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City Well Supplied Now With Cabs, ChiefStates Chief of Police Charles H. Cas teen appeared before the City Council yesterday morning, and pointing to the alarming increase ? the number of taxi driver li cense appl‘cations being filed, he yressed the danger threatening •Ve City if t0° nmanty operators u-ere granted permits. Chief Casteen declared that he believed the City had enough taxi aerators, and predicted that, if °o many were allowed to operate, ^iat m-ne will be in- a position to ■ear cxoenses or to make a le gitimate" living. The police chief indicated that some drivers may be forced into what he termed, ‘■crooked stuff. ** The matter was brought up at today’s council meeting by City Manager A. C. Nichols ,,-ho said he understood the chief had received a “flood of requests from people who want jo So in the taxi business.” On the recommendation of City Attorney William B. Campbell, the board agreed to defer action until the next meeting so that in the interim the attorney and other officials might make a further study of the matter. f*hrf Casteen said that, un til th; council acted, he would not act on the “substantial number of requests” he had re eeived fi'om would-be cab driv Ers. In order to secure a state license, an applicant must first have his application certified bv City Clerk J. R. Benson as to his having adequate liability insurance. It then is submitted to the police chief for an “o.k.” and, upon his recommendation, the s(?te grants the permit. When the police officer signs the form, Chief Casteen ex plained, he is, in so many words, certifying that the city has a need'for move taxis. With a current total of 81 cabs, 37 of which are Negro ind 44 white, he continued, he doss not see that Wilmington actually needs more. Mr. Campbell said he knew “the chief is on a spot.” “I understand he’s got some 20 applications within the past few’ weeks and I think it’s un fair to place that burden on the chief.” Mayor Lane said “it looks like we’re kind of taking a man’s rights away from him if we don’t let ' im go into any kind of business,” but he said he could appreciate the serious ness of the situation. Ill the midst of the discus sion, the city attorney said he still didn’t think there were enough cabs in Wilmington be cause “it’s hard to get one” when you call. Chief Cr.steen disclosed that, in cue day recently, he had about 17 Negroes come in for permits. A lot of the applicants, he added, want to run taxis on their spare time at night. “I figure this way,” the chief declared. “If you don’t control them some way, everybody who owns a ear is going to want to run a taxi and no one is going to be able to make expenses or a legitimate living, so some f'Iks then will resort to crooked stuff.” This, he continued, will lead to bootlegging and other rackets and “will only cause the poiiee department more trouble.” Off cials then pored over law books and manuals in an effort to ascertain the city’s legal po sition in the matter. One applicant went so far, the chief stated, to threaten to hire an attorney and try to get the Gland Jury to force the chief t0 issue a license. “I told the man,” the officer declared, “that no one can make me o.k. a license appli cation except the council and manager.” City Clerk Benson said he had more than half a dozen ap kcants in to see him last week. In recommending deferral of action, Mr. Campbell said ‘‘I ; don’t see anything we can do about it right now, gentlemen, and we may not be able to do anything when we get all the laws together.” Both Councilman Garland S. Currin and Councilman Robert S. LeGwin related experiences in which they had been asked by cab drivers to move their cars from places not marked off for taxis so the cab opera tors could park there. U. S. FORCE LAND ON JAP AIRFIELD (Continued from Page One) radio station which the personnel was trained to complete within a hour of landing. Col. Samuel S. Auchioncloss of Tryon, N. C., commanded the communications section which was to take over all necessary Japa nese facilities. The engineers in the group were headed by Col. David M. Dunn of Carlsbad, Calif. His group will co ord'nate transportation