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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY
The COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WILMINGTON ON THE SUBJECT
OF AMENDING THE ZONING Or
DINANCE AND ZONING MAP FOR
THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER
Notice is hereby given that the Council
Of the City of Wilmington will, on
Wednesday, January 18th, 1948, at ten
o'clock a. m. in the Counciu Room
at the City Hall, conduct a public hear
ing to determine if the Zoning Ordi-
nance and the Zoning Map adopted
eptember 4, 1916, shall be amended
SO as to incorporate the territory and
area hereinafter described in the C-l
Commercial-Retail District and to de-
termine If the said territory shall be
be removed from the RI Residential
District, said territory being describ-
ed as follows:
All of Lots and in Block SIS
and or all of the lots In said block.
All persons interested in this matter
are invited to be present and to be
heard. Dated this 18th day of December,
1947.
CITY OF WILMINGTON
BY: J. R. Benson, City Manager.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Larger Cities Tab
Known Criminals

ST. LOUIS, -W.D-A new sys-
tenn of keeping track of criminals
and police characters on a nation
wide basis is being organized by
metropolitan cities.
Chief of Detectives Leonard
Murphy disclosed the plan here.
He said it calls for a clearing
house in Los Angeles to distribute
flngerprints, pictures, and other
information regarding CRIMINALS
who are moving from place to
place.
Under the new system, if it is
known where a person with po-
lice record is moving, that city
will be notified, as will the Los
Angeles clearing house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
ExECUTRIx NOTICE

The undersigned, having qualified a.
Executrix under the Will of Oscar NJ
Abernethy notice is hereby given to al
of Oscar M. Abernethy to present suct
claims to Ida Belle Wylie Abernethy
Executrix, Go W. L. Farmer, Wallac.
Building, for payment on or before
December 4, 1948, or this notice will bs
pleaded in bar of recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate will
please make immediate settlement
This 4th day of December, 1947
IDA BELLE WYLIE ABERNETH1
EXecutrix of the Estate of
Oscar M. Abernethy
Evening star., 1947-06-16
U. N. Progress Amazing,
Austin Tells Graduates
By the Assoeioted Press

LEWISTON, Me, June 16.-War-
rem r. Austin declared today that
the United Nations had made
amazing progress" which he said
gives promise of as rapid develop
ment of collective security and peace
as we ought to expect
The American delegate to the
United Nations in prepared speech
at the 81st commencement of Bates
College, reported that much OF the
spadework readying the organiza-
ton for action had been done, but
that in some phases of the task the
preparatory period will continue for
years"
The patience and determination
needed to carry us through he
said ARE given to us according to
the measure of our conservation to
the great purpose of prevention OF
war. We can have all that we need y
The former Vermont Senator
who received an honorary doctorate
of laws, said more progress would
be made by the y. N. Commission or
Atomic Energy when Russia becomes
convinced" that the United States
will not disarm unilaterally by pro-
hibition and destruction of atomic
/ bombs before any disarmament OF
regulation of ornaments by al
other nations"
! A degree of doctor of divinity wa:
/ conferred on DR.. Benjamin E. Mays
president of Morehouse College
Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Reds Apologize, but Fall
To Free Kidnapped Pair
By the Associoted Press

BERLIN, June 16.-Brig. Gen
Cornelius E. Ryan, United States
assistant military governor, said to-
day he had received an apology
from Russian authorities for viola
ton of jurisdictional procedure
when Russian soldiers kidnapped"
a Polish widow and her 12-year-old
son in the American sector of Berlin
May 18.
However, Gen. Ryan said, the
Russians gave no indication that
they would yield to an American
demand that the seized couple be
released to American authorities.
"We are now pressing them for
the return of the pair" Gen. Ryan
said. .....
Gen. Ryan had sent protest
June 6 over the arrest of Sophie
Nestorwitensch and ner son while
they were living with friends in
American territory. The woman had
previously been employed in the
Russians Berlin headquarters. She
resigned because she resisted re-
patriation to Poland and then
moved to the American sector, where
Russian soldiers followed her and
seized her, violating a four-power
agreement that no arrests are made
without prior consent of the power
concerned.
Evening star., 1947-06-16

