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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S,
JAMESTOWN FOR SUNDAY

The fourth of a series of sermons
on the Prophet Hosea will be given
this Sunday at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, in FunkstoWn, by the Rev.
Raymond Miller, pastor. The serv-
ice of worship begins at $50 a. m,
and the subject will be "The Prophet
Who Preached Political Sermons"
Promotion Day will be held in the
Sunday School at 1O40 a. m. and
the Young Peoples Fellowship will
meet at $50 p. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend these pro-
grams.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
Electric Shock Kills
Woman in Chicken Coop

WAUKESHA, WIS.-Mrs. Daisy
Findley, AZ, Waukesha, was pro-
nounced dead by electrocution at
Waukesha Memorial hospital after
being the victim of a freak accident
in chicken coop on her farm.
Mrs. Findley was found uncon-
scious by her son, Floyd, Is, few
minutes after she had entered the
chicken coop to plug in an electric
heater. Sheriff's deputies said the
electrocution was caused either by
a barred wire in the cord or by
placing her hand too close to the
plug.
Investigation revealed that Mrs.
Findley wore thin shoes and that
her feet and hands were wet when
she tried to plug in the cord.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
STRANGE ACCIDENT

The Miami police desk sergeant
didn't believe it when a woman re-
ported an automobile ad collided
with submarine, until Policeman D.
D. Carver Investigated and reported
a car had jumped retaining wall
and crashed into a World War I sub
moored in the Miami river.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
District Leaders Meet

The members of the Washington
County District Operating Commit
tee held their monthly dinner meet
ing at the Hotel Alexander on
Thursday night, with chairman A.
Lesley Gardner presiding,
After the various members had
reported the activities of their COM
mittees, a general discussion took
place concerning the forthcoming
Scoutmasters' Training Course, to be
held next month, a highlight of
which will be a special night for
members of the various Troop Com
mittees.
The discussion brought out the
fact that while Scouting in Wash
ington County ranks with the best
in the country, there is, at present,
an urgent need for more Scoutmas-
tiers and the District Operating Com
mittee have pledged themselves to
make the securing of more Scout
masters their number one project
for October.
Those present at the meeting were,
in addition to the chairman: George
R. Brey, finance; Robert c. Carder,
advancement; H. S. Dougles, public
ity; B. ]. Hagedorn, Scout Executive;
Donald w. Maisack, health and
safety; George F. Sheck, organiza-
ton and extension; and Robert D.
Shircliff, District Commissioner.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
Army's Newest Is Cloth
That Will Stop Bullet

WASHINGTON.-The army has
developed protective cloth for SOL
diers that twill stop a bullet" Cen
eral Devers said.
He predicted the cloth would
"save lot Of casualties" especial
ly those caused by glancing shell
fragments.
The war department announced at
the same time that Maj. Gen. Henry
S. Aurand, former commander of
the sixth service command at Chi
cago, has been named director of
the general staff's new research and
development division.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
MagiCians Wall
Barring Secrets
International Group Acts to
Stop Members Telling
About Their Stuff.

LONDON. - Veteran magicians
complain that the modern gen.
Grafton of conjurers not only saws
woman in half, but goes around
boasting about it, reports the United
Press. AS a result there has been
a "serious leakage" of magical Sc
crets dating back centuries and
worldwide campaign to protect the
remaining mysteries of the craft
is underway.
In England two bodies are deep
ly concerned with the leakage. w.
G.. Strickland of the International
Brotherhood of Magicians blames it
on the war. At the brotherhood's an
nual dinner Strickland offered a Gig
ar-naturally it disappeared before
any one could grab it and la
mented the here 's-how-it s-done
trend.
All over the banquet hall plates
were juggling apparently on their
own, cards were being palmed and
assorted objects were tumbling from
presumably empty handkerchiefs,
Gag on Members.
81 expect now that peace is here
that we will be better able to ex-
ercise control of our members
especially those who reveal tricks, !"
Strickland said "Why, some of the
very best Illusions have been ex-
planned to theatre audiences, which
is economic suicide because that
audience will never want to see the
particular trick again"
The Institute of Magicians is 60
ing even further. Every Thursday,
apprentice magiCians are coached
in prestidigitation and stage pres
entation and all of them now have
to promise they will not mention
tricks of the trade even to their
families.
Setting them a stern example is
Madame Zomar ("she can see
blindfolded') who once politely told
off King George V at a command
performance when he limited he
would like to know how she did her
celebrated mentalist act.
Act Never Duplicated.
The madame and her husband,
Zomar, played several seasons in
American vaudeville with an act
that has never been duplicated, al
though they retired many years
ago. Nine. Zomar stood on the stage
blindfolded and Zomar passed
through the audience and examined
watches, knives, billfolds, in fact,
any item handed him by the seat
holders. Although he uttered not a
single word, the madame imme-
diately and accurately described the
object he was holding, even to re-
citing numbers on dollar bills.
''The act will die with u.s." said
Nine. Zomar to the gaping appren-
tees. eve will not even reveal it,
she paused for dramatic empha-
sis-'to our own son."
Then Nine. Zomar, beaming al
the apprentices young enough to be
her grandchildren, told them how
George V summoned her to the
royal box and asked how the ac+
was done. Queen Mary gently
chided him, saying Lets assume
it was telepathy, George"
But Nine. Zomar, showing jus
the proper degree of firmness
stated, ''It is a secret which can
not be revealed, sire"
And secret it still is.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
Troop Meetings

