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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
Nobody, MIR. Gromyko?

Russian Delegate Gromyku. at the
United Nations Atomic Commission,
declared bluntly that nobody is ask
ing Tor the secret" OF atomic know
bow II this stage of the negotiations.
Well. maybe not now, but if the
SovictS have not already and pre-
VOuSly been demanding the fog
mUla. somebody has been doing
some tall specializing. If not outright
lying. and il such Il ncar-ultImatllm
had not been issued why all the
leaning over backwards by old man
Barney BaruCh ana other American
delegates at the New York meeting
70 give away our knowledge of tins
powerful weapon They would not
have walked INTO the forum and
voluntarily offered 10 toss the dis
coycvy on The table for examination
by all Corners. albeit under certain
regulations
Gr"u3Nku'> remark gives the mn
preston that It Is just another oi
those mysterious moves by the So
Nir,S which no one understands oy
Is able To- lathum.
Du The other hand. could ii h"
'hu: Marshal Staliu'S folks have dis
covered lie secret 10y their own re
search and no longer give Il hanS
whether the United States and Br.-
tain let 'h..g IN on pIl. lItilC plrtyr
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
There Goes Longevity

Death al 81 ~ the Russian scientist
VIII" only It few wrrk. ago claimed
10 nave discovered 90 serum which
might proloua human life f. 15r
years Is the most convincing lr-u-
mcn' against his contention. Surrey
If h" had found the pruycrbIll
fountain Of youth he would him
self have drunk deeply from j..
flow
Undoubtedly there IS some balm
somewhere - maybe all abuu. us.
on the earth that can prolonq lite.
Like the remedy for cancer and
other devastating diseases. though. il
has not been discovered. Perhaps
some day il shall be. But the Rus
sian scientist dispruvcd his own
theory by dying before he coul /
demonstrate any value it may have
possessed.
In his passing. there goes longcv-
ity itself. IN SO far as nope resided
III this man. Now new start vii!
have To be made. if it can be. But
there is on the horizon now no
elixir that offers promise OF hope
to humanity of sticking around much
more than the biblical three score
and ten years. and even then there
must be every reasonable and known
precaution not To- run afoul of the
laws of nature. lest the fatal consc-
qucnccs be cxactcd.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

with the University medical school
and lis hospital. there will br an
,NccSS of service 10 the sick people
of this State and section. But here
III North Carolina We shall be for
,una'" beyond measure III bcins
thus well equipped 10 look after the
health OF citizens.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

Don invite girl Tor u date three
or i"ur months III advance and then
>iE n" NOR" about II, leaving her
~ ignorance whether the date holds
pr not. Two ur three weeks m adj
vance is time enough to give an IN
'Ea'I"" for nI- date. ami thea
mention i occasionally before III"
occasion Is due
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
A Lift For Today

Then Peter said. silver and gold
nave ! none: but such as | have |
give thCc.-ACts 3.6.
THE WORLD SEEKS wealth and
possessions without worry or WORK.
while the Christians goal is to share
through sacrifice.
Thou Givcr of Every Perfect Gir.
teach US 10 share unsclfishlv and
gladly Thy many blessings with cur
icllOwmcn.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
GRAB BAG
Onc-MinIltc Test

Garden u! the Gods.
= In what national park are the
most famous gcyScys
3. In what I. :. national park are
The most notable and best preserved
prehistoric cliff DWELLINGS"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

In the Japanese language there
are IA different ways Of saying
goodbye. The most effective. we
imagine, is: How about that 100 yen
you owe me?'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
Words of Wisdom.

Few persons have sufficient Wis
dor1 10 prefer ccnsurr. winch j. use
!ul. I" praise. which dvccIvcS them.
-RoChctauCauld.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

If.any Of yuu lack wisdom. 'v, him
ask OF liru.--.iuS. -.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
ANSWERS To DAILY
QUIZ

!. W. Ice O'Danicl of Texas.
2. rs.
3. Toledo. Ohio.
4. Rats.
). Jules Verne.
8. 2 percent.
7. No.
3. Sixticth. and sometimes INC
scvcnty-fifth. WV
Q. Illegal.
10. Any liquid in which meat. fish
vegetables. poultry. etc. have bccl
cooked.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

by becoming worthless that Hun.
sarian coin. tho pcngo. makes ,hc
front pages. We'll. maybe not en-
tirely valueless--since it is worth a
news item.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22

pyrIrh,. 1916. King Features Syndicate. Ina
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
HON0RS
BISHOP 7. c. DARST
Testimonial Dinner To Paw
Tribute To Friendship
And Esteem

