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Evening star., 1947-09-15
Embroidery Title Jeered

Alec Chapman, 13, of Chatham,
England, is almost sorry he won
first prize in an embroidery con-
test, for his pals have pulled his
leg so much that next time Alec,
who also plays football and cricket,
is going out for the carpentry prize.
The Burma Olympic Association
urgently needs all kinds of sports
equipment and may obtain some in
America.
Evening star., 1947-09-15
Railroads Test Children

A beam feet inches high has
been installed in each railway tick
ct office in Chile, and full fare must
be paid for any child too tall to
stand under it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

Mrs. George Gomez and
daughter, Marjorie, left yester-
day for Fort Lauderdalc to visit
the formers parents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26
THURSDAY. DEC. rs. l947
know Americal

David Lawrence. columnist-
editor, born in Philadelphia. SO
years ago. ~
Humphrey De Forest Bogart,
screen star, born in New York,
AZ years ago.
Bob Nathan, ex-W.L.B. official,
born in Dayton, Ohio, 80 years
ago.
Robert L. Ripley of Believe 1t
or Not" fame, born in Santa
Rosa, Calf, 54 years ago.
Paul Manship of New York,
famed sculptor, born in st.
Paul, Mimi, 81 years ago.
Gladys SwarthOut, famed So
prano, born in Deepwater, Mo-,
70 years ago.
DR.. Ernest Lyman Stebbins,
director of the Johns Hopkins
School of Hygiene, Baltimore,
born in Iowa, as years ago.
James c. Boudreau, director OF
the Pratt Institute Art School,
Brooklyn, N. Y, born in Franz
ingham, Mass, Sc years ago.
DR.. Jessie w. Beams of the
University of Virginia, noted
physicist. born at Belle Plains,
kans., 40 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
know Americal

DIR. lsiah Bowman, president
Il Johns Hopkins University,
baltimore, born in Waterloo,
Canada. 90 years ago.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore, of
Atlanta, Ga. Methodist leader,
born at Waycross, Ga, SO years
ago.
Paul Bellamy, editor of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, born in
Chicopee Falls. Mass, SO years
ago.
Robert v. White, president of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Co, born in Boston, 81 years
ago. 90.
Brig. Gen. Edgar E. Hume,
famed army medical officer,
born in Frankfort, KY, SO years
ago.
Marion Telva, contralto, born
in St. Louis, so years ago.
Judge Calvert Magruder. of
the u. S. Emergency Court OF
Appeals, Washington, Harvard
law professor, born Annapolis,
Md, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26
WILL YOU SMILE?
Not Confidential

In the middle of the night
Pete was awakened by the ring
ing of the telephone. 1t was his
partner, Harry, calling.
II Come down to the store
quick!" Harry urged. Some
thing has happened!'
What's the trouble?" asked
Pete.
Cant tell you over the tele-
phone" answered Harry. Come
on down"
Business hadn't been any too
good lately, and Pete had been
worrying about lot of unpaid
bills that were piling up.
But the partners had lately
been discussing ways and means
OF improving their condition,
and if this was what he thought
1T was, their worries would soon
be over. He made haste to verify
his surmise.
Half way down to the store,
Pete's car was overtaken by a
triffie cop,
} Whats the, rush, Bud?" the
officer demanded. do you think
you're going to fire."
X think. J so!' gasped Pete.
But how in the heck did you
knoW9" - = ::
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26
Famous Names
I'm This Court
CAP Wirephoto)

ST. LOUIS.-The bearers of
famous names appear in the
court of Circuit Judge Waldo c.
Mayfield. Recently, Thomas JEFF
ferson Campbell was sent to the
Ienitentiary, while the day be-
fore, two defendants were Ben
jamin Franklin and Ulysses
Grant. The next defendant on
the roster was: Theodore Roose-
welt Means.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

The overall annual expendi-
lures for running the Unite d
States educational system APP
proaches SIS billion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

The average American used an
estimated Is quarts of ice cream
in 1947 which was lower than
the record EOS quarts in 1916.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26
Key West In
Days Gone By

