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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
PARADE WILL
BE CONDUCTED
THIS FRIDAY
W d cats Determined To
Hill Back On Re-
bound
BY ELTON CASEY
IStar-News Sports Editor

IiSCar-NeWS SpOEGS CultOT
The Wilmington unior' Chamber
of Commerce announced yesterday
that final plans are being mapped
for the sponsoring OF Friday nights
grid clash between the New Han
over School Wildcats an dthe
strong Edwards Military Institute
eleven.
This non-conference encounter is
booked under the floodlights at Lee
gion Stadium with kickoff being set
for 8 O'Clock. The Jaycees assume
the responsibility each year to
sponsor one OF the Wilmington High
games and stimulate interest
throughout the city. Original plans
this year called for the Jaycees
to sponsor the Eastern Class AA
Conference skirmish with Raleigh,
which was ree!ed off last Friday
night. However, it was decided to
wait and sponsor the tiff with
EMF. this Friday night.
A big parade has been planned,
it was announced by the publicity
committee of the Wilmington jun
Tor Chamber Of Commerce. This
parade will be hello Friday after
noon at 4:30 O'Clock and will be-
gin at the Armory. 60 down Mar
ket street to Front street and to
the postoffice. At the postoffice. the
New Hanover High school band
will apply several numbers.
Marching in the parade will be
n company of the New Hanover
R.O.T.C. unit. This company will
be selected by Wallace West, Jay.
Gee and member Of the high school
faculty. A S. award will be given
by the Jaycees to the best-decorat-
ed car to enter in the parade.
Final plans have not been
mapped out on the hat-time cere-
monies, but an effort is being
made to let the various sponsors
for the R.O.T.C. units be recogniz-
ed with their escorts.
The Wilmington Junior Chamber
Of Commerce sponsored the East
ern Conference tiff with Joe Ca
ruso's Rocky Mount BackbirdS last
year and the largest turnout Of the
year was present.
COMMITTEE
Working on the publicity COM
mittee FOR Friday nights outing
are chairman Rufus Powell, Archie
Fountain, and Robert Buck.
A real battle looms when the To-
Gals meet EMF. The Wildcats will
be seeking to hit back on the re-
bound after dropping a h~eartbreak-
ing u to- 9 decision to Lee Stone
Raleigh Caps Friday night before
5000 roaring paid admissions.
EMF. is said to have n of the
top teams in this section. They are
spanked by several lads who used
to cause much trouble while per-
forming with various State high
school outfits. One of these chaps
is Carl James, husky lineman, who
toiled with Ralelgh's State Champ
ionship aggregation last year. The
Caps battled Edwards Military
Academy this year and the Capital
| City club won, 10 to 7.
The locals came out Of the Ra-
leigh game in good phsical condi-
ton and are set to give the E. M. l.
gridders a warm reception. The
only comment that could be OBJ
tanned from local coaches was their
angry attitude over the officiating
of the important family brawl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
Texas Victorious

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. IL up -
Texas beat Oklahoma 20-13 today
in a scoring duel that kept a crowd
of so, 1000 in a continuous uproar.
The passing OF Bobby Layne proved
the difference as the Sooners sur
prised every one by playing the
Longhorns virtually eve most of
the way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
Mountaineers Win

BOONE, Oct. 12-R)-Appalach-
ian States Mountaineers rolled on
.undefeated here today as they set
the High Point college gridders
back by the score of 1916 before
2, $500 fans. The annual homecom-
ing day game was played in a
drilling rain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-13
Tigers Win, 27-7

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 12-(R)
The Auburn Tigrs, again featur-
ing the passing and running of frosh
halfback Travis Tidwell, soundly
defeated the ST.. Louis university
Billikens today q to 7 before II, 600
fans.
Evening star., 1946-04-07