Troop 81, Edmund w. Wyand,
Scoutmaster, met Friday night in
their Scoutroom at Emmanuel u. B.
Church. Present were: Scoutmaster,
two Asst Scoutmasters, Is Scouts,
four members of the Troop Commit
tee and three visitors. Nine were in
uniform.
The meeting opened with the Pledge
of Allegiance and the Scout Oath.
Dues were then collected by the
Troop Scribe, after which a short
game period was held. Next came
an advancement session, after which
Troop Board of Review was held,
during which the following awards
were reviewed and passed:
Star Scout: Robert Nichols.
First Class Scouts: Pat H. Thomas
and John w. Yeates.
Second Glass Scout: Gerald L.
Butts.
Explorer Woodsmen: J. VIM. Bear
niger and Carroll Huffer.
Merit Badges: ]. VIM. Bearinger
%, Robert Davis ID, Donovan Day
(3), Carroll Huffer az, C. VIM
Madison (3), Pat H. Thomas (D and
John w. Yeates (2).
The Scoutmaster's announcements
were then made, after which the
meeting closed with the repeating
of the Scout Law and the Scout
masters Benediction.
John Davies, Scribe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
MUSIC TOO HOT

Firemen received call from a
New York Inn and arrived to find
the juke box afame
Patrons said the machine had been
beating out a steady stream of hot
jazz when it suddenly began smok-
ing.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
Feudal Enemies Join in
Matrimony in Britain

LONDON. - The 32-year-old Duke
of Northumberland and Lady Eliza
beth Montague Douglas Scott,
whose families were feudal enemies
centuries ago, were married here.
The bride is the A-year-old daugh-
ter of the Duke and Duchess of Buc-
cleuch.
King George and Queen Eliza
beth, the two princesses and Queen
Mary were present.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26

to the radio l
made an exciting
dis Gov cry. l
found out what's
causing all the
shortages of con-
sumner goods
who has it and
who's getting it.
Its all b e in G
given away on
radio programs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26

By an act of Congress flag must
be flown at all times at the grave
of Francis Scott Key, composer of
"The Star Spangled Banner"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26
SS|SNNE[NdlINZy

WASHINGTON - Elliott Roose-
velt's new book, now running
serially in a national magazine, has
set official Washington, particularly
the state department, back on its
heels.
The younger Roosevelt who ac-
companied his father, the late Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt to Yalta,
Teheran, and his other important
conferences during the war, presents
a new picture of possibly why Rus
STA is obstreperous in the peace con-
ference and in the councils of United
Nations. He quotes the late presi-
dent as having said to him at Casa
blanca:
I'm talking about another
war, Elliott. I'm talking about
what will happen to our world
if after this war we allow mil
lions of people to slide back into
semislavery. Don't think for a
minute that Americans would
be dying in the Pacific tonight if
it hadn't been for the shOrtSight-
ed greed of the French and the
British and the Dutch This
time I've tried to make it clear
to Winston (ChurchilD that
while we're their allies, they
must never get the idea we're in
this war just to help them hang
on to medieval empire ideas. I
hope they realize, after we've
won, that we're not going to sit
by and watch their system stul-
tify the growth of every country
in Asia and half of Europe"
And it makes Washington wonder
if this conception of our foreign
policy held by the late president, is
our present foreign policy.
President Truman has decided
definitely there will not be special
session of congress. He says that
members of the congress deserve
time for their election campaign ano
moreover there is no reason facing
| the nation now for a special session
So the president apparently believes
that infationary tendencies are not
dangerous to the nations economy
that new OPA price control legisla.
ton is sufficient for the time being
that the recent losses in the stock
market in Wall street do not present
any nationwide crisis; that the
housing situation does not constitute
an emergency, and that the country
can weather whatever comes be
tween now and time for the new
congress to convene next January.
Claude r. Wickard, rural electrifi
cation administrator and forme,
Secretary of Agriculture, who, by tht
way lids lllONGO ilIo OlllCC IOShy SbOCf
and barrel back to Washington from
st. Louis, declared that the need TO
electricity on farms is greater thar
in city homes and that failure t.
realize this fact is one of the rea
sons why private electric utilize
have failed orsrefused to serve rura
communities.
"The farm is factory and
needs electricity for efficient
production in the same sense as
a modern city factory" Wickard
says. Wickard also declared that
no REA cooperative could be
satisfied with anything less than
power source, as well as dis
triutiOn system, which will sup
ply the ultimate requirements of
every potential consumer in the
area it plans to serve. In other
words, that should build power
plants and not be satisfied to buy
electricity from private utility
lines.
High tribute was recently paid t
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26

