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Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-19


 Kodiak pingpong champions were crowned in 5 classes at the Community Center last Sunday night
 Bobby Norton regaind the title when he defeated George Fuckers in the final, 21-l9, 21-lr.
 Laurence Anderson retained hls junior title, eking out close win over Richie Hartman in 8 torIid five game final
 Aileen Wade retained the wo- mems singles championship when she won from Carolyn Irwin in the final.
 The mems singles champion ship will be held at the Center tom TOW Sunday night at 7 o'clock.
 Vii lam Stone and Beverly Gunn'son again vii officiate at the community Sing at the Com munity Center next Thursday nigh
 The program starts at 8:30 and all interested persons are cordially iny ited to attend.
 "The Silent Service, a spec. tacuiar sound color movie of submarine warfare, will be shown
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-19
ca. change partition and entrance of lounge, 5000

Action taken by the city coun- ell on taxi permits includes: transfers, Stanley c. Johnson to Raymond van BureD; J. E. Hell len to Raymond Shannon; J. J Springhill, renewal
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-19

Mrs. Walter Sipprell returned to Kodiak on the Denali after visiting in Washington 8 few weeks longer than MT. Sipprell, who returned recently by plane.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-19

W. J. O'Brlen formerly of Minneapolis and more recently h California, has been added to the staff of the Bank Of Kodiak. He and Mrs. O'Brien arrived on the Denali.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-19

"The Silent Service", a spec. tacuiar sound color movie of submarine warfare, will be shown
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
Along The Cape Fear

of the floor, we requested that he
repeat that for Us.
oh, it might have extended
farther west than that" he added.
what I meant was that New
Hanover extended at least to the
West Coast"
With the thought that New Han.
over is the smallest county in the
Old North State being about 122,'
752 acres, or approximately III
square miles, what we had JUS
heard caused us to wonder.
EASY ENOUGH-Of course it's
just how you look at the matter,
our friend went on to explain.
I'm the beginning the Atlantic
ocean was the eastern boundry Of
our county here and the Western
boundry was the South Seas. No"
it's up to you to determine wha'
is meant by the South Seas.
"But that's the real Mccoy i
you're a stickler for historical
facts" he added.
Now if you will take the time
and effort to check up on u in
former you will find he's accurate
in his boundries for New Han
over .
Of course, to save you the SAM
mild shock we suffered, we shoult
:, YOU in advance that the tnrr
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
SOLDIER QUIzzED
IN "DAHLIA" CASE
Military Policeman At Fl.
Dix Mentions West
Coast Staying

FORT DIX, N. J., Feb. 5.-tP)
Corporal Joseph DUMAS, %, of
Claremont, N. H., a military
policeman and a veteran of the
European war theater, was ques-
toned by army Investigators to-
day about the torture-slaying last
month of attractive brunette Eliza
beth Short, the "Black Dahlia," in
Los Angeles.
Major Cornelius T. Morris, post
public relations officer who identi-
fled DUMAS, said dark stains in
side a pocket of his trousers had
been analysed by state police
chemists and found to be blood.
DUMAS, who Major Morris said.
has had three wives, was taken in
to custody for questioning in con-
nection with embezzlement, the
public relations officer announced.
During the questioning, Morris
said, he talked about the "Black
Dahlia" case.
Major Morris said DUMAS was
examined by a psychiatrist today,
and that the doctor recommended
that the soldier be placed in a
hospital.
DUMAS remained in the military
stockade, however. for furthe-
questioning.
DUMAS, who was assigned te
military police duty at Fort Dix
a few days ago after completing
ar overseas fu-lough, said he had
dater Elizabeth Short on Jan. 9 -
six days before her mutilated body
was found in a vacant lot, Major
Morris said.
He quoted DUMAS as saying that
after a date with her his mind
went blank" and the next thing
he remembered he was in Penn.
slyvania Station, New York.
DUMAS told a story of having
made several trips to the West
Coast by air, Major Morris said,
but army investigators have found
H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
CITY EXPERIENCES
COOLEST WEATHER
Mercury Is Expected To
Climb Today Following
Four-Year Period

