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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
U. S. TO FACE
MARINE DECISION
Question OF Remaining A
Maritime Power Up
To Truman
BY MARC J. PARSON
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, (NEA( - Th e
United States, through Congr ess
and the Maritime Commission,
faces a decision within the next
few months whether it is to re-
main a maritime powe ror drop
almost out of competition with
other major sea-going nations oil
the world.
The President is expected tc
incorporate at least some of the
recommendations OF his Advis
ory Committee on the Mer cnant
Marine in his message to Con
gress shortly after the regular
session convenes in January.
Meanwhile, H. G. Smith, pres
ident of the Shipbuilders Coun'
Gil of America, warns that
without prompt adoption by
Ce gress of an immediate ship
construction program of the vol
ume recommended by the Pres
ident's Committee, the ship
building industry in the United
States will be virtually shut
down within six months"
Members of the Presidents S
Advisory Committee, who de-
scribed themselves as 'prac-
tical-minded businessmen" and
were headed by K. T. Keller,
president of Chrysler Corp,
called the merchant fleet n d
shipbuilding industry ''indi-
spensable to national security"
"Un]ess the shipping and ship
building industries are main
tanned above some minimum
level, the country will lose that
vital nucleus of know how which
i; essential to enable rapid ex-
pansion to meet emergency or
wartime needs" the committee
reported.
"The committee feels that it
will be a matter of national con-
cern if the number of men actu-
ally engaged in the construction
OF vessels in private and naval
shipyards should drop below co.
0OO."
The Shipbuilders Council says
total employment in private
shipbuilding and repair yards,
in both merchant and naval con-
struction, now is less than co.
600. Of these 10000 are at work
on some 81 new ocean-going
gross tons each. and on four
large dredges. The rest are at
work converting and repairing
used ships.
By mid-1948 all current com
mercial ship construction will
have been completed and en-
ployment in repair and CONVEX
SION wards will have dropped to
so 600.
The only two passenger YES
sells now under construction in
the u. S. are the Presidents
Cleveland and Wilson, Is. 450-ton
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

vessels that will carry 937 pas
sengers each, almost a third
more than each of the three
larger ships would handle.
The Maritime Commission
has available $84, 900 which
can be used toward construe tior,
of these ships if the commission
ers can agree with he opera
tors on construction differ
entails.
The committee also recon-
mended construction in 1949 o5
one 50,000-ton ship for the New
York to England-France run
two 18-20O, ,OO-tonners for New
York to the East Coast of South
America, one 12,00o-tonner tt
run from the Gulf Coast te
South America, two 8000-tonner:
for U. S. to South Africa, two
6000-tonners for Seattle to Alas
ka and two 18,000-tonners fol-
the Los Angeles to San Fran
cisco run.
Between 1949-1951, the com
mittee recommends construc
tion of one more 50,000-ton ship
one 24,000-tonn-r, and 26 other
passenger vessels ranging in
size from 1000 to $4,000 tons. Its
total construction program calls
for As such vessels between now
and 1852.
The committee also recon-
lmended construction of high
speed cargo and tanker vessels.
Congress is expected to give
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

sister ships for the American
President Lines. Both have been
launched and are being outfitted
at Alameda. Calf. U. S. ship
building now ranks seventh
among nations even hehInd
Italy and France.
The committee recommended
immediate construct N of three
81 ,000- gross-ton vessels for New
York to Mediterranean service,
to be operated by the American
Export Lines, and five new 13
500-gross-ton ships for Round;
the World Service under the
American President Lines.
Plans were drawn and bids
received for this construction
some months ago, but nothing
c be done until the operators
and the Maritime Commission
agree on what portion of the
construction costs will be paid
by the government under t. b e
Merchant Marine Act of 1886.
Operators seek the full so per
cent subsidy allowed under the
law. The Presidents committee
reported:
"Uncertainty of industrial
conditions, both at home
and abroad, prevents satisfac-
tory determination of this diff
ferential The pressing ma
tional security needs for ships
and shipbuilding lead the COM
mittee to recommend in view
of these practical difficultie
and factors. that during the next
three years. at least, shipbuild-
ing contracts he placed at the
maximum construction diff
ferential subsidy of so per cent
permitted by the 1896 act and
which was used under congress
sional approval during the re-
cent war period"
Meanwhile. American Export
lines alreadv has been forced by
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25
Truants on SPOT

