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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
CENTER CHIT CHAT
FROM MAINS HARBoR
By HELEN DUVALL DANIELS

BY HELEN DUVALL DANIELS
Since The Coastland Times
came out Friday without this lit
tie chatter business, I've been ask
ed by dozens to explain why. Well,
my apologies to the youngsters
land oldsters-because there were
severaD that they were more able
to take it than US old folks who
were responsible for opening the
Center doors. Believe it or not,
kids of all ages ganged down here
in the middle of a terrific snow
storm wanting to know chow
come" last Friday night. Which
goes to prove that, in spite of
some unfair and undue criticism,
we are providing interesting and
varied entertainment, which good
chaperones, supervisors, instruc-
tors and rules. And the kids love
it! By the way, may refer you
folks to the excellent editorial,
"a Small Group Who've Earned
Our Gratitude" in the Feb. edi-
ton of this paper.
Now getting down to fun
at the Center Friday night where
when l arrived on the scene
around $3.50 p. M, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Mann, that elegant young
couple who really hit a high note
with the kids, had things going
in full swing. LESSEE in unusual
and daring dancing slippers"
was doing a grand job of teach
ing Rose Sutton( who only does
the zone or two?" step) a new
STEP. when her spare tire" bet
ter known as Jan, interviewed and
prevented the major catastrophe.
Richard, using main strength and
whatever else was handy, kept the
juke box going. Haven't seen him
recently, but bet his fist feels like
LaMotta's face. Rose wasn't alone
either. Genial T. o. was there and
when he wasn't absorbed in
game with some of the kids he
was picking up coke bottles. Um-
MN business is business.
At one table we had nice quiet
group of boys, namely Harry and
Billy Mann, S. c. Basnight and
Ferral Gard, playing Old Maid,
with Ferral turning out to be"it"
practically everytime. Pm sup
posing it's his winning ways with
the gals. Bright-eyed Peggy Tay-
lor and little frankie Hemilright,
age 10 and IL, were doing a mar
velous job at the Virginia Reel
that-Whoa! can't do yet. Speak
ing of the Reel, 1 was asked to
tip Rita Sutton to a personal safe
ty measure: Honey, if you don't
learn your right from your left
arm something's-gonna-happen!
Adorable Linda Daniels, the small
Taylor boys, Wayne Twiford and
other "smallies" were having
marvellous time in spite of being
outnumbered (see, l told you it
was fun for aH-Mr. Charlie Wise
was back and he's no "smallie")).
With bouquets to Mr.. and Mrs.
Mann for wonderful evening, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Twiford, who
contributed the chicken for those
marvellous sandwiches, To Jaccie
and Thelma Burrus for their ac-
tive participation, and a hearty
welcome to the Is new members,
including those cute Mann girls,
Sylvia and Maggie, Chick Grad
dock, Bobbie Midgette and Danny
Rowe, I'll be seeing you Friday
night at 7:30, when Mrs. Pearl
Daniels and Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Taylor will lead the fun-until
then
This is our Center
We make it spin
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-23
ORGANIZATTONAL
CALENDAR
Sunday

