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Kodiak mirror., 1947-05-24
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Kodiak high schools Ia eest graduating class of 10 members poses for it's picture on the night Of Conmenc ment Exercises at the Community Bapii-t church
 Shown are: Front row, left to right; J cquelin Jones, Mildled Bettrnger, shirIee Muffiy and Theron Forge son.
 Back William Anderson, sal utatorian; Roberf Blaisdell, liar old Naughion, va'edictorian; Jos eph Heltman. Kay Wade and Herbert Sriegel. (Photo by Nor mans Photo Shop
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
FOREIGN BRIDES
H0NORED BY CLUB
Columbus BPW Club Host
| To War Wives AT
Whiteville Meet
Special to The Star

WHITEV1LLE, Sept. 10 - A
pageant on international rela-
tons was presented in the
American Legion Hut Tuesday
evening by the Business and Pro-
fessional Woman's Club and two
of Columbus county's foreign war
brides saw depicted the need for
lone world" of brotherhood.
The two brides who came as
guests of the club were Mrs.
Ellis Register, now of Crusoe Is
land, who is a native of Guern-
sey Island off the coast of France,
and Mrs. Ernest G.. Hardee OF
Chadbourn, a native of Austria
liza.
Mrs. Register, who had to learn
English after her marriage, ar.
rived in the United States ir
June of last year. Mrs. Hardee
although married to her ex-sol-
der husband for three years
did not reach this country until
this summer.
Mrs. Marble H. Thompson
president of the Business anc
Professional Woman's club, vel
coined the guests of honor anc
members Of the Whiteville schoo.
faculty who were entertained at
a reception following the pag-
cant.
The pageant was presented
under the direction of Mrs.
David Smith. Mary Currie Sears,
lyric soprano, sang an opening
melody. Rachel Grady Thomp-
son played the piano accompani-
ment.
A thirty-minute program was
broadcast over .WENC with Ware
Coleman as master of ceremonies
The cast of the pageant fol
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

lows: Preamble to United Ma
tons charter, read by Willard G..
Cole; symbolic portrayal of
united world, Miss Maggie Mill
can; poster of peoples, Mrs.
Sarah Currie; presentation Of the
%colors, Mrs. H. O. Teaboe; Uncle
Sam portrayal, Felix Smith;
Liberty, portrayed byA Patsy
Rushing; Army spokesman, Cap
tain John Charles Maultsby;
Navy spokesman, Lieutenant
Commander George Warren;
Army Air Forces spokesman,
First Lieutenant N. L. Britt.
Representing the Boy Scouts
were Bobby Stanley, Dick Lewis
and Seth Smith. Girl Scouts were
represented by Margie Leder,
Joan Blanchard and Joan Ashley.
Mrs. Frances Elliott, executive
secretary of the Columbus
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, told Of the activities
of local citizens during the war
in Red Cross. A group Of girls,
carrying posters, portrayed the
"big five nations, the girls being
Anna Avant, Jacqueline Smith,
Anna Jane Stanton, Virginia Nc
Racken and Florine Thompson.
Music for the pageant was fur
nished by Mrs. Emily W. Powell.
Stage director was Mrs. John
McNeill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