Paul Hess, local weather man.
predicted yesterday that following
the freezing temperatures oil
yesterday, the mercury is due fol
a slow climb today, but it will, still.
be cold.
A recording Of 20 degrees was
expected FOR the city this morning.
High today will be 40 degrees, Hess
said. with very little wind.
The recording of 10 degrees
yesterday morning was the, lowest
temperature in Wilmington for fou1
years, records reveal.
John Nuckton, of Carolina
Flowers, Inc, Castle Hayne, said
last night that some damage te
his crop of daffodils would result
from the freeze, but he expected
very little injury to the blossoms
because the early blooms have al.
ready been shipped, leaving very
few open blooms.
County agent R. W. Galphin wa
out OF the city last night, but local
farming interests indicated little
or no damage to truck crops.
Major damage reported here and
In the area was that caused by
frozen water pipes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
MENDOZA TO PAY
FIRST CALL HERE
New Coast Guard Cutter
Assigned To Wilmington
May Arrive Sunday

The U. S. Coast Guard cutter,
Mendoza is scheduled to make her
first trip to her home port Of Will
mington on Sunday, barring bad
weather or distress calls enroute,
according to information received
here yesterday by local USCG Of
ficia1s.
The vessel will leave Curtis
Bay, Maryland on Feb. z and is
scheduled to steam into Whining
ton two days later, the report said,
but will leave here Feb. IL for
ice patrol duty in the North Allan
tic and will not return to Whining
ton permanently until July.
The Mendota's crew is made up
from personnel formerly aboard
the veteran cutter, Modoc, now
being decommissioned at Curtis
Bay.
Local Naval Reserve officials
said yesterday that as the arrival
of the MENDOZA was so uncertain,
the USS PC 776 would not be
moved from the Customhouse dock
until they saw the Mendoza coming
up the river. Permission to dock
the 776 at the City dock has al
ready been eranted by City Mana
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06

INTERESTING CARD-Thanks
to Mrs. ]. 1T. Darden, Along The
Cape Fear has had the pleasure of
seeing a most interesting postal
card.
The card pictures a party pic
nicking at Hilton Park Or to be ex-
act printed in red ink is the fol-
lowing:
"Picnicking at Hilton under the
Southern Gray Morse near Will
mington, N. c."
Seen in the picture on the card
is a happy looking party seated
in or around an OK cart. The ex-
act year the card was made, we
cannot say but from the style of
clothes the folks are wearing it
appears to be of the vintage Of the
1905.
FOUNDRY ISSUE - A person
we'll versed in the history Of New
Hanover county happened to ask
us if we were familiar with the
original boundaries of our local
county.
Upon replying that we could not
say for sure, he Immediately
started to put us straight IN the
matter.
"In the beginning he said,
New Hsnover reached at least
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
ARE MADE
FOR BRIDGE WORK
Graham Announces Con.
tracts Let For Brunswick
County Projects

The long awaited-awarding o.
contracts for the construction O.
two concrete and structure bridges
and approaches over Alligator
creek and the Brunswick river in
Brunswick county was announced
in Raleigh yesterday by State
Highway Commission Chairman A,
H. Graham.
The work had been contemplated
FOR several months and efforts TO
let contracts for the work were
made. but highway officials said
that due to the extreme shortage
of steel and other materials there
were no bidders.
The roadway section of the pro-
ject was awarded to E. w. Grannis
construction company of Fayette'
vile for $91, 1913. SO while the struc-
ture S e C t o n contract was
awarded to the v. P. Lofts com
pany of Charlotte for 1920, 820.35.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
TEN MEN ABOARD
MISSING AIRPLANE
S search Continues For
Transport Despite Bad
Weather Conditions