and pro vide general operation facilities. Col. C. R. Hutchinson of Wash ington, D. C., directed the loca tion and preparation of quarters for MacArthur and his staff. In the advance group was per sonnel of the Far East Air Force led by Col. E. K. Warburton. All the men .wore regular com bat equipment. Colonel Warburton, of Westboro, Mass., took over command of the Atsugi Airfield on his arrival. Gen. George C. Kenney, com mander of the Far East Air Forces, sad Warburton “knows more about Japanese planes than any man in the Southwest Pacific” The communications com mander, Colonel Auchioncloss said before he took off he expected to make early use of Radio Tokyo. His men will take over all radip telephonic equipment, including all radio telephone equipment, includ ing all harbor and airdrome radar locations. the technicians will set up con trol towers to handle hundreds of planes. Colonel Lackey, who led in the advance party, has l een flying in the Southwest Pacific area nearly three years. He led the first flight of C-47’s across the Pacific for the Port Moresby and Buna, New Guinea campaigns," waged in late 1942 and early 1943. Col. Francis O. Gideon of Payne, Ohio, arrived with the first party to plan operational require ments for occupation and the reg ulation of massive air traffic, in cluding troop carrying. THIRD FLEEF FORCE ENTERS TOKYO BAY By HAMILTON W. FARON WITH THE U. S. THIRD FLEET, TUESDAY, Aug. 28—(fP)—Ameri can Naval units steamed into Tokyo Bay today in final prepara tion for landings of 10,000 sailors and Marines at Yokosuka Naval base Thursday (Japan Time). The special task force making this initial entrance into th6 waters of the Japanese capital left its anchorage in Sagami Bay this morning for the 20-mile trip around Miura Peninsula into Tokyo bay. Headed by Rear Adm. Oscar C. Badger’s flagship, the cruiser San Diego, 10 ships of the special force rounded the point and went through the narrow Uraga chan nel, only 2 1-2 miles wide and lined with silent coastal guns. All indications were that the guns had been made inoperative MAY HAVE BEEN FREED IN FORAY FOUR MEMBERS OF LT. GEN. DOOUTTLE'S SQUADRON who participated in the historic air raid on Tokyo in April, 1942, have been liberated from a Jap prison camp at Peiping by Yank paratroopers. Among the eight American Tokyo raiders listed as prisoners are the four fliers above. They are (top, left): Dean E. Hallmark, Dallas, Tex.; (top, right) Robert ,E. Hite, Earth, Tex.; (bottom, left) Robert J. Meder, Columbus, O.; and (bottom, right). William G. Farrow. Washington, D. C. (International) by removal of breech blocks as ordered in surrender terms. The battleship Iowa followed the San Diego through Uraga Strait. Then came several de stroyers and one troop transport carrying Marines who will occupy three tiny islands in the mouth of Tokyo bay. They are sched uled to go ashore in a few hours to see that Admiral Halsey’s orders that the islands be totally neutraliz ed were carried out. Everyone was alert for the pos sibility of mines—either Japanese or American—(the latter dropped by B-29’s)—although minesweepers had spent hours searching for the underseas explosives in this har bor—once the most heavily mined in the world, The ships altered course a few limes, presumably to avoid danger zones. Carrier planes roared overhead as the ships progressed through the channel. The three small islands to be occupied guarded Yokosuka Naval base, where 10,000 Marines and Naval personnel are scheduled to land Thursday. Although all heavy coastal guns lining the strait persumably were disarmed and unmanned under General MacAruther’s orders, they still pointed toward the American ships. Each American ship was given a Japanese pilot to guide it into the bay. Surrender Envoys Sign Burma Peace RANGOON, Burma, Tuesday, Aug. 28.