davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
duration at certain intervals, so
as to produce a coded transmits
sion of the Morse variety

duration at certain intervals, SO
as to produce a coded transmits
sion of the Morse variety.
He pointed out, however, that If
there were any radar receiving
stations on Other heavenly bodies,
they would have to be tuned tc
the same frequency on which
Earthlings were transmitting.
1.-THE big thing in this whole
development" he said, '.is that
it has definitely been shown that
radio waves can be made to
pierce the ionosphere, the highly
ionized layer above the earth $
atmosphere VIII; CHI usually serves
to defect radio waves back to
the earth.
IF the radar pulses can get
through to celestial body and
back again, I don't see any reason
why radio sound broadcasts could
not be made to penetrate the
.onosphere. It's even possible that
some radio sounds have hitherto
been getting through the iono.
sphere, but we have no means OF
being certain"
He declared. however, that voice
broadcasts-which require a con-
tinous wave transmission as com
pared with the spaced-apart pulses
of radar-would require tremend'
Gus transmission power to reach
even the closest celestial body.
The first step in getting sound
broadcasts through the lono-
SPHERE he said, might be the
transmission of tremendous bursts
of energy for short periods. That
would mean, of course, that the
speech of the broadcaster would
be broken up, but eventually it
may be possible to modulate waves
in a way that would allow con.
tinuous broadcasts to the outer
space"
Astronomer Burton said he be
lieved it would be virtually i'm
possible to contact Venus by radar
because of that planets extremely
dense atmosphere.
Burton declared that while it
is generally accepted that human
life does not exist on the moon
it may be that lower forms OF
life exist there.
''We assume" he said, "that
because the moon has little atmos-
phere that there is no moisture
there and hence no forms of life.
But a Typographical mapping Of
the moon by rsdar might reveal
that there is mo: sture in the
crevices of the lunar mountains. -
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
REALTY TRANSFERS
AMOUNT TO $4,000
FOR ONE DAY HERE

Realty transfers involving over
$4,000 were recorded today by
A. B. Rhodes, register of deeds
for New Hanover county.
They were as follows:
Alice Keith 10 Abel Lawrence.
part $40 city.
E. P. Rogers to Thomas Hussey,
lot 4 and 6, z, Fox subdivision.
Clayton c. Holmes to Fred
Henry Brown. part Of lots land 2.
70 city.
E. W. Harrel to Milton F..
Gerock, lot Gill, Princess place.
Charles F. Burke to James w.
Smith, 3-4-495, city.
John L. Lane, Jr., to E. A.
Reynolds Wrightsville sound.
D. M. Peay to Nellie Woodcock,
lots 5 and 6, block /, Carolina
Beach.
Walter R. Galloway to Frank R.
Sasser, tract formerly Mercer
property, Harnett township.
R. B. Lane to E. W. Carey, about
60 acres, Federal Point on Sound
near Shellpoint.
M. L. Brothers to Martha M.
Bennett, lot So, Chestnut Heights
L. c. Kure to Kenneth r. Pinks
ton, lot 11-40 Fort Fisher.
G. R. Atkinson to E. w. Perez
val, $40 Northern Extension, Caro-
lima Beach.
S. R. Rosemond to George Wash
ington, pit. ,6-513 city.
w. M. Hill to H. F. Gibbs, Gil
Highwood park.
Burke H. Bridges to Morgaret
Bellamy Alexius, lots 4 and Sill
Carolina Heights.
Thomas c. Page to James D..
Carr, 23-1 Sunset Park.
R. v. Edwards to W. H. Grice,
1913 A, Harnett township.
J. U. Edwards to W. H. Grice,
10 A, Harnett township.
David L. Smith to George F.
Fowler, lot "Heartsease" and 9TH
er land, Masonboro bluff.
N. r. Jones ,tc Cicero Vow, pit.
1 and 2-42 city.
G. S. Sandlin to L. H. King, lot
"A, Garden city.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
COAST GUARDSMEN
FROM SOUTHPORT
ARE DISENROLLED

Five members of the Coast
Guard Temporary reserve at
Southport, have been disenrolled
from the service according to
John L. McClintic, port captain,
who said yesterday the disenron-
ment orders were effective Nov.
30. 1945 and were received at the
Southport office yesterday.
The men are Commanders
Harold st. George, Fred L. Will
ing, James I. Davis, James T.
Sellers, and 1t. Comdr. Robert
Thompson.
The men have served since 1912
as Cape Fear river pilots for ships
which were launched at the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company
and other ships which used the
river while sailing under govern
ment orders.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
GEORGE GLEN WALKER

