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British Officials
Issue Ultimatum
'Terrorists Seize Second
Victim In Eighteen Hours
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judge Snatched From Bench In T'-'
Eleventh Hour Reprieve Gram '
Condemned Underground Menu *
JERUSALEM, Jan. -p7-—W—British officials- issued an ultimatum
to Jewish leaders tonight that military control would be imposed on
nortions of Palestine unless kidnapers released two prominent British
•iibiects abducted within 18 hours of each other.
1 xhe British announced an 11th hour reprieve for Dov Bela Gruner
•n alleged underground member sentenced to hane tomorrow for an
RUSSIA SUBMITS
PLAN FOR REICH
Foreign Ministers Council
Hears Plea For Big 4
To Write Treaty
LONDON, Jail. 27.—(TP)—Russia
submitted a memorandum to the
deputy foreign ministers council to
day proposing that the United
States, Britain, Russia and France
write a formal peace treaty for
Germany which would be present
ed to a future “German state” for
ratification.
The proposal ignored an Ameri
can suggestion of last week that a
"peace statute” he adopted instead
o{ a formal treaty. American
sources said a clarification of the
Russian plan would be sought.
The Russians proposed that the
(our powers write the German
peace treaty after hearing sug
gestions at an international con
ference open only to those allied
powers who were active belliger
ents. The treaty would be sub
mitted in final form to allied na
tions who declared war but did not
put forces in the field.
The final step would be the sub
mitting of the treaty to the Ger
man state for ratification.
U. S. Delegate rooDert iviurpny
advanced the idea of a “peace
atatute” to save a new-born demo
cratic government in Germany
from criticism among the people
for signing a peace with the vic
tors.
The Soviet note said that a peace
conference should be called only
when “a central government is es
tablished which is recognized as
suitable to accept" a peace treaty.
Meanwhile Poland and Greece
made their requests to the council
today for reparations and peace
guarantees against Germany and
Austria.
Stefan Wierblowski, the Polish
spokesman, placed at $11,700,000,
000 or 38 percent of “our material
wealth,” the property losses suf
fered by Poland in the war. He
laid the loss in lives was about 6,
000,000 men, women and children,
or 13.3 percent of the population.
He reiterated Poland’s claims to
40,000 square miles of German
territory along the Oder and
Neisse rivers, which Poland re
gards as her permanent western
borders.
VFW WILL HONOR
STARR HERETODAY
National Commander To Be
Guest Of Local Group At
Luncheon
Louis E. Starr, of Portland,
Oregon, national commander, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, .will arrive
n Wilmington this morning as the
Suest of the James A. Manley
Post, VFW, E. C. Snead, command
er. said yesterday.
Starr will inspect the Lake Forest
Housing project of the Vetet/nr
Homes Incorporated this morning
, noon will be honored with
> luncheon in the Cape Fear club.
e National commander will
°v.er WGNI at 1 p. m. today,
following the broadcast. Starr
four delegates from the local
Pos, will travel to Raleigh to at
lcl a banquet being -held there
t0"f' in Starr’s honor.
me delegates are Snead, A. J.
jje™^es. Ken Noble, and Hugh
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attacK on a Palestine police sta
tion. Officials said the stay was
granted to permit an appeal to the
privy council, Britain’s supreme
court.
Police had attributed the kid4
nappings to Gruner’s scheduled
hanging. Authorities expressed the
opinion that Irgun Zvai Leumi, un
derground organization, was hold
ing the two Britons as hostages, to
head off the executions.
Troops and police, meanwhile,
combed the troubled Holy Land for
two groups of kidnappers, who
snatched a bewigged judge from
his courtroom in Tel Aviv today
and abducted a banker from his
home in Jerusalem last night.
No trace was found .of the vic
tims, Judge Ralph Windham, 42
and H. A. L Collins, 48.
British autnorities imposed a
dawn to dusk curfew on the Jewish
quarters of Jerusalem and Haifa,
and on all 200.000 residents of Tei
Aviv. Some 90,000 Jews in Jeru
salem were placed under house ar
rest. Traffic after dark was ban
ned on all Holy Land highways.
Loud speakers. mounted on
armored cars, announced the cur
fews to Jewish residents. Hundreds
of bren carriers clattered through
I Tel Aviv.
Judge Windham was hearing a
! routine inheritance case when the
i well-dressed gunman slipped quiet
ly into his courtroom and ordered
he small group of persons present
to face the wall.
