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There in the household Joseph Coen
and bad boy Gregory Peck There maid
butterfly McQueen) falls Miss Jones' but
Mr. Peck seduces her, apparently with good cooperation
you understand wants to
brings hussy her Mr. Peck who is
perfectly willing to play boudOr ddedewnks gets sth
Miss Jones marriage.
He reminds halfbreed and he can't
getting married up" hafbreed another gentleman
along who isn't particular and the GEL Mr.
Peck promptly shoots him cold blood thereby getting price
his head In the finale Miss shoots
Miss they expire sitting against rock gather the
yet reached the Hereafter and Miss Jones and Mr. Peck
duly united in wedOck they reached the Pearly
There frequent references throughout the picture
Jones Indian blood which of makes her highly undesirable
character socially Nevertheless all of the look Jenner
| a lush bit of baggage.
roamed the length and
breadth of this land before the white
of this appear both unpalatable nonsensical.
The character of Pearl Duel in the Sum- just another
essOn Hollywood stereOypng of American
characters in the movies invariably their qualities
white and their bad qualities
moral individual you'd want the doesn't
of
abroad Hoywoods super
will only add to the evenceasng doubt the minds of
allies that all is should here in the home the
AND if don't think friends abroad puzzled
in America listen to this remark from Miss Ingrd Egbeg
of Uddval Sweden who the u recently
International Council of Nurses at Atlantic City:
81" difficult for discuss the racial problem
in America because DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. SWEDEN
newspapers about what happens between
black white very
stand this Of thing hope the opportunity while
here what is really happening"
What does the Georgia. Mississippi
points South, Kiroy?
Walter Winchel, who a trip up Citys
few weeks to receive the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
meeting
the his speech by using pka-
nn during his address, rather the opening of the speech
Press that from then everything
greeted the cool side by his audience He pleaded
didn't know" such a term was offensive to Negroes.
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Social and Personal
0 ST. PAUL Q

Miss Maxine WOrthingtOn, daughter of Mrs. Cecilia
Worthngton, GAG ROndO Ave. student Wherefore Uni
versity WHEREFORE Ohio is spending the visiting
her aunt and uncle Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin McCants.
House Guests: Mr. and Mrs Henry Courtney Hyard of
1872 st. Anthony Ave. have their e-guests Mr..
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-27

1887 Sherburne Ave. Mrs. Mitchell
is the former Evelyn Mitchell Of
St. Paul. They were in the city to
attend the funeral of their cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Charleston, Jr.
Home From Hospital: Mrs. Mar
garet Davis of 639 St. Anthony
Ave, returned home Tuesday, June
II, from St. Luke's hospital, where
she had spent eight days as a
patient.
Little Judy Jones, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones, 700
W. Central Ave, will enter Chill
dren's hospital this week for a
tonsillectomy.
Correction: MIR. Reginald Clark,
formerly of All Rondo Ave, is now
making his home at 5S7 Rondo Ave.
The Friendly Is Club will meet
Saturday, June %, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Payne, 1875
Western Ave.
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Ave. So. They were here attending
the University of Minnesota, and
are teachers in the public schools
in Waco, Texas.
The last meeting of the season
for the Booker T. Washington
Study Club was held Tuesday, June
7, at the home Of Mrs. Mary Smith,
1929 9th Ave. S. The guest speak
er was Mr.. Wardlaw, Executive
Secretary of the Urban League
Others present were Mrs. B. s.
Smith and Mrs. Cora Lane.
Mrs. Lizzie Rodgers, 3lO9 Cedar
Ave, was sent as a delegate from
Zion Baptist church to Oakland,
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Austin, Richard Everett, Joe Pat
terson, Ed. Christopher, Romano
Johnson, George Nesbitt, Charles
Brown, Willie Nesbitt, and Carl
Patterson.
Dinner guests. Mr.. and Mrs. a. J.
Clark, 4O45 Clinton Ave. s., en-
tertained Mr.. Martin Parker, and
Mrs. Halle Thornton of Kansas
City, Kans., at a dinner party, Sat
urday evening, June 81. Mr.. Par
ker and Mrs. Thornton left this
week after a weeks stay in Mime
apOlis.
Mrs. J. n. Jenkins and Mrs. +. 5.
Arnold were the house guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. X. J. Willis, 1914 18th
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Ermine Allen Sang
With Rochester City
Orchestra June %

