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Evening star., 1947-04-07

vember m mt Harold i. ickes'
| a Republican sweep Of Chicago last
Tuesday. And SO he went over
board.
Mr.. Reece further consoles him
self with the reflection that Chi
cago has had Democratic mayor
| for almost quarter of century" !"
| In any event, a total OF 875, 1856
votes for Mr.. Kennedy against 613,-
306 for Mr.. Russell w. Root, the Nc
Cormick Green candidate. might in
dicate that if there was Repubh-
can trend last November, it was re-
versed on April /, or at least halted.
Mario Tonelli, Republican, won IN
Chicago by some 1900 votes for
membership on the Board of County
Commissioners last November. On
November 5, Mr.. Root was success
full in only seven wards out OF the
so that comprise the city.
Candidate without Machine.
The Democrats were smart enough
to choose as their candidate an OUT
standing citizen without machine
Affiliations. On the other hand, the
Republicans were so certain of sue
cess thatthey thought that mouse
trap candidate, bearing the Republ1-
can label, could win.
That was the kind Of candidate
| that the Mccormick Green machine
forced on their party. One likes to
toy with the idea that the voters
of Chicago were fed up with ma
chine politics of either brand. They
had no desire to substitute the OBJ
| jeetionable McCormick-Green ma
chine for the no less Objectionable
Kelly machine.
| Republican leaders on the Hill,
especially on the Senate side, have
lost a good deal of the cheerfulness
that they have exuded since last
November. They are not so certain
now that any candidate wearing
the Republican label next year can
win. They are not even sure that
any Republican can win. 1t will be
all to the good If the Republicans
are so doubtful of success that they
will nominate the strongest possible
candidate against President Tru-
man.
Senator Curly" Brooks of Illi-
nois must have been especially
shocked by the Chicago result. He
had been conf1ding to his Republican
friends that if the Kennedy major
ity could be kept under zoo, 900, all
would be well with him next yeal
when he has to face the voters again.
on a record that will require a lot
OF explaining.
When the election returns struck
him with their full force, his first
reaction was one of pessimism. He
bethought himself that perhaps he
might be able to find something
more profitable to do in 1948 than
running for Senator again IN a
State, the principal city of which
went Democratic by 265,000 votes
just when the Republican hopes
were at their highest.
Green's Chances Are Hit.
The prospect now is that the Re-
publican wave may recede and leave
stranded on rocky shores some Of
Evening star., 1947-04-07
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| OF the eafLN. nshIs IoHe.
Armenians would sell rugs, Per.
SLAMS would sell cats. Russians yod.
ka. etc. Nothing I can think o.
would be so detrimental to worle
harmony than such an arcade, ant
I believe that these Americans whit
have travelled a bit viii agree witt
me.
The greatest gyp artists in the
world are those operators OF "
gift shoppes and ye little ole
souvenir stands. They make the
boys who work carnivals and the
slickers who sell gold mine stocks
to widows and orphans seem like
front-row deacons by comparison
Attic Full Of Bargains"
NV attic is cluttered with "bar-
gains" I bought from these mer-
chants in half the countries OF
the world. Sold on the open mar
ket, this foreign junk wouldn't
bring the price of faulty 1890
hearing device, yet I parted with
good money to get it.
There is a pair Of powerful binoc-
|ulars bought in Prague. For $50
7 thought I had a "steal." 1t was
not until / brought them out for
the first time at the Kentucky
Derby, eager to impress my press
box comrades, that I noticed a
tiny imprint on the leather. 1t read
made i'll Newark, N. j." and the
glasses made the horses look about
the size of Shetland ponies who
had been stunted by taking up
smoking at tae age of three.
There are more pieces Of burnt
leather than you'd find in hide
factory after a four-alarm fire. ]
picked these up for "song" in halt
the towns of Italy. Writing cases
the stitching of which either broke
or started raveling Is minutes
after purchase. Priceless wallets
which could be duplicated by trip
to my hometown five and ten"
No Guarantee on Feet.
Oh, yes, and don't let me forget
some bench-made shoes that ]
bought in London. Guaranteed for
lifetime. After wearing them once
it was easy to see why the makers
were so sure of this guarantee. Let
a man wear them three times and
he wouldn't have any feet.
And what I bought in these for
eign gift shops was nothing to
what my wife purchased. She was
here, there and everywhere Saving
money" Among her souvenirs are
Belgian lace which was never nearer
Belgium than Hoboken; a set OF
willow ware china that men who
know ceramics have told me got its
chips being shipped from some town
in Ohio to England: a star sapphire
the purchase of which made her the
"star" sucker Of that weeks sales;
and desk which was supposed to
have been used as prescription
counter by one of the Borgias, but
the woodwork of which proved 1t
was of the Calvin Coolidge period.
Let them open that international
arcade" and sure as shooting, the
riot squad will have to be called out
to quell the customers bringing back
bric-a-brac which couldn't stand q
ride home on the subway.
Peace! Amt it impossible!
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc.I
Evening star., 1947-04-07