In testimony of the friendship
and esteem in which he is held
among the membership of the Will
mington Kiwanis club, KiWanians
tonight will honor Bishop Thomas
C. Darst at a testimonial dinner
to be held at St. Paul's Lutheran
parish house. The affair, many
months in preparation, will get un-
derway at 7 o'clock and will be
combined with the annual Kiwanis
club Ladies' Night"
Laney To Preside
President Emsley Laney is sched-
uled to preside over the dinner,
while William G. Robertson will
act as POSTMASTER and have charge
of a unique musical program which
ne has prepared especially for the
occasion. Flowers and decorations
are in the hands of Mrs. j. Henry
Gerdes and she promises both Will
be in keeping with the festive &C.
casion.
Present TeStim onlal
The dinner program will get IN
derway with an invocation by the
Rev. W. ]. Stephenson and will be
followed by presentation Of a testi-
monial to Bishop Darst. The Bis
hop is slated to respond. Brief
talks by Bishop Thomas H. Wright
of the Diocese of Eastern Carolina,
Episcopal church and Kiwanians
X w. Solomon, Walter B. Freed,
Aaron Goldberg and John E. Hope.
will bring the evening to a close.
Charter Member
The hoaoree of tonight's dinner
See KIWANIS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
AlongThe Cape Fear

us. And if we ever get stranded in
Charlotte for one reason or another
we'll just PUNK oursef down m
front of the Charlotte Armory and
make believe like we're lounglng
along the Cape Fear to keep from
getting homesick.
y II =
TEN YEARS AGO - We didn't
say yesterday when we thought the
picture was taken. But last Thurs
day, the day we printed the origin
al story on the mystery, we guess
ed at the late teens or the early
twenties of the present century.
We now find ourselves blushlng
like a red neon sign as we tell you
that the picture was taken as re-
Gently as 1886.
Yes, 1886. That's only 10 years
ago.
Our unsubtle asides about cellu-
loid collars, queerly-cut clothes,
and old-fashioned strawhats leave
us without a foot to stand on In
fact, it's a wonder that the gentle
men in the picture don't come
around and stand on us.
NOT MECHANICS - Another
shameful thing: In yesterdays
story we said it surprised us that
the gentlemen were mechanics, be-
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
SMALL CHILD HIT
ON ROAD TO BEACH
Marylyn Stanfield Suffers
Fractured Collar Bone
And Hip

Marvin Stanfield, two and one
half wear old daguhter of Captain
and Mrs. Tom Frank Stanfield'
was last night admitted to the
Rabies hospital on Wrightsvllle
Sound suffering from injuries re
ceived when she stepped into the
path of an automobile on The
Wrightsville causeway.
According to the child's grand
father, A. L. Weinberg, of Whining
ton. the accident occurred between
7:3O and 8 p. M, wher the nttle
girl broke away from a group o
children to run under the wheels
of a car driven ~ Gray Hicks, Of
Greensboro.
T. e Stanfie1d child was carried
to the Babies hospital where she
was found to have sustained
fractured collar bone and frac'
tured right hip.
No charges were brought agains1
the Greensboro man as members
of the girls family, who witnessed
the accident, agreed that it was
an unavoidable mishap.
Marylyn's father, Captain Stan:
field, is now serving in Hawai-
with the U. S. Army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Dropped BY Forts

