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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-24
MEDAL OF HONOR
AWARD REVEALED
Posthumous Presentation
OF Decoration Planned
For Graduate OF MINIS

The Congressional Medal OF
Honor-the nations highest award
for military heroism-will be pre-
scented posthumously to mem
Der of the 1912 graduating class
of New Hanover High school.
Recipient of the presentation
will be the parents of the late En-
sign William. David Halyburton,
Jr., who, as student in Whining
ton. resided with his aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Milton.
of Winter Park.
A Navy aviator, Ensign Haly-
burton was graduated from New
Hanover High school in May, 1912
and enlisted in the Navy the fol-
lowing September.
Intending to enter the ministry,
young Halyburton chose the Navy,
and in 1915 went overseas. 1t was
while engaged in his first combat
mission, flying from an Okinawa
base, that he lost his life. The
deed which led to the nation S
highest military honor has not
been related, publicly, nor will il
be-. according to the Navy depart
ment, until Mr.. and Mrs. Halybur-
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KILLED INSTANTLY
Father OF Three Children
Victim OF Unknown
Shotgun Assailant

jim Williams, a farmer who
lived three miles west of Shallotte,
was killed last night at 8 o'clock
by shotgun blast fired through
the window of his living room by
an unknown aSsailant.
At the time Williams was killed,
he was sitting in the living room
of his home with his wife, accord
ing to Charles Russ, operator OF
the Coast Road filling station in
Shallotte. Russ said the shotgun
charge struck Williams in the neck,
killing him instantly.
Williams, Russ said, was about 80
years Of age and the father of three
children. His widow is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Coleman,
154 Spofford, Wilmington.
0dell Bianton, Brunswick county
deputy sheriff, and C. Pittman,
Shallotte policeman, we're heading
an i-+0~sive search for the slayer
last night.
4o-.s from Shallotte last night,
still incomplete, indicated police
were pressing the search for one
suspect with whom Williams is
said to have had an argument
some time before the tragedy Last
night.
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with Premier Ismail Sidky to
desist from violence during the
next two weeks.
The committee had drawn up
a list of demands, the speaker
said, which gave the British
the two weeks period of truce
to evacuate all troops from
the main cities of Egypt. With
in that time the British must
also declare their intention of
withdrawing from all Egypt
and accepting union of Egypt
and the Sudan, the speaker
said. The demands were sub
mitted to the Egyptian and
British governments and all
foreign legations.
The spokesman said the COM
mittee will send missions
throughout Egypt to organize
Fighting forces in order to en-
counter the British with equal
strength" if the demands are
not met.
The student leader said the
committee possessed all fire
arms required to encounter
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0NSL0W RESIDENT
BURNED TO DEATH
Accidental Death Verdict
Returned In Fire Claim
ing Lejeune Employe

JACKSONVILLE, Feb. %. - A
coroner's verdict of accidental
deaf, was given here in the death
of Alberta Canady, who was burn
ed beyond recognition early this
morning when fire destroyed the
cabin in which he lived on New
berry street.
The dead man, who was "A, had
worked at Camp Lejeune as a
civil service employe for the past
four years. His home, police were
informed was i'll Lumberton where
he usually visited on week-ends.
The cabin, in which he lived
alone, was totally destroyed.
His name was given on his
Identification card as Canady and
as Kennedy on his insurance papers
local police said.
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M'VAY'S SENTENCE
RENTED BY NAVY
Four Other Officers Repri-
manded For Delay In
indianapolis Case

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-UD-
The Navy ruled today that mol ody
shall receive more than nominal
punishment for the disaster in
which the cruiser Indianapolis and
$50 U. S. lives were lost two weeks
before Japan decided to give up.
Terminating long investiga-
ton of the tragedy, which included
a. court martial trial, the Navy
held Capt. Charles B. McVay III
guilty of failure to direct his TO-.
0O0-ton ship on zig-zag course
in dangerous waters.
Because of McVay's excellent
previous record, however, the
Navy RENTED his court martial
sentence At the same time, it
announced that four other officers
had been reprimanded for delay
in searching for survivors of the
warship.
The Indianapolis was sunk in the
Philippines sea by Japanese SUBJ
marine last July 30 while it was
sailing unescorted from Guam tow
ard Keyte. .---. ...-
Hundreds who got off the strick-
en- ship were subsequently, drown
ed because there was. no rescue
attempt until four days after the
sinking.
The 47-year-old McVay was tried
last December by a Navy court
martial here which found him
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ANNUAL RED CROSS
CAMPAIGN READIED
Workers Prepare Head
quarters In Trust Build
ing For March | Drive

