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tort r isner buildings Tr^V5
T 0 Highest Bidders y'oale
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,c for the purchase of the
JXJoOO worth of buildings anc
Mnent installed by the War de
1 at Fort Fisher, will be
Part*d at 10 a.m., on March 6, bj
fill estate branch of the Armj
fleers office at Raleigh, ac
t0 Associated Press dis
t0‘5 from the state capital las1
P?'“ The Fort Fisher facility was
eted on two tracts of land leas
1 the War department frorr
f ,, Brothers of Wilmington,
f ncated on the Fort Fisher res
\ ion are approximately 1.00C
fittings of which the largesl
fracture is the hospital, which has
flrds in addition to many oth
'fcjHtjes The hospital, which
Wilmington Post No. 10, Amen
:region, has waged a vigorous
car‘ t0 have certified as a unit
if he treatment of World War II
veterans, was completed on the
1 , Fort Fisher was inactivated
“the War department._
The sale, which will be the larg
est in the south Atlantic region
annCa11thenWtr’S- 6nd’ wil1 be on
an all-cash basis, and bids may
be submitted for one or any num
ber °f items but a separate amount
must be bid for each building or
improvements constituting an
item. s
Under terms of the sale, remov
al of all buildings must be com
pleted by August 1, 1946 or prin
cipals must deal with the owners
of the property thereafter.
Many of the buildings, includ
ing mess halls, are equipped with
stoves, sinks, refrigerators, etc.,
while a large amount of the lum
ber used in the buildings could
be salvaged and used for building
homes, according to W. F. Wil
liams, project manager, real es
tate branch of the Engineers office.
Commencing today and for the
next few weeks, guides will be on
the property for the express pur
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pose of showing prospective bid
ders through the buildings. Guide
service will be maintained on a
seven-day week basis, Raleigh ad
vices said yesterday.
Authorization for the calling of
bids for the sale of the Fort Fish
er buildings came yesterday when
the deadline was reached and the
owners of the property, Thomas
and Louis Orrell, had failed to
take advantage of their priority,
under provisions of the surplus
property act, to negotiate pur
chase of government-owned build
ings and improvements on the
property.
While no definite commitments
have been made by the Orrell
brothers as to future use of the
property after the buildings there
on have been removed, rumor has
been rife for several weeks to the
effect that at least one Wilming
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COUNTY PROPERTY
PUT UP FOR SALE
Site Of County Home ToB(
Sold By New Han
over Board
More than 100 acres of laud up
on which is located the New Han
over County Home is available for
purchase from the County Boarc
< commissioners, it was official
disclosed yesterday. The prop
„lv lies along the Castle Hayne
read It will be available to pn
vate and individual purchasers.
The decision to let the public
how the land is for sale came
after a motion by Commissions
George Trask, was carried by £
vote of three to two.
Voting to disfavor tne movt
were Addison Hewlett, chairmar
of the board and Commissioner
Harry Gardner who gave as then
reasons the belief that the lane
should not be sold until the group
secures rights to buy more -anc
to replace this and, the land lost
to Bluethenthal airport, and the be
lief that prospects for securing
r.ew industries for Wilmington anc
New Hanover are now brightei
than ever before.
Commissioner Gardner pointed
out that the property is bisected
by the Atlantic Coast Line rail
way, and is located near the air
port, making it ideal for the loca
tion of industries.
The opposition contended thai
erection of homes, as well as in
dustries would enhance fax valua
tions on the property.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
OPA ORDER EASES
SHIRT SITUATION
Manufacturers Now Per
mitted To Sell More High
er Priced Garments
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—(jP) -
OPA today relaxed its maximun
average price regulation in <
wove designed to relieve the acut<
shortage of men’s shirts.
At the same time the agenc:
said “only a very small percent
age of shirt manufacturers hav<
let themselves get into difficult:
by failing to make enough low
priced goods to balance then
higher priced production.”
the revision of the “map reg
ulation applies only to shirt pro
(Suction. The OPA said the effec
would be to permit manufacturer;
to deliver a somewhat larger pro
Portion of higher price line shirts
The new order does not change
existing price ceilings for individ
tial shirts.