tain standard subtraet TIVE hours. Sem
LEGAL stations change hour Of relay Il
fit local schedules. Last minute pro.
gram changes cannot DO included.
Cor East. Daylight add n hour
TODAY
5:oo-News Report, Is Mins.-nbe
Newscast Every Day-cbs
Network Silent Il hr.)-mbs-east
Riddles Hour repeated hour later)-
mbs-west
5:15-Sports; America Serenade-nbc
United Nations Reporters
5:3O-Red Barber and Sports-cbs
y:45-Lowell Thomas Newscast-nbe
World News & Commentary-cbs
e:OO-Radio Supper Club-nbc-basie
Mystery Of Week-cbs
Fulton Lewis, Jr. (repeat hour lster)
-mbs
s:1B-News and c~omment-nbo
Jack Smith and Song-cbS
Dance Music-mbs-basic
s:30-Ths House Party-nbe
Bob Crosby's Club-cbs
Henry J. Taylor trepeat 1o)-nbs
8:45-Kaltenborn C~omment-nbc
Bob Trout and News-cbs
Sports Repeat 80 m. 1ater)-mbs
7:0o-Paul Lavalle Melody-nbc
Fannie Brice Comedy-cbs
Burl ives Recorded (r'pt s:3o)-nihs
7:15-The Holly House-mbs-basis
7:3OATime, Place. Tune-nbc
The Thin Man Drama-cbs
Leave It To Girls, Guest-mbs
7:55-Five Minutes News-cbs
8:OO-People Are Funny-nbc
Arthur's Place, V~ariety-cbs
Gabriel Heater Comment-mbs
s:15-Real Life Drama-mbs
s:30-Abe Lyman Waltz Time-nbs
F. B. I. in Peace & War-cbs
Bulldog Drummond Drams-mbs
s:O0-The Mystery Theater-nbc
It Pays to Be Ignorant-cbs
Meet the Press Interviews-mbs
s:3o-Bin Stern Sports Spot-nbc
Eileen Farrell Concert-cbs
Date Night Show-mbs-basic
e:45-Weekly Talks by Guests-nbe
10 :00-News & Variety 3 hrs.-nbc
News, Variety, Dance 3 hrs.-cbs
News, Dance Band 2 hrs.-mbs
ADO PROGRAMS Times fit ethel
Eastern Daylight or Eastern Standard
6:O0-Network Silent houI east
Riddles Hour-west repeat
7:00-News and Commentary
7:15-Daily Commentary
7:30-The Lone Ranger Drama
s:O0-Fat Man, Detective Drama
e:30-This is F.B.1., Drama
o:00-Break the Bank Quiz
9:301Sheriff's Detective DRAINS
o:55-Five Minutes Sports
10:00-Boxing Bouts, Sports Show
II :00-News & Dance Band Hour
12:0O-Dance Band Hour-west only
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
Radio Programs

10 :oo-My True Story
Crocker's Magazine Of the
Air @s
1o:45-The Listening Post
ll:0O-Breakfast in Hollywood Ton
Breneman
11:30-Gaien Drake
IL 45-Ted Malone
12:00LNoon Day Musical
12:30-Tom Tom Tunes
1:00-Baukhage Talking
1:15-Musical Interlude
1:25-WMFD Concert of the Air
l:55-Star-News Commentator
2:00-Walter ~Kiernan-News
2:15-Ethel and Albert
2:30-Bride and Groom
3:00-Ladies Be Seated
Sop Whiteman Club
4:15-Here's to Veterans
30-Ed Duchin
4:45-Dick Tracy
5:00-Let's Dance
5:15-Terry and the Pirates
5:3O-Lone Ranger
s6:OO-Organ Serenade
'6:i0-Star-News Commentator
6:20-Sports
6:25-North Carolina Hiyhlight,
6:30-Between the Goal Post
6:45-Say Have You Heard
7:O0-Headline Edition
7:15-Elmer Davis
7:30-Bands of the Land
8:00-The Fat Man
8:30-This is Your FBI
9:00-9reak the Bank
9:30-The Sheriff
9:55-Champion Roll CsIl
10:00LTippin In
II :00-News of Tomorrow
11:15-Joe Hassel
11:30LCick Restaurant Orchestr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
" MI
400 On Yeur Dial

TODAY
..nuy,svbreak in the Barnyard
s$$--zeks Manners
..~LMusical Clock
1fs-North Carolina Highlights
!sS--News with Martin Agronsky
s:eg-star-News Commentator
s.on-Musical Clock
s o'SsH-.NBc Musical Reveille
s.r.-UP News
ssS-The Breakfast Club with Don Nc
Neil
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

Three-fourths Of the 1905 mil
lion acres in the United States is
used for crop and livestock pro
duction.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Montgomery High Schools
Will Give DRIVING TRAINING

