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VO^NO.^--- WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1947 " ESTABLISHED 1881
Mountbatten
tings Choice
Present Viceroy Of India
Named Governor-General
Oi Hindu Dominion
LONDON, Aug., 3 King—(U.R)—
George VI has approved the ap
pointment of Adm. Viscount
jlountbatten, present viceroy of
India, as governor-general of the
rc v predominantly Hindu domin
jon of India to take effect Aug.
.3 it was announced tonight.
The King also approved the ap
pointment of Mohammed Ali Jin
nah, Moselem League leader who
raised the cry for a separate Mos
]em state IV years ago, as gov
ernor-general of the Dominion of
Pakistan. He too will take over
Aug* 15
jinnah originated the idea of an
independent Pakistan in 1930. By
coincidence the word means land
of tie pure. Actually it is a qpined
word taken from Moslem majori
ty areas: P for Punjab, A for
Afghan (Northwest frontier pro
vince), K for Kashmir, S for
5md and “ten” for Baluchistan.
Take Up Cry
At first, Pakistan was not taken
seriously, even by Moslems them
selves. But, outnumbered by Hin
dus, the Moslems were the “have
nots'’ of India in the past 40 years
of discriminatory governments in
Hindu majority provinces. With
the realization that the British
must determine a final form of
government ior India, millions of
Moslems took up the cry of Pakis
tan.
Britain, in the hope- independent
India would be a united India, and
with the strong support of the
Hindu Congress party, set up an
ir.ierim government last Septem
ber to guide India through the
transition process. Although Mos
lems took portfolios in the cabi
net, they boycotted the constitu
tion-making assembly. The dream
cl a united India faded.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee,
In the House of Commons June
8, unfolded a second-choice plan
to partition India into Pakistan
and Hindustan, each with domin
ion status, including the right to
Quit the British Empire.
Pandit Jawaliarlal NWFhru, indi
eating Congress acceptance, said,
“it may be that in this way we
shall reach that united India soon
er than otherwise and that she
will have a stronger and more
secure foundation.”
Two separate cabinets were set
up July 19. Mountbatten, together
with the India cabinet, headed by
Nehru, will remain in New Delhi.
Jinnah and the Pakistan cabinet,
f headed by Liaqat Ali Khan, which
has been functioning in New
Delhi, will move to Karachi, Pak
istan capital on the Arabian Sea.
India (Hindustan) will be by far
the largest of the two new domin
ions. Except for the state of Hy
derabad, in the heart of th« pon
derous Peninsula, it will cover a
solid piece of territory populated
by 198.000,000. It Is more fertile
than Pakistan, it gained most of
India’s industry by partition, and,
ir. division of India’s native de
fense forces, was given the larger
Army and Navy.
Pakistan’s territory will be di
See MOUNTBATTEN, Page Two
NORWEGIAN KING
RECEIVES YACHT
f1 ?akon, 75, Hailed As
Nation’s Most Popular
Monarch
OSLO. Norway, Aug. 3 —(,/P)—
King Haakon was hailed on his
15th birthday today as “the most
popularly beloved” monarch Nor
rav ever had, and was presented
1 i'h 1 » country’s highest deeora
1 on, the medal for civil merit,
*'■ a special cabinet council.
The king, who has reigned since
1905. wore the new decoration on
1 triumphal two-hour tour of Oslo
turing which he was cheered by
hundreds of thousands.
The official program of King’s
birthday observance ended when
“• addressed a huge throng in
front of the capital’s city hall.
But the celebration continued
*hth a festival and open air danc
bg throughout the bright summer
ju?ht, while Haakon was feted by
,ls family and a few personal
biends at the palace.
. The king’s birthday gift from
le Norwegian people was a Bri
tish-built motor yacht of 1,632
°ns. the Philante, built in 1937
'or Thomas Sopwith, British multi
toi'iionaire, and purchased by pop
, ar subscription of Haakon’s sub
lects.
