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Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11
Texarkana

Friends of Kermit Holoman
will be glad to know that he is
doing nicely after undergoing
serious operation at Texarkana
Hospital. He is the husband Of
the former Miss Asebelle Smith,
1877 Ash Street -. Will Thomas
Hill OF Texarkana Is visiting in
Ozan with his aunt, Mrs. Carrie
Pickens, and friends =, Mrs. Car
RE Moncrief on Delaware Street
ras returned from Los Angeles,
California where she visited her
mother, Mrs. Cora Forley and
other relatives and friends -.
Mrs. Ida B. Marshall Of 419
Troost Street and her four grand
children left for Kansas City to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Alberta
Whaley, 1877 No Thompson St.
and her son, Hezekiah Marshall,
2o10 N. 9Th ST She and Mrs.
Whaley will visit relatives in
Gurthie, Oklahoma before their
return.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11

seem to be very interested in the
society and they are helping =.
The Serving Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Sue Jones -.
A Baby Contest was held at Mt.
Ollie AME Church Sunday =. We
miss Mrs. M. j Jackson from at
tending Missionary and club meet
ings very much Well be glad
when she can attend again -.
Allia Joe Middleton was house
guest of Vernola Knox last week
49,. Mrs. Alice Jones is expect
ing her daughter from St. Louis
-. The Usher Board sponsored
a concert Friday night 80. 1--WE.
Well, let's listen to the latest.
The womens blues is back In
town in person of John Amos Oh
liver. He is visiting his grandpar-
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Middleton
and is certainly enjoying his ball
and wagon :. Is it true that
MN turned IVA down for LIB
-. Better watch your business,
JH, for ETH says Jaw looks
very handsome to her ..... Will
had better watch his step for
someone has cut in on him and
Is trying to put him out with
AIM -. EVN says CD is the
sweetest little dreamy eyed man
She ever laid eyes on ...... VMc
and BIB should open their eyes
and see what JAJ is trying to
put over them -. A certain lit
tie chick came in town and start
ed flame burning in JTJ's
heart. He says it's love at first
sight -. vLK and CMcC are on
like a pine torch light -. JMM
Is jumping cat. But he never
jumps when he can be seen. He
gets his girl and gets behind the
bushes and jumps like a Mexican
jumping bean. WANTED: Hus-
bands fos Alice Jones and Carrie
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11

Tyree. These two men must have
plenty of money, a home and a
car -. Everybody says NC grins
all the time, but AIM says he
doesn't; he gets serious some
times e.. Oh and 10 are still on
the ball =. CA and EBJ say,
Wen never part -, Last but
not least AIM, JJ and ETH say
II you've got man, you'd better
pin him to your side, cause If
he flags their train, they're 60
ing to let him ride.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11
NEWPORT
Gladys Maya

