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Evening star., 1947-05-15
This and That
By Charles E. TrucetoeH.
WALNUT STREET.

Dear Sir:
"Your column interests me very much, and
because really want information, write 10
YOU now about squirrels and jay birds.
IT have had several squirrels on the grounds
here and one particularly tame one-a fine
specimen.
"This spring the jays have come and shared
in the peanuts and crlsts which the squirrels
enjoyed.
Suddenly the tame little pet has disappeared,
and the others, too I am really distressed about
it, for miss the friendly little fellow
"Please tell me, can 1t be that the Jay bird
has killed the squirrel2
"or do SQUIRRELS migrate, or wander from one
neighborhood to another9
"If this note reaches you please be kind
enough to answer mel will watch the news
paper, The Evening Star for an explanation
If you can give one.
II am really sorry to have lpst that squirrel
he came and went all through the winter.
Looking for your reply,
sincerely, M. H r., M D."
Loss of pet squirrel can be catastrophe to
q nature lover.
But one must be sure of course, that the pet
actually is lost
when friendly squirrel suddenly disappears,
one of several things might have happened to 1t.
It may have been seized by larger animal,
such as a dog or cat
Or it might have been run over.
On the bright side, it may just have gone to
some other neighborhood, from which 1t may
or may not return.
There is not much chance that blue jays could
harm ull-grown squirrel unless the latter
were i'll or crippled
Propaganda against the jays has painted
them far worse than they really are.
Jays might catch and kill a baby squirrel but
scarcely a large one.
Grackles, the large black shiny birds with
long tails, would stand better chance OF
destroying full-grown squirrel.
80 -
Our guess is that Dr.. RS pet simply has
wandered away for some reason.
The squirrel nature is that way.
Mother SQUIRRELS often migrate with their
babies taking them down out OF the tree IN
which they were born, and carrying them
to another.
In this way they gradually progress COM
pletely out of the home grounds.
The mother squirrel does this in order to get
the babies out OF the DID, used, insanitary
nest
Also to protect them from possible enemies
that may have noted their presence in the Ole
tree.
But all squirrels. irrespective OF sex or age
| tend to change their feeding grounds.
Thus In our own yard one season We vii
| have 40 squirrels, and the next year only Q
| dozen.
| And this despite overfowing bird feeding
stations BY this time no doubt all the squirrels
! in Chevy Chase Md, know where they can
| find sunfiower seeds, but still our own personal
squirrel population changes from year to year
| We would advise DR.. r. not to give up hope
| but to make search of the neighborhood
/ being careful to take with him pocketful o1
peanuts or other foods his pet squirrel may
1 have liked.
Also to keep plentiful supply Of food at ths
| old stamping ground, 50 that If the wanderel
| returns, he or she may find food waiting fo1
| him.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Annuitants Predicament Again

To the Editor Of The Star:
There is retirement bill pending which,
if passed, would give the small annuitants an
increase It is held up because OF uncertainty
as to It's cost after the nice increase Congress
voted itself and the billions given to foreigners.
Also $500 increase in wages Is proposed for
Government clerks, but they have had several.
small increase would mean the difference
between food and starvation for retired Gov
eminent clerks existing on pensions.
AN ANNUTTANT.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
To the Editor Of The Star:

:
One wonders at the significance of the word
greater" as used in the title The Greater
Arlington Association" Since the leaders of the
group oppose county bond issue which will
provide us with modern municipal facilities
and school bond issue which will provide us
with adequate physical construction in proper
tion to Arlington's enormous growth, 1t is hard
to see how they propose to live up to the
designation.
Arlington has become great" during this
organizations Rip VanWinkle sleep Of IS years,
and it should be reminded that, to justify its
name. 1t must start talking in terms OF 1947
Arlington. JEAN G. HANCHETTE.
Evening star., 1947-05-15

nutrition crisis which Is reaching its peak
in the interval before the next domestic
harvest. However, there are various DIM
culties in the way Of speedy action, at least
to the extent which the Italians seem TO
think the emergency requires Meanwhile,
Italy's crisis continues and the outlook is
highly uncertain.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
Urtter, although 1t is permissible for
toriter kno,un to The Star to use a
nom, de plume. Please be brief.

telligent to be taken in by the paid propaganda
of the Greater Arlington Association" It seems
clear that the real objective of this group is
to perpetuate the present school administration
in Office where 1t has been entrenched for over
20 years. VOTER.
Evening star., 1947-05-15

