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Evening star., 1946-07-27
VIginions Contribute
S176,736 to Cancer Fund

RICHMOND, Va, July 27 LP,.-
Virginians have given sl76,736.54 to
fight cancer this year. according to
a report made yesterday to the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Virginia
Cancer Foundation by Mrs. Fred NJ
Alexander, field army director.
The total raised in cancer control
campaigns all over the State exceeds
Virginia's goal of SITS .920 assigned
by the American Cancer Society as
part of its national goal of $12,-
100000 for 1916.
Mrs. Alexander's report was pre-
sented at the quarterly meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Vir-
ginia Cancer Foundation.
During the first six months of 1916
the foundation cared for 387 cases
through its INDECENT cancer fund, it
was reported
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Boby Choked to Death
By Toy Telephone Set
By the hssocio.ed PT..s

LEESBURG, Va, July 27-Ten-
month-old Anita Gay Peacock, only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Pea
cock of the Hamilton district, was
found dead in bed yesterday by her
father, choked to death on the re-
ceiver of toy telephone.
Mr.. Peacock found her lying on
her face, the earpiece of the toy
stuck in her throat. He removed
the receiver and rushed the baby to
Loudoun County Hospital here but
she was pronounced dead on ar
rival.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
William Lee RuwIs,
63, Dies in Baltimore
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, July 27.-William
Lee Rawls, former president of the
Baltimore Bar Association and
member of the State Board of Law
Examiners, died yesterday at Union
Memorial Hospital. He was 63.
Mr.. Rawls had been patient
there for approximately a month.
His widow. the former Miss Anna
Stump, is a patient at Johns Hop
kins Hospital with an illness largely
resulting from worry about her hus-
bands condition, Hopkins officials
said.
Besides his wife, Mr.. Rawls leaves
three sons.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Jefferson High Teachers
Rutinq Hearing Put OFF

The Committee on Complaints and
Appeals of the Board of Education
Yesterday continued indefinitely a
hearing for R. A. White, jefferson
Junior High School teacher, who had
appealed from an unsatisfactory
rating received at the end of the
school year.
John H. Wilson, committee chair
man. informed the group the post
ponement was occasioned by Mr..
Whites failure to receive notice of
the hearing scheduled yesterday. A
new date will be set after the teach
er's summer address is determined.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
81 Seek Nomination
AsAr|ingtonD Delegates
To County Convention

With 81 candidates seeking A
posts, contests are in prospect today
in 6 of the II Arlington County
precincts for delegates to the county
| Democratic convention August 13.
The delegates will be chosen on a
separate ballot in the August 6
primary.
When the filing deadline passed
at 6 pm. yesterday, j. Maynard Ma
gruder, Democratic Executive Com
mittee chairman. announced there
would be no contests in Clarendon
No. and 2, Rosslyn, Virginia High
lands and East Falls Church pre-
cincts. where only the allotted four
candidates per precinct filed.
Nomination Sept. s.
Delegates to the State convention
in Richmond September 5, at which
a nominee will be named to fill the
unexpired term of the late Senator
Glass, will be elected at the county
convention. Arlington will have IS
votes at the State session.
Candidates by precincts in which
contests are slated are:
! Arlington-Mrs. Esther I. Cooper
Mrs. Ida Engeman. Mrs. Emily B
Fine, E. L. Usilton, Mrs. Maude
Dove, E. w. Hamman and Homer
Bauserman.
Ballston-Thomas Crack. Mrs. Sue
M. Accardo, Mrs. Zenda L. Arkin,
Frank L. Ball, jr.: J. Elwood Glenn
ents. F. Freeland Chew, Mrs. Hazel
c. Long and George Fisher.
| Carne-Mrs. H. P. Simpson, Mrs.
George Terborgh. Isaiah K. Adams,
William NJ Aiken, Mrs. Paul Yoder
Harry A. Grant. Mrs. Evelyn Freer
and William De Butts.
Cherrydale-James D. Franklin
Thomas J. Broyhill, j. Maynard
Magruder. William Bragg and Hugh
Reid.
Glen Carlyn-Mrs. Florence c.
Bachus. Mrs. Marjorie B. Marvin.
Leonard Hilder. Nixon Brewer, Mrs
Helen Haller and Mrs. Catherine
Mackey
Five Women In Race.
Lyon Park-Mrs. Marjorie w
Larson, Mrs Joyce S. Field. Mrs
Fay S. LeBeau. Mrs. Sylvia S.
Hoddes, Maurice I. Byrne, Mrs.
Catherine Dinges, Hamilton Myers
and c, Nelson Bean.
| The precincts in which the MIMI
mum four candidates to be elected
have filed are:
| Clarendon No. Mrs. Ella Oden-
thai, Lyman Kelley, Lawrence Man
ming and Earle G.. Beale.
Clarendon No. 2-William D
Medley, H. Bruce Green, Mrs
Beulah Friess and George Yeatman
Rosslyn-John Shepperd. William
Hoyle. Glen H. Deem and Charles r
Burch.
Virginia Highlands-Lawson Vim.
berly, Alfred Frisbee. Mrs. o. S
Urbansky and c. Harrison Mann.
East Falls Church-Charles R
Fenwick, Robert Rollins, R. c. L
Moncure and Thomas Edwards.
Evening star., 1946-07-27