Christmas was quietly and
peacefully observed here" saws
a headline in today's Citizen
Services were held yesterday in
an local churches.
All local charter boatmen
were out yesterday with tourists
and many fish were caught
though only one sailfish. The
sallflsh was landed by a tourist
IN Captain Jackie Keys boat.
Overseas Bridge Commission
will meet tonight to decide ON
the date of opening up the new
stretch of road built on Kew
vBcas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Otto and
three children. who had been
visiting Mr.. Otto's mother, Mrs.
Il. o. Otto, left this morning for
their home in Miami.
Edmond Sawyer, who was
seriously injured in an automo-
bile accident on December Is,
and was unconscious for several
days, was reported today to be
Improving.
George and Dave Knowles.
brothers, of Miami, are in Key
West visiting relatives.
Mrs. George Gomez and
daughter, Marjorie, left yester-
day for Fort Lauderdalc to visit
the formers parents.
Miss Ruth Figaro, who had
spent the Christmas holidays as
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Elwood, Ashe street, left this
morning for her home in Miami.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
One of the beneficiaries of
the Murphy Act. grateful for
having his taxes forgiven, sug-
gests that it be called the Mercy
Act"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

christmas was quietly and
peacefully observed here" saws
a headline in today's Citizen,
Services were held yesterday in
an local churches.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Otto and
three children. who had been
visiting Mr.. Otto's mother, Mrs.
Il. o. Otto, left this morning for
their home in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

Overseas Bridge Commission
will meet tonight to decide ON
the date of apening up the new
stretch of road built on Key
vacas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

Miss Ruth Figaro. who had
spent the Christmas holidays as
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Elwood, Ashe street, left this
morning for her home in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-26

George and Dave Knowles,
brothers, of Miami, are in Key
West visiting relatives.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-06-14

THE UNEMPLOYED, without tho benefit of Thank you" God bless you," or Here is a pension for your good and faithful workI~
 However. this is not the END OF OUR STORY. Mike is not the kind of a guy to sit around and feel sorry for himself. He decid- ed to invest some of his life's sav- ings to buy a trailer. With this trailer hooked up to his car, Mike will peddle fish two days a week, and the remaining days he will bring a brand new service to OUR TOWN. He will sell hot dogs. grinders and soda-pop, right from his cart.
 Whether at Washington Park softball games in the evening. or at Groton Beach, this summer, or right around in our own neighbor- hood, WE'LL ALL BE LOOKING FOR YOUR RED TRAILER. MIKE! AND A LOT OF GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-06-14

Store can be seen daily talking with salesmen ordering the many little gadgets that makes his store SO attractive to us all =.
 And doesn't Johnnie DeNoia'S pier look swell this year with his own yacht tossing proudly at an- chor with the best of 'em?
 Tenants in the Branford and Bill Avenue projects are up in arms. Uncle Sam is utilizing the change in rent ceilings to clap little extra on his tenants. !. Branford Avenue $500 more a month, and Bill Avenue $500 more 8 month. The first protest meeting found almost a hundred per cent of the tenants represent ed. They chose John Wallace of the Under Water Sound Lab as their chairman. and the following committee to represent them in this matter: Bill McKenna of E.. B. sports fame; Donald McCann. Under Water Sound Lab; Albert L. Partridge, AFL firebrand in the E. B. organizational drive; Andrew Hiding, former labor leader, and then Labor Relations man for the E. B., who is at present foreman of their Van Bodies Department; and Herbert William Young. E. B. supervisor in the payroll depart ment. These young men will meet with David T. McGrath, housing manager, and James T. Sullivan, rent control director. The rents have been raised under the SUD- position that Uncle Sam is giving more SERVICE. Irate tenants claim this is not so and that they are on lower wages than during the war, and many of them are now in the unemployed bracket.
 Recent good neighbor subScrib- CTS to Eastern Connecticut News in Our Town" are as follows:
 Charles J. Apicelli, 30 Chicago Avenue; Marshall Burghardt, 1S0 Monument Street; Nelson Burgess, 55 Latham Street; T. H. Barrett, "A Fleming Court; Mrs. Sam Bliven. 13 Riverview Avenue; James M. Baird, 125 Starr Hill Road; L. H. Burdette. 81 Riverview Avenue; George M. Brown, 238 PoquonOck Road; Mrs. Rose Baker, 39 Chicago Avenue; James P. Brady, Budding ton Road; Mrs. R. J. Borromey, Jupiter Point: s. B. Butler. Broad Street Ext; Mrs. W. G. Crowley. 38O Thames Street; Mrs. William Corey, Long Hill Road; J. B. Cur rier, 142 Thames Street: James Conroy, 184 Thames Street; Mrs. Charles Christensen. 20 Riverview
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-06-14
Man Employed 3I Years Gt E.B. Lnid Off for Faithful SerUice

