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FORECAST: n .< . ♦ ^ I Served By Leased Wires | #l=-s3s« uwuwtmt nntutu sptcur -- StaU, and National New* VOL. 80—NO. 143. WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1947 “ FSTARI KHFT1 18fi7 Wiley Favors Union Of All Democracies Wisconsin Republican Pro poses Congress Urge U. S. Of Europe wouuTmd DEFENSE Hine Nations Specified As Possible Members Of New Organization WASHINGTON, March 30 —(#) —Senator Wiley (R-Wis) proposed today that Congress go on record In favor of a United States of Europe composed of democratic countries. He said the nations could thus join in defense “against the ideo logical warfare waged against them hy dictator states. They would evidence to Russia the vi tality of democracy.” He noted the group “could formulate military plans against any potential aggression.” He said a "democratic union movement would help achieve the aims of the proposed U. S. loans to help block Communism. Wiley chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, explained in a statement that his idea is to eel up the new union within the United Nations. He urged that Congress go on record and that the State department’s policy be to lend encouragement. He suggested the union include England, France, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Hol land Belgium and Denmark and possibly others. Sharp Division Wiley said the time is not right to bring in all nations of Europe because of the sharp division "between the camps of democracy and dictatorship.” “A democratic-dictator hodge podge of United Nations of Europe would experience the same frus trations and stumbling blocks that (Continued On Page Two; Col. 8) VIOLENCE TAKES LIVES OF EIGHT For First Tfcnt In Many Weeks, Highway Acci dents Few In State By The Associated Press Violence cost the lives of at least sight North Carolinians during the week-end. For the first time in weeks, auto mobile accidents did not lead the grim parade of fatalities. Deaths t>t three persons were officially termed self destruction, two others perished when their small boat overtumd, one died in a highway collision and two others died as a result of wounds inflicted by assailants. The bodies of L. F. Wilson, Jr., and Stanton Sherrod, both young High Pom* World War II vet erans, were found yesterday in High Rock lake near Southmount after their boat had overturned Saturday. Sherrill Parrish, 19, of Angier, was killed in an automobile acci dent Friday night on the Angier Srr.ithfield highway. Mother Slain At Asheville, the deaths of Charles Henrv Moore, 29, of Rock Hill, S. C., and his wife, Mrs. Estelle Thorpe Moore, mother of five children, were said by Dr. P E. TeAy, coroner, to have result ed from bullet wounds inflicted by Moore Coroner W. N. Dalton reported at Winston-Salem that Mrs. Lucy Esther Beard. 40, killed herseli Friday by turning on the gas jets In her kitchen. Two Durham Negroes met sud den death Saturday night. One, Ernest Barnes, was said by of ficers to have been a homicide vie tim and the death. of the other, Jack Graves was termed by in vestigating officers as the result •f “apparent” self-inflicted shot gun wounds. HAilBONE’S MEDITATIONS By Alley -— I 5*40 dome MAHSE'F PROUD LAS' NI6HT l SUNG SicH DEEP BASS hit shuc* ME LAK A CHILL* , _-_J Wf'Kl/ IBtlrated by Tbe Bell Bye- * ‘!'*le. lae.) Trade Mark 2_JI jLT »e«. U. B. Pat. OBteet ™ »* Tl Miner Holiday l-ay Crimp Fuel Supp ly Nation’s 400,000 Diggers To Follow Call By John L. Lewis For Six-Day Period Of Mourning For Blast Victims By The Associated Press While the usual calm prevailed over the nation’s soft coal field', in advance < a six-day wor1 page called mourn th in the Centralia. 111., mi 3 sion, the nation’s industr. ,y>\V expected some belt-tig. ^ would be necessary to stretc supplies. The country’s 400,000 diggers peared united in their intention to follow John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers president, who or dered a work stoppage to start at midnight tonight in memory of the Centralia victims. Effect ( ’he stoppage on normal production for the week will be i limited vaqO fact that Tuesday [is 'aV'. ,c oliday for miners i • -w r dayS aiSo will >rking hours, ■intly as John (\ >hn L. Lewis ^ ^ day of idleness ^.C. [^>-'l7iitchell was president when the eight hour <lay wa won and it was under his leadership that membership soar ed to record levels. Holy Thursday and Good Friday would have cut output this week regardless of the work stoppage. Since miners nor mally do not work on Saturdays or Sundays, Wednesday will be