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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
First Rocket Plane
Flies Successfully
Tiny Bell XS-1, Capable Of LOO MPH AT
$4,000 Feet Sweeps Over Air Base
For 10 Minutes Under "Wraps"

1T was like being shot from
a catapult," the 23-year-old-
Greenberg, Pa, test pilot said.
1T was dead silent in the cox.
pit-not a sound"
Using the same basic propul-
sion mechanism as the German
w rocket bombs, the two-ton'
craft rolled in lazy swirls as the
former Raj fighter pilot turn
ed on one barrel of the motor
after another.
Full power was reached for
only a few seconds.
Not until summer and after
at least 20 preliminary flights
: will Goodlin turn loose all four
rocket tubes simultaneously
with a mighty &C 5000 horsepow-
er blast that could squirt the
ship from New York to Phila-
delphia in three minutes. III
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Full Reports
Is Condition
January l Deadline Set By
Soviet Leader For Filing
OF Data
SHAWCROSS PLEADS
Connally Tells Delegates
u. S. Closet Holds No
Hidden Skeletons

NEW YORK, Dec. TO-
(R-Soviet Foreign Minister
M. Molotov agreed Tues
day night to accept a system
of international military in
spection which would allow
agents to make on-the-spot
checks within Russia but on
ly on condition that the United
demand a full report
by Jan. 1 on all troops and
ornaments including h e
bomb.
Molotov made his state
ment in accepting a British "veri-
fication" amendment to a world
wide troop census proposal now
under debate before the General
assembly.
Sir Hartley shawcross Of Great
Britain, commenting that this is
going to be a historic OCCASION"
then put forth a modified version
of the British plan which would
place the international inspection
body outside the range Of the Sc
curity council veto and delay arm
aments' reports pending a setting
up of the check system.
Molotov Immediately leaped to
his feet to accuse Shawcross of
seeking to delay 4 decision and
said the Briton was asking dele
gates Ito undertake a revision Of
the GU. NJ charter" Molotov
made it clear that inspections
could not operate within the Frame
work of the Security Council with
out the right of veto prevailing.
Vote Nears
The verbal exchange came as the
assembly neared a vote on the
troop plan and after Ssawcross had
appealed directly to Russia to
abolish a policy of isolation and
in concert with other great powers
See TROOPS on Page 2, Col. 6
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
SUMMER WEATHER
BLANKETS NATION

frH p lE ZG-tE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1o-R-
Department store Santas sweated
under their padding. Snowshoe
salesman looked glumly out OF
cl~ear-of-frost windows. Puzzled
ducks. heading South, wondered
why. n
For, with minor exceptions, mild
weather covered the entire United
States Tuesday. I
Things sure are nChristmasy.
An excited thermometer in New
York city hit 68 degrees at las
P. M. That made it the hottest
December day in New York history
The previous record was 67.7,i
set. December %, 1891.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
PRODUCTION
NEARING NORMAL
u. S. Steel Subsidiaries Will
Not Fine Miners For
Strike Absence

PITTSBURGH, Dec. TO- ~
Coal production returned to near
normal Tuesday, steel production
rose sharply, and many mine op-
orators revealed they would not
fine individual miners for the IT.
day coal strike.
The Solid Fuels administration
reported production was IS per
cent of normal and that only 81
mines and $500 miners were still
idle in the East.
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp, a
subsidiary of U. S. Steel corp, an
nounced that production would rise
to 60 per cent of theoretical capa-
city Wednesday after hitting a
strike low of. % per cent.
U. S. Steel said it would not as
sess $1-a-day strike fines against
II, 900 employees of subsidiary coal
companies in Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Kentucky and Illiois.
Under the UMW-government con-
tract, each striking miner may be
fined 81 to So for each day of an
Illegal walkout. Other Pennsylvania
operators repeatedly were consider
ing imposing the fines for the wild
cat walkouts that occurred before
and after the official strike per-
iod.
However, the 10, 200 miners in
District 6 of Eastern Ohio, will be
fined 81 a day, spokesman for the
operators and the UNIV said. Min
ers at Powhatan, o. threatened not
to work the afternoon shift Tuesday
if the fine were imposed but at the
insistence of union officials, they
stayed on the job. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
As LAWLEss As EVER

