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' FORECAST, . ■ + 0^4 Served By Leased Wire* 41 444444 t4ti1 44 444*44444f4 C&Tf44* associated press §f=~~ umuiQiiiu urniun &>laV ___ Stats and National Now* --—---------------. - -WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1947 ESTABLISHED 180T ; ----— ■— —— -* Committee 1 o Greet Visi ting Navy Units five Ships Of Transport Division 121 Wiii pock Here Saturday Morning For American Legion Mock Invasion at Carolina ,,f ibe five naval ships ?ers° Transport Division 121 «f ?ia'; t0 arrive in Wilmington utic.1 fheir participation in Pf£Vl0“ock invasion during the the n,u rpffjon convention will •^Tended a° formal welcome to rS a group of city and U fofficials and civic leaders, c0Ur'tJtheir arrival on Saturday upon .lncu under the command ^naln Stamps Howard are •'C.L to arrive at the Custom !tied dock betwen 11 a.m. and TL tomorrow. Three of the '.frill be docked at the cus tomhouse dock, one at the foot of Castle st., and one at the foot of Dock st. All will be opened for public inspection until they de part to take part in the mock invasion. A reception for the officers of the division will be held by the American Legion in the Club Ca bana at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to W. L Farmer, con vention chairman. Attending the reception, too will be the officers of the Organ ized Surface division 6-29 and the See COMMITTEE on Page Three U.S.SeekingW orld-Wide Friendship, Truman Says STiaries A1 ) BY COURT 0,S. Circuit Appeals Deci tion Add Additional Mil lions For Many CHICAGO. June 12 —OP)—The U. i Circuit Court of Appeals today landed down a decision which fcvernment spokesmen said might L„ payment of an additional half billion doUars to many bene ficiaries of national service life in surance. In a 2 to 1 decision, the court jjU that a Veterans' administra tion regulation regarding pay ments to beneficiaries over 30 was j, error in that it “distorted” con jressional language and was an "usurpation of legislative power. William M. Lytle, special assist ant u. S. district attorney, said Hat under the decision the gov ernment might pay the face value t! eome policies as much as five times or more. He said he would lecommend an immediate appeal to the Supreme court Almost 250,000 persons in the ration might be paid $500,000,000 additional as a result of the deci ,:on, it was estimated by Lertie It. Hylton a regional director of te claims service for the V A. V.A. Erred The court held that -the V.A. «rred in passing regulations thicli—because based on life ex pectancy tables — in some cases wuld make the usual 120 month ly payments total less than the fete value of the policy. The V A. regulation, the ruling laid, would figure the payments, for beneficiaries 30 years old or aver, as equalized monthly pay ments for 120 months based on ike life expectancy of the bene ficiary according to standard in lurance mortality tables. The court ruled that payments b such beneficiaries should be made on a basis of the full face value of the policy, plus three per ter.t interest, In 120 equal monthly fcstallments. if the beneficiary lived past this month period, the decision ,a'i he should continue to receive 'he monthly installments for life. Under both the V.A. regulations *“h the decision, if the first bene fc!8r-v died before the 120-month period was ended, the secondary beneficiaries would receive the Monthly payments only until the '20 months period was ended. INTRUDER HITS NURSE SO HARD WTH HAMMER THAT HANDLE BREAKS ALBANY, N. Y„ June 12.—(.$>)— nurse at the Albany home for nndren was injured seriously to* ^ by a hammer-wielding intru de nurse, Miss Marilyn amer, 22, of Schenectady, is in .j,1?11* condition in Albany h o s * w'bh a possible fractured and lacerations of the head. °tce Chief Philip Coffey said ,‘Vnurae was struck so hard with ipeen hammer that the ,andle broke. kim°^"V Sa’^ ^-ss T*ramer told "a* she was awakened by a ahout 4:45 A. M. and sha had left the radio on. * reached to turn it off she s ruck. She said a man fled. The Weather W .. „ FORECAST: **« with ij'°;'na~Cor*siderable cloudi teitonr,, s'attered showers and thun » Warm jnlday,;nd Friday night. Not Friday- o,+ central and East portions *>]«.' ^rarday partiy cloudy and *» With ,<ia.r,?llna^ Considerable cloudi f°an: Frih=.:ered showers and thunder ^ Farm-,. " alid Friday night, slight *°Udy, I,,., Friday; Saturday partly 'Eau coar‘ge in temperature. Standard Time) hX'ologteai- Xther B,,r““) ""ting j.v, _ daia tor the 24 hours yesterday. .1:10 J, ^"pekatcres . ,:3fl 0 rn’ liS0 3 m' 79; 1:30 P- ™ ■‘■p 73; M ‘ 81: Maximum —, Mini • aa" -. Normal 76. 