Einstein fiddles, King Gustav
embroiders. Scratch a head
liner and YOU II find lobbyist
TToBBIEs are a characteristic of all ages
III They give peek at the heart behind the
mental giant, at the simple soul under the
crowned head.
Research into the hobbies of well-known
Romans reveals, to understate it, some un-
usual methods of employing spare time. For
example, take the Roman Emperor. Domitian
After hard days work at the Forum ne used
to shut himself up in room and spear flies
with stylus.
Later in his reign, Domitian's people de-
cided there was nothing their sovereign was
doing that few sheets of fypaper couldn't
do. So. with popular support, his wife had
the fly y-stabher stabbed to death. though
not with a pen.
Shifting to more recent times. but still
hobby -nobbing with royalty. we find King
Constantine of Greece collecting doorknobs.
He would have gotten along fine with Frances
Louis XIV, whose hobby was making door
locks that defied opening. Unfortunately. the
two men never inhabited the same palace.
With Constantine's knobless doors and his
own keyless locks, Louis would have found
dynamite the only sure method of blasting
his way into Madame Pompadour's bar
ricaded boudoir
Taught Tricks 10 Foxes
HOBBIES take on a more healthy hue in
early American history. George Washington
liked to train foxes to do tricks. Thomas
Jeferson's avocation of relaxing with car
pentry led to the invention of the swivel
chair As result, many dyed-n-the- wool
Republican still unconsciously revolves on an
old Jeffersonian principle.
Todays hobbies reflect the versatility and
noble yearnings of famous people. Everyone
knows that Churchill paints. Less familiar
Evening star., 1946-04-07

are two other mainsprings of his character:
brcklaying and playing the kettledrums In
the spring of 1923 Churchill practically rebuilt
his Chartwell Manor with his own hands.
When organized bricklayers objected. the
future Prime Minister sent in an application
for admission to the brcklayers' union. He
not only takes pride in his own masonry. but
collects ancient and unusual bricks of all kinds.
Only the closest students of hobby lore
know about Churchill's love for kettledrums
In speech at Harrow he admitted that the
great sadness of his life was not to have de-
veloped better timpani technique.
Rebuilt chicks. ceop Fesz Tizss
ELEMENT ArrLEE shares certain traits with
the hobby -putterings of his predecessor
Attlee carpenters for fun and has torn down
and rebuilt his Middlesex chicken coop four
times Neither he nor the chickens are salts
fed yet.
A well-known racqueteer is. of course King
Gustav, 87-year old tennis whiz of Sweden
Not long ago the parchment skinned sports
man was interrupted in doubles game at
Bastad. A six-year old youngster had walked
out on the court to request the Kings
autograph.
But. my boy, thought gave you my
autograph yesterday"
"You did. Your Majesty. replied the child.
but traded it for lollipop"
We'll. all right" His Majesty replied.
I'll sign another autograph. But I'm NOT
going to keep you in lollipops all summer"
The hobby world admires King Gustav
not so much for his penchant for tennis as
for his cold-weather diversion. When it gets
cold in Garboland, the King of the Svedes
embroiders. master craftsman. he do
mates his beautiful handmade altar
cloths to Stockholm churches. and sits
on chairs covered with his own petit point.
Candid snapshots of other national leaders
present montage of famous jockeys riding
hobby horses in all directions. Chang kai-
shek listens to photograph recordings of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01

They were assisted in serving by
Miss Jocelyn Peck and Mrs.
Charles w. DeVere. The couple left
for a wedding trip to New York
city later in the afternoon and Mrs.
wore for travel a black suit.
biz OK accessories and a white wine
TOP coat and an orchid corsage
from her wedding bouquet.
The bride is a graduate OF New
Hanover high school and has been
employed by the Carolina Building
and Loan and Moore Fonvlelle
Realty company for the past sew
eral years.
Mr.. Oppelt attended 81. Cecilia
High school, Englewood. N. Y, and
is now employed by the New York
Telephone company. He served
three and a half years in the Eu
ropean Theatre of Operations II
the army.
Out-of-town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Oppelt, Mrs. A. T
Oppelt Of Teaneck, N. J.i Mis-
Grace Dawson Of Teaneck, N. j..
Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Oppelt OF Woo
Ridge, N. j., Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Dawson Of Hackensack. N
j.; A. Fred Devere of Knoxville
Tenn; and Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
A. Smith Of Asheville.
Those who entertained the brid'
prior to her marriage were: MIR
and Mrs. Hugh Oosterwyk, Mr.. ane
Mrs. Gilbert Postma, Mrs. JOSEPH
A. Smith and Miss Elizabeth Ira
cev. Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Schneider
ard MISS Mary Frances Cause.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01
Billy Young, Jr., Wins
Tabor City Contest

