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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-22

-Bladen county with over 100 famll'
les known to have been driv'
en- from their homes in the fast
rising areas.
The endangered waters entered
the two story home of Charlie Nit
chell and had risen to the third
step in the stairway inside the
home leaving the helpless family
upstairs until relief came.
Sheriff H. M. Clark, emergency
chairman of the American R
Cross, sent 20 boats to the scene
and numbers of Elizabethtown peo
pie have been working steadily al
day assisting to move the stricken
families and stock.
The waters have crossed the
Elizabethtown Atkinson highway
near Kelly and there are about one
and one half feet over the highways
It is not possible to estimate the
damage done to the crops in this
rich section of Bladen county, the
principal crop being corn which is
raised on land SO rich that no ferti.
lizer is used.
The last report stated that the
waters are still rising.
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East Coast Gas Supply
Threatened By Strike
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Texas ''is not far away and that
shutdowns on the Gulf would soon
limit deliveries to the east coast.
In Washington. Edgar L. War
rem, conciliation director, asked oil
industry representatives and the
CIO Oil Workers Union to meet
next Tuesday in Chiacgo, especial
ly commissioned to attempt settle.
ment of the strikes.
The amount of gasoline in mo.
torist beset filling stations here
dried to a trick]e. The shortage
threatened to spread to essential
users as union plans for rationing
hit snag.
In Detroit a spreading strike Of
oil workers left the city with suffi-
cient stocks of gasoline to last only
until Monday noon, q dealers as
sociatio statement said.
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SAMUEL p, WINBORNE

COMO, Sept. 81 R - Samuel
Pretlcw Winborne, prominent farm.
er of Hertford county, died at his
home, Cedar Hill," near Como,
today after an extended illness.
He was born August 16, 1866,
and was a son of Major Samuel
Darden and Mary Pretlow Mass.
enburg Winborne, of Hertford
county. He was educated at Horners
Military Academy, Oxford, N. c.
and the University OF North Caro-.
lima. He was member of Phi
Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Mr.. Winborne was for a number
of years member of the Hertford
county board of commissioners. He
was trustee of the Como school
board, a deacon of Buckhorn Bap-
tist church, and trustee of Chowan
college. He was married Nov. 2,
1892, to Miss Jessie Jones, daugh
ter of the late Rev. Rueben and
Susan Deane Jones of Churchland,
Va.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by four daughters, Miss Mary P
Winborne Of Louisville, KY; Mrs.
Jethro D. Majette of Como and
Miss Dora Winborne, both of Como
Mrs. w. j. M. Holland, Jr., o1
Franklin.
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OAKLAND, Calf, Sept. 2l.-P)
1t. Col. James Patrick Sinnot
Devereux, AZ, Marine commander
in the historic defense of Wake Is
land, arrived by plane from Japan
today and dourly observed 1.-THE
Japs will have to be taught a les
son."
After nearly four years in JAP
anese prison camps, quiet-spoken
Devereux thin and pale from his
Imprisonment, refused to discuss
the defense of Wake or comment
on General MacArthur's occupa-
ton policy until he makes his Of
ficial report in Washington.
1T would be an impertinence on
nv part to say anything at all. But
there is one thing. Certainly we
can't do to them (the Japanese)
what they did to our people," Dev-
ereux said.
sThat would be contrary to ev-
ervthing we have been fighting for
and have believed in"
III r. was a quiet homecoming for
4ha Colonel and he made no show
-. ~ emotion. His wife died shortly
ofter he was taken prisoner. After
. short stay at Oak Knoll Hospital
= he1d a two-way radio conversa-
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Cairo, Abadan, Iran; Karachi, In
dia; Calcutta, India; Luliang,
China $50 miles east of Kunming)
Manila, Guam, Kwajalein, John
ston Island, Honolulu, San Francis
co, Kansas City, Washington. Stops
totaling 80 hours Is minutes will
range from one to four hours
longest being at Casablanca, Cairo
Karachi, Manila and San Francis.
CO.
The passenger list and crew
have not been announced, but pos.
sibly no more than five persons
will go all the way around. These
are:
Capt. Philip Warth, of Balti.
more, publ relations officer al
the National Airport, conducting
officer of the flight; Col. C. B
Allen, of New York City, formerly
of the New York Herald Tribune
and now of ATC operations; Miss
Service; Frederick c. Gilman Of
Service Frederick c. Gilman Of
United Press and the writer, re-
presenting the Associated Press.
