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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
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NEWSiES
Picture d Card
FROM PAGE ONE

Picture F0St Card
They had a splendid, thrill
filled, busy : every moment
time, but they still found time
left over to sit down in their
room at the Harrington hotel
to pen the following letters
to the circulation department
back home. The first one reads:
Il want to thank you for
making this trip possible. l
am really having a grand time.
1t certainly is a beautiful city.
The trip certainly is well worth
the work I did to win the con-
test, and l appreciate it very
much.
Sincerely, Phil Crowder."
The second letter echoes the
first:
Il want to thank you for the nice
time you've helped me to have up
here in Washington. I've had a
wonderful time and have seen
many interesting things while I've
been mere.
Sincerely, Dicky Paschall."
The boys will be back home to-
day, ready to resume their good
work of getting new subscribers
and tossing the paper up on the
porch when it's raining.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
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ALSOP
rpnM PACE ONE

somehow been preserved. The
men and women coming and 60
ing or pausing for a drink togeth-
er still looked what they had been
before the war members OF an
immensely privileged class. Yet
although one hears no bitter out
cries against "that man at Num-
Der 10 Downing Street." the time
of privilege has passed n a way
which prosperous Americans can
not ven conceive. And somehow
on entering claridges one felt that
This was like a low island in a
nood where all sorts Of non-equa-
tic beasts crowd together until the
water rises a foot higher.
Then too, there was the scene
in parliament when a very dull
sneaker droned out to almost emp
~ benches the explanation or a
revolutionized colonial policy
much in the manner Of an earnest
but unpopular clergyman read
inc a rather long second lesson.
Here were great changes announc-
ed in a manner in the last degree
unexciting. And for contrast here
was the evening with a group OF
the young planners who cluster
around the Lord President Her
bert Morrison and compose the
inner brains trust Of tn Labor
Government. They talked with
fire and deep Excitement Of ma
tional plans, national experiments
and great national effort to re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MASTER CLAIMS SHIP
COULDN'T TOW FARMER

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-WH-The
master of the American Ranger,
Capt. Oscar johnson radioed back
that the 2,00O-ton British ship
Elizabette was incapable Of car
rying out her plan Of towing the
abandoned 5000 : ton, American
Farmer into port, the United Stat
es Lines said Monday.
A spokesman for the company,
which owns both the Farmer and
the Ranger, said oJhnson was in
structed to "assert the rights OF
the owner" in the dispute with
the British crew over possession Of
the ship.
Messages received here did not
indicate that the British flag was
hoisted On the Farmer, but the U.
S. Lines spokesman admitted it
was likely that the British crew
boarded the ship before it was
boarded by Ranger crew members.
The company said latest mes
sages received from johnson indi-
Gated that the Farmer would reach
Falmouth, England, by Thursday
if it stays afloat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06

that 1 would much prefer to be else
where if a really bad quake should
occur. Naturally, I'm more than
happy to be in Wilmington at the
present time"
Heart Of Wave Zone
Corbett had good reason for be-
ing happy. San Juan and Ponce,
the two cities he was stationed at
during the war, are right in the
heart of the earthquake and tidal
wave zone.
'It's really too bad such a dis
aster had to happen in such a nice
place as Porto Rico" Corbett ad-
ded. 1.-THE weather down there is
very, very pleasant. Although it
gets pretty hot during the day. the
northeast wind whips down from
the mountains at night and cools
things off nicely. I often slept Under
a blanket well into the spring
months.
I'm glad, though, that I'm not
under that blanket right now"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MORE ABOUT
PILOT
FROM PAGE ONE

owner and operator Of Whiteville
Aviation, Inc, a company station
ed at Sledge field.
Army Filler
Petrik who served Tor three and
a half years as a flying instructor
in the Army Air corps. held sew
eral flying licenses. He is survived
by q wife and two children, all liv-
ing in Whiteville.
Burial is expected to take place
in New Jersey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
TUESDAY, Jus I'M.