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 5 - up -
Naval spokesman said today that
10 men we're aboard the twin
engine Navy plane missing since
it last radioed from gale-swept
skies over Chincotague Island that
IL was lost.
The number aboard the trans
port was given by the Navy first
as four men but this figure was
revised to 10 on the basis OF in
formation received here from
authorities at Portsmouth, N. H,
who said six passengers boarded
the aircraft at that city for it's
return flight to Norfolk.
The six passengers. whose names
were withheld temporarily, were
five Navy enlisted men and one
Marine enlisted man. fifth Naval
district headquarters reported.
Coast Guard headquarters here,
conducting a saturation air search
to the west of Chincoteague island
where the plane reported it was
Aoot ~ NY SoICS VI looG IlSlll,
said the Army flier's Identified
ton of the wreckage had not been
verified but 'We are taking it as
a good lead" The missing ship
bears the Navy classification of
RAD, the equivalent of the Army's
CAT. and the commercial DC-3.
The Army airmen on a routine
local flight gave the position as 10
miles south, southeast, from the
Richmond base which would put
the wreckage in Henrico OF Charles
City county on the north banks Of
the James river. At the request of
the Coast Guard the Army ordered
another plane to fly over the area
but darkness precluded any pro-
tracted search and the communi-
cations tower at the Richmond base
said nothing further could be done
by air until morning.
The general search for the miss
ing craft will be continued, the
Coast Guard said, but a %helicopter
Continued on Page 2; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
President run an Sounds
Warning On Disarmament;
Security Compromise Seen
The Weather

FORECAST
North Carolina and South Carolina -
Thursday clear to partly cloudy and
warmer.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am. 27: 1870 am. 20; 1870 pm. 81.
80 pm. %.
Maximum 80; Minimum 10: Mean 25
Normal AZ.
Humidity
1870 am. 46; 1880 am. SO; 1870 pm. 27
1880 pm. So.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm -
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
0.32 inches.
Tides For Today
from the Tide Tables published By
U. S. Coast n Geoedtic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ----- 10 :37 am. 500 am
1851 pm. 1886 pm
Masonboro Inlet 1929 am. 200 am
8:46 pm. 2:37 pm
Sunrise 7:05; Sunset 5:47; Moonrise 10;
PM; Moonse 3:06 am.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at
am. Wednesday,, mo Report feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
CHANCES BRIGHTEN
FOR CUT in TAXES
Chairman Knutson Saw S
Straight 20 Per Cent
Across Board Expected

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Pe
Chairman Knutson (R-Minn) of the
house ways and means committee
announced tonight the tax-framing
group would take up February 18
his bill calling for a 20 per cent
"across the board" income tax
cut.
He added that tax legislation
probably will come to a vote in
the house the last week in Feb
ruary.
IT think the bill is in a better
position today than it has ever
been," he told reporters.
Knutson's statement followed,
however, a COP family fight over
how to treat small and large in
comes in tax slashing. The quar-
rel broke wide open in the house
today, with one legislator accusing
another of violating party election
promises.
Rep. Mason (R-Ill) fired the
charge at House Rules Chairman
Allen, another Illinois Republican.
Allen proposed yesterday that
scuttling of the Knutson 20 percent
"across the board" tax cut and
offered instead a plan to give
greatest tax relief to "the little
man."
AS hot words flew in the house,
there were these other money de-
velopments:
The president of the National
A S s o citation of Manufacturers,
Earl Bunting, wrote congressional
tax committees and urged deep
cuts in President Humans S37,-
500, 900, 900 spending estimate fol-
the new fiscal year. Bunting said
that eff we can do nc better than
is proposed in fiscal 1913, it will
take approximately thirteen cen
turtles to pay off u federal debt
Republican appropriations com
mittee members said after a White
House call that they will insist or
QrdStlC CUTS III MI% 1AoAiidAA
budget.
Secretary of the Treasury Sny,
der told a news conference thai
the treasury is not studying any
program to cut taxes. He said 9
long range study is being made
of the idea of letting married
couples in all states report in
comes jointly, with each paying
taxes or half. Nine states nov
grant this right, which results il
lower taxes.
In the bitter house debate, Rep
Gore (D-Tenn) declared repub
licans supporting a straight per
centage tax cut had departed from
the democratic principle" Q
ability to pay and returned to tn
tax philosophy "of, the Middl
Ages"
Gore shouted to the Republica
siae that the COP. is "stuck
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
LOCAL COUNCILMEN
HEAR MASTER PLAN
Program OF Planning Board
Presented To Body
For Study

