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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
WARNING

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3D. up :
Almon E. Roth, president of the
National Federation Of American
shipping, said Friday night that. U.
S. Inter-coastal shipping is still in
critical plight although it has got
ten some financial relief from re-
cent rate increases.
Increases to railroads and inter-
coastal shippers were allowed by
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion Dec. 5, but Roth told a report
er it was doubtful that this aid
would permit private operators. to
make a profit. /.
He added that it would, however,
at least cut losses. He also spoke
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
SOLDIERS
IN FRANCE ACCUSED
OF CIGARET ABUSES

PARIS, Dec. 10 = @ =. Some
American soldiers in France have
been receiving as many as 500 car
tons of cigarettes a day from U. S.
mail order houses in a fragrant
abuse" of APO. privileges, the
army said Friday night.
A circular distributed to 10, 600
men of the Western base command
in France threatened drastic cur
tailment of the Army Post office
services unless the importation Of
potential black market items wa.
curtailed.
The APO. service is customs
free. Advertisements in Paris pap
ers offer cigarettes. nylons, food
and clothing to be sent by Ameri.
can mail order firms to persons
with APO. addresses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
Your Fauorite Newscast

For complete and sincere coverage Of all the news
in Southeastern North Carolina, your hometown news
papers, The Morning Star, The Wilmington News and
The Sunday Star-Newss will present Ben Mcdonald,
Round-the-tow reporter" on Radio Station WMFD
three times daily, beginning Monday. The added morn
ing broadcast will be heard at 8:15 o'clock. The regular
1925 and 6:25 p. m. broadcasts will be retained, with
the afternoon program strictly designed for the ladies'.
Remember, 400 on your dial will give you Star and
News leverage of Southeastern North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
The Weather

FORECAST r.
South and North Carolina-Fair and
slightly colder Saturday; fair Saturday
night and Sunday, not much change in
temperature.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday. p
~ -- Temperatures
1870 am. 70; 1880 am. S.; 1880 pm. So;
1880 pm. 81.
Maximum SO; Minimum 81; Mean IS;
Normal 40.
i 80 Humidity
1880 am. 80; 1880 am. u; 1870 pm. so;
1880 pm. IS.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm.
Q. % inches.
Total since the first of the month
o.2s inches.
Tides for Today
From = the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
#er H. High Low
Wilmington ------ 2:11 am. 9:16 am.
2.:3s pm. 9:55 pm.
Masonboro Inlet ---12:12 am. sos am.
1885 pm. 6:53 pm.
Sunrise 7:10; Sunset 5:04; Moonrise 1874
pm; Moonset 1918 pm.
River stage at. Fayetteville, N. c., at
8 I'm. Friday 1913 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
KNOCKD0WN HALTS
PROBE OF BlLB0
E x Congressman Floors
Political Ally OF Missis-
sippi Senator

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-P-The
Senate inquiry into Senator Theo'
dore G. Bilbo's dealings with wal
contractors recessed in tumul1
Friday when former Rep. Ross
Collins Of Mississippi knocked a vii
ness out of his chair and rained
kicks and blows upon him.
The witness, Robert Candy, Bap.
fist church deacon, insurance mar
and political associate of Bilbo's,
had been t~estifying about ar
arrangement under which. he said
part of a $685. 600 campaign contri
button by a war contractor was te
have been paid to Collins.
Calling Candy a dam liar,
Collins rushed. He upset the wit
ness chair. Candy sp-awled on the
floor and Collins began pounding
and kicking him.
Capitol police moved in, warded
off. Collins and assisted Candy to
his feet. On motion of Senator
Ferguson (R-Mich), the Senate
War Investigating subcommittee
then recessed the hearing.
He suffered only q sprained
wrist.
Earlier in the hearing, Felix
T. Newton, a Mississippi war con
tractor, testified that he paid
$25, 600 to Bilbo, Mississippi Sena-
tor, as a contribution to the I'M
successful Senate campaign of
Wall Doxey in 1912. Doxey is now
senate sergeant-at-arms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
TAG SALES SET
FOR CITY TODAY
Volunteer Workers To Can
vass Downtown Area
For TB Fund