'1Wenty-nrSt ana
N ort h T a f t
streets, Arling-
ton. Va, hold
dedication serv-
ices for their new
building.
DR.. D. Shelby
Corlett, editor of
the Herald of
H O | l n e S S "
Church of the
Nazarene publi-
cation. will make
t h e dedicatory
S p e e C h. T h e
services will be
Dre eSj6ed over NV
Evening star., 1946-07-27
tuberculosis Clinics
Announced for AUGUST
By the ..sscciated Press

BALTIMORE, July 27.-The Mary.
land tuberculosis Association an
nounced yesterday the dates and
locations for its August clinics in
clude:
Upper Marlboro, August 2, 10 am.
health office; Annapolis, August 7, IL
am; La Plata, August 8, 10 am:
Hyattsville, August 9, 16, 10 am;
Frederick, August 13. am; Prince
Frederick, August 81, 9 am, Calvert
County Hospital, and Laurel, August
%, pm, Police Court.
Clinics will be held each Tuesday
in August at the Leonardtown health
Office.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
z Killed When Lightning
Strikes Tobacco Barn
By the kssoeiofed Press

DANVILLE. Va, July 27.-Two
boys were killed and three other
persons injured when lightning
struck a tobacco barn near Henrys
Mill, Halifax County. late Wednes-
day. Three dogs also were victims
of the bolt.
The dead were listed as Claude
Douglas Hall, u, and Louis
Tombes, 16.
The injured, whose names were
not available, are being treated in
a South Boston Hospital for stock.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
New Pastor to Take Post

The Rev. John S. Stannard, Phila-
delphia, will assume his duties to-
morrow as pastor of the Bethel
Community Church, Boulevard
Heights, Md. He is a graduate of
Eastern Theological Seminary
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1946-07-27

leVdrQ ana POW-
hatan street, Ar
lington, will be
held at 8 pm.
tomorrow. The
services will be
conducted by the
Rev. DR.. j. j.
S C h erer, jr.,
president of the
Synod of Vir-
ginia and pastor
OF Jne First Lu-
theran Church
of Richmond.
The Rev. Mr.
J o h n S on h a S
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Louck Gets Power Post
SpeeioI Dispoteh TO The Stor

LURAY, Va, July 27. - E. w.
Lauck. Luray, has been named to
the Board of Directors of the
Northern Virginia Power Co. Mr..
Lauck is a member of the State
Conservation and Development
Commission and tditor of the Page
News and Courier.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Molone Gets Board Post

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 27 LP.-
William T. Malone, Salisbury, is
new chairman of the State Board
of Examiners for Architects, it was
announced yesterday by Gov.
O'Conor.
Evening star., 1946-07-27

istructor in American University at
Cairo. Egypt; pastor at the First
Lutheran Church, Dayton, Ohio;
missionary under the Board of
American Missions. United Luther
an Church, in West Indies and
Alaska. He assumed charge of the
Resurrection Lutheran Church on
MAY l of this year.
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Arlington Church Insta|Is
Rev. Johnson Tomorrow

Formal installation services for
the Rev Dana H. johnson as pas
tor of the Resurrection Lutheran
Church at North Washington Bou-
Evening star., 1946-07-27
Dedication Services
Planned Tomorrow
In Arlington Church
By Cospor Nonnes

