[ -.w tlmfngimt Ulitrutttn f^SEr ____ ^ State utd National New* ,m._f,._NO. *. --3~ WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER «. 1947 ESTAB^HEDl^ I NewRedMove Alarming UN 0tl«gates Fear New Inter national Will Widen US-Soviet Breach TAKE SUCCESS. N.Y., Oct. j uR—Middle-of-the-road dele at?s to the United Nations General Assembly expressed frank alarm today at the crea te,, of a new Communist In ternational pledged to fight American ‘•imperialism.” Formation of the new com wiunist organization, announced toClai' m Moscow, was regarded t. uK as another heavy blow ai possible Soviet-American co rporation. 11 divided the East West a little farther. It „!ElC|e history move a little fas ter. The Moscow announcement dimmed hopes for the success „/ a little country attempt to have the United States and Rus tic aoft-pedal their differences end try to get along lest UN fail, Assembly President Oswal do Aranha of Brazil conferred with U. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall yesterday, and held a similar conference with Soviet Vice-Foreign Min uter Andrei Vishinsky Friday. Aranha wouldn’t say, but ob viously was trying to make peace between the Assembly giants. When the current as lembly opened, Aranha warned that it might determine wheth er the world has peace or war. Friction Mounts ft i n c e Aranha’s opening speech, Soviet-American fric tion has increased. Little country delegates, try ing to be neutral in the Soviet American struggle for moral leadership of the world, have led the “peace offensive,” with France also trying to conciliate. These so-called “neutral” dele gates talk gloomily every time the United States or Russia looses a tirade against the oth er and such was the case to day. These peace-minded dele gate*, in order to maintain their neutrality, seldom speak cut in public, but in private conversations contend that Rus sia is not entirely to blame. See MOVE on Page Two lawyervanishes FROM STEAMSHIP FBI Watching Develop ments In Case Of Re tired Chicagoan MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 5—(U.R)—'The mysterious disappearance of Albert Matheson, 47, retired Chicago attorney, from a Cuba bound steamship last week left officials here baffled today aft •r three days of investigation. No trace of the missing man has been found since he was last seen Wednesday afternoon, when he boarded the SS Flori 'a, P&O Steamship co. liner which regularly makes the overnight Miami to Havana sun. FBI agents, who received word of Matheson’s disappear ance from tlie steamship com pany, declined comment on the rase other than to say they were still “watching” for devel opments. There was a question in the o’inds of company officials as to whether Matheson actually ever sailed after he had taken » stateroom, checked in Witn •he purser and moved his lug fsge aboard. Rcproted Missing ‘1 could guess anything,” •ajii Passenger Agent G. W. Parker. “He could easily have hit flie ship before it saile’d •iter once going aboard.” Matheson was reported miss tog Thursday when it was dis covered that he had not gone through the customs at Havana. His stateroom was searched •ad it was found that the bed h«d. not been slept in although tin pajamas were laid out and tore pieces of expensive luggage •ere there. Th* Miami Beach hotel where Matheson stayed said he had checked out Wednesday without leaving any forwarding ad less. He gave his Chicago ad dress as 1042 Argyle st. The Coast Guard said here it had been notified of the disap Se*ram:e but had not searched '* abaters between here and The Weather FORECAST Carolina and North Carolina— cloudy and no important tempera ■r* change Monday and Tuesday, scat V?5 showers in coastal area, weorological data for the 24 hours •"dfng 7:30 yesterday. Temperatures .ip MR 82. 7:30 am 63, 1:30 pm 75. 2*% 8ft. Maximum 75, Minimum 81. *** W? Hormal 66. « Bumidiir m «, ?r30 am 92, 1)M fM #4, ty, . Prtc*pH*4ion &a Bit 34 hour* andinf 7:30 * ^ftenei. Total since the first of *hWifn, 0 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY F i *5* Pl€ Tables published by ©oast and Geodetic Survey.) . High - 1:41 am u.tll . .. 3:30 pm bnet .. 