Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / April 14, 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
F()RF('AST: + *4 + v >|%|4’ + Served By Leased Wires ipsss HtUntnntrm wlarmnn "=§^ __ State and National News fnC^ —NQ- 205 WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1947 ~ ESTABLISHED 1867~ UN Assembly Meet Called Twenty-Nine Nations Ap prove Special Session On Palestine Question lake SUCCESS, N. Y., April 13 ■y p,_The United Nations today - l ed a special session of the 55 caion l'N General Assembly, be nan^ng April 28, to map the future f Palestine. ° The assembly will try to skirt complex, political issues of h Holy band Problem unHl later !hethe year restricting the special m sjon'to establishment of a fact rlaing commission to lay ground •ork for a final decision on Pal r.t ne’s future. Th world parliament will meet 11 a.m. Monday, April 28 at at now-deserted New York u-or’d’' Fair buildinS at Flushing !Ld0W which has become the temporary assembly hall of the CM. There appeared to be at least immediate political result of 1- -General Trygve Lie’s call for B - spC.cial assembly meeting. ij_.pt it -’as reported, has de cided ’ to shelve indefinitely its ,an for bringing the broken-down inelo-Egyptian treaty negotiations ... the UN Security Council. Ask Restraint Other Arab states were under stood to have prevailed upon the Egyptian government to refrain from anv action which might -train British-Arab relations dur L the fateful UN debate on* the future status of Palestine. Formal invitations to the oo members nations were prepared by the UN Secretariat today short ly after Canada, the Philippines and Turkey endorsed Britain’s re quest for a' special assembly meet ing'devoted solely to the Holy Land crisis. • It was necessary for 28 mem bers representing a majority of the United Nations to approve the request before the UN could act. Mexico's approval last night brought the number to 26 and three more approvals came in this morn ing. bringing the number to 29. It will be the third meeting of the "Town Meeting of The World” tat the first extraordinary session Mmited to one subject. Britain and most other countries hope, in fact, to restrict it to a two-week af fair which will approve a UN fact inding commission to study the issues of the festering Palestine question and report back to the assembly at its regular 1947 ses eion in September. Then, officials believe, the real showdown on Palestine will come. FOUR PASSENGERS D! IN AIR CRASH Seven Others Receive In juries When BSAA Ship Breaks Up In Fog LISBON, Portugal, April 13.— (U.R)—Four persons were killed and seven were injured, three serious ly, when a British South Ameri can Airways York transport, the Star Speed, crashed early today on a fog-shrouded field at Dakar, french West Africa. tin Paris the French news agency said four of the injured had died, raising the death toll to eight. Three of those hurt were said to be in critical con dition.) The Airliner left London Satur day morning for Rio De Janeiro and carried nine passengers and a crew of six, including a steward ess, BSAA announced. No Ameri cans were aboard. The dead were all passengers. Casualty List The airlines casualty list was: Killed: Aurelio Oliveira Brito, Portugal, his son, Aurelio S. Brito, 10; Dr. A. Baxter of Great Britain, and Fernando Costa Pin hero, of Portugal. The airlines said all the in jured were sent to a hospital. /The French news agency in a dispatch from Dakar said the plane found the airfield covered with fog, circled for an hour until iis fuel was exhausted. then tried & crash landing. It struck a tree and was split in two. (The agency said the British consul and French authorities had investigated and absolved the crew.) TWO LOSE LIVES IN AYDEN CRASH AYDEN, April 13.—(/P)—Henry Leigh Burgess, 18, of Raleigh, and Bon Jenkins, 12, of Ay den were kiLed late today when a small Pnvate plane piloted by Burgess crashed on the farm of E. Lee Cox two miles west of here. , The plane was demolished and 'o* badly mangled bodies of th* (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) The Weather South Carolina — Cloudy and cooler ■ n ocrasmnal rain Monday and Mon tin) Tuesday clearing and con S- )./ C001' preceded by showers ' and Sast portion Tuesday morn »./orth Carolina — Cloudy and coolre dav occaslonal rain Monday and Mon tin.iTuesday clearing and con cool, preceded by showers East on Tuesday morning. ‘Eastern Standard Time) i, , '®y U. S. Weather Bureau) ' tcdin °jt,logical data for the 24 hours ,J‘ 8 ? 30 p. m. yesterday. lw TEMPERATURES Jj. , ,*• rn 70; 7:30 a. m. 69; 1:30 p. m. I..' * P- m. 71. 76. Minimum 67; Mean 72; IJV tides for today e, the Tide Tables published by • Const and Geodetis Survey), tyii . High Low ln*ton _ 3:18 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Ma.„„v 3:45 p.m. 10:59 p.m. °hhoro Inlet 12:58 a.m. 7:31 p.m. . 