along The Cape Fear

Railroad hotel, corner of Front
and Red Cross streets, }. R. Faulk-
ner, prop. Mechanics hotel,
Front street, between Orange and
Ann streets, Thomas Daniels,
prop. Seamen's home, corner OF
Front and Dock streets, George W.
Williams, keeper.
LUCKY FOR WHOM?-The list
also includes another hotel, on
Chestnut street between Front and
Water streets, John Rooney, prop,
but we'll be logged if we'll men
ton its name again.
Now, we sure do thank the j. and
B. company for sending us this
list. Excluding the uncomfortable,
it gives us a total of seven hotels.
Seven is supposed to be lucky
number.
Lucky for whom?
LOGICAL REASONING - Yes,
we're in just about as bad a fix
as ever. How in the world are we
going to get Jenny into the right
hotel?
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
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IN ALL INNOCENCE--oh, foil

IN ALL INNOCENCE--Oh, folks.
Look what we've done now.
Yesterday, in all innocence. we
asked for list of old hotels along
the Cape Fear SO we could find
Jenny Lind lodging for the night
somewhere else than in the Old
Rock Spring Hotel.
We got list, by golly.
We got a list of enough hotels to
lodge Noah, his family, and all his
pets, along with the Democratic
National Convention-not for one
night but for 40.
HOTELS, DID WE sAY!-The
Jackson and Bell Printing COM
pany sent us this staggering list,
and without further ado or a-don't
here it is:
Baileys Star hotel, % Front
street, James H. Bailey, prop. City
hotel, corner of Market and Second
streets, Frederick and Shemwen,
props. Farmers house, Water
street, between Mulberry (ouch
and Walnut streets. Merchants
Exchange hotel, 81 Market street,
Fay and Rafferty,, props.
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U.S.. Policy
In Council
Gromyko, Back In Meet
ings, Ready To Accept
UNO Wishes
PROBLEMS PILE UP
Poland To Seek Security
Council Break With
Franco Spain

NEW YORK, April g.
(AP) - Iran Tuesday night
asked the United Nations Sc
curity Council to reject Rus
sia's demand that the Iranian
question be stricken from it's
agenda.
The Iranian position was set
forth in a letter to Secretary Cen
eral Trygve Lie which was circu-
lated among the delegates Of the
Security Council shortly after
Tuesdays session which was ad-
journed to an indefinite date.
Signed By Ambassador
Receipt of the letter was dis
closed by DR.. Quo Tai-Chi of China,
Council president, during a discus
sion of when the delegates should
take up Russia'S demand.
The letter, signed by -Iranian
Ambassador Hussein Ala, said:
II am instructed to state that the
position of the Iranian govern
See COUNCIL ON Page Two
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BRAUN APPOINTED
EXAMINER BY CAA
Veteran Altman To Aid
Local Pilots In Secur-
ing Certificates

Private flying around Wilmington
received further impetus yesterday
with the announcement of the ap-
pointment by the Federal govern
ment of Fred Braun, chief instruc-
tor for Carolina Skyways, as Civil
Aeronautics Authority flight ex-
aminer.
Ends Red Tape
The appointment, effective Mon
day, gives flight-minded Whining
tonians an examiner for pilot IL
censes in this area and will re-
move much of the red tape and
delay hitherto experienced in pro-
curing certificates.
Braun. who is stationed perma-
nently at Peiffer field on the new
Wrightsville Beach highway, is a
See BRAUN On Page Two
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ROOSEVELT PLANNED
WARNING TO JAPAN
COMMITTEE HEARS

WASHINGTON, April 9-U,p)
- The Congressional Pearl
Harbor inquiry learned Tues
day that President Roosevelt
planned Dec. 9, 1941, warn
ing to Japan to halt further
Asiastic aggression, but was
beaten to the punch two days
by the Japs' sneak attack on
Hawaii.
On a quest for new facts sur
rounding the December 7 dis
aster, the committee failed,
however, to discover what
moves Mr.. Roosevelt took on
the eve of Pearl Harbor when
he concluded that Japan's final
message to her peace negoti-
ators here on that date "mean
war"
Nor were the members able
finally to pin down, after
months of sea arch g, the
whereabouts of Admiral r.
Stark, then Chief of Naval
Operations, and Gen. George
C. Marshall, 1941 Chief OF
Staff, on the night of Dec. 6.
See ROOSEVELT on Page Two
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BEACH TO LEASE
LAND TO LEGION
Carolina Beach Post Plan
ing To Build Permanent
Home On Site

