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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-10-25
'US0 To Come To
End Friday,
December rs

clubs and other operations for Army
and Navy personnel that have used
USO funds will close their doors
on the night of Friday, December
26.
This announcement came today
after the USO Board of Directors
approved complete plan for ter
mination along with streamlined
organization to act as the liquidat-
ing trustee of USO.
! So the day after Christmas will
mark the end of operations that
started February 4, 1871, with the
U. S. preparedness program, and
found itself in 1914 with a total of
3,G35 clubs and other operations AL
: together more than 1000 clubs were
opened during the life of the or
(, ganization, being closed as the War
or Navy Departments moved the
service men or women they were
set up to serve.
USO operations extended to all
parts of the world, with clubs be-
low the equator and almost to the
North Pole-almost everywhere ex-
cept the European theater of war,
but USO-Canp Shows were there
as well as everywhere else.
More than 1,5OO,00O,0O0 attendance
was chalked up for the clubs, loung-
es, Camp Shows and other activities
At no time did USO have more than
100000 volunteer men and wo-
men, some of whom gave up eight
hours day over many months.
i About quarter of billion dol
lars. was contributed by the AM
erican public-some of it from the
service people themselves and
spent by USO.
L The s'liquidating trustee o. sss<a4li-
cation of USO will have Board OF
Directors of twelve instead of fifty
the Executive Committee is abolish
ed; membership in the corporation
is reduced from sixty to six; there
/; will be a president and one execu-
tive president. Overseas Op-
erations Department will be dis
continued by February %, 1913
Continual United States Operations
Department will wind up its affairs
by April 80, 1913; the Accounting
Department and Administrative
Departments will be reduced tc
less than a dozen persons by next
March 81.
The Board expects that after Sep
TENDER 80, next, the paid employees
of USO be reduced to three or four
and that their work of getting to-
gether all loose ends of business
and legal matters will be accom-.
plished by the end of 1948.
| The USO is made up of six great
American social agencies: Young
Mems Christian Associations, Ma
tional Catholic Community Service
The Salvation Army, Young Wo'
mems Christian Associations, Ma.
tional Jewish Welfare Board ano
the National Travellers Aid Asso
citation.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-10-25
RECRUITING STATION
HAS NEW HOURS

Effective Immediately, the u. S.
Army and Air Force Recruiting
Station, Room 504, Post Office
Building in Jackson, will remain
open until six each evening.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
By The Assoeioisd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2. - Thomas
Hart Benton estimates H. L. Men
cken should get nearly so cents
income tax deduction" for the alb
stract painting by Mr.. Benton which
Mr.. Mencken agreed to donate today
to the Baltimore Art Museum.
The author and critic promised to
give the picture ito any gallery that
wants it entirely free of cost or ex-
pense," on the condition the gallery
evaluate it so I can claim 1t on
my income tax"
In Kansas City, Mr.. Benton COM
mented: II think Mencken paid SIS
for the picture, about all it was
worth. I'd say he should get nearly
so cents income tax deduction"
The gallery hasn't made an esti-
mate yet.
Mr.. Mencken calls the picture "a
small, abstract painting, showing
whirling soap bubbles" which Mr..
Benton did "in his earlier and more
foolish days, but has since ac-
knowledged."
The discussion started when a
Baltimore magazine complained
that no local gallery has a Benton
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Commissioners Welcome
Ripley and Chinese Junk

Commissioners Guy Mason, John
Russell Young and Brig. Gen. Cor
don R. Young yesterday welcomed
Cartoonist Robert r. Ripley as he
arrived at Pier 5 of the Mu-
nicipal Wharf abroad his Chinese
junk, the Mon Lei.
Mr.. Ripley, who has crammed his
Oriental river craft with many ex-
hibits of ancient Chinese culture and
life, will be in the city five days.
During this time he will appear at
many club meetings and do radio
broadcast.
The boat was anchored Sunday
at the Marine base at Quantico,
where it was open to inspection by
servicemen stationed there. During
the time it is moored here, 1t will not
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Benton Says Mencken Can Save
SOC in Taxes on Gift Painting

and Mr.. Mencken replied he would
bring one out of his cellar and make
a present Of 1t.
Mr.. Benton had the last word:
"It's all very commendable, but I'm
much more In favor Of the maga-
zines final argument, that rich
industrialist should come forth with
the dough to purchase a new Ben
ton painting to present to the mu-
scum"
Evening star., 1947-12-02

