+ W* ^ ^ Served By Leased Wires gsi^i umtxtgtxut Mxirmttg mar |jjfc VOL. 80.—NO. 310. _ WILMINGTOnTn. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1947 ESTABLISHED l$jj? I -- - ~ , 1 i West Virginia Boy Wins Soap BoxRace Ted Williams, Wilmington Representative, Eliminated In First Heat Of Tenth Annual All-American Races At Akron AKRON, 0., Aug. 17 (U.R)—A 14 old Charleston, W. Va., Lhoolboy, Kenny Holmooe, who .. lns car “behaved just right”, ’a,!led down 975 feet of glistening n phal1- to win the 10th annual All 4 meric a n Soap Box Derby today record time of 26.78 seconds. Tpd Williams, 15-year-old rep resentative of the Wilmington Star ,,-as eiiminated in his first '^Williams was accompanied to . derbv by his parents, Mr. and Mrs J C- Williams, of Winter p-fJt, ’ Wilmington and Jack C Lunar, representing the Star News. Young Williams won the second rual Wilmington Star-News. Kanev Chevrolet company All American Sorf) Box derby held in the port city July 30. A c!owd estimated in excess of "5 000 spectators along the 30-foot wide track watched Kenny come from behind at the 200-foot mark in the tinals and forge steadily ,head to win the classic and as sure himself of a free four-year icholarship to any college in the country. A half-soap box behind Kenny in the gravity-powered “greatest imateur racing event in the world” was home town champ Eugene Miller of Akron. In third plaice was Richard Rhodes of Ravenna, 0. A field of 135 competed. With teeth flashing in an ear wide grin on a grease covered lace, the house-slipper clad, geid *n-helmeted Charleston boy gave all credit to his racer and to the fact he kept his fingers crossed all the way. ‘‘I spent about 700 hour* on it,” he said looking fondly at his car. Mobbed by attendants at the finish, Kenny was greeted with a kiss from his mother as judges presented him with a trophy as big as he was. “I don't know where I’ll go to college,” said Kenny, “but I want to study engineering.” Kenny’s fast time beat the mark set last year by Gilbert Klecan of San Diego, Cal., who was clocked in 27.13. However, the fastest time yet recorded in the derby was set in one of the hearts today by anotner San Diego lad. Tony Penneles pushed his racer down the ‘‘gravity grind” in the amazing time of 26.63 seconds, but he was nosed out in the very next heat by Holmboe. At the finish, Kenny was greeted by movie star Jimmy Stewart and Former I' ut. Gen. Jimmy Doo little, hero of the first' raid on Tokyo. Miller won the second place prize of a new automobile and Rhodes won a sound projector and color film of the race. Tonight Kenny was to be honored at a banquet and receive his certificate of scholarship. The other finalists in their re spective order were; William Boatman, Cleveland; Philip Smith, Los Angeles; Bruce Wilging, Mansfield, O.; Bill Althoff, Colum See SOAP BOX On Page Two Greek Guerrilla Chief Creates People’s Court ATHENS, Aug. 17 —(TP)—A Guer rilla broadcast said today people’s courts were being created in the areas of Greece where Gen. Mar ket Vilfiades, Guerrilla chieftain, has aanounced establishment of a regime to rule until a “provisional democratic government” is form ed. The broadcast w-as from the aame Guerrilla army radio station which reported Vilfiades’ initial move. Greek authorities say the transmitter is situated in Tirana, the Albanian capital. Today’s broadcast said the tiree-member people's courts will be under the direction of a peo ple’s commissar and will have au thority to pass sentences up to five years. More serious crimes will fall under the jurisdiction of military courts. There was no authentic informa tion as to where Gen. Markos was holding forth with his temporary government, but one Greek in formant said he was directing his operations from Argirocastro in Albania, 70 miles south of Tirana and only 10 miles from the Greek Albanian frontier. The second broadcast strength ened conviction of Greek govern ment authorities that the Guerril las were attempting to set up a “free communist’’ state in the north. The first broadcast, heard Friday night, said Gen. Vilfiades had assumed all authority to form a “democratic government.” These developments coincided with press dispatches in Athens newspapers reporting a continuing increase in Guerrilla activity, in cluding the capture by a large Guerrilla assault force of Persoy ianni, 12 miles northwest of Konit sa. and Kerasivo, eight miles south of Persoyianni, near the Al banian border in the Grammos and Smolikas mountains. The correspondent for the con servative newspaper Kathimerina reported from Ionnina that the Guerrillas seized important heights