I he Weather
< FORECAST
p.'0-^ Carolina and North Carolina—
r.,n r'ioudy and warmer Monday ai}d
1 Jesday.
'Eastern Standard Time)
v U. S. Weather Bureau)
^tcorological data for the 24 hours
lnI 7:30 p. m.t yesterday:
. temperatures
fil R1. m- 74i 7:30 a- m- 75’ 1:30.P
■T„ 1 ;30 p. m. 80; maximum 83; min
‘ "3; mean 73; normal 76.
, HUMIDITY
r «■ m. 89; 7:30 a. m. 88; 1:30
1 m- ?9; 7:30 p. m. 79.
T PRECIPITATION
j °ai for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.,
> inches.
I*0*1 since the first of the month,
inches.
,p TIDES FOR TODAY
U, Tide Tables published by
Coast and Geodetic Survey).
fciw HIGH LOW
Kington H:i7 a.m. 6:19 *.m.
Ha 11:36 p.m. 6:15 p.m.
nb°ro Inlet_ 8:53 am, 3:06 a.m.
g 9:16 p.m. 3:05 p.m.
Ifj-C 0 5:25; sunset 7:10; moonrise
m°orxset 7:35a.
\ , ‘er slaSe at Fayetteville, N. C., at
Mon*’ blank feet*
LEATHER ON FACHE TWO
TWO BRAVE EMPLOYEES of the Appalachian Electric Power
Co., Welch, W. Va., Imogene Thompson (left) and Opal Sutherland
display plenty of courage as they stroll along one of the town’s buckled
pavements. Many of Welch’s streets have started to sink following a
mysterious shitting of the earth and large cracks have appeared In
many of its buildings. Authorities believe an underground river or
extensive mining operations have caused the settling. (International
Soundphoto)
Coast Guard Will Note
157th Birthday Today
STARTS TODAY
The series of stories detail
ing the history of Thalian Hall
and the Thalian association be
gins today on the back page of
the Star.
These stories represent ex
tensive research and probably
will form the most authentic
history of the hall and its play
ers now in existance.
Turn to the story now and
follow it each day in the Star.
HUNDREDS SLATED
TO ATTEND MEET
League Of Municipalities
Convention Attendance
May Break Records
North Carolina municipal offi
cials, loaded with mounting pro
blems of finance and administra
tion, will break all attendance rec
ords at the annual conference of
the North Carolina League of Mu
nicipalities at Wrightsville Beach
August 21-26,' Mrs. BaVSTta L.
Steed of Raleigh, executive sec
retary of the League, announced
today.
Mrs. Steed said reservations in
dicate that 300 or more municipal
officials will attend the confer
ence, which will place emphasis
on problems of municipal finance,
housing, parking, traffic and
state-local relations. Attendance
at the Asheville conference
last year was 175.
Experts in various fields of mu
nicipal administration will speak
at the Wrightsville conference,
which will be the League’s 38th
annual meeting. In addition to a
number of national figures, sev
eral key municipal officials of
North Carolina will address the
conference and the group sessions.
Group meetings have been ar
ranged for mayors, members of
governing boards and city attor
See HUNDRED on Page Two
BLAST; FIRE KILLS
ILLINOIS YOUTHS
Three Lose Lives In Back
yard Clubhouse; Fourth
Critically Burned
DANVILLE, 111., Aug. 3 —(A5)—
Three high school boys were burn
ed to death early today and a
fourth was reported near death
after a series of explosions and
a fire destroyed their back yard
clubhouse.
The dead are Howard Phelps,
16; Harry L. Culp, 18, and John
L. Hinner, 17, residents of the vil
lage of Tilton, two miles South
west of here. All attended Dan
ville high school.
Paul Phelps, 17, a brother of
Howard, who was graduated from
high school in June, was hospital
ized with first and second degree
burns covering most of his body.
He was not expected to live.
John D. Cole, Vermilion county
coroner, said neighbors of the
Phelps family in whose back yard
the clubhouse was situated, re
ported hearing four explosions
about three A.M. The cause of the
blasts was not immediately deter
mined, Cole said, the remains of
a can of gasoline were found in
thp rharreri rubble.
