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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16
Negro Women To Appear
In Onslow County Court

JACKSONVILLE, April Is
Laura Koonce, Negroes, today had
been released on bond for an ap-
pearance in Recorders court on
charges of %assaulting her husband,
Will.
Another Negress, Eloise Sharp
less, charged with drunk and dis
orderly conduct, remained in Jail,
in default of 5000 bail pending a
hearing in Recorders court after
she was arrested last night by Of
ficers Hugh Henderson and Hor-
ace Morton.
Marie Antoinette's complaint
about the many sizes and shapes
of handkerchiefs is said to have
resulted il a law decreeing tina
all handkerchief should be
square.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16

have 10 go back up there help
him in any way l cam
"Of course" Lex said. "Pu
wait"
Memory welled up in Sherry.
She stared at him wide-eyed.
Lex what about Kay? Your
dinner date"
Il called her. Told her your SIS
ter Was very i'll and that I'd
brought you here, that l meant to
wait for you"
"She understood? She wasn't
angry?' Sherry asked.
'It was all right"
1t hadn't been, of course Kay
had been angry. But he could
straighten things out with her
later; there was nc use adding TO
Sherry's worries now.
She smiled up at him, a war
little smile that touched his heart.
You've been so wonderful, Lex.
l can't think what I'd have done
without you"
Skip it. l haven't done any,
thing"
A moment later she went back
upstairs, to keep vigil with Wade.
Lex watched her slim, gallant lit
tie figure cross the sidewalk, go
in through the ornate doorway.
He could not have left her to face
this trouble alone had he
wanted to. The bond between them
was too strong.
The minutes and the hours crept
past. For Sherry, sitting with
Wade in the locked silence of fear
and despair. For Lex. waiting in
the car, Or in the little drug store
across the street where he went
for coffee and from the window
of which he could watch the en-
trance to the apartment building.
He would have gone where Sherry
was, to wait with her, to help with
his presence if in no other way,
but he knew such an act would
appear to Wade Darlington the
intrusion of a stranger.
How was Val now, Lex won
dered. How was Sherry? What
was she doing?
She was sitting on a couch in
the living room of her sisters
apartment, waiting. Wade, in a
chair across the room, was wait
ing, too. His head was sunk in his
hands, his shoulders slumped de-
spairingly. And time seemed to
stand still. 1t was as though they
had used up all the words they
knew and SO could say nothing.
They were locked in silence and
tlmelessness. And fear gibbcred at
them, fear of death for Val, the
young and lovely.
G 1t was almost midnight, al
though Sherry had no idea OF the
hour, when the door of Val's bed
room opened and the doctor came
out. He told them Val would live,
that she vas out of danger. There
was a cold sort of ilnpersonality
about his pronouncement. But his
eyes were bloodshot and his shirt
collar Wilted and his thin gray
hair damp with perspiration, SC
Sherry knew that he was subject
to human frailties. A profound
gratitude sWelled within her, so
that it seemed it must burst the
combining bonds of her flesh. She
felt her lips moving and realized
that she was saying, soundlessly,
over and over, Thank you, God. i.
Thank you, God. 49,.
Wade and the doctor were talk
ing. Wade was asking whether Val
had said anything that might ex-
plain her act. But the doctor said
no. she had offered no explanation.
He told Wade and Sherry, She's
sleeping naturally now. If you
want to see her for just a moment
very quietly"
Ito Be COntinued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16
Jacksonville Painter
Reported Recovering
From Throat Injuries