around Kastania and Fourka, both within three miles of Kerasivo. Control of this area of approxi mately 100 square miles would put the Guerrillas within 25 miles of Grevena, where they met with serious defeat on July 27. Newspaper reports said the new attack was being launched with See GREEK On Page Two Copperhead Cultists Shimmy, Shout At Jail MOSLEMS INVADE HINDU AMRISTAR Newspaper Reports 100 Armed Men Cross Bor er Near Belin NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 17— D.R—The newspaper National Call “id today that 100 armed mem bers oi i Moslem boundary force I *t Belin, which belongs to Pakis tan had invaded villages in the Amritsar district, which belongs to Hindu India. National Call, a National Con fess Hindu) party newspaper, said the Moslems carried out their invasion in three trucks, shooting many Hindus and Sikhs and setting houses on fire. An Indian (Hindu) boundary ;°i'ce finally arrived, it said, and captured two trucks filled with men after a flurry of shooting. Amritsar, near which the in v asion was reported to have oc curred, is the Sacred city of the Sikhs in the Punjab. This was the See MOSLEMS INVADE on Page 2 The Weather ft, . FORECAST . and North Carolina — Partly • an^ not much change ;n tempera ♦i.‘3 -Monday, widely scattered afternoon -■ndershowers. «Eastern Standard Time) Ky U. S. Weather Bureau) t ^orological data for the 24 hours t 7:3Q d m. yesterdry. TEMPERATURES f-: 1 77; 7:30 a. m. 77; 1:30 p. m. <:-Ji P- m. 79; Maximum 90; Mini " Tl 7o; Mean 82; Normal 73. j HUMIDITY k:";’J m. 37; 7:30 a. m. 91; 1:30 p. rn. 7;30 p. m. 82. T 4 , PRECIPTATION 0RnO tl for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 'cj inches. .ai sincc the first of the month ,ne lungs, had developed, but the senator’s condition was said not to be dangerous at the moment. Attending physicians placed Bil bo’s name on the seriously ill list during the early afternoon. They were continuing their examina tion, and emphasized that their diagnosis was not final. Bilbo came to the hospital Au gust 7 from his home at Poplar ville, Miss. He has been treated for a year for a cancer of the mouth, and has had part of his jaw removed in an operation to halt the spread of the disease. But his current condition is not a result of the cancer. Physicians first thought that he was suffering from Leukemia, but they ruled out that possibility late last week. Bilbo entered the hospital Aug. 7. Two days ago attaches said the senator was suffering from an "unexplained fever” which they said probably resulted from a virus infection. At that time, original plans for another operation on Bilbo’s jaw were postponed. The Mississip pian underwent his first mouth operation last August when doc See BILBO on Page Two SOVIETS SQUEEZE FOR IRANIAN OIL ‘Decisive Government Ac tion’ Expected Winthin 48 Hours, Say Diplomats TEHRAN, Aug. 17 —(JP)— A So viet squeeze for Iranian oil ap peared to be tightening today as the Iranian parliament (Majlis) ac celerated its organization, pre sumably for early consideration of the 16-month-old Russian oil agreement. Some diplomats predicted “de cisive government action, within the next 48 hours. An American army officer re turning from the northern pro vinces said 3,000 Russian troops had massed south of the Caucasus and that “invaion jitters” were sweeping Tabriz and Meshel, the nation’s second and third largest cities. The Iranian army staff was in vestigating reports that Russians were entering northern Iran by ones and twos, posing as desert ers from the Red army. Reza Hekmat, government party candidate and temporary presi dent of parliament, today was elected permanent president by 73 votes to 36 for Seyed Hassan Ta mart, a friend of the powerful Qas auizadeh, former ambassador to Britain and opposition leader. Hek hqai Tribal bloc, is credited with engineering tribal support for premier Ahmed Qavam. A closed meeting was held prior to the regular session. A cabinet member said It was “generally believed” that Qavam had demanded an “immediate ferences for a vote on the pro settlement of organizational dis posed Russian oil concessions “in order to prevent a threatened na tional emergency.” GEORGE ATCHESON UN Council To Work On Hopes For Summer Va cation Abandoned In Yiew Of Developments LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 17—(VP)— The United Nations Security Coun cil today virtually abandoned hopes of a summer vacation in the light of developments in Greece and Indonesia, two of the world’s trouble spots under U. N. surveil lance. The Council had planned to speed through final debate on the Greek, Indonesian and Egyptian cases, vote on new members, and complete its annual report to the General Assembly—all this week —in a drive for a two-week holi day. Surveying the situation today, Chairman Paris El Khoury of Syria said: ‘‘I have little hope that we can get through.” Reports of the Greek Guerrillas’ setting up a separate government and dispatches of continued fight ing in Indonesia pointed up the urgency in those two cases. Both were filed under articles provid ing for potential use of Interna See UN COUNCIL on Page Two MUNICIPALITIES LEAGUE TO MEET Three Hundred Municipal Officers To Gather At Wrightsville Beach RALEIGH, Aug. 17.