BURGAW. Jan. 25-Funeral SER
vices for George eileen Walker,
80, formerly of Burgaw and for the
past Is years, was in the service
Of the Merchant Marines, who
died in United States Marine hos.
pital in Baltimore, Thursday
morning after having suffered in
ternal injuries from a fall which
occurred on board the S. S. James
Hoban on January II, will be con-
Quoted in the home of his mother,
Mrs. George w. Walker this after
noon at o'clock with the Rev. P.
L. Clark, pastor of Burgaw
Presbyterian church, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. w. c. Ben
son of the Burgaw Methodist
church. Interment will be in Pike
Church cemetery.
Besides his mother, he is sur.
vived by one sister, Mrs. tOwen
Rivenbark;. one brother, William
Durwood, both Of Burgaw; one
aunt, Miss Fannie Loftin of the
home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
Land Office Not Ready
For Moon Homestead
Continued from Page One)

may be a reality within genera
tion.''
Despite Farnsworth's prompting,
Wolfsohn told a reporter, the Gen
eral Land office still doesn't have
a moon division Nor does any OF
the 5000 public land laws give
the moon second thought.
But Wolfsohn says he's certain
that if and when the need arises,
congress and the General Land Of
flee will not be caught snoozing.
Slumping so far down in his
chair that about all that could be
seen of him were his twinkling
eyes, Wolfsohn gave this picture Of
the moonstruck homesteader:
First he would have to go in per-
son and study a likely piece OF
Land. Then he would have to hustle
to his nearest land office fright
now a mere 240, 900. miles away
and file his claim.
AFTER tnat, ne would have to give
some evidence that he wants to
live there. The best way is to take
along the wife and kiddies. A cou.
pie of cows, too, would give the
undertaking an If of pernanence.
{Has any rocket designer given
any thought to cow space?)
AT this point, an idea struck
Wolfsohn, and he hurriedly called
an engineer to ask few ques.
tons.
"Just as thought" he said,
when he finished the conversation.
"All our measurements are based
on calculations Of the earth's posi-.
ton in relation to the sun. An en-
tire new set of figures will have to
be worked out before we can so
much as survey a 60-acre home
stead OF the moon.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
Continued from Page One)

2. He telephoned General
Marshall, 1941 chief of staff and
friend of 80 years standing, inn
mediately and Marshall told him
to stand pat.
8. The next day, Marshall sent
a memorandum to Secretary Of
War Stimson saying he had told
Short .to take no action at the
present time, that we had not yet
had an opportunity to read the
proceedings (of the Roberts com.
mission but that Il am now of
the opinion that we should accept
General Shorts application for
retirement today and to do this
quietly without any publicity.
4. There followed correspond
ence between Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson, Secretary Of
the Navy Frank Knox and Attor.
nv General Francis Biddle on
how to phrase the acceptance of
shorts request.
s Finally it was decided the
best way to phrase it without pro-
voking a request for an imme.
date court martial was without
condonation Of any offense or pre-.
iudice to any future disciplinary
action"
6. Shorts retirement was made
effective February %, 1912.
Rep. Murphy O-Pa.) said the
whole story wasn't being told, he
said there is in existence data
which showed that when the
Army's Judge Advocate General
took up with Marshall the cues.
ton of court martial for short
the chief of staff said ut world
have to be taken up with the
Secretary Of War" '-'S
Short testified that on September
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
ENGINEERS HONOR
WILMINGTON MAI
Continued from Page One)

A longtime member of the North
Carolina Society of Engineers, he
is also a member of the Whining
ton Engineers club and the Amer
lean Society of Civil Engineers.
Among those tending the meet
ing here from Wilmington, besides
Hewett and Hicks, are Col. George
w. Gillette, Wilmington district en-
gineer, N, C. Magnuson, B. j. Jen-
kins, and L. M. Stephenson, OF the
Army Engineers; G. G. Thomas,
Atlantic Coast Lines engineer OF
metal structures; D. B. Packard,
Jr., president of the Wilmington
Engine RS club and also OF the
ACL; end J. B. Lashley, OF the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany, Gorge W. Gillette, Jr., also
is altering the convention.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
SCOUT CAMP site
MAIN 1916 GOAL
Continued from Page One)