Sunday
MT. OLIVET METHODIST
CHURCH of Manteo: Sunday
School, GAS am; morning wor-
ship, HOO am; evening worship,
7:30 pm. The Rev. ]. H. Overton,
Jr.
ROANOKE ISLAND BAPTIST
CHURCH: Sunday School, 1000
am; Training Union, $3.50 PM;
evening worship, 7:30 pm. pray
err Meeting, 7:30 pm. Wednes-
days.) The Rev. Frank B. Din
widdie.
| WAN E. Sc METHODIST
CHURCH: Sunday School, 10 a.
M; morning worship, IL am;
Methodist Young People, 700 p.
M; evening worship, 1880 pm.
prayer Meeting, 1880 pm. We'd
nesdays. Choir rehearsal after
Prayer Meeting.) The Rev. C. W.
Guthrie.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD of Man.
teo: Sunday School, 10 am; ev-
ening worship, 1880 pm. (Regu-
lar worship service, Friday, 7:S0
p.m.) The Rev. D. B. Lawrence.
| MANTEO BAPTIST CHURCH.:
Sunday School, 1000 am; morn
ing worship, 11:OO am; Baptist
Training Union, $50 pm; even
ing worship, 1880. (Mid-week
prayer service, Wednesday, 1880
p.m.) The Rev. H. V. Napier.
Monday
ROTARY CLUB of Manteo: at
Community Building, every Mon
day, $50 pm.
LIONS CLUB of Manteo: at Fl.
Raleigh Hotel, first and third
Mondays, 7:15 pm.
REBEKAHS, Manteo: at Ma
sonic Hall, first and third Mon
days, 8 pm.
MANTEo HOME DEMON
STRATION CLUB: at Commun-
ity Building, second Monday, 2:30
pm.
THETA RHO GIRLS CLUB:
at Masonic Hall, second and
fourth Mondays, 8 pm.
SHRINER'S CLUB: at Man
teo Airport, first Mondays, 8 pm.
TOWN COMMISSIONERS of
Manteo: Manteo town hall, Sec
ond Mondays, A pm.
WESLEYAN GUILD: third
Monday each month in homes of
members, $50 pm.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXIL-
larry: second Monday each
month at the Community Build
ing. 8 pm.
Tuesday
WOMAN'S CLUB of Manteo:
at Community Building, every
second Tuesday, 8:15 pm.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
at Dare County Courthouse, Tues
day after first Monday each
month.
Abe. BOARD: at Manteo
store, Tuesday after first Mon
day, II am.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Dare: Tuesday after first Monday,
quarterly, II am.
MUSIC CLUB (Roanoke Is
land): first Tuesday each month,
$3.50 pm.
MANTEO P.T.A.: at school
house, second Tuesday each
month, 3:15 pm.
ODDFELLOWS, Virginia Dare
Lodge, Manteo: at hall rear of
school gym, first and third Tues
days, 8 pm.
Thursday
MASONIC LODGE of War
cheese: first and third Thursdays,
8 pm.
EASTERN STAR: at Wanchese
Masonic Hall, second and fourth
Thursdays, pm.
VIEW. CLUB No. 1859: at
Manteo Airport, every Thursday,
8 pm.
GARDEN CLUB: at Communi-
ty Building, first Thursdays, 2:30
pm.
Friday
] MANTEO LODGE AT. & Am.
No 682: at Ere Hall, first and
third Fridays. 6 pm.
CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR:
at Dare Library, every Friday, 8
pm.
PURITAN CLUB of Wanchese:
at Wanchese school, second Fri
days, z pm.
Saturday
DARE COUNTY TEEN-AGF
RECREATION CLUB, at Com
munity Building, every Saturday,
u 90 =, ~
Evening star., 1951-05-04

Clark. who is also the county
agent.
Mr.. Turner, who is 81, was
selected by the federation to re-
ceive the trophy for his work as
executive secretary of the Citizens
Committee for Good Government
A citation commended Mr.
Turner's work in analyzing the
fiscal affairs of the county, in
successfully leading a movement
for a professional survey of the
county government. now under
way, and helping bring about re-
peal of the Sothoron Act.
The federation also:
/. Called upon the county com
miSsionerS to urge Gov. McKeldin
to veto a bill authorizing Takoma
Park to annex IL acres of land at
New Hampshire avenue and Uni
versity lane. The commissioners
have scheduled a hearing at $3.50
pm. today in the County Service
Building on the question OF
whether they should intercede
with the Governor on the bill. >,
2. Accepted the Green Meadows
Brookside Manor and Decatur
Heights Citizens Associations into
the federation.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Average Citizen Wants Racket:
Eliminated, Gen. Dunlap Says
Head Of Tax Squads
In Revenue Bureau
Explains New Work