proposed subdivision plans. fol
. cultural and recreational center
between 18th and 18th streets, ar
open air theater in the Greenfield
Lake section and other recreation
al areas we're presented to the
city council at a meeting yester-
day by George W. Simons Jr. plan
ming consultant of Jacksonville,
Fla.
Prepared W Ae City Planning
board, the regulations will be
given to the Council fer study
ana subsequent action.
IN other business before the corln-
ell, an appropriation of 5000 for
the Wilmington Child Guidance
Clinic was passed. Members of the
body expressed the hope that $500
would be contributed to the organi-
zation during the next fiscal year.
Mrs. Henry Bluethentha1 led the
appeal for the grant and revealed
that q goal of $50, 900 has been sci
BY the organization.
Following the recommendation
Of City Manager J. R. Benson. a
motion to repair the Fifth street
bridge at an estimated cost of STA
900 was passed. Benson told the
council that a new structure would
cost between $3.50, 900 and SITS 600
and advised that repairs to the
bridge now standing was consider
ed the proper step in view of pre-
Valllng high prices for materials.
Council members approved the
request of Jesse Sellers, president
OF the Wilmington Junior Chamber
Of Commerce. that Student Gov
ernnent day be sponsored again
mis- March. The only stipulation
was that final plans must be dis
cusSed fully with the city manager
before the students take the reigns
Of government for a day.
Approval was given by the coun-
cl for the removal of the Brown
Derby to 822 Red Cross street; for
me construction of a concrete
block store at 612 Harnett street
BY Kenneth Marshall; and for the
movement of apartment houses to
I'm a d Ann, streets by Luther
Rogers.
Bids on the marine hospital ra-
alatlorS will be closed tomorrow.
The council voted to concur with
me action of the State Firemen's
association in its move to have an
amendment to he workmen's
compensation act to cover fire
mems injuries received on calls
outside the official jurisdiction of
The department.
Bids by the Raney Chevrolet
company on an automobile and
Mo trucks were referred to the
city manager and city purchasing
agent for final approval.
Continued on Page 2; Gel. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
JEWISH COUNCIL
REJECTS DEMANDS
Underground Group In
Holy Land Pledges To
Fight To Last Breath

JERUSALEM, Feb. S - up -
The Jewish National council re-
jected tonight a British ultimatum
giving official Jewry until Tuesday
to join in stamping out Holy Land
terrorism, and Irgun Zvia Leumi,
underground group, asserted it
would flight to the last breath
against British authority.
In a formal resolution the ma
tional council (VAAD LeuIni) told
its 14-member executive to draft
a full answer Sin accord with the
sentiments Of speeches at to-
nights council session which
unanimously expressed opposition
to the ultimatum. Members of the
Jewish Agency and mayors of
Jewish towns attended the council
meeting.
The British, in their ultimatum to
the Jewish agency and national
council, spokesman for 600, 900 Pal
estine Jews, warned that they face
possible imposition of martial law
unless they cooperate against I'M
%derground groups which have &C.
sorted to violence against the
British.
Irgun's latest expression of
defiance, which appealed to the
peoples of the world to come to
our help" was contained in a
note handed to newspaper cores
pondents by the underground
group.
The note, said to be a secret
broadcast in English. French, Rus
sian, and Italian, charged that
Britain at last throws away its
mask and becomes an occupying
power. We are faced with capt.
ulation or war, and we will not
capitulate. We cannot believe the
masses of Jewish people in Pales-
tine will become quislings against
us. lrgun will fight to the last
breath"
The note from 1rgun was re-
ceived as Royal Airforce Hall
faxes, each carrying II civilians
and n conducting officer. shut
tied between Jerusalem and Cairo
in the task Of evacuatin gUapprox'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
HEARS
I'm WORK LAUDED
Suggests Broad American
Policy As Best Guarantee
For Peace

