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Air Service Links
u. ). and Iceland
By WiIIiom H. Shipper. Jr
Stor Sfoff Corsspondent

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Mar. 49,
Strategic Iceland on the great Circle
route to Northern Europe was con-
nected to the United States yester-
day by its first commercial air serv-
ice when a four motored transport
bearing officials from Washington
landed here.
The Air Transport Command is
pulling out of 'Meeks Field, whose
American built runways are re-
garded as some of the best in North
Atlantic and American Overseas
Airlines is taking over operations
with the expectation of running at
least three round trips weekly
through here with the eastern ter
minus in Scandinavia.
In about a fortnight the TOO Army
personnel here will be homeward
bound. The first commercial fight
to Iceland took off from National
Airport Monday afternoon with Ice
landic and State Department Of
ficials aboard and arrived here yes
terday morning on schedule In Is
hours flying time.
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Parents to Hear D. 6.
School System Aide

Mrs. Octavia Reed, of the staff of
the co-ordinator of elementary
school instruction in the District
schools, will address a meeting for
parents on dealing with the growth
and development Of normal children
at pm. tomorrow at Wilson Teach
ers College.
The lecture, one in a series of four
weekly conferences, is sponsored by
Wilson Teachers College and the
District Congress of Parents and
Teachers.
Mrs. Dwight Avis, chairman Of the
Parents Child Relationship Commit
tee Of the congress, will act As
mediator in the discussion period
following the lecture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Byrd Charges Reduction
OF u. 5. Workers Is SIiqht

Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Virginia,
today charged that "the much
Wanted reduction" in Federal en-
ployment is not taking place except
for gradual reductions in the War
and Navy Departments.
Reporting for the Joint Commit
tee on Reduction of Nonessential
Federal Expenditures, Senator Byrd
said Federal civilian personnel, both
inside and outside the United States,
decreased 22,521 from December to
January.
Excluding the War and Navy De-
partments, he said, there was total
decrease of exactly 999.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

accident, officers Of the command
explained.
The Drum is berthed at the Naval
Gun Factory. She was turned over
to Rear Admiral Glenn B. Davis,
commandant of the naval command,
in ceremonies there yesterday.
Capt. Robert Rice, who placed the
Drum in commission and COM
manded her during the first three
of her 10 war patrols, was among
those present.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
w. John Kenney, the principal
speaker, commented:
1.-THE present trend of thought re-
garding naval warfare indicates that
the submarine is destined to con-
tinue to play a most important role
in our national defense"
He added It commend to the at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH

to the submarine. they have LIST
987 available for training use and
soon will have the destroyer Plunkett
as well.
Navy planes manned by local Re-
serve pilots swooped low over the
dock during yesterdays ceremonies.
The program was broadcast by
Station WMAL.
It was announced information con-
corning billets in the Naval Reserve
units here can be obtained from
Capt. Graves Office at the Naval
Gun Factory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

tention Of all young men in this area
the opportunities opened to them as
members of the Naval Reserve" Mr..
Kenney added.
Towed From Connecticut.
Comdr. c. v. Gordon, representing
the commander of the New London
Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, de-
livered the Drum from the Connec-
ticut base under tow.
1t. Comdr. Frank Avis, command
ing officer of Potomac Command,
Organized Reserve Submarine Divi-
sion, will direct the training pro-
gram aboard her.
Naval reserves here are directed by
Capt. Edwin D. Graves In addition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

Many lizards have the power
to shed their tails permitting the
creature to elude pursuers who may
be preoccupied with the still wiggling
tail.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
Bartle Hears
Unpleasant Ne,vs

