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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

The first part OF I'd Bradey's half century as
ruler of Games OF Chance Palm Beach peopled
with powerful vital characters of great wealth,
direct descendants OF the magnificent financial.
oil and rail barons who founded their fortunes at
the close Of the Civil War.
The second half il change into a super
luxurious playground Of the idle pleasure-lovinC
rich, seasoned with wandering Earls, Lords, Dukes,
Duchesses, Princes Barons, Counts and their con-
sorts from Europe. Numbered among these werd
the Grand Duke Dmitri, Princess Aspasia Of Greece
the Earl and Countess of Athlone Lord and LADY,
DecieS, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Prince Cyril of Bulgaria and the Due di Verdural
all as obsolete today the fortunes that build
Palm Beach and were gambled at Ed Bradley's|
and the methods by which they were acquired
Few got up before IL in the morning, or went I'd
bed before three or four next morning Lifd
for many was golden, sunny round Of cockl
tails, golf cocktails, swimming cocktails, lunch
cocktails, bridge or Backgammon followed by cockI
tails at the cocktail hour and then, when the moorj
replaced the in the semitropc sky, therd
began the rounds of Dances dinners costume ballsI
private musicales, theatricals and parties. And
always for the elect there the thrill of MOVING
TO Bradey's for whirl at the wheel or the bird
cages chemin-de-fer baccarat unlimited.
Curiously like the late Tex Rickard who alsd
rose TO eminence from dark beginnings proI
fcSsional gambler in Alaskan and Western mining
camps, Ed Bradley owed his rise TO social =
business success, the same perforce going haI
hand in the gambling world, to-women. ArQ
Colonel Bradley was never a womans s man. He al
ways said that he liked horses better than people|
There only woman in Bradleys life Agne{
Curry of St Louis, whom he married in the eightiey
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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

moved from one rich pocket TO
another rich pocket, leaving Bradley
an annual take frequently exceeding
a million dollars, is being demolished
and the property presented 10 the city
of Palm Beach for use as a public park
But what era! This was the Palm
Beach that began as oiman's dream of a
playground empire when in his lifetime Henry
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fall Of 1916, and by spring it was
evident that the United States was
about to enter the war. Suppose
I should be called into the army"
he said, land have to leave you here
alone"
Elizabeth shivered. Now that she
had found Arthur, the idea of living
without him was more than she
could bear to contemplate. 1.-THE
war won't last much longer" she
said. "I'm sure it won't. We don't
have to have children right now
we've got years and years before US,
but you do want them, don't your"
Arthur grinned at her with tender
eagerness. You're mighty right I
do"
Then the United States was in the
war, and there was no keeping Ar
thur back from it. Arthur loved peo-
pie. The people of France and Bel
GUM and Great Britain, cloudy
masses to Elizabeth because she
had never seen them except on
one or two schoolgirl tours of Eu-
rope. were as real to Arthur as the
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people of Tulsa, though he had new
er been to Europe at all. While she
had been seeing the war in terms Of
newspaper accounts he was seeing
it as human beings starving and
bleeding before a force of evil that
decent men must stop. Arthur had
registered for the draft, though he
had been deferred because he was
married; but he wanted to 60. Ter
rified, Elizabeth pied with him.
"Arthur, have mercy on me! Sup
pose I wanted to go out to France
or Thunderstorm you understand"
He doubled up his fists. Eyes, I
understand"
"Have you thought about it? I
mean thought about it?"
"a lot of times. While you were
asleep. I'd look at you in the dark.
You looked so trusting"
ARTHUR, you're not going. It's diff
ferent with some men. I suppose I
mean it's different with some wom-
en-. They've got somebody besides
their husbands. Please understand.
My father was bank and my moth
er was bell. The bank sent the
checks and the bell rang to tell me
what to do. I'm not trying to say I
was unhappy-I wasn't, because I
didn't know any better. But then, all
of sudden, you.''
"You don't want to 60, do you,
Arthur"
mo, I don't. But my darling,
we've got to win this war or lose it.
If we lose it, God help us. Don't
you see it? We're fighting so other
people will have the same chance at
life that we've had-not only the for
eigners, but Americans, the Ameri-
cans who aren't born yet. We've
been thinking, here in our favored
corner of the world, that we were
safe. Now we've found that we're
not. Not even this country is safe
unless we're willing to fight the
brutes of the world so we can keep
it So"
Her mind yielded, for he was in
contestably right. But she could not
help protesting still.
"What about those children I was
going to have?"
eff we win this war;" said Arthur,
you'll have your children. If we
don't" he added grinly, "you won't
want Them
So, after not quite year of mar
riage, Arthur joined the army. From
the day they were married until the
day he left, he and Elizabeth had
not been separated for as long as
twenty-four hours. The first night
she slept alone the bed seemed twice
its usual size and the room seemed
enormous.
Crumpled up on that same bed,
Elizabeth was telling herself the
room would always be empty. She
had nothing. No husband, no chill
dren, no desire for anything else
without them. She was alive, and
that was strange, she thought duly
as the hours of that dreadful night
dragged by, strange that when two
persons had interlaced their lives
into such unit as theirs. half of that
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THE STORY THUS FAR: Spratt Her
long, successful motion picture producer,
had married Elizabeth, after her first
husband, Arthur Kittredge, had been re-
ported killed in World War I. They had
three children, Dick, Cherry and Brian.
Elizabeth had been orphaned when =
baby and had been raised by her aunt
and uncle in Tulsa. During one sum-
ner vacation from school, she had gone
swimming at the country club. While
diving she met Arthur Kittredge. He
vas from Chicago, but was at that time
employed in Tulsa as a chemist. She
went dancing with him the first night
she met him. He had proven strong
attraction for her.
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delicate normal skin, Mentholatum
helps ease away soreness and tightnes
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tubes. Coughing spasms quiet down.
your child rests better. Get gentle
Mentholatum today. Jars, tubes 30f.
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ONLY A MEMORY now-the
days when you had to take sec
ond choice" fashlight batteries
or none!
For "Epeready" Batteries are
back! Yon can bay them. Ask
for them at your dealers.
The more important your
flashlight is to you, the more
this news will mean. For the
worlds largest-selling fashlight
battery has never had an equal.
The word "Epeready" is q resisfere
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hat will not initiate childs

