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Evening star., 1947-11-17
Leqa| UItimatum Fired
In Port Newark Battle
By the Associated Press

NEWARK, N. j., Nov. Illegal
cannonading is going on today in
another episode in the Battle OF
Newark Bay.
While the City of Newark's squirt
gun" fleet of two flreboats kept its
hoses wet, and the decommissioned
battleship New Mexico remained at
anchor we'll out of range, the city's
legal department hurled new
broadside in the form of an ulti-
matum.
Sidney Simand, assistant corpora
ton counsel, last night notified Lip
Sett, Inc, salvage firm intent on
scrapping the New Mexico at Port
Newark, that it must be agreed that
the battle wagon will not be moved
until Wednesday or the firm must
defend a, petition for Federal in
junction immediately"
The salvage firm had agreed not
to move the New Mexico until to-
morrow, awaiting outcome of con-
ference between the Navy Depart
ment and the Port of New York
Authority in Washington, which was
to have been held today.
The conference, however, was
postponed until tomorrow. The
"war" started last week because
Newark officials believe the scrap
ping of the, dreadnaught would
jeopardize $70,0O0,000 Port Author
ity development program for the
city's airport and seaport.
The city, Mr.. Simand said. wants
assurances that the battleship will
not be moved until the conference
has been held and it's outcome de-
termined. Otherwise, Mr.. Simand
said, the city will go into Federal
Court today and ask for an in
junction.
A Lipsett pledge of ample notice"
before moving the New Mexico was
termed by Mr. Simand as "un-
satisfactory" The>Lipsett firm has
promised to answer the citys ulti-
matum by noon today, Mr.. Simand
said,
Evening star., 1947-11-17
Julian Irving Pierce,
Liberal Who Staged
Jail Revolt, Dies at 81

Julian Irving Pierce, 80, old-time
liberal who once staged revolt in
the District Jail, died at ST. Eliza
beth's Hospital Saturday and will
be buried tomorrow.
Mr.. Pierce served for many years
as librarian at the headquarters of
the American Federation of Labor
here and later became editor of the
AFLs weekly news service.
Friends recalled the days before
World War I when Mr.. Pierce used
to make street corner speeches on
Pennsylvania avenue in behalf Of
socialism, home rule for the District
and better conditions for the work.
ing man.
Refused Freedom on Bail.
One of the speeches resulted in
Mr.. Pierce's arrest. According to
Miss Mary Shaw of the AFI., who
looked after Mr.. Pierce's affairs in
his last year, Mr.. Pierce always had
obtained a permit to make speeches
but on this occasion started his
speech making without one. When
policeman asked for his permit,
he pulled out copy of the Consti-
tuition.
Miss Shaw said he had become
interested in conditions at the Jail
and chose this method of being ar
rested. He refused to be released
on bail at first. Newspapers of the
time, Miss Shaw said, carried 'front.'
page stories about the revolt Mr..
Pierce led among the prisoners in
behalf of better food. He also called
attention to the fact that capital
punishment was executed in the
same room where the prisoners ate.
That condition has since been rem
edied.
According to Miss Shaw the late
Samuel Gompers, then head of the
AFL, got interested in Mr.. Pierce
and offered him job with the
labor organization. Mr.. Pierce re-
mained with the AFL until he be-
came i'll in 1912.
Mr.. Pierce was born in Vassar,
Mich, and was educated at the Uni
versity of Michigan. He studied
journalism in Paris. A bachelor, he
leaves five nephews.
Funeral services will be held at
Hines funeral home, 2901 Four
teenth street NV, tomorrow at 10
am. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1947-11-17
Lawyers Guild Asks
IaxExemption Boost

The National Lawyers Guild today
sent letters to Chairman Knutson
of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee and to Speaker Martin rg-
ing reduction of income taxes for
lower Income groups at the special
session of Congress.
The guild proposed that the cur
rent personal exemption rate OF $500
per person be raised to 81, 500 for a
single person and $2,500 for mar
ried couple with $500 additional for
each dependent, effective January l.
Such an adjustment would bring
immediate relief to every individual
taxpayer in the country, the guild
added, pointing out that a married
man with two children earning $50
a week would get take-home-pay
increase of 81 week and man
earning $40 would have $3.50 more
a week.
In another statement on taxes
the Peoples Lobby, Inc, charged
that both the Tax Advisory Com
mittee and the Economic Develop
ment Committee "are pretentious
pleaders for plutocracy."
Both committees ignore the fact
there are about 100000, 900 900 of
tax-free land values in the United
States, largely due to Government
expenditures, which could yield
81, 600, 100000 year in taxes and
reduce living costs probably twice
that amount" said Benjamin c.
Marsh, executive secretary of Peo-
pies Lobby.
He said the Tax Advisory Com
mittee's suggestion of raising over
Sc 5000, 100000 more by excise taxes
was the political poltroon's device
for soaking the poor, upon whom
they dare not levy direct income
tax"
Evening star., 1947-11-17

Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
has said Congress might approve
the program without setting any
overall amount.
It then would be up to the Re-
publican dominated appropriation
groups - traditionally economy
minded-to decide how much money
would be made available for food,
fuel and fertilizer shipments up to
April l.
Senator Taft said this suggestion
had been discussed by the Senate
Republican Policy Committee, but
without q decision on procedure.
Evening star., 1947-11-17
z Trapped Guests Soved
As Virqinio Inn Burns
By the Associoted Press

RADFORD, Va, Nov. 17.-Firc
razed the three-story brick Dixie
Inn Hotel here today, temporarily
trapping two top-foor guests who
were brought down fire ladders to
safety.
The blaze in the business block
also wrecked a store and grill in
the hotel building, damaged an ad-
Joining shoe shop and threatened
three other business houses before
it was brought under control two
hours later.
Unofficial estimates put the loss
at s150,000. No injuries were re-
ported but one fireman was over
come by smoke.
Evening star., 1947-11-17
i j. ). Warehouses
|0fAmmunition Near
Yokohama Blow Up
By the Aysociofsd Press

IKEGO, Japan. Nov. IL
Seven big warehouses packed
with ammunition exploded at
the United States 9th Army sup
ply base here today, sending
flames and shrapnel high into
the air.
The fire, which broke out at mid
morning, ragged out of control last
night.
Cause of the blast was not deter
mined Immediately.
At nearby Yokohama, United States
9Th Army headquarters reported
later tonight that seven Americans
and four Japanese were injured, one
seriously. Most were nicked by fly
ing shrapnel. The Army said it be-
lieved all personnel had been ac-
counted for. One of the Americans
was hurt seriously when the ambu-
lance he was driving plunged off a
25-foot embankment.
The injured included an American
Army captain. Stanford r. Hicks,
colored, Philadelphia.
Explosions were decreasing. About
450 1st Cavalry soldiers were max
ing headway against brush fires
which had threatened other ware
houses and caves filled with ex-
plosives.
Some 200 personnel, including 90
Americans, are attached to the
dump, which is IS miles southwest
of Tokyo. There are approximately
35 warehouses in the dump, area
It covers 10 square miles. Eighteen
caves also hold ammunition. Alto
gether, about 10000 tons of ammu-
milton, ranging from rifle bullets to
155-mm. shells, is stored here.
Col. Oscar Ramnes of Ada, Mimi,
commanding officer of the dump,
said the first explosion occurred
in a mortar warehouse.
He said the warehouses so far de-
stroyed contained about 25O,OOO
pounds of explosives each. Six con-
tanned small arms ammunition and
rifle grenades and Comm. and 81
nm. mortar shells, he said, and the
seventh held secret stuff"
1t. Willard Baker, colored, OF
Omaha, Nebr., returned from a
patrol to report brush fires in the
cave area. Col Ramnes said he
was concerned that the spreading
fire and flying shrapnel might set
off ammunition in the caves.
Evening star., 1947-11-17
Text of Truman MESSAGE on Foreiqn Aid, Price Control

faced decisions Of such magnitude
in the past, they have taken the
right course.
I am confident that the Congress,
guided by the will Of the people,
will take the right course on this
occasion.
Evening star., 1947-11-17

shortages, free market works cruel
hardships on countless families and
puts an unbearable pressure on
prices. I therefore recommend that
authority be granted. as a prepared
ness measure, to ration basic cost
of-living items on a highly selective
basis.
Urges Authority in Advance.
Adequate protection from high
prices and unfair distribution can
be assured only by establishing
authority for price ceilings and ra-
tioning in fields of critical import
ance. It takes several months to
set up an organization and make
the administrative arrangements
necessary to put price control and
rationirg into effect. Thus, the only
prudent course is to establish the
authority at this time so the neces-
sary preparations can be started.
If we fail to prepare and disaster
results from. our unpreparedness, We
will have gambled with our National
safety-and lost.
If the Government imposes price
ceilings covering a specific area
or production, it should in all fair
ness have the authority. in the same
area, to prevent wage increases
which will make it impossible to
maintain the price ceilings. This
authority should be granted, all
though I believe that there would
be few occasions for its use.
I am confident that, II the cost
Evening star., 1947-11-17
Warns of Depression.

