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Evening star., 1947-06-06
Alumni Of Georgetown U.
Reach Total Of 32,205

DR.. James 8. Ruby, executive sec
retary of the Georgetown University
Alumni Association, has found out
the hard way that counting alumni
is a better remedy than counting
sheep on sleepless nights.
BY actual count in recent months
he had checked the names Of 81, 2,205
alumni in revising the Georgetown
Alumni Directory, and by now he
can run them off in his sleep.
The first revised edition of the
directors since 1941 will be off the
presses on June IT. 1t will be the
first Georgetown Directory to list
the names Of all former students
Listed among them are 4,005 Hv-
ing alumni in the District and
400 in nearby Maryland and vir-
ginia. The new directory, on which
a staff has worked since last Pail
contains 1905 names with current
addresses.
Evening star., 1947-06-06

Ambassador OIL
Denmark, t oil d
the Lutheran
1,aymen's F e J.
lowship yester-
day in the Will
lard Hotel.
arold E,
Hegstrom. prest-
dent of the fell
lowship, presid-
ed at the meet
ing.
A m b a ssador
Kaufman de-
clared it is not
enough to have
q IInifed Ma
Evening star., 1947-06-06

VOICE AMERICA STAMPS PLEASE vETERAN-Red Cross
Worker Mrs Betty A. Townsend 12 Granda street. Airing
ton Va presents the of batch of Voice OF America
the world to Marion R. Norhington
veteran of ST. Petersburg Fla at Mount Alto
Hospital The State Departments Office of Information
Cultural Affairs gets than Is 900 letters month In
to its Voice of America broadcasts in 26 languages
the letters distributed through the USO and
the Red hespalzed veterans who collect stamps
Veterans Administration Photo.
Evening star., 1947-06-06

tions or any other kind of organi-
zation for a peaceful world. Coun-
tries must learn to cooperate or a
third war will result, he asserted.
Zeb Trexler, president Of the Lu-
theran Brotherhood of the United
Lutheran Church in America, will
address the meeting July 8.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
International Viewpoint
Is Urged by Danish Envoy

People will have to develop an
international point OF view in their
daily lives If a world peace Is to
be achieved, Henrik Kaufman,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
OLIVER d. SIMMONS

Funeral services for Oliver D.
Simmons, 50, who died yesterday
at 1:05 am, will be held Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
Gibson Avenue Baptist church.
The Rev. c. E. Brisson will Off
ciate.
Active pallbearers will be How
ard Sutton, Charles Watts, Charles
Garrel, Waylon Roberts. H. M.
Bridges and George l.. Gay. Homo
rary pallbearers will be w. c.
scoggins, r. E. Author, D.. R.
Warlick, W. M. Blanton, Lawson
Ballard and DR.. James W. Dickie'
Simmons was born in Tabor City
and had made his home in vii
mington for the past 10 years.
He is survived by his widow.
Addie Watts Simmons; two daugh'
tiers, Mrs. M. e. Skipper, viii
mington, and Mrs. J. A. Hargrove
Bladenboro; three sons, Charlie
M. H. Glenworth, and O. d. Jr.
all of Wilmington; four brothers
J. C. of Myrtle Beach, S. c., j. E,
of Whiteville and T. S. Of Erwin,
Tenn; and A. D. of Wilmington
three sisters. Mrs. Reatha Soles
Tabor City, Mrs. Sam Floyd, Con
way, S. c., and Mrs. Joe Stephens,
Wampee, S. c.
Wards Funeral home was ir
charge of arrangements, and in
torment will be made in the Spot
ford cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
RAZED TEXAS CITY
YIELDS MORE BODIES
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Public Safety, said 3T were def
initely known dead.
In a separate estimate on its
own employees, Monsanto said to-
day that of the AT persons at
work Wednesday when the ex-
plosion occurred, 43 we're known
to be dead and 70 more were be-
lieved dead, for a total OF l22
deaths at the plant.
C. C. Kennedy, manager OF the
Houston Telephone exchange who
has been here directing telephone
communications, said that Mrs.
Jewell Whatley, head Of the area
telephone union, had pulled the
entire crew Of u workmen OFT
salvage, installation and repair
work today. He said she told
telephone workers to handle calls
Eat their discretion"
The company said it was bring
ing in its own maintenance men
and said communications would
not be disrupted.
Later, Mrs. Gladys N. Seplc,
Houston strike director for the
telephone workers, said Texas
City operators will handle all calls
which the Red Cross defines as
emergency. Mrs. Whatley could
not be reached for comment.
Newspaper calls were not con
sidered emergency except undel
certain conditions, Kennedy quot
ed Mrs. Whatley as saying. But
Mrs. Sepic said such calls woule
be handled from the field work
ers to their papers,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
PRESIDENT SAYS
INITIATION HERE

