FIRE LEVELS CAFE
NEAR MARINE BASE
Owners Estimate Damage
To Building And Equip
ment At $20,000
Special To The Star
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 5 — The
King Bee Cafe, located on U. S.
highway 17 between Jacksonville
and Camp Lejeune was completely
destroyed by fire early Thursday
night at a loss estimated to be
over $20,000.
The cafe, erected during the
building boom at Camp Lejeune,
had been closed over a year and
the origin of the blaze is undeter
mined.
Ralph King, operator of the
cafe, said he estimated the damage
to his equipment at $9,000. The
Massingil Estate, owners of the
building, estimated their loss at
$11,000. None of the loss was cov
ered by insurance.
The Jacksonville fire department
and several pieces of equipment
from Camp Lejeune answered the
alarm, but wre unable to save the
frame building, due to the lack ol
water facilities. The building burn
ed to the ground in less than three
hours, it was reported.
MEETING TONIGHT
.Dr. Frederick W. Lewis, pastor
of Pearsall Memorial church, will
tesch the Sunday school lesson at
the McClure Fellowship class at
the regular meeting tonight at 6:30
in the YMCA, J. B. Huntington, an
nounced last night.
Payment Overdue
HERRIN, 111., (U.PJ—Lester Tur
ner received a $20 bill for his
wrist watch—16 yef.rs after it was
stolen. The money was sent in an
anonymous letter stating “the
watch is long gone, but here is
approximately th2 value of it.”
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'HER ADVENTUROUS NIGHT"
EPIPHANY SERVICE
HELD LAST NIGHT AT
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
St. John’s Episcopal church held
I their annual “Feast of Lights’’
service last night with the Rt, Rev.
Thomas H. Wright, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of East Caro
lina participating.
The deep spiritual and mission
ary meeting of the Epiphany sea
son was explained in music, nar
rative, and the lighting of candles
from a single candle on the alter.
The three Wise Men were por
trayed by George Mann, Lester
Lasure, and Arthur John.
The choir sang Epiphany hymns
and carols with the congregation
joining in.
PRESIDENTREADY
FOR ‘STATE’ TALK
(Continued From Page One)
outline, leaving the details to Con
gress.
The tone of the message may be
influential in determining wheth
er his expressed desire for coop
eration with the Congress will be
realized. Republican leaders on
their part have expressed a desire
to cooperate but have made it
clear that they will go along only
with recommendations they con
sider constructive.
First Address
The Chief Executive spent most
of the Sabbath working on the
document, his first formal address
to the GOP Congress. It will be
the first time since Herbert
Hoover was in the same position in
the early 30’s that a President of
one party comes face to face with
a Congre&s dominated by another.
After completing the speech of
about 6,000 words this afternoon,
the President turned it over to his
Secretary, Charles G. Ross, who
sent it to the White House mimeo
graph room. Ross would give no
hint of its contents.
The President’s staff, including
Clark M. Clifford, hi* young special
counsel who d'.d the major work of
whipping the speech into shape,
joined him at the White House Sun
day. After final conferences the
President put in the last punctua
tion marks.
Rocenman Present
Camuel I. Rosenman, one of the
original Franklin D. Roosevelt
“brain trust,” looked in on a
cople of speech-writing conferences
but did not play a major part in
preparing the address, Ross report
ed. Rosenman, formerly special
counsel to both Presidents Roose
velt and Truman, was here prima
rily as a member of Mr. Truman’s
commission on universal training.
Mr. Truman will be accompanied
to the Capitol by members of his
cabinet, who will gather at the
White House about 12:45 p. m.
Usually the cabinet members go
directly to the Capitol from their
offices.
The proceedings in the House
chamber will be broadcast by tele
vision for the first time in his
tory, as well as by radio over all
networks as usual. The House open
ing Friday also was televised.
Two More Messages
After hearing the President, Con
gress will complete its formal or
ganization by setting up its com
mittees and then will be ready to
work. Two more Presidential mes
sages are to be sent to the capitol
this week—an economic report
Wednesday and the budget mes
sage Friday. Ross said these two
are virtually completed now.
REBUFFED BILBO
RETURNING HOME
(Continued From Page One)
retary. Later he will go to New
Orleans for treatment which may
delay the final showdown on his
Senate bid two months or more.
“If I live, I’ll be back here with
my fighting clothes on,” Bilbo
promised as the two-day tussle in
the new Senate ended Saturday
in an agreement by which he stays
out pending a hearing later but
draws his pay and allowances.