1:18 p.m. 7:29 p.m. 1:31 "sc 3:43; Sunset 6:42. Moonriae j. 8- m.; Moonset 11:18 a. m. 11 ' stage at Fayettevilla, M. (> «t * •^turtlajr, a.0 ieet. _. CHAIRMAN of the Senate Banking and Curren-y Committee, Sen. Charles W. Tobey (R-NH.), is pic tured before he told legislators in Washington that there was “thim bleriggery and humbuggery” in loan negotiations between the Re :onstruction Finance Corporation and the B. & O. Railroad. He said It was his belief that the R. F. C. xcquieseed in a “fradulent” bank ng action which had the effect of enabling the railroad to extend an 580,000,000 loan, due in 1944, to 1905.— (International Soundphoto). BOARD MAY NAME JONES SUCCESSOR County Home Issue Also Expected To Come Be fore Commissioners The naming of a successor to the late C. David Jones, sheriff of New Hanover county, and ac tion on the repeated request of Commissioner George W. Trask that the board accept his resig nation as chairman of the county home committee will face the county commissioners when they meet today at 10 a.m. Chairman Addison Hewlett has indicated that the selection of a new sheriff will be on today’s agenda. According to courthouse circles two veteran attaches of Sheriff Jones’ office, Porter Davis and M. B. Register, are among the most likely and logical successors to receive the appointment for the unexpired term extending to Jan uary, 1950. The possibility that the com missioner? may be called upon to appoint Sheriff Jones’ widow as his successor was heard over the weekend. In the event such ac tion should be forthcoming at to day’s session, a chief deputy would be appointed from the present staff to assume most of the sher iff’s normal duties. The county home issue is likely to arise again today as Trask, who has served on the board for (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) VIOLENCE TAKES TEN STATE LIVES Drowning Accounts For 2 Fatalities; I Highway Accident Death By The Associated Press At least 10 persons died violent deaths in North Carolina during the weekend. Henry Leigh Burgess, 18, of Raleigh and Don Jenkins, 12, of Ayden, were killed late Sunday when a small private plane piloted by Burgess crashed two miles west of Ayden. Odell Ramseur, 23, of Route 1, Newton, and his two-weeks-old son, Chester, were fatally burned when their home was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Donald Sheffield of Whiteville and Eauron Harrelson of Mollie in Columbus county were killed Sat urday night in a dynamite explo sion aboard a small boat on Lake Waccamaw. Two-year-old Roger Paschal drowned in a shallow spring oh his grandfather’s farm near Greens boro Friday. Randolph Thorne of Route 1, Wil son, was killed in an auto-truck collision on the Wilson-Raleigh highway Saturday night. Norman Summerlin, 26, drowned late Saturday when the boat' in which he was riding on a pond near Mt. Olive capsized. "^our-year-old Annette Taylor was shot and killed Saturday night when, Coroner Raymond Jarman reported, a shotgun in the hands of her father was discharg ed. Milk Strike r ^4^de$ In . . vchusetts Walkout E April 13—(U.R)—Spurn ing a ypeal by Gov. Robert F. Bradford, 1,700 milk truck drivers and creamry workers went on strike today and frantic mothers besieged union headquarters for emergency service. The wildcat walkout cut off de liveries of 60 per cent of the milk supply for communtities in Eastern Massachusetts including Boston. It was estimated that 530, 000 families from Worcester to Cape Cod were affected by the con troversy over length of the work week. A spokesman for the Milk Wagon Drivers,, Creamry and Ice Cream Workers union (AFL) said tele- 1 phone at the union headquarters had been ringing steadily since 6 a.m., with requests for delivery from mothers of young children. Many of the callers were directed to dairies near their home where they could buy milk over the counter. Service to hospitals and other institutions continued despite the strike. First report of violence came from the Dorchester section of Boston where a non-striking driv er told police three milk bottles were taken from his truck and hurled through his windshield. Canned Milk Run Variety stores, open on Sunday, reported a run on canned milk. The drivers quit when their 11th hour compromise plan was reject ed by the 17 companies involved. After holding out for six day’s pay for five days' work, the union finally agreed to a five-and-a-half day work week. The companies turned down the compromise, reiterating their original proposal of a flat $2-a-week raise for six days work. The union, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffers, Warehouse men and Helpers (AFL), con tends that the shorter work week is necessary to provide more jobs. The Teamsters’ union had not sanctioned the walkout. Gov. Bradford announced that he did not plan to use his emer (Continued On Page Two; Col. 8) VIRGINIA WELLS PRODUCING CRUDE Big Boom In Mineral Leases Follows Finding Of Oil In Virginia — EWING, Va„ April 13.