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— - i FORECAST: Served By Leased Wire* of tho Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy ASSOCIATED PRESS with scattered showers today; Thursday “" * ‘ Diurtly cloudy and continued mild. and the ^ UNITED PRESS With Complete Corenie of State »nd National New* ---WILMINGTON, N. C„, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1&9 Hew Deadline Asked By AFL flLRB Requested To Sof ten Rule On Non Com munist Affidavits WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—UP) The AFL today asked the Na r„nal Labor Relations Board iither to (1) soften the rules ' iuring nonCommunist affi davits from labor leaders, or (2) “jit until about November 1 for thowdown over their legality. &#eph A. Padway, AFL chief counsel, met with the board and KLRB General Counsel Robert M Denham, and requested that th'e board reverse Denham’s rul ing This ruling is that all top officers of the AFL and CIO must nvoar they are not Communists *efore unions affiliated with thim may use facilities of the government agency. In event the board decides not to throw out Denham’s in terpretation of the Taft-Hartley act Padway asked it to extend the deadline for filing such affi davits by 30 days or longer, goth AFL and CIO will have held their national convention in the meantime. If this postponement is grant ed, it would assure added life to about 5,000 cases pending be fore the board. These cases, in rolving union grievances against employers, were instituted prior to August 22 when the Taft-Hart ley law with its new require ments became operative. Allows 20 Days The Denham ruling allows 20 days for unions to qualify under the law after receipt of notice of what it requires of them. First notices were mailed out by the board September 2 and the pres ent earliest deadline is about September 23. After that the board—unless it grants the tex tension—will begin dismissing pending cases which involve un ions whose officers have failed to file the affidavit that they a.e not Communists. Padway and an associate, Hen :y Keissr, talked informally with tiie board officials. The labor at torneys contended that the act requires the affidavits only from officers of unions, and not from the heads of the federations into which these unions are gathered. The lawyers said later they 1 nave no assurance that the board will entertain their request to reverse Denham. On the other hand, they expressed belief that lee NEW DEADLINE On Page 2 COURT GETS JURY DECISION TODAY Panel Ready To Announce Findings In Rich Square Case V.'ARRENTON, Sept. 16—— Authoritative sources said to night that the Warren County Grand jury had reached a de cision on the state’s request for indictments in an attempted lynching case, but the decision "ill not be made public until court reconvenes tomorrow. The 18-man jury was asked to return true bills against Joe Cunningham, Rich Square assist ant theater manager, and A. E. Awards, Northampton county tailer, in connection with the attempted lynching last May 23 of Negro Godwin “Buddy” Bush. The grand jury examined wit nesses this afternoon but had not reached a decision when Judge ■ C. Harris adjourned court at 4;45 p. m. Shortly after the judge left the oourt house word was sent front lne grand jury room that it was ready to return to open court. Court attaches reached Judge "arris at his hotel, but the Jurist 'aid that court would not be re convened until 9:30 a. m. to borrow. Cunningham is charged with conspiracy to break and enter ,,e 1a'l at Jackson and with reaking and entering it with n to harm a prisoner. Ed ,r!i , iS charged with aiding abetting the lynching at “Pt which failed when Bush CaPed from a group of armed, tasked white men. unningham, Edwards and . Were all present in the 0Urt room today. The Weather South r, FORECAST: «.a;;er , 'i rj lna—Partly cloudy with day. Vh,,.”liower3 ov€r coast Wednes * :!i shn r5rJay’ considerable cloudiness tinned mil”3 °VGr South portion. Con 'ioudy' Caroiina—Fair in interior, partly w.j" scattered showers on the doudv a„rti1Gsday' Thursday, partly •Mtteomrn„col?tinucd miW. “iir: -^„g!cal data for the 24 hours '•30 F- m. yesterday. 1:30 a m T,E‘MpERATUBES 7;3q* 78i 7:30 a. m. 71; 1:30 p. m. to. ,, m- 70, Maximum 88; Mini Mea" 78; Normal 73. l:3n . HUMIDITY 1,1 7:30 m96^ :3° a- m- 901 1:30 P' m p- m 39. *otal fnr precipitation ■“I, inches 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. » ^0tal inchesCe ,he *irs* 07 the month 'Pram J*BES FOB TODAY s- Coa=t >TLde Tables published by oa« and Geodetic Survey). 