—(/P)—Three hundred or more municipal offi cials are expected to be on hand for the annual conference of the North Carolina League of Munici palities at Wrightsville Beach Au gust 21-26. Mrs. Davetta L. Steed, league executive secretary, said today. The conference will place em phasis on problems of municipal finance, housing, parking, traffic and state-local relations, Mrs. Steed said. Mayor Henry T. Powell of Hen derson, League President, will pre side over the conference. State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, candidate in next year’s race for governor, will speak at a luncheon session August 25. At geneal sessions on August 26 speakers will be: Robert S. Burch, traffic engineer with the state highway commission; Roy Owsley of Chicago, associate direc tor of the American Municipal Association; and City Manager Roy S. Braden of Raleigh. Mayor Earl H. Tate of Lenior, the league’s first vice-president, is scheduled to be raised to the presidency at the sesion. Along The Cape Fear INDIAN MAIDENS — Iin con neciton with the sale of the Cape Fear river and land adjoining the stream by Indian Chief Watcoosa to the explorers from Barbadces in the fall of 1663, are several in teresting stories as related in ear ly day histories. After the Indian chief had made a speech to the explorers which the white men were unable to understand, he wished to show his good faith by actual deeds. One of those acts was the pres entation to Captian William Hilton of two beautiful Indian maidens. The explorers were given to under stand that the women were the daughters of the chief. Historians dscribed the two girls “as the tallest and the most beautiful women” that Captain Hilton said he had ever seen. It was related that the maidens were far from shy. The two forced themselves into the boat of Captain Hilton much to his dismay, and refused to leave. * * * GIRLS REFUSE TO LEAVE— One historian tells of the event in the following words. “Captain Hilton probably had a wife at home and the thought of presenting these two beautiful girls in their native costume to his better half in Barbadoes must have appalled the stout-hearted ex plorer who already had faced so many lesser dangers. He loaded them with presents. He gallantly entreated thenq to call again, but they laughingly shook their heads and pointing to the ship, indicated Iheir purpose to remain with him for better and for worse. “What was the poor man to do? Worse still, thought the cap tain, what will Mrs. Hilton do. He met the emergency as little George Washington did not do. He pre sented to the father a little hatchet and told him a lie.” The historian goes on to relate that the captain promised the In dians that in four davs he would take the girls aboard his ship. In the meantime, the captain and his crew hoisted sails and quietly sailed away. * * * LEGEND SPRINGS UP—From that sailing a legend came into being. It was related that for many years thereafter, the dis See CAPE FEAR On Page two U. S. Plans May Be Used Republic Stresses Action Not To Supersede Obli gation To UN BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 17. — (JP}~ The Indonesian Republic accepted today a “last chance” offer of the Uunted States’ good offices in set tling the Dutch-Indonesian conflict, but stressed the action did not sup ersede an obligation to comply with U. N. Security Council de cisions on Indonesia. Both Dutch and Indonesian sources reported a flareup in fight ing today — the second anniver sary of Indonesian independence— and President Soekarno and Gen. Soedirman, commander of the In donesian troops, called for continu ed fighting to ensure Indonesian independence. Soekarno boasted that his “scorched earth” policy had frus trated Dutch intentions to reimpose colonial “exploitation” in Indo nesia. Gen. Soedirman, making no mention of the U. N.’s cease fire order, told his troops “it is better for Indonesia to become a sea of flames rather than to be colonized again.” Deputy Foreign Minister Moham See