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Evening star., 1947-10-12

at such places as Ocean City. Nd, and
Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Inter shore transportation always has
depended on boats and ferries. The
ferry system, operated by the State.
consists OF three boats plying continu-
ously between Sandy Point and Mata-
peake, from S am. to am. The cross
ing takes about Is minutes. The serv-
ice can handle all normal trafiac, but
weekend and holiday loads create such
tie-ups that Gov Lane himself was de-
layed for an hour at Matapeake while
returning from Ocean City in the Labor
Day rush.
This past July, the ferries carried more
than 10000 autos; nearly 10000 trucks
and buses, and almost 138. 900 passengers,
for gross revenue Of $144,247. The toll
charge Is $l54 for car and driver, or
81 20. depending on length Of auto wheel
base. with ascent charge for each adj
diti0nal passenger.
Traffic studies for the proposed bridge
have been predicated on toll charge Of
81 per car and driver, and 20 cents per
additional passenger.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
JLEY BATE

VA6A ox14 \ -
kLKED-ABOUT span
hesapeake Bay appears
ded for fruition. The
legislature has author
|partment approval Is
Bt certain, and Gov.
I'D to fight 1t through
be a bridge or a tunnel,
Of the two, Is still in
odds are overwhelm-
Gov. Lane speaks Of
bridge, and a bridge
only one submitted to
or approval. II it is a
one of the longest in
L two and a half years to
as Gov. Lane has said,
Fly next year. then 1850
be Eastern and Western
Id. linked by a hve-mile,
way running approx
ferry site at Sandy
tn of Annapolis, to
ent Island. This would
sands of motorists from
land and Virginia, who
sweat out the ferry or
head OF the bay via
clearly favored over
he J. e. Greiner Co.,
n of consulting engine
hn exhaustive study of
1898 and currently is
d estimates up to date.
o included the tunnel
Pn bridge-tunnel.
the engineers figure q
10 per cent more than
Bridge estimates have
tween $4,000, 900 and
lnnel would add from
p0, 900 to the cost. In
neers estimate it would
Re a year to maintain
mel than q bridge, what
y for continuous light
nd pumping.
Roadway on the bridge
wide, while the tunnel
e q feet. Those extra
be the means Of avoid
in event of an accident
: engineers claim. They
hat motorists prefer
gh ones-to tunnels.
ms have been evolved.
(p In 1898 was approved
Frs, who must pass on
hvigable rivers, but was
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Point Peter Concrete Co. Serve City
and Country Customers Throughout
Southeastern North Carolina

In September of 1916 a new company was added to Wlmington's
building supply firms, namely the Point Peter Concrete company. Al
though taking its name from that piece of land which separates the
North branch and the East branch of the Cape Fear river the COM
pany is not located at Point Peter, but at the seaboard Roundhouse
lat the Foot of North 7h street. It was thought that some day the
west bank Of the Cape Fear river would be developed and that 1t
lcoud easily be identified Is the first to adopt the name of Point
Peter.
The Point Peter Concrete Company is managed by Thomas F.
from New York City but having spent several months at Camp Davis
The grew to like this section, married a local girl and after receiving
his discharge from the Army in May 1916. returned to Wilmington
to make his home and establish his business.
Building blocks of all kinds and sizes are made by tae Point
Peter Concrete company. They make the 4" and the g" blocks, half
blocks, jamb and Intel blocks. These blocks can be had in concrete.
Stag or the lightweight cinder which weighs only Il pounds IN e.
lx8'x16" size. # any particular texture O color is desired in suHl-
Client quantity the company will be pleased to make them to your
specifications.
Only modern machinery is used in this plant. Conveyors and lift
trucks r used extensively throughout the plant to economically and
efficiently handle material. The block machine makes. two 1000
units per week.
A 1947 REQ truck has been added so that prompt deliveries can
Ibe assured. Point Peter blocks r delivered within a radius. OF oO
now under construction is an example of their cinder block use.
The new concrete street markers which the City of Wilmington, is
using are made by this company. Several other communities in this
miniature washington Monument" street sign, but also its favorable
price compared to other street signs. Note picture
Another operation in which this company is engaged: the un,
hauling concerns, loading it on their trucks On a per ton basis.
The Point Peter Concrete company invites public inspection OF
their plant.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
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Sufferers From
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Evening star., 1947-01-20