Gladys Maya
Miss Sarah Robinson was re.
cent guest Of Mrs. MILAN Davis
at Kensett :. Reeds Chapel rend
cred four nights Of service with
Mrs Willie Mae Ruffin of st.
Louis, national gospel singer &C.
companied by Hugh Canaan. The
program netted $17s.S0 -. Rev.
G. w. Jones Is pastor -. Mrs,
Georgia Walker and sister, Mrs,
Ciresta Anthony spent Thursday
at Auvergne at the bedside Of
their cousin. Mrs. Maud Elston.
Little Miss Verneda Conley Is
spending each Tuesday during
the summer in Batesville as
guest and music student of Mrs.
Nellie Mae York. During regular
school, Verneda Is the music stu.
dent of Miss M. o. Tyler Miss
Oportra Mitchell is convalescing
from a recent Illness $50. Miss
Savannah v ley and Mrs. Ger
trude Pitts arr on the sick list
This Usher Board Of St. PAIL
AME Church met with Mrs. Ern.
estine Mitchell last Friday -.
Mrs. Ernestine Mitchell and Mrs.
Christine Noles Of Tuckerman at.
tended the graduation of Mrs.
Noles' daughter, Imogene. at Mem
phis last Monday. Miss Noles was
student at Poro Beauty School
- Mrs. Beatrice Fields accom-
panied Mrs. Gloria Ward Miller
from Santa Monica for the fun.
eral of Mrs. Miller's mother, Mrs
6lendora Hoosins Watkins. Fun.
eral services were conducted Sun.
day at st. Paul AME Church
Rev. and Mrs. w. l.. Dove were
called to the bedside OF her ia.
Their at Coffeyville =. Mrs Gu.
esta Anthony surprised Miss
joyce Ann Patrick with a birth.
Gay cake June % -. Mrs Joe
Ann Wilson Is able to be up a.
gain after an attack of append.
c'tis - Elder and Mrs. Brown
or Augusta are guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Caleb Nance 80. Mrs A V
smith left Tuesday to attend
summer school at Columbia u in
New York -, Earl and Andrew
EDWARDS were recent guests of
'heir aunt, Mrs. A. V. Smith
ME- and Mrs. James Smith REQ.
tored to Mariana to aceonnanv
'hem home -. Friends of Mrs
Neiiie Simmons We're sorry To
near OF her passing in California
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11

ter, Mrs. Willie Blackmon last
week" Mr.. and Mrs, Charlie
Goodwin were guests of A. Ram.
sey and family Monday, New
Providence and Mt. Zion singing
Glasses attended the singing con-
vention over the week end and
report great session Miss Cal
lie Marie Holiday and Ollie J..
Loudd were married at Mt. Zion
Church Sunday night, June 29th
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11
CANFIELD
MISS Matte D. Whitfield

MISS Waffle D. Whitfield
Kew. c. r. McMiller held ser.
vices all day Sunday at St John
Baptist Church. $3.50 was raised
80 Mrs. Cora Johnson and Mrs
sarah Brown went to Shreveport
sunday to visit their sick slster
ana daughter. Miss Matte Wood.
more She Is reported to be i'm.
proving &c. Rev. Henry Taylor
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11
Seeing God in
Our Present World

LESSON TEXT FOR JULY i3-Job 80:
II. Isis. n. %, 81. Il.
MEMORY SELECTToN-The hearing
ear. and the seeing eye, the Lord hath
maoe evon both Of them.-Proverbs 20:
-.
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11

preached Sunday at First Baptist
Church at the Mission service g..
Dan Davis has returned from Cal
ifornia and is living in Hot
Strings
Arkansas State press., 1947-07-11
DELARK
Ethel T. Neal

Ethel T. Neal
Rev. and Mrs. l.. w. Middleton
A. b. Dalamar Rev. w. E. Crud-
up and Marshall Crudup motored
to Prescott recently to attend the
Electoral College . The Jr.
Missionary Society held installa-
tional services at IL o'clock Sun
day, June 29th The young men
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
STATE CORN CROP
: TO EQUAL l946'S
Fields To Yield More Than
Eight Million
Bushels

RALEIGH, July l2-U.D-North
Cardinals corn crop this year will
be as large as last years all-time
record production, the Federal
State Crop Reporting service pre-
dicted today.
Last years yield was 1914 600
bushels from 2,1S2, 900 acres, or
an average Of q bushels per acre.
Tar Heel farmers planted "a
per cent more land to wheat this
year, and the yield per acre was
expected to be as high as last
years II bushels per ere record.
The total crop for 1947 was esti-
mated at 8,449, 900 bushels.
The crop reporting service fore
cast these crops records for 1947:
Oats-29.5 bushels per acre,
compared with 80 bushels for 1916.
Irish 1853, 900 bushels,
or 80 per cent less than the 1915
crop.
Sweet potatoes-7, 700, 900 bushels
20, 600 more than last year.
Soybeans-363, 900 acres. six per
&. cent more than 1916.
-" Peanuts-317,000 acres, same as
last year.
Peaches-3,lN , 900 bushels, two
per cent less than 1916.
Commercial apples-912,0 600 bu-
Shells, compared with LIS, 900 last
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Charlotte Man
Dies In Ohio
- Plane Accident

