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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
MRS. FRANK CLEVE
PRESENTED GIFT
FOR LONG SERVICE

Mrs. Frank Cleeve. II, OF 1910
Church street, was presented a
string Of pearls for "ausplclous
service" during a meeting OF the
Women's Missionary Society OF
Southside Baptist oh urch, recent
ly.
Mrs. Cleeve came to this com
munity from Ontario, Canada 80
years ago. She uas been a mem
Der of Southside for the 'ast 70
years, and served as treasurer OF
that organization for 16 years be-
FORE retiring last November.
Mrs. M. T. Lambert presented
the gift and read a speech peril
nent to Mrs. Cleeve's service.
Mrs. Cleeve said the gift came
as a surprise and she was more
than grateful of the groups ap-
probation. She added that church
work has been an inspiration to
her and that she loved to do it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
INTERPRETER AIDS
FRENCH SAILORS
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speak, a language common to
the excited seamen.
Mrs. Edgar w. Halleck, wife
of the rector Of St. Johns
Episcopal church, who was
passing the scene at the NOM
ent, and recognizing the French
being spoken decided to come
to the rescue of all concerned.
After living in France fo- years
she was able to get the whole
story by questioning the sailors
The Frenchmen, it seems,
being in the same boat as
Maultsby, was unable to I'M
derstand the managers efforts
to find out as quietly as pos
sible what all the howl was
about. Mrs. Halleck, acting in
the role of an interpreter, learn
ed that the sailors, who are
paid by the French government
at the rate OF IS cents per day,
could not arrive at any salts
factory conclusion as to why
they should be charged at a
rate higher than that which
they received for a whole days
work. Hense the howl.
M. Maultsby, on the other
hand, could not understand
what the yelling was about, es-
pecially in view of the torrent
pouring from the 40-voice
chorus.
All he knew about the mat
ter was that a shipping agency
had reserved rooms for the
group. Hence he was at a loss
to understand the excitement
as the agency had advised him
the bill would be taken Gaze OF.
Being anxious to aid the sea-
men as much as possible, he
tried to get the story from
them, but to no avail-until the
arrival of Mrs. Halleck, who
relieved the police of the job
of trying to throw some light
upon the subject.
It was fine, the sailors said,
for the agency to reserve. the
rooms for them and take care
Of the bill but it SO happened
that their government deducted
that amount from their pay
checks.
Finally Mr.. Maultsby, evil
IDENTIFY firing rapidly under the
strain, called the shipping
agency and explained the situa-
ton. Officials promised to take
care of the matter and every
one ended up by smiling and
retiring from the scene. salts
fled that everything would
work out in the final analysis.
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SUSPENDS
SCHOOL DECISION
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she had remained in the fifth grade
for the last three years.
While suspending his order,
Judge Ferguson expressed the opin-
ion that the school system should
find some use for children who
are unable to keep up with their
classes.
What are we going to do with
S h pup;ls?" he asked, With
some attention they may be turned
into useful citizens. If we Just drop
them they'll turn out to be delin-
quents".
To support his view, Judge Fer
guson entered into, the record a
clipping from Friday mornings
Star quoting an attack by DR.. Ralph
Hinton, State Department of We'll
fare child psychologist. on the con-
tinued presence in the lower school
grades of pupils as old as IS years.
Roland told the court that, out
Of his experience as a school super
intendent for % years, he h a d
drawn the rather definite con-
clusion that there is a problem
of average children and that, in
this specific case, it would not be
to a persons advantage to continue
in a class where she is more or
less a misfit''.
DR.. John T. Hoggard, chairman
Of the Board OF Education. support
ed Roland's opinion with the state
ment that, in his opinion, it would
be a "detriment to this girl to
force her to 60 to school,
Senator-elect Alton A. Lennon,
the young brides counsel, brought
into court the testimony of eight
mothers Of daughters attending
school with his client to back
his contention that her continued
presence in her fifth grade classes
was a detriment to her fellow pu-
pills.
Five Of the mothers appeared as
oral witnesses, while Lennon read
into record the testimony Of three
others. All but one, who remained
s~teadfastly non-committal, agreed
that the girl should be excused
from school.
OF the five oral witnesses, two
were mothers of ~10-year-old daugh-
tiers, two Of 11-year-olds, and one
of a 13-year-old. All five children
are in the fifth grade.
The principal of the girls school
and her homeroom teacher, also
called by Lennon, held to the view
that she should continue her stu.
dies.
Their records showed that the
girl had attended school 1856 days
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
NHRS STUDENTS
WIN IN CONTEST
Clara June Ward, Jane.
Browne iii Advance
In Speech Event

