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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
wv Music Hour
And Tea Slated
For This Sunday

The public is invited to enioy
an informal Music Hour and
Fellowship Tea" at the Young
Women's Christian Association,
Third and Grace streets, on Sun
day afternoon, March 9. from 4
to 5 o'clock. A delightful
OF violin, flute and piano will be
presented by three newcomers to
Wilmington, all accomplished mu-
sicians.
The program includes:
Violin La Cinquantaine,
Gabriel-Marie Serenade,
Victor Herbert
Mrs. Charles Slack
Flute-Csardas--V Monti
Mrs. Robert Whitaker
observation-disclosures
Mrs. c. J.. Powell
Violin and Flute
(a) Quel Sumo What Sounds)
from The Magic Flute"-
Mozart.
OBJ Piedemi Taco (Take Me
With Thee from Romeo
and Juliet"-Vaccai
Mrs. Slack and Mrs. Whitaker
Mrs. Powell, accompanist
Following the program the Resi-
dence Girls club will serve tea
and be hostesses for the fellow
ship hour.
Both men and women are in
vlted to attend. There is no ad-
mission charge as this is a Red
Feather Service of the YWCA.
presented in cooperation with the
Thursday Morning Music club.
Mrs. Conrad VESSEL, president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
Pre- Nuptial Parties
IGiven For Miss Scher1

A number of lovely pre-nuptia]
parties have been given during the
past week days in honor Of Miss
Barbara Scherr, whose wedding to
irving Schwartz is to take place
on Sunday evening, March Is, at
8 O'Clock at the B'Nai Israel
synagogue.
Among those who have enter
tanned in her honor include Mrs.
Jack Seidman who entertained al
her home in Woodlawn with a
lovely dessert party to which forty
guests invited. Miss Scher1
was presented with a gift in her
trousseau by her hostess. During
the afternoon ice cream, cookies.
minis a I d nuts served by
Mrs. Seidman.
On Sunday evening Miss Scherr
was given a surprise handkerchief
shower when Mrs. l. Levine anc
Mrs. R. Retchin entertained at the
home of the latter. Around forty
guests were invited for this affair.
The house was decorated through
out with arrangements of early
spring flowers and in the dining
room the table, laid with a lace
cloth, held a two tered wedding
cake topped with a miniature
bridal couple.
On Tuesday Mrs. Joe Simon was
hostess at her home in Princess
place with a tea between the hours
Of 4 and 6 o'clock honoring Miss
Scherr. Mrs. Simon presented the
guest Of honor with a lovely cor
sage of white carnations upon ar.
rival and during the afternoon tea
and dainty refreshments were
served from h e attractively ap.
pointed tea table at which Mrs. J
D'Lugin presided at the service
Miss Scherr a also presented
with a gift in her crystal. AROUND
50 guests called during the after
noon.
Wednesday evening Mrs. Oscar
Brewer a S hostess at a china
shower feting Miss Scherr. Arounc
IS guests were invited for the
event. Open face sandwiches
cookies, mints and nuts with
coffee were served during the
evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
ORGANIZED RESERVE
SETS UP OFFICE
AT POST OFFICE

The formation of an organized
army reserve corps here was
launched yesterday with the ar
rival in Wilmington of Capt.
Archie B. Johnson. Of the Third
Army headquarters, who has set
up offices in basement quarters
of the post office building.
Aided by First Sgt. K. W. Cook,
Captain johnson will be liaison
officer between the regular army
and the reserve corps in the Will
mington-New Bern area. The en-
listment of some 1000 officers and
men is contemplated, the age linn
it's being ID to 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
Much Interest Shown
In Comino Series of
Duplicate Lectures