Driver training courses will begin
in all Montgomery County high
schools with the opening of the
school year.
County school authorities will re-
quest five dual-control automobiles
from the American Automobile As
sociation for the courses, Washing
ton I. Cleveland, manager of A. A.
AS Washington division, announced
after recent conference at Rock
vile, Md, in the Offices of Irving G
McNayr, county supervisor. The
county already has two cars.
The plans for new courses will
put Montgomery County in the lead
among all school systems in the
Washington Metropolitan Area in
driver education and training, Mr.
Cleveland declared.
Montgomery County will use one
machine at each Of the public high
schools, except at Poolesville and
Damascus schools which will use
one car together.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
H.F. Rivers Appointed
Sole Paid Member Of
District Parole Board

Hugh Francis Rivers, executive
secretary of the District Parole
Board since it was established in
1882, was named to the new post
of paid board member by the Com
misioners today.
Provision for the new official was
called for in legislation passed this
year. Besides becoming the boards
sole paid member, Mr.. Rivers also
becomes the groups full time parole
executive. His salary will be $7,102
a year.
Mr.. Rivers is 40 and a native of
Washington. He graduated from
Columbus University Law School in
1881 and was admitted to the Dis
trict bar in 1882.
He spent three and one-half years
IN the Navy during the war, serving
on an aircraft carrier in the At
lantic. He rose to the rank of lieu
tenant commander.
He lives at 524 Ashford road, Sill
yer Spring, is married and has a
son and daughter.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Doubling Of Air Travel
Is Predicted This Year

Jennings Randolph predicted to-
day that the number of passengers
carried by scheduled domestic air.
lines during 1947 would more than
triple the number hauled in 1915
and nearly double the total carried
last year.
Speaking at a luncheon meeting
of the Cosmopolitan Club at the
Carlton Hotel, Mr.. Randolph, as
sistant to the president of Capital
Airlines, said domestic air carriers
transported approximately 100000
passengers in 1945 and about 49,
100000 last year. The country's %
certified airlines will carry about 21,-
900, 900 passengers this year, he said
BASED on these figures" the for
mer representative said, "the air
transport industry has proven be-
yond the slightest particle of doubt
that the airlines have secured the
confidence and support of the
American travelling public.o
Evening star., 1947-08-07

model plane which had got away
from them.
1t was the model plane Mrs. Acker-
man had seen. It was owned by
Marion G. Davis, %, of Alb High
street, Chevy Chase, Md. He was a
bombadier in B-24 who trained in
this country but never got overseas.
With him were Johnny Feringer, "a,
of 4309 Fourth street NV, and
Bill NAPLES, 10, of Ill Southbrook
avenue, Bethesda, Md. All are en-
ployed by the Army Map Service
near Glen Echo and had taken q
day off.
They had started Marion's plane
in the polo field at Twenty seventh
street and Military road NV. It
was set to circle, but after making
a half turn it flew over the woods
and disappeared. The smoke Mrs.
Ackerman saw was from a bonfire
in the park.
What they'll say at the Office
when they see this in the papers, %
Johnny groaned.
Fire Chief Murphy, when asked
how much it cost to answer the
alarm, said, "Only the gasoline the
vehicles burn. We want people to let
us know-and quickly-when they
see planes crash
Evening star., 1947-08-07

previous hospital visit and would
prefer different Ehade If rel
admitted.
After discussing color schemes
with Mr.. Faulkner, DR.. Marvin in
spected the new hospital building
at Washington Circle, now nearing
completion.
He was unable to set date for
the hospitals occupancy. Construc-
ton foremen on the project pointed
out its completion is being delayed
by inability to get enough plasterers.
Handicapped by, the labor shortage,
construction officials now fear they
may not be through before next
January.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
New Collateral Scale
For Traffic Violations
Effective August IS

