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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-23

determine the reason for the con-
tinued blackout of the bridge lights.
In regards to the dark areas near
the bridge which city officials ad-
init, lend a gloomy" appearance
to the approaches to the city from
the bridges as well as those due
north. Manager Nichols said that
as soon as materials can be secur-
ed lights within city limits will
hc installed. He explained this will
not be a white way but will furnish
sufficient illumination to make
these entrances attractive and safe
for motorists and pedestrians.
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new STOCK GOAL
SET AT $500,000
Continued from Page One)

plants which have already estab'
lished themselves here.
The town must, he declared, Tor
get the years of 1880 and realize
that it is going into postwar com
petition, he stressed as he amph,
fled his remards with 1--WE mus
point to $4,000 people here In
1885,"
]. C. Thornton, who presided al
the meeting, gave a report OF the
financial strength of the organlza'
ton, then introduced John H.
Farrell, executive secretary Oh the
Chamber of Commerce.
Farrell gave a brief resume OF
the work done by the Industrial
organization which he headed IN
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GRAHAM CHECKING
BRIDGE LIGHTING
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A check with guards stationed on
the bridge disclosed that the
lights Gust haven't been turned
on" since the early days OF the
war-or before the war even start
ed. The lights wede still off last
night, except for one or two near
the guards house atop the bridge,
It was learned. Guards said the
lights are still disconnected.
Comm ssioner Graham who Wis
tied the city recently in regards TO
conditions Of the prison camp site
ct Wrightsboro which was used to
house state prisoners, said he no
decd the bad condition OF the
light posts and globes as he cross
ed the bridges, and made a note
at that time to ask the electrician
10 check the wiring and bulbs to
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-23
HAEFNER SIGNS

WASHINGTON, Jan. p up =
Mickney Haefner, diminutive south
paw, today became the first of the
Washington Senator'S regular
regular pitching staff to sign his
1916 contract. Last season Haefaer
won is games and lost IA for the
second-place Senators. Three other
regulars signed are Buddy Lewis
and Cecil Travis, infielders; and
Jack Early, catcher.
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Muskegon, Mich, before coming to

Muskegon, Mich, before coming to
Wilmington.
It was brought out at the meet
ling that some shippers were ship
|ping through other ports in pre-
ference to the Wilmington port due
to inadequate terminal facilities,
although, it was explained, that
freight rates are more favorable
here than to either of the ports
through which the shipments were
being made.
E. L. White told of meeting a
hosiery manufacturer in an up
state town within recent weeks
who explained to him that the eyes
of the hosiery industry was upon
Wilmington.
They are interested, White said,
in what happens to the Port City
Hosiery Mills.
Fred Willetts discussed the bust
ness housing situation in the down.
town area and declared the lack
of business structures available
for new stores is almost as acute
as residential phases of the hous-
ing situation.
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NO 1876 FESTIVAL

WILSON, Jan. 21.-W.D-There
will be no North Carolina Tobacco
festival and exposition in 1916 but
it will be resumed probably IN
1947, the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce said today.
The festival was cancelled in 1912
for the duration Of he war;"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-23
REDS SIGN TWO

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 22-W.D-
Pitchers Earl Harris and Kenneth
Polivka sent their signed contracts
to the Cincinnati Reds today to
bring the clubs total Of players
signed for the 1946 season thus
far to %. Fourteen Of the players
already in the fold are pitchers.
Harris is a holdover from last
season, while Polivka recently was
discharged from the navy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-23
CHURCH MEETING

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 21.-P)-
Twenty-three members of the gen
eral board of administratio of the
Pentecostal Holiness church are
scheduled to assemble here tomor-
row for sessions expected to coz
tinue the remainder of the week.
Board members will come from
the various operational and admin
istrative divisions of the church
in the United States and Canada.
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TO KEEP suBsH1r,

WASHINGTON, Jan, >,
Pork and flour subsidies, ori,is.s
scheduled to be discontjnlns..aa'
March =. will be retained iD, tSss.tl
June, the government snn ~@oth
tonight. N''''ouaeN
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-23
BODY RECOVERED

