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p- - - ■< FORECAST i Serred By Leased Wires of the Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable ASSOCIATED PRESS cloudines s and warm with scattered M(j y, ilumdershowers today and tonight: TTWTTPTi DPTCC Wednesday clearing and cooler. UXl 11 JhU rlUiiSo With Complete Coverage of State and National News m*. _______WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1947 ESTABLISHED" 1$W pefense Rests Case At Lynching Trial judge Martin Directs Acquittal Of Three Defendants, Grants Qualified Acquittal Of Two Counts On Others rREENVILUH, S. C., May 19. __ xhe defense of 28 white ' accused of lynching a South Carolina Negro, was rested c “ ,k- today m Greenville *brUfv 'c riminal court without Smonv of a single witness nor Mission of any evidence. The court immediately recessed t9■ 30 a. m. tomorrow, when K arguments begin. Defense attorney Benjamin A. B„i» closed the case dramatically , Circuit Judge J. Robert Mar Tr had directed acquittal for free of an original 31 defendants, ®d 2raiited qualified acquittal on out of four counts for another itven. moreover, the court announced, Incriminating statements allegedly de by 26 defendants at the time , their’ arrest will be admitted in j I evidence only against the persons making them. Jubilant Co-defendants Jufcjliant co-defendants pump handled the acquitted men and slapped them on the back, while other friends pressed forward to congratulate them. Several de fendants rushed to windows to shout their good news to friends or. the street below. Negro spectators in the court house gallery heard the decision in silence. The state alleges that 24-year old Negro Willie Earle was forci bly taken from jail in adjoining Pickens county in the frosty pre dawn of last February 17, brought into Greenville county in a car, beaten and fatally shot in reprisal (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) Committee Recommends Raise In Air Mail Rates __i MRS. TRUMAN NOW CROWING WEAKER President’s 94-Year-Old Mother Talks Briefly With Minister, Rests GRANDVIEW, Mo., May 19 — If, _ president Truman spent mother long and anxious day at [he bedside of his gravely ill mother as his daughter flew here to join him in his vigil. While thin, courageous 94-year old Mrs. Martha E. Truman fought against the odds of a “very tired and weak heart’’ she maintained i cheerful manner even as she [ailed to rally from last night’s set back. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross gave newsmen at Kansas City. 17 miles away, his lecond sober report of the day at I p. m. (ESI). Mrs. Truman, he said, had shown 10 improvement during the day. Earlier he said that there had been "no material change” in her condi aon since yesterday afternoon’s inn for the worse after a rally Sunday morning. Later Mrs. Tru nan was reported to be momen arily stronger, but her physician mknowledged that there has been s general weakness in her condi tion. '! am feeling better but I am tired,” the elderly Mrs. Truman told her physician this morning. In view of this, he said there would Be no effort to have her sit up to tay. Ta]ks To Minister Mrs. Truman chatted briefly this norning with the Rev. Welbern Sowman, pastor of the Grandview laptist church, of which she is a nember. The President's daughter, Mar laret, cancelled professional sing rig concerts for Pittsburgh tomor row night and Cleveland ITiursday "ight and said her remaining en tagements hinged on her grand mother’s progress. The distressed Margaret planned to spend tonight with Mr. and Mrs. Prank Wallace, her uncle and •ont, at Independence after driv ing straight to her grandmother’s bedside after flying here from Pittsburgh. Press Secretary Ross’s after noon talk with the newsmen was based on a telephone conversa tion with the President. He plan ed to talk again three hours !a;er with Brig. Gen Wallace H. Graham, the President’s personal ihysician. Ross made it clear that 1be resident’s plans for returning to Washington were extremely “indef nite.” With his mother's condition so critical, the President carried on he affairs of the nation’s highest ®ce from his suite in Kansas -•‘y s Hotel Muehlebach, 17 mlies om here, and from his mother’s ame bungalow here where she ',s keen bed-ridden since she •otured her hip in a fall in Dio-February. Signs Message R was here that- he signal a ■fSsage to Congress reiterating j? suPPort of a national health '0gram embracing compulsory •urance for pre-payment of ""Real costs. The Weather FORECAST i)'.l£n<J North Carolina—Consider unrf 0Juiness and warm with scattered ifrht w °'ver5 Tuesday and Tuesday Wednesday clearing and cooler. 