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FORECAST: Served By Leased Wires of the Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable ASSOCIATED PRESS cloudiness with scattered showers, not j so warm today; Tuesday, cloudy, few TTATTTm npucC thunderstorms^ little change in temper-' U IN II Hi LI rlvEiOo atnre. With Complete Coverage of State and National News VOlTm.—NO. 274. . WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 7, 1947 * ESTABLISHED 1867 Senator Hits European Aid gevercomb Of West Vir ginia Blasts Marshall Plan As Unsound WASHINGTON, July 6. —UP)— genator Revercomb (R.W. Va.) to day criticized the “Marshall plan” aj a new deal for the countries of Europe that might cost the Uhited States from 18 to 24 billion dol lars. •‘You cannot buy fi-endships — vou cannot buy peace,” the West Virginia Republican said in a fpeech transcribed for re-broadcast later in West Virginia. The plan, advanced by Secretary 0f State Marshall, calls for the building up of an integrated Euro pean economy on a basis of self help plus U. S. financial aid. It has' been rejected by Russia. Revercomb contended that the foreign policy of the United States ‘•has suddenly changed” from sup port of the United Nations to the "new plan of America to go it alone.” "The time has come when we must settle upon a policy,” he said. "We want to aid other countries and other people, but that, help must be within the bounds of our ability to help without injuring our mVn strength, and it must be upon a basis of help to Nthcse who do hold the threat of war for ui.” evercomb disputed arguments that the United Nations “was not ready to take over the burden of peace-making or that Russia s use of veto power against U. N, action compelled the new United States policy. He said that the U. N was able to force Russia to withdraw her force from Iran. He proposed: If Russia indeed was going to me the veto without reason, then let those who stood against Russia repudiate her and act against her. Then the United States would not stand alone.” The Marshall plan, Revercomb continued, “calls for appropriation end expending of vast sums of money, not particularly to feed peo ple in need, not to shelter them or to clothe them, but to sustain gov ernments.” The Senator said Congressional lupport of the Marshall plan would Require “as much as $6,000,000,000 i year for three or four years to come.” TRUMAN HITS 65 ON RETURN DRIVE President Takes Wheel Of Car For Trip To Washington WASHINGTON July 6 —CU.R)— Travelling at speds sometimes •in-passing 60 miles an hour, Pres ided Truman today “chauffered” himself back from Charlottesville, Va., where last week he made an iddress assailing Russia’s stand en the Marshall European relief plan. At the wheel of a Cadillac con vertible coupe with top down, Mr. Truman drove the 117 miles from Charlottesville to the White House l in two hours and 45 minutes. He seemed to enjoy himself thoroughly. Actually, he covered the dis tance 13 minutes faster than his official chauffeur on the trip down last Thursday. The President’s speed was set by t Virginia State police patrol tar which preceded his car, while ether cars carrying the White House staff and newspapermen trailed along. For the most part the Presi dent's speed was held to about 50 miles an hour—the limit allowed by state law. Levaes Colle Mr. Truman departed from Colle, the Charlottesville estate of Stanley Woodward, state depart ment chief of protocol where he bad spent Thursday night, all of Friday and Saturday. With his eyes shaded by « broad-brimmed Panama bat, he climbed behind th wheel of the convertible, gave the starting sig nal to the police car, and was off. Riding with him were Fleet Ad miral William D. Leahy, chief of Staff to the President: Secretary Treasury John W. Snyder and Erig. Gen. Wallace Graham, the T/hite House physician. No secret service agent was mth him, a circumstance exceed ingly rare. Mr. Truman reached nearly ’Hs miles an hour shortly after he “{t Charlottesville. There was little traffic and he encountered fmv cars until he reared Washing ton. The Weather FORECAST South dnd North Carolina—Consider nudiness with scattered showers, '*»' thunderstorms Monday and Tues , ' r quite so warm East Monday, ‘setwise little change in temperature. (Eastern Standard Time) 'By II. S. Weather Burezu) ■"‘'■'Urological data for the 24 hours mB 7:30 p.m., yesterday. . Temperatures J-™ am . 71; 7:30 a.m., 72; 1:30 p.m., "(‘30 p.m., 79. Maximum 87; Minimum 67; Mean 77; I’°hnal 79. . Humidity u f a m-. 