Clara June Ward and James
Browne, III, New Hanover high
school students, advanced to the
semi-finals in the Good Health
Associations state wide o%ratorical
contest by virture of being picked
as winners Of the quarter-final
rounds held at Flora Mcdonald col
lege, Red Springs yesterday.
Miss Ward, a senior, is the
daughter of Mrs. Donald Haskins,
2725 Jefferson street, Riverside
apartments. She was winner OF
the World Peace speech contest
sponsored by the Bar Association
of Wilmington this month at the
local high school.
Browne, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. N. Browne, 4O2 Northern
Blvd, Sunset Park, is a senior
and a regular participant in club
activities.
The two winners from New Han
over county will compete on jan
uary 10 against six other students
chosen in other contests through
out the state. The place for the
semi-finals will be announced at
a later date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
PAUL P. MURPHY

Paul p. Murphy, Lowell textile
manufacturer, died in a Charlotte
hospital Wednesday night follow.
ing an illness which required an
operation.
A native Of Fender county, Muir
ply attended the University OF
North Carolina. In 1904 he entered
the textile field, serving until 1899
as superintendent Of the Peerless
Spinning Company at Lowell. He
later served as president Of the
United Spinners Corporation.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Virginia Robinson Murphy; a son,
John Mclean Murphy; a daughter,
Mrs. John Edelman. all Of Lowell;
two brothers, I. w. Murphy of
Greensboro and c. c. Murphy Of
Red Springs and a sister, Miss
Eliza W.. Murphy OF Wilmington.
Funeral services were held from
the Presbyterian church at Lowell
Friday morning at II O'Clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
ARRESTS
COME ON HOLIDAY
Friday, The Thirteenth,
Proves Unlucky For
Local Officer

Yesterday was Friday the Thir.
teenth and Patrolman H. L. Gurlev
could well claim that he was the
unluckiest policeman in the city of
Wilmington.
Gurley boarded a bus yesterday
afternoon. He was returning from
medical treatment for an infected
eye which had kept him out of
uniform for the day.
He told police officials last night
that everything was peaceful until
a man whom he believed to be
intoxicated began to be destroyer.
GUS in the rear Of the bus.
Since a policeman is on 24-hour
duty, the civvy-clad Gurley thought
it best to stop the bus, remove the
alleged noisemaker, and turn him
over to the force.
He therefore took his prisoner
into a Third and Wright street fill.
ing station and phoned the central
desk.
While he was waiting for a patrol
car to relieve him of his burden.
the filling stations proprietor be.
gan, Gurley reported, to question
his right to make the arrest.
The argument reached its height
just as Patrolmen R. W. Roper and
H. A. Avant arrived in their radio
car.
In the general confusion, Roper
claims, the filling station proprie.
tor swung on the incoming officers.
and was consequently arrested. At
which the proprietor's son is alleg-
ed to have become insulting, SO
they took him in too.
Booked, in the aftermath Of Cur
ley's innocent venture on the bus,
were one man charged with drunk
enness; another with assault and
interfering; and his son, charged
with interfering.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
CPA APPROVES w
SOUTHEASTERN N. E..
BUILDING PROJECTS

Two projects in southeastern
North Carolina were among the
% applications for commercial and
industrial building for which ap-
proval of the Civilian Production
Administration was announced by
Chester o. Ensign, North Carolina
CPA director.
An Associated Press dispatch
from Greensboro revealed that ap-
proved projects included the Cape
Fear Marine Service, Inc, South
port, So, 500; the Simmons Packaged
Food company, Lumberton, So, 500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
Along The Cape Fear

fond memories of the Howard D.
lief Fire Engine Company M
and are giving of their time or.
ciously to help us determine wS.
the early members of the orgsr n0
-zation were.
One person left her phone MN.
er for us to contact. And with IN.
number, left a promise that she
could pick out several of the Yen.
tlemen by name.
1t was so late last night when
the opportunity presented itssli
to contact this source Of inform.,
ton that we were afraid Of dis.
turbing the good person long he.
yond her time to retire.
But rest assured we will cor
tinue our efforts to name each
and every one Of the early fire.
lighters in the Port City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

and been absent 316 days in the
last two-and-one-half years.
Both of the teachers agreed that
the young bride was not an intrac-
table pupil, and said that they felt
she would in no sense "coatarni-
nate" her fellow pupils.
Judge Ferguson, while stressing
his opinion that the girl was truant
under the law, said that he would
suspend judgment on the basis OF
the views expressed by DR.. Hog
gard and Roland.
"It is not my purpose to force
someone into the school system
against the wishes Of the guiding
authorities" he declared.
At the same time, Judge Fergu-
son indicated that he would show
no disposition to 'break down the
compulsory school attendance law
in future cases.
II have not changed my formal
judgment that marriage alone does
not justify violation Of the law" he
asserted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
link Wreckers