with inferior grades orsd
ting. Top price was s76 per Sv vnana,
pounds. "U'lored
From W%hiteville, Walter D..
more, supervisor of sales SaFa'
market sold for a large nm ata NE
piles OF tobacco in the higb Oe a.. Of
and expects a larger vo}Irv wy.
better quality during tho o.
part Of the week. 's0e'
The market sold 500, Don ,
at an average Of $54.o0 pe r'tnos
dred pounds. Top price was en- nun
In Fairmont the top pric.
s86 per hundred pounds, s.T Ta'
468 $3.50 pounds at an sverasa os
$3.50 per hundred. OF
The sales were termed 'tb.
ever" as the market naid ,o yss1
889.49 to patrons. The sales rsn &c.,
ed small, Charles B. Stafford. ,na
ervisor of sales, said. sup
One sale of $3.50 bound
recorded at an average Of e. "a ~
per hundred pounds. The sals r.'
made by ]. o. White from Hors'
county, South Carolina. way
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
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CHANNEL
FROM PAGE ONE

project is finished, three Other sub
sidiary projects will be undertaken
when new funds are made avail
able next year. These are:
ID A turning basin opposite the
principal terminals at Wilmington,
above Castle street, 80 feet deep,
1000 feet long, and 800 feet wide.
with suitable approaches at each
end.
~ A channel IL feet deep and
100 feet wide from a point near
the eastern entrance of the Inland
waterway to a connection with the
main river channel at a point three
miles above.
81 A channel Is feet deep and
200 feet wide from Hilton bridge
over the Northeast Cape Fear river
to a turning basin Of the same
depth and 600 feet wide, one and
a quarter miles above.
Study 35-Foot Project
Meanwhile, the engineers are go
ing forward with their study Of the
mountain of material submitted in
favor of a 35-foot deep channel al
the recent public hearing.
A decision on this proposed river
Improvement is expected to be
made this fall. II the local office
approves 1t, it will be sent to divi.
sion headquarters in Atlanta, Ga,
for further study. If approved
there, Washington headqua-ter:
will decide its ultimate fate.
Should it pass Washington!
scrutiny. only a congressional ap
preparation for financing the pro
ject will be needed to make it /:
reality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MORE ABOUT
FARRELL
FROM PAGE ONE

Boyd said yesterday that the traf-
fic association will likely accept
the S., 900 ALLEGATION, although the
original request was for about &c.
600.
Agency Cut Also
The industrial agency request
was also cut down from an Original
request of about $12, 900. The two
requests totalled $4,000; the grants
total $15,5 $50.
At yesterdays meeting the coun-
Gil also granted appropriations OF
1853, COL 80 for the city water and
sewer department, $39, 1880 for the
recreation department, and an ad-
ditional $1,000 for James Walker
Memorial hospital.
Further departmental salary III
creases were granted in line with
the similar increases approved last
week.
The entire budget, slated for a
mark of ST., 1851, 900, is expected to
be approved at Wednesdays coun-
Gil meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MORE ABOUT
MOLOTOV
FROM PAGE N

the peace treaties is:
1.-The conference Is consider
ing treaty drafts prepared by the
Big Four"
2-Tne conference may make
recommendations for changes in
the drafts but the Big -Four is to
write the final texts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06

20 HE NY. -.
make a nation nov poor in CAPT
tai, not rich in raw materials, but
strong in determination and in po-
litical skill.
1t was they more than any
others who stuck the character
istic note of the new London. To an
American who new the Washing
ton of Franklin Roosevelt there
was something reminiscent in the
air. Suddenly n realized that it
was like the most stirring days Of
the New Deal before the division
in the oun' grew too deep when
the hustle Of immense new de-
velopment seemed likely to go
on forever.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MORE ABOUT
lEVEES
FROM PAGE ONE

river, and the dam extends from
it in a northwesterly direction to-
ward Kelly.
Broke In 1915
Both the levee and the dam,
commonly called dikes suffered
extensive breaks during the floods
of September, 1915. Similar floods
occurring last spring swept through
the breaks and again inundated
the farmlands around Kelly, caus-
ing thousands of dollars of dam
age.
The dixie project is expected to
provide immediate and lasting re-
lief from the yearly flood threat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MORE ABOUT
TRUMAN
FROM PAGE ONE
Prestige At Stake