! ance sheet" he remarked taking
into account. on one hand, our COM
mitments in loans, foreign deposits.
and Investments In the United
States, ETC., and on the other hand
probable returns from previous loans
and lend lease, including our citizens
greatly impaired foreign invest
ments, viii likely discover that the
United States is today a debtor
rather than a creditor nation"
Discussing the effect Of exports on
| living costs, Mr.. Hoover said I'VE
have exported gigantic amounts OF
agricultural products" and added
that increase In agricultural prices
have accounted for about 10 per cent
! of the 20 percent rise in the cost-of-
living index in the past II months.
| He said some exports also have
been taken away from our own pos
sible railway. factory and housing
construction
| Favors Imports for Defense.
| Mr.. Hoover said the suggested i'm
portation of more goods to diminish
the amount Of loans and gifts the
United States must furnish would
be ''of very minor help" but he said
this country profitably could i'm
port and stockpile for national de-
fense some commodities such as tin,
manganese, zinc, tungsten, nickel
and rubber
The former President declared
consideration must be given to de-
| pletion of Americas natural re-
sources in the foreign aid program.
He noted that proposals have been
made for re-establishmen of war
time controls to increase our ability
to export goods" but remarked:
THAT is form of totalitarian
economy which the American people
are not likely to accept in peace
for it would do violence to our
whole concept of freedom"
Evening star., 1947-06-16

SPRINGFIELD, VT. June 10
An investigation by four agencies
was under way today into the
crash of an Army B-29 Super
Fortress on Hawks Mountain
early yesterday.
The bomber, on training mission,
hit the mountainside in a heavy
rainstorm. At least IL persons were
killed.
Army aviation officers from Gre
nier Field. Manchester, N. H., Civil
Aeronautics Board officials, Vermont
State Police and local officers joined
in trying to determine what caused
the huge craft, apparently lost In
| the clouds, to crash on the noun
tainside. The plane could have
cleared the mountain if it had been
flying a few hundred feet higher
according to Army officials.
The number of persons aboard the
plane, which left Tucson, Ariz., yes
| terday, has not been determined
Originally Is were aboard, but the
Army said the passenger list was
changed at Pittsburgh.
The victims we're so badly burned
that early Identification was i'm
possible.
Col. r. L. Tucker, commander o1
Grenier Field, took charge OF the
investigation.
The plane was scheduled to fly tc
Bedford Airport in Massachusetts,
but apparently lost its way. When
it reached Springfield it was rain
| ing heavily. and the B-29 circled
Evening star., 1947-06-16
DC. Teachers Union Plans
Move 10 Amend Pay Bill

The District of Columbia Teach
erS' Union, CIO, will attempt to
have two amendments introduced
when the teachers pay bill comes
up for consideration in the House
and Senate
The first amendment would seek
to establish the equivalent to the
masters degree for teachers Of
vocational subjects in public schools.
It would give the Board of Edu-
cation the authority to establish
the requirements for such an equiv
alent. Under the bill as 1t now
stands, a masters degree is man
datory for the maximum salary, the
union points out, while in many
trades it is now impossible to OBJ
tain such a degree.
The second proposal deals with
the promotion of employees. The
bill states that after receiving five
annual pay increases. teacher
must be declared eligible for fur
ther advancement by the Board Of
Education, but places no time linn
it on the boards action.
The union would seek TO make il
mandatory for the Board of Ed.
ucation to rule on the eligibility
of the teacher before the begin
ming of the school term in which
the five years would be completed
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Soviet Tankers Load
Record Amount Of Oil
And Gas at San Pedro
By the As,oeioied Press