1:30, , HUMIDITY ' 7:30 P- m 165:S0 3' m' 75; 1:30 p- m' „T°U1 £or feecipitation ‘■J laches ‘ hoUls ending 7:30 p. m. i?9 inches.CC ^ iirst of month .X'X T ?* EOMORROV ' * Coast .«?*_Tables Published by and Geodetic Survey t. ’""■•iaiton H,GM LOW _u a m. H:57 a.m. ^*">oro injet Vi* pm' - p m 2.>6 a.m. 8:42 a.m. ]>i'ise ^ fin. e 2:50 P-m. 9:16 p.m. d:veiMo“^t'l «T: 7 J4; M00nri“ * * ■* President Expresses These Sentiments At Close Of Canada Visit OTTAWA, June 12 —(A5)—Presi dent Truman brought his good will visit to Canada to a close today with a declaration that the United States seeks the friendship of every nation in the world. In a statement of objectives which some correspondents inter preter as a conciliatory gesture toward Soviet Russia, the Presi dent said that his country’s only desire is peace in the world and friendship with every nation in the world. And, he said to newsmen, underline that word “every.” Mr. Truman spoke on the spac ious lawns of the exclusive Seig nory club, at Montobello, 45 miles from here where he had lunch at the Manor house. His sentiments were echoed by Canadian Prime Minister W. L. McKenzie King who stood at his side as he talked with American and Canadian newspapermen near the close of his three-day trip here in which he has been cheered and applauded by Canadians at every public appearance. . Views Advanced . His views, usable but not avail able for direct quotation, were ad vanced a httle more than 24 hours after he told the Canadian parlia ment that the United States will never retreat from its opposition to coercion and intimidation. The President trip here has been not only interesting, but eventful in the history of the Unit ed States and Canada and that it had contributed to better un derstanding. Canada and the United States, Mr. Truman asserted, have only one objective, and that is peace in the world for the benefit of all the Deopl® in the world. -» ' -— ALBRIGHT OFFERS FOR GOVERNOR Thirty-Seven - Year - Old Veteran From Raleigh Tosses Hat In Ring RALEIGH. June 12. —UP)— R. Mayne Albright, 37-year-old World War II overseas veteran, in an nouncing today his formal candi dacy for governor becomes one of the youngest Democratic guberna torial aspirants in state annals. Albright, executive director of the North Carolina World Federal ists, some time ago made known his political intentions. He is the third to announce formally. Al ready announced are Charles M. Johnson, state treasurer, and Oscar G. Barker, Durham attorney. Youngest man to be elected to the post of the state’s chief execu tive was D. L. Swain, who at 32 was named by the General As sembly in 1832. The late O. Max Gardner was 38 in 1920 when he first ran for governor. Voting Age Plank In accentuating his thesis for wider and more serious participa tion in government and politics, Al bright’s platform advocates the lowering of the voting age to 18. Albright’s announcement was ac companied by a brief statement which said “this is no time for political indifference of the many and political control of the few. “We must set our goals for the future. If we want to lead, we can not afford to lag. We must frank ly recognize that we do lag now — far below the nation average — in education, health and per capita income, and that there is a dose and inevitable correlation by the three.” ___ Sugar Buyers Swamp Stores Frantic Purchasing Rushes Reported In Many Pa*'’^ Of Nation Thu** ^ p BY THE ASSOCIATE! The end of government on consumer purchases 01 gar set off frantic buying rushes in some *>arts of the nation yester day, tne first day of a ration-free sales since April, 1942, but in other sections buying was norm al. Generally, supplies were ade quate to meet even the inflated demands in those cities where housewives crowded stores to buy sugar in amounts which ranged as his as the 800 pounds requested by one person in a raid on shops at Boise, Idaho. oome stores were liimiting sales to customers because wholesalers were experiencing trouble in mak ing immediate deliveries to re place supplies, although ware houses were said to be “loaded” and adequate