If we neglect our economic ills at
home, if we fail to halt the march
of imitation, we may bring on de-
preston from which our economic
system, as we know it, might not
recover. And if we turn our backs
on nations still struggling to recover
from the agony of war, not yet able
to stand on their own feet, we may
lose for all time the chance to OBJ
tain a world where free peoples can
live in enduring peace.
The freedom that we cherish In
our own economy and the freedom
that we enjoy in the world today
are both at stake.
I have recommended interim aid
for certain Western European coun-
tries and a program to curb infla-
ton in the United States. I regard
the measures which I have pre-
sented to you as vital and essential
to the welfare Of the Nation.
When the American people have
Evening star., 1947-11-17

potentialitieS OF our economy.
Cites Imitation Threat.
In each of my reports, however,
have had to warn of dangers which
lay ahead.
Today imitation stands as an omi'
nous threat to the prosperity we
have achieved. We can no longer
treat infation-with spiraling price:
and living costs-as some vague con.
dition we may encounter in the fu'
ture. We already have an alarming
degree of imitation. And even more
alarming, it is getting worse.
Since the middle of 1916, fuel has
gone up 10 per cent, clothing prices
have gone up 10 per cent, retail fooo
prices have gone up 40 per cent
The average for all cost-of-livine
items has risen % per cent.
The housewife who goes to buy
food today must spend $40 to buy
what 81 bought year and a hall
ago.
The cost of living is still climbing
In the past four montnS IL mas risen
at the rate of Is per cent a year.
Wholesale Prices Rising.
Wholesale prices are rising, too
They affect every industry ano
trade, and they are soon translated
into retail prices.
Since the middle of 1916 wholesale
textile prices have gone up 80 pei
cent, metals have gone up 36 pei
cent, building materials have gont
up AZ per cent. Wholesale prices or
the average have gone up 40 pei
cent.
The harsh effects of price inf1a.
ton are clear. They are felt by wage
earners, farmers and businessmen
Wage earners are finding that bigger
pay checks this year buy less thar
smaller pay checks bought last year
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

school, and the teacher says they
are learning to be honest" Mr..
Conley reports. Several young
men who had formerly been in
the school we're required by the
police to answer roll call at sun
set every evening, along with all
the men of the caste; but after
l talked with the superintendent of
police about the training in u
schools, these boys were excused
from the roll call"
In a pre-vacation letter to the
people of his diocese, the Ri. Rev.
Noel B. Hudson, Anglican bishop
of N castle, England, says:
1.-THE derivation of the word 'holi-
day is a reminder in itself that
no holiday is true recreation that
leaves out God and His worship.
Our first duty as Christians on
arrival at u holiday destination
should be to discover the where
abouts of the parish church and
the times of the services. AS to
outings and 'hikings,' it is well
worth considering whether visits
not be paid to one of the
historic parish churches in our
diocese, Or to n connected with
the history of Christianity in which
our diocese is so rich."'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

Rev, A. J.. Wilson, Rev. W. H.
Moore, DR.. John Kay, DR.. F. F.
Burnett, and David Bryant. Thorn
as Hooper is the only member
living.
In the first hospital, a small
staff presided, and only % beds
were available.
The institution continued to
serve until 1899, at which time. a
federal grant made it possible for
a new building to be started, at
the present site, 18th and Church
streets. This building was design
ed to house so beds, and was
erected On property donated by
the government to the City Of Will
mington for the purpose of c
tional education. The hospital au-
thorities received a special grant,
OF this property, and began their
building.
In 1941, due probably to in
creased interest in hospital i'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Mews Of The Week In ReLigion

