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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

the full sense of the law, is something
for the government to decide.
While protection against bouts such
as the Louis-Conn one lies within the
Jurisdiction of the New York Athletic
commission, modification of Jacobs ex-
tensive powers would be as good for the
SPORT. as a whole, as for the innocent
fight fan. With boxing headed toward
a return to the million-dollar gate days.,
it's good time to look into Mr.. Jacobs
methods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Wife Found Buried In
Squash Patch Near
California City

LOS ANGELES, June 22-(P0-
Attorneys for Fred R. Hills, veal
thy nurserymau whose Wife's body
was found buried in a squash
patch, demanded his release or
a writ of habeas corpus today,
but disclosed that if and when he
is formally charged, his defense
will be ''dementia Americana"
The same defense was first usec
in the Harry K. Thaw case. ThaW.
tried for the murder of Stanford
White, well known architect, il
New York city, was found in.
sane and sentenced to an institu.
ton. His California attorney, D
M. Delmds, claimed "dementia
Americana" for Thaw during his
first trial, in which the jury fail
ed to reach a verdict.
Hills, AZ, is booked on suspicion
of murder. Police, digging with
the aid Of flashlights, uncovered
the FUR coat and nightgown-clao
body of petite Doris Hills, also
~, on their ranch in suburban
Van Mugs early yesterday, climax
ing hours Of questioning the hus-
band. She disappeared last Dec.
Z.
Said S. S. Hahn, noted Los An
geles criminal lawyer:
"Dementia Americana is a men.
tai disorder peculiar to Americans.
1t is a temporary loss of control
of the mental functions. 1t may
be termed a bla ckout of the mind
for a brief space of time.
amy violent act occurring dur
ing this condition is never pre-
meditated, therefore Gs) not GRIM
inal in the eyes of the law. Psy-
chiatrists recognize this form OF
insanity as g legal defense in
homicide trials = Ever pres
ent in tragedies where the tran
guilty of the home is threatened
with disruption"
Under questioning, Police Capt.
Jack Donohoe said, Hills acknoWl-
edged that he and his wife had
quarreled over whether their son,
Dick, q, should be permitted to
purchase an automobile.
The writ of habeas corpu, ap-
piled for by Hahn and his partner,
Saul Ross, is r%eturnable Tuesday
in Superior court.
Lieut.. Ray Giese of The police
homicide squad said no formal
charges would be filed until aft
ar an inquest, set for Tuesday,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Farmer Wages Fantastic
Battle Against Big Rats

hay shocks, but owe them, they
headed straight for my ranch build
ings."
Bufe ran into a chicken yard,
emptied all the feed from the hop
pers, and substituted a quick-acting
rat poison, then armed himself with
a club.
The rats ignored Bufe, his dog
and cats, and swarmed into the
hoppers, devouring the poisoned
food. They we're oon running
around crafty, Bufe said, and he
went to work on them with the
club.
All day and night they fought,
with wave after wave of rats ap-
pearing. Suddenly the migration
stopped.
Bufe believes the rats, starved
by the current feed shortage, had
sent out scouts and picked his
ranch as a promising spot for food.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
SERBIAN TESTIFIES
in CHETNIK TRIALS
duplicates Mihailovic AS
Leader OF Policeman
Fighting Forces

BELGRADE, June 22.-P0-The
commander of the Serbian volun-
teer corps told a military court
today that the corps had fought
alongside the Germans against
Marshal Tito's partisans, and at
one time had been put under COM
mand of Gen. Draja Mihailovic.
The corps commander, Kosta
Musicki, said arms for the corps
were supplied by the Germans, and
admitted under questioning that
his first units we're formed from
followers of a Yugoslav fascist
party.
He said he put himself and the
corps under Mihailovic's command
in the Julian March area on the
Istrian peninsula.
Musicki, on trial with Mihalovic
and % others on charges of trea-
son and collaboration, pleaded in
nocent at today's session of court,
as did Djuro Dokic, former mini
ster of communications in the war
time Yugoslav puppet government.
Musicki, a former colonel in the
Yugoslav army, said his units lee
a column of Germans against the
p~artisan-held town of Cacek ano
admitted his forces helped tc
blockade the town. But he denied
organizing mass arrests and execu.
tons when his corps entered CaceE
with the Germans, as charged il
the indictment.
When the court asked why Musi
cki's soldiers had not killed Ger.
mans, he replied: There was ne
reason. Why should we kill a nal
who gave us arms?"
Questioned about the indictment
charge that both the Germans anc
puppet premier Marshal Milar
Nedic's government considered the
Serbian voluntary corps as par
of the Wehrmacht, Musicki ad
mitted that he was attached to the
German staff.
Dokic, accused of directing the
establishment, maintenance, ane
p r o lection of communications
which aided the Germans, said i
was for special reasons that we
collaborated with the occupier. We
were never allies with the Ger
mans. We were an occupied coun.
try and had to do what they sale
for the sake of law and order"
He said partisan fighters were
responsible for the deaths of Serb.
lans because there would have
been law and roder under the Nazis
If people from the forests had mo-
tried to attack the occupier.n
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Editorial Comment
BACK TO THE LAND