Dropped BY Forts
The practice missile dropped by
a Superfortress at 9:15 am. (5:15
pm. Sunday, EST burst above and
between the bullseye target ship
the old battleship Nevada-and the
light carrier independence.
ut was SWELL" was the report
from Vice Adm. William H. P.
Blandy, commander of the atomic
test force. Il hope the real show
goes as we'll"
Deck Pitted
CA broadcast by CHS Correspon-
dent Don Motley from Bikini,
heard in San Francisco Monday,
reported that Blandy visited the
Nevada after the rehearsal and
found the ships deck pitted by the
practice bomb and some other mi
nor damage. There was similar
damage, Motley said, aboard the
Independence. No major installa-
tions we're touched, however, he adj
ded, and radar beacons still were
operating on the Nevada late in the
afternoon.)
The final trial bomb, reasonably
similar in size and shape TO the
real A-bomb but of negligible force,
was dropped on the third run over
the target by the superfortress
Dawes Dream"
Maj. Woodrow P. Swancutt, pi-
See ATOM On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
SUBSCRIBERS Get
new DIRECTORY
548-Page Volume Deliver.
ed To Subscribers Here;
First Since War

Wilmiagton's 1916 city directory,
a 548-page tome listing 1852
names and addresses in the city
proper and its suburbs, was de-
livereo to subscribers yesterday
by the Hill Directory company,
Richmond, Va, publishers.
In addition to names and ad-
dresses the book lists occupations,
marital status, heads of house
holds, home owners, telephone eau
toners, and other varied useful
information.
A classified section, printed on
yellow paper, complies $40 distinct
business enterprises, ranging from
Accountants" to Wood Dealers"
A pink" section lists all city
streets in alphabetical order. Un-
der each street are compiled the
residents and their house numbers
The first city directory issued
since the end of the war, it lists
hundreds of returned ~ex-service
men and women as well as those
now in service who were living
here at the time the book was
compiled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
OLD-TIME HERO GONE
William s.. Hart Dies
In California Hospital

cemetery . executive said,
there won't be any room in
the church for the mourners."
Harris body will be cremat-
ed following the services, and
his ashes taken to his native
New York state, where he
started his acting career as a
matinee idol on Broadway and
worked up to such roles as
Hamlet and Romeo.
Greatest Gun Toter
At the height of that career
he came to California and be-
came the greatest of the gun
See HART on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
ELEVEN BARELY
ESCAPE TWISTER
10 Children Among Hospit.
allied In Ontario
Town

FORT FRANCES, Ont, June "a.
-(P)-1leven persons, 10 of them
children, were taken to a hospital
here Monday after a 60-mile an
hour ''twister' struck this north
western Ontario town 1870 miles
east of Winnipeg.
The 10 children were all sons and
daughters of Dan Mainville and
were injured when his residence,
on an Indian reservation just out
side of Fort Frances was boWn
down by the wind.
Houses Lifted Up
In the three to four minutes that
the storm lasted, houses were lift
ed from their foundations, trees
uprooted and telephone power and
telegraph poles along three blocks
of the towns main street snapped
like matchsticks. The storm struck
at 800 pm. (CDT).
international Falls, just across
the Rainy river in Minnesota, also
was struck by the twister but first
reports indicated damage was not
severe.
Little Warning
There was little warning Of the
storm. Residents said it had been
drilling periodically when sud
See TWISTER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
FZNA f. PRACTICE DROP PRIOR TO A-DAY
HN<#ED SUCCESSFUL BY NAVY AT BLKIM;;
FIREMAN ACT FAST TO SAVE W0MANS LIFE
Girl Swims - Miles
SUPERHUMAN EFFORTS FAIL
TO SAVE FATHER ON YACHT

LOOMS lost her hold from ex-
haustion and was drowned. The
other victims we're Alvin Wash
burn, A, and Howard Hunt,
both executives at Smiths
shipyards at Sturgeon Bay,
Wis.
Suffered Shock
Suffering from shock and ex-
posure, Miss Smith said the
party had been aboard Smiths
33-foot racing sloop, Half
Moon" and were en- route
across Green Bay from Memo
minee, Mich, to Sturgeon Bay,
Wis, when a tornado-llke
storm hit. suddenly about q
p. m. Sunday night.
The sloop was cutting the Wa
ter with one auxiliary engine
and one jib sail set when the
wind veered suddenly from
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
SPECIAL COURT
SESSION OPENS
Civil Term To Begin Here
Today AT 10 O'clock,
Gillian Presides

