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Evening star., 1947-07-13
BY the Assoeioisd Press

PARIS, July IL. - Britain
France and Italy told the open
ing session of the Marshall plan
conference today that Russia
and the absent Eastern Euro
pean nations still would be vel
come to help in a continent-widr
effort to rebuild a war-shatteree
economy.
Moreover, British Foreign Secre-
tary Bevin declared the conference
was not intended to set up a perma-
nent organization rivalling the
United Nations. He said the con.
ference members remained loyal to
the U.N. and wanted to work In
the fullest cooperation with ap-
propriate UN. organs.
Mr.. Bevin also pledged the re-
sources of the British common
wealth, insofar as the British gov
ernment. can influence them, to the
task of European rehabilitation.
Statesmen from Is European ma
tions met for an hour in the gilded
grand banquet hall of the French
Foreign Ministry. They elected Mr.
Bevin presiding officer and named
a working committee which imme-
diately began study of the British
French draft for European recovery
with American aid.
COMPROMISE to be Studied.
The Working Committee met fol
four and a half hours without
achieving agreement on the organ.
ization of the conference. At its
second meeting tomorrow at noon
it is to consider compromise pro.
posal designed to meet demands o1
smaller nations that all 16 nations
at the conference be represented or
the projected International Co.
operation Committee. Britain ane
France originally proposed that thi;
committee have only five or 81,
members. ...
The conference was called b,
Britain and France after Russis
declined to have anything to de
with the Marshall plan, enunciatee
by the United States Secretary o1
State at Harvard University June 5
The plan, briefly, emissions Ameri.
can aid Europe after the nations
of Europe have decided how fal
they can help themselves and just
what help they will need from ths
United States.
! Soviet Russia charged that this
would mean interference in the in
dependence of the European coun-
tires and she held aloof with eight
neighbors. However, the red ham,
mer and sickle flag of the Soviet
and the banners of the absent cotln-
tries flew in the conference hall
with those of the delegates present
Observers saw this as emphasis on
the conference feeling that the
door always would be open to those
desiring to cooperate.
Door to Remain Open.
Georges Bidault, French Foreign
Minister, told the delegates in his
welcoming speech that it was not
the fault of any one present that all
European nations were not rep
resented.
Then he said
THE whole of Europe is not here
But those who are present have the
right to speak in her name and to
act for her. Reinforcements will
come, I am SIRE of it, when our
loyal work will have proved to all
what was the path of genuine in
dependence"
Mr.. Bevin said:
1T is a matter of regret that GER
tain countries in Eastern Europe
have not been able to attend this
conference, and if one follows the
news and views expressed I am
sure they regret it as much as we
regret their absence.
1--WE fully understand and We ex-
press our sympathy. But think
that I voice the general sentiment
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Way Left Open
For Russia 10
Join Aid Talks
Bevin Assures Puris
PorIey Is Not Aimed
As RivuI of u. N.