. DAYTON, O., July 12--R-Ma-
jor Frank M. Ziglar, 81, formerly
of Charlotte, was killed in the crash
Of a Thunderbolt fighter plane two
= miles north of nearby Patterson
field yesterday.
A native of Selma, Ziglar had
been assigned to Wright field since
1945. He is survived by his widow
and one daughter.
Major Ziglar was born in Win
.ston-Salem. he had made his home
at Selma, where his widow lives.
Other survivors include two sons,
frank c. Ziglar, Jr., and Paul
Ziglar, who had been with him at
Wright field; his mother, Mrs.
Frank J. Ziglar and a sister, Miss
Ellen Jane Ziglar, both of Char
.Iotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

States government. In 1e7 the
American colonization society
withdrew. and independence " a 8
declared.
Surrounded by 4 patchwork OF
British and French colonies, Ii
IBERIA today is about the size Of
Ohio or Pennsylvania. 1t is made
up Of two distinct sections, h e
civilized coast with its Sikh a I
formalities and White-washed
buildings, and the wild country
beyond, under tribal CHIEFS.
Early American politics echoes
in the name Of Liberals True
Wing Party" English is the Of
ficial language, spoken in the
coastal areas. A street in Mon
rovia, the capital, is called
''Broadway."
Monrovia, which was named tor
United States President ] a m e $
Monroe, was an important p ort
during World War II. Through 1t
poured much Of the Allies es-
sential rubber neds - the result
of industrial development begun
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
RESERVE GROUP
!: MEETS MONDAY
Corbett And H. Ed
mund Rodgers Will Be
Principal Speakers

- With Col. Kenneth M. Corbett,
CA. eserve and H. Edmund Rod
gers, dean Of the Wilmington Law
school, the principal speakers, the
july conference Of the 322nd Or
ganized Reserve Composite Group
will be held in the former Filter
Center, in the basement OF the
postoffice. Monday night ct 1880
O'Clock, Col. Andrew H. Harriss.
Jr., CA. reserve, commanding Of
sflcer, announced yesterday.
The Group is composed Of all
officers and enlisted members O.
the active reserve who reside in
New Hanover, Brunswick, Fender
and Columbus counties not assign
ed to a specific TO and E. unit.
The first half OF the period will
be devoted to general training on
selected subjects. This training is
based on War department sound
films. The program for the second
hall of the conference is reserved
for lectures on topics of national
interests.
Col. Corbett will speak on the
topic of Military Courtesy, Its ORR
gin and Application. Rodgers,
who will deliver the main lecture,
will discuss the subject Of Com
munism and it's doctrine as con-
trasted to the freedom afforded
democratic peoples. A student Of
national and international affairs,
he is known as an interesting and
capable speaker, it was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

PROGRAMS
Time is eastern standard, For centra'
standard subtract one hour, for noun
tain standard subtract two hours. Som,
local stations change hour Of relay t.
fit local schedules. Last minutes pro
gram changes cannot be included.
SUNDAY, JULY 10
For East. Daylight add one hour
Afternoon
l2:O0-America United, Forum-nbc
Music for an Hour-mbs
Peoples Platform, Forum-cbs
12:3o-The Chicago Roundtable-nbc
Time for Reason Talk-cbs
1:00-Robert Merrill Concert-nbc
12:45-H. X. Smith at London-cbs
Weekly Review g. Quiz-cbs
To Be Announced-mbs
1:3o-Star Concert and Melton-nbc
Music for Sunday Afternoon-bs
News; Veterans Panel-mbs
2:00-Music Parade, Commensurate
The CHS Symphony-cbs
Reunion, Drama Series-mbs
2:30-One Mans FamiIy-nbc
Count of Monte ~Cristo-mbs
3:oo-Quiz Kids and Joe KeIy-nbe
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
UNDER THE CLOCK
MARRIAGE