Important Branch Of Arm
ed Services Was Autho
rized Aug. 4, 1790
The United States Coast Guard
Cutter Mendota is expected to be
the focal point today of south
eastern North Carolina’s ob
servance of the 157th anniversary
of the Coast Guard.
Commander G. H. Bowerman
said “open house” would be held
from 1 to 4 p.m. today.
Formerly on ice patrol duty in
the North Atlantic, the Mendota
left Boston early this past week
and arrived in ample time to
reach her home port for partici
pation in the anniversary celebra
tion, which has been declared an
official holiday for Coast Guards
men.
Born the Revenue Marine, later
to be called the Revenue Cutter
Service, and finally to become the
Coast Guard, this branch of the
armed service was authorized
August 4, 1790.
It had its inception soon after
Congress had passed the first
tariff act in 1789 when Alexander
Hamilton, first Secretary of the
Treasury, recommended to Con
gress -*hs~oonstrtictfifnrtR(" 1C boats
to be used “for the security of the
revenue.”
Soon after its organization the
Revenue Marine was given addi
tional duties and eight of its cut
ters were used with 12 vessels of
the newly organized Navy in the
quasi war with France in 1798 and
1799. They captured, unaided, 16
See COAST GUARD on Page 2
FOG, SPEED TAKES
LIVES OF THREE
Durham County Youths
Killed, Foul* Others Bad
ly Injured Sunday
DURHAM, Aug. 3.—(ff)—A foggy
night and a high rate of speed
were blamed by investigating of
ficers for the wreck which claimed
the lives of three Durham county
youths and brought serious injury
to four others on the Wake Forest
highway early this morning.
The dead were listed as Arthur
O. Woods, 24, of Wake Forest road,
Durham, Route 4; John Terry, 20,
of Morrisville, Route 1; and
Claude Churchill, 21, of Durham,
Route 4.
The injured were listed by state
highway Patrolman T. P. Smith,
investigating officer, a's Rush
Combs, 34, of Morrisville; Eddie
Barksdale, of Route 6, Raleigh;
James E. Reagen, 20, of Route 1,
Morrisville, and E. E. Fowler, 20,
no address given.
Watts hospital attache* reported
the condition of Combs and Barks
dale as “good” today, and Rea
gan, with his right arm in a cast
and fifteen stitches in his side, was
able to talk to relatives this after
noon.
Traveling Fast
Smith said the 1936 Ford coach
in which the boys were riding wais
obviously traveling at a high rate
of speed when it apparently skid
ded before turning over on a
straight stretch of road one-quar
ter of a mile east of the Oak
Grove school, according to Patrol
mam Smith.
Reagan reportedly told his
mother today that the death car
See FOG, SPEED On Page Two
“Red Tide” Of Dead Fish
Moves Up Florida Coast
CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug 3—
(IP)—The great mass of dead fish
victims of a mysterious fish
plague — was centered off Clear
water beach today as it moved
slowly Northward along Florida’s
Gulf coast.
The huge jumble of fish with
its accompanying amber colored
waters has moved about five
miles within the past 24 hours.
So far, said Dr. Franklin E.
Campbell, Pinellas county health
director, no fish have been wash
ed ashore here. The afternoon
high tide brought in none.
Farther south In Pinellas «oun
ty along the Indian rocks and Red
ington Beach areas, county work
ers and volunteers buried piles of
fish in a trench two and a half
miles long.
Dr. Campbell suggested that va
cationists “just postpone their va
cations” to the beaches in this im
mediate area temporarily. He es
timated "ten days will see the
thing through.”
He stressed “we are not for
bidding anything” and the current
difficulties from the masses of
dead fish were “temporary”
The so-called “red tide” with its
See RED TIDE On Page Two
Van Mook Orders Dutch To Cease
Fire In Indonesia At Noon Today;
Economic Crisis Facing Britain
Imports May
Suffer Slash
Attlee Prepares Portentous
Statement For Presenta
tion To Congress
LONDON, Aug. 3 — (U.R) — Amer
ican Ambassador Lewis W. Doug
las flew to Paris today to confer
with William T ' on, United
States under of state,
on Great Britain’s economic and
financial crisis.