'Eastern Standard Time) Mels , 1 ' S' Weather Bureau) »dini lcal data for the 24 hoars ' :'j|) P-m. yesterday. , J. TEMPERATURES 10 Pmm-44: 7:30 a m- 74; 1:30 P-*>- W; 8®: Minimum 72; Mean 79; ] humidity JO Pmm ,77; 7:30 »•“> 73: 1:30 p.m. 51; tot-, . precipitation no hfcjl” 24 h°nrs ending 7:30 p.m. — inches'6 71)6 ,irat of ttle month — (|w ,TIDEs FOR TODAY s r„ ,e T‘de Tables published by Dast end Geodetic Survey). SteUBgtdn HIGH L0W ^0n - 9:29 a.m. 4:30 a.m. r J0:03 pm- 4:23 P-m “ 0 Inlet _ 7:13 a.m. 1:25 a.m. Sa„re = 7:41p.m. 1:27 p.m. (#■ \r„ ":°7: Sunset 7:10; Moonrlse RiVerT8*1 7:35 p-™ to « Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 <fc M™day, 9.6 feet; and Sunday, »-3 House Post Office Group Also Approves Advance On Newspaper Rates WASHINGTON, May 19 —(JP)—A hike from 5 to 6 cents an ounce for air mail and increased charges for parcel post were rec ommended today by the House Post Office committee. It approved legislation which would also: 1. Increase the second class mail rate on newspapers and magazines if they are sent to points outside the county of pub lication. 2. Continue the local letter rate at the present 3 cents after July 1 when, under existing law, it is due to drop to the pre-war 2 cents. 3. Raise the special delivery charge from 13 to 15 cents. The committee has been study ing ways to cut down on a Fost office department operating defi cit which it figures will amount to $492,000,000 in the 12 months beginning July 1 unless Congress boosts rates. Cut Red Ink It said that if its recommenda tions are made effective, the de partment will go into the red only $194,000,000. The Postoffice department sug gested some changes which the committee declined to approve. One thing it turned thumbs down on was a department-proposed in crease from one to two cents for post cards. The committee recommended (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) LABOR MEETING ! SCHEDULED HERE American Federation Group Sets August 11 13 As Convention Date The American Federation of Labor will hold its annual state convention August 11 to 13 in Wilmington hoping to attract more than 500 delegates with additional members of delegates families and visitors. A program of speakers, in cluding nationally known states men, will be presented as well as entertainment features and busi ness sessions. So declared C. B. Kornegay, president of the Wilmington Cen tral Labor Union, who headed a delegation yesterday to the week ly meeting of the New Hanover county commissioners. Members of the delegation sought funds to assist in pro moting the convention which they declared will bring state-wide pub licity to this community. No speci fic amount was sought. Commissioner Harry Gardner declared himself "deeply in sym pathy with organized labor’’ and said he has carried a union card for many years, but asked where the board should draw the line on contributions to such conventions. It was suggested by some board members that merchants should make contributions toward pro moting the convention. Upon a motion by Commissioner George W. Trask, it was decided to hold any action in the matter over until the next meeting. WINSTON PAPER SAYS UNION LOCAL TAKEN OVER BY “COMMIES” WINSTON-SALEM, May 19—W —The Winston-Salem Journal to day published statements, which it said came from former union of ficials, saying that the Communist party had taken over Local 22, United Tobacco Workers, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, co. here and that the leadership was “irrespon sible.” . A new release today by un.on headquarters decried charges of irresponsibility but made no com ment concerning the statements in the newspaper on alleged Com munistic activities. The union now is engaged in a strike against the tobacco com pany. The strike is in its third week. The unionis new release termed the newspaper articles a “smear campaign” and a 1 'last-minute ef fort” by the company to defeat their torike. New Wilmington Junior College Will Open This Fall, Board Of Education Announces; Cour'y School Teachers Named At Meet r & * ^r\ - — ““-- -— . . ■■ , n for 12 Units Set Vacancies Still Exist In Some County Institutions, Board Reports Principals and teacher* who will comprise the faculty of New Hanover county schools for the coming year were form ally elected last night at a joint meeting of the county board of education and county principals. Several .vacancies exist in the classrooms of four schools, but the vast majority