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Weather Table
FORECAST
ratk0r*k Carolina — Mostly cloudy an<
rai t tola Tuesday. Occasional ligh
** Tuesday with some light sleet ii
mountains early Tuesday,
o- Carolina—Occasional light rail
Ur’nt 1ZZ1'e and coc>1 Tuesday with som<
6‘h sieet in mountains early Tuesday
(Eastern Standard Time)
(B> U. S. Weather Bureau)
•rnie eoIological data for the 24 hour
ng ':30 P-m. yesterday.
. Temperatures
7.0V a-™- 44; 7:30 a.m. 33; 1:30 p.m. 46
'•rj P-m. 46
^orn^rr 491 Minimum 321 Mean 39
, Humidity
7 'in n a,m- 87: 7:30 a.m. 72; 1:30 p.m. 58
'•’30 P.m. 72
. Precipitation
. fi /or 24 hours ending 7:30 pm.
T- mehes.
inch -Ce mon4h
ft»r. Tides For Today
S r\tne Tide Tables published by £
ast and Geodetic Survey)
TVilmino* High Low
mmgton - - a m. 6:56 a.nr
IfasnnK 12:21 P-m- 7 :23 P-11
nboro Inlet _ 9:59 a.m. 3:44 a.rr
S,m . 10:18 p.m. 4:18 p.rr
Moonr"Se .7:06 a m ; Sunset 5:46 p.m
r, *®:32 a.m.; Moonset 9:34 p.m.
a.rn J Stag€ at Fayetteville, N. C. at
feet. 0nday’ 15-° feet and Sunday, 2?.
'Continued on Page Two; Col. 3
SCHOOL CUSTODIANS
STRIKE BRINGS JOY
, TO 70,000 CHILDREN
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4— (JP) —
Seventy thousand school chil
dren enjoyed an unscheduled
holiday today and a wage dis
pute between members of the
AFL custodians and matrons
union and the board of educa
tion gave every indication of
closing all of the city’s 129 pub
lic schools by tomorrow.
The custodians union is ask
ing a $20 average monthly
wage increase.
A strike voted by the union
two months ago started at 7
a.m. and all but 21 schools
were forced to suspend classes
either because of lack of heat,
water or food or because build
ings were locked.
John Rollings, secretary of
the AFL Central Trades and
Labor union, said picket lines
would be thrown around all
school buildings tomorrow.
Approximately 90.000 stu
dents will be affected if all
schools are closed.
ATTEMPT TO KILL
CASE BILL FAILS
House Members However,
Turn Thumbs Down On
More Serious Proposals
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4— (U.R)—'The
House rejected an attempt to kill
the drastic Case strike-control bill,
but turned thumbs down on pro
posals which would have made it
even more severe.
In a hectic five-hour session in
which normal parliamentary pro
cedure was ignored, the chamber
voted down, 130 to 42, a motion by
Rep. Emanuel Celler, D., N. Y.,
that it abandon consideration of the
Case measure. He proposed that
this be achieved by eliminating
the enacting clause of the Labor
committee’s watered-down version
of President Truman’s fact-finding
proposal. This would have killed
both bills automatically.
The chamber then turned to con
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 7)
WOMENAREURGED
TO CONSERVE HOSE
NEW YORK, Feb. 4—(IP)—Hoy
■ E. Tilles, president of Gotham
■ Hosiery company, said the stocK
; ing shortage in both nylons and
rayons would continue for af least
another year unless women them
selves undertook a voluntary con
servation program.
He said every woman must vol
untarily ration herself to one pair
a month and refuse to patronize
'‘hole-in-corner sources” for name
less hosiery at exorbitant prices.
Tilles said producers of rayon
yarn realize that it is a desirable
fiber for stockings and they should
resume supplying hosiery manu
( facturers even though the govern
; ment no longer forces them to do
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CAPE FEAR AREA
RIVERS IN BILL
New Measure, Exp ected To
Reach White House Thurs
day, To Speed Work
Wilmington Star-News
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Sever
al Wilmington area river projects,
for which appropriations will be
permitted, are contained in legis
lation which Congress is expected
to send to the White House about
Thursday, according to informa
tion released here today. Under
normal procedure, authorization
for work on these projects would
be delayed until at least six
months after the official end of
the war—a date in the indefinite
future.