JACKSONVILLE, April 15.-The
condition Of W. S. Brinkley, Jack
%sonville painter who was found
with his throat slashed beside the
highway near the Onslcw Bakery,
was described as good, by Chief
OF Police Paul M. Shore today.
Brinkley, who was found on New
Bridge street by officers Stacy
Hines and ]. L. Turnage, suffering
what the officers said were serious
razor slashes across his throat,
was rushed to the Onslow county
hospital, but was released after
treatment.
Officers refused to be quoted as
to the cause of Brinhey's in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16

yours when its handy
control swings back the
top and the sky be-
comes your roof and
the birds your travel
mates.
It's wanted for the lift
and surge of its satiny
straight-e eight F.reball
power plant, master of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16
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closed her eyes. IF sbe
sieep. Sleep? But of co,,rsa oily
suuio sleep! There were tbose
no pills in her medicine cahi.
net at home. One of those ~ a.
TE two, and you WERE o',t
IKE a light. If she were asre ou,
sne couldn't hear Kevin's 10y
haiilng her names. She wouldn,t
tic TO face Wade, wantins
70 know why she had drum, hog
sel1 INTO such a state. She oo,1la
forget Rick. 'i'e coulo
oleep' that was the thing A
eiiought, soft as gossamer b,,t
oooly lnsistent, brushed At ~ ba
eoge OF Val's CONSCIOUSNESS 1e
person took enough of those pills
sne need never wake upNnever
AaVe 10 lace tomorrow.
1t was after nine o'clock when
query thought of Lex, waitins
downstairs for her. and slinned
away to join him, She had nn11ea
On her coat, but she was hare
her face white and strain
cd with worry over Val.
Lex opened the car door for her
MS eyes direct and questioning on
wrong?" What's
Sherry was shivering, although
the a was warm enough Iex
put an arm about her and drew
ner close to him. Strength seemed
TO flow from him into her and
Snerry leaned against him crate
fully.
She could tell Lex the truth.
Lex was her friend and Sherry
knew that she could trust him. The
lhexpllcable story of what Val had
oone came pouring out in a brok,
en- torrent.
When she had finished, Sherry
asked, as she and Wade had asked
each Other owe and over, But -
why, Lex? Why should she 90
such a thing? Wade says she
knew an overdose of the tablets
might prove fatal-the doctor
warned her when he prescribed
them. She must have done it on
purpose-but why?"
Lex answered, his face grave in
the darkness, Maybe she and her
husband have been having trou-
ble."
Wade says rot. He insists
they've been getting along better
than usual lately. II doesn't make
sense, Lex - there's something
queer about it. Surely-after all
this time, it couldn't be because
Of Rick Colby. Could it?"
Il shouldn't think SO. It's scarce
ly reasonable. You say she SEEM
ed happy enough in her
MARRIAGE"
"Oh, Lex" Sherry whimper-
ed against his shoulder. IF Val
dies
Lex offered what comfort, what
hope, he could. Just as Sherry
had tried to offer hope and COM
fort to the tormented Wade. It
seemed to help her to talk about
it, SO Lex let her talk on.
She said, "Val would have died
before morning - there isn't a
doubt of it. If she lives it will be
because of Wade. When he came
in a little after six and found her
sleeping so heavily, he thought it
queer. Then he saw the half emp
ty bottle of capsules in the bath
room and called the doctor. Oh.
Lex-he's half frantic. He blames
himself for it all - and still he
doesn't know what he's done. I'll
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16

L. S. farmers have resorted to
cir warfare in their battle against
the corn borer, using planes TO
spray DOT on the corn fields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16

The United States produces
about nine tons Of soft coal for
every ton of hard coal.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Nitti Gives Up Effort
To Form New Cabinet
By the Associated Press

ROME, May 21.-Francesco Sa.
verio Nitti announced today that he
had failed to form a new italian
government, despite five days o1
effort.
The 79-year-old independent In
formed newsmen as he left Provi-
sional President Enrico de Nicolas
residence just before noon that he
had formally refused the post o1
Premier offered him after the resig.
nation eight days ago of Alcide
Gasperi's three party coalition
cabinet.
He said Mr.. De Nicola would re-
sumo consultations today in ar
effort to find new Premier. He
added that he had made no sugges-
tions to the President.
An hour after Mr.. Nitti had an.
nounced his failure, Vittorio Eman.
uele Orlando, 87-year-old Worlc
War I Premier, arrived at Mr.. de
Nicolas residence, stirring rIimors
that he might be asked to under
take the task Of forming a cabinet.
Leaving Mr.. de Nicolas residence
Mr.. Orlando said he had not been
designated to form new govern.
ment, "even unoff1cially."
Evening star., 1947-05-21
|0'C Conor voie Prohfs|
| Throw Out Irregular
Ballots One County
By shs Assoeinied Prssa