of the positions have been filled. Those to serve next year in the various schools are as follows: Wrightsboro — Miss Nellie Fen tress, principal. Lois Cooper, first; Lois Cashwell and Mrs. Claudia Swinson, second; Elizabeth New some, third; Beatric Strickland, fourth; Mrs. Jane Cain, fifth; Donald Chadwick, sixth; Anna Clara Baker, seventh; Azalene Southerland, eighth; Johanna Duls, music. Lake Forest school — Mrs. Man ley Williams, principal. Mrs. J. J. Fowler and Miss Eris Sturdi vant, first; Nellie Gray Matthis and Lillian Callis, second; Mrs. Virginia Carr and Mrs. William Bordeaux, third; Mary E. Carpen ter, fourth; Mrs. Frances Gideon, fifth; Mrs. Alice Geddie, and Clarice Swain, sixth; Mrs. Louise Polvogt and Myree Dunn, seventh; Frank Arwood, eighth. Vacancies exist at present in the fourth, fifth and eighth grades. TILESTON SCHOOL Tileston school — J. W. Grise, principal. Mrs. Ruth Owen Jones, (Continued On Page Two, Col. 4) OGDEN CIVIC CLUB ASKS FIRE CONTROL Cdmmissio'ner Trask Voices Long Objections To Club’s Proposal Control of forest fires and im provement of the Middle Sound road were two items that were suggested by representatives of the Ogden Civic club before the New Hanover county commission ers at their weekly meeting yes terday. Richard Shew was the spokes man for the control of forest fire; whose talk brought long objections from Commissioner George W. Trask before the county officers agreed to sumbit the matter to the state forestry department for a survey of conditions. To the Middle Sound highway suggestion presented by Paul Stanley, the commissioners said they will ask the state highway commission for a survey of con ditions on the road. Stanley, in opposing the burning of grass every year by the county in clearing aw'ay refuse, drew sharp retort from Commissioner Trask who defended the system. Shew pleaded for “an adequate forest fire protection program” and declared that the opinion of the commissioners is not always the opinion of the majority of citi zens in the county. He asked that an adequate sum be appropriated by the commis sioners to keep fires under con trol throughout the year, rather than placing efforts on a short period at one time of the season. Representatives speaking in fa vor of improving the Middle Sound road asserted that the high way is “unsafe” and that the state highway commission only (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Turpentine Men To Disregard Quotations On Savannah Mart __._i Along The Cape Fear j IN THE NEWS—What once was a thriving industry along the Cape Fear is in the news again today. It’s the turpentine industry. News dispatches say tha' for the first time in 150 years the Turpentine association will ignore Savannah markets. Along the water front of the city in the 1840 could be found turpen ti e distilleries and large yards for storage of rosin and tar, as well as saw mills bich shipped much lum ber to northern ports and to the West Indies. * * * NAMES—It was a fellow by the name of Shakespeare who had something to say about names. Just what the conglomeration of c f-vir'd in books on Wilming ton had to do with the cit, growth ■ ...;cal. ±>ut in b ’-s of history on this Port City may be found such names as New Liverpool”, a re sort called “Paradise” which was on a high WH, «®eaaa” and “Oali 0OMifcn** -fiS*.. It may be surmised that the names suggested an interest in the newly acquired lands in the west. “Sunset Hill,” we are told, overlooked the river between Ann and Nun streets. And there was “Dry Pond” on South Sixth street, which history says was a sandy depression until it rained. It then was full of wa ter. The pond gave its name, history says, to a large section surround ing it and the name still is alive. * * s PROGRESS—The city took on strides of progress about 1850, it waa reported. The Wilmnigton and Manchester railroad had been pro jected, and the city’s citizens had purchased more than $200,000 of its stock. The road was to form a connection between Wilmington and Raleigh. Work on its construction was be gun about that time. The depot was <w the western fide of the rivet roeetani (free*. t 150-Year-Old Naval Stores Exchange Prices Ques tioned For First Time SAVANNAH, Ga., May 19—f/P)— Turpentine prices leaped upward on the Savannah naval stores mar ket today after the American Tur pentine Farmers association an nounced it would disregard the Savannah quotations in a move to establish a price of 75 cents a gal lon. Sixty-seven barrels of turpentine were sold on the Savannah ex change today at 73 cents, compar ed with 