In a nutshell, the legislation in
question places in effect, the 1945
Rivers and Harbors act which au
thorized approximately 300 "works
of improvement,” on the nation’s
waterways, to be “prosecuted as
speedily as may be consistent with
budgetary requirements.”
The new bill strikes out a clause
saying "that no project herein
an.thrvrirari ah all a nrvrr»T>r\ a t.f»d
for or constructed until six months
after the termination of the pres
ent war’’ unless ‘‘approved by the
President as being necessary or
desirable in the interest of the
national defense and security..”
Wilmington area projects autho
rized by the 1945 act include:
Inland waterway, Beaufort to
Cape Fear river, with waterway
to Jacksonville, N. C. This project
calls for the construction of six
mooring basins along the main
channel of the Inland waterway,
Beaufort to the Cape Fear river,
at points north and south of More
head City and in the vicinity of
Swansboro, Peru, Seabreeze and
Fish Factory, N. C., at an esti
mated cost of $24,000.
Improvement of Cape Fear riv
er, at and below Wilmington: Un
der term of this project, the length
of the southerly approach to the
anchorage basin will be increased
from 1,500 feet to 4,500 feet, and
the depth brought to 32 feet at
mean low water from Wilmington
to the outer end of the ocean bar
channel and in the turning basin
at Wilmington. Width of the entire
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ALL U. S. CITIZENS
HAVE $1,996 DEBT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—(/P) —
The public debt today rose again
to a new high, reaching $279,444,
616,125.28, or $287,296,835.19 more
than the previous high.
The new high figure covered the
debt through the end of January.
Treasury analysts said the debt
had increased by approximately
$772,000,000 in January, chiefly
due to issuance of $654,000,000 in
new special government securities
issues.
Based on the nation’s current
population of about 140,000,000, the
new debt total equals about $1,9961
per person. j
New York Radio tans bee
Television Color Exhibit
NEW YORK, Feb. 3—(JP)—'Tele
’ vision in color, as developed in the
laboratories of the Columbia
; Broadcasting system and trans
mitted on the newly assigned ex
- perimental channels in the higher
frequencies, is being shown here
in a series of daily public demon
strations designed to indicate ad
vancements since V-J day.
Effective results are being ob
' tained with films and slides.
! This is the second demonstration
; of color since the end of the war,
’ the Radio Corporation of America
B having shown its equipment last
3 December 73, but in a live-talent
presentation at its Princeton, N.
I J. . .laboratories.
Spokesmen for CBS, which since I
\pril, 1944, has advocated the!
transfer of television to the high
er frequencies to enable develop
ment of an “improved system,”
said that a newly designed trans
mittter, just installed by Federal
telephone and radio engineers,
was being used for the first time.
It operates on a wide-band chan
nel centered at 490 megacycles
with a power of one kilowatt, but:
engineers said it had an effective
nutput of 20 kilowatts.
Two types of receivers are used,
rhe principal one is of the direct
viewing type with an image ap
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RUSSIA SEEKS TO INVOKE VETO POWER
IN UNO FIGHT WITH GREA T BRITAIN;
1,400,000 IDLE IN STRIKES IN U.S.
AFL Tugboat
Men Throttle
New York City
Administration Maps Emer
gency Plans After Peace
Move Fails
BRASS WORKERS OUT
President Truman Renews
Efforts To End Nation’s
No. 1 Walkout
STRIKE SITUATION TODAY
Nation’s total idle in labor
disputes passes 1,400,000 mark.
Major developments:
Shipping—Strike of 3,000 AFL
tugboat workers in New York
harbor termed 98 per cent ef
fective by union official; city
maps emergency measures.
Brass—14,400 CIO brass work
ers strike against two of brass
industry’s “Big Three” in
Connecticut and Buffalo, N.
Y.