Kelly William Jewell, Jr., 81,
Wilmington, to Nancy Isabelle
McIlwain, %, Wilmington.
DEEDS
Elizabeth Hutoff to w. H. Shinn
Beach, 81, 500.
Rinaldo 3. Page ct ux to Bax-
ter F. Ozment. Sir, ct ux, lot 8.
block so, Carolina Beach. valua-
ton not stated.
Glenn M. Tucker ct ux to c.
Z. Slade ct ux. tract On Biddle
pr operty in Federal Point town.
ship, $1,000.
L. C. Kure ct ux to G. F. Teeter
ct ux, lot ID, block II, Ku1e
Beach, valuation not stated.
Hugh MacRae and company.
Inc, to l.. c.. Willis ct ux, 1.21
acres in Audubon Nursery proper
ty. $4,000.
Magdaline B. L. Tillery to J..
H. Legion ct ux, lot 8, No. l addi-
ton, Wrightsville Beach, 1900.
A. R. Splawn ct ux to George
Tenuta ct ux, lot 81, Glen Arden,
$1,000.
Cornelius Thomas ct Tx to John
R. Mills ct ux, lot 4, block g.
Princess Place, $500.
William E. jenkins, ST., ct ux
ct al to Benz amin j. Mcdonald,
ct ux, lot 7, Shore Acres develop
ment No. /, 81, 500.
E. A. Brinkley ct Tx to N. F.
Rouse ct ux, lot in Winter Park
Gardens, $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

by an American rubber company
more than 20 years ago.
Back from the developed coast
the little-traveled ~hinterland is a
rugged region Of hills and jungles,
of crocodiles, butfaloes, elephants,
ard rhinoceroses. It is inhabited
by bush" natives estimated to
number between one and two MIL
lion.
The rubber industry, however,
has penetrated even into this back
country, introducing modern ma
chinery and conveniences. Some
OF the natives have added pidgln
English to their particular dialect.
A few have learned to drive trucks
and use tools.
Besides rubber, the fertile equa-
torial land OF Liberia has a
rurnber Of other natural resources
awaiting development. Among
them are forest products such as
mahogany, and a lush list OF tropi'
cal plants. Gold and diamonds are
found, and Liberals iron ore is
rated equal to Swedish in quality
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
LIVESTOCK

- CHICAGO, July 12-P)-(USDA)
-Salable hogs 300; total $500;
compared week ago; highest prices
since early April were reached in
the hog trade this week when a
series of advances raised most
weights of hogs LOO to $50 over
July 3. Sows are up 1.50-2.OO for
the week.
Salable cattle 500; compared
close last week; rather spectacu-
lar upturns featured most killing
classes; choice steers and yearl-
ings, including heifers, 75-1.O high
er; other grades, however, LOO
ESQ higher; good grades both
classes showed full advance in
creased grassiness considered; av-
erage-choice weighty steers reach
ed $3.50, but quotable higher; 1O4O
Id yearlings $3.50; light yearlings
$500; low to average-choice 1000
Id heifers 1880; good and choice
steers with weight closed at 27.50-
5000; comparable yearlings 26.O 90
$500 mostly, and similar grade
heifers Is. 00-28.00, very urgent buy
ing featuring all grades yearling
steers and yearling heifers as up
ply strictly granted steers show
ed abridgment; strictly grass
~steers ard heifers in moderate
however, most grass steers
grading common to medium 10. 10
% so and grass heifers 18.0O-22. 90,
Nebraska grass heifers 22.5O; all
--eows unevenly 100000 higher,
good matured wintered cows
21.0O; most medium COWS
--elosing at 14.o0-16.50, and cutters
'.i3.75 down; cow run during week
small; bulls 50-1.00 higher,
practical late top 1880 on
sausage offerings; vealers firm at
"a 90 down, most weighty grassy
to choice calves Is. 00-22 90,
with culls 1.00-11.50; medium
Stock cattle $3.50 lower at 1900
down, good and choice 100000 lb
~stockers about steady at 1000
~. 90; all killing interests bought
fat cattle very freely and numer-
GUS local as well as eastern orders
untitled at close.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Recreation Name,
Show Schedule.
For This WI