to meet any norma] demand. Fear 'was expressed, however, by some wholesalers that a con tinuation of heavy buying in those areas where rushes were report ed might result in shortages. New York Normal Sales jogged along about norm ally in New York City, Washington, D. C., Columbus, Ohio, and At lanta, where checks of stores showed that while some retailers had sold “a little more than usual” others experienced no unusual de mand. The comment of one indepan dent retailer at Atlanta seemed to be typical of the areas where sales kept at normal levels. He quoted one customer as saying: “If I can get it any time I want it, I don’t want any now.” At Austin, Tex., a flash-buying spree started shortly after mid night, when controls were lifted, at one all-night store, and stocks were exhausted at other stores in Austinand San Antonio. Dealers at Wichita Falls, Tex., said wholesale and retail supplies were exhausted and that it would require from two to three weeks to stabilize the market. Other buying rushes, which See SUGAR On Page 1 HEAVY RAINFALLS ADD NEW BURDEN Flooded Midwest Faces Continued Showers; Heat In East Over Today By The Associated Press The already flooded rivers of the midwest received an added burden Thursday as heavy rains or fast-melting snow fell in Kan sas, Nebraska and Iowa. Con tinued show'ers were forecast for Friday over an even larger area. The nation experienced widely differing weather Thursday rang ing from snow in the Rocky Moun tain area and western Nebraska to unseasonably warm in the East. The heavy Midwestern rains were expected to move slowly Eastward Friday, bringing rain to Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Showers were predicted by the U. S. Weather bureau at Chicago for Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, but the heavy rains of Thurs day were expected to slacken. Three-Inch Rain Des Moines, la., reported three inches of rain in the 12 hours end ed at noon Thursday with similar heavy rains throughout the state adding water to the swollen trib utaries of the flooded Mississippi. The Weather bureau also reported new rises in streams throughout Northwestern Missouri, Northeast ern Kansas and Southeastern Ne braska. Some snow continued to fall in the Rocky Mountain area, includ ing Cheyenne, Wyo., but had .ceased in Western Nebraska. Temperatures went to freezing or slightly below Thursday in much of the snow area with the Midwest experiencing unseasonably cool weather. The heavy snow in the Western Nebraska wheat-producing area pressed stalks to the ground. No Rise Forecast Mercury readings in the Middle West were not expected to rise to any extent until Saturday, the Weather bureau said. The Eastern part of the country had continued warm weather Thursday but cooler air entering New England was expected to cool things off Friday and Saturday. Rain was general over much of the Southeastern coast Thursday with heavy amounts in Georgia. Predictions, however, were for clearing in much of that area. Scribes Scour Scanties In Seismograph Search LONDON, June 12 —WP)—Finding a seismograph in Great Britain proved as difficult today as locat ing an earthquake on the floor of the Pacific ocean. An effort was made to check two quakes recorded on a seismo graph in the United States, but calls to the Greenwich Observa tory, its magnetic station at Dork ing and the Air Ministry’s labora tory at Kew were unsuccessful. TTiese observation posts sug gested the reporter call Prof. J. J. Shaw of Birmingham, who maintains a seismograph as a hobby. Shaw was not at home ana his caretaker volunteered to look at the instrument, -Yea, •OMMiaa* W definite recorded on the drum, but I can’t rea<j it,” the caretaker then told the caller. ‘‘Prof. Shaw made a seismograph for Self ridges and you might try them,” When Seifridges, a big London department store, was asked if it had a seismograph, the telephone operator put the call through to the women’s wear department. ‘‘Perhaps the optical depart ment has one. I’ll put you through,” said the women's wear department. ‘‘Oh, yes,’’ said the optical de partment. “We do have one, but I’m afralj it’* boxed up «t the moment.” Hurt ended the eeeeofe. AIRLINE MAP—Pictured above Is the proposed routes of Piedmont Aviation’s service out of Wilmington which have been ap proved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington. It will be