—VP)—A dozen oil wells in operation, plus another dozen in various stages of drilling, are bringing an unpre cendented boom to parts of Lee county, Virginia’s first oil field. Oil and gas rights to an esti mated 60,000 acres of land, run ning down the Powell River val ley across the Tennessee line, have been leased by a half dozen companies, speculators and inde pendent drillers. Operators of the existing wells have offered no figures on pro - duction, but local businessmen and property- owners who have watched the drillings and pump ing operations estimated that the daily output is about 400 barrels. Robert Fulkerson, one of the Ewing promoters, said one of the top producing wells is yielding at leas. 100 barrels a day, worth $2000 or more at the spot. Ship By Truck The Rouge Oil company, a Louisiana concern, which began operations in this area a year ago las February, owns the success ful wells sunk thus far. Lester Trahan, Rouge representative in Ewing, said the company is ship ping Lee county' oil by truck t'o Middlesboro, Ky„ about 20 miles away, for loading on tank cars and delivery to refineries else where. Mrs. Vesta E. Sewell, clerk of Lee, county circuit court, said the deluge of leases coming into her office and additional activity in handling deeds had* necessitated additional office help. She said leases guarantee landowners one eighth of the sale price of oil or gas produced on their land. Fulkerson said purchase of more than 60 acres of land for a prospective oil refinery, to be erected if oil production reaches the point where local refining would be practical, already has been made. 2,000 Villagers Get Anti-Smallpox Serum MILLBROOK, April 13—CU.PJ— State troopers stood by today to keep order as three doctors work ed at a feverish pace here to vaccinate 2,000 villagers after the. outbreak of four cases of the virulent tyjpe of smallpox. Local physicians assisted by a State Health department doctor vaccinated more than 1,000 resi dents by early afternoon. Troopers calmed long lines of village resi dents and farmers from the sur rounding area as they stood m long lines awaiting their turn. Panic stricken residents began to mob local doctors yesterday when the cases were first report ed but doctors ran out of vaccine. The State Health department rushed additional vaccine and an other doctor to the area this morn ing and scheduled the opening of three clinics for area school child ren e«rly this week. Dr. Bertrand Roberts, district state health officer, reported no change in the condition of three smallpox victims at Cardinal Hayes Home for Convalescent children. ..one of the three were in immediate danger of the dis ease which already has claimed two lives in New York city. A fourth case was reported late to day. The first ease broke out in a young boy who had come from the Parker Willard hospital in New York, seat of the epidemic. A two year-old girl and a 6-year-old-sister were the »«cond and third vic tim*, . rHE DIFFICULT task of super rising Britain’s plans for recovery has been entrusted to 40-year-old Sir Edwin Noel Plowden. He has just been named head of the in ter-departmental Committee on Economic Planning. During the irar he held a key position in the ! linistrv of Economic Warfare. — (International). leaders Predict MORE COAL MINING Bituminous Production To Jump As More Men Re turn To Diggings PITTSBURGH, April 13 — </P)— District officials of the United Mine Workers union predicted to night soft coal production would rise sharply tomorrow in the wake of Chieftain John L. Lewis’ order which okayed miners returning to al! pits they deem reasonably safe. While the Lewis order excepted the 518 pits ordered closed by In terior Secretary Krug for safety reasons, 123 of those have been federally inspected and pronounc ed safe. In West Virginia, where 100,000 miners make the state the na tion’s largest soft coal producer, officials in the Charleston and Fairmont areas predicted a return to virtually 100 percent produc tion. William Blizzard, president of UMW District 17, said “all but three or four” pits would be work ing tomorrow. Production Up Reports ffom"*Western Pennsyl vania, where more than half the state’s 100,000 diggers work, show ed production climbing at week’s end. Twelve addtional mines re opened yesterday and many more are expected to resume operations tomorrow. Less cheering news came from Illinois where prospects were dim (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) WESTERN STATES GET COLD B ST Temperatures Fall Fast In Oklahoma, Wisconsin; Snowfalls Reported CHICAGO, April 13 — </P) —Cold weather hit Nort: ern sections of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michi gan last night and chilled the Midwest as far South as Okla homa, but temperatures rose Sun day and Monday’s forecast was warmer. The temperature dropped to sev