J ‘‘Do not be alarmed. We want
to take only the judge with us,”
eyewitnesses quoted a gunman as
saying in Hebrew.
The judge, wearing his wig and
udicia] robes, was whisked away
in an automobile, the kidnap car
later was found abandoned in Ram
i at Gan, suburb of Tel Aviv.
Within 10 minutes of the kidnap
! ing, sirens sounded throughout the;
all-Jewish city and police cordon- i
' ed off the court area. Five mumites j
! later, Tel Aviv’s Mediterranean I
- Beach, which had been crowded;
with thousands of bathers, was de
serted and the city’s streets were
empty.
i Windham, president of the Tel
Aviv court, is heir to the ancient!
Bowyer-Smyth baronetcy. He has j
been in the colonial service for 15
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ROTARY FOUNDER
DIES IN CHICAGO,
Paul P. Harris, Attorney
And Originator Of Civic
Club Was 78
CHICAGO, Jan. 27 — MP) — Paul
P. Harris, 78. Chicago lawyer and
founder in 1910 of the National As
sociation of Rotary clubs, which
became Rotary International in
1922, died to.':*y at his home.
He was the first president of both
Rotary organizations. As Rotary
International’s first president
emeritus he traveled extensively in
addressing Rotary clubs around
the world.
Born at Racine, Wis.. Harris
studied at Princeton and the Uni
versities of Vermont and Iow,a and
later practiced law in Chicago in
1905..
It was while practising as s
’awyer that he conceived the idea
of grouping one representative of
every business and profession in
the community into a single club
to promote business cooperation,
fair dealing, and the gospel of ser
vice.
Within five years of the first
Rotary club’s inauguration, there
were several similar organizations
in the country, and a national or
ganization was formed with Har
ris as founder and president. In
1912, the International Association
of Rotary clubs succeeded the na
tional group, and Rotary interna
tional followed ten years later. The
organization claims 200,000 mem
bers in 4,000 clubs in 75 countries.
Harris’ death came after a long
illness. His widow survives.
RITES FOR CAPONE
STILL REMAIN AS
SECRET OF FAMILY
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 27. —
(A5)— Funeral plans for A1 Capone
remained a family secret today.
The ex-gangsters body was at a
funeral home where it was taken
shortly after his death Saturday
night.
The rites were to be as simple
as possible, it was reported, and
would be attended only by the fami
ly and a few close friends. Burial
is expected to take place in Chica
g°- . ,
Capone’s body rested in a simple
casket without ornaments. He was
dressed in a dark suit, and no
ieweiry.
The funeral home said it did not
expect to be informed of arrange
ments until a few minutes before
they were actually to take place.
Caoone died after suffering an
apoplect'c stroke lest Tuesday. sub
seouently developing pneumonia
and a heart condition.
Planes Burn In London Takeoff Crash
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Firemen battle fire in Spencer Airways Plane (left foreground) that crashed on a takeoff from
Croydon Airport, London, killing at least 11 of 23 occupants. At right background is Czech Airlines
plane which also burned when struck by the Rome- bound Spencer twin-engined DC3 which faltered on
the takeoff and plummeted to the ground. !AP W irephoto Via Radio From London).
“No Retreat” Stand
Sounded On Tax Cut
republicans Voice Deter
mination To Trim Presi
dent Truman’s Budget
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—(TP)—A
policy of “no retreat” on promises
to cut federal spending and slash
taxes was pledged by the house
republican leadership today.
Clearing the way for the first
formal legislative attack on Presi
dent Truman’s $37,500,000,000 bud
get, GOP managers acted swiftly
to prevent the portal-to-portal pay
controversy from thwarting their
tax reduction plans.
This was the fast-moving fiscal
picture on Capitol Hill:
1. House republican leader Hal
leck of Indiana told reporters:
“There is no backing down what
ever. There is no retreat in our
determination to reduce spending
and to cut taxes. That goes on
labor legislation, too. Reports to
the contrary are untrue.”
2. Senate republicans aimed at a
minimum 33.750.000,000 cut in the
President’s budget for federal
spending in the fiscal year begin
ning July 1.
3. Chairman Taber (R-NY) of
the house appropriations commit
tee, head of rthe senate-house bud
get committee, said be would no1
be “limited” by any specific figure
on slashing expenditures. “We are
going to cut as low as we can,
he said.