~; IT.
/ Senator Bricker, Republican, Of
Ohio said last night that y Senate
subcommittee studying 6,600 dis
|puted ballots Ia the contested Mary
land election OF Senator O'Conor,
Democrat, Of Maryland had decided
to throw out all ballots Id certain
contested categories Tor ono county.
Asked II Il was ST. Marys County.
Senator Bricker said he thought 1t
was, but Was not sure. We took up
one county today, and will take up
another tomorrow he said.
The subcommittee action was lin-
derstood to have been taken on D
|2-to-1 vote, Senator Bricker and
Chairman Jenner voting to throw
out the ballots over the protest OF
Senator Myers, Democrat, OF Penn
|sylvania, the third member.
The ballots thrown out were un-
derstood to be those marked In Ink,
or checked or otherwise obviously
not complying with State law on
marking Of votes.
The full Senate Rules Committee,
headed by Senator Brooks. Repllh-
hcan, Of Illinois today will consider
|a request Of the subcommittee for
an additional appropriation Of $85,-
900 to continue its investigation Of
the Maryland election and q similar
contest In West Virginia, where the
election of Democratic Senator Kill
gore is being disputed by Thomas
Sweeney, the Republican candidate.
Senator O'Conor's election by an
official State margin Of 2,232 votes is
contested by D. John Markey, de-
feated Republican candidate, who
alleged errors and Irregularities.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Keystone. Leaders Discuss
Traffic With City Officials

Keystone Automobile Club leader,
and officials Of the District Gov.
ernment exchanged views last nigh
on the city's traffic problems in {
meeting at the home Of Mark Lans.
burgh, Bill Idaho avenue NV. Mr.
Lansburgh is a member of the
clubs Advisory Board.
The proposed removal of some oi
the stop signs in the 9Th and 8tt
precincts, on which public hear
ing will be held at the Distric,
Building June 16, was the CHIEF
topic of the evening.
Ernest r. Brett, manager Of the
Washington Club, presented the
Keystone view that unnecessary
signs should be eliminated as
rapidly as possible to speed the flow
of traffic.
He said he felt it was Strictly an
engineering matter" and should be
left to engineering experts.
Brig. Gen. Gordon r. Young, En-
gineer Commissioner, and Traffic
Director George E. Keneipp were
among those who participated In
the informal discussion.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
New Plan for Bus Use
|0n Rosslyn- -Benning
Line Put Before PUC

The Public Utilities Commission
today has before 1t new plan for
substituting buses for streetcars on
the Rosslyn-Benning line east OF
Fifteenth street NV.
The plan was submitted by the
Capital Transit Co. late yesterday
An earlier plan was turned down
by the commission last March, but
the members agreed to re-open the
case for additional testimony on
June 8.
A company official said the pro-
posed new route Is aimed at elina1n-
Eating the. downtown congestion
which was a major objection to the
original route.
A New Routes Proposed.
Instead Of single route generally
along the line of the present street.
cars, four new routes are proposed.
Two would provide all-day service,
and two would run during rush
hours.
The main bus line, 1t was said
would continue service along H
street NE. Merchants along the
present streetcar line had objected
that a change over to bus service
might lead to a., route shift of II
street and thus away from their
places Of business.
The bus route inbound would
follow the car tracks to Third street
NV, where it would branch of to
K street and thence to Ninth street.
From Ninth street, it would continue
out I street NV. to Madison place
The downtown loop would be around
Lafayette Park. The return route
would reach H street via I and Fifth
streets NV.
Second, Shorter Route.
| A second, shorter route would
loop around at Twelfth, N, K and
Tenth streets NV.
One rush hour spur route would
serve passengers in the U street
area, using Benning road, Florida
avenue, r street, Nineteenth street
@ street and back to Florida avenue
The other rush-hour line would
leave the regular line at Sixth
street NV. and cut south to Con-
stitution avenue to serve the Poto-
mac Park area. It would sloop at
Twenty-frst street and Constitution
avenue NV. and return.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

