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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Tanker Settles

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. g.
U.D-The Quilted oil tanker Home.
stead settled slowly into Jackson
vile harbor waters Tuesday but
spasmodic bursts of flame KEEP
searchers from boarding the vesse.
to determine if the bodies of three
missing men are aboard.
The tanker, which exploded
Monday igniting 5000, 900 gallons
of fuel when struck by lightning
still was burning at one end ano
a heavy pail of smoke hung ovel
the rea
The ships captain-Maurice V
Tunstall, Houston, Tex.-said i
would be two or three days before
the vessel cooled sufficiently to al
low anyone on board with safety
Missing were two crewmen-
Charles Duckworth, Jacksonville
and Seaman Jack Bowman, o
Georgia-and w. o. Williamson
Jacksonville, elderly dock guard.
Thirty-one other crewmember!
escaped by jumping into the water
and swimming ashore. They suf
fered superficial injuries.
Damage was estimated at al.
most 81, 600, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
AlongThe Cape Fear

SCHOOL DAYS-With the month
of August well underway and the
summer sun racing toward the
autumn equinox it won't be long be-
fore Gus Edwards old Tin Pan Al
ley tune, School Days" will be
on the lips of every scaoolchild
and every member of the Parent
Teachers association.
One PT-A member in particular
will be singing the old lay with ex-
IRENE enthusiasm - Mrs. L.. D.
of Spofford Village. Mrs. L. D. is
one of those rare characters who
wish they would never grow up so
they could go to school forever.
Suppose you read the letter she
wrote us and see whether her en-
tAusiasm doesn't make you folks
kind of wish you were back taking
readin', writin', and 'rithmetic
yourself.
Hello Along the Cape Fear -
I have been wanting to write you
for some time now. Since you
want to deal with old age, l have
an idea. I hope you will use it, for
1 am very much interested. l also
think il will give the kids a his
tory of their schools, being that
school days are nearly here.
1.-THE idea is this: Find out Which
school is the oldest, and why it was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
TESTlFIES
ON RAIL RATES
Vice-President De.
tends Conference In
New York Hearing
Special To The Star

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-''Railroad
rate conference procedures consti-
tute a process of evolution in which
freight rate structures have come
to meet the changing needs of trade
and commerce." Roscoe J. Doss, OF
Wilmington, vice president in
charge of traffic of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, declared here
Tuesday in testifying before United
States Supreme Court Special Mas
ter Lloyd K. Garrison in the State
of Georgia's suit against |outhern
and Eastern railroads.
Doss attacked Georgia's attempt
to prohibit railroads from confer
ring between and among them
selves and with shippers in regard
to rates, because, he warned, 1.-THE
rate structure of this country has
become so complicated and so
closely i~nter-related that any dis
turbance or disruption thereof is
conducive to trouble for both the
carriers and the shippers"
"Practical Solution"
1.-THE rate conference is the prac-
teal and ready solution of the
question:" he maintained.
Doss said that the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, like other railroads
in the South, has done it's best to
promote agricultural and industrial
development of the territory along
it's line.
Pointing out that careful con-
sideration is given freight rates
when the Industrial department OF
his railroad condust negotiations
looking to the location of industries
at points served by the railroad,
Doss continued:
Competitive Level
"The Atlantic Coast Lines policy
has always been, and continues to
be, to provide for such industries
rates on a competitive level such
as may be necessary for their suc-
cessful operation. The same care
full consideration is given the rate
situation whether the prospective
See DOSS on Page Two
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so named, and where it vas first
started. l am just a young mother,
so I know practically nothing about
anything old.
my husband and I are particul-
arly interested in Isaac Bear. Tiles
ton, William Hooper, and Washing
ton Catlett schools. Between the
two of u.s., we went to all these
schools.
II know a little about Washing
ton Catlett. 1t is. by no means the
oldest, but this school was start
ed in a wooden building in Spot
ford Village. There are people liv-
ing there now, since it has been
converted into living quarters. AS
the story goes, the little school
was called Delgado after the man
who owned the mill. 1t was only
five or six years ago that the name
of this school was changed.
MANY people will remember
going to school in the wooden
building. / wish you would try to
find. out just. how long ago the
school vas started. 1 hope you can
use this information, and I am
sure lots of other people are as
interested as l am in the subject.
Hoping that this will not be
much trouble to you. I will close
now.
,.-. .A. 49,.
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
R0TARIANS HEAR
REV. E. B. FISHER
Davis H. Howes Honored
By Club For Perfect
Attendance Mark