4. Viewing portal-to-portal suits
as a threat to plans for income
tax reductions. Chairman Knutson
(R-Minn) of the house ways and
means committee introduced a bill
to prohibit recovery under the
suits. Knutson is author of house
bill No. 1 proposing a 20 per cent
cut of individual income taxes.
These developments came on the
eve of the first business session
tomorrow of the house-senate
committee which will determine
congress’ own ceiling on federal
spending.
Knutson issued a statement say
ing treasury estimates indicate
•hat the federal government may
have to pay as much as $4,000,000.
000 if the portal suits are judged in
favor of the complaining unions.
“Such an enormous loss in reve
nue,” he said, "would, of course
put to an end any hope for indivi
dual tax relief this year.
“We should act now to prevent
such undeserved windfalls and thus
(Continued on Page 2; Col. 2)
Day In Congress
By The Associated Press
House Republican leaders pledg
ed “no retreat” on promises to cut
federal spending and slash taxes
Senate GOP managers proposed
a 10 per cent reduction in Presi
dent Truman’s $37,500,000,000 bud
get.
Swift Congressional action on a
constitutional amendment limiting
a president to two four-year terms
was assured by GOP house lead
ers. If Congress approved, the
questions would be submitted to the
slates as a constitutional amend
ment. Approval by three-fourths of
the states would be required.
Six GOP senators agreed to sub
mit a bill to permit 15 per cent in
creases in rent ceilings, and end
all government rent controls April
10, 1948. Also, rent curbs would be *
scrapped on all new quarters and
an old quarters not rented within
the past two years.
The senate wound up committee
learings on fyills to outlaw “portal”
aay claims. One CIO union, a wit
less testified, is seeking pay for
?0 minutes spent daily on bus rides
o and from work. Senator Wiley
fR.-Wisc.) said the claims quick
en the threat of a “recession.”
In the house, Rep. Knutson (R.
Minn.) said the U. S. treasury
might lose $4,000,000,000 if the un
on’s portal suits are successful. ,
rhat would doom any hope for tax
•elief this year, he said.
Senator McMahon (D.-Conn.) told
;he senate the.United States “may
je in mortal danger” from atomic
jombs. He said the Russians may
i>e building an atomic plant now.
Senator Ball (R.-Minn.) introduc
;d a new bill to curb strikes. Em
jloyers of striking workmen would
je authorized to make a baclc-to
A’0’'k offer and if the strikers refus
'd to accept they would be strm
jed of their rights under the Wag
ler Act. _ i
The Weather
FORECAST
North and South Carolina — Clear to
partly cloudy and mild Tuesday. Wednes
day, partly cloudy and slightly colder.
(By U. S. Weather Bure.u)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30 a.m. 51: 7:30 a.m. 43; 1:30 p.m.
62; 7:30 p.m. 53.
Maximum 62; Minimum 42; Mean 52;
Normal 46.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 73; 7:30 a.m. 90; 1:30 p.m. 43;
7:30 p.m. 72.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.—
0.00 inches. ’
Total since the first of the month —
3.11 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey).
High Low
Wilmington - 1:45 a.m. 8:52 a.m.
2:05 p.m. 9:13 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet _ 11:37 a.m. 5:36 a m.
- p.m. 6:05 p.m.
Sunrise 7:12; Sunset 5:38; Moonrise
10:56 a.m.; Moonset -.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8
a.m. Monday, 14.6 feet.
CORONER TENDERS
RESIGNATION HERE
Commissioners Post pone
Action On Junior College
And Stadium Lease
No action will be taken on the
resignation of Asa W. Allen as New '
Hanover county coroner until a
replacement has been secured for ;
the veteran official, it was decid
ed at a meeting of the board of
county commissioners yesterday. <
Giving ill health as his reason .
for resigning the office he has held
since 1923, Allen submitted his
resignation in the form of a letter ,
to the county board, pointing out
that his decision to retire came ,
on the advice of his doctor.
E. L. Strictland has been assist- ,
ing Allen in the functions of the ,
coroner’s office for the past sev- ,
eral years and speculation over
whether or not he will succeed to .
the post was rife yesterday after
noon.
ACTion Dy xne commissioners on
the junior college and tuberculosis
project^ was postponed following 1
County Attorney Marsden Bel
lamy’s promise that he would 1
have necesary papers for the hold
ing of the referendum drawn by 1
the next meeting of the board. 1
Also postponed was a decision 1
on the renting of Legion stadium '•
by L. M. Pollock, president of the 1
local baseball club. Pollock had :
asked that rent on the Dal% be
set at $2560 per season and xnat i
concessions at the stadium be 1
leased to the baseball club on the 1
condition that 10 per cent of the 1
revenue to turned over to the <
county.