Ernie Hall Allen, 900 Iglehart
Ave, was guest soloist for the
Rochester Municipal Band at an
open air concert, Sunday evening,
June %, at Mayo Park Band Shell.
The 50 piece band, directed by Har-
old Cook, was also directed by two
guest conductors for this occasion.
They were DIR. T. NJ. Justus, head
of the music department at DePaul
University, Chicago, and Edward
Schennett Of Texas, n ationally
known composer and conductor.
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Hilyard's sister and niece, Mrs.
Frank Anderson, and daughter,
Frances, of Chicago. They arrived
Friday evening. June 20, to attend
the wedding of Rev. l.. Williams
and June Lee.
Mrs. Chester Harris. 6SS Carroll
Ave, left for Chicago, Sunday af-
ternoon, June %, because of the
illness Of her grandmother.
nv = Entire Nous club met Fri
Due ,une 20, at the home of Mrs.
He shNay, 1877 Iglehart Ave, with
Mrs. Seulah Jones as hostess. The
festival was postponed until July
II and Is. The next meeting will
be July IL, with Mrs. Gertrude
Nay, 1877 Iglehart Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Mitchell
Of Pasadena, Calf, left Thursday
morning, June &c, for their home,
after being the house-guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Charleston, Sr.,
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IaIIVy VOIUTs anu 4 IdTICy cast.
In this wo-and-o half hour display Of corn and
population, Jennifer JONES' looking if she'd stayed
too long under sun-lamp, plays the role of Pearl
the beautiful halfbreed daughter Of Herbert Marshall
an unsuccessful gentleman gambler. Mr.. Marshall's
Indian wife is a hp-twisting slut who has a pro-
pensty for sleeping with other men, and so Mr..
Marshall blasts her and her current lover to Kingdom
Come. For his trouble, he is summarily dispatched
by the hangman leaving Pearl all by herself in the
world. She goes to live with a cousin of Mr. Mar
shals LILLIAN Gish), who is married to cantanker-
GUS and crippled cattle baron (Lionel Barrymore)
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l WAY Sa5IF1
e BY neil O0DS0R RUSSELL

