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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

She sunk her scant 100 pounds
an the divan amongst a dozen
or 50 gramaphone records, and
out of the graciuosness Of the
heart 10 her mother, l met Miss
Ross Naples, tomorrow's song
bird.
Miss Naples is a girl. A sort
Of award winner for bobbysox-
ing. litter bugging---and boogie-
woogeing.
She's 13.
So YOU see if one gave her
legs d second glance, they
would not refer to them as
cams. They'd probably describe
them as without the look that
comes to a lady's legs when
she starts using daddy's razor.
She sings. Made her public
debut by radio not many days
ago on a local cloth weaver's
program. and chirped merry
tune next day for a program
sponsored by a pop-bottling con-
Germ.
She's the daughter of VIM
ington's only policewoman, and
between beach seasons makes
her home in town with her mot
her, Mrs. Mary Naples at an
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

apartment in the home Of Mrs.
Thomas J. Cause, New Han
over county's only policeWoma
She gets a lot of fun out of
helping her mother preen the
police officers as women to
catch such notorious characters
as Wilnington's Catman, but
otherwise leads a queit life with
her mother and large group
of admiring friends, Or about
the routine of everyday life,
cooking, dishwashing, mending
socks and sometimes she tries
her hand at cooking--snd sing
ing. Her mother says she's a |
whiz at the last two jobs.
She's a granddaughter of the
famous Pinehurst golf links de-
signer, Frank Naples, and her
first name, Ross comes from
lifelong friend of the grand
fathers, Donald Ross. Her
father is, incidentally, another
golf links expert. She's an eighth
grader at Tileston school in Will
mington.
She's going places in the
world of music, singing--that is,
the critics say--and she admits
to not knowing a solitary note.
And with the experts, I started
agreeing. AS the soft, throaty
notes of her favorite song, "Peg
O. My Heart" died away. She
should be in the brackets with
Dinah Shore before too many
years.
I'd heard Shore and Fitzger
aid, and a little of Rise Stevens,
the other warbler, but I insisted
I was no music critic.
Anything near critics re-
view of the child's voice would
actually be a brazen fake by
me-" I told the director, but
he insisted I hear the girl out.
She's a find, and I'm making
plans for her voice someday.
Why if that child can get the
proper training (not that she'd
need much), at 20 she'll be
made" the director raved.
"Man, that's art. It's youth, and
it's human. Why, with that
voice, Ross is going places"
She doesn't have to 90 places,
I decided.
She admits being born as far
North as Southern Pines, but
further she's just not interested
in geogr aphic locations, as a
bout her favorite songs, she just
likes to sing.
"Oh, I have a lot of them,"
she chirped when asked what
is her favorite song.
Her favorite singer? Shore,
Shore, but there's Fitzgerald
ad of course Stevens.
"Classics too," said. "Huh."
oh. yes," and she sorS-of-ved
me on that one.
Her favorite male singers
Dick Haynes {if you don't have
to look at him), Bing, Qast
names Crosby. Not just out of
loyalty.) Perry Come-and of
course, the inevitable Sinatra.
She wants to go to college.
That is after four more years OF
high school. And then to voice
school in New York.
She's got one sister, Beebe,
away at school. And she's proud
of her one brother, 10 Ell.
Jo Ell is freshman in college
at II and the leader of the band.
He plays the trumpet. Pretty
good too, Ross says, but she
gave me his secret too. He
knows not a note.
The sister sings some TOO.
And the puzzle of it all is that
their mother is puzzled about
the musical inclinations of her
offspring.
Did you ever hear of sing
ing cop," she asks.
"And their papa could proba-
b1y follow a lead on Sweet
Adeline.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
South's Newest Songbird
Makes Radio Debut Here
Bv PHIL WRIGHT, Staff Writer

Her name in electric lights two foot high along Broad
uv or along Wilmngtons Front street won't be soace
no for her She just wants to sing Louder and better
At her beach home Wrightsville Beach-The Star
Dustshe trpped in flat heels her cheeks kissedby
the salty winds, and her legs below the hem of the new
look skirt she wore, summed to peaches and honey
.L.n thnlt he Saaded look
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
BULB SHIPMENT
SLATED TO COME
HERE TODAY