With the National Red Cross
Fund drive set for the first o.
M c h, Wilmington Campaign
workers. yesterday were busy lay.
ing plans for the local drive.
Harry M. Solomon and F. P
O'Crowley, co-chairmen of the Will
mington campaign, disclosed that
the amount to be raised mere had
not been decided, but that it would
be set by board members before
the first of the month.
Formerly known as "Red Cross
Roll Call the drive this year has
set national goal of 100000, 200
which it is claimed by officers,
will be necessary for the work
that lies ahead.
Headquarters workers have been
engaged for several days arrang-
ing office facilities on the first
floor Of the Trust building, Front
and Market streets.
Much of their work has entail
ed compiling Of workers lists, dis
tribution of posters and other print
ed matter in addition to ground
work for the campaign.
Committees are yet to be ap-
pointed, the cochairmen explained.
Members will be announced some
time during the week.
During the war the Red Cross
dropped the Roll Calf type OF
campaign and instituted a War
Fund which was used for work
in camps both in this country and
overseas, in addition to carrying on
the work among victims of civilian
disasters.
Work In Services
Although the shooting is over, the
CO. c,1airmen explained, there is
still work to be done among vete-
ran and service-men personnel.
Charter obligations of the Red
Cross includes:
Furnishing of volunteer aid to
the sick and wounded of the mill
tary branches of the service.
To act as medium of COM
munication between the people of
the United States and the Army
and Navy.
To mitigate sufferings caused by
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RUSSIA'S ARMY
AT FULL POWER
Stain Demands Further
Progress In Advance
ment OF Art OF War

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Up)-
Generalissimo Josef Stain boast
that the Red army now is at the
height of it's power was contrasted
here tonight with the disintegration
of the United States armed forces.
Stain broadcast an order of the
day from Moscow commemorating
the 18th anniversary OF the Red
army. He demanded rapid and
continuous progress in advance
ment of the art of war. The Red
army, he said, must guard the
borders of the Soviet union while
war wounds are repaired.
But his most significant state
ment to some persons seemed to
be this:
The Red army is greeting its
18th anniversary at the height OF
its strength
There is no reason here to doubt
Stalin's statement. But it is in
startling contrast with the condi-
ton of the United States armed
forces. High officers have been
warning for months that the demo-
Utilization speed-up, failure to
adopt some form of peace time
training, and delay in extending
the selective service act combine
to jeopardize our armed might.
The United States packed the
worlds greatest war time punch
one year ago. Shortly after Ger
began. 1t was speeded up fantasia
many quit in may the disinegration
cally after Japan was licked. Of
ficers high and low discuss this
situation privately and some of
them speak out in public. Here is
what some of the top brass has
had to say within, the past few
months: e....
General of the Army George C.
Marshall in a New York speech:
cit is certain that the military
establishment cannot hope to en-
sure the safety of the United States
very much longer at the present
rate of demobilizatio unless per-
manent peace time program is es-
tablished at an early date.
"In a widespread emotional cris-
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Shallotte Farmer Dies
In Mysterious Shooting
N. c. Elks Select
City For Meeting

SANFORD, Feb. % up =
Representatives of II of the
% Elks lodges in North Caro-
lima, meeting here today in
mid-winter session, selected
Wilmington as the 1916 con-
vention city and set June 27-28
as dates for the convention.
Thad Eure, of Raleigh, presi-
dent of the North Carolina Elks
association, presided at the
meeting. and Ed w. Davis, of
Wilson, state secretary, report
ed that $7,S11.8S had been rails
ed in a campaign to retire a
$4,000 mortgage on the Elks
boys camp site near Hender-
sonville.
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CONTINUED on Page Nine; Col.
BY HAROLD w. WARD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-P)-
Sudden assaults on the CLIO by the
AFL and John L. Lewis lifted the
curtain slightly today on potential
new struggle for U. S. labor supre-
macy, based on theology.
Lewis, who returned to the AFL
with his 600, 900 United Mineworkers
last month, made an argument for
labor unity last night in radio
news conference, and suggested
such unity should come by affilia-
ton with the American Federation
of labor.
The ALL now claims more than
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Macarthur May Widen
His Offensive. Against
Feudolistic Elements

