Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / April 12, 1947, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
_______________ • '***’ FORECAST! ^ Served By Leased Wires JTWS? wl* wTthy3howers' ASSOCIATED PRESS in morning; Sunday partly cloudy and and the mild UNITED PRESS _ With Complete Coverage of ^ ____ State and National News VOL. 80.—NO. 204. ” ___ __1 — -- PCTtni lonpn toe* Wallace Statements Berated By Senators Eastland; Lucas Join In Denouncing New At-' tempts By Former Vice-President To Block Loan To Greece Plan WASHINGTON, April 11. — OP) _ Angry criticism of Henry A. Wallace, touring critic of Presi dent Truman’s $400,000,000 Greco Turkish aid program, arose on Capitol Hill today as the Senate debated the bill without reaching » test vote. Senator Eastland (D-Miss) de clared that Wallace “has attempt ed to induce the friends and allies cf his country to desert her” and thereby “force us to sail the peri lous seas alone.” (In London today, Former Vice President Wallace said Britain could save the world from war by refusing to take sides between the United States and Russia. The Truman program is designed t o bolster Greece and Turkey against Communism.) When Eastland said Wallace had been invited to France by Jacques Duclos, leader of the French Communist party, Senator Pepper (D-Fla) interrupted to de clare that other French leaders also had invited Wallace. Senator Lucas (D-Ill) told re porters: “I regret that Mr. Wallace has seen fit to go into England and France at this time and make the statements he has made when this grave and serious question is being debated. Unity Needed “What we need is unity behind our bi-partisan foreign policy, and not disunity. Mr. Wallace makes no contribution to that cause.” Three more Republicans — Senators Lodge (Mass), Salton stall (Mass) and Flanders (Vt)— took the Senate floor during the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Department Stores Cut Prices On Many Things SOUTHERN BELL WILL NOT BILL CUSTOMERS WHILE STRIKE LASTS CHARLOTTE, April 11—(A*)— E. H. Wasson, Caroiinas divi sion manager for the Southern Bell Telephone company, said tonight that “satisfactory” ad justments would be made in bills of customers served by manual telephone offices for interruption of service due to the current strike. Wasson said it was impossi ble to say what the adjustment would lie because the duration of the strike is not known and the extent of the interruption cannot be determined until the strike is settled. In the meantime, he said, no bUls are being sent out and none will be sent to the cus tomers during the strike. He added that if the strike lasts as long as a month there might be a change in this policy. Most bills for March service were mailed before the strike started last Monday. NAVAL ARCHITECT STUDENTS SOUGHT Many May Get Mainte nance Jobs At Brunswick River Storage Basin Vive Universities and Colleges giving courses in Naval architec ture have been invited by the U. S. Maritime Commission to rec ommend students who might quali fy for summer employment on maintenance of its reserve fleet at the Brunswick River storage ba sin, it was learned here last night. According to the notice received here, Admiral W. W. Smith, chair man of the Maritime Commission said that it is expected that 500 or 600 merchant ships of various types will be maintained here. Vocational employment on the maintenance and preservation of these vessels would provide stud ents with an opportunity to gain practical knowledge of vessel structure and preservation pro fesses of value in relation to their fourses, it was stated. The plan contemplates that local prevailing wages will be paid. Flan Outlined Letters outlining the plan have lone out to the presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, University of California, University of Michigan, Cornell University, and Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Capt. A. G. Ford, in charge of the Lay-Up basin, said last night that he had received no notice from the Maritime Commission of plans to employ students here. He also said that at the present time more ships were leaving the basin to be refitted for duty than were coming into the basin for Moragc, and that he therefore be lieved that it would be some time before the ships in the reserve (Continued On Page Two; Col. 1) The Weather FORECAST: *ouLh Carolina—Partly cloudy and not so warm Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy and slightly warmer, scattered ■lowers in mountains Sunday after noon. North Carolina—Partly cloudy, not *o warm Saturday; showers East r^ion Saturday morning; Sunday part J Cloudy and mild, showers extreme portion Sunday afternoon. 'Eastern Standard Time) . 