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Evening star., 1947-12-29
Womon's Wrist
Cut by Accident,
Phone Saves Life

An Air Transport Command clerk
who slashed her wrist accidentally
this morning while trimming
calluses on her feet with razor
blade, probably saved her life by
calling her Office for help, police
reported.
The clerk-stenographer, Miss Sal
ly Orvis, So, was found semicon-
scious in her room at 223 Charming
street NE. when police went to her
assistance. She was lying on hel
bed, bleeding from the cut on her
right wrist. Taken to Gallinger
Hospitpal, she was reported in fai1
condition.
When Miss Orvis cut her wrist
she called George Flynn, a fellow
worker in the PERSONAL department
at the ATC headquarters at Ma
tional Airport, and told him what
had happened. He called police.
Evening star., 1947-12-29

served the minimum Of a 25-year
sentence for the Staying of her
pretty 23-year-old daughter-in-law,
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop, Novem-
ber 81, 1888.
The woman, who at her trial re-
pudiated statement of guilt and
pleaded not guilty, refused to answer
yesterday the question sent to her
by newsmen at the prison gates
did you kill Rheta?"
Rheta, daughter of B. H. Gardner
Indianapolis flour merchant, ano
wife of the physicians son, Earle
then a, was found dead on ar
operating table in the basement
surgery Of the old Wynekoop man.
sion in Chicago. Police said
Evening star., 1947-12-29

bullet had been fired into her back
and heart.
The state contended that DR.
Wynekoop had obtained a $4,000
double indemnity life insurance
policy on Rheta a short time pre-
viously then planned the Staying
In repudiating the statement o1
guilt, DR.. Wynekoop said it had beer
obtained by police trickery.
The woman, then ga years old
frail and suffering serious hear
ailment, entered the women's branch
of the Illinois State Prison al
Dwight, March 20, 1884. At tha
time she said she did not expect Il
be alive at the expiration Of ever
the minimum confinement which
Evening star., 1947-12-29
Gen. Lucas Is Ordered
To Return From China
By the Associoted Press

NANKING, Dec. 29-It was
learned today that Maj. Gen. John
P. Lucas, commanding the United
States Army Advisory Group In
China, has been ordered to return
to Washington Immediately.
Gen. Lucas reassignment was an
annouced a fortnight ago, but at
that time 1t was said he would not
leave China until March l.
fastening his recall raised specu-
lation in Marking that the United
States Government might be giving
urgent consideration to the China
problem and desired consultation
with the man most familiar with
the Chinese governments military
needs.
Evening star., 1947-12-29
|Dr. Wynekoop, Freed
From Prison al II,
lis Taken 10 Hospital
by the kssoeiofed Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Dr. Alice
Lindsay Wynekoop, who went to
prison. 13 years and 9 months ago
for one Of Chicago's most sensational
murders, was released yesterday
and brought to a hospital here for
treatment of heart disease and
chronic high blood pressure.
The 77-year-old physician had
Evening star., 1947-12-29

Mrs. Rosane Shelton, secretary;
Mrs. Sophie Bergner, treasurer;
Mrs. Cora v. Dorsey, chaplain: Mrs
Kathryn Winkelman. patriotic tn.
structor; Mrs. Seba Lilo, guard:
Miss Emma Hayward, assistant
guard: Mrs. Mabel Gates. guide;
Evening star., 1947-12-29
Mrs. Cora Mano|y Heads
Cushinq Camp Auxiliary

Mrs. Cora Manoly, 96o5 Bristol
avenue, Silver Spring. has been
elected president Of the women's
auxiliary to Cushing Camp No. 80,
Sons Of Union Veterans Of the
Civil War.
Other officers elected are: Mrs.
Jessie D. Patton. vice president;
Evening star., 1947-12-29

she was allowed for exemplary be-
haviour.
She left prison IN IN ambulance
with her eldest son, Walker, who
brought her to the hospital here.
Evening star., 1947-12-29
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ''A-13
~.