81: 7:30 a.m., 82; 1:30 p.m., ■ 7:‘0 p m., 64. «, Precipitation *°0 inch°r hours pndin8 7:30 p.m., , To,a‘ since the first of the month "17 inches. ,r,* Tides for Today l- °nt the Tide T bles published by c°nst and Geodetic Survey) High Low ■iirungton ___ 7:67a 7:32a Masonh 1S:27p 7:2Ip °nboro Inlet _ 9:56a 4:13a »0RE WeatheiToN page two AN ALERT Coast Guardsman, Yeoman Frank Ryman, 27, took this photograph of one of the mys terous flying “saucers” (arrow) which have been reported careen ing through the skies over the west coast. As he stood on a corner in Lake City, a suburb noth of Seat tle, he estimated it traveled at 500 m.p.h. at 10,000 feet. Ryman figured the speed by timing the “saucer’s” flight over an area with which he is familiar.—(Inter national). VIOLENCE TAKES TOLL 15 LIVES One Death Recorded Every Five Hours In State; Na tional Total 427 By The Associated Press At least 15 persons were reported dead in assorted accidents in North Carolina as the long Fourth of July weekend neared its end Sunday night. The traffic toll was unexpectedly low with only four fatalities report ed for the tabulation period which began at 6 p. m. Thursday. Drown ings claimed seven lives. Myron Arnold Schlag, 5, of Greensboro, died of a broken back suffered in a fall at his home. Gale D’Anne McCaskill, 13 months, of Greensboro, suffocatdti Sunday, po lice reported. Two traffic deaths were reported yesterday. W. Marvin Trivett, 24, of High Point, died and Harris See VIOLENCE On Page Two Four Campers To Build Cars For Soap Box Race Four boys, campers at Bruce B. Cameron Memorial camp at Port er’s Neck, announced yesterday through James Ccpeland, camp director for the Brigade Boy’s Club, that they will take time out •from swimming and other camp activities, to build racers for the Wilmington Soap Box Derby. The Derby is co-sponsored by The Star-News and Raney Chevro let company here on July 30. The boys, whose names will be an nounced early next week, will race in the Derby under sponsor ship of four well-known Wilming ton business firms. With many other entries expect PROPERTY DAMAGE RATE FOR CARS UP RALEIGH, July 1 — OP) — An increase of 30 per cent in auto mobile property damage insur ance rates in North Carolina has been approved and will become effective tomorrow, Insurance Commissioner William P. Hodges announced today. The increase applies to private passenger, commercial and public automobiles, and garages, Hodges said. Bodily injury liability rates were not affected. The rate increase is based on actual loss experience filed by the N. C. Automobile Rate Adminis trative office and obtained from companies which write this form of insurance, Hodges said. The increase for private passenger cars will range from $2.50 to $3.50 per car per year. Hodges said that the major cause of the high losses ex perienced by the insurance com panies was the high cost of set tling the average property dam age claim. The insurance com panies, he said, are paying in ex cess of 80 per cent more to settle the average claim than they paid in 1941. “These increased claim costs are due to increased cost of both labor and materials which make for more costly repair bills,” Hodges said. SMALL CROWD SEES SHOW AT AIR PARK Only a small crowd turned out for the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored airshow at Wilmington Airpark yesterday, Carl Dunn, manager, reported last night. Dunn, himself a participant in the show, said the nearby resorts undoubtedly drew large numbers from the show. All the acts went off without a “hitch.” Dunn reported. There were no accidents and only one mo or cut off while a plane was in the air, and that purposely. * Dunn switched off his engine and rolled his plane off its back and brought it down for a simu lated forced landing. Long Holiday Aids Beaches Over 150,000 Visitors ‘3,500,000 Dur '^*0 Tprth* Period <\ highways were filled with ifS^mobiles leaving the resort area yesterday afternoon after the long week end and the cars were filled with persons wTho left an estimated $3,500,000 for vacation expenditures in Wilmington, Wrightsville, Caro lina and other beaches. Fair weather united with a Fourth of July week end made the number of visitors to the resorts larger than ever before in their history, it was reported. The amount of money spent in the area is derived from the $10 per day estimate spent by the.aver age vacationer. It was reported that 60,000 per sons visited Carolina Beach Friday and that number was undoubtedly swelled as the weekend advanced. Wrightsville Beach played host to an estimated 25,000 visitors while See HOLIDAY On Page Two DOG, IMPRISONED 43 DAYS GETTING WELL UNDER SPECIAL DIET DUNRJR, W. Va., July 6— (IP)—A three-year-old dog, ap parently imprisoned in a sew er for 43 days and freed after a fellow canine’s barks drew human rescuers, was gradu ally regaining his strength today. On a special meat diet, the dog Pat. though still under a veterinarian’s care, was re turned from a pet hospital to the home of 13-year-old Jimmy Moss, and seemed to be “re covering very well,” members of the family reported. Pair missing since May 22, was found behind a rock-grill ed and shored exit of a big drain outlet to the Kanawha river after