“ I certainly hope Senator Bilbo
lives," was the comment of Senator
Ferguson (R-Mich.), a leader of
the fight to bsr him. The Senate
War Investigating committee on
which Ferguson sat delivered a
report that Bilbo misused his office
for personal gain in dealing with
war contractors.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), chairman
of his party’s steering committee,
told reporters no further action
will be taken until such time as
Bilbo can return and a hearing
can be held on whether the charges
warrant permanent and final
ouster. The time of this is highly
indefinite.
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BE H COMMITTEE
P NNING PARLEY
Session Tonight To Discuss
Means To Check Danger
Of Erosion
The Wrightsville Beach Erosion
board, seeking an answer to what
it terms the washing away of the
southern end of the beach, will
meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock, R. C.
Cantwell, Jr., announced.
Recommendations decided upon
at the meeting w'ill be presented
to the Wrightsville Board of Aider
men on Thursday, it was learned.
The beach committee recently
conferred with the Wilmington
District Army Engineers and indi
cated intentions to file suit against
the U. S. Government for damages
to the strand, said to be resulting
from the closing of the mouth of
Shinn creek.
At the same time, the Engineers
told the committee the repair of
tw’o sea jetties at Masonboro in
let w'ould halt the erosion. They
added that they did not believe
the closing of the creek aided the
acceleration of the current enough
to cause excess erosion.
108 IN DANGER
ON PACIFIC ATOLL
(Continued From Page One)
this was sufficient transportation
to evacuate all personnel.
Weather bureau officials from
Anchorage to Nome reported Ba
rometers falling fast as prepara
tions were rushed to safeguard
Alaskan residents and property
in the event they were struck by
the full force of the gale.
Capt. J. L. Collins, 14th Naval
district information officer, said
another high tide was expected at
Palmyra about 3 P.M. (8:30 P.M.
EST) and a message from Pal
myra to the Destroyer Frank Knox,
intercepted here, indicated a three
foot rise in the level of the ocean
would be enough to imperil the
108 persons. »
Headquarters was fearful that
any new rise in the crest of the
tide would destroy all food and wa
ter supplies and render the air
strip on Cooper island, largest of
the atoll group, unuseable.
Heavy sea conditions are ex
pected to continue for the next 36
hours, according to the frontier
command. Additional warnings
have been flashed to Canton is
land to expect high seas.
No reports have been received
from Christmas island where 79
Army personnel and a British rep
resentative are stationed.
A deep, intense cyclonic center
originating in the westernmost
Aleutians and the Pribilof archi
pelago deep in the Bering Sea
was reported gaining heavy mo
mentum in its rush toward the
Alaskan mainland.
Gale Force Winds
The storm started over Shemya
and Attu islands off the tip of the
Aleutians between the raging North
Pacific and the Bering Sea.
Winds were reported raging be
tween 45 and 70 miles an hour.
The Weather bureau said the
storm was passing over St. Paul
island and heading for Nome, sit
uated on the ice-bound Norton
sound in the Arctic region. Despite
bad communications, latest reports
said the ice in the sound was hold
ing fast.
The Americans on Palmyra
atoll, who sent out a radioed SOS
before dawn and asked that ships
be rushed to evacuate them, sur
vived the torrential flood hut were
forced to gather on Cooper islet,
the largest and highest of the 52
bits or coral forming the atoll.
In most places, the coral of the
islands rises only six feet above
the water and a late radio mes
sage from Palmyra said a three
foot riso in the level of the ocean
would engulf the atoll again.
MARfHOFlflMES
PLANS ADVANCING
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Rhodes also pointed out that Wil
mington is one of the seven areas
in the state which has a polio unit.
This unit, serving counties in this
territory, was established last
summer at the James Walker Me
morial hospital, at a cost of $10,
000.
The chairman of the local drive
also stated that the Wilmington
chapter of the National Foundation
for Infantile paralysis now has a
nurse in New York City studying
the latest methods of polio treat
ment.
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Job For The Governor
Robert F. Bradford, new governor of Massachusetts, and his
10-year-oid son, Robert H., shovel snow from the walks of their
home in Cambridge before Bradford left for the State House to
become Massachusetts’ 55th chief executive. _
Along The Cape Fear
(Continued From Page One)
building cost approximately $30,
000.
It was largely through the efforts
of this noble teacher that many
Wilmingtonians were directed to
wards making education their life
work. The good that she, and her
pupils in turn after her, did is im
possible to estimate.