haven't the overexploited
the Sum- by all rush the
showing deposit the $l25 admission happens
when Hollywood dresses a class "B" up with
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The LOafers club met Wednes-
day, June II, at the home Of Mr..
James Cleary, 962 St. Anthony
Ave, and on Wednesday, June %,
a meeting was held by the Loafers
at the home of Mr.. Norman Davis,
500 St. Anthony Ave. At this meet
ing plans were discussed for the
skating party to be held on June %.
Mrs. Marjorie Moore of Pitts
burgh, Pa, is the house-guest of
her aunt, Mrs. d. E. Beasley, 905
Marion st. Mrs. Moore arrived in
the city on Tuesday, June "a.
Visitor: Miss Marjorie Blakey
Of Cedar Rapids, arrived today,
Friday, June 81, for a two weeks
visit with her sister and brother
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. James G.
Kirk, Jr., 81 W. Jessamine St.
Kitchen Shower: Mrs. ROEella
Gardner of 5Sl Iglehart Ave-, was
hostess at a kitchen shower on
Saturday, June 7, honoring the then
bride-to-be, Mrs. Leatrice Shelton.
Present were: Alma Camp, Willie
Brown, Beneta McHie, Gloria
Wright, Ruth Davis, Phyllis Grey,
Gloria Williams, Theresa Bailey,
Dolores and Jewel Sears, and
others.
Personal Shower: Annabelle
Jones of GA Fuller Ave, was
hostess at a personal shower, hon
Oring Miss Laura Mae Smith, on
Sunday, June %. The serving table
was covered with a lovely white
cloth, with bowl Of floating peo-
MES at each end and a centerpiece
Of peonies. The chandelier was
decorated in blue to form a large
umbrella. Luncheon was served and
games were played. Prizes were
won by: Edith Massie, Juanita
Murphy, Leatrice Shelton, Helen
Smith and Evelyn Brent. Guests
were: Maureen Coleman, Edith
Massie, Gerry Russell, Dolores
Jones, Heloise Neal, Leatrice Shell
ton, Ruth Davis, Helen Smith,
Juanita Murphy, Addie Young and
Evelyn Brent. Those who were I'M
able to be present, but sent gifts,
were: Bessie Powell, Mae Carson
and Carolyn Bowman.
Miscellaneous Shower: Mrs. Jua-
nita Murphy Of 1854 Thomas Ave,
was hostess at miscellaneous
shower, on Wednesday, June %,
honoring Miss Laura Mae Smith.
Miss Laura Mae Smith was the
honored guest at a personal shower,
on Saturday, June 81, given by
Mrs. Evelyn Brent, Miss Odessa
McAdams and Mrs. Geraldine Rus
sell, at the McAdams residence,
TAP Carroll Ave. The guests in
cluded; Mines. Devonia Montgom-
cry, Sallie Wellington, Daisy Nc
Adams, Blanche Leroy, Ava Day,
Mae Campbell, Bernice Hardy,
Corinne Griffin, Juanita Murphy,
Carolyn Bowman, Antoinette Hick-
man, Anna Warricks and Dolly
Crushshon; Misses Helen Smith,
Maureen Coleman, Annabelle Jones
and Dolores Jones. Those who were
unable to be present but sent gifts
were: Mines. La MARI Smith, Ethel
Johnson, Thelma Harris, Mabel
Harper and Avis Carter; Misses
Bessie Powell, Ethel and Ruth Man
ming, Gloria Williams and Janea-
belle Murphy. Games were played
and refreshments were served. She
received many gifts.
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Out-of-TOwn Visitors here TO sec
relatives or friends this week in.
clude Mrs. George McClain, Kan
sas City, Kan; Edith Carter,
Lawrence, Kans.; John Powell,
Jacksonville, Fla; Vivian Redman,
Topeka, KRns.; Mrs. Vivian Taylor,
Kansas City, Mo-; George A.
Evening star., 1947-06-18
IsAaS
Alumni Piun Luncheon

The washington Alumni Csrb q
American University win hold .
luncheon meeting ct noon tomorrow
In the Casino Royal Restaurant.
Mrs. Imogene Stuart Ficklen, of
the State Department, will speak.
She Ii member Of the class Of 1924.
Evening star., 1947-06-18
Latest Camp Fund Donors

The Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund has reached and pAssed it,
|eoaI and no moro gifts are needed.
Ths following contributions have
been received since The Star an
nounced the campaign for funds was
completed:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
Used CAR MART
RAISES SIGHTS
Increasing Demand, Steady
Supply, Continued High
Prices Reported