fulness; at the very least "wistful-
ness"
!, This, of course. was the more eas:
lily accomplished by Draper for his
spirited ballet tap Interpretation OF
the popular "Malaguena" and a
brief, dramatic modern Spanish
number.
The satirical comedy high spot OF
the second part of the program
clearly belonged to Draper with "A
Political Dance" piece of cam
paign oratory of uproarious lucidity
AS irony goes, Draper's dance has
not been equaled since the publica-
ton of George Orwell's Animal
Farm"
Better even than the duet impro-
visation which ended the first part
of the program was the Draper
Adler finale, an ad lib performance
based upon themes suggested by the
audience. This mad medley, includ-
ing everything from Richard, Open
the Door" through Begin the Be-
guine" all the way to the classics,
turned into the finest piece of drama
of the afternoon.
It's nearest equivalent in popular
ity, one that required the audience
to be quieted with Debussy encore,
was Adler's "Blues in the Night"
If any one should ask what
drama critic was doing there, the
answer is: Having the time of his
life,
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Fernandez Stars
In Gallo Fantasy
At the Hippodrome
BY Harry Macarthur

If the name Fernandez meant
nothing to you, you might easily be
misled by the title Of a film called
Francis /" You might expect q
picture named Francis I" to be a
discourse on the life and times Of a.
18th century monarch, but Fernan-|
dels presence in the Hippodrome's
most recent import from France
precludes the possibility of that.
Fernandez is one Of Frances lead
ing clowns and the facts of history
never could stand up under his i'm
pact. This is the sheerest fantasy
and it becomes hilariously funny at
times.
Francis I" probably will bring
lot more cheer to push-over for
anachronistic comedy than to any
one else; but the trick has not been
performed too often. yet. You may
see shades of "A Connecticut Yankee
at King Arthur's Court" but the
French are still the ones who inject
rare Gallo wit into Gallo photo
plays. They have injected great
deal of it into this tale of the
wanderings OF Fernandel's foolish
Honorin about the court of Fran
els I.
It all starts when Honorin, 10th
century worker in a seedy carnival,
Is hypnotized and turns up In days
of old, with a combination diction-
ary-almanac as his most useful COM
panlon. He no sooner arrives than
he is called upon to aid q lady in
distress and winds up involved with
the 18th century custom called
Gods Judgement" He's quite a SAD
man, too, when he discovers the duel
he. is about to fight listed in his
book. with the winner not named.
There are some hilarious moments
as Honorin's adventures continue.
He scarcely Is finished with his duel
before he encounters a one-leggedI
ghost who has been wandering
about the place since returning from
the Crusades to kill his wife. His
projects include the modernizationI
of the dancing at the French court
and small fortune-telling business,
with the aid of the dictionary. The
unhappiest man seen in any recent
movie is the once-married Henry
Eighth when he learns from Hon.
orin that he is to have six wives
three GATHERINGS. That
really shakes Henry.
Fernandez frolics through all this
with great enthusiasm and the
others in the cast are quite compe-
tent. It is the incidental affairs of
q French comedy, however, that
make for such fun. The French no.
tion of the duel scene, for example,
is combination jousting arena and
modern prizef1ght ring. And there
is a wonderful sequence wherein
Honorin, chained to a slab, is about
to be tortured by being forced to
drink several pints Of water. A
guard whispers that he can have
wine instead, If he has any money.
Bordeaux" asks Honorin, bright
ening. "Well, no." the guard admits,
'it's local wine. But I think you'll
like its bouquet"
You'll like the bouquet Of Francis
l." too.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
George Learned
BY the Assoeiotsd Press
HOLLYWOOD.