,,,o, interest is being shown To-
NJ. MN in plans for the lecture Sc
a. S,' Sponsored by the Duplicate
G Ilsst Bridge committee of the
cYn, Fear Country club to be Civ
V'p. w. Mrs. Anna Baker Fenner Of
:. .Soro who will arrive in the
i i1+ next weekend for the series
. .sicb will begin on Monday
March a and continue through
rsnrsdav afternoon, March 81,
l..h > special tournament on FRI
W., evening under the orectior
d Mrs. Fenner,
Mrs. Fenner's lectures will be
,,silable to Country club members
s,Iy and it will be necessary tc
. .Stain tickets in advance from
.embers of the committee, head
~ hy Mrs. Sam Nash, Jr While
:, +he city MIS-. Fenner will be the
rest Of Mrs. Nash,
Information concerning the pri'
v,ta lessons. for the general pub
liz may be obtained by calling
Mrs. Nash.
The hours OF the lectures at the
Country club will be from 3 to
.clock each of the four afternoons.
Reginald. the name, means
-...orf,1l i11d0ment
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
WE, THE WOMEN
D. A Club Worker, Not Just A Joiner

conservative estimate indicates
mai 10000 new leaders are need.
ed, say Girl Scout officials.
Its the same old story in anv
organization that demands work
lfom It's members. Women like
to feel that they have Interests
OUTSIDE the home and are doing
something about community prob.
lens.
But too many OF them choose
CUBS where all they do is lis.
ten to speakers, have long-winded
discussions, and end up by making
resolutions that somebody ought
10 do something about this or that
condition.
IL more women would realize
mat their outside interests SHOULD
mean taking on a job" instead of
joining a group, such worthy Or
carnations as the Girl Scouts
wouldn't have to turn down kids
eager to join.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
H0CUE ADDRESSES
EXCHANGE CLUB
Port Commission Chairman
Explains Work OF
Organization

Cyrus E. Hogue, chairman of
the Wilmington Port commission,
addressed members of the Ex-
change Club yesterday On the
work of the commission, tracing
its history from its origin in 1885
to the present.
Addressing the members of the
club during their regular lunch
con meeting in the Friendly cafe
terra yesterday, Hogue noted the
tonnage increases in various com
modities coming into this port as
a result of the sponsorship Of the
Port Commission since its start.
He stated that the Cape Fear
river is a great public service,
in which the Federal government
has already invested SIG, 600, 900,
and is due all the support asked
for it by the State Port Author
ity. Much interest has been shown
by upstate interests of manufac-
turers and individuals in obtain
ing the $50, 900 yearly operating
expenses asked for the SPA in
{ ler to develop our greatest
r@tural means for economic
growth, he said.
Hogue also expressed belief that
the work and long range plan
of the SPA will be justified this
year by legislative approval OF
the request for $50, 900 yearly for
operating and maintenance.
He urged members of the Elk
change club to send some express
sion Of appreciation to Represent
ative j. Bayard Clark and Sen
ators William B. Umstead and
Clyde R. Hoey for their efforts
in obtaining funds for deepening
the Cape Fear river channel.
Reports were given by Dwight
McEwen on the Model Planes
committee, and by Harry Dozier
on the bowling league.
A new member, Ralph Volk,
O of a past president of the
club, was indicted into the club.
John Snow, president, presided
at the meeting.
W. K. Rhodes, Jr., was a guest
at the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
PERSONALS

DR.. and Mrs. S. R. Jordan, of
Carolina Beach left Thursday
morning for Natchez, Miss, to visit
MI. and Mrs. Wallace Ware Neb-
lett, Jr. Mrs. Jordan will also
visit her son, Branch T. Fields in
Little Rock, Ark, before return
ing home.
MIR. and Mrs. Ranald Stewart
and children have returned to the
city after a vacation in Florida.
MI. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Baumle
OF Stone Lake, Ind, are visiting
Mrs. Baumle's mother, Mrs. Leor
S. Marshburn, 307 South 18th
street. Mrs. Braumle is the former
Dorothy Marshburn of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Perrin
Quarels of Charlotte, are stopping
at the Hotel Cape Fear for a shor.
stay here while visiting friends
Mrs. Quarels attended. the DAF
convention in New Bern this week
Bobby Corbett, 214 North 23re
street, is a patient at BullucI
clinic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Gardens in P%ratolino, Italy, in
the 18th century, had systems O.
hidden springs which spurted jets
of water On unsuspectlng guests in
grottos, on garden stairs and even
when they sat on tables. Woodcuts
of such medieval gardens can be
seen in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
Miss Barbraa Allen
Entertained With
Dance In Wilson