This was the fate of Michael Copone of Groton, Connecticut, who for thirty-one years was em- ployed at the E. B. Company.
 Starting his employment at the age of 16, Mike was a truly faith full employee of the Boat Com pan. rain or shine.
 During his long period of em- ployment, Mike passed through the many visSiSitudes of a working man without a union; for before unionism changed all this there were many times he was called to work at o'clock in the morning and worked right through until the next morning to help complete a hurry up job. For these hours of toll he was paid straight time.
 A short while ago Mike had the opportunity of leaving the Elec- tric Boat Company and bettering himself at a neighboring Foundry. Here he was offered, better money. better hours, and better working conditions, but Mike, FAITHFUL TO THE E. B. CO. declared him. self LOYAL TO HIS COMPANY and refused the job!
 Today we can see the REWARD OF LOYALTY! Mike after thirty one years of FAITHFUL SERVICE, and UNSWERVING LOYALTY, is OUT. ON THE STREETS WITH
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-06-14
TOUR TOWN"
(Cominned from Page Onel

Street, have not registered pro- tests against the Legion's private club license. and appear to the onlooker more Godlike thereby, for they wish their young folks to have and maintain their social activities right in OUR HOME TOWN, thereby encouraging the love of home and community en- terpriSe.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-06-14
Pleasant Valley

After extensive maneuvers in the Mediterranian the USS Leyte put into Quonset, R. l.. on Monday the ninth. with our own Al DiaS. Jr.. aboard. .. Al will have great tales to tell about the Turkish and Greek peoples he has met abroad. And he will be able to bear his stories out for he is bringing home as souvenirs, Turkish swords, (fez to yoW, and Turkish swords, commonly called scimitors! -.
 Pleasant Valley recently got out petition to separate itself from the Poquonnock Fire District and set up a district of their own. |. With the able help of Bill Eggles- ton. Al petitioners signed the doc ument and it has been recognized.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-06-14
GrOtOn Borough

The Groton Cab Company is now branch agent for the West ern Union Teletype. They will afford messenger service to OUR TOWN folks who get those hurry up messages. The main office i'm New London is closed from IF midnite to 9 a. m. and only the mite office in the Hotel Mohican is open through the night. ...
 Ben Fabricant of the Cut-Rate
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
Carolina Beach
Highway

About 6 miles from town, a
desirable property with high
way frontage of approx.
mately $50 feet and depth of
i $50 feet. A very choice
business location or wonder
full for home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
Loop Road

4 Rooms, bath, garage, sta
bles. Lot 69.5 #. by 2l25 tt.
Plenty of ground and dandy
highway location.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12

RELIABLE MAN WITH CAR WANTED
to call on farmers in Fender county.
Wonderful opportunity. SIS to $50 in a
day. No experience or capital re-
quired. Write today. McNess Company,
Dept. C, Gambler Bldg, Baltimore 2,
Md
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
No. IA South 9th st.

8 Room home made into two
apartments of 4 rooms each.
A location convenient to
schools, churches and down
town. Can be rented at
nice return or can occupy
one and rent the other. In
vestigate this. ...s
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12


If interested in beginning business or
enlarging your present operation we
can furnish 500 staple items sold to
all retail stores. Year-round repeat
sales afford profitable business. Come
in or write for our mammoth price
list.
WORLDS PRODUCTS co.
1873 E. Blvd. Charlotte, N. C..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
GOOD JOBS FOR FORMER
ARMY NAVY MARINE AND

and many other skills. qualified Army,
Navy, Marine or Coast Guard veterans
who held any of some 400 occupational
specialties for 6 months or more may
now enlist in the new Regular Army
at a grade depending upon the length
of your previous occupational speciality
service. New high Army pay and the
opportunities for advancement make an
Army career more attractive now than
ever before. Stop in and flint out the
special grade you will receive under this
new War department regulation. Apply
at the U S. Army Recruiting Station,
P. o. Building, Wilmington, N. c..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
Market Street Road

Just a short ways outside
City Limits, with highway
frontage of 200 feet and depth
of over thousand feet. .
Room house, not quite finish
ed. 1t will pay you to see
us about this. Price is very
attractive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
MYRTLE Grove Sound

On highway, frontage of 1850
feet, depth 400 #. Masonry
building started but not fin
ished. One of the very best
locations on this sound. Al
SO additional acreage on
highway available. Let's talk
this over. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
175-Realtors
FOR SALE

