g™sl Witmumtnn UKontfnn Star BiSE -- State tnd National New* VOL. 80.—NO. 311. WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1$7 Anti-Trust Counts Face Tire Builders Nineteen Manufacturers Charged With 12 Year-Old Conspiracy To Fix Prices And Limit Productions; Other Suits Filed NEW YORK, Aug. 18—(JP)—The Federal government, charging a 12-year-old conspiracy to fix tire prices and limit production, filed a criminal information today against 19 defendants including the nation’s principal tire manufactur ers. The information, filed in Federal district court by the Justice Department’s anti-trust division, said the defend ants eliminated price competition by agreeing “on prices, discounts, allowances, bonuses, classification of customers, uniform warranties, guarantees and adjustment policies, al location of sales to state, county and municipal government agencies. Officials of several of the de fendant firms quickly denied the government allegations and de clared they would contest the suit vigorously The alleged conspiracy to fix prices began in May, 1935, the in formation stated. One of the de fendants, the Rubber Manufactur ers Coro., Inc., of New York, is t tire manufacturers’ trade asso ciation which, the information said,, was maintained “as a means by which the prices of tires and tubes were fixed.’’ The association said its files on tires were subpoenaed by the jus tice department more than a year ago, but declined comment on the Anti-Trust suit. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, an 0ther anti-trust suit was filed charging a conspiracy in produc tion of color motion pictures, with Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. and Eastman Kodak Cc. named as defendants. William C. Dickson, Chief of the West Coast Anti-Trust division, said that if the government won the civil action, it “should make possible an early and substantial gee ANTI-TRUST on Page Two SCOUT JAMBOREE ENDSAT MOISSON 30,000 Boys Representing 42 Nations Take Part In Parade MOISSON, France, Aug. 18. —(U.R) — The sixth world Boy Scout jam boree was officially closed tonight as 30,000 boys representing 42 na tions took part in a huge parade which followed the line of the “carrick not” emblem of the jam boree. Closing ceremonies were held in the big arena on the edge of Mois son forest camp where the boys have been camped for more than a week. Scouts, wearing the official garb of their nation’s organization, marched in two lines across the 4.000-square meter arena, up and down ramps to follow the lines of the two pieces of rope used in ty ing the old sailor’s knot. With banners waving overhead and led by bands of all descrip tions — the contingent from Scot land had its famous kilted bag See SCOUTS On Page Two Blast Rocks Cadiz Port Catastrophic Explosion In South Spanish City Starts Fires MADRID, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 19. —(U.R)— A catastrophic explosion in a naval arsenal near the great south Spanish port of Cadiz last night sent fires racing through the city and caused a mass exodus of its population. Early today, all roads leading out of Cadiz were jammed by peo ple fleeing the city. Only doctors and nurses, answering urgent ap peals for aid, were allowed to en ter Cadiz. The explosion, at 9:30 p. m., shat tered windows in the world-famous wine center of Jerez De La Fron tera, 10 miles from Cadiz, and shook cities 60 miles away like a distant earthquake. Reports from Seville, 60 miles north of Cadiz, said that the first blast occurred in the village of Punt alea, three miles from Cadiz, when a supply of depth charges ex ploded. Earlier reports indicated that See BLAST ROCKS On Page Two MAN HAS UNIQUE SYSTEM TO BEAT STATE SALES TAX PAGELAND, S. C.. Aug. 18—OP) —Mott V. Funderburk of the Liber ty gili section of South Carolina, whose home is about 75 feet from the North Carolina line, over which his lands extends, has a unique system to beat sales taxes in the two states at his grocery store and filling station. When North Carolina enacted the three per cent sales tax in 1933, he moved his grocery store over to the South Carolina line. Then he built, right next to it, but in North Carolina, a separate store for selling cigarettes and soft drinks. That beats the South Carolina tax on these products. The slight opening between the buildings, just enough for a cat to crawl through, is right on the line between the states. White Persons Ordered To Leave Tyrrell Town BORDER TOBACCO PRICES ADVANCE Markets Report