The Carolina Beach post, Ameri-
can Legion, organized early this
year, viii get a new home soon,
Kenneth L. Hum, commander, an
rOunced last night.
Hum announcement cam e
shortly after he attended a meet
ing OF the city council, where the
notion to give the post lease on
apiece of city property for 20 years
was Unanimously voted and adopt
ed,
Near Business Center
The site for the new Legion home
will be one block from the Caro-
Ina Beach bus station, in "easy
wal distance from the resort S
board walk" HUM said.
Legion officials have been plan
ming the step to secure land for
Their new home since the post was
orga iZed, and motion by Mayor
w. G. Fountain that the lot be
leased to the post for 20 years, was
Unanimously carried. Hum said.
I'VE plan to secure building
rom Fort Fisher, or from Biuethen-
thai Field, through the help OF the
Army Engineers, the wholehearled
cooperation we are getting from
officials of the town, we Will be
able to build a home which fWll do
credit to the resort, and be a nice
place for visiting members and
Servicemen to go to when at the
beach, Hum said.
Structural plans, and estimated
cost Of the building were not avail
able last night.
SEQ REACH nm Page Two
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The w Gather
FORECAST

FORECAST a.
North and South Carolina - Partly
cloudy and mild with scattered show
ers in mountains Wednesday and We'd
nesday night. Thursday, scattered show
ers and thunderstorms and rather warm
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau))
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. 66; 1880 am. So; 1870 pm. 60;
7 80 pm. So
Maximum 70; Minimum SO; Mean Sc;
Normal 60,
Humidity
1870 am. 90; 7:30 am. SO; l 80 pm. 81;
7 80 pm. IS.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 pm.-
0.05 inches.
Total since the first of the month
7.01 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington - 4:53 am. am.
5:25 pm. 1910 pm.
Masonboro Inlet - 2: 55 am. 9:21 am
1888 pm. 9:35 pm
Sunrise SAT; Sunset 6:39; Moonrise
1:13 pm; Moonset 2:49 am.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at
am. Tuesday, OF feet.
See THE WEATHER on Page Two
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HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES EXTENSION
OF SELEC7IVE SERVICE FOR NINE MONTHS;
LRAN<z}SKS UNO TO HEAR RUSSIAN ISSUE
>ACK GIFT ACCEPTANCE
WAKE ALUMNIHERE
OK COLLEGE MOVE

The board of trustees in
closed session March 26 had
passed an earlier resolution
saying it Cooked with favor
upon the gift. Included in the
resolution was provision for
the appointment of commit
tee which will meet in Wake
Forest on April II with the
general board of the Baptist
State convention and it's educa-
tional council. The committee
was to investigate the legal as
poets of the proposal.
See COLLEGE on Page Two
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Y DRIVE NETS
US new NAMES
Secretary Expects Goal To
Be Met When All Re-
ports Come In

The annual YMCA membe ship
drive, shortened this year by the
proximity of the Holy Family hos
pital campaign, had netted the
organization 255 members last
night at the official closing meet
ing.
The goal, set this year at $50
members, was not reported met last
night, but J. B. Huntington, execu-
tive secretary, and others said they
felt sure that when all returns
are in, it will be more than sub
scribed."
Reports Missing
Several team captains cid not
make report at last nights meet
irg, because they were called out
CT town, attending another meeting,
or for some other reason.
Final tabulations at last nights
meeting shows there were IS re-
newal, 159 new memberships solic-
tied by the workers, while 30 new
members were taken in through
the office
Louis Woodbury., acting chair
man of the campaign, last night
commended the workers for their
jobs which he termed good for
the short time they had to do
them"
Splendid Job"
Secretary Huntington told the
workers the conditions of the cam
paign were bad, and you have
cone splendid job under the
circumstances.
At the beginning of the campaign
which lasted three days, members
agreed to the rule that the losing
division head, or Colonel should
dress in a grass skirt and do the
lula dance FOR the other members.
In gooc faith and good style,
Lenox c.. Cooper, local insurance
man, did just that, after losing the
race for the highest number OF
POINTS by go points.
Present Grass Skirt
Cooper and his II captains and
See " DRIVE on Page Two
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SIXTH DISTRICT
BANKERS GATHER
W. L. Bozeman Chairman
OF Southeast Group To
Meet Here Tonight