The SIS Phillip Schuyler is due
to dock here tomorrow from Hol-
land with a shipment Of flow
er bulbs from Rotterdam, to
mark the first time such a ship
ment has ever come into this
port.
The trial shipment was made
public yesterday by the Whining
ton Shipping Co.
Heretofore, bulb shipments
have come into New York, and
negotiations have been under
way since last fall to have the
bulbs come here, it was said.
The shipment consists of narcis-
sus, tulips and hyacinth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
WESTERN STATES
WARNED BY GOV.
NAV Become Little 30
Peeps Who Lost Their
Sheep He Says

sWAMPsCOTT, Mass, Sept.
II -WH- 1t. Gov. Arthur w.
Coolidge of Massachusetts warn
ID four western states tonight
that they are liable to become
.L,ittle 30 Peeps who have lost
their sheep" if they try to divert
Boston's wool leadership.
"We welcome free enterprise
competition" he said, "but we
smell a rat in the sheep fold:
That rat appears to be an attempt
bv westerners to wangle a subsl-
dy from the U. S. government to
set up processing plants"
Coolidge, a cousin of the late
President Calvin Coolidge, said
this state would oppose bitterly
snv government supported COM
net;tion and turn abandoned
farms into sheep ranches, II that
I'VE have more than 5000
abandoned farms in Massachu-
setts which former G.. is ana
other enterprising folk could
turn into sheep ranches ne tola
the Savings Banks association OF
Massachusetts.
eve OF Massachusetts pay IN
IN Uncle Sans treasury more
than the tumble-weed states
land> we do not propose to al
low the flock-masters to use our
tax money to put us out OF pusl-
ness and destroy the jobs of more
than $4,000 Bay State Textile
workers."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
Taken From Life

accolade of "ideal" from it's
readers: First, it must be a
Newspaper, not a propaganda
sheet; Second, the paper must
carry all the news and not ex-
ercise a selectivity in regard to
news based on the opinions and
convictions of the editor; Third,
the newspaper must feature not
only it's community but also all
of the trade territory Of that
community; Fourth, the news
paper must have a vigorous
editorial policy and must fight
necessarily in behalf of that pol
icy; Fifth, a newspaper can be
influential only as it has the
courage to take and to main
tain an unmistakable stand on
all important issues.
We noted at the Wallace to-
bacco warehouses that only
enough tobacco is accepted for
place on the floor to make up
the amount possible to be sold
within the allotted time OH the
day of sale for each warehouse.
In this way tobacco is not left
over after a sale to face the
possibility of being damaged
from being held on the ware
house floor until the next sale.
In stopping along the high
ways for Information, we have
encountered only the finest of
courtesy and a fine, impromptu
We have been struck this
week with the remarkable
amount of vitality and enthusi-
asm the High school football
candidate has after an after
noon of gruelling practice and
drill. Maybe that is one of the
definitions of youth.
We heard one man remark to-
day that he prefers to live in
a community small enough to
pernit him to know everybody
and to be known by everybody.
He regards that as a delightful
exchange of some of his privacy
for daily manifested friendli-
ness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
INJUNCTION DENIED.
IN TOBACCO CASE.
Fairmont Tobacco Board
OF Trade Acted In Good
Faith, Ruling

LUMBERTON, Sept 11-P--
Judge Chester Morris of the
Robson county Superior Court
today denied injunctive relief
to Representatives of seven Fair
mont tobacco warehouses who
filed q complaint against the
Fairmont Tobacco Board of
Trade for the method used in
allotting sales time to the mar
fifteen warehouses.
The dispute arose over the
ruling by the Fairmont board
which allotted one-fifteenth of
the selling time to each of the
Is warehouses without any re-
gard to the actual square footage
of space.
This method of allotment was
an advantage to multiple ware
house owners who could shut
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12