A report by Thomas K, Woody, j
clerk of the board, showed that j
the leasing of the park to the club ■
last season resulted in an income ]
to the county of $2,461.11, with re- 1
ceipts figured on the basis of a 1
10 per cent assessment. i
“DAHLIA” KILLER
MAY SURRENDER
Homicide Bureau Head In
clined To Believe Offer
Made By Card
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27. —(U.R)
— A penny postcard bearing a note
announcing that the sender would
surrender Wednesday morning as
the slayer of Elizabeth Short, the
Black Dahlia, was studied today by
police who believed it actually was
sent by the killer.
The card, addressed to a Los
Angeles newspaper, said:
“Here it is. Turning in Wed.
Jan. 20 10 a. m. Had my fun at
police. Black Dahlia Avenger.”
Capt. Jack Donahue of the homi
cide bureau admitted it could be
the work of a prankster but said
he was inclined to believe that the
mutilation slayer, a supreme ego
tist with a strangely distorted mind,
had sent it.
“All we can do is hope that the
killer, if it is the killer who is
writing these notes, keeps his
promise,” Donahue said.
It was the second communication
received by police. The first was
an envelope containing the birth
certificate and other papers and
snapshots belonging to the raven
haired girl whose murder has led
police on a so far fruitless quest,
including the interrogation of her
numerous men and women friends.
Unlike the first message, which
was made up of letters and words
clipped from newspapers, today’s
note was in large capital letters,
printed in ink. Police said the card
bore no fingerprints. It had been
mailed in downtown Los Angeles
last night.
Donahue pointed out that the
time the writer set for his surrend
er is two weeks to the hour after
the discovery of the bisected and
mutilated body of Miss Short in a
vacant lot in Southwest Los Angel
es.
A third envelope purportedly re
lated to the case was received by
District Attorney William E. Simp
son, who said it was being examin
ed for fingerprints before being
opened.
That envelope had typewritten on
it:
“Possibly important, please —
re: Dahlia case.”
A return address in longhand
said, “Sonny, Greenwich Village
— Cotton Club.” It also was mail
ed in Los Angeles yesterday.
The papers and address book re
ceived Friday offered numerous
leads on persons acquainted with
the black-haired beauty but police
said none could aid the investiga
tion with any tip pointing to the
slayer.
Police continued their door-to
door check of the neighborhood
where the body was found and
trained experts checked the con
tents of incinerators for possible
clues.
The fact that Miss Short was
frightened at the time of her de
parture from San Diego, Cal., a
week before her death, was estab
lished by Mrs. Elvera French and
her daughter, Dorothy, at whose
home the girl was a guest for a
month. __
Along The Cape Fear
SCHOOL AGAIN—We wonder
why the general topic school
'ascinates us now when not so
many, many years ago we use to
iread the very name.
But yesterday we received a visit
irom Mr. Henry Sternberger, of
109 North Fifth Avenue, wtio drop
ped by the office to pick up his
photograph of the last class taught
py Professor Washington Catlett.
Mr. Sternberger had been kind
mough to make a loan of the
picture of the Cape Fear Acade
my class of 1917 to us and we ran
j reproduction of the photograph
n the January 20 issue of The Star.
At that time we said that those
appearing in the picture would be
'orced to pick themselves out as
VIr. Sternberger did not venture
to identify the Class of ’17.
* * *
UNKNOWN FRIEND—A day or
sc ago we found in our drawer a
romplete list of those appearing in
he photograph. Ar first we thought
sure that Mr. “Sternberger had
thanged his mind and had left us
he list of the students.
But yesterday he looked ovei the
ist. admired its accuracy, but re
nained persistent that the listing i
if the Cape Fear Academy class|
of ’17, the last which was in
structed by Professor Catlett, was ,
not his handiwork.
So to some unsung friend we are .
indebted to for the following major
work of historical research.
* * *
LEFT TO RIGHT—In the event (
you do not have a copy of the
picture appearing last week, you ■
should still find the class roll of ,
interest. ]
The top row showed: John Hazel- ,
hurst, Norman Scott, Herbert ]
Smith, Robert Brady, and Alfred ,
Sternberger. ;
The second row: William Saund- :
ers, Theodore Hashagen, Morris ;
Moore, Frank Montgomery, Carol
Green, Courtland McEachern, ;
Clayton Westbrook, and Jinks ■
Sternberger.