VANCEBORO, Jan. 21.-The
body of Joseph K. Koonce, Al.
was recovered late last Thursday
from Swift creek near here, where
he drowned December 81. The
funeral was held Friday afternoon
at the graveside in the Riverdale
cemetery near Gardeners Cross
Roads in Pitt county. A native of
Lenoir county, Mr.. Koonce was
reared in the Gardner community.
Surviving are his wife, one son,
two daughters, the mother, five
brothers and two sisters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31

Maj. Wermuth said he did not re-
call another girl shown on the pic
ture, named as Marie Torres. and
said the Identification of another
officer as 1t. Thomas J. Thomson
was incorrect.
On the picture was written: Me
morable date-my wedding. Deem
Der 7, l941, Sunday" and the in
scription, War bride"
In Manila Miss Oswald, when told
that Maj. Wermuth had said he did
not know her, had commented,
Group pictures made on our we'd
ding day and other pictures of us
together may bring back Arthur's
memory" She said 1T certainly is
one of the most peculiar cases of
amnesia I ever heard Of"
The majors wife, the former Jean
wilkins of Chicago, was with him
when he identified himself and Miss
Oswald in the picture. She made
no comment. They were married in
Chicago in 1885.
Miss Oswald, who has been using
her maiden name since filing the
suit, said in her petition she and
Maj. Wermuth had been married the
day before the Japanese bombed
Manila and that her honeymoon
was spent on Bataan Peninsula,
where the major won fame for STAY
ing at least lie Japanese before
being captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Britain Should PAY
u. ). Debt in Bases,
Canadian Declares
b. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 31.-Can-
ada's wartime munitions chief said
last night that Britain should pay
her debt to America in Western
Hemisphere bases or by other "mu-
tually satisfactory" settlement.
William Flockert Drysdale, speak
ing as "a private citizen" declared
the grim specter" of debt forgive
ness must not arise ''in this new
age OF infinite threats and dangers
as it 80 unhappily arose after the
First World War"
Mr.. Drysdale, in a speech before
the Albany County Historical So
ciety, said Britain's obligations to
the United States ARE and remain
debts until they are fully acknowl-
edged and liquidated."
"Contractural arrangements for
payment" he said, could be either
by permanent cession or by leases of
heightened tenure of present or diff
ferent lands in or contiguous to the
waters of the Western Hemisphere
and/or by such other media of in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-A picture
which a former civilian nurse in
Manila described as a bridal pose
has nothing to do with wedding
Maj. Arthur Wermuth says.
Identifying himself in the photo
graph, Maj. Wermuth, Bataan's
"one-man Army" said he recognized
in the photograph the former Ba-
taan civilian nurse who is suing him
in Manila for annulment of a mar
rage she claimed was performed on
December 7, 1941.
The legal action, filed by the nurse
under the name of Olivia Josephine
Oswald Wermuth, stated the mar
riage had been contracted by Miss
Oswald in ignorance of the fact that
Maj. Wermuth had previously been
married in the United States.
When first informed of Miss Os-
wald'S suit in Traverse City, Mich,
Maj. Wermuth denied the marriage
and said he didn't know the nurse.
Shown the picture in Chicago
last night, the major said he recog-
nized her but told reporters that it
was taken after party in Manila.
The exact time cannot recall. AS
you can see, the writing is not mine
and emphatically deny that this
has anything to do with a wedding.
Legal records will show there was no
marriage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Taxi Passenger Wins
$4,000 Injury Award

A District Court jury yesterday
returned verdict for $4,000 in favor
of M. L. Carney, $500 block of Rit-
tenhouse street NV, against the
Yellow Cab Co. of D. c., Inc, 1900
block of New York avenue NE, for
injuries received in a traffic acct
dent in January, 1912.
Mr.. Garvey was passenger in
taXicab which collided with an auto
mobile at North Capitol and E
streets and was thrown from the
cab, it was said. suffering back and
knee injuries. He was represented
by Attorneys Howard Boyd and Ed
ward B. Williams. Justice T. Alan
Goldsborough presided at the trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Mrs. Cats Maid Sentenced
In Auto KiIIinq Of Husband