MRS. Una Dorsey, assistant gutde'
and Mrs.. Amy L. Carr, press re-
Iporter.
Evening star., 1947-02-07

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TW-LL. An extraordinary, versatile, oIlwool fobrc
specially Ioomed by Pacific Mills to be in good tose
everywhere. Yes and the master skill Of Rose
Brothers exclusive tailoring has
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surretwi is a good choice indeed the best g =
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Evening star., 1947-02-07
Bar May Act tuesday
On $1,000 Allowance
For Presidents S Use

A proposal to appropriate $4,000
annually for use by the president of
the District Bar Association con-
nection with his official duties and
for expenses of delegates to the
American Bar Association conven-
ton will be considered Tuesday
night at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Under the Craftsmanship of Mat
thias Mahorner, jr.. the committee
on revision of the bylaws meeting
yesterday in Municipal Court, rec
commended this and other changes
to the entire membership. Actual
voting on these changes will not
take place until the March meeting,
however.
The membership will hold its
monthly session at pm. Tuesday.
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough of
District Court will speak on THE
Twilight of Bureaucracy.
The Revision Committee also pro-
posed that polls be. open from am.
to 6 pm. on the associations elec-
ton day and that the Election COM
mittee consider establishing an up
town polling place. Voting now Is
confined to the associations library
at District Court, where voting ma
chimes were installed recently.
The Revision Committee recon-
mended three, delegates be sent to
the national convention. It also
asked that nominations for officers
be limited to active members and
that two or more persons be NOM
mated for secretary and treasurer.
Members made it clear that there
is no criticism of the associations S
long time secretary, Wilbur l.. Gray.
In addition to Mr.. .Mahorner,
those attending were: Austin F.
Canfield, president of the District
association: Chester H. Gray, Archi-
bald r. McCallum, Lawrence Koe-
nigsberger, J. Austin Latimer, Henry
n. Brylawski, Abe M. Goldstein,
Joseph o. Janousek, Robert w.
Hicks, Lyle F. O'Rourke and Ivy
Lee Buchanan,
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Truman Halls Scouts
On 9th Anniversary

President Truman today addressed
q message of congratulation to the
Boy Scouts of America on their 37th
anniversary.
Mr.. Truman, who is honorary
president of the organization, said
he considered scouting's growth in
our country a real inspiration, and
that the Daily Good Turn" is in
deed the true spirit Of the move
ment.
Chief Scout Executive Ebert K.
Fretwell announced the Boy Scout
movement, for the first time In his
tory, has reached a membership OF
more than 2,000,0 900 boys and lead
erS.
Meanwhile, a special Court Of
Honor will be convened at 8 o'clock
tonight In Alice Deal Junior High
School, Fort drive and Nebraska
avenue N. W., by the Western Dis
trict, National Capital Area Boy
Scouts. -
Max Ludwig Weissn1an, will re-
ceive scouting's highest honor. the
Eagle award, from George McAfee, oil
the Chicago Bears professional foot
ball team, at the festivities which
mark the opening Of Boy Scout
Week.
-Four Life Scout, awards will be
made by Joe Haynes Of the Chicago
White Sox, to David Andrews, John
Tyler, william Gleaves and Robert
King.
Star Scout badges will be pre-
sented to Ralph xander, John SEQ
vile, jr., Claude Dupre, Sheldon
Schlossberg, Gerald Cahill, Newell
Stultz and William Walker by Sherry
Robertson, a member of the Wash
ington Senators baseball team.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Church Club to Hold Benefit

The st. Martins Church Mothers
Club will hold benefit party at
8:15 o'clock tonight in the clubhouse
at 1912 North Capitol street. Pro-
ceeds will 90 to the clubs scholar
ship fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
JAMES w. DOWLESS