Should Slaughter be renominated
in the face Of presidential, Fender
CAST and CLIO opposition, political
observers everywhere would con-
slider that MI. Truman had suffer
ed a serious loss Of prestige, but
not enough to remove him from
top spot for the 1948 Democratic
presidential nomination.
If Slaughter wins. many Of his
votes may come from Republicans
seeking to embarass the President.
There is nothing in Missouri law
that prevents Republicans from
voting in the Democratic primary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
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FLYING
FROM PAGE ONE

to secure the 611 acres Of govern
ment owned property and some
eoyeramnet-owned buildings at
the. airport. .
Inc delegation, composed OF
Hewlett, Hamilton E. Hicks, sec
retary Of the Wilmington-New Han
over Airport authority, and Col.
Royce S. McClelland, top ranking
National Guard officer of the Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
MORE ABOUT
WAVE
FROM PAGE ONE

racorded there since the observa-
torv was founded in 1900 a..
Reports from the hardest hit
areas were sparse, but the trickle
~ Information indicated that
heavy damage was done to homes
and public buildings.
Buildings Topped
Santiago, with a population OF
so, 600, the largest city in the al
fected area, was one Of the hard
est hit. Reports reaching here
said many buildings were toppled
or damaged and one person was
killed.
Another was killed in San Fran
cisco de Macoris, where almost
IS homes were destroyed and
many other homes and buildings
were badly damaged.
Unconfirmed reports from MO
lima said the sea lashed out lar
beyond the normal low tide point,
and then rushed back, carrying a
number of launches and other
craft to shore. No lives were lost.
Oldest Capital
In this oldest capital IN the
western hemisphere, now celebrat-
ing the 450th anniversary OF its
founding by the brother Of Chris
Columbus only slight dam
age was caused by the earthquake
to old churches and to the docks.
No casualties were reported.
(Slight tremors were felt in
and the Virgin islands re-
ported a mild shock. In San Juan,
Puerto Rico, there was slight
damage from tide fluctuations,
and the Weather Bureau there
said a major shock was felt at
Extensive damage was reported
rom the high waves borne by the
but no definite reports were
available, nor was there any esti-
nate as yet on the number Of per-
sons injured.
Fragmentary Reports
Latest reports, still fragmentary,
gave these accounts Of damage:
San Francisco de Macoris - Is
IS private homes destroyed,
many others damaged. One person
Slight damage to cemetery,
market, hospital, postoffice and
party building.
Santiago - severe damage to
.ocal church, %orphanage, stadium,
and cigarette factory. One person
Sanchez - Many private homes
wrecked and flooded.
Puerto Plata - Several homes
piers partially wrecked.
Matanzas - Totally flooded by
high waves. Details lacking.
Nagua and Miches - Both par
tally flooded.
Moca - Municipal palace and
market destroyed. Several homes
destroyed or damaged. Church
damaged.
Monte Plata - Several churches
damaged.
Bayaguna - Local church dam
aged.
Mao - Church and two other
buildings damaged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06

The giant Texas citrus industry
stems from an original grove of
seven. orange trees in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
The Weather

= wAsH1NGroN Aug. 5.1ReWeather
purea,I report of temperature and rain
fs11 for the "a hours ending 8 Pm. IN
the principal cotton growing areas ana
eisewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06
CARIBBEAN QUAKES NOTHING
NEW TO WILMINGTONIAN