the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) Grain E^orts Now Seen As Vital Economy Threat UNION, INDUSTRY LEADERS TO MEET Federal Conciliator Sees Hope Of Averting Tele phone Strike NEW YORK, March 30—(JP)— Federal Conciliator William Mar golis, terming the situation "hope ful,” announced today that union and industry representatives would meet jointly fi he first time later tonight in current negotiations aim ed at averting a telephone strike Margolis cautioned, however, against over-optimism. The two groups of negotiators, representing the American Union of Telephone Workers and the long lines depart.rent of he American Teli phone and Telegraph company, h -tofore have met separately with conciliators. John J. Moran, president of the AUTW said no progress had been made toward settlement of the dis put except for agreement to meet jointly. Margolis is seeking to establish a pattern agreement *-etween the company and the long lines work ers union which is affiliated with the National Federation of Tele (Continued On Page Two; Col. 3) LOCALTEACHERS WIN NCEA OFFICES Four Faculty Members Picked During Recent Asheville State Meet Four Wilmington teachers were named to divisional posts at the concluding session of the North Carolina Education Association meeting in Asheville Saturday. Miss Virginia Ward, of the New Hanover High school, was elected president of the department of Home Economics, and in the in dustrial division, George West was named secretary-treasurer. John Gli3Son was named secre tary in the audio-visual education department, while Mrs. O. A. Bjon erud was elected secretary of the business education department. According to returning teachers who attended the meeting, it prob ably was one of the stormiest ses sions of the association in many years. An age-old precendent was brok en with the election of R. L. Fritz, Jr., of Hudson, as president, over his opponent, Vice President Claud Grigg of Albemarle. A ,C. Dawson, of Southern Pines, was named vice president, win ning the office of T. C. Roberson of Buncombe county. It had been the custom in years past to elevate the vice president to the presidency. Old timers in the ranks of the teachers read into the precedent breaking proceedings the ditching of the more conservative element of the association. Fritiz was the leader in the pro gram which gained for the teach ers approximately 27 and one-half per cent increase in pay during this session of the North Carolina generfal assembly. The more conservative side of the association had signified its intention to r3k for a 20 per cent pay increase and an a.dditional salary boost only if the cost of | living increased. Commodity Markets Group Urges ‘Congress’ Probe Of Situation WASHINGTON, March 30 — W The National Association of Com modity Markets and Allied Trades, inc., said tonight the United States is probably shipping 3abroad larger amounts of grain “than are safe for our economy.” J. A. Higgons, Jr., executive vice president of the Association, wrote Senator Williams (R-Del): ‘•Even though we raised the largest crop in history the total visible supply is less than 35 mil lion bushels, and each week in roads are being made on these accumulations, whch have had a marked effect on prices thus far, and will probably be greatly ac centuated *as our supples dwindle further. Urging Congressional investi gation of the entire grain market ing situation, Higgons said: “The market is faced with ex plosive possibilities due to the fact that the government’s reputed ex port program has been stepped up to the point where it will require full realization of the bumper crop of 1,170 million bushels indicated in the last crop report to prevent the creation of a supply condition that would be dangerous in this country. With an indicated 100 million bushel reserve, latest re port* are that intentions exist to export another 350 million bushels from the next crop.” Word Of Caution But, cautioned Higgons, “crops are not made in March.” “Any failure of the crop from this point on could lead to dis aster,” he warned. “Two decades ago, with a popu (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) SENCBA LAUNCHES DRIVE FOR FUNDS Hugh Morton Heads Cam paign To Raise $32,000 For Group Members of the board of di rectors of the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association will be gin the first lap of their drive to enlist 2,000 members into their organization this morning with the initi.l soliciations being devoted to Wilmington and the close vici nity. Hugh Morton, campaign chair man, said last night that the drive should