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Evening star., 1947-05-23

ment more than 20 years. he ranks
as the youngest man ever to head
the detective bureau and has be-
hind him a long string of citations
for meritorious service.
Inspector Barrett's record also
contains four police trials on charges
of mishandling prisoners and as
many acquittals. A technical rul-
ing of the Court of Appeals and q
subsequent hung jury saved hin
from serving a years sentence FOL
beating up prisoner in 1888.
Once a theology student and latel
an Alabama school teacher, Inspec-
tor Thomas quickly climbed in the
police force when he decided te
change his career "a years ago. The
52-year old veteran was made as.
sistant superintendent when Maj
Callahan became superintendent ir
February, 1896 At that time he was
commanding the second precinct.
| Inspector Letterman Is best knowr
for his crusades against vice anc
rackets, a reputation he established
in the prohibition era. Joining the
force in 1921, he warred relentlessl,
on gaming and prostitution. and II
l1945 was placed in charge OF tht
vice squad. Last February he be-
came supervising inspector for ths
first district. He is native OF Mis-
souri,.
! Fowler Heads academy.
/ An expert at ballistics, Inspector
Fowler has been on the force 2t
years, working his way up with the
help of experience gained as an
artillery officer in the World War
He now Is head of the Police Acad-
envy founded by Commissions
Young and the late Col. Edward j
Kelly and at one time won prom
inence as head of the Detective Bu-
lreau's robbery squad.
Inspector Talley stepped from
command of the seventh precinct
as captain to supervising inspector
lof the second district On the way
lup from the beat he walked in 1871
I he transferred to the Detective Bu-
reau 10 years ago and was especially
adept in running down forgers.
AS chief of the traffic division, In
spector Miller has won nationa
prominence. He, too. worked hi:
way through the ranks, having
broken In % years ago.
In 1910 he attended the North
! western University TRAFFIC Institute
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Contract Awarded for FEC
Radio Laboratory al Laurel

The Federal Works Agency has
announced award OF q contract for
construction Of Federal Communi-
cations Commission radio laboratory
at Laurel, Md.
The laboratory Is to be con-
structed by the Joseph s. Behen
Construction CO., Inc, Of 6220 Third
street NV, at price Of $52.674,
it was disclosed.
The laboratory will be located
on Clearly road. Construction plans
call for a workshop-type brick
building, so by 80 feet, two stories
high with a concrete foundation.
The roof will be fiat so that 1t can
be used for the celebration OF IN
strumentS,
Evening star., 1947-05-23
4 '''THE EVENING STAR. Washington = 4
FRIDAY. a. Ieu e ' - -
Southwest Children
Win Council Backing
On Three Resolutions
Neighborlaood

The Southwest Neighborhood
council win act to improve condi-
tons for children Of the area with
background Of testimony on
southwest needs from experts the
children themselves.
At a meeting of the interracial
group yesterday, students from JEFF
ferson Junior High School fwhite)
and Randall Junior High School
(colored) presented their ideas of
the community's limitations.
AS result, the council adopted
three resolutions for action on
points made by the students. and
invited the youngsters to return at a
future meeting to continue the dis
cussions.
The resolutions were:
To send a representative to Con-
eressional budget hearings to urge
appropriation OF an additional $780,
900 for the annex to Randall.
To ask the Commissioners TO re-
move the dog pound on the Randall
playground.
To write Government Services,
Inc, asking why children must pay
IS cents to cross the channel by
boat to get to the East Potomac
Park pool.
The students heard, in discus
sion arranged by Police Pvt. Oliver
Cowan, director OF the Junior Police
and Citizens Corps, were Michael
Troiano, Is; Robert D. Atley, IA;
James Rhinehart, Is; and Janet
Stockton, IA, from jefferson; and
Evelyn Barber, IA, Eleanor Marshall,
IA; Myra Coates, IA; Gypsy Bailey
u, and David Gorham, Is, from
Randall.
School In Two Shifts.
Gypsy Bailey reported that Ran
dali is overcrowded and that the
building is inadequate. Children
there must attend school In two
shifts.
David Gorharn called for general
cleanup Of Fourth street S.W., and
told of the inconvenience Of having
a dog pound on the Randall play
ground.
It was conceded In the discussion
that not only does the presence OF
the dogs take up needed playground
space and conflict with recreational
activities. but the children disturb
the dogs"
The Jefferson students, all officers
Of the student council, brought out
needs for q more accessible SWIM
ming pool in the southwest area
than that In East Potomac Park
They said also there should be more
playground space for small children.
Free Entry to Pool Urged.
Robert Alley declared southwest
boys and girls must pay Is cents
boat fare to cross the river to the
pool, and 40 cents admission. He
recommended that free admission
to the pool be extended from noon
to 4 pm.
Other points mentioned as need
ing remedy included housing, con-
ditions of streets and street lighting.
Oficers of the council elected yes
terday are Miss Edith A. Lyons,
director of division 13 OF the Dis
trict public schools, chairman; Mrs.
Florence Mixa, health education
consultant, vice chairman; Miss
Deborah Courier. children's Ii
brarian at the southwest branch,
secretary, and Miss Amelia G. Kemp
of Barney Neighborhood House and
Edwin C. Myers. principal Of Syphax
School, delegates. The meeting was
held at the Neighborhood House.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Bird Tropper Gets
Reward From Hotel
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK.-Albert Fimbel, Ho-
tel Pennsylvania employe. has tive
anything -you-want' meals coming
to him.
They're his reward for catching
"a pigeon loosed in the hotel lobby.
Mr.. Fimbel used popcorn, peanuts
and water to entice the elusive bird
into Z cake-like trap three days
later.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