;s A ere9 a gas obtained from u.
IS used in electric light bn T ! all,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12

down one house and use the
time. allotted for that house for
sales in another house. Those
tobaccomen who felt they were
being Disseminated against
therefore filed complaint with
the clerk of the Superior Court.
After studying rs affidavits
submitted by the plaintiffs,
Judge Morris said, "evidence
weighed heavily to the effect
that the public, generally, who
are affected by said practice
will benefit over a period of
time. The Fairmont Tobacco
Board of Trade has not acted
in bad faith, has not acted to
control prices, has not adopted
any rule or regulation in re-
straint Of trade"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
CHARLOTTE TO GET
VETS HOSPITAL
Construction To Begin In
Approximately Six More
Months, Says Report

CHARLOTTE, Sept. II. - up
Construction of a 500-bed
veterans hospital will begin in
Charlotte in approximately six
months, Col. G. w. Gillette,
division engineer of the south
Atlantic division, corps of en-
gineers, announced here today.
Gillette, whose headquarters
are in Atlanta, was in Charlotte
on an inspection tour to con-
fer with local architects who are
revising plans on veterans hospi-
tails here, in Durham ana Sails
bury.
Charlotte and Durham hospi-
tails are to be general medical
and surgical units of 500 beds
each, he said, while the Sails
bury unit, scheduled to begin con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
PARK, RECREATION
COMMISSION RESIGNS

CHARLOTTE, Sept. II. -P)
= The Park and Recreation COM
mission resigned in a body this
afternoon, claiming the city coun-
Gil had usurped its power as a
unit of the local government.
The boards action brought to
a conclusion a controversy car
ried on for months between it
and the city council over use of
the armory-auditorium.
A resolution in which all men,
bers of the commission, led by
Chairman Charles H. Stone, re-
signed effective today, was mail
ed to Mayor H. H. Baxter.
In its resolution, the commits
sion claimed that "about or dur
ing the month of March, 1947, the
governing body of the city usurp-
ed the authority of power of the
park board by sizing the ar
mory-auditorium, a park proper
ty, without consulting or in any
wise giving previous notice."
Ox-carts are still used in the
Cuban sugar cane fields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
AEL L BACK

WAKE FOREST-.Fourteen OF
% men who were in the start
ine line-ups for the Wake FOREST
Georgetown game last year, are
,eadv and raring to go when the
Two teams renew relations here
on Saturday night, September II1n
Wake Forest has Sid Martin, BOD
T'eonetti. Ed Royston, Boyd Al
len. John O'Quinn. and Nick Og-
novich from 1916. Georgetown
men on deck are Larry Koncellk'
George Benigni, George Antonov-
skv. Louis Robustelli, Bus Wer-
der Elmer Oberton. Elmer Raba,
and Leonard Sonforte. ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12

Ox-carts are still used in the
Cuban sugar cane fields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
BY H. A.

We met with the BurgaN
Lions club Tuesday evening al
the Friendly cafe. It was a far
better meal than that ordinarily
served a civic club. During the
business session it developed
that the organization had netteo
$168.4 8 for it's charity fund from
the presentation of the play
"Cornzapoppin'. BY unanimous
vote, the club went on RECORD
as urging the city to proceed
Immediately with the extension
of sewer mains, the paving OF
additional streets and the lay
ing of new sidewalks. The Lions
also launched their drive for aid
to the blind. In 1916, it achieved
a 100 per cent showing in this
regard and plans to do as well
this year.
Preceding the meeting OF the
Lions, we dropped in on Fender
County Superior court. The
charge to the jury delivered by
Judge John ]. Burney, of Will
mington, was the most compre-
hensive we have ever heard. It
is beyond imagination that this
jury would ask for additional or
explanatory instructions. The
judge gave an able analysis OF
the applicable law and a mas
terful summary and recapitula-
ton of the evidence, along with
the contentious of the state and
the defense. 1t was a privilege
to hear what is treated as rou-
tine by some jurists utilized to
aid a jury to the fullest degree
in arriving at justice for the
defendants and state.
The grounds around the Pen
der county courthouse are un-
usually spacious. They are
beautifully handicapped and well
kept. They add much to the at
tractiveness of Burgaw.
At the Lions club, a financial
statement of the city of Burgaw
as of September l was read.
It showed the city has a sinking
fund ample to take care of its
bonded Indebtedness and inter
est; that it is living within its
income and accommodating q
surplus; and that it has a mar.
gin between its present in
debtedness and the limit placed
on municipal Indebtedness by
the state which can be used for
civic improvements.
We listened in on a conversa-
ton Tuesday in regard to the
ideal newspaper. At the close
of the conversation these main
qualifications were agreed upon
for a paper that would win the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12