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than yours. He needs chest rub that's
good and gentle. Get the prompt,
really effective results you want the
soothing, modern way just rub on
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

er Middle west communities.
1T doesn't surprise me a bit"
he said. THE Middle west is hot
and dry, but only three hours awav
IS the cool, wet doorstep of the
Atlantic Seaboard.
Beaches Finest
THE Wilmington area beaches
are among The finest on the East
coast. Moreover right next door
to them you have Bluethenthal air
port, n Of the five largest and
best-equipped airfields in the ma
ton, and n of the best I've ever
set a plane down on.
I'm not only planning to make
my first flight there last week a
regularly scheduled event. I'm also
hoping to see other business men
and pilots like myself follow suit"
The colonies flight the first Of
its kind in this region, demonstrat.
ed conclusively that distance is no
longer a barrier set between the
land-bound interior and the ocean
girdled Cape Fear coast.
AS the crow flies, but a good dea.
faster, the parched Middlewest is
only three scant hours from white
surf and cool ocean wind of the
Lower Cape Fear region.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
SUBSIDIES
FROM PAGE ONE

for wartime increases in produc-
ton costs. The subsidies made it
possible to prevent passing of these
costs on to consumer directly.
Butter May Soar
Official estimate that retail price
increases Of about three cents a
quart for milk and about 10 cents
a pound for butter would be nee
essary to keep dairymen's returns
at levels prevailing under the OPA.
The government was spending
about $3.50, COO, 900 a year on flour
subsidies. This money went to mill
ers to enable them to absorb IN
creased wheat prices without pass
ing their added costs along to con.
sumers.
Officials estimate the flour sub
sides were saving consumers
about one cent a loaf on bread and
about nine cents on 10 pounds OF
flour. Thus retail price increases
of these amounts would be nee
essary to offset loss of subsidies
to millers.
Other Subsidies
Other subsidy programs which
were suspended when price con-
trolls came to an end included:
Canned and frozen vegetables
$39, 900, 900 a year to professors,
designed to enable them to absorb
increased prices to vegetable grow
ers. Savings to consumers includ-
ed two cents on a No. 2 can OF
tomatoes, line-tenths Of a cent On
a No. 2 can of corn, and IL cents
on a No. 2 can of green beans.
The government had not planned
to continue these subsidies beyond
June 80.
Vegetable oil crops-$60, 900 .00(
a wear to professors to enable them
to absorb increased prices to grow
ers. Savings to consumers includ-
ed about Iour-tenths of a cent a
pound on shortening, four cents a
pound on margarine, and IL cents
a pint on salad dressing.
Edible Beans
Dry edible beans - $4,000, 900 to
dealers to enable them to absorb
increased prices to growers. The
saving to consumers was estimated
at about seven-tehtns of a cent q
pound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
ACL
FROM PAGE ONE