12:07 am _ -pm Uy-M* * >»*. Run net 5:50, * Ter* Monnse^ 12:46 om *•* WEATHER on Fagt Twf Jury Frees Lovers^ Of Murder Chi Heiress Louise Overell, Sweetheart Bud Gol lum Acquitted After Longest Trial In U. S. Court History; Break Seen SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 5. — (/P) — Heiress Louise Overell and her lover George (Bud) Gollum both were acquitted today by a jury which heard their 19 week trial on charges of murdering her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Overell. The jury’s announcement was greeted with an immense, prolonged cheer which broke spontaneously from the spectator-jammed courtroom in the tiny Santa Ana stone courthouse. The crowd disregarded in structions from Superior Judge Kenneth E. Morrison to maintain order regardless of which way the verdict went and shouted and push ed each other around as the court clerk read the findings of the six-man, six-woman jury that had been deliberat ing since 4:16 p. m., (P. S T.) Friday. The 18 year old Miss Overell, sole heiress to her parents’ half million dollar estate told reporters im mediately after the verdict ' she was not going to marry Gollum, to whom she has been engaged, the wedding having been planned for her 18th birthday April 30. The young college sweet hearts were tried on charges of murder in the deaths of her parents in the mysterious yacht blast in Newport har bor last March 15. It was the longest trial in American court history. See JURY on Page Two % Scottie Gives Preview For Policemen, Scribe NEW TYPHOON I MANILA, Monday, Oct. 6— (TP)—The Philippine Weather Bureau said this morning a typhoon was believed to have struck the Cagayan valley of Northern Luzon. There were no immediate reports of damage from the area. Storm warnings were hoisted last night in Manila, Northbound plane flights were cancelled and inter island steamships put into the nearest ports for shelter. The storm moved in from the Southeast. HOLY LAND SPLIT MAY UPSET WORLD Iraq Minister To Warn UN Of Danger In Creation Of Jewish Stats LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 5—l»— Dr. Fadhil Jamali, Iraq’s mini ster of foreign affairs, was ex pected to tell the United Nations tomorrow that the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine would lead to open warfare in the Middle East and possibly a third world war. Meanwhile, other Arab sourc es on an unofficial level said Arab forces already were being formed in Iraq, Syria, Trans jordan and Lebanon to assist the Arabs of Palestine should the U.N. approve any plan for partitioning the Holy Land into separate Arab and Jewish areas. It was understood that the United States might speak on the Palestine case on Thurs day, but there still was no in dication when Russia would take the floor. Britain stated her case 10 days ago when Colonial Sec retary Arthur Creech-Jones an nounced British intentions of re See HOLY On Page Two INDIANSUMMER COVERING NATION Clear, Sunny Weather Due For Areas East Of Rock ies Few Days By The Associated Press .... The nation enjoyed one of its pleasantest days Sunday, the Chicago weather forecaster said, and Indian summer condi tions were predicted for most of the country east of the Rockies during the next few days. It was sunny and clear ex cept in the North Pacific coast and Northern Rocky Mountain areas whe** partly cloudy skies were reported and there was cool air, with afternoon maxi mums around 70 degrees. The Southwest was generally fair and mild, and tempera tures ranged from 75 to 85 in the central and Eastern re gions. , A possible change to cooler weather in the North central area lay in a static cold front over Western Canada, but the chill air mass gave no sign Sun day of Southward movement, the weather man said. Canine Contortionist, Pals To Do Stuff For Child ren Today BY BERNICE JENKINS Star Staff Writer Warming up for some 15 shows before almost 10,000 Wil mington and New Hanover school children this week, Char lotte Police Officer F. G. Pres sley hauled out Scottie, 15-year old “just plain dog” last night for a sneak preview before sev eral policemen and one report er. Scottie, one of the nation's only two canine contortionists, but resembling nothing more than a ruffled, dirty gray mop with ruffled pinfeathers, oblig ingly twisted herself into pret zels for her small