CHICAGO, Dec. 13-F)-Do Wo
men dare defy the Friday the 18th
jinx?
NO" say members Of the
Chicago Anti-Superstition society
who arranged a j. Getting Friday in
roow 613 of a near loop hotel to
smash mirrows, raise umbrellas,
walk under ladders and otherwise
invite bad luck.
Nathaniel Leverone, society pres
ident. stroking a black tom cat
acquired for the occasion, obser-
we'd that ''superstitions are archaic,
the vestigial remnants of primitive
thinking"
Then, in almost the same breath,
he added that, I'VE do not invite
women to our occasional functions
because we feel women are re-
luctant to defy tradition"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
PENCIL DRAWINGS
OF VET HOSPITALS
IN FINAL STAGES

Pencil drawings for two 500 bed
veterans hospitals to be located
in Durham and Charlotte have
reached the final stages, say Of
ficials of the district engineers
office here.
Work is expected to begin on the
hospitals sometime next summer.
with cost Of construction estimated
at several million dollars.
Drowings for the project are
under the supervision of j.. N,
Place Of Charlotte and j. Watts
Carr, architectural engineers. The
district engineer will be in overall
charge of the construction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
r GEORGE CRIBB

FAIR BLUFF, Dec. Is - Mrs.
George Crib, "a, of near Causey
Community. died at 10 o'clock Fri
day morning after an illness of two
weeks.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
from the home. The Rev. B. G.
Bass will officiate. Interment will
follow in the family cemetery.
She is survived by four sons:
Dewey Cribb of Kingstree, S. c.,
Albert. Calvin and Bonnie, all OF
Fair Bluff. Two brothers George
Strickland Of Fair Bluff and Holmes
Strickland Of Charleston, S. c.
Three sisters. Mrs. Eta Graham
of Fair Bluff, Mrs. Mollie Martin
Of Delco and Mrs. Ella Chennis
Of Bolton.
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COOPER

Jacob Cooper, 81. Of ia N.
Fourth street, Wilmington me-
chant. died at the James Walker
Memorial hospital yesterday at 7:10
a. m. Funeral arrangements vii,
be announced later by Harrell-
Coble Funeral service.
MRS. MARY ESTELLE EVERETT
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the Chapel OF An
drews Mortuary. tomorrow after
at 8 o'clock fo- Mrs. Mary
EsteIle Everett. widow Of r. L.
Everett, who died at her home at
2O6 N. Sixth street Thursday night
following a long illness.
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. Mr.. J. O.. Walton, as
sisted by DR.. j., H. Foster. In
terment will follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Mrs. Everett is survived by fou-
daughters, Mrs. Estelle Robinson,
Mrs. John N. Donnelly, Mrs. Annie
E. Britt and Mrs. Murton Bah
cock, all of Wilmington; two sons.
Howard H. Everett of Wilmington
and e. Rexford Everett of Norfolk.
Va, one sister. Mrs. Melissa Gas
kill of Wilmington and five grand
children.
Pallbearers will be ]. B. Funder-
burg, Paul Bell, T. F. Cartrette,
E. G. Milliken, James Donnelly
and Paul T. Marshburn. Honorary
pallbe will include DR.. Robert
M. Fales, S. Bruce Tabb, w. E.
Curtis, M. c. McIver and o. O..
Whitlock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
OIL FIRM SEEKS
OPERATIONS SITE
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the final decision had been made.
George Lloyd, the firms public
relations chief, said that company
testimony before the Interstate
Commission in Rich
mond indicated a desire to inaugu-
rate a new barge service along the
inland waterway.
The barge line, still awaiting
commission approval, would be op-
Grated by the Norfolk. Baltimore
and Carolina shipping company.
Wilmington's chance of becoming
an oil canning center meanwhile
appeared brighter following dis
closure that both the Standard and
Socony Vacuum companies we're
negotiating for a larger share in
Middle East oil production. Should
these efforts be successful, then
more sites for storage would be
needed once the flow from the
Middle East was underway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
Has Less Than $780, 900
Men Operseas, Byrens Says