The movie to be shown IND. y
sponsorship Of the CITY Psossss d,
Department during Julv easN
Little Men" Two shorts ~ !
or Your Life" and "Skv liz M " !!
also be shown. vi,
These will be especially -,
dren, and the en%tronco cal
very low. The shows will st,s,
8 p. m. each evening y
following centers: 10;
Monday-Taylor Homes =.
munity center. N'n'
Tuesday-Vance building Nj.
Village. ~''S
Wednesday-Nesbitt Cour,,c r.
munity center. N'a
Thursday-community es,,.
Second and Orange streets
Friday ~ Hillcrest Conrr..
center. W
Saturday-Worth building H.,
fit Village. "''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Community Center
Schedules Show
For Tuesday

On Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock a pet show will be he'd
at the Community Center at Sec
ond and Orange streets. Anyone
who has a pet may exhibit it and
compete for the blue ribbons,
judging to be on the following
points: neutrality-suspicious. un-
usual-best trained-and best car
ed for.
Entrants r asked to register
pets for the show ahead of time
with any member of the staff of
the City Recreation Department
or by calling the office phone 1892.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
NEGRO COLONY
HAS, CENTENNIAL
Liberia Observes 100 Years
OF Independ-
ence

WASHINGTON, d. c. July 49,
Liberals centennial celebration
commentaries tn e independence
of Africa's only republic. w h
Haiti, Liberia is one of two Negro
republics in the world, notes the
National Geographic society. It's
founding and development W e e
unique.
The first Liberian settlement
was established in the 1905 as a
permanent home Col freed slaves.
Set up on the west coast of Africa,
1t was initiated and supported by
the joint efforts Of American phi.
lanthropic societies and the United
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
OVER THE NETWORKS

3:.U-PauI Whiteman Club
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
THE AIR SUNDAY