A missionary recently reported great
progress in his work of civilizing the Hot
tentots. In another fifteen years or so
they may be far enough advanced to ask
the United States to lend them billion,
dollars <
Evening star., 1947-05-15

Two children in Georgia are being flown
to school daily by their mother in q light
plane This is unique combination OF
higher learning with plane education.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

FLANNEL SUITS; come
back to greater popular
ity; all-wool single and
double breasted models in
chalk stripes, or greys,
browns, blues
Evening star., 1947-09-05

JAYSON SHIRTS; candy
stripes, fused collars, OF
plain white broadcloths
with soft collars; sizes IA
to 17-3.25 II
Evening star., 1947-09-05

SURRETWILL SUITS;
master Pacific Mills fab
ric in rich solid shades
with a woven-in sheen.
Single and double
breasted models. All
sizes s---------------$45
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
COST SET
AT $50,000,000
Latest Estimate OF Cam.
paign Costs Show so
Per Cent Increase

WASHINGTON, April IL up -
President Humans sweeping or
der to purge communists and "dis-
loyal employees from the execu.
tive branch Of the government ano
screen all new job applicants may
cost close to $50, 600, 900.
A Justice Department official
gave that estimate today in an IN,
terview. Previous estimates Tar
as high as $25, 600, 900.
A budget bureau study to de.
|termine the amount 10 be asked d
congress is holding up the start Of
the Investigations, ordered three
weeks ago today.
Budget officials said they may
know the answer. next week. They
have been getting estimates from
all agencies, particularly the civil
service commission and the fed
eral bureau Of investigation which
will conduct a large part OF the in
quiry. These two agencies will need
hundreds of extra workers.
Then there will be further delay
until Congress votes the necessary
funds. Agency heads say they can
do no more loyalty checking than
they have in the past until the new
money is forthcoming.
The Truman order vastly ex-
pands present investigation prac'
tees, but officials concerned sale
the actual extent of the inquiry will
depend On the amount Of money
provided.
One feature of the order directs
the Justice Department to main
tain, for the guidance Of the Gvi
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
PHONE PAYROLL
RECORDS CITED
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Nt0nv1nuSu 1AOAA1 |
10 nor week. This includes some
overtime pay but the greater por-
+;on is basic wage. Included IN
her earnings was full pay FOR one
weeks vacation and pay for SIX
holidays.
Generator "Y" who has been
with the Company for 4 years re-
ceived last year wages totallng
So. OLE. 38, or an average OF $685.
per week. Included in this amount
was full pay for two weeks vaca-
ton and also. pay for SIX hon-
days.
Generating Supervisor tx" who
has been with the company more
than 20 years received last year
wages totaling $2,622.18. or an
average Of $5O.43 per week. This
includes full pay for three weeks
vacation and also pay for six holt
days.
Gable Repairman "X" has been
with the Company IL years and
received last year wages amount
ting to 1886. "a, which is an aver
age of $74.74 per week. Some OF
this was overtime pay, but most
was basic wages. This includes full
pay for a two weeks vacation
and also tor six holidays.
"Toll testboard-man &C. has
been with the Company 8 years
and received last wages totaling
So, 950.37, or an average of $74.Q5
per week. This includes full pay
for two weeks vacation and also
pay for six holidays.
"Lineman "B" who has bee-
with the company IL months re-
ceived last year in wages $1.810.-
81, or an average of $34.82 per
week. This includes full pay for
one weeks vacation and also pay
for six holidays.
"These employees r. all gooo
and efficient people who nave oeeI
doing a grand job.
: s'The basic work period for these
employees is a 5-day, 40-hour week,
They receive overtime pay for
work beyond 8 hours a day. or 40
hour per week, also receive pre-
MUM pay for Sunday, holiday,
evening and night work.
Sat the present time, u opera
tors start at a basic wage rate
of $500 per week. Regular in
creases are given over a period O.
9 years until they reach the basic
wage top of $500 per week. Our
neutrality-suspicious. here in Will
mington, typical craftsmen OF our
plant department, start at a basic
rate of $27.O0 per week. Regular
increases are given over a period
Of eight years until they reach
the basic wage top of $4,000 per
week.
"We believe most people will
agree that these r good
wages"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
LEWIS SIGNALS
TO OPEN MINES
Continued from Page one)