Ministers have a very good idea
of what's going on in the lives OF
the members of their churches and
suffer the hardships and enjoy the
pleasures of their members, the
Rotary club was told by Rev. Ed
gar B. Fisher, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist church, in their regular
meeting yesterday at the Friendly
Cafeteria.
The minister made an interest
ing talk, sometimes taking a
humorous turn in his descriptions
of the vacations of a minister. He
related how his father had handled
many difficult situations and the
manner in which the ministers of
today administer to the members
of their churches.
Parks In Charge
J. Russell Parks was in charge
of the program. He introduced
Adam W. Smith, who announced
the annual picnic would be held
at the Brigade Boys club on Wed
nesday, August 81 at 2 o'clock.
Walter Cartier, executive secre-
tary of the Wrightsville Beach
chamber of commerce told of the
plans for a national sanctioned
motor boat race to be held in
Banks Channel on September 7.
His talk was supplemented by Fred
Willetts, and the members present
voted to indorse the project.
Attendance Recognized
Roger Moore presented to Davis
H. Howes a handsome gold pen
and pencil set in recognition of his
Is consecutive years of perfect
attendance at Rotary meetings.
Moore said in making the pres
entation ''This is a compliment to
Davis Howes and a credit to
Rotary for the spirit in which it
inbues its members" 1t was
pointed out that Howes has attend
ed over 1900 consecutive meetings
and to do this HE had to place his
Rotary spirit above his other bust
ness commitments"
Guests of tile club included: O.
A. Wright, New Bern; Paul Rey,
nolds, Ensley, Ala; John B. Han
cock and Paul H. Nichols, Toccos.
Ca; E. L. Underwood, Sanford;
W. M. Burton, ST., and W. M.
Burton Jr., Muncie, Ind, Dan
Summers, Charlotte; ]. Dewey
Dorset, New York; W. M. Daught-
See ROTARIANS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
SPA BID MAY GET
DIVISION SUPPORT
Action OF Shipyard Opera
ton May Come Within
Two Weeks

The North Carolina State Ports
authority's bid to acquire the local
shipyard from the U. S. Maritime
commission for development into
a modern seaport terminal and in
dustrial plant may get the support
of the commissions terminals and
real estate division within two
weeks, according to a dispatch re-
ceived yesterday from The Stars
Washington bureau.
Draw Up Recommendation
The bureau reported that Howard
J. Marsden, division director, and
G. N. Thompson, his associate, are
now drawing up their recon-
mendation on the basis of the data
they compiled during last weeks
inspection trip of the shipyard.
Although the commission is ex-
pected to retain official title to the
yard, the inspectors recommended
ton may suggest one of two
courses of action by which the
yard may be turned over to the
SPA, the bureau said. These are:
ID The commission may lease the
yard to the SPA, or ca the COM
See SHTPYARD on Page Two
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and state legal experts sat at
rapt attention for three hours
Tuesday as Heirens unfolded
details of the strangulation of
six-year-old Suzanne Degnan
body, the "Lipstick Murder
of ex-WAVE Frances Brown
and the fatal stabbing of Mrs.
Josephine Ross. 43-year-old
widow.
"Nice Quiet Fellow"
The bushy-haired Heirens,
whom his classmates described
as a mice, quiet fellow" claim
ed he was seized with a sort of
stupor when he strangled the
Degnan girl in her bed with
his hands; when he showed
a 10-inch breadknife through
Miss Browns throat and after
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Stable Mark
Reached By
Belt Market
Warehousemen Express
Belief High Level To
Prevail For Year
TOP PRICE IS SIS
Nearly 100000 Pounds
Sold In N. C.. In First
Four Days
By PHIL WRIGHT

Border Belt tobacco prices
seemed stabilized yesterday
with averages h lowering
around $3.50, slightly lower
than Mondays figure.
Reports from company rep
r e sentatives, warehousemen
and growers indicated that prices
are up to stay for the 1916 season
at least.
Small Decrease
After the sky-rocketing prices
which the eight Southeastern North
Carolina markets had Monday,
when a record high of slightly
more than $50 was registered, the
growers seemed not to notice the
small drop in price.
Highest top price on the eight
markets was reported from Lum-
berton at $78.
Since the markets opened last
Thursday, the North Carolina mar
kets have sold 1858, 1872 at an
average price of $53.76.
See TOBACCO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
So To Bed

