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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
RECRUITER CITES
AAF ADVANTAGES

The U. S. Army Air Forces pro
vides the most complete aviation
training in the world including
training in many connected specia'
lized fields, 1t. N. G. Cottle, vii
mington Army recruiting officer,
said yesterday.
Emphasizing the openings exist.
ing in the various AAF branches,
Cottle pointed out that enlistees ir
the Army have an opportunity te
become radar operators, meteorolo
gists, electrical and mechanical,
engineers, television operators and
airport control tower operators.
Besides receiving excellent train
ing, Cottle said, enlistees are paid
while they train in addition to re
ceiving, free, clothes, food and
quarters. Army training, he add
ed, provides an excellent back.
ground for men desiring CONNER.
cial airline careers.
The Army also is offering en-
listments and training in Signal
Corps to men who are DESTROYS OF
studying radio and telegraph.
This training equips men with
knowledge of repair, operation and
installation, it has been announced
by the Signal Corps who are in
need of additional personnel in that
branch Of the service.
Good pay rates with regular in
creases in addition to vacations and
opportunity for travel and promo
ton are being offered enlistees.
Additional advantages include re-
tirement at half-pay at the end Of
twenty years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
BROOKLYN SEEKS
T0KEEP NURSERY

Parents and teachers are max
ing an effort to retain the Brooklyn
Nursey school in the R. r. Taylor
homes despite the recent loss Of
federal funds, according to E. w.
Burnett, head of the school.
THE school furnishes a safe,
wholesome atmosphere for chill
dren Of working mothers" Burnett
said, while providing educational
and recreational facilities which
help in the adjustment of the
|pre-school life of children"
The Brooklyn Nursery school is
among the oldest in the city, hav'
ing been established in the early
days Of the WPA and continued
throughout the war. Highest en-.
rollment has been between IS and
so children, with a faculty OF four
1.-The Brooklyn group is asking
for the support Of the public in the
maintenance Of this work." Bur
nett said Monies will be usee
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
Springer Company
Founded In 1878

The Springer Coal and Oil COM
pany, 1910 Dawson street, was
founded in 1873 by James Arthur
Springer and the company today
still offers to the public coal, fuel
oil, Iron Fireman stokers and oil
burners, as it did when it was or
gained.
In 1888 Daniel H. Penton, Sr. en-
tered the company and became
president, an office he held until
his death il 1889 when his son the
present president, Howard A. Pen
ton, took over. Vice-president OF
the company is d. H. Penton. Jr.
Springer Coal and Oil company
now offers day and night service
to its stoker and oil burner Gus
toners in connection with central
heating plants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
Cooperation Key
To Added Success
Carl Causey Says

Il came TO Wilmington following
World War - says Carl Causey
owner and manager of Causeys
Automobile Service, 18th and Mar
ket streets.
i had the experience of seeing
the boom of those days disappear
and know what it did to Whining
ton then. I sincerely believe that
condition can be avoided this time.
Each merchant and citizen must
cooperate, spend money in Will
mlngton, and thus build his own
future and the future of Whining
tom
Causey's service includes tire
calls, gasoline delivery, battery re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
Graves Resigns Post
On Birmingham Paper

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 49,
W.1-The resignation Of John Tenn
pie Graves, editorial colunnist for
the Birmingham Age-Herald for II
years, was announced by Graves
today.
Because our points of view have
come to be far apart you seem to
feel that you cannot print my col
umn in the same circumstances as
heretofore" Graves said in a note
to James E. Chappell, president
of Birmingham News company
The resignation was effective yes
terday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
+. 25 To $50 Miles North
east Of Famous Greek
Island OF Crete