An anti-tuberculosis brigade is
expected to invade downtown vii
mington this morning as more than
forty feminine workers conduct
their annual tag-day sale for the
benefit of the New Hanover Health
and tuberculosis association.
Sale of the. double-barred lib"
crosses, a feature of the 1947 Christ
mas Seal campaign, will begin at
$3.50 o'clock this morning and last
until S o'clock this afternoon.
Members of the Chestnut Heights
school Gray Y club, and of the
American Legion and Junior Cham
Der of Commerce a%uxiliaries will
form the tag days shock troops.
Their headquarters will be at the
Christmas Seal booth in the city
post-office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
So To Bed

The current legal battle here
centering around the return Of
a 15-year-oId bride to her class
es brought forth this repartee,
As two gentlemen were de-
batting the case on . street
corner, one recalled that the
girl was far from completing
her education.
"After alp, he said, II your
wife hadn't got past the fifth
grade, wouldn't you want her
to stay in SCHOOL,"
His opponent thought that
one over.
"Heck no." he finally replied,
"she knows too much already"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
OIL FIRM SEEKS
OPERATIONS site
Standard Oil Representa-
tiyes Inspect Maps OF
Area AT Office Here

The. possibility that a change in
location for the Standard Oil. COM
pany's storage terminal in Will
mington might be in the offing
doomed yesterday following an ex-
animation Of district engineer maps
by four of the firms officials.
A spokesman for the district en-
gineers office said that permission
to examine maps of this area was
granted company officials upon
their request and the possibility
that the site Of the storage termi-
nal from the foot Of Brunswick
street was contemplated. One
Standard official asserted, it is re-
ported, that the present location.
was not satisfactory as a whole
and a better site was being sought.
Accompany official in New York,
in the meantime, revealed that the
erection o. an oil canning plant in
Wilmington was being considered,
but declined to say whether or not
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
New Record

DETROIT, Dec. 13-(R = The
automobile assembly plants of the
United States and Canada this
week assembled 81, 800 vehicles,
for a new postwar high mark,
according to Wards Automotive
reports. The previous postwar top
was 90, 461 units, achieved during
the week ended Nov. %.
This weeks volume made it
one of the few periods since VI
day in which assemblies have ex-
ceeded those of the comparable
dates in 1871, last full pre-war
year of civilian production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
WARNING
inter- Coastal Shipping
Still In Critical Plight

of hope that the ice would give
the clippers further increases they
have long been seeking. He said the
ICC had shown interest in the
shippers difficulties in the last few
days.
The Maritime commission is now
operating-at a loss to the govern
ment = vessels travelling between
East and West coasts, but its
authority for so doing was a war
time grant that ends next March !.
: After that, Roth said, private op-
orators probably will be unable to
make a profit even with the recent
rate increases and unless they get
further increases there may be a
cessation of inter-coastal shipping.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

ton been impaired to them
than. they let forth a shriek.s
Whereupon Mr.. Maultsby, not
able to understand one single
word of the torrent of French
pouring from 40 mouths, did
what he considered the only
thing and called the police in
an effort to get the matter
Strengthened out.
There was no thought Of ar
rest, in his mind, said the
manager. He only wanted to
get the matter settled and with
out an interpreter present no
solution seemed near at hand.
Well, the police responded in
adequate numbers but soon
learned they were as helpless
as Mr.. Maultsby, not being able
to understand, much less
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
SAVES DAY
Intervention BY Local Lady Avoids Possible
international Incident As Seamen
Puzzle Over Room Charges

The kindly Intervention of a
Wilmington clergyman's wife
in a misunderstanding between
the management of a local hotel
and a group of French sailors
yesterday prevented a situa-
ton which might have de-
veloped into a f~irstArate dis
pute with possible complica-
tons.
The misunderstanding started
about 4 p. m. yesterday ove-
room rates at a local hotel
when approximately 40 sea
men, attached to a French
ship now at the local port, went
into the hotel to register.
Through one of their number
who knew just a few words Of
English they questioned Paul
Maultsby, the hotel manager,
about the rates.
No sooner had the informa-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
TENEMENT DEATH
TOLL SET AT 81
New. York Police Believe
All Persons Still Buried
In Debris Are Dead