The District Commissioners today
set 1901 am. Friday, August Is, as
the effective date a new set of mini
mum collateral payments for traffic
violations.
The new schedule, first announced
June IA by Chief Judge George P
Barse of Municipal Court, makes III
changes in the collateral require
ments in a list of more than zoe
traffic violations.
The new set-up will:
Fix $500 nonforfeitable bond ir
charges of driving while drunk.
Increase from So to $5 the amount
Of collateral that must be paid or
charges of jaywalking.
Require that drivers involved In
accidents in which someone is in.
jured cannot forfeit bonds.
Reduce the collaterals collected
for most parking violations.
The list, changed for the first
time by Municipal Court, was last
revised by the Commissioners in
November, 1941. Judges said regu-
lation of the collateral changes was
taken out of the Commissioners
hands after agreement that it was
not an administrative function.
Among the collateral increases will
be:
For failing to give attention to
operation of an automobile, from
SIS to $40; failing to slow down at
intersection, from IS to $40; unsafe
mechanical condition of vehicle
from $40 to $25 or $100 bond; passing
at intersection, from IS to SO; fail
ing to give right of way to pedestrian
or to another vehicle, from $40 to $25
Among the reductions will be:
For driving without a permit, from
500 to $50; parking abreast, from
$40 to IS; parking too close to bus
stop, from $40 to So; obstructing a
crosswalk, from $40 to S., and max
ing unnecessary noise with a horn
from $40 to S..
Evening star., 1947-08-07
347 D. T.. Merchants
Ask Sales Tax Permit
Special Dispatch TO The Star

BALTIMORE, Aug. IA total OF
347 District of Columbia merchants
have applied for Maryland retail
sales tax licenses, Walter E. Ken
nedy, executive head of the tax divi-
sion, said today in commencing the
cooperation of the District mer-
chants.
Mr.. Kennedy, who conferred sew
eral times with District merchants
said that 42,486 licenses had been
issued up to July 81.
In Baltimore city 21,8o7 licenses
were issued while the combined 23-
county total was 1878. Out-of-
State licenses aggregated 549.
A booklet of 72 rules and regula-
tions covering the sales-tax act will
be received from the printers this
week and distributed Immediately
State Comptroller James j. Lacy
said,
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Miss WiI|etta Cooper Quits
After 29 Years US. Service

Miss Wiletta A. Cooper, 2707
Adams Mill road NV, has retired
from Government service after COM
pleting 20 years with the War De-
partment in Washington.
Miss Cooper started to work in
ordnance supply on August l, 1918.
In 1919 she was transferred to the
Quartermaster Depot and in 1945 to
the Office of the quartermaster gen.
eral, where she served in the identi-
fication section of the memorial
division.
Yesterday Miss Cooper, whose
plans call for a rest and possible
trip to California, was presented
with a travelling bag by her fellow
workers at farewell party.
Evening star., 1947-08-07

outing was "the best ever" His
sentiments Immediately were
shared by Jimmy Sneeranger, Is, of
46 Charming street NV, Lester Mil
stead, II, of Spencerville, Md, and a
young trio from Fredericksburg, Va,
Wesley Hall, 8, Hunter Lee, 10 and
his brother, Harry, 9.
Other features such as the merry
go-round, Fun House, Joyride
Dodgem, Lot OFun, and various
concessions were favored by the
youngsters.
Leonard B. Schloss, vice president
and general manager of Glen Echo
who co-operated with The Star in
extending special amusement rates
enthusiastically said of the carriers
Il think your Star boys are about az
fine class have ever come in con-
tact with"
$4,000 Guests in IA Years.
E. j. De Wore, The Stars circula-
tion manager, who was in charge
explained that, since the Glen Echo
outings were started IA years ago
some $4,000 Star carriers have at
tended.
Last Sunday about 300 of them
from out of town areas had their
outing in company with five rural
distributors. They were brought here
in special cars from Winchester
Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, War.
renton, Culpeper, and Charlottes.
vile, Va, and from Annapolis, Fred.
er1ck, Leonardtown and Patuxent
Md.
The carriers at last nights outing
travelled to Glen Echo by streetcal
with their fares paid by The Star
Also present were 80 city distribu.
tors, 20 from suburban areas and Il
rural men
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Greenway Apartment
Tenants Organize