POLAND AND HUNGARY May
Lose Relief Funds for Boycotting
Conference. Page AS.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA and Russia
Sign Agreement for Exchange of
Food and Machinery. Page Az.
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Complete Index, Pg. AZ
Rodio Prosroms, Ps. C-s
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(see BRIcKER, Page A-5)
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(See PLANK, Page A-6)
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(See TAXES, Page A-4.'
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(See CIO, Page A-4D
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CONTINUED on Page Alb, Column
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See BIDDLE, Page A-4)
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the MOTIFS Plan Henry Mclemors.
and Bull Elkins was taking a vaca-
ton from Oxford. Unfortunately
for Paris. Mr.. McLemore and Mr.
Elkins crossed the Channel on the
same plane and landed at the same
time at LIE Bourget Field. One hour
after we landed Mr.. Elkins and I
were in what must be the largest Jail
on the continent. How we landed
in the Jail is the story I am now
going to tell you.
Drinks First Chapter.
My first thought on reaching
France for the first time was to 60
to all the museums, libraries and
churches. Mr.. Elkins felt the same
way. We matched to see where we
would 60 t1rst. I won, 50 we went
to a quaint old library in Mont
martre. It's the only library I ever
went In where the best seller was
"Penrod." I drank the first chapter.
From here on out things are really
going to be vague. I am not sure
what happened after the gendarmes
got me and Mr.. Elkins. They took
us to the Jail. A silly Frenchman
who didn't speak English asked me
In French II I would like to spend
so days in Jail or give him 5000.
I said, Put us In jail"
Two minutes later Mr.. Elkins and
I were In an elevator. We spent
more time in that elevator than
Lindbergh did getting to Paris.
finally asked the elevator operator
If we were going to serve our SEN
tence with him. He didn't speak
English so he didn't answer me
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cabinet minister, volunteered the
information that after three purges
the Greek air force was still about
go per cent Communist sympathiz-
ers. This situation seems now to
have spread to the ground forces.
The Greek Army is getting tired
1t Is fighting against an elusive en-
emy who appears Unexpectedly,
raids border posts and disappears
before reinforcements can arrive
The losses in these engagements are
not heavy, but this type of fighting
Is hard on the nerves of organized
armies and, in the long run, leads
to generalization.
Skiilfal PropAganda.
To this factor must be added the
very skillful Communist propaganda.
The soldiers receive Ietters-some
genuine. others forged-describins
unbearable conditions at home
They write about the lack OF food
and the difficulty OF tilling the land
or conducting small business when
the head CT the family and his sons
are away.
Married men receive letters tell
ing about the faithlessness of their
wives. All this adds up to war IA
sigue among the troops at the front
Repeated announcements from
military headquarters in Athens
that the Greek Army's offensives
have been successful may create
optimism outside the war area. But
the troops know better. They are
fighting the battles and realize that
so far there has been no develop
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Come to think about 1t, I don't think
he heard me.
We spent IL days m the jail. The
American Ambassador at that time
was Jesse Isidore Strauss. Throw
ing my weight around, I asked the
Frenchman who didn't speak Eng
lish to let me call the American
Ambassador. To prove to you how
unlucky I am. he let me. I got
the American Embassy. Mr..
Strauss" I said. Il am in a Jail.
I am an American citizen. Get me
out"
Mr.. Strauss did not get me out.
1t wasn't his fault. because when I
thought I was talking to Mr.. Strauss
I was talking to his secretary who
knew me SO well that he only asked
me to spell my name three times.
| served my sentence. 1t didn't
matter to me at the time because
I was single and nobody expected
me home, but the payoff came later.
When I went into the Army to
practice In World War II to be a
better soldier in World War III, the
lieutenant asked me If I had ever
been arrested. I had to tell him this
whole story. He was just as bored
as you are now.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, IncD
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spring OF 1947 to the former owners
From these bare circumstances, 1t
would appear that, for a happy
change. the Federal Government
had actually made a profit on q
surplus property deal. But that
would be going too fast. The real
fact is that the Federal Govern
ment, voluntarily or involuntarily
dropped about $3.50, 900 on the deal
Some eight months after the
Navy took over the property, oil
was discovered on adjacent land.
Thereupon, the Navy Department
received an offer of $250, 900 cash,
plus royalties that would probably
amount to 100000 more. This
offer was from the Sinclair Refining
Co. and was made in letter to
the late Frank Knox, then Secre-
tary Of the Navy. on November IS,
1943. Representative Carl Vinson,
chairman Of the House Naval Al
fairs Committee, was made aware
of the offer about the same time.
Noncompetitive Offer.
This was noncompetitive offer.
It is more than probable that II the
Navy had been interested in getting
the best price possible for the prop
erty, better price might have been
obtained. Competitive bids might
have been invited, or the Navy
might have operated the land as
a naval reserve.
Meanwhile, the question of the
disposal of the property became a
controversial subject in the Con-
gress. Various bills were introduced
to authorize the sale Of the prop
erty to its former owners at prices
ranging up from 100000. Twice,
the Congress refused to pass legis-
lation which would have permitted
the former owners to buy back the
land at prices less than the offers
that the Navy had received. Thus,
the Congress twice went on record
to the effect that it felt that the
Federal Government should get, not
what it had paid for the land, but
what it was worth after the dis
covery Of oil.
The attempt to put special bills
through the Congress was not re-
newed after the passages of the Sur
plus Property Disposal Act. This
law, under which the land would be
disposed Of. provided that If Fed
eral, State or local government agen-
cies did not want surplus land, then
1t should be sold to the former own
ers at the price the Government paid
for it, plus improvements.
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Senator'S Study Bill
On Flyers Citizenship