'By U. S. Weather Bureau) ^e'eorological data for the 24 hours -;rS 7:30 p m. yesterday. . TEMPERATURES •U,* m 83; 7:30 a. m. 66; 1:30 p. m. inn, - p m- 71; Maximum 75; Mini ^ i>9; Mean 67; Normal 61. . HUMIDITY ‘ * m. 82; 7:30 a. m. 92; 1:30 p. m. 1 P- m. 86. T PRECIPITATION aoiji tor 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 9 inches. l ,lnc* *h® first of the month _ TIDES FOR TODAY * F'r„ the Tide Tables published by Coast and Geodetic Survey). WiW x HIGH LOW “aiington _ 2:29a 9:57a Masnrsk 2:51p 10:05p —**°nboro - 12:05a 6:34a 12:20p 6:28p S;45; Sunset 6:41; Moonrise Wooniet 10:24a. tsTiLi?15* X K. «. • • *■ ttAiMlk _ „ .. M V~ 1 Grocery Chains Also Heed Warning By President Of Inflation Trend CHICAGO, April 11 —0J.fi)—Sub stantial price cuts on clothing and other items were announced by a few department stores across the nation today in response to Presi dent Truman’s warning against high prices. However, grain markets were unsettled and May wheat soared the full 10-cent limit on the Chi cago Board of trade during early trading, t lost most of the gain in late ansactions and at the close was 2 1-4 cents higher to 1 1-2 cents lower. The final quota tion on the May future was $2.58 3-4 to $2.59 1-4. May wheat also hit the trading limit at Minneapolis and Kansas City but held only a slight gain at the close. Dun and Bradstreet’s daily weighted price index of 30 basic commodities dropped slightly to - day, from 262.26 yesterday to 262.18. This compared with 269.20 a month ago and the 1947 high of 269.25 on March 18. Some Heed Warning A survey showed that Mr. Tru man’s warning against high prices was heeded by stores in several cities. In Philadelphia, most depart ment stores have cut prices since Lit Brothers and Macy’s of New York city announced they would attempt to force prices down. Lits, Wanamakers, Snelleberg and Gimbel brothers agreed that some piices were too high end said they were reiectine ovemriced mer chandise from wholesalers. A grocery chain at Memphis ad vertised butter at 59 cents a pound, six cents less than last week and 10 to 20 cents less than prices charged by competitors. The chain’s owner, Fred Montesi, said he was selling the butter at cost to force down prices. Reports from other cities show ed: Pittsburgh — May - Stern’s De partment store chain announced that ‘‘in cooperation with Presi - dent Truman’s request every item in our vast stock has been cut in price,” with the exception of na tionally advertised items upon which manufacturers control prices. Clothes Cost Cut Pawtucket, R.I. — One of the city’s largest clothing stores cut prices 20 to 33 per cent. President William Kolb said the reductions would cost the company money. He said the cuts were made as (Continued On Page Two; Col. 1) TOPSAIL STRAND WILL BE CLOSED AFTER TUESDAY Starting next Tuesday, Topsail strand will be closed to the pub lic, a spokesman for the Kellex corporation announced last night. Site of the government’s guid ed missle experimental range, the program now underway at Camp Davis and Topsail strand is a three-way project with the gov ernment, the Navy, and the Kellex firm cooperating. The announcement said that no private automobile .or vehicle would be allowed past the draw bridge over the Inland Waterway at Holly Ridge after April 15. Except for one brief period while testing operations were in progress and the island closed by Navy order, the public had been admitted to the area. __ Jones Rites Set Tod»v _ p Governor Cherry er State Notab ^ Attend Funeiv Funeral rites for C. David Jones, sheriff of New Hanover county for the past 15 years, will be held today at 3 p. m. in St. James Episcopal church with the Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, bishop of East Carolina, and the Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector of the church, offi ciating. Interment will follow mi Oak dale cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers will be F. Porter Davis, M. B. Register, M. T. Ross, Charles P. Snow, S. B. Yopp, S. V. Sneeden, T. Butler, and M. J. Caldfr, all attaches of the sheriff’s office. High state, county and city of ficials will serve as honorary pall bearers. Included among these are Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, Secretary of State Thad Eure, Dr. J. W. Hooper, Dr. Graham Barefoot, Dr. Allen Oldham, Judge J, J. Burney, Judge Henry Stevens, Judge J. P. Frizzelle, Judge R. Hunt Parker, Judge W. S. Harris, H. H. Wilson, Clyde Robinson, Charles Johnson, Joseph Brink ley, R. O. Grant, Graham Koonce, Truman M. King, R. B. King, R. T. Pinkston, Ernest Priest, Ernest •fuxura, j. xv. Morse, uniton J-.. Moore, W. G. Evans, Norwood Or rell, Ned Grady, John A. Morris, G. B. Parmele, David Sinclair, Louis Poisson, Fred Poisson, J. Douglas Taylor, Hargrove Bel lamy, Fitzhugh Furmy-Duval, Dr. H. K. Thompson, A. L. Meyland, C. L. Myers, Adrian B. Rhodes, Donald C. King, Charles F. Smith, Lt. J. R. Smith, members of the county commissioners and mem bers of the county bar association. His body will lie in state in the chapel of Andrews Mortuary until the hour of the services this after noon. Sheriff Jones is survived