—(TP)—Japanese surrender envoys signed preliminary peace agreements for Southeast Asia at 1 ,a. m today (1 p. m., Monday, Eastern War Time) in the flood lit grand ball room of the Govern ment House. The h’storic ceremony, climax ing two days of negotiations, pav ed the way for Allied reoccupa tion of Singapore, the East Indies and all Southeast Asia. A plenipotentiary signed for Field Marshall Count Ju’chi Ter suchi, commander of the Japanese Southern Armies, while Lt. Gen. F. A. M. Browning aff'xed his signature on behalf of Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten. Browning told the Japanese they must smooth the way for the A1 lies in this theater pending Tokyo’s formal surrender Sept. 2. His instructions and tne signing took barely five minutes. As the ceremony ended, the Jap anese bowed away. The bows went without Allied response. Flags of America, China, Brit ain, and France hung from the galleries, which were filled with uniformed Allied personnel. The Japanese were put into the center of the stage in three straight-backed chairs facing the long U-shaped table of the Allies In the preliminary talks, the Japanese had given full details concerning Allied prisoners of war and reported that all were in good health. FURTHERMORE, DDT % WON’T FAZE ’EM PORTLAND, Ore. —(JP— The ■‘checker bugs’ have infested Portland city parks more than ever this summer. They’ve crowd ed old regulars and chimed in with their kibitzing until veterans of many summers of open air games protest they can’t concen trate on the imminent annual tournament. After the tournament the Portland chapter of the Amer ican Checker Association returns to winter, quarters downtown, usually with some new members trailing along. The park carpen ters then rip up the checker boards nailed to the shaded tables each spring. CROWNING THEFT MEDELLIN, Colombia. — A reporter for the newspaper El Pueblo writes that the jewels on a crown given to Simon Bolivar by the people of Cuzco, Peru, have been stolen and replaced by col ored glass. Bolivar presented this crown to one of his generals, and it was kept in custody by a bank in the town of Rionegro. The smallest boat in the U. S. Navy is a nine-foot dinghy. Follow These Tips When Taking A Pin - Up Picture By ALICIA HART Want to be his pin-up girl? If your picture is to compete with glamorous art, you'll need to know all the camera tricks. That’s where little( ‘Miss Star dust” — Eleanor Cahill of Coro nado, Calif., whose photograph won | her this title of, pulchritude and a Walter Thornton modeling contract —can be of help. She’s willing to spill secrets. What kind of picture shall it be? Unlike Eleanor, you’re not out to win a beauty contest — only a long drawn-out whistle from your hero —so make yours a portrait picture, not a full-length affair to prove the merits of your figure. Even though a portrait chops you off at the shoulders or waist, dress up to it by wearing your most ro mantic evening gown. It’s color? Eleanor says a blonde emerges from pebbly paper looking more glamorous if she’s dressed up in that “old black magic.” But white, gray or any pastel color is a brunet’s best bet- for contrast values which are recorded to your advantage even in black-and-white photography. Hair-do? Wear the most flatter ingly simple one you can contrive. The camera has a mean way of exaggerating curlicues, deeply ridged waves or other diffuse ef fects in a hair-do. The photogra pher will bless *ou if you’ll just skip these and have your hair set the day before for a little limber ing up. Make-up? Better than the usual daytime job which requires a lot of retouching is a panchromatic or brown-toned make-up, which calls for the minimum. The usual mottled skin pigment, chalky monotones, missing high lights or conspicuous lines or hol lows which powerful portraiture lights bring out from behind reg ular make-up are counteracted by a pan-cake type of brown-toned make-up. In this choose a light shade, if your hair is dark; a deep er tan, if you’re Miss Goldilocks: a medium shade, if hair is medi um brown. With this type of make-up, omit cheek rouge and wear a brown toned lipstick, bearing in mind that a too dark shade of lipstick will photograph black. To glamorize your eyes, you can bear down a trifle more heavily on make-up than you do for street wear. Where mascara simply won’t give you the dream-princess sweep that you covet for your eyes, there are photographers who will fake a heavier fringe by pencil-stroking a few on the retouching plate. v F.T.FANOR CAHILL; Tells how to compete with pin-ups. Carp In