Miss Barbara Allen, whose we'd
ding to Paul Darden, Jr., of Viii.
son, is to be an event of the sea
son, left yesterday afternoon for
Wilson where she vas honorec
last evening along with Miss Mar
tina Barnes Kirkland and H. H.
Walston, III.
The dance was given at the Wi
son Country club between the
hours of 9 and l o'clock. While
in Wilson Miss Allen will be the
houseguest of her fiance's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Darden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
BY DEAN HALLIDAY
Distributed by Central Press
Association

Distributed by Central res
Association
In the spring when winter mul-
ches are removed from the peren-
NAL flower border and rock gar
den, watch for plants which have
been ''heaved up" and left with
their roots exposed.
First aid at this time of the year
may call for stepping" frost-heav-
ed plants back into the soil. Others
may have to be taken up and re-
planted.
An illustration in the accompany
ing Garden-G Graph show coral bells,
which after being divided and re-
planted in the fall were found to
be heaved inches out of the ground
in the spring. Plants. which have
suffered this type of winter injury
must be replanted before the sun
and wind dry their roots, other
wise they will die.
Do not remove winter mulches
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
YWCA Business Girls
Club Plans Banquet

The first annual banquet of the
YWCA Business Girls clubs will
be held on Tuesday, March II at
8 p. m. when the Worldwide Oh
servance will be celebrated. Ralph
Richards of the USO will give a
reading, and special music will
be presented by Mrs. Mildred
Murdoch and John Pfeil.
Reservations must be phoned to
the YWCA office, 2-8895, by Sun
day evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
p1rTH MILLETT

BY
,onv women are willing
TOO 's = feeling OF doing some
. get .b s their community tty prob prob
sns by instead OF jumping IN
l1ss liking waere their interest
ID d S ss%e practical results
gu - result, organizations thai
As ', q active leadership plead
IsQa m.orpen. While all over the
hc E rr women waste their time
county, .l-;bs and organizations that
ID. ' devoted to talk
u. ,,rcb 2 will mark the 35th
INsi , Of the Girl Scouts IN
,ral' caantfy. As pa*t OF the ami
tbs u.s.. sV celebration Girl Scout ex
's.siyes are going to try to make
srarican women aware OF their
Ansl need of leaders
' practically every troop in the e
,4ry has a waiting list, and a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Large quantities of aluminium
are going into such items as
clothesline wire, clothes pins, ciga-
aret lighters, toothpaste and shaw
ing cream tubes, milk bottle caps
and into foil packaging for drugs,
foods, cigarets and similar prod
l11ntc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

The Blarney Stone, supposed to
endow all who kiss it with the gift
of barney, is nearly 100 feet above
ground, in Blarney Castle, near
Cork, Ireland. The date 1903, once
carved on it. has been obliterated
! by tourists lips.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Navesink Light, N. j., with Is
million candlepower. was former
~ the most brilliant lighthouse in
the U. S.: it now operates at 5000
candlepower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Total United States gem dia-
mond imports in 1945 amounted
to S107, 1903, 028: industrial dia-
monds, S12, 756, 973.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
Paste Wins Divorce

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March
Z up - George J. Davidson won
a divorce on grounds of cruelty to-
day by demonstrating that his
mouth was Redeemed by licking
labels at the office and not by the
lips of his secretary, as his wife
kept complaining.
The demonstration was convlnc-
ing to the Judge, who observed:
Jealousy is as cruel as the
grave"
way five miles off the Louisiana
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
B | R S

ELIZABETH WINSTON BROAD.
FOOT
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Broadfoot
announce the birth of a daughter,
Elizabeth Winston Broadfoot, on
March 5 at Marion Sprunt annex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Add about three-fourths cup of
grated cheese to a quart Or nor
of potato soup before sewing.
Keep the soup over the fire just
long enough to melt the cheese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08
S Cooking
By A
Extra Special Dinner
Avocado Ring
Roast Duck with