would have to be both II, for such
despicable reasons, they should
weaken in the face Of great ma
tional crisis. There Is every reason
to believe they can be depended
upon. That solid Senate committee
vote was extremely encouraging
despite the calamity howlers who
see no hope for any one anywhere
Evening star., 1947-04-07

ana CODIuSGQ.
The two principal things which
that impHssively solid vote has done
cannot be too highly valued. First,
Evening star., 1947-04-07

tional arcade"
Ee established in
the main United
N a ms sky
scraper W h e n
the world capt.
tai is built In
New York City.
AS ! get it.
he tinterna-
tional arcade
would be q series
of small stores
and shops SELL
ing the various
ufo rae of fha
various countries
Evening star., 1947-04-07
BIZ THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Was an attempt made to assas.
sinate President Andrew jackson
while he was in the White House?-
E. Mob.
A. He was shot at in the Capito.
at Washington, January 20, 1885. By
Richard Lawrence, a house painter
The weapon missed fire.
@. What is the reason for the
shortage Of milk bottles?--V. r. B.
A. A number of factors are re-
sponsible chief of which are the
tremendous increase in the con-
sumption Of milk and the shortage
of soda ash needed in the manu-
factre Of glass.
@. How large an estate did Wen
dell Willkie have at the time Of his
death?-A. r. N.
A. The net estate of the late Mr.,
Willkie was $3.50 1892.
@. Did Samson. in the manner OF
his death, actually avenge himself
on the Philistines?-K. Mob.
A. According to the International
Critical Commentary of the Bible
Samson in his death killed more OF
the Philistines than he had in life;
1t was the climax of his achieve
ment; he avenged himself on the
Philistines for the loss of his eyes.
@. Have most of the songs written
by Irving Berlin been hits?-S. E. v
A. Irving Berlin is credited with
having written and published TOO OF
800 songs over period of 80 years
About 10 per cent of them were big
hits, according to Wallace Garland
author OF Popular Songwriting."
@. What are night glasses2--
E. S. B.
A. Night glasses are high-pow-
cred, expensive marine glasses SIM
liar to binoculars. They are used
on ships at night.
Q. When were middle names first
used?-K. L.
A. Originally the Romans used
only one name but soon adopted
three, namely the praenomen or
forename, the nomen or name, and
the cognomen or surname. The
first marked the individual, the Sec
ond the clan or tribe, and the third
the family. In the early Christian
church names were given upon bap-
tism or admission into the church
The number of Christian names
varied. depending upon the selec-
tions by the godparents.
@. How many babies were born
last year in this country2-R. H.
A. According to the Bureau of the
Census, there were 2,260,0OO births
in the United States in 1916. These
figures are provisional.
@. Has it been decided officially
to fly the American flag day and
night at Fort McHenry?-H. 2. P.
A. The Director of the National
Park Service has approved the pro-
posal. The flag is to fly "a hours 9
day at Fort McHenry, Baltimore
and to be f1oodlighted at night. II
was the sight of the flag over Fort
McHenry that inspired Francis Scott
Key to write The Star Spangled
Banner
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Has Mr.. Reece had enough? Hav-
ing made damaging admission be-

fore the event,
he Is hiding be-
hind such de-
fenses as: Chi
cago has had
a De m o cratic
mayor for al
most q quarter
of q century"
and "a Demo-
cratic city went
D e m o c r q t. !"
tSici) Appar-
emily Mr.. Reece
W as perfectly
certain that the
vote last Mo-
Evening star., 1947-04-07

looms ore mode 10 hos
bond ond wife or indi.
v;duols. In moiori.y al
eases every loan is mode
immediately.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
McLen1ore
Opposes Suggestion
For Arcade at y. N.
BY Henry McLsmore