Events during Boy Scout Week
will include radio dramatizatlons,
a scout parade and rally, Boy
Scout Sunday, window displays,
parents nights, and programs II
civic clubs.
Bob Howard, chairman OF health
and safety, stated that his com
mittee plans to continue its lnspec'
ton of troop meeting places, helI
select a camporee site, and inspect
summer camp.
Rev. Mortimer Glover outlined
the leadership training committee.
detectives as including basic
course for scoutmasters and one
for cubrnasters, and advanced
course for scoutmasters, and q
fundamentals session in civic
clubs.
W. J. Riley, past chairman,
urged the committee to continue
in the splendid way in which it had
started the year and to promote
advancement during the year. ;.
Louie E. Woodbury., Jr., council
president, announced "a tentative
meeting of council scouters at
Wrightsville Beach during the sum.
mer, camporee at Fort Bragg for
all scouts in the council, and sug.
gested that Wilmington district SET
up detectives for 1914 in member
ship growth.
J. c. Price of Troop So said his
troop is beginning to grow again,
and L. P. Stanley of Troop 38 an.
nounced the addition of two new
members to his troop.
The chairman read letter from
Gardner Greer, senior scouting
chairman, suggesting that some To-
cal civic organization sponsor the
organization of scout units fol-
young men above the age of is in
Wilmington.
Mr.. Jones was appointed chair
man of committee to investigate
camp sites and report at the Feb
ruary meeting.
So1 l O11 LA1o1OJs ooolSVdAlI oS0N
executive, commended the scouters
for their excellent reports and OBJ
lect;ves and suggested that they
ur2s institutional representatives
to attend the district committee
meetings on the fourth Thursday Of
each month.
Others taking part in the discus
sion included Robert Strange, ii
nance committee, Wallace West
camping and activities committee
John Nuckton, rural scouting com.
mittee, Rev. E. B. Fisher, inter
racial committee, Ranald Stewart
publicity committee, and Richard
Rogers, vice-chairmar:
The chairman was selected by the
committee as its representative or
the Community Chest. He announ.
ced the next meeting for Feb. q
at the Chamber of Commerce.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY
FROWNS ON UNIONS
IN STATE, COUNTIES
CONTINUED from Page One)

shape of Senate joint resolution
which would declare the -unionlza'
ton of public employees OF. the
commonwealth, its political SUD-
divisions, or any governmental
agency of any of them to be con-
trary to and in violation OF me
public policy Of Virginia.
Governor Tuck in his message
to the General Assembly on Mon
day had made mention OF a con,
troversy between the Richmond
CITY workers union and the city
government and had recommenoeo
The passage Of resolution stating
the formation of such unions to De
commonwealth.
contrary to the public policy OF the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
CHINESE LEADER
LAUDS RUSSIANS
Continued from Page One)

ar in Russia and Sun Vat Sen in
China.
August 9, 1s45, will be a most
glorious day for all mankind to
remember," the Generalissimo de-
clared, because that day your
country declared war on Japan,
the result of which both Russia
and China finally got chance to
defeat the Japanese invaders and
liberate our 80 million people who
had been suffering occupation and
slavery for IA years."
II wish to express heartfelt gra
titude to you brave, gallant Rus
sian soldiers" he continued. "Only
by cooperating, with mutual assist.
ance and mutual trust among al
lies, can world peace and progress.
making be expected. We must keep
our victory by Frightening the
friendship of our two nations"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
CHILD, 4, BROWNS
NEAR HAMPSTEAD
Continued from Page One)


When the child was missing his
mother started looking in the woods
and around the fields and then
the body was found in the pond.
. He is survived by his parents and
his grandfather, W. L. Batson.
Funeral services will be conduct.
ed this afternoon at three o'clock
at Harren-Cobble Funeral Home
Interment will be in the Batson
family cemetery at Vista. The Rev.
Carroll, pastor of Hampstead Meth.
odist church, will be in charge OF
the services.
Pallbearers will be l.. P. Stan
ley, Robert Rochelle; Virgil Owens
and Chauncey Bats.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
ATLANTA OFFICE
TO TAKE CENSUS
Continued from Page One)