NEW YORK, Dec. 13-WH-All
persons still buried in the rubble
Of a collapsed tenement house are
dead, police said Friday and esti-
mated a final death toll of 81.
At a early hour last night "a
bodies had already been recovered.
Immediately the still standing
front section of the building was
pulled down so it could not collapse
Unexpectedly and kill or injure
the firemen and policemen digging
in broken brick, mortar. and con-
crete. .
Thirteen bodies were believed
still buried there but authorities
said the heap might contain one
body more or less than that figure.
Twenty four bodies had been
removed one and two at a time
in the ceaseless digging that began
when the six story tenement was
collapsed early Thursday.
Police thus accounted for all but
81 residents. The injured toll was
40, including some firemen, and
q still hospitalized.
After the demolition work began,
the sorrowing relatives of the
missing departed. The police an
nouncement meant that there no
longer could be any hope and the
temporary suspension of the dig
cling gave certainty to despair.
They have watched hopefully all
night and all morning. while the
policemen and firemen dug.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
FORECAST

Wilmington and vicinity - Fair and
slightly colder today; fair tonight and
Sunday with not much change in tenn
p%erature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

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Laurel outlook., 1946-07-17
TREWIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lofing were
calling at the Grubs home Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Griebel
of Billings we're visiting at the John
Kappel home Friday.
leila Grubs attended a All club
picnic at the John McFate home in
Park City Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Grubs and
daughter leila were shopping in
Billings Wednesday.
Norman Shay of Hawthorne spent
the week end with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Grubs.
Mrs. Lucia Bongiani entertained
at supper Sunday evening. Guests
were Mr.. and R. W. Watson and
daughters, Judy and Barbara of
Laurel and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Grubs. ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Shay spent
Sunday at the Grubs home.
Mrs. Mike Beslanowitch was
shopping in Laurel Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grubs were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Wat
son of Laurel at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Walters were
visitors at the Mike Beslanowitch
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was an old-fashioned dress revue
modelled by Marlene Eastlick anC
directed by Mrs. R. w. Davis
Guests were Mrs. John Eisenman
Mrs. Albert Eisenman, Mrs. Phi
Wagner, Mrs. May Miller, Mrs. Fred
Carpenter, Mrs. Harlan Eastlick,
Mrs. Willard Eastlick, Mrs. John
Harding and daughter Mary, Mrs.
Philip Pope, Mrs. S. T. Flood, Mrs.
R. w. Davis, and Marlene Eastlick.
Others not able to attend sent gifts.
Glen Dewitt of California and a
former Park City resident, was a
guest at the c. v. Eastlick home
! Monday. He spent the day in town
visiting old-time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Eastlick of
Plattsville, Wis, spent the week at
the Charles, Dan, Lester and Floyd
Eastlick homes.
Complimenting Mrs. Basil Hell
gesen the Birthday club entertained
at the home of Mrs. Harold Fink
Thursday evening. Members pres
ent were Mrs. R. C. Bolin, Mrs. w.
F. Adams, Mrs. Allen Whitcanack,
Mrs. John Fry, Mrs. Floyd Eastlick,
Mrs. Dick V~andenburg, Mrs. Allen
Lierow and Mrs. Stanley Pearsall.
Mrs. R. w. Davis entertained
Friday evening Mrs. Mary Sande
and daughters Miss Mary Sande, of
Laurel and Mrs. Helen Mcmahon
and daughter of Spokane, Miss Mel
va Luxton of Anaconda, and Miss
Pearl Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Price and
daughter Mrs. Clarence Morrel, Mr..
Morrel and daughter of Laurel, and
their daughter-in-law Mrs. Louis
Price and son of Boston, spent We'd
nesday evening at the R. j. Harris
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Corwin ac-
companied by their daughter Mrs.
Arno Albrecht and daughter Leola
Mae of Billings, returned home
Thursday from a three days trip
through the park.
DR.. and Mrs. F. P. Goeder of Fort
Collins, Colo, came Sunday to spend
a few days with their cousin Mrs.
w. d. Whitcanack and Mr.. Whit
Guests at luncheon at the home of
Mrs. Jennie Oliver Friday were her
daughter Mrs. Chester Wallace and
daughter Nadine, Mrs. George
Kinsman, Mrs. Ethel Schmidt, Mrs.
G.. A. Meek and Mrs. Evans, all of
Billings.
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PARK ITY