HARRISBURG, Pa. .,W.D- When
Harrisburg school kid skips
class these days, he rarely goes to
the movies. That's because the
theater managers have agreed to
cooperate with Edword Brubak-
er, probation officer and be on
the watch for suspected truants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

consideration to the COM
mittee's recommendations du-
ring the coming session. In ad-
dition some action may be taken
ward over hauling the
Merchant Marine Act of 1886
which the committee described
as wholly inadequate"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-25

delay and rising cost to change
its plans from three 21.GDO-ton
ships to two faster. 10000 ton
The frontiersman., 1947-06-04

}UHRUuJHLk lltHN AYRkCAv>"'~e KtNos An0 Rios
 The first canned salmon of, the l942 season for the Al aska Year Round cannery was packed in the ls- cal plant jus t. one We ek. ago today. op- erations are slow at this, point of the season, according to. Jack Lind, cannery manager, but AYR is nov backing 500 cases of ;. pound cans daily.
 Mr,. Lind said AYR is handl ing both king and red salmon at pr esent, :: although only a few reds are being taken by gill; net fisherman. 4 pr ice of S2 has been agreed upon for king the: s am.e, as that off, CT ed by Alaska-Seldo- r via Packers las t } week. Reds are being accepted on an open agr 6 om ent, pending outcome of. nagotia- ,@ti ons. in: the upper Cook ~Inlst> area.
 Only a partial crew of C annery work" CTS has arr ived, ano Mr. Lind said that .:(Cont. Page .>6l
The frontiersman., 1947-06-04
COUNCIL MfETS NEXT FRID AZ

Next r egular meet inc of the Sa1dovia city council will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the council cham bers, Mayor Harry Leonhardt announced this week.
The frontiersman., 1947-06-04
* BABy TAU IS. .FRO01 B0AROWALK DEAR BEACHCOmBER

.CHANBt K: E:lkItS
 FOR INCREASED
 AIRNAlt SERVICE
 >Airmail del ivery service into Seldovia three times weekly is the initial goal ot' the new1y-r organi zed Seldovia Chamber of Commerce. The pro ject was discussed at the Monday meeting Of the group, and it was un- animously* voted '' to sponso or a. plan which it Is hoped will bring the service into the city.
 Ear 1 Herr WflO An- troduced the i'd ca, said that all bus mess houses in the ~c1 ty would be Y: asked" to write a letter, in duplicate; Ito: forward. together wi tn a let. ' ter from the Chamber of, Comm cree; to the Railway Mail Service office in anchor age.~
 The other copy of the letter is to be sent to Delegate E. L. Bar tlett in %ash- ing ton, D.C., who,' 1t: was felt, maybe able to ass ist, in*secur ing the serv ice.
 It was pointed out that Kenai and Nlni1- - Cont. Page fi) , ;'
The frontiersman., 1947-06-04
MOTHER. PASSERBY
 RESCUE CHILD IRON ICY WAFER

Two. = year old Butch, ": son: of Mr s. Dan Hanson of. this city, narr owly missed death this week, when he fall through the Boardwalk rail ing in front of tie" Beach, comber Hotel " last Monday afternoon and pl unged face down in- to the cold, high tide waters of the Bay.
 Quick rescue Work %In rarf Nf hi
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Baptists Hold
Annual Meeting August
IL to IA in St. Paul

The 9th annual session Of the
Minnesota State Baptist Associa-
ton, including the Women's Foreign
and Home Mission groups, Educa-
tional Convention and the Sunday
School and B. T. U. Convention,
will meet at Pilgrim Baptist church,
St. Paul, Aug. IL to IA.
The first days session will open
at 10 a. m. Rev. William Hicks, in
ternational missionary, Of Los
Angeles, Calf, will speak at 2:SO
p. m. The theme for the day will be
Reaching Our Goal Through
Faith" Z
On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the
Women's Conventions theme will
be The Wondrous Work of God"
Rev. Ralph Riley, president of the
Theological Seminary at Nashville,
Tenn, will be the guest speaker, he
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Release Innocent
Mon Who Served
81 Years in Prison

