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Evening star., 1948-08-23

feet of preregistration marriages on
the draft program.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, ma
tional Selective Service director,
said he had no official reports on
the situation, but he added:
IF they want to get married." he
commented, ''it's their business. It's
a peculiar way to avoid service, but
it's a matter of opinion"
In clarifying regulations an
nounced yesterday concerning regis
tration procedure during the August
30-September IS period, a Selective
Service spokesman told how men
who are away from home at the
time should register.
To Register in Normal Way.
Men 18 through Is simply should
go to the nearest and most con-
venient registration place if they
are away from home" he explained.
They will register in exactly the
same way as if they were home and
their registration cards will be
mailed, Immediately to the local
board in the city or town they give
as their permanent address"
Some inconvenience might arise,
however, in the classification ques-
tionnaire procedure.
Local boards will begin mailing
out such questionnaires according to
age groups to single, nonveterans,
10 through Is, as soon as possible
after the age groups are registered.
In any event the first Questionnaires
must be mailed not later than Sep
tember Z.
These questionnaires will be
mailed to men at their permanent
addresses and not to places where
they might be on vacation or other
wise absent from home at that
time" the national headquarters
officials said.
1t will be the registrant's individ-
ual responsibility to see that his
lquestionnaire is filled out and re-
turned to his local board within
10 days., he declared.
District draft headquarters mean
while went ahead with prepara-
tions for a "brieflng" session, prob
ably Thursday, when the registra-
tion procedure will be explained in
detail to several hundred registrars
These registrars will be from a
score of private companies as well
as District Government offices
which will register their draft-eligi-
BILE employees at their places of en-
ployment.
Evening star., 1948-08-23

Lack of respect for the Moslem
religion and inaccuracies as to Arab
customs, are the principal criticisms
directed against American films by
Syrian censorS.
Evening star., 1948-08-23

Soldiers. Sailors and Marines Club,
1015 L street NV, lounge, library, writ
ing desk. billiard tables. radio.
Pennsylvanis avenue NV, free canteen,
open daily, noon to midnight.
Penthouse Service Center, Seventeenth
and K streets NV; sunset music hour,
o'clock, terrace dancing, o'clock. and
games IN gymnasium. 9:45 O'Clock tonight.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
Boyles Gets Librory Post

j. Harry Boyles, q graduate Of st.
Bonaventure College and George
town University Law School, has
been appointed law librarian at
National University, 1t was an
nounced today. For the past three
years Mr. Boyles has been employed
by the Union Trust Co.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
BY the A.sociofsd Press

SHARTLESVILLE, Pa, Aug. 23
"A young mother attempting te
enter her home through a cellar
window after forgetting her key
was strangled to death yesterday
when her neck was caught between
the window sill and frame, Deputy
Coroner Peter Kicker reported.
State<P Police Corpl. Irwin L. Roth
ermel said Mrs. Gladys Marie
Strickler, %, apparently was crawl
ing into the cellar when the window
dropped on the back of her neck
pinning her against the sill.
DR.. John Baer said the young
woman apparently hung by the
neck for As minutes until her body
was found by Allent Hartman who
was attracted to the scene by the
Evening star., 1948-08-23

NATIONAL CITY, Calf, Aug
% R.-An attempt by William Will
liams. IS, to climb through a win
dow when he misplaced his house
keys killed him yesterday.
The window fell when he was
halfway through and pinned him
to the sill. The coroner's report
blamed the death on heart at
tack-caused by the shock of the
falling window.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
DRIVING RULES
FOR WINTER
Safety Council Offers Some
Suggestions For Safe Driv-
ing During Winter
TAKE NO CHANCES

If you must drive this winter,
says the Delaware Safety Council,
fill your car to comfortable capaci-
ty and go prepared to get through,
regardless of snow and ice. To help
you do so, the Council offers the
following winter rules:
Reduce your speed to conform to
the conditions of the road and take
no chances.
Use tire chains on ice and snow
to reduce braking distances as
much as 40 to so per cent. Chains
also give added traction, and uni
formity in performance under sew
ere winter weather.
Follow other vehicles at safe
distance. 1t takes from 3 to IL
times as long to stop when pave
ments are snowy or icy.
Apply brakes on slippery pave
ments lightly and with a pumping
action. If you jam on the brakes,
they may lock and throw your car
into a dangerous skid.
Never make a quick stop in front
of another vehicle. A rear-end col
lision may cripple your car for the
duration.
! Keep windshield and windows
clear of snow and ice outside, and
fog and frost inside. Remember,
you must see danger to avoid it.
Keep posted on winter and
weather conditions. A safe driver is
always aware of his limitations and
equipped to get through safely and
on time.
For a Merry Christmas-Drive
Safely. Don't Let death Take
Your Holiday"
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
NAMED TO EDUCATION BOARD
Harry @. Packer Named state Sup
eryisor of Business Education