* * *
GUESS WHO — We regret that
we can not tell you the exact year
during which the picture on Page
8 was taken. However we can list
most of those seen with Miss Brad
ley in the photograph.
On the front row, left to right,
are: Tom Oldham, Marion Wood
ward, James Oldham, Bertram
Quelch, Maud McEwen, Katie Bor
den, Maggie D. Wallace, a Mrs.
Merritt, Cassie Legg, Houston Mer
ritt, Joe Gates, and Charlie Haar.
Second row: Ed Craft, Mr. Haar,
Louise Reed, Ida Thompson, Car
rie Levy, a Miss Merritt, Hattie
Legg, Miss Wilson, Miss Newsom,
Miss Creasy, Katie Yarborough,
Janie Smith, Nida Mclver, Katie
Heidy, and Lillian Johnson.
Third Row: Miss Primrose, T.
Sistar, Hattie Love, May Beverly
French, Lula Jarrell, Fannie John
son, Annie Foscue, May Harrell,
Eloise Finch, Sumner Gause, Het
tie Struthers, Daisy Nurney, Rod
ger Turlington, May Barkley, Mag
gie McPherson, May Murphy, Bes
sie Taylor.
Miss Amy Bradley is seen in the
center of the group.
AT LEAST THREE
DIE IN CRACKUPS
Snow Storms Interrupt Air
Traffic In Eastern United
States
VINELAND, N. J., Jan. 5—tfP)—
At least three persons were report
ed killed and eight injured Sunday
night in the crash of a nationwide
air transport service plane which
came down in a wooded section
in nearby Carmel in a heavy snow
storm.
Malaga state police reported
three dead among the 20 passen
gers and three crew members on
the Miami, Fla., to Newark plane,
adding they believed all others
aboard might have sustained in
juries.
Six of the injured were brought
by ambulance to Bridgeton hospi
tal and others were reported at
Millville hospital.
WESTPORT, Conn.', Jan. 5—(.T)—
A desk officer at the Westport
barrackg of the state police said
a search was being made for an
American Airlines plane reported
to have crashed “somewhere in
this vicinity’’ about 10:30 p. m.
“We have no definite informa
tion on where the crash occurred,
but we are looking for it,” he said.
“It is reported to have crashed
here in Westport.”
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—(TP)—The
Coast Guard reported at 10:37 p.m.
(EST) Sunday night that an Amer
ican Airlines plane had crash
landed on the beach of Long Island
sound near Bridgeport, Conn., and
that the plane’s radio was still in
operation.
42 PERSONS DIE
IN PLANE CRASH
Three Americans Among
Victims Of Chinese Air
liner Mishap Sunday
SHANGHAI, Monday, Jan. 6— (U.PJ
— Forty-two persons, inducing
three Americans, a British mer
chant and an Italian Catholic sis
ter were reported killed Sunday
in the crash of a Chinese airliner
which plunged into a field nine
miles from Tsingtao.
The transport, operated by the
Chinese National Aviation corpora
tion, was flying from Shanghai to
Peiping and cracked up as it was
coming in for a landing. It was
completely wrecked.
The ship was piloted by Charles
J. Sharkey, of Lawrence, Mass.
Two Catholic sisters from the
Franciscan mission of Egypt also
were reported aboard the plane.
The crash, following within 10
days of the triple air disaster at
Shanghai on Christmas night in
which 71 persons were killed,
brought an immediate order from
Nanking to ground all Chinese
planes for one week starting Mon
day.
The suspension order, issued at
Nanking by Minister of Communi
cations Yu‘ * Ta*wei, ordered all
planes of the China National Avia
tion corporation and the China Air
Transport corporation grounded for
one week so that facilities and
equipment could be overhauled.
All three planes that crashed in
the Christmas tragedy were caught
in dense fog over Shanghai at night
with gasoline supplies low. They
were unable to land because of a
lack of night landing facilities.
Obituaries
MRS. LILLIE R. WARD
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie
R. Ward, 58, 1101 Chestnut street,
who died in the James Walker
Memorial hospital at 11:45 o’clock
Friday morning after a short ill
ness, will be held this morning at
11 o’clock.
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. George Saunders from
the Sixth Street Advent Christian
church. Interment will follow in
the Bellevue cemetery. The re
mains will lie in state at the Yopp
Funeral home until the hour of
the services.
She is the widow of the late L.
W. Ward and is survived by three
sisters: Mrs. W. V. Sellers. Mrs.