The Senate crime investigation
awakened "a desire in the average
citizen" to see the Nations gam
bling and rackets eliminated. the
man newly charged with that re-
Isponsibility declares.
Brig. Gen.. John B. Dunlap, a
frank, balding Texan just named
to head the Bureau OF Internal
Revenues new racket" squads
explained his work to a press con-
ference.
Although groundwork for the
special investigators had been
mapped before the Kefauver Com
mittee began its startling probe.
Gen. Dunlap had high praise for
Its work.
"The committee has stirred up
"a desire in the public to get this
cleanup activity" he declared.
The bureaus handling of tax
returns from known racketeerS
came in for criticism from the
IKefauver Committee. 1t said re-
turns are being submitted by
gangsters and racketeerS which
the bureau would not accept from
ordinary citizens.
Expansion and streamlining Of
the tax return investigation in this
class is the object Of the new
squads. It will require 1000 or
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Civil Service Chairman
Calls Agencies 'Timid'
In Firing Of Misfits

Chairman Robert Ramspeck Of
the Civil Service Commission last
night chided Federal agency and
bureau chiefs for being "too timid"
to fire incompetent employees.
Speaking at a dinner in his
honor at the Statler Hotel given
by the AFL Government Employees
Council, Mr.. Ramspeck said there
was no excuse for keeping misf1ts
on the Federal payroll.
Disagreeing with the complaints
.of some agency officials that it's
too difficult to fire incompetents,
Mr.. Ramspeck said fortnight
action on the part of an agency
can get rid of these employees in
short order. ...
While declaring that the vast
majority of Government workers
are doing an excellent job and
that only comparatively few are
not fit for their jobs, Mr.. RAM
Ispeck said the incompetents must
be dismissed for the good of the
entire Federal service.
The commission's new chairman
reiterated his view that the Gov
Iernment must learn to get along
with fewer workers by improving
its management and supervision
practices. He also stressed the
belief that the Governments leave
benefits should be reduced.
Vice President Barkley, Chair
man Johnston of the Senate Civil
Service Committee; Senator Carl.
son, Republican, of Kansas; Will
liam Green. president of the
American Federation of Labor,
and members of the House and
Senate Civil Service Committees
Iattended the dinner.
William C. Doherty, president Of
the AFL National Association of
Letter Carriers, was postmaster.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Macarthur Aide Denies
Showing, SIapping Charge
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, May Am AS
sociated Press reporter said to-
night he was showed and slapped
at by Gen. Courtney Whitney,
Gen. MacArthur's personal aide
Gen. Whitney denied it.
The reporter, David Robinson,
said he was trying to ask Gen
Macarthur about his plans to
return to the Senate hearings in
Washington today. The ousted
Ifve-star general had just flown
in from the Capital.
Gen. Whitney showed him aside
Mr.. Robinson said and slapped at
him with a glove, striking him on
the arm.
mot a word of truth in it,
Gen. Whitney said afterward. 81
was right beside Gen. Macarthur
When we got off the plane we went
direct to the car. I was holding
my position on the generals left
as I always do.
II didn't. push any one any
more than they pushed me. There
was crowding toward the general
TITS a malicious falsehood to
saw I pushed ANYBODY out there. II
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Turner Receives Star Trophy;
Lack of County CD AssoiIed