Mr.. Harry Q. Packer has been
named State Supervisor of Distri-
butive and Business Education in
the State Department of Public In
struction by the State Board for
Vocational Education in a meeting
held recently. Mr.. Packer succeeds
DR.. Carroll A. Nolan who resigned
to accept the position of Associate
Professor of Education at Syracuse
University. Mr.. Packer is leaving
his position of State Supervisor of
Business and Distributive Educa-
tion in the State of West Virginia
to assume the similar position in
! Delaware. Prior to that time he
taught, served as coordinator of
distributive education, and as the
supervisor of distribute education in
various public schools. He also
taught teacher training courses in
distributive education at the Uni
versity of Pittsburg, University of
Georgia, University of North Caro-
lima, Temple University, and New
York University. His professional
experience is augmented by eight
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Services Announced for Whining
ton, Milford and Rehoboth

bOth, NluIOru anu h6UODOCU
The subject of the lesson sermon
in First Church of Christ, Scient-
ist. 1901 Van Buren Street, Will
mington, the Christian Science So
ciety, Grange Hall, Milford and the
Christian Science Society, ". I. A.
Building, Rehoboth Beach, Sunday,
December 26, 1948, will be Chris
tian Science" Golden Text: Psalms
48:1. Great is the Lord, and great
ly to be praised in the city of God,
in the mountain of his holiness. A
citation from the Lesson-Sermon is +:
Revelation 10:1-3 (to:), 8. And
saw another mighty angel come
down from heaven, clothed with
a cloud: and rainbow was upon
his head, and his face was as it
were the sun, and his feet as pillars
of fire: And he had in his hand a
little book open: and he set his
right foot upon the sea, and his left
foot on the earth, And cried with
loud voice, as when a lion roar
eth: -. And 1 went unto the
angel, and said unto him, Give me
the little book. And he said unto
me, Take it, and eat it up; and it
shall make thy belly bitter, but it
shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey. A correlative passage from
the Textbook Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by
Mary Baker Eddy is: Opp. 558:99).
st. John writes, in the tenth chap
ter of his book of Revelation
And I saw another mighty angel
come down from heaven, clothed
with a cloud: and a rainbow upon
his head, and his face was as it
were the sun, and his feet as pill
lars of fire: and he had in his hand
a little book open: and he set his
right foot upon the sea, and his left
foot on the earth. This angel or
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
NEW BOAT IN
P.R.R. SERVICE
New Railroad Freight Float
to be Used From Cape
Charles to Little Creek
~"CAPT. ED. RICHARDSON"

A larger and more efficient rail-
road freight car float than any now
in service in the important Penn
sylvania Railroad transfer service
across the 29 mile wide mouth of
the Chesapeake Bay between Cape
Charles and Little Greek, near Nor
folk, was launched recently at the
yards of the New York Shipbuild-
ing Corporation in Camden, N. j.
The new vessel, to be the largest
all-welded steel float on Chesa-
peake Bay, is part of the railroads
extensive modernization program
for its marine freight equipment.
Named Captain Edward Richard
son" in honor of a deceased P.R.R.
boat master who was in charge of
the railroads marine operations on
Chesapeake Bay for over 80 years,
the vessel was christened with a
bottle of Bay water by Captain
Robert r. White, veteran car float
chief officer, who will be in charge
when the float goes into service
about December 80. The christen-
ing ceremony was unique in that
the sponsor is the future captain of
the vessel. Augmenting a fleet of
seven other. large car floats in the
trans-Bay service, the new float is
418 feet long, or go feet longer than
present boats of its type, and has
a beam of 81 feet and depth of 13
feet. 1t will displace 3,432 tons
when loaded. It's four railroad
tracks will accommodate approxi-
mately 32 freight cars, depending
on car length, or six more than
present vessels. Amidships are
quarters for the crew of five men,
housed in a structure elevated a.
bove the freight cars and extending
across the vessel. In addition to the
pilot house, from which the float is
steered as it follows the towing tug
at the end of a long hawser, the
quarters include an office-bedroom
for the captain, two staterooms for
the crew, and a modern galley. All
sleeping quarters have hot and cold
shower baths and lavatories. Elec-
trio lighting is provided. The hull
consists of % water-tight compart-
ments, of which several can be
punctured, should an emergency
occur, without endangering its sea-
worthiness. A higher freeboard will
enable the towing tug to. move the
float faster, speeding the service.
Other vessels in the Pennsylvania's
unodernization program include two
330-foot, three-track car floats and
two 250-foot, two track floats, just
placed in operation in New York
Harbor, all constructed by the New
Yonk Shipbuilding Corporation. Ten
new 80-foot open deck lighters of
$50 tons cargo capacity, fabricated
by the American Bridge Company
at Pittsburgh and assembled on
the Delaware River at Trenton, N.
j., have also just been placed in
service in New York Harbor. A
1000 horsepower steel tug boat is
under construction at the R-T-S
'Shipbuilding Company at Camden,
New Jersey.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23
biggest ore Boat