noted that Wilmington will be the terminal for two routes—ope through Fayetteville, Pinehurst, Charlotte, and into Louisville. The second route will also go through Fayetteville, to Ralelg*, Bristol. Tenu,, and into Louis-, die. This line will connect at Raleigh with a route through Danville, Va., to Roanoke and into Cincinnati. The company plans to institute this service by early August. GOOD NEIGHORS AIDING LUDLOWE’S Mr, And Mrs. Wilmington Seeing To It That Home less Family Are Housed For the past two days, local citizens have been proving that they will act the part of the “good neighbor” when one of their fel low Wilmingtonians needs aid. Thus far almost everything but the kitchin sink has been offered to the family of Clifton Ludlowe whose home was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Ludlowe, his wife and seven children were left without a home of worldly possession other than the clothes they were wear ing. In answer to an appeal by the Star-News, residents of the town have called the office and have offered the family material aid. Yesterday afternoon C. J. Wilson, who owns a great deal of property on the Market street road, offered the use of a four room house, rent free, for at least six months. Wilson, who resides at 3910 Market street said the house need ed a small amount of work done on it and if Ludlowe could find the time to make the necessary repairs, his family was welcome to use it. The benefactor didn’t stop there, though — he also said that he may be in a position to offer Ludlowe a job on his estate. At present Ludlowe sells adver tising novelties. Emergency Near Over The Ludtowes are staying with Mrs Ludlowe’s mother, Mrs. J. W. Streeter, at Middle Sound during the emergency, but from the flow of phone calls into the Star-News office, the emergency won’t last long. Mrs. W. A. Hundley, 509 S. Front street, has offered the family several gifts including a dining room table, chairs, pillows, and quilts. Mr. and Mrs. William Sebrell, who know from experience the See Neighbors on Page Three ROTARY CLUBS VOTE AGAINST DENVER FOR HFAnOIIARTF.RS CITY SAN FRANCISCO, June 12 —<fl») —Rotary International today turn ed down a long standing bid from Denver and voted to keep its headquarters in Chicago. The vote was 1,862 for Chicago, and 1,230 for Denver, cast in se cret balloting yesterday and tabu lated today The proposal to move tire head quarters from Chicago, birthplace of Rotary in 1905, to Denver had been pending since 1928. The Den ver club has an option on a $135, 000 site, on which $5,000 had ben deposited in hopes the headquar ters would be moved here._ Piedmont Aviation To Start Service To City In August Denver Has Latest Snowstorm In 75-Weather Bureau History DENVER, June 12—(JP)—Little more than a week before the official arrival of summer, residents of some parts of Eastern Wyoming and Colorado awoke today to find the ground cvered with snw. The Weather bureau reported that snow fell during the night at'Scattered localities from Lander, Wyo., southward to Colorado Springs, Colo. Temperatures dropped below freezing at Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyo. For Denver it was the latest snow in the 75 years the Weather bureau has kept records, and a thermometer reading of 34 made it the coldest June night in the same period. The snow was heaviest in the Rocky Mountains, but passes remained open despite snowfalls of up to five inches. Trail Ridge road, 12,000 feet high in Rocky Mountain National park, was closed by the snow only a few days after it was cleared for the summer. The Weather bureau predictd the storm would mov East ward today. MARITIME UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE East, West Coast Leaders Charge Operators Using Lockout Tactics NEW YORK, June 12. — (TP)— Leaders of five CIO maritime un ions, including Joseph Curran and Harry Bridges, tonight threatened a “nationwide shipping tie-up’’ be cause, they charged, ship operators on both coasts were using “stall ing and lockout” tactics to fore stall contract demands of 200,000 marine workers. The threat to take “suitable steps” if an existing contract be tween the Pacific American Ship owners association and the Ma rine Cooks and Stewards union was allowed to run out midnight Sat urday was voiced by the unions’ policy committee at a news confer ence. Curran, president of the Nation al