TOKYO, Feb. 23.-(E)-Supreme
nesdquarters expressed dissatisfac-
.0A today with Japanese measures
tof dissolution Of the Zaibatsu
uamlly combines) and indicated it
might broaden its offensive against
leuoallStlc elements in the nation S
economy.
Dissolution of the Zaibatsu, or
esnonopolistc companies" said Maj.
:, " Wheeler of Beechertown,
Mass head of the Cartels division
VI General MacArthur's economic
s snu scientific section, means en-
engagement of the essence of
u u'a,,,s in Japanese economy. I
S %ould like the people to have a
S ~ interest in this than they
bi neadquarters has designated 10
c o,s concerns as zaibatsu, but other
.d ,sa may be similarly designat.
~ 'd'er, Wheeler said.
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Nation Faces
|; @'@'ew Threats
: e !: : Walkouts
Possible Pittsburgh Power
Shutdown High On La
Dor Row List
HOUSTON MENACED
Prospects For Quick Settle
ment OF General Mo-
tors Strike Fade
By The Associated Press

Four major strike threats
a nationwide telephone serv-
ice tieup, a Pittsburgh power
shutdown, a New York city
transit strike and a Houston,
Tex, utilities shutdown -
moved high up on the nations
labor disputes agenda yester-
day.
The newest threat was at Hous-
ton, where striking city workers,
demanding higher wages and union
recognition, announced plans for a
Shutdown at 5 pm. today Of the
water works, gas plants, sewage
disposal plants and other utilities.
In Washington, the CLIO Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers announ-
ced a strike of 1000 members
would start as scheduled at Z am.
Monday at 10 operations Of the
American Smelling and Refining
company.
Single Bright Spot
The one bright spot in the days
labor picture was announcement
by a federal Cancellation panel at
Peoria, Ill, that agreement had
been reached on all issues in the
three-weeks strike of 1880 CLIO
F arm Equipment Workers at the
Caterpillar tractor company.
Meanwhile, prospects for quick
settlement of the Central Motors
strike were de shed when nagotia-
tons adjourned for the weekend
with mo particular progress"
made on the issues of wages, SEN
iority and vacation pay.
While government labor officials
sought means to avert a coast-to-
coast telephone strike, scheduled
for 6 am. March 7. The National
Federation of Telephone Workers
made detailed plans for paralyzing
the farflung American Telephone
and Telegraph system.
Carlton W. Werkau, strike
strategy director, said at Memphis,
Tenn, that the union was "prepar-
ing for tough struggle-and so
are the companies"
He charged A. T. & T. manage
ments were stocking their buildings
with "cots, blankets and food and
have been doing so since the day
we filed our first strike notices.
They're getting ready to dig in
New Picketing Twist
About 10000 telephone workers
are involved and another 100, 600
have peen asked to respect picket
lines, Werkau said a new picketirg
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CAIRO, Feb. 23-W.H-Ten
thousand Egyptian students in a
mass meeting at Faud univer-
sity today called a two-weeks
truce in anti-British rioting,
but demanded that the British
evacuate Egypt within that
time or be thrown out by
student organized fighting
forces"
Powerful reinforcements of
Egyptian police and armored
cars took over strategic points
in the city and closed off all
bridges leading from the uni
versity suburb o. CHA into
Cairo proper as the students
massed on the campus for
their protest meeting.
The capital remained quiet,
with no new fighting reported
a t err Thursdays violent
clashes in which 13 were killed
and more than 100 injured.
A spokesman for the national
committee of students and
workers told the meeting. that
agreement had been reached
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Thirteen Persons Held
In Canada;s Spy Probe

disclosures said that publication
of further information cannot be
less than two or three weeks from
now" and indicated that the 1ull
investigation would not be COM
pleted for some time
In addition to the thirteen held,
it is understood additional persons
have been rounded up for question
ing and released. The Royal Cana
dian mounted police and the JUS
tice department declined to say
how many have been questioned,
but it was reported that at least q
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Airport Fact Committee
Findings Being Compiled

not expected to take any further
action on the airport authority at
it's meeting. tomorrow, due to the
absence of their chairman, Addison
Hewlett, who left last night for a
Civil Aeronautics authority hearing
in Philadelphia.
The fact-finding committee, set
up by the county board last Mon
day, was comprised Of Hewlett
Commissioners Louis Coleman,
George Trask, James Hall, Orrell,
and Albert Perry, Chamber OF
Commerce representative, and Al
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
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ru HARRY r MONTGOMERY