WASHINGTON, Feb. S - up, -
President Truman told Congress
today that hasty disarmament
would be dangerous.
He said the nations of the world
"can safely lay aside their arms
only insofar as their security is
protected by other means"
This assertion. made in a report
on the United States role in the
United Nations, emphasized the
development of a broad American
policy on disarmament.
In contrast to Russian demands
for a direct and specific attack
on the disarmament problem by
itself, the emerging American
view is that the problem a only
be solved as other United Ma
tons measures are taken to pre-
serve peace and prevent agrees
sion.
"In the last analysis" Mr.. Tru-
man wrote in his report. control
and reduction of ornaments can
be effective only so far as genuine
collective security and a peaceful
political atmosphere are firmly
established"
At the same time, the president
said that the achievement Of last
ing peace will depend in large
part upon the ability of the United
Nations" to put over world eco
nomic recovery and cooperation.
He urged Bipartisan policies Of
economic cooperation with the rest
of the world in such matters as
economic reconstruction and de-
velopment and the expansion Of
world trade and employment"
His declarations ON this point
possibly reflected concern over
some republican criticism of the
state departments reciprocal trade
treaty program. This program is
aimed at promoting International
trade through reducing tariffs.
The report on the United Ma
tons summed up the organizations
first year, and said:
"The unjustifiable hope and conf
dence, to which the great progress
of the United Nations in the past
year has given rise, can be betray-
ed and lost. The difficulties and
dangers that lie before US ara
many and serious"
One of the main tasks Of the
United Nations this year, the pres
ident said, is the development and
application Of the principles of i'm
ternational control of atomic
energy. He added:
ITO succeed, we must at the
same time build the other essential
foundations of a general system OF
collective security. The nations
Continued On Page 2; Col. y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
AMERICAN-S0VIET
DELEGATES YIELD
Position OF Two Major Ma.
tons At UN Security
Council Cause Flare

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-(P-The
United States and Soviet Russia
were reported tonight to have
yielded considerably on stubborn
ly-fought positions in the United
Nations security council jam on
arms Limitation.
Despite these concessions, how
ever, an informal committee of
six delegates failed to agree on a
final resolution and adjourned
after six hours discussion until /
A. NJ, EST. tomorrow.
The major points remaining to
be settled, it was said authorita-
lively, were .
1. The relationship between the
proposed arms limitation commits
sion and the already-functioning
U. N. atomic energy commission.
2. Just who will draw up the
rules of procedure for the pro-
posed arms commission.
Earlier, the six delegates were
said to have accepted a French
resolution as a working paper and
plunged into a drafting session.
Delegates and observers said
that a considerable area of agree
ment" had been reached.
Andrea A. Gromyko, Soviet Rus
sian delegate, told newsmen that
1.-THE preliminary stage has been
completed" He would not COM
ment further.
Warren r. Austin, chief United
States delegate, who with Gromy-
ko has taken principal part in the
debate, was in frequent consulta-
ton with Washington as the closed
session progressed.
1t was reported from the COM
mittee room that Austin was seri-
ously considering a compromise
offered by Fernand Van Langen-
hove. Belgian delegate and council
president, on the rules impasse.
This would provide that the arms
commission be created i'm
mediately and instructed to report
to the security council its plans
for its work.
Thus the commission would
draw up its own rules, subject to.
council approval, without having
a committee of the whole created
to make them. The United States
has been insisting on a committee
making the rules for the arms
body.
Austin was said to have called
the state. department for instruc-
tons on the rules provision.
On the other difference, Austin
was reported to feel strongly that
the final resolution must stipulate
that the commissions work would
not infringe on the work of the
atomic energy commission.
Gromyko, it was reported, point
ed out this stipulation was not
necessary.
The United States has been ada
mant throughout all arms discus
sion on the position that the work
of the atomic energy commission
must continue unhamphered.
Gromyko, it was said, was not
standing too strongly on his pre-
vious position that the atomic
energy commissions report be
considered when it comes UP on
the council agenda instead of i'm
mediately, as the United States
has demanded.
Continued On Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-06
Sugar Ration Up

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-,ay-
.ne office of temporary controls
.hnouncsd today it will make 10
pounds Of the 1947 sugar ration
valuable for householders on April
using a single stamp.
AZ the same time, the price ad-
.'nistration branch of OTC said
sssar stamp number SO, currently
.slo Tor five pounds Of sugar, will
saplfe at midnight, March 81, one
Muhtn earlier than originally an
VA also said there will be no
ssclal sugar allotment for home
tanning this year.
an Official of the agency told
epofters that tn e~revision of cou-
u validity dates will help OPA
bay out provisions of any new
. ssOn increase which may be
uefed for consumers during the