TABOR CITY, Nov. 80 - Bill
Young, Jr.. son of S &c and Mrs.
Bill Young. and Thomasean Rob.
erts, daughter of Mr.. ana Mrs.
Tom Roberts, we're winners of the
baby popularity contest staged by
the local order of the Eastern Star
on Tuesday evening at the COM
munity hut.
Bill Young, Jr., sponsored by
Mrs. Mae Young, was winner OF
the six months to two year group,
and Thomasean Roberts, sponsored
bv Mrs. Bertha Wrights, won out
in the two year to five year group.
Runner-ups were Harry Floyd
Bruton, Jr., son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Floyd Bruton, and Carol
Dean Rogers and Anna Rogers,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
Rogers.
J.. S. Rogers. Worthy Patron Of
the local Masonic Order, presented
silver loving cups TO the winner
and awarded gifts to the runner.
ups.
The keynote of The evenings pro
gram was Thanksgiving. Various
booths set up and the cake walk
made the party a gala affair.
The Aleutian islands extend
farther west of Seattle than Maine
ayter6s east of Seattle
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01

white suit with matching hat,
brown accessories, mink furs and
a corsage of orchids.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for an extended
motor trip south. Upon their return
they will reside in Durham.
During the week prior to the
ceremony the bride was entertain
ed by Mrs. J. N. Horne and Miss
Louise Groom of Magnolia, Mrs.
]. Shiecs Jones and Mrs. Donald
IL. SeWell,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01
Florine DeVere,
F. 0ppelt Wed

St Mary's Catholic church was
the scene of a morning wedding
on Thanksgiving day at 10 o'clock
when Miss Florine Matilda De
We're. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. VERBAL of 1915 Ann street, be.
came the bride of Andrew Francis
Oppelt, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Oppelt of West Englewood. N. j.
Father Michael F. O'Keefe officiat-
ed at the ceremony.
While the wedding guests were
assembling and during the cere-
monv Mrs. Rose Picot, organist,
played a program of nuptial music.
Ave Maria was played during the
ceremony. The church was deco
rated with white gladioli and ferns
and burning candles.
Mrs. Joseph A.. Smith Of Ashe-
vile. cousin of the bride, was ma
tron-of-honor and wore a dress OF
Rosewood MORE t%affeta with fitted
bodice, low neckline. slightly
dropped shoulder line. The skirt
was very full and formed a short
train in the back. She wore a long
mittens made of the same material
as the dress and a strand OF pearls
was her only ornament. She car
ried a bouquet of bronze chrysan-
themums tied with contrasting rib
bon. She wore a matching toque
of crushed t%affeta.. Mrs. Gilbert
Postma of Wilmington. stepsister
of the bride. and Miss Elizabeth
Tracey of Wilmington, were the
bridesmaids. THhey wore Identical
gowns only Mrs. Postma wore lime
green and Miss Tracey was gown
ed in Rosewood. The junior brides
maid. Mary Ann Oosterwyk. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Ooster-
wyk, of Wilmington. she also wore
a dress made on the same lines
only in lime green.
3 Robert T. Oppelt OF Hasbrouck
Heights, N. j.. brother OF the BRIDE
groom. was best man aid ushers
we're Thomas Guase of Whining
ton. and Edward Dawson Of Rack
. ensack. n. j., uncle CT the bride
grHJm.
Inc bride chose for her Wedding
sown VI white duchess satin with
sweetheart ne..kline made or, prin-
c,;s lines with a very full skirt
exte..ding .,ato a long s,sir III the
I. back. The sleeves came t' points
over her hands. Her fir ger tip veil
of Illusion was bordered with old
lace fs stened 10 an arrangement
OF seed pearls. She ca ried a bpu-
ul.ct of white carnations sfoWered
Wit stephanctis and ceatered with
orchids. .
& The brides mother wore a black
dress with sequin hat sLd Access
series ard a corsage of e roses.
Mrs. Cppelt. mother Of the bride
groom. wore heavenly h!ue with
brown accessories and a corsage
If red roses
A reception was held Immediate
" after the ceremony at TIE home
Of the brides parents on Anr
street. The living room mantel was
banked in smilax and white gladi'
oil and large chrysanthemums. The
brides table. laid with a lace cloth,
aad the wedding cake in the center
with punch bowls at each end can
Hes burned in candelabra on the
/, tides of the cake which was sur
rounded by smilax and white flow
.rs. Guests were received by Mrs,
Roger Hewitt and Miss Mary
Frances Cause and Mrs. Robert T.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01
CITED

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Nov. 80.
up - A United Nations com-
mittee today held that the treat.
ment of Indians in the Union OF
South Africa was impairing e
relations between India and n
Union government and called on the
two governments to attempt to .
out their differences by olrect
ne kotiaEons
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01
Miss Norma Groom
Becomes Bride
Continued From Page One,

