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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
COUNCIL RECORDS
TWO RESOLUTIONS
Protest Directed Against
Removal OF State
Patrol Headquarters

Two resolutions today are on the
records of the city council-one
a resolution of regret and COM
mendation; the other a resolution
of protest.
The protest is directed against
removal from Wilmington of head
quarters of troop B of the state
highway patrol. The other express
ses regret on the transfer of Col.
B. c. Snow in command of the
Wilmington office of the United
States Army Engineers.
It is in line with a like tribute
passed Monday by the county COM
m~issioners. Colonel Snow leaves
soon for a new post in Guam.
The council will send its reso-
luton on the proposed removal
of highway patrol headquarters to
Fayetteville to the head of the de-
partment at Raleigh. A copy will
also 90 TO the governor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
ARMED SERVICE
BILL ASSURED
M easure Will Give Air
Force Equal Status
With Army, Navy

WASHINGTON. July 23.-W.R-
Enactment of the armed service
notification bill before Congress ad-
%journs was practically assured to-
day when Senate conferees yield
ed to House demands for specific
guarantees that the measure will
not strip the Navy of its air arm,
nor abolish the marine corps am
phibious forces.
The agreement broke up a two
day conference deadlock that had
threatened for a time to prevent
final action on the controversial
and long-debated legislation be-
fore adjournment-noW scheduled
for Saturday.
The compromise will be sent to
the Senate and House tomorrow
and may be acted upon in both
chambers Immediately.
AS approved by the joint confer
ence committee, it provided:
l. For the first time in Ameri-
can military history, an %indepen-
dent air force with equal status
with the army and navy.
q Creation of a single secre-
tary of defense. with cabinet rank,
the cabinet posts of secretaries of
See ARMED SERVICE on Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Speeds Action
On AirportDeed
Of ~Bluethenthal To County Await
ing Approval Of Atlanta Office; Page
In Washington To Expedite Case

acre field for S as a public air
port, about double its pre-war
size. The county has occupied the
property since IN the basis of a
revocable permit.
OF the GA acres added to the
airport during its wartime use
as an army base, the county got
o23 acres, besides regaining SIS
acres leased to the Federal Gov
eminent and 300 acres in ease
ments the WAA said.
Seventy acres, ircluding forty
four building, went to the high
school and Wilmington college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
BANKER EXPLAINS
FEDERAL RESERVE
Warren S. Johnson, State
Association Prexy, Ad-
dresses Kiwanians

Depicting the Federal Reserve
yystem and the Federal Reserve
banks as the balance wnel to the
sofety and economy of the United
States, Warren S. Johnson, pres
icent of the Peoples Savings
Bank and Trust company, gave
members of the Kiwanis club yes
terda.y, a clear word picture p1
how both systems operate and
their operational setup.
Johnson, who wss introduced
Ky past-president Emsley Laney
Is a close student of banking IN
ali its phases ana a man who has
achieved all the honors possible
within the gift Of the state asso-
cation membership, spoke for
fully thirty minutes on a subject
Of which he is fully qualified.
His talk, when was highly In
,eresting throughout, was much
appreciated by the membership
In his introductory remarks, the
speaker pointed out that the title,
Federal Reserve system was IN
reality 4 misnomer, because it is
Wholly owned by member banks.
The system, is controlled by a
board Of governors appointed by
the President Of the United States
and approved by the Senate.
Boo1ns, Panics
Declaring that while the Federal
Reserve charter is both an elab-
crate and unique document, boil
ed down it is simple to understand
tut iron-clad in its ramificatlons.
he then went on to discuss briefly
lie corporate boom OF 1908 and
Bee BANKER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
CHARLESTON GETS
LEAF SHIPMENTS
South Carolina Ports Au-
thority Closes $25,O0O,-
600 Storage Deal.