en degrees below zero last night at Land O’Lakes, Wis., but fore casters said the reading was "a freak” caused by wind, clear skies and snow on the ground. The same area showed 40 above Sunday afternoon. The cold air from Canada, which reached as far south as Elk City, Okla., where three inches of snow fell) was expected by forecasters to fade quickly. Saturday night temperatures in Oklahoma averaged 30 to 32 de grees. In Michigan they were as low as 12 at Houghton and 15 at Marquette where se'ven inches of snow fell. It was 20 at Wausau and 25 at Green Bay in Wiscon sin. REYNOLDS BOMBSHELL THIRD OF WA Y ON GLOBAL FLIGHT; TRUMAN MA Y GET PHONE CASE Beirne Will Make Appeal NFTW President To Ask President To Bring About Renewed Negotiations WASHINGTON, April 13 — (fP) — Joseph Beirne, president of the striking National Federation of Tel ephone workers, said tonight that he would appeal to President Tru man to bring about renewed ne gotiations to end the week-old nationwide telephone walkout. He said his appeal would not include a request that the gov ernment seize the telephone sys tem because the union’s general counsel had advised him that the government no longer has legal seizure powers. Beirne said he would merely ask the President to use his good of fices in an attempt to bring about renewed negotiations between the NFTW and American Telephone & Telegraph Co. His statement coincided with re turn of the President from a fly ing visit to Missouri. So far as was known, Mr. Truman had no plans to discuss the strike to night although his special ad viser and labor relations expert, John R. Steelman was at the air port to meet him and accompan ied him to the White House. Parleys Deadlocked Negotiations on nearly all fronts appeared stalemated but there still (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) COMMENT SHOCKS VISITING TEACHER English Girl Refutes State ments Made By British Clergyman Sunday CHARLOTTE, April 13—(AP)— Miss Phyllis Tribble of Surrey, England, teaching art on an ex change basis this year in Char lotte's Harding High school, said tonight that she was “shocked” at the comments of the Rev. Brian Green, a Church of England clergyman, on the morals of Amer ican students. Rev. Green told his congrega tion at Holy Trinity church in Lon don today that sexual intercourse between high school students in the United States'is very common and that their morals generally were "deplorable.” The clergyman recently return ed to England from a series of lectures in the United States, in cluding one in Charlotte. Miss Tribble said that "of course I don’t feel in a position to comment directly on Mr. Green’s stafistics, but frankly they rather floored me.” A teacher in a Hartford avenue girls school in Southwest London before coming to the United States last August;* Miss Tribble said she thought girls “worked better” when separated from boys. “However, I don’t think com plete segregation is the answer, either,” she added. “The Ameri can and English systems are two extremes. I rather think it would be better if the boys and girls were separated for certain things such as math and English, and brought together for things such as music and dramatics.” Miss Tribble said she thought American students “grow up quicker,” while English students stay “younger for a longer period.” “There is a certain vivacity and enthusiasm about students here that we don’t have in England,” Miss Tribble said. “At times from an English standpoint students Here appear rude. But it’s not rudeness. They just say what they mean, and mean what they say.” Along The Cape Fear HELP ARRIVES — “Memory is treacherous and the history of the so-called dry dock is far back in the dim and distant past, but my recollection is that the dock was built on property immediately north of the James V. Chadbourn and Company saw mill,” so writes C. C. Chadbourn of 415 North Front Street. “As a small boy I divided my spare time equally between catch ing tad poles in a swamp just south of the Chadbourn mill where subsequentfy was built the Wil mington Compress and Warehouse Company and watching the cSh - struction of the curious looking af fair just North of the Chadbourn Mill,” he continues. * * * WRONG NAME—“First, I think dry dock is a misnomer. It was a floating dock. “I think Mr. Hamme built one like it a few years ago. “The system was to let the dock get sufficient water in it to sub merge it to the proper depth. “The dock was slipped under the vessel to be raised, the water was pumped out, the dock rose and of course the vessel rose with it "Finally, the dock was complet ed. Even after all these years in imagination I can hear the sound of the mallet and caulking iron as the cracks were caulked with pitch and oakum. This is a sound peculiar to itself, like no other sound in the world, once heard never to be forgotten. « « » DOCK BUILDER — "The dock was built by Mr. Thomas