The annual convention of the
S ixt h District North Carolina
Bankers association will be held
at the Plantation club tonight.
The group is composed of prom
inent bankers and their en-
ployes of New Hanover, Pender,
Brunswick, Columbus, Robson,
Cumberland, and Bladen counties.
About 200 members, including
Chairman w. L. Bozeman, cashier
of the Wilmington Savings and
Trust company, and Secretary
Wayland Lennon, cashier of the
Waccamaw bank, Fairmont, are
expected to take part in the even.
ing's festivities which start OH
with a banquet at 700 pm.
Following the banquet there WILL
be round-table discussion OF
banking topics" of both national
and local interest.
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IN Cne1r pockets.
After two-hour session with the
Wilmington delegation, the COM
mission decided to call upon Tide
Water for a complete report of It's
financial condition OH July / ''to
determine whether the company
can stand further power-rate re-
duetions.''
Another Conference
AS soon as the financial report
is received, the city officials will
be called back to Raleigh for an
other conference with the com
mission.
Yesterdays conference and the
commission decision to make the
company issue the financial state
ment climaxed local investigations
of Tide Waters new rate reduc-
tons which, according to city hall
reports, "are not nearly as low as
they could be-"
$10S,000 Saving
1t is estimated that the reduc-
tons will save Tide Water custom
ers about $108,000 yearly.
According to the commission, the
new rate reductions were made
despite the fact that Tide Water S
January report showed sharp de-
cline in industrial power use as a
result of the closing of the Ethyl
Dow Chemical plant and curtail-
ment of activities at the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company and
Camp Davis.
Expect New Uses
The Wilmington delegation, how
ever, argued that there would be a
large increase in industrial power
consumption here as new peace
time industries move into Whining
ton to replace wartime industries.
The six city officials who took
part in yesterdays conference are
City Manager A. c. Nichols, Mayor
w. Ronald Lane, City Attorney W.
B. Campbell, and City Councilmen
Harriss Newman, Garland S. Cur
rim, and W. E. Yopp.
protested Vigorously"
Upon his return from Raleigh last
night Newman said, 81 protested
vigorously that the city was not
consulted when the new rate
See POWER On Page Two
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Wake Forest Alumni of New
Hanover county, meeting at
the First Baptist church last
night, passed resolution
urging college trustees to ac-
cept the conditional gift of the
z. Smith Reynolds Founda-
ton. The Rev. T. H. King pre-
sided at the gathering.
Conditioning the endowment,
which would mean $235, 900 for
the college annually, is the
movement of the school to
Winston-Salem where its medi-
cal department and the Baptist
hospital are already located.
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CARSWELL HEADS
R0TARIANS HERE

John H. Carswell, manager of
Kress's five and ten cent store,
will serve as president of the Will
mington Rotary club during the
year commencing July l, it was
announced at yesterdays luncheon
Other incoming officers include
John Nuckton, vice president;
Gardner D. Greer, secretary-trea-
surer; Ho1 ace I. King, sergeant-at-
arms; and Elliot O'Neil, assistant
sergeant-a farms.
Serving on the board of directors
in the new admin alton will be
John Colucci, Gardner Greer, John
Nucton, Horace T. King, Charlie
See CARSWELL On Page Two
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reserved the right to offer them as
amendments when the bill comes
up in the House, probably on FRI
day.
Meanwhile the Senate Military
committee, which had scheduled
it's final decision on the draft Tues
day, put off action on the knotty
election-year question for two more
days.
The House committee acted IN
closed session by a vote announc-
ed as Is to 8.
Bans Draft Of Fathers
The bill which 1t recommended
would ban the induction Of fathers
and limit the service of new in
ductees to Is months. These pro-
visions were approved In advance
by the Army and Navy.
1t also would lower the maxi
mum draft age from A TO 80,
while retaining the minimum at 18.
However, no men over 26 are being
drafted now.
Size Of Services
Another provision would limit
iaductions to only such number as
would be necessary, with enlist
ments, to provide an Army of
100000, a Navy Of 558, 900 and a
Marine corps Of 100000 on July l.
1947.
The committee considered a va
rlety OF proposals for raising the
pay of soldiers and sailors as
means OF promoting enlistments.
IL decided not to tie up any pay in
crease with the draft legislation.
however, and deferred action on
the pay question.
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MOTHER ELECTA
TO COME HERE
Bishop Waters To Accom-
pany Catholic Hospital
To City Today

Mother Electa of the Sisters Of
the Holy Family of Nazareth, the
international organization which
will operate Wilmington's Holy
Family Catholic hospital, will ar
rive in the city this morning ac-
companied by Bishop Vincent S.
Waters of Raleigh, sponsor of the
institution.
To Explain Functions
In meeting at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon in the Tide Water build
ing conference room, Mo her Elec-
ia will explain in detail how the
Sisters Order functions.
All the Sisters are trained nurses
and they will be supplemented in
their work by other nurses. Each
group will occupy separate
nurses home on the hospital
grounds.
Training School
In addition to the trained nurses
there will be training school for
prospective nurses regardless of
their religious affiliations.
Mother Electa is expected to dis
close the number of personnel who
will make up the regular nursing
staff as well as the number of stu
dent nurses who will train at the
hospital.
Harriss Newman, drive chair
man; Edward Carr, his assistant;
members of the campaigns execu-
tive committee; and campaign divi-
sion leaders will attend this after
Moons meeting.
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COMMITTEE 0KAYS
MITIGATION BILL
Senate Military Group
Seeks To Combine Arm
ed Forces