CHARLESTON. S c., July s.
N)--The South Carolina state ports
authority announced today that it
has concluded Engagements 20
warehouse and handle between
50, 900, 900 and so, eco, 900 pounds Of
fiue-cured tobacco from the Caro-
lInas and Georgia for export
through the port cf Charlie ton, be-
ginning next month.
The huge consignment, which
represents approximately ten per
cent of total tobacco exports from
the United States last year, is val
ued at between 500, 900, 900 and
s25, 900, 900.
Arrangements for arranging and
handling the tobacco were made
by the Tidewater Terminals and
Inland Warehouses, Inc, of Phila-
delphia, a national storage organ
ization. The authority's contract is
with the Charleston Tidewater
Terminals, inc, affiliate Of the or
SdIIlLd tiOll III tle SldlC.
The tobacco will be stored at
the state terminals at North
Charleston where almost a half
million feet of warehouse space
has been set aside. 1t will be held
subject to shipment against export
orders to countries throughout the
world. 1t is anticipated that ship
ments will extend over the next
six months.
Exhaustive Tests
Arrangements were concluded
after exhaustive tests of local cli-
matte and Warehousing conditions
were made with a trial car
lead of tobacco stored at termin-
ais for the past two months.
Packed in thousand-pound hogs
heads, the tobacco will begin 70
move to this port early in August
G. <,tranr Df,ro~ ~ IT,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Whip Eight Billion Dollar
lnd>&$@1dent Office Bill Into Shape;
U<<C Group Linked In Communist Probe
Winston Clio
Officers Hit
UnAmerican Activities
Committee Told OF Red
Work In State

WASHINGTON, July % P)-
Ann Mathews testified to the
house UnAmerican activities COM
mittee today that 16 of 80. officers
If the CLIO Food, Tobacco and Ag-
ricultural Workers union local %
at Winston-Salem, N. C.-Of which
she formerly was an officer-were
members of the Communist party
prior to last January.
The committee is investigating
reports of Communist infiltrations
into unions and is seeking to de-
termine whether Communist influ-
ences have been at work in the
Wlnston-Salem local. The local has
heen on strike at the R. J. Rey-
noldS tobacco company plant
there.
Miss Mathews testified that the
IL officers to whom she referred
we're members of the Communist
party prior to the tipe she quit
holding office in the union in Jan
uary.
She also told the committee that
there is a Communist group at
the University of North Carolina
al Chapel Hill and that the group
is headed by Junius Scales, a stu
dent. She said she has attended
Communist party meetings at
Scales was present.
Among union officials named by
the witness as Communists was
McCrea, international rep
resentative of the Food, Tobacco
and Agricultural Workers.
McCrea Talks
Before the hearing opened, Me
issued a statement in which
re asserted the committee is try
ing ''to break the union"
He said the committee sis try
ing to do something the richest
and most powerful member of the
tobacco trust could not do. . -
McCrea said that "all company
attempts to break the spirit" of
the strikers who walked out OF the
R. J. Reynolds tobacco company
in Winston-Salem last May. He
added:
''Then someone thought of the
house committee or unAmerlcan
activities and the smear was on.
Three d%isgruntled former employ
See WINSTON CLIO on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Chadbourn Taxi Driuer
Shoots Estranged Mate
Pretty g. Old Mother
OF Two Children In
Critical Condition
Special to the Star