Funeral services for James w.
Dowless, "A, who was killed in
an automobile wreck Christmas
dav were held Saturday after
mon at the Carver's Creek
church in Bladen county. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
Prior to moving to Laurinburg
about year ago, Mr.. Dowless
was employed in the Atlantic
Coats Line offices here.
He is survived by his wife and
two sons, James W., and John
NJ all of Charlotte. Two sisters
Miss Lucy Dowless and Mrs. c.
H. Mills, of Wilmington. Three
brothers; Vernon Dowless OF
Wilmington, C. E. Dowless of
Laurinburg and S. P. Dowless OF
Fort Story, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
RETURNING VETS
PLACED in JOBS
However, Half-A-Million
Still Are Hunting
Employment
WASHINGTON Dee %

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. Up,
- More than 100000 returning
veterans got jobs in 1947, run
ming the total of employed World
War II veterans to 12,25O,OOO -
but half a million are still look
ing for jobs.
That was announced today by
Perry Faulkner, chief of the vet
erans employment service.
About nine out OF ten vet
Grams are now gainfully employ
ed," Faulkner reported. He said
the nation in 1947 "kept to sched-
ule" in the program to find jobs
for veterans promptly as they
leave the services.
But Faulkner said the nation
still has the task of finding jobs
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
TURKS INSPECT
IMMIGRANT SHIPS
900 Jewish Women.
Men And Children Head
For Holy Land
BY MEMO DUERKSEN
United Press Staff Corrasro,aox

lSTANBUL, Turkey, Dec %.
: W'D - Two former American
ships, reported by Turkish au.
thorities to be carrying 1000
Jewlsh men, women and chill
dren, entered the Bosporus from
the Black sea today and it was
believed they were en- route to
Palestine.
Turkish medical authorities
boarded the ships, the Pan York
and Pan Crescent, at Buyukdere.
lO miles north of Istanbul, but
allowed them to proceed through
the straits toward the Dardanelles
and the Aegean sea after finding
them well-equipped medically.
Ihe refugees told authorities
they were heading for Port Said.
Egyptian port entrance to the
Suez canal.
Officials who boarded the ships
SAID there was no evidence that
the passengers were prepared for
an all-out attempt to crash the
British blockade but it was as
sumed here that the Holy Land
was their destination.
Reports from Bucharest. Ro-
mania said that the vessels sail
ed from the Bulgarian port of
Burgas yesterday and were bound
for the Holy Land in defiance of
both the British blockade and
specific orders from Jewish au-
thorities in Jerusalem not to
make the voyage.
The reports claimed that both
4 4,o6O-ton ships were sailing un-
der Panamanian registry.
The vessels were sighted en-
tering the Bosporus at $50 a. M.
today, their decks swarming with
refugees and cluttered with
shanties as protection against
storms.
Turkish officials said there
were 1886 Jews aboard the Pan
York, and that the Pan Crescent
carried 6,065 men and 5,089 wom-
en- and children.
"a Bucharest dispatch said yes
terday that the vessels left Bur-
gas with an estimated $4,000
aboard.)
Turkish officials boarded the
ships at 2:35 p. m. to check on
reports that there was illness
aboard. Customs officials refus-
ed to permit other than medical
officials to visit the ships.
British authorities have close
| ly followed the itineraries of the
two former American vessels
since they arrived at the Ro-
manian port of Constanta early in
October.
Jewish sources reported from
Bucharest yesterday that the
freighters were converted for
passenger use at Constanta and
were moved to Burgas shortly
after the United Nations vote
Nov. 20 to partition Palestine. The
ships and refugees were ready
to depart then but last minute
orders arrived from Jerusalem
cancelling the sailings, the sources
said.
If the ships run the British
blockade it would be the biggest
group Of Jews ever to enter the
Holy Land illegally.
The ships still must pas through
the sea of Marmara to the OAR
danelles, some 200 miles to the
west, and out into the Aegean
sea. Some 1000 miles of the Brit
Iish-patrolled Mediterranean then
await the packed immigrant
ships before they reach the Pale
stine coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
for slightly less than 500, 900.
And also these tasks:

for slightly less than 100000.
And also these tasks:
l. Finding jobs, later, for more
than 100000 veterans who are
in schools and colleges. Faulkner
said the nation has "a special
obligation" to those people, since
it is spending a great deal of
money on their education and
should see that they find work
where they can make the maxi
mum contribution to the public
welfare.
2. Finding jobs, pretty soon, for
several hundred thousand vet
Grams who are not classed as
unemployed" because they are
not yet looking for jobs.
He called attention to two other
problems, that of disabled vet
Grams 100000 still unemployed),
and that of "the men who have
jobs but who are now looking for
positions more in line with their
qualifications and experience.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
ASA L. GROOM