total of over half the whole amount
to be spent for the education of
New Hanover county school chill
dren.
Railroaod taxes totaling $50, 1885,
% have been paid into the county
treasury during the past five years
and over that period a similar
percentage has gone for the opera
ton of the schools.
Payments To City
In addition to the taxes paid the
county, the railroads, Atlantic
Coast Line railroad and Seaboard
Airline Railway company, have
paid a total Of $40, 994.4 to the city
of Wilmington. none OF which is
earmarked for operation of the
county schools, Ellers said.
During the past five years a total
of $104, 1876. rs has been paid the
city by the railroads.
Over the period of five years
the amounts paid by the railroads
has varied very little. Several
years the amounts were the same,
fluctuating only because of the
difference IN corporate excess ex-
perienced oy the railroads.
"Wheelbarrow Sold"
In one instance Ellers pointed
out that there was a difference in
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
SHUTTLE
FROM PAGE ONE

Colonel himself" Farrell con-
tinued. IT wouldn't be surprised to
see a party of Kalamazooians
aboard the c%oloneTs plane the next
time it arrives here.
81 also wouldn't be surprised to
see the idea catch on all over the
middlewest. After all, Colonel Tur-
ner couldn't possible handle all
the tourists who would want to
come to the Wilmington resort
area.
Busy Resort Region
I'm looking forward to the day
when a lot of charter as well as
regular airline planes make Blue
thenthal airport one of the busiest
airports and the Lower Cape Fear
region one OF the busiest resort
regions in the South"
FarrelPs revelation tallies with
one from Colonel Turner himself.
Shortly after making his first
flight here last week-the first,
he said. 1.-THE Middlewest is hot
flights-the colonel disclosed that
he had received "a lot of inquiries
from Chicago, the second largest
city in the United States. and 9TH
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

basket, here goes under separate
cover a second copy.
Best wishes for enlightenment
and ~edification, J. A. Rogers, The
News Reporter Company, White
vile, N. c."
HUMPTY-DUMPTY - To avoid
having our head bitten off by Mr..
Rogers or any other Columbus
county citizen, we herewith shall
chirp it off ,as Mr.. Rogers says
We did not, over the Columbus
County book.
This is a bit difficult to do, con-
sidering that we do not have a copy
of the book.
Honestly, gentlemen, we have
seen neither hide nor hair nor any
thing whatsoever of the Columbus
county publication. If we had, we
most certainly would not have
thrown it in the waste basket.
We await, alphabetically but
eagerly, the second copy which
Mr.. Rogers has promised to send
us.
Please, now, may we act like
the Humpty-Dumpty we are and
fall away from the wall you have
us pinned against?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05

two years payments in the amount
of 10 cents. Asked why this small
amount resulted, he replied the
company proabbly had a wheel
barrow sold"
All county taxes are subject to
the 51.33 per cent of a dollar being
allocated to the schools of the coun-
ty, the county in turn paying all
school operating expenses, with the
aid of state supplements.
A small percentage Of monies
paid into the county treasury by
Atlantic Coast Line each year
comes from the company's proper
ty in Masonboro township, it was
explained, but the majority re-
suits from operations and prop
erty owned in Cape Fear township.
The company's property i'll Mas
onboro consists of several acres,
which is blocked" for the coun-
tvs tax system estimates, and
the property on which the right
of way OF the old Atlantic and Yad-
kin Railroaod, was located.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
KILLER
FROM PAGE ONE
Boilers Split