Evans, a most interesting citizen and a unique character. "It was built on the turpentine still property of Blossom and Evans. "At the appointed hour for launching many of us were gath ered to watch the clumsy looking affair slip down into the water, but she didn’t slip,” Mr. Chad - bourn recalls. "The blocks were knocked out and the immense throng of people waited with bated breath but the dock stood as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar. "They had failed to give enough slant to the ways and even grease and gravity tailed to do the work. “It was many weeks later when she at last went overboard, ” our friend tells us. Many other interesting facts a bout the Port City riverfront were revealed to us by Chadbourn. And these we hope to pass along to you at an aarly data. SMILING HROADLY, President Harry S. Truman rounds out his second year as Chief Executive by working as usual in his White House office. The President is reported to be riding a new high of popularity, according to a national poll grftup, with 60 percent of the voters approving the way he is “handling his job” at present.—(In ternational Soundphoto). _ Nathan Sees Way To Bar Inflation V . . _ NOT PEPPER MIAMI, Fla., April 13.—(^P)— Sen. Clade Pepper (D-Fla) said today that "It would be a grave mistake to make any effort to organize a third party.” He made the statement in commenting on a remark by Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace in England that Pepper might lead a third party movement in the United States. Pepper declared that he would remain in the Democratic party as long as it is "truly .beral.” He said that if the party "refuses to perform its mission to serve the people as against the special interests,” the peo ple themselves would start a third party' movement. DYNAMITE BLAST TAKES TWO IVES Columbus County Men Vic tims Of Explosion Aboard Small Boat WHITEVILLE, April 13—(IP)—A dynamite explosion aboard a small boat killed two men and serious ly injured a third on Lake Wac camaw late last night. A fourth man escaped with only slight injuries and was able to direct officers to the scene where they found the bodies in about three feet of water. Sheriff H. D. Hanley identified the dead men as Donavan Shef field of Whiteville and Eauron Harrelson of Molliet Columbus county. Thurmond Harwood was still unconscious tonight in . the Columbus county hospital. The fourth man was Jesse Todd .who reached Whiteville about five hours after the accident to report to Sheriff Stanley that a boat had “blown up.” Stanley said that Todd told him the following story: “I was blown about 20 feet away from the boat when the explosion took place. When I got myself to gether and understood what had happened the first thing I remem ber seeing was a hand sticking up out of the water. I took hold of this hand and dragged it to (Continue^ on Page Three; Col. 4) Economist Suggests Return To Excess Profit Tax To Lower Prices WASHINGTON, April 13—<U.R)— Economist Robert Nathan suggest ed tonight that Congress threaten to re-impose excess profits tax on industry unless it cooperates with President Truman’s anti-inflation drive and voluntarily lowers prices. Nathan, one time top New Deal economist and a former deputy director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, said in a radio broadcast (WINX) that there was little Congress could do to stop an inflationary spiral. “I doubt the feasibility of even thinking about re-instating con trols like OPA,” he said. “But they (the Congressmen) can bring pressure to bear against excessive (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) ASHEVILLE SUE OF P-T CONGRESS 500 Delegates Expected To Attend Three-Day Meet ASHEVILLE, April 13 — <5>) — Approximately 500 delegates are expected to gather here April 22 24 for the 27th annual convention of the N. C. Congress of Parents and Teachers. Theme of the convention will be “Building for Tomorrow,” and the speakers will include: Miss Agnes Samuelson, former superintendent of public instruc tion in Iowa and now on the staff of National Education Association at Washington, D. C.; Juveniie Court Judge Camille Kelly of Mem phis, Tenn.; Dr. E. B. Norton of Washington, deputy U. S. Commis sioner of Education; and Dr. G. C. Burlingame, chairman of the com mittee of public education of the American Psychatric associa tion. Mrs. E. N. Howell of Swannanoa, Congress president, will preside over the convention sessions. Mrs. E. B. Hunter of Charlotte has been nominated to succeed Mrs. Howell as president, and Mrs. Mayon Parker of A'noskie has been nominated for vice president. Chicago Lawyer Loses Life By Bullet Wound HAVANA, April 13—(fP)—John Lester Mee, 33-year-old Chicago lawyer, died in the Anglo-Ameri can hospital today of a bullet wound in the neck received Tues 4gy aboard the yacht Satira an chored in Havana harbor. Police Chief Benito Herrera said last night that