Biggest and fastest Great Lakes
ore carrier win be launched before
1850 by the Inland Steel company
of Chicago. The new ship. designed
by American Ship Building COM
pany. win be 668 feet long-over
two-thirds the length of the Queen
Elizabeth-and win carry an es-
timated 10000 gross tons Of cargo.
Powered by a geared turbine de-
livering 1000 horsepower, the ves-
sci viii make 1874 knots when fully
loaded.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23

years of experience in the retail
and wholesale business, two years
of which were spent as assistant
manager. He received his Masters
Degree from Temple University
and has taken further graduate
work at New York University. MS.
Packer will join the vocational
staff of Mr.. r. w. Helm, State Di-
rector, on February 1, 1949.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-23

message which comes from God,
clothed with a cloud, prefigures
divine Science. =. Truth has furn-
ished the key to the kingdom, and
with this key Christian Science has
opened the door of the human un-
derstanding.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12
George Circle
Meets At Home
OF Mrs. Parker

George - The George circe
Of the Women's Society Of Chris
tian Service Of the Woodland
Methodist Church held It's Dec
ember meeting At the home Of
Mrs. Grady Parker.
The program carried out the
Christmas theme.
The Parker home was decora-
ted with the traditional Christ
mas decorations on the imantel,
The dining table was centered
with IN attractive Christmas
tree centerpiece.
Mrs. J. r. Parker was the pro-
gram chairman.
The program opened with the
singing Of "Joy to the World"
and the devotional was led by
Mrs. J. T. Parker.
Mrs. Vida Bailey told "Iow
Christmas Came to U.s." Miss
evelyn Parker spoke on the sub
ject 'Who were the Wise Men,"
and Mrs Parker gave the "Con-
clusion Of the Christmas idea"
The circle leader, Mrs. Ale
thia Boycs concluded the pro-
gram with n poem entitled my
Daily Prayer"
During the business session
Mrs. Robert Futrell was elected
leader for the next year and
these other officers were named:
Mrs. Melvin Fuller, assistant
leader; Mrs. Paul Bryant, secre-
tary and treasurer and Miss Ev-
slyn Parker, chairman Of the
social service committees.
Delicious refreshments were
served to Is members present.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12
Bride-Elect Is
Honored At Shower

Seaboard: Mrs. Clyde Morris
entertained at a lovely shower
on Saturday night, December 4,
at the Seaboard Lions Club, in
honor Of Miss Velda Edwards,
bride-elect, Of Richmond and
Seaboard. The club was beauti-
fully decorated with fall flowers
and evergreens. After several
games of bingo, prizes were
awarded Mrs. John Parker of
jackson and Mrs. Lloyd Howell.
The hostess assisted by Misses
Emma Jean Edwards, June
Carol Wick, Paula Ann Pegg,
and Winnie Taylor, served ice
cream, cakes, nuts, and candy
to the following guests: Miss
Edwards, the honoree, Mes
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12
Mrs. Cherry
Is HOnOred
At Party

Miss Vernie Eddins and Miss
Jessie Helen Belche entertained
Monday evening at Coletraine
Hall at five tables Of bridge hon.
oring bride-elect, Miss Maratha
Rob Cherry, whose marriage to
Albert Mccoy Shaw of Rocky
Mount and Roanoke Rapids will
take place this month in Scot
land Neck.
The living room was decor
ated throughout with appropri-
ate fall flowers in color
scheme of green and white.
After several progressions
Mrs. Edward Ford was award
ed high score prize and Miss
Ester House the floating prize.
The honoree was remembered
with a gift Of chrystal goblets
in her chosen pattern by the
hostesses.
A delicious salad course with
coffee was served to the follow
ing guests: The honoree, Miss
Maratha Rob Cherry, Misses
Mary Ellen Currin, Margaret
Boone, Mary Hicks, Allene Tay
lor, Ester House, Ruth Chapman
Omara Daniel, Sarah Cannon,
ImoSene Booker, Winifred Beck
with, Ada Edwards, Virginia
Ferguson, Pat Rhue, Effie Wood
ruff Maratha Craddock, Hart
Sheridan, and Mary Turner.
Mesdames Edward Ford, I. E.
Ready, Joe O'Neal, Guilford
Lewis Robert Niche and r. z.
Bryant.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12
Mrs. Murray Is
Hostess At A
Lovely Party