audience. First she stuck her head down on her stomach and just kept pushing it backwards until she was protruding quite a dis tance between her hind feet and glaring right into the reporter’s eyes. “She’s the only dog Fra- got that will bite,” Officer Pressley encouragingly remarked. “Of See SCOTTIE On Page Two WILMlNGTONMAN WINS $500 PRIZE Claude Howell’s Painting Judged Best At South* eastern Art Exhibit ATLANTA, Oct. 5 — IS) — Claude Howell, of Wilmington, N.C., took first purchase prize of $500 at the Southeastern Art Exhibit which opened at the High Museum here today, with his oil painting, “The Funnels.” Second prize went to Stuart Purser, Chattanooga, for his picture, “Baldwein Street.” He won $300. The $200 third place purchase prize for oils went to Dmund Yaghjian of Columbia, S.C., ac cording to Harold Sheffield of the museum. About 700 entries were re ceived in the competition, Shef field said, and 160 were ac cepted. Judges were Alexander Brook, of New York and Savan nah, and Federic Taubes, of New York. MOTHER ENDS LIFE AFTER SHE CHECKS ON WORD SPELLING PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5 —Iff) —Pauline Palmieri, 17, wonder ed why her mother suddenly asked how to spell the word “responsible.” Yesterday she found out when a shot rang out through the Palmieri house and she ran up stairs to find her mother lying dead across a bed. a .38 caliber revolver and a note nearby. The note read: “Please do not hold my hus band for mv death. He is not ‘responsiVe.’ ” Police Sgt. John Buley, of Darby. Pa., said Mrs. Palmieri had taken her life because of a lingering illness—but onlv after checking the spelling of the key word in her note. Part Of Conshohocken Proves Alien Country ©ONSHOHOCEN, Pa.. Oct. 5 —m>)—Citizens of Consho hocken are litterally up a tree. To the amazement of every body, including Postmaster James P. Meaney, part of Con shohocken apparently is not in the United States. According to the UnAea States government it does not have to pay to have three ma ple trees on the 5th avenue side of the Conshohocken Bf»t office repaired, along with three oth er trees on the Fayett street side. Why? The disputed plot of land is “extra-territorial,” according to the U.S. Postmaster Meaney says he is fearful that a “wind or a storm may toss a limb any time and injure someone.” Citizens are wondering if they need passports to visit th# git* of the foreign trees. president Asks Nation To Forego Meat On Tuesdays, Eggs Thursdays; Dodgers Win, 8-6, To Tie Series i-—___ Reese And Casey Star In Victory Final Game Of World Series Set For Yankee Stadium Today By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Oct. 5 —(U.R)—Lit tle Pee-Wee Reese and the mighty Htigh Casey, long - time favorites in Flatbush, lifted the fading Brooklyn Dodgers off the floor today with the power and pitching that blasted the New York Yankees 8 to 6 and squared the World Series at three games all. For it was little Pee-Wee, the Dodgers’ steady shortstop, who came through with a two-run double which ultimately proved to be the ball game before a roaring record crowd of 71,065 fans. Ar.d it was Lasey, wnc twicp before in this hectic series had gone in to still the botming bats of the Bronx Bombers, who strode in through the purple haze of evening and slammed the door on the Yankees. They were the big ones in the longest nine inning game in the history of the classic, an ever changing battle which took three hours and 19 minutes and broke the record these same two clubs chalked up in Thurs day’s third game. But it was a team victory too, for the battling Bums from along the Gowanus. There was squat, young A1 Gionfriddo, who raced to the left field bull pen and pulled See REESE On Page Two SAARLANDVOTERS OUST COMMUNI fS German-Speaking Popula tion Cast Ballots For Union With France SAARBRUECKEN, Monday, Oct. 8—HP)—Saarlanders yester day elected a parliament pledg ed to make their coal and in dustrial basin an economic part of France, returns showed early today. The returns indicated that the German-speaking population of the Saar, which IK years ago voted to join Nazi Germany, gave a vote of more than nine to one for three political par ties which support economic un ion with France. Only two