Residents of the 800-unit Green.
way Apartments, East Capitol stree
and Minnesota avenue NV, have
formed a Greenway Tenants organ.
ization to oppose any further appli.
cations for rent increases by the
landlord, Morris Cafritz.
Robert E. Williamson, II Ridge
road Sc, was chairman at the first
meeting last night.
A tenants spokeman said the
owner recently had been granted in.
creases in rents for a number oil
apartments which became vacant
Further increases of this kind will
be opposed.
1t is claimed that when a rent
Increase is granted for a two-bed-
room apartment which becomes
vacant 1t works a hardship against
Greenway tenants with children
now in one-bedroom apartments
who wish to move to two-bedroon
units.
Wilfred Lumer, a member of the
Organizing Committee of the Mont.
gomery County Tenants Association
and Irwin Altman, operations man.
ager for the Cafritz Co., spoke al
the meeting,
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Surprise CoIors to Await Patients
InNeWG. w. u. Hospital Rooms

Patients accustomed to the tradi.
tional white walls of hospital room.
will get pleasant surprise wher
the new George Washington Uni.
versity Hospital opens.
Instead Of white, they'll have 8
choice of light green, aqua green
plum, coral, ivory or light French
gray.
These colors were tentatively
agreed on yesterday by George
Washington's president, DR.. Cloyo
H. Marvin, and the hospitals archi-
tect, Waldron Faulkner, after view
ing models of the rooms in each Of
the proposed color schemes.
Aid to Mental Attitude.
The use of color in hospital rooms
has been project in which DR.
Marvin has exhibited special inter-
est. He and Leo G. Schneider, hos
pital superintendent, feel the color
of a patients surroundings may
have a great deal to do with his
mental attitude and thus with his
ability to respond to treatment.
You wouldn't put mental de-
pressive in a blue room," was an
example cited yesterday by the uni
versity head. "You want color
that picks him up and makes him
feel better"
Excitable, nervous patients, on
the other hand, should be placed
in restful, quiet surroundings deco
rated in shades that are relatively
sombre, DR.. Marvin said.
Children's rooms in the new hos
pital will be painted the more cheer
full shades of light green, ivory and
coral, he continued.
The monotony of white will be
avoided throughout the hospital
wherever possible, said DR.. Marvin.
Office space will have buff or light
green walls, the halls will be done
in light buff tile, bathrooms will be
gray-green, kitchens light buff and
pantries dark buff or coral.
May Choose In Advance.
In general, darker shades will
predominant on the side of the hos
pital which tends to be brightest
and lighter shades where there are
more shadows and less direct light
Wherever practicable, the patient
or his doctor will be permitted to
choose the room shade in advance
One advantage of the variety of
color schemes pointed out by DR.
SCHNEIDER was the possibility that
a patient might have unpleasant
associations with one color from a
Evening star., 1947-08-07

Mrs. Anne Alderman, $500 Twenty
eighth street NV, was giving her
5-months-old son, Frederick, his
formula in a bottle at 3 pm. yes
terday when she heard a roar out
side.
She looked out the window and
saw a plane flying above the Rock
Creek Park woods east of her house.
just as she looked, the plane dived
into the trees and she saw smoke
rising above them.
She called her husband, Sol Acker-
man, at 1113 M street Sc, and
asked him what she should do. He
advised her to call the police. She
did.
Her call brought an engine COM
pany (two vehicles, a truck COM
pany Zone vehicle), battalion chief,
an ambulance and a rescue squad
from the Fire Department and two
police squad cars. Fire Chief Glenn
ent Murphy, who would like to
answer all calls but has work to do
in his Office, sped from the Municipal
Building to direct things if the
crash turned out to be big one.
Just as the equipment began to
arrive, three young men came walk
ing along looking for their motored
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Will Limit
Drive ThisFa|I
To Two Weeks
Campaign Starting
Nov. II Will Break
With Precedent