DETROIT, March o. U.R-
Used car dealers have raised their
sights to aim at a banner bust
ness year in 1947 because of in
creasing demand, steady supply
and continued high prices.
A spot check of major used car
markets across the country shows
that 1910, 1941 and 1912 models in
good condition generally sell at
prices above the original cost.
Demand for these late pre-war
models is reported growing with
the advent of spring, which usual
ly brings an upswing in the auto
mobile market. Demand for "Ja'
lopes" has dropped sharply a:
more new cars are manufactured
Used car prices and demand hit
their peak in October with the
removal of OPA controls,
but frenzied trade soon softenec
the market and the uptrend was
reported only within the past two
or three weeks. A
To encourage sales near pres
ent high prices, members Of the
National Automobile Dealers asso.
citation are plugging for removal
of the federal reserve SYSTEMS
Regulation w." which places re.
strictions on consumer credit.
The NADIA claims that dealers
have been losing business because
Regulation w, which requires
time-payment buyers to pay one
third down and limits the install
ment period on certain items to
Is months.
Rep. James C. Davis, D., Ca,
has introduced a bill in congress
to abolish Regulation W. which
went into effect Aug. 81, 1941, as
a check against possible initiation.
The Federal Reserve system
wants permanent control over in.
stallment buying to check infla.
tionary trends.
A United Press survey of the
used car market shows that some
dealers believe their current un-
precedented business will continue
for two nor years, largely be-
cause of predictions that makers
of new cars will continue to hit
production snags.'
The survey shows also that
many persons who have waited a
year or more for new cars imme-
diately have turned them over to
used a lots for quick profits.
One dealer in Dallas features
1916 and 1947 models and
advertises that customers can pick
the kind and even color. Dallas
prices for 1916 and 1947 used cars
range from $40 to $500 above list
prices.
Dealers in Pittsburgh advertise
for used car for shipment to
Mexico and South America now
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
BY PHIL WRIGHT
Star-NeWs Staff Writer

4. Spotlighted in Wilmington Off
cialdom during his first year as
; city manager. J. R. Benson today
. bows again for the camera lens
and flash bulbs - with the same
straight forward View he had when
he enjoyed the comparatively col
orless routine as the city's finance
officer and chief clerk.
This man Benson, whose name
today literally has become a
household word, and about Whom
: children chant when mlmicklng
, local radio commentators, was
4. born James. Robert Benson, next
to the last in a family OF seven
children at Swan Quarter in Hyde
county, near the shores of the
now-famous Mattamuskeet Lake.
His parents were Mr.. and Mrs
Zaccheus Benson, and he enjoyed
the c~ompanship of six brothers
and sisters. Three brothers are
living; Robert l.. Benson, clerk OF
the town of Wrightsville Beach;
f. D. Benson, Elizabeth City bust
ness man and C. H. Benson who
is now atuary for the Pilot Life
Insurance Company, with offices
in Greensboro.
One sister is living, Mrs. Evie
Boomer who is the only member
of his family left at the old home
place at Swan Quarter. Two
others are dead. .
His boyhood was spent working
In his fathers fields, and tending
nets which he and his older broth
ers set to catch fish from the
waters of a lake. On which the
farm bordered. They were happy
days, he recalls, until at the age
of 16, when he went to lie with
d lonely uncle and to further his
high school education which had
been started in the hamlet of
Swan Quarter.
Even then his life took on an
aspect Of pleasure, despite his
rev custom Of Tending for himself
which his uncle J. M. Benson a
Methodist minister, then living at
Cameron, thought best for him.
Benson says he lived as a typi-
cal farm lad during his. first 16
years. There was hunting and
fishing in Lake Mattamskeet,
since taken over by the state as a
game preserve.
In the summers he went bare
foo in the loamy soil and a
foot races" and shot marbles,
ard did the many other things
that any normal youth does.
In school, he was a scholarly
lad. excelling il some academic
studies, but he admits that on
most studies his grades were only
average.
In sports he excelled, winning
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
Benson Bows For Photo
As Life History Unfolds