not be looked upon as “an other worthy cause’’ to contribute to, as “we do not consider our organization a worthy cause.” “It is nothing but a conspiracy to try to bring more dollars into this area,” he declared. Every person -'ving and making their living in Wilmington will benefit directly or indirectly from the SENCBA program, he added. The goal of the campaign is $32,000 which will used for the projects sponsored by SENCBA in promoting and encouraging events which hold attraction for tourists and vacationists. A $15,000 fishing rodeo is planned for this fall, and other events will be held later, as SENCBA plans to develop a year round schedule of events which will attract tourists and bring money into the area. The fund raised in the first part of the drive are to be used for advertising the fishing rodeo and other projects. Today And Tomorrow By WALTER LIPPMANN _ I - On Criticism of the Press The Commission on Freedom of the Press which began its inquiry about three years ago has now issued its general report, which it calls ‘‘A Free and Responsible Press.” The members of the com mission were appointed by the chairman, Mr. Robert M. Hutch ins chancellor of the University of Chicago, and on the principle that a good critic had better not be a producer or a playwright or an actor. Mr. Hutchins appointed no one from the working press. He chose instead able and distin guished men from among law yers, economists, philosophers, historians, authors, theologians and business men. The inquiry was however ini tiated by Mr. Henry R. Luce, and most of the money to finance »1 was supplied by him. Mr. Luce selected Mr. Hutchins. Mr. Luce is therefore in the position of tne patient who chooses his doctoi and pays the doctor’s bill, bui does not tell the doctor what he is to tell him. Dr. Hutchins reports that the most surprising thing about the (Continued on Page Three, Col. 1) Sensational Evidence May Hit Oil Quiz Capitol Observers Expect Hot Developments When Wheeler Takes Over HIRED BY BREWSTER Montanan Apparently Has Truman Backing For Probe Of Charges WASHINGTON, March 30—(U.R)— Capitol observers looked forward tonight to sensational developments in the Senate investigation of the government’s Middle East oil deals now that former Sen. Burton K. Wheeler has been hired as special investigator. They said the Montana Democrat who gained national prominence by the way he handled the Teapot Dome oil scandal 25 years ago, weld not associate himself with “a chicken feed investigation'’ and pointed out that he conferred with President Truman before taking on the job. Wheeler was hired by Chairman Owen Brewster, (R-Me) of the Sen ate War Investigating committee to spark its inquiry into charges that companies selling Middle East oil • ‘deliberately defrauded the U. S. government.” "This investigation is of too great a magnitude to be done haphazard ly,” Brewster explained. Wheeler’s exact status was not clear. He said he had been asked to ‘‘take over the inquiry,” but Brewster said he had been retain ed ‘‘as a special assistant” to study the case and make a report. Committee counsel George Mea der, who has carried the ball up to now, said he understood Wheeler would have ‘‘a sort of consultant job.” He was told, he said, that the Montanan would ‘‘review the material the committee has col lected and report back on what fu ture action should be taken.” Wheeler was unprepared to say how the inquiry would develop un til he has a chance to study the evidence. In the one day of hearings held thus far, the committee was told by oil man James A. Moffett that: 1. The Arabian-American Co., jointly owned by the Standard Oil (Continued On Page Two; Col. 7) AIRLINES CLERK SLAIN WITH STONE Son Of Prominent Boston Attorney Murdered Af ter leaving Inn BULLETIN NEW YORK, March 30—<U.R)— William Albrecht, a 22-year-old un employed war veteran confessed tonight he murdered Fiske Del lenger, an airlines reservations clerk and son of a prominent Bos ton attorney. Police quoted him as charging that Dellqnger made improper ad vances to him after they had spent last night drinking together at the Bull Fiddle tavern. NEW YORK, March 30—(U.R)—A 24-year-old reservation clerk at La Guardia field, son of a prominent Boston attorney, was murdered in suburban Jackson Heights today by an assailant who struck him over the head with a 25-pound stone and left his body in a vacant lot. The body of Fiske Dellinger, the head crushed in, was found by a woman passer-by shortly after 7 a.m. Beside his body was the blood-covered rock with which he had been killed. Inspector John