Maritime union, said the Pacific employers’ decision to cancel or terminate the contract constituted a lockout “which could and possi bly will result in a nationwide strike.” Bridges, president of the West Coast International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s union, said all the unions were “agreed if any lockout results the shipowners will have to fight all of the unions, East and West and vice versa.” Hugh Bryson, president of the Cooks and Stewards union, said his union had sought, in negotia tions broken off last Friday, a continuation of the present con tract, calling for a $159 monthly minimum wage. Curran said the unions’ represen See MARITIME On Page Three Along The Cape Fear NEW TYPE SHIPS — Following the issuance of the Truman report in May 1944 in which North Caro lina shipbuilding and particularly the Wilmington yard, were paid high tribute in the construction of Liberty ships, a new tact in tha erection of. vessels was taken by Uncle Sam. So successful had the Maritime Commission’s emergency ship program in turbine production been and so well ahead were the number of Liberty ships, that it was decided to taper off on that type. Instead, it was agreed that it would be more far sighted to erect a better class of vessels that not only could be used in the war effort, but would be able to com pete in world trade following the conflict. With that thought in mind, the government offered the North Carolina Shipbuilding company a contract for 60 vessels of a type to be known as C2-S-AJ1. Those vessels were to be completed by December 31, 1944. * * * ADDITIONAL LIBERTIES — At the same time, as it was ob vious that the company would fin ish its Liberty contracts before the first of the new type ships would be far enough along to ab sorb the labor supply, the firm contracted for an additional 36 Libertys. That new order was *o be complete^ by August 30, 194A As . production emphasis was shifted gradually to the new type, the 126th and last of the Liberty vessels was delivered August 27, 1943, two days ahead of schedule. Before the change-over was re flected in production, the number of ships delivered per month steadily increased. The peak was reached May 1943. In that month 11 vessels were delivered for a yard average of 1 2-9 ships per shipway per month. The average ranked with the best effort in any shipyard in the nation. * » * MORE YARD CHANGES—Once again, with a new type of ship to under go construction, it was found necessary to make radical changes in the setup of the yard. Foremost, it was necessary that the shipway staging and shoring be widened to suit the increased width of the hull of the new C2 ships. The submerged ways were extended to 182 feet and the river bottom contour was changed for dredging. Another new radical feature was the erection of a $100,000 gear assembly building, with a 75-ton crane. Other addi tions included new sub - assembly laydowns, full-scale molded di mensions for the shop assembly of piping in the engine room, and other technical changes. Those new changes even a year ago were still in use and proving high w nfldMlaT MILLER RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Victim Of Alleged “Love Shooting” Not Decided On Future, He Says Special To The Star ROWLAND, June 12—David Mill er, who returned to his home near here Monday from a Lumberton hospital where he had been -since May 11, as the result ot£ a pistol shot wound inflicted by a Negro farm hand, said yesterday he didn’t know whether he’d go back to his wife or not. “But if I do,” he added, “I'm surely going to keep an eye on her.” Mrs. Mary Currin Miller, the mother of his two children, re portedly is in an Asheville sana torium suffering from a nervous disorder as the result of the shoot ing of Miller. She is charged with having hired the Negro, Fred Wiggins, to shoot her husband and “make it look like suicide.” The Negro has con fessed that he went to the Miller home early on that Sunday morn ing at Mrs. Miller’s instigation, and shot Miller while he was asleep in bed. “Furnished Gun” Wiggins said that Mrs. Miller furnished him with her husband’s .38 caliber pistol, and a pair of her little girl’s gloves, with which to do the job. Meanwhile, Solicitor F. E. Car lyle said he would present the case to the Robeson county grand jury Monday for its consideration. He said that he would try to bring