st. Paul's Lutheran ladies' aid
met Thursday at the church parlors
with Mrs. Fred Wagner of Column
bus as hostess. Mrs. A. M. Bach
anz had charge of the program, and
the president, Mrs. Henry Roth,
presided.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Martin recent
~ entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Wilkins and Leslie Wilkins of Los
Angeles and T. l.. Wilkins of Lau-
rel.
Mrs. Herman Wolf accompanied
her daughter, Mrs. Fred Burnstead
of st. Paul. to the park during the
week. Others in the party were
Miss Beverly Gorska of st. Paul,
Mrs. Emma Lehrer of Red Lake
Falls, MINI.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Vichweg
and son Harold and Joe Klock of
Sioux Falls, S. D., came Thursday
to visit at the home of Mrs. Vich-
weg's brother, H. D. Tompkins and
Mrs. Tompkins. On Sunday they
were joined in Laurel by another
sister, Mrs. Jess Coate and family
of Forsyth, and left for Yellow
stone park via Cooke City entrance.
Mrs. Marie McCune and son John
left the first of the week for their
home at Victor, after visiting rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ware and
family of Slippery Rock, Pa, came
the last of the week to visit at the
Lee Ware home, and to see Mr..
Wares mother who is in the Co.
lumbus hospital.
Glen Grubaugh left recently to
spend the summer in Portland with
his brother Phil Grubaugh and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Whitcanack
entertained at dinner Thursday eve-
ming for Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Pear
sail. Joan and Roger P~earsall, Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Adams, Colleen,
Patsy and Billy Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Casterline
left for their home in Lincoln,
Neb.. after visiting at the home of
MI. and Mrs. Alex Fox.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Murphy
left for their home in Portland Fri
day after spending a week at the
home of Mrs. Murphy's father,
Charles Grubaugh and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Lowe and son
of the Mouat mine spent Monday
at the Charles G~rubaugh home.
Mrs. Lowe was the former Lois
Grubaugh.
canack.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gesick and
son Jeff and daughter Joan re-
turned home Sunday from two
at Flathead Lake and Gla-
cier park.
Mrs. Rose Hust and children of
mother, Mrs. Pauline VOgel and
Burton Armstrong, who is en-
ployed in the park, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. R. W. Davis entertained
Saturday at a 1890 buffet lunch
con complimenting Mrs. r. E.
Plowman on her birthday. Guests
were Mrs. Josephine Curzon of Los
Angeles, Miss Grace Bailey of
Jonesboro, Tenn, Mrs. J. H. Dove,
Mrs. j. W. Corwin, Mrs. w. d.
Whitcanack, Mrs. A. o. Nelson and
Mrs. S. T. Flood.
Miss Phyllis Eastlick, cadet nurse
of Billings, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Eastlick.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C.. Ames and
of Tacoma came during the
week to visit at the home of Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Southworth.
Mrs. Sam Sitzman is recovering
an operation in a Billings hos
pital.
Following the Sunday morning IL
services, the members of st.
.aul's Lutheran church enjoyed a
picnic at the Emil Kober grove at
Youngs Point.
During the week Dick Harris, Jr.,
sold his cement block machinery and
,ruck to a Great Falls man. With
he blocks he has on hand he ex-
,ects to build a small house on his
OTIS across from the r. ]. Harris
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
VI. Cain Sunday a picnic was en-
by their children and fam
lies. who were Mr.. and Mrs. A.
York of Livingston, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cain and two children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Cain
md family of Reed Point, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Cain of Big Timber.
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How to Make False ONYX

An interesting method of making
a false onyx is by soaking a banded
chalcedony in dilute honey or sugar
syrup. The stone is then placed in
hot concentrated sulphuric acid
which chars the sugary material in
the porus bands, leaving the white
bands as they we're originally. This
dyeing is practiced mostly in Ger
many.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-17

The members of the Lutheran
missionary society met Wednesday
evening at the home of Mrs. John
Mohr.
Mrs. Albert Kline was hostess
Thursday afternoon at her home to
the Garden club. The program was
on "Weeds," and a round-table or
sprays and kinds was discussed. A
guessing game on trees was won
by Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney. Mrs.
William Vichweg of Sioux Falls, S.
D., was a visitor of the club. The
next meeting, July 25, will be the
annual garden tour with a pot
luck lunch at oon at the hall.
Mrs. Joseph Thatcher was honor
ed at a shower at the hall Monday
evening. A feature of the evening
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-17
Pay Little By-Little-On Lay-Away
h Uses