A high government source said
that the cabinet might meet on
the crisis tomorrwo, even though
the day is one of the big holidays
of the year — August Bank Hol
iday.
Prime Minister Clement R.
Attlee epent the day at his coun
try home, Chequers, writing a
crisis statement as portentous as
some of those his predecessor
Winton Churchill wrote during
grave periods of World War II.
He was preparing for a two
days debate in Commons starting
Wednesday. He was expected to
outline an austerity program un
precented in any big Western
country in peace time.
This program was expected to
include:
1— A $500,000,000 cut in imports.
2— Sharper restriction, if not
complete withdrawl, of gasoline
for pleasure use.
3— Drastic reduction, . perhaps
suspension, of foreign exchange
allowances for pleasure trips
abroad.
4— Restriction of non-essential
industries in order to divert man
power to export production.
Clothing Cut
5— Reduction in the clothing ra
tion to free more textiles for ex
port.
6— War time overtime in essen
tial industries.
7— Drastic reductions in the
strength of the fighting forces.
It is reported that the govern
ment will ask. the United States
to ease those clauses in the Anglo
See IMPORTS On Page Two
VIOLENCE TAKES
LIVES OF EIGHT
Auto Accident Accounts
For Three Deaths; River
Claims Swimmer
By The Associated Press
Three young men were killed in
an auto wreck and at least five
other persons died violently in
North Carolina during the week
end.
Arthur O. Woods, 24, of Dur
ham, Route 4; John Terry, 20, of
Morrisville, Route 1; and Claude
Churchill, 21, of Durham were
killed when the automobile in
which they were riding crashed
and overturned on the Wake For
est highway near Durham early
Sunday.
Frederick Dickson Greene, 46,
of Lenoir, was found dead in a
wrecked automobile near Lenoir
Friday.
River Victim
Nolin Thompson, 20, of Spindale,
was drowned in the Broad river
near Rutherfordton Sunday.
In Henderson Sunday Coroner
Herbert A. Ellis ruled as suicide
the death of Dr. John D. Muse.
52, who was found with a gunshot
wound in his side.
Mrs. James Sullivan, 22, was
found dead Friday in the attic
of a nurses home in Fayetteville.
Coroner Joe W. Pinkston ruled
that she had committed suicide
by cutting her wrists.
Jarvey R. Lowrey, 25, of Alta
pass, N. C., was found dead on
the railroad track at Bostic Sat
day night. His body apparently
had been crushed by a train.
NETHERLANDS AMBASSADOR TO THE U. S.. Dr. E. N .van Kleffens Is pictured (right) as he ad
dressed delegates at the United Nations Security C ouncil, Lake Success, N. Y., on the current Nefher
Iands-Indonesian dispute. Dr. van Kleffens proposed that some “friendly country’’, such as the United
States, mediate the problem, but only after “law and order’’ had been restored in the country. Shown
at the meeting are (I. to r.) Herschel V. Johnson, U nited States; Col. W. R. Hodgson, Australia, and Dr.
van Kleffens. (International)
International Crisis Keeping
Marshall Busy On Dozen Fronts
l____ . _ l__
THERE’S KINDNESS, SYMPATHY
BESIDES WIND IN C HI C A G 0
CHICAGO, Aug. S—(fP>—The Washburn family of five, robbed
of $200 then befriended by strangers, left for their home in Butte,
Mont., today, voicing praise for Chicago:
“When you get to know It, Chicago really has a great big
heart.’’
Charles, 35 the father, was robbed of $200 by a pickpocket
Thursday and Mrs. Washburn, 26, and their three cheldren were
stranded in a downtown hotel. They had arrived from Boston
Thursday en route to Montana.
A stranger, learning of their plight, offered to buy their rail
road tickets home, but Washburn settled for a $100 loan. Shortly
thereafter, a young couple called at their hotel and thrust $100 into
Mrs. Washburn’s hands, despite her protests that the family now
had funds to travel. \
The Washburn’s left for home today after a visit of the city.