Steel—President Truman sum
mons labor secretary, union
leaders to conference apparent,
ly co cerned with the amount
of a boost in steel prices;
new pricing formula expected
from White House.
By The Associated Press
A strike described by a union
official as the most extensive to
hit New York harbor since 1919
tied up shipping in the nation’s
busiest port yesterday (Monday)
and cut off a large portion of the
city’s food and fuel supplies.
Capt. William Bradley, president
of local 333, United Marine divi
sion of the AFL International
Longshoremen’s association, said
that by midday yesterday the
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 5)
YOUTH CONFESSES
DOUBLE G
Bladen Farmer Held In
Gruesome Murder Of
Wife, Young Daughter
ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb. 4.—UP)
—Woodrow Ewing, 18, of near
Elizabethtown was confined to
Bladen county jail without bond
today under a charge of murder
in connection with the death of his
wife and infant stepdaughter,
whose bodies were found yester
day in a shallow grave near the
youth’s rural home.
Sheriff H. Manly Clark said
Ewing, whom he described as a
farmer, textile worker and former
inmate of the slate reform school,
had confessed to slaying his wife
and her l3-month-old daughter by
a former union after being taken
to the scene of the makeshift
grave.
Clark identified the dead woman
as Camille Lou’se Miller Ewing,
also 18, who formerly lived in
Asheboro. The child was identified
as Julia Ann, but the father’s name
was not disclosod.
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Along The Cape Fear
BACK TO NORMALCY — There
is definite indication that the world
is returning to normalcy after long
'ears at war. Especially here in
.Vilmington,
But, what with the papers full
of strikes, and this high official
and that one calling another one
name of names, and everything be
ing in a sort of general stew, we’d
never know about the return to
normalcy if we hadn’t strolled
down Front street late the other
night.
There, in the show window of
the W. J. Hines Candy company,
was a display chock full of those
huge, red-striped peppermint
sticks. They were even bigger than
the ones Grandpa used to say he
got in his stocking over the hearth
of Christmas morning.
BETTER THAN PRE-WAR—The
huge sticks—some of them must
weigh five pounds — look better
than any we saw before the war.
We didn’t get a chance to talk
to the Hines people about their
supply. It was too late when we
walked by—about three o’clock in
the morning. .
There was some wonderment in
our musing about how they can
b^ve such huge peppermint sticks,
because it so happens we’d just
finished reading a story in The
Star about what a tough time lo
cal restaurants are having trying
to get enough sugar for their cus
tomers’ coffee. And about how
they’ve practically had to quit
serving pies, puddings, etc.
Any enlightment on this would
be appreciated.
PRE AMBULATORS, TOO — On
the same early morning stroll we
noticed some preambulators on dis
play, too. This reminded us again
of normalcy. Time was, just a
year or so back—maybe not that
long—when a new baby just had
to make out with an old buggy.
In fact, there was a brisk mar
ket in second-hand baby buggies.
Or else the new mothers borrowed
from their friends whose babies
had outgrown the buggies.
But there these preambulators
were on display. Attractive, too, as
if the store-keeper — it was too
dark for us to read the name—
wants to sell the wares.
And, as a last item, we noted
men’s shorts on display in a local
haberdashery. They were gone the
next morning, though.
Halsey Foretells Great Future For Port Here
P. F. Halsey is shown at left
above while he was being in
terviewed by Ben McDonald,
Kouncl-the-Town Reporter for
the Star-News, on a Star-News
reel broadcast over radio sta
tion WMFD,
In the interview, Halsey, vice
president and general manager
of the North Carolina Ship
build'ng company, said“. . . .
With vision and forethought
and the development of a long
range plan there is no reason
why Wilmington cannot com
pete with any port in a city
this size in the world.”
Halsey appeared on the Star
Newsreel broadcast here Sun
day afternoon.
PAEEY GIVES LIE
TO TANKER CHARGE
California 0 i 1 Magnate
Denies He Told Thorn
burg Of $6,000 Deal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — (U.R) —
Edwin W. Pauley, California oil
magnate and former treasurer of
the Democratic National commit
tee, today branded as a “deliber
ate, premeditated lie” charges by
a former State department em
ploye that he expected to get $6,000
out of the transfer of a U. S.
tanker to Mexico.