The Community Chest Federation
will shatter precedent this fall by
limiting its fund-raising campaign
to two weeks instead of two months
The campaign to support 1875 vel.
fare and health agencies in the com.
ing year will open November IL ane
close November Is. This is a much
later start than in previous years.
The two-week campaign contrasts
with 30 to so days campaigns of pre-.
v1ous years, which generally had X
be extended several times.
Campaign Chairman Edward H
Foley, jr., said drive leaders decided
on the shorter campaign on the
theory that past campaigns have
been "too long and enthusiasm
Jagged before they were over"
The drive will start later thar
usual, he added to give voluntee,
chalrmen more time to organize eff.
fective campaign units.
We've already lost time this
spring and summer that we must
make up," he explained. THE de.
iayed opening will help in the
organizing task"
Report meetings, at which the
volunteers announce the success Of
their efforts, will be held every day
except Saturdays and Sundays dur.
ing the two-week campaign.
Edward J. Keyes. executive di.
rector of the Chest Federation, has
a record OF several successful short
campaigns in other cities. When he
took office last month, he said he
hoped washington would adopt the
quick campaign technique.
The federation campaign repre-
sents Community Chests in Wash
1ngton and Alexandria and in Arl-
lngton. Fairfax, Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Invitation 10 Attend
President S Cup Race
Accepted by Truman

President Truman today accepted
an invitation to attend the Presi-
dents Cup regatta which will end
with powerboat races on the Poto-
mac September 2o-21. He is expect
ed to present the trophy to the win
ner in the Presidents Cup race.
The invitation was extended by
Edward G. Baltz, president of the
Presidents Cup Regatta Associa-
ton; John A. Remon, honorary
president, and James A. Councillor,
jr., general chairman.
They gave Mr.. Truman a yacht
ing cap which bears the Presidents
Cup regatta insignia.
Mr.. Truman saw the cup race last
year from Navy boat and pre-
sented the trophy to the winner,
Albin Fallon of Detroit.
Meanwhile, announcement has
been made that the regatta ball
will be revived this year for the
first time since before the war. The
event lis planned for September 20.
Plans call for two orchestras to
play in the hotels Congressional
and Presidential Rooms, and 800
seats will be sold to regatta sponsors
and officials. The ball will be open
to the public.
This was disclosed yesterday at a
regatta luncheon in the Willard
Hotel. Guests included Rear Admi-
raj James S. Foskett, naval aide to
President Truman.
Carlton Skinner, chairman of the
Sail Committee. announced The Star
again had donated prizes to be COM
peted for by sailboats in II classes.
These races will be\held September
13 and IA. Power events are planned
for September 20 and 81, and rowing
swimming and canoeing races, Sep
tember 6 and Z.
A committee is working on plans
for naming a regatta queen and for
her coronation some time during
the three week ends of activities.
Sail and power events will be held
on Potomac River between Hams
Point and the National Airport and
can be viewed from both the Wash
ington and Virginia sides of the
river.
Other guests yesterday included
Read Admiral Merlin O'Neill, assist
ant commandant of the Coast
Guard; Rear Admiral Leo A. Col
bert, head of the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey; Rear Admiral Robert
Glover, of the photographic Office,
and George A. Arendt, commander
of District 5, United States Power
/ Squadron.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
.2,200 Carriers Enjoy Thrills
Of Glen Echo as Guests of Star

Twenty-Five hundred Star car.
riers had their fill of thrills and re.
freshments last night at Glen Echo
Amusement Park, where they were
guests of the newspaper during thei1
18th annual outing.
When they weren't digging into
popcorn or diving into the swimming
pool, they managed to voice com.
ments which definitely indicated
that everybody was as happy az
could be.
"This is great" said Arthur Pas.
telnick, IA, of I'LL N street NV.
who> has been attending The Stal
outings at Glen Echo for three
years. He checked over his book
of strip tickets for various rides anc
attractions, which all the carriers
received free, and added:
I'm getting a special thrill Out
Of that coaster dip. Been up twice
already, and I think I'll try il
again"
Rush for the Ice Cream.
He had little lad with him who
he proudly introduced as Lewis
Hines, 9, Of 1918 Eleventh street
NV.
Hes swell kid" added Arthur
put his name in the paper, too
please"
At that moment there was 6
great surge to the central point
where free ice cream was beine
given to the carriers. Nearby ar
orange beverage, another free fea.
ture, was intriguing the youngsters
Denis Whitaker, 13, of No.
Westwood drive, Westmorelano
Hills, Md, was investigating an at
traction called World Cruise, wher
he managed to remark that the