Roast Duck with
Wild Rice and Mushroom Stuffing
Sweet Potato Souffle
Peas in a Casserole
Cranberry Relish
Apple Compete
(Recipes Serve Four
Wild Rice and Mushroom Stuffing
IL pound mushrooms, sliced.
l cup wild rice.
Salt, pepper.
2 tablespoons butter Or ma-ga-
rine.
Cook rice in boiling water until
Just about tender. Saute the mush-
rooms in butter or margarine. Add
to rice and season. Fill cavity OF
the duck, stuffing lightly.
Apple Compete
6 apples.
Cold water.
l cup water.
l cup white Wine.
Stick of cinnamon.
1-2 lemon, rind and juice.
IL cup sugar.
Pare and core the apples; cove.
with cold water. Drain. Simmer
earrings with one cup water, wine,
lemon rind and cinnamon for 20
minutes. Strain through a fine
sieve or cheesecloth. Add sugar
and boil slowly for three minutes.
Put in the apples, cover and cook
slowly until tender. Remove ap-
pies and continue to boil the juice
until it is a heavy syrup. Ado
lemon juice. Put the apples back
iii this syrup and cool.
Serve fried turkey steak to make
your family flavor-happy. Cut the
steaks from one-half to l inch
thick from the brest of large,
sized young birds. After season
ing, c~umbling, or rolling in flour.
brown the steaks in about one.
half inch of fat. Then cover anc
steam them. until tender, or fol-
about 80 to As Minis, depending
on the thickness of the steak.
Add about t~hree-fourths cup Of
grated cheese to a quart Or more
of potato soup before sewing.
Keep the soup over the fire just
long enough to melt the cheese,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

way five miles off the Louisiana
coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Bobby Corbett, 214 North 23rd
street, is a patient at Bullock
clinic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-08

Reginald, the name, means
nwerful judgment.
Evening star., 1947-02-13
2 Who oCoptured
Escaped Lifer to
| Seek His Pardon
Bs shs Assseiessd Prsss

MOBILE, Ala, FEB. l3. - Two
sherifI's deputies who arrested !
S5-year-old combat veteran d an
escaped life-tern1er from Florida
said today they were going to give
him their $25 State reward and do
everything possible to help him
gain his freedom.
Deputies ]. G. Holconbe and H. o.
Hall Identified the man as James q.
Calvin soles, who escaped from !
Florida prison camp In 1889 while
serving q life sentence for murder.
Since that time, they said, Soles
had served 80 months In the Army,
including combat duty under the
late Gen. George Patton, and that
he was now living here under the
name Of James A. Rogers and earn
ing 500 weekly as . foreman FOR an
engineering flrm.
The deputies said Soles told them
his present wife knew nothing Of
Evening star., 1947-02-13
Moses Gomberg Dies;
Michigan U. Professor
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Feb. 49,
Prof. Emeritus Moses Gomberg, whit
served on the faculty Of the .Univer'
sity Of Michigan Organic Chemistr!
Department for 46 years until hi
retirement In 1896, died yesterday
He was 81.
A native OF Elizabetgrad, Russia
Prof. Gomberg came to this countr,
a. q boy and was educated at Chi.
cago high schools and the Univer'
-sity Of Michigan. i
Evening star., 1947-02-13

