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i FORECAST: 4* I a a a. a a _ ^ X ^ ^ . . . . ^ Served By Leased Wires ™:‘™::! Uuttttfluitt nfttttui vtnr ____________ With Complete Coverage e* _- _ ' ▼ State %nd National New* \-ol. si.—no. 32. " ----------zzzzzmzizzzzzz~ . -■- —— ___WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1947 ESTABLISHED 1S67 Hayes Plans Study Of PC Hines Case Chief Of Police To Scan Written Reports On Arrest Of Luby Kelly; Recorder Con demns Use Of “Force” By Officers The case of Officer G. H. Hines, latest member of the local police force to receive public con demnation for alleged abusive treatment to citizens, rests with Chief of Police Hubert Hayes today. Having made a preliminary investigation, which unearthed considerable favorable evidence in support of Hines’ conduct, Chief Hayes said last night that he will study written reports to day before he reaches a decision in’the matter. Officer Hines hit a snag in Recorder H. Winfield Smith’s court Friday when Luby Kelly, 47, 1509 Castle street, was tried for drunk and disorderly con duct and resisting arrest. Kelly told the court that after he refused to enter his home at the direction of two officers, one of them—he pointed at —hit him with a weapo- Cp1 he had been hander' V V thrown into a car. K ^ was knocked uncons* „ came to in James Walk ^ ,m orial hospital, finding th.. five stitches had been taken in his face. Officer Hines said he went to Kelly’s place with Officer W. N. Jordan, where they had been sent to escort a - drunken man inside his home before he go! into trouble. When Kelly refus ed to go inside, became abusive and offered resistance, the offi cers put the handcuffs on him Hines testified. He denied tha1 they struck Kelly at that time Hines said that when they re moved the handcuffs from Kellj See HAYES On Page Two Truman Administration Blamed For High Prices -1 - JUGOSLAVS FREE THREE AMERICANS Government Also Formally Presents Apology For Arrest Of Army Men BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Sept 26—(jT)— The Yugoslav Foreign office informed American Am bassador Cavendish Cannon to day that hree American sol diers arrested by Yugoslav n-oops in the Trieste area Mon ay would be released today. The three Americans were previously identified as First Lt. William Van Atten, of East Orange, N.J.; Pfc Earl G. Hen drick, Jr., Arlington, Va., and Pfc Glen A. Myer, Edgeley, N. Dak., who went forward to a "ugoslav outpost for a “friend chat” only to be forced across -? border at gunpoint. Early Warning The Yugoslav apology came only 24 hours after the U. S. State Department announced it was taking up the case “im mediately” with the Belgrade government. The previous day the U. S. government called on Yugoslavia to stop the “exceed ingly dangerous” practice of is suing ultimatums to British and American troops in the Trieste area because it was “likely to precipitate incidents leading to most serious consequences.” An official report from U. S. \rmy headquarters in Trieste said the three soldiers were members of a five-man mount ed patrol. The Army said the other two members of the patrol reported Van Atten, who was in com mand, and the two enlisted men had dismounted when they saw a Yugoslav patrol, with whom they previously had been on good terms, and approached the border. While they were talk See YUGOSLAVS on Page Two HMS SNIPE WILL HOLD OPEN HOUSE Public Invited To Inspect Visiting Vessel On October 8 •I. T. Hyslop, vice consul of British Consulate, Baltimore an nounced Friday that the HMS Snipe, a good will British ship visiting here October 6-30 would be open to the public. The public has been invited to visit the ship October 8, from 2 to 6 p.m. and October 9, from 4-fi p.m. The first days invita tion is open to the general pub lic and the second day is open to friends at'ked by crew mem bers. Consul Hyslop said that enter tainment planned for the ship personnel would include a cock tail party for officers and a dance at the Community Cen ter for the crew. The Weather FORECAST: South Carolina—Fair and little change m temperature Saturday and Sunday. North Carolina—Fair and continued cool Saturday, warmer Sunday. Ileieorological data for the 24 hours c-'ding 7:30 p. m. yesterday. TEMPERATURES 1 30 a. m. 61; 7:30 a m. 57; 1:30 p. m. 71 7:30 p. m. 66; Maximum 76; Mini mum 37; Mean 66; Normal 71. HUMIDITY 130 a. m. 79; 7:30 a. m. 87; 1:30 p. m. 1:30 p. m. 66. PRECIPITATION Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. o inches. Total since the, first of the month 11-91 Inches. TIDES FOR TODAY 'From the Tide Tables published by u S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). HIGH now Wilmington _7:32 a.m. 2:25 a.m. 7:58 p.m. 2:37 p.m. Masonboro Inlet_5:21 a.m. 11:38 a.m. 5:52 p.m. - p m. Sunrise 6:03; Sunset. 