6OlLX WlJNU.
Here's how George Mufphy's con-
scientiousness cost him $500.
He plays q hardware clerk in THE
Rich. Full Life,"l and to see how
clerks operate, George stopped in q
Santa Monica store.
He left 90 minutes later, with a
new lawn mower, a portable drill,
several screw drivers, a hammer and
$86.40 worth of knowledge on how
to sell hardware.
Evening star., 1947-01-20

artists of departures from the writ
ten text.
1t was Adler's second number in
his first appearance, a Mozart Oboe
Quartet, which intimated that, in
the hands of a yirtuoso, the har-
monica Is a mightier instrument
than most of the population realizes
A music critic might ascribe this
with great assurance to the kinshil
between the instruments, Adler's
and the one Mozart had in mind
A comparative illiterate in music
can only guess that this is the cast
(and wait for the latter half of the
program when everything becomes
more familiar.
For his warm-up exercises Drap-
er's first choice was a jig and pre-
lude combination to Bach,s Partita
No. 2. followed by a much more
lively and complex Theme and
Variations" based upon a graceful
free-hand composition by Rameau
A. program note expressed Diapers
hope that it might serve dancer as
well as the instrumentalists fol-
whom it originally was designed. Il
it did not, at least one part of the
audience did not know the differ
ence.
The most interesting composition
of the three on Adler's second in
terlude, as it properly, should be, was
the third movement of Caribbean
Concerto for Harmonica." 1t was
written especially for Adler by Jean
Berger, sensitive and imaginative
young French emigre clearly intelli-
gent enough to be intrigued by the
possibilities of the harmonica. NAL
larme's and Debussy's Afternoon of
a Faun" and Bloch's "Nigun" from
the "Ball Shem SUITE" the latter full
OF solemn Levantine emotion, bal
anced the Berger composition.
On the way to the after-intermis-
sion and more modernly irreverent
end of the program, Diapers second
was highlighted by "a
wonderfully snowy Dance Without
Music" AS a display of technique
in tap dancing, it was the sort of
thing to reduce even Fred Astaire's
oyal public to a condition of visit
Evening star., 1947-01-20

The first half Of the program Of
fered by the pair yesterday was
the more sedate, and (maybe la
mentably) the least popular. It's
solitary light touches in the begin
ming were the explanations of both
Evening star., 1947-01-20
BY the Assoeiotsd Prsss
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Dorothy Miller, a sophomore at
U. G. L. A., is continuing her col
lege education, thanks to a fan
letter written to Elizabeth Taylor.
It seems that Elizabeths stand
in left for new job in New York
City. When Dorothy heard the
news, she wrote the young actress
a fan letter and also asked if she
could try out for the position. (She
explained she was leaving school
because her money had run out.)
Elizabeth invited Dorothy to
MGM for an interview, noted the
sophomore's close resemblance to
herself and persuaded the studio
to hire her to stand-in during the
filming of "The Rich, Full Life"
Dorothy is now keeping up with
her studies in night classes and
will resume her regular courses when
the film Is completed.
Which all goes to prove that
Hollywood can still be a Cinderella
Vile" g..
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
Stage.

Stage.
National Blossom Time; $3.50
pm.
Catholic University-"Much Ado
About Nothing: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"The Mighty McGurk"; !;
II am, LAS, 4::3O, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: l, 3:45, $50 and 9:l5
pm.
Columbia-"Till the Clouds Roll
By; II am, 1885, AIS, $50 and
9:35 pm.
Earle-"Blue Skies; 10:45 am,
l, 3:15, $50, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Hippodrome- Francis the First;
2:25. 4:20. 6:1o. s:05 and 10 pm.
Keith's-"Song Of the South;
l1:15 am, l:2o, 3:25, $50. 7:35 and
$40 pm.
! Little-"Henry the Fifth: 2:so
and $3.50 pm. ?
Metropolitan-"The Thief of Bag
dad"; 11:05 am, ITO, $40, 5:25
1885 and $40 pm.
Palace-"The Razor's Edge; 10:45
am, LIS, 4:05, 6:45 and 9:25 pm.
pm.
Pix-"Scarface";; 2, 4:45, 7:10 and
9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux- News and shorts;
continuous from 1915 am.
Evening star., 1947-01-20

performance that has everything
from Bach and Bloch to Gershwyn.
Another thing it has is complete
assurance that the audience is hav-
ing the time of its life, especially
in the latter phase of the program
when every one gets to know every
one else.
Washington rarely has had a
more democratic Sunday afternoon,
or one on which more varied tastes
were satisfied in one music hall.
Draper and Adler, who have been
mere on numerous occasions as solo
artists performing in less hallowed
precincts, lost nothing of their show
manship in such patrician interior
as that of yesterday afternoon. AS
artists, the one in the dance, the
other on the mouth organ raised to
harmonic level, they simply are not
influenced by architecture. Instead,
they obey artistic impulses whose
result is always superb entertain
ment, and no less good music for
being such.
J And, beyond its musical qualities,
the Draper-Adler program is ex-
pertly made drama, blend of
comedy that runs from high to low,
and a constant concern or suspense
over what can possibly happen next.
Evening star., 1947-01-20