be open to public inspection because
of its small size, 1t was said.
Among the curios collected by
the cartoonist and kept in his boat
are an ancient execution sword in
an ivory scabbard, replica of the
old Chinese god of happiness and
several prayer wheels.
Madame Koo. wife Of the Chinese
Ambassador, will visit the craft to-
morrow, it was stated.
Evening star., 1947-12-02

ination against colored hremen on
two main railroads in the south.
The preliminary injunction also
is to apply to 10 subsidiary lines Of
the Southern Railway.
The union, together with the rail-
roads, had been sued by group of
21 colored firemen, who alleged
agreements between the brother
hood and the railroads excluded
them from work on Diesel locomo-
tives and on new runs.
Justice Holtzoff announced last
Tuesday he would sign a prelirh-
mary injunction against the
Evening star., 1947-12-02

brotherhood only. The Southern
Railway Co. and the Atlantic Coast
Line yesterday asked that Justice
Holtzoff also make the preliminary
injunction apply to them for protec-
ton. The Injunction order is to
be signed later.
The 81 plaintiffs said they we're
suing in behalf of more than 1000
colored flremen.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Court 10 Broaden Writ
In Railroad Fireman Case

Justice Alexander Holtzon of Dis
trict Court yesterday agreed to sign
preliminary injunction against
two large railroads, as well as the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, prohibiting discrim-
Evening star., 1947-12-02

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made easy by renting Q room.
Renting a room Is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
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An. to 8 pm.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Joun Duvis Wins Divorce

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 R)-Joan
Davis. screen and radio comedienne,
won a divorce yesterday from 81
Evening star., 1947-12-02

Wills also radio Beverly and had signed
Her attorney said they had settlement They married
to divide custody Of their daughter in 16
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

on Page 4, Column ~ i(Continued on Page 4, Column e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Harriss- Kirby Wedding Solemnized
Friday Afternoon In Winston-Salem

Mrs. Errett Straley, s%oloist, and
Mrs. E.. M. Spivey, pianist.
Miss Marjorie Dalton Kirby
attended her sister as maid-of-
honor. She wore a gown OF
aquamarine slipper satin styled
with fitted bodice, flared skirt
and a round neckline. Her head
dress was an aqua satin tiara
fashioned like that of the
brides. She carried a bouquet
of pom-pom chrysanthemums in
pastel hues.
Miss Kirby, given in marriage
by her maternal grandfather.
Thomas Henry Quinn of Rural
Hill, wore a gown of white
duchess satin made with drop
shoulder and marquisette yoke
featuring a round neckline. The
skirt was made with a draped
peplum and hustle bow back
and extended into a long train.
She wore a finger tip veil of
illusion that fell from a tiara
of seed pearls. Her bouquet was
of Starlight roses centered with
a white orchid.
Charles johnson Harriss of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Allegood- Graham Wedding Vows H;
+" Said Here Yesterday Afternoon
Early Fall Wedding Solem.
nized At Trinity Metho-
dist Church

In an early fall wedding, Miss
Ida 10 Graham, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph FRANKLIN Ora.
ham, became the bride OF
James Lynton Allegood, Jr., son
of j. L. Allegood of Wilmington
and Mrs. Joe N. Horne of Moul-
trie, Ca, Saturday afternoon at
5 o'clock in Trinity Methodist
church. ,..
The Rev. EdgarsB. Fisher Of
ficiated at the ceremony, and
Mrs. Florence Billiard play
ed the wedding music.
The church was decorated
with palms and ferns and vases
of white flowers thanking the al
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Afternoon Ceremony
Performed At B r i d S
Home To Live Here

The marriage of Miss Mary
frances Kirby, daughter of
Mrs. Arthur Lee Kirby and the
late Mr.. Kirby of Winston-Sa-
lem, and sMeares Harriss, Jr.,
Of Wilmington, son of the late
Meares and Fannie johnson
Harriss Of Wilmington, took
place Friday afternoon Septem-
Der y, at 5 o'clock at the home
Of the bride.
Dr.. Homer O. Wilson, pastor
Of the First Christian church OF
Winston-Salem, officiated at the
ceremony. The vows were
spoken in front of an impro-
yised altar banked with massed
arrangements of plumosus and
Florida leatherleaf fern inter
spersed with white asters and
flanked with floral baskets OF
white gladioli and seven
branched candelabra. During
the ceremony a program OF
nuptial music was rendered by
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Doris Windham,
David Peterson
Announce Vows