Lack of civil defense planning
in Prince Georges County was
Criticized last night at a meeting
of the County Civic Federation
featured by the presentation oil
The Evening Star Trophy for out
standing civic achievement to Will
liam r. Turner.
The organization, meeting in
the County Service Building al
Hyattsville, authorized the chair
man to appoint an investigating
committee to draw up a list o1
civil defense needs in the county
The report is to be turned over
to county officials.
Walter F. Mulligan, president
|of the federation, said the civil
defense program is at a standstill
because the county commissioners
have failed to appropriate any
funds for that purpose.
There's nothing except a skele.
ton civil defense organization ir
Prince Georges, Mr.. Mulligar
commented. adding. THE skele-
ton doesn't even have all its
bones"
The unSalaried civil defense di
rector for Prince Georges is P. E
Evening star., 1951-05-04

north, and $3.50 degrees IN Soutn
portions. Tomorrow, fair and
cooler.
Wind-North, northeast, 10
miles per hour, at 1880 am.
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
And Vicinity-May SO.
Temperatures will average near
normal for the period. Washing
ton area normalS are: High, 70
degrees, and low, 81 degrees. Cool
over the week end, warming up
the first part of the week. Showers
are likely Tuesday, totaling "a
To u inch.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
HickenIooper Corrects
Error in Inquiry Record
By the Associated Press

Senator Hickenlooper, Repub-
lican, of Iowa took steps today
to make it clear that he doesn't
think the Russians are fighting
in Korea.
The Iowa Senator asked for cor
rection of the official record of
a senatorial inquiry in which he
said, in addressing a question to
Gen. Macarthur, that measures
were discussed Ito clear Korea of
the Russians"
Senator Hickenlooper told the
committee he had no intention"
Iof using the word Russians"
What he meant to say was Chi
IneSe Reds"
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Way Opened for Sale
iOf Fairfax Bonds

A court order today opened the
way for the sale of about $1l.S
million in Fairfax County bonds
without further legal interference
Judge Paul Brown Of FairfaN
Circuit Court entered an order
permitting two county residents
to withdraw an appeal from ar
earlier court decision. The earlier
ruling was an injunction to pre-
vent the filing Of further suits
against the county preventing the
sale of the bonds. About $10.s
million will be used for school
construction and $980,000 fol
building an addition to the court
house,
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Alert Road Workers

About 230 sleepy-eyed Maryland
Roads Commission employees were
routed out of beds at 4 am. today
to demonstrate what they can do
in case of an enemy attack.
Without previous warning, they
were called out to practice the
commissions civilian defense set
up. In slightly more than an
hour. radio crews from all of the
States six highway districts had
checked in with the command
post at the State Police Barracks
at Waterloo-A.P.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
State Hopes 10 Finish
Part Of Expressway
Before Next Spring
By the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, May 4. - Mary
land hopes to have its part Of the
new Baltimore Washington ex-
preSsway completed by next
spring.
The new target date was set
yesterday after chairman Russell
H. Mccain of the state roads COM
mission announced it would start
advertising next week for bids on
the final phase Of the Maryland
end of the project.
Called Vital to Defense
The rest will be up to the Fed
Ieral government. The House has
approved and sent to the Senate
Ia budget allotment of $4.2 million
to get work started again on the
Washington end. Senator O'Conor
of Md, said he will make every
effort to expedite senate approval.
1T has been demonstrated con-
vincingly that this new highway
lis vital from defense stand
point" he said. "It would be q
waste of money already spent not
Ito continue the construction"
Work actually started on the
Iexpressway nine years ago. The
Government graded and drained
one part of it's section, which
runs from near Fort Meade into
Washington. Then World War II
came along and the project was
abandoned.
Now Open to Airport.
Right after the war. Maryland
got busy on It's end, from Fort
Meade to Baltimore.
The ambitious parkway. which
has widely separated two-lane
strips in each direction with nc
crossroads, already Is open from
the Baltimore city line to the
vicinity of the city's new Friend
ship International Airport, about
five miles southwest and a spur
into the airport is in use.
Work is under way on the other
sections and traffic interchanges
as far as the Jessups road near
Fort Meade. The only contract
still to be let is the one for the
Jessups interchange, where Mary
lands portion runs into the Fed
eral project.
When it's completed, a tempo
rary connection will be built to
the present Washington -Balti-
more boulevard. which is one OF
the States most used highways
and one of its worst death traps
Evening star., 1951-05-04
FitzqeroId Named Judoe