In the course of twenty~seven
years Mr.. John L. Lewis has
gone a long way in disrespect
and contempt for the law. The
contrast between his behavior in
1919 and 1916 is a striking exhibit
of the change in his attitude.
In 1919, as now, he called a coal
strike in spite Of the fact that the
war time Food and Fuel Control
Act prohibited any restriction on
the output of coal. Though the
war was over, though a peace
treaty had actually been signed
with Germany, the treaty had not
been ratified by the Senate, and
therefore the wartime laws were
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Work Underway

Work on dock facilities in the
Brunswick river storage basin is
now underway by the Boney con-
struction company of Norfolk, Va.
an official of the U. S. Army dis
trict engineers office said yester-
day.
The contract for the work was
awarded in October and calls fo-
the erection of treaded timber
walkways, dolphins, deep wells
and a pumphouse.
A total of $28, 1855 was allocated
for the project and the facilities
will be used by crews stationed
in the storage basin and not by any
Of the ships placed there, the en-
gineer official explained.
Work on the project is expected
to be finished early in January.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

Consumers May Receive
More Sugar Next Yea
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1o-(R-
oPA told consumers Tuesday they
might expect some increase in sug-
ar iations next year but, the De-
partment of Agriculture reported
it was unlikely that any increase
could take place. before April J..
! Both statements were based on
a civilian sugar ALLEGATION q 1850;
900 short tons fixed by the Depart
ment- Of Agriculture for the first
quarter of next year This com
pares with 1,185,000 tons for the
previous quarter.
The department said the incre ase
in ALLEGATION was basedon a great
er number OF individual consumers
and greater industrsal5use It added
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
SPECIALIST,
ASSIGNED COUNTY
Miss Dorothy Kelley To
Work With Board OF
Education

Miss Dorothy Kelly, a. State
Board OF Health nutritionist,. viii
come here January 6 for a full
time assignment to the New Han
over Board of Education, DR.. A
H. Elliot, county health officer.
said yesterday.
Miss Kelley will work with the
Board of Education until the close
of this years school term.
Some time next summer, she is
scheduled to open up an office
here as a State Board of Health
nutrition consultant serving east.
ern North Carolina, DR.. Elliott
said.
At the same time. DR.. Elliott an
nounced that there is small pros
pect Of any early appointment Of
a local health educator to sue
coed Miss Jennie Stout who was
transferred to Raleigh last sum-
mer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Along The Cape Fear

FIRE COMPANY-Interest in
the Howard Relief Fire engine
company No. 1 still runs high in
the Port City.
Yesterday we started telling
about the. twenty-eighth anniver-
sary celebration. We had hardly
gotten beyond the vocal duet phase
Of the program when our allotted
space was exhausted.
You'll recall that His Honor,
Mayor Hall delivered a brief
speech of congratulations On that
occasion.
Then Captain C. D. Myers, chief
Of the fire department, on that
fair morning Of. February 20, 1884,
followed with a meat speech"
And as The Star reporter tells
the story:
Then there was more sweet
music from Mrs. F. c. Miller and
Mrs. Jno Haar, Jr., which was
followed by an address from Rev.
MI. Peschau, which was pronounc-
ed by all to be a fine effort and as
contributing greatly to the enjoy
ment of the occasion"
MORE SPEECHES-"After other
speeches a song and chorus entitled
God Bless Our Firemen," COM
posed byRev. Mr.. Peschau, was
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
LAUNDRY GROUP :
NAMES OFFICERS
S. Caps Selected As
President; Next Meet
ing Scheduled