WHITEVlLLE. July %. - The
pretty 23-year-old wife of a Chad.
bourn taxicab operator lay in E
critical condition in Columbus
County hospital tonight with gun.
shot wounds in her stomach while
her husband, from whom she hac
been estranged only a few days.
was held in jail without bond.
Victim CT a 16-gauge pump gun
blast which tore through her abdo-
men, Mrs. Furman Pauline)
Ward, mother OF two small chill
dren. underwent an operation per-
formed this afternoon in an at
tempt to saw her life.
Chief of Police L. W. Hall, of
Chadbourn, WHO arrested Ward,
SAID the taxicab operator rushed
mis- wife to the hospital here short
ly after firing upon her, when, in
company with a 19-year-oid theater
employe, Bobby Stewart, she en-
tered the yard OF the Ward home
last night with her two children.
Mrs. Wards younger child, a
three-year-old sen, was wounded
in one foot by some of the gun
shot which struck the mother.
Stewart, the theater employe,
who was carrying the other child,
turned and fled with the child down
Chadbourn's Main street when Mrs.
Ward crumpled to the ground,
Chief Hall said.
Ward was said to have fired at
the fleeing figure, but neither
Stewart ncr the child he clasped
in MS arms was hit by the second
charge.
Reconstructing the e p i S o d e
through statements obtained from
Mrs. Ware and other witnesses,
Chief Hall said that when the
young wife and her companion
entered the yard with the children
about 1880 p. M, Ward stepped
from the shadows by the side of
the house and shouted:
81 told you ! was going 10 kill
you BOTH
Then. ACCORDING to the state
ments, Ward fired point blank at
the bewildered woman.
Chief Hall arrested Ward a few
minutes after he reached the hos.
pital with his wife.
The taxfcab operator is being
held without privilege of bond
pending the outcome of the young
mothers injuries. Her condition
is regarded grave.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Trask OF Wrightsville
White Oh Wilmington,
Inaugurate Service

The new dial telephone system
al Wrghtsville Beach was inau-
gurated at 1901 am. today when
Mayor Raiford Trask of the re-
sort, placed a cal TO Mayor E. L.
White in Wilmington.
The call issued into service the
new system for some 900 tele-
phone subscribers at Wrightsville
Beach.
Mayor Trask. in his telephone
call, pointed out to Mayor White
the advantages Of the new system
and stated that it was another
sign of progress for the coastal
section of the state.
The dial system for Wrightsville
is the result Of u months of activ-
ity on the part of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
During that period lines were
rebuilt. cable added between the
Port City and the resort and a
rev switchboard Installed. Some
$40, 600 we're spent by the compa-
ny to make the new service pos
sible.
Subscribers Reminded
Subscribers in Wilmington and
Wrightsville were reminded of the
change in method of placing calls
between the two communities.
Port City residents should now
dial "8" and then dial the beach
subscribers number. And for the
Wrightsville Beach subscriber the
process is the same.
Complete information on the
See MAYORS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
CTS Benefit
From Act
Atomic Energy Commits
sion Granted $175,O00,-
600 By Senate Group

WASHINGTON, July 90 - up
With the adjournment goal only
three days away, Senate and
House conferees today whipped
the years biggest single spend
ing bill-the So, 189, 122. 927 indepen-
dent offices appropriation - into
shape for quick delivery to Presi-
dent Truman.
Both chambers planned 10 wind
up action on it tomorrow under
orders from Republican leaders
to give government supply bills 4
clear track between now and sched-
uled adjournment.
Most of the money in the indie
pendent offices measure Sc, 964.-
Asst, $50 (B)-will go to keep up the
Veterans Administrators vast
CT benefit programs during this
fiscal year ending next June 30
The rest will be spent for a
wide assortment of Federal indie
pendent agencies and bureaus. in
GLIDING the important Atomic
energy commission. Senate con-
ferees finally yielded to the House
in a controversy over funds for
the new commission headed by
David Lilienthal. They agreed to
grant it $175, 600, 600, a reduction of
SIS, 900, 900 below the amount pre-
yyiO,,c1u tyo4aJ NV I'M Conotn itCp1F
Figures finally agreed on for
the veterans administration were
$40, 900, 900 greater than those pre-
viously voted by the house, but
$21, 047, 220 under the original SEN
ate bill.
Amount Carried
The total amount carried in the
measure represents an increase OF
$21, 253, 900 over the house-approved
sum, but a reduction of $1l8, 85g, 800
below funds granted by the Senate.
Meantime, the Senate Approprl-
atoms committee added about
$50, 90, 900 to fupnds voted by the
HOUSE 1Ol lcilel tHAs AASNdA
year. and sent to the chamber for
debate tomorrow a bill carrying
81, 430, 361, 400 OBJ for the admins
tration'S overseas aid programs.
After the Senate acts, the meas
ure undoubtedly will be sent to
conference. Final action probably
See CT BENEFIT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Folk To. .Frolic
AT Fancy Flatfoot Fete