CARIBBEAN QUAKES NOTHING
NEW TO WILMINGTONIAN
The tremendous Caribbean
earthquake, although it shocked
seismographs all the way round
the world, did not upset the equa-
nimity of J.. Irving Corbett, 1705
Chestnut street.
Corbett, a lieutenant-commander
in the U. S. Coast Guard during the
war, served for two years as sec
ton commander on the southern
shore of Porto Rico.
Two Shocks In '43
During 1913, my first year OF
duty there, we sustained two earth
quake Shocks" Corbett said yester-
day. Zone was very minor but
the other was pretty violent. Even
so, I don't recall that there was
much damage done, if any.
IT thought at the time, however,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
Eddie Cameron To Talk
At WrigntsuiLle Event
BY T CASEY
Star-News Sports Editor

Eddie Cameron, Director Of Athletics at Duke Univer-
sity, is scheduled to be the principal speaker at Tuesday
nights New Hanover High School girl banquet, which is
being sponsored by the Wilmington Junior Chamber of
commerce at the Marina Restaurant on WrightsyiHe Beach.
The announcement was made yesterday by. Archie
Fountain. who heads the Jaycee athletic committee. Foun-
tain said: 81 talked to Cameron this morning and he said
ne would come-unless something interferes." IF he can't
make the trip, then one of the coaches at Duke will come"
continued Fountain.
OF some Of Dukes games this season and following the
feast, these films will be shown.
Highlighting the gathering will be the awarding of the
Jaycee trophy to the "most improved" player on this years
New Hanover squad. The winner of the trophy has already
been selected, but Fountain said that it will not be an.
nounced until Tuesday night.
Some 100 persons are expected to attend the outing,
which will get underway at 7 O'Clock. The MINIS coaching
staff, varsity gridders, school officials, and local sports
writer's will be the guests, Fountain said.
Serving with Fountain on the athletic committee are:
Rufus Powell, Ed Ward, Dan Cameron, and Robert Buck.
Cameron is starting his twenty-first year as a men,
Der Of the Duke coaching staff. Besides serving as athletic
director, he is backfield coach of the Blue Devil eleven.
He attended Washington and Lee University. begin.
ming in the fall Of 1920, after attending Culver Military
Academy for two years. While at w. & l.. Cameron was
one of the greatest aN-time. al-around athletes ever IN he
produced at that institution.
Upon graduation in 1924, he returned to. w. & L.. as
assistant in economies and assistant coach. He Joined the
Duke coaching staff in 1925, and in 1880 was made back
field coach.
Cameron is a former head basketball coach at Duke.
His cage teams won Southern Conference titles In 1888.
194l and 1912 and never finished out of the first division.
After Wallace Wade left Duke for service in the army
in 1912, Cameron was made head grid mentor and athletic
director. Cameron's teams won Southern Conference
CHAMPIONSHIPS for three years running, 1943-45.
He gave Duke its first bowl victory, a 26-2s win over
Alabama in the Sugar Bowl game of 1916, which is called
the most exciting game ever played"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
new YORK CLUB
NEEDS WIN TODAY
TO SWEEP CROWN
Giants Within Reaching
Distance OF Eighth East
ern Grid Cup

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-P)-Steve
Owens New York Giants are with
in reaching distance of their eighth
eastern division title in IA years OF
national football league completi-
ton, needing only a win or tie in
tomorrow's home game with Wash
ington to clinch a playoff berth
opposite the Chicago Bears.
All the pressure will be on the
Redskins for a victory is a must
to them if they are to keep alive a
flicker or hope. Even then they
would have to defeat the Giants 8
second time in a tie playoff game
at Washington Dec. IS. Other games
in the National and All-America
conference are of minor import
ance.
Second place in the western divi-
sion will be at stake when the
Green Bay packers invade Los An
geles to play the defending cham.
pion Rams, who upended the Giants
last Sunday, 1921.
Philadelphia, with a chance at
second money in the eastern half
Iruns into the suddenly-aroused
Boston Yanks at Boston.
The other closing day pairing in
the National sends the Bears to
Detroit for their final pre-playoff
outing.
Over in the All-America confer
ence, the teams are playing out the
string, with a second-place scrap
between San Francisco and Los
Angeles in the western division, the
only excitement before Cleveland
plays the New York Yankees for
the league championship Dec. q.
Cleveland finishes its season on
the road tomorrow against Brook
yn. The Yankees r in Miami
where they will conclude their reg
ular campaigning Monday night
against the Lowly Seahawks.
The second place battle between
the 49ers and Dons will be played
in San Francisco tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
P HILLIES GET
DUTCH LEONARD