A dream of many years by a con-
gregation will take reality at 2 pm
tomorrow when members of the
First Church of the Nazarene
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29
Another Chance

A ray of hope for the beginning of
the 32-foot Cape Fear channel project
was received here yesterday with word
that the $1,000, 900 job, included in the
Presidential economy moratorium, is
among those to be reconsidered for pos
slble favorable action.
The decision, announced several
weeks ago, to postpone the start of
work was a tremendous blow to ad-
vancement of the port of Wilmington.
1t came at a most unfortunate time.
While other Atlantic. ports are pushing
all efforts to be in the best possible
condition for the race for postwar traf-
tic, Wilmington suffered this serious
setback.
Under the new action, President
Truman has directed Sterilization Di-
rector John R. Steelman and Budget Di-
rector James E. Webb to look over the
program again with a view of allowing
more expenditures Tor Hood control and
navigation.
Because plans for the Cape Fear
project are completed and the Army
Engineers are ready to go to work, it
should be one of the first released, from
the moratorium.
1t is not only the opportunity but
obligation of all interested in develop
ment OF the Port Of Wilmington to place
the facts on the local situation before
these two men. The reasons why the
channel should be deepened are nu.
merous and we believe they would re-
celve them with sympathetic under.
standing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29
PROGRAM ADOPTED.
BY SAFETY GROUP.
$500, 900 Plan Intended To
Reduce N. c. Road,
Street Fatalities

CHARLOTTE, Sept. % up The
state committee for traffic safety,
Inc, today outlined a five = year
$500, 600 program intended to re-
duce highway and street casual
ties in North Carolina, which now
ranks third in the nation in fatal
tiles per miles driven.
Coleman W. Roberts of Charlotte
heads the executive committee of
the organization. Other members
are: T. Boddie Ward, commission
er of motor vehicles, A. H. Ora
ham, chairman of the highway
commission. Supt. Clyde A. Erwin
of the department of public in~struc-
ton, Gordon Gray of Winston-Sa1-
EN-, John W. Umstead, Jr.. of
Chapel Hill, and John R. Barry, of
the Durham Sun.
The announcement said it was
planned to have a full-time general
manager in charge of the cam
palgn. with headquarters in Ra-
leigh. He will have the assistance
of a trained technical staff.
The organization staff, it was ex-
planned, will supervise the organi-
cation of safety districts, areas.
zones. and units throughout North
Carolina, and will seek the o
alton of drivers and pedestrians if
every community in carrying out
the accident reduction program.
The safety districts will COM
prise twelve areas corresponding
to North Carolina's congressional
DISTRICTS" said the committee
statement. Counties will be desig-
mated as safety areas. cities or
communities will make up safety
zones. and local subdivisions will
be referred to as safety units. Each
safety subdivision of the state will
be headed by a safety officer. with
rank ranging from Colonel for SAT
ETY. districts, down to lieutenant
for safety units.
THE program contemplates ac-
tual contact with every automobile
driver and pedestrian in the state.
and continuous records will be kept
Of accidents in every safety unit.
Beginning January 1 each safety
district will be given a quota of
zero accidents and zero fatalities,
with every traffic casualty occur
ring subsequent to that date to be
charged against the zero quota. To
accomplish the reduction of acct
dents the safety organization will
encourage a spirit of competition
among the districts and other sub
divisions. and proper recognition
will be given monthly to all dis
tricts maintaining their quota of
zero accidents"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29