ASHEVILLE, July 23-P-Some
600 m%ountaineers from the South
ern Appala chan Ballard country
whose dancing ana singing traces
back to Elizabethan England OF
some 400 years ago will perform
here for three days beginning to-
morrow night.
It's the 10th annual mountain
dance and folk festival in the city
auditorium.
They'll come from Jumpoff
Rock, Pigeon Valley, Thickety and
Sinking Waters, in their everyday
clothes, and perform when the
mood takes them. There's no set
time for the festival to start-just
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
JURORS DECLARE
NEGRO INNOCENT
Cordell Williams, Alias
The Cat Man Freed On
Breaking, Entering

A jury in Superior Court yes
terday afternoon took an hour to
find Cordell Williams, 80, Negro,
alias ''The Cat Man" innocent on
a charge of breaking and enter
ing.
Williams, who had been describ-
ed by witnesses as a preacher at
the Negro Holiness church, Sixth
and Brunswick streets, sat in the
courtroom reading the Bible and
tanning himself as the jury DELHI
Grated.
The jury received the case after
the lunch recess and following a
morning spent in court instruc-
lions, arguments OF the attorneys
See JURORS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Countless Chandeliers
CAM Crow oastToC Coast

Want to talk about progress?
Want to talk about tremendous
achievements2 Well, then, talk
about chickens.
Like many other immigrants, =
says the Department Of agricul-
ture in a tribute to its feathered
friends, "the modern chicken has
found the United States a land of
opportunity"
And indeed it has. Few chickens
ever think much about it now, but
their ancestors came from the
7ungles-from New Guinea, Java
and Malaga.
See COUNTLESS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
And So To Bed

The news room telephone
rang last night and to the e
porter who answered a little
boys voice said, 81 saw a fly
ing saucer tonight, a real one.'
"A real one?"
eyes, a real one. And I saw
it, too. / saw it with my own
eyes"
"Quite interesting" encour-
aged the reporter, sitting a
yawn.
"It was this way" said the
little boys voice over the wire.
81 was in the kitchen and my
sister was washing the dishes.
And she dropped a saucer, and
that saucer sure did fly"
And then the little boy hung
I'D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
The Weather

FORECAST:
South Carolina and North Carolina
,'r with moderate temperatures Thurs
way and Friday
Eastern Standard Time)
by .. S. Weather Bureau)
chronological data for the "a hours
''hg 1870 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
'so a. N. II; 7:30 a. m. So; 1:30 p. m.
's0 p. m. rs. Maximum "a; Mini
mum 81; Mean Is; Normal IS.
HUMIDITY
NV m. 90; 1870 a. m. 81; 1880 p. M.
W. I;3o 2. m. 76.
PRECIPITATION
4oVal for "a hours ending 7:30 p. m.
ro'al since the first of the month
TIDES FOR TODAY
rom the Tide Tables published by
d coast and Geodetic Survey.
Wi HIGH Low
""'hston - 2:34 am. 9:47 am.
N.,. G:12 pm. 1918 pm.
'n0oro Inlet 12:29 am. CAB, am.
S. TIA pm. 7:16 pm.
nurse 5:18; Sunset 7:19; Moorrise
'rp,;tpi Moonset 11:44p.
asr stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at .
wednesday lilo f@et.
more WEATHER IN Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24

along about suhdoWn-and no set
p. ogram, as long as the perform
ers and the spectators have fun.
Along about 8 O'Clock each eve
nlng, however, Eascom Lamar
Lunsford, who founded and directs
the festival in furlherance of his
hobby oil preserving the minstrel
ry of the highlands, will step on
the stage and call for the organiz-
eG team dancing.
Basically it's the square dance,
but any number of couples may
take part, and the caller himself
dances and asks for any step that
See FOLKSY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
MAYORS Make Initial
Dial Telephone Call
DEATH WINS