By the Associated Press.
PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 3l.-Mrs.
Geneva Humphrey, Al year old
maid, last night was found guilty
of manslaughter in the automobile
death of her butler husband, Hugh
Edwin Humphrey, 43, last Deem
Der T.
Judge Joseph A. Delaney imme-
diately sentenced her to to 10
years in prison.
Mrs. Humphrey, who the State
charged murdered her husband by
chasing him up an alleyway with
lher automobile and pinning him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Witness Says Homma
Tried 10 Aid Captives
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Jan. 81. - 1t. Gen.
Masaharu Homma, charged with
condoning war atrocities, removed
the commander of the Infamous
Camp O'Donnell in an effort to i'm
prove conditions for its 10000 in
mates, a defense witness testified
today.
1t. Col. Moriya Wada, a member
of the japanese military admins
tration staff during the occupation
of the Philippines. testified that
Homma concluded two inspections
of the camp by saying conditions
were very unsatisfactory"
He told me- Wada told the War
Grimes Commission trying Homma
ito find some solution, and the first
matter was change in comman-
dants."
Homma also recommended the
transfer of American prisoners to
Japan to, better conditions, Wada
said, because first, the weather is
warm here and the prisoners were
easily infected with disease; second,
fresh meat and vegetables were hard
to get, and third, it was hard to
construct good housing here"
Prisoners of the rank of colonel
and higher were sent to Formosa,
he testified, but transfer of the rest
was impossible"
YOKOHAMA, Jan. 81 tR).-Kitaro
1shida. nicknamed THE Bull" by
Allied prisoners whom he is charged
with mistreating, went on trial to-
day-and. for the first time. three
war crimes trials were progressing
simultaneously in Yokohama
Ishida, guard at prison camp
near Osaka, is charged with ad-
ministering water cures" Forcing
water under pressure into the noses
and mouths of prisoners and in
f7ictinp other atrocities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Commons Passes Bill
To NationaIize Coal
On Second Reading
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 31.-The House OF
Commons last night approved on
second reading the Labor Govern
ment's bill to bring Britain's entire
coal industry under state ownership.
The measure was passed without
a counted vote after the House re-
jected, $50 to 1872, a Conservative
party motion to throw it out. The
voting on second reading usually is
tantamount to final passage.
The vote brought loud cheers from
the Labor benches. Communist
Member William GALLAGHER greeted
the result with shouted: Who
ownes the coal mines now?"
The bill, which also provides $780,
100000 to re-equip the mines and
boost tagging production, was an
other step in the governments five
year plan for socialization.
Britain's entry into the coal bust
ness will cost something like half a
billion dollars, authoritative esti-
mates show.
Coal mine owners are to be COM
pensated for their properties in
government bonds, in amounts to be
fixed by valuation boards and a tri-
bunal of two judges and an account
ant.
The naturalization bill, which
now will receive a perfunctory third
reading in Commons and final APP
proval by the House of Lords, pro-
vides for payment to owners on the
basis of probable earnings. The
average profit in Britain's coal in
dustry from 1922 to 1899 was about
16 cents a ton, a total of about
$27, 900 900 a year. On such basis
experts estimate the purchase price
to be about $400, 100000.
To this figure will be- added pay
ments for coke ovens, colliery plants
and other property, roughly esti-
mated between $4,000 and 5000, 900.
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against an ashpile, struggled to hold
back the tears as she heard the Jury
of six men and six women polled
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait of New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Rivers Urges Program
For Pacific Navy Bases
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASs0clateo treSS.
HONOLULU, Jan. 31.-Represent-
alive Rivers, Democrat, of South
Carolina yesterday declared Con-
gress should give the Navy the 60
ahead at once on program for
bases in the Pacific and the men to
staff them.
Mr.. Rivers, member of Naval
Affairs Subcommittee, Is one of nine
members of Congress en- route to the
United States after a tour of the
Pacific area, Japan and China to
study surplus property
Mr.. Rivers said there were acres
and acres" of surplus property in the
Pacific, and he personally didn't see
why the United States should suffer
shortage of vehicles and building
materials with so much lying unused
in these distant zones.
Representative Bates, Republican,
of Massachusetts, said the members
of Congress had talked to hundreds
of servicemen about rehabilitation
and got the impression that soldiers
SClc COllCCiItCQ Will JllC uIlCcI tdu1-
ty, not the lack of progress. He said
the program was going smoothly
and the soldiers we're more quiet
now.
Representative Cooley, Democrat,
of North Carolina, member of the
Agriculture Committee, said he
found on the great air bases of
Saipan, Guam and Tinian, and on
the former Japanese naval strong
hold of Truk, that there was room
for fields to grow food for all the
American forces garrisoned there.
The members of Congress will
leave for the mainland tomorrow.
Others in the group were Represent
atives Fogarty, Democrat, of Rhode
Island; Poage, Democrat. of Texas;
johnson, Republican, of Illinois;
Ridley, Republican, of Oklahoma;
BeckWith, Democrat, of Texas; AND
Garfield, Republican, of New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Sergt. York's Son
EnIists for Three Years
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA. Jan. 31.-Pfc. Woodrow
Wilson York today enlisted in the
Army for three years after his
father, Sergt. Alvin York, World
War hero, wrote. Il probably would
do the same thing If I were in
your Shoes"
The younger York. who worked
on his fathers 450-acre Wolf River
CTenn.) farm until drafted In
March, 1914, has been guarding
japanese prisoners Of war on Lin
gayen Gulf.
He will have a furlough at home
before going to Europe to continue
his military police duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
One Bill -at-a-Time
Plan 10 Push Truman
Program Acclaimed
BY the Associated Press.