by his wife, one daughter; Mrs. Oliver M. (Louisa Grant) Creekmore, Jr., and one grandson, Oliver David Creekmore, and three s i s t e rs; Mrs. J. Murray Croom, Mrs. Frank Pieffer and Mrs. Eugene Mussel white. Mr. Jones was a member of St. James Episcopal church and was a Mason and a Shriner. He also was identified with the Improved Or der of Red Men and was twice Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a past president of the Wil mington Kiwanis club and has served on the board of directors. He was a member of the Cape Fear Country club, Cape Fear club and the North State Game I club. He was a past president of the North Carolina Sheriff’s As sociation. He was also a member of Wilmington Post No. 10 of the American Legion and a past chef de gare of the 40 and 8. GAG RULE TO DIE, SAYS UMSTEAD Orange Representative Sees End To Rule At Next Assembly CHAPEL HILL, April 11 — OP) — The two-thirds, or gag rule of the house of the general 'assembly of North Carolina will be abolished by the 1949 legislature “by com mon consent,’’ Rep. John W. Um stead, Jr., of Orange, told mem bers of the Chapel Hill Rotary club today. Umstead, who has served four terms in the house and two in the senate of the assembly, led a bit er fight to abolish the gag rule at the openng of the last two ses sions of the legislature. The rule requires a two - thirds vote of the house to get considera tion on any bill which has been reported unfavorably by a com - mittee. Umstead took issue with those critics of the gag rule who in sisted that it was designed prima rily to prevent a state-wide Iquor referendum. “I don’t think the legislature would have voted for a liquor ref erendum if we hadn’t had the gag rule,” Umstead said. “For too much of the legislature’s time has (Continued On Page Two, Col. 5) GRIEVED JACKSONVILE, Fla., April 11—(A>)— Fred R. C. Koester, Jacksonville attorney who said he was “sick and tired of dead telephones and trying to de velop business by foot,” filed suit today for $1,500 in State court against the Southern Beil Telephone and Telegraph com pany. Police Recover Gems Worth Over $300,000 RATON, N.M., April 11 — ifi) — Jewels valued at $300,000 were re covered from a Pullman car which overturned in the derail ment of the Santa Fe railway’s Super Chief train near Raton Wed nesday night. The recovery was disclosed to day by their owner, Mrs. Rosika Netcher, one-time New York and Paris stage beauty who achieved fame as one of the Dolly sisters. ‘‘I always carry the jewels with me ” Mrs. Netcher said. She said y y -y railroad special officer Phil Sipes “recovered everything — even my husband’s tie pin.’* The Netchers, from New York and Chicago, and several other hospitalized Super Chief passen gers were being placed on a Pull man to be attached to today’s eastbound Chief. Railroad officials said the Chief, leaving here at 2:10 p. m. (MST) would be the first train over the Santa Fe’s damaged Northern main line. They expected to complete track y-y“ r T 4 . * I GOVERNOR Alfred B. Driscoll of New Jersey signs the Compulsory Arbitration Bill which was rushed through the Legislature in an at tempt to end the telephone strike in the State. The bill provides for fines of $10,000 a day for non-com pliance by either management or unions with the law barring strikes against public utilities. More than 5,000 telephone employees were re ported to have returned before the bill was signed.—(International). O’DANIEL LEVELS DRASTIC CHARGES Texas Senator Says Some Congressmen Take Or ders From Moscow WASHINGTON, April 11 — W— Senator O’Daniel (D-Tex) told the Senate today that some members of .Congress “get their orders from Moscow” and that a “big time attorney in the Rural Elec trification administration’s listed as a Communist. He asked: “Will the solons of the Kremlin hue of this Congress, - who get their orders from Moscow, be carefully investigated with the aim of severing the pipe line that flows their daily political diet to them from the heart of the Com munist world?” He made the remarks during de bate on the proposed 400,000,000 Greek-Turkish aid program. Although O'Daniel criticized “wasting our substance upon alien people” he did not say how he would vote. Instead he lashed out at the "prodigal sons of the new deal” who he said have associated with reus aim an uuiti uiccuo of synthetic communists". Moreover, he said, he has a "file in my office which shows that Communists are holding top jobs. One, I finj is a big-time attorney in the Rural Electrifica tion administration." Shortly after President Truman announced plans to "check athe istic Communism in the Bal kans," O’Daniel said, the Presi - dent also decided "we would fight Communism on two fronts — at home and abroad". O’Daniel said he is not afraid that the plan to purge government of dsloyal persons "will be a witch hunt, twt I am afraid that a few little red-ridinghood clerks and stenographers will be pitched headlong