Gamma Eta Gamma fraternity. He
school where he was a member. of
has recently been discharged from
the army after service on OkinaWa.
At present Mr.. Southland is a rep
resentative of The U. S.. Public
Health Service in Durham.
The bride wore a smart winter
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01
5Oth. Anniversary
of Mr.. And Mrs. Jacobs
Monday Evening

The Golden Wedding anniversary
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas S. Jacobs
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-01

viii be celebrated at the hon..
their daughter, Mrs, R r hume Of
I'LL South 3rd street on mIraat,
evening from 8 until 10 o.o loaaas
Friends and relatives Of NJ,
Mrs Jacobs are invited 10 stts and
Mol oo11 IT,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
Benson Named
Special To The Star

MYRTLE BEACH, S. c., Oct.24
City Manager j.. R. Benson OF
Wilmington, N. c., was named a
a director of the Ocean Highway
association by the executive COM
mittee of the organization in ses-
sion here Thursday night. Also
named as a new director was F.
M. Oliver, of Savannah, Ga.
During the dinner session, which
was addressed by James E. L.
w a d e, Of Wilmington, N. c., a
member of the executive commit
tee, the organization voiced strong
support of the proposed short route
vie Charleston and Beaufort, S. c.
and Savannah, Ga.
The association also approved
an extensive advertising campaign
FOR 1946-47. With the largest appro-
priation in its eleven years of exist
ence, the advertising program will
employ national newspaper, maya
zine, and outdoor highway bulle-
tins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
NEW CITY REPORT
TO REFLECT GAINS
Forthcoming Publication
To Show Steady Growth
OF Services

HumaA crime and l~awlessness de-
creased during the city's last fis-
cal ear, but fire - still Whining
tons most devastating criminal
showed a slight advance in its de-
pradations, the city's annual re-
port will show sometime next No
vember.
Value of stolen property in the
city i'll the year ending July 80
was $125,463 as compared with
$158, 924 in the previous year.
The same years fire loss was
SOL, o39 as against $84, 739 in 1914
As.
City manager ]. R. Benson is
currently studying these and other
statistics, as presented by j. Fred
Rlppy, former assistant city man.
ager, In a draft of the annual city
report which is due for publication
late in November.
The report, when published, will
serve both as a Guide to city de-
partments, as a popular analysis of
the cit governments functions, as
a reckoning to cityaresidents of the
financial condition of one OF their
largest corporations, and as a gen.
review of a year hi%ghllghted by
See REPORT On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
GOODS HOLD UP
Dearth of Freight Cars
Hits Production Stream


WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-tP)-
Director j. Monroe Johnson OF the
Office of Defense transportation
declared Thursday night that in
dustry is holding up production OF
100, 900 carloads of goods per week
because of the railroad freight car
shortage, which he predicted will
continue "indefinitely."
In addition, Johnson said in a
statement, $4,000 carloads of prod
ucts are being routed each week
to storage because they can not be
moved to market.
johnson estimated that railroads
are transporting only IS per cent
of the freight that would be offer
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
FINAL APPOINTEE
DECLINES OFFER
City Council Faces Problem
Of Naming Board OF
Adjustment

The Wilmington City Council
again faces the task of picking all
five members of the Board of Ad-
justment which will decide appeals
under the new city zoning law.
L. L. Mills, local wholesale gro
Ger, last night became the final
original appointee to the board to
decline his nomination. The deci-
sion of DIR. John C. VESSEL not to
serve was announced yesterday by
City Manager j. R. Benson.
Mills cited his continued mem
bership on the local Office of Price
Administration rationing board
and the apparent readiness deci-
sion OF OPA officials to continue
their enforcement of the food con-
trolls left under their jurisdiction
as a factor in his decision to turn
the zone board post down.
"Ill do everything I can to
help this community. It's an obi
cation none of US should shirk,"
he declared. Nevertheless | don't
feel that the free time, left me from
other jobs is sufficient to do the
zone board justice"
Council members, it is under.
stood, r c~anvassing a new panel
Of prospects in hopes that they
can gather a zone board that will
enforce match the original slate of
See APPOINTEE On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
Leader Hints
Of Walk By
Cabinet Men
Membership Cited
As Fomenters Oh Bloody
Warfare In Bengal
VICEROY CENSURED
Communal Trouble In Bonn
bay Accounts For Addi-
tional Deaths Thursday