Appel, comman der of detectives in Queens coun ty, said police had not yet been able to establish a motive. An expensive wrist watch was (Continued On Page Two; Col. 6) Along The Cape Fear CONTROVERSY AGAIN—Thanks to Mr. Bert H. Bridges of 212 Orange street Along The Cape Fear’s search for the best eating fish native to the surrounding waters continues. Now if you want the best eating fish to be had in these parts you will have to combine the season the time of day, plus a blue fish oi a certain weight if you want the best eating fish of the whole lot, Mr. Bridges assures us. The season and the time of day the fish is caught is important. Now as for the fish itself. Wei] that’s a blue fish weighing about a pound and a half. It must be caught after sun down or if taken from its watery habitat during the day, the sur must not be allowed to shine on it. * * * COOKING IMPORTANT—As oui initial article on this vital questior pointed out, cooking is importan' to the relative merits of the bes eating fish in the Cape Feai region. Mr. Bridges, who says a pounc and a half blue fish caught aftei sundown during the fall season i: the best of all eating fish, add: these notes as to the proper waj to cook this delicacy. As soon as the fish is caught its throat should be cut. Then to prepare it for the frying pan, you should split the blue fish down the back. Broil in a relatively dry pan, using no more grease than ab solutely necessary, Mr. Bridges advises. * * * ANOTHER CONTENDER — If blue fish does not fill the bill as the best eating fish, then you should try an ocean run rock, like wise caught in the fall of the year. The best eating ocean run rocks are taken at or below Snow’s Run, which is the point where the In land Waterway runs into the Cape Fear River. Now as to the proper way to pre pare an ocean run rock. Well, after you’ve gotten a rock, weigh ing from five to ten pounds, you then proceed to cock this culinary delight. The rock fillet should be broiled and served with drawn butter sauce. • * * SOUNDS CHALLENGE—Mr. P. R. Smith and Mr. Raymond Hol land will brag about the wonderful rock caught up around the mouth , (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) COMMUNAL RIOTS IN BOMBAY TAKE TOLL OF FORTY LIVES; BRITISH SEEK ARMS SHOWDOWN Cadogan Will Quiz Soviets On Intentions Issue Of Disarmaments May Come To Head Be fore Council Tuesday THREE-POINT PLAN Empire Delegate Wants Principles Established As Treaty Guides LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., March 30 — (A1) — Great Britain will seek a showdown with Russia on dis armament principles b ef ore plunging into a United Nations program to slash t he world’s arms, an authoritative source said today. The issue was expected to come to a head Tuesday with completion of policy speeches in the 11-nation commission on conventional arma ments. Britain’s move would sup plement . her previous assertion that the world was not ready to disarm and wouldn’t be until inter national security was establish ed. Despite Soviet Foreign Minis ter V. M. Molotov’s call for speed when he tossed the original arms reduction proposal into the Gen eral asser\bly last fall, the Soviet! Union so far has declined to speak in the new commission. Regardless of whether Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko chooses to de liver a major speech, this source said the British were determined that all nations go on record over disarmament. Three-Point Program Sir Alexander Cadogan, British delegate and veteran of previous world disarmament conferences, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR SPA FUNDS Salary Increases For City Councilmen Under Consideration _ The outlook for the passage of the measure to grant $50,000 to the State Ports Authority for admini strative purposes is considered favorable, according to Represe: t ative Tobert Kermon. He was also optimistic over the chances of the authority being granted the $1,000,000 appropria tion for the development of ports of the state. Both measures are scheduled for consideration at a session of the joint appropriations committee of the legislature Tuesday. The matter of increased salaries for Wilmington city councilmen and the mayor is now under con sideration by he and Senator Alton A. Lennon, Kermon said. Kermon gave no indication whether or not any legislation rela tive ’.o salary increases would be introduced at this session of the general asembly. It was proposed several weeks ago that the salaries be increased, especially in view of the reduction in the number of seats on the council, but so far no legislative action has been taken. Marshall Talks, Molotov Listens IT. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) gestures as I he talks with Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov at the first formal dinner held in connection with the Big Four Foreign Ministers conference in Moscow._ (AP Wirephoto) Star-News Salutes Robeson On Program The Weather FORECAST: North Carolina—Generally fair west and partly cloudy East Monday. Little :hange in temperature. Tuesday increas ing cloudiness and warmer followed by showers in mountains! South Carolina—Clear to partly cloudy and mild Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy and slightly warmer. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m yesterday. TEMPERATURES 1:30 a. m. 53; 7:30 a. m. 55; 1:30 p. m. 53; 7:30 p. m. 52; Maximum 64; Mini mum 51; Mean 58; Normal 57. HUMIDITY 1:30 a. m. 71; 7:30 a. ra. p. m. 34; 7:30 p. m. 94. PRECIPITATION Tota7 lor 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. .lo inches. Total since the first of the month 5.41 inches. 11DES FOR TODAY (From the Tide Tables published by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). HIGH LOW Wilmington 5:15a 12:32a 5 :42p - Masonboro 3:03a 9:36a 3:38p 9:51p Sunrise 6:01; Sunset 6:32; Moonrisc l:18p; Moonset 3:09a. G R A CEMETH0D1ST PLEDGES MOUNTING Campaign Leader S a y i About $54,000 Raised In Initial Drive M. H. Lander, general chair man of Grace Street Methodis Church’s restoration program, sale last night that approximately $54, 000 of a $200,000 goal had bee: reported by workers in the Sunda: campaign. Lander said that due to the rai: last night, all workers had not re ported their soliciation success. Hi said the $54,000 represented onl: subscriptions from the congrega tion and did not take into accoun subscriptions from the specia gifts group. A complete accounting of Sun day’s solocitation will be madi today, Lander said. Prior to Sunday’s solicitatioi campaign, Lander said, the churcl had received pledges totaling $14, 453. ^ The church was almost tota'J; destroyed hy a fire on March 21 Workers for the Sunday solocita tion campaign were appointed a a meeting Saturday afternoon ii St. Paul’s parish house. The 11 campaigners worked from 2 to o’clock in their canvass of th church’s membership. Tribute Written And Di rected By Bca McDonald Heard Over WMFD Robeson county, the second largest county in the state, was saluted yesterday on the Sunday Star-Newsreel over WMFD by the iStar and the News in the eighth of a series of Sunday radio visits to the counties in Southeastern North Carolina served by the Star and the' News. The program, written and di rected by Ben McDonald, Star News, round - the - town - report er, featured the agricultural and industrial development of the county as a whole and highlighted a number of interesting features concerning the communities that make up Robeson county. The script for yesterdays pro - gram as narrated by McDonald stated: Robeson county is known as one of the richest agricultural produc ing counties in the nation. It is the largest tobacco producing county in the United States and ranks near the top in cotton grow ing, hogs, com, beans, peas, pota toes and hay. With an annual crop (Continued On Page Two, Col. 5) LT. HENRYTOST REASSIGNED HERE Representative For Naval Reserve To Remain Un til July 1948 Lt. Henry C. Bost, district rep 1 resentative for the Naval Reserve here, has been notified by the com mandant of the 6th Naval District that his “nomination for retention ' on active duty in present billet ■ during the fiscal year 1947 has been approved by the Bureau of Naval Personnel”, it was learn ed here last night. ‘ Heading Naval Reserve activi ties here, Lt. Bost has held the 1 position of district representative 1 since July 1946. He came to Wil ’ mington in November 1945 as port director and served in thafcapac r ity until his appointmet as district . represetative. Lt. Bost is in charge of all Naval t Reserve recruiting in the Wil ) mington district, for the inactive ) and well as for the local Organ 5 ized Surface Division 6-29. Naval ; Reserve officers are local in room 229 of the Customhouse. Eight Thousand Reenact Christ’s Jerusalem Walk JERUSALEM, March 30.