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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
The Weather

FORECAST
South and North Carolina - Fair and
continued cold Wednesday and Wednes-
day night. Thursday fair with slowly
rising temperatures.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. 81; 1880 am. SO; 1850 p.m. 48;
1880 pm. AZ.
Maximum 81; Minimum Al; Mean 81;
As.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:3o pm.
0. 90 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
3.12 inches,
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
$500 $3.50 am. 4:34 am.
1910 pm. Sis pm.
Masonboro Met II: As am. 1924 am.
7:51 pm. 20 pm.
Sunrise 7:15. Sunset 5:33; Moonrise
7:44 am: Moonset 5:51 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8
n. Tuesday, 36.2 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
MARSHALL RULES SELF OUT
AS PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER:
|7ALMADGE EFFIGY HANGED
SmiHn' Jack, Top Comic,
Starts Today In The Star

Today The Star welcomes to
its comic page another in its
ever-mounting array Of Ameri-
cas- top comic characters.
He's no other than Smilin'
Jack, the top-fIight creation
Of lack Mosley. An aviation
enthusiast who spends long
hours at the stick of his snappy
four-passenger Stinson. Mosley
can truthfully say that Smilin'
Jack seldom outflies him.
Mosley follows the big air
meets from coast to coast and
takes active part in the 60
ingson, thereby cleaning for
himself a slew of technical tips
and plot ideas which keep his
Smilin' Jack tops in the avia-
ton line.
Artist Mosiey never permits
Pilot Smilin' Jack to take over
the controls of any plane which
Mosley himself has not seen.
studied and is able to draw
accurately from all angles. Con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
AL CAP0NE WAGES
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Former Chicago Gang
Leader Rallies Last Night
From Severe Stroke

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 21.-(Pl-Dr.
Kenneth Phillips said tonight that
Al Capone had rallied and regain
ed consciousness after lying vir-
tual1y at deaths door for more
than II hours from a stroke Of
apo,olexy.
"All danger is passed for to-
night" said the doctor as he emer-
ged from the Capone villa on Palm
Island.
1T is possible that he will sur-
vive the attack" the doctor added.
This startling change in the
former Chicago gang leaders, con-
dition came after hope had been
virtually abandoned and the last
sacraments of the Catholic church
administered.
DR.. Phillips said he had made
a cardiograph of Capone's heart
action and was taking it to his Of
flee to study.
Visitors Leave
ABOUT a QOZen persons VINO mao
gathered at the villa drove away
in big. expensive automobiles soon
after the doctor left.
The doctor said the rally began
unexpectedly and Capone tried to
talk, but was silenced and made
to relax.
Ralph (Bottles) Capone. AIS
brother, was reported flying here
from Mercer, Wis, where he has
a home and operates a cocktail
lounge. Chicago members of the
family were called, and it was
said that Als aged parents, MI.
and Mrs. Ermio Capone; a sister.
Mrs. Mafalda M~ariote, and a
brother, Matthew, also were pre-
pairing to leave for Miami.
DR.. Phillips could not say how
well Capone might fight off the
effects of what he termed IAN
acute emergency stroke"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
And SO To Bed

The waitress was new ON
the job and she was trying hard
to convince her employer she
knew how to please the custo-
mers.
A gentleman entered and or
dered a ham and egg sand
witch.
In the necessary time requir-
ed to fix the order the young
lady returned with a ham
sandwich. Hey" yelled the
customer, 81 ordered a ham
and egg sandwich"
"Quite right, SIR" the befud-
deled waitress retorted. "Your
egg sandwich is being prepared
and / will bring it out in a min
ute"
Want Ad: - One UN-ex-
perienced waitress desires pe-
sition as clerk in store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
STRONG DAMS HOLD
"0LD MAN RIVER"
Flood Waters Continue To
Force Alabama, Georgia
People From Homes
By The Associated Press