that Boyle told him he understood
the steel was now available and that
he wanted his Or else"
THE two gunmen with him." Mr.
Kerschbaumer said, made it very
evident to me what he meant when
he said or else"
Others who had contracted to OBJ
tain steel from the combine included
Percy Nagel, representing an Ar
gentine commercial group that
wanted 100000 tons, Mr.. Kersch-
banner said, and L. G. Durham Co.
Chicago, 10000 tons.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Greece
CONTINUED From First Page.)

tCOQGlHQeQ FIOfu FlfSI FASc.J
propaganda has served to inf1ame
passions which already are too
high"
Many of the refugees, 1t said,,
had been engaged in political or
military activities in their home
countries, land all too many live IN
the hope there will be some violent
turn of the tide which will enable
them to return to their homes on
conditions they choose"
The report added that 1t was idle
to believe the situation in Northern
Greece could be cured by q stroke
of the pen, but that the solution
of the problems of refugees and
political exiles would be helpful.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

man said he would not attempt 10
state the position of Senator Rob-
ertson, Republican, Of Wyoming,
author of ! substitute bill.
Senator Grrney said Senator Rob-
ertson would have an opportunity
to obtain D vote On his substitute
next week. when the committee is
ready to take final action.
Another change made today
takes from the overall Secretary the
authority to appoint his special as
|sistants and requires their appoint
ment by the President, subject to
Senate confirmation.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Steel
Continued From First Page)

day that after weeks of conferences
in New York, Mr.. Karp showed him
and his associates a letter on sta
tionery of Firth -Sterling-confirma-
tion that the company would supply
24o,000 tons of steel. The letter,
signed by an A. r. Zapp, Mr.. Kersch-
banner said. stated that the COM
pany regretted" it was unable to
supply 100000 tons.
Mr.. Kerschbaumer said that he
understood Mr.. zapp was man.
ager of the company's carbide di-
vision.
Asked by Senator Martin how he
intended to finance the purchase
Mr.. Kerschbaumer said Bernard
Sternberg of Glenns Falls. N. Y.
gave him a $4,000 900 letter OF
credit, which was placed in the
Chemical Bank & Trust Co., New
York.
Visited in New York Hotel.
Mr.. Kerschbaumer said he asked
Mr.. Sternberg for the backing after
he had met him in Pittsburgh
through Mr.. Sternberg's attorney
Leo Shapiro.
After it became known that ths
company's letter confirming the or.
der had been received, Mr.. Kersch.
banner said he was visited in 9
New York hotel by a man he iden-
tilted as James Boyle. who wa!
accompanied, he said, by two men
Mr.. Kerschbaumer, who said Boyle
had arranged TO purchase 5o,o00tonl
Of the steel for the United Nations
Supply Co. of Brooklyn" testified
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Carson

Continued From First Page.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Legion Drum, Bugle Corps
Will Parade In New York