V. S. PLANS On Page Two NEW HEAT WAVE MO NTO WEST Atlantic Coast To Get Hot ter By Wednesday, Says Weatherman CHICAGO, Aug. 17 —(U.R)—A new heat wave moved into the middle west today, spreading over corn belt areas where crops already have been seared by the heat and lack of rain. Temperatures climbed into the high 90’s throughout the southern and central Great Plains and the middle Mississippi valley. After a few days respite from the heat wave of last week. The weatherman said the heat wave would move gradually east ward and that Atlantic coast resi dents, just recovering from their worst hot spell of the year would be sweltering again in rising tem peratures Wednesday. There will be no relief in the midwest until Wednesday he said. Temperatures in midwestern See NEW HEAT on Page Two PRESS CAMERAMEN VIE FOR HONORS Mass Of Lensmen Click Shutters At Miss North Carolina WRIGHTSVILLE, BEACH, Aug. 17. — A solid mass of cameras manned by members of the Caro linas Press Photographers associa tion joined North Carolina Jaycees in honoring Miss Vivian White of Fayetteville as Miss North Carolina here yesterday and today. More press photographers were gathered together for the photo graphing of the newly selected Miss North Carolina than ever have covered any single event in Tar Heel history, according to June Glenn, Jr., president of the photo graphers association. A large crowd of onlookers, many armed with small cameras, made the most of the event as the newsmen vied with one another for the photo which Miss White will judge best of herself. Cash prizes for the photo winner and runners-up have been offered by the Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce, which put on the contest Saturday night. After recording the charms of Miss White on the beach Sunday morning a short business meeting was held. It was adjourned in order that the photographers might at tend the Jaycee-sponsored speed ;boat races. Decision was made to hold the next meeting of the group at Chap el Hill September 21, at which time problems relating to football game coverage will be discussed. THEODORE G. BILBO U. S. Slates Debt Refund Treasury Announces $6,735,000,000 To Be Returned WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — (£>)— Secretary of the Treasury Snyder tonight announced a refunding of $6,735,000,000 of the national debt, offering most of the new govern ment obligations at lower interest rates than those maturing. A new offering of 1 per cent short - term notes will save the treasury $17,000,000 in interest pay ments and is expected to disap point investment interests which had hoped for a slight increase in interest rates. However, Snyder also announced that the treasury will offer late in September an issue of 2 1-2 per cent bonds, dated October 1, the first since 1945. He did not dis close the amount of the issue. This answer to a wide demand for long-term securities will be purchasable only by institutions holding savings, insurance and pension funds — that is, savings banks, savings and loan firms, in surance companies and the like — and by commercial banks which have savings deposits. The bonds may not be traded in the market. By so limiting the sale, treasury Se|| t. S. STATES On Page Two 10 Men Lost In Pacific Army Plane Falls 70 Miles West Of Honolulu En Route To U. S. HONOLULU, Aug. 17.—VP)—Anw bassador George C. Atcheson, Jr., chief U. S. political adviser in tlia Japanese occupation, was missing today in the crash of his army plane, which ran out of fuel and plunged into the sea 70 miles we»t of Honolulu as he was en rout* from Tokyo to Washington. Two other persons also wer* missing and the bodies of seven dead, all army or navy personnel, were picked up at sea in midmora. ing. Three injured survivors, all army men, were rescued by surfac* craft. Vice Adm. John L. Hall, com manding the Hawaiian sea frontier and 14th naval district in charg* of an intensive search, announced that Atcheson’s body was not among those recovered. He 6aid the War Department in Washing ton would get the first word ii and when Atcheson was found. In addition to being political adviser to General MacArthur, Atcheson was chairman of the four power allied council for Japan. Among the victims were a nunw ber of high-ranking officers from Tokyo, but their identities wer* withheld pending further search and notification of next-of-kin. The B-17 converted bomber—* land plane—was unofficially re ported to have had 13 person* aboard, including the crew. Observers aboard some of th* more than 50 search planes report ed sighting three men in a raft but whether these were those miss ing or