Greater Volume Of Leaf Since Hours Extended Price advances ranging from *•50 to $5.00 per hundred pounds were registered on tobacco mar kets of the border belt yesterday The Federal-State Departments of Agriculture reported. Tie price gains ranged from $1 -0 *2 for some medium and better grades while some of the lower qualities were up from $3 to $5. Sales were held on the border markets for five hours yesterday instead of four hours as hereto kre this season, and most of the market reported receiving a greater volume of tobacco. Some “j them reported sales were mocked despite the increase ih hours of sales. Other' markets, however .did not have enough leaf ;° keep the buyers busy for five hours. i Quality of the offerings, was lower than last Friday with more Sec BORDER on Page Two The Weather <’ V forecast rr'ml: Carolina—Considerable cloudi d, s and moderate temperatures Tues scattered thundershowers Tuesday. ne«UUl Carolina—Considerable cloudi arrt ,a.nrJ tvarm with scattered showers a thunderstorms Tuesday. (Eastern Standard Time) i. 1 ('' U. S. Weather Bureau) *nrti_ °F°lo8ical data tor the 24 hours r,g 7:30 p. m. yesterday. , temperatures It v*- m- 78; 7:80 a. m. 75; 1:30 p. m. m,' 1 P- m. 30; Maximum 88; Mini “m (4; Mean 81; Normal 78. HUMIDITY U- t m' 93- 7:30 a. m. 93; 1:30 p. m. ’ '-..0 p. m. 79 T PRECIPITATION ti nchrS*or 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. 181°!^, fitnce the first of the month 01 Jnches. TIDES FOR TODAY ti. c 1 1!le Tables published by '-oast and Geodetic Survey). Wilmin^ HIGH LOW ’ gton - 12:10 a.m. 6:48 a.m. Mcennv, » - p.m. 7:10 p.m. - hhoro Inlet .. 10:02 a.m. 3:45 a.m. 10:19 p.m. 4:04 p.m. «:58»- -ale Sunset 6:55; Mocnriie M Moonset 9;14p. ore WEATHER On Page Twe 1 Six Reported Living With Negro Given 24-Hour Ultimatum COLUMBIA, N. C„ Aug 18—(U.R>— Sheriff Ray Cahoon said today that a group of 200 or more white men had ordered six young white per sons residing with a Negro to leave town. Cahoon said the group, which presented its demand last Monday, was orderly and that he did not believe any were armed. He said the whites, including the wife of one, had complied with a 24-hour ultimatum to leave Columbia. “I don’t know of any law pre venting white folks from living with Negroes but I do know peo ple here don’t think mpch of it.” He said. He said the young whites, col lege students and recent gradua tes, were working on a credi'; union project. The Union, the ‘‘Light of Tyrrell,” had raised $35,000 from Negroes to purchase land which was re-sold to small-scale Negro farmers. Columbia is In Tyrrell county. Cahoon said the whites had lived in the home of S. P. Dean, for mer principal of the Columbia Negro high school. In Raleigh, D. R. Graham, Sup erintendent of the credit union div ision of the State Department of Agriculture, said that the students See WHITE PERSON On Page Two EVEN DOLLS get hot in the scorcher that has been sweeping the nation, so considerate Alice Donovan, 2, cools off her favorite play mate under a hydrant in New York city. Fireman George Kelly helps. (International). Baby’s Body Found Here In Bus Depot Infant Thought To Have Been Dead More Than A Day When Found Police last night pulled from a locker in the Negro waiting room in the bus depot a dead white baby girl giving officers one of their most baffling mysteries to solve in many months. Wrapped in a sheet which in turn had been tied in brown wrap ping paper, the body was dis covered shortly after P p. m., when persons in the waiting room were attracted by the odor and reported the matter to bus station attend ants. They in turn called police who traced the odor to the locker and broke in to find the body. An examination of the body made at the Andrews mortuary by Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county health officer, and Coroner Gor don Doran, revealed that the in fant was one to three days old when it died and that it had been dead 24 to 36 hours. Dr. Elliott said he was unable to ascertain the cause of death but he believed the infant was dead when it was placed in the locker. There were no marks of violence. He believed the child had been attended at birth fcy a physician and that it died after birth. The body was well developed and showed signs of a healthy child. A close examination led the physicians to believe the girl had dark hair. Police were baffled by the fact that the child, although white, had been placed in a locker in the Negro waiting room. A check of hospitals was being made by