POLICE CLOSE OPEN
AIR MEETING AFTER
JEWS ARE HECKLED
LONDON, Aug. 3 —(#)—Anti
Jewish demonstrations, which
broke out last night in Liverpool,
Glasgow and other cities as a re
sult of the hanging of two British
sergeants by the Zionist under
ground in Palestine, spread today
to London
Police closed an open air meet
ing in London of the Jewish Ex
Servicemen's Association when a
crowd of 200 onlookers shouted
threats at the participants. Six
windows were smashed in a syna
gogue in suburban Catford.
No casualties were reported.
CLEMENTS LEADS i
KENTUCKY RACE
U. S. Reresentative Has
12,00 Democratic Lead
For Governorship
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 3—(U.R)
—u. S. Rep. Earle C. Clements!
today held a 12,000 vote margin
over Harry Lee Waterfield, his1
chief opponent for Democratic
nomination as governor, but Wat
erfield’s headquarters hoped a
count of the rural vote would
change the picture.
In the Republican race, State
Attorney General Eldon S. Dum
mit, Lexington, piled up a 10,000
vote margin over his nearest op
ponent, John Fred Williams, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion.
Williams’ headquarter* also
joined with Waterfield in the belief
that victory lay in the rural pre
cincts.
Williams wal supported by the
administration of Gov. Simeon S.
Williams a/id Dummit was back
See CLEMENTS On Page Two
Along The Cape Fear
ENGINEERS’ OFFICE—T h e
United States Engineers’ office is
one of the oldest federal agencies
in Wilmington. It is the agency,
according to local authoritiest who
has done the most in bringing out
the potential possibilities of east
ern North Carolina in the way of
navigation.
The original office was opened
in 1885 on Second street just south
of Market street. Later it was
moved to the third floor of the
old post office where it remained
until 1916. At that time it was
moved to its present quarters in
the customhouse.
At the beginning there were
about five employes. Now it com
prises between 25 and 30 engi
neers, draftsmen, accountants and
administrative workers. Li addi
tion there are approximately 250
field employes. Equipped with the
latest technical instruments, the
office is the last word in engineer
ing efficiency.
* * *
WORK ON THE RIVER—The
Cape Fear river with its length
of 320 miles, the largest stream
in the state, is the water way on
which the engineering office has
spent most of it« tim* *©ward im
proving. Since 1821 either the state
of North Carolina or the United
States government has been work
ing toward improving the stream
from a navigation standpoint.
Prior to 1761, it was reported
that a depth of 14 feet at low tide
was available over the bar at the
river’s mouth. Fourteen miles be
low Wilmington its depth was 10
feet. At Wilmington the depth was
reported: at seven and one-half
feet.
In 1761, a severe equinoctial
storm made a breech through the
outer banks about eight miles
above the present entrance. This
breach making a new mouth to the
river was named the New Inlet.
It was made famous during the
Civil War by blockade runners.
* * «
U. S. TAKES OVER—In 1829 the
United States government took
active charge of the river improve
ments. In 1829, again in 1854, and
once more in 1870 improvements
to deepen the main channel was
authorized. That was done by the
construction of jetties and by the
closure of the New Inlet.
The closure of the New Inlet
was finished in 1881. M «ost ap
proximately $900,000,
JAYCEES MEETING
PLANS COMPLETED
Quarterly Gathering Of
State Group To Be Held
At Wrightsville
More than 26 North Carolina
cities will be represented at the
three-day convention of the first
quarterly meeting of the state
Junior Chamber of Commerce this
month at Wrightsville Beach.
Beginning Friday, August 15,
the sessions will extend through
the three-days with business gath
erings and entertainment includ
ing dancing, a banquet, luncheon,
a water carnival and motorboat
races.