A jellyfish seen off Boston Harbol
measured 71a feet across.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Phone Workers Back
|0n Job Here After
Nv. T. Settlement

| All washington teIepnOne WORKERS
were at their posts today for the
first time In As days and the pro-
tracted Nation wide strike generally
was over.
Only about 1000 workers at Point
Breeze, Md, and Lincoln, Nebr., re-
mained of the job as 26, 600 Western
Electric installation and sales en-
lployes returned to work in AZ States.
About 400 Western Electric per-
sonnel resumed work here today. the
last of more than 1000 area tele-
phone workers to leave the picket
lines. : Thus the way was cleared
for the few Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. workers who had
been respecting the picket lines to
make the back-to-work movement
complete.
Company Pushes Work.
Set back by the strike more than
a month in plans to open two new
Southeast exchanges here, the tele-
phone company said it expected to
'cut in" 1,500 new telephones about
July 10.
At the same time $500 lines will
be cut into the new exchanges
Victor and Twining the Lin
coin and Atlantic exchanges. The
new lines made available by this
transfer and an additional 4,500
held orders" will be put in service
by the company as, soon as possible
The last Of the major unions to
settle was the National Association
of Telephone Equipment Workers,
claiming $500 sales and supply en-
Iployes in 20 Western Electric offices.
Wage Increase Granted.
Like the 10000 Association OF
Communication Equipment Workers,
who settled in Washington yester-
day, the NATEW won a wage in
crease of liz cents an hour.
The 11k cents raise for w. E.
workers amounts to about $3.50 q
week-one of the best settlements
among the nearly twoscore unions
that struck April 7 for $12 weekly
wage increase and nine other ma
taOQal demands.
Average Raise Less than 81.
Average wage boost for the $4,000
strikers was something less than "a,
|plus some fringe" adjustments the
National Federation of Telephone
Workers figured would come to
about 81 per striker. The average
weekly earnings of telephone work.
ers before the strike was SAID, ac-.
cording to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Operations in Northampton and
Accomack Counties of Virginia were
normal today after State seizure of
o. i& p. facilities IN seven towns.
The seizure was the first under the
States Public Utility Labor, Rela-
lions Act ana was n rdereds when the
employees did not withdraw a strike
notice. AL " of the involved en-
ployes continued to work for the
State.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
u. 5. Major in Japan Faces
Trial for Receiving Gems
By the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO, May 21-The 9th Army
announced today that Maj. Frank
A. Kotches will be arraigned later
this month before general court
martial on charges of wrongfully
obtaining jewelry and other goods
valued at s1o,S33 from Japanese.
| The statement said the 43-year-
old officer from Stamford, Conn.
had been under arrest In quarters
in Kure since May 3.
The 9th Army said Maj. Kotches
"wrongfully and unlawfully" asked
and received from japanese $4,000
yen ($1,800, three diamond rings
one pearl necklace, one pearl brooch
two strings Of pearls, one unmountec
diamond, one camera and one roll
of silk.
A former member of the Hiro-
sf1ina military government team
he is alleged to have used his in
fuence as procurement officer te
grant contracts to japanese.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