Two weeks ago an out-of-
town lady came to Wilmington
with her children and establish
ed residence at a local beach.
The next day she applied at
the local United States EN-
ployment Service office for =
job.
Yesterday afternoon as she
walked into the USES office the
manager happily informed her
that a job had finally been all
lined up for her. All she had
to do was report to work i'm
m%ediately.
"Oh, 1 can't do that" she
said.
"Well, report tomorrow" sug-
gested the manager.
4 can't do that either" she
answered. "My two weeks va
cation is over and Pm going
back home tonight" 9,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Senator Byrd Wins

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 6.-Pe
Martin A. Hutchinson of Richmond
Tuesday night conceded the Demo
cratic senatorial primary victory
to- Senator Harry F. Byrd and
wired his 'Heartiest congratula-
tions'' to the senator.
Byrd, a strong advocate of gov
ernmental economy and mutual
responsibility by law in labor con-
tracts, had rolled up a decisive
lead when Hutchinson conceded
and wired his congratulations.
The tabulation from 1,095 of the
states 1,718 precincts gave Byrd
103, $50 to Hutchinson's 58,405.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
The Weather

FORECAST
North and South Carolina: Partly
cloudy and warmer Wednesday,; scat
tered thundershowers.
Eastern Standard Time
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30a rs; 7:3Oa rs; 1:30p "a. 7:3Op 70.
Maximum IS, Minimum "a; Mean IT,,
Normal 70.
Humidity
1:30a 9s; 7:30a SO; l bop 60; 1902 SO.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
2.44 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the It'd Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ---------- silica 12:19a
5:59p 12:33p
Masonboro Inlet ------- SODA 9:20a
3:51p 1o:14p
Sunrise 5:28; Sunset 7:08; Moonrise
3:19p; Moonset 12:44a.
River stage at Fayetteville at 8 am.
TueSday-9.7 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Axteu Claims Victory

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. CUP
-Enos A. Axtell, the Presidents
choice, Tuesday night claimed vic
tory in the hot and bitterly contest
ed 5th Missouri district Democratic
congressional race, in which he
had the backing of President Tru-
man.
Axtell rode out of the North End
wards, with a lead which Slaughter
was unable to break down as the
counting progressed.
The vote in 216 Of the PA city
precincts in the district gave: Ak
tell 1892, Slaughter 14,491,
Jerome Walsh, 1885.
Besides the 244 city precincts
in the district. there were IA pre-
cincts in Washington township of
Jackson county to be tabulated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

simple majority votes or by tWo-
thirds votes.
Early Morning Climax
The climax came In the early
hours of this morning at the end
of three sessions which had lasted
off and on, since 10 a. m. yester-
day.
In debate, Secretary Of State
James F. Byrnes, angrily denounc-
ing Russian Foreign Minister Via
cheslav Molotov for questioning
his good faith, accused him OF try
ing to frame the conference vot-
ing and all but called him a liar.
Byrnes challenged Molotov to
publish in Moscow newspapers his
attack on Russian tactics so that
the Russian people themselves
could read - for once - the
American side Of an international
dispute.
Molotov Attacks
Mo1otov accepted the challenge,
accused Byrnes Of trying to dictate
to the conference, threatened to
repudiaie decisions previously
reached by the "Big Four" and
said portentously that the whole
fate Of the peace conference might
hinge on the two-thirds rule. Molo-
TOW also attacked American and
British newspapers as lacking in
honesty.
Despite his fight for the two
thirds rule in all decisions, and
his implied warning that an I'M
Zee DEFEAT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

The new appointment, effective
August g., was made yesterday by
Lieut.. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler.
Chief of U. S. Army Engineers.
Hewitt To Act
Succeeding Brig. Gen. James B
Newman, Jr., as division head
Colonel Gillette will continue tt
serve as chief of the Wilmington
district until a new appointee is
named to the post. During Colonel
Gillette's periodic absence in At
lanta, T. J. Hewitt, his executive
officer, will serve as acting dis
trict chief.
The division which the colonel
will direct is composed of the dis,
tricts of Wilmington, Charlie 5ton,
See GILLETTE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