Robert c. Fitzgerald, 29-year-
old Falls Church attorney, is the
new Fairfax County trial justice
succeeding Harry Carrico, re-
signed.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was appointed
yesterday by Circuit Judge Paul
Brown. Mr.. Carrico quit to GO
into law practice with T. Brooke
Howard. Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
|NPA Increases Cut
I'm Automobile Steel
To Is Pei. for June

The Government today cut by
another 5 per cent the amount o1
steel which automobile makers
may use in June in turning out
passenger automobiles.
Manufacturers of automobiles
for civilians. and makers of other
consumer durable goods already
have been cut back in their USE
of steel by 20 per cent under the
rate Of consumption in the first
six months Of 1850. The Nationa,
Production Authority said today's
order increasing the cut to Is pei
cent in the case of passenger cars
and station wagons was issued tt
obtain more steel for defense anc
defense-supporting production.
NPA said that it is expected
that in the quarter beginning July
/, the cutback of steel will be
increased to 80 per cent in the
production of passenger cars ano
light trucks. Medium trucks will
be allotted steel up to 100 per cent
of the base period, while 100 pei
cent will be allowed for the pro-
duction of heavy trucks.
NPA also disclosed that its order
of April 2 eliminating spare tires
on new automobiles has resulted
in production increase of more
than $4,000 truck and bus tires
| a week, a gain of about 10 per
cent. There also has been an
increase of about $4,000 a week
in production of tires for tractors
and other farm equipment.
| An order is expected to be issued
today to discourage the erection
of large apartment houses, luxury
residences and certain industrial
facilities. The order will require
NPA licensing for such structures
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Police Seek Fox,
But Not Quite in
Traditional Way

Metropolitan police went fox
hunting today. but not in the ira
ditional manner.
They were seeking a female fox
which escaped from Francis Hood,
704 New Jersey avenue NV, just
as he was preparing to give the
animal it's daily exercise near his
home.
Mr.. Hood described his fox as
standing % inches, with gray fur,
4 months / week and l day old
and in appearance somewhat like
la police dog. He said he always
kept her on a leash because she
has an appetite for pigeons.
Evening star., 1951-05-04

to kill this years ban on &C.
formulated leave. Sponsored by
Representative Miller, Demo-
crat, of California the bill
would enable Federal workers to
carry over some of their annual
vacation time each year, just as
they were able to, do in past years
j The bill also has the strong
support of Chairman Murray of
the full committee and other top
committee members.
Now, the House Appropriations
Committee has come along with a
conflicting proviso to continue the
current leave accumulation ban
for another year. Despite the rider
being applied to the independent
Offices bill. committee staff men,
bers said it was worded to apply
to all Government departments
and agencies.
AS matters stand now, the rider
is particularly hard on employees
in the independent agencies
Among the Is agencies involved
are such large ones as the Vet
Grams Administration, the Atomic
Energy Commission, the Civil
Service Commission and the vari-
fous regulatory agencies.
Both Chairman Murray and Mr..
Miller are expected to lead the
fight to kill the Appropriations
Committees rider.
They will argue that their COM
mittee is the proper one in the
House to consider the whole leave
situation. 1t will be pointed out
that the ban on accumulating
leave is only one phase of the
leave problem. Mr.. Murray's COM
mittee is planning to consider the
whole leave situation soon. The
administration is presently draft
ling plans to reduce Federal en-
lployes' leave benefits on a gradu-
lated scale, based on years of serv-
ice.
These proposals will be sent tc
the House and Senate Civil Serv-
lice Committees for whatever
action these groups see fit. Aside
from this, however, Mr.. Murray
and Mr.. Miller feel that the leave
accumulation ban is not feasible
anyway at this time. since it re-
quires employees to use all of theil
current leave despite the fact that
the national emergency program
requires them to stay on the Job
as much as possible.
X + y +
DUAL COMPENSATION-The
Senate Civil Service Committee
will begin hearings Thursday on
the bill to permit Federal employees
to hold two Government jobs if
the combined salaries aren't more
than $1,000 a year. At present,
the dual salary limitation is
I$2,500.
This is the bill that came with
in hairs breadth of becoming
law last year, only to lose out on
the final days session of Congress
Both the House and Senate had
approved the bills, but a difference
of views of an amendment in the
House bill neceSsitated a House.
Senate conference on the ,legisla-
ton. The conference was arranged
only few hours before the 81st
Congress wound up its affairs and
the conferees got no chance to
meet.
If enacted into law, the bill
would permit some of the lower
salaried Federal employees to take
part-time jobs in some Of the
agencies connected with the ma
Evening star., 1951-05-04
10000 Draft Call
For June Is Lowest
Since January, 1949