Snail PURPY, female, black with white
markinxs, well trained; found VIC. Coondse
Hirh school. CAL GE. TS12.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Winners Announced
In Science Fair for
High Schools Here

winners OF the nrSt annual nlgl
school Science Fair were announced
today as the fair, in which more
than 800 high school students en-
tered exhibits, continued at the
Commerce Department.
Osborn Leak, IA, OF Phelps voca-
tional High School, took first prize
In the junior division with his ex-
hibit Principles Of the Machine. y
In the senior division. James
Thorogood, 80, also of Phelps voca-
tional High School, won for his ex-
hibit Experiment in the Growth of
Baby Chicks"
Mr.. Thorogood, an Army veteran
hopes to start his own poultry farm
after finishing his high school
course.
Show Continues Till Friday.
The show, sponsored by the Sci
ence Clubs OF America and the sci
entific societies Of Washington
will be open to the public during the
day and evening through Friday.
Judges who made the awards were
is scientists from the Washington
area.
Capt. G. r. Kosco, USN, will dis
cuss the scientific aspects of the re-
cent Byrd Antarctic expedition at q
program at 7::30 o'clock tonight at
the Commerce Department audi
torium.
| Other students receiving first SCI
ence grants for their exhibits were
Physical Science, senior-Donald
Middleton, Leonard Morrow, Carl
Werntz, Walter Gilbert, Harry D.
Wise, Paul Robbins, Joseph Love-
JOY, Richard A. Drew, Ulysses j.
Houston, Teddy Einwahner, Peggy
Doolittle and Phyllis Rust.
Physical Science Winners.
Physical sciences (junior) r)-James
A. Willis, Phyllis Dauda, Joel Shap-
pirio, John r. Edmonds, jr.;; Dorothy
Collins and Mary A. Herhusky.
Engineering (senior) - Forrest
Miles, Carney Luckey and Benjamin
Mueller.
Engineering (junior) - Osborn
Leak, David w. Somers, jr.;; Charles
A. Brenner, jr.; James Saunders
and Joseph Williams.
Public Welfare, senior-Charles
w. Kinzer.
Public Welfare, junior-John
Cook, Melvin Fleming and Maggie
McSWeeney. s..5xftg f4
Biology Awards.
Biology, senior-Arthur Thoro-
good, David g. Sfappirio, David
Gillis, Frank de Manchaux, George
S. Burke, Shirley Browne, Hazel
Darcy, Evelyn Mohler, Benjamin
Jones Celestee johnson, Mae Tab
scott, Consuelo e. Mayo, Alvin Wine
stock, Frederick billiard, Francis
Bush, Francis Gambino and Ruth
Poole.
Biology, junior-William Bumbry
Laurence Tate, Carl Julian Leuter,
Juanita Butler, Geneva Hogans,
Karin Broman, Janet Thompson
Margaret Perry, Edithmae Bolts,
Charles Hepburn, jr, and Gregor
Reinhard.
A jellyfish seen off Boston Harbor
measured 71a feet across.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Librury Meeting Slated

The Board of Trustees Of the
Prince Georges County Memorial
Library will meet with members Of
all the county libraries at 8:l5 pm.
May 20 at the Masonic Hall, Hyatts-
Vile,
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Gen. Reckord Awarded
Second Cluster to DSM
Bv The Associoted, Pres

Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, ad'
jutant general of Maryland, wa!
awarded second oak leaf cluster tt
his Distinguished Service Medal yes
terday for exceptionally meritor'
ious service" during World War II
The presentation was made BY
Gen. Eisenhower. Army chief O
staff. under whom Gen. Reckore
served in Europe as provost marsha
generafs
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Stage Union Is Upheld
In Barring Makeup Men
Nv A.. A..oe;otea pr.,