per cent slashes provided in the
bill which the house passed March
27.
2. The Senate Finance Commit
tee, of which Lucas is a member,
set hearings to- start Tuesday on
the tax bill with secretary Of the
Treasury Snyder as the first wit
ness. Later, businessmen Will be
heard.
3.Carroll Reece, republican ma
t;onal chairman, made public a
letter to COP otfice-holders and
party leaders saying that Mr.. Tru-
mans jefferson Day statement
that he would support tax reouc-
ton "at a proper time" was bad
ly POLITICAL" Reece challenged
the President to veto the proposed
tax cut if he and the democrats
want to assume 1.-The responsible
ty for delaying tax relief"
The Presidents statement was
the first official estimate of the
BUDGET situation since his message
to Congress last January estlnlat-
ed 2 deficit for this fiscal year OF
81, 300, 900, 600.
What he called the sharp i'm
provement'' resulted, he said,
from holding expenditures below
earlier expectations, even to the
point of offsetting increases IN
refunds. terminal leave pay
ments and International payments"
which exceeded earlier estimates.
at is now estimated that ex-
penditures will amount to about
Sal, $50, 900, 900 in the fiscal year,
or 81, $50, 900, 900 lower than the
estimate last January" the Presl-
dent said.
The President expressed regret
that price increases had contrlbut-
ed to the improved %budgetary sit
uation, sending revenues ahead
of earlier estimates by S $500, OOO,-
600.
This has been due" he said,
ito the extraordinary high levels
of economic activity that have
been achieved-and also, l regret
t. say, to the sharp increase In
prices that has taken place since
the removal of controls. This has
inflated the entire economic struc-
ture and currently is resulting lin
very sharply increased corporate
profits"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
OBITUARIES

day at 7 p. M, will be held today
at the Elah Baptist church in LIE.
land.
The Rev. Walter Phelps will Of
ficiate.
Active pallbearers will be Rob-
ert Babbs, Letha King, Tate
Ganey, Rock Benton, M o n
and William Cook. Honorary
pallbearers will be Rufus Williams,
Steven Mintz, J. T. White, A. w.
Benton, L. j. Mills, and j. R.
Clancy.
Mrs. Nelson was the widow of the
late W. E. Nelson, who died In
lOct. 1916.
Surviving are: Miss Luretha Mel
son and Miss Liza Nelson, daugh'
tiers of Leland; four sons, w. f.
Nelson, Macon, Marion E. Nelson,
Olan Ray Nelson, Herman Rudolph
Nelson, of Leland; n brother.
Berry Williams, Wilmington; three
sisters, Mrs. Lille Peavy, Mrs
Easter Ganey and Mrs. Melissa
Williams, all of Leland.
Funeral arrangements were han
died by the Harrel-Cooble funera
service, and burial will be made
in the family cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
STATE OBSERVES
JEFFERSON DAY
Continued from Page One)

(CO1t10ueQ from fARC OlCJ
over this automatic labor dicta-
tor"
Hoey praised the Democratic
party and said Legislation enact
ed dlring the Roosevelt admin
stration and the policies put into
effect under his leadership, have
saved this country from financial
disaster and large scale bank
ruptcy, and possible revolution"
He added that the standard of
living in every part of Amerisa
had been raised for all people
said better wages, shorter work
days. more leisure for recreation
and pleasure, improved education
al and health opportunities and
more general prosperity have re-
suited.
"More people have employment
at profitable wages; the farmer is
getting a better price for all his
products; industry is being profit
ably operated on full scale w i t h
increasing demand for all manu-
featured products; and banks are
overlooking with money. And three
hasn't been a bank failure in the
United States in three years, al
though there were 1902 bank fail
ures in the four years Of Hoover's
republican administration!
mo wonder the republicans are
not repeating legislation passed by
the democratic Congress during
the past IA years. They (repub-
licians) have been in power a little
over three months and Dr.. Gallup
surveyed the public opinion Of the
nation and a majority of t h e
American people reviewing the
record of the Republican party,
responded that they already had
enough and were ready to change
back to the democrats"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
POLICE SPONSORED
SHOW IS RAIDED
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the way from betting on which hole
a rat would seek to plunking out
SIS to collect $40 on a color wheel,
Dice were thrown in the open
on tables as betters laid their mon
ey on the counters.
Another stand used hams to at
tract the "customers'' to pat their
cash down. One better at this
stand, said large sums of money
passed over the board, but no
hams. A few human hams how
ever passed caustic words over the
board after they were nearly
broke.
These devices were all at a
standstill last night, but the show
was scheduled to end its seven-day
run last night, anyway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
e. L. DAVIS