Once the Army is able TO gel
out of the business and planes be
come available for commercial
airlines, civilians may expect more
comforts, more service and in time
even greater speed for a round
the-World flight. However, the in
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japanese Need Lesson,
1t: CoL Deuereux Saws

ton with his 11-year-old son, Pa.
trick. He later left by plane fo1
Washington where he will haze a
reunion with the boy and other
members of his family.
Accompanying the colonel were
II other Marine officers, all mem.
bers of the Wake garrison.
Colonel Devereux, whose home is
Chevy Chase, Md, said he and his
men received good treatment at a
Japanese "show" camp at shang.
hal where 'things were pretty
nice" There was adequate food
and medical care.
However, this ended in June
1914, when they were transferred
to the Hokkaido Center where. food
was scarce and the men began to
waste away.
There was no actual mistreat-
ment OF prisoners, he said, but they
did have to work.
Disclaiming any feeling of per.
sonal animosity against the Japa.
nese, Devereux said he felt pretty
badly about what happened to my
men, but declined to comment fur.
ther on the matter =.
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BIG FIVE TALKS
BALKAN TREATIES
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the deputies.
In connection with the border ad'
adjustment, it was learned that
Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M.
Molotov was reported to have OBJ
iected to a communique issued on
that subject on the grounds it dlo
not have Russian approval.
The communique announced that
the deputies had been instructed to
study the issue; drawing the from
tier on ethnic lines and interna-
tionalization of the porth OF
Trieste.
The wording made it appear that
the Big Five Ministers were in
agreement on these principles, but
it was learned that the Russians
still were holding that Trieste
should go to Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav Vice Premier Edward
Kardelj. who had conferred with
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes this afternoon, declared at
press conference tonight that Yu.
goslavia intended to give Trieste
the status of a separate state In
the Yugoslav Federation if it was
placed under Belgrade sovereignty.
Byrnes is scheduled to see Italian
Foreign Minister Count Alcide De
Gasperi tomorrow morning.
The main issue involved in the
Romanian discussions appears to
be the border with Hungary. The
Russians believe that all Transyl-
vania should be handed over to
tie Romanians, while the Ameri.
cans feel that those parts of Tran
sylvania inhabited by Hungarians
should come under Budapest rule.
Meanwhile it was learned that
John Foster Dulles, adviser to the
American delegation, had agreed
to accept Byrnes' request to tour
the European capitals and make an
independent report on conditions.
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mitted spending four week-ends en-
gagged in intimate lovemaking with
Miss Kingsland, upon endearing
letters he had written to her and
on a confession by the defendant
that he had buried his wife at the
Ft. Jackson Army maneuver area
after thinking she had died from
an overdose of sodium seconal cap
sules he gave her to relieve men,
strual pains.
Broome acknowledged to the
Jury that Epes "can be and prob
ably will be convicted for burying
his wife, and would serve SEN
tence in Jail for it.
but you cannot convict a man
for murder on this testimony" he
said. "You are not fortune tellers.
You cannot guess on this thing
In asking for a directed verdict
Brown charged that the state had
based its entire case on the de-
fendant's own statements.
Inc law of the land" he said.
is that the statement OF the &C.
cused cannot be used either for or
against him until it is proved tina,
CRIME has been committed.
But Judge CASTOR turned down
the motion after only brief consid.
eratlon' ruling that the guilt or in.
nocence of Epes must be deter.
mined by the jury.
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ELKIN MAN HEADS
N. PRESS GROUP
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Lassiter of the Smithfield Herald;
E. A. Reach of the Chatham News,
Siler City; and P. T. Hines, busi-
ness manager of the Greensboro
Daily News.
In luncheon address today, Jo-
sephus Daniels, editor and publish
er of the Raleigh News and OBJ
server, said, 1.-The press must be
a tocsin of the people. Not of any
class, not of any favored few, but
Of the people, oftne voiceless, often
forgotten, often oppressed. We
must speak out for people who
look to us to plead their cause
when it is just and to uphold them
in their ambitions and their aspira-
tons"
Daniels said the newspaper must
be crusader and an agitator. 1T
must have convictions it would die
for as well as live for" he said.
He added that although changes in
machinery and manufacture will
come, the newspaper will continue,
and the spirit of the newspaper
must never change.
DR.. George D. Heaton, pastor of
the Myers Park Baptist Church of
Charlotte, gave the main address
at tonight's session.