A Senate judiciary subcommittee
today awaited further details from
the War Department before passing
on q House e-approved bill to grant
American citizenship to seven Yugo-
slav airmen who fought with the
Army Air Forces in Italy.
All seven are on active duty as
commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers with the AAF at Boil
ling and Andrews Field and the
Pentagon. They flew 1873 combat
missions in bombers as a unit Of
the AAF command from bases In
Mediterranean countries.
-Four of the men, Capt. Vojislav
N. Skakich, 4736 Homer avenue Sc;
First 1t. zivko T. Miloykovich, IA
Danbury street NE; Flight Oficer
Dejan Radich, 1876 Homer avenue
Sc, and First L.. Milosh M. Jelich,
47l6 Homer avenue Sc, were re-
fused naturalization in District
Court last october. The reason was
technicality in the law which re-
quires that foreigners must have
been inducted into the service in
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Surplus Air6eld Sale Shows ST. 900 Profit
But u. S. Drops $750OOO on Deal

The Navy twice was asked by
the Interior Department whether
it did not want to retain the field
as a potential oil reserve. Both
times the Navy rejected the sugges-
ton. Although today the ink Is
scarcely dry on the deed transferring
this airfield. the Navy has let out
loud wall about q serious shortage
Of oil. The Navy, if it had been
alert. should have known long ago
that, sooner or later, there would
be a shortage. I would not have
begrudged the Navy the information
that apparently it lacked. As
matter Of fact, have given warn
ing after warning to all who would
listen, for several years, of an in
evitable inability to satisfy our doc
mestic demands for oil from, do
nestle sources, but perhaps the Navy
prefers to pay higher prices for oil
from Saudi Arabia than use oil that
would have cost much less from a
field already In its possession at an
expenditure Of merely $4,000.
Figures Need Repeating.
Sometimes figures need to be re-
peated If they are to be remembered
This airf1eld cost the Government
$40, 900. The Government, or more
specifically the Navy Department,
received a cash offer of $3.50 900
with royalties in addition that would
have brought the total purchase
price up to something like $3.50, 900.
Then the Interior Department re-
sold the field to its former owners 4
little less than a year ago for ~, 900.
There is even a runor in Washing
ton. which it has not yet been pos
sible to verify, that at one time the
former owners offered to buy it back
for $500 900.
The Interior Department insists
that everything that 1T did was le-
gally correct. Doubtless the former
owners arc politely happy that the
department is enjoying the self
satisfaction Of having been scru-
pulously legalistic. But even they
might wonder whether 1t would not
have been equally legally correct"
to have accepted higher price for
the land.
At any rate. 1t is certain that
those who bought land for $4,000
when another had bid approximately
$750,000 are not going to worry
about this loss to the Government
of approximately $703 900. The tax
payers loss Is the owners gain.
(copyrisht, 1947)
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This Changing World
L. S. Mission to Greece Sure to Find
Greatly Deteriorated Situation
'ated Situation

ment justifying the high commands s
optimism over the military situation.
The war on the northern front
seems endless to the men In the
field. The ofncers are even more
pessimistic. They know that behind
the screen of 10000 or $4,000 guer-
rillas who wage the hit-and-run war
there is a strongly organized force
in so-called neutral" Yugoslav ter
ritory which may 1T any moment
pounce on the Greek Army. This
force is known to be well equipped
and ably commanded by Soviet
trained officers.
Agents Infiltrate.
Special agents infiltrate from the
north, disguised as peasants OF
workmen. They tell the tired SOL
diers of the Greek Army about the
happy men on the other side of the
frontier and show how easy it would
be to end the war and return home
If they refused to obey their on
GERS orders.
These men also tell the govern
ment troops the blessings they have
seen in Yugoslavia, where under the
Moscow sponsored leadership of
Marshal Tito the peasants and
workers live in = paradise on earth
Some OF this propaganda undoubt-
edly is discounted, but it has q def
mite effect to tell men that If they
refuse to fight they can 60 home.
The effect Of Americas promise
OF help is beginning to wear OH. No
large consignments of goods have
arrived at the front yet. And the
Greek soldiers believed that the
United States would start pouring
goods into Greece Immediately after
President Truman stated his doc
trine last March IL. The Greek
soldiers see no American replace
ments for the British troops who are
leaving.
Under these conditions the work
OF the agents from across the north
ern frontiers is greatly assisted and
the fighting spirit of the Greek
Army is getting lower every day.
The increased propaganda activi-
ties of Marshal Tito's agents is re-
garded in Washington as a soften
ing operation preceding q major
military offensive from Yugoslavia
and Bulgaria. This offensive will
have q twofold purpose: To capture
Salonika with little or no loss, and
to overthrow the government in
Athens by q synchronized action
with ELIAS (Communist) forces in
Southern Greece.
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the land and
paid some $46,-
600 for it. When
the Navy de-
clared the land
surplus in Octo-
Der of 1945. 1t
was turned over
to the Depart
ment of Interior
in November Of
1945. I had re-
signed rs Secre-
tary on : Febru-
arv Is, 1s46. The
Department sold
the land for
$4,000 in the
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this ,unsry to be eligible for citizen.