Friday night, the opening day,
will see a meeting of the executive
committee and rehearsal of the
beauty pageant. The afternoon of
the second day will be devoted to
a meeting of a state committee,
and a beauty queen’s talent show
at Lumina hall. A banquet will
be served at the Ocean Terrace
hotel at 6:30 p.m. with the beauty
pageant and dance following at
Lurniua hall.
Board meetings will be conduct
ed the following morning at An
chor Inn. Luncheon will be served
at 1 . Ocean Terrace and a water
car; nd motorboat races will
be :n Banks channel.
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
AS HUMAN TORCH
Cuban Native Applies
Paint Thinner To Body,
Sets Self Afire
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 3.—(£>)—Mrs.
Marie Batista, 27, died in a hos
pital today five and a half hours
after, Homicide Detective Thomas
B. Lipe reported, she covered her
body with a paint thinner and
made herself a human torch.
Lipe said that Mrs. Batista’s
husband, Louis, heard her screams
and rushed to the porch of their
home where he found her in
flames.
The detective said his investiga
tion sdowed that Mrs. Batista had
used a pitcher of paint thinner
that had been left on the porch
overnight. He said she applied it
See WOMAN TAKES On Page Two
Secretary Leaves Next
Week To Attend Inter
American Meet
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -
Secretary of State George C. Mar
shall leaves for Brazil next week
during what, officials privately
admitted tonight, may be a criti
cal month in rapidly deterorating
international affairs.
He heads the U. S. delegation
to the Inter-American conference
opening in Rio De Janeiro on Aug.
15.
Six weeks hence the United
States resumes its running battle
with the Soviet Union in the
forums of the United Nations as
sembly and the Council of Foreign
Ministers.
And six months from now, it is
optimistically hoped, the “Mar
shall plan” will be in operation.
Marhsll’s objective is to “hold
die line” against Soviet totalitari
anism on a dozen fronts so that
the initiative will be with the Unit
ed States when the fall meetings
start and until his plan for Eu
ropean rehabilitation can get un
der way.
But crises are developing rapid
ly in many areas.
They require Marshall to per
form like a circus juggler—keep
ing many balls in the air at the
same time. If some are not to be
dropped, Marshall must spend
much of his time in Brazil with
his eyes and thoughts elsewhere.
Ever since the Moscow Big Four
conference failed in April, Mar
shall’s objective has been “firm
containment” of title Soviet Union
and maintenance of American in
itiative at vital points of contact
with Russia.
The secretary appears to have
See INTERNATIONAL no page two
ROOSEVELT TJ! ES
OFF FOR CAPITAL
Son Of Late President Will
Testify At Hughes Inquiry
This Morning
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—.TP)—El
liott Roosevelt, taking off by plane
tonight for Washington where he
is scheduled to testify tomorrow
before Senators investigating How
ard Hughes’ wartime plane con
tracts, told reporters with a grin:
“Nothing here tonight, boys.
Nothing new until tomorrow.”
The son of the late Presdent
was accompanied by his lawyer,
Joseph Sharfsin, former ctiy soli
citor of Philadelphia. Roosevelt
told newsmen he expected another
lawyer, who was not identified, to
make the trip also but the second
lawyer failed to appear at the air
port.
Asked if he had any comment
to make on earlier testimony be
fore the Senate group by John
Meyer, Hughes’ publicity agent,
that he had been Meyer’s guest at
costly entertainment, Roosevelt
said:
“I saw a lot of headlines. But
I haven’t read anything very care
fully. I have no comment until
I have a chance to speak for my
self on the stand.”
TwoElopingCouplesRob
Tavern,TakeShotAtCop
PAWLING, N. Y., Aug. 3 —(U.R)—
Two young couples eloping from
Philadelphia were captured at a
state police roadblock at dawn to
day after two hours of concen
trated action that included hold:
ing up a tavern, shooting at a
cop, stealing a car and breaking
through a police cordon drawn
around a woods.
James R. Hazlett, 19; Juliu
Bercse, 20; Elaine Pole, 17, and
Jeanne Adcock, 17, all of Phila
delphia, ended their elopment ad
venture at a police block between
Bedford and Armonk, N. Y. Po
lice said the four:
Held up a Pawling tavern at
8 A.M. taking $150
; • \
Raced down the highway in
their car until a county policeman
overtook them and forced them
off the road.