Earlier, Randall Harries of the
Asheville Citizen Times was re-
elected president of the Associat-
ed Dailies, and Worth Bacon, OF
the Winston-Salem Journsl-Senti
mel, was reelected president of the
Association of Afternoon Dailies
Dante Germino of the Durham
Herald-Sun will serve as secretary.
treasurer of the Associated Dailies,
and other afternoon dailies officers
are Henry Belk of the Goldsboro
News-Argus, vice president, and
H. A. Cecil of the High Point En-
terprise, secretary.
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against quizzing Elliott Roosevelt
personally about his financial
deals.
The CIO came to town to urge
action on the Truman legislative
slate. Particularly on full en-
ployment,' more pay for the un.
employed, higher minimum
wage.
Said Robert Lamb, CIO nation
al legislative representative:
"Any members of Congress who
don't get on the bandwagon and
vote for a 65-cent minimum wage
are going to be sorry in 1916. "
Said Tydings:
II don't intend to sit here and
be threatened by any damn per
son."
Out he marched.
Boos and Kisses from the CLIO
followed him.
All House and a third of the
Senate seats are at stake IN nexl
years election. But Tydings' term
doesn't expire until 1851.
The enlistment bill holds out to
volunteers such bait as bonuses,
earlier retirement, free mail. The
idea is to get enough recruits SO
draft calls can be cut and dis
charges Of veterans speeded.
Seantor Ebert Thomas D-Utah)
dropped a plan to tack onto the
measure ban on drafting any
men except those 81 to 26. He said
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-22
First Globe-Circl;ng
Flight Starts Friday

augural journey of "Tba ~,
ter. will be plush enougn ne'0oes
, Most passengers will ST., sIso,
their seats, but the seats s'esp sl IN
comic comfortable as a heavily Ile ,,e,31 a.
stored chair, and they arg upnoI
table. There will be hot food 'aloS' sle!
ed on, on regular schedule, over rs.s' nsss'
or all Of the route. Cars 'sr n,i1, most
provided at the longer stona ~a' oe
whatever sightseeing time pero,;4I pS lo'
A civilian certified BY tbo ''' n'
ernment as travelling in N IN. soV
tional interest may board -s aTl ma
Globester,' at the equivalent 'ls 1t.
commercial rates. The fun l'si ai., o.
lar flight fare is s2,341 phs ,s s;O0u'
cent transportation tax. Otberu,p1s' ps'
the service will be restricteS S'Ss E
military personnel, cargo and rr,S %
bound for military installations ,s'a !.
zones of occupation. IL
However, commercial air,i,.
already pushing plans for wc,s
wide service, figure prominentI' u
the Army run. A Trans-C -Contirs1...',' ~
and Western air crew, rnssl s
A.T.C. contract, will fly the .. ron..
from Washington to Karansi
Army fliers will pick it vp fro~ ,
Karachi to Manila. Crews trom
United Airlines and Consairwsv,
(Consolidated) as we'll as from m
Army will fly various hops from
Manila to San Francisco.
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CHEST CHAIRMAN
NOTES RETURNS

Very satisfactory progress is
being made in the return Of pre-
campaign quota acceptance agree
ments, according to H. A. Marks,
Campaign Chairman of the Com
munity War Chest. At the end of
the second day, more than ten
percent of these agreements have
already been turned in at head
quarters.
II want to emphasize" Marks
said, ''that the securing of these
quotas is very necessary preli-
minary to the actual campaign
which begins next month. Under
the unit plan, some 275 of our
larger business firms are thus CIV
en- advance knowledge Of their in
dividual goals, and time to or
ganize campaigns within their own
rganiZations.
A sharing committee of repre-
sentative citizens has prepared
suggested quotas for each of these
firms, and these quotas are now
being submitted for approval.
Through this process we can be
assured that the suggested quotas
are fair and reasonable, and ar.
rive at a fair sharing of the total
goal"
The Commercial division still
leads with 10 quotas accepted, eight
Of these in Group D, the Chain
Store group The Public Service
division has reported from five
firms, and the Industrial division
tram four.
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MILITARY CLIQUE
STYMIED BY US,
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of the militarists now crowding The
cells of Yokohama Jail.
Many japanese had expressed
surprise when Doihara was appoint
ed with American approval as
commander of the first general
army to succeed Field Marshal
Gen. Sugiyama, who committed
suicide September Il.