ship
II Sc ZEN received AAF commits
sionhy presidential order in Octo-
ber ls45 while on AAF duty ut
CasGa, Italy. after the Yugoslav
govenment in exile had been de-
pose the Yugoslav unit with the
AAF accomplished ss successful
comkt missions over Germany
Franc, Italy and the Balkans be-
foresheI war ended, suffering heavy
casultih.
II nit was trained In the United
Stats, equipped with Liberator
borpers
Te oher three veterans are First
1t. .savs j. Milovanovich and S/Sgt.
vik9f Stare, both attached to
Bolhg Field, and Second 1t.
Molchlo M. Markovich OF 21s
Netosib street NV, now on duty
at te 1entagon.
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Rok 5ions Up Two Stors

DItYWOOD, July . R).-Screen
plaerslJoan Fontaire and Douglas
Fafbaks, jr., have been signed to
aprarhn English-made pictures in
1e4 british Producer J. Arthur
Rxk, who recently signed Bing
CrsbJ has announced. He also will
borrow Director Robert Siodmak
fron hollywood.
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q I r q l d OF 4
policeman, be-
cause I hav e
only been ar
ested on ce.
T h a t was in
Paris, France, in
the year 1884,
when Bull Ell
kins and I de-
cided to show
Paris 4 thing or
two.
At that time
I was seeing
Europe through
the courtesy Of
H. rr>l... nI~
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WAIA 1lAlO u 6lCAt-
ly deteriorated
situation when
1t re G h e s
Athens.
The recent re-
moval Of a hand
full Of Commu-
nists from the
Greek arm e d
| forces is more
than an isolated
instance. When
I was in Athena
last March some
of the highest
government ON
! ofnla ;~nI.,As~
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AAh~A - SSAAh&SAytNA
General In the
cabinet of the
1ats President
Roosevelt, I'd
for eight years
the chairman of
tn o Democratic
National Com
mittee.
It Is sad be-
cause both Car
dinal Mundelein
Of Chicago and
Mr.. Roosevelt
are not here to
make clear the
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McLemore-
At 40. Still Afraid
Of q Policeman
By Henry Mel ore

am now 40, going on Al. Only
one thing in the world scares me.
That one thing Is q policeman.
have no reason, actually, to be
Evening star., 1947-07-09
Farley Seen Revealing
Saddest Chapter in
Presidential Politics
By Dapid Lasyrenc-

There is no sadder chapter In the
history of presidential politics than
that being revealed in the articles
In Golfers by James A. Farley. for
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BY Constantine Br0vn

The American mission to Greece,
headed by Dwight Griswold. former
Governor Of Nebraska, is expected to
leave Washington this week. 1t
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to Man
By Harold l.. Ickes

In April OF 1912 the Navy decided
that 1t wanted an airfield in Okla
homa. 1t found a suitable site Of
some 532 acres. The Navy took over
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
OBITUARY
Edgar M. Brooks

Edgar M. Brooks was born
in Blanchard Township, On
tario, Canada on September
27, 1888, and departed this life
in Zion on May 20, 1947, at
the age of So years, 8 months
and 2 days.
Mr.. Brooks moved to Zion in
1904 and first lived at 1904 E.
Ezekiel Avenue before moving
to his farm. He was married
to Miss Mayme Christensen in
1909 in Zion. Mr.. Brooks work
ed in the Zion Department
Store for 81 years prior to, his
retirement seven years ago. He
was a member of the Christian
Catholic Church.
Surviving to mourn his loss
are his wife, and a son, Ger
aid of Zion, and four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ethel Bird and Mrs.
Helen Pack of Zion, and Mrs.
Esther Clayton of Waukegan,
and Mrs. Grace McConn of
Santa Monica, California. AL
so surviving are two brothers,
Albert Brooks of Kenosha and
Frank Brooks of Zion, and a
sister, Mrs. William Krause of
Kenosha, and eight grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services were held
from the Congdon Funeral
Home on Sunday afternoon,
June 1, 1947, at 3 p. m. with
Elder A. A. Wright and Rev.
Loren E. Pecaut officiating.
Burial was made in Mount Oil
vet Cemetery.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
OBITUARY
Mrs. Conrad Bruno