~ DOnECANESE ISLANDS
This is the ninth of a series
n ten articles under the gene
ral title, Orphan Areas Of Eu-
,one The stories have been
nrepared by the National Geo
rraphic Society for the Will
s,ineton Star-News to inform
re,ders about disputed areas
;. europe whose forms of gov
arnment and economic rela-
tions with neighboring coun-
tries may have to be determine
ID by negotiations among the
Allied Powers. The final article
If the series will appear in the
wilmington Star-News next
Sunday.
Nv THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
ni SOCIETY
IN the blue Aegean sea between
rnrkev and Greece, Is to $50
a,iles northeast of the Greek is
1 1 Of Crete, lie the islands long
Known as the Dodecanese.
When Italy seized the group from
rrrkev in 1912, it became merely
+ho most recent conqueror of these
Strategic islands that straddle the
,oo lanes between the main body
NJ the Mediterranean and the
plack sea. Other owners of all
NJ various islands Of the group
have been ancient Greece, Rome,
.be citv.states of Venice and Genoa
ths Knights of Rhodes, and Turkey.
lust as the islands have had
manv masters, so they have had a
misleading ore, geographically,
historically, and numerically. Tur.
kew and Greece have at various
times applied this name to islands.
some within and some without the
limits Of the area so-called today.
The islands of Rhodes, Coo (Cos)
and Lisso, members of the preWar
political unit set up by Italy, were
never before in history considece
part of the Dodecanese. And final.
" the word Dodecanese, derived
from the Greek, means dozen,
while there are today IA islands
in the enlarged cluster.
Greek, Turkish, and Italian
names for individual islands ap-
pear on some maps. Many recent
charts designate the Dodecanese
the italian Islands Of the Aegean, .
and use Italian spellings because
Italy, as the ruling power, estab-
lished the official nomenclature.
However, historic Greek names
show through this modern veneer.
Turkey conquered the islands
in 1923, and they were under
Turkish rule with few minor
breaks, until 1912. History shows
that the region developed under
the influence of Greek civilization.
In modern as well as in ancient
times the islanders, for the most
part, have been of Greek blood,
and the Greek language has pre-
dominated.
The IA main islands are, in order
Of their size: Rhodes, Scarpanto
(Carpathos), Coo (Cos), Calino,
Stampalia, Lero, Case, SINH, Pts
copl, Patmo, Nisiro, Calchi, Lissa,
and Castelrosso.
lkaria, one Of the Dodecanese
while Turkey was in control, vas
united with Greece in 1912. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17
ISOLATED

ATHENS, Feb. 16-P)-An
UNRRA plane piloted by Yves Shell
ton, of Peterborough, N. H., drop
ped emergency food supplies today
to % UNRRA agents and Greek
civilians isolated by a snoWstorm
on 4,000-foot Mount Parnes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

charging. towing calls and wrecker
service. In addition, standard lines
of merchandise, including Purol
products, Goodyear tires, Autolite
batteries and popular brands of &C.
cessories, are carried in stock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

for the purchase of food-milk,
fruit ard a daily meal-sehool sup.
plies, and to supplement teachers
salaries where necessary. Salaries
will be paid, as far as possible,
from the weekly rates charged for
each child"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

When you are planning to work
around the house dig your fin
gers in a cake If soap. i will help
prevent accumulation of dirt un-
der the nails and is very easy to
remove
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

Canada contains approximately
2,738,200 head Of sheep and lambs
and 46, 4s7 200 head of poultry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
Navy Announces Another
Discharge Score Reduction