sumption of production at each
mine now closed where there is
reasonable ground to believe from
the information available to him
that the mines have been placed
in a safe condition"
There was no indication from
Lewis as to what prompted the
changed front, but:
1. Miners who have remained
away from the pits since the
Easter week mourning holiday
for the III miners killed at Cen
tralia, ILL.,, have dawn no pay.
2. Lewis still has to get back
50, 800, 900 from the federal district
court here, representing collateral
he originally posted to help cover
the original So, 500, 900 fine i'm
posed against the union for con-
tempt of court. The unions fine
was subsequently, reduced to $780,
600 on condition that it comply with
court orders to withdraw a strike
notice.
Lewis would not talk about the
change of safety orders, merely
saying:
II wouldn't have any comment
on anything today at all"
The tip-off that the UNIV leader
might be changing his signals
came when a UNIV officials said
earlier in the day at Pittsburgh
that:
I'VE expect all the mines to be
open Monday"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
SEEN
ON PORTAL BILL
Conference Reported Near
Accord On Measure
Outlawing Pay Claims

WASHINGTON, April II. - QP1
- Senator Wiley (R-Wis.,) report
ed today that Senate-House con-
ference is near agreement on
legislation to outlaw portable
portal pay claims.
The five Senators and five rep
RI sentatives designated to adjust
differences in bills approved by
the two bodies spent more than
five hours behird closed doors
trying to agree upon details.
eve have agreed upon most
points and should be able to iron
out remaining differences early
next week, Wiley told a reporter.
Wiley is chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee and one Of
the conference.
Senator Donne1 {R-Mo.,) author
OF the Senate bill, and Rep. Johr
w. GWinne (R-Ia.,) sponsor OF
the House measure, were designa-
ted to iron out one point Tuesday.
The full conference group is tc
assemble again Wednesday.
Donnel, head of the Senate
conference, said in an interview
it still is important tor Congress
to enact legislation although the
original portal pay suit has beer
dropped since the Senate and
house approved bills to ban such
claims.
Both Senate and House bills
would outlaw, with some few ex-
ceptions, all claims for portal
to-partal pay, but the Senate bill
made a distinction between those
already filed and future claims.
The House bill would place a
one-year limit upon filing Of such
claims, where the Senate allow.
ed two years.
The Senate bill also prohibits.
Representative" suits for these
claims - suits filed by some union
official or other agent for a large
number of workers.
Dial 2-3311 For NeWsnaner Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
WALLACE ATTACKS
AID PLANS ANEW
tContinued from Page One)

world against his own govern
ment." He was commenting on
Wallace's speeches in England.
Speaking in this midland's IN
oustrial center on the second an
%niversary Of the death of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Wallace said $685.
OO0, 900 Americans who voted FOR
Roosevelt still live and work in
America" but "p rogressiv e
forces" h a d been left leaderless
and divided, and control of the
government was now in the hands
OF men who believed the United
Nations was doomed to insight.
ficance."
"These men, / suppose, remem-
Der that 20, 600, 900 Russians gave
their lives to defeat a fascist di.
ctatorship," Wallace, said, "Yet
they believe that Fascism and
communism are similar evils"
To-day the government and
Congress of the United States are
controlled by men who believe
that in a world in which capital
ism and communism live side by
side, there is little hope for peace.
"They believe that the United
Nations is doomed to insignifi.
canoe. They believe communism
threatens the world and must be
stopped by the power of Ameri
can material and arms"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Ding Dong Daddy
Is Giuen Parole

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12+
R-Short and plump Francis
Van Vie, 59-year-old street car
conductor as the Ding Dong
Daddy Of the ear line" during
his merry trial, was released
from San Quentin prison Friday
after serving two years of a 30
year term levied on three
counts of bigamy.
He won his freedom on a good
behavior record and a plea for
leniency by the judge who pass
ed sentence.
Van Vie, who in court adj
mitted to having had 10 wives,
planned to confer with his at
torney to determine his marital
status. The lawyer, James
Toner, said he thought all of
Van Wie's wives have obtained
divorces or annulments and
that his client was starting with
q clean slate"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
FoeHess War Veteran
Saped From Eviction

ATLANTA, Ca, April 12-R9
Ralph c. Cowan, footless war vet.
|eran, needn't worry about evic-
ton from his three-room apart
ment In Clark Howell homes, At
lanta housing project.
The Atlanta Journal publicized
|Cowan's plight after the veteran
was told he must move because
his government disability pension
OF $240 per month was slightly
more than the maximum allowed
IN the project.
Today, Executive Director James
Iherren said it was all a mistake.
when we reach the borderline
cases such as Cowan and find
eviction would work hardship, we'll
do something" he said. AFTER all,
we're human"
Several hundred families face
eviction because wartime raises
have sent their earning over the
salary maximum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
HITLER'S AGENTS
PERPLEXED HIM
Captured Minutes OF Staff
Conferences Unfold
Strange Doings