'Tiington ,,IGH tow u - 11:46 a.m. <5:19 a.m. 33onbor0 T 1,4 -- P-m- 6:47 p.m. lnlet ___ 9:34 a.m. 3:13 a.m. j,.Jnrise t ... S:4" P-m. 3:39 p.m. t>^‘;»:nret 6:16: Moonrise l'n'TueMeyeV8af«tteVme' N' C' " Seven U. S. Soldiers Stall 2,000 Yugos Attempt To Invade Oojritory Of Trieste Frustrated By 'erican Detail At Bo^v^>^^ents Serious TRIESTE, 5 >5^ — -Seven gai. $ „n GI’s held off at g. to day a force of 2,000 >goslav troops who tried to invade Trieste on the day of its birth as a free state. The incident was one of nearly 20, caused by attempts of Yugoslavs to encroach on Italian territory, which were so serious in their entirety that an allied general said: “We could have had war.” Officers in charge of the Yugoslav troops, approach ing the United States lines on the new Italian-Yugoslav frontier about 3 a. m. said: “We have 2,000 troops be hind us and we are coming through. We will give you five minutes.” The two young lieutenants i n charge stalled off the Yugoslavs until reinforce ments arrived. The Americans, by that time in battalion strength, and the Yugoslavs deployed in battle formation amid the shrubs, brush and boulders on the historic battleground of the Carso plateau.' While the Americans stal led by saying they had to re fer to higher and higher levels, two American tanks rumbled up and presented their guns at the Yugoslav lines. Then, at dawn, a squadron of 12 British fighter-bomber planes and several American observation planes roared up and started circlcing over the position, and the Yugo slavs sullenly withdrew. U. S. Opens WarOnSoviet “Misuse” Of Veto Power _i __ UN AT A GLANCE NEW YORK, Sept. 16. — (#)— Highlights of the open ing sessions of the United Nations Assembly today: Dr. Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil was elected assemb ly president over Dr. Her bert V. Evatt of Australia, 29 to 22. Representatives of the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia, Mexico and Cuba were elected to the t 3ven vice-presidencies. Chairmanships of the six main standing committees went to Luxembourg, India, Polland, Syria, Chile and New Zealand. The 14-nation steering committee comprising the president, vice presidents and committee chairmen, was called to meet tomorrow to begin work on the 62-item agenda. General debate was sched uled to start tomorrow (10 a. m. EST) with Secretary of State Marshall as the second speaker. i»Iexico was listed to lead off. Aranha made the opening speech as holdover president from the special Palestine session and Mayor William O’Dwyer gave the official welcome. TOBACCO PRICES TURN 1RRECI \R Lower Quality Leaf Sells Well On Middle Belt; Eastern Recovers By The Associated Press Sales continued heavy yester day on markets of the Middle Belt following Monday’s Open ing at which 3,662,060 pounds of tobacco brought an average price of $46.16 per hundred pounds. Price trends yesterday were ir regular. Several of the lower quality leaf grades increased from $1 to $4.50, and cutters and lemon lugs were slightly higher. However, orange lugs and most primings fell from $2 to $3. Meanwhile, on the Eastern North Carolina belt prices re covered from Monday’s slump and In some cases were higher than they were last Friday. But on the Border markets, a down ward price spiral partially or completely eliminated gains re corded Monday. Border Belt sales Monday total ed 9,719,928 pounds at an aver age price of $41.78, and on the Eastern Belt 11,047,687 pounds averaged $39.55. Quality Gbod The opening sales on the Mid dle Belt brought out large quan tities of good quality tobacco, and yesterday’s offerings were about the same in quality. The See TOBACCO On Page Two Warren Austin Also Ap peals For Speed On Police Force Setup UNITED NATIONS HALL, Flushing, N.Y., Sept. 16 —(U.R)— The United Nations General As sembly, beginning a mo mentous “war-or-peace” ses sion, was asked by the United States tonight to speed creation of an international police force and give a thorough airing to Soviet “misuse” of the veto. Warren Austin, permanent American delegate to UN, chal lenged the Assembly to tackle world problems boldly, lest they be “battled up to ferment and explode.” Austin detailed part of Amer ica’s aggressive assembly pro gram in a nation-wide broad cast (CBS), after the United States lost