those since picked up wal not certain, as low ceiling, rough seas and poor visibility hampered accurate observation. The survivors were located b* the Coast Guard cutter Hermea and transferred to the Destoye* Rowan. Capt. Roy Gano of San Diego* Calif., commanding the Rowan, radioed to the Hawaiian sea front, ier that the survivors were CoL Harvey Huglin, Capt. P. L. flyder and a Sgt. Holland, all of the army. He said Holland was in “fair* condition, suffering from a head See 10 MEN LOST On Page Two Latin American Nations Seeking ‘Marshall Plan’ i __ Argentina’s Efforts To In ject Economic Topics Opposed QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Aug. 17 —(A1)—Argentina’s efforts to inject economic topics into the 20-nation Inter-American conference on hemisphere defense today encoun tered mounting opposition from key delegations. The conference was called to negotiate a mutual defense treaty for the hemisphere, but discus sions on the need for economic as sistance for Latin-American coun tries dominated early sessions. Talk of a “Marshall plan” for Latin America was heard. Resistance to placing economic subjects on the agenda began de veloping with the Colombian-Mexi can proposal to take the subject of economic cooperation out of the conference and place it in the hands of the Pan-American union in Washington. Colombia and Mexico made their move independently late yester day a few hours after Argentine Foreign Minister Juan Bramuglia delivered his principal conference speech without specifically calling for a special economic conference, as had been anticipated. Bramuglia reaffirmed Argen tina’s demand for swift economic aid and cooperation in the hemi sphere, but issued no direct call for an economic meeting. He said upon his arrival in Rio De Janerio last Wednesday that he planned such action. Some delegates suggested the Colombian proposal was made with See LATIN-AMERICAN on Page 2 ‘Below The Knee’ Club Votes To Hold Hem Line DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 17 — f/P)— Thirteen hundred members of the Little Below the Knee club, an organized revolt against new long skirts, will hold that hem line in the couthwest this winter. Mrs. Warren J. Woodard, presi dent, attractive, 24-year-old Dallas housewife founded the LBK’s three weeks ago because: “I didn’t feel like throwing away my entire wardrobe and I thought a lot of other women might feel the same way. “This winter we’re going to wear the clothe* that look best on us—the style* we have right now Why should a girl cover up her legs—they may be her best selling points.” Last night the LBK’s held a! spirited meeting in a park here, j planned a parade for next Satur day and a banquet for later in the month. Herman Philipson, 59-year-old owner of a Dallas dress shop was a speaker. "I just came out here to tell you ladies that I think you are right. I think the designers and dress industry are trying to get See BELOW On Page Two CURFEW EXTENDED IN TEL AVIV AREA Yemenite Jews Stab Arab To Death; Other Inci dents Reported JERUSALEM, Palestine, Aug. 17 — (U.R) —A gang of Yemenite Jews seized an Arab today while he was drinking coffee in a Tel Aviv restaurant, dragged him in to an alley and stabbed him to death. The killing was the first in the last 28 hours of the Arab-Jewish feud, now in eighth day. Several other incidents were reported earl ier today, but they were minor. The Arab was drinking coffe* in a place on Allenby street at the outskirts of Tel Aviv, when the Jews came in and grabbed him. Passersby tried to intervene, but the Jews pushed them off. The Arab, who was about 35 and dres ed in western-style clothes, wa» not identified. A British patrol picked up the body and took it to Arab Jaffa. The curfew in the troubled bor der district between Tel Aviv and Jaffa was extended tonight to co ver the area where the Arab wa» killed. In earlier incidents, Isaac Sab* See CURFEW on Page Two And So To Bed Gone to the dogs .... The Morning Star news room was paid an unexpected visit shortly before one o’clock this morning by a small dog. The little mongrel of the female species ambled up the stairs, hesitated a moment at the door, then with her head in the air and her tail wagging a mile a minute she leaped the enclosure and hopped on the Editor’s desk and nonchalant ly began to knock off a few fleas with the mile-a-minute action of a hind leg. Leaving the desk and a sis able number of fleas, the dog headed for the composing room.. Fifteen minutes later every one in the building wsg scratching with both hands. Sixteen minutes later the flea-infested mutt was ushered out the back door. V