into the street while their sanctimonious superiors still hold down the ‘red’ plush seat jobs.” MARSHALLURGES SOVIET SUPPORT Secretary Of State Writes Molotov Regarding Kor ean Independence MOSOW, April 11 —(^-Secre tary Marshall asked Russia today to join with the United States in another try at granting Korea its long - promised independence as soon as possible. In a letter to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov giving impetus to American policy on the Eastern extremity of the American diplo matic front, Marshall declared that the United States intends to proceed meanwhle with independ ence measures in American - oc cupied Southern Korea. Marshall proposed that Russia (Continued On Page Two; Col. 6) COMMITTEE BLAMES MINING COMPANY FOR BIG DISASTER; HOUSE GROUP HITS STRIKES New Measure Trims Power House Labor Committee Approves Bill More Dras tic Than Senate Draft WASHINGTON, April 11 —(IP)— The House Labor committee ap proved today a far-reaching new bill to trim union powers and curb strikes. But the committee held off until tomorrow morning a single, rou tine vote required to send the bill to the House floor for debate and action next week. It has approved the bill section by section, however, including a provision to cope with strikes af fecting the welfare of the entire nation. The measure would outlaw the closed shop and, with some excep tions, ban collective bargaining on an industry - wide basis. It would permit the union shop if both em ployers and employes want it. The closed shop requires a com pany to hire only union workers. The union shop lets it hire anyone it pleases, but the new employe must join the union shortly after ward. To Company Level Chairman Hartley (R - NJ) told reporters the bill would “break unions down to a company level.” Far stiffer than a labor bill now under consideration by the Senate Labor committee, the House mea sure lists a whole new set of labor practices that would be branded “unfair” practices of both em ployers and employes. Among other things, it would: Forbid political contributions by unions, guarantee the employer the right of free speech on labor matters, make unions subject to law suits for violating contracts, take the Conciliation service away from the Labor department and make it independent, abolish the present national j-,aDor rteiations board and set up a new one con fined primarily to holding hear ings on charges of unfair labor practices. Submit Cases As independent administra - tor would submit cases to the new board ar.d enforce them in the courts, if need be. Those Democrats on the com - (Continued On Page Two; Col, 2) PERRY CHAIRMAN C OF C CROUP Five Man Committee To Name New Board Of Directors W. D. Berry was named chair man of a five man committee to select nominees for the board of directors of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce at a meet ing of the organizations directors here yesterday. Others on the committee are J. W. Johnson, T. D. Love, Jr., W. E. Edwards and C. M. Harring ton. The college committee of the chamber submitted a report on the project whch was endorsed by the board of directors. In other business on the agenda, John H. Farrell, city industrial agent, was designated to repre sent the local chamber at the 37th merce session in Washington April 28-May 1. It was also decided that Wil - mington would sponsor the region al or area conference on May 22 as proposed by the national oran ization. The Southeastern North ar olina Beach Association’s pro - gram was endorsed by the cham ber and the decison to join the organization voted. Along The Cape Fear [ CONTROVERSY AGAIN — Just when we were beginning to believe that the residents of the Port City and the Lower Cape Fear region had agreed that the trout was the finest eating fish found in the adjacent waters, we received a negative vote. “Along the Cape Fear has had a lot of letters as of late from different people about the best eating fish around these parts,” Mr. Charles Mallard of Maffitt Village writes. “Most of them seem to think that trout is the first in this and I will agree. “But, as for the best thing to eat that comes out of salt water, of which we have plenty, it is the common sea turtle,” he al lows. * * * FIELD EXPANDING — Now since Mr. Mallard has entered a turtle in the best eating fish derby we feel impelled to broaden the contest to include all types of seafood. “There are several different species that live and raise around these parts,” Mr. Mallard re minds us. f < Among tooIsMi tag "total connoisseur of delicious dishes wrested from the deep are the Maine green back turtle, the yel low back turtle and the diamond back terrapin. “The diamond back is very ex pensive and brings a good price on the Northern markets. “People used to pen them up and raise them for market as there was a large demand for them,” he explained. Then realizing that Along The Cape Fear had had little truck with