Fired one shot through the po
lice car, narrowly missing the
driver, and fled into a roadside
woods.
Eluded a cordon of state and
county police who moved in on
them, stole another car and were
heading for Armonk, N. Y., when
state police stopped them.
They told state police they were
running away to get married and
held up the tavern with a German
Luger pistol to finance the elope
ment.
Nation Bows
To UN Order
Government Remains Con
vinced, However Edict
Was “Interference”
BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 3.—(A5)—
Acting Gov. Gen. Hubertus J. Van
Mook tonight ordered Dutch troops
in Indonesia to cease firing at
midnight tomorrow night (noon
Monday, Eastern Standard Time).
While thus moving to comply
with the demand of ihe United
Nations Security council, the rank
ing Dutch official in the East In
dies declared his government re
mained convinced the council’*
resolution “constitutes an interfer
ence in the internal affairs'’ of the
Netherlands kingdom.
The Indonesian Republic for
mally requested the Security
council to “continuously supervise
the execution” of the cease-fire
the council proposed for the rich
islands. The Republic announced
it was “prepared to concert all
its efforts for the execution of th#
cessation of hostilities.”
Van Mook’s announcement
marked the first positive result
from a direct attempt by the
United Nations to halt a conflict.
He emphasized that the Nether
lands had accepted the good of
fices of the United States to bring
about a settlement of the conflict
between the Dutch and the Indo
nesians after the cease fire come*
into force.
Oppose Plan
The Republic, however, said In
Jogjakarta it believed arbitration
should be performed by a com
mission appointed by the Security
council. This implied that the
Indonesians opposed mediation by
the United States alone.
Van Mook told radio listeners:
I am sure the present orders
will be executed by Dutch forces
with promptitude and common
sense and with assurance born
from the righteousness of our
cause.
Indicating the Dutch expect to
retain control of at least some Re
publican areas overrun by Nether
lands troops in recent fighting.
Van Mook said: "As soon as re
ports make it possible, those parts
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CHAMPIONlOVES
TINKERING TASKS
Ted Williams Perhaps
Owes Soap Box Title To
Mechanical Ability
Ted Williams’ love for tinkering
perhaps had no little to do with his
achievement in capturing the Wil
mington All-American Soap Box
Derby last Wednesday over the
local Derby Downs course. At least
his father, J. C. Williams, told
Derby headquarters Saturday that
Ted gets a big kick out of tearing
things apart to see what makes
them click and then putting the
odds and ends back together. He
has always been mechanically in
clined, the elder Williams declar
ed.
Last year Ted raced into second
place behind Tommy Williamson
for Wilmington honors. He thought
then that he had a pretty fast
racer but it was not fast enough.
All winter long he planned and re
planned changes in his car to
make it faster. He added weight
(almost too much because he and
his car touched the allowable
weight limit of 250 pounds at
weighing in time) to make it*
downhill momentum greater.
He tinkered with a changed body
design but abandoned that in fav
or of a little more chasis weight.
New wheels and axles were all
that was added to the 1946 Wil
liams car—and they proved enough
to eliminate Bert Lvnan. Albert
King and Billy Land for the titl*.
Goes To Akron
Now he will represent The Star
News and the Soap Box Derby
fans of Wilmington at Akron in
the All-American finals on August
17.
Ted was born at Lumberton, on
November 25. 1931 and received
his early education in that city’s
school. Moving to Wilmington
with his parents in 1941, he en
rolled at Seagate school, later
transferring to Winter Park school
where he starred in baseball and
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And So To Bed
Frank Weyland of Lumber
ton spent last week at Wrights
vllle Beach on his vacation—
a vacation that he said was
dedicated to fishing.
Weyland went out on the pier
at least twice a day for the
seven days that he was there.
“The fishing was good,” he
explained. “But the catching
was poor.”
He admitted that he fhlleil
to make a catch the entire
time.