Funeral services for E. L. Davis,
1917 Princess street, who died at
1890 a. m. Saturday after a brief
illness, will be held from the home
Monday at II a. m, with the Rev.
j. A. Russell officiating. Inter
ment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
Mr.. Davis is survived by his
widow and one daughter, Miss
Dorothy Davis, both Of Wilmington;
one son, J. Edward, Pittsburg, Pa,
and one brother, j. Holmes Davis.
Sr., Wilmington.
Pallbearers are ]. Holes Davis,
Jr., George H. West. Herbert c.
Davis, George Thomas Swain,
Paul, A. Bergen and Robert H.
Tate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
LEASE, NOT SALE,
SEEN ON SHIPYARD
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fusal to sell, Steelman has ad-
yised Senators Hoey and Umstead
and Representative Clark of North
Carolina that the possibility OF
leasing the property should be
"canvassed further.
If the State Ports authority de-
cides that something reasonable
and feasible can be worked out
by way of a lease, further ne
gotiations" will follow, a state
ment from Clark's office said to.
day.
But the statement admitted that
up to now there has been a wide
divergence Of views upon the
terms of the lease.
Steelman said he and the Mari
time commission both hoped that
the shipyard property might be
use, to the fullest possible extent
AID perhaps SO as to serve both
| state and federal needs.
The state wants to develop port
terminal facilities and industrial
| sites in the area. The commits
| sion wants to keep the ways and
other basic features of the yards
intact in case an emergency re-
quires resumption Of shipbuilding.
In rejecting the purchase offer,
the commission last December in
dictated it would lease the proper
ty but only for Maritime-related
uses. The authority rejected a
lease, largely because: Industries
seeking Wilmington sites are not
all Maritime-related: They would
hesitate to build on leased land:
and the lease would not convey
the surplus equipment which the
authority hoped to see and thus
re-coup the purchase price OF the
wards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
LIBRARY EXHIBIT
ORIGINATES TOUR
BaItim Show Fosters
Nationwide Exhibit OF
Atomic Facts
Nv ELEANOR

BALTIMORE, April 49, P, -
The exhibit on atomic energy at
Enoch Pratt free library gave Bal
timoreans such a fright that they
organized a COMMITTEE 0 sur.
vival" to teach the facts OF
atomic energy and marshal public
opinion for peace.
Any exhibit which is that much
Of an eye = opener, the National
committee on atomic informatlon
decided, ought to go on wheels.
So the seven-foot lighted panels
OF photographs. %cutouts, charts
and book covers on atomic ener-
gy have been taken over hoolly
for a nation : wide tour. which
started in Philadelphia.
Baltimore's committee, headed
by Dr.. Ronald H. Andrews OF the
Johns Hopkins University chemls-
try department, chose '1earn -
and i've for its motto. For its
immediate goal, this nucleus OF
100 civic leaders and scientists
wants to indoetrinate so to 800
speakers and forum leaders to
conduct discussions on atomic en-
ergv at meetings throughout the
state.
For many of the members, the
i.doctrination started at Eroch
Pratt.
When the A-bomb smashed most
thought habits to bits, the library
began making a book list to &C
climate Baltimore to the atomic
age In January, the library ar
ranged a lively exhibit on the
hopes and dangers of atomic en-
erg. and organized an atomic IN
stitute pivoted or a series OF lee
lures by Acknowledgements sociolo-
lists and scientists.
The library hopefully set
up 1900 folding chairs for IFS first
lecture.
When the time arrived, 3.40O
Baltimoreans were crowded into
the main hall, balconies and cata-
logue aisles.
Sixth thousand persons saw the
exhibit; "atomic energy: force for
life or chaos"
The library printed 6 $1,000 book
lists dalled "You and the Atom
and similar number describing the
instute's purpose. A ~streetcar ad-
vertising company donated space
to the institute.
Commercial advertisers. with
funds donated by the Maryland
Academy Of Sciences, made the
panels, along lines suggested by
DR.. David R. Inglis, Hopkins ply
sicist who worked on the A-bomb.
Lectures we're supplemented by
movies of Hiroshima and
slide films OF How to Live With
the Atom" The movies were re-
run on weekday noon hours so
downtown shoppers and workers
could see them.
Pratt set up an advisory service
to help labor, religious and other
groups plan discussions on
the means of controlling atomic
energy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
MRS. MAUD SWANSON