police last night to determine names of persons who had given birth to babies within the last few days although authorities believed that See BABY’S BODY on Page Two NATIONAL GUARD TO BEGIN DRIVE Truman Orders “Man-A Minute” Be Recruited In Nation-Wide Campaign WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—CU.R)— President Truman today ordered the National Guard to recruit a minute man a minute in a nation wide enlistment drive which opens next month. The commander-in-chief said “a strong National Guard is neces sary to the security of the United States.” The recruiting campaign will be launched in all 48 states, the Dis trict of Columbia, Hawaii and Puerto Rico on Sept. 16, a date which Mr. Truman previously had designated as the beginning of “National Guard Week.” It marks the seventh anniversary of the guard’s induction into federal ser vice for World War II. Goal of the drive is 88,888 new enlistments, or a guardsman a minute for the two-months dura tion of the recruiting campaign. “But this is only an immediate goal,” President Truman said in See NATIONAL on Page Two Governor Folson Won’t Comment On Marriage SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 18 —(yf)—Virginia Warren, 18-year-old daughter of California’s governor, said today Gov. James E. Fol som of Alabama was flying west for a vacation and she planned to see him, but disclaimed any ro mance. “My goodness,” she exclaimed. “I’ve only seen him three times.” Virginia and her mother, Mrs. Earl Warren, said Folsom had telephoned of his plans but had not advised Virginia that he was arriving this afternoon. A police car spent the morning outside the Wal'rens’ summer home, however. Mrs. Warren commented that Folsom, 38-year-old widower and the father of two children, had wired Virginia flowers after they met at a recent Governors’ con ference in Salt Lake City and he squired her to several social af fairs. The Alabaman is a Democrat while Warren has been mentioned as a possible candidate the 1948 nomination for President on the Republican ticket. Governor Folsom stepping out of his National Guard plane, had See GOVERNOR On Page Two BANK OFFICIAL SHOT TO DEATH Claude A. Adams, Presi dent Of Hollywood State Bank Found Dead NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 18. —WP)— Claude A. Adams, 66, president of the $2,000,000 Hol lywood State bank, was found shot to death in his home today, leav ing notes which detectives said in dicated a thwarted romance with his 33-year-old private secretary. Police investigators said a .38 caliber pistol was in Adams left hand. There was one bullet wound in the left chest. He was a widower and lived alone. Detective Lieut. E. W. Smith said one note was addressed to Miss Merna Lassen, employed at the bank for 13 years as Adams' secretary, who resigned last June. Smith said the note was dated at 7 a. m. today and read: “Merna — We could have been so happy had you continued to have me. I have your picture before me. I will look at it for the last time. I do love you so much — to think you are now in the arms of another man — is more than I can stand. Remember the wonderful times wre have had, kindly. Good bye, my darling, I love you.” Smith said another note addres sed to “Merna” chided her for having a boy friend described as “arrogant” and “conceited” and "no good.” Walter G. Danielson, attorney for See BANK On Page Two Russian Veto Blackballs Three Countries From UN; One Killed In Gun Battle Fair Bluff Men Duel In The Street Police Chief Shoots Former Officer After Being Wounded * -— (Special To The Star) FAIR BLUFF, Aug. 18. — A former Fair Bluff policeman is dead and the chief of police is a patient in the Columbus county hospital at Whiteville suffering from gunshot wounds in his thigh as the result of a blazing gun duel fought in the business district here this afternoon. Frank Hinson, 39-year-old form er police officer, was shot and killed by Chief E. L. Brooks after Hinson fired a 12-guage shotgun blast at Brooks, according to Coroner Hugh Nance. After Brooks shot Hinson, the chief of police limped toward a nearby drug store and Owen Hin son, brother of the dead man, fir ed a .22 calibre rifle shot at the officer. The shot went wild, Nance said. Hinson died en route to a Mul lins, S. C. hospital. The bullet from Brook’s service revolver took ef fect in Hinson’s chest, according to Nance. Brooks, suffering from loss of blood was rushed to the Columbus county hospital at Whiteville, where attendants reported his