54 1-4 cents on May 8, the last day offerings were on the board. The associaiton had announced Saturday it would demand a mini mum of 75 cents for the turpen tine content of crude gum after charging the Savannah market with “wild fluctuation which is playing havoc with distribution. OPA Ceiling The price ceiling under OPA was 83.5 cents a gallon. With removal of control, the figure soared to uMMfcMNl w ®»°; Got A The Tone Eagle And His Plane Before Takeoff In New York Spirit Of St. Tonis Pictured From Escort Plane Over Ocean JUST TWENTY«YEABS AGO TODAY, Charles A. Lindbergh hopped the Atlantic alone in his plane “Spirit of St. Louis” and winged his way to Paris in 33% hours. The lanky flier, now an aviation consultant living in Connecticut, spurred airmen and engineers to greater efforts, by his momentous flight. In the score of years that have passed since that day, innumerable scientific advances in aircraft have rapidly cut down the size of the globe. Today’s pilots hop the oceans regularly in routine flights, carrying hundreds of passengers over the world’s waters. Safety has been brought to these flights by navigational aids such as radio beams, loran (long range) radio stations, radar beacons, radio landing systems, air and tower traffic control, and weather services and forecasting. The large number of persons who have flown across the oceans in the last few years compared to 1927 indicates in a statistical manner the strides made in aviation. When Lindbergh made his epochal hop, 18 persons flew the ocean that year. In 1944, a peak year, 522,399 persons crossed the ocean in all types of planes. (International). _ MAYBE! Weatherman Paul Hess still refuses to promise rain. He won’t even promise showers. Occasional light showers are slightly mentioned in his fore cast for Tuesday afternoon, but hope is dashed when he did not add the word, “probably” as he usually does when speaking of rain. This time he says “possibly.” The temperature will drop slightly today, the forecast says, as a high of 82 degrees is predicted. High for yesterday was 87 degrees. Gentle to mod erate southwesterly winds are predicted. BERRY CROP HOPE HIT BY DROUGHT Prices At Tabor City Mar ket Fall $3 Per Crate Below 1946 Return Special to the Star TABOR CITY, May 19 — Hcpes for a bumper strawberry crop in the Tabor City area this year were shattered as the drought continues to destroy the local crop. Monday’s market sales revealed that 1109 crates were sold at an average of $5.92 per crate. This is $3.00 lower than last year’s prices. The sales to date this season are 650 crates higher than the same period last year, but the fruit is stunted from lack of rain. Many local farmers already have returned unused crates to the Tabor City factory, signifying little hope for any immediate change in the production of ber ries. Prices Decline Prices have declined steadily since the berry market opened two weeks ago, only twice has the price risen to $10. Farmers also have reported that the drought has already burn ed leaves on tobacco plants. With out an immediate rainfall, the growers said the tobacco outlook is bad. Beans entered the Tabor City market for the first time this year when the sale of 61 hampers Mon day brought an average price of $2.50 per hamper. This price is reportedly $5.00 below the prices paid farmers last season. Navy Confirms Star Beat On Lt. Little O’HENRY AWARD IS ANNOUNCED { Miss Winifred Harriss Wins In Annual Lit erary Contest Miss Winifred Harriss, 17 year old daughter of Mrs. Me ares Har riss and a new Hanover High school senior, was named yester day as winner of the annual high school O’Henry Literary Society short story contest. Miss Hariss entered as her short story,. ‘’The Wearing of The White,” which was 1500 words long. She was awarded a book of Haw thorne’s short stories by Kathryn Hunter, O’Henry club president, at the annual honor day program held in the high school auditorium yesterday morning. The contest was onep to any high school student and the contest had 38 entries with participants enter ing from each of the school classes. The story has been sent to the magazine “sev enteen” along with a poem, but word has not yet been received as to whether or not it will be publish ed’ in their rhaga-j zine. The first prize* in the contest was only one of the* journalistic abili ties Miss Harriss has shown as she was first place winner of the an nual Scribbler’s club essay con test held last year. She is a columnist and was former reporter on the Wilmington teen-age-merry-go-round program under the direction