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7-P)-
The Philadelphia Phillies purchas-
ed veteran pitcher Dutch Leonard
from Washington and Pittsburgh
obtained outfielder Gene Woodling
from Cleveland in a swap for cat
cher AL Lopez in two trades which
highlighted the close today of the
annual winter baseball meetings.
Further details in setting up a
player pension plan were agreed
upon as the two major league own
ers sat in joint session with COM
missioner A. B. Chandler.
Leonard, knuckle ball star for the
Senators since 1888, was purchas-
ed outright for an undisclosed sum
of cash. The 36-year-old twirler
won 10 and lost 10 last eason and
has a lifetime major league rec
ord Of 1876 victories and 124 losses.
He gained the spotlight on the
closing day Of the 1914 campaign
when he shut out the Detroit Tigers
which insured the st. Louis Browns
winning the American league pen
nant. T.,
Leonard. a 200-pounder, 6 foot,
1-inch tall. had an earned run
average last season OF 1855.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
Eagles Turn Back
Deacs In Overtime

AsHEBoRo, Dec. 7-P-Mc
Crary's w. L. Hobson tied u, the
game in the final 10 seconds Of
play and then went on to lead the
Eagles in the overtime period as
the Asheboro cagers defeated
Wake Forest 66 to 81 in a thriller
here tonight.
With the Deacons leading SO to
81 and only seconds left to play
in the game, Hobson broke up a
freezs stunt and sunk a field goal.
then, in the overtime, Kaylor put
the Deacons ahead with a field
goal, but Hobson sank another
basket to tie the game up again.
Bobby Wilkins and Hilliard Nance
added two-pointers and Nance
made good one foul try to account
tor the seven points. Kaylor' S
ba sket was the only one the Dea-
cons were able to sink.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08