check signers In 23 cities here and
In Hawaii.
A resident of Washington for al
most 20 years, the 65-year-old officer
lives at 1910 Twelfth street NE. He
lwas born ct Cambridge. Mass. and
came to Washington to join the
Government in 1907.
Became Chief In 1945.
| When the division Of disburse-
lment opened In 1888, Mr.. Brennan
was assistant chief disbursing officer,
HE became chief Ia 1945.
Refunds Of withholding taxes have
been added to the volume Of checks
Ifor Government workers, veterans,
social security benefit recipients and
others, now swelling the work OF his
lof1ce. MFR. Brennan reports 30,000,-
900 refunds were made in 1945, and
another 1000, 900 in 1916.
Mass-production signatures make
q big difference. When the division
was set up IA years ago, the checks
were signed with multiple batteries
| Of is pens joined together. The
signing occupied the full time Of the
chief and several assistants who
could sign for him.
Banning Will Take Over.
Mr.. Brennan, a widower, plans to
take "a good 30-day rest" He will
have plenty Of time to enjoy the
company OF his baby grandson, VIII
liam Brennan Baine, who, with his
parents, lives with Mr.. Brennan.
The retiring Treasury officer also
plans to work around" his garage
and perhaps start on a 20-foot
power boat in his back yard.
Paul D. Banning, now assistant
chief disbursing oficer, will take
over the chiefs position.
Evening star., 1947-02-13

Tre q SWy, re-
tires.
early $24,-
00o, ,000, 900 was
paid out last
year on Mr..
Brennan's sigma
ture. MIR. Bren-
nan calls on SCI
ence to help him
.--the signing Is
done with en-
srayed plate
an d machines,
He is assisted
also by $50 bond
ed assfs ants
and 40 bonded
Evening star., 1947-02-13
Brennan viii Retire
Next Month as Chief
treasury Disburser

A familiar signature will be miss
Ing from Government checks next
month when Emnett j. Brennan
chief disbursing oficer for the
Evening star., 1947-02-13

his prison record until = few weeks
ago and that he had two children By
Ii previous marriage. Is,
Both deputies quoted Soles en-.
ployer as saying he *would do e4sry.
thing possible TO get him bAck on
1.-THE Job.
The Valley settler., 1947-09-25
RULINGS ON GRADE A MIX

RULINGS ON GRADE MIX
 It is poss ible to make Grade 4 milk from milk powders and butter providing that the Grade powder and Grade A butter are made from Grade 4 milk in a Grade 4 plant. Forever, Grade 4 butter and Grade A pow der can be made from Grade 5 and ungraded milk.
 A reply has been received from the Terri torial Department of Heal tn giving a r11- ing or the Attorney General based upon the op inions from t he us. Departnent or Health that---
 No milk can be labelled as Grade Milk or Grade A Reconst tut ed Milk unl ess all of the raw materials that so into tho making of the final product are Grade milk an Grade A butt erfat.
 Us ing Grade 4 powder and Grade A butte does not comply with this requirement. since ungraded milk can be util iz ed to make Grade I milk powder and butter. The re cui reents for the manufacture of Grade milk poUder and Grade A butter are dif- forent from the requirements in the pro- duction of Grade A milk.
 Severe penalties are imposed for viol latior of these regulations. Cont. next colu1m)
The Valley settler., 1947-09-25
71TK PRICES

The Coop Board at the Ia st regular meet ing, fol1oving lengthy discussion on milk pricing, decided that it will not be possible to make a change in the price of milk to the farmer at the present time.
 The Dairy Department has not yet re covered from the long period of milk dump ing that Tas necessary this spring and sumner while the Army vas not using Grade fl milk.
The Valley settler., 1947-09-25
pc7tToE HARVEST ROLLING IN.

PoTAToE HARVEST ROLLING IN.
 Every even ing in Palmer sees the farmers' truck. loads of potates rolling into totm and into the storage bins Of the Coop. The potato cellar is fill ing fast, but we do have a few bins availabl e SO that rem- bers rho need an extra bin can nov obtain one as long as they last.
The Valley settler., 1947-09-25
co -0P. n0TES Cont from D. l

 to run; day a6d nj ght uith a man shift. On Sunday one-hal # of the route was cover- cd and on Monday they began the second half and delivered as long as any stores or homes were open.
 On Monday Frank Linn of the Valley offered the use of his truck and Mrs. Linn drove it to Anchorage. By Tuesday night, all deliveries were caught up. Tho Ford truck vas toued back to Palmer behind the 'TIaid" for repairs and a radi- ator vas taken to Anchorage where the boys at the plant repaired the other one. To date all trucks are. back on the job.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