6:04; Monorise 5 OSp; Moonset 3:18a. Mere WEATHER On rage Iws Government Export Buying Of Grain Held Respon sible For Rise WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — —J. O. McClintock, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, blamed the Truman administra tion tonight for high prices in the grain market. He said that the “activity of the government in buying grain for export has been responsible.” McClintock issued a state ment on behalf of representa tives of the Chicago Board of Trade, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and the Kansas City Board of Trade. These three had been asked by the Agriculture Department to double their margin (cash down payment) requirements on future sales. The department, asking mar gin requirements of about 33 1-3 percent, expressed concern that increased speculative activity in corn and wheat might drive prices excessively high and la ter briug about a price collapse. McClintock’s statement said: “We propose to ask a special Congressional committee to make a full and intensive in vestigation of the operation of the exchanges in an effort to bring out the true facts and achieve understanding and co operation by the public.” McClintock said officials of the three markets told Secre tary of Agriculture Anderson to day that “the administration was pointing in the wrong places for the real causes of See TRUMAN on Page Two REFERENDUM SET ON PEANUT QUOTA Growers To Vote On Pro posal December 9; 760, 000 Ton Total WASHINGTON, Sept 26 —Wt— The Agriculture department an nounced today that its grower referendum on a proposal to in voke federal marketing quotas on the 1948, 1949 and 1950 crops of peanuts will be held Dec. 9. Quotas are being proposed be cause of prospects of a surplus of the war-expanded peanut pro duction. The referendum will be held in all peaifut-producing communities in the 14 Southern peanut producing states. All persons engaged in the production of more than one acre of peanuts this year will be eligible to vote. This includes tenants, share croppers and owners who share in the pro ceeds of the 1947 crop. To become operative, quotas must be approved by at least two-thirds of those voting. 760,000 Tons The national marketing quota for next year’s crop will be 760, 000 tons provided the controls are approved. Each farm will be given an acreage planting allotment, de See REFERENDUM On Page 2 Britain Announces Willingness To End Mandate Over Palestine At Early Date; Russia Urges Troop Exodus From Korea v^ - Americans Silent On New Proposal Soviets Announce Plans As Means Of Solving Tough Problem SEOUL, Korea, Sept.. 26.— (U.R) — Russia today proposed simultaneous withdrawal of So viet and American troops from Korea, beginning in 1948, as a solution to the Korean problem. Col.—Gen. Terenty Shtikov, chief of the Soviet delegation oi the joint United States—Soviet commission,said that the with drawal “may give the Koreans an opportunity to form a govern ment themselves, with the help and assistance of the allies.” “If the American delegation agrees with the proposal regard , ing withdrawal of all foreign troops at the beginning of 1948, then Soviet troops will be ready to leave Korea simultaeously with American troops,” Shtikov said. There was no comment from American officals here. The Russian proposal climax ed two fruitless negotiations on the formation of a Korean gov ernment. The country is split in half, with the Russians con trolling the industrial Northern sector and the Americans the agricultural southern zone. Placed On Agenda At the insistance of the United States, the Korean problem was placed on the United Nations General Assembly Agenda on Sept. 17 and the Russian invitat ion to withdraw all troops from 9 See AMERICANS On Page'Two JURORS CONVICT SPARTA PHYSICIAN Dr. B. 0. Choate Draws One To Three Year Term; Plans Appeal DOBSON, Sept. 26. —W— Dr. B. O. Choate, prominent Sparta physician was sentenced to from one to three years in State prison today by Judge William H. Bob bitt after a Surry County Super ior court jury found him guilty of criminal abortion. The jury acquitted the Alle ghany county physician on a charge of manslaughter in the abortion death of Mrs. Annie Mae Anderson of Charlotte at an Elk in hotel in August, 1946. Dr. Choate gave notice of ap peal to the State Supreme Court and Judge Bobbitt set bond at $5, 000 which was supplied. Judge Bobbitt found Clarence W. Seagle of Charlotte md Tabor City guilty of criminal abor tion and gave him a one to three year sentence suspended. He was acquitted on a charge of man slaughter in connection with the death of Mrs. Anderson. He had entered a plea of nolo contendre when trial of the case began Monday. He was placed on pro bation. Judge Bobbitt said he thought the evidence justified the ver dict rendered by the jury after deliberating 30 minutes this morning. He added that in his estimation the jury brought in a “soft” verdict rather than one of manslaughter. 