its first Assembly tussel — an attempt to elect Soviet-baiting Herbert V. Evatt of Australia as Assembly presi dent. Latin American countries led a revolt that resulted in the election of Brazil’s Oswaldo Aranha, who keynoted the As sembly with the warning that it would determine whether the world moves toward war or peace. Aranha and every other dele gate to the 55-nation General Assembly spoke and acted with the knowledge that the United States and Russia were waging a “cold war” for diplomatic leadership of the world and every nation had a stake in the outcome. Major addresses will be de livered tomorrow by U. S. Sec retary of State George C. Mar shall and Soviet Vice-Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky, but Austin attempted to estab list American initiative even before the formal battle is join ed. “We intend to try in this As sembly to gain agreement on specific steps toward creation of the peace forces,” Austin said. “We are determined to make vigorous efforts toward agree ment on practical ways of in terpreting the voting principles of the (UN) charter to’ avoid misuse of the veto. The char ter . . . can and will grow and change to meet the chang ing needs of humanity.” ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED IN CRASH NEAR LUMBERTON LUMBERTON, Sept. 16. — (JP) — Hubert F. McPhail, 38, of Lumberton, was instantly killed and three other persons were in jured, one of them seriously, early ' today when the car in which they were riding left the highway and crashed first into a house and then into a tree. The injured are Mrs. Jack Ludlam, 28, of Route 2, Lumber ton, who suffered a broken back; Mrs. Slade Lawson, Lumberton, who was cut about the face and head; and Hoyle Smith of Lum berton. _ Porcupine Minus Quills, Loses Bout With Monkey BALTIMORE, Sept. 16 —UPi— Wilton the porcupine finally ran out of ammunition so Charlie the terrible monkey won out in the end. Wilton was found dead this morning on the floor of their cage at the Baltimore zoo. Charlie had no comment. Keepers put them together some time ago because Charlie was always beating up the oth er monkeys and they thought Wilton might tone him down a little bit. * 0 Crowds 12 deep have stood around the cage watching Charlie pull out quills after a brush with Wilton. But Wilton couldn’t grow re placements fast enough. For a couple of weeks now he’s been almost “nude” — looked like a piece of old rug. Zoo Director Felix Leser thinks maybe Charlie scared him to death. There weren’t any marks on hla bpdy. !fo guills, either. Warnings Lowered In Carolinas As Storm Creeps On Palm Beach;. Jap Typhoon Takes 2,280 Lives {-- — i ■ ■■ — . - Flash Floods Add Terror In .Areas Tokyo Hard Hit With 180 Dead, More Than 1,670 Missing Reports Say TOKYO, Sept. 16. —(#) — A lyrically named typhoon, Kath leen, spread death and destruc tion over two-thirds of Honshu island and casualty figures to night still were mounting. Kyodo News agency, U. S. Army and unofficial estimates rolled up these counts: 2,280 dead or missing, includ ing 100 dead in Tokyo. Two medium sized towns wip ed out and numerous villages flooded. 160.000 homes flooded or dam aged, including 15,000 in Tokyo. 150.000 acres inundated. Fifteen prefectures extensively damaged. Hundreds of millions of Yen damage — millions of dollars, U. S., at the official exchange rate of 2 cents a Yen. General MacArthur s headquar ters had no reports of American or allied casualties. However, some families were moved to safer locations and an isolated unit of several hundred U. S. Cavalarymen at Camp McNair, near Fujiyama, was supplied by air. Eighth Army Escapes The typhoon, named Kathleen by the U. S. Army Weather Bu reau, passed 30 miles south of Tokyo and only 10 miles South of U. S. Eighth Army headquar ters at Yokohama Monday night. It destroyed homes, crops, bridges, railroads, highways, communications, and — pos sibly most damaging —many dikes, releasing river waters to flood a large area north of Tokyo and to threaten this capital city. Thousands of Japanese worked through the night erepting tempo rary dikes near Kasukabe, 20 miles North of Tokyo, in a bat tle of time against the onrushing waters of two rivers — the Tone and Arakawa. Nine inches of rain was report ed at the Tone’s headwaters and more than 4 inches through much of Honshu. Nipponese newspapers warned that failure to halt the rivers, which were reported to be three feet over