They said at the time that Dol,
hara, Japan's Lawrence Of Man.
churia," and leader Of the
notorious gendarmerie in Manchur.
ia was hardly one to win the con.
fidence of American occupation
forces.
AS commander of the First Army
he would have dealt with the larg'
est occupation forces around To.
kyo. He also was commander Of
the Eastern, Army district head.
quarters.
Doihara's notoriety was world
wide when he was credited with
trying to win over the Chinese war
lords in Manchuria with a def
mixture of brutality and bribery
He had sunk into obscurity in re-
cent years.
He was Mayor Of Mukden" at
the time of the Manchurian incl'
dent, which erupted into a full
blown campaign Of conquest in
which he himself led field force
for a time.
MacArthur's censorship code hit
hard at the game some japanese
newspapers and Domei Agency
had been playing and for wnlcn
Domei and two newspapers tenn
porarily were suspended.
It prohibited coloring stories BY
omission of details, the insertion Oh
editorial comment in news stores
and banned undue headline dis
nlays calculated to develop prop
aganda line.
Latest to be picked up in the NJ,
roundup of MacArthur's 'WahIeo
men was John Holland, an AuSlfaL
ian sought for questioning a00a'
Tokyo broadcasting. He was dffss' .
ed in a barber shop at soppofO'
in northern Japan. i,
1t. Gen. Masaharu Homma' al
ready in Yokohama prison, was az
cused by Capt. Lassiter A. Masun
of Jacksonville, Fla, of dellnefa's !,
" ordering the infamous 'Dean "a.
March" from Bataan. Homma na' Ia
denied knowledge of such brulua' ,.'
ity but has assumed responsloll'i'
Mason, who was on the maI.a sa
himself and recently was llbera'sa ~
from a prison camp, SAID ne ',aa ~,
heard a high japanese o1flcef ", w
clare the Americans must sulie.
because 'lots of japanese n avs ~
been killed by the Americans -
the Philippines" AVOID
The occupation Of Japan move .ss
on without friction. U. 5. MaiIs .a,.5s,
are scheduled to move oat0a,. s.,s
into the western Japan Naval D'''
of Sasebo. u1l
The northern port of Aomori n WIN W.,
be occupied by the U. s. hisr hssorl
Army Sunday and Japans SeeU o,.r
citv of Osaka will be taken O'''
Tuesday.
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HIGHWAYS REOPEN
AS WATER RECEDES
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a large part Of a bumper corn
crop was feared lost.
The Cape Fear reached crest
of 68.9 feet at Fayetteville at one
o'clock last night, and had fallen
to 68.7 by late today. Flood stags
at Fayetteville, one OF the most
critically affected flood areas, IS
IS feet.
us. 301 was still blocked both
north and south of Fayetteville late
today. as were N. c. "a east OF
Fayetteville and N. c. 81 south OF
Fayetteville.
U. S. 15-A was blocked at Lilling-
ton. Although the Cape Fear was
falling there and water had reced-
ed somewhat, the road was wash
ed out and barricaded for repairs.
Only five highways remained
closed tonight: N. c. 81 southeast
of Elizabethtown leading to Will
mington; U. S. IA between Maxton
and Lumberton; N. c. 53 between
Fayetteville and Atkinson; N. Z.
BETWEEN Erwin and Linden, a
N. c.. 95 east of Rocky Mount. US.
PIT between Erwin and Linden, and
sol was closed at south Boston, Va.
Highway Department officials ex-
pressed concern for the Elizabeth
town area and said U. S. 7O1 may
be inundated there. A stage of 40.4
feet was reported at Elizabeth
town late today, and the river was
still rising. Flood stage there Is
20 feet.
In general, the Weather Bureau
said, all four rivers are falling IN
their upper and middle reaches,
but are till rising in their lower
reaches. A crest OF 48 feet was ex-
pected at Weldon on the Roanoke
by late today. At one o'clock, the
river had reached 47.2 feet.
The Nesue was still rising a
Goldsboro and Kinston, with stages
of 22.2 at Goldsboro and 14.6 at
Kinston. The Tar was rising at Tar
boro with a stage of 24.3. and at
Greenville with a stage of 15.7.
The Highway Department said
that chances are in our favor
in regard to closing highways at
Goldsboro and Tarboro. They said
highway 1T south OF Goldsboro
may not be closed, and that high
WAYS at Tarboro and Scotland Neck
may be kept open in spite of the
rising waters.