of radio com mentator Ben McDonald. She is a reporter on the high school paper. “The Wildcat,” business manager for the first semester term, and recently has been inagurated into the National Quill and Scroll club. Miss Harriss plans to enter the Woman’s college of the University (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) ____I Drew Pearson’s “Exclu sive” First Was Printed By Star The ?iavy officially confirmed yesterday a story which The Morn ing Star “broke” more than two months ago that Lt. Cmdr. Edward W. Little would be tried at a court martial in Washington on charges involving the maltreatment of fel low prisoners when he was senior officer in Japanese prison camps. In the March 3 edition of The Star, it was reported that Sgt. Crestou Rowland of the Wilming ton army recruiting station would give testimony in the trial. The full charges, as officially confirm ed by the navy, against Little were listed by The Star. The paper also said that for the first time “Military authorities in Washington had identified the de fendant.” Little, a native of Monrovia. Cal., won the silver star for gal lantry in action before the fall of the Philippines. He is being tried (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) MEN, WOMEN HELD IN CARLYLE CASE Sampson County Sheriff To Present Evidence Against Quartet CLINTON. May 19. —(£*)— Four persons — two men and two wom en — have been detained for in vestigation in connection with the death last Saturday of Jack Car lyle, 28, Sheriff Perry Lockerman said tonight. The sheriff declined to reveal the names of the four until it is de cided whether or not formal charges will be brought in the case. Carlyle, a veteran of World War II, died in a Fayetteville hospital Saturday shortly after he was found lying by the Fayetteville highway 10 miles west of here. He was suffering from several frac tures and bleeding profusely. State Highway Patrolman N. H. Parrish, who investigated the case along with Patrolman H. M. Pet ty. said it was thought at first that Carlyle had been a victim of a hit and run driver. However, he added, it has been determined that Carlyle and four other persons visited a nearby com bination store and filling station just 20 minutes before the body was discovered. The sheriff said that he planned to present the evidence he has gathered to a coroner’s jury. He said that it had not been decided when the inquest would be held. PHILLIPS CALLED FROM DEATHROW Lillingtcn Man To Know New Trial Chance On Wednesday LILLINGON, May 19—(A1)—Char lie Phillips will know Wednesday afternoon whether a purported sui cide note on red ink on a calendar page will mean a new trial that may save him from the gas cham ber. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn said to day he wiH rule Wednesday on a motion by defense counsel Neill McKay Salmon for a new trial for the tenant farmer convicted of the murder of his wife. The judge ordered Phillips to be brought here from Central Prison death row for the hearing and (Continued on Page Two; Col 1) Disease Picture Painted Of School Principals Tell Board Of Needs In Other Schools BY SUE MARSHALL Star Staff Writer A picture of disease and dam age brought on by carnivals and shows held close to the Washington Catlett school was painted last night for the coun ty board of education by E. R. Biakesiee, Jr., the school’s prin cipal. The county’s 12 principals meeting with the board also reported on the progress of the schools during the ye: and made known their wishes. Topping the lists of requests were the need for secretarial assistants to the principals of the schools, the aeed for a gymnasium in many schools, and the need for more equipment in school cafeter:_.~. E. R. Blakeslee, Jr., principal of Washington Catlett school, told the group that a new teacher should be added to take over the teach ing done by the principal. “This request may not be in line with the allotment of teach ers, but there is a problem ere that would be improved if the prin cipal were free to devote time to public relations, child guidance, and teacher supervision”, he said. Many other principals expressed the same viewpoint. Clerical as sistance was listed in connections with this. Clerical staffs of the majority of the schools have been cut since the war, due to le#s funds. Disease And Damage Blakeslee also spoke of the "in tolerable disease, damage, and the (Continued on Page Two. Col. 1) AIRPORT AGAIN BEFORE BOARD Commissioners Inspect Field’s Runway Lights; Reports Next Week That old bugaboo—the Bluethen thal airport — again