their banks in some places, would subject the Eastern portion of Tokyo to floods. Take To Hills Thousands of Japanese took refuge on hills, housetops, lev ees — any high point. One pre fecture reported 160,000 already on relief. Reports indicated there were two main flood areas: one across Tochigi and Gumma prefectures 40 miles North of Tokyo; the other Soiith of a smashed levee in the Tone river about 25 miles North of the capital. _ ' . EXAMINATIONS FAIL TO CLEAR UP NATURE OF MYSTERIOUS GAS JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 16—(JP)—Examination of water and air samples failed to clear up the puzzle of an irritating gas that appeared on beaches in this vicinity yesterday, the State Health department reported. The department found traces of a gas that tended to irritate the eyes, nose and throat but said its concentration was so slight that its nature or origin could not be determined. The gas appeared after a thun der storm. It disappeared rapid ly^__ CEMENT FLOWER—Pictured above is Mrs. Maggie Keen of South Sixth street, sitting on the cement steps at her home beside the large ageratum bush which is growing atop the cement steps. She says she has no explanation how the plant came to grow out of the step. (Staff Photo) Sanatorium To Aid Mass X-Ray Survey FIRST ENTRY - t Raymond Porter, of Seagate, entered a nine-pound, one ounce sheepshead in the SE NCBA’s $15,000 rodeo last night, having landed the fish in the surf at Mason’s inlet using shrimp bait, Mrs. J. D. Mercer of Atlantic View pier at Wrightsville Beach told the Star last night. This was the first entry of any type reported in the rodeo, which officially got under way at midnight Sun day with the beginning of September 15. Heavy seas and stormy weather discour aged full activity in any class of fishing in the first two days of the rodeo. AGERATUM PLANT GROWS IN CEMENT South Sixth Street Home Boasts Healthy Plant On Front Steps Up on South Sixth street on the cement front steps of Mrs. Maggie Keen’s house a large healthy ageratum bush has been growing out of 'the cement all summer. Mrs. Keen, a petite lady with graying hair, says there was a time when she wanted to cut the aggressive plant down. As a matter of fact she did, but she said, “It didn’t seem to want to be destroyed, so I just let it grow.” The bush, which has feathery lavender-blue blooms, does not seem to grow from the soil. On close observation, roots appear ed in a crust of sand in the corner of the steps and then dis appeared between the brick pil low and the cement step. Look See PLANT On Page Nine Along The Cape Fear HOW TWO SCHOOLS WERE NAMED— As he promised, C. C. Chadbourn came through to da ywith the story of how'Hem enway and Tileston schools re ceived their names. According to Mr, Chadbourn it happened in this fashion: “Mrs. Augustus Hemenway, who had been interested in the public schools of Wilmington from the beginning, built the Tileston school as a memorial to her father, Mr. Thomas Tileston, a man of large means who had come to the aid of the government on Black Friday when there was a financial cat aclysm in the money market. “The corner stone of the new school was laid in 1871. The writer was present and the speaker for the occasion was the Hon. Alfred M. Waddell. “Mrs. Hemenway supported the school for 20 years until the local system improved to such an extent that the need for the Tileston no longer exist ed. “Some y*ars later the trus tees ot Mrs, Hemenway’s es V tate donated this property to the county of New Hanover through the instrumentality of James H. Chadbourn who had long been a friend of Mrs. Hemenway and was ac quainted with some of the trus tees of the estate. “The names of Hemenway and Tileston have been perpetuated in the two fine schools of this city that bear their names. ♦ * * MRS. HEMENWAY’S VIEWS — Mrs. Henmenway’s views of education went far beyond a rudimentary course, popularly known as the ‘Three R’s.’ She realized that then, as now, the home is the basis of civiliza tion, the stabilization of the country, and the salvation of humanity. Her ideals were a strong, healthy body, an active, clear thinking mind, religious in struction, and physical training. The early influences of her own life were the home, the See CAFE FEAR On Page Two Directors Agree To Under write $4,000 Costs Of TB Prograih Directors of the. Wilmington Red Gross sanatorium have agreed to underwrite to the amount of $4,000 a mass X-ray tuberculosis survey in New Han over county, Dr. J. C. Wessell, president of the Sanitorium, Inc., has informed Dr. A. H. Elliot, county health officer. Definite dates as to when, and how the survey will be con ducted are not available as yet but wil be published as soon as possible, Dr. Elliott told the Star. In his letter to Dr. Elliott, tell ing of the sanatorium’s decision, Dr. Wessell stated: “The letter from Dr. Vestal (Dr. T. F. Ves tal, director bureau of tubercu losis control, State board of health)-you referred to me makes us again realize the necessi ty of a mass X-ray tuberculosis survey in this county and puts See SANATORIUM On Page Nine SCHOOL CLASSES ARE OVERCROWDED Roland Cites Some In stances As Residt Of 600 Additional Pupils An increase of around 600 stu dents in New Hanover schools over last May when a number of war workers had moved from the vicinity has resulted in over crowding of some classes here, Superintendent H. M. Roland said yesterday. Teachers are alloted by the State on the basis of attendance for the previous. year. Superintendent Roland report ed that the total of 12,214 New Hanover students—11,634 in ele mentary and high schools and 330 in adult classes — was ap proximately the same number as enrolled in New Hanover schools last year at this date. He estimated that the number of students would increase this year rather than decrease as last year, and added that a number of families are moving to the vicinity because of the climate and availability of hous ing, including many who return ed to their original homes when the war boom ended here then decided to come back to New Hanover. Winds Of 160 MPH Now Bearing Down On Central Florida Resort Centers; Wilmington Area Set For Emergency _f Red Cross Workers Ready To Aid Residents If Hurricane Hits Residents of the Wilmington area, alerted by reports of the proximity of the most severe tropical hurricane to be recorded in modern times, are reassured today that the Red Cross has co ordinated all government and pri vate agencies in methodical prep aration to guarantee effective relief measures regardless of what may develop as the dis turbance passes by. This area was placed on an alert status at 11 a.m. Tuesday by Gardiner Greer, chairman of the New Hanover Red Cross disaster committee, following the decision of the weather bu reau to call for voluntary evac uation of the beach areas. Greer presided over a meet ing of the disaster committee at Red Cross headquarters, on Front street, late Tuesday aft -ernoon at which all details were perfected for the development of relief measures according to the requirements of the situa tion. Emergency Power In the event that serious dan ger threatens this community, Greer after, consultations with the weather bureau, Coast Guard,, mayors and law en forcement officials, is empow ered to declare a status of emergency. Officials of the city water de partment Tuesday informed the Red Cross that the city water supply is not threatened in Wil mington and that residents here need not draw an emergency water supply in jars and bath tubs. The Wilmington water supply is inland, officials pointed out, and is protected by under ground conduits. No overhead tanks exist to be threatened by high winds. Standby gasoline engines are ready to pump a normal supply of water if a power failure of electricity should develop. Should an emergency status be called, evacuation from any low coastal areas where lives are believed to be endangered will take top priority. To Man Shelter At the same time, personnel already designated will man emergency shelters already se lected at various points throughout the city. If an emer gency arises, the location of these shelters will be broadcast from radio stations WMFD and WGNI, a spokesman for the Red Cross emphasized. A food committee was named at the meeting of the disaster committee, and details of the collection and distribution of an emergency food supply, if need ed, are already completed. Medical care will be provided at each shelter. A first aid unit at each station will include a nurse and Red Cross personnel. Should persons arrive with seri ous bodily injuries, they will be hospitalized. War trained nurses aids will be summoned to the hospitals to help resident See RED CROSS On Page Two LAGUARDIA REPORTED CRITICALLY ILL BY (PERSONAL PHYSIC AN NEW YORK, Sept. 17—{JP)— Former New York Mayor F. H. LaGuardia collapsed