SAN PEDRO, Calf, June 49,
The heaviest movement of petro-
'leum supplies to Russia reported by
Los Angeles harbor officials was
we'll under way today as the $4,000
barrel Soviet tanker Elbras loaded
oil and gasoline.
Two other $4,000 barrel oilers, the
Emba and the Krasnia Armia, ar
rived yesterday and were scheduled
for early loading A fourth vessel
the Taganrog, of 65,000-barrel ca
pacity, is due Thursday, the Marine
Exchange said.
Two more Soviet vessels, the
Maikop and the Belgorod, along
with the Elbras, have just under
gone repairs and we're said by the
exchange to be ready to sail The
exchange also reported eight Other
Russian tankers are to arrive at the
harbor in June.
Oil company officials declared
the cargo was chiefly ordinary fue
and not high-octane aviation gaso-
line. They agreed with harbormer
that the shipment will be the larg-
est ever made to Russia from this
port. The consignment is labeled
for Vladivostok.
Russian tankers have been load
ing petroleum products here on reg
ular voyages during and since the
war. The purchase is being made
through the Amtorg Trading Co.
Soviet agency with Offices at Lonf
Beach and San Francisco
Amtorg representatives here were
not Immediately available for com.
lment.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Ohio Couple Dies in Crash;
Florida Rain SouoH Blamed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, June
l6 P).-A heavy rain squall was
believed responsible today for an
airplane crash near Port Ever
glades Saturday night which killed
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Wolf OF
Dayton, Ohio, who were en- route
to Miami for a vacation.
The WoIs' light single-engine
plane Crashed into the Atlantic
Ocean about 500 yards off shore
and both occupants were believed
killed by the impact. The engine
and wing were ripped off.
A fisherman saw the craft float
ing in the surf late Saturday night,
but it was not until yesterday that
the plane was located by the Coast
Guard which removed the bodies.
Civil Aeronautics Board investi-
gators were told that the area was
visited by heavy rain squall about
pm. Saturday. The VOLTS had
taken off from Atlanta about five
hours earlier.
Mr.. Wolf, an employe at Wright
Field. Dayton, was 80 and his wife
90 They are survived by two chill
dren, and he is survived by two
sons by another marriage.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Second QUESTIONABLE Sent
Key Men Of Industry
By the Assoeiotsd Press

The Senate-House Economic Com
mittee announced yesterday a new
series of questions to key men,
In industry, trade, finance, agricul-
ture and labor to aid in its economic
and price studies.
The committee asks such ques-
tions as whether the present level
of wages and salaries is too high
or too low, whether serious work
stoppages are expected this year
and whether businessmen are re-
ducing or increasing their inven-
tories.
In a letter signed by Chairman
Taft, the committee explains that
it's prime aim is to get answers that
will contribute to the development
of sound thinking, rather than to
obtain statistical picture OF yes
or no views"
This is the second questionnaire
sent out by the committee. The
first was handled by Dun & Brad
street.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
ABC Board Will Hear
Complaints on Beer
Sale on Lodge Lawn

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board will meet at 10 am. Thursday
to hear complaints against the
establishment of summer beer gar
den by Columbia Lodge No. IS OF
the Elks on the lawn surrounding
their clubhouse at 301 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Residents in the neighborhood OF
Third street and Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV. have protested against
the recreation spot which the COL
ored lodge plans to build for use by
its members. At the hearing, officers
of the fraternal organization Will
appear to defend the project.
At 10 am. Tuesday, representa-
tives of the Cooperative Restaurant
Corp, proprietors of the Lotus Res
taurant, 727 Fourteenth street NV.
will appear before the board to an
swer a charge that the establishment
sold Intoxicating liquors to a minor
Anthony j. Seidl, proprietor of the
Covered Wagon Restaurant 1402
Fourteenth street NV, will appear
before the enforcement agency at
10 am. Wednesday to answer
charges of infractions of ABC reg
ulations, including failure. to leave
keys to the liquor storeroom on the
premises; failure to have new en-
ployes fingerprinted; failure to have
his manager approved by the board
and failure to keep adequate records
Four cases of sales OF liquor tc
minors will be heard on Friday
Dealers cited to appear then include
Lorenzo Costa, jr,, proprietor Of
Costa's Wine and Liquor Store, 34lT
Eleventh street NV; Ruth ano
Harry Weschler, proprietors OF the
York Wine and Liquor Store, 365s
Georgia avenue NV; Harry Wal
lerstein. proprietor of the Arcade
Liquor Shop, 1924 Fourteenth stree
INV, and the F. D. Wine and Lia-
uor Shop, Inc. 3249 Mount Pleasant
street NV.
The board will meet at 10 am
tomorrow with a group Of wholesale
liquor dealers to discuss certain reg
ulations now In force. In many cases
the dealers say, the language oi
these provisions is not clear.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Inquest in Stobbing
Scheduled for Today

Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy was to conduct an inquest
today into the fatal stabbing OF
Rochelle Johnson, 40, no fixed ad-
dress, in an argument with another
man in the 600 block of Mades court
NV. yesterday.
Police said Nick Ores. SO, colored,
of the 600 block of Mades court,
will appear before the coroner's jury
today in connection with the slay-
ing. Johnson, also colored, was
stabbed as the elimination OF a
long standing feud between Ores
and himself, police said.
johnson was pronounced dead OF
stab wounds in the chest by DR..
Robert Lash of Casualty Hospital
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Atomic Commission
|Cut 10 Be Restored,
|HickenIooper Says
By Robert S. Allen
orth American Newspaper Alliance.

North American Newspaper Alliance.
Chairman Hickenlooper of the
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
today fatty declared that the $75.-
900 900 slash in the budget of the
Atomic Energy Commission will be
restored.
There is no opposition in Con-
gress to giving the commission what
it needs" he stated The House
Appropriations Committee felt the
commissions budget should have
been more businesslike. 1t wasn't
an itemized budget and that's why
it was cut But I'm confident the
money will be restored
The commission asked for $780,
O00, 600 for the new fiscal year. The
House Appropriations Committee
trimmed off s75 100000. The action
aroused considerable concern In
scientific and military quarters.
/ Senator Hickenlooper, who took a
leading part in the enactment OF the
law creating the Atomic Energy
Commission and in confirming It's
members, declared that he will per-
sonally testify before the Senate
Appropriations Committee for
restoration of the House cut.
THE Atomic Energy Commission
has a very difficult problem" he
said. at can't estimate how much
experiments will cost, or how long
they will take. Some may take
years and others may never be sue
cessful. Further, there are no pre-
I'cedents for making such estimates
I'VE know that the Manhattan
District spent $4,000, 100000. But
there has never been breakdown
of expenditures since the. District
didn't have time to develop peace
time methods of accounting. The
commission is in the process of do
ing that, but it's not easy and 1t
will take time. T am for giving it
that time and also as much money
as it thinks it needs. We can't
afford to do otherwise on so vital
matter. There is too much at
stake for us to do any penny
pinching.'
More than 1,400 research con-
tracts, most of them with private
concerns and educational institu-
tions, will expire in July and must
be renewed if atomic development
is to be continued without impair
ment. The commissions action on
these contracts depends in a large
measure on its budget allowance
by Congress.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Recent West Point Graduate
Amono BIG Crash Victims

BROCKTON, Mass, June 16 tP
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred E. Gassett
received word today that their son
I'd 1t. Wilfred E. Gassett, 26 West
Point graduate, was among the Il
killed in the crash of a B-29 on
Hawks Mountain, Vermont.
Word came from 1t. Gassett's
bride of year, who was living with
their month-old son near Tucson
Ariz., where the flyer was based
The former Jean C. Nicoll Of Brock
ton, she was married to the young
aviator on his graduation from the
Military Academy a year ago.
The parents said they understood
that 1t. Robert M. Fessler, veteran
training officer. was with 1t. Gas
sett, who was the planes co-pilot
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Montana Quodruplets
Reported Doing Well
By the As,ocioted Press

MILES CITY, Mont, June 10
Quadruplets. born to 34-year-old
Mrs. Edward RandaSh. were being
called by number today in the order
of their birth while their mother
pondered over possible names.
The babies, three girls and boy,
were born Saturday.
The smallest weighed ! pound
and IL ounces and the largest, the
boy, weighed 8 pounds IL ounces.
DR.. Elna Howard, who delivered
them, said yesterday they all seemed
to be doing we'll.
Mrs. Randash is a beauty operator
and Mr.. Randash owns a garage.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Boiling Field Sergean
Hero Of Cal Crash
Which Injured 70
sy ths ks.eeio,sd Press