"a scrapped plane or a strapped
battleship can never be recommls-
stoned.
I Asserting that disarmament to be
effective must look to the future
and especially to the future OF
atomic energy, Byrnes listed the
following 'musts'' in the problem:
I'VE must see to it that disarma
ment starts with the major wea-
pons Of mass destruction.
1--WE must see to it that dis
armament is general and not uni
lateral.
I'VE must see to it that dis
armament rests not on genera
promises that are kept by some
states and not by other states.
I'VE must see to it that dis
armament is accompanied by eff
fective safeguards and othe- means
under international control that viii
protect complying states against
the hazards of violations and eva.
sions.
I'VE must see to it that these
safeguards RI so clear and ex-
plicit that there will be no ques-
ton of the right of complying
states, veto o. no veto, to take
immediate action In defense Of the
rule Of law"
Assures Nations
Byrnes assured the other United
Nations that there need be no. con-
Germ among them about the willing.
nes of the American people to rid
themselves and the world Of ex-
cessive. ornaments.
He recalled that it was Ameri-
cas- military weakness and not he-
strength that encouraged Axis ag-
gression that led to World War II.
Then referring to the American
monopoly Of atomic energy, he
said:
I'm a world Of uncontrolled anna
ments, atomic energy would be an
advantage to the United States for
many years to come.
But it is not the desire Of the
United States to be the leader in an
armament race. We prefer to pre-
vent, rather than to win, the next
war"
Byrnes concluded with an ap-
peal for understanding and an at
tack upon the policy Of waging a
war of nerves. He said the task oil
maintaining collective security in
volved more than the question OF
arms and armed forces.
World Peace
Sovereignty can be destroyed not
only by armies but by wars Of
nerves and by organized political
penetration" he said.
World peace depends on what
is in our hearts more than upon
what is in our treaties"
The great states, he said, must
not. permit differences among
themselves to tea: asunde- the
political unity of the smalle,
states.
He added that it was not in the
interest OF peace and security tina
the basic power relationship among
great states should depend upor
which political party comes -tt
power in Iran, Greece, or China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
PAULEY SCORCHES
RUSSIAN ACTIONS
Continued From Page One)

But the ambassador also coaced-
ed that another major factor in the
failure of the Far East to recover
rapidly from the war was the con-
tinuation of internal strife within
China itself.
by far the greatest part of the
damage to the Manchufian indus
frlel complex cccurre1 during the
Soviet occupation and was primar.
lily due to Soviet removals of equip
ment," he told the President. aft
.er the Soviet withdrawal, Chinese
Communist action resulted in fur
sther damage to some of the install
lations."
: Pauley placed direct damage to
the Manchurian industrial machine
during Soviet occupancy at $685.
900, 600 considering replacement
and deterioration costs, he added,
1.-TWO billion U. S. dollars is con-
esidered to be a conservative esti-
mate OF the damage
Pauley reported that the Soviet
forces also confiscated approx.
emately 5000, 900 worth of gold bull
lion stocks and over 500, 000, DOC
Maachurian Yuan from Manchukuo
banks, and that they circulated
nearly {, 1000, 900, 900 Yuan in oc.
cupational currency, thus "almost
doubling the total Manchurian aote
ISSUE"
/. Acheson said the report complet-
: ed Pauley's Far Eastern mission.
Earlier. Pauley had submitted his
recommendations on japanese rep
arations and the reports of his
survey Of Korea.
Z The ambassador said the Soviet
forces began a systematic confisca-
ton Of food and other stock piles
: before starting a "selective remov-
. ap' Of machinery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
WAYNE ODOM

LUMBERTON, Dec. 13.-Wayne
Odom, S year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Odom Of st. Pauls,
Route /, succumber at a local hos
pital Thursday afternoon to injuries
received in a two car collision on
a road between st. Pauls and
Tobemory early Sunday night.
Dewey Hilbu-n of near st. Pauls,
driver of a car which collided with
one in which the Odom child was
riding with his parents, is held in
Robson Jail without privilege Of
bond. Coroner D. w. Biggs says
that the case will be taken be-
fore Robson Grand Jury in SUI
perio- criminal court converting
here Monday. Dec. 16, and tha1
no inquest will be held.
Four other persons who were in
Iju-ed in the wreck received hos
pital treatment but have been dis
missed. They are Mr.. and Mrs
Odom, Hilburn and N. j. Mcmillan
Of Parkton, who was riding with
Hilburn at the time Of the acct
dent.
Funeral services for Wayne
Odom were held from Great Marsh
Baptist church Friday at 3 p. m
by the pastor, The Rev. c. r
Hester. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving besides his parents
are his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
IB. F. Odom and Mr.. and Mrs
Maston Foley all of St. Pauls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