PHILADELPHIA, July 80.
(NNPA) - After serving twenty
one years in the Eastern State
Penitentiary for a murder which
he did not commit, Frank Harris,
40, was freed last Friday with a
home, a job and a sponsor waiting
for him.
Harris was arrested for murder
in March, 1926, and was convicted
The following September. He was
found guilty of killing William Nc
Queen, a companion, while the two
were being questioned by two
policemen at Tenth and Lombard
streets.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
COUNCIL MUST FACE THE
LICENSE ISSUE
Editorial in Minneapolis Morning TT

Disposition of the only available liquor license in Mime
apos is a matter for the entire council to decide
1t is to member of the council to bring the
ton to the floor of the council Friday for showdown on the
present system That system has been based on tradition
instead of opens the whole liquor industry in this
city to corruption.
The immediate question will be whether Anthony B.
CaSSius will be given the license. CaSsius application
lacks the approval of both Sixth Ward aldermen Alderman
Buckley has given his blessing" the Cassus app
cation. Alderman Hendricks who originally his approval
to the application, has withdrawn his approval
Alderman Buckley suggests that Cassius shop around
the present license holders in Minneapolis and buy out
some other place if he wants a license
What About Hickman?
Why doesn't that advice apply to Police Capt.
Hickman whose application for the vacated license has
been approved by Buckley?
Nonsense The license OPEN 1t is the citys license 1t
to the council to that goes to respectable citizen
regardless of what fixtures involved.
Behind the refusal of these aldermen to approve the
Cassius application is CUSTOM which has no basis in law,
that the applicant vacated liquor license buy out the
fixtures of the closed tavern.
Cassius does need the fixtures in the place which
closed He already has fixtures he use in the liquor
business.
To demand that he buy out the fixtures in order get
the license would be exoOn carried out by the elected repre-
Sentatives of the people.
The only defense the council members offer for their
position is that they are protecting the convicted former
holder of the license against bankruptcy.
That argument is bunk!
There companies in Minneapolis willing and able to
buy those fixtures if they have real value Those
panies will not the ransom price some applicants for
liquor license will pay.
But the fact remains there is market for fixtures
The real issue in this is not the disposition of
liquor license The real whether Minneapolis is going
to tolerate cheap ward politics being practsed in the name
of liquor control.
It is this issue which serespectng counclmen must
face when they meet Friday.
Let the councmen stand up and be counted on this issue
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
DOrie Miller Post
Joins Leslie Lawrence,
Asks United Front

Saturday night at a meeting
held at the home of Lawrence Tar
yer, SOB st. Anthony Ave, Adjutant
of Leslie Lawrence Post, members
of Dorie Miller Post, stormy petrol
in Legion veteran circles applied
for membership in the Leslie
Lawrence organization en- masse.
Present at the Meeting were
Norman Gludt, present Fourth Dis
trict Commander, and Al Paul,
Fourth District Commander-elect.
Byron Rife, Commander of Dorie
Miller Post, said in a statement to
the press, that the consolidation
was Dorie Miller's answer to the
challenge of veterans presenting
united front to secure the things
that all had fought for.
THE present situation is so
critical, and problems crying for
immediate solution are so vital,
that this is not time to split hairs
over who gets the glory.
my comrades and myself feel
that our first responsibility is to the
people as a whole, and to their in
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08

terests. Feeling that not only the
veteran, but all persons should have
a chance to enjoy the fruits Of our
struggle to keep democracy alive,
we of Dorie Miller Post are happy
to sacrifice our identity as a Legion
unit, if the best interests of all can
be better served. We have long
since discovered that there are too
many leaders, too few followers,
who are willing to carry the burden
unsung. Whether we are heard Of
or not, we want the world to know
that we will be in there pitching"
Samuel Ransom, member of
Leslie Lawrence executive commit
tee, also present at the meeting,
stated that he felt that the con-
solidation not only served the best
interests of democracy, but would
give the new members a better
chance to render better service to
both the American Legion and the
community.
1t is said that number of the
new members are slated for i'm
mediate appointment to several i'm
portant standing committees.
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will also speak on Thursday. At 8
p. m. the finance committee will be
in charge of "Everybody's Birth
day Party"
At the Sunday School and Bap-
fist Training Union meeting on
Thursday, Aug. ID, Rev. Floyd Mas
sey, Jr., pastor at Pilgrim, will
speak at 2:30 p. m. The meetings
win close at 6 p. m. when the an
ntIai fellowship dinner will be held,
Officers Of the association are
Rev. H. W. Bolts, ST., moderator;
J. W. Pate, secretary; Wayne Bur-
rell, president Of Women's Conven-
ton; lone Brown, president Of
Young Peoples Work; Cordelia X.
Hunter, publicity chairman. Rev.
Floyd Massey is pastor at Pilgrim
church, host to the association.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Mrs. Elmer Smith.
Mother Of Raymond
Phillips. Succumbs