David Drummond is learning all about tur-
key raising from the ground up and hopes to
be lucky enough to market six or seven nun
dred by Thanksgiving. Soon after receiving
his discharge from the navy, David bought a
small farm below Pleasant Grove. He built
his own brooders and is now constructing his
permanent run-pens to which the birds will
be transferred when six weeks old. Both
David and his wife, Kitty, were reared in
town. but they like country life and are aav.
ing a lot of fun with turkeys, peaches, gar.
dening, etc-Greer Is. c. Citizen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
EIGHTH VICTIM OF
HOTEL BLAST DIES
Wounded World War II Vel
Latest Casualty; Others
Seriously Ill

DALLAS, Tex, June 22.-Up-
A 28-year-old wounded veteran oil
World War II became the eighth
victim of the Baker hotel tragedy
today as doctors fought to save SIX
others critically injured when n
eexplosion rocked the luxury hotel
in downtown Dallas yesterday
James w. Thomas, war veteran
hired by the hotel from the Burns
Detective Agency, died of his IN
juries late today at Parkland nos
pital. The hotel said the young maj
was drawing full compensation 1oI
shrapnel wounds suffered in the
war. =,
Three Dallas hospitals still hao
26 of the al injured hotel employer
many of whom were suffering from
severe ammonia burns or from res
piratory trouble induced by am
monia fumes.
Meantime, as hotel officials es'
timated the damage at more thaH
$500, 900, Fire Chief c. ". Penn
called in experts to SIX tie a
cause of the exploSioh.
He said indications were the an.
monia blast took place in a ne|
refrigeration system being IhSt Ian
ed in a endorsement Of the 1oo
room, history hotel, The blast d
noon yesterday, showered dozens q.
employees with ammonia "hlc.
scared their flesh like fire as
suffocated and blinded them, Penn
said it might make two more Qd!s
to discover the exact reason ~
the explosion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

SACRAMENTO, Calf, June q
LR-Adolphe Bufe, Wilton Farmer,
counted 800 dead large rats today
following a fantastic day and night
battle reminiscent of the middle
ages.
Aided only by a dog, two cats, a
can of poison and a club, Bufe said
ne struggled a day and night tc
save his flock of so chickens from
the Invaders" said though ex-
hausted at the end of the fight, he
was successful.
He gave this account:
He was working in his ranch yard
when he glanced over to a hay field
and beheld a sight the like OF
which l had eve seen before"
Coming up the hill across the
hay field was a gray horde of rats
first singly, then by two's and
three's. and then in droves.
mot bothering to 60 around the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
FDR To Be Eulogized
At Special Ceremony

WASHINGTON, June 22.-U,H-
Congress will eeulogize the late
FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt at a specia
memorial service in the house on
Monday, July /.
President Truman, members of
his cabinet and members of the
late Presidents family have been
invited to attend the ceremony. The
committee in charge of the SER
vice said tonight. Members of Mr.
R~oosevelt's old cabinet and repre-
sentatives of other governments al
SO will participate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
CRASH FATAL TO DOCTOR

DURHAM, June 22-P-Dr
Raymond Thornhill, a resident
physician on the staff of Duke hos
pital, was killed today about 2:30
p. M, when his automobile went
out of control and crashed into a
bridge abutment Is miles south of
Smithfield. State Highway patrol
men reported that a tire on Thorn
hills car had apparently blown
out, causing the machine to 60 out
of control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
QUESTION OF CONDUCT