Sauce Good Ealing By GAYNOR MADDOX Carp is a delicious fresh water fish often overlooked by house wives. As a first-class no-point protein, it deserves more attention. Carp in paprika sauce puts a lyrical note in the meatless menu, according to Rose Bampton, Amer ican soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, Miss Bampton is a good cook and gives two favorite re cipes. Carp in Paprika Sauce (Serves 6) One 4-pound carp, 2 large yel low onions, 1 teaspoon butter or fortified margarine. Slice the carp in six pieces. Sim mer chopped onions with the fat and two cups of water for one-half hour on a slow fire. Add one tea spoonful of paprika and salt to taste, and put in the fish. Cover with water and allow to simmer for three-quarters of an hour. Serve with boiled potatoes. Potato-Egg Casserole (Serves 6) Two pounds potatoes, 6 eggs, 1 pint sour cream, 2 tablespoons fortified margarine, bread crumbs. Hard cook the eggs. Boil pota* toes unpeeled but do not allow them to become too soft. While they are cooling, slice the hard-cooked eggs. Grease a casserole. Place a layer of sliced potatoes on the bottom of the dish, then a layer of sliced eggs and continue until the dish is half ' full. Pour on half of the sour cream and continue to fill the dish with alternate layers of potatoes and eggs. Salt and pepper to taste. If you have left-over chopped ham or frankfurters, place the meat between layers of potatoes and eggs. Cut margarine into small pieces and place on top, then pour over it the rest of the sour cream. Guaranteed Watch Repairing 10 Day Service DAVID S JEWELER 7 N. Front For Hot Weather Rashes9 Itch, Burn, and Sting —do something to check the discomfort quick. Sprinkle on hiexsana, the sooth ing, medicated powder. Helps absorb excess moisture on skin, often the cause of heat rash. Relieves itch of minor skin troubles, baby’s diaper rash. Save most in larger sizes. Always get Mexsana. i_____ Make This Real Test For Aspirin Next time simple headache or inorganic pain strikes, just take St. Joseph Aspirin and prove to your satisfaction the fast, pleasant, relief it brings. St. Joseph Aspirin works with the speed you need— none faster—and it brings real ; economy, too. Get St. Joseph Aspi rin, world’s largest seller at 10c. You can make even greater savings 1 when you buy the large 100 tab ■ let bottle for 35c as you get near • ly 3 tablets for 1 cent. Look on the • package and each tablet inside for your guarantee of high quality —the name, “St. Joseph Aspirin.” WEATHER (Continued from Page One) _ ,,, Washington, Aug. 27.— (iP) - bureau records of temperature ° . ra 1 nfe 11 for the 24 hours ending 8 P ‘n.. in the principal cotton growing d.c,.s and elsewhere: a,3 lan High Low Pet. A^na„ - 85 56 0.00 A,,! V'‘e - 84 49 0 00 “ : ",lc, Cl*y - 79 54 n.00 ww-rngham - 89 63 0.00 Buffalo " - 74 57 °-°° p,,:a-°. 72 47 0.00 Dallf‘St0n - 73 55 0.06 - 93 70 0.00 c‘'tS0 ,- 38 57 0.00 Demer - B4 49 °-°° Stl,- 8? 83 9-87 U ” S." ,,TSt0”„- 82 73 0.44 f - 86 76 0.00 Km V- 94 89 O.00 kVox™?-- 78 lf0 U,tleA Pofk - 35 59 B.S0 Loui'- .f 65 - 80 83 9-°° Me,.. 0 - 87 52 0.00 Me*' " 99 38 0.00 M 92 61 0.00 M „- 82 76 1.1! Mr ■ PauI - 84 67 0.00 Ke- 90 70 0.00 fci Y°„ruanS - - 91 74 9" Fhopniv - 77 60 °-99 PiltsbuLh- 103 78 n0n Or.,, * - 73 50 0 00 Richmond M?' - 74 52 991 St i ° d - 82 35 0.00 San An *- 99 53 0.00 San 88 84 9-99 Savannah ISCO - Z Z °'°°n Seattle “ 88 88 9 99 Tampa - 72 54 °'73 VicksburJ- 91 74 9-°° WasbinJ.8 - 89 58 9-08 v/dS;”E09 - 78 56 0.00 - 82 64 O.OC ■ at K» TemPeratnre Today J . I ?} Pr!lIey Theatre 1 P. M. Till 3 11 R ,p- '76. Forecast For 3 11 Balance of Summer—76. 4 the bailey i M"t"s Its Own Weather 4 —1 tlllllllttlgl These yanks dictated surrender terms to japs DRESSED INFORMALLY, four members of Gen. MacArthur’s staff and Admiral Nimitz’s representative are pic tured as they conferred at headquarters in Manila before meeting the Jap surrender envoys to give them our terms for the occupation of Japan. They are (1. to r.): Maj. Gen. S. J. Chamberlin, Lt. Gen. R. K. Sutherland, MacArthur’s chief of staff, Rear Admiral F. P. Sherman, Maj. Gen. R. Marshall, and Brig. Gen. L. J. 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