Prime ingredient of 'our daily
Bread" wheat is the base for
cakes, pies, pastry, crackers, bis
cults and rolls; for many breakfast
cereals; for macaroni, spaghetti
and noodles. 1t is present in many
grain beverages. AS food for live
stock, it figures indirectly in most
table meats, dairy and poultry
products.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
How The Other Half Lives
PART TWO
PART TWO

last week we presented wife's conception of how
IL hubby spends hard day at the Office" the
loafer! This week the worm turns - Artist Tony
Barlow gives you husbands idea of how friend wife
spends her time when she's supposed to be Shaving
over a hot stove.
Mr.. Barlow, married man. plans to leave town
for couple of weeks till the whole thing blows over
Evening star., 1946-09-26

des Cadiz," and, as the climax num-
Der, ave Maria"
|, Further musical items are a couple
of nicely handled ballads by Miss
Massey, and numerous spirited
sequences with a fittingly Spanish
accent by Cugat.
Even Piogeon, who used to be a
concert baritone, mingles a few bars
Of his own with others on the pic
lures lifting sound-track.
In the production of Holiday in
Mexico" Pasternak shows that he
is man who knows what is suitable
for the reIgning baby princess of
Hollywood music - anything that
obviously cost q couple OF millions
and virtually knocks the eyes out
of audiences. Certainly Holiday in
Mexico has settings and costumes
running close to this cost, glitters
with the best of Technicolor,s tune
shows.
What the acting of the Palace
musical leaves to be desired is a
story that might be actable. As 1t
is, every one looks handsome or
beautiful, especially Miss Massey,
and carries on with a blithe heart
in spite of the script and the OBJ
sessions Of the camera crew.
Evening star., 1946-09-26

HOLIDAY IN MEXICO" an MGM pic
ture with Walter Pidseon, Jose Iturbi and
directed BY George Sidney, screenplay By
Isabel Lennart from an original story By
Evening star., 1946-09-26
HOLLYWOOD

hAStlC1 L VSASC.
They Walk Alone"-and Glenn
Ford is speaking. I'm the same
kind OF guy in this picture as was
In 'Gilda." says Glenn. And that
won't annoy his female fans who
like their men on the tough side.
But instead of Rita Hayworth on
the receiving end of the slap, there's
a new gal-Janis Carter. "Only
I'm not new" she tells me. i've
had eight leads in "B" pictures. !"
1t was the last "B," Might Editor"
that snagged this picture with Glenn
for Janis. Il play a horrible wom-
an, despicable character" says
Janis. And when I ask If she gets
Glenn in the end the way Rita did
in "Gilda," I am told, I'm afraid
I get the electric chair!" In might
Editor" Janis murders her man
with an ice pick, but I'm even
worse in this" she assures me.
Frank Sinatra Is wearing an old
fashioned nightgown-f1annel and
down to his ankles in a bedroom
scene with Jimmy Durante in "It
Happened in Brooklyn" And when
frankie sees me, he grins, and says,
DO look tempting2" Not in that,
Frankie. hate to report this, but
Sinatra again is losing weight. He
dashes around too much and doesn't
give the fat a chance to settle.
Frankie just came back from New
York where he took the place of the
late Rags-Ragland in a night club
act with Phil Silvers. Rags had
rehearsed the numbers with Phil,
and frankie was a pal and helped
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Newcomer a b Film Graduate
By SheiIoh Grohom

out. The more I see and hear Of
Sinatra. the more / agree with the
youngsters who swoon for him.
Gloria De Haven Is locked in her
bedroom in Summer Holiday And
I wish you could see the room
you'd want to be locked in 1t, too
It's all white-and-blue satin bows
the sort of bedroom that the movies
consider ideal setting for young
maiden. And, also, because she is
a good girl, Gloria's usually blond
hair is now dark-brown. THE bad
girl is Marilyn Maxwell" Gloria
tells me. And, Of course, she is a
roaring blond. ''She,s the girl who
gives Mickey (Rooney) his first kiss. "
I must be there for that.
Johnny Johnston and I, on the
set Of This Time for Keeps" dis
cuss his favorite subject-Kathryn
Grayson. isn't it too bad that I
can't marry Kathryn until next