88TH “BLUE DEVIL” DIVISION TO LEAVE FOR LEGHORN SOON TRIESTE, Sept. 26. — <U.R> — The U. S. 88th “Blue Devil” divi sion, which has served two years in Venezia Giulia, will be moved rapidly to Leghorn for evacuation from Italy to the United States, it was announced today. It has been reported unofficial ly in Army circles in both Leg horn and Rome — but not con firmed officially in Italy or Wash ington — that some of the 88th’s troops may be sent to Greece. House Committee Asks Prosecution Of Eisler WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — UP)_The House Committee on UnAmerican Activities recom mended today that Hanns Eisler be prosecuted for perjury and passport fraud. In a report to be sent to the Justice department it also recom mended that Eisler be deported and prevented from “ever re turning to this country.” The recommendation was made folk wing three days of hearings during which Eisler, 54 year-old German-born Hollywood songwriter, admitted that he had applied for membership^ in th® Communist party in Germany in 1926. But he was never active in the party and is not now a mem ber, Eisler testified. In 1940 when he was admit ted to permanent residence in this country he swore he was not a Communist. The recommendation of the committee was approved by all four members who attended the hearings: Chairman Thomas (R N.J.) and Reps. McDowell (R Pa.), Rankin (D-Miw.) and Wood (D-Ga.). _ _ i BEFORE THE BATTLE—Pictured above is an enthusiastic crowd yesterday aftemoc:' on the postoffice steps and grounds oar tieipatyig in a pep rally previous to the New Hanover High School-Charleston Hi football game at Legion Stadium at 8 p.m. Hlgl School cheerleaders led the crowd of students and townsmen in singing. The rally followed a parade by students down Front Street (Staff Photo by Ben Maynard) YOUNG JEWS ROB BANK OF BIG SUM Four Policemen Lose Lives During Holdup Netting $180,000 JERUSALEM, Sept. 26—W— Between 20 and 30 young Jews, believed by officials to be mem bers of the Stern gang, staged Palestine’s most spectacular holdup today, killing four Brit ish policemen, wounding seven other persons in a TeLAviv street battle and carrying off $180,000 loot in a white jeep. Bags containing $420,000 of the total haul of $600,000 were drop ped in the subsequent chase. Two of the gang were believed wounded and two suspects seized. The raid was carried off with military precision when the striking force of four youths in the white jeep drove up to Bar clay’s bank in Tel Aviv’s basy Allenby road before noon, just as the money bags were being loaded into a guarded armored car. The youths, said by eyewit nesses to have been Jews, sur rounded the armored car, open ed fire and mortally wounded one policeman, and struck in the face a bank official who was approaching with a money bag. HIGH BONDS SET IN LOTTERY CASE Three Wilmington Negroes Arrested In Raid On North 6th House Bonds totaling $3,001 were placed on three Wilnjingto.i Ne groes ai rested by local p .lice and detectives on barges cf conspiracy to operate a lottery and operating a lottery yester day afternoon. James Nelson Davis was un der a 54.000 bond, and Willie Mae Davis and Mary Elizabeth Davis had bonds set at $2,000 See BONDS on Page Two Commission Delays Action On Shipyard i . ■■ ■ ■■■■I -- OASIS PRISON CHICAGO, Sept. 26—0J.R>— Police got a telephone call from a frantic young woman who identified herself as Clara Blakely. “I was in the telephone booth,” she said, “and I got so wrapped up in my conver sation 1 didn’t notice the store—it’s a liquor store— was closing. “Now I’m locked in with all these bottles.” Police routed the store own er out of bed, and he released Miss Blakely. She doesn’t drink. TOBACCO PRICES VARY ON MARKETS Middle Belt Warehouses Only Units To Post Gains Friday By The Associated Press Rallying price averages char acterized sales yesterday on the Middle Belt, only flue-cured to bacco belt to show gains — all all other belts reported price breaks, the Federal-State De partments of Agriculture re ported. The Middle Belt, after show ing losses on Thursday, rallied in price for most grades, with leaf and smoking leaf aver aging from 50 cents to $5 per hundred pounds higher. Prim ings advanced from $3 to $11, and nondescript was up 50 cents to $2.75. Quality of the Middle Belt was reported as better than on Thursday, with more cutters and lugs being graded with less leaf and smoking leaf. Volume was higher with Thursday’s sales totaling 2,943,512 pounds for an average of $42.43 or See TOBACCO On Page Two Along The Cape Fear RAZZLE DAZZLE In 1911— It may surprise some football fans, who are exponents of the T-formation and wide open