at his home tonight and his physician, Dr. George Baehr, reported him to be in critical condition. “The former mayor has been failing gradually for the past week,” Dr. Baehr said, “and tonight he suddenly collapsed and sank into a deep stupor.” Baehr said LaGuardia, who was mayor for 12 years, was too critically ill to be removed to a hospital. La Guardia has been ill for some time. Tasty, Tender Turtle Takes Table Topspot TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 16 —tff*— Barton H. Smith, an importer, said today the sale of turtle steaks is booming as more and more housewives buy them as a substitute for higher priced beef. Normally all turtle imports here go to canned soup manu facturers, but about three weeks ago butchers and fish delaers in many Southern cities began calling for fresh turtle meat, Smith said. He. estimated that five tons of fresh turtle meat is now be ing shipped from Tampa daily. The huge 200 to 300-pound green turtles are caught in the Mediterranean Sea, brought here alive and kept alive until ready for marketing. Most house wives beat the steak, roll it in batter and fry it in deep fat, Smith said, but the meat also is used in stews and in baked dishes. Weather Bureau Advisories Expect Storm To Strike Near Palm Beach !. MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 16. — OT— The U. S. Weather Bu- ; reau issued the following ad* i visory at 10:45 p. m. (EST): ' The severe hurricane, at- ! tended by winds of over 100 ' miles an hour near center and with gales extending outward 100 miles from center, was centered at 10:45 p. m. (EST) 145 miles east of West Palm • Beach, apparently moving about 8 miles an hour. The continued westward movement will bring the storm center over the Flori da coast between West Palm Beach and Miami Wednes day, with high tides. Winds are now increasing along the Florida East coast and will attain hurricane force early Wednesday from Titusville to Miami and the Okeechobee region with gale winds over the remainder of South and Central Florida by Wednesday afternoon. All interests in South and Central Florida stand by for frequent and additional ad vices. Hurricane warnings u p from Titusville to Miami and over the Okeechobee region, and storm warnings else where over East Florida from Key Largo to Jacksonville. Northeast storm warnings were ordered down between Jacksonville,, Fla., and Cape Hatteras. MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 16. — m — A raging and expanding tropi call storm moved toward the rich and populous Palm Beach re sort area tonight carrying a threat to life and property. Destructive winds of an al most unprecedented velocity of 160 miles an hour were slow ly but relentlessly bearing down See WEATHER On Page Two CORDON ARRIVAL SET FOR TODAY Noted Singer Will Rehearse Thursday Program This Afternoon i Norman Cordon, who is scheduled to give a concert here Thursday night, will arrive today and will rehearse this aft ernoon with his pianist, William Robinson, it was announced last night. Cordon will also sing over a local radio station tonight, it was said. Meanwhile, music stores in the city say they all have sold out of his records since it was announced that he is to appear here. The three stores contacted ,Yopp’ s, McGrath’s, McMillan and CameVon, say that they have his records on order, and they sell like “hot cakes’’ when shipments do come in. Cordon will appear in the New Hanover high school audi torium at eight o’clock Thurs day night. Tickets to the con cert now are on sale at down town stores. And So To Bed An inquest at Fairmont recently diclosed that a col ored man came home to find that his wife had di vorced him and married an other man while he was serv ing a medium stretch in the penitentiary. Enraged at what he term ed his wife’s infidelity and his successor’s temerity, the ousted husband went to the home of the newly-weds, after they had retired, mak ing known his position in loud and threating language. Neighbors testified at the inquest that the enraged man shouted: “Open the door—o n e time!” Slight pause. “Open the door—two times!” Another brief pause. “Open the door—three times!” Sound of splintering wood and a door crashing inward followed by a report of a shotgun in the hands of tho second husband. The intruder fell mortally wounded. The coroner’s jury called it justifiable homicide. *_/
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