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, Aug. 6, for Mrs. Effie
Smith, So, of 35l9 Smelling Ave. s.,
who died Sunday, Aug. 3, at Mime
apolis General hospital. Mrs. Smith
had been a resident Of Minnesota
for the past 26 years, and was a
member Of st. James A.M.E.
church. Rev. f. X. Thomas Off
ciated at the services that were
held from St. James church at 2
p. m.
She is survived by her husband,
Elmer. a son, Raymond Phillips, a
sister, Mrs. Ruby White Of Detroit,
Mich, and many other relatives.
Interment was Crystal Lake
cemetery. Woodland Funeral Home
in charge Of arrangements.
Frances Reed Services
Funeral services for Frances
Reed, IS, 5Ol7 Irving Ave No, will
be held Friday today at Woodland
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Reed died Tuesday, Aug. 5,
at Rochester, MINI.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Champs to Play in
Golf Tournament

CLEVELAND, Aug. 8 CNNPA)
Two smuggling ring champions
Heavyweight Joe Louis and Welter-
weight Ray Sugar Robinson will
compete in $500 Open golf
tournament here Aug. 1918.
But the favorite will be the Ma
tional Open champion, Howard
Wheeler, Of Philadelphia, cross
handed hitter whose tremendous
drives top even those Of long-hit-
ting Jimmy Thomson and other
noted stars.
The golf tourney, sponsored by
the Sixth City Golf Club, will be
held at Seneca Country Club with
" holes Of medal play for the pro-
fessionals, and an 1S-hOle qualifier
plus three days OF match play for
amateurs. About 300 entries are
expected.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
James FaiSOn,
Father of Five
Sons, Buried

James Faison, "a, Of 1926 Chi
cago Ave, died Monday, Aug. I,
at Minneapolis General hospital
where he had been a patient some
time. Funeral services were held
Thursday, Aug. Z, at Woodland
Funeral Home chapel, at 2 p. m,
with Rev, L. Kirk officiating.
He is survived by his wife, Rosa;
FIVE sons, Scott c., Dennis, David,
Irving, and Carter; four sisters,
Mary Grim, Louisville, KY, Ida and
Matte Faison, Jacksonville, Fla,
and Mrs. Dennis Driscoll, Thomas
vile, Ga, and six grandchildren.
Interment Crystal Lake ceme-
terry.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
7. Arnold Hill,
Former Urban
Lacquer, Dies

CLEVELAND, Aug. 3 (NNPA)
IT. Arnold Hill, So, who was an
executive with the National Urban
League from 1914 to 1910, died
here last Friday after a brief ill
ness. His home was at 1915
Seventh Ave, New York City.
MIR. Hill was born in Richmond,
Va, and was graduated in 1911
from Virginia Union University
there. He joined the National
Urban League in 1914 as assistant
to the executive secretary in New
York City. Later he was Western
field secretary, executive secretary
of the Chicago Urban League, and
from 1925 to 1910 was director of
the department Of industrial relR-
tons in the national organization.
From 1888 to 1886 he was acting
national executive secretary.
Before and during World War ii
Mr.. Hill worked for the Federal
government as eOnsultant 10 the
Works Progress Administration; Us
assistant director Of the Office Of
Negro Affairs Of the National
Youth Administration, and as q
special assistant 10 Chester BOwles
in the Office Of Price Administra-
ton.
Recently he had been associated
with Fisk University, Nashville,
Tenn, on a special vocational
guidance project.
Mr.. Hill held numerous Federal
and state appointments to commits
siOns and committees, among them
the New York State Board Of Social
Welfare; the Presidents Confer
ence on Home Building and Home
Ownership; the National Commits
sion on Unemployment Relief; the
Industrial Relations Panel Of the
New York State Board Of Media
ton; the White House Conference
on Children in a Democracy, and
the Advisory Committee on Wei
fare for the New York Worlds
Fair.
Mr.. Hill leaves a widow, the
former Sara o. Henderson; two
sons, T. Arnold and Charles Pinyon;
a brother, X. Tabb Hill Of New
York, and two sisters, Mrs. Con-
stance Marteena and Mrs. Naomi
Simmons Of Greensboro, N. C.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
TheO. Woodland Denies He's Interested
In Vacant Minneapolis Liquor License