The House of Mystery-mbs
e:3O-Author Meets Critics-nbc
Woody Herman Show-bs
Detective Mysteries Drama-mbs
4:00-NBC Symphony Hour-nbc
Family Time, Eileen Farrell-cbs
Under Arrest, Drama-mbs
4:30-Jean Sablon and Songs-cbs
The Abbott Mysteries-mbs
4:45-sunday Commentary-cbs
Evening
5:00-Catholic Radio Service-nbc
Conrad Nagel Theater-cbs
Those Websters, D~rama-mbs
5:30-Dave Garroway Show-nbc
Mark Warnow Soundoff-cbs
Nick Carter, D~etective-mbs
6:00-Jack Paar Comedy-nbc
h Gene Autry Show-cbs
The Mysterious Traveler-mbS
6:30-Rogue's Gallery, Drama-nbc
Blondie-D agwood Comedy-cbs
Melodies from C~aiifornia-mbs
7:GO-Alec Templeton & Piano-nbc
Sam Spade Adventures-cbs
The Mediation Board-mbs
7:30-Dorothy Lamour ShoW-nbc
Crime Doctor, Drama-cbs
Voices of the Strings-mbs
7:55-Five Minutes News-cbs
8:00-Sunday Merry-Go-Round-nbc
Meet Corliss Archer, Skit-chs
Exploring the Unknown-mbs
8:l|Hollywood Commentary-abc
8:30-Album of Familiar Music-nbc
The Tony Martin Show-cbs
Listen Carefully, euiz-mbs
9:o0-Story for Tonisht-nbc
Take 1t or Leave 1t Quiz-cbs
Gabriel Eeatter's Show-mbs
9:30-Eddie Bowling Show-nbc
Strike t Rich, Quiz-cbs
Edmund Hockridge Song-mbs
10 :0o-News & Variety 3 hrs.-nbc
News and Dance : hrs.-mbs
News, Variety, Dance 3 hrs.-cbs
ABC PROGRAMS - Times fit eithe
Eastern Daylight or Eastern Standard
Afternoon
1:00-Warriors of Peace
1:3e-Sammy Hayes Serenade
2:0o-Deadline Mystery Drama
2:3o-Radio's National Vespers
3:oo-Lassie, Dog Drama
3:15-Johnny Thompson Songs
3:3o-Week Around the World
4:0o-Are These Our Children
4:3o-Lee Sweetland Show
o:OO-Qulz Time in Afternoon
5:so-David Harding. Counterspy
Evening
6:00-Drew Pearson Comment
8:15-News Summary Is Min.
6:30-Greatest Story Ever Told
7:00GThe Candid Microphone
7:30-Those Sensational Years
8:oo-Detroit Symphony Hour
9:00-Guest Commentator Trio
9:15-Hollywood Commentary
S:3o-Jimmy Fidler on Movies
9:45-To Be Announced
l0:00-Sunday Music Hour
l1:00-NeWs & Dance Hour
Band Hr.-west only
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
A FOR HOOVER

WASHINGTON, July y = ~ =
Influential Republicans reported
tonight that Herbert Hoover will be
appointed a member and "prob-
ably chairman" Of a ~non-partisan
commission created by Congress
to modernize the executive branch
Of the nderal government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

The principal lace manutactur-
ing centers Of the world
are Nottingham, England, and Ca
lais, France. Nottingham manu-
IacYE-es cheaper and medium
gratis of laces, France produces
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
W M F D
140O On Your Dial

8:N-Church Of God
8 :3O-Pentecostal Church
9:00-News Summary
9:15-Music for Modern
l0: OO-Voice of Prophecy
l0:3O-The Southernaires
II :0O-St. Paul's Lutheran Church
l2:0o-News Summary
l2:15-Sunday Strings
2:45-Raymond Swing
1:00-Music for Sunday
1:15-A Token of Roses
1:3O-Noon Day Musical
1:55-Facts or Fiction
2:OO-Old Fashioned Revival Hour
3:OO-Easy Listening
3:30-This Week Around the World
4:O0-Are these our Children.
4 :3O-The Lee SWeeland Show
5 :00-Darts for Dough
5 :30-Counterspy
6:00-DreW Pearson-NeWs
6:15-Monday Morning Headlines
6:30-Greatest Story Ever Told
7~:OO-Candid Microphone
7:30-Those Sensational Years
1904 Dream Set to Music
8:30-Musical Milestone
9:O0-Walter Winchell
9:15-Louella Parsons
9:30-Jimmy Fidler
9:45-Rex Maupin Orchestra
o :00-Hour of Music
4 :00-News of Tomorrow
i :15-Set to Music
i :301Hotel Edison Orchestra
MONDAY
6:0O-Daybreak in the Barnyard
7 .3O1Zeke Manners
7:45-Musical Clock
7;55-North Carolina Highlights
8:00-News with Martin Agronsky
8:1@Star-News Commentator
s:20-Musical Clock
8:25-Your Sunshine Hour .
8:40-NBC Musical Feveille
8:55-UP News
9:00-The Breakfast Club with Don
Mcneil
10:00-My True Story
:25-Betty Crocker's Magazine of the
Air
l0:45-Lean Back and Listen
II :O0-Breakfast in Hollywood - Tom
Breneman
II :3O-Galen Drake
II :45-Ted Malone
II :00-Noon Day Musical
IL :30-Tom Tom Tunes
l:001Baukhage Talking
1:15-Musical Interlude
1:25-Star-News Commentator
1:30-WMFD Concert of the Air
2:0o-Walter Kiernan-News
2:15-Ethel and Albert
2:30-Bride and Groom
3:00-Ladies be Seated
3:*0-Paul Whiteman Club
Evening star., 1947-03-06
Sale Of Easter Seals
For Crippled Children
Opens Officially Today