Boilers Split
Associated Press Science
Writer Howard Blakeslee re-
ported another Gripping effect
of the blast. He said the ex-
plosion's enormous pressure
had split the Nevada's boilers.
Blakeslee visited the Nevada, the
target b%attleship, and found its
boilers split so badly it was doubt
full whether she could have con-
tinued to navigate although the
bomb went off possibly 500 yeards
away.
More than 100 feet Of the old
batt1ewagon's after-deck were emit
ting man-killing X-rays.
Radioactive Metal
On the deck of the German cruis-
er Prinz Eugen, nearly two miles
from the target center, Blakeslee
found evidence that the bomb show
cred at least part of the fleet with
a rain of molten, radioactive metal.
Pellets spattered the Prinz Eu-
gems deck. Apparently they were
vaporized metal which had condens-
ed, possibly from the bomb itself.
Scientists reported the bomb had
no appreciate effect on small life
in the lagoon, nor did its blast blow
down a single palm on Bikini.
Plan Second Test
Meanwhile, Vice Admiral William
H. P. Blandy went ahead with pre-
parations for the second test, which
he said would be held within three
or four weeks.
The task force commander de-
clined to say how the ships would
be placed when the second atomic
bomb is exploded beneath the sur
face of Bikini lagoon, but said no
ship would be placed directly over
it.
The admiral said he thought the
first experiment was a true test
of an atomic, even though he in.
formed a news conference that the
bomb was not so efficient as the
one which devastated Nagasaki,
Every ship damaged, including
the hard-hit carrier independence,
could be repaired in two to nine
months, Blandy added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
PRICES
FROM PAGE N

IS percent, rents up IS percent,
restaurant meals up to Is percent
San Bernardino, Calif.-Meat up
so percent, butter up to 80 per
cent, bread up 9 percent, clothing
steady, milk up Is percent, rent
up IS percent, restaurant meals p
to 10 percent.
Louisville-Meat up 7 to II cents
a pound, rent increases ranging
between II IL to 100 percent.
Paducah, Ky.-Meat up IS per-
cent, rent increases ranging from
IS to 200 percent.
Kansas city-Meat up.
St. Joseph, Mo.-Rents up 20
percent.
Wichita, Kan.-Generally steady.
Memphis-Generally steady.
Richmond-Ham and steak UP
IS percent, rents up u percent.
Newport NeWs-Ham and pork
up eight percent.
Portland, Ore.-Meat at whole
sale up so percent.
Washington, D. C.-Meat up
seven to eight cents per pound.
New Orleans-Milk up eight per-
cent, rents up so to 300 percent.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. up A percent
GAINESVILLE, Wis. - Gen e r a
steady.
St. Louis-Milk up one cent, rent
increases ranging between 10 to $50
percent.
Joplin, Mo.-Rents up 80 to 40
percent
Jacksonville, Fla.-Meat up two
or three cents a pound.
Harrisburg, Pa.-Butter up, milk
up n cent.
Denver-Meat up 10 to 20 per-
cent, butter up 2 cents.
Portsmouth, O.-Meat up 80 per-
cent.
Portland, Me.-Milk up two and
one-half to three cents.
Bangor, Me.-The same.
Minneapolis-Rents up.
Rochester, Minn.-The same.
indianapolis - Sea t e e d in
creases.
Richmond, Ind. - Generally
steady.
Pittsburgh-Rents up.
Baltimore-Meat up Is percent,
milk up three cents, rents UP IS
percent.
Annapolis-Generally steady.
Seattle-Meat up 20 to rs per-
cent, milk up one and one-haH
cents.
Olympia, Wash.-Butter up.
Grand Junction, Col.-Generany
steady.
Dallas-Rents up Is percent.
Brownsville, Tex.-Milk up 3 10
cents.
Philadelphia-Meat up % to so
percent, butter up 40 percent, milk
up two cents.
Portland, Ore.-Meat up 20 to
80 percent, butter up IL cents.
Roseburg, Ore.-Meat up eight
cents per pound.
Omaha-Beef up 40 percent.
San Franeisco-Milk up 2 cents.
Great Falls, Mont.-Butter up
two cents, cigarettes up one cent.
Helena, Mont. Beer up five
cents a bottle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
overseas in World War II, in the
memorial amphitheater of Airing