the case up by Wednesday of next week. Whether the case can be tried then, however, is problem atical. Mrs. Miller, an attractive wom an, is free under $15,000 bond furnished by her father, Allen Cur rin, prominent farmer of the sec tion. The Negro has been unable to furnish a similar bond. Miller told reporters that he still had some congestion in his lung, through which the bullet passed about an inch and a half above the heart. He doesn’t have much use of his left arm either, which was affected by the shoot ing. Alleged Confession At the time of the shooting Mrs. Miller allegedly confessed to « deputy sheriff that she had her husband shot because she was in See MILLER on Page Three President Davis To Confer With Chamber Com mittee While Here The action oi the aviation com mittee of the Chamber of Com merce Wednesday afternoon came as a distinct surprise to Thomas H. Davis, president of Piedmont Aviation, Winston-Salem. Davis, who was accompanied to Wilmington yesterday by his as sociate R. D Hager, said as much. He said he couldn’t understand the committee’s action in supporting the protest of State Airlines over his company’s plans to put air service into Wilmington. At its meeting Wednesday, con ducted by the use of proxies, something unusua! in itself, the committe announced it would support State Airlines’ protest of the Civil Aeronautics board action in granting Piedmont a certificate of operation. Davis said it was the first time he ever had heard of a Chamber of Commerce taking such action. “My company is sincerely inter ested in giving Wilmington the best possible air service,” he said. “I am not going to promise the citizens of this community some thing which we can’t deliver,” he added. He went on to explain that he wasn’t going to say that this city would be the headquarters of the company, not at the present time at any rate. No Promises “It may be.” he said, “that it will be feasible later on from an economical standpoint to move our headquarters here. But I can’t make any definite promise about that.” He did point out that tire city would be a terminal point for two routes in its east-west runs, and many of the pilots will make their homes here. Davis said his line would con nect with one out of Charlotte for a southern flight into Atlanta to give this section better service in that direction The purpose of his trip here, he said, was to confer with members of the aviation committee. He had not seen them when he visited the Star’s office. “I can’t understand the com mittee’s action,” Davis said. “ 1 had thought they mainly were in terested in service for Wilmington and this section. We promise to give this service.” Davis said his lines would carry mail .and express as well as pass engers. Comment Withheld Members of the aviation eora See Piedmont on Page Three REP. RANKIN DEMANDS CHAPLIN BE CHASED OUT AS UNDESIRABLE WASHINGTON, June 12. — W— Demanding the deportation of Charles Chaplin to Britain, Rep Rankin (D - Miss) told the House today the movie actor’s Hollywood life “is detrimental to the norma] fabric of America.” “He has refuse^ to become an American citizen,” Rankin said, and by deporting him “he can be kept off the American screen and his loathsome pictures can be kept from the eyes of the American youth.” Rankin praised Lloyd T. Binford. head of the Censor bureau of Memphis, Tenn., “for banning a rotten picture made by Charlie Chaplin.” The film was not identi fied. _ The “Governor Cherry” Shines On Maiden Trip MANTEO, June 12.—VP)— The LCT 503 became the “Governor Cherry” today when a group of highway officials took the state’s newest ferry on her maiden voy age from Roanoke Island to Manns Harbor on the mainland. The vessel (a landing craft, tank) was purchased for $10,000 to replace a privately owned craft which had plied Croatia Sound for many years. Th« Governor Cbony aaaSe the three and a half-miles in 30 min utes. W. N. Spruill, second division highway engineer, anj J. G. Clark, second division commissioner, drove the first car aboard. They were also the first motor ists to have a flat tire on the new ferry. They spent most of the init ial voyage fixing the flat. The ferry has been stripped of all superstructure —Turrets, housing snd other gear — except the pilonJrouse. She had a capacry of 22 cars. Installment Curbs Urged President Asks Congress For Peacetime Act To Control Purchasing WASHINGTON, June 12.