FRANKFURT, pril H. Up -
One of the things that perplexed
Adolf Hitler during the war was
the queer workings of his intelli-
geace agents, minutes Of his cap
tured staff conferences disclosed
tonight.
The inexplicable thing to the
Fuehrer was that although he was
provided with the most secret
decisions" of the Allied War coun-
ellis, nobody could furnish him
with information On how many
London buildings were destroyed
by his bombers.
The partially burned steno-
graphic records Of his confer
ences, captured by the U. S. Army
and released here, showed that
Hitler's generals told him the Ger
man army's Every best secret
agents were working in the British
capital nerve center of the Allied
war effort.
The generals said they also got
a lot of secret information on Al
lied plans from Swedish and SWISS
sources in London.
The fuehrer.ss beWilderment was
illustrated in a conference with
his a~irforce chiefs and the Ger
man ambassador to Sweden IN
early March, 1914. Hitler said:
1--WE learn about the most sec
ret events in the Allied War
councils and elsewhere and their
most secret plans and thoughts
but we never, never can lind out
whether in London three houses
were burned down, or 100, 500 or
1000"
Gen. Alfred Jodl explained
.'there are Swedes and Swiss over
there"
Hitler interrupted him, saying
"yes, the plans they (the Allies
have in the war councils learn
In detail, but I simply can't find
out whether 10 houses burned
down in London"
Gen. Korten, an air force OIL
Ger, assured the fuehrer that AL
our really big agents are at
work." and the ambassador to
Sweden declared sit takes some
time and one must wait until one
of them comes to Stockholm. The
British have strict censorship
rules. They don't permit anybody
to leave the countrf, not even an
accredited minister"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
JAPS FIGHT JAPS
in CHINESE War
1000 Former Japa0.,,
Soldiers Believed Fipbt'
ing With Reds

TSINAN, China, April l2.-o
Twenty months after W ~
japanese are fighting Japanes,
China's Shantung province. v,i1r'
or unwilling participants in Thu %sI1l
TONS civil war. Il"
Government quarters nava
ceived an estimate that ne IT,
former japanese Officers ana IVY
listed men are serving as srtiIl. s'
linen and machine gunners in r..
Chen Yi's communist army s no-
being squeezed into central sb.,
lungs mountains by g~oyernr~sr'
troops.
The government side acknon
lodged using former japanese rT
tary men in much smaller nn,a
bers to assist Gen. Wang W.,
Wu's forces as technicians, INV
ing a weeklong tour of ShantIn1,,
waterfront. l found no avidoT,'
that these specialists" were M,
ticipating actively in the tigS,
ing.
Most of the Japanese with II,
communists are believed 10 b,r,
been captured more than a ys.'
ago while marching from ISM,
to Stingtao, on Shantung's coss,
The communists raided the marcb
ing columns and took cer,s;
specialists in artillery and auto
matte weapons.
The estimate that 1000 Japsnso
are serving the Reds comes from
a japanese officer. one of sever
captured by government force
during recent fighting. He Sal
the majority of his countryme
were fighting involuntarily an
were eager to return to japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

