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Evening star., 1946-11-24
Fresh FIoridu Berries
Due in D. c. Tomorrow

The first fresh Strawberries from
Florida will arrive In town tomorrow
morning-in plenty Of time for
Thanksgiving dinners.
This was the word yesterday from
a wholesale produce company in
the 1900 block of Fifth street NE.
Florida berries usually start ar
irving near Christmas time 1t was
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
Call Of The West

GREELEY, Colo, Aug. 4-P)-
Three youngsters from the East
9, II and is years of age-came
West to 'settle down in the Rockies
and take up ranching."
But Sunday night they were in
the juvenile detention home here
awaiting return to their homes in
Endicott, N. j., betrayed by the
size of the purchases they made
to stock the ranch of their dreams.
The nine-year-old learned the
combination to his grandfather's
safe and borrowed 81, 800 in cur
rency-mostly tens, twenties and
fifties.
The young pioneers hurried West
as fast as they could-by bus,
train, plane and taxicab.
In Greeley they bought three
saddle horses, three saddles, field
glasses, two rifles, a pistol and
miscellaneous outdoor equipment.
When police began asking ques-
tons, the boys disclosed they had
So, 600. 09-of which $1,000 was hid
den in a boot and the rest in a
naper sack,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
Record Tobacco

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. -(R)- A
record breaking American tobacco
yield was forecast Sunday by the
Agriculture department, which
estimated total world production
this year will be 10 per cent larger
than the 1915 output.
The new crop in the United States
was estimated at 2,126, 600, OOC
pounds, which is six per cent larg.
er than in 1915 and a. per cent
above the 1940-1944 average e. Cana
da's production is expected to
total lis, 000, 900 pounds from 105,.
600 acres, compared with 90, 600, OOC
pounds in 1915.
The world crop estimate for 1916
was placed at 1854. 100000 pounds
Cuba's crop was estimated at 6O,-
600, 900 pounds, compared with H.
600, 900 in 1915 and an average OF
50, 900, 900 pounds in the 1940-1944
period. Mexico's production was
forecast at 70, 900 900 pounds, about
the same as in 1945. The 1916 fore
cast for other large producing
countries: China. 1,025, 900, 900
pounds; Philippine islands, go, 900
900; Turkey, 1T, 600, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
HIGH TAX RATES
TO HOLD IN '46
Senator George Foresees
No Possibility OF I'M
mediate Cut

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - Up =
Continuation Of the current high
level tax rates throughout next
year was fcreseen Sunday by Sen
ator George (D-Ga.), the senate's
top tax man.
That goes Cor individual income
taxes as well as corporation lev
les, he told a reporter. There
might be a cut in excise taxes, he
limited. In order to spur production
Of items now bearing heavy spec
ial rates.
The finance committee chairman
forecast mo substantial change
in rates other than excuses, citing
two reasons:
Need Plenty of Revenue
1. THE budget is very high -
still entirely too high, and we must
therefore raise az much revenue
as we possibly can raise"
2. The difficulty Of drafting a
thorough tax revision bill 'tof con-
See TAXES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
Wrong-Way Flight

NEW YORK, Aug. 4-(P-1f this
is Holland-how come you're all
speaking Spanish?
Such a remark may well nave
emerged late Sunday from the lips
of n highly surprised airplane
passenger-who left La Guardia
field Sunday morning for Amster-
dam. he thought, and landed in
Puerto Rico.
The passenger, Almon Max
hFrankel, % years old, of Brook
Ign, had planned a trip to Amster-
dam. Czechoslovakia and Paris to
arrange for importation of beads
and stones.
His father saw him off, watch
ing the plane GO down the runway.
Meanwhile, the Amsterdam plane
was held up half an hour while
American Overseas Airline Off
Gals frantically searched the
crowded terminal for passenger
Frankel.
Eight hours and 1890 nonstop
miles later, Frankel was located
in Puerto Rico. His frantic father
was in New York. His baggage wai
in Gander, Newfoundland. And his
business still was in Amsterdam.
And Sunday night, Frankel was
on his way back to New York-to
start all over again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
CARNIVAL