The tense situations affecting
human rights do not exhaust the
concerns of the churches in these
trying days. says DR.. O. Fred
erick Mole, of the International
Missionary Council. "In the first
instance, we should cast a critical
eye upon our own policies and
practices In this country, we
should register our Christian con-
viction o all matters that carry
international significance. We can
not ignore the possibility of inter
national repercussicns from our
insistence that certain Pacific Is
lands be assigned to us as stra-
tegic bases " from our projected
aid to Greece and Turkey. We
cannot lightly cast aside the fears
of other countries as they contem-
plate vi economic policies"
The Rev. Carl H. Conley, Metho-
dist missionary to Nadiad, India,
tells of his recent visit to Aiyad,
an outlying village. where there
is a Christian school caring for a
number of boys from the Hindu
%"thieving caste" called Dharalas.
They belong to what the govern
ment labels the criminal tribes"
and stealing is considered their
particular business. Often they
are employed to commit crimes.
1.-THE boys are doing we'll in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

provement the board received an
other federal grant, enabling it to
add to building, increasing the
beds to 125.
1t is a c%ity-county general hos
pital, with the approval Of the
American College of Surgeons, and
the total assets, land and building,
as estimated in late as, was $428,
566. 40.
DR.. F. w. Avant is chief of the
hospital. with approximately 16
assistants, in the bi-racial STAFF.
The personnel is headed by M e.
Green, superintendent, With Sa-
lone Taylor, R. N, director of
nurses; and c. D. Minis, R.N.,
BIS, and MA, assistant director
of nurses, and director of Nursing
education.
The board of directors is head
ed by William D. McCaig, assisted
by 10 members of the bi-racial
hoard
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

R. T. Sinclair. Jr., H. R. Coleman
and E. P. Walker.
Cunningham commented that
other doctors may also practice in
the hospital.
Ten nurses are on the staff of
the downtown hospital.
Cunningham said that there had
been talk of the need for more
space, but added that plans have
not been made for any additions.
With the start of the summer
beach season Babies hospital,
Wrightsville Sound IS expected to
start its full summer program as
soon as extensive repairs are COM
pleted, it was said last night.
The institution was established
in 1920 under the supervision of
DR.. j. Buren, Sudbury and has
grown to a fully-staffed hospital.
Last year this staff treated 5000
patients.
Now, diarrhea is one of the least
common disease, and babies are
treated for everything from swal-
lowing safety pins to rashes. ton
silectomies, and broken fingers,
DR.. Sudbury said.
The medical staff consists of
DR.. Sudbury as medical director,
DR.. Mary Brock and DR.. Joseph
Knox, assistants, and Dr.. J.. T.
Rhyane and Dr.. NJ. Louis Gray,
resident physicians in training.
In addition, Miss Alice K. Schulz
ken, registered nurse, heads the
staff of five registered nurses and
eight student nurses, two nurses
aids, one laboratory technician,
and one baby formula specialist.
The hospital is undergoing ex-
tensive remodeling, plastering and
painting in the wards, private
rooms, and treatment rooms. A
modern laundry unit will be in
stalled by August, according to
DR.. Sudbury.
When the laundry unit is in and
the repairs r made, the Wrights-
vile Beach Babies hospital will be
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

Founded in 1901 by funds left
by James Walker, the hospital has
been added to periodically. Mos
recent addition was the new wing
housing 1O6 beds constructed as a
wartime measure at a cost OF
more than $500, 600.
The brick and frame building is
Of temporary construction, al
though operating and emergency
facilities are housed there.
Currently the hospital is con-
verting a section of the service
building into extra rooms, it was
learned last night.
Last year McCaig said the new
wing not the service building)
was not included in long range
plans of the board. He called at
tention to the fact that pulleys in
windows of the wing were wooden
and that other materials used in
the structure were mot of the
best"
Final disposition of the wing has
not been disclosed but there has
been some discussion of using the
building as a Community Center
for physicians.
'Upkeep of the wing would be
terrific in years to come" ne said.
Yesterday C. D. Cunningham,
Bullock Hospital clinic manager
said painting and redecorating
now underway should be complet-
ed soon.
No definite program has been
planned for the observance of Ma
tional Hospital week." Cunning
ham said, but all interested peo-
pie are invited to visit the hospital
during that time"
Founded in 1921 by the late DR..
Ernest S. Bullock, the hospital has
IS beds and also houses the offices
Of four physicians.
Those with offices in the build
ing are Doctors W. C. Mebane,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