BY the Assoeiufed Press
LOS ANGELES, May 21.-The
Superior Court, after a six-week
hearing, has upheld the AFL Inter-
national Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees right to refuse full
membership rights to AZ film make
up men.
Judge :, Frank NJ, Smith, after
hearing the group describe various
tricks by which they make film
players more photogenic. held that
it was within the unions power to
keep them In an auxiliary member
status.
Judge Smith ruled that solution
Of the groups problem lies In legis-
lation and not in any court action
under existing laws dealing with
union control.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
| Engineer Dies in Fon
From Pennsy Flyer
~ Inc Assoeiassd Press

l5ssS -
PLYMOUTH, Ind. May 21.Frank
In. Ritcha, 81, veteran railroad en-
gineer from Fort Wayne, was killed
yesterday when he fell from the
locomotive Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
roads Golden Triangle train as It
speeded through here. bound for
Chicago.
Division railroad officials here said
Mr.. Ritcha apparently was struck
by the Chicago-to-New York Trail
Blazer as the two trains met at full
speed 800 yards west Of the Plymouth
station.
The fireman, G. j. Wappes, who
took over the controls and stopped
I the train, said he. saw Mr.. Ritcha
hanging onto a bar for moment
before he lost his grip and slipped
Ioff the apron at the cab entrance.
The body was found between the
double tracks.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
|Jop & Envoy Hers
|Heods Upper House
81 ihs Assoeidisd pFssi

TOKYO, May 21I Isuneo Matsu-
tiaira, former Ambassador to WASH
ington and an irlternationally-
known diplomat. was elected FIRST
president today of the House OF
Councillors. Japan's new upper
house Of the Diet.
Mr.. Matsudaira, confldarit Of
Emperor Hirohito, belongs to the
Green Wind Society" a inde-
pendent councillors which forms the
largest bloc In the upper chamber,
The chamber of elective nembersr re-
places the largely appointive House
of Peers under the new constitution
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Bill 10 Ban Ownership
OF Radio SidiioIls BY
Congressman Debdied

The question of whether members
Sof Congress should own radio sta
tions caused a brief hareup between
two Republican members Oh the
Wisconsin delegation yesterday and
started pro and con discussions else
where on Capitol. Hill.
It began when Senator Mccarthy
tof wisconsin introduced q bill to
prohibit members OF Congress from
owning radio stations on the ground
| they should not have business deal
/ ings with the Federal Communica-
Itions Commission "over whose ap-
preparations they have absolute
control. 5.s#s
When Representative O'Konski OF
Wisconsin heard about the bill, he
said he did not care what Senator
Mccarthy does" and added that 1t
is honorable and legal for q mem
ber of Congress to apply for a radio
station license.
Denies Bill Aimed at O'Konski
Senator Mccarthy denied that his
bill was directed at Mr.. O'Konski
or any specific individual" and said
he did not know the latter had
applied for a license when he intro
duced his legislation. MIR. O'Konski
said later he accepted this state
ment.
Senator Bricker, Republican, Of
Ohio, who has an application on file
with the FEC to operate station
lat Columbus, said he is opposed to
Senator McCarthy's bill.
"I think q man in public life has
a right to engage in any legitimate
business" the Senator told a re-
porter. He said the bill will have
no effect on his plans to press for
approval of the application, adding
| it would be just as reasonable to bar
a member of Congress from farming
or any other enterpries as to forbid
him to operate a radio station.
Senator Mccarthy had said, II be-
lieve it is wholly wrong for members
of Congress-who have dealings
with the FEC and over whose appro-
priations they have absolute control
to obtain or. seek to obtain radio
station licenses"
Ellsworth Replies.
Representative Ellsworth, Repub-
ncan, of Oregon retorted this view
would imply that members of Con-
gress could lead the commissioners
around by the nose" AS owner of q
quarter interest in Station KRNR
at Roseburg, Greg, Mr.. Ellsworth
said he has dealt with the commits
sion for the last 10. years and never
entertained the slightest suspicion
that members were subject to polit-
ical pressure"
One of the pioneers in radio is
Senator Capper. Republican, of
Kansas, who has owned WIBW at
Topeka for more than 20 years, and
also has an interest In KCKN at
Kansas City.
The family of Senator Knowland,
Republican, of California, owns the
Oakland Tribune and Station XIX
at Oakland.