who'll lend you anything, SOM"
Bartle reminded gently. Suppose you
do put up a new drying shed, on Dor
rowed money. The same men who
burned you out tonight might burn the
new shed down the day after you fin
ish it!
mo, they WON'T"
"You couldn't stop them, son."
Bartle said.
but there's somebody in these parts
right now who cam" Aldman shouted
desperately. Gel Cabalero Rojo He's
right here in Deep Water Valley
WHO told you that?" Bartle asked
quickly.
1.-THE same young Mex who rode by
and told me about SAM" Straw Aid
man told him. But before l could
get any particulars from him, he was
off,"
lei Cabalero Rojo," Bartle said
thoughtfully, then flashed wide-eyed
glance at his visitor. why, thundera-
ton, Burr, it might have been that
red-headed outlaw who burned your
shed ~
NO" Young Aldman was positive
of that. 1T wasn't. Anybody will
tell you he don't do things like that"
"Who knows what he's really like?"
snapped Bartle. Except that he is Q
ia wpreaker and a killer-isn't he?
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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Nineteen maybe he was, your broth
err" the stranger asked. Hair like
straw-more light than your own? Blue
shirt? Shoes, not boots?"
Burr Aldman nodded. THAT'S Sam
all right. You know him? You've run
across him maybe?"
The young stranger was hard pressed
for words.
Amigo" he finally said gently, "Sam
does not come back"
"What?' A strangled cry came from
young Aldman's choked throat.
1t is true. Sam and this old man
nere-they are together now. Sabe,"
You mean that Sam is dead?"
Straw Aldman shouted as he took a
quick step forward.
Isl" Juanita de Cuevas pointed to
the distant cross and reverently crossed
herself. HE is there, amigo, hanged by
some devil"
Sam %
Slowly the truth seeped into Straw
Aldman's mind, ate into bis heart like
poison.
That leaves-just me-" he said, his
voice tight with bitterness, "for them
to get. Well, they had better do it
plenty pronto"
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
%MWoF Revenge E.
A CkS on. cnI

Mlchaei Valdez, who protects the Door
unoer the guise of Gel CabalIero Roio. %
tracks down and kills two of the men
responsible for the murder of his moth.
ana torture of his father and the
snuroer OF the parents of Juanita, a
spanish girl disguised as a boy. Since
ne usually rides alone and does not want
woman on the outlaw trail with him,
ne sends Juanita away, but she rejoins
mn because She loves him. As they
rue toward new town they pass land
mark and discover a hideous crime.
young boy has been shot and nailed to
wooden cross. Juanita trails the killers
nurse In an effort to capture him. Valdez
meets new settlers and warns them of
the dangers they'll encounter.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
THROW AWAY
HARSH LAXATWES!
Millions Have Ended Con-
stipation with Healthful
Fresh Fruit Drink

Don't form the habit of depending
nharsh, gripping laxatives until you've
tried this easy. healthful way millions
now use to keep regular.
It's fresh lemon juice and water
taken first thing in the morning Just
as soon as you get up, the juice of
one Sunkist Lemon in glass of water.
Taken thus. on an empty stomach, it
stimulates normal bowel action. day
after day, for most people.
And lemons are actively good for
you. They re among therichest sources
of vitarnin C. which combats fatigue,
helps resist colds and infections They
supply vitamins Bl and P, aid diges-
ton and help alkalinize the system.
Try this grand wake-up drink 10
mornings See if it doesn't help you'll
Use California Sunkist Lemons.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
Sympathy From
Russ BartIe

"And you, amigo?" Juanta said soft
ly. you think you fight long, alone?
Oh, no, they make of you candle.
| Puff! You are finished"
81 don't know who you are, stranger"
the young farmer said, but I'll say
this much and no more. say I'll kill
every last one of them before I'm
through ~
"There is much law in this country,
amigo" Juanita said. I'm the town of
Gold Greek Sheriff Lande is said to
:. But | S, that there is no restraint
to hold you. Good luck" The young
Spanish stranger held out friendly
hand of sympathy and understanding.
"A dos. Who knows but that you shall
not fight alone, after all? For il is said
by my people that Ell Caballero Rojo
has heard of the plight that has fallen
owe. this valley, and that he is some
where around
The tattered, youthful stranger turned
swiftly, mounted the horse that stood
near with reins dragging and faded
away into the night.
Burr Aldman stared until the
stranger was speck in the distant
gloom-and then gone from sight. But
the strangers words were still poig-
nantly present with him. He, too, knew
of the legend of FL Caballero Rojo, the
friend of the poor, the Fighter of
wrongs.
So that man of mystery was here
Had perhaps heard of the indignities
that were being heaped on the heads
of the tobacco farmers by the imperious,
grasping beefmen of the community.
Was he here to help the tobacco men?
But Straw Aldman knew that he
must be off to see Russ Bartle. Must
seek the advice, the help of the man
his father had said was a good man,
and could be depended on for aid.
Taking only long enough to remove
his father to the house, Burr Aldman
saddled his horse, mounted, and set off
to bring home his brother and care for
him. That done, during what seemed
like an eternity of grief. the sole re-
naming member of the Aldman family
a gain mounted and headed for the
Bartle ranch.
Bartle. known as the most prosper
DIS tobacco farmer and landowner in
Deep Water Valley, had just finished
,cribbling an entry in the looks open
before him when knuckles raped on
he door. He went to the door, pulled
he lever that drew back the spring lock !
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
Another Atrocity
In the UdZley