Naval personnel affected in
this area may be happy to learn
Of the further reduction in dis
charge scores.
This latest move by the Navy
will mean that approximately 70
percent of Navy personnel SUBJ
ject to rehabilitation will be
back in civilian life sometime in
May. .f...
The reductions in discharge
scores will become effective April
IS and May 2 and will affect 49,
500 officers and l53,5OeE enlisted
men.
The present and reduced SCORES
follow:
Male commissioned and war
rant officers, from 81 to SO on
April Is and to 35 on May 2.
Male enlisted personnel, from
so to 20 on April Is and to % on
May 2.
WAVE officers, from 20 to Is,
on May 2.
WAVE enlisted personnel, from
20 to 10 on May 2.
Navy Nurse Corps, from &c to
Is on May 2.
Exceptions are made in several
categories, including:
Male doctors decrease from AT
20 IS on April Is and to "A on
May 2.
Naval aviators in flight status
above rank OF ensign decrease
from "a TO % on April Is and TO
q on May 2. pg ~ 81
Naval avistors, ensign, flight
status, unchanged, at 90. --
Navy Earthquake" "a
Just in case the same thing
happens in Key West (whJ;
kriows?), we give you this infor-
nation so you'll know what it's
all about:
Pens a cola experienced an
earthquake" the other day. Dish
es ratified on shelves, windows
banged, pictures We're Jared out
Of their usual positions on walls
and the seismograph at Spring
Hill College. Mobile, Ala, record
ed earth tremors.
No one could say what caused
the quake" Overnight, Pensa-
cola had first-rate mystery" on
its hands. Then came a belated
explanation Navy had the an
swer. 1t reported that three bat
ueships engaging in long-range
battle practice 40 miles from
shore caused the earthquake.
Listen. Teachers!
We have here some informa-
ton Of value TO the school ma ans
Of Monroe County.
IL was announced at a raCnlaf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
OF INTEREST TO
KEY WEST
National and State News
With a Local Slant
KeY Westers Due In States
BY J.W.R.

Four Key West servicemen are
scheduled TO arrive in the States
this week, three on the east coast
and one on the west coast.
The trio due in New York in.
clude: Cpl. Jose w. Valdez and
Pfc. Milo Gonzalez, aboard the
S.. Maritime, and Pfc. Bernard
A. Whitehead, aboard the SIS. Sea
Tiger.
Sgt. Charles r. Wallace is sched-
uled 10 dock at San Francisco
aboard the SIS. Santa Maria.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
Listen. Teaehersl

Listen Teachersl
We have here some informa-
ton Of value TO the school ma ans
Of Monroe County.
1t was announced at recent
meeting of the Southeastern
Classroom Teachers Association
that there is a shortage of 10000
teachers in the region. (Stay on
the job. please.)
Teachers of Florida are asked
by the CTA president to write
the President to show him they
support his proposal for federal
and for education.
Classroom Teachers will meet
N Tampa at the same time Flor
ida Education Association holds
It's convention there April A, 5
and 8. Officials of the associa-.
ton expect between 5000 and T.
900 at the meet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16

AA4G ~ "a
This may produce a laugh
among local OPA officials or it
may not, depending on how they
look at it. Anyway: The OPA
in Dallas, Tex, didn't have to go
any further than its own office
20 uncover a violator of its reg
ulations. The Office of Price Adj
ministration of that city filed
S2.67e suit for alleged rent con-
troll violations against John M.
Mccoy - its assistant regional
price executive.
No laughing matter was the Sc
liOus wOunding of an OPA Of
fetal in Kansas. A small paper
wrapped package was mailed to
the home Of Wayne Lanning,
OPA rent adjustment officer in
Wichita. As it came special de-
livery, he Immediately opened it.
As he unwrapped the parcel it
exploded, spraying bpckShots in
ms face, right hand and Side. His
spectacles were shattered and a
piece Of glass, or metal, pierced
ms right eye. The package con-
tanned crudely-made bomb po-
lice believe was sent by a Wichita
property owner. FBI is investi-
eating.
Yes, we have no bananas-at
lie a pound. That's the OPA re-
tail price ceiling, but the tropical
fruit is selling as high as ST per
pound on the Chicago black mar
ket. OPA reveals.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-23
Kako Sc DO ~Joponska
p~rezivIioIo?