condition as “fair” late tonight. According to Nance, the two men had engaged in an argument last night. Brooks told coroner Nance that he had called upon Hinson’s father, who operates a taxi at Fair Bluff and advised the elder Hinson that he would have to secure a city license to operate his car. This was Saturday, Nance said Brooks told him. Shortly after the police chief had talked with the elder Hinson, the former police officer went to see Brooks and told him, the coroner said, “You are trying to mess my See FAIR BLUFF On Page Two DELEGATES BELIEVE RUSSIA WILL REMAIN AS MEMBER OF UN NEW YORK, Aug. 19. —(U.R)— A poll of 60 United Nations dele gates and high officials revealed today that 58 believed the Soviet Union has no intention of pulling out of the UN while 54 think it is “absolute nonsense to assume the UN is finished.” The poll, taken by the magazine United Nations World, showed that 24 diplomats are optimistic about the future of world coopera tion, 12 are deeply pessimistic and six think the present impasse will lead to war. The remaining 18 think it’s too soon to tell. Midwesterners Swelter In Heat High In 90’s CHICAGO, Aug. 18—(U.R)— Mid westerners sweltered today in a scorch^g heat wave that pushed temperatures up into the high 90’s. The heat wave blanketed a wide belt from Kansas and Ne braska to Michigan and Ohio. It was moving slowly eastward and was expected to reach the Atlantic Coast states tomorrow. However, the U. S. Weather Bu reau in Chicago said ocean winds would hold down the mercury in the east until Thursday or Fri day. At Detroit, more than 4,000 Chrysler corporation employes were sent home today after 60 welders walked out of the com pany’s metal shop because of the heat. The temperature in Detroit was edging into the high 90’s. The walkout of welders forced the layoff of 650 other metal work ers, 1,300 paint and trim workers and 1,500 final assembly workers at the main Chrysler plaint, and 860 employes at the De Soto plant, Company officials said they ex pected full production to be resum ed with the next shift. Brightening news for midwest erners was that a mass of cold air was developing in western Canada. The U. S. forecaster said the cooling air would bring relief to Iowa Wednesday, northern Illi nois Thursday and Southern Illi nois, Indiana and Michigan Thurs day night. The east coast had moderate temperatures yesterday and today. A four-day heat wave, that caus ed 30 deaths in New England, ended Saturday. The west coast and Rocky Mountain states re mained cool. The temperature dip ped to 27 degrees, five degrees be See MIDWEST on Page Two Along The Cape Fear HISTORICAL CLARIFICA TION—Louis T. Moore, member of the New Hanover County His torical commission who has spent much of his life in a study of historical events in this region and is recognized as an outstand ing authority on the subject in this community, comes forward with suggestions and corrections on previous stories in “Along The Cape Fear.” One is on Governor Edward B. Dudley, the first elected governor of North Carolina. Moore points out that Governor Dudley had ap proximately 30 predecessors in of fice although none of them , were elected. The first one was appoint ed about 1776. Governor Dudley was elected by popular vote following a constitu tional amendment in 1835. * * * DUDLEY’S HOME — Governor Dudley lived in the mansion at Front and Nun streets which was erected about 1830. The property later was purchased and remodel ed by the late Dr. James Sprunt. Governor Dudley was one of North Carolina’s leaders of his generation, as Moore points out. He subscribed more than $25,000 in stock to help make possible the original Wilmington & Weldon 1 railroad, which later became one of the original units of the oresent Atlantic Coast Line system. Louis T. Moore writes that lor the sake of the present day resi dents ar.d visitors it is regrettable that the handsome monument over the grave of Governor Dud ley in Oakdale cemetery, bears no reference to the fact that he was the first governor of this state elected by general referen dum. * * * FAMOUS INCIDENT RECALL ED — Further, Moore brings out that it was Governor Dudley who uttered a statement that has rung across the United States and is known by most living citizens to day. That statement concerned a quotation often heard today in humorous conversations. It is, “What did the governor of North Carolina say to the governor of South Carolina?” Governor Dudley was the au thor and composer of the original