3. Graves, Adrian E. HENDERSON,
and T. A. Shepard, j., coior
guards.
j. w. Holloman, and John G.
Oldenouttel, bugleyre.
E. A. McFadyen, Darrell W.
Riley, James B. Roberts. and jim
MY W~arters, bass drums.
Cleft B. Clement, James S.
Garig, Jr,. C. C. James, anG Law
renee D. Nelson, cymbalS.
Carl N. Davis, Donald r. Play
er, H L. Register, and Larry r.
Schneider, tenor drums.
Charles Cunningham, Mac B. Ed
wards, Alton Cause, Hal K.
Goode, ]. F. Graham, E. J. Hale,
Noah Kacur. George Motto, Joe
Piner, Donalds Reynolds. William
K. Rhodes, Jr., Francis F. Thomp'
son, Mark D. Fenters, j., L. H,
Vowel, j. L. Walker, Warner
Ward, Harold Williams and Nor
man Woodcock, snare drums.
Walter l.. Barnes, Andrew +
Caps, Jr., Melvin T. Craig, M
P. Daniels, Eugene Edwards
James Finger, Bill Gibson, Johr
J. Johnson, Dave Lambert, E. M
O'Brien, Joseph E. Rose, Adrair
D. Sellers, W. E. S%ingletary. Fran
els E. Stanley, Russell Stanley
George V. Tompkins, and R. L
Toppings, buglers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
What To Do
For That Sluggish,
DoWn-and-0ut
Feeling

Remember the time when you could cat
Ike a horse, bubbled-over with energy.
1elt happy as a lark2 Was 1t not because
you liked to ~eat--didn't know what In
digestion was. felt strong as an OK? Al
age advances the "old stomach and the
~eVer-changing blood" need help. Now
you may again release vibrant energy
to every muscle, fibre. cell.
Every day--every hour millions Of
tiny red -blood-cells must pour forth
from the marrow OF your bones to re-
place those hat are WORKOUT. A low
blood count may affect you in several
ways: no appetite, u~nderweight, no
energy, a rundown condition, lack Of
resistance to Infection and disease.
To get real relief you must keep up
your blood strength. Medical authorities,
by analysis Of the blood, have by posi-
tive proof shown that SIS Tonic is
amazingly effective in building up low
blood strength in non-organic nutri-
t1onal anemia. This is IL to the SIS
Tonic formula which contains special
and potent a~ctivating ingredients.
1ood you eat by increasing h gastric
digestive Juice when 1t is n~cn-organi-
cally too little or scanty- thus the stom-
ach will have little to get balky
with gas, bloat and give of that SOU
food taste.
Don't walt! Energize your body with
rich, red-blood. Start on SIS Tonic now
AS vigorous blood surges throughout
your whole body, greater freshness and
strength should make you eat better.
sleep better. feel better. work better,
play better hay a healthy color glow in
your skip-frm flesh fill out hollow
PLACES. Millions Of bottles sold. Get q
bottle from your drug store. SIS Tonic
helps Build Sturdy Health.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Nv HOKE NORRIS

MANTEO, Aug. IS. The Jackpot
is q great American institution.
The only trouble with its illusion
OF sudden easy wealth is that it
is an illusion. If you disagree,
Fofster Fitz-Simons will set you
right about it.
Fitz-Simons is a young dancer
and college professor who is in
Manteo this summer for his
second season as Uppowoc, the
Indian medicine man in Paul
Green's The Lost Colony. He is
also a writer whose first novel,
bright Leaf, has been bought
for SIS, 900 by Warner Brothers be-
fore publication.
Fellow cast members look upon
him with awe-"All that money
all Of a sudden" they say with
low whistles and some envy. But
all that money didn't come sud
denly, and it ont be that much
by the time it filers down through
publishers and. agents to the
writer. And don't forget U n C e
Sam and his tax collectors.
Fitz-Simons started work on his
novel eight years ago. 1t began
as a synopsis of a story based on
the tobacco industry, which in all
its modern bigness lies within a
few mile Of the campus where he
is row a drama professor the
University Of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill.
A publisher had suggested to
him that the tobacco industry had
never been adequately treated in
fiction. This publisher eventually
dropped from the picture, but
another one became interested. Sc
Fitz-Simons began work in earn
est. He read hundreds of technical
and trade papers on the tobacco
industry-all very dull, he recalls
now. And the big people OF big
industry seemed dull, too, despite
all their vigor and the mag
n~ificence of their wealth, so hi
found that he had to do a grea'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
LABOR EXCEEDS
DEMAND IN AREA
Increases In Hiring Pre-
dicted In Skilled
Lines

The labor supply for New Hano-
yer, Brunswick, Fender, and Co.
lumbus counties exceed the de-
mand for workers. w. H. Powell,
manager, North Carolina Employ
ment service, said yesterday.
However, he declared, employ
ment trends tor certain selected
industries indicates slight Increase
in hiring during the next four
months.
Labor supply IN the four coun-
ties is currently estimated at s.
900, an approximate increase of
% per cent over April.
OF the current unemployed g.
421, including 312 women of whom
Sc are non-white, are registered
with the Wilmington office. Near
~ 80 per cent O. the women are
over 30 years old and less than
10 per cent have a high school
education.
OF the 2,241 persons registered
1886 are veterans.
Orders for workers reached SOC
during July, but consist mainly Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