and holding the trophy FOR relay
races and high jumps in his dis
trict, and often playing a close
second for state honors.
Earlier he had to the
12o square mile lake, and engaged
almost daily in sailboat races
and the community's swimming
matches.
His home was located eight
miles from the ocean sounds, and
ne recalls that in the summer and
autumn he and his father and
brothers would make fishing trips
for the big game of the sea.
After attending school a short
while in Cameron. his uncle took
a pastorate in Kenly, and Benson,
then just turned II. had to shout
der his books and start in q new
school.
The remainder of his high
school years were spent in this
fashion.
After Kenly, his uncle was
called to Carthage. and to Troy
where Benson completed his high
school work.
Bensoa's advanced education
consists of a short business course
at Kings Business college in
Charlotte back in 1916. plus the
many kindnesses of Fate with
which he has been favored, and
from which he has learned many
lessons.
He graduated from Kings short
ly before the United States de-
clared war on Germany in 1917,
and came to Wilmington to enlist
in the National Guard after sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to en-
LIST in the regular Army.
The Guard was mustered III the
armed service in July, 1917, and
soon sent to England. Renson's
Unit was shipped on to France
where he followed the campaign
through.
HomeWard bound. his boat left
Marseilles, France, in the spring
of 1919, and after seeing about 40
of his fellow passengers die of in
fluenza he arrived in the states
shortly before his 23rd birth ami
versary.
He spent that summer at home,
but in the fall came back 10 Will
mington and was employed as
cashier and bookkeeper in the
Water Department, serving under
Mexican Maffitt, then superinten-
dent.
He was promoted to city tax
collector in 1927 during the n
unit collectors regime. (There
was a city collector, and a county
collector them
In 1890 he was elevated 10 city
clerk and treasurer, and in 1941
when Wilmington went under the
manager-council form Of govern
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30

that used car export quotas have
been removed. Postwar models at
Pittsburgh bring from $500 to $500
above original cost.
Demand is uniformly strong
throughout the country, but
at some scattered points - such
as Los Angeles, Salt Lake City.
Houston, Tex, Madison, Wis. Lin
coin, Neb., Charleston, w. Va, At
lanta and Minneapolis - the
prices and supply have turned
downward slightly.
Boston dealers are enjoying a
lively business although the sup
ply of used cars is slowing up.
The survey shows that prices in
Boston for cars costing less than
81, 900 are far above pre- = war
standards.
Reports from New York say the
demand for used cars is dropping
somewhat but prices are firming
after a new years slump. Minnea-
polls used a operators predict
rising prices for the next
two months, except for 1885 and
earlier models.
Philadelphia dealers say prices
for late pre- = war models have
jumped $500 in the past two weeks
under increased spring buying.
The keystone auto club says deal
ers are buying cars at lower
prices for resale but that "the
public is not benefitting."
Dealers in San Francisco are do
ing business at above the blue
book prices. The blue book lists
the 1941 De Sofa convertible at
81, 400 but the car sells at 81, 695.
A 1871 Chevrolet special deluxe,
listed at $1,435, sells between ST.
495 and $1,595.
In St. Louis, 1916 models in the
low-price field have been selling
up to 81, 200. Similar cars at Bos-
ton sell as high as $1,975.
Other reports: Fresno, Cal. -
demand heavy for used a I'M
der l 1000; Chicago - prices off
1915 per cent in past 80 days, de-
mand strong and prospects good;
Portland, Ore. - March sales
down, prices off as much as $500
on older models; Kansas City, Mo.
- No used "a weakness appar-
ent; Oklahoma City - demand
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
Blind. Woman Directs
Manhattan Eye Bank