CARNIVAL FELLOW - Ii you
have worn out as many umbrellas,
slickers, and rubbers as we have
lately, you are probably aware that
Wilmington's weather, usually so
sunny. is apparently set on doing
in August what it failed, by just a
few raindrops, to do in July-break
the city's 60-year-old one-month
rainfall record of Pip inches.
Unless we are all wet in more
ways than one, it has rained every
day since July sloshed off the cal
endar.
Since it is is common practice 10
blame the weather on the U. s.
Weather Bureau. and since the
current inordinate amount Of rain
fall has put the local weather bu-
reau in much the same position as
the carnival fellow who invites peo-
pie to throw five baseballs at him
for 20 cents, we thought you might
be interested to know a little more
about what you are throwing at.
1870 TO 1916 - Wilmington's
Weather Bureau, hidden on the
third floor of the U. S. Customs
house out of range of the average
baseball thrower, has elsewhere
had it's origin.
Founded on Dec. 10, 1870, it set
up shop in a building on the south
east corner of Market and Water
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
See LIFEGUARDs On Page Tw.
AlongThe Cape Fear

streets. On December 1, 1874, it
moved to a building on the north
west corner of Front and Princess
streets.
Then, on December 81, 1880, it
changed it's quarters to a building
on the west side of Front street
about midway between Princess
and Market streets. Again, on June
80. 1890, it switched over to the
old post office on the southeast
corner of Front and Chestnut
streets.
Finally, on November "a, 1881,
it took up its present abode in the
Customshouse.
ONE JUMP AHEAD - Much as
we like weathermen in general
and Mr.. Paul Hess, the Whining
ton bureaus incumbent, in partic-
ular, we can see only one logical
reason for the bureaus shifting its
locale so often - it was keeping
just one jump ahead of an angry
populace.
It was Mr.. Hess himself who told
US about the five changes of
scenery. He told us the other day
in the interim between Cd a series
of cloudbursts and (2) a series of
telephone calls from people warn
ing him to shut the water off,"
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
MEADE TO CONFER
ON COURT ACTION
War Probers To Delve In
to Tardy Return OF
Surplus Goods

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - (R =
Chairman James M. Mead, Cd
N. Y..) of the Senate War Investi-
gator committee plans to confer
with Attorney General Tom c.
Clark and internal revenue officials
Monday to determine if its recent
inquiry into the Carson mum
tions combine furnished any basis
for possible court action.
Mead said he would take ur
with Clark and other officials mat
tiers we already have developed in
our hearings. They involve persons
who have either testified or have
been named in the course of the
hearings"
Link High Officers
Testimony given the committee
during its long investigation o,
the $78. 900, 900 Mid-Western mum
tons group founded by the Cars
son brothers - Dr.. Henry ano
Murray - have linked a number
of high-ranking Army officers to
the combine as well as the chair
men of the House Military Affairs
committee Representative Andrew
J. May, D-Ky.).
May, who became ill of a heart
condition on the eve of his sched-
uled appearance before the COM
mittee in answer to a subpoena,
now is recupeTating at his Pres
tonberg, Ky, home where he was
the uropposed Democrat candidate
FOR denomination in last Satur-
days Kentucky primaries.
"Guardian Angel"
Although the committee has re-
cessed its hearings until Sept. /,
Mead said a special session would
be oalled~ to hear the congress-
man whenever his health permits
him to answer charges that he
was the Carson groups Guard
ian Angel in Washington.
Meanwhile, Mead said committee
Investigators would seek to deter
mine why surplus war property
still abroad has not been brought
back to this country for disposal.
He said that he and CHIEF Inves-
tigator George Meader would dis
cuss the question Monday with
Thomas B. McCabe, foreign liqui-
dation commissioner.
EFT appears that shipments from
Europe of hulldozers, road scrap
ers and other machinery urgently
needed here are slowing down."
Mead said.
What's Holding 1t Up?
"In the Pacific. where they were
scheduled to send everything back
home for civilian use. l under
stand there is practically nothing
See PROBE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
POLITICAL FOCUS
IN MISSOURI RACE
President Truman Gets
Test In Attempt To
Purge Candidate
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

D1 lHE fhESS
Political observers will focus
their attention on Missouri for the
effect of presidential disapproval
on the fate of a congressman as
six states vote Tuesday in pri-
mary elections.
In addition to Missouri, pri-
maries Will be conducted in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Kansas, New
Hampshire and Arkansas.
Voiced Opposition
President Truman voiced his op-
position to Representative Roger
Slaughter, Democrat of the Fifth
Missouri district, at a recent news
conference. Referring to Slaught-
er's opposition to administration
measures he said that il Slaught-
er were right then the President
was wrong.
Slaughter took up the challenge
and said Sunday he is willing and
ready" to let voters in the Mis-
souri, Democratic primary decide
Whether his or Mr.. Truman S
governmental philosophy is right.
Pendergast Aid
The President threw his summer
to Enos Axtell. also supported by
James M. Pendergast, nephew OF
he late T. j. P%endergast of Kan
SIS City whose machine aided the
President IN his political start.
Third man in the race is Jerome
Walsh.
Mr.. Truman went home to vote
but aides SAID he was taking no
See POLITICS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
ADMIRAL PLEDGES
RENASCENT GUARD
Soldiers OF Coast Celebrate
Birthday AT Manteo
Festivities