E. S. Caps, Of the Ideal Laun.
dry, was elected president of the
Wilmington Laundry and Dry
Cleaners association by % charter
members OF the group at their or
g%anizational meeting in the Cham
Der Of Commerce last night.
D. l.. Sewell was named vice
president and T. N. Costello sec
retary-treasurer Of the association.
Last night, its members set
Tuesday, January 7, as the date
for the meeting at which they will
draft a constitution and bylaws
The association formed as a fair
trade group which aims to main
tain the high standards Of the
county's launderers.
Paul Franklin Bell, assistant
chamber Of secretary Of the local
Of Commerce, attended
the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
The Weather.
FORECAST

South Carolina-Cloudy and continued
mild Wednesday and Thursday, occasion
al rains north portion Wednesday.
North Carclina-Cloudy and mild We'd
nesday and Thursday; occasional light
rain Wednesday
Eastern Standard Time)
lBy u. Weather Bureau} 4~
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. AZ; 1880 am. As; 1880 pm. 68;
Z 80 pm. So. ~ 0-r.l ..s ,
Maximum II; Minimum ~; Mean Sc;
Normal so. te.
Humidity
1870 am. 81; Z 80 am. 81; 1880 pm. $50
Z 80 pm. So.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm. -
600 inches. : 8
Total since the first of the month -
DOL inches. = 49,
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. 5. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - am. 6:2e am.
1901 pm. 7:15 pm.
Inlet 9;44 am. 3:15 am.
1910 pm. 1903 pm.
Sunrise Z :o8; Sunset SOB; Moonrise 1923
pm; Moonset 1913 am.
River stage at Fayetteville N C. at 8
Tuesday, lilo feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Intolerance Seat

ATLANTA, Dec, 10 R Gov
efnor Ellis Arnall Tuesday describ-
ed Boston. Mass, as the "recogniz-
ed seat of intolerance. in the u.
S.
Inc governors remark about the
New England city came after
newspaper reporter asked him why
ne made so many critical remarks
ABOUT Boston in his book 1.-THE
Shore Dimly Seen"
my criticisms we're not direct
ed at the city itself but at the
snughess and frame of mind re-
1ec'ed by many Of it's residents"
Afnall said. There is an attitude
y, intolerance in Boston. The peo-
ple look down their noses, ban
BOOKS and threat the South as
-lOogh 1t were a barbarian land"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Today And Tomorrow
By WALTER LIPPMANN

still i'm force. The Wilson admins
tration went to the federal courts,
and judge Anderson issued an in
junction against the strike. The
miners defied the first injunction,
and Judge Anderson issued a sec
ond forbidding Mr.. Lewis and some
sixty union leaders from commune
eating with the strikers.
Three days later MI. Lewis went
into Judge Aaderson's' court and
submitted a paper to the Judge
which said that ''in obedience to
the mandate" of the. court, the
strike order was Withdrawn and
cancelled"
Then, having first submitted to
See LIPPMANN on Page 2, Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
CAMP DAVIS site
NOW UNDER STUDY
Nearby Proving Ground
Nav Become Permanent
Navy Base

The Navy is considering use of
Camp Davis as a permanent test
ing ground for such revolutionary
new devices of warfare as the jet
propelled Flying Stovepipe," a
spokesman for the Navy Depart
ment indicated to the Stars Wash
ington bufeau yesterday.
Tests at the Holly Ridge proving
ground are scheduled to begin late
ir January, it is UNDERSTOOD
The Flying Stovepipe," a guild
ed missile with a range approach
ing 40 miles, is the Nays newest
top-secret weapon. 1t was develop
ed by Johns Hopkins University
physicists under contract with the
Navy.
Silver Springs, Md, is the pres
emit assembly point for the weapon,
although the Nays spokesman in
dicated yesterday that Camp Davis
may very well be used as an as
sembly station.
Commander Antoine Parker,
the Navy officer in charge of Camp
Davis. said yesterday that con-
struction work on the test site is
th-ee-quarters completed.
The Kelly corporation, which
built the Oak Ridge, Tenn, atomic
bomb project, began work at Davis
early last summer.
The Flying Stovepipe" has so
far been tested on the New jersey
coast and at Fort Mills, Del.
Tests on other devices that are
expcted to revolutionize the weap-
ons of war may follow these on
the "stovepipe," the Navy spokes-
man told the Stars correspondent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
SUCCESS