Mrs. Conrad Bruno, the
former Leona Burtzloff was
born November 20, 1883, in
Benton Harbor, Michigan. She
departed this life on June 1,
1947.
She married Mr.. Bruno in
1908, and came with him to
Zion in 1910. The couple eel
ebrated their 44th Wedding
Anniversary last January. She
was member of the Christian
Catholic Church.
Surviving Mrs. Bruno, besid-
es her husband are three
daughters, Mrs. Lois Ryan and
Mrs. jeanne Johnson of Zion,
and Mrs. MARCEL Juhnke of
Van Mugs, California, and two
sons, Donald and James Bruno
both of Zion. A fourth daugh-
ter, Naomi, preceded Mrs.
Bruno in death in January
1914. There are three grand
children.
Mrs. Bruno is also survived
by four brothers and two Sis
ters, and was preceded in
death by four sisters. One Sis
ter, Mrs. Lena Schmalfuss,
lives in Zion.
Funeral services were held
at the Congdon Chapel, We'd
nesday, June 18th, 1947 with
Overseer Anton Darms and Ell
der Arthur A. Wright officiat-
ing. Burial was in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS

At this cheerful moment
when millions more phono-
graph records are being stamp
ed out than ever before and
with three big companies do
ing two-thirds of the business,
platters are popping out of
the griddles at the rate Of 761
a minute, every minute of the
day and night.
The industry this year is ex-
pected to cut nearly 400 mil
lion discs for which buyers will
part with around $500 million.
Last year, record buyers across
the country spent an estimated
$165 million for nearly 800
million platters.
This is a far cry from the
dismal early 1905 when the
combined forces of a depres-
sion and a young up-start
named radio almost kayoed
the industry. Sales plummet-
ed from around 70 million
units in 1929 to about 10 mil
lion yearly in 1928.
Then about 1886 the trend
began to change. People once
more were buying records.
And they have been at it ever
since.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
The elheOcrat

dent and his guests, as we'll as
the crew, the carrying capacity
has been cut from So passen-
gers to "a day passengers. All
possible safety equipment is
embodied in the plane, this
having been furnished by the
government.
The interior is divided into
several sections with the Presi-
dents suite. in the fuselage, to
the rear of the side entrance.
The galley is Immediately
forward, equipped with cleo
trio refrigerator, electric stove
and bake oven.
Forward of the entrance is
the. main passenger cabin.
The Independence" is pow
cred with four 2,1OO horse
power engines. The cruising
speed is 315 miles per hour. 1t.
Col. Henry T. Myers, and Maj.
E. F. Smith, pilot and co-pilot
of the sacred Cow" will also
guide the activities of the EN-
dependence"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11

twenty years before moving to
Highland Park. After living
ten years in Highland Park,
the family moved to Zion four
years ago.
Mr.. Wade was employed in
the Sportswear Department of
Durkin and Durkin in Wauke-
gan.
Surviving to mourn his loss
are his wife, Margaret, and
one son, Thomas of Wauke-
gan, and one granddaughter,
Barbara Lee Wade.
Funeral services were held
from the Congdon Funeral
Home on Saturday afternoon,
June 7, at 2:30 p. m. with Ell
der A. A. Wright officiating.
Burial was made in Pine View
Cemetery.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
MARGARET BEEN NOW AT
FRANCIS BEAUTY SALON

Margaret BEEN, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George BEEN of
2718 Elisha Avenue, has re-
turned to Francis Beauty Sa-
Ion.
Prior to the opening of her
own shop in Highland Park,
some years ago, Miss BEEN
was an operator at Francis
Beauty Salon in Zion, hence
her work is we'll known to the
folks in her home town.
1t may also interest Margar-
cts many friends to know that
she has spent two years study
ing at the University of Him
OILS, Champaign, Illinois.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
THE NEW FLYING
WHITE HOUSE

A new DEG transport plane
is to replace President Tru-
mans sacred Cow" which
has flown more than 100000
miles.
The new plane has been
named Independence" in hon
or of the Presidents home
town of Independence, Mo.
In order to make the proper
accommodations for the Presi-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-06-11
AIR-MINDED HAWAIIANS

HONOLULU-The airplane
has won clean-cut victory
over the steamship in the Ha-
waiian Islands.
So completely have Ha-
waiians taken to flying be-
tween the six main islands in
this part of the Pacific that
Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Co., Ltd, is preparing to aban-
don ship passenger service.