To The Editor:
My problem is "should ladies
act like ladies as much 50 as
gentlemen should act like gentle
men,"
My brain-storm all started at a
recent baseball game when an
overly enthusiastic Army officer
was letting his enthusiasm be
known by loud cheers and boos.
Suddenly d dlgnified, elderly lady
turned around and demanded, in
a very threatening ton of voice.
that he be quiet. She wanted to
know why he couldn't act like a
gentleman. He turned it back by
wanting to know why she didn't
act like a LADY.
l believe each side has its point,
but where is our southern chiv-
airy?
A Reader.
Wilmington, N. c.
June %, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

The News
BY Dewitt MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs anoIr

The sensational arrest "
mir of Pandit Jawaharlal NaI 1Sa
rresident-elect Of the powert,1 G' 1u'
India congress, had the 49,
result of halting the negotappy
over Indian Independence a. I Nuns
Delhi at a crucial monent WV Wv.
in the long run the r~epercussio ou'
may have a salutary effecf 4S
The incident is clothed with ~
the mystery and drama for ~h d
We are accustomed to 1oar. ''!a
Hindustan. The Pandit Nebr,, III
kashmiri Brahmin and so Of tbs
highest caste in Hinduisn~o|1Ds
ceeded to the dream-land Of K ~
mir c'pale hands I love- u,b;aL
is his native state, on an evtr. '
ordinary mission. ""'
That mission hasn't been tn
explained bat, to use Nebru's o~'9
language he intended ito mt '"a
end to the complications arisi~n u
from the policy of the Kasbm?s
government" Specifically if
pears that he was going 10 .i5
in the defense of Shiek Abdn1lsb
and others accused Of sedition
against the m~aharajah. Sir Hsr;
Singh, And our story wouldn't ~
complete if VIC didn't mentio"
here that the maharajah is M.
OF the worlds richest men, wifi,
q private fortune estimated .
$500, 900, 900, end has a decided
penchant for the good things NJ
life.
Real Significance
However, the real Significant.
OF the situation lies in the fact
that his highness is a Hindu WIN
is ruling over a population of
some 1000, 900 who are almost
wholly Moslem, And here we bava
the blueblood Hindu Nehru-wbo
next to Gandhi is the most power.
full personality in India-rushjng
to the assistance of Moslems Al.
though Moslems and Hindus are
in theory mortal enemies.
Nehru had been warned bv Tho
Kashmir government to keen
away from the state. But the Pan.
dit is a man of persistence and
great courage, and he went ahead
He was arrested at the frontier
and is said to have been wounded
in the face with a bayonet. Later
the state government stated that
he was free to leave Kashmir
when he chose.
With Nenrl's arrest the All-India
congress registered it's indignation
by postponing Indefinitely its de-
cision whether to accept the Brit.
ish plan for a provisional Indian
government. That was a shock, in.
asmuch as the %protracted nego-
tiations between England and the
Indian leaders had seemed about
to bring agreement.
However, there was more to
come. Great cities throughout In
dia-Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi,
Madras-were thrown into confu
sion by strikes and demonstra.
tons against the arrest of Nehru.
Only one other man in India could
have inspired such a tribute, and
that is Mahatma Gandhi whose
humble disciple Nehru is.
And what are the lessons to be
learned from all this? In the first
place we she'll do we'll to mole
that mighty India's four hundred
millions are awake and on the
move. The masses are becoming
political minded, as the widespread
reaction 10 Nehru's arrest indi
Gates. Along with this, OF course,
India has been making seven
league strides in education and
industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Man Will Use Odd Plea
Of|DementiaA Americana
LETTER BOX
EXPRESSES THANKS

To The Editor:
Stamp Defiance chapter, D. A.
R., wishes to think you FOR the
generous publicity given u an
nual pilgrimage to Moore's Creek
battle-ground on Flag Day.
You have been most helpful at
all times in presenting the patri.
otto ideals and work of Dur organi-
cation to the public, and we hope
that this cordial cooperation will
continue.
Sincerely,
Annie S. Craft (Mrs. A. c.
Corresponding Secretary.
Wilmington, N. c.
June %, 194e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Veterans Service Center