The special civil term of U. S.
District court opens in the Customs
house courtroom at 10 o'clock this
morning. with Judge Don Gillian
presiding.
Only one Casa suit for $19,-
375. 45-has been docketed, J.
Douglas Taylor, court clerk, said
yesterday.
Maffitt Village Case
Tue suit, issued by the United
States and H. A. Levenkon, Inc,
New York, against the Hardin and
Ramsey company, Georgia, cent
ers on the interior building of 4OO
housing units at Maffitt Village.
Levenkon charges that while do
ing the interior finishing of the
houses as a sub-contractor for Har-
din and Ramsey, the Georgia
firm did not complete its payment
for the work.
Seeks ~S19,375.45
With w. B. Campbell and Louis
J.. Poisson, local attorneys, act
ing as counsel for the plaintiff,
the New York company seeks a
Judgment of SIG, 375.45.
Participants in the case said
yesterday that they expected it to
last about two days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
CARAVAN y
TO SHOW in CITY
Tank Retriever To Be One
Of Features OF Sta
dunn Show

Army Caravan %, scheduled to
hold a three day armament display
in Legion Stadium beginning July
2, will have considerable difficulty
bringing its feature attraction to
Wilmington, it was learned yester-
day from members of the shows
advance unit.
IS Vehicles
The exhibit in question is a tank
retriever. Designed to pickup
damaged tanks from battlefields,
the vehicle is So feet 6 inches long,
II feet 5 inches wide and weighs
over 81 and one-half tons. 1t is
to travel here from Raleigh as an
element of a S. vehicle cavalcade,
and will carry a 20 ton tank.
Because of its enormous size and
weight, the retriever will nave to
make extensive detours. 1t Will be
rerouted at Wrightsboro around the
Wrightsboro road because bridges
m the more direct approaches to
this city will not support its great
bulk.
See CARAVAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

FINAL SOLUTION - No sooner
did yesterdays paper go to press
than we got the full story on that
"mystery'' picture.
We almost stuck a cigar in our
mouth. rared back in u chair,
and shouted, Hold the presses:
Tear out the front page!" the way
newspapermen do in the MOVIES.
But we didn't, and for four very
good reasons: ID We cannot stand
to smoke cigars; (2) we cannot al
ford to smoke cigars; 90 our chair
is not the type to rare back in, con
sidering the small amount OF LIE
insurance we carry; and "a no
BODY would hold the presses and
tear out the front page anyway.
So. much as we deplored it, we
had to wait until today to give you
the final solution to the celebrated
case.
CHARLOTTE ARMORY-As we
said Yesterday, the mystery" pic
t,,re was taken in front of a build
ing in Charlotte, but which build
ing we did not know, since Char
lotte is as unfamiliar to us as we
are unfamiliar to Charlotte.
Well, it appears that the building
is none other than the Charlotte
Armory. Even so, it still looks like
the Wilmington Customshouse to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
OLD HOME DAY
Fred Vinson Is Swom
In As 18th Chief Justice

Washington and Jefferson mon
uments.
From the grass below, the
crowd peered curiously back.
They passed around names of
the famous faces they could
g~limpse-General Eisenhower,
Justice Hugo Black, Attorney
General Tom Clark, Acting
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son.
The Navy band-magnificent
in white uniforms, gold trump
cts and red music racks, pour
See vINSON On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
New Fire Boat
New Fire Boat
SURPLUS VESSELS

Fire Chief Ludie Groom will
go to Charleston, S. c., this
morning to inspect a fire-boat
for possible purchase by the
city, Acting City Manager j.
r. Benson disclosed yesterday.
The fire-fighting vessel, Ben
son said, is a surplus Army
craft, and if it passes Chief
Croom's inspection the city
will start negotiations for its
purchase.
Chief To Appraise
Full details of the boats fire
fighting capacity and other
pertinent information were not
available in the Army catalog,
Benson added, doubly necessi-
tating Chief Croom's trip of
appraisal.
The city's move to acquire
a new fire-boat, a matter of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
Heat, Smoke
Leave Victim
Frustrated
Manual Artificial Respira-
ton Administered To
Miss Shooter
CROWD ON SCENE
Is Treated AT Local
Hospital For Minor
Burns On Arms