The marriage of Miss Doris
May. Windham, of Wilmington,
daughter of r. E. Windham of
Louisville, KY, to David Ros-
mond Peterson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. David T. Peterson of Will
mington, took place on Satur-
day, August 9, in Conway, sc.
The bride wore a light weight
wool dress of grey with red ac-
cessories and a corsage Of red
roses.
Miss Camella Spivey of Will
mington, who attended the
bride, wore a white flannel suit
with a corsage of red carna-
tons. Mr.. Peterson was attend
CONTINUED on Page S, Column ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Miss Virginia Ruth Middleton
John Edward Clayton, Jr., Married

Maddry officiating at the
double-ring ceremony in the
presence of a large assemblage
of. relatives and friends.
The church was banked with
stately palms, lacy ferns, and a
large center floor basket of
white gladioli with the soft light
from many candles in the four
seven-branched candlabra add
ing to the beauty of the we'd
ding scene. The pews were dec
Grated by white satin ribbons.
NUPTIAL MUSIC
Prior to the ceremony, Henri
CONTINUED on Page !, Column :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Martha Bellamy,
Peter l.. Knight
Engaged To Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Bellamy
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Martha Paige
Bellamy, to Peter Louis knight,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. P. L..
knight Of Wilmington.
Miss Bellamy is a graduate
of New Hanover High school
and Mary Washington college,
Fredericksburg, Va.
Mr.. Knight is also a graduate
of New Hanover High and the
Hancock college of Aeronattics
Continued on Page 4. Column q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Late S M er Wedding
.Solemnized At First Baptist
Church Here

In a ceremony characterized
by beauty Miss Virginia Ruth
Middleton, daughter of Mr.. ane
Mrs. James c.. Middleton, o.
Wilmington, became the bride
of John Edward Clayton, Jr.
son of Mrs. Jessie Clayton
and the late John Edward
CLAYTON of Wilmington, in the
First Baptist church Saturday,
September 10. The vows were
spoken at $50 o'clock in the aft
ernoon with the Rev. Charles A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

Wilmington attended his broth
er as best man.
Mrs. Kirby, the brides moth
er, was attired in a black silk
crepe with silver bead trim
ming.
After the ceremony a recep-
ton was held with the bridal
couple, Miss Marjorie Kirby,
CONTINUED on Page S, Column ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
tar. Burning candles lighted the
scene of the vows. -.
~MAID-OF-HONOR Tt3

Miss Phyllis Dupile of Hick-
ory, formerly ~Miss~-Graham's
roommate at Converse college,
was maid-of-honor and wore a
gown of pink satin fashioned
with a bertha, a fitted bodice,
and a skirt having a draped
apron effect which ended in n
hustle in the back. The billowing
skirt tapered into a short train.
She wore a half crown of deep
pink asters in her hair and car
ried a bouquet Of matching asst
ers tied with blue satin ribbon.
Miss Sally Trulove and Miss
Miriam Hayden were brides
maids and wore gowns in blue
satin identical to that of the
(COntinued on Page 3, Column b
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Saint Adams
In Washington
+ Scene OF Vows
Miss Jeanne Will Becomes
Bride Of Curtis Wayne
Spencer, Jr. Of Wilmington

The marriage of Miss Jeanne
Patterson Will, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Godfrey Will OF
Washington, D. c., and Curtis
Wayne Spencer Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis Wayne Spencer
of Wilmington, was. solemnized
Saturday afternoon, September
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14
Railroad Says
 Yards ClOgged

ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Railroad, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and army officials have again sought an answer to the congested freight conditions in tne railroad yards and officials were asking for more cooperation from local businessmen who are partially responsible.
 The meeting, attended by about 30 persons, was held in Col. John P. Johnson's office.
 At the present time the freight shed, two Butler huts and about 100 freight cars are loaded and there is no place for an estimated II ,O0O tons of freight which is due within the next ten days.
 The congestion here is the result of number of circumstances. One of these is the fact that An chorage merchants, fearful of an- other ship tle-up, over-ordered and now have no storage space for the merchandise.
 Another point brought out was that goods now arriving here are not particularly needed at this time of the year. They were held up for months in the States and upon arrival here are not being picked up.
 Many people have refused part shipments especially when they have to pay for the full order.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14
Patterson 'l'estifies In May Trial