tOs ANGELES, Dec. 10.-U.D
'The U. S. Army's. first rocket
,,sne has been flown success
ttullv, it was officially announ-
cpd Tuesday,.
The tiny Bell XS-1, capable of
INN miles an hour at an alti-
+,,de of so, 1000 feet, swept over
s,n.baked Muroc Air base for
10 minutes Monday under close
rein. ..
Top speed on the initial power
flignt was $50 miles an hour,
and Pilot Chalmers Slick"
Goodlin said performance was
perfect. Released from the
belly of a big BIG bomber, the
rttle needle-nosed craft dropped
way silently in a glide before
C;oodlin turned on the first Of
four rocket tubes.
1t leaped like it had been
kicked, spewing a thin trail Of
white smoke. &
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

that an increased ration Cor indi-
viduaI consumers is not likely I'M
til the size OF the new crop had
been more accurately fixed and
imports from Cuba have reached
the market.
oPA announced that new indi-
yidual consumer stamp, one of the
unused Spares" il the consumers
ration book, will be valid from
January l to April 30, 1947. The
present Individual stamp, also for
five pounds, became valid on Sep
TENDER l, 1916, and will expire on
December 81. 1916. Home canning
sugar stamps. 9 aud 10, each good
Tor 5 pounds additional, have been
extended twice and will remain
valid until December 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Damon Runyon


NEW YORK, Dec. 1O-U,H-Dam-
on Runyon, one of Americas best
known newspaperrnen and short
story writer, died Tuesday night
at Memorial hospital.
Runyon. 81, had been in poor
health for several years but he had
continued his daily syndicate col
umn until he entered the hospital
recently, suffering from a gall
bladder ailment complicated by
liver trouble.
! He has been in coma since
His son, Damon. Jr., Ed
die Walker, a close f.lend and Paul
his agent, were at his bed
side when he died at 7:96 P. M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
Four-Pointed
Attack Going
In Azerbaiijjan
Cover n m Announces
Campaign To Break In
surrection Movement
TAKAN TEPE TAKEN
Thousands OF Troops TAX
ing Part In Offensive
Or Armed Kurds

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec. TO-
(UP) = Iranian troops have
launched an attack against
Azerbaijan province at four
points, driving their main
spearhead 20 miles inside the
border to threaten the Chat
lankuh mountain citadel Of
Mianeh which guards the road
to Tabriz, it was announced
Tuesday.
The Iranian general staff
said a second column COM
posed mainly Of horsemen driving
along another road 80 miles to the
Southwest, had captured the high
way town of Takab (Takan Tepe)
and advanced Is miles beyond to
a point So miles inside Azerbaijan.
The Iranians inflicted heavy
casualties and captured many
prisoners in their advances, which
were continuing in all sectors, the
chief of the general staff said.
Planes were supporting the troops.
The government report of the
fighting said two columns were
driving on Miaaeh, 80 miles South
east of the Azerbajan capital OF
Tabriz, and the fall of the city
was imminent. Mianeh guards the
main pass through the Ghaflankuh
into Azerbaijan.
Together these two columns cap
tured IL townships and now con-
troll the main portion of the Chat
lankuh mountains after Azerbijan
Notifications, troops, tanks and
See WAR on Page 2, Col. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11
So To Bed