A new, one-at-a-t time plan for
trying to push President Tru-
mans 21-point program through
Congress appeared today to ap-
peal to administration forces on
Capitol Hill.
Representative Sparkman of Ala
bama, new Democratic whip of the
House, told a reporter the idea ad-
vanced by Postmaster General Han
negan sounded very good" to him.
THE trouble with the other way"
MIR. Sparkman said, has been that
the program has been flshed out all
at one time. There is so much in
it that some say they are for some
parts of it and not for other parts.
Not many say they are for it 100 per
cent"
Truman Reported for Plan.
AS for the Republicans, their
spokesman, Minority Leader Martin,
said only:
Well take them as they come
and judge them on their merits.
Whether they succeed with their
plan depends on what they bring
up"
Mr.. Hannegan, who as chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee is rounding up a group of
aides to work as liaison men with
Congress in pressing the point-at-
a-time idea, said yesterday that Mr.
Truman favors the plan.
1t is Mr.. Hannegan's belief, he
told newsmen after White House
visit yesterday, that much of the
program delay has been due to the
fact that it was presented in mass
lots with little emphasis on which
measures should come first. The
Roosevelt technique was to general
lie the opening messages to Congress
and follow them UP with specific
proposals later.
Team Named BY flanagan.
The team Mr.. Hannegan is asking
to help push specific measures in
Congress-minimum wages, housing,
price control and second war powers
trationing) extensions as the first
four in that order-win consist of:
Edward F. Prichard, jr., Lexing-
ton, KY, 30-year-old former assist
ant to Fred NJ. Vinson in the Office
of Reconversion and the Treasury
Mr.. Prichard's appointment as gen.
eral counsel of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee was announced
last night. He will continue to
practice law in Kentucky.
Paul Porter, chairman of the
Federal Communications Commits
non and another Kentuckian.
Gael Sullivan, IL, Chicago. now
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
sral.
Joseph E. Dubois, New Jersey at
.orney, assistant to Secretary Vim
son. |.
Robert R. Nathan, 37-year old
economist who formerly served with
.Fartime production agencies.
Not all of these men will do
Capitol Hill duty. Some will merely
cit in on advisory council meetings
from time to time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Rickenbacker Favors Polar
Gold Mining by A-Bomb

By the Associated Pres
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Capt. Ed
die Rickenbacker said yesterday he
had proposed to the Army, Navy
and Coast Guard that the atom
bomb be used to prospect" for gold
and other minerals in the ice
covered South Polar region.
Briefly. he said his idea was tina
the explosive force of the bomb
could be used to blast the icecap
into fragments and unlock the icy
doors that withhold from human
knowledge the potential riches OF
the Antarctic continent"
Speaking at a luncheon, Capt
Rickenbacker, president of Eastern
Air Lines, conceded the suggestion
"at first flush sounds like fantas-
tic story from the pen of Jules
Verne"
But I believe" he said, "that it
Is well within reach of potential
execution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31

stallment payments Is are mutually
satisfactory"
He said England's Staggering
war losses, especially the destruction
or damaging of 1000, 900 homes,
must be replaced "if Britain is to
continue as useful ally in the COM
pany of enlightened nations.
Between neighbors and allies and
comrades in past times of peril, that
may arise again. there must be no
sordid question Of the cost Of such
human and necessary help. =
Past, present and future they are
debts of moneys and credits of
health and safety, especially called
for and CALAMITY provided"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31