Representatives of the Veterans
Service committee are scheduled to ap-
pear before the Board of County Com
missioners at it's meeting Monday to
present one of the most reasonable fl
~nancial requests proposed here in re-
cent years.
They intend, according tosChairman
Lloyd W. Moore, to ask an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to help establish and
maintain a Veterans center during the
coming fiscal year. A similar plea has
been made to the City council and it
has it under consideration. We hope
that it's decision will be favorable.
No public body has the right to ap-
propriate funds without sound cause
and we cannot recall a better one than
financial aid to the proposed Center.
It's function would be to coordinate the
efforts of all agencies, public and 9TH
erwise, in assisting veterans of both
World wars I and II. In doing this, it
would serve as a clearing house for ex-
servicemen's problems. Some would be
handled directly by the Center, others
would be channeled to the exactly ap-
propriate agency.
Proof of the soundness of the Cen
ter principle is given in the fact that
81 of North Cardinals 100 counties
have appropriated funds for their es-
tablishment. In Greensboro, one has
been operating for sometime and dur
ing April, 3,777 cases were handled.
If and when the city and county
governments appropriate funds they
will not be setting a precedent because
such financial help has become the rule,
not the exception, in the state. 1t will
be money we'll spent when you think
of the return to thousands of New
Hanover county ex-GPs.
The clearing house feature is the
M we like best about the proposal.
Too often we have heard an ex-
serviceman claim he was the victim of
the "old r%un-around" when he sought
information and assistance on one of
the hundreds of benefits available
through the CT Bill of Rights or other
means. He would call on one agency,
be referred to another and then an
other until his path developed into a
circle and he was back where he start
ed. This lack of coordination is not in
territorial; rather, it is the result of
~not-so-tight organization. To unite
these agencies into one solid front in
their veterans aid efforts would alone
be worth the appropriations sought
from the city and county.
The Center, handspring of which
would be a competent executive secre-
tary, will have to be established if the
Service committee is to live up to it's
and fulfill it's promises to the
veteran. Without the Center, the COM
mittee is virtually impotent to meet it's
obligations.
Whatever new meaning will be CIV
en- to veterans service here depends
upon the action of the city and county
boards. We believe their members are
too far-sighted to miss this oppor-
tunity Of being the principal factor in
.effecting this sorely needed agency for
the benefit of veterans and the COM
munity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
SUBSIDIZED SPORTS

Several sports received suoslo-s.
from the French government pTIof
to the war. The highest sum,
about s11, 400, went to encourage
rifle-shooting, and the lowest $00'
for baseball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

Although the total population of
tne U. S. increased 26 million be-
tween 1920 and 1910, the farm
population declined by one million
during the same period, Census fig
res show. 1t suffered a further
oecllne OF 3 million during the a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
UNDER THE WITCH DOCTORS CARE

Suppose, villages pay a man to blow trum-
pets made of human thigh bones to keep off
hail and, in spite of this, hail does damage,
the priest has only to say, "Your wickedness
holy and accomplished man as I are not able
to avert your punishment. but my efforts have
greatly reduced the damage.'-From 'China
-Tibet-Assam," by F. M. Bailey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
TOP o. THE

Never more than today were needed the
men of calm and resolute faith. . Stand
forth in courage and in g%entleness for the
truth which you believe to be allied to Free
dom and Progress and God. Be So strong
that you are not afraid to be just. Cherish
q tender humanity. Then take your stand,
calm and moveless as the stars.
WILLIAM M. Pushon
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

with the alternative possibility that
tne matter may be submitted to
tne grand jury with a request tor
an Indictment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

The first commercial orchard =.
prunes was planted in California
in 1870
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

The worlds largest ceramic clay
pits r located at Mayfield, KY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23

They'll prob'ly deny it, but we hear the only
thing left unchanged after the Hiroshima
atombs fell was a safe which withstood the
terrific pressure. Made by a famed U. S.
safe maker. There are photos to support the
fact. The Government hasn't released the
info for the obvious reason that it might be
construed as evidence that there's material
impervious to the bombs effect. A list OF the
witnesses to Operation x-Roads would be OF
immense interest to Americans - almost as
shocking as the bomb itself. just try to get
the complete list from U. S. Public lntorma-
ton and see what happens.
A group of Soviet engineers have arrived in
the U. S. Ito study pubic works systems
under the tutelage of the Federal Works Agen-
CIV THEY'LL visit Chicago-SanFranciso. Los
Angeles and San Diego. They are interested
in BRIDGES streets and highways. .Iss' dot
~, If the Army-Navy merger goes through
(which insiders believe ii WON'T, Stuart Svm-
ington viii be Secy of Natl Defense. Lots
of big shots are reorted loaded with Mexican
| GOLD Thew keep it to circumvent the ru1ino
about assessing American gold coins Yor,c
he amazed at the number of big-shot American
writers and others who pay no taxes bv Twin
in Cuba-and continue selling pieces up here
And for good reason, too. Authors often 1se
four years to write a book, and if it's anv
good, it is a best-seller. Then they are +axnd
heavily the year they are paid-not the forT
years devoted to doing the work. The mavor
needs a stage manager, or one who know.
Ginning
The Valley settler., 1946-06-13