Service Commission and other
agencies an up-to-date list Of for
eign and domestic organizations
which Ut deems "totalitarian, Fas-
cist.. communist, or subversive.''
The list also IL to include groups
advocating force Of violence TO de-
ny citizens their constitutional
rights. and those seeking to alter
the American form Of government
by unconstitutional means. Mem
;bership in or Sympathetic asso-
ciation'' with any organization on
the list will tag an employe for
custer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
CANCER DRIVE
OPENS MONDAY
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and give 1ast-minute advice to
workers before they launch their
drive for 81, 500.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock a 30
minute program will be broadcast
from station WGNI, and at $3.50
tonight the program. will be re-
broadcast over station WIND,
Mrs. Foy said. =.
On the program will be heard
ouch state cancer society digna-
taries as Mrs. George E. Mar
shall, state commander, and John
D. Larkins, Jr., state campaign
chairman.
The state quota has been set at
$168, 900, and Governor Cherry will
deliver his official proclamation
for the campaign in two radio
broadcasts at a time yet to be
announced.
Music for the programs will be
furnished by the North Carolina
Little Symphony of the North Car
DINA Symphony.
Mrs. Foy said that the campaign
this year will not include house
toulouse c~anvassing. There will be
someone on duty from $50 am.
to $50 pm. each day at cancer
headquarters in the Sorosis club
house. Donations will be received
there and at booths located at
Saunders Drug store, Belks De-
partment store and Kress' store.
W. M. Dickson has been ap-
pointed representative to receive
donations at Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad company.
Mrs. Foy is general chairman,
and Mrs. Ramsey Weathersbee,
ST., is co-chairman; Mrs. j. r.
Chasten has been appointed treas
urer, with Mrs. I. M. Craig named
assistant treasurer.
Mrs. Bernice Stellings is chair
maj, of the Initial Gifts commit
tee; Mrs. W. A. Fonvielle, chair
man of the City Commercial; Mrs.
Harry Wellott, chairman Of Coun-
ty Commercial gifts; Mrs. J. H.
Ferguson, and Mrs. Graham
Burkheimer, schools committee.
Mrs. @. B. Snipes will have
charge of coin boxes; Mrs. Paul
Burton, booths and Mrs. Elizabeth
Emory, Tag Day.
Assisting in the drive in the city
are: Mesdames G.. D. Greer. J.
S. Zapf, L. o. Fonvielle, ". M.
Dickson, W. A. McGirt, Louis
Goodman, r. G.. johnson, George
Bennett, Ranald Stewart, Hugh
McEachern, j. H. Ferguson, A. M.
Alderman, and Paul Burton;
Mesdames W. E. Yopp, B. G.
Page, John W. Weinberg, E. E.
Boegli, A. r. Kinney, A. R.
Forbes, E. W. Stillman, E. E.
Hunter. Donald Seweu, Rivers
Lawther, w. K. Stewart, Jr.,
James Sloan, Robert Fennell, jEl-
more Hinnant, R. H. Orrell, Gar
land Currin, Liston Humphrey.
and Miss Mary Ann Cheatham. >
Booth captains are Mesdames
John Colucci, Jr., Eugene John
SON, Harold Wells, I. M. Craig. N.
D. Edwards, and Junior Sorosis
club members.
The United States grows about
"a IL. --~r1I,r n0rp
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
LABOR COMMITTEE
APPROVES ACTION
Continued from Page One

Three southern democrats teamed
in the House Labor committee 10
vote with IS republicans against
four northern democrats.
That lineup may set the skirmiA
lines for the floor scraps. TIL.
House gets its bill for floor deba,
Tuesday and passage by Friday il
virtually certain.
Both Senate and House bills seek
to check major strikes like the tels.
phone tieup against the entire ma.
ton.
1t is predicted that the bill will
sail through the Hoouse with no
great changes.
The Senate Labor committee has
not reached the part of its bill deal.
ing with industry-wide bargaining.
1t expects to complete its WORK
Monday.
The House provision OF that point,
Hartley said, would break most
national and international union,
down to the size of local union,
for individual companies.
And, he said, the bill would put
heavy penalties on John L. Lewis
and his United Mine Workers j
they decide again to follow theil
traditional policy of mo contract
no work" Under the bill. Hartley
said, that would be a strike.
The punishment for such a strlh
could be:
Prosecution under the anti-trus
laws.
Damage suits against the union
Suspension of the unions collec
tive bargaining rights for a year.
The two bills have similar meth
DDS for handling strikes hurting
the public interest. They would CIV
the government the right to get
court order to stave off or stoI
such a strike for about IS days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
FIRST TORNADO
VICTIMS BURIED
CONTINUED from Page One)

and millions OF dollars worth OF
property damage resulted when
the tWiSter struck in Texas, then
spiralled northwestward into Oklo-
hoTna where Woodward bore the
brunt of its fury.
The rain, which started here
last night, has begged down clean
up efforts and water soaked sur
vlvors were doing the best they
could to make themselves COM
Portable in temporary shelters.
Utilities were in limited operation
to supply emergency needs and
a tent city was being erected on
the football field near the high
school to house victims who los.
their homes in the tornado.
Gifts Of clothing and food con
tinued to arrive despite request.
from the Red Cross that nothins
more be sent now. Army, Rec
Gross and Salvation Army Unit.
we're still serving food.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Would King Cole
Be Merry With Stomach
Ulcer Pains!

The legendary Old King Cole Ealght nos
have been a merry old soul II ne a
stomach ulcer pains. Sufferers "no hsss
to pay the penalty of stomach or ulcer
pains, indigestion, gas pains, heartburn
burning sensation, b1oat and other con.
ditions caused by excess acid. should ~.
Udga and they. too, may be merry y"
a Csc box of Udga Tablets from you,
druggist. First dose must convince n
return box to US and get DOUBLE WV"
MONEY BACK.
SAUNDERS DRUG STORE
and drug stores everywhere