WASHINGTON, April 9.-R-
Concrete legislation to unity not
only the armed forces but all gov
eminent activities concerned with
defense, under "clear'' civilian
control, was unwrapped Tuesday.
1t would centralize agencies
which dealt separately during the
war with such things as manpow-
err, materials, and production. And
lit would set up a single intelli-
gence agency.
To Committee
A Senate Military subcommittee
which drafted the bill, designed to
carry out President Truman's pro-
posals for unifying the services,
submitted it to the full committee
and to the public.
It would create single Sdepart-
ment of common defense instead
of the present War and Navy de-
partments and establish under it,
as separate and coordinate
arms the Army, the Navy and
1.-THE United States Air Force :
all as the President recommend
ed.
Create Council
But going even farther, it would
create council of common de-
fense," composed of the President,
the Secretary of State, the Secre-
tary of Defense, and the chairman
of a new National Security Re
sources Board" The council
would have a regular staff headed
by a $4,000 a year executive sec
rotary" as sort of general man
ager.
1t would coordinate foreign policy
and military planning-in the Ian
guage of the bill, "assess and ap-
praise the detectives, commitments
and risks of the United States in
relation to our actual and potential
military power.
Avoid Conflicts
1t also would bring into COZ :
mon action all government bu-
reaus dealing with defense with the
aim of avoiding in the future what
the subcommittee called ICON
flicts, Implications, delays and
waste which marred an otherwise
outstanding war record
The new defense department it.
self would be headed by $4,000
year secretary of cabinet rank,
with a $4,000 a year undersec- :
tary.
Under the secretary of defense
would be a separate secretary for
the Army" a secretary for the
navy and a "secretary for the
Air Force" They would not be
cabinet members, however, and
would get $4,000. Each would be
charged with administration his
respective service.
Four Assistants
There also would be four as
sistant secretaries of defense att
See MITIGATION on Page Two
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And So To Bed

If there's any doubt in any
ones mind that the U. s. gov
eminent is of, by, and for the
people, he should consider this:
The other day an Army jeep
drove into a metered parking
place on a local street. The
driver, a soldier, leaped out and
started on down the sidewalk
without depositing the neces-
sary nickel in the meter.
"Hey," said passing civil
ian, "you haven't put a nickel
in the meter for that jeep."
"You put one in," retorted
the soldier. "That jeep be-
longs as much to you as it
does to me-"
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OPTIMISTIC NOTE

CHUNGKING, April o. O.D
- Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek said Tuesday that the
United Nations will succeed if
the United States continues Its
present role of vigorous world
leadership.
China stands squarely behind
the UN, Chang said in an in
terview, but the leaders OF
the present Chinese govern
ment are not so naive as to be-
lieve they can sit supineiy ~
and depend on the UN to pre-
serve peace without the active
support Of all democratic peo-
pies.
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SHACK NO HOME
Tar Heels War Bride
Just Wants A Diuorce

New York because she couldn't
stand it any longer.
Mrs. Poston, who took one
look at her new home and then
disappeared, had some fairly
severe words for her husband
and his promises. She was
spending the night in a police
station. The police were a little
puzzled about what to do with
her, but her 25-year-old hus-
band a former soldier in the
Eighth Air Force, wanted her
back with an explanation.
See BRIDE on Page Two
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NEW YORK, April 9-U.H-
Mrs. Evelyn Caroline Poston,
a 16-year-old British war bride
whose dream home in the
United States turned out to be
a "shack'' in a North Carolina
field, sobbed Tuesday night
that all she wanted from her
husband was divorce.
Police found the girl in a
small hotel Tuesday after she
had been missing since last
Wednesday. She said she had
spent one day and a night with
her husband, and then had just
got on a train and come to
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OPTIMISTIC NOTE
Chang Kai-Shek Thinks
Success Assured For UN

The world must constantly be
on guard to defend democratic
institutions, the Generalissimo
said. He repeatedly asserted
the United States must con-
tinue aggressive world leader
ship because it is the only
nation with the power to pre-
serve democracy in the face
of any threat.
The Chungking government is
now holding talks with the Chi
nese Communist party in an
Effort to agree on a coalition in
which the Communists would
See CHANG on Page Two
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FAMOUS BUSINESS
ANALYST DIES In
FLORIDA HOSPITAL

WINTER PARK, Fla. April
9-(R- Harvey Stuart Chase,
economist, died at hospital
in Orlando Tuesday after an
illness of several months.
Chase, until his retirement,
specialized in the problems of
states, municipalities and pub
lie service corporations. Due
of his most important activ tiles
was in 1911 and 1912 when as a
member of President Taft's
commission on economy and ef-
ficiency he wrote the reports OF
that group.