|eye taken from a corpse to give
Sight to the eye of a living person.
This operation, known as cornea
graft, needs suitable eyes obtained
within 48 hours after the donors
death and surgeons had trouble
finding them.
'They used to get them from
various sources-in fact anywhere
they could" she said. "There are
some Is, 1000 blind people in this
country who might be helped by
cornea graft-and just think how
few used to be able to undergo
operations because the eyes were
NOT available.
so the eye bank was organ
lied as a central pool to which
eyes could be sent and redistribut-
ed throughout the country to doc
tors ready to perform such oper-
ations.' More than 100 hospitals
are affiliated with the eye bank
and help in supplying eyes"
Mrs. Breckenridge smiled a lit
tie smile.
1--WE been lucky" she said, al
most to herself. Then:
I'VE have had such wonderful
cooperation. The Red Cross picks
up the eyes at any hospital to
which we direct them. All the air.
lines bring them in to us free,
NO matter from where. In New
Jersey the State Troopers all
know about our work and often
their motorcycle police hail Red
Cross cars asking do you have
an eye there?' and offering to
speed them onward"
The eyes are donated to the eye
bank by patients in hospitals, to
be taken after death. When such
a donor dies a surgeon removes
the eyes and they are shipped in
sterilized bottles cooled by ordi-
nary moist ice. Recently some
hospitals have used dry ice and
| this has rendered the eyes thus
packed unusable.
Cornea graft is possible only
when the rest of the eye-eXcept
for the clouded or Scared cornea
is fully developed and otherwise
healthy. 1t consists of cutting a
window into the outer shell of
the eye and grating on the new
cornea like a bright new pane of
glass.
/ The eye banks own laboratory
is also making ''hopeful" progress
in transportation of the vitreous
humor - the semi-gelatinous SUBJ
stance filling the interior Of the
eye.
Mrs. Breckenridge, the mother
(by her first marriage) of Oren
Root, who circulated the nominal
ing petitions for Wendell Willkie,
looks forward to the when
enough eyes will be donated to
take care of all the cornea graft
patients in the nation. She is de-
termined that this shall be So
and when Mrs. Breckenridge is de-
termlned she almost always SUI
ceeds.
Once, in 1928, she performed the
feat of raising 81, 1000, 900 to estab-
lish the Wilmer Institute of Oph-
Technology at Johns Hopkins hos
pital. Now she has arranged
scholarships for doctors from varl'
u states and China, the Philip
pines and India.
AS she persuasively puts 1t tc
possible eye donors:
Through our great good fortune
modern surgical science now en-
powers the least Of us to leave
to our fellow men, when we die,
a gift like the gifts of God-sight."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
EEzabethtown Man
On Board Houston

ELIZABETHTOWN, March 90
Homer W. Davis, gunner's mate,
first class, USN, son of E. j. Da-
Wis, of Rid. 3, Elizabetatown,, is
serving aboard the light cruiser
USS Houston.
The Houston was a member OF
the task force that engaged in the
largest Atlantic Fleet manelvers
since the end of the war. The
maneuvers, which lasted for ap-
proximately AZ days, included
gunnery exercises simulated air
strikes and surface action, and
numerous other drills and exer-
cises. After part of the drills were
over. the Houston proceeded to
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. and used
the time there as a rest and rec
reation period for the ships crew.
After several days the Houston
completed her exercises and re-
turned to her home port in New
port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30

rlent, added to his duties were the
Jobs of purchasing agent and chief
finance officer.
He worked in this capacity until
the resignation of Archer c. Mich
OILS last April. and was elevated
to the managers job in May.
He looks forward to the future
in Wilmington, although nostalgia
haunts him at times for MS boy
hood home in Swan Quarter, "but
things here and there are on
about the same sea level, and that
helps some. l don't want to leave
Wilmington he said.
He was elevated to his present
status against his wishes, those OF
his wife, and friends, but there
were other compelling forces - a
chance to do a bigger job-and
''of course the extra money comes
too, with the children going away
TO school," he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
YI.yy Ao9I
H'asboro Writer
In Methodist p.

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Noel D uiIaeF viii the mar name Of i, W.
chr; f9fth,coming issues two >. araa.,
Tennessee, n NashvI;,
Carolina M5i; 7o 4s,: an alumni. 0, ,
teacher at Aye s5s e29i ; | i, !
features have appeared 5'% III a;
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
Textile Industry
High In u. S. Jobs

CHARLOTTE, March o. R-
me American textile industry,
WIN i'zoo,oO0 persons employed, IS
In second place behind iron and
s:eel IN the number of jobs pro-
sloed Tor U. S. workers, Ameri-
can cotton Manufa cturers associ-
atlon figures show.
textile industry, historically
ne naton's largest provider of
tuos' 1ell to fourth place during
ne war, but h a S since j; mnad
,sao OF transportation and ma
ry. Steel employs 1,45o.o 600