The News
By Dewitt MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs a,oI

The return of King CeornS
Greece from exile to his S Sg Of
torn kingdom may provide 4e,
test of exactly how much giue "e
take there is between RIssis aJid,
Britain in their battle for ana
of Influenza conflict in ZINES
America also has interests ""-cA
guard. safe
Greece long has been r
Bulls. key outpost on the oOlIa
the Balkan peninsula. This 5sr5 -,
little state whose topgrspbr hwy ~
more perpendicular than is
zontal-sticks into the side Of 'o 15I
Balkans like a plum in 2 nrda We
All the rest of the penin[nJa
cepting European Turkey ic ,ot e%-
ly within Russia's new zono o''u.
influence. Vi
Strategic Greece therefore
comes a mighty atom in tba pr w.
so-British m~aneuvering for nS'
sition and right now it is a fls ~,
ing match in a powder plant
The Issue
The question is whether No,o.
Will concede John Bull his nIaoa
in Greece, or will insist on p'asE
Guiding it within Russia's 81 sb,I HI
There we have in miniature +s.
momentous problem which h.. ule
vided all Europe into two c ~"S al
how far does Russia intend a.
in its expansion? 80
Greece is in the throes Of CIV,
war between supporters o. t,
British-backed king and le.tist a Je
ments, including many CommY
nists. The main fighting is in t1a
north among the mountains slo rnr
the Albanian a n YugosIav boa
ders. The royalist Greek goyor,-
ment charges that Commn,ist+.
elements from Albania and yroa
slaVla are the malnspring of tba
revolt. "'
The leftist retort to this * ,b,.
Britain is maintaining a lsrgo
military force in Greece and tb.t
the recent plebiscite which 70,
called King George was dominat.
ed by British influence. John Brr
merely shrugs his shoulders and
says that his troops are there At
the invitation OF the Greek govern.
ment. And a foreign office Official
in London has said guardedly that
British forces wouldn't be used
unless the Greek government spe.
officially requested aid, and that
the troops could be called upo9 10
act only Sin a last resort"
The return of King George TO
his throne certainly isn't likely 10
ease the situation. 1t really means
the consolidation of t h e royalist
forces to carry on the battle
against the Red attempt to over.
throw the monarchy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29
School Bus Safety

The Surry county Grand jury has
condemned 16 school buses and recon-
mended that they be removed from the
highway after hearing a State High
way patrolman, who examined them,
testify that they need major repairs
and were unsafe as passenger vehicles.
Ordinarily, this would appear to be
q purely local problem, one that could
be easily remedied.
But that is not the case.
Following the action in Surry, C. C.
Brown, transportation director of the
State School board, reported that the
conditions in that county are typical of
difficulties encountered by school au-
thorities throughout North Carolina.
He said that at least 1900 new buses
are required to replace worn units Of
the states 4,98O-bus fleet.
We have no doubt that North Caro-
lima officials are making every effort
to relieve this situation. But until new
vehicles are obtained, it will remain an
alarmingly dangerous one.
Meanwhile, the Surry grand jury
has set an excellent precedent. The
Star-News believes that every Superior
Court judge ought to instruct each
Grand jury, at the beginning of each
Criminal term of court, to investigate
thoroughly every school bus in each of
North Cardinals 100 counties. The
juries, we further sugg est, should be
accompanied by technical advisors, such
as a member of the State Highway
Patrol and a competent automobile
mechanic.
As a further safeguard, it would al
so be well for the foreman of the Crane
jury to invite anyone who has com
plants regarding operation of tn
buses to appear and present them. Thi
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29
Apology Accepted

Admiral Halsey has explained and
apologized for an ill-considered remark
made in an interview a few weeks
back, in which he referred to the atomic
bomb as a "toy," and implied that it
had been used only because the SCENT
lists had this new "toy" and wanted to
try it. "Toy," the admiral now says, is
Navy slang for any new weapon.
Probably it would be well to accept
the admiraTs explanation and lay the
blame for the whole incident on the fact
that we may be subjecting some of our
public figures to too much publicity.
This seems especially true in the case
of some military men, whose lifetime
absorption in the science of war hasn't
left them time to be experts on every
thing under the sun.
1t has become almost a necessity for
public figures to say something signi-
ficant and arresting, not only in every
speech but in every interview. And per-
haps some of them let themselves in
for too many of both. Thus we have
seen well-loved heroes like Admiral Hal
sey and the late General Patton take
the edge off their d~eservedly high repu-
tations with a few t%houghtless and
hasty words.
So maybe it would be we'll if some
Of these public figures learned the value
of the politicians l~ife-saving phrase,
"No comment'-even if it meant that
we had a trifle less copy for the paper
the next day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29
MEET
CLOSES AT bath
Wilmington Well Repre-
scented At Clergy Con-
ference Oh Diocese