Japonska ina ma vsako kva-
dratno milo priblizno 500 pre-
bivalcev - enajstkrat vec kot
pa Jill je ma XIV. milo V Zed. dr.
zavah. Ker pa velik del Japon-
ske sploh nj V nobenem oziru
"a obljudenje, je torej
'gnjeca" v tistih krajih, kjer so
pogoji "a prezivljanje, toliko
vecja.
Ia velika masa ljudi ma ia
ponskem mad 70 milijonov Jill
je = ina pc porazenju teak
problem, kako Sc prezivljati,
kajti pred vojno 81 je pomagala
z imperialisticno politiko, to je,
z izrabljanjem kitajske Formo-
re, Mandzurije, Koreje, Sahali-
ma in drugih krajev, XII 81 jih je
Japonska osvojila "a svoj Civ
ljenjski prostor''. S tenn vprasa-
MEM Sc mora ukvarjati tudi vr-
hovni komandant okupirane ia
ponske general Macarthur.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-23


sodisce razgIasilo sledeco sodbo;
"a krive so bill spoznani in OBJ
sojeni:
Bogumil Renee, DIR. joe Ba-
sal, Dir. S~tanislav zitko in DIR.
Ivan Slokar ma 5 let odvzema
svobode iprisilnim delom, izgu-
bo drzavljanskih pravic "a dobo
5 let, obenem pa Renee, Basal
in zitko ma zaplembo celotne
imovine, DIR. Slokar pa ma za-
plembo delnic pr gospodarskih
podjetjih;
DIR. Capuder, Ivan Avsenik,
Franc Lesjak SO dobili pc 8 leta
prisilnega della, izgubo draw
ljanskih pravic "a 2 lett, Avse-
mex in Lesjak pa Sc ma zaplem-
DO celotnega premozenja; X
dekan Zabret, zupnik Kettle
in skvarca SO dobili po 2 lett
zapora, z izgubo drzavljanskih
pravic "a dive lett in zaplembo
delnic v gospodarskih podjet-
Jill; ASK Gyo
VI. Curk, Ignacij Vok, DIR. Two
Cesnik, DIR. Albin Smajd, Franc
Vogel, professor. Pengov in raw
natelj Franc Free so dobili 90
IA mesecev zapora, z izgubo dr.
zavljanskih pravic "a dive lett,
poleg tega pa Curk ma zaplembo
1879 premozenja, Vok, Cesnik,
smajd, Vogel in Pengov ma Ia
plembo celotne imovine. d.
#Obtozenci DIR. Dermastiia, DIR.
Mohoric, zupnik Podbevsek,
zupnik Skoda, Babnik, zupnik
Fatur, zVpnik Klemencic, zup-
nix Klopcic, dekan Rihar, Je-
lenc, zakelj, Osana, Mihelcie,
Brozovic, DIR. Valencia in vsi
ostali SO bill oprosceni vsake
krivde in kaZni.
Hkrati je bila zaplenjena tu-
di VISA imovina Zadruzne gospo-
darske banke in Zadruzne I'VE
Re, tovarne Zmaj in vse delnice,
S katerimi je Zadruzna gospo-
darka banka udelezena pri raz-
licnih gospodarskih podjetjih.
Med obsojenimi Sc nahajajo
V begunstvu Renee, DIR. Basal,
DIR. zitko, Skvarca, zupnik Ket-
te, DIR. Cesnik, DIR. smajd in pro-
fesor Pangov; med oproscenimi
je ma begu lie Milos Stare.
Tako je koncala svoje izkori-
scevalno delo ena najvecjih 60
spodarskih pijavk slovenske de-
zele. Svoje pristase imajo ME
nj nekdanji predstavniki tudi v
Ameriki in ii pobirajo denarne
prispevke pod firmo "Katoliske
lige" "a te izkoriscevalce slo-
venskega naroda med naSimi
nepoucenimi ljudmi v Ameriki.
Ne bi bio dosti razlike, &c bi
pobirali "a Hitlerja ali Musso-
Podatki IL SLOW. porocevalca,
12-14/VIII.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-23
A NEW
NEWSPAPER
SUBSCRIPTION
SALESMEN!
FULL OR PART TIME