The red headed young man staggered
to his feet. His weary eyes shifted from
the corpse of his father to the smolder-
ing ash-heap. Then suddenly his teeth
clicked together as he spun on his heels,
snatching out the six-gun that was
tucked beneath his belt. But as swiftly
he remembered.
THAT you, SAM" he called hope
fully.
When there was no answer and he
still hea II approaching footsteps, again
his six. .,In was flung upward. His
finger danced on the trigger.
"Keep coming !" be commanded.
A slight figure in ragged overalls
came to the dying glow of the ruins.
Straw Aldman glowered. then slightly
relaxed. This was not the killer of his
father. the men who had set fire to the
driving shed. He had managed to get
one glimpse of that man, a distant
glimpse. as he had rushed from the
house at the sound of shots. That fellow
with the torch and gun had been taller
than this ragged figure, had moved like
one who was much older.
81 see fire. come fast. hear shots.
think maybe am of help, senior,
but" The youth in the ragged clothes
looked at the remains Of Pop Aldman.
81 am too late, no:'
"Yes," Straw Aldman said DULY.
"Too late"
"NIaybe / cal do something for you!
"No." Straw Aldman shook his head.
"I'm pulling out as soon as my protnef
Sam gets backbone.
"Your brother"
The voice was thick with pity, for
the ewes of the young Spanish stranger
were on the footprints of horse
fresh prints of a horse that had
been there And almost as re-
a little while before-those
30 mo boofprints had been at Don At
tero's Cross
"Your brother?" the stranger re-
,eated. the soft voice husky.
"Yes. He went up on Mission ridge
n attend to chore. I'm expecting
lin back most any minute
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS
Crocheted Chair Set, Pillow Top

Due to an unusually large demand and
required in filling orders for a few of the
most popular patterns.
Send your order to:
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
.QRM@hMH|a'|||i|!'j
800 Is

When painting stairs which are
used every day, paint every other
step and when they are dry, paint
the remaining steps.
You may find it easier to iron a
mans shirt in this order: Collar
first, yoke, cuffs and sleeves, then
back and front of shirt.
Save buttons from old garments.
String them in sets so that they
will be all together when needed
for other garments.
Use kitchen scissors for dicing
fruit, celery, peppers, for trim
ming fish and cubing meat.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02
CHAPTER x