MANTEO, Aug. A. ) AT a
celebration here Sunday marking
the l56th birthday of the U. S.
Coast Guard, Admiral Joseph F.
Farley, Coast Guard commandment,
asserted that like the other armed
services We have been going
through a period of intensive demo
bilization even while many de-
mands for special services still
exist"
Following Admiral Farley's ad-
dress, men of the Coast Guard
demonstrated methods it uses in
going about its business of saving
the lives of men who 60 down 10
the sea in ships.
Planes Stage Show
The show, in which helicopters.
large search and rescue planes.
ana tiny craft Of the Civil Air
Patrol, vas staged at the Nantes
Naval Air Station.
Admiral Farley said that as a
result of Coast Guard demobiliza-
tin I'VE have been obliged to re-
duce compliments in certain &C.
tjv.ties and to reassign temper
arily some of our personnel 10 meet
the exigencies of the situation.
However, I am glad to say we
will soon be able to return many
men to the beach and other sta
tons which a careful survey shows
should be retained" he continued,
I'VE shall lose nc time in returning
to their permanent station men who
specially enlisted for duty in those
localities. This is a promise"
Elizabeth City Station Vital
Because of the possibilities OF
using aircraft for the rescue of
distressed persons as well as the
reed for providing facilities for
aircraft, the Coast Guard station
at Elizabeth City will probably con-
fInue to be a vital and growing
activity of the Coast Guard" Ad-
mlral Farley added.
The Coast Guard and the shores
OF North Carolina have been close
" lnterrelated for many years and
VIII continue to be so for many
years to come
The air show began with a SIM
ulated rescue with a helicopte1
hoVerlng above two men in the
water. The plane lowered a raft
winch inflated on contact with the
water, and the men climbed
ABOARD. Then one man was hoisted
10 the helicopter and transported
10 shore. Finally the process was
repeated for the second man.
Drop Life Boat
The show also included a demon.
SVfaton of formation flying by
N1ree helicopters; the dropping O.
all1e-Ooat, by means of parachu:es
from a patrol plane; and a stunt
ing show by Major Al Williams
famous stunt pilot who is now ;
'eSdent of Elizabeth City.
Admiral Farley presented TO thu
See GUARD On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
TENNESSEE TOWN
QUIET AFTER RIOT
Vigil Relaxes After Night
Punctuated By More
Shooting .

ATHENS, Tenn, Aug. 4. -tP-
Armed civilians relaxed slightly
Sunday their enforced control of
election strife-torn McMunn coun-
ty after a night punctuated by the
Wounding of another man and
tense and Watchful waiting for a
rumored Invasion by ousted Of
flcers which failed to materialize.
The armed groups we're epresen.
tatives of a successful slate of form
err CT candidates for county offices
who won, with ballots and bullets,
a bloody six-hour election night bait
tie Thursday in which six men
we're wounded seriously and a doz-
en- others injured slightly.
Battled Deputies
They battled sheriff's deputies
barricaded in the county jail after
election boxes were removed from
polling places by the officers and
carried to the bastile. The officers
refused admittance to the veteran
states supporters who contended
ballot box manipulations adverse
to their cause were under way be-
hind the walls. Shooting broke out.
In addition to the man wounded
Saturday night, two officers were
arrested by citizens operating UNI
der supervision of a three-man
committee set up to enforce the
law in the absence of regularly
elected officials who have left the
county.
A man identified by Otto Ken
needy, a leader of the excl forces.
as Brown D. Shearer, %, was fir
ed on and wounded in the leg when
members of the veteran group
claimed he blocked a patrol car
with his automobile and brandish-
ed a gun.
See RIOT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
POLIO INCREASES
OVER WIDE AREA
Wave OF Disease Worst In
II Years In Minnesota.
Wisconsin