Uh FANI IIHE
men to offer NEW, DIFFER
EMIT Hospital Insurance Policy
in connection with newspaper
subscription campaign. Easy to
sell. Liberal guarantee. See
Mr.. Lorrigan, Mr.. Hanson or
Mr.. Kearns, Circulation De-
partment, 421 w. Washington
Street.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-23

Hinavsko pravilo: "Poslusaj
me, kako ucim, a ne glej me,
kai delam."
DObro pravilo: BESIDE mice
10, vzgledi vlecejo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-23

Ker predsodki MISC zidani ma
razumu, Jill je z logiko nemogo-
ce uniciti. - Tyron Edwards.
Evening star., 1946-09-24

tween the Utah-ldaho Central
Railroad Corp. and some Of It's EN-
ployes.
The employees are represented by
the international Association Of
Mechanics.
The presidential order said the
dispute threatened to interrupt In
terstate commerce in Utah and
Idaho TO 4 degree such as to de-
prive that portion Of the country Of
essential transportation service"
Evening star., 1946-09-24
IN Memorials and Arlington Gene.

son Memof1als ana Afunkton Gene
tery. :
Business Session Saturday.
A business session at . an. Sat-
urday, at which officers will be
elected, followed at l pm. by me-
mortal services. From 1 to 5 pm
visiting delegates and members OF
the District Society will be guests
Of the United States Daughters oi
the War Of 1872 and its district
chapter at reception in the organi-
zation's national headquarters, 1851
Rhode Island avenue NV. Mrs
Charles Henry Plotner is president
Of the district chapter.
The General Society's reception
for officers and guests At the Hamil-
ton Hotel at Z pm Saturday will
be followed by the biennial banquet
at 7:30 pm, to be addressed by Maj.
Gen. Ulysses 8. Grant III.
Organized September Il, 1914 on
the battlefield at North Point, Nd,
by survivors in the defense of Bal
timore, the society claims to be
Evening star., 1946-09-24
Society Of War Of 1872
Delegates 10 Register
For Convention FRIDAY

About IS delegates are expected
here Friday and Saturday for the
24th biennial convention OF the
General Society Of the War Of 1917
according to Charles Clair Weaver
ling, president Of the District So
ciety.
Delegates will register at / pm
Friday ut convention headquarters
in the Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth
and K streets NV. They will
leave at 2 pm. for q bus trip to
Mount Vernon where q wreath will
be placed on the tomb OF George
washington. Stops will be made
en- route at the Lincoln and Jeffer-
Evening star., 1946-09-24

the oldest military organization ir
the United States. State groups
subsequently formed. organized the
General Society April IA. 1894. The
District Society. formed April 1s
1896. and admitted to the General
Society June 10 of that year, Is
celebrating its 50th anniversary this
year.
OmceFs Listed.
Oncers Of the General Society
include DR.. ]. Hall Long Of jackson
Heights, N. Y. president-general;
Milo r. McAlpin, New York City
deputy president general. and John
Harmon Noble, also of New York,
secretary-general.
The convention will be the third
the society has held in Washington.
Evening star., 1946-09-24

! Others were in 1905 and 1882. DR.
Edson L. Whitney. past president
Of the District Society, is general
chairman Of convention committees.
Evening star., 1946-09-24
Truman Orders Inquiry
In Western Rail Dispute
BY ths Assoeiated Press

President Truman yesterday signed
an order creating an emergency
board to investigate q dispute be-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-29