Mr. Turtle, whether he be the Maine green back, the yellow back or the diamond back, Mr. Mallard was kind enough to point out the fine distinctions among the different species. * # * DIAMOND BACK — Now as for the diamond back, they are “a very small variety and seldom grow to over seven inches across the breast bone. Whereas, the others grow to about 600 to 700 pounds,” he added. A lot of people like turtle soup, of which I have never tried,” he confessed. “The only way I have ever eat mmHmmi to *•*• tow ti* « POLICE CHIEF HUBERT HAYES EXECUTED SAN QUENTIN, Calif., April 11—i/P)—Mrs. Louise Peete Jud son, 59, was executed in San Quentin prison’s gas chamber today for the murder of a bene factress to whom she had been paroled after serving 18 years of a life sentence for an earlier slaying. The execution — the second time California had exacted a woman’s life for crime — came eight years to the day after her release- on parole from the sen tence for her first murder. The chunky little woman had been convicted of two murders, had seen three husbands die by their own hands, and had lived to know that the husband of one of the murder victims died in a mental hospital. PALESTINE PROBE MAY START APR. 28 Officials Says Special Ses sion Of General Assem bly To Be Called LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ April 11 —UP)—United Nations officials said today a special Palestine session of the General assembly probably would be called within 48 hours to convene around April 28. These plans were based on the assumption that the British request for the extraordinary session would have majority approval by Sunday. Twenty-two of the necessary 28 endorsements are already in. As preparations for the unprece dented meeting were rushed, Bel gian sources disclosed the first President of the assembly, Paul Henri Spaak, premier of Belgium, would DC Ullauie tu aHCiiU, Spaak’s term expired Dec. 31. but it had beer, assumed he would be re-elected in view of his high ly praised record as President. He was said to be planning to attend the regular session next Septem ber. Assembly Rules Under Assembly rules, a Presi dent must be elected for the spec ial session and another election must be held at the opening of the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Should Shave Also NEWARK, N. J., April 11— (U.R)—If you think your face is worth it, you can now buy a $3,350 shaving brush. A Newark manufacturing firm announced today that it had made the “world’s finest brush for the best kept man.” The brush has a hand-carved 14-carat gold handle set with the finest genuine badger hair on the market. That $3,350 includes tax. LT. HUBERT HAYES NEW PUCE H D Officer Spotlighted By Star Appointed Successor To C. H. Casteen BY EARL HOWARD Star Staff Writer The position of Wilmington po lice chief, vacant since the retire ment of Charles H. Casteen March X, was filled yesterday with the appointment of Lt. Hubert Hayes, head of the department’s detec tive force, by the city council upon the recommendation of City Mana ger J. R. Benson. Hayes was named unanimously by the council after Benson term ed him the best man for the posi tion from the standpoint of experi ence, character, dependability and overall qualifications. Hayes’ appointment came after Benson, faced with the task of hiring a man from without the de partment under the provisions of a civil service bill which limits the period of service of a man so selected to 18 months, told the council frankly that his efforts to secure a man under the iiminta tions imposed by law had not been successful. He added that he was convinced that it would be perhaps impossi ble to secure a person of the type and qualifications required in any reasonable length of time. Star Spotlight The spotlight first was turned on Hayes last week when The Star carried a story to the effect that he was being seriously considered for the position by city officials. At that time it was predicted that iic wvuiu we uoiwvu *wi hik t'w"! tion even though speculation had not at that time settled about his shoulders. Until Hayes was mentioned as being in the forefront of the battle for the post, it was not known pub licly that he was under considera tion. Prior to that point, and after it became known that Senator Alton A. Lennon and Representative Robert M. Kermon would not further alter the compromise civil service bill to give the governing body a free hand to choose a man from without the department, Lt. Coy Etheridge and Harry E. Faies, superintendent of the City-County Bureau of Identification were con sidered the leading contenders. The problem facing Hayes is known to be a tough one. The mo rale of the department is consider ed to have dropped to a low level under the impact of what has been termed a series of unfortunate events. Well Acquainted Considered in his favor, however, is the fact that he has been in the department for the past 15 years and therefore is