OTTAWA, Feb. 23.-(R-Eleven
men and two women are under de-
tention in Canadas spy PROBE
and additional persons may be
held as the investigation proceeds,
the government announced today
1t was the first official announce Jul
ment since Prime Minister W. l..
MacKenzie Kings statement OF
week ago Friday disclosing that
Canadian ceea sG0 government EMPLOYEES
had turned over secret lnIorlh a.
tion to a foreign power, known 10
0e To ouSSis announcement stressed
oa E The "serious nature OF the
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~ consideration of the findings Of
w. ,e view Hanover airport fact-find-
n ns committee relative to the pro-
poseo creation of an airport auth
v lily 10 manage Sluetlenthal field
will WILL De submitted to the board of
Amy commissioners for action
on March 3.
oo Inc Information, assembled by
souA'y board, Chamber of Com
t an. and Wilmington club dele
S So.eS on a tour Of other North
i n alrports last week, is be-
1p S compiled by County Auditor
+ tb A. Orrel, who accompanied
III" M group on its inspection trip.
AAe county commissioners are
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Bitter Battle For u. S.
Labor Supremacy Hinted

100000 members. The CLIO says
it has 100000 on its rolls.
We believe that the ALL at the
present moment is a more Ameri-
can type organization than the
CO." Lewis said. When pressed
for an explanation of that remark,
the mine leader, who founded the
CLIO in 1885 then left it in 1912,
said:
Il mean it (AFL) is dedicated to
the principles of perpetuating free
institutions of America. It stands
against collectivism and against
the Capitalization of controls in,the
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263 KILLED, 500
INJURED in RIOTS
Indians Disrupt Train Ser
vice And Fire Buildings;
Mutinees Surrender

BOMBAY, Feb. 23.-CUP)
= British authorities rushed
more police and military re-
Inducements here today while
Indian civilians rioted for the
third day, disrupting train
service and firing buildings in
Bombay and other cities de-
spite the unconditional SUR
render of mutinees of the Roy
al Indian navy.
Official sources here late tonight
said that known casualties in the
Bombay riots totaled 1853, of
which 1853 were dead and 500 were
injured.
An earlier communique said the
casualties were 844, Ct dead and
TT injured. 1t said the dead in.
cluded two constables, an Indian
navy officer and an Raj civiliap
enploye; the injured were 81 pos
licemen, 80 constables, a Royal
navy enlisted man, II Indian navy
personnel, 80 Army personnel, two
Raj men and six Raj civilian
employees. Other dead and injured
were civilians.
Double Figure
The Bombay Indian news said
the injured totalled at least 1000,
twice the official figure.
Indian sources reported that hea-
Wy casualties resulted when SOL
diers fired on a mob of Indian RI.
oters at a ridge in Dadar, Bombay
suburb. Attempts to set afire the
Matunga and Mahim railway sta
tons in northern Bombay were
broken up by soldiers gunfire.
Guests of two hotels, Green's and
the Tai Mahal, and English resi-
dents of nearby areas, kept their
spirits up by holding dances to-
night. Theaters presented only
matinees because of the curfew,
and horse races were cancelled.
Schools will remain closed Mon.
day.
Although a communique said the
situation on the whole was improv-
ing, railway service here, near
Calcutta, and at points along the
Bengal-Assam line was disrupted
by strikes or demonstrations Of
civilians sympathizing with naval
mutineers. Calcutta dispatches S bid
street car service was halted by a
one-day sympathy strike of work.
ers.
Refuse Duty
British authorities acknowledged
in a communique that 1000 Indian
air force personnel still refused du-
ty but were perfectly quiet" At
Karachi, 1000 air force personnel
were on strike, peacefully, and san
they would return to duty tomor-
row.
(The London Evening News said
Sir John Colville, Bombay COVER.
nor, reported by telephone from
Bombay that the situation was.
now in hand. Things have been
serious but there is no cause for
undue alarm')
Mohandas K. Gandhi joined the
chorus of Indian leaders warning
against violence. In statement he
appealed to the people to halt the/
"thoughtless orgy of violence"
Let not it be said that India Of
the congress (party spoke to the
world of winning SWaraj (hone
rule) through non-violent action,
and belied her word in action at
critical period in her life," he said.
Despite her appeal and the ex.
hortation of congress party volun-
teers who toured Bombay in loud.
speaker trucks calling for return
to peace and quiet, naval sympa-
thizers of Hooligans were rioting in
and around the city.
Fire Train
A mob set local train afire at
suburban Dadar station, hating
service there. A Matunga on the
same line, a crowd roughed up rail.
Continued on Page Two; Col. q
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"'ater Storm RACES
Throughout Britain

fer LYNDON M Feb. 2s-R)-A win
ain t s'9rm ragged throughout Brit
ebsr ,uoay and 7o-mile gale forced
foo aNlel boats into port. A 200
1o u' radio tower collapsed near
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WEATHER

North Carolina-Considerable cloudi-
ness with scattered showers over east
portion Sunday forenoon, followed by
clearing over the west portion in the
afternoon, slightly cooler in north and
vest portions.
Additional Weather Data ON Page Two.
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