Third row: J. Knight Davis. 1
Marsden Bellamy DeRosset, James
McCoy, Harris Stone, and John
Freeman Gaylolrd.
And bottom row: Kenneth Weeks.
LeRoy Crump. Robert Farmer.
S. A. (Happy) Schloss, Nathan
Jacobi, Andrew Hewlett, Solly Ot
loway, and Robert Foy.
i (Continued on Page 2; Col. 4)
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New Mexico Plane Crash
Claims Lives Of 11 Men
GEORGIA RULING
SET FOR FEB. 6
New Court Case In Atlanta
May Speed Decision
On Governor
ATLANTA, Jan. 27. —(TP)— A suit
asking Georgia State Treasurer
George B. Hamilton to show cause
why he should not accept revenue
collections from Charles D. Red
wine, Talmadge-appointed revenue
commissioner, was filed in Fulton
superior court today. A hearing
was set for February 6.
The petition for a writ of manda
mus was entered before Judge Bond
Almand by three attorneys for
Herman Talmadge, one of two
claimants to the governorship.
Hamilton has refused to accept
funds from Redwine, pending court
clarification of the gubernatorial
situation, and Redwine says he
has collected $4,749,886 in taxes
which Hamilton will not accept.
With the mandamus hearing set
for February 6, the issue of the
governorship will be brought to
court one day earlier than the suit
by Attorney General Eugene Cook
asking for a declaratory judgment
in the matter. Cook’s suit is set
for February 7.
Hamilton himself yesterday re
quested such action by either the
Talmadge forces or the supporters
of Lt. Gov. M. E. Thompson, who
claims to be acting governor of the
state. ■
Earlier, the Talmadge-dominated ;
legislature gave cold shoulders to :
suggestions that it go home until 1
the disputed governorship is de
cided in courts.
The house of representatives re- i
jected a resolution to recess until 1
April 7, and embarked immediate- '
iy on Talmadge-sponsored legisla
tion to restore “white supremacy’’ I
in Georgia. The roll-call was 115 '■
to 82. -
An equally-decisive victory was '
scored by Talmadge forces in the
senate, where confirmation was 1
given to 18 appointments of Her
man Talmadge. Approval came ‘
quickly, despite warnings by Geo
rgia’s .state treasurer, George B.
Hamilton, that he would refuse dis- 1
bursements to appointees of either j
(Continued on Page 2; Col. 6) *
SOLONS DEBATING j
STATE PAY HIKE;
Sentiment Grows For In- \
crease Of 30 Per Cent;
Hearings Called j
RALEIGH, Jan. 27—(TP)—Rep R. !
L. Harris of Person tonight took
the floor of thr house and declared,
“if the revenues indicated will per
mit, it is my purpose to support ]
in committee and on the floor, (
salary increases in the aggregate j
of 30 percent.” . j
Rep. Harris then went on the say ,
that the school teachers came near t
the top of the list, as far as he j
was concerned, in the matter of ,
salary increases.
He took the floor to state that in i
a recent fight over the salary '
question that e had been misquot- 1
ed on the salary increase, pro- 1
posals. I
He said that during the course of
the salary debate, many “seers J
and prophets of the press had me
saying things that I did not utter. ^
I submit that—language of that ,
sort was untrue, unfair, unbecom
ing and unjust.”
Bills designed to aid poorer .c
counties of the state in the con- ]
struction of school buildings and ;
in the purchase of school buses i
by .the allocation of grants in aid t
(Continued on Page 2; Col. 3)
DAMAGE SUITS SET i
FOR HEARING HERE:
(
Three Cases With Total
Claims Of More Than \
$30,000 Seen ]
- t
Three suits asking for awards ]
otaiing more than $30,000 from 1
wo defendants are slated for -
learing at the February civil
erm of New Hanover county i
Superior court which opens in c
he courthouse next Monday with
ludge Henry A. Grady of New
3ern presiding.