JACKSONVILLE, April 19.-Mrs.
Maud Swinson, so, an inmate Of
the Onslow county home died Fri
day at the Onslow County hospital
where she had been a patient sew
eral months. Funeral arrange
ments had not been announced
last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
Did Stomach Ulcer Pains
Make Jack Sprait Eat No Fat:

Modern day Jack spratts" who eat no
fat because of distress of stomach or
ulcer pains, indigestion, gas pains, heart
burn, burning sensation, bloat and other
conditions caused by excess acid should
try Udga. Get a Csc box of Udga Tablets
from your druggist. FRS. dose must con
vince or return box to us and get DOU-
BILE YOUR MONEY BACK,
SAUNDERS DRUG STORE
and Drug Stores eyerywher
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
O B BACK

WASHINGTON. April 19-P-
President Truman's robin is back.
At least he thinks it's the same
one. He spotted it this week brisk
ly building a nest or top the same
White House pillar used last year.
1t is just outside Mr.. Truman's Of
flee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
AUSTRIAN PACT
SEEMS DOOMED
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from rage OneJ
period to date for a session of the
council.
American informants suggest
ed that the Kremlin may have de-
cided to deliberately stall off any
chances now il the central Euro
pean situation until the Soviet
Unions policy makers weigh the
effect of the new anti-communlst
stand of President Truman as
evinced in his proposals to aio
Greece and Turkey.
In tonight's session the Potsdam
agreement. favorite document OF
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov
for quotation, boomeranged when
he supported Yugoslavia's claims
for $3.50, 600, 900 in reparations from
Austria, as well as the territorial
demands. y
Bevin, in apparent delight, quot
ed from a hitherto secret portion
of the Potsdam conference which
showed that a similar Russian
claim at Potsdam ended with
Prime Minister Stain agreeing
that no reparations should be tax.
en- from Austria.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
Jaycees To Sponsor
City's Scout e..

The Wilmington JUNO, ~
Der OF Commerce will spon Son.
Scout circus to be held On ), I
9, at the American WAY
stadium, it was learned Las. Legjca
Members of the cornmit, alSal
ranging for the jamborep .r 4.
Howard, chairman Of ra a. BIZ
licity; Hal Love, call mastSr! IpoG,
Powell, director OF pubJici.,, ~
promotion; George Tenuts al
chairman; Tom James. na Sspe'aI
director; Tommy ThompsSo1pO sfan
verifying and programs, ID
Fountain, financial director. CQFt
Sellers, president of JavceaS. ., J.
ford Thompson, ring master. wa,
Wallace West, district Scout cb s@'
man. 'Da~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
CITY BRIEFS
home. She was treated and
released, police reports show.

home. She was treated and
released, police reports show.
Miss Almeda Steward Ed
wards, Wilmington, Red Cross
worker, the sister of Mrs. R.
Bryant Hare, Of Magnolia
Place, is now serving as staff
assistant with the Eighth
Army near Jimmachi, Japan.
Walter D. Larkin, SO, USN,
son of Mrs. M. A.. Larkin OF
q North Tyler street, Sunset
Park, is now serving as ships
clerk aboard the light cruiser,
USS Wilkes Barre which is en-
route to Antwerp, Belgium,
where the crew will be honor
ed by the foreign city.
Special services will be con-
Quoted in the Bolivia school
auditorium by the Bolivia Bap-
fist church today at 2:30 p.
m. The Rev. George w. Dowd,
pastor has arranged a musical
program for the program,
which the Calvary Baptist
quartette of Wilmington, the
Leland quartette and the Mt.
Olive quartette will participate.
The Rev. Amos Ledbetter will
bring a stirring message to
the group.
Mrs. Madell Spooner, wife of
C. II. Spooner, of 124 S. Fifth
avenue, was reported yester-
day to be ill with pneumonia
at her home.
Elizabeth Moore, Negroes, OF
I'll N. 10th street, repeatedly
was stabbed in the back follow
ing an argument. She was treat
ed and released from James
Walker Memorial hospital.
D. F. Phillips, 2l2 S. Second
street, reported to police last
night that two men identified
as Marines, assaulted and rob-
bed him of 1921. Phillips was
conducted on a tour OF local
restaurants in search of the
attackers, but was unable to
find them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
No BAD MARKS