The charges- were made by Max
W. Thornburg, former State de
partment petroleum adviser, be
fore the Senate Naval Affairs com
mittee which is studying Pauley’s
nomination to be Undersecretary
of the Navy.
Thornburg said that Pauley told
aim in late July or early August,
1941, that he stood to realize $6,000
from the tanker deal if it was ap
proved by the State department.
Thornburg quoted Pauley as saying
be did not want the money for him
self, but planned on turning it over
to the Democratic campaign chest.
Pauley categorically denied the
allegation. In turn, he accused
Thornburg, a former vice-presi
dent of Standard Oil company, of
resisting efforts by oil companies
Pther than his own to go into
Mexico.
“Thornburg never at any time
wanted anybody to fool with Mex
ico except his own company and
affiliates, Standard Oil and Shell,”
Pauley said.
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COIN BOX ROBBERIES
HOLD UP TOTALS ON
“DIMES” CAMPAIGN
W. K. Rhodes, Jr., chairman
of the March of Dimes, said
last night a full account of yes
terday’s total could not be giv
en because seven coin boxes
had been stolen during the aft
ernoon.
Chairman Rhodes once again
warned the public, "hold to
those coin boxes until we call
for them.’’ ‘
With the county quota short
$2,000, the committee lias de
cided, the chairman explained,
to hold the balance of the
month open for the receiving
of the checks that the present
totals of over $6,000 might be
added to.
The drive closed officially
last Thursday, Rhodes pointed
out, hut the local campaign
was continued through yester
day.
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I Li/mu LAI 1ILUULV
OVER SHIP RESCUE
SEWARD, Alaska, Feb. 4—(U.R)
—The S. S. Yukon, aground on
the jagged rocks of treacherous
Johnson bay with 495 persons
aboard, was reported “breaking
up fore and aft” tonight in a rag
ing north Pacific blizzard and the
Coast Guard ordered rescue at
tempts despite the mountainous
seas.
No injuries among the 371 pas
sengers and 124 crew members
were reported by the ship’s cap
tain who advised naval district
headquarters at Kodiak that the
Yukon was listing 20 degrees in
the raging waters.
Standing by and attempting to
get a line aboard the stricken
vessel was the Coast Guard Cut
ter Onondago, which picked up
the Yukon’s first distress signal
at 9:09 a. m. (EST) today and
reaching the ship about nine hours
rushed immediately to her aid,
later.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 7)
REPORTS SAY ARM
WILL LEAVE CHINA
High-Ranking Naval Offi
cers Confer With Mar
shall At Chungking
CHUNGKING, Feb. 4.—(U.R)—Tw<
high-ranking American naval ol
ficers conferred with Gen. Georgi
C. Marshall today amid uncon
firmed reports that the U. S. armj
plans to pull out of China as soor
as possible, leaving American in
terests completely in the hands o
the Navy and Marine Corps.
Meeting with Marshall were Vici
Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr.
U. S. Seventh Fleet commander
and Vice Admiral Stuart Murray
former commander of the fame<
American Battleship Missouri, whi
is laying the groundwork for ;
future naval mission to China.
sending credence 10 reports uia
China soon may become a nava
theater is the fact that nava
forces in China now outnumbe:
army personnel. Because of this
Cooke outranks the U. S. arm;
commander in China, Lt. Gen. A1
bert C. Wedemeyer.
It was pointed out that the navj
will be busy for some time in th<
future in its task of repatriating
Japanese, transporting Chinesi
troops and training the fledgling
Chinese navy.
Meanwhile, it was announcet
that Marshall will tour the com
bat areas where fighting ha;
ceased during the middle of Feb
ruary in company with Gen
Chang Chin-Chung, head of th<
political training board of the Na
tional Military Council, and Choi
En-lai, chief Communist negotia
tor in organization of a unifiec
China.
Marshall, after exchanging views
with many authorities, now is
drafting a broad plan designed tc
bring lasting peace to the far east.
It is understood the plan will be
presented to the White House for
approval when it is complete.