CHICAGO, Aug. 4. -U.H- In
fantile paralysis cases were report
ed on the increase in at least Is
states Sunday with the sharpest
rise in the north central states.
However, Frightening reports
came from Alabama and Texas.
These states reported the disease
slowly decreasing.
The wave of poliomyelitis was the
worst in IL years in some sections,
the Public Health Service at Wash
ington said 4,167 cases had been
tabulated throughout the country
in the outbreak.
Heavy In Minnesota
Hardest hit were the twin cities
of Minneapolis and st. Paul where
Sc persons have died and $50 have
been stricken. The total number OF
cases in Minnesota was $40.
Illinois reported 800 cases, in
GLIDING 104 in Chicago.
The Sister Kenny foundation was
spearheading the fight against
polio in the twin cities and Mime
apolis Health Commissioner F. ].
Hill urged that all children under
IS be barred from theaters, Sum-
day schools, churches, youth cen
tiers and other public gathering I'm
til further notice.
Chicago's city health commission
err, Herman M. Bundesen, warned
that if cases continue to increase
in the next few days lit will be ar
epidemic." Chicago has had five
deaths so far this year.
Wisconsin authorities reported
the number of cases had increased
to "a. with at least three deaths.
10 Die In Cleveland
Ohio had 1873 cases, 70 of them In
Cleveland where 10 persons had
died. Ohio health authorities asked
See POLIO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
BUDGETS
HEADED FOR 0. K.
City Council, County Com
missioners Expected 10
Set Figures Today

Close to three million dollars,
the largest amount of public bud
get money ever compiled in this
vicinity, is slated to be marked up
on the calendar this morning for
expenditure by the City of Will
mington and New Hanover county
during the fiscal year which be-
gan July l., 1916, and which will
end June 30, 1947.
Barring any last-minute develop
ments, the city council, meeting
at 10 o'clock, is expected to sew
up a few budget odds and ends
and put an official okay on a
figure of 1851, 900.
Dangling Item
The principal dangling item is
the appropriation for the City
Recreation department.. The coun-
Gil was deadlocked last week over
the $43, 900 sum requested by Su-
p~erintendent Jesse A. Reynolds.
City Manager j. R. Benson coun-
tered with a 500, 900 compromise,
but the council delayed final &C
ton on the matter until this morn
ing's meeting.
If this and the few other as yet
undecided items are Strengthened
out today and the council approves
the proposed 81, 1851, 600 figure,
which is $2O6, 1873 more than the
81, 644, 842 figure of 1856, only a
2O-day advertising period required
by law, will stand in the way of
formal adoption.
County Board Meets
The New Hanover County Board
of Commissioners, meeting this
morning in the county courthouse
at the same time as the city faith
See BUDGETS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05

plenty of floor space for sales
today, he predicted that by
Wednesday or Thursday of this
week tAe Fairmont market will
have good sales" with "pre-
rainy-season' poundage of one
and one quarter million pounds
per day being marketed by
patrons of the Fairmont mar
ket.
In Fayetteville, Dan Carter,
a house operator said the area
had experienced plenty of
rain" and the newly : organ
lied markets three warehouses
still had plenty of floor space
for today's auction sales.
1.-THE floors were not crowd
ed, but the quality of tobacco
See TOBACCO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
Farmer Dies
Of Injuries
InAirC Crash
Five-Year-Old Girl AM
Pilot In Hospital After
Accident
PLANE HITS PINE TREE
Craft ICONS Upward After
Apparently Trying To
Make Landing
Special To The Star

TABOR CITY, Aug. 4. -
Dozier Norris, 80 year : ole
tobacco farmer of near Tabor
City, died en- route to the Co.
lumbus county hospital ir
Whiteville Sunday Afternoon
shortly after 500 eye witnesses
watched the plane in which he
was flying crash into a pine tree
at the Dulah airfield near Guide
way.
Small Daughter Hurt
The planes two other occupants.
Norris five-year-old daughter,
Shirley Anne, and the pilot, F. J.
Petrik, of Whiteville, were in the
Whiteville hospital last night. The
little girl was reported as call
right" and Petrik was said to be
very much alive" despite a broken
hip and leg.
According to eyewitness, the
crash occurred about 4:3O p. m. as
the plane was coming in for a land
ing. At the last moment, for rea-
sons yet unknown, the plane zoom-
See CRASH On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
Today and Tomorrow

There is every reason to believe
that Stalin's answer was honest.
And with the Soviet Union now
committed to a new five-yea- plan,
which channels most of it's produc-
tive energy into military recon-
struction, there is no reason to
believe that a change in the re-
lations between the Soviet Union
and the west will come in the near
future. On the contrary, the evil
dence suggests that the existing di-
vision will grow deeper and the
existing tension will mount further.
The Soviet choice was made
Immediately after the Yalta Con-
ference. Those who were present
at Yalta are still convinced that
Stain was not INDUCING in double
talk when he promised Churchill
See ALSOP On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
&HER2EE EARTHQUAKE, FELT AROUND World,
RGE%S VIDE SECTION OF CARIBBEAN SEA:
81 SEE FATAL CRASH NEAR TABOR CITY
BREATHING SPELL
Volume OF Sales Due To Drop Today
As Rains Hamper Tobacco Mouemen,