C. J. Craig and Mrs. C. R. Jones
all of Wilmington; four brothers,
W. W. King, E. L. W. King, Her
bert S. King and R. S. King all
of Wilmington.
Active pallbearers, all neph
ews of the deceased, are as fol
lows: Robert H. King, R. S. King,
Jr., Albert B. Craig, William E.
King, Alfred L. King and Harold
B. King. Honorary pallbearers: V.
Ambrosiano, Dr. S. E. Warshauer,
George Duke, R. C. Grant, L. R.
Blackman, Emmett Owens, R. S.
Thorpe and Nicholas Papezos.
MRS. MARY L. REGISTER
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Lillie Register, fatally injured in
an automobile accident near Kins
ton Thursday night, will be con
ducted today at 3:30 p. m. from
the Immanuel Presbyterian church,
with the Rev. Wade H. Allison
officiating. Interment will follow
in Bellevue cemetery.
Honorary pauDearers will oe:
Dr, Robertson, Dr. Graham, Barn
ey O’Neal, J. B. Fox, Sr., Frank
LeRay, Sr., J. C. Rogers. James
Garrison, D. Larkin, Elwood Greer,
Luther Greer, Mike Patelos, S.
B. Bordeaux, George Gore, R.
Thigpen, Capt. Ed Holm, R. R.
Stone, and John Wolff.
Active pallbearers will be: 0.
Burriss, Herbert Farrar, Harry
Register, Russell Denton, Frank
Litgen, Frank Shoemaker, and Bill
Evans.
She is survived by her husband;
Gibson Register. Two daughters;
Miss Carolyn Register, who was
also injured in the crash and Mrs.
Robert Kittle, all of Wilmington, a
sister. Miss Louise Burns, of Wil
mington; a brother. Tommy Burns.
U. S. Navy and Mrs. Register’s
mother, Mrs. W. P. Burns, of Wil
mington.
POLICEMEN HURT
IN TEHRAN RIOT
(Continued From Page One)
to “observe" the balloting, sche
duled to begin in Tehran Saturday,
and “see that the elections are
completely free and the voters un
influenced."
He added that any political party
or group is free to meet and cam
paign publicly, and that the “only
function of military law in Tehran
is to insure security and prevent
violence.”
The government, meanwhile, was
heckled by a secret radio station,
which called itself "the voice of
Azerbaijan Democratic party," and
broadcast a 45-minute program ac
cusing Qavam’g party of illegal
methods.
The so-called Azerbaijan “Demo
crats" came into power in that
province during the Russian occu
pation, and were overthrown last
month by government troops who
arrived in Azerbaijan to “super
vise” the parliamentary elections.
SPECIAL SERVICE
PLANNED TONIGHT
Two Episcopal Bishops To
Participate In Feast Of
Lights
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
East Carolina, and the Rt. Rev.
Thomas C. Darst, retired bishop of
East Carolina, will participate in
the “Feast of Lights” service at
the Church of the Good Shepherd
tonight, the Rev. Harvey Glazier,
rector, announced.
The service is held in commemo
ration of the Epiphany or the
Manifestation of Christ to the
Gentiles with the visitation of the
Magi or Three Wise Men. Those
representing the Wise Men enter
the darkened church following the
lighted star over the altar while
singing the carol, “We Three
Kings '. They present their gifts of
gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
The rector places them on the altar
and then the regular evening ser
vices follows.
After the benediction the church
is darkened except lor one candle
burning on the alter symbolizing
Jesus as the light of the world. The
rector then lights his candle from
the altar candle and then the can
dles of the three Wise Men who
light in turn the candles of each
person seated at the end of each
pew. They, in turn light the candle
of the next person signifying the
personal touch of spreading the
gospel.
As the Recessional hymn is sung
the choir and congregation leave
the church with their lighted can
dles. The choir of the Southside
Baptist church will join with the
choir of the Church of the Good
Shepherd for the occasion, the Rev.
Mr. Glazier said.
The Rev. Mortimer Glover, rec
tor of St. James church, the Rev.
Richard Sturgis, rector of St. An
drews church, the Rev. Thomas P.
Noe, retired former rector of Good
Shepherd who held the first “Feast
of Lights” service in 1915, and the
Rev. J. O. W'alton, pastor of South
side Baptist church, will also par
ticipate in the service.
The public is cordially invited.
CHRISTMAS TREE
BURNING PLANNED
(Continued From Page One)
day activities, will act as master
of ceremonies.
Local Boy Scouts will be present
to aid in the program and bonfire,
and members of the fire depart
ment will be on hand to help avoid
any danger from the fire.