A new champion for the title
Of the oldest ''youngster" to
witness the lighting Of the Hill
ton Park Christmas tree has
been found. +
Yesterday we were sure that
Mrs. A. S. Willetts Of Winnabow
would hold the championship.
At IS, Mrs. Willetts said that
much as any youngster present.
Now meet the new champion.
Mrs. Mary Boyer, Of RID No.
3, Wilmington. who says 1t was
the first time she had seen the
lighting ceremony. And the
good lady Is IS years young.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-11

See CAPE FEAR on%Pase-2, Col. 2
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were killed with bullets from a
twenty -five! It was murder.
There may have been-probably
was-a fight; two bullets had
been fired from Gharian's forty
five, but he was dead shot and
it seems unlikely he would have
failed to bring down his assail-
ant.
Ellis previous wound was only
half healed; the Cree doesn't
think he was fit to travel, yet he
was yards from the cabin-and
he and the nurse were a hundred
feet from there. It looks to me
as if Nicky Grouse must have sent
someone to bring his sister home,
that there was an alteration
when Gharian followed and tried
to bring her back, and, in the
quarrel, both were shot. There
was a letter in the girls pocket"
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Warrensville News

MIR. and Mrs. Wiley Shepherd
and family, of WEIGH, w. Va, are
visiting homefolks here.
Ralph Ashley, Eldon Ashley
and j. T. Ashley, of Matewan, w.
Va, spent the past week end with
their families here.
Miss Cleo Huddler, of Johnson
City, Tenn, was at home for the
past week end.
J. Paul Jones is at home now
after a week in the hospital.
Miss Clarabel Thornton and
Miss Sammie johnson have re-
turned to Killarney, w. Va,
after spending the Thanksgiving
holidays in Warrensville.
Dale Hartsoe, Earl Hartsoe and
Bonnie Hartsoe left for Elkton,
Md, last week.
Mrs. w. H. Jones was visiting
in Jefferson last Friday. \
Mrs. Richard Ashley and small
son, jerry Dean, have returned
from the hospital.
Mrs. w. P. Shoaf continues i'll
at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mccormick
and daughter, of Amy, visited re-
latives here recently.
Miss Janet Carter left for Win
ston-Salem last week. Miss Carter
has accepted position on the
staff of the Methodist Children's
Home there. She was formerly a
member of the staff of the I.O.O.F.
Home at Goldsboro.
Rev. and Mrs. J. r. Short were
visiting at Amysl last week.
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we buried his sister. She and
Gharian are over there" The in
spector waved his hand toward
an unseen, white covered hill
where the tops of tall black
crosses just showed above the
snow. "And it was enough to
bring loving brother, that burial.
The girl was young, pretty, SIM
ply infatuated with that brute's
good looks = for he was a brute
and she had been doing her
duty as a nurse, too. Here are
your written instructions and the
order. I had 'em made out to
save time, Start as soon as
you've seen Johnson"
Anything else, sir?"
"Yes!" The inspector reached
down into drawer of his desk
and held out two small dark OBJ
jects. 1.-THE dead girl had these
gripped tight, must have pulled
them off the slayer's coat"
O'Hara's keen face sharpened
as Macdonald handed him two
mink tails.
"Pretty fair clew if you could
spot the coat" his chief said grim
ly, ''but probably you'll never lay
eyes on it'll it's mended!"
O'Hara studied the tails. They
had been torn out by the force of
the dying girls grip; the ends
were ragged.
"You can't tell" he remarked
thoughtfully. ''Murderers do
mighty queer things. This is-all,
Inspector"
Macdonald meditated for an in
slant, his big brows down, then
he looked around at O'Hara
sharply. "Just one more thing.
I've got a notion Johnson's hold
ing something back. He's a first
rate officer and I hate to think
he's keeping anything up his
sleeve so the other fellow can't
make good while he's laid up.
Get him to talk if you can"
I'D like to ask one more ques-
ton, sir"
Go ahead"
do you happen to know where
Gharian's wife is now?"
Macdonald shook his head.
she's been in Nova Scotia some
where, taking care Of a sick
brother; that's Gharian's story.
The truth was he iu-treated her.
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There's story he was the cause
of her baby's. death; while drunk
and irresponsible he dropped the
child Or struck it. God knows
which? She made no charge
against him.
1.-THE Crees out there and the
trappers adored her, said she was
saint. The child was buried
back of the cabin; and then she
left him. That's long ago. I'm
trying to locate her now with
the news of his death; it'll be a
relief, I'm thinking, poor woman!
She's had nothing to do with him
for at least two years; that l know
for a fact. That's as far as we've
got. You go and see Johnson.
There's little time to get the train
tonight. Take the first in the
morning"
Then followed a few curt final
Instructions, and O'Hara found
himself shutting the door, out
again in the bitter January night.
AS he stepped out into the open
he heard the whistle of a train at
the crossing and knew it was the
last one going north that even
ing: the first one in the morning
left at six-fifteen.
His way did not take him past
French Pete's, yet his feet turned
automatically in that direction.
He opened the door and held it
in the driving gale. The fiddles
still scraped out gay tunes, the
feet of the dancers continued to
stamp the old worn floor, but the
little table at which he looked
was empty, and the chair pushed
aside: On the floor beneath lay
a small dark object. .O'Hara step
ped softly into the room, picked
it up, and went out, unnoticed.
There was a delicate fragrance
about it, a softness that yet held
the shape of woman's hand. It
was doeskin gauntlet.
3 He thrust it into his pocket and
went on, walking fast, his head
bowed against the wind. He must
see Johnson tonight. Asahe went
he heard the train again, a long
way off, crossing a bridge =
sounds carry far on a frozen night.
That terrible intuition, which was
a part of him flashed on the lens
of his subconscious mind. "She
went on that. She's ahead Of
you, going northl" And again that
face seemed to emerge like a
wrath out Of the darkness, pos
sibly conjured by the subtle frag-
rance of her glove. Twice O'Hara
thrust his hand into his pocket
to cast the thing behind him, and
twice his hand fell at his side.
Something - was it premonition
or just a type of callow folly
foreign to hirn-made him keep
the article. r.
(T0 Be COntinued)
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macdonald paused. glancing1