FORT KNOX, KY. June l6.-A
staff sergeant from Washington re-
ceiyed credit today for leading Il
persons to safety from a CAT Army
transport plane which crashed and
burned on this military posts God
man Field.
The sergeant, Curtis M. Green,
26, Of 762 Eleventh street Sc, was
the most seriously hurt OF the u
persons aboard Nineteen others,
including Maj. Gen. w. G.. Wyman,
an intelligence officer, were slightly
injured in the crash which followed
a takeof yesterday. Gen. Wyman
is on the staff of Gen. Jacob Devers.
Army Grounds Forces commander.
Three other Washington residents
were aboard the plane as crew
members. They were 1t. Frank De
Loach, Boiling Field, pilot; Capt.
William c. Murphy, 4634 North
Twenty third street, Arlington, CO.
pilot, and SiSergt. G. D. O'Connel,
Boiling Field.
The other passengers were all
Army personnel from various parts
of the country, who were en- route
to Fort Riley, Kans., from Boiling
Field.
Army officials at Goldman Field
said the plane had just taken of
after a stop at the field. 1t was
flying about 300 feet over the field
when the pilot called the control
tower and reported trouble. The
plane missed the runway on landing
and crashed.
Sergt. Green, who is stationed at
Boiling Field, grabbed fire AK and
began chopping out an emergency
hatch, the Army said. Despite his
own injuries, he led the other pas
sengers to safety moments before
the big plane burst into flames.
Sergt. Green was hospitalized at
the field hospital with dislocated
hip and burns on his arms and neck.
A veteran of the Pacific theater of
war, he Is married.
Col. William r. Grohs, deputy
commander of Boiling Field, said to-
day he was appointing special
board to investigate the cause Of
the crash.
The crew members are being re-
turned to Boiling Field while the
passengers continued their trip in
another plane, the Army said.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Son of Shipowner Hurt
When Small Plane Crashes
BY the Askaeiated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, Jne 16.-James
Oliver Keene, 26, son of Walter W.
Keene, owner of the Keene Steam
ship Line of Los Angeles. was in
jured seriously yesterday when a
small plane he was plotting crashed
near here.
The father came to Houston last
night from Baltimore. where his
son was to have joined him after
a visit with his mother in Houston.
Young Keene is in a Goose Creek
hospital receiving treatment for a
possible brain conclusion, fractures
of both arms and ankles and cuts
to his face and body.
Two unidentified witnesses Of the
crash said the pilot had waived
greetings to them as he circled
the plane at an altitude of about
so feet. The plane crashed into
a high-poWer line
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Streetcor Passenger.
| FIees With 200 Passes

A streetcar passenger grabbed
200 Capital Transit Co. passes and
fled with them yesterday, Motor
man Thomas Fitzgerald of the first
block of Sixty-first avenue, Capitol
Heights, Md, reported to police.
The passes. with sale value OF
$500, were stolen when the street.
car stopped at Forty fourth street
and Deane avenue NE, Mr.. Fitz-
gerald said.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
"a AGENCIES Probe B-2o Crash
In Vermont Costing II Lives

! the town at 1000 feet or less. Ine
craft was so low that Its engines
shook windows and aroused resi-
dents.
Moments later the plane, heavily
laden with gasoline, crashed.
In the heavy downpour 1t sent uE
eerie flashes. Springfield flremen
townsfolk and others raced to the
| hill. It took them several hour:
to reach the scene. But there was
mot hing to do but remove the bodies
There was no sign Of life In the
| big bomber.
The Army said it might take some
time to make up the casualty list.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
TofaIitarian Trend Gains
In U. s, Pennsy Head Says
BY the Assoeiofed Press

PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-Divi-
sion and confusion-the processes
which turn democracy into a totali-
tartan state-are increasingly active
in the United States, Martin w
Clement, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, said yesterday.
Mr.. Clements told 1900 attending
the second annual corporate COM
munion breakfast of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Holy Name Society
that there is unrest, uncertainty and
lack of understanding of the prob
lens that face the people of Amer
ica
THE question that all of us some
how are asking ourselves is-Shal]
we remain free?"
There are few" Mr.. Clements
continued, "if any, in this country
under 80 years of age who have hao
full realization of the responsibilities
that their fathers before then had
Reared in the depression ano
drafted into war, many have never
been on their own and are having
great difficulty in arriving at thell
own conclusions.
The railroad executive declared
that these conditions all represent
division and confusion and are the
processes which turn democracy
into totalitarian state, and in this
the last free country of the world
these processes have been increas
ingly active"
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