HOSPITAL NEWS to WED. JUNE l2 A. H. Curtis uas admitted for minor surgery.
 Four Soldiers Eero injured when a truck overturned Saturday night. All of them uoro given emergency troat tmcnt and sont to Fort Richardson by Ambul anco. sovon people uoro injured in a car ac- cidont Sunday evening. Six of them roro hospit two of which were = -sGpt to Anchorage by Ambulance tho scuao evening. Thoso ill jurod wore: Ray Puhl, James Err son, Herbert Ising, Bernard and Walter Niomnnn, Dolo Rorrison; all Of Palmer; and J. Baker Of <Anchorogo. I}v Puhl and J. Balcor uoro moved to anchorage.
 SD s .
 lIr. and Mrs. 1loort Miller became tho parents of a girl on Todno sdoy morn ing. This gives tho rIi1lor family throo boys and throo girls.
 Jeunos Harri ison sustained Q badly sprainet G1klo in the auto accident this Uookond. %f5l tor Nicmann had che st end log injurio Ill tho others TOTO ablo to leave tho 1osp ita1.
 -n. Hoohn has boon trying to locate an v.rcy for tho Hospital and believes that ne has located ono thct will be install ot very soon. Plans for tho now Hospital arc going !-el1.
 Mir. and Mrs. E.R. Brock arc tho proud parents of a beby girl JIG fight 1b.l0 5/4 oz. She hos been named Kerry Irone.
Evening star., 1946-04-28
Cabital NLhouette
BY Frances Lide

Club, serving on the Advisory Com
mittee of the latter organization.
Like other congressional wives, she
frequently entertains the feminine
constituents of her husbands dis
trict in South Carolina when they
come to the Capital.
A native Of Tennessee, she has
fallen in love with her husbands
home State, so that visiting South
Carolinians find her an enthusiastic
hostess.
The former Margaret English OF
Mount Pleasant, Tenn, she was a
secretary in the office of Senator
Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee
when she met the senior johnny
Mcmillan, then secretary to Rep
resentative Allard H. Gasque OF
South Carolina. After their mar
riage in October, 1886. she continued
to work for a while but gave ur
her position in 1888, before her hus-
band became a candidate for the
congressional seat which had beer
held by Mr.. Gasque before his death
She has never taken an active
part in her husbands campaigns
he was unopposed in the last elec-
tion-but she has helped with his
campaign correspondence and al
ways enjoys meeting the voters ir
his district.
She acquired her first interest ir
politics from her father, who was
mayor of her home town. He usec
to become so excited that hel
(See LIDE, Page D-l3.)
Evening star., 1946-04-28
Miss Jean Davis,
Mr.. H. Il. Werner
Wed at Cathedral

Charming in its simplicity was
the wedding yesterday afternoon in
the chapel of st. Joseph of Arima-
thea of the Washington Cathedral
of st. Peter and st. Paul of Miss
Jean Davis to Mr.. Herbert A. Wer-
ner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John G..
Werner of Washington.
The former Miss Davis is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w.
Davis of Oakland, Calf, and she
arrived in Washington by plane
Wednesday from her home. She
was unattended as she walked to
the altar and she made a lovely
picture in her gown of white satin
designed with fitted bodice and
a long circular train. Her finger
tip veil was held in place by
coronet of pearls and she carried
a shower bouquet of brides roses.
After family dinner party at
the Mayf1ower the young couple
left on their honeymoon. They will
be at home upon their return at
SIS Gallatin place SW.
The bride is a graduate of Castle.
mont High School in Oakland. Her
husband, discharged from the Coast
Guard in March, served for three
and one-half years overseas. He
is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson
High School.