— (JP) - Throngs of Christians walked along the rocky slopes of the Mount oi Olives past Gethsemane into the old walled city of Jerusalem to day, in the traditional Palm Sun day reenactment of Jesus Christ’: triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Churchmen of high rank, govern ment dignitaries and thousands o: other Worshippers carried palrr branches, in commemoration o: the welcome which Christ receivec almost 2,000 years ago from hi: palm-bearing followers. Police estimated that 8,000 per sons participated in today’s proces sion, and that crowds lining thf route numbered perhaps twice tha figure. Heads of Roman Catholic order; in Jerusalem marched at the fron of the procession, which wound through the village of Eltur, be lieved to be on the site where the desciplies obtained a donkey for the ride into the Holy City. The parade ended inside St. Stephen’s gate in Jerusalem, at the church built on the spot where Jesus’ mother, Mary, is believed 1 to have been born. The march was solemn and rev 1 erent, with the Christians singing “Hosanna” and chanting church liturgies. Churchmen were dress ed in robes of black, white, browr and red. Children from religious schools here wore colorful uniforms of blue, white and red, embroider ; ed with crusader crosses and othei church insignia. Banners depictec ; in gold embroidery the scenes o: [ Christ’s passion week. Police Bring Quiet To City With Gunfire Hindus, Moslems Clash On Nineteen Occasions Throughout City 137 ARE WOUNDED Fighting Also Occurs In Calcutta, Cownpore And Howrah BOMBAY, Monday, March SI— U.R)—Forty persons were killed and 137 were wounded yesterday in communal riots that broke out in four different sections of Bombay, the provincial director of informa tion announced .today. Similar riots occurred in Greater Calcutta and Cawnpore, causing at least nine deaths and more than 50 other casualties. The Bombay disorders between Hindus and Moslems were brought under control only after police fired into Irowds in various sec tions of the city on 19 occasions. A curfew was put into effect to clear the streets of the rioters. A. A. Caffin, Bombay chief of police, said the local military or ganization had been ordered to stand by for duty later today when the curfew is lifted. Newsmen touring B o m b ay streets saw Caffin’s police rifle men and Lathi (long staff) squads move into areas where screaming rioters abandoned their activities and fled, leaving only the litter of the disorders under the light of overhead gas lights. Rumors as to the cause of the fighting, all of them unconfirmed, swept the city immediately. The report receiving the most circula (Continued On Page Two; Col. •) LAW-MAKERS FACE STRENUOUS WEEK Joint Finance Committee To Debate Port* Bill Sometime Tuesday RALEIGH, March 30 — VP) - The law-makers will return to Raleigh early tomorrow for after noon meetings to clear pending bills out of committee hoppers and to get a running start on an anticipated sine die adjournment Saturday. The recurring issue of alcohol looms as one of the biggest prob lems before this weeks assembly. A sub-committee of the House Finance committee is expected to report a local option beer and wine measure by Monday. A sub committee of the Senate Finance committee may act by Tuesday on two House “pattern” bills, vesting authority in local governments to regulate beei sales, and report oq a number of local wine and beer measures in troduced in the Senate. The Solons were still looking to ward a pre-Easter adjournment last week, but so many issues still crowd the program, the session may run past Easter. un ween s Agenda, Some measures to be debated this week are: an expense allow ance for legislators; financial re sponsibility for automobile driv ers; a safe-drivipg bill requiring semi-annual mechanical inspec tion of motor vehicles, quadrennial re-issuance of drivers’ licenses, 55-mile-per-hour speed limit; sub jecting farm co-operatives to in come and franchise taxes; and bills to decrease powers of the State Board of Barber examiner*. The joint appropriations com mittee will meet Tuesday and may act on measures to appropriate from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000 to aid counties in building school*, appropriate $1,000,000 for perma nent improvements at state port* and $1,000,00 for a state art gal lery. And So To Bed It doesn’t seem right in tills day of fast travel. A large automobile with a New York license plate pulled up to a curb here yesterday and the driver, a gray haired man of middle age, opened the window of his car and asked, “Would you be kind enough to tell me the way to the DeSoto hotel?” “The what hotel,” came tho reply. “The DeSoto.” “There is no hotel in Wt mington by that name,” tho man on the sidewalk observed. “Wilmington!” came the ex clamation, “I thought this was Savannah.” Your Aid To Southeastern N.C. Beaches Is A bound Investment
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