The Pentagon today set a June
draft call for only 10000 men
the smallest monthly induction
order since January, 1949. All
&c, 600 will go to the Army.
The surprisingly low call was
only one e-fourth as large as those
issued during the first three
months of this year. 1t followed
cuts in the April call from 10000
to 10000 and in May from 10000
to 10000.
District draft officials estimated
their June quota will be about
100. The June figure would be
even lower, except for a new
quota formula started last month
Before the new formula was put
into effect, for example, the Dis
trict had an April quota of 1876
as part Of the 10000 national call
But in May, with the same 10000
national call, the quota went ur
to 256.
The 10000 June call raises tc
$4,000 the number of men to be
indicted since the outbreak OF
Korean hostilities.
Asked to explain the low June
call, Pentagon spokesmen cited
the same factors used to explain
the April and May cuts-that en-.
llStments have exceeded expecta-
tions, that re-enlistments are ex-
pected to be high and that casual.
ties have been lower than were
anticipated.
The 10000 call. along with
other manpower sources-is all
that is required for the Army tc
meet its June 80 strength goal OF
about is million, these spokesmen
said.
Draft officials had to trace
records back to the end of 1948 to
find an induction quota as low as
the June call. The postwar draft
law was passed in the fall OF
1948, followed by inductions of
10000 men in November, $4,000 in
December, and 10000 in January
1949. After that, no men were
inducted until last September.
Big WAF Expansion Planned.
Meanwhile, the Air Force today
announced a tremendous expan-
sion of the Women's Air Force
which will bring about 1000 fe-
male officers and $4,000 enlisted
women into Air Force uniforms
The present WAF strength is
about 1000
The Air Force plans to commits
sion 200 women officers monthly
beginning in June. Enlistment
quotas at the same time will be
increased from 480 to 1,700 each
month. Thereafter. enlistments
will rise to a projected level OF
about 1000 a month during the
first half of 1852.
WAF commissions will be Of
fered to women without prior
service as well as to veterans. Ap-
plicants must be at least "a years
of age and not more than 80
They must have a college degree
and three years of business or
professional experience, prefer
ably in a supervisory capacity,
Evening star., 1951-05-04
.Conudo Removes Ban
On Sending Hogs to US
By fhe Assoeioted Press

OTTAWA, May Am 11-year
embargo against the shipment Of
Canadian live hogs to the United
States has ended.
The decision to end the ban was
announced in the House of Com
mons by Agriculture Minister j.
iG. Gardiner late yesterday Per-
Imits for such shipments will be
issued by the government freely
Evening star., 1951-05-04

District of Columbia-Mostly
cloudy and cool. High near sc
degrees in afternoon. Some cloud
mess and cool tonight with low
near IS degrees in city and 38
degrees in suburbs. Tomorrow
mostly sunny and continued cool
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
cool. Low 38-45 degrees tonight
Tomorrow, mostly sunny and
continued cool.
Virginia-Continued cloudinesS
and cooler. Showers or thunder
storms likely in southwest portion
this afternoon and early tonight
Low tonight 40-45 degrees ir