Mrs. E. Cotter Murray enter
tanned Wednesday evening t
her home with one Of the LOWEST
Christmas parties of the season.
The home was decorated with
Christmas sprays, and arrange
ments of silver, evergreen, red
candles, bells, Santa and floral
bouquets of gladiolas and car
nations.
Candlelights reflecting on
bronze wall sconces and fire
place in the living room, on
room, added a pleasant charm
to the OCCASION.
Christmas tallies designated
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12

danes John Kicks, Marvin Tay-
lor, Spurgeon Daniel, Willie
Taylor, Louis Virgins. Buck
Alfred, Alvin Davis, 1rma
Moore, Willie Bass, J. P. Pegg,
w. D. Barbee, R. E. Wick, Lloyd
Howell, c. L. Wick, Russell Ed
wards, Joseph Jordan, Carter
Gay, Buck Stephenson, M. L.
Whitehead, Miss Maude Stancill,
Miss Mamie Edwards, and Miss
Mary Frances Stephenson.
The bride-elect Miss Ed
wards, received many lovely
and useful gifts.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12
PAGE 1lM!EI

places at four tabes for bridge.
After several progressions
Mrs. Frank Hawley won high
score and Mrs. George Hayes.
second. Prizes of Christmas
floral decorations were award
ed by the hostess.
A delicious salad course de-
corated with Christmas favors
was served to the following:
Mesdames, F. G. Jarman,
George Hayes, Pendleton Griz
zard, Bahnson Weathers, How
erton Gowen, Loftin Moody, T.
]. Taylor, Virgil Mcdowell, r.
A. Daniel, w. A. China, w. p.
Taylor, Ned Manning, Rudy
Walser, r. H. Hundley, Frank
Hawley and Miss Winifred
Beckwith.
Aa-..k 30 nm >>~a~n ntAa iSA the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12
Scotland Neck
Woman's Club
Christmas Show Set

Scotland Neck-1hs woman's
Club Christmas Show will be
held next Wednesday from 500
pm. until $50 pm. and Thurs
day from ten p. m. until five
p. m. at the Library In the
Municipal Building. This
Christmas showing Of door and
window decorations. Christmas
centerpieces for all occasions,
attractively wrapped gifts, oc-
casional tables and mantles ar
rangements suitable for the
Christmas season was 80 sue
cessful last year that it was de-
cidsd to dispense with the an
nual December meeting and
make this show an annual a.
fair.
Mrs. J. D. Ashford is chair
man with Mrs. Henry Purvis
assistant and all interested in
an entry are urged to
notify either of them. Last year
there were about thirty entries.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12

Skunks, when tanned, are
more affectionate than kittens.
They have two coats, a soft un-
dercoat covered with long glossy
guard hairs.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12

The United States has more
than three times as many In
dians as Canada.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-12

About $4,000 companies In the
United States produce oil.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-28

ments aleo in strategic positions
 The Russians are making an obvious demonstration of their de- fense strength he said.
 He told of Russian moves to break up the German police force in Berlin by making raids into the American, British and French sec tors and stealing the police uni forms, even from their homes.
 The tall. veteran correspondent. accompanied by his wife. came to Juneau from New York and will go directly north. It Is his first trip to Alaska although he has covered much of the Pacific area.
 During the war he was with the first troops. to land in Africa. He later transferred to the Southwest Pac.fic area and was attached to General MacArthur's headquarters. He also was among the first to land in Japan and covered the surrender ceremony for The Times aboard the Lattlsship Missouri.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-28
spy pR0BER5
 WANT TRIAL
 OF SUSPECTS
Mysterious Scientist x Is Hunted : Idmpered
 with Atomic Secrets
By HOWARD DOBSON

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-R-- Congressional spy probers pressed their hunt today for mysterious Scientist x" after demanding inn mediate trials for four persons they accused of tampering with atomic secrets. The House Un-American Activities Committee linked the un- identified scientist with Steve Nell son, who the committee said should be tried as an outright wartime spy. Nelson is Communist party organizer in Pennsylvania.
 The House groups preliminary report last night also declared that pr. Clarence F. Hiskey, his former wife, Marcia Sand Hiskey, and Dr. John H. Chapin should be prose- cuted on charges of conspiring to hand over atomic secrets to Soviet agents. Hiskey and Chapin were atomic bomb project scientists dur ing the war.
 The penalty for conviction on either charge, spying or conspiracy to spy, is death or up to 30 years imprisonment,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-28
CRISIS OF BERLIN |5
 UP TO LIN
Russian Blockade Is Con- demned as Threat 10
 World Peace
lBy The Asso ,iated Pressl