Macdonald paused. glancing
down again at his notes before he
went on. johnson says that he
and the Cree mushed ahead fairly
fast. It began to snow but there
was no wind to cause drifting.
They came through bit of wood,
spruce and balsam mostly-acts
like a screen, you know - and
found the open space about a
Hundred yards from Gharian's
cabin. Johnson says here: Ground
rolling, a rise, snow piled till it
hid the cabin. Cree ahead with
team of malamutes. The leader
lifted his nose and howled. They
Swerved to one side, all of 'em
acting queer. / came up and
stumbled over two bodies on the
ice, a fresh sprinkling of snow,
like a blanket. covering them"
Macdonald looked up sharply
at O'Hara. 'The Cree and John
son scraped off the snow and
found Gharian and the nurse.
Both had been shot. There was
a pistol in Gharian's hand. Looks
like a suicide pact, eh?"
Rather. The man, bad as he
was, was in love with a good
girl, take it-and he already
was married. But you called it a
double murder, sir?"
That's what, O'Hara, no doubt
about it! It would be easy, too.
If we didn't know for certain that
Nicky Grouse was at Churchill
about the time of the killing; that
anyway he never would have kill
ed his sister Intentionally. The
Cree also has first class alibi.
OF course, there's bare chance
That Nicky got there somehow,
and that the girl was shot acct
dentally when she tried to save
Gharian. There was a third per-
son there, however, either at the
time Or just afterwards, before
snow fell over the frozen ice
crust. johnson found confusing
tracks, tried to follow them and
lost the trail at the edge of a
frozen creek. The fugitive took
10 the ice. There were triple
tracks from the cabin and a single
track back to it, zig-zagging across
the trail of Gharian and the girl.
The pistol in Gharian's hand
was a forty-five, he and the girl