linen suddenly, with a harsh ejacula.
tlon, Clark Weber jumped to the ground
and retrieved the gun that had been
shot from his hand. The hand itself, he
saw, had been no more than scratched,
but the shock of the bullet had done
what Ell Caballero Rojo had intended it
to do
"Curse him!" Weber growled. "The
next time
He might not be as generous as he
was a moment ago." Ellen Maxon
finished for him. "He was only trying
to help us. Why did you draw that
gun on him."
Because he's worth money-plenty
OF it-dead or alive" Weber growled
surlily, angered even at the girl he pro-
fessed to love. I'D heard enough about
hlm-and now that l know he is in
these parts, l see how we're going to
make it quick, paying the balance due
Bartle on our land"
Without word Chef Maxon picked
up the reins. The wagon creaked on.
Even before it completely turned the
bend and stopped near the CHASTITY
cross, the silence of fear and disillusion
dropped like clammy blanket over the
Flooding settlers.
On Chef Maxon's side of the trail
stood the CHASTITY cross. On his sisters
side, far below, glowed the embers of
the fire they had seen, but witch now
was dying down. 1t was as if some
mocking son of Satan had prepared the
welcoming signs.
Only an hour before, young Burr
Aldman, nicknamed STRAW" because of
his red-gold hair and freckl led face, had
been sitting across the table from his
father, a Woodworking tobacco farmer
in Deep Water Valley.
Straw Aldman was twenty-one. Or
he had been up to minutes before. He
was like man of forty or more now,
as bitter as gall, with but one purpose
in life-to find the man who had tossed
that torch into the drying shed; the
nan who had fred pointblank at his
father who had tried to stop
he arson.
"Yes, Dad" he wheezed out. Beef
men. Curse 'em! I'll pay every one of |
hem back, coin for coin, till either
cad or rope stop me-"
mo, son." the farmers weak voice
That's not the way. The
hing for you to do is to get out of this
ole of the devil. See-Russ Bartle.
He'll help you to find somebody to buy
he farm. He's a good man, son. He II
clip you. But get out of this Deep
Water Valley. Start as soon as your
rother Sam gets back home. You and
am pull out of here tonigh-. Promise
lie that, Burr"
"All right, Dad" the young man said
Il hate like all thunder
, make a promise like that, but"
He stopped short, staring at his
lther. For the next moment old Aid
an died, stretched on the soil that
AZURE had touched with such prodi-
IL hand.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02

His voice broke. His lips clamped
shut, and the line of them was like
twisted scar.
Juanita understood She had known
a like shock and grief herself.
you try to find this killer, no?" she
asked.
mot just one of them" Aldman
burst out. AN of theml And most
especially a rattlesnake named Pete
Haskell who is the ringeader of the
whole killing beefmen OUTFIT
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-02

THE sunbonnet girl of song and
story ready to be a decoration
for that best chair you prize so
highly. Mercerized crochet cotton
is used.
You can crochet pillow top and chair
set in this design. Pattern $40 has direc-
tions and charts for chair set and pillow
top. Send 20 cents in coins for pattern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15

paratus and expended a depth
charge. .
Escorted, in company with
Mojave, the SIS Dorchester and the
Norwegian SIS Biscaya to a rendez-
vous at so degrees N, so degrees w
where they turned over the vessels
to two <destroyers, and the Modoc
Dor on 18th June.
Next day she was off again to
Greenland, escorting two Army
transports, the Chatham and Fair
fax in company with the Mojave
and the USS Hobson. July End saw
the Modoc and Tampa escorting
three more vessels to Sydney via
Belle Isle Straits and proceeding to
Greenland with three others on the
9Th.
Enroute the Portuguese fishing
schooner IL Havense II was board
ed and the master warned that he
would be liable to seizure if he re-
leased by radio any information on
the movements of United Nations
warships or merchant, vessels. Aft
er remaining at Kungnat Bay,
Greenland, three days the Modoc
returned to Sydney with two vessels
on the 21st.
Again, after making engine re-
pairs, and taking on supplies, the
Modoc, with the Tampa and Mo-
Continued On Page 2; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15

Will Sponsor
New Measure
Levies On Liquor, Furs:
Jewelry, Cosmetics Would
Remain Indefinitely
REVERSES "STAND".
House Leaders To Press
Bill AS Means OF Gaining
Income Slash

WASHINGTON, Jan. ID
B-Chairman Knutson (R-
Minn) of the Ways and Means
committee announced Tuesday
that House Republican tax
managers will sponsor quick
passage of legislation to con-
tinue indefinitely the high
wartime excise levies on
liquor, furs, jewelry and many
ether goods and services.
The measure, forestalling
an automatic rollback of the
excise list on July with an annual
revenue loss Of ST., 500, 600, 900, will
be given precedence over all other
tax bills. =.
Knutson said it might be approx.
ed by the tax-framing committee
on Friday.
Such action would coincide with
a recommendation made by Presi.
Continued on Page Z, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Along The Cape Fear