the insistent bark ing of Skipper, Pat’s fox ter rior playmate, brought human rescuers to the scene. Dehydi ated and almost starved, the dog at first would neither eat nor drink. .Mrs. Moss, Jimmy’s mother, said Pat evidently fell into a break in the sewer and worked his way a considerable distance to the drain’s river exit. ed at headquarters within the nekt few days, the Derby in ail prob ability will get underway with at least 50 boys competing for a score or more valuable prizes and the right to represent Wilmington end The Star-News in the national finals at Akron, Ohio, on August 17. Many boys have expressed a de sire to enter the big race over the weekend, ' and where neces sary, sponsors will be found for them in order that they may com pete in the “greatest, amateur rac ing event in the world for boys.” See CAMPERS on Page Two BLAST OF CHEMICALS ON SHIP ROCKS PIER AT PHILADELPHIA, PA. PHILADELPHIA, July 8—<5>>— Three drums of Nltro Celluose exploded today on a pier, rock ing the Southeast section of this city and igniting other merchan dise being loaded on the freighter African Moon. The sprinkling system on the pier prevented spreading of the flames, police said, and nobody was in injured seriously. But six members of the crew, who were in the Texas City disaster took no chances. They dived into the water and later were picked up by a fireboat. One drum of the Nitro Celluose exploded as It was being prepared for hoisting aboard the ship. It ignited two other drums causing the series of explosions, and ig nitted other merchandise waiting to be loaded on the ship. Capehart Sees Need Of Cape Fear Work; Daniels, Others Assail ‘Arms’ Training Twenty Americans Voice Condemnation Of Plan As War Incentive WASHINGTON, July 6 — (£*) A group of 20 Americans, most oJ them educators or churchmen, assailed universal military train ing today as part of an arms race theory that would bring on “a ti tanic showdown conflict with Rus sia. Signers of a joint statement in cluded Josephus Daniels, secre tary of the Navy in the first World War; Dr. Robert M. Hut chins, chancellor of the Univer sity of Chicago; the Rev. William J. Miller, S. J., president of the University of Detroit, and Sentaoi Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo.). JLiitry uiBcu - - cent report of President Truman’s commission on universal training, saying it is based on an implied assumption that “war with Russis within a decade or two is inevi table.” “The commission draws from this the conclusion, which is de See DANIELS On Page Two Coal Strike Looms As Operators, Lewis Deadlock Over Contract; French Fear Split On Europe Aid Joint Policy Meet Planned Scandinavian Nations Par ley Wednesday; Soviets Welcomed PARIS, July 6 — (JP) — French diplomats made no attempt tonight to hide their concern at the threat of Europe splitting into hos tile camps over the Marshall aid Europe proposal, but stressed anew that the door remained open for Soviet participation. They clung to their stand that the Marshall program offered Europe a unique opportunity to overcome the divisions and quar rels which have plagued the con tinent for centuries, and continued plans for the conference of parti cipating nations opening here next Saturday. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said 11 nations had indicated” un officially their intention to take part. They include Ireland, Nor way, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Iceland and Turkey. Meet Wednesday Representatives of the three Scandinavian countries will * meet Wednesday in Copenhagen to de termine their joint policy. It was reported here that Sweden would press for political reservations, in view of her geopraphical position next to the Soviet orbit. Unofficial word from Finland was that she would reject the in vitation unless the Russian atti tude changed. Both the British and French Foreign offices urged the Soviets to reconsider their deci sion not to particiate in the plan to establish machinery for eco nomic mutual assistance prior to requesting American financial aid. Meanwhile statements w e r]e made in the Moscow newspaper Pravda that Britain and France had issued invitations to 22 na tions for the July 12 meeting be fore the end of the meeting here last week with Soviet Foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov. YOUTH FIRES 13 SHOTS INTO MAN Daymon Howard Of Apex Held On Charge Of Murder RALEIGH, July 6. —(UR)— A slim 20-year-old youth who said he was "tired of talk” about him and his 54-year-old landlady was held today after her son-in-law was riddled with 13 rifle shots. Deputy sheriff T. S. Matthews said Daymon Howard, 20, of Apex, gave himself up at a neighbor’s home after Herbert Smith, about 42, died instantly in a fusillade from a .22 caliber rifle. Howard moved into the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Athlin in 1941, the deputy