Two of the three actions have ,
ieen filed against John Nuckton as
he result of an automobile acci
lent which occurred in April,
944. The plaintiffs are Richard
Iraxton, who is asking for $10,000'
lamages for injuries allegedly to
lave been inflicted on his person
md automobile due to the care- :
essness of the defendant, and
lessie Braxton, who has filed suit 1
isking for a $10,000 personal dam- (
ige award for injuries allegedly :
;uffered in the same crash. t
The third .major civil action i
isks for an award of $10,295.87, i
vith the plaintiff, O. V. Padecky, ;
rading as Alberta Textile Mills, •
ilainvng that certain knitting ma
ihinery, purportedly transported t
jy the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- j
vav company from Montgomery, ,
Mabama, to Wilmington, was ;
lamaged due to the carelessness
-f the railroad firm. *
Also scheduled for action during
.he one-week session are 30 un
rontested divo ce suits as well as
12 other civil actions. j
Bomber Falls In Flames
While Trying Take Off
B-29 Carrying Restricted Equipment And
Crew Of 12 On Routine Mission;
Danish Tragedy Probed
ALBUQLERQUE, N. M., Jan. 27.—LP)—Eleven men were killed to
day when an Army B-29, carrying restricted equipment, crashed in
flames as it tried to take off from Kirtland field on a routine mission.
Col. Perry M. Hoisington. commanding. officer, said two of the
crew of 12 were taken from the flaming wreckage alive but one of them
uieu snoruy aucr reacning the
base hospital.
Two of the dead were:
Col. William A. Hatcher, Jr., 36,
whose wife and two small daugh
ters live at Kirtland field.
Capt. Robert F. Bledsoe, 27,
whose wife, Mrs. Wanda Jo Bled
soe and small son live at El Paso,
rex.
Names of the other dead were
still withheld pending notification of
,’elatives.
First reports said 14 men were
iboard but Hoisington lowered
:he number to 12 after rechecking
:he flight list.
He declined to say whether the
plane was attached to Sandia air
tase, which is connected with the
itomic bomb project.
Hoisington said there were few
vitnesses to the crash and that he
vas having trouble piecing details
ogether. One witness, he stated.
:aid one of the engines caught fire
>efore the huge craft cleared the
ield. Then shortly after the plane
)ecame airborne it smashed into
in arroyo about one-fourth mile
louth of the runway end, and
lames quickly swept through the
uselage.
Most of the crew lived in Albu
[uerque. Hoisington went himself
o notify relatives of some of the
dctims.
The plane was still afire when
loisington arrived at the scene
ibout 15 minutes after the crash,
t burned an estimated 30 minutes
ind witnesses said there was little
eft except “a lot of heavy equip
nent.”
Bits of metal were scattered
ibout the crest.of the knoll where
he ship first struck. It apparently
lounced about 50 feet, then hit the
larth again, shedding a portion of
ine wing. Some 200 feet away a
lection of the fuselage, and three of
he big engines lay smouldering.
Nearly 200 feet further, was the
lecond crumpled wing and the
ourth engine, partly buried in the
[round.
Bodies of some of the men, and
he two who were still alive when
licked up, were thrown clear of
he wreckage but the heat from
he blazing gasoline seared their
lodies.
Secret devices, the nature of
I’hich the Army refused to reveal,
vere removed before photogra
ihers were permitted near the
cene.
uufliuussiun suiinr.»
COPENHAGEN CRACK-UP
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 27.—(£>)—A
lanish-Dutch-Swedish investigating
:ommission considered the possi
>ility tonight that an airport em
iloye may inadvertently have
aused yesterday’s crash in which
he American soprano Grace
Joore, Swedish Prince Gustaf
tdolf and 20 others perished.
The commission announced that
. steel wedge, of the type usually
ised to lock elevator flaps when a
ilane is on the ground, had been
ound some distance from the
wrecked Royal Dutch airline DC-3,
’he plane crashed in flames a few
noments after a takeoff from
fastrup airfield.
The commission added that the
redge was of Dutch origin and
'may originate from the crashed
ilane.”
The announcement, contained in
, statement by M. P. Eskildsen,
lanish government air control
.dvisor, said that if the wedge had
tot been removed before takeoff,
he pilot would not have been able
a control the plane.
Eskildsen, head of the commis
ion, stressed that the investigation
ras still in its preliminary stage,
ut said the commission would
'pay special attention to this
ioint.” Other informants said per
ons responsible for the removal
f the wedge were being question
d.
Danish authorities, meanwhile,
uled that the maximum weight of
>C-3 planes leaving Danish fields
aust not in the future exceed 25,
43 pounds. Eskildsen said that
he ill fated plane bearing Miss
loore and the others had been
oaded to a weight of 26,872 pounds
-1,629 more than the new limit.