lUl VI WV IOO- I'LL CoSC'
Tie tugs, which are docked at
the Customs building wharf, are
10 be used in connection with the
handling of approximately 800
Liberty ships and similar vessels,
some of which may have been built
in the Wilmington yards of the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany, and which formed part Of
The vast merchant fleet of the
United States which played a
vital role in winning the war. The
tugs came from Norfolk via the
Inland Waterway.
Two More Tugs Due
Captain S. D. Kirk, a native of
Washington, N. c., and skipper OF
one Of the tugs, known now as
YIN 474, said two more tugs OF
the same type are enroute from
Norfolk, and are expected to reach
Wilmington today. The second tug
reaching here yesterday, known
as YIN ATS, is under command
Of Captain Leamon A. Nelson,
formerly of Roanoke Island.
Captain Kirk said he and Cap
tain Nelson had orders to report
10 Captain A. G. Ford, Maritime
Commission, superintendent here,
who will be in charge of the decom-
missioned fleet of vessels to be
stored in the Brunswick river
basin. He said that his tug and
the YTM ATS left Norfolk Sunday
and had an uneventful voyage.
Fleet Headquarters
It had been learned that Bruins
wick River Reserve Fleet head
quarters, official name Of the lay
lns-up basin, will be aboard the
General Frederick Hodgsoa, form
er Coast Guard quarter boat, now
also at the Customs Building dock.
However, the General Hodgson soon
Will be moved to a permanent
anchorage at the laying-up basin,
II was learned yesterday.
VISA Service
The four tugs, Captain Kirk said,
formerly had beeu operated around
New York city by the United States
Navy, and lately had been under
Inc direction of a private towing
company of Norfolk. During their
operations here they will be in the
service Of the War Shipping ad-
Mnlstration, he said.
1t has been learned reliably that
one of the first vessels to be
sloFed in the laying-up basin will
De the SIS Albert M. Doe, which
reached Wilmington June % with a
fargo of nitrate of soda, and has
See TUGS On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
WARTIME KING ON SPOT
Justice Agents To Probe
Andrea J. Higgins Work

empire on the basis of info-ma-
ton which had been received
by the Justice department.
Charges False Claims
In the sworn statement, the
special attorney accused the
men Of "making and causing
to be made and presented for
payment and approval false
claims against the United
States government, knowing
such claims to be false, flct
u and fraudulent.''
Informed of the action by the
United Press, Higgins denied
See HIGGINS on Page Two
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WORST IN HISTORY
WORST IN HISTORY
Heirens, Jekyll-Hyde Come To Life,
Confesses Three Brutal Slayinc

CHICAGO, Aug. 6. - up -
william Heirens, a mild-man-
nered studious youth with a
strange Jekyll-Hyde personal
itv. Tuesday confessed three
Of the most brutal killings in
-he annals of crime - one of
which was the sensational kid
nap-killing of little Suzanne
Degnan.
Weeks Of Manhunting
The 17-year-old University
of Chicago students calmly re-
lated story in the states at
torney's office climaxed weeks
of manhunting, clue finding
and confession speculation
which was almost as bizarre
and suspenseful as the crimes.
Veteran crime investigators
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 6-U.H
Andrew Jackson Higgins, the
bodybuilding wizard who rose
from obscure pleasure boat
dealer to wartime king OF land
ing craft, Tuesday night faced
federal investigation in con-
nection with alleged war
frauds.
Probe Of Empire
Disclosure Of the action came
today when J. Frank Cunning
ham, special attorney OF the
Department of Justice, took an
oath of office, announcing that
he would probe activities of
Higgins o%nce-great industrial
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

MUROC, Calf, Aug. 6-(PC
The Army wrote another page
in the rapidly unfolding history
of remote control aviation
Tuesday when two drone BIZ
bombers landed at this desert
air base from Hilo, Hawaii, in
the longest completely unman-
ned flight to date.
Mother Planes Control
The two four-engined ships
made the 2, 4O0-mile flight in
approximately Is hours. They
were controlled by mother
planes, flying from 200 feet to
three miles distant from the
pilotless craft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
ARMY WRITES NEW PAGE
Rem ote Control Planes
Ev To IT, s. From Hawaii

There have been other multi
engined drone flights of an ex-
perim e n | nature, but
Army officers said in previous
instances the remotely-control-
led ships all carried safety
pilots.
Top Secret
Four correspondents travel
ed in accompanying craft. The
operation was classed as top
secret until all planes had land
ed safely at Muroc. and if any,
thing had gone wrong, this
story never would have been
written.
See DRONEs on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
Angry Debates Mark Long
Wrangle Over Organization
Byrnes, Close To Uttering "Liar", Accuses
Molotov Of Trying To Frame
Conference Voting H.
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