With river bank jewellers in parts
of Alabama and Georgia forced
from their homes by flood waters.
old man river, terror Of the Mis-
sissippi delta, was being held in
check by mighty dams along a
powerful tributary, the Tennessee.
Although some of the rivers were
still rising, they were expected to
reach their crests last night OF to-
day and to begin r%etreating to their
channels as the second straight day
of clear weather lessened their
burden.
The swollen waters of Pearl
river claimed the life of a Crystal
Springs farmer, Donnie WEIGH, in
Southern Mississippi when his
motorboat overturned in the swift
current.
Meteorologist George v. Fish at
Jackson, Miss, said the flood situa-
ton along the South Mississippi,
was somewhat more favorable,
though he warned that the full
weight Of tributary streams in
north Mississippi was yet to be
felt.
Dams Holding
However, the Tennessee Valley
authority reported that the mighty
concrete and steel barriers, such
as Norris Dam, are holding the
Continued on Page 2; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
SURPLUS AT YARD
OFFERED TO STATE
Washington Official Says
New Galley Equipment
Available For Purchase

An offer to the state purchasing
agent of North Carolina to sell at
a 20 per cent reduction all new
galley equipment, which was ship
ped here for installation on ships
but never used, was made last
night by L. T. Mccarthy, head of
the Maritime Commissions sale
and distribution activities.
The state may purchase the en-
tire lot of the new equipment or
can select what items it desires
and still receive the same 20 per
cent discount, Mccarthy stated.
The announcement came follow
ing Mccarthy inspection of the
disposal site here which is located
at the shipyard formerly used by
the North Carolina Shipbuildins
company.
A survey of the methods, in use
here by the local disposal agent
C. Leonard Harlan, by Mccarthy
and Tom Matthews, of the com
pliance section of the Maritime
Commission, followed complaint!
by the office of W. z. Belts, state
director of purchasing and con
tracts in Raleigh.
Mccarthy, who came here from
Washington Monday night to con
duct the survey, stated following
his first days inspection that tt
date he has found Everything il
order"
The Washington official h a
promised a full resume of his find
ings here as soon~as his inspection
is completed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
WRECK SURVIVORS
ON VISIT HERE
Lone Couple To Escape
Death On Schooner Ton
delayo interviewed

The last time MI. and Mrs. Ted
Slenzak of Detroit, Mich, passed
through Wilmington they we're sit
ting pretty, they thought. For, as
part of the passenger and crew list
of the schooner Tondelayo, they
were at the beginning of an H.
month tropical cruise which prom.
ised to give them a bird's-eye
view of a good part of the world.
Last night the couple, the only
survivors Of the Tondelayo, which
went down off the coast of Georgia
November 10, were on their way
south ~again-this time by land.
The young couple, who last night
stopped in Wilmington, revealed
that they were on their way, more
or less eventually, to California
via Georgia, where they will visit
a middle-aged couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Reeves of Shellman's Bluff.
Ca, who cared for them after
their ship went down after going
aground in a bowling gale near
legendary Black Beard island.
The schooner left Baltimore cary
in October, bound for the Pacific
with a crew of IL. Perhaps as a
warning that the expedition was
doomed, the craft ran into a gale
off Cape Hatte-as but after reach
ing land safely with the aid OF
a Coast Guard cutter, six Of the
crew left the ship. evidently salts
fled that the cruise was ill-fated'
Tontinued on Page 2; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
No. Soldier
Takes Office
AS Secretary
Democrats, Republi c a
Alike Applaud Fortnight
Statement On Politics
WILL DO HIS BEST
New Chief OF State Depart
ment Holds Private Con-
ference With Truman

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.- up
Gen. George c. Marshall, Amer
ica's No. l soldier of World War
II, ruled himself out of the Presi-
dency today by declaring he
never could be drafted" for poll
teal office.
Then, with Democrats and Re-
publicans applauding the seldom
equalled forthrightness of his
statement, he took the oath as
secretary of state and promised TO
do my best with the vast prob
lens crowding in upon him.
Marshall's statement, dictated
TO newsmen who greeted his train
in the bleak morning. was obvi-
ously designed to -disentangle his
new job as secretary of state from
any political complications.
Evidently he felt that such prob
lens as relations with Russia, the
future Of Germany, atomic energy
and world peace could best be
tackled IT he did not have to face
Congress as a possible contender
for the Presidency in 1913. He had
been mentioned in speculation
about the Democratic nomination.
Il will never become involved
in political matters" he volun-
teered. Il never could be draft
ed"
For the White House oath-taking
ceremony a short time later, the
five-star general of the army laid
aside all military regalia. He was
clad in civilian clothes, as if 10
symbolic the %peacetine problems
he will find SO different from his
wartime tasks.
Continued on Page 2; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
Erwin Sounds
Warning Over
State Superintendent Says
Percentages Battle Will
Not Fill Vacancies
SHORTAGES ACUTE
Educational Leader Says
Aroused Populace Must
Demand Adequate Pay