LA PORTE, Tex.-U.D-1t was a
happy day at the La Porte high
school when students found it was
impossible to take home any bad
marks. Somebody broke into the
principals office at night and stole
every report card in the place.
It is estimated that there are
more than two trillion tons of &C.
cessible coal left in the principal
fields of the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

The triangular is the only ami
NAL that knows the principle Of
the lever.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Possibility of tooth banks h..
developed from which 'livea Dsal
could be obtained as r~eplacam ,.s1
is seen in recent medical s,,,s:l
Such transportation has aIro4S'
been done in cats. "V
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

MRS. LULA w. NELSON
LELAND, April 10 - Funeral
services were held for Mrs. Lulu
Williams Nelson, 50, who died Fri
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Patents on some of tho n
wire processes in e~lectronics II"
a century old. Ut
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Mrs. Madell Spooner, wife OF
c. H. Spooner, of 124 S. Fifth
avenue, was reported yester-
day to be ill with pneumonia
at her home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

The Community Folk club
will hold its regular meeting
Monday at the Community
building at 8 p. M; anyone who
would like to participate in
this type of dance and relaxa-
ton is invited to join the
group. The new dance for this
meeting will be the old Danish
dance, Weaving" There will
also be a review of dances
previously taught, and simple
retire hments will be served.
Mrs. L. Lanier, manager of
the catalog order department
of Wilmington Sears, Roebuck
and company and Miss Hester
C. Donnelly, advertising man.
ager. have returned from a
two-day trip to Greensboro
where they attended a meet
ing in connection with the open
ing of a Sears new mail order
plant in that city next month.
Mrs. Jesse C. Parker, Jr.,
will sing How Lovely Are
Thy Dwellings, by Little, at
the evening service at Trinity
Methodist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Ninety persons have enroll
ed for the Food Handling
course, which is being taught
by Miss Gage Morton of the
North Carolina Department Of
Public Instructors Distribu-
ton Education service. The
course is sponsored locally by
the Wilmington Restaurant as
sociation and classes are to
be held at the Community Cen
ter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Leslie R. Hummell has been
elected a life member of Pru-
dental Insurance Company's
Million Dollar Round Table.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

H. E. Boyd, traffic man
ager of the Wilmington Port
Traffic association, will appear
before the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Wash
ington today to testify in the
case for adjustment of inter-
coastal and tranS-continental
rates.
Harry W. Happy" Lee, we'll
known organist for station
WMFD. who has been i'll at his
home for the past few weeks,
is reported improving.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Elizabeth Moore, Negro,
1911 North 10th street, reported
to police early yesterday morn
inc that her boy friend, James
Anderson. Negro. who lives
in the Atlantic Coast Lire rail.
road snanty cars, stabbed her
in the back with a knife fol-
lowing an argument at her
Evening star., 1947-05-04
ls4s 1884 is4s 1916 ssss NO, s.sass,' -,
MARKET AVERAGES COM

Cap and Standard Oil of Kentucky
Turnover here was 10000 shares,
same as a week ago.
The big board slipped a shade
Monday on $780, 900 shares, the week s
minimum. Late selling by floor
traders dented most leaders. Stead
ier inclinations appeared Tuesday
on $4,000 shares although losers
predominated at the close.
The rally got going Wednesday
with steels and motors pacing a
rise of / to 3 points generally
Partial settlement of the telephone
strike was helpful. Dealings ap-
proximated 780 600 shares. The up
turn was ~resumed Thursday with
oils taking the play following a
boosted payment by Standard OF
New Jersey. Activity picked up to
100000 shares. Top advances were
reduced in the majority of cases at
the last. A splitup plan lifted Vul-
can Detinning 20 points on two sales
of 10 shares each.
Chrysler was the star performer
Friday, holding a gain of 814 points
as a 2-for-1 split proposal and
doubled dividend caught Wall Street
by surprise and touched off heavy
short covering. Plus signs generally
ran to point Or so and were
trimmed in the last hour. American
Chicle jumped 71a points, also on a
splitup program. Volume of $4,000
shares was a top since April 81.