Patricia Schmidt, 21, a Toledo. Ohio, dancer, had said she fired the shot. The police chief quoted her as saying: “I did not mean to kill him—the pistol went off.” Miss Schmidt and a man listed as, Charles Jackson, 27, of St. Josephine, Mo. (not shown in pos tal guide), were held by police pending further investigation. Jackson was described as co owner with Mee of the yacht. The two were held without formal charges at the direction of Judge Manuel Mencia of the Court of Instruction. Under Cuba's judi cial system the Court of Instruc tion is a criminal court which in vestigates criminal cases. It has power to hold arrested persons for 2 hours without placing formal charges. Jackson told Judge Mencia that e did not know the circumstances f the shooting. Miss Schmidt said she was a riend of both Mee and Jackson, '‘her sources said she had arrived in Havana by plane from Panama nd had been staying aboard the acht. Mee was wounded in the neck by a .22 caliber bullet, which ruised his spina! column. An au opsy will be performed tomorrow, iter which the body will bfe ship ped to Chicago. Plane Cracks Flight Marks Hounded By Bad Luck, Ship Leaves Cairo On Hop To Karachi, India CAIRO, Egypt, April 13—(U.R)— The Reynolds round-the-world Bombshell roared off the runway here tonight with her nose pointed toward Karachi, India, her crew set on a globegirdling record, and a trail of smashed flying mark* already behind her. Hounded by bad luck but blessed by good weather, the Bombshell was 21 hours and 57 minutes out of New York and about a third of the way around the world, when she took off at 10:08 p.m. (3:08 p. m. EST). A flat tire on the nose wheel kept the silver, blue-trimmed plane here for two hours and 16 minutes, just as a bad radio had grounded her for 77 minutes in Paris. The next stop was Karachi, In dia—1.958 miles awav. ‘‘We’re practically there al ready,” grinned Milton Reynolds, 54-year-old millionaire owner of the plane and navigator for the record-smashing flight. New Records The Bombshell already has set new, unofficial speed records from New York to Gander, 3 hour* flat; from Gander to Shannon, Ireland, 5 hours and 17 minutes; Gander to Paris, 7 hours flat; and Paris to Cairo, 6 hours and 38 minutes. Reynolds and his two crew mem bers—Capt. William Odom, pilot, of Roslyn, N. Y., and T. Carroll Salee, flight engineer, of Mineola, N. Y.—were still confident they were going to better the present round-the-world record of 91 hours and 12 minutes set by Howard Hughes in July, 1938. “Had we been flying Hughes route we would have been in New (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) _ NINE MEN MISSING AFTER SHIP SINKS Norwegian Frieghter Goes Down Friday; Tanker On Fire At Sea CAPE MAY, N. J„ April 13, — (U.R) — A Norwegian cargo ship, the Belpamela, sank in the North Atlanta Friday and nine of the 27 persons aboard are missing, th# Coast Guard reported today. The John Mitchell, which pick ed up 18 survivors after the sink ing, messaged that the Belpamela was sunk when rolling cargo burst her sides. The location of the ship was given as 1200 miles East of Norfolk, Va. First word of the Norwegian freighter’s plight received her# came from the freighter Marquete Victory which relayed informa tion from the Mitchell. The fate of the nine missing crew members is not known, It was reported. The Belpamela is owned by th# Christian Smith company at Oslo, Norway. The rescued crew members re ported that the nine men still missing had put off in life rafts before the ship went down. Th# Coast guard asked all vessels in the vicinity to conduct a search for the men. The Belpamela, a 3,100 ton motor vessel, left New York on April 5 for Cherbourg, France. The American freighter, John P. Mitchell, a 7,000 ton freighter of the Seas Shipping company, New York, is headed for an un specified U. S. port and is expected to dock with the survivors within few days. (Continued on Page Two; Col. •) And So To Bed Three local men planned all last week for a fishing trip. Tackle was purchased, bait bought and everything mad* ready. Saturday finally arrived and brought rain. But the would be anglers carried out their plans. In showers and clear weather they battled for six hours. The next result .... one skate, and that a small one. On the way home one of the members of the party stopped by the fish market and pur chased a few mullets. Upon his arrival at home the angler was met at the door by his wife, he handed her the package with the remark, “This is all we could get.” The wifey, unwrapping the package exclaimed, "Gee whiz, this is the first time I have ever seen fish, caught ready for the frying pan.” The fish had been thorough ly cleaned by the owner of the market. p. g. — Now Hubby Is trying to explain so he can go again next week
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 14, 1947, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75