and now famous remark, “Well, Governor, its a long time between drinks.” Governor Dudley alleged ly made that remark to Governor Pierce Butler of South Carolina -when the latter visited this state’s governor in Raleigh. PAKISTAN FLAG UNFURLED FOR FIRST TIME—Liaquat Ali Khan, leader of the Moslem league party in the Pakistan constituent assembly, unfurls the flag of the state of Pakistan for the first time before the assembly in Karachi. The banner is one-quarter white, representing the minorities in Pakistan, and three-quarters green with a white star and crescent. (AP Wirephoto). Statesmen No Veto MARGARET READY FOR WEST COAST Miss Truman To Make Con cert Debut Saturday At Los Angeles LOS ANGLES, Aug. 18—(/P)— The President’s daughter, Mar garet Truman, received an en thusiastic reception today when she arrived by train to prepare for her concert debut Saturday night. There were the reporters and photographers, well-wishers and the inevitable secret service men, plus American Beauty roses. Miss Truman beamed. Eleven year-old Karol Wecker, daughter of the Hollywood Bowl association general manager, Dr. Karl Wecker, thrust the flowers into Miss Tru man’s arms. The greeters also included Mrs. Joseph L. Levy, chairman of the bowl hospitality committee. Before secret service agents es corted her to her hotel Miss Tru man told reporters: “It’s my first visit to the west coast and I’m sure it will be won derful. . .1 don’t dare make any plans; my sponsors will tell me what to do.” The 23-year-old soprano will ap pear Saturday as soloist with the See MARGARET on Page 2 STATE COMPLETES OVERELL HEARING Judge Excuses Jury In Mur der Trial Until Next Thursday SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 18— (£>)—'The state rested its case today against Louise Overell, 18-year old heiress, and her husky boy friend, George Gollum, 21, accused ot slaying her parents. As the state concluded its case, at 2:34 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) the jury was excused until next Thursday. Otto Jacobs, chief of the girl’s defense, quickly launched into ar guments to strike certain portions of testimony in the 13-week trial (Which he claimed pertained only to Gollum, not to his client. Before the state rested, Prosecu tor Eugene D. Williams said he wished to review testimony as to the clothing Gollum wore the morn ing of Maich 15. Financier and Mrs. Walter E. Overell were found dead after a blast that night which wrecked their yacht. Overell, Gollum and two me See STATE on Page Two Endorse Proposal American Republics To Be Bound By Two-Thirds Vote Of Countries PETROPOLIS, Brazil, Aug. 18— (U.R)—Two of the western hemis phere’s leading statesmen whole heartedly endorsed today the United States proposal that the in ter-Americajp defense treaty con tain no veto over collective ac tion against an aggressor. Alberto Lleras Camargo, new di rector general of the Pan-Ameri can Union, and Guillermo Belt, Cuban ambassador to Washington, gave vigorous approval to the proposal by Secretary of State George C. Marshall that- all Ameri can republics be bound—short of providing actual armed forces— by a two-thirds vote. In what was expected to be a purely formal speech, Lleras Cam argo, 38-year-old former president of Colombia, said to the inter American conference on peace and security: “Here in Petropolis we must give shape to a security system devoid of the danger of the veto See STATESMEN on Page Two Two More Soviet Rejections Seen Trans-Jordan, Ireland And Portugal Memberships In Counc<l Blocked LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Aug. 38 —(U.R)—Russia used the great pow er veto three straight times today to blackball trans-Jordan, Portu gal and Ireland for United Na tions membership after the west ern powers had rejected Russian backed Albania and outer Mongo lia. y They were the 12th, 13th and 14th' Russian vetoes. At least two more Soviet v« toes and three more blackballs by the majority-backed western coun tries seemed likely before the se curity council completed action on this year’s dozen membership bids. Yemen, a tiny kingdom on the southern tip of Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, the new Moslem state in India, were almost certain to be the only two countries accepted into the UN this year when the general assembly convenes Sep tember 16. Their two applications were approved in an almost strange spurt of unanimity after the council blackballed the five rejectees of last year and then tabled until