PHENIX CITY, Ala, July 70
-lH)-Death finally whipped
Isiah Sims, Hatchecubbee, Ala,
Negro, today, but the fight went
three long rounds.
Russell county deputy Albert
Fuller said Sims was struck by
a truck, the driver picked up
Sims to rush him to a doctor.
En- route the truck ran off the
road ard into a creek. Sims
drowned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
BY ARTHUR EDISON
ssociated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, July % Up -
The 1000, 900, 900 chickens in the
country soon may have something
they really can cackle and crow
about.
For Rep. Sadlak (R-Conn) has
lust introduced into Congress a
resolution calling for a special
stamp in the chickens honor.
Sadlak did this at the request
OF the Cackle Ana Crow club OF
New Haven, Conn. Its members
naturally are quite excited be-
cause exactly 100 years ago this
nation had it's first poultry show.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24
Morning Star
washington Bureau

VIsHINGTON, July 23-War As
Administration officials said
astion on the deed transferring
aI.s-benthal field at Wilmington
i. New Hanover county.
70 rbs deed has cleared the sur
.,n, property agency's central Of
in Atlanta, the officials in
,.n,e Cd Star-News publisher R. B.
r.ae who is in Washington to
expedite the case.
III. WAA decided nearly a year
-, TO let the county have more
thousand acres of the ] 554-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24

.ee STATE A!RLINES on Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-24

See WINSTON CLIO on Page Two
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21

drunken eOl0Rel Who tried 10
force hts way into q private din.
ReF given for the touring cham.
PiOR and Who shouted az Corporal
Eddie Green. Il can hardly wait
till ! get back 10 my homo town
In mississippi. There We know
What to do with R-..rS like
you and Joe. We'd tar and
feather you for not ObeyiRE q
white man."
On another occasion some Eng
RSh girls asked the champ for auto
graphs. An American sailor stop
ped them and said, Il don't give a
damn II Il is Joe Louis. You are
white girls. And they are just n
bunch Of =. We don't want
to see white girls making fools Of
themselves over any Mt"
Louis states that on several Oc-
casions he refused to fight Army
exhibitions until segregated Negro
troops were permitted TO view the
bouts from the same locations a.
the white soldiers.
Also described is an incident in
a Georgia railroad station in which
Louis reveals that he was arrested
for using telephone on the
White" side Of the station.
In spite Of these experienced,
Louis closes the article with the
statement. Prejudice Is weakening.
The good people are softsninR Il
up. SO we can't stop punching now
We just have to punch faster and
harder. That's the only way we
can make America n better place
for my little boy and girl and all
the boys and girls In our country
I'm going to do my part"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21

Members and friends ~ 81. Peter
A. N. y, church. Minneapolis, gath.
errd at that edihcs Monday night
at reception IN honor Of Rev. and
Mrs, II, G. Boyd. ChuCh's pastor,
and his wife.
A committee headed by J. A.
Lewis ~ general chairman had
charge Of arrangements TOT the 70.
eeptioR.
Among those who spoke were
l., &, lsVerWtte. Curtis ChiVerG,
ElVa Jones', Lucille McAdamn, Har.
riet Jones. Rev. II. W. Bolts and
Maxine Jones,
Robert 4, jackson served a. maa.
ter u ceremonies, Cash gifts total.
Ing over tiGb were presented Rev,
and MrE, Boyd. There were q large
number Of CongratulRtory mes,
AARes,
The large crowd was served leo
cream, cake and punch.
In replying to the many nice
things said about him, Rev, boyd
emphasized that he had always
done the best he could for God. PEG.
pie and community"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21
Ati'y General Wants 20
Enter Covenant Cases