NEW YoRK.-Let us pray that
some one in authority puts a foot
down, and q heavy foot, too. on
the suggestion that an "interna-
Evening star., 1947-04-07

1t has practlcal-
ly E n d e d all
doubt about the
final action of
Congress. Re-
gardless Of the
bitterness Of the
debate and 1t
will be bitter-it
Is so nably
er t IN that
b o tn branches
will ratffy the
Presidents pro-
posals ~ without
undue delay and
by an emphatic
Evening star., 1947-04-07
|Harold z. Ickss
Man to Man
Reece Backed on First Theory That Vote
In Chicago Is Important 48 Preliminary

Carroll Reece Republican national chairman predicted that
Chicago Tuesday would be IAN important
preliminary engagement to the presidential election Of 1913 It
was Kennedy the Democratic candidate for mayor
running for time by majority OF approximately
This 5s cent Of the vote cast compared
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Frank r. Kenf
TheGreat Game P Politics
Unanimous Vote of Senate Committee
For Greek Aid Ends Doubt on Outcome

The unanimous vote13 0-by which the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee approved the administration OF aid
Turkey of the most sauta and whole
things that has happened since Mr. Truman
policy and request It cleared the atmosphere just at
the appeared about to become hopeess murky
Evening star., 1947-11-06
~ s..s-s;.ss:.s 4, ~ 4
& E.ssss !,
Dutch Await Verdict on Artist
Who Forued Vermeer Paintings

In 1887, he said, he painted his
Disciples of Emmaus" in the style
of Vermeer and sold 1t to the Rotter-
dam Museum through middlemar
as the property of an old Dutch
family.
He testified he had used canvas
from a real 17th century picture and
when the painting was done cracked
it to initiate antiquity.
International art experts were
fooled and Van Meegeren's Vermeer
was accepted as authentic.
Some months ago Van Meegeren
was adjudged bankrupt with total
debt of II million guilders $4,40O,-
0OO) and total assets of two million
guilders $780, ,000).
When the court announces its
verdict it is expected to decide what
will happen to the pictures. Legally
the judges have the right to order
their destruction. but it is expected
that they will be returned to theil
buyers.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Philippine Legislator
Is Reported Wounded
By the Assooioisd Press

MANILA. Nov. 6-One Philippine
congressman was ordered arrested
for sedition. another was reported
shot and a third was sued for libel
today as the republics national
election grew nearer.
Representative Justiniano Mon
tano of Cavite, his son Delf1n,
Manila Police Chief Lamberto ia
valera and eight others were ord
cred arrested by the justice OF the
peace of Maragondon following a
shooting affray in the town Mon
day in which four policemen were
wounded and four Montana fol-
lowers killed.
A report that Congressman IT.
moteo Ricohermoso was shot at a
political meeting in Marinduque Is
land south of Luzon, could not be
checked immediat tely because of dis
rupted communications.
Representative Cipriano Primicias
House leader of the minority Ma
cionalista Party. and two party
workers were charged by the Ma
Mia city attorney with printing
sample ballots describing their op-
position - the. Liberal Party - AZ
"the criminal party" The three
posted bail of $1,000 each.
The Philippines vote next Tues.
Hev
Evening star., 1947-11-06
By the Assoeioted Press

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6.-Dutch arr
lovers waited today for a court YER
dict to settle the fate of Hans van
Meegeren, 57-year-old painter who
freely admitted last week that ne
sold eight cleverly painted forgeries
of old masters to Hermann Goering
and art museums for 1000, 900 guild.
ers $4,000, ,000).
Van Meegeren, who said he signed
the names of Vermeer and De Hoogf
to his paintings and fooled art ex'
perts in order to prove to the worle
his own talent, pleaded innocent
to charges OF fraud.
The court Is scheduled to return
Its verdict November IL.
Van Meegeren himself was the
first one to tell the fantastic story
! in 1945 when he was arrested under
suspicion of having sold Vermeer
called Christ and the Adulteress,
to Hermann Goering. The painting
was located in Germany among
/ Goering's looted art collection.
| Il sold no Vermeer. SOld Val
Meegeren," he exclaimed.
1t was the starting point of th'
most dramatic art scandal in mod
ern times.
The story was retold before th'
Amsterdam court October 20. wher
Van Meegeren was brought to tria
on the fraud charges.
The prosecutor asked two year
imprisonment. Either prosecutor O
defendant may appeal against tn
verdict.
Van Meegeren acknowledged tina
he painted and sold the pictures
He asserted, however, that he hat
done it not because Of the none,
but to prove to the world his valu
as Dainter
Evening star., 1947-11-06