Thursday the applica tions of Hungary, Bulgaria, Ro See SOVIET on Page Two SOVIETS COUNT ON DEPRESSION Harriman Says Reds Look ing To Crash For Aid In Pushing Domination SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18—(U.R) —Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman said tonight that Soviet leaders are counting on a depression in the United States to give them “an opportunity to push forward and expand the areas of their domination.” In a blunt attack on Russian communism, he told a group of northwest businessmen that its leaders believe an American de pression will force the United States to abandon its leadership in the fight against the spread of communism in Europe. He said bluntly that the presence of any dictatorship anywhere — whether communist or fascist—is a threat “to the security and progress of free men.” “The seizure of power can come by the use of military force See RUSSIANS On Page Two British Experts Tell U. S. Group Of Crisis ‘Dollar Conference’ Called To Consider Revision Of Loan Agreement WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 —(U.R)— A delegation of British experts laid the facts of Britain’s post war economic crisis before a group of top U. S. officials today at the opening of a “dollar con ference” called to consider revi sion of the $3,750,000,000 Ang lo-American loan agreement. A joint announcement issued at the close of the hour-long loan opening session said the British delegates “sketched in general” the series of economic troubles that have beset Great Britain and all but exhausted her dollar re serves since .the loan pact was signed in Jufy, 1945. Today’s meeting was described as principally “precedural” and it was indicated that the conferees would get down to point-by-point negotiation on the loan terms at their next scheduled session to morrow afternoon. The British jy'oup, headed by Sir Wilfred Eady, troubleshooter for the British treasury, was un derstood to be seeking primarily relaxation of the loan clause which requires Britain to pay out dollars to any country which wants to cash in British pounds See BRITISH on Page Two Officer Tells Of Night In Shark Filled Waters (Editors: How it feels to be dumped into shark-infested waters from a wrecked air plane and spend a night in a Mae West life jacket waiting rescue is described in the fol lowing by Capt. Thomas L. Rider Ponca City, Okla., the navigator of the B-17 that crashed with George C. Atche son, Jr., aboard. Rider, one of three survivors, suffered ex posure and a broken arm.) BY CAPT. THOMAS L. RIDES As Told to The United Press HONOLULU, Aug. 18 — (U.R) — When we got down to 2,200 feet, I left the nose and went back to take charge of the passengers. I helped Ambassador Atchescn inflate his Mae West. He was very calm. I was sitting with him when the crash came. I felt a small jar as the tail section struck the water. Then there was a rending crash as the plane cartwheeled. Then I was in the water. I don’t think I was conscious when Huglin (Col. Harvey Huglin, an other survivor) pulled us together. See OFFICER on Page Two SHRIMPING TAXES IN S. C. UPHELD Injunction Asked By Geor gia Industry Denied By Two Judges COLUMBIA, S. C\, Aug. 18 —OB —A temporary injunction re straining the State E>oard of Fish eries from enforcing state statutes regulating shrimping in South Carolina coastal waters was denied here today by two U. S. District judge?. Judges C. C. Wycbe and George Bell Timmerman denied the in junction on the grounds that a Shrimps’ case against the laws would be heard a week from to day at Spartanburg by a three judge panel. Five trawler operators have brought suit againet the state See SHRIMPING On Page Two And So To Bed It has been said that light ning seldom strikes the samn object twice. As much cannot be said for fish. Yesterday morning on Kureo Beach pier an early comer from up state to the Sheriff’s convention, which opens at Carolina Beach Wednesday, hooked a small flounder — —about three pounds — and the fish wiggled off the man’s hook just as he was surfaced. About 10 minutes later the same fish — or what looked like the same fish — was again hooked. The fish wiggled off the hook a second time as he was suf faced. Ten minutes later the same fish was hooked the third time. This time it broke the fisherman’s line. "I mean to have that floun der,” said the fisherman, "If I have to fish all the week for it.” He was still fishing late yesterday afternoon.

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