of the men elected to the Saarland Assembly were from the Communist party which opposed union. The other 48 were from the three parties favorable to such a move. The Communists got only 8.4 per cent of the vote. The parliament was expected to approve a constitution bind ing the Saar to break all po litical ties with Germany and become an autonomous and non represented state in the French economy. The Saar now is -oc cupied by French troops. Agree to Control The. United States and Brit ain have agreed to French con trol of the Saar. Actual eco nomic union awaits a statement from Russia, which has not in dicated her position. In the Saar Military govern ment headquarters in Saar See SAARLAND on Page Two Along The Cape Fear ■ - 1 ■■ —— TOAST TO LIBERTY—When Stamp Collector William Hous ton signed a document in the court house pledging that he would not attempt to carry out the unpopular British orders, he touched off a celebration that lasted far into the night :n old Wilmington. Only citizens who had “LIB ERTY” printed on their aats in large letters dared to appear on the streets of Wilmington that night. A bonfire ws kindled and a long table nearby was set with a variety of fine wines and choice-whiskies. Many toasts were drunk to the brave patriot leaders who led the defiance of the unpopu lar Stamp Act and the village rang with the lusty huzzas of the cheering throng. Houston remained powerless to collect the objectionable revenue and the colonists had won the first round of the battle for inde pendence. * * * ASHE HEADS DIRECTORY —After -four months oarliament repealed the unpopular Stamp Act. But when two merchant ships, the Patience and the Dobbs, entered the port of Brunswick late in January, 1766, they were seized by the British sloops of war. Diligence and Viper. The warships gave as their excuse that the clear ance papers of the merchant men were not signed. Attorney General Robert Jones took charge of the matter while the ships were being held. On February 15 Jones re ceived his answer that the crews of the Patience and the Dobbs were to be seized and the cargoes liable to confisca tion. With this report the Wil mington colonists lost their pa tience both figuratively and lit erally. Three days later they held an indignation meeting. Men from every county along the Cape Fear signed an agree ment in Wilmington to the ef fect that they “preferred death to slavery.” They selected a di rectory to manage the resist ance movement against the “slavery” to which Great Brit ain was attempting to subju gate them. John Ashe was named to head the directory with Alexan der Lillington and Thomas Lloyd to assist him. The direc tory promptly 4rew up a plan of resistance. THE SHATTERED MOTOR of a car owned b y T. Burkett Ivins, a controversial political figure is shown after a mysterious blast had wrecked it as the ex-sheriff stepped on the starter in his garage in Etowah, Tenn. The explosion ripped off his right leg and punctured his body with pieces of metal. He died shortly after in a hospital in Athens. At right is his grandson, Dannv, 5, who was injured in the blast. Police Chief C. O. Kennedy said Ivins “was in office a long time and made a lot of enemies. (International Soundphoto) DEGAULLE WARNS 0F“ ’’DANGER Former Premier Tells Crowd Of 150,000France Now Threatened PARIS, Oct. 5 —(.?]—Gen. Charles De Gaulle said tcday that France is a “threatened country,” while two-thirds of Europe “implacably directed by the Soviet dictatorship . . . never ceases its pressure to ward the West.” De Gaulle renewed his at tacks on French communists, without mentioning them by name, in a plea for election of candidates supported by his rally of the French people in municipal elections two weeks hence. He addressed an esti mated 150,000 persons at the i Vincennes race track. He declared that France had only a narrow geographic sep aiation from the “enormous mass of land, resources, and populations” in the Russian sphere. “And still.” he continued, i “the party of Separatists, bor ing into all branches of national activity, cultivating confusion, See DE GULLE on Page Two MRS. E. M.MAYBANK TAKEN BY DEATH Wife Of South Carolina’s Senior Senator Had Been 111 For Months FLAT ROCK, Oct. 5 —— Elizabeth Myers