We listened in on a conversa-
ton Tuesday in regard to the
ideal newspaper. At the close
of the conversation these main
qualifications were agreed upon
for a paper that would win the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

calls for a a 1 sse1be slsh 5sv month,
treatment of neuro-n Ssout To-
patients. pSychiatri,
plans f.,
three units We're completes tor u.
time ago, Gillette pointe Som.
out because of steadilv sso ou;
prices working plans wy. Rising
vised to strip the hos ntse II
"fr,lls'" such as movie t tbsl..'s'
Gillette declined to n
when any of the hospjtaIp predict
ectS would be completed, B5 p3oij'
e o. q eo for the three units tua sss
tai sai ii' ss 900 fs7 the &c ch na. ho s5i:
$685. 45 for Salisbury, end
Argon, a gas obtained fro
is used in electric light 1Um all,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12
GETS LONG TERM

SALISBURY, Sept. II. -P-
Gene Medlin, Kannapolis used
car dealer, was sentenced to II
to IS years in the state prison
following his conviction in Su-
perior court here today on a
criminal assault charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12

You don't need to run from q
snake. The fastest American
species can travel only three
miles per hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-12

There are probably a billion
tons or more of gold dissolved in
the ocean waters.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-18
BY Canada Lee
Star of Stage and Screen

! HOLLYWOOD In "On Wtl
man Avenue ! PLAYED th, % (,
~ Negro. unable TO find ly
lInE quarters IN an ovctcroNdcd
ghetto and Set barred from nv
ling in white section il Is
part which each Negro n the
United States +, compelled to
play FOR his entire life.
The play describes how Ju
crow housing Is enforced on 4
typical street Of 4 typical md
western town by typical real
estate operator Actually the HIT
ler-stvle housing pattern which
is also applied 20 Oucntals-
and 10 a lesser degree To Jews
md persons with forcign-Sound
ing names does not originate
on our Whitman Avenues Il is
not inspired 3, the small land
loud or agent aho follow, tho
pattern because ne ica the
economic consequence OF break
inr away from II The policy 81
racial segregation in housing is
dictated from above by TIN ma
tions biggest banks and lnsur
ancc companies, who are the
blgumr real estate operators
recently had the opportunity
Of publlcizing this fact by pic
keting the Mortgage Conicuencc
~ Greater New York located
IN the heart of the Wall street
financial district The Nmtguec
| Conference TIC SAVINGS Bank
Trust Co OF Now York through
which IL operates. and it7 81
mem ber banks and insurance
{ O mr. anles, representing tho
most powerful interests N the
/ country. have been charged By
the United States Department
OF Justice with conspiracy 10
control mortgage lending IN vlo-
lation Of the antitrust laws
One section OF the federal
complaint charged that the de-
+ PENDANTS prepared. published.
kept current and distributed
maps ~ each section OF New
( York CITY showing blocks in
/ which Negroes and Spanish
speaking persons resided rec
/ Trained from making mortgage
loans on properties m Such
blocks. and induced owners OF
real estate IN certain sections II
New York City to refuse v peE5.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-18
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-19
SENATE VOTES
 CONFIRMATION
 ELEVEN NAMES