However, all markets look
forward to even higher prices
than were offered last week
. when the growers were paid
nearly four million dollars for
two days light sales on the
eight markets. An approximate
average of SO cents per pound
was paid for over three million
pounds of tobacco setting an
all-time record for the belt.
Ground leaves and primings
continued to dominate offerings
on the market in Fairmont last
night according to Charles B.
Stafford, supervisor of sales.
Mid-Week Prospects
Although Stafford said mar
keting will be light today and
late last night there was still
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
North and South Carolina - Partly
cloudy and slightly warmer today ard
Tuesday a few widely scattered after
noon thundershowers.
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
eastern Standard Time)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am. TO-; 1870 am. 70; 1:3o pm. rs;
1880 pm. rs.
Maximum 81; Minimum 70; Mean rs;
Normal 70.
Humidity
1870 am. So; 7:3O am. "a; 1880 p m. so;
1880 pm. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm. -
l 100 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
Its inches.
rides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - 3:42 am. II :03 AM
4::23 pm. 11:32p.m.
Masonboro Inlet - 1882 m. 7:45 am.
PIT pm. 1921 pm.
Sunrise 5:25; Sunset ITO. Moonrise
1923 pm; Moonset 1887 pm.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at {
am. Saturday,, 98 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
And So To Bed

Last night a high-pressure in
surance salesman, hot on the
trail of a likely prospect, final
ly cornered his quarry in the
latter's home.
The prospect, a reluctant
soul, was not easily persuaded.
The salesman went through
his entire repertoire, right on
down to the final scene in which
the uninsured, breathing his
last breath, utters remorse at
leaving his wife and children
without a penny to their
names"
Even this didn't work, and
the salesman, his stock of sell
ing power exhausted, suddenly
shouted: eff you don't buy this
insurance, you'll regret itaaIl
your dead Iifa-o
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
UNDER OWN STEAM
American Farmer Heads
Back Toward English Port

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-(PH
The American Farmer, damag-
ed badly last Wednesday night
in a collision with another
American vessel in a fog off
tbe English coast, was head
ing toward port Sunday and a
United States Lines represent
alive said ''it looks as if she
might be saved"
Ranger Crew Aboard
A company spokesman said a
crew sufficient to run the
ship had gone aboard from
the American Ranger, another
u. S. Lines vessel which went
10 the Farmers aid after she
had been abandoned by the
crew when it was thought she
would sink.
The Farmer was expected to
head for the nearest port per-
haps Cobb, Fire, 800 miles dis
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05
SAVE
MARINE SWIMMER
Carolina Beach Attendants
Forced To Rescue Same
Man Twice

Carolina Beach lifeguards we're
forced to save the life of Pvt. Will
liam A. Kerr, Camp Lejeune Ma
rine, twice late yesterday after
noon, Carolina Beach police re-
ported last night.
The Marine swan ''almost out OF
sight about $50 pm, the police
said. Alert lifeguards swan out
after him, pulled him back to shore,
and revived him with artificial
respiration.
Swims Out Again
A few minutes later after recov-
cry of consciousness the Marine
again took to the ocean and swan
far out with hundreds of astonish-
ed onlookers watching from the
shore.
This time another man, described
by the police as Homer Brewer oil
Carolina Beach, swan out to the
Marine. At the same time Bert
Hawley, also of Carolina Beach,
padded out to the Marine on a
surfboard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-05

The quake, felt around the world
by leading seismolgoists apparent
ly !centered around the U. S. island
possession of Porto Rico and the
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air station
near San Juan reported that the
tremors were continuing Sin vary
ing intensity" but "infrequently"
at TAO p. m. (EDT).
Capt. Gordon J.. Brakeman, Pan
American pilot, said he left San
Juan shortly after the first trcm-
ors.
II didn't waste any time In taxi
ing off," he said. when l got to
the airport, the terminal building
was shaking like it was about to
collapse and people were running
around scared.
1t Wasn'E At Tractor
sit felt as if someone were stand-
ing underneath me, kicking me up
and from side to side. When we
took Of it felt as though a tractor
were behind the plane. When I
looked out. there wasn't any trac-
tor"
Navy authorities reported that no
disturbance was felt at Guam
tanomo Bay but galvonometers
there "stuck for five hours"
It was impossible to get even
high priority telephone calls
See EARTHQUAKE On Page Two