HOUel. Inc re- urs. LeNys
port will cover the needs in Europe
Palestine and the United States
which the American Jewish COM
munity has been called upon to meet.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will
address the conference Sunday
morning at the Shoreham.
An analysis of the problems of
Europes 100000 Jews will be made
by Herbert H. Lehman, former
New York Governor and Director
General of UNRRA, at the Sunday
afternoon session.
Mrs. David M. Levy Of New York
will report on her conversations
with heads Of Jewish communities
in countries she visited on a recent
two-month tour of Europe and
Palestine. Daughter of the late
Julius Rosenwald, noted philan-
tropist, Mrs. Levy Is chairman of
the National Womens Division.
Last year, when she held the
same position, some 100000 Jewish
women throughout the country &C
lively supported the campaign.
Speakers at the various sessions
will include Rabbi Israel Goldstein,
national chairman Of the United
Jewish Appeal and of the United
Palestine Appeal; William Rosen-
wald, honorary president of the
United Service for New Americans;
Evening star., 1947-02-21
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
JOHNs-MANvILLE CORPORATION

those desiring more complete information
booklet containing the formal Annual Report
which will be glad to furnish request Address Johns
Manve Corporations % East Street. New York l6 n Y
Evening star., 1947-02-21

plane crash in the Antarctic last
December planned to take off today
for Washington.
The four arrived here yesterday
aboard a Navy transport from
Panama. Only 1t. w. H. Kearns
of Boston, his arm in a cast, bore
any marks of the crash which killed
three of their comrades and ma
rooned the crew for nearly two
weeks before they were rescued.
1t. Kearns will undergo surgical
treatment at Washington. The
party includes Owen McCarty, chief
photographers mate, of Sonoma,
Calf: w. G. H. War;, ANN &c, of
Reading, Pa; and James H Rob-
bins, ARM BIC, of Terre Haute, Ind.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

aries s40o a year. The teachers are
asking a $1,000 boost About 225
are employed in Sussex County
schools.
The Bacon bill was approved by
the State Senate Tuesday and the
teachers came here anticipating
House action yesterday.
A spokesman for the House Ap-
preparations Committee said that
unless rules were suspended, the
matter would be tabled for at least
"a hours.
In Wilmington, the Parent Teach
ers' Association pledged full sup
port to the drastic action" their
teachers may take. Prevailing sal
ary scales there are higher than
elsewhere in the State, and the
Bacon plan provides for a boost
of 5000 for most Wilmington
teachers.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, vice chairman
of the Joint Distribution Commit
tee; and Reuven Dafni. founder of
the fishing village of Elm Geb in
Palestine.
Last year the campaign raised
sos ,O00, 600, including contributions
from members of the Catholic and
Protestant faiths. Funds provided
relief to destitute Jews overseas.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

Jewish Appeal,
which will begin
with the sub
mission of a re-
port by Henry
Morgenthau, jr.,
former Secretary
of the Treasury
an d gen e r al
chairman Of the
campaign.
Mr.. M org e n
tIldu 5 Icpolt Y WILL
be submitted to
t h e conference
tomorrow night
at the Shoreham
Evening star., 1947-02-21
It's Delaware Teachers
March on Dover in Pay Fiqht
BY the Assoeiafed Press

DOVER, Del, Feb. 21.-Sussex
County public school teachers
walked out Of their classrooms yes
terday and braved the winters
heaviest snowstorm to march on
the State Capitol here to demand
pay increases.
A teacher pay boost is before
the State Legislature.
Teachers here said the demon
stration closed all of the county's
ITO schools, and about ITS teachers
came to Dover to protest Gov.
Bacon's proposals increasing SAL
Evening star., 1947-02-21
horgehthau Report
To Open Relief Drive

Hundreds of Jewish leaders will
arrive in Washington today to at
tend the formal opening Of the
$17O 900, 900 campaign of the United
Evening star., 1947-02-21

AL except 1t. Kearns will be
placed on temporary duty at Wash
ington awaiting future assignment.