Indulging in most unusual pas
time the other acknowledging
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26

He who runs after shadow has
/ wearisome race.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
Reds Move
Ends Threat
Of Boycott
Soviets Express Confidence
By H anding Over
$1,723,0OO
FULL CONTRIBUTION
Big Test OF World Peace
Agency Looms Over
Iranian Issue

NEW YORK, March 81. -
(U.P.) The Soviet Union
dramatically expressed its
confidence in the United Ma
tons Sunday night by paying
in full it's $1,723,000 contribu-
ton to UNO's $25,O00,0OC
working capital fund.
In the midst of a grave crisis
within UNO over the Iranian prob
lem, the Soviet Union became the
girst of the big Five" nations to
make its full contribution for the
work Of the organization.
Quiets Rumors
The action discounted runors of
recent days that the Russians,
after walking out on the Iranian
question in the Security Council,
might pull completely out of the
United Nations.
Announcement of Russia's pay
ment was made by UNO secretary
See RUSSIA On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01

be wild you all ev'ry day, startin
right now. Where bouts is
gwine t. appear? Why in de Mawn
In Star t be sho! Amt no yuthel
way or meetin' you folks, out heah
in Wilmington, ceptin' in de Star
cause dat's de paper all de quail.
ty folks peruses.
l wants t tell yo' all bout my
boss. Maybe you done heard tel
er Mistuh Alley? Well, yo' gwlne
to meet me and him both terday!
Mistuh Alley an me done know
each yuther SIGH long time dat
mos people specs ives one an
de same.
spoofin'? Nossuh, amt neither!
Is mo- sirriyus bout dis dan III
evan be. Oh, Lawdy, LaWdy, yo
sho' is gwine to laff at whut Mistuh
Alleys gwine to make Hambone
dc. Jes git terdays STAR. and
begins dom nah stuff! Eff 20
lookin' t. forgit bout troubles in dc
world, yo' simply got t watch
Hambone' smoke ev'ry day in dc
Star. Yessuh, Folks. jes' watch
Hambonei
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
CENSUS OF CITY
TO START TODAY
Enu,nerators R e a dy Fol
Complete Check Of Popu-
lation, Occupations

Today is April FOOLS Day." But
today a sober and serious step If
the history of Wilmington is being
taken.
Bright and early this morning
this city's first 100 per cent cover.
age" census-the first of its klno
in the United States-begins.
Complete Check
About 100 enumerators will take
to the sidewalks today and star
going over Wilmington with a fine
tooth comb. They will enunerate
not only the total number OF PEG
pie living in the Port City but also
their occupational skills, housing
conditions, and general economic
makeup.
The census, under the supervisor
Of William B. Pournelle, U. S. Blu
reau of Census official, will be
completed in about two weeks. A!
soon after completion as possible
Pournelle will disclose the "unof
hclal population count" The ex
See CENSUS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
Along The Cape Fear