acquainted with the workings of all elements of the (Continued On Page Two; Col. 1) Man Dies Amid Squalor While Worth $148,000 CHICAGO, April 11. —OP)— Au gust Richter, 79 and his blind sis ter, Amelia, 89, lived for seven years in virtual poverty in a squal id, junked filled South side flat, and yesterday August died. Today authorities found that in an old trunk and a safety deposit box that the Richters had hoarded $76,250 in cash and $72,159 in se curities. Amelia Richter, who summoned help, told Detective Thomas Ed wards “this is all we have,” as te as oM'tem* *tt» apartment which was filled with old clothing, boxes and other junk. In it Detective Edwards found $21, 000 in currency and $22,159 in do mestic and foreign stocks and bonds. They also found a key to a safety deposit box. Authorities discovered in the La Salle National Bank box $55,250 in cash and securities valued at $50, 000. A representative of the pub lic guardian’s office said she had filed a petition to have Amelia Ae ggwad huogopMenA ' Report Flays State Board Special Panel Says No Re* port Given Collision Of “ Imminent Danger” SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 11.— — A special state committee which investigated the Centralia, 111., mine explosion that killed 111 men reported today the “primary responsibility” for the miner*' safety “in this case reste^ upon the company officials, superin tendent and manager.” The committee also criticized fhe State Mines and Mineral* de partment and State Mining board members for what it termed “a weak, ineffectual and indifferent” policy toward enforcing Illinois mining laws at the Centralia Coal company’s No. 5 mine where the explosion occurred March 25. The seven member group, which was organized by Gov. Dwight H. Green and headed by John E. Cassidy of Peori\ former Illinois attorney gen eral, said in a 10,000 word report to Green: “It is apparent that the compa ny officers and management did not exercise the proper degree of dilidence toward complying with the recommendations of federal and state inspectors for many months prior to the explosion.” uiner r inaings The committee also announced these findings: 1. There was no report of “im minent danger” at the mine to the Federal Coal Mines Adminis trator, Capt. N. H. Collison, and therefore ‘‘we are unable to say he did not fulfill his responsibili ties in this case.” The Centralia mine was under federal jurisdic tion since May, 164C. 2. Driscoll O. Scanlan, state mine inspector whose supervision included Centralia mines, htd the ‘‘legal authority to close this mine if he considered it unsafe.” The report said Scanlan’s ‘‘expressed fear that if he did so he would be discharged or reprimanded by the state director of mines and minerals is not a sufficient ex cuse for his failure to close the mine.” 8. Coal dust was the “chief devastating factor” in the explo sion and there was “insufficient and too infrequent application or instaplation of rock dust to keep the mine safe” from explosion which may have been caused by “the carelessness of a workman” or ignited "accidentally.” 4. It is “impractical to obli gate” a miners’ safety committee to assume general responsi bility for safety measures. LOCALMAN FACES HIT-RUN CHARGE Negro Child Killed When Struck Six Miles North Of Here Last Night W. L. Burkheimer, of 40 Ter race Walk, Lake Forest, w&s re leased under $1,000 bond late le*t night after being charged with hit and run driving which resulted in the death of a four-year-old child, by the state highway patrol. An inquest into the death of tl>* victim, Jerome Hicks, Negro, aon of Bernice Hicks, has been set for 8 p. m. Tuesday, by Coroner Gor don Doran, who is now acting sheriff. According to partolmen the child ran across U. S. Highway 421 et a point about six miles north of Wilmington on the Castle Hayne road as two automobiles were ap proaching in that direction. The first car was driven by Burkheimer, who patrolmen allege struck the child, and the second car operated by W. E. Keith, of 17 Summit Walk, Lake Forest, also ran over the child’s legs before being able to stop, officers said. Keith immediately picked up the injured child and rushed him to the city where he was pronounced (Continued On Page Two; Col. V And So To Bed K was a beautiful night, the moon’ was In it’s splendor, so the couple on the park bench at Greenfield Lake decided to make plans for their wedding and honeymoon. "Honey,” the shy little girl asked, "How are we going to get off work?” The groom-to-be scratched his head and quickly replied, "I have a two week’s vacation coming to me beginning next week.” "That’s fine.” came the an swer, "But how about me.” "We can arrange to be mar ried on Sunday and you can be back on the Job early Mon day morning,” he answered. P. S.—The groom to be in the boos of t^ bride hjj J
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 12, 1947, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75