said. Athlin later quar reled with his wife and moved to the home of her son-in-law, Smith. Young Howard continued to live at the Athlin home, where Mrs. Ath lin also remained. Lured Man Away Matthews quoted Howard as say ing he drove to Smith’s home in tending to kill both men, but Ath lin was playing with his 8-year-old son. "I didn’t want to kill his grand father right in front of the kid,” the deputy quoted Howard. Instead,, Matthews said, he lured Smith into the car and drove to a hollow about 150 yards down the road. There Smith was shot 10 times in the side and five more shots were fired through the wind shield from the front. Thirteen of the bullets struck Smith. _ Along The Cape Fear | NO MONEY — You treasure seekers can lay down that 3hovel and pick, that is if you are head ed for Money Island. There may i,be treasure in some other section of this coast which at one time harbored i~an> pirates — but you won’t find it on that little bit of ground in Greenville Sound which received its name because of some buried chests supposedly put there by Captain Kidd. A legend which persists today, and to which some “color and glamor” has been added by An drew J. Howell in his book, “Mon ey Island” has sent scores of people scurrying over the bit of land and plunging shovels and sounding rods into its surface in an effort to find pirate chests. * * * WRONG CLASSIFICATION — Howell’s book, to be found in the Wilmington Public Library, bears the number 975.6. The same num ber that other books bear on the same and adjacent shelves. It means, according to the Dewey VOLUNTEER WORKERS are sped to a strategic point in a flooded area near Rock Island, 111., by an army “duck.” The amphibious vehicles have been put to good use in rescue missions and to transport food to many persons isolated by the raging waters. This Is an official U. S. Signal Corps pfaotp.—(International Soundphoto)._ _ Wilmington Woman Reports Sighting “Flying Saucer” __ Vw_' -- THE GAUNTLET IS DOWN! ___ What is the state of public opinion in the wake of Pr®sj<1®"‘ Truman’s clash with Congress over labor legislation. D‘U me President's forthright stand aga nst tte Taft Harjey bill mak ne.v friends for him among the nation’s voters? Where does he stand today with business men, white collar workers, farmers and manual workers? Most important of all, what do labor union members now thing of him? Senator Robert A. Taft, a leading Republican presidential aspirant, was just as vigorous as Mr. Truman but on the other side of the fence. Did his leadership help or hinder his 1948 chances? Answers to questions like these are basic to an understanding of the complex political campaign now under wTay. You can read the answers in a significant series of four articles by Dr. George Gallup In the Star beginning Friday, July 11. If you are planning to follow the 1948 campaign—and who isn’t—you won’t want to miss this series: Friday, July 11—Truman’s Popularity Today. Saturday, July 12—Truman’s Prospects for Renomination. Sunday, July 13—Basic Voting Strength of Major Parties. Wednesday, July 16—Popularity of GOP Candidates. Peace, Not Quiet, Returns To Holister, California HOLIS'-ISR, Calif., July 6—(iR— Peace — but not quiet — was re stored to Hollister today after 36 hours of turmoil created by hun dreds of visiting motorcyclists and their friends who turned a city street into a speed-and-stunt area, area. Thirty-two special officers were called in to help the seven man city police force quell the disturb ance. At least 50 persons were injured, three seriously. Thirty-eight arrests were made, mostly on charges of drunken driving, reckless driving and va grancy. Motorcycles still roared through this little city of 4,800 today but there was none of the defiance of peace officers that marked Friday’ night and yesterday and last night. Here on a three-day “Gypsy tour,” flat race and hill climb event, the visitors, estimated by police to number 4,000 were ex pected to leave the city by night fall. Authorities said there were about 750 motorcycles in the car avan. Many carried two riders, by automobile. Other members cf the group came Trouble started late Friday when the cyclists virtually took over this town. They began racing and stunting on a main thoroughfare. They paid no head to orders from police to stop. Then local police called for aid. C. L. Ramirez State Highway Patrolman who was among the special officers called in attributed the disturbance to “wild elements” A special session of police court was held this morning .Judge Frank Buchter imposed fines ranging up to $250 on 21 offenders. Seventen were sentanced yester day.Most of the fines were paid. FOREMEN’S UNION ENDS FORD STRIKE ■ DETRIOT, July 6—(TP)— The Foremen’s association of America (1ND.) called off its strike against the Ford Motor Co., today Pat rick Mullin, local board president announced. At a mass meeting by 