WASHINGTON, (P)-Secretary of war Patterson testified Tuesday that former Rep. Andrew J. May D.-KyD sought his help on sev- eral occasions in behalf of the S78,OOO,OOO Carson munitions combine.
 The prosecution summoned Pat terson as a star witness in the fourth week of Mays trial on charges of taking more than $55,- O0o in wartime bribes.
 On trial with the 72-year old wartime head of the House mili- tary committee are munitions makers Henry and Murray Cars son and Joseph F. Freeman Washington agent for the Carson brothers.
 Patterson told the jury that on March 24, l945, May asked him to give an "E" award, for outstand- ing war production, to a Carson firm, the Batavia GID Metal Products company.
 He said May also contacted him about a cutback of Batavia com pany contract in l943 and, in Sep tember, l945, called him to the Capitol to protest the army's ac- ton in withholding $8O0,0O0 from the Erie Basin Metal Products Co.,, another Carson firm. The money was held up pending re- negotiation of a contract.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14
Kenai Children In Mass Operation

ANCHORAGE - Alaskan. in- genuity served well Sunday when g Kenai school children had their tonsils and adenoids removed in the first mass" tonsillectomy held in the Territory.
 Dr. Melvin Beltz, Seldovia hos pital surgeon, performed the work in about 13 hours. B. V. Bowen, anesthetist, of Seldovia, assisted.
 Mrs. Clara Hickok, executive Red Cross secretary of the An chorage chapter, and Mrs. Mary Mcclure served as nurses and sur gical assistants.
 Two teachers desks were showed together and used as an operating table in the school library. The hospital "staff," ably assisted by Lyman Allen, principal of the school, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Lou ise Mayors, a teacher, set up two classrooms as convalescent rooms.
 After each operation, the sur gical implements were sterilized in the teachers quarters, located upstairs in the school building.
 Despite the improvisation, the operations went smoothly. There was no hemorrhaging and all the patients bounced back in sshort order. In fact, Anna Ivanoff, op- erated on Sunday at about 2:30 p.m., was back in school again yesterday.
 Flown to Kenai by Merle Smith ''the flying preacher" of Palmer, Mrs. Hickok, on Red Cross orders, took medical supplies such as plasma and oxygen. She left a complete first aid disaster unit in Kenai, she said yesterday after re- turning here in Smiths plane.
 The Anchorage chapter of the Red Cross also furnished cots, blankets, linens, and towels, after receiving a request from Dr. Beltz Mrs. Hickok said.
 The children were kept over night in the school, cared for by the attendants and some of the mothers while Dr. Beltz and the nurses were on call.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14
JUN. Defeats Soviet Palestine-MOtion
tBY Max Harrelson)

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. R)- Despite a threatened Arab walk out, the political committee of the United Nations assembly defeated a Soviet move to have U. N. Pal estine inquiry commission draft proposals for immediate indepen- dence of the Holy Land.
 The vote was 26 against the Russian measure, IS in favor, with l2 abstentions and two absences.
 This meant that the inquiry commission would be given free hand to consider all possible solu- tions of the Palestine problem without any special reference to the independence question.
 The vote came after Paris el Khoury, Syrian delegate, said out side the chamber that the Arab delegations were considering the possibility of walking out of the special assembly in protest against a majority stand on the Palestine question.
 Fl Khoury, leading spokesman for the five Arab states in the U. N., told newsmen that if the pres ent trend in the deliberation of the assembly's political committee continued, the Arabs would adopt a policy of non-cooperation" with the work of the proposed U. N. Palestine inquiry commission. He said the Arab delegates might even leave the assembly.
 Fl Khoury specified that this eventuality was in the process of formulation and that the five Arab countries had not yet made their final decision.
 The Arab delegations caused brief concern when they were not in the chamber as the political committee resumed debate. The Egyptian delegation, however, en- tered four minutes later and was followed by Syria, Iraq, Saudi Orabia and Lebanon, which was "A minutes late.
 Fl Khoury said the Arabs were insisting on two points:
 l. At least a mention of the word independence" in the in-
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14
TB Will Increase If Budget Is Cut

GAP Special Washington Service)
 WASHINGTON (P)-Dr. V. Earl Albrecht of Juneau says Alaska faces serious setback in its cam paign against tuberculosis unless the House slash of S8l9,000 in funds for the Alaskan Native Service is restored.
 Dr. Albrecht, health commis- sioner of the Territory, testified to Senate appropriations sub committee that Alaska is ''very desirable place to live" but the tu- berculosis death rate lis nine times that of the United States"
 The Alaskan doctor said there are an estimated 4,000 tubercular patients in Alaska and that some 400 hospital beds now used for their care must be. cut back if the House cut goes unchanged.
 He said much action would spread the disease among both na- tives and others.
 Senator Dworshak R.-Idaho) told other members of the Senate group that as House member he had visited Alaska in l945 and "seen the very fine work that Dr.. Albrecht is doing there"
 Other Senators asked why Alas ka should not increase taxes to offset the federal reduction.
 Governor Ernest Gruening re- piled that Territory taxpayers now are contributing about $440,- 900 a year for these purposes, many times the amount they paid a few years ago.
 The House voted the Alaskan Native service $3,25O,OOO of bud get recommendation of S4,069, ,000 -------------
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14

Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-14

structions to be given the inquiry commission.
 2. Reference to the United Ma tions charter in those instructions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
TODAY in HISTORY
know America)

l664-Dutch New Amsterdam
surrenders to British and becomes
New York.
l776--Americans defeated in
battle of Long Island-one of the
darkest Revolutionary war days.
l783-Historic Montgolfier first
balloon flight in Paris-Contain-
ed rooster, a duck and lamb
to prove they could live up in
the air.
l859-Historic oil we'll drilled
near Titusville, Pa, by Col. Ed
win l.. Drake-birth of CONNER
cial production of OIL
1902 resi- dent Theodore
Roosevelt orders U. S. Public
Printer to use simplitied spelling
the order soon revoked.
l928-The Briand-Kellogg Pact
outlawing war signed in Paris.
l943-U. S. Planes bomb en-
emyheld French airfield, knock
ing down Is Nazi planes and
losing ~.
l944-American advance pa
trolls cross the Marine.
l945-U. S. troops begin land
ing in Japan; first foreign troops
to land in 1000 years of Jap his
tory. The WPB removes the last
restrictions on making nylon
stockings.
l946-RusSia recalls her envoy
to Greece as Z u. S. ships of war
are ordered on courtesy visit to-
Greece. Wall Street Stock eX-
change in worst break in six
years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
$1,000 CATCH

HO TSPRINGS, N. M.-Here's a
fish story hard to believe. George
MacKey, All albuquerque bakery
employee, fishing in Elephant
Butte Reservoir. hooked nice
2-pound bass. 1t was just a good
catch to him until he noticed a
tag attached. That Identified the
bass as one of 20 worth $1,000
each and released in the Hot
Springs Sporting Clubs $4,000
fish derby. The other 10 are still
in the lake-if anyone is inter
ested.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27
HAZARDOUS RESCUE

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK,
Calif.-Al Baxter, of San Fran
cisco, climbed some 800 feet up
the precipitouS side of Upper
Cathedral Spire, lost his footing
and fell 40 feet. He was suspend
ed in air, both legs broken, when
he struck ledge in the fall. His
companions managed to get him
down the cliff about 220 feet and
there another party of climbers
saw their plight and sent for the
rangers.
The slow, difficult task of get
ting the injured man down the
remaining 1000 feet was accom-
plished finally after about seven
hours of hazardous work. In the
process two rangers were injured
by a dislodged boulder.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-27

OF the feature possibilities Of
the August vacation.
Recently one newspaper.
Alcazar. printed left-handed
attack on black market pedd-
lers of rail tickets to northern
summer resorts. while another
newspaper. Pueblo. the same
day carried an article praising
the efficiency of "Renfe". the
government operated railroad
ticket office.
AlcaZar's article recounted the
experiences of q VacatiOner with
a black market ticket seller who
does business on the sidewalk in
front of the Renfe office. The
ticket scalper accosted the vaca-
toner as he left the ticket office
after hearing he could not get
space on train for a month and
a half.
The black marketeer asked the
aspiring and perspiring vacationer
where he wanted to go.
ITO LaCoruna," was the reply.
ITO LaCoruna, are you dream
ing?" replied the scalper. "And
why do you want to go to La
Coruna?"
The ,vacationer confessed he
just wanted to spend his vacation
there with his family.
How many in your family?"
Only my wife and two sons, ~
replied the would-be traveller.
-Four. That's a lot to go to
LaCourna." reproached the
scalper. Why don't you go to
Cordova? I can get you tickets
there for no more than double
the regular price" (Cordova an
nuallY sets the record for sum-
mer heat in Spain with the
thermometer boiling to 100 de-
grees almost dailY.)
The black marketeer then pro-
posed Badajoz Second only to Cor
dova for summer heaD, but the
vacationer insisted on LaCoruna.
Then the scalper suggested the
vacationer come back tomorrow.
Hopefully the would-be traveller
asked how long it would take to
get tickets.
That depends only on how
much you want to pay" was the
reply.
"Pll pay whatever you ask. Just
get me the tickets"
He got four tickets for La.
Coruna on a train leaving five
days later and only paid six
times the value of the tickets.