Maybank. wife of South Carolina’s senior Sena tor, Burnet R. Maybank, died today after an extended illness. Mrs. Maybank had been ill for several months and was confined in a Philadelphia hos pital until recently when she came here for the marriage of her daughter. The Maybanks have three children, Burnet, Jr., Roberta and Elizabeth. Senator Maybank was first elected to the Senate in 1941 to finish the unexpired term of James F. Byrnes, who resigned to become a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Maybank was re-elected in 1942. BEAUTY WELCOMED MEMPHIS, Xenn. Oct. 5— W—The kids in the primary class at Little Springdale Methodist church here gave a big “welcome home” to day to their teacher—Bar bara Jo Walker, “Miss America of 1947.” The Memphis State College senior, who returned home Wednesday after a brief tour picked up where she had left off with her church activities—teaching the class and leading the church choir. VIOLENCE TAKES VES OF NINE Automobile Accidents Ac count For Majority Of State Deaths By The Associated Press At least nine persons were killed in North Carolina during the weekend. Norwood Bannerman 14, star halfback of the Burgaw High school football team, died Friday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident on the Bur gaw-Jacksonville highway. Arthur Victor Hopper, 20-year old Navy veteran, was killed in stantly by a , shotgun blast through his head Friday night at his home in Newton. Sheriff Ray Pitts reported that a coro ner’s jury had ruled the death, as self-destruction. Jimmy Thomas Boyd, 6, of Oxford, was fatally injured Fri day when his father accidentally backed a car over him. Coro ner F. Earle Hunt said the death was accidental. Edna Pittman Wooten, Negro of Durham, was shot and killed at her home early Saturday. Jesse Dawson Pritchard, 15, died Sunday at Banner Elk hos pital after being found hanging from an apple tree at his home in Minneapolis Saturday noon. Lonnie B. Shaver, 40, an auto See VIOLENCE On Page Two STATE ADVERTISING CONTRACT TO BE LET AT ASHEVILLE MEET RALEIGH, Oct. 5 — tf) —1The State Board of Conservation and Developement will begin its three-day meeting at Asheville on October 13, with the award ing of the state’s advertising contract scheduled as the most important business item on the agenda. Governor Cherry, as chair man of the board, will attend the session and will speak Mon day morning, October 13. The board also will hear Charles E. Ray of Waynesville discuss their work of the North Caro lina National Park, Parkway and Forest Developement Com mission. An inspection trip to Mount Mitchell State Park will be made Monday afternoon. SCI “ROUNDUP” DATES ANNOUNCED 1947 Encampment Will Be Held At Lake Forest School Area A 1947 council-wide round up encampment lor every Cub pack, Scout troop, and senior unit in the Cape Fear area will begin November 14 and continue until the 16th in the Lake Forest school area, it was announced yesterday by Kay Sweazey, Scout executive. The Encampment will chmax a council-wide round-up which | began September 1 and will continue until November 15. The nine counties included in this council are New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Robeson, Scotland, Hoke, and Cumberland. in the various units of the council the Cub packs, Scout troops, and senior units have been asked to stage some type of “Open House” or “Parent’s Night,” so that the families and friends will understand what the units are doing. During the same period every Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Sen ior Scout will adopt his own See SCOUT on Page Tvw CHOLERA DEATHS NOW TOTAL 344 Egyptian Government Takes Steps To Stamp Out Present Epidemic CAIRO, Oct. 5—(/P)—Egypt's government took new steps to put down a two-week-old chol era epidemic today as the num ber of deaths from the disease rose to 344. Five of the deaths were re ported toda\c In addition, the total of cholera cases grew to 1,433 with reports of five more suspected cases. Bacteriological examination showed four pre viously suspected cases to be postive. An official statement declared Dakahiheh province and the towns of Ismailia and Suez in fected areas. Among new meas ures adopted in infected areas were a ban of foods and drinks unhygienic-ally produced or sold and the closing of all restau rants deemed by the health of ficer to lack cleanliness. Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashv Pasha awarded $20 to a woman who notified police promptly of the arrival at her house of a diseased relative es caped from the village of Ko rein, where the epidemic start ed. The man now is in a hos pital. Dr. Mohamed Khalil Abdul Khalik Bey, director of the In stitute of Bacteriologicl Re search, accused British military authorities of neglecting “quar antine regulations during the last war.’’__ Feet Dangling Out Door Of Hearse Startles Cop PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5 — 1* —A Delaware river bridge po liceman figures he’s seen everything now. Here is what happened yes terday: A solemn - looking, slow mov ing hearse entered the Philadel phia side of the bridge. It was nothing unusual until the p >hce roan saw a pair of feet sticking out the back door. He quickly phoned the Cam —President Truman tonight ask ed all Americans to pledge themselves not to eat meat on Tuesdays and to abstain fiom poultry or eggs on Thursdays. Mr. Truman, in a broadcast from the White House, an nounced the the government will “demand of the grain ex changes’’ that they increase their down-payment require ments on grain to at least one third. Also, Charles Luckrnan, chair man ot the President's citizens food committee, announced that the rittilling industry, at a meeting here Wednesday, will be asked to shut down comple tely on use of grain for 60 days. That would be in addition tc the 50 per cent curtailment of grain use already pledged by about 60 per cent of the industry. Mr. Truman in founding the demand on the grain markets declared that the cost of living “must not be a football to be kicked about by gambler* in grain.” If the grain exchanges rrefuse to make the margin change, “the government may find it necessary to limit the amount of trading,” the Presi dent said. As additional sacrifices to but tress his aid-for-Europe cam paign, launched formally with See BROADCAST On Page Two REBEL CH1EFTANS FREED ON BONDS Special Magistrate Grants Bail Of $5,000 Each To 26 Men HAVANA, Oct. 5 —UP)—Twen ty-six alleged chiefs of a 1,007 man expeditionary force to de pose President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic were freed today under bonds of $5,000 each. Special Magistrate Evelio Tabio of the Supreme Tribunal accepted the bonds from a se curity company, which refused to say for whom it was acting Judge Tabio had ordered the 26 men charged with “having jeopardized the peace of tha state” and having taken enlist ments “without legal authoriza tion of the Cuban government.” The group, mostly Domini cans and Cubans, included eight generals. The rest of the force was freed last week. Three mpn from the United States were among those released yester day. Thev were Hollis Smith. 26,'of Parades Park, N.J. and Rupert E. Waddel. 27. and Thomas Sawyer. 26. both of New York city. The force surrendered to Cu ban authorities earlv last week on Guinchos Cav off the North Cuban coast and at the port t/f Antilla. AMERICAN VETERANS EJECT EDGAR CORRY AS NEW COMMANDER COLUMBUS, O., Oct 5 American Veterans of World War II elected Edgar C. Corry, Jr., of Des Moines, Iowa, com mander for 1947-48 at the dose of their third national conven tion today. Corry. a M-year-old attornev and former Navy lieutenant commander, succeeds Ray Saw yer of Arlington, Va. He was chosen on the eighth ballot, over Willard I. Shattuck Jr., of Fitchburg. Mass. Florence Reddelsheimer ai nashville, Tenn., was elected national women’s vice eom mander-at-large. And So To Bed Tom MurriU’s fishing party didn’t catch a fish Saturday night at Topsail inlet but five sober men are witness to the fact that Murphy Ben nett of Raliegh “booted” a channel bass out of the surf. The bass tipped the stales at four and one half pound. Several hours of fish ing was to no avail until Ben nett encountered the bass in shallow water and kicked the fish out with his boots. Other out of town members were E. R. Johnson and C. C. Duncan of Charlotte. SENCBA authorities have a headache today trying to elassify the entry! “MM** none; booted one.” >