MYSTIC RITES - Along about
this time every year along the
Cape Fear we get our Persian
masquerade party clothes out of
the closet and do homage to an
old friend of ours.
The homage consists of putting
the clothes on, buying a loaf of
bread at the grocery store and a
bottle of wine at the winery, tax
ing our favorite book of verse off
the bookshelf, and trekking on down
to the Cape Fear river.
There, on a messy bank, seclud-
ed and serene, we park our old
bones under a shade tree and per-
form the mystic rites in honor of
our old friend.
MYSTIC BUT SIMPLE These
mystic rites are really quite simple.
We unwrap the bread and uncork
the wine bottle and, willie partak-
ing of both, open our book of verse
to certain page and read the fol-
lowing quatrain:
ga book of verses underneath the
bough,
A jug of wine, loaf of bread,
and thou
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01

Beside me singing in the wilder
ness
Oh, wilderness were paradise
enoW!"
'Thou," of course, is our ole
+ r e n d Ghiya thuddin Abulfatt
Omar Bin Ibrahim Al-Khayyam
And he has been dead for 80;
years.
IN HIS SPARE TIME -. If he
were alive today he would probably
say, like Mr.. Jo1son, "Just call me
Al" But we like to call him
Omar.
No doubt you folks know all
about Omar. He was a great Per
sian scientist. His daddy was a
tent-maker, whence the surname
'Khayyam" which means, natur-
ally, ''tent-maker.'
Omar in his spare time wrote
the famous ''Rubaiyat'', the above
quotation of which is the most
famous quotation of which.
SAY IT AGAIN, OMAR-We like
old Omar. We like his poems and
See CAPE FEAR On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
MEMPHIS WILL GO
MILKLESS MONDAY
Distributors Plan Diversion
Of Supply From Con-
sumers To Professors

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 31-U.P)
consumers in Memphis will
be left without a supply OF fresh
milk, Monday, as producers de-
mand a higher income for their
farm dairy products.
Producers in the milk shed call
ed the strike-diverting all de-
liveries away from local distrib-
utors to industrial milk plants-to
force a showdown with the Office
of Price Administration on prom
ised increase in retail prices here.
One-Day Supply
Distributors, with one day sup
plies in their freezers, will make
deliveries Monday morning. No
new sources of supply have been
located, and only a trickle of milk
will reach the city afterwards, Ray
mond Skinner, spokesman for dis
tributors, said.
The diversion was called sud-
denly Saturday night by the Mid
South Milk Producers association
in support of demands for an in
crease from $4.53 to $3.50 per
hundredweight in producer income.
The strike has been postponed pre-
viously pending OPA action.
Passed Up
Although the OPA authorized a
33-cent increase for producers, no
increase has been allowed dis
tributors. Lloyd Friend, secretary
manager of the Association of the
Producers, said ''it would be fol
ly" for producers to increase
prices when distributors cannot
meet the cost.
1--WE believe that when the food
supply in an area is impaired a
government agency has the obliga-
ton to look into it and make cor
rections," Friend said. 1--WE have
been. good boys long enough and
See MEMPHIS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
GASOLINE LABELS
DISAPPEAR TODAY
North Carolina To Abandon
Nine Year-Old System
Fought By Firms

RALEIGH, March 31.-(P)-The
gasoline quality claimed for the
various brands sold in North Caro-
lima were revealed here Sunday
night as the state prepared to junk
it's nine-year-old label system in
favor of advertised brand-names.
These quality induces were con.
tanned in specifications submitted
to the Gasoline and Oil Inspection
board preparatory to Mondays
change in the inspection system.
Tomorrow, according to the
board, all regular and 'pre-
MUM" labels will disappear. from
gasoline pumps, and the customer
will rely upon the advertised
brand-narne and the quality claims
behind it.
1t will mark the end Of state
required quality label against
which the oil interests have fought
since its enactment in 1887.
Single Standard
The state will fix single mini
mum standard for all gasoline.
Specifications showing claims OF
quality higher than the state stand
ard must be adhered to by the
brands making the claim or sale
See GASOLINE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
70 GREEKS DEAD
ON ELECTION DAY
Leftwing Fails In Campaign
To Have Voters
Boycott Poll

ATHENS, March 31.-(P)-Cla shs
es between Communists and Greek
government forces left possibly 20
persons dead Sunday in the region
of storied Mt. Olympus, while first
returns from the nationwide elec+
ton indicated the leftwing had fails
ed in it's campaign to have voters
boycott the polls.
Skies were sunny throughout
Greece and voting in many places
was heavy, with order prevailing
in most of the country.
Russia Opposes
1t was the first parliamentary
election inmore than 10 years. Russ
STA had opposed holding the elec-
ton at this time, refusing to send
observers, and left-wing parties deA
clined to put up candidates.
(The American British French
observing the election ana
nounced in London it would i5sua
April 10 it's report on the freedom
See GREEKS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
DETROIT FACING
TRANSIT STRIKE
Union Bus Drivers Vote
Walkout With Deadline
Set For Early Today