The 1947 Easter Seal sale opens
off1cially today to aid crippled chill
dren.
Mrs. Jewell C. Gaffney, executive
secretary of the District Society for
Crippled Children. said 100000
blocks of Easter seals have been
mailed to residents of the District.
The society seeks 100000 to sup
port the work Of the society.
"Help Crippled Children" is the
plea on the seals which carry the
figure of little boy who has been
helped. He Is striding along, and
the crutch he no longer needs is car
ried under his arm-horizontally.
The District society sponsors a
demonstration service for children
afflicted with cerebral palsey, sum-
mer camp for crippled children and
an orthopedic nursing course.
"The Society for Crippled Children
does not duplicate the work Of other
agencies, public or private" Mrs.
Gaffney said. 1T is concerned with
the unmet needs of crippled chill
dren. and handicapped adults"
! Mrs. John r. Steelman will open
the sale formally at a tea from to
6 pm. today in the society's head
quarters, 1857 Massachusetts avenue
NV.
The District society is cooperating
with A. State societies of the Ma
tional Society for Crippled Children
and Adults in the Nationwide dis
| tribution Of the Easter Seals.
Evening star., 1947-03-06
Frank Frontz Elected
By Columbus u. Alumni

The Alumni Association Of Co
lumbus University has elected ON
GERS for the year 1947.
They are: Frank Frantz, presl-
dent; Harry Burlingame, Druscllla
Carr, Harry Bozof, George Mcken-
izie. James Kalaher and Edward
Johnson, vice presidents; Paul kas-
loft, financial secretary and treas
urer: Irene Nameth, recording
secretary; Lois Murray, correspond
ing secretary, and Harry Miller,
sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Court Asked 10 Help
Government Recover
Carson War Profit
by the Assoeioted Press

The Government asked the United
States Tax Court today to back its
demand that one OF the former
Carson munitions firms return sex
cessive profits" on a war contract.
The War Price Adjustment Board
charged that Erie Basin Metals
Products, Inc, Elgin, ILL.,, made ST.
100000 in excessive profits" during
the u months ended November 30,
1913, although its tangible net
worth" at the beginning of that
period was only $!1,832. The court
has jurisdiction in price adjustment
cases where no amicable compromise
Is reached.
The board asked that the COM
pany be ordered to return to the
Government $685. ,874.48 cash, saying
that 1884, 1852 the balance of the
$1270,000, has been recouped al
ready in taxes.
The Carson brothers, Murray
and Henry, are under indictment
along with former Representative
Andrew J. May of Kentucky on con-
spiracy charges connected with the
operations of their wartime NUM-
tions empire. The Garssons are no
longer associated with the Illinois
firm
Erie Basin asked the Tax Court
earlier to bar the Government claim,
denying that its profits were exces-
sive.
The company also protested a
move by Government contract rene
gotiators to disallow as excessive
$4,000 of its charges for executives
salaries and $4,000 of its charges
for expenses of operating its Wash
tngton Office.
The company said today expenses
of its Washington Office were ST.
1888 for the 12-month period, or
less than $40 of per cent of sales
and added the Office was needed for
"expediting materials and equip
ment and handling other matters
covered by Government regulations. I"
The company said its receipts for
the 12-month period totaled $6,726,-
s9095, while costs and expenses were
S5,627, ,08882, leaving net profit OF
$1,099 80213 before Federal income
taxes, or 1929 ,80213 after those taxes
were paid