rights which Congress had the
power to terminate at any time
and held portal claims could be
outlawed by Congress under its con.
stitutional power to regulate inter-
state commerce The union hac
contended the 1947 law outlawing
portal pay claims was unconsti-
tutional..
His court had no jurisdiction in
the matter, Judge Duffy said in
dismissing the suit yesterday. He
added Federal district courts have
only such jurisdiction as has been
delegated to them by Congress, and
that Congress can change or limit
that jurisdiction at any time.
In the New England region three
fourths of the farm houses are about
go years old, according to estimates
made recently.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
GoI|ineer Official
Tokes Arkansas u. Post

q The appointment Of DR.. Joseph
r. Roberts, chief medical officer Of
the department of medicine at Gal
linger Hospital, as dean Of the Uni
versity of Arkansas medical school
and head of the department of
medicine was announced in Little
Rock today.
Gallinger officials said no sue
cessor has been named. Dr. Rob-
eres will begin his new duties Janu-
ary ].
Born in San Marcos, Tex. the new
Arkansas dean Is a graduate of
Southwest Texas Teachers College
and Tulane University School of
Medicine.
He assumed his position at CAL
linger Hospital in l943. and has
made his Washington home at 1882
Otis street NE.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Federal Court Upho|ds
Portal Pay Suit Ban
By the Associoied Press


MILWAUKEE, Nov. 6.-Ruling
that the law barring portal pay
suits is constitutional, a Federal
Court judge has dismissed a $9,000,-
900 portal pay action by group of
officers and members of a CIO
union against the J. I. Case Farm
Equipment Co. of Racine. Wis.
Judge F. Ryan Duffy said the six
officers and members of Local 180
UAW-CIO, plaintiffs in the suit, did
not claim any compensation based
on contract, or on custom or prac-
tice. The suit asked $4,500000 in
overtime pay for time spent pre-
pairing for work and another $4,500,-
900 in '1iquidated damages"
Judge Duffy said rights to over
time pay were purely statutory
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Returned SoiIor's Body
To Be Buried Sunday.

The body of Seaman 1/c Harold
A. Sawtell. which was among those
returned from Europe october 26,
will be buried Sunday in his family's
plot at Berlin, Mass.
Seaman Sawtell, who lived here
At 3601 T street NV, died in Ice
land on February 26, 1943, while on
service with the Seabees.
He Is survived by four brothers
and one sister. The brothers are
Roger L.. Irving L. and Arthur H.
sawtell of Washington and Walter
6. Sawtell of Maine. The sister Is
Miss Mabel F.. Sawtell of this city.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Storm Plus SeorchIight
Friohtens Buitimoreons
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 6. The
weather played trick on Baltimore
last night
An out of-season electrical storm
which came in combination with
an Army searchlight that played
over the city at the same time
frightened many residents, and
switchboards of police stations and
newspapers were flooded by persons
asking questions.
The storm was over In 40 minutes.
The searchlight was being used In
connection with a National Guard
recruiting campaign.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Butter 300 Years Old

Believed to have been hidden 300
years ago, box containing a large
quantity of butter, still in fairly
good condition, was found in Stur-
rick Bog. near Cappagh, Fire. by
Patrick Quinn while he was cutting
peat.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Locust Plague Critical

Ell Salvador's locust plague has
reached q critical stage with the
coming of additional swarms from
Nicaragua and Honduras. and grow
ers may employ a United States
expert trained in fighting insect
pests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
Puppies Al Play
ALICE BROOKS

Puppies in mischief are more
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07