BATH, Sept. % - Wilmington
Episcopalians were in attendance
at the Clergy conference Of the
Episcopal diocese of East Carolina,
which closed here this weekend
following a three-day session at
Camp Leach.
Director of the conference was
the Rev. Jack R. Rountree, Of Kin
stoa. Diocesan chairman Of the
Commission of Evangelism,
The Rev. Ronald MerriX, D. D,
field representative of the National
Council for the Northwest, was the
principal speaker of the three-d8i
meeting. He was introduced by ne
Rt. Rev. Thomas H.. Wright, D. d.
bishop of the diocese.
Robert Strange. of Wilmington
gave the treasurer's report during
the meeting.
Among clergymen present and
taking part in the deliberations
we're: the Rev. E. W. Hallcck. rec
tor of St. Johns church, Wlln!I0'
ton: the Rev. Harvey W. GlazleF'
rector of Good Shepherd church
Wilmington, the Rev. John Halo''
rector of the Church of the AdVe4,'
Williamson; the Rev. CharIeS b.
Williams. rector of Christ chiLca'
New Bern; the Rev. George f. HJ,'
rector of Christ church, Ellzaoe''
City; the Rev. John Granger Ie'-
tor of St. Stephens church, 6oIo''
boro: the Rev. James F. teEHP,'
hough, rector of St. Johns caufcd'
Fayetteville: the Rev. Wood 0a-''
err, rector of St. Georges c5Ufcn,
Lake Landing; the Rev. worm
Wicker, rector of St. Ihon'c'
church, Ahoskie; the Rev. Alex y.
D. Noe, rector of St. TAo'"''
church, Bath; the Rev. Ros'.'
Housen, rector of St. Pauls chVTy-,'
Greenville; the Rev. Sidney T.
Matthews, rector of the Church u
Holy Cross, Aurora; and the h5.,
Richard Sturgis, arch deacon OF JIG
co~nvocation of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29

is especially important in those counties
not employing special adult drivers.
Many Tar Heel counties are follow
ing a similar procedure now and are to
be commended for this voluntary action.
Because of the dangerous condition
of hundreds of the buses, such safety
methods should be made universally
throughout the state and the courts
have the greatest authority for their
instigation and enforcement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-29
The Ga[luP Poll
Foreign Policy Cost OfLip;ng And
Strikes Big Issues In Voters Minds
Letter Box
WANTS FIRM STAND

10 the EQllOr.
Within the past few weeks I
have observed much discussion in
the matter of the oil truck route
through Wilmington and tn po-
sition which has been taken by
officials of the State Highway
commission. This seems to boil
down to the fact that they are
completely sold on the idea of con-
tinuing such route either by Third
street or possibly Seventh street
and that they will not give any
consideration to a new route
around the city, thus eliminating
possible rattle hazards which
could occur at any time if these
trucks are permitted to continue
through the present route.
l talked to one of the high Of
ficials of the State Highway COM
mission only a few days ago while
out of the city on official business.
He and l discussed at some length
the proposed route that would cir
Gle Wilmington instead of travel
ing one of our main thoroughfares
which forces these trucks to 60
through the busiest section of Will
mington. This official gave two ex-
cuses for disfavoring a route thet
would circle Wilmington, namely,
that the additional cost would
amount to possibly one-half mil
lion dollars, and the other was
that Wilmington a to blame
about the condition because of the
fact that it permitted these oil
storage tanks to be created and
placed south of Wilmington in
stead of, as he suggested, around
Hilton park.
Possibly this official does not re-
member that when the new Cape
Fear river bridge proposed
for Wilmington it resulted in a
local fight between citizens of Will
mingtoa, some of them insisting
that the bridge should be located
either at Market, Dock, or Ann
streets. whereas tn e State High
way commission stood firm on the
present location, stating that the
hazards would be reduced almost
to nothing because of the fact that
the greater amount of steamer
travel out of Wilmington was be-
low the present location of the
Cape Fear and Northeast river
bridges. This official also stated
that to circle Wilmington with an
oil truck route would mean that
such trucks going west from Will
mington would be required to
travel some II to Is miles farther.
thus creating additional expense to
the oil truck magnates.
I c personally acquiesce in
zone of these excuses when the
safety of our citizens is at stake
without consideration to property.
because we can eliminate the idea
OF property damage easier than
we can tolerate the thought of
some tragedies which we have al
ready had to observe in other Sec
tons caused by explosions and
wrecks of these giant oil tankers.
And regardless of the cost and the
.so-called inconvenience by having
to travel farther on the part of
those who transport gasoline and
oil, l feel that the City of Will
nington should stand firm upon
their human and property rights
to force the Highway commission