O SALE
CAROLINA BEACH ROAD,
just beyond city limits. s
room home with acreage. 100
#. on highway 49,.
201 MEARS STREETS rooms
and bath. Lot SO x 100.
MASONBORO SOUND So
Acres on military road.
416 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
3 room house. This is 4
good buy.
III SURRY STREETS room
home.
A NEW FOUR ROOM HOME
and two acres of land. There
is very good fishing near
by.
SEE US FOR A GOOD FARM.
We have it.
SEE US EARLY FOR THIS
BEAUTIFUL HOME ON
High Bluff. 1000 it. Water :.
front.
FOUR ROOM HOUSE, with
about 30 acres of land on
Whiskey Creek.
NEAR SOUTHPORT, S rooms
with water and lights. 70
acres of land. 3.3 Acres of
tobacco. Terms if you like.
WE HAVE SEVERAL NICE
COTTAGES ON CAROLINA
BEACH.
THREE ROOM HOUSE with
100 acres of real hunting
land. u
HUGHES & HIGGINS
"REALTORS" >.
Wallace Bldg. Third & Princess
G.
PHONES:
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12

statesmen WILLING TO TRAVEL.
Work large, small towns soliciting de-
linquent accounts for collection. No
collecting, just list names slow pay
debtors. Prefer experienced men. Com
missions paid daily. Should earn $50
UP weekly. Discount Company, 1914
Prospect Ave, Cleveland IS, Ohio.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Driver Released
Under ,OO|0 Bond
In Death d Wife

Rodney d. DarneiIle, So. 81 172o
OrdWay street NV, q salesman. was
free In $1,000 bond today awaiting
grand jury action after coroner's
jury yesterday held him responsible
for the death Of his wife Ia an auto
mobile crash here April 80.
4 Mrs. Ruth z. Darneille, 39, was
riding In the front scat Of the car
with her husband when the crash
occurred on Memorial Bridge, tes-
'timory revealed. She died ID Emery
ency Hospital four days 1ater. Her
husband, meanwhile, was charged
by police with driving while drunk.
A witness. John webster. IA
William street. Alexandria. testified
he saw Darneille's automobile In
the wrong lane on the bridge just
before 1t collided with q Westbolnd
car. The driver Of the other car was
Bryce Douglas Stone. jr. 20. George
Washington University student, po-
lice said.
In another inquest yesterday, the
coroner's jury exonerated i. j.
Witherspoon. 20, OF 1645 Third street
NV, In the traffic death Of Frank
Vine, colored. 1749 Seaton street
NV.
Mr.. Vine walked into the side OF
Mr.. Witherspoon's car last Friday
night, according to testimony, and
died at Freedmer,'s Hospital less
than an hour later.
District Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald conducted both inouests.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Temperature Of 100 Degrees
Found IS Miles Above Eorth

Ishorter invisible ultraviolet lighl
from the sun BY the gas molecules
which constitute the extremely tf1ir
atmosphere. Very little Of this radi.
alton reaches the surface Of thu
earth. Great amounts OF heat arr
created in the absorption process.
Whether there Is another stratum
of declining temperatures followed
by another inversion layer with still
higher temperatures may be deter
mined BY future flights. The naval
research scientists say 1t seem,
theoretically probable.
Type of Death Speculative.
1t IS difncult to predict, they say,
whether g human being unprotected
at much greater heights would boil
to death from the heat before be
were fried to death by the enormous
ultraviolet radiation falling upon
him.
On one flight a few months ago
seeds OF corn and rye were carried
In an effort to determine If cosmic
rays, about II times more abundant
100 miles high than at the earth's
surface, would produce mutations
resulting In new species. The seeds
have been tested at Harvard Uni
versity, but the results have beer
entirely negative. The corn appar-
emily was so injured by the great
heat that it failed to germinate
properly. The rye grew normally
and showed no change.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Reds See Effort 10 Extend
Truman Doctrine 10 World
By the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, May ia Tass dis
patch from Washington said today
that influential circles in the Amer
ican capital were organizing a
campaign" to extend the Truman
doctrine" to Western Europe and
the Far East.
The dispatch said that after
Undersecretary of State Acheson's
speech at Cleveland, Miss, last
week a number of commentators
expressed the opinion that the
United States Government was
seeking to change its current slogan
of struggle against communism tc
economic reconstruction of Western
Europe and the Far East.
Another Tass dispatch reported
Mr.. Acheson's resignation and noted
that his successor, Robert A. Lovett,
was ''in close relations with Secre-
tary OF Commerce w. Averell Harri-
man." former American Ambassa-
dor to Russia.
In another phase of the Russian
press discussion of the United
States today, Pravda accused Amer
lea of seeking to interfere In the
affairs of France, Italy and Greece
and. said such actions would not
only harm the internal affairs OF
those countries but would threaten
the peace Of the world.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
!, ! Chaplin $ Sons Receive
BuIunce Of Trust Fund
By fhe A..oeinted Press