MODOC's LOG-Thanks to the
U. S. Coast Guard, Along The
Cape Fear a bring you the high
lights of the Modoc's role in World
War II.
On 1 April 1912, the Modoc began
anti-submarine warfare training at
Casco Bay, Maine in company with
the U. S. submarine Marlin. Pro-
ceednig to Little Placentia Harbor,
Newfoundland, on the 18th in con-
voy, she began escorting the Uss
Laramie to Greenland on the 26th
of April.
On May 5 she proceeded to Casco
Bay, Maine, escorting the USs
Laramie, the SIS Omaha and the
SIS ARA, arriving on the 18th. Next
day she received orders to proceed
to a position 70 miles east of Bos-
ton to search for a German sub
marine which had been sighted in
that vicinity. ... r..
There she searched for about
three hours with the USS Cole
without result and proceeded to
Boston Navy Yard for repairs and
radar installations.
X X X
ESCORT DUTY-Leaving Boston
on 20 May 1912, she escorted three
vessels to Newfoundland a d
thence to Greenland. On the 4th
of June, en- route, she made a
! doubtful contact on her sound ap-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Clark Terms
Contempt OF
Order Insult
Attorney General Tells
Justices Action Was In.
vitation To Mob Rule
LAWYER GRILLED
Frankfurter Makes Sonnet
Sweat Under Barrage OF
Legal Questions ssA

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA
tart suggestion from
Justice Jackson that the SUI
preme court is trying to psy-
choanalyze Congress rather
than interpret the law climax
ed the historic John L. Lewis
contempt case as the court
took it under advisement late
Tuesday.
The flare-up came after
Attorney General Tom Clark
told the court that Lewis
scorning of a federal court order,
designed to head off last Novem-
ber's coal strike, was an insult to
the United States and an invita-
ton to mob rule"
1t similarly followed a report
from attorneys for the United Mine
workers chief that Clark's argu-
ment might have been sounded
in a political arena"
AS the proceedings drew toward
a 4:10 p. m. EST close, Assistant
Attorney General John F. Sonnet
was IT. uing that Federal District
court was right in slapping the
CONTINUED on Page I, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
BENSON PLEDGES u
THOROUGH ACTION
Second Policeman Valves
Preliminary Hearing In |
Court Here .m..

Every effort to cleanup the situ-
alton involving the city police
was promised yesterday by City
Manager J.. r. Benson, who said
that all measures necessary toward
this end would be taken.
'It is a dnty to the community
and the police force as 4 whols
who has been placed in an ems
barassing and awkward position.
to clear up the matter" he de-
clared.
Benson's statement followed the
arrest of a second member OF
the force Monday night on a charge
of breaking, entering and receiv-
ing. The ex~-policeman, Roy A.
Crissett, yesterday waived a pre-
liminary hearing before Judge H.
Winfield Smith and his case was
remanded to Superior court.
An army veteran and a member
Of the police department for a
short while, Girssett is charged
with the theft Of an cupboard mo.
tor from the Anchor Hardware
at 101 S. Front street. Three motors
were recovered in Grissettown
in Brunswick county, former home
of the policeman, last night by
Chief of Police Charles H. Casteeh,
City Detective Sgt. E. B. Murray;
Harry Fales, chief of the identi-
fication bureau; and Detective
Norwood Wolfe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
POSTPONES
TRIAL OF CANEY
Expected Length OF Case
Cited A. Reason For
Delay

Guy Ganey, ~42-year-old service
station operator. of Seagate, stood
before Judge j. Paul Frizzelle yes
terday afternoon at 4:40 O'Clock
and pleaded not guilty to a charge
of murder.
After hearing his plea, Solicitor
Clifton Moore, of Burgaw, asked the
court to continue the case until
the next term of criminal court.
Moore said that "since we are
late starting this term and the
docket is already crowded and due
to the fact this case may require
several days, I am asking that the
case of the state versus Guy Ganey
be continued" ~
Aaron Goldberg and David Sin
clair, attorneys. for Ganey, said
they were ready to start the trial,
but Goldberg told the court in his
opinion it would require until al
least Saturday night to complete
the case and. indicated that a, long
list of witnesses would be sent to
the stand.
Judge Frizzelle said he had to
preside in Edgecombe county
superior court next week and he
understood a full docket faced the
court there. He was also of the
opinion that it would require sew
eral days to hear the case.
Attorney G b e r e asked
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