NEW DELHI, Oct. a.
- The Congress party
working committee Thursday
night directly accused the
Moslem league of fomenting
bloody rioting in Eastern
Bengal, and a congress Of
fetal declared it's representa-
tives in the seven weeks old
interim government might"
resign if they were not as
sured cooperation by Moslem
league nominees for the cabinet.
The Congress party resolution
also charged the British governor
general in Bengal and the Viceroy,
Lord Wavell, with neglect in per-
hitting the bloodshed in which
estimates of the dead have ranged
from 400 up to 5000.
In Bombay, scene of almost
daily killings in Hindu-Moslem
warfare, Thursdays report placed
the casualties at two dead and 10
with two cases of at
tempted arson also were noted.
See LEADER on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
CHEST CAMPAIGN
CLOSES TONIGHT
Donations P Pouring Into
Headquarters As Dead
line Nears

Sill s33 ,204 away from their
slO6, 2O4 goal, leaders of the Will
mington Community chest last
night strained to gather the work.
ers' reports which they hope will
bring their campaign to a success
tul conclusion by 6 o'clock tonight.
Louie E. Woodbury., Jr., cam
palgn chairman, issued a final
appeal to the drives 1900 workers
10 step up their canvass to meet
tonight's deadline.
We have done wonders so far
he said. The hardest hours are
sui ahead. I do not think we will
Ia ]. There's too much at stake"
Reports continued to pour into
cAest headquarters yesterday as a
mounting tide of Red Feather
awards to goal-topping groups
demonstrated the speed of home
stretch solicitation.
Employees of 10 organizations
we're recorded as Red Feather
award winners yesterday.
with the percentage of goal
achieved, they include:
See CHEST On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
SHIPPING STRIKE
SETTLEMENT NEAR
Engineers Accept Agree
ment With Owners;
Union Hints Deal
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Prospects for early settlement OF
the shipping str Ike appeared
brighter Thursday and the govern
ment renewed efforts to mediate
a wage dispute which mas ground
ed planes of Trans World Airlines.
There were two hopeful signs
foreshadowing a break in the "a
day old Maritime strike which has
bottled up shipping on all coasts.
Members of the CLIO Marine En-
gineers Beneficial association in
New York voted overwhelmingly
to accept an agreement their union
leaders reached earlier with East
and Gult coast operators, and i
spokesman for the other striking
union involved, the ALL Masters,
Mates and Pilots. expressed hope
for an early settlement of that dis
pute.
Capt. william C. Ash, co-chair-
man of the MMP, which is engaged
in negotiations with ship owners
in New York. limited a compromise
be reached on the principal
See SHIPPING On Page Tires
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25

AA6A 31SoA o11OQ1o Ill
argument ever arise as to where
the first ship was built in what is
now the United States, stand right
up and cast your lot with Along
The Cape Fear.
And strange as it might seem
the chances are that the first
sailing vessel was constructed very
near the site of the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company.
And should you like strange CO.
medicines, the first ship built here
also served as the coffin for the one
who ordered it made.
A Spanish explorer named Lucas
Vasquez de Ayllen received a char
ter from the King of Spain to ex-
plore the lands 800 leagues north
of Florida, according to the legend.
The object of his search was to
find a passage to the Spice Is
lands. And should the spirit move
him, he was also empowered to
establish and govern a settlement.
Providing for the welfare of the
natives was also listed as among
his rights according to the charter.
Such ar assignment might have
frightened many an explorer, but
not Lucas who was among the
first to visit the Cape Fear. {
SETS SAIL - From Hispaniola
in July, 1926, this brave Spanish
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-25
Al0ngTheC Cape Fear

explorer set sail with these i'm
posing detectives in mind.
Taking no chance on being caught
short-handed, Lucas carried quite
a cargo on his fleet of three YES
sells. There were half a hundred
colonists, including women and
clergymen, 100 slaves, and more
than 80 horses.
Where he first touched land is
not known exactly, but you will
find plenty support for the belief
that it was the banks of the Cape
Fear river.
No sooner had his band landed
than he Immediately ordered the
replacing of one of the ships which
had been wrecked during the voy-
age.
SlNGLE-MAST BOAT - Brave
de Ayllen's ship was a single-mast-
ed open boat that could also be
propelled by oars.
After building the ship, the colon
lists cruised down the coast and
founded the town of San Miguel
de Guadalupe. But an evil star
must have guided their voyage.
Fever killed many of the Span
iards, including the leader.
Just to make matters worse, the
slaves revolted and the Indians
See CAPE FEAR on Page Three