LOS ANGELES, May 13.-Finis
was written today to guardianship
proceedings that grew out Of the
divorce 20 years ago Of Charlie
Chaplin and his second wife, Ldta
Grey.
She obtained court approval Of
a final accounting on her control
of funds allotted her younger son,
Sidney Earl Chaplin, who became
u last March 80. Similar ap-
proval was given nearly year ago
when an older son, Charles, jr.,
became 81.
Chaplin created a 5000, 900 trust
fund for support OF the boys which
was administered by Miss Grey,
each son being allowed $4,000 an
nually. The accountings showed she
turned over a balance Of $15,353 to
Sidney and $15,8o2 to Charles, jr.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Three More 6Is Protest
| Against Ban on Carroll
BY III. Associated Pres. !.

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 10.
Three more American soldiers filed
complaints with United States Army
headquarters today that they had
been "wrongfully" denied the right
to employ Earl J. Carroll OF San
Bruno, Calf, as their civilian de-
fense counsel before military courts.
Their action brought to six the
number of persons awaiting court
martial here who have filed such
complaints, addressed to Gen. Lucius
D. Clay, commanding general Of the
United States Army In Europe.
Gen. Clay recently ordered Mr..
Carroll, sharp critic of military
justice. TO accept no new legal cases
In Germany.
Among those filing complaints
were Tlsergt. Cecil B. Pfttman Of
Wa shingtop.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Yellow Diamond Identified
In Murray's Gem Trial
BY the A.seeiatsd Press

YOKOHAMA, May ia yellow
diamond-one Of about 500 which
Col. Edward j. Murray is charged
with misappropriating-was identi-
fed at his court-martial trial today
by two Japanese.
It was the first identification o1
any Of the. estimated $780, 900 worth
Of gems Murray is accused of taking
while Allied custodian of Bank OF
Japan vaults.
The beribboned Palo Alto (Calif.) }
Army officer displayed no emotion
as witnesses pointed out the yellow
diamond.
Mrs. MONTH Fujinami of Tokyo
identified the 4-carat emerald-cu,
diamond as one she had bought IL
years ago in Canada and sold in
October, 1914, to Koeki Eidan, Japa-
nese agency which purchased pre-
cious jewels and metals for the wa,
effort,
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Greek Army on Border
Reported STRENGTHENED

ATHENS, May Is P).-Greek
Army units along the Yugoslavia
and Albania borders were reported
strengthened today to block the
fight Of harassed guerrillas as other
government forces pressed new
drive to mop up centers of leftist
resistance in a 1,500-square-mile
area Of Northwest Thessaly and
Western Macedonia.
Press reports said five villages al
ready had been seized from the
guerrillas, that the drive was meet
ing comparatively little resistance
and that 1t was gaining momentum
everywhere.
An emergency meeting Of the
cabinet was called in Athens, mean
while. to consider a proposal intro
duced in Parliament last night to
outlaw the Communist Party. The
proposal, scheduled for debate In
Parliament Thursday, thus far bears
the signature Of 80 members.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Glover Park Citizens Plan
Garden Fair in Fall

Plans for q garden fair next fall
were discussed by the Glover Park
Citizens Association last night.
Comdr. Leo T. Robbins, who man
aged the fair last year made re-
port and q Fair Committee was
appointed composed of Comdr. Rob-
bins, Herman G. Ingram and John
w. Click. The committee In charge
Of garden Nexhibits is made up Of
Curtis A. Rishel, E. J. Anstead and
Claude L. Manuel.
It was recommended that addi-
tional stop signs be placed at the
intersection Of Thirty and
Calvert streets NV. to decrease the
hazard to pedestrians crossing Thir-
ty-seventh street.
The association also adopted q
unanimous resolution recommend
ing that rent controls In the Dis
trict be continued for one year, and
that the association be represented
at the hearing before the District
Commissioners set for June 8.