FRANCIS THE FIRST" vog riim
Company release with Fernandez produced
by Noel Meadow and B. L. Garner, directed |
BY Christian-JaQue, story by Paul Fekete, /
music by Sylviano. At the Hippodrome. |
Evening star., 1947-01-20
He Collects Signs
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD

310111I1 VOOI1.
Jack Carson's circular driveway
now boasts three rather startling
signs. They are, in order of ap-
proach: Beware the Dog" and
''You Are Now Entering West Mil.
waukee", and, as you leave, Thank
You, Come Again"
Evening star., 1947-01-20
'Draper-Adler Concert Turns
Into Dramatic Music Fete
By Joy Cormody

The music show which Paul and put
terday afternoon Constitution Hall
inclusive word Adler entitled
they program seemed much more
like music festival.
language popular
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24
RADAR AIR SYSTEM K BEING PLANNED FOR ALASKA LINES

WASHINGTON, March 24.-tR A radar navigational system will be installed soon along the storm dot ted airway in Alaska for use of civ ilian and military planes.
 The Army Air Forces announcing this today, said the system, known as Bacon" is a modification of the original radar tracking device, and has been used on the North Allan tic air route for year and a half.
 It differs somewhat from the Standard ground control approach equipment being installed at a number of airports, with which a ground control point talks" the pilot of plane down along the correct approach to field Racon can be used only by aircraft equip ped with radar units. The ground beacon is actuated only when the airplane's equipment picks it up by an electronic impulse
 The units will be installed at Shemya. Adak, Anchorage, Ladd Field, Nome, Fort Randall and Point Barrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24
Corporation President

Rep. Gerrit "Heinie" Snider re- vealed himself in a new role dur ing the discussion of s. B. 32, that Of president of the High Grade Mining Corporation-"a corporation without any money"
 When I used to spend the win- ters trapping, I read the Congress sional Record. not because it was very interesting but because it took lot of time, and I remember reading about a Senator from one of the corn states who hadn't ever read a book but he knew the price of corn.
 Well" said Snider, T know about mining, and I know that mining even on small scale takes capital. And I know that if we don't do something for the small miner we won't have any mining. We make a hole in the ground, like the Governor says, and take the gold out. and they take it and fill up another hole in the ground back in Kentucky, but it makes wages and it makes business and that's what we want
 Miners Representative
 Al Anderson, representing 200 mire operators, most of them small, took the stand during both the morning and afternoon ses- sions, explained how the bill was drawn up and how it would help the smaller mine operators.
 Ten of the larger companies would pay s2ooooo in taxes on the basis of l946 operations under S. B. 32, Anderson asserted, and this would be as much as the whole mining industry in Alaksa paid last year.
 Anderson answered questions of the members and pointed out that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24

types of mining not covered by the present tax would pay taxes under s. B. 32
 Also appearing on the stand were economist George Rogers and Tax Commissioner Mullaney. Rog- CTS objected to the bill as too loosely drawn and said that he believed additional sections of the Federal Internal Revenue Code re- lating to mining should have been incorporated into it.
 Those are just your theories. Rep. Steve Vukovich charged ''and are worth nothing in getting mining on it's feet"
 Although Rogers maintained that in it's present form, s. B. 32 will not be workable law, when Rep Harry Newell asserted that If 100 economists went into session on any question they would come cut with at least 80 different
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24
PREPARATIONS FOR
 HOLY WEEK STARTING;
 CAkTATA SCHEDULED