3,200 of the 3,800 unionized foremen em ployed by Ford, a board recom mendation to end the 47-day-old strike was approved by a 10 to 1 ratio, he said. Mullin said the board’s recorn See FOREMEN On Page Two GREEK AID MISSION MEMBERS DIE FROM BURNS AT UNIT FIRE ATHENS, July 6 — UP) — Three persons died today cf burns and injuries suffered Saturday in a fire in a building housing units of the American Aid Mission to Greece, bringing the two-day death toll to six. Two other persons are listed as missing. Of 18 other persons burned in the blaze, which Greek officials said was caused by “Communisl sabotage,” doctors said four were not expected to live. Fire department and insurance officials estimated the damage al more than $200,000. Decimal system, by which libra ries classify their books, that the volume has to do with North Carolina history. But Howell says his book, in which he relates how he and three others found one of Captain Kidd s buried treasure chests beneath an oak tree, is fiction. Apparently the only truth in it is the part about the location of Money Is land. * * * LUST FOR GOLD — But the desire for the shekel has brought many a weekend muscle ;nto play. Before engaging in a search for treasure the careful planner usual ly does some survey work. While doing this a number of persons must have looked under the North Carolina history section in the library and perused Howell’s book. After learning that Howell found only one of the two chests, they have begun to dig with renewed energy. Little do they know that See CAPE FEAR On Pape Two Indiana Senator Return! To Capital Armed With Pertinent Data Senator Homer Capehart of In diafia, a member of the senate Riv ers and Harbors committee, lef here at noon yesterday by plane fo: Washington armed with data an< information which he said shouli prove that the Cape Fear Rive channel and the Wilmington Por should gain further appropriation within the next few years. The senator, before his departuri told friends he was convinced tha further improvements in this Por and along the river are urgentl; needed. His remarks followed an mspec tion tour of the port and rive aboard the “Kitty Hawk,” Unitei States army engineer’s inspectio ship. Col. B. C. Snow was host on th trip yesterday morning which ir eluded Mayor E. L. White, Count; Commissioner Harry Gardnei Frederick Willetts, chairman c the Port Commission, J. T. Hiers executive secretary of the com mission and others. Phenomenon Seen Here Early Tuesday Night; Nation Now Agog Wilmington is not to be outdone by other communities in the na tion on these fl^jng saucers. At least one person here is "posi tive” that one of the obstacles passed over this city at a terrific rate of speed the other night. That person is Mrs. W. H. Pem berton, 715 Dock streeet. And in her mind there is no doubt but what she saw was a flying sau cer. She said last night she didn’t publicly report the incident until urged to do so by relatives. "I just didn’t think people would believe me,” she explained. “Be sides, I’m not much for publicity.” Mrs. Pemberton, who rents rooms at her home, related that about 9::30 p.m., last Tuesday she was sitting on her front porch. The moon was in the sky to the south. Suddenly, she said, she glimpsed the obstacle between trees south of her home. It was traveling at a rapid speed. Brilliant Light "The caucer was about the size of an automobile headlight and had a very brilliant light,” she as serted. "It w'as perfectly round but not quite as clear cut in shape as the moon.” Mrs. Pemberton declared the saucer dropped in a vertical line from the sky. “It was only in the air a mat ter of seconds from the time ] saw it until it disappeared—not more than six or eight seconds,” she added. The woman said it had no tail and did not revolve. It looked as if it disappeared be yond Greenfield Lake. Mrs. Pemberton related that she ran into her home to tell her grandson and that members oi the household gathered on the porch but that the excitement was all over. No other neighbors were out See WILMINGTON on Page Twt NAVY HELLDIVER HITS TWO HOUSES Pilot Dies In Fire From Gas Tanks; Passenger Seriously Injured QUINCY, Mass., July 6 — UP)—A Naval "Helldiver” taking off from Squantum Naval Air station crashed into -two homes in the ■ Wollaston section of Quincy, kill ing its pilot and seriously injuring its single passenger. A Navy announcement withheld the names of both men in the plane pending notification of next ’ of kin. It said, however, that both were Navy personnel. The Navy said first accounts in dicated there wore no civilian cas , ualties although the plane set fire ' to one house. A Navy public relations officer at the Squantum field said the Helldiver suddenly dipped in a left hand turn after it was airborne and sheared off the top of one ■ house and plunged into one be ; yond. Pl&ne Burns I The craft, with full