Theodore Woodland, funeral di-
rector, 1903 Lyndale Ave. N, Min
neapOlis, denied he had made any
attempt to secure the vacant Min
neapOlis liquor license as reported
in the Minneapolis daily press July
81 He branded the report false
and without foundation.
Woodland, operator of the Wood
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ard Funeral Home, pointed out that
his church and fraternal affiliations
would prevent him from making
such an application even if he was
interested.
Mr.. Woodland said he had no idea
from what source such a rumor
originated.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Famous Cuban Negro Stars
Play Hastings WV Team
At Lexington Tuesday Night

over the Indianapolis Clowns, Biz
mingham Black Barons, Detroit
Senators and other topfiight clubs
this season.
The La Palomas boast Of such
stars as LeovigildO Lugo, Amman
do Vasquez, Cheeva Smith and
Robustino Cabriales.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08

gardless of their color or creed. The
Department Of Minnesota, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, strongly protests
this practice and urges that you i'm
mediately order such practice to
cease at Fort Smelling National
Cemetery.
Our organization will assist in
the Governments return Of our war
dead program this fall. We cannot
stand idly by and see our colored
overseas war veterans buried in a
Jim Crow plot apart from those
who served alongside them in
battle"
Similar protest have been made
to Senators Joe Ball and Edward
Thye and the Minnesota congress
sional delegation by Percy Greene,
St. Paul, Commander of the Twin
Star Post, VFW.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
GORDON PARKS
MAKES QUICK
TRIP HERE

Gordon Parks, internationally
known photographer, was in the
Twin Cities for a day this week.
He came here to take pictures of
Clarence W. Wigington, chief de-
signing architect of the city of St.
Paul and Nell Dodson Russell,
Spokesman and Recorder columnist.
The photos with articles about
the two Minnesotans, will be used
by a national magazine in a COM
ing issue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
CLARA BENTLEY REMAINS
SHIPPED TO EMPORIA, KAN

Clara Belle Bentley, 1888 St. An
thony Ave, died Friday, Aug. /, at
her home. Remains were shipped
to Emporia, Kan, Saturday eve
ming, Aug. II, for burial. Sur
vivors include her husband, Clifford,
mother, three sisters and two broth
ers. all of Emporia.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Correction

The Rosie f. Moore chapter of
the OES of Chicago ofFiciated at
the funeral of Mrs. Nettie Cook Of
Chicago, who passed away last week
in that city for the Pride of the
West No. 9, OES Of Minneapolis
of which Mrs. Cook was a member.
Burial was at Durr Oaks cemetery.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Brothers Meet for First
Time in Thirty Years

Benjamin Owens Of Fort Scott,
Kan, saw his brother, Augustus
Owens, 1900 Clinton Ave, Mime
apolis, for the first time in thirty
years, Aug. 3, when he visited here.
Mr.. Owens was accompanied by
his wife to Minneapolis. The
brothers last met during the first
World War in 1917.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08

The Havana La Palomas, sensa-
tiOnal baseball team Of Cuban Win
ter league stars, will take on the
highly touted Hastings Veterans
Of Foreign Wars team at Lexing-
ton Park Tuesday night, Aug. u,
at $50 p. m.
The La Palomas hold victories
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08
Veterans Group Continues
Fight Against National
Guard Ban on Negroes

The four veterans groups which
are members of a Volunteer Com
mittee formed to combat discrim-
ination against Minnesota Negroes
in the state national guard are con-
tinuing their fight a spokesman for
the committee said Wednesday.
This committee also is working
on the Jim Growing of Negro vet
eran dead and their families in
the Fort Smelling National ceme-
terry.