WASHINGTON, d. C.--tNNPAD
DECLARING that Judicial enforce.
ment u racial restrictive covenants
IL illegal, Attorney General Tom G.
Clark and Solicitor General Philip
u. Ferlman last Monday asked the
Supreme Court 10 allow them 10
intervene IN the four cases the court
has agreed To review.
In the motion, fled by Clark and
Perlman. II was diselosed that the
Justice department IL preparing for
EubmISsion TO the Supreme Court
briefs setting forth al length the
reasons for thiS conclusion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21
Patterson, BOuAAeld Are
Red Cross Governors

WASHINGTON. d, C.--tHEPAD
DIR. Frederick ID. Patterson, PFsaL
dent Of TuskeRse Institute, and DR..
n. o. BouShsld. first vice president
and medical director Of the suprsms
Liberty Life Insurance Company,
Chicago, have hesn rhossn Ia Ssrvs
on the newly organized American
Red Cross Board u Governors
DR.. Patterson IL = insmbsr u the
Preaident'E commission on higher
education and = special assistant
10 the Secretary ~ Agriculture.
DR.. BouE6sId during World War
II wss = lieutenant colonel In tho
Army Medical Corps and command.
Ing officer ~ Station Hospital I al
Port HuarhucR. Arizona
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21

Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. i7-Thoma'
+. Barton, president Of the Urban
League Of Pittsburgh, announced
today that, pending n final selection
by the board Of an Industrial Rsla.
tons Secretary, Louis l.. Mason
Jr., Of the Industrial Relations DE.
paTtment will act In the capacity
Of head Of the department. with
the title. Acting Industrial Rcla
tlonS Secretary.
A graduate Of the University oi
Minnesota, 1910, Mr. Mason came
10 the local League In lOl6 m a..
siStAnt TO Charles W. Washington
then the Industrial Relations Sec,
rotary. Mr., Washington recently
became the Executive Secretary OF
the Dayton. Ohio, Urban League
Before his employment by the
League, Mt Mason worked At the
ST. Paul works Of the international
Harvester Company.
Louie" Mason IL the son Of
Louis Mason. ST.. SG2 Bryant Ave
No, Minneapolis. and the husband
Of DOrotheR Harris, former ST. Paul
girl.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21
Writer Calls Race
And Religious Bios
Cancer In America

Bert MerllnR, LindstrOm, MINI,
newspaper man and author, told the
Nov. 10 meeting Of the Saturday
Lunch Club that race and reli Rious
prejudice il cancer eating At the
vitSls Of the United States Of
America.
Mr. MsrlinE described the CON
tributions which the Negro has
made TO American culture.
MerllnR said the Jews have been
one 81 the greatest single forces In
the development Of civilization.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21
Long Island Church
Named for Negro Saint

JAMAICA, N. Yy--SpeciGl-A
goal dreamed Of 10 years ago was
reached here last week when = new
church building WAS dedicated for
the 1000 Catholic residents Of the
Jamaica area, most Of them Ne
Eroes. The church has been named
in honor Of 81. Benedict the Moor,
sanity African Negro.
Most Rev. Thomas J. Motley,
BiAhop Of Brooklyn. pleased the
sdihce and presided at the cere.
monies. Following q Solemn High
Mass Of Thanksgiving, the BiShop
administered Confirmation 10 q
class Of Is.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-21
Fire Damages
Jas. A. Lewis
Home Sunday

An eleven year old girl gave the
alarm Sunday when Are struck the
J. A. Lewis home at 2si7 Ellio,
Ave.
Harriet Webster. II, discovered
the drc and aiartaed Marjorie
LOWS whose 10 months old child
was in the room whore the frC had
broken through from = closet.
After the alarm Mrs. James
Lewis and other mcmhSrs Of tho
family ran 20 safety.
Tho entire lower noor Of the
home was burned
Mr.. Lewis believes the are was
caused because a -four. year old
child, Richard Green, was playing
with matches In = clothes closet.