I'd bet you my last Washing
ton bus token, and walk back,
that your four walls were bulg-
ing with heat as compared with
ours which turned out one morn
ing during the freeze to be a
symphony in discord without ra-
diations from our porcelain-en-
cased oil circulator.
And there was no help for the
trouble.
''Drafts, it's the bad drafts, y
the boys mother said as she
burr ed out of her warm covers
in the eight below-freezing'
type weather.
"What shall we do about it?
I've closed the parlor doors, and
called the fuel furnisher. The
service man said he had to at
tend a funeral for friend, but
that maybe he can get around
tomorrow. The mercury,
meanwhile dropped another
half degree Farenheit.
"Well, call somebody else and
ask them if they know anything
about the things" I soothed.
30. K" She hung up.
I sidestepped the job, frankly
remembering exactly a year
ago when I gazed at the infer
nal thing in the chill of an au-
tumn eve, and decided I could
fix it and save a cuplabucks.
The blasted thing seems to
smother right in the middle OF
this tropical islands coldest
winters, and the more oil you
pour on, the more it snothers.
I tore into the JOB with a zest
that winter, and at $50 am
IL hours later, I emerged.
The floors were tracked in
SCOT and oil from the heater to
the ice box, thence to the kitch-
en- sink, and three days later the
winter ryegrass in the back
yard started dying in footprint
vogue rom the back stoop to
the garage where a part of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
Pot-Bellied Stoves Once
Had Somthing, Still Have

crate to tide over the few re-
naming ice-resisting radiations
from the alleged circulator, had
not showed up on the third day
of the chill. And I'd promised
the dealer faithfully to pay him
five days later which would
have been payday, Friday.
I think, however, in all fair
ness to the dealer l should ad-
NIT that his truck rolled around
the next (the third that isl
morning later with the coal. No
body told me that the delivery
man warmed that night by the
blaze from the coal, but the
hour of delivery was just before
the milkman cometh.
There's no explanation to the
oil burner repairman mystery.
Repeated calls to local expert
oil burner repairmen netted
similar results.
Some of them advised the
boys mother that all the stove
needed was a swinging automat
ic draft; others said the shale
had collected on the bottom Of
the fire pot and clogged the in
tricate ventilation sy stem.
Other veiled remedies are be-
coming legend.
In the ads they say we fix
en-
l say, and you can repeat:
It's nice to dream of relaxing
before a wide hearthed log
blaze, feeling Old Rivers cold
nose against your naked shins;
your arms ache from where the
log knots bit into the flesh from
carrying them inside, and grow
ing pains.
And to hear my plump Nom,
''do you think I should bring my
pot plants inside tonight, Mr..
Wright?" And to hear my little
Old Pop answer:
"P'shaw no, it won't frost To-
night"
And it's nice to have the whole
dream topped off with visions
of lethal refrigeration for the
oil burner repairman who never
comes aOund
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07

lone vigil had been kept at the
master mechanic sought a phys
ical bulwark, spiritual inspira-
ton, and moral support.
The heater and limped fair
ly successfully through the win
ter of 1946-47.
The boys mother limped back
to the phone.
1t turned out, from what she
told me, that the next service
repairman she called has adop-
ed policy similar to that o1
the banking houses and money
lenders of Robbers Row.
Money begets money, they
say.
Somehow this serviceman had
become involved III sharing his
profits from repair jobs with his
boss, the fuel oil man, or visa
versa. But he'd be glad to come
around next day and check the
premises.
How much, the boys suspect
ing mama wanted to know.
"Oh, well not much, you see
if you're regular customer
this service comes free with our
company.
"Well." she welled him.
She's not \ necessarily anti
SOCIALLY We get our oil from the
Luberator Service company, but
in a case like that we'd consider
changeover. What brand dc
you sell? The boys mother has
a mania for particular brands
"We sell Petrolia Specialties.
Oh, she said, come on out ane
see what you can do for the
heater.
"Well, and in case it turns ou1
that you want to be our regular
customer, the small charge viii
be refunded. doesn't the fellow
trust anybody
Things drug along for hours
like that.
The coal / ordered or thu
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-07
Local Students
To Take Part
In ECTC Drama

. GREENVILLE N. c., Dec. 6
. among the students taking
part in the production of the re-
ligious drama Family Por-
trait" by the Chi Pi Players of
East Carolina Teachers college
on the evenings of December 5
and 6 and the afternoons of De-
cember 8 and 9 will be Ruth
Bostian and Frederick c. Ourt,
Sophomores at the college, both
of Wilmington. Miss Bostian
and Ourt are members of the
business staff of the production
and are serving as bookkeepers.
The first production of the
year by the college dramatic
club, Family Portrait is a
beautiful and inspiring religious
drama by Lenore Coffee and
William Joyce Cowen. which
will serve as an inspir ational
opening of the Christmas season
on the campus. Two per-