foot ball, to know that a capable for ward passing attack was being used to good advantage by the Wilmington high school team not only 10 or 15 years ago but 36 years ago before present day players and many contemporary coaches were born. In the days before youthful shoulders became manly by the donning of bulky shoulder pads, before slipping on the uniform jersey, the boys were turning in a very creditable account of themselves at League park. The stye of sports writing however, has probably changed more than has the style of of fensive play on the gridiron. This is apparent from the fol lowing newspaper account of a clash with the Donaldson cadets: * * * WALLOP FAYETTEVILLE— “For Ihe second time this sea son the football team from Don aldson Military Academy went i - down to defeat before the crack eleven of the Wilmington High School yesterday afternoon at League Park, when the local lads piled up a score of 16 to 0 against the plucky cadet oppo nents. The game was a good one and the large attendance thoroughly enjoyed the fine work of both teams. “Though the fighting was for the most part in Donaldson’s territory, the cadet lads rallied dangerously at times and on one occasion were dangerously near the High School goal. However, the local boys always held their own in pinches and the Fayette ville team failed to cross the line or kick goal for a single point.” Excerpts from the detailed re port reveal the effectiveness of the forward pass attack which was so taken for granted at the time that it failed to gain com ment in the lead story: “Wilmington makes successful forward pass to Burnett.” Two touchdowns were scored on line See CAPE FEAR On Page Twe State Ports Authority Re quests More Favorable Lease Terms By Frank Van Der Liden Morning Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 Faced with an unexpected re quest for more favorable terms, the Maritime Commission today delayed action on a tentative agreement to give the North Carolina State Ports Authority a seventy-five-year lease on the North portion of the govern ment-owned shipyard at Wil mington, N.C. Just as the commission was preparing to act upon a pro posal authorizing the head of its terminals division to negotiate the final draft of a lease within the scope of the agreement he had reached several weeks ago with officials of the Ports Au thority, in came a letter from the Authority changing the terms in neary a dozen places. Howard J. Marsden, the terminals division chief, who had been asking the commis sion to let him close the deal instead requested—and got—an indefinite delay until he could See COMMISSION On Page Two WAGE INCL_JES NOT PRICE FACTOR Secre t a r y Schwelienbach Says “Air Pumping” Largely To Blame SPOKANE, Sept. 26—(.?)—Sec retary of Labor Lewis B. Sch welienbach told a news confer ence today that “wage increases have not been the factor in price rises that people believe.” “For example,” ne said, “by stretch of the imagination could labor costs add more than $1.87 per ton to the price of coal. Yet coal prices were put up as much as $5 per ton .There is no way to catch up when things such as that occur. There was $3.13 of "air in that price which should never have been pumped in.” He said “profits of corpora tions the first six months of this year were double those of the first six months of last year.” The Labor secretary declared that strikes during the past year, excluding the telephone and coal strikes, were at an all-time low. NAVY HERO HELD ON ‘DOPE’ COUNT Wife Of Commander Fitz hugh Green, Private De tective Also Named NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 26. — (JP) — The daughters of a famous pioneer automobile manu facturer, her husband, a retired naval commander who served in two wars, and a private detec tive have been indicted here on charges, respectively, of buying and selling narcotic drugs. The two men were arraigned before Federal Judge Carroll Hincks in federal court here today on secret indictment voted earlier in the week. Charged with illegally buying drugs were Commander and Mrs. Fitzhugh Green of New Canaan. She was identified by U. S, Attorney Adrian W. ' Maher as the daughter of the late William C. Durant, noted automobile manufacturer. Injured In War Green, himself, a graduate of Annaplois, Polar explorer, and author, served in both wars in the intelligence service. He leaned See NAVY HERO on Page Two WHITEVILLE HOST ! TO RECORD CROWD Annual Farmer’s Day Fete Draws 15,000 People; Varied Program Special To The Star WHITEVILLE. Sept. 26—Ex ceed' ng all predictions. Farm ers’ Day drew from 12,000 to 15.000 people today as White ville went all out in a gala day of celebration. Farmers’ Day queen was to be selected tonight from a list of 15 contestants, all farm girls from Columbus, Bladen and Brunswick counties. Three