PARIS, Wednesday, Aug. 7.-UP)-The Paris peace
conference fought through an angry, confused and danger
GUS crisis Tuesday night and early today over Russlas I'M
successful insistence that all decisions must be reached by
a %twothirds vote.
Russia and her eastern bloc went down to a singing de-
feat-15 votes against six-on the big vote OF the stormy
meeting when the committee adopted a British proposal by
which suggested treaty changes may be referred by the
conference to the big Four" foreign ministers either by
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07

he slashed Mrs. RI ~ -
ear to ear. Afte g
his mind clea ~
added.
The youth blal, the
crimes on a strange ulsion
and Satisfaction" fl m COM
hitting burglaries. The killings,
he maintained, were on the spot
decisions after he entered the
homes of his victims to steal.
Hope To Cheat Chair
The confessions - a move
by which Heiren's attorneys
hope to spare him from a
possible sentence of death in
the electric chair - ended the
See HEIRENS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
OFF TO NEW POST
Colonel Gillette Top
EngineerO fDiuision
Chief Of Wilmington District Gees To At
lanta To Head South Atlantic Group
Of Army Engineers

Col. George W. Gillette, chief of the Wilmington district
of the U. S. Army Engineers since December Fl, 1915, left
the Port City by plane at four o'clock yesterday afternoon
to take up his new duties as head of the entire South At
lantic division in Atlanta. Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-07
SIGN OF SHIPS COMING
7wo Tugs Arrue
For Basin Work
100 Ton Boats, With Two Others Due, To Be
Used In Handling 500 Vessels To Be
Moored In Brunswick Anchorage

The first physical evidence of the beginnings of actual
operations Of the Brunswick river laying-up basin, other
than dredging work, which has been in progress for some
time, came yesterday afternoon with the arrival in Whining
Evening star., 1946-12-05

opposed this on the ground the
territory itself should meet its own
financial needs and he indicated 4
belief that any deficit might be
financed by assessing the costs
against private property In the
Trieste area.
While there was some hope OF,
the part Of diplomats familiar with
the Councils work that the Biz
-Four would be able to iron out their
differences, there WAS considerable
expectation that when they made
d Recommendation to the United
Nations 4 row might very well break
out III the Assembly over using y. N.
funds for such purpose.
Al decision viii have to be reached
before the Assembly completes Its
work here, however, II money is to
be available from that source for
making the Trieste territory, In the
words Of Mr.. Byrnes. . going con-
Germ.
The question Of finances Is the last
unsettled issue In the long debated
problem of Trieste. There are sew
|eral other open questions, however,
involved in the Italian and Balkan
peace treaties which are yet to be
decided by the Big Four Foreign
Ministers before they can count
their work on the treaties completed
and move on to q discussion Of
the German peace settlement.
These questions involve chiefly q
Evening star., 1946-12-05

Balkan treaties 4 British h-American
proposal to guarantee freedom Of
navigation on the Danube. Russia
is opposed to including navigation
clause In the treaty, although Mr..
Molotoy has accepted the principle
|of freedom In use Of the river.
Indications were that all these
questions probably would be resolved
In the final rounds of bargaining in
the next day or so.
Evening star., 1946-12-05
Dispute on Payment
|0f Bills for Trieste
May Go 10 Assembly
BY III. As.oeioisd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.A dispute
over who should pay the bills for
the proposed new international
territory of Trieste appeared
likely today to spread from the
Foreign Ministers Council to the
United Nations Assembly.
Moreover, unless the issue is set
tied In q few days some diplomats
see possibility that the whole
Trieste settlement might be jeop-
ardized by lack OF funds to operate
the new territory
Secretary Of State Byrnes and
British Foreign Secretary Beyin
recommended In a session of the
Big -Four Council last night that the
u. N. Assembly be asked to authorize
! the payment OF funds for Trieste
to cover both the salaries of the
governor and his star and any
deficit which might be incurred In
the operation of the government.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov
Evening star., 1946-12-05

Russian demand for 10000 900 II,
from italy to Albania,
the amounts Of reparations to be
paid BY italy and Bulgaria to Greece
and Yugoslavia, and the percentage
of compensation 10 be paid by italy
for property losses suffered by Brit
ish and other United Nations cit
izens in that country.
There also remains decision on
the question OF including In the