reared its head yesterday before the New Hanover county commissioners. Before the day was over mem bers of the commission had jour neyed to the airport to ascertain the conditions of the runway lights and generally look the field over. No immediate report cn the commissioners findings were a vailable last night. But it is ex pected the matter will be brought up at next week’s meeting. Runway lights were reported in poor condition at the morning meeting of the board. This report prompted the inspection of the field. At the same time, in an effort to improve conditions for the up Keep of the field, the commission ers placed A. G. Grady, assistant electrician at the field on a monthly $150 salary instead of an hourly pay basis previously ir ef fect. The commissioners were in formed at yesterday’s meeting by the state highway department that it will not erect a $75,000 seawall ar Fort Fisher to halt erosion on W.S. highway 421. Instead, the state bodv reported that a relocation of U.S. highway 421, which has been washed away for approximately 200 feet, can be (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) And So To Bed This chan must believe In trading without seeing. Or he is very forgetful. Anyway, Sunday night some one entered the room of T,ef Pope, 118 North Third street, while the occupant was away: The man made away with a suit of clothes belonging to Pope. But in return, 'frs. Sadie Weils, the landlady, reported to police yesterday, the prowler left a marine uniform. Police turned the uniform over to tha military police. But Pope still I Is short Us salt at ninths* Scattered Clouds May Hide Eclipse Of Sun RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 19 —(U.R)—Meteorologists today pre dicted scattered clouds across the path of a total eclipse of the sun at 9 a.m. tomorrow, which will threaten months of preparation by scientists of 11 nations waiting to make observations during the four minutes of total darkness. Whether or not the clouds would blot out the phenomenon at the critical point of total eclipse was the question haunting the scient ists as they waited at their ob servation points tonight. Pan-American Airways weather ttoecasten acid clouds were cated for the Bocayuva area on the 2,172-foot high Matto Grosso Plateau 400 airline miles North west of here, where 70 United States scientists are waiting with 75 ton? of equipment. The U. S. expedition, largest of the 11 nations represented is sponsored by the U. S. Army Ail forces, the National Geographic society and the Bureau of stand ards. It is headed by Dr. Lyman J Briggs, chairman of the Geo graphic society’s research com mittee. ' tOoatiMKd mi Hi High School Will Be Used Plans Call For Opening Of Doors To Students Early In September Members of the New Hanover Board of Education in an ex ecutive meeting last night ap proved the establishment of a Junior College at New Hanover High School and voted to open the doors of the college In September. The plans formulated at a re cent conference with Dr. James E. Hillman, State department of pub lic instruction and representatives of the American Association of Junior Colleges call for the holding of classes in the afternoon and evenings between the hours of 4 and 9 p. m. The existing plant and instructional facilities of the high school will be used for the college work. Requirement for admission to the college, approved recently in a poll by the citizens of the county will be the completion of a four-year course in a secondary school or the equi\|alent shown by examina tion. The semester plan will be used, according to the present speci fications. Requirements for gradua tion will be the satisfactory com pletion of 80 semester hours. No full time instructor at the college will receive a salary of less than $2,500 for nine months work. Five departments will be avail able to the students and the limit of the number of students In each class will be 35. Not less than 100 students are expected to register for the 1947 48 term, the board said. Students will be charged a minimum of $200 to attend the school. From tuition fees and from a tax levy, operat ing income will be secured, the col lege plans showed. According to the plans not less than $3,000 will be spent during the first term of operation for library books, all on a college level. Curricula for the Junior College includes classes in English, social science, French, Spanish, science, mathematics, business adminiatra tion and accounting, psychology, (Continned On Page Two; Col. 3)
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