U. S. No. One was open through
out of Carolinas and Virginia, al
though the Virginia HigiyNy Pa
troll reported two inches of water
over the highway near the Virginia
line. Traffic will continue to &C
through, the patrol said. Also open
ed today were u. S. ITO from Ra-
leigh to Smithfield and U. S. 81
from Zubulon to Rocky Mount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-22
ABNER NASH MARTIN

LUMBERTON, Sept. 21-Abner
Nash Martin, so, Orrum farmer
and veteran of World War l, died
Thursday at the Veterans Hospital
in Fayetteville where he had been
patient since last Friday. He
had been in declining health from
a heart aiiment for the past six
months.
Mr.. Martin was native OF
Robson county and the son OF
the late Rober A. and Tellie Wat
son Martin of Howellsville Town
ship. During the last World War
he served in France with the
Medical Corps of the 81st Infantry
Division. He was a member OF
Ten Mile Baptist church.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at p. m. from the
Broad Ridge Baptist church. In
terment will be in the church
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Al-lndia Delegates
Demand Full Freedom
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NOAsAAUCu AAOul 4 axe Oucl
there.
Trade relations of an enduring
character and problems relating to
the movement Of populations can
only be properly considered and
settled by the representatives of a
free India, free Burma and free
Malaya."
This reference to population
movements bore on the question OF
large masses of Indian labor which
IN perWar years regularly went to
Falaya and Burma and expect to
continue doing SO. Indian business
men have protested that they were
being kept out Of Burma until
British interests were established
there.
The resolution said that to keep
Malaga, Burma, Indochina and In
donesia politically and economical
ly subject would be "a denial and
a reputation Of the professions
made by the United Nations in war
time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-22
Many Agencies Aid
In Helping Evacuees

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. 21.-tR)
Army, Red Cross, and civilian
agencies joined hands today in
caring for hundreds driven from
their homes here as the flooded
Cape Fear river rolled over an
eastimated one-fourth of this city
of 10000 population in south-cen-
trail North Carolina.
The Cape Fear, swollen to re-
cord-breaking proportions by re-
cent heavy rains and the torrents
that fell in the wake of last week
ends tropical storm, began to re-
cede after reaching a flood stage
of $50 feet Ga record early today.
Normal flood stage is 35 feet.
At Midday, the Red Cross said
it had registered 2,269 evacuated
residents. About 1000 have beer
taken care Of in schools, other
buildings, and tents furnished by
nearby Fort Bragg. The Army also
assisted in providing food sup
plies.
Officials said property loss would
be high but ventured no dollars
and cents estimate. The building
of Radio Station WING was wash
ed away, although it's tower re
mained standing. A pavilion at c
nearby resort known as Breece's
Landing also was carried off ir
IL, flood.
Three deaths have been ascribec
to the high waters. Police said the
victims, all Negro boys, drowned
Wednesday while swimming ir
flooding tributaries of the Cap<
Fear.
Fayetteville continued almos1
isolated from the remainder of the
state as far as rail and highway
transport was concerned, but con
ditions were reported improving
The state highway department
at Raleigh said that many high
ways in the eastern and southern
part OF the state, closed since earl,
In the week, were being reopenet
as flood waters receded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-22
Reprisal Threat Anglers
Senator From MARYLAND

that proposal would stir up a lot
of argument and impede speedy
passage of the new recruiting sys'
tenn.
Republicans moved in the House
Ways and Means committee to
question Elliott Roosevelt, son OF
the late President. Rep. Knutson
(R-Minn) said 10 of them voted
for it, II Democrats against.
The committee has been studying
Elliott's affairs because they in.
volve a $4,000 income tax deduc.
ton. That allowance was claimed
by President. John Hartford of the
Great Atlantic and Pacific T e a
Company on grounds he lost that
part of 100000 loan to Elliott to
help finance Texas radio network.
The committee also decided not
to summon Hartford or former Sec
retary of Commerce Jesse Jones.
Jones is supposed to have settled
Elliott's debt for $4,000.
The committee hasn't made up
it's mind finally what to do about
the case.
Senate Republicans were busy in
a policy-shaping steering commit
tee meeting.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said they
would get together with House Re-
publicans on joint declaration OF
party purposes.
Social note:
Senate Republicans and their
wives will attend buffet supper
Thursday.