Prompt action by the Will
mington Fire department yes
terday resulted in the rescue
of Miss Katherine Shooter
from her second story apart
ment at 315 Grace street
where she had been overcome
by smoke from a fire originating
or the rear stairway of the build
ing.
Miss Shooter, who lives with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Shoot-
err. was the only person present
in the four apartment structure
when the fire broke out. Frustrated
nv the heat and smoke, she collap-
sed in the kitchen of her rear rlgnt
upper story flat.
Explosion Sounded
Discovery of the fire was mace
and communicated to the FIRE ue-
partment at $40 p. M, by d.
and Mrs. j. B. Hales, of 317 Grace
The couple sad that they were
alerted by the sound of an expo
sion in the neighboring building
and saw smoke issuing from the
upper story.
Firemen carried Miss Shooter
to the front porch and admins
tered artificial respiration manual
" until the arrival of resplrator
equipment. A crowd of nearly
200 persons ringed the front yaro
of the residence to watch rescuers
working over the huddled figure.
See FIREMEN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

southwest to northeast, and
capsized her. AS the boat went
down, Miss LOOMS was given
the only life preserver avail
able.
II shook hands with my faith
er just before l slipped off
the Half Moon" he said.
Eve all struck out for lights
we could see on the shore.
The sloop went down like a
rock. d.
Didn't Have Chance
"The men didn't have a
chance. They became exhaust
ed and sank" Miss Smith
who is described by friends as
one of the best swimmers IN
Sturgeon Bay, said she seized
Miss LOOMS and towed her.
See SWIM on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

SOA,SJ SQC1 ANIl0
the school system only $62.2l9.2o
has SO far been handed over by
the county.
Prolonged Discussion
After a prolonged discussion on
whether or not the teachers were
entitled to the supplement, the
commissioners finally approved it.
County Auditor J. A. Orrell's
statement-''You've either got to
pay the teacher or send the $40, 600
back to the government'-Was n
of the determining factors in the
decision of approval.
In their meeting yesterday the
commissioners also heard two
other requests. one from the Will
mington Veterans Service Center
committee and one from Warren
Hood, state superintendent OF
Weights and measures.
Propose Service Center
The veterans committee. repre-
sented by Lloyd Moore. chairman,
A. E. Jones, and Donald King. ask
ed the CO missioners for So 5000 to
help finance the proposed service
center. The committee had prev
iously ask d the city for 5000,
making a total of Sc, 900 needed to
finance the entire project.
A majority of the commissioners
favored the pl"n. but. like the city
council, deferred definite action
until a later date.
Hood, appearing before the corr
missioners one week after a local
man charged that certain weights
and scales in the county are not
giving true measure, asked that
the county set up its own weights
and measures department. Such a
department. he said, would be per-
missable under state law provided
that it was under state supervi-
sion.
Under Amusement
The commissioners took the pro-
posaI under Amusement for further
consideration.
The commissioners also:
Repeated a request that the
State Highway commission act on
a petition from Seagate residents
for road improvements.
See BOOST on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

WASHINGTON, June 24.-R
In the White House backyard,
it looked like a church social
down home in Kentucky-hot
sun, brass band and magnollas.
Vinson On Louisa
Everybody-from President
Truman to the tourists had
come to see Fred Vinson, OF
bers of the White House statf'
In three tiers, they waited
for the ceremony to begin. I'm
der the green, canvas awnings
of the porch, the inner circle
looked down on the lawn, the
fountain, and, far off, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25
And So To Bed

One of our informers swears
this is true.
Last night a man went into a
local restaurant and ordered a
S1.50 steak.
When the waitress brought
the steak to him he was con-
siderably shocked. From end to
end, its longest dimension did
not exceed four inches.
"Look here" he said indig-
nant1y. "Do you call this small
thing a S1.50 steak?"
otis small, all right" ans
wered the waitress, "but it's
still equal to a regular-size $1.50
steak"
GLOW do you figure that?"
asked the man.
"Wait till you see how long
it's going to take you to eat
IT," replied the waitress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-25

HOLLYWOOD, June 24.-U.D
Movie fans of two decades
ago mourned Monday for Will
liam S. Hart, and buried his
bier in flowers.
Funeral services for the 75-
year-old cowboy actor, whose
blazing guns thrilled millions in
the silent flicker days will be
held Wednesday at 2:30 pm.
He died Sunday night of old
age while asleep.
No Mourning Room
Flowers from old-time fans
were flooding Forest Lawn
Memorial park, If this keeps
I'D for the next two days." q