Negotiations for the interim count
If the city's population had been
under way for several months be-
fore the council approved the pro-
ject last week.
Initial suggestions that funds for
financing the census be taken from
an emergency fund already set up
by the city for the fiscal year, was
not favored by City Manager Nj
chols and it was explained that
more than half the emergency fund
for the current fiscal year had
been spent, with six months yet to
go.
A committee headed by J. f.
Benson, city clerk was then ap-
pointed to find funds for the count.
Within a few days the funds had
been voted from other sources and
il was decided at special meeting
Of city council that the proposed in.
terim count be effected.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
BISHOP WRIGHT
PRAISES ELLIOTT

Bishop Thomas H, Wright h..
pointed Junius D. GrinSo a,' A;a as aa
-ngton, N. c., ChanceIior' Wash.
Diocese of East Carolina ,r VI tas
ing George B. Elliott, suiscee5'
who served in that capacity :t,l't aaf =.
years. lot Is
In announcing the appointr,...
yesterday Bishop Wright gaua
butte to the former chancesI G.e III
ing the words OF Bishop Tbom l, IT, i
Darst, retired, who said wv T.
never too busy to give me the sT Twas Ea'
fit of his fine knowledge Of 'l c, usae'
law. He gave as much though =
those decisions as he did tn tSa
lantic Coast Line railroad. of VIZ
he was president" "1S
The new chancellor wa, bo,,
Grimesland plantation, Ne, ~
Carolina, Oct. 81, 1878, the s a'U'. Y,
the late General Bryan Cr Tr u
and Charlotte Bryan Crime, =
He received his elementary ~.
cation at Morson and Den, ess
school, Raleigh, and later praSua.
ed from the University Of Nor,
Carolina with a Bachelor Of G, y
degree in 1899. He attended n. .
school at Georgetown collss'
Washington, D. c., and began f..
practice OF law in 1902. '
He has been engaged in lam :.
Beaufort county since tina, finn.
During his career as an sttorns ,
he has served as attorney for Il,
city Of Washington and a, Bs.. '
fort county attorney.
The new chancellor has b..,
member of the board of truN.s
of Washington public scbooI'
Woman's college, Greensboro, and
the University of North Carojn r''
Since 1882 he has served az cn,,
cillor from the First judicial d..
trict of the North Carolina RI,
association. His services to m.
Episcopal church include vestry,
man of st. Peters parish and A,
both Junior and senior warden n
that parish.
The retiring chancellor, who "a
signed recently, has served a.
chairman of the department d
Missions and Church extension.
has been deputy to many genera
conventions and has served as ,
member of the national council.
Under the constitution Of III,
church, the duties of chancenr
require him to be a member d
the legal profession and a com,
municant of the church in The
Diocese in which he serves He
acts as legal adviser to the Bishop
the standing committee, the exc
cutive council and to trustees 0.
the Diocese and counsels in al
matters of law which may arise
in the administration of The
Diocese. He is admitted TO a sea,
in the convention and participates
in its deliberations without The
right Of voting,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
Obituaries
J. CARL SPRINGER.

Friends here were advised YES
terday of the death in Richmond,
Va, Thursday of ]. Carl Springer,
"a, for so years a Wilmington hard
ware retailer. Funeral services
will be conducted from the Chris
tan Funeral home in Richmond
this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
MIR. Springer left Wilmington IL
years ago after selling his bust
ness, and has made his home in
Richmond since that time. He was
a brother of the late William E..
Springer, one-time mayor of Will.
mington.
The sole survivor is niece,
Miss Mary c. Hewlett of Rich
mond.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
Short Charges Marshall
Lifted His First Order

20, 1912, he agreed to pass up his
rights as to time limitations on
"a court martial provided that
when he was granted one, it be in
open court.
Murphy asked: ''You were in.
sisting on the public disclosure of
all our war plans for winning the
WARP"
IF they wanted to try me in a
court martial, I wanted all the
facts disclosed to the people," said
Short.
He said that there were 1nanv
off-the-record sequences in the re-
part OF the army board which in.
vestigated Pearl Harbor.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
J.. E. HAWSE

WH1TEVILLE, Jan. 25.-Funera1
services for Johnson Ebert Hawse,
"a, whose body was recovered
from canal near the New Britton
bridge in Columbus county yester.
day. will be held at 2 p. m. Sun.
day from the Happy Home Baptist
church. The Rev. Bob Carter will
officiate.
Hawse's car had plunged from
the road. about midnight Wednes.
day. No inquest was ordered.
Surviving are six brothers,
Hezie, Neil, Hannie, Weston. and
Vinson, all of Nakina; and Hum.
phrey, U. S. Army, Fort Bragg;
four sisters, Mrs. Emma Ward.
Mrs. Elitha Powell, Mrs. Meth
Hawse, and Mrs. Zettie Mae Tyler.
of Tabor City.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
NOT CONFIRMED

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 25.-(P)-
The newspaper Diario De va Ma
rina said. today Winston Churchill
would arrive in Havana Jan. 20
from Miami to continue his vaca-
ton. The story was not confirmed
elsewhere
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
FIRE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES o.