DETROIT, March S1-W.H- A
mass meeting of AFL bus and
!strsetcar. operators voted Sunday
to call n city-wide transit strike
at 4 a. NJ, Monday against the
municipally-owned department. of
street railways, which daily car
ries 100000 passengers.
Thousands of members Of the
union, which represents 800 rail-
ways equipment operators, jam
med the ALL Labor temple here
and loudly booed all suggestions
that a strike be delayed. They
overwhelmingly approved the walk
out in a standing vote.
Leaders Split
In closed meeting, members of
the unions negotiating committee
and executive board were split on
the strike vote. City officials and
State labor mediators had demand
ed that the union comply with a
state law calling for 30-day "cool-
ing off, period.
But the rank and file brushed
aside all opposition. They set 4
a. M, deadline, which comedies
with the end of night "owl' shifts
on the transit system and the
opening of the heavy day runs.
Long Deadlock
The strike vote followed a SIX
week deadlock in negotiations over
the unions demand for a wage in
crease of Is cents an hour.
The railways department had Of
Tered a settlement at IS cents an
hour in session with union Of
ficials this morning. Previously
the department had said it could
not afford to grant an increase
without mourning heavy debt.
Notice Filed
Officials of Division 26 of the
IAmalgamated Association
Street Electric Railway and Mo-
tor Coach operators filed a strike
notice with the State Labor Media
ton Board Friday.
In fruitless negotiating sessions
following the notice. city officials
See DETROIT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
And So To Bed,

Among the people who left
Orion Plantation last night
after a day-long visit among
the famous flowerbeds were .
man ard his wife who usually
get on very well together.
Then out there on the narrow
dark, dismal road they sudden
ly heard "bump-bump-bump"
under their car.
"Please stop and see what's
the matter" said the wife.
cav, it's just a broken shock.
absorber," said the husband.
81 don't think so. Please
STOP
Nothing doing.'
The "bump-bump-bump' and
the argument persisted. Soon
fireworks began to fly between
man and wife. So finally the
man stopped the car and got
out-only to be greeted with
more fireworks.
The battery, clinging tenuous-
ly to the car by two worn
wires, was shooting sparks all
over the road.
"See?" said the wife with an
extinguishing grimace.
That's one way to douse your
Spouse
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
The Weather

FORECAST
North Carolina - Monday, fair anc
warmer.
South Carolina-Fair and warmer II
the afternoon Monday.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hour:
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1 80 am 81; 80 am So; 80 pm "a; 7:3t
pm So.
Maximum 81; Minimum 50; MEAN go
Normal $3.50.
Humidity
1870 am 8S; Z 80 am 81; 1880 pm 36; 1884,
pm So.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm
col inches.
Total since the first of the month
2.08 inches
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published bJ
U. S, Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington - 9:19 am 1853 an
9:38 pm AIS pm
Masonboro Inlet 1902 am 1888 an
7:20 pm 1:17 pm
Sunrise $3.50; Sunset 6:32; Moonrise 81
am; Moonset 6 :08 pm.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
am-, feet.
See THE WEATHER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-01
AGENCIES TACKLE
VETS EDUCATION
Seven Federal Groups Be.
gin Program To Solve
CT Problems

WASHINGTON, March 31-UD-
Reconversion Director John w
Snyder Sunday night, directed
seven Federal agencies to tackle
the veterans education problem
caused by teacher, equipment AND
housing shortages.
He told the agencies to lay down
a program ''to make sure that the
maximum number of veterans will
benefit from the educational pro
visions of the 'GI Bill of Rights. "
Agencies concerned are the Vet
Grams administration, the Reem.
ployment and Retaining admins
tration and U. S. Employment Ser
vice of the Labor department,
Selective Service, Office of Edu-
cation, Public Housing Authority
and Civilian Production Admins,
tration.
Snyder said he will meet with
officials of these agencies this
week "to discuss the acute short
age of teachers, equipment ane
housing that may seriously limit
the number of veterans returning
to college and prevent many non
veterans from entering school,"
He simultaneously released a
pilot survey" of the effect the
Federal veterans education pro
gram will have on California edU-
cational institutions this fall.
The survey, prepared at Snyder
See AGENCIES on Page Two