—(/P)— President Truman asked Congrcs* today for a peacetime act permit* ting the government to curb install ment buying and some other form* of credit lest easy money keep prices from coming down. But if Congress refuses he will bow to its decision, he announced, and remove the credit control* now imposed under wartime pow ers. The President’s views were mad* known in his absence in Canada in a letter he wrote to Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Fed eral Reserve board. Eccles read the letter to the House Banking committee today following his dis closure of its existence Tuesday. The committee is considering legislation such as Mr; Truman wants. Eccles, like the President, urg ed the committee to approv the bill giving the Federal Reserve board authority to continue in peacetime the wartime credit curbs it now exercises. Repre sentatives of the American Bank ers association oppose some parts of the measure. The principal control now re quires a down payment of at least one-third of the price, and limits the time in which the balance must be paid, on installment pur chases of such things as automo biles and household goods. Mr. Truman’s letter quoted • paragraph from a memorandum of the Council of Economic adviser* with which he expressed “full accord:” ‘■There now exists the power to limit the growth of installment credit which, even under the pres ent restraints, has been expanding at a disturbing rate. This power now rests on wartime executive order, which may not be rescind ed in the absence of legislative authority for its continuation. If the curbs °n the extension of in stallment credit now being evrcis ed under Regulation W were to be removed at this time, there would be a tendency of producer* and distributors to try to sustain Bee Installment on Page Three CREWMANKILLE i ABOARD JOHN SE Another Member Of Ship's Compliement Lost At Sea, Report Says The Liberty Ship USS John Wist docked in Wilmington Wednesday and yesterday afternoon crewmen attached to the ship revealed that ■one man had been killed and an other lost at sea while the vessel was enroute from Tocrpilla, Chile to Cristobal. Canal Zone. Officers aboard the ship and agents of the Federal Bureau »f Investigation refused to discuss the probe, which was underway by the FBI agents yesterday. According to members of the crew, Antonio Lopez, a cook on the Wise, was stabbed to death In the ship’s messhall with a sharp knife, while a member of the crew looked on. Li W'ang Huiia, a Reward, was said to have been taken from the ship when the vessel docked at Cristobal. Police officers at the Canal Zone were reported to have taken the steward into custody and charged him with the murder of the cook. Tiie crew members also said that two days after tne death of the cook, Steward Chen Ah Chae was lost at sea. The crew mem bers said they did not know if the disappearance of the steward and the stabbing of the cook had any connection. Crewmen said Lopez was killed in the messhall while he was talk ing to another shipmate. He was stabbed several times and th* knife used was left sticking in bis back. Huiia was placed in irons on th* Wise until the ship docked at th* Canal Zone port. The dead man was reported to have been buritd at Cristobal. Several members of the crew r* fused to talk about tne incident and when questioned by reporters simply offered “no comment.” The Wise, under charter to th* Grace Lines, is scheduled to leave Wilmington Saturday for Norfolk. Part of the cargo of 10,211 tons of sodium nitrate was discharged here and the remainder will b* un loaded at the Virginia port. And So To Bed Saturday afternoon a lady inserted a classified hi the Sunday Star-News. She had an apartment for rent. Yesterday the lady phoned the classified department and said that she had the apart ment rented by 9 a. m., but the phone calls continued to come. She remembered that her sister also had an apart ment to rent, so she rented her sister’s apartment over the phone. Monday night the lady said she was still receiving calls about the apartment. But, in the meantime, she talked with a neighbor who had an apart ment to rent. So she gave the callers the number of her neighbor’s telephone. The net result: three apart ments rented for the cost of one ad. . , • and Willie Want Ad is burned np . . • “I miss lots of ads that war" He chuckled.