There are tremendous forces in exist
ence which will spur this country into
peacetime prosperity.
Anticipated buying power and demand
of the American people will be trans
lated into terms of corporation earnings
which, in turn, are reflected in higher
stock prices. Wise tnoestors mil abbreci-
ate this and lay the foundation noy for
future profits from common stocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Laundry Wage Hearing
Is Set for Tonight

An open meeting of the Laundry
Wage Conference, one of q series
of meetings to determine new min
imum wage for laundry workers in
the District, will be held tonight
at o'clock in the District Building
boardroom.
A spokesman from the conference
said 1t would recommend a new
minimum wage to the Minimum
Wage Board at the conclusion of
the meetings.
A similar wage conference last
year resulted in IS per cent wage
boost for women and minors in
Washington restaurants, boarding
houses, cafeterias and hotels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31

Yes. we have them for you and you
and you'll (None sold to dealers.)
And our onions are those famous
Idaho sweet kind-mild favored, de-
licious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-31
Citizens Group Oroonized

Residents of indian Spring VIII
lage, Warrenton Village and Indian
Spring Knoll in Montgomery Coun-
ty have organized the Pinecrest
Citizens Association. Officers will
be elected at meeting at $50 pm.
February II in the Pinecrest Com
munity Building.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-08
CEDAR NECK

1.-THE Spirit of real JOY in our
daily living will do us more real
benefit than medicine
Methodist Church, Rev. E. n.
Wright, Pastor, Sunday, November
10, 1870 p. m. Sunday School. 2:30
p. m., Sermon.
I'VE know that all things work
together for good to them that live
God" Rom. 1928.
The w. S. c. S. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Minnie Mills on Tues
cay evening, November II at 8 o.
clock. Entertaining committee:
Mrs. Lulu Carroll and Mrs. Ella
Sharp. Refreshment Committee:
Mrs. Edith Reed, Mrs. Lydia Mills
and Mrs. May Collins. The Presl-
dent, Mrs. Hilda Shockley requests
tLat all members please be present.
Any other friends are also invited.
Mrs. Robert Hayes was hostess to
L group of friends at her home on
friday evening. After lovely time
together delicious refreshments
were served.
Mrs. Elizabeth Purks entertained
at her home last week Mrs. +. /.
IIara of Drexel Hill. Mrs. Purks re-
turned with Mrs. Hara for a few
days visit.
Mrs. James Mills entertained
friends and relatives from Ellen
dale on Sunday.
Mrs. Julia Davis spent Saturday
in Wilmington on a shopping tour
ATs. Jack Hayes and Mrs. Robert
Hayes visited Mr.. and Mrs. F. Davis
Watson on Thursday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-08

from Delaware included the
srOoms grandmother, Mrs. Sallie l..
Quillen Of Ocean View Uncle5
Horace and Harry, and their re-
Hpective wives of Harrington, Mr..
Harry Quillen, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel +. Layton of 'LatOnia' MIR.
and Mrs. Herschel H. Quillen OF
Greeks View, Mrs. Pearl L. Muir
ray and Lloyd y. DerricksOn of
Ocean View.
The bride attended Friends Cen
trail School IN Philadelphia. The
groom is agraduate of Lord Balti-
more High School of Ocean View.
Delaware and the Pearce Business
School in Philadelphia. He is assO-
Ciated with the J. II. Terry Con-
tracing Firm in the City of Broth
erly Love.
Mr.. Quillen and his bride have
! left for an extensive motor trip OF
the South. Points of interest in
clude the French Quarter of New
! Orleans, and the Souths' summer
! III Winter. resort, Miami Beach
| Florida, where they will spend a
fortnight a plane trip is scheduled
to Bermuda Upon their return they
will reside in their lovely new
home in DreXel Plaza.
Many Of the old Roman plumb
erS were women.