overseas in World War II. in the
memorial amphitheater of Airing.
ton.
Horkan said the body will lie be-
side that of the World War I hero
out the inscription on the tomb
may not be the same-'An Ameri-
can Soldier Known But To God"
Inc unknown hero of World Wal
Il Will not necessarily be a soldier.
he may be a sailor, a Marine or
a member of the Coast Guard. So
the inscription probably will call
him "servicemen."
"A proposal has been made to
create a committee, representing
each OF the armed services, to sug-
geSt details of a plan to the Secre-
tary of War.
Method OF Selection
Horkan said it was suggested that
n body be chosen from among the
cead OF each branch of the service.
Likewise, each theater of war
would be represented: Europe, the
Pacific, China-Burma-India, Alas
ka, Africa-Middle East and the
Caribbean.
In 1921, one body was chosen
from each of four cemeteries in
France where American dead were
buried. To select the bodies, num-
bers were chosen at random from
the grave numbers of unidentified
dead soldiers. After the bodies were
disinterred all records concerning
them were destroyed, to reduce the
chances for Identification.
The four bodies, in plain caskets,
placed in a room at Chalons.
sur-Marne, France. Sergt. Edward
F. Younger, a wounded and deco
rated veteran, was chosen to desig-
nate the dead soldier to be returned
to America. He did this by placing
a wreath of French flowers on a
casket.
Now 1t has been proposed to
back one body from each OF
the World War II theaters and, at
ceremony in Washington to choose
the one to receive the nations
supreme tribute.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
OPA
FROM PAGE ONE

"He Porter) stated ne would
not recommend a veto based on
those amendments" Barley said.
Il have every reason to believe
the bill will he approved"
Better Bill"
Barley expressed the view that
the new measure is "a better bill"
than the one the president rejected.
II have every reason to believe
this bill will rot be disapproved
by the president" he told news
men, land I say that without hav-
ing talked with him about it."
During the committee session,
Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), moved to
include in the bill a provision which
would abandon all price controls
on meat and dairy products but
the motion lost, 9 to 8.
Porter was reported by commit
tee members earlier to have said
that any provisions which would
require a revision of price ceilings
would be difficult to administer.
Substitute Measure
Barley advanced his proposal
as a substitute for a provision
written into the original OPA ex-
tension bill by Senator Taft (R.-
Ohio. In 1etoing that measure,
President Truman called the Taft
provision ''hv far the mos. dam
aging of all the amendments.
Under Barkley's plan. price cell
ings for manufacturers professors
and producers would have to re-
fleet the average dollar price OF
a given cnmmnditv during calen-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
MARINE
FROM PAGE ONE

others, 18th Naval District head
quarters in San Diego said in a
formal statement it was coopera-
ting with the FBI, Naval intelllg-
ence, and the OPA "in a concerted
effort to bring to justice all the
persons involved.
Headquarters said information
at hand indicated certain lndlvld-
uals of this command might be
involved with civilian concerns.
The federal grand jury inquiry
was understood to have been can
celled on orders from Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
BIG FOUR
FROM PAGE ONE

their PREPARATIONS from Italy's cur.
rent production. But late Thursday
night the ministers, engaged in
their longest meeting to date, still
had not agreed on the proportion
to be taken from this source.
Molotov also stood opposed to an
American demand for a three-year
moratorium for Italian industry be-
fore these levies on current produc-
ton should begin. Other sources
for PREPARATIONS, the council agreed,
would be war material, surplus war
plant machinery, one merchant
ship and Italian assets In the Bal
kans and in the Russian zone in
Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-05
MORE ABOUT
RESEARCHERS
FROM PAGE ONE

equivalent to the effect pro-
duced by dropping a 500-pound
weight five feet. This, the
Navy holds, is about equal to
airplane crash force.
The harness covers the front
of the body something like a
chest protector worn by a
baseball catcher, with straps
leading over the shoulders and
from each side of the abdomen
to the pilot seat or some other
fixed object in the rear.