CHARLOTTE, March 2s.-(P)-
Lawson Little, former National
Open and Amateur champion from
Monterey, Calf, and Jim Terrier,
ex-Australian, now playing out of
Chicago, splashed home with six
under-par 66's today to share the
lead as the $500 Charlotte Open
Golf tournament got under way on
a soggy Myers Park club course.
The two huskies were among the
% who broke par despite day
long showers which left the 6,410-
yard course a series of puddles.
Three 68 shooters were right be-
hind them Chick Harbert of De-
troit, Pete Cooper of GAINESVILLE,
Fla, and Vic Ghezzi of Knoxville,
Tenn, each coming in four under
par. Ghezzi's outgoing 81 and er-
rier's 81 on the way in were the
days best nine-hole scorer.
| The leaders:
Lawson Little, Monterey, Calf, 1888
66.
Jim Terrier, Chicago, 3531-66.
Vic Ghezzi, Knoxville, Tenn, 31-37-68.
Chick Harbert. Detroit, 35-33-68.
Pete Cooper, Gainesville, Fla, 34-34-
So.
Sam snead, Hot Springs, Va, $3.50
50.
Toney Penna, Cincinnati. 37-32-6s.
Ray Mangrum, Los Angeles, 35-34-69
Ed Furgol, Detroit, 35-34E69.
Stewart Alexander, Durham, N. c., ga
$50.
Johnny Bulla, Little Rock, Ark, s4-35
SO.
Harry Todd, Dallas, Tex, 34-35-69.
Frank Strazza, Greenwich, Conn, 49,
$40.
Bob Hamilton, Chicago, 34-36-7o.
Orville White, Winston-Salem, 1886
Clayton Heather, Charlotte, 35-36-71.
Les Reynolds, Rock Hill, S. c., 36-36-
70.
Purvis Ferree, Winston-salem, 1885,
70.
AL Smith, Winston-salem, s8-35-7s.
Pete Webb, Shelby 38-35-73.
| x-Keeley Grice,' Charlotte, 38-35-7s.
| Dave Tinsley, Charlotte, 58-35-73.
Chuck Alexander, Durham, 38-36-A.
| Johnny Palmer, Badin, 39-35-74.
| Harold Hall, Columbia, S. c., 40-35-75.
| A. D. Stone, Durham, $685.
| x-Avery Beck, Raleigh, 37-38-75
Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, Va, 81
38-75.
x-Alan Smith, Asheville, 40-35-75.
| Walter Reynolds, Columbia, S. c., So
1915.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-29
The
Morning Watch
WITH
Edward Sachs
Breaking The Lull
WITH
Edward Sachs

That pause that depresses-the annual 1n ho+1roo,,
basketball and spring sports broken Yesterday Nv A
Lennon, who announced that he was snonsor;n ~ Ji4
ball banquet for the MINIS quintet at the Fr;nd oaf
terra Monday evening We should have asked fo oo ~
tails but Mr. Lennon made his announcement earl ~ ~
morning ana at sucn times we not at our best.
However, although we don't know the entire scoro ~
the meetlng-lt might not be free-we think + ;s
good idea to give the kids feed and saw nice thinn
them ~ @ IVY ] Team In the state deserves pat on the
back its the cagers OF ours at New Hanover High Wv VA e
Cheated out Of chance to play in the state cbamnnsh,
hd ~ tapd ' 4s ney mad very good chance winthe
had beaten during the season plav for the
the ihen came tne invitation and the viii
South when they walked place honos and nlacd
four players on the AllTournament second team 1s
will be there Monday speakers can't
too tar IN pals1ng team We have bunch
Of daters were eulogzed and it
sick But MONDAY hey can say anything and will
This 1856 team great deal of time in the lmelsht
First the NCHsAA doube-cros in they were out and
then the Their rout Of Raeoh
focused attention local
that story night and
Ine kno OF carrying that makes
Another free feed tap tonight when we break bread
with the boys from the heading of
living 1t seems that when trying Wilmington
into the 1rState League made several
such towns as Dunn Erwin and being bit
Such towns Dunn so on did not take to
knd to this and always makes just little apprehenve
be in the thriving
little cities Hope that did it,.
this weekend the Charlotte Open which should
draw quite few Wilmington golf fans While Hogan Byron
preparing Masters Sam Snead
will be on the nksa and from all
thing the circuit right polishing and
Greensboro opens with The being held Myers