Wilmington will be strongly rep
resented during tae National
American Legi on convention
scheduled for Aug. 20, 30, 81 in
New York city as the local North
Carolina c h a m p j o n drum and
bugle corps marches in the an
nual convention parade.
Drawing fifth position in the line
of march the local corps is de-
termined to put on a good show
according to Bob Berman, must
cal director.
Expecting to make the New
York trip are:
William J.. Blackwell, drum ma
jor.
Lois Cox, secretary.
F. L. Meier, Jr., and Henry
Meier, twirlers.
Wilton S. Crisp, D. L. Dye, E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
Auther, Dancer; Actor Tells
OF Work For Wusiue Jackpot

deal Of ~fictionizing and synt h e.
sizing to keep his book from
reading like a directors report.
1t was all hard digging, and it
had to be done in his spare time.
He wrote in hotel rooms, in dres-
sing rooms, in trains, on ship
board during his tours with
Dancer, Ted Shawn in the United
States and England. later in South
America, while touring with Mir
lam Wilslow, and in Chapel Hill
between teaching chores.
The young writer was born In
Atlanta, Ga, and attended Boys
High school and Emory Universe
ty before entering the University
of North Carolina. At the Uni
versity he joined the famous Caro-
lima Playmakers and wrote and
acted for them.
In 1912 he joined the Depart
ment Of Dramatic Art at the Uni
versity as an instructor in scene
ry and costumer design. He was
promoted to assistant professor
and became assistant director OF
the Playmakers in 1915.
In 1916 he joined the cast OF
The Lost Colony as Uppowoc and
photographer for its first p o t.
war season, and with him, as
Dame Coleman, was Mrs. Fitz-
Simons who does the spectacular
Indian dance in the first act, and
this summer he is also assistant
to director, Sam Selden, head OF
the Playmakers and the Drama
department at the University.
Mrs. Fitz-Simons is repeating the
role Of Dame Coleman this
season.
Tho;r Cbora1 IIi11 frianI . . II |
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
BEG PARDON

Part of the story IN the u,
mington Morning Star abo,. "% a.,
warrants charging Violations Z,
the state liquor law in Records.
court Friday was in error.
The story ED RI
Hudson was convicted OF seIr1..
whiskey at Burnett's dr5va'j.
Carolina Beach road. The sale v.,
not made at Burnett driven W
L. Burnett said yesterday. w.
And in reporting that Mr. w..
Mrs. Bill Davis were convicted ~ y.
selling whiskey at JOS club. Cs-~
lima Beach road, the mention =,
a new Davis establishment y,
Wrightsville Beach had no co1
nection with the liquor chars,
The story Of the liquor esSa,
which appeared in the WiImhart09
News Friday was correct In fTr'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

openings in Korea. Well trained
stenographers are scarce, ne said.
Approximately 300 workers will
be needed in Columbus county
during the tobacco season.
Current employment Of 1859 il
July for 33 reporting firms showed
an increase of approximately tour
per cent over employment for
May. These firms indicate that
they expect to employ an addi-
tional 289 within the next four
months, an increase of eight per
cent over current employment.
The greatest increased employ
ment is expected to be in the
manufacture of textiles, apparel
and related products, and fertiliz-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
AN
ESSENTIAL
Scrap Iron Plays Important
Industrial
Role
BY ROBERT K. MORHEAD