gasoline l tanks, burst into flames. The • Navy said the resulting fire burn t ed through the attic of the second i house. Both were described as two and one-half story homes. : First accounts said the pilot was t caught in the plane and burned t with it. The passenger was said r to have been thrown some dis tance. He was taken to Chelsea - Naval hospital. r The first house hit was severely 1 damaged. Part cf the roof and i part of the side of the house were sheared away. One wing of the 5 bomber was caught in the wreck - age. r The second house hit, a large . multiple-family residence at 37 f Faxon street at the corner of Ed , win stret, was nearly destroyed. - Fire started by the plane burned down to the second floor. Lawyers Hit By New Laws UMW Chieftan Wants Pro tection For Miners From Taft-Hartley Act WASHINGTON, July 6—(JP)—At torneys for John L. Lewis and soft coal operators remained locked over written terms of the proposed new contract for Northern and steel company mines tonight, vir tually eliminating hope for formal settlement before tomprrow. A strike looms Tuesday when the miners end their ten-day vaca tion. unless a settlement is signed before then or Lewis calls off the threat at Northern and steel mines while the contract framing goes on. The lawyers ran smack into the Taft-Hartley labor law when, ac j cording to some operators, Lewis insisted on protection for the union and the miners from the strike penalties in the act. Lewis held his 200-man policy committee in readiness to ratify the Northern and steel company agreement — reached tentatively last Wednesday _ but recessed them subject to call. Since it would take a couple hours to re assemble them, the chance for a formal pact was regarded as slight after mid-evening even though the legal work might be completed. About 150,000 of the 400,000 soft coal miners would be covered by the Northern-steel company pact. One operator who declined use of his name said that Lewis was insisting that the union be cleared of the risk of being sued under provisions of the Taft-Hartley act in the event of a strike, but that the producers were balking. The new labor act permits suing of a union for breach of contract. The operator said further that Lewis wanted a union official— presumably himself — to be named chairman of the three-man board of irustees administering the huge welfare fund for the miners, and that this chairman should have veto power. The proposed new paci boosts the tonnage royalty to build up this fund from five to ten cents. It thus would yield mor* than $50,000,000 a year. DARST EULOGIZES GREEN, PIONEERS Bishop Sounds Warning On Christian Leadership In Manteo Sermon MANTEO, July 6—Without Chrls tian leadership democracy as known by the founders of this na tion. will perisn and lose “itself in the rabid and dangerous Com munistic program that looms over the world “ The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, retired Wilmington bishop, today made that prediction at the open ing Sunday sermon of the Lost Colony open air theater here. Ex cept for t,wo years, the bishop Hfcs delivered the opening sermon at this event since 1937. nc recalled me ounaay on July 1, 1937, when the colony opened its first season and he preached the initial sermon. Today he again paid tribute to Paul Green and the pioneers of those days and coupled them with the present and the future. The bishop said: “Those pio neers, whom we honor today, and whcse brave, pathetic story has been so wonderfully told by Paul Green, died not having received the promise. They vanished, but they left a trail: they perished, but they first opened a door; they died, but not before they had seen the Promised land. “Down the centuries that wait ahead, there will be some whis per of our names, some mention and devotion to the dream that brought us here,’’ said John Bor den in his reputed conversation with Eleanor Dare as the little, lonely, hungry, frightened group faced their destiny. And I would stress today in this high hour of danger, confusion, doubt, and dread that we, too, face the crash ing of the hopes for which our fathers died, the blotting out of the light that, like the Star of Behlehem. led them to this land of promise. “We do stand on the threshold of destiny, and two doors are open before us, one to defeat—one to victory; one to chaos—one to tha Kingdom of God. ..“In times past, we have delayed decisions, evaded responsibilities, See DAFST On Page Two And So f o bed The needle on the large, round thermometer high up aside the building on Front north of Chestnut street, yes terday afternoon registered 92 degrees. The man in the rumpled, white suit paused and looked up at the clock • appearing thermometer. From his pock et he drew his watch. Bleary eyed, he peered at the thermo meter, then at his wateh. “Umph,” he ejaculated. “This watch never does keep th# right time.’* e f