Among the better fresh water catches reported here during the
week we're the 20 BASS and JACKS brought back from Town Creek
Ee pictured by Tommy Williams, champion of the 1916 South Eastern
North Carolina Fishing Rodeo and Treppe Townsend. The pair are
the left
A TRUE TALL TALE
From Brunswick county comes the tale of the year. It seems
that Russell M. Waldorf, Bryant Longwood and D. T. Shelton were
returning from a hunting trip-they had bagged four squirrels and
three ducks--in a boat. They saw what they thought was an alligator
weighing four and one half pounds. On opening the fish they found
it had swallowed a smaller JACK weighing one and one-haf pounds.
~% GIL PICKARD TAKES OVER
The otherwise dull month of November had a very pleasant sur
prise for the followers of the fine art of angling. The club record for
Black Drum, which had been standing since 1910, W. broken-wih
very wide margin. ]. ]. Robinson of Carolina Beach was the lucky
fisherman. His catch of 81 pounds broke the club record by some
H4 pounds. Although Robinson is not eligible for a monthly award
for this catch he will undoubtedly have little trouble capturing the sic
annual award for this species. s.
ZONE A y
T. Channel Bass .
Thwt-6 pounds 8 or, caught by Solomon Checkner.
Virginia Muuet T.
Firt-2 pounds 6 o., caught by James Stathis.
Second pounds 2 o., caught by Mrs. F. w. Steinfurth.
Trout
First pounds II or, caught by c. w. Aman.
second-3 pounds IL or, caught by r. P. Newsom.
FRESH WATER ZONE
Frst-N pounds 0 o., caught by L. A. Mcleod.
second-11 pounds 0 or, caught by Graham Walton.
Black Bass
FlYt-3 pounds Is o., caught by W. E. Bum.
~ ne above winners are asked to contact Gilbert Pickard at
rcRards Sporting Goods and receive certificates for their awards.
All members are advised to refer to their ANIMALS for the next monthly
ward which for the months of December and January combined.
however the annual awards will be announced in January. Begin now
y make your plans for attending the annual meeting of the club
which takes place on the last Monday in January. Bring a friend with
Na m be prepared to make any suggestions which will make our
club a better one." t-f, 5~
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
New Orleans Signs
Carolina, Syracuse
Ringmen For Jan.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. I. -
M - The boxing teams Of
Syracuse University and the
University of North Carolina
were announced today as the
participants in the annual Sugar
Bowl boxing meet, feature Of
the mid-winter week of sports
here.
The boxing event will be held
at the municipal auditorium on
Friday night, Dec. ~, Wilmer
Simpson, Jr., chairman of the
Sugar Bowl boxing committee,
said.
These teams are reated as
two IF the top collegiate ring
teams. Syracuse, coached by
Roy Simmons, boasts five east
ern intercollegiate champions.
The strong North Carolina
team has engagements on its
current schedule with Virginia.
Army and other highly-rateI
teams.
Other Sugar Bowl events in
clude an invitation tennis
tournament, Dec. 81, 70 and 20;
outdoor track meet, Dec. 20
and a double header basketball
attraction on Dec. 80, when
Oklahoma A. & NJ. plays Ken
lucky; arf Louisiana State
meets Tulane University.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
DUKE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WILL ADDRESS
JAYCEES' GRID BANQUET TUESDAY NIGHT
ECTC Cage Outfit
Adopts 1S-Came
Card This Season

GREENVILLE, Dec. 7-P)-
Coach Jim johnson Of East
Carolina Teachers college to-
day announced an 1S-game
schedule for the college cage
team.
A squad of 50 reported for
basketball practice, and the
coach said he expected to have
a well-rounded Quint when
.ECTC opens its season by meet
ing the Cherry Point Marines
at Cherry Point Monday. Two
dates, Jan. 20 and Fef. 10 are
being held 1T open dates.
The schedule:
December 9, Cherry Point
there; II, Louisburg college,
there; Is, Fl. Bragg, here.
January 8, Camp Lejeune,
here; 6. House Of David, here;
!, Norfolk division Of william
and Mary, there; 8, st. Helena
college Norfolk IA Campbell col
lege, there; II, Norfolk Naval
station, here; IS, st. Helena,
here; "A, TT. Bragg, here, 81.
Atlantic Christian college, here
February 8, Camp Lejeune
there; IA, Norfolk Naval Sta
ton, there; Is, Newport News
Apprentice school, there. Is,
Atlantic Christian, there; 10,
Norfolk division Of william and
Mary, here; 70, Cherry Point,
here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-08
Battle To Deadlock
In Gate City Scrap

GREENSBORO, Dec. 7.@P-B.
Taylor of New Port News plunged
five yards to score a touchdown
in the waning minutes OF play and
give the Virginia Negro Shrine
team a 12-12 tie with a team COM
posed of North Carolina stars here
this afternoon. Some 1000 specta-
tors watched the game.
The Carolinians were leading as
the result of two touchdowns scored
when Melvin Johnson of Whining
ton circled end for 20 yards and
William Springfield of Durham
passed to his teammate, Thomas
Womble, 10 yards.
Virginia got its first score in the
first period, Taylor passing to W.
Coles IS yards and a touchdown.
All extra point tries failed. 1t was
the first annual Negro Shrine game
here.