FIRE PROTECTION-Citizens of
Wilmington took steps for the
spread of fires as far back as
1855, when the first fire engine
was purchased. That was five
years before the city was char.
tered on February Is, 1850 with
John Sampson taking office as first
mayor. Four years later, the first
printing press was set up here and
the first newspaper, 1.-THE Cape
Fear Gazette and Wilmington Ad-
vertiser" started publication on
Sept. l of that year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-26
Along The Cape Fear
Continued from Page One)

1857 and was consigned to farmers
of Robson county. The cargo,
Peruvian guano, is credited with
starting The thriving fertilizer bust
ness which Wilmington has enjoy.
ed for many years.
Browning chief., 1946-11-15

When congress meets it must con-
slider the report of the mission of
educators who were sent to the
American zone by the state and war
departments to study education in
Germany. They came back with a
careful and detailed study, includ-
ing description of conditions and
a set of recommendations which, if
they can be carried out, will have
a vital effect in building democracy
in Germany.
Perhaps an educational system
based on the American model may
not be sufficient to democratize
Germany but I think it is no ex-
aggeration to state that without such
a system, democracy never will be
achieved in the Reich.
I had the privilege of attending a
conference presided over by William
Benton, assistant secretary of state
in charge of public affairs, at which
Chairman Zook and members of the
educational mission were present.
I came away deeply impressed, not
only with the factual data present
ed-U was familiar with some of
the data)-but also with the impor-
tance of the program as means
of determining whether democracy
or totalitarianism will dominate
western Europe and perhaps the
world.
Browning chief., 1946-11-15

man elementary schools. 1t was his
practice to ask the fourth grade
children: What are you going to
be?" And without the slightest hes
itation they would answer: Butch
er, baker, clock-maker, cobbler" or
whatever it may have been, never
dreaming that it could be anything
else, because their way already had
been chosen for them. This revela-
tion, DR.. Zook said, was as heart
breaking to him as when again and
again, four out of five of the chill
dren answered mo" to the question:
did you have any breakfast to-
day?"
Contrast the life of these children
with the American childreA who
spend eight years together in the
grade schools, many of them four
more in high school, where all COM
pete on equal terms, where ability
can be assayed, where ambition can
be estimated.
Browning chief., 1946-11-15

large catches of tuna, sardines, pill
chards and other commercial fish.
Oregon's shipbuilding started
from scratch during the war and
developed into giant industry al
most over night.
In 1912, more than II million dol
lars worth of gold, silver, copper,
quicksilver and chromite was mined
in Oregon.
Oregon is still the land of the pio-
neer, and thousands of people from
all over the United States each year
follow the broad paved Oregon Trail
to the Great Northwest. The trail
is no longer the hazardous route of
yesteryear, but it leads to the same
glamorous country the pioneers
found century ago. Many of Ore
CONS great resources are as yet un-
developed, but completion of the
Bonneville power project and others
assures ample electric energy. A
fantastic desert of sagebrush is
changed to the richest of farm
lands by an irrigation ditch.
The wonders of Oregon make
for good living and prosperity,
but nature also made it beauti-
full and scenic. WOrld-renowned
Crater lake, Mt. Hood and her
sister peaks in the Cascade
range, the Oregon Caves, Wal
Iowa lake and hundreds of other
scenic attractions are a lure
that tourists cannot escape.
More than 400 miles of shoreline
are spread along the great Pacific.
Hundreds of lakes, winter sports
areas, lodges, health and play re-
sorts, and more than $4,000 miles of
paved highways are offered by Ore
gon.
In 1943, Oregon's population was
1897, ,457 and the number increased
somewhat in the next two years.
Oregon still is growing, still receiv-
ing new pioneers over the Oregon
Trail.
The trek to Oregon started a GEN.
tury ago. 1t was Americas first
great migration, and it has never
ceased. The modern pioneer-the
chemist, the ex-serviceman, the la
borer, the farmer, the industrialist
is discovering a rich frontier in
the Oregon country.