The United Nations squared off
 today for the most severe test in it's three-year history-an attempt to settle the Berlin dispute On the assembly platform, France joined Britain and the United States n condemning the Russian block ade as threat to world peace. Ex- perts of the three Western Powers finished drafting the note to be sent to Secretary General Trygve Lie late today or tomorrow for ref erence to the Security Council
 Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, asked that the U. N. end the blockade because the three west crn powers have exhausted every possibility of direct agreement AL though France is traditionally op- posed to rise of German power, he said "a renewed Germany must take her place in Democratic Eu- rope"
 Many diplomats feared the strain of the East-West dispute might crack up the United Nations.
 British Foreign Secretary Ernest Eevin's speech was sharply critis cized in the Soviet Press. Moscow newspapers charged he was trying to smash the United Nations. The Soviet newspapers did not say what Russia might do,
 The London Daily Herald. how ever, quoted Andrei Y. Vishinsky, leader of the Soviet delegats son, sas: saying thekSoviets will not "aban- don the United Nations
 We shan stay on and < N6rK to- 'eether with the other peoples of the world" vishinsky was quoted as saying in an interview.
 The U. s. Ambassador to Moscow, Walter Bedell Smith, conferred with President Truman on the Presidents campaign train. and told reporters later that American Soviet relations were never more seriou&'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-28
43-Year-0Id Records Of peary Found in Ardit by Expedition
 Supplying Weather Stations

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-tR--- A United States expedition to the Arctic last summer found records left there about 43 years ago by Cmdr Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole.
 This was disclosed today by Gov ernment officials who said the rec ords were found, but indicated it was on Cape Sheridan, about 450 miles from the North Pole.
 Peary made several trips to the Arctic, finally reaching the pole in 1909. Presumably, the papers found by the Navy-Coast Guard expedition were left by Peary on a trip in 1905 and 1906.
 The content of the Peary records was not disclosed Evidently, he had left them to show he had been in the area.
 The expeditionary ships, navy llCUt Edhtl, NCdoI oQdiu lNC- breaker and navy cargo ship, have returned to Boston
 The main purpose of the task force was to- supply four weather stations Tn the area and to scout sites for additional stations to be established next year.
 The expedition was led by Navy Capt. George Quick He com handed the navy icebreaker, Edis- to- The other vessels were the Coast Guard icehreaker East Wind, and the navy cargo ship Wyandot.
 Canadian naval officers went along since the weather stations were jointly set up by Canada and the United States.
 Helicopters carried aboard the three ships are reported to have helped spot the Peary papers and to have helped in navigating through the ice-choked waters of the Arctic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-28
TWO 5nIp5
 WILL LOAD
 FOR ALASKA
Square Sinnet Is Going 10 Nome-Southedstern for
 Seward and Valdez

SEATTLE, Sept 28.f lR-Sea and air cargoes were being lined up for Alaska in Seattle yesterday to re- 'lieve shortages threatened by the West Coast ship tie-up.
 Winter supplies for Nome, Alas ka, were being loaded aboard the Alaska Steamship Company freight Ter Square Sinnet at Pier AZ yester- Iday.
 The ship, with Capt. A. w How gate as master, is scheduled to sail Thursday. the company said.
 The Square Sinnet is being load ed and manned under special emergency agreement between the company and the unions on strike. Unions agreed to load and sail the ship under pre-strike wages and conditions, with provision that any final increases granted in West Coast negotiations be made retro active for the voyage.
 The 445-ton MS. Southeastern also is scheduled to berth here to- morrow to load for. Valdez and Seward. She will carry 500 tons of meat and other cold storage cargo when she sails Thursday. The Southeastern formerly operated be- tween Alaska and Prince Rupert, 'B. c.
 Meanwhile, the first emergency food flight on the overhead pas sage to Alaska took off last night. The Civil Aeronautics Board last week granted 18 certificates for un- limited Seattle-Alaska flights dur ing the shipping tie-up.
 Alaska Airlines plans four flights daily from Seattle to Anchorage and Fairbanks, officials announced.
 Robert c. Jones, Alaska Airlines operational manager said one An chorage flight would be made this forenoon, another starting at 8 pm. tonight and third two hours later to Fairbanks.