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 49, up -
The disheveled junkman with his
creaky horse-drawn cart is a IA
miliar part of the American scene
but Few persons visualize him as
a vital link in the nations billion
dollar-a-year scrap iron industry.
With the price of steel scrap at
an all-tlme high, the junkman is
more important than ever
before.
Scrap is most anything made OF
iron or steel that has outworn its
usefulness-the old pot a house
wife heaves on the rubbish heap;
a leaky pipe ripped out by a
plumber: d pre-war family a1to-
mobile that finally gives up the
ghost; heavy steel girders from a
burned-out building.
Its Importance. to the steel in
dustry lies in the fact that odd
sizes and shapes of scrap can be
dumped with other ingredients in
to an open hearth or electric fur
mace TO produce steel every bit a:
strong as that .processed from
iron ore.
Right now the market price for
scrap is between $40 and $45 per
ton over the previous record OF
$40 set during Wcrld War land
is threatening to 60 even higher.
The rise in scrap prices was n
factor cited by steel industry lead
ers in announcing recent basic
steel price boosts OF from S. to
$40 per ton.
Last year, 40 million tons Of pig
iron made from native ore and
2 million tons of scrap went into
the making of steel sheets, rolls
and bars for new automobiles, re-
frigerators, construction materials
and rails.
The salvaged metal included %
million tons of thome scrap
jagged ends Of ingots, fish tails"
from rolled strips and odd scraps
from stamping departments that
pile up in normal operation OF a
steel mill; and 20 million tons Of
purchased scrap" acquired in
freight-car lots from scrap
brokers.
Scrap prices since the turn of
the century have Iuctuated sharp
ly from year 10 year. A 4-year
chart kept by one Pittsburgh
broker shows scrap selling for $12
a ton in 1908, $3.50 the following
year and climbing to $26.50 by
1916.
The market reached a record
high of $40 per ton in the war
year of 1917, prompting the gov
eminent to step in and cut it to
$29. 80.
In the "boom-bust" year of 1929,
reclaimed metal was selling for
$19 a ton and in the lean depres-
sion years that followed, dealers
had a hard time peddling their
wares at $1,000 a ton in 1882 and
$12 a ton in the 1888 recession"
new rumDllngs OF war, how
ever, sent the market climbing
again until the government
clamped on a $40 ceiling.
Termination of OPA control
coupled with an unprecedented
demand for steel products unob.
tainable during the war skyrock-
eted the market to it's present $40
plus peak-double the price I'm
der government control.
The situation is further aggra-
waited by the entrance into the
scrap field of numerous large ap-
pllance and electrical products
firms.
These companies have no use
Ger the scrap itself but are inter
ested only in the end product
steel sheets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17
KILOGRAMS STEP.
OUT OF WIRE CLASS
Next Year Messenger Will
Be Sent Via Beam
Report
Nv GERTRUDE CARRAWAY
Staff Correspondent

NEW BERN, Aug. is. - Next
year it will be incorrect to speak
Of sending or receiving a wire
when referring to kilograms.
Under a modern plan of the
Western Union Telegraph cornpa-
ny. scheduled for completion be-
fore the end of 1948 all kilograms
between major cities will travel
by radio beam instead Of by wire
as at present and in the past, 1t
was learned here this week from
]. S. Mobiles, local manager OF the
Western Union.
'This system will improve the
quality, dependability and speed OF
telegraph service provided to the
public" MOBILES said. 1T will re-
duce Interruptions resulting from
storms, falling trees and electrical
disturbances. The cost will be less
over a period Of seven years than
would be required for malnte-
nance and reconstruction of the
pole lines to be placed. This may
eventually result in reduced rates
tor kilograms"
The first step in the program
already under way is the estao-
lishment of what is known as the
New York - Washington - Pitts
burgh triangle. This triangle will
provide two-way radio beam COM
munication between these cities
and will permit the removal OF
some $500 miles of pole lines. The
second step will be extension of
the system to Columbus, Cincin-
natl, Chicago, Toledo and Cleve
land.
Each of these super-high fire.
quency beams will be used to pro-
vide circuits FOR Ill available tele-
graph traffic as we'll as for other
purposes. Because these radio
waves do not follow the earth's
curvature, relay towers located on
hills and mountains as far as 30
miles apart must catch the waves
to bend them along the surface OF
the earth. The towers will be from
so to 120 feet in height.
On each relay tower are two
pairs of circular reflectors, n
pair aimed at the next tower in
each direction. Incoming waves
are caught by an a%ntenna, located
in what looks like a tin can in
the center of a reflector. The
waves then pass to an automatic
transmitter on the other side Of
the tower and are sent to the next
tower.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-17

Green, wrote The Lost Colon
years ago to dramatic ~
English attempts to coIoni7o az
New World. The play is proG, sAe
each July and A ugusti in 0.so
Waterside theatre at Fort PsIai~~.v'
where the Sixteenth Century o9 gu
MES were established. '''0'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-26
KEY WEST r
NEEDS HOMES

We notice. a news dis
patch from another State,
reporting that an industrial
plant will begin construction
on two hundred houses for
workers, at a cost of 81, 49,
600.
The point that the news
article makes is that people
who must work must have
houses in which to live. The
same observation applies to
Key West, where there is a
serious shortage of dwelling
units. In fact, the conStruc-
ton of living quarters is
probably of first Importance
in connection with efforts to
attract industry or workers
into this section.
While the same situation
probably exists, in a greater
or lesser degree in other
areas of the State, the first
community to offer homes
will probably be the first in
adding population and in
dustfies.