Asa Love Groom, 80, of Bur-
tow died at Veterans Facility
s,osnital. ,, Oteen, December 26.
Funer9l services were conduct
Il from the Burgaw Presbyterian
.hnrch Sunday afternoon at 3
,,cIock by Revs. P. L. Clark
william Poole, and R. E. Walls
I'm Burial followed in the Bur-
saw cemetery with full military
sonors h by American Legion Post
No. 10.
Groom was the son of Mrs.
Annie Highsmith Groom and the
l.+e Finley Tate Groom of Bur
saw. and is survived by his
no+her and three brothers, Fin
lev T. and Woodrow S. of Bur
aaw. and Rodney B. of Whining
tnn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
Obituaries
,c ANNIE T. NEWKIRK

CLINTON, Dec.27 - Funeral
-;cos for Mrs. Annie Taylor
y,sewkirk, ,ssviksin5k Il, will be held Sunday
NfG ,tfrrnoon NO at 8 o'clock from Wells
allsonel ll.e near here with the Rev
ch5ps,A I; ! Alfred ii officiating. Inter
j. ~ ~ will be in the church ceme-
Mrs Newkirk died Saturday
-" " had been i'll a short while
'"I bar home at Willard, route /.
Il Che is survived by two daugh-
~. Mrs. Harlee Herward, Caro-
Ina Ina Beach; Mrs. E. W. Hall, Will
r'iD n,ington; two sons, Charles of the
a,nS ann1e, and Albert of Warsaw;
O nOe sister, Mrs: R: H. Allen,
Irl Lumberton, and eight grand
.hi1dren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
AMBULANCE DRIVER
ABSOLVED OF DEATH
OF ELDERLY NEGRO

RALEIGH, Dec. 28--P)-Coro-
ner Irving M. Cheek today
cleared Wilson ambulance
driver of all blame in a highway
accident yesterday afternoon
which brought instant death to
Charles Allen, 55-year-old Neg
70 of Rolesville.
Cheek said the accident occur
red when Allen attempted to run
across the highway in front OF
an ambulance driven by Clarence
R. Pittman. The mishap occurred
three miles southeast of Roles
vile on highway 264.
Hero of Egypt constructed a
steam turbine more than 1000
wears ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
DRIVERS WARNED

RALEIGH, Dec. 28-P)-Col.
L. C. Rosser, commissioner of
motor vehicles, today warned
drivers whose surnames begin
with A or B that they have only
three days left in which to get
new drivers licenses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
EXECUTRIX NOTICE

E4ECUTRIX NOTICE
hdVlng qualified the 18th day of Dec
ltNi 1leoeflsk Lacy King, deceased, this is to
AoIl1y all persons having claims against
e1loer l947, as Executrix of the estate OF
ms Estate to file same with the under
asned On or before the Both day OF
December ls4s at 4o5 South Third
street greet Wilmington, N. c., or this no.
,I'e VIII be pleaded in bar of recovery
vi same. Anyone indebted to said
ment
lhls the 9th day of December, 1947.
LILLIAN TAYLOR KING,
Executrix of the Estate OF
Frederick Lacy King
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
DIR. BOBBS

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| NETWORk)W4EN PRESIDENT
AND FOUNDER CONSOLE
Mc8EAM DECIDES TO 60
ON THE AIR, HIMSELF!
SINCE ALL TIME HAS BEEN
SOLD, THERE REMAINS
BUT ONE uALF-4OUR,
ALREADY PROMISED TO
DOLORES oUNkLE, "T4E
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29
1870 Legal
ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE

The undersigned having qualified as
administrator OF the estate Of A. Daisy
King deceased. late of the County OF
New Hanover. this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against said estate
to present them to the undersigned. Will
mjneton. North Carolina, on or before
the 5rd day OF October, l948, or this no.
tee will be pleaded in bar of their re-
coyery All persons indebted to the said
estate will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
Signed, this 3rd day of October, l947.
E. z. KING,
Administrator
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office OF
District Supervisor, Alcohol Tax Unit,
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Balti-
more, Maryland. Date OF first puplica-
ton, December Is, l947. Notice is mere
BY gwen that on November 20, 1947, one
1886 Chevrolet Coach, Motor No. M-67a
ulz4 with accessories. was seized in New
Hanover County, North Carolina, foI
VIOLATION OF the lntelnaI Revenue Laws,
to-wit: Section 1921, internal Revenue
Code, Any person claiming an interest
IN SAID property must appear at the OF
tee OF Investigator in Charge, Alcohoa
Tax Unit, Charlotte, North Carolina, and
I4IS CIdIH ana COSl DOllU dS plo idCu OS
Section 3724. Internal Revenue Code, on
OF before January IA, 1948, otherwise the
property will be disposed of according to
law.
r. E. FUTILE,
District Supervisor
ADsnNISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Administrator OF
me Estate of Margaret Cronly, deceased,
ms is to notify all persons having
claims against said Estate to present
IAem TO the undersigned at 1907 Murchi-
son Building, Wilmington, N. c., on OF
ueIo!e the 9th day Of December, 194S, OF
IAs Notice will be pleaded in bar OF
thelr recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate will
please make Immediate payment.
lhls the 9th day of December, 1947.
ROBERT D. CRONLY, JR.,
Administrator of the Estate of
MARGARET CRONLY,
deceased,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29

Trans-J Jordan became an inde-
pendent country in 1916 when
England gave up its mandate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-29

Blue whales often exceed 100
feet in length and 100 tons in
weight.
Evening star., 1947-10-05

Now. the big voIue event Of
the coat season. Presenting the
newest, smortest eoots for every
occasion and every purse!
Evening star., 1947-03-28
Funds Bill Would Let
Freedmen S Hire So

The $390,000 deficiency appropria-
ton for Freedmen's Hospital, ap-
proved by the House Appropriations
Committee today, will supply So
more employees and make it possible
for the hospital to renovate its
maternity section.
During hearings before a House
appropriations subco mittee
Charles E. Burbridge, superintend-
ent OF Freedmen's, explained that a
serious diarrhea epidemic" in the
summer of 1916 made renovation of
the maternity section necessary.
He said plans include putting tho
entire section, except for the de-
livery room, on one floor instead of
two. He also advocated expansion
Of the present two nurseries to four
ones for normal, suspect and pre-
mature babies and an isolation
nursery.
Fifty-six of the 50 additional en-
ployes, he disclosed, will be used in
the maternity section. Of the
others, two additional ambulance
drivers will be employed to keep the
ambulance on a 24-hour schedule
and one employe will be used to
guard the high-pressure steam pipe
lines that furnish heat and power
to the hospital.
Evening star., 1947-03-28
City Needs New Law
Podgett, ConvoIescing, Urges
Weapon Law to Protect Police