Dignified Justices Uphold
Modesty Of Magazine Girl
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—(U.R)—
The dignified justices of the Su
preme court today unanimously
upheld the modesty of the curva
ceous but scantily-clad Varga Girl.
The court ended a two-year legal
Iispute by ruling that Esquire
magazine, Varga girl and all, can
ae sent through the mails at sec
and class rates. It arrived at its
lecision after inspecting life-size
exhibits of the semimude wench.
Started By Walker
Former Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker started the long ;
court fight. He tried to ban the
magazine from the second - class
mails on the grounds that its con
tents, and especially the Varga i
I
gal, were not morally palatable.
He used such terminology as ob
scene, lewd, lascivious, etcetera,
and argued that the publication
did not furnish information of a
"public character.”
But Justice William 0 Douglas,
writing the court’s opinion, held
that to grant Walker’s premises
would be to vest him with the pow
;r of censorship.
“Power Abhorect”
"Such a power is so abhorrent
;o our traditions,” he wrote, "that
i purpose to grant it should not be
:asily inferred.”
He went on to sav that the Amer
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T
i ^
Session Ends
Without Vote
On Red Claim
Soviet Diplomat Enters
Acrimonious Debate With
England’s Bevin
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U. S. BACKS BRITAIN
Stettinius Tells Assembly
He Sees No Wrong Ac
tion In Greece
LONDON, Feb. 4. — (/P) —
Russia sought for the first
time to use its veto power in
the United Nations Security
council tonight in an effort to
prevent action clearing Great
Britain of Soviet charges of
endangering the peace by
keeping troops in Greece.
The potentially powerful
11-nation council adjourned,
however, without deciding
whether the Russians, as a
disputing party, could invoke
the veto at this stage of the pro
ceedings.
Russia raised the veto issue af
ter six and one-half hours of some
times acrimonious debate in which
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin gave “the lie direct” to
Russian charges that Britain was
guilty of endangering peace—the
“most diabolical crime of man
kind,” Bevin said.
Drop Demands
Only a few minutes earlier, Sov
, let Foreign Vice Commissar An
drei Vishinsky had dropped Rus
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DARKNESSHALTS
SEARCH IN RIVER
Four Drown In Motorboat
Accident On Catawba;
One R PCAiravU n
---f,
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 4 (/p) —
Darkness tonight forced weary
searchers to abandon until tomor
1 row efforts to recover from the
I Catawba river the bodies of two
i young men, who with two com
i panions were drowned in a Sun
day motorboat accident.
Mecklenburg county police head
| quarters said the bodies of two
[ young women, Sue Tummire. 19,
| of Hickory and Helen Overcash,
20, of Charlotte, were recovered
; today during dragging operations.
The other victims, whose bodies
will be the object of a renewed
search tomorrow, were William
Shields, 22, and William Stewart,
22, both recently discharged from
the armed forces. Both lived near
Charlotte.
Meanwhile, a fifth occupant of
the boat—and the only one able
to swim to safety when it capsized
‘ in the Catawba county section of
the river Sunday afternoon—was
reported recovering today from
the effects of exposure and shock.
She is Mildred Overcash, 20, a
first cousin of one of the drowned
girls.
All of the girls were student
nurses at Charlotte’s Mercy hos
pital.
| AND SO TO BED...
You know how aunts, uncles,
and cousins are. They all want
ed a picture of the little niece,
7.
uniy picture tuc laiuuy nau
was an enlargement; it was
the only picture, in fact, that
ever had been taken of the lit
tle girl and Mama wouldn’t
part with it.
Yesterday, being rather
bright and sunny, an uncle
decided to take a picture of
the little girl.
Previously, there had been
some kidding in the family
about ,‘taking the picture from
Mama.”
So when Uncle came out
with the camera and told the
little girl he was going to take
her picture, she went Into
something close to a tantrum.
‘‘You will not take my pic
ture,” she stamped her foot.
And, by the verichrome, they
didn’t take her picture—until
she’d been given the one on the
mantel-piece to hold tightly in
her little hands while Uncle
snapped with his camera.
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