In London, where 12 persons
nere killed Saturday in the take
ff of another DC-3, Civil Aviation
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ATOMIC ENERGY
TAKES TOP NEWS
AS CHARGES FLY
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Atomic energy exploded into the
.ews yesterday:
Republican Senators quizzir:
)avid E. Lilinenthal on his qualifi
ations to head the new domestic
tomic energy commission urged
hat the military be kept fully ad
ised. Lilienthal agreed to consult
nilitary officials but demurred at
dmitting them to commission ses
ions.
Senator McMahon (D-Conn),
!T"inp v^e-d on international con
rol, told the senate "it seems
ibvious” that Russia now is build
ng an atomic plant in the (Jrals
■nd “We may be in mortal
i-nger."
Warren R. Austin, chief delegate
o the United Nations, held his
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PASSENGER TRAIN
,WRECK KILLS 4
Roll Of Fencing Wire Be
lieved Cause Of Derail
ment In Indiana
WALTON, Ind., Jan. 27. —(JP)—
Four persons were killed and al
most a score injured when a Penn
sylvania railroad passenger train
from Cincinnati to Chicago was de
railed here tonight.
A state police officer and A. F.
McIntyre, general superintendent
of the railroad’s Indianapolis divi
sion, attributed the derailment to
an obstruction on the track.
State police detective Art Kel
ler said a roll of fencing wire was
found beneath the pilot of the
wrecked locomotive, and this was
confirmed by McIntyre.
This information was given Gov.
Ralph F. Gates at Indianapolis,
who directed the state police to
make an intensive investigation.
Three of those killed were pas
sengers and the fourth was the
locomotive fireman, C. A. Wisler of
Richmond. Ind.
Two of the dead passengers w'ere
identified as Mrs. Kathryn Marie
Kingery, 25, and Walter Pischke,
both of Kokomo, Ind.
The body of the third dead pa«
senger was buried in the wreck
age of a day coach and remained
unidentified for several hours.
Detective Keller said there were
several rolls of fencing wire piled
up near the track. He said one of
these rolls either had taller on die
track or had been placed there de
liberately.
McIntyre said examination of
the wreckage indicated the bale
of wire had caught under the front
of the engine, causing it" to' jump
the track.
The locomotive tore loose from
the train, reversed its direction and
then overturned on its side. A bag
gage car. four day coaches and a
parlor car were derailed. Only a
diner and a parlor car on the rear
of the eight-car train remained
on the track.
The three passengers killed were
in a day coach immediately be
hind the baggage car.
Fred A. Franklin, reporter for
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FISHERMEN FIND
BODY IN RIVER
Deputies Identify Man As
Paul Bostic, Missing
Since Jan. 3
The body of a Negro man found
in the Cape Fear river yesterday
by two fishermen has been identi
fied as that of Paul Bostic, miss
ing since January 3, according to
attaches of the New Hanover coun
ty sheriff’s office last night.
A coroner’s inquest to investigate
the death of the Negro is schedul
ed for Wednesday night.
Bostic is reported to have been
knocked overboard from the deck
of a boat being used as a ferry
on the afternoon of January 3 by
J. B. Brown, 23-year-old resident
of 920 South Sixth street. Brown
told investigating officers that he
and Bostic were arguing when the
latter attempted to strike him.
Brown said that he ducked the
blow and struck Bostic, knocking
him overboard.
Witnesses to the affray said that
the Negro never came to the sur
face and Brown was jailed pend
ing an investigation. He was lated
freed under $2500 bond.
And So To Bed
In yesterday’s account of the
Air Show at Bluethenthal field,
The Star reported: “The man
apparently under the influence
of intoxicants, jumped into the
plane and took off.” It was
explained in the next para
graph that ihe pilot was Carl
Dunn.
Some of our readers got the
impression that perhaps Mr.
Dunn was; “under the influ
ence.” T.iat is absolutely in
correct.
To handle a plane in the
skillful manner in which the
owner of the Wilmington Air
park did, should have been
enough to convince even a
Doubting Thomas that a man
could not have possibly sent
the small plane through such
maneuvers if he had been
drinking.
And So To Bed would like to
make this point clear.
Mr. Dunn was cold sober
when he left the ground and we
would like to add that many a
person who might have tipped
the bottle a bit was also sober
when he landed. For those
thrilling stunts should have
had a sobering effect eves an
the most tipsy.