himself. Pvt. Padgett's voice grew
stronger.
why would a good citizen want
to go armed?" he asked What's
the use of a gun except to 60 out
and kill somebody? If it wasn't SO
easy for them to carry guns, there
would be no occasion for these
shootings.'
Pvt. Padgett was just about to go
off duty on a Sunday near midnight
when a man rushed into restau-
rant and said he was being threat
ened With gun. The policeman
ran out of the restaurant and
started to question a man in a taxi.
Now Of Critical List.
The mans four bullets struck Pvt.
Padgett in the liver and in one lung
Doctors fighting to save him put
him under an oxygen tent and kept
up blood transfusions. He is now
off the critical list but he said he
felt pretty weak" today.
Pvt. Padgett knows what happened
10 MIN could happen again. wounded
near the retirement age, he is think
ing now of his comrades on the
force-and what might happen to
them and the ordinary citizen as
long as man can carry a weapon
without fear of going to jail.
The nurse let the wounded man
talk only for a minute. But that
was long enough for him to voice
the idea that when a policeman
risks his life to question a man sus-
pected Of carrying a pistol, he
should be able to arrest the man and
know the arrest will stand up in
court.
Passage of the Hebert bill, on
which House District Subcommit-
tee is scheduled to act next week,
would make that possible. 49,
Evening star., 1947-03-28
Griffin Murder Case Goes
To District Court Jury

A District Court jury began de-
liberating today in the case of Bax-
ter Griffin, AZ. colored, of the 1900
block of Eighth street NV, who is
on trial on a charge of first-degree
murder in the shooting of Lee Hun
ter, %, colored, last month.
The shooting was in Hunter S
home in the TOO block of Ninth
street NV.
Taking the stand in his own be-
half, Griffin testified he shot in
self defense when Hunter advanced
toward him. An argument had
started over a game of cards, the
defendant testified.
Griffin was prosecuted by As
sistant United States Attorney
Grace B. Stiles. He was de-
Tended by Attorney Robert I. Miller
Justice Alexander Holtzoff is pre-
siding,
Evening star., 1947-03-28
Mystery Solved
On City Heads
Auto Numbers

A mystery" connected with the
license numbers on the automo-
biles Of District Commissioners was
clarified today-but the explanation
Is bit involved.
When new streamlined models
were delivered to the Commissioners
recently, it was discovered they were
shy on head room for the silk hats
demanded for state occasions.
So the older models, with their
higher ceilings were placed in re-
serve for those occasions, except for
Commissioner John Russell Young.
He likes the old model best and uses
it almost exclusively. Commissioners
Guy Mason and Gordon r. Young
prefer the new model and do most
of their motoring in it.
When the new cars arrived, how
ever. those assigned to Commission
ers Mason and Gordon r. Young
were given District tags 10-o52 and
l0-053 That now has been changed
and they now wear the usual Com
missioners' tags 2 and 3.
No. / still adorns the older and
more spacious model preferred by
Commissioner John Rufsell Young
Evening star., 1947-03-28

but not without committee criti-
cism of District officials.
The committee recalled that last
year, in reporting the District ap-
preparation bill, it had very strong
ly'' urged District officials to expe-
dite the transfer of outsiders COM
mitted to st. ElNabeths Hospital
back to the States of their resi-
dence.
Inquiry in connection with the
pending deficiency" the committee
report said, indicates some i'm
provement in this situation. But
the committee is not entirely salts
fed that all possible efforts have
been and are being expended,
Further inquiry on this subject will
be made in connection with the
l948 District appropriation bill"
Charges Increased.
The heavy extra payment required
for st. Elizabeths Hospital, it was
revealed recently, is the result prin.
cipally OF boost in the daily charge
Per patient from $3.50 to 1885
District officials repeatedly have
protested they have no control ovel
either the number of so-called Dis.
trict patients committed to the in.
stitution or the per diem rate TO,
their care.
School officials sought deficiency
appropriation of s9O,175, mostly tt
provide 80 additional temporary
teachers to meet the Unexpectedly
heavy instruction demand of re.
turned war veterans. The commit.
tee granted s6l ,4S0. The reduction
Of S28.695 was made chiefly be.
cause only three months now re.
main of this fiscal year instead OF
five, when the original estimates
were made.
A. w. Heinmiller, assistant su-
perintendent Of schools, told the
committee that, whereas the reg
ular 1947 budget was based on ar
estimate there would be TOO vet
Grams in the white schools and 26t
in the colored schools, actual en-
rollment later showed 1.105 in the
white schools, and $50 in the col
ored schools. 4