DURHAM, Dec. 13-R-ThievVs
sometime Thursday night smashed
a stamp window slide at the post
office of the North Carolina Col
lege for Negroes and stole $3.50
from a money box, SIPS from a
cash drawer, $s1.40 worth OF
stamps and three registered let
tiers, police reported.
Just how the robbers gained ,ac-
cess to the administration building
in which the ~postoffice is located
is not yet known, police said.
The contents Of the registered
letters has not yet been determin-
ed.
Postal inspectors from Raleigh
are assisting in the investigation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
JOHN YATES

John Wardrup Yates, 81, of Chad
bourn, died at his residence at
2:30 am. Thursday. Failing in
for several months, he had
been seriously i'll for three weeks.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the residence at 4 p. m.
Friday. Rev. Carl Townsend Of Ra-
Rev. Carl Townsend Of Ra-
leigh conducted the services as
sited by Rev. Archie Pravett OF
Chadbourn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
p. O. BELLAMY

TABOR CITY. Dec. 13.-P. O.
Bellamy of the Simpson Creek Sec
ton of Horny county died at his
home Thursday night at II o'clock
after a long illness. He was born
June 20 1875 the son of the late Joe
and Victoria Bellamy.
Funeral services were held Fri
day from the graveside at Carriers
cemetery with Rev. N. Benton off,
ciating. Surviving are the wife SIX
daughters and one son.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
WADE INSTALLED
AS OFFICER BY
REAL ESTATE MEN

J. E. L. Wade, local ~realtor and
city councilman, was installed as
regional vice-president of the North
Carolina association of real estate
boards at a meeting Of the group
held in Raleigh yesterday. ]. Edens
Barrentine of Charlotte was elected
to the presidency Of the state
board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

more enthusiastic over his PROV
ess as a marksman.
And then to cap the story, ne
pointed out that in the event ne
had not fallen out Of the boat, the
chances are he would have struck
his head on the side Of the bateau
and fractured his skull.
The story is passed along to you
for what it is worth. AS for us, the
only way we accept such stories as
true is to be invited out to 4 duck
supper.
HELP ARRIVES - We are hap
by to report that a few kind read
ers have come to our aid in identl-
tying the gentlemen whose picture
we ran in yesterdays paper.
II seems like many people have
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

Due to favorable weather and a
large number Of boats, the October
sardine fishing off southern Cali.
tornia totaled a record Of $4,000
TONS
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14
The Weather

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-(R-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "A hours ending 8 P. M. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

A spiked helmet wa standard
headgear for U. S. Marines in
1895.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-14

energy commission to instruct their
representatives to press forward
with its work If we are really in
terested in effective disarmament
and not merely in talking about
it."
He said the commission could file
an interim report next week, and
added Il do not want the work Of
that commission to be sidetracked
or sabotaged."
Let us concentrate upon these
major weapons and not dissipate
our energies on the less important
problems of controlling pistols and
hand grenades," he said.
Defends Baruch Plan
He staunchly defended the Ba-
ruch proposal for international con-
troll Of atomic energy and referring
to its provisions for abolishlng the
veto over inspection machinery
said:
I'VE do not suggest any diminu-
ton of the right Of veto in the COM
sideration of the treaty governing
this subject. We do say that once
the treaty has become effective,
then there can be no recourse to a
veto to ave an offender from pun
ishment."
Byrnes warned against wishful
thinking on disarmament, saying
that it would take time, patience,
and good will to achieve really ef-
fective disarmament.
Effective disarmament can not
be secured by any sirnple mathe-
NAUTICAL rule" he said.
"Demobilized divisions can be
speedily recalled to the colors, out
Evening star., 1946-08-15

FIFTH RACE-The North American
Steeplechase Handicap purse. $1,000
added; 3-year-olds and Up; about . miles
Last 1876 War Battle 143
Rouge Dragon l62 . Elkridge l5l
Mrs F A Clark entry.
b < Miller entry.