Activity around the local church es is humming this week as the Christian calendar hears the Easter season, oftentimes called the queen of feasts." Most communions will begin their special music and fes- tivity on Palm Sunday with Holy Week filled with devotional services and that is climaxed with Easter itself on April 6 this year.
 The choir of the Church oI the Holy Trinity is putting the finish ins touches on it's Sacred Cantata to be presented on Palm Sunday evening with two dress rehearsalS" this week on Tuesday night and on Thursday night. It is believed by the Director, Ernest Ehler, that this rendition of Du Bois Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ" will be one of the musical highlights of this year. Mrs. Ehler and Miss Frances Paul will assist MT. Ehler with the solo work of the cantata.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24

have twice as much mining? I can remember the time when we didn't know from day to day whether the A. J. mine would be able to continue to operate, when it was two million dollars in debt and when a $20,O00 judg- ment against it, if collected, would have closed it down.
 The Governor says gross in come is not adequately defined and that the tax would be hard to compute and collect He has given an example in his message to show that one company would pay less under, the net than under the gross tax. It must therefore be eXplainable; he must have been able to figure out what this com pany would pay under the terms of the bill
 Any child knows what gross means It is one of the first things they learn in school, and the matter has been before the courts so often and has teen so often defined that this argument is merely another herring across the trail.
 Tax On Loss
 The Governor disparages the slight effect of collecting a tax of Sl80 from a man who has lost $8,820 on his seasons opera tions. That man, I understand. lived at Poorman. l know where that is. I've been there And $l80 is a lot of money when you don't have it. The man went $8,820 in the hole and then the tax collector came around and wanted another $l80 You cant get blood from a turnip. Ten cents is a lot of money when you don't have it to buy a bowl of soup with. I have been in that position. And much of our min ing business iI in a comparable position today and will continue to be in that position unless you do something about it."
 There was spontaneous and sustained round of applause as Roden left the floor, and it was evident that the sincerity of his statements had made an impress sion on the House members and on good many spectators in the gallery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24
Relief Al Last
 For Your Cough

Creomulsion relieves promptly be- cause 1t goes right to the seat of the trouble co help loosen and expel germ ls den phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender. in- famed bronchial mucous mem- branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the un- derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. G
 CREOMULSION for Coughs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24

rostrum, Roden spoke from tho floor of the House and said
 Ten years ago I stood in this same place and argued for the de- feat of the gross gold tax I was not successful and we have had this tax ever since But l believe the people have learned a lesson. also believe they have issued a mandate to the members of this legislature in the matter of econ cmies, and a cutting of expenses.
 This is an unfair tax that we now have, Roden continued. Any gross tax is an unfair tax and must come out of the busi- ness You will never injure a business by taxing it's profits, but you can kill it with a tax on its losses"
 Classic Example
 Roden said that he had read tEe bill and tEe Governors veto mes sage, and had found the bill sub stantially sound and the message full of fallacious reasoning.
 The Alaska Juneau Mine has always teen the classic example when any matter in regard to mining came before the Legisla- ture,7 Roden said. This was both because it is here close at hand and because it is one of the worlds famous mines.
 Now I know something aDout the A. J Mine. It started in 1893 and during it's history it has taken cut about eighty million dollars in gold About half of that was paid out in wages in the town ot Juneau
 The Governor speaks of holes in the ground The A. J. left a big hole in the ground, but that forty million dollars filled a lot ot holes in the economy of this town and of the Territory and of this country. It filled lot of holes in pocketbooks and in tills of businesses and in the treasury of the Territory"
 Good For Mining
 The Governor sass the gross tax has been good for mining, and cites production figures during the 3C's as proof If that is so, why don't we double the gross tax and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24
Good For Mining

The Governor ssys the gross tax has been good for mining, and cites production figures during the 3C's as proof If that is so, why cont we double the gross tax and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24

answers" he agreed that there would probably be a good many differences of opinion.
 Commissioner MulIaney threw out a screen of technical terms and figures which dazed the House members but refused to answer yes or mo" to Rep Hoopes' question as to whether the bill would make a workable law His testimony apparently had little effect one way or another Rep Ed Anderson said afterward, T couldn't understand word of what he was talking about, but could understand Al Anderson and MT Roden and I'm going to vote for the bill" He did.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-24
Wives Gamble on Sunday; Mates
 Kick; Raid Made

BOSTON, March 24. - tR-Six Roxbury housewives were fined $l0 each today in district court for playing poker on the Lords Day.
 They were arrested in police aid yesterday
 The complainants TT their hus- bands.
 Read the want-ads for bargains!