dances, round, square and a third for Negroes, were to close the all-day event tonight. Ten thousand noon-time visi tors heard Ray Galloway, North Carolina department command er of the American Legion, warn that the world has no peace, only an armed truce. Scores of contests and races entertained the throng at inter vals throughout the day. A foot ball game between Whiteville High school Wolfpack and Bur gaw resulted in a 30-0 victor for the local eleven. Wr.fle thousands went home at sundown after a busy day, others came this evening for the crowning of the queen and for the dances tonight. Short Aviation Course Slated For School Here Wilmington will be the first of five North Carolina cities to have one-day courses in subjects relating to aviation conducted in the public schools next month in cooperation with the Civil Aeronautics administration, it has been announced from Washington. A CAA spokesman said yes terday that the first of such courses will be conducted in Wilmington on October 6. Others will be held at Raleigh. October 10; Greensboro, October 17; Asheville, October 24; and Shel by, October 30. North Carolina is the first state of the south Atlantic sea board to plan the courses. The courses, under the super vision of the State superinten dent of public instruction, Clyde Erwin, are designed to empha size the part aviation plays in the nation’s life. „ Soviets Dominate I Assembly Session Vishinsky Blasts Londo* Statement, Renews War Monger Charges LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 26— —Britain declared today she it willing to end her Palestine man date rule. The British at tho same time envisioned an early withdrawal of their forces from the strife-torn Holy Land unless the United Nations Assembly finds a solution acceptable to Jews and Arabs alike. Russia took the offensive on all other fronts in the Assembly. Fiery, grey-haired Andrei Y. Vishinsky held a self-called special news conference to dis seminate renewed charges of “war-mongering” in the United States and specifically in Sec retary of State Marshall’s, own delegation. Vishinsky blasted at the Brit sh statement on Palestine with the comment that he was “afraid” it meant the “ultimata withdrawal of Jews from Pales tine” and if that was the case the Soviet reaction is “nega tive.” 11. S. Attacked The Soviet bloc, acting in con cert on widespread fronts, re lentlessly attacked the United States, Greece, South Africa, the size of the U. N. budget, and op ponents of the Russian campaign on “war-mongers.” The British laid down their views on Palestine in a 1,000 word statement in which they said clearly that they must plan for complete withdrawal of See SOVIETS on Page Two PIPE LINE FIRM WILL GET STEEL Trans-Arabian Granted License To Ship 20,000 Tons From U. S. WASHINGTON. Sept. ?.f. - -W—• The Commerce department said today it has licensed the Trans Arabian Pipe Line company 1® ship 20,000 tons of steel to Saurii Arabia between October and December for oil pipeline con struction. The department said “the de cision was reached after consul tation with and recommendation by other interested government departments that the strategical political and economic inter?Ms of the United States made such action desirable.” Senator Wherry (R-Neb) pro tested to the department Turr-4 day that exports of pipe have “played havoc with steel n o plics” for domestic users. As chairman of the Senate .?■ oil Business committee, Wherry wrote Secretary Harriman about reports that licenses for exports to Saudi Arabia were about to be issued. Wherry Objects Wherry objected specifically to so-called “ex-quota” lioeni. s. These are exports authorised in See PIPE on Page Two . Z DEATH OF FRESHMEN BRINGS BAN ON PEP RALLIES AT SCHOOL HOLLAND, Mich, Sept. 26. — UP) — Off-campus pep meetings were banned by Hope College today after a Detroit freshman was killed in a student snake dance through the streets of tnis city. Charles Robin, 18, Detroit, suf fered a skull fracture when a lamppost toppled on him Thurs day night in a rally in prepara tion for a football game with Grand Rapids Junior College A rope to which the marching students were clinging became entangled around the post, pull ing it over. And So To Bed Somewhere in the vicinity of Wrightsville avenue there must be a young boy by the name of Barnett Avenue. Yesterday morning, a Ioeal salesman was looking for an address on Barnett avenue and by mistake he turned into Metts avenue, one block north of the street he was seeking. Unable to locate'..' the number he was looking for he drove alongside a small youngster playing on the sidewalk. “Young man, can you tell me where Barnett Avenue is?’ “I don’t know, Sir,” *0 boy replied, “I have not seen him since he left for school early this morning.’’
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