| Acting in conformance with a motion by Senator Joe Green, to consider all nominees at one vote the Alaska Senate yesterday voted confirmation of II appointments submitted by the Governor.
 No action was taken by the Senate on those appointments re- quired by law to be confirmed in joint session of the House and ! Senate.
 It was a peculiar vote that rec orded confirmation of the appoint ees. Six Senators voted for con firmation five Senators voted against and five refused to vote at all Not voting were Senators Coftey, Collins, Jones, Munz and Walker.
 Challenged for reason for not voting, by Senator Victor Rivers, Senator E. B. Collins blast ed back that Rivers did not explain his refusal to vote on election ot a senate PfeSlQent. Whether re-appointment of All aska Development Board member Leslie Nerland was actually con firmed by the Senate is question: able, as President Andrew Nerland qualified his yea" by stating he was not voting on confirmation of the other Nerland. The vote on Leslie Nerland, therefor, could be held to have been 5 yeas, 5 nays and 6 not voting.
 The other nominations on the list confirmed by the Senate are;
 George Varra, Anchorage; to the Unemployment Compensation Commission.
 Donald w. Skuse, Juneau; Dr. c. Earl Albrecht, Juneau; Dr. A. a. Walkowski, Anchorage; Dr. Howe Vance, Juneau Dr. Sigurd B. Bredlie, Fairbanks; to the Board of Examiners in Basic Sciences.
 The Rev. Paul c. OConnor, Hooper Bay, and z T Loussac, Anchorage; to the Alaskan Hous- ing Authority.
 Matthew P. Mullaney, Juneau; as Tax Commissioner.
 William w. Head, Anchorage; to Board of Accountancy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-19
MOOSE WOMEN TO
 INITIATE THURSDAY

The Women of the Moose will hold regular meeting. with ini- tiation, Thursday evening. March 20, at o'clock in the Moose Lodge rooms.
 The social service committee, Ed ma Card, Chairman, will have charge of the entertainment. Di- ane Tickell will ge guest speaker of the evening" There will also be several musical numbers. then games.
 The refreshment committee is Mary Haas. Laura Gregory and Evelyn Lohr.
 There will be a meeting of all Past Regents at 715 o'clock to discuss plans for the entertain ment of Mrs. Mary Wallace and Frances Wiebke, prominent mem- bers of the Moose who will arrive in Juneau March 3l on the Princess Norah
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-19
COMEDY COMING
 TONIGHT kS BILL
 AT 2OTH CENTURY

Johnny Comes Flying Home comes to the goth Century Theatre tonight featuring Richard Crane Faye Marlowe and Martha Stew art
 It is an exciting story of three flying vets who, bored by routine civilian jobs. decide to establish their own one-plane freight air line.
 In it's telling, it also unfolds an enthralling romance involv- ing Cane and Stewart, the lat ter of whom wrangles a job as the planes mechanic. There arc many high moments of drama suspense and comedy as the ex- aces and tt2 girl in dungarees battle to make a go of the project After a surprise turn, the story moves swiftly to it's smashing eli max
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-19

Wash, for two years in a logging camp. In 1914, having heard about the opportunities in Alaska, he came to Juneau on August 6.
 Broken only by war service, Steve worked for almost l2 years in the Alaska-Juneau mine. At the outbreak of World War l he en- listed, joined the Army at Fort Seward and was transferred to Camp Dodge at Des Moines, Iowa, where his contingent was due to join the 18th Division for overseas duty However, quarantined by the flu, the Armistice had been signed before he transferred. Discharged at Camp Grant, Illinois, Vukovich re- turned to Alaska where he was re- employed in the "A-J,' spent a year in a logging camp and work ed on survey parties for the land office.
 In 1927 he operated a public bowling alley and soft drink par Tor and later did miscellaneous work for the City and Federal government. Then, having sold suits on the side for many years, he went into that business solely in | l935 as agent for Brighton Custom Tailors and J. B. Simpson Com pany Since that time he has tray ! eled extensively throughout Alas ka selling men and womenS cloth ing
 i Meeting an attractive tourist who was vacationing in the Territory it was not long before Steve had her convinced that Juneau was a good place to call home" Miss Selma Walstead returned to become Mrs. Vukovich on Dec. l3, 1938 They have one son, Roger, born Oct, 14 1940
 Constantly studying American history, law. and taking correspon- dence courses, Steve realized the advantages offered to free peoples A fervent admirer of our great emancipator and President, Lincoln he early adopted the principles of the Republican Party. In 1888 he ran for the House but was defeated In l944 he ran and was elected to the 1945 Session-the only Republi- can member of the House from the First Division. He served in the l946 Special Session and was re- elected to the l947 Session.