one of the most modern of is kind
in North Carolina, local medical
authorities believe.
Already the hospital draws pa
tents from a radius of 100 to so
miles. 1t is not unusual for chill
oren to be admitted from Myrtle
Beach, S. c., Salisbury, and Jack
s~onville, and recently babies from
Boston, Mass, Cincinnati, Ohio.
end Knoxville, Tenn. have been
treated there.
Last year 1922 children were
admitted to the Babies hospital for
treatment, and more than 1000
were treated as out-patients. DR..
Sudbury said.
Although the. hospital is
equipped primarily to care for
babies and children up to 10, DR..
Sudbury said, eve want the people
here at the beach to know that
will take emergency cases,
whether adult or children, at any
time"
A linen shower, to be conducted
Monday, May II, sponsored by the
Senior auxiliary of the Community
hospital. with material supplied by
tie public. will feature the ohser.
vance of the beginning of National
Hospital Week.
Previous observance was held
by students of Williston high
school, in the May Day" pag-
cant, in the high school auuitori-
Also, in recognition, the hospital
will open its doors to the public,
declaring open house May II.
The Community hospital, Negro
institution, 18th and Church
streets, is operated by a bi-racial
of 80 persons. 1t contains 125
beds.
The hospital was originally
founded in September 1920, in a
story frame building located
at Ais N. Seventh street. Mem
hers of the founders board were
Julius Murray, Thomas Hooper,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Brazil Breaks
Revolt Plans
With Arrests

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 1O-(P]
An army general announced to.
day that a budding plot against
the government of President Euri-
co Gaspar Dutra was smashed
with the arrest of a number of
sergeants.
The announcement, made at a
news conference by Gen. Zenobio
Da Costa, commander of the Rio
De Janeiro military region made
no reference to the political color
of the alleged plot, but the news
paper Diario De Noticias said
earlier that its aim was to restore
former President Getulio Vargas
to power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Teen Age Dances
May Continue
SPECIAL TO THE sTAR-NEws

SPECIAL TO THE STAR-NEWS
JACKSONVILLE, May 10. -
Square dances, sponsored in Jack.
sonville for the past three months,
will be continued if a place can
be obtained, it was announced, to-
day.
Discontinuance of entertainment
sponsored by the Teen Age club
was forced May 1 when the build
ing used previously was no longer
available.
The popular phase of the teen
ayers well rounded program af-
fords funds for the recreation de-
partment, it was said. Music is
furnished by a teen-age orchestra.
To the Bedouin family the camel
is transportation, milk, meat and
sometimes clothing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
LutIGEES

AITEr TON hOGGERS with logs for s,.4e Contact Juneau Lumber Mills. Will buy from 100000 it
 to l0,000,0o0 feet. For further particulars see Juneau Lumber Mills. 433-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
79 pASSENGERS ARE FLOWN HERE BY pAA

Pan American Airways yester- day brought 29 persons into Ju- neau, and flew out ten. The fol- lowing were reported from Seattle to Juneau: Elmer Wolf, Mrs.
 Wolf, Lydia Fohrhansen, Tom George, Mrs. Bertha Lee George, Elizabeth Mertel, Rhea Black, Sa- die Fenton.
 Olaf Auroal, Ray Wrede, Doro- thy Wrede, Patricia Wrede, Ora Phillips, Dorothy Mcclellan, Jean Preston Mrs. Ethelba Preston. Kenneth J. Lindsay, Hill Hub bell, Stewart Fraser, Eric Bulmer, John Borseth, w. G. Turner, Steele Culbertson, c. P Halferty. Ketchikan to Juneau: Mark Dawber, J. Earl Jackman, E. R. Brown.
 Annette to Juneau: Jerry Me Carthy
 : Juneau to Seattle: Sophie Green, Mrs. J. V Hickey, Fred Wagner, Kristen Hancock, Bruce Patterson, Edmond Schneider, Harold Cargin. Juneau to Whitehorse: Betty Weir, Ira Hall. Juneau to Fairbanks: L. T. Old royd
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08

When you pay for QUALITY why pot get the FINEST-Buy FLOR SL{EIAI SHOES at GRAVES.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-08
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papermen and photographers viii,
accompany President Truman
here on March s. Where they
will be housed has not been def
nitely decided, but it is expected
they will be placed in the
Bachelor Officers Quarters at
the Submarine Base.
Others in the official party of
the President have not been
made known at Washington. 1t is
expected that the President will
have several companions with
him when he visits Key West.
President Truman is expected
to arrive here by airplane. once
named Sacred Cow, from Wash
ington the night of March g.
From Boca Chica airport he will
be driven directly to Capt,
Cooper's quarters at the Base.
The President will leave Key
West by plane early Tuesday
morning, March IL, for San Juan,
Puerto Rico. After visiting Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands, the
Commander in Chief of the
U. S. armed forces, will go to
Guantanamo Naval Base in
Cuba March II, He will return to
Key West March %. The same
night he is scheduled to leave for
Washington.