The old trees collected for the
bonfire which will climax the pro
gram will be hauled to the play
ground and park today by the sani
tation department trucks, Reynolds
stated.
In case of rain, the program will
be postponed until Tuesday night,
Reynolds said.
ASSEMBLY FORCES
TREK TO RALEIGH
(Continued From Page One)
Liquor, as usual, probably will be
an issue. Charlotte is expected to
seek a liquor vote separate from
Mecklenburg county. Should Char
lotte lead the way, other cities
might seek similar legislation.
Pearsall has said he saw no rea
son why the assembly should not
complete its business and adjourn
sine die within 60 legislative days.
FAMILY PREPARES
FOR LONG VOYAGE
(Continued From Page One)
Mrs. Streiff said she has reser
vations on the U. S. S. Brekenridge,
which sails from Norfolk January
17.
When asked what she thought of
making the long trip with the five
youngsters. Mrs. Streiff declared,
“The children have promised to
behave and I don't think I will have
any trouble.’’ Then she added "I
hope we don’t get sea-sick.”
The Lieutenant said he expects
to be stationed at Pearl Harbor
for at “least two years.” He has
recently returned to this country
from the islands and has already
made arrangements for housing
his family near the Naval base.
The family is not new in the
moving business, Mrs. Streiff point
ed out. They have resided in Bos
ton, Washington, Maryland, Rhode
Island, Ohio and North Carolina
during the ten years Lieut. Streiff
has been in the Navy.
He enlisted in theh Navy over 10
years ago and has worked himself
up to his present rank, which is
permanent, as he is a member of
the regular Navy.
Mrs. Streiff said she hoped they
would be able to dispose of all the
household furniture before her sail
ing date.
Wins Film Award
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. —5UP)— “The
Lost Weekend,” Charles R. Jack
son’s story of a tortured alcoholic,
was selected as the best film in
1946 by American press and radio
reviewers in the annual film daily
“Ten Best Pictures” poll, the trade
paper said today.
Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
POLICE ARREST
MAN AFTER BOY
IS SHOT IN LEG
Richard Marr'iburn, Negro resi
dent of 619 North Seventh street,
was arrested by Wilmington police
Sunday in connection with the
shooting of a 11-year-old Negro
boy early Sunday morning at 704
North Seventh street.
Harvey Jamison, Jr., was admit
ted to James Walker Memorial
hospital suffering from a leg wound
which his father, Harvey Jamison,
Sr., said came as a result of a
shot fired through the door of the
front room of his house.
Attaches at James Walker Mem
orial hospital reported last night
that the youth had been discharged
following treatment.
MISS JONES HEARD
ON STAR-NEWSREEL
PROGRAM SUNDAY
The Sunday Star-Newsreel, heard
over WMFD yesterday afternoon,
presented, in addition to spot news
and pertinent editorials from The
Star and The News, one of the
most outstanding pianists among
the younger generation, Patty
Jones, a senior at New Hanover
High school. She is the talented
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Jones, 1904 Ann street. She chose
as her solos, two selections from
Chopin. Miss Jones plans to con
tinue her studies at Flora Mc
Donald college.
Also featured on the half-hour
program was W. O. Page, Jr.,
baritone soloist, who was accom
panied by Mrs. Elizabeth Emory.
The newspapers, news, editorials,
drama, music, and features were
covered in the broadcast. Special
announcer for the show was Tom
Gause.
The program was written and
directed by Ben McDonald, Star
News Round-The-Town reporter.
CURFEW PROPOSAL
GAINING SUPPORT
Clerk Of Juvenile Court
Says Plan Would Cut
Delinquency
Support of Judge J. Hardie Fer
guson’s proposal that a curfew ;v
be established in Wilmington for
the city’s youth was voiced last
night by Mrs. J. C. Layton, clerk
of the city’s juvenile court.
Mrs. Layton expressed the opi>
ion that the establishment of a
curfew law to reduce the number
of children wandering the streets
at night would at the same time
reduce juvenile delinquency.
She pointed out that without
adequate laws to enforce such a
program, however, police officers
would not be in a position to fol
low up any such planned curfew,
Judge Ferguson, juvenile judge,
last week called for the estab
lishment of some regulation to
kef,a youths of juvenile age off
the streets during the early hours
of the morning. He called attention
to the fact that no law exists which
would give an officer a legal right
to arrest children under 15 years
of age for being on the streets at
such hours and recommended that
steps be taken to correct this situ
ation.
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