A LEIGH, Jan. 21.- up - DR..
c,rde A. Erwin, state superinten-
Jant Of public instruction, told
Dnrt, Cardinals educational lead
ars here today. that the present
cr;sis in teacher shortages cannot
no met by a battle over percent
ages
,,and that every available dollar
No. annropriated to relieve our
Shortages in teachers and other
nscessary facilities. Only the legis-
iat,,re can officially determine how
much cal be appropriated . .
moi met its obligation to its chill
and until it has done its all, it has
dreu.o DR.. Erwin said.
approximately 500 school Off
Gals, including principals, super
intendents and members of school
boards. representatives of civic or
carnations and farm groups, and
college heads attended the meeting,
designed to start an educational
crusade" to relieve the teacher
shortage in North Carolina.
Erwin emphasized that the pre-
sent crisis is the greatest in the
states history. Teaching person
mel is slipping away like the sand
In an hour glass. Requirements
will not be attracted by meager sal
aries" he added.
Nation-W Wide
He said the shortage is nation
wide, which makes the North Car
DINA situation even worse, with
''our teachers going to states where
they can get more money"
Dr.. James E. Hillman, director
Of the division of professional SER
vice OF the State Department of
public instruction. presented latest
data on the teacher situation, COM
piled from a recent survey of all
local units IN North Carolina.
Hillnan said that 1,053 teachers
had left their jobs in this state since
September. and that as a result
many grades were without teach
ss Or had been forced TO double
under other teachers.
He said county and city units re-
porteSIhata a3 depaatIpeEt@or sub
jects had been closedthis yeafTbe:
cause Of lack Of teachers. Most
frequent Of these included: Agricui.
lure, business education, home
economies, science, foreign Ian.
guageS and Industrial arts.
Hlllman pointed out that in 1910
Continued on Page 2; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
Hoover Called

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 - R -
President Truman has asked for
mer President Herbert Hoover, Of
ficials said today, to undertake a
survey of food problems in the joint
United States-British zones Of &C.
cupied Germany.
In New York. a spokesman for
Mr.. Hoover said he will confer with
Mr.. Truman at 1890 p. m. &c. S.
IT, tomorrow at the White House.
Nothing has yet been settled
in regard to his economic mission
to Central Europe" the spokes'
man said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
Today And Tomorrow
By WALTER LIPPMANN

their role in foreign policy is
greatly changed. Once "bi-parti-
san cooperation meant that they
would not obstruct and oppose.
Since San Francisco it has meant
that they would collaborate and
support. Now, as Mr.. Dulles's adj
dress shows, they have a program
to propose and they will attempt
to lead.
The cru of the proposal is tina.
We should work not for another
Continued on Page 2; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. q = R
Georgian who wrote Virginia's
Governor William M. Tuck that he
would like to become a temporary
Virginian until the present Hitler
ian Fascist regime is driven from
power in his state found scant
help from the Old Dominion today.
In reply to a letter signed by r.
D. Adams, of Atlanta, Ga, request
ing that he be permitted to be-
come a native of Virginia until
the present Hitlerian Fascist re-
gime is driven from power in
Georgia." Governor Tuck wrote
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
Disgruntled Georgian Gets
Old Dominion Rebuff

that under the laws of the Com
monwealth of Virginia 10 one can
become a citizen of Virginia with
out first becoming a bona fide resi-
dent
The governor pointed out that
''this subject is controlled entire
ly by our constitution and. by sta
tutes.
1.-THE governor of Virginia has no
power to bestow citizenship either
actual or honorary but the govern
or does have the power to restore
civil disabilities in certain cases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
Returns Unframed

LODI, Calf, Jan. 21-P-Alice
Dean Devine was returned safe
and unframed to her parents at
9:15 tonight, rs hours after being
kidnapped.
State highway patrol a from
the direction of Sacramento whisk.
ed her to the back door of her
home to her waiting mother and
father.
There was no indication here, as
to where she had been held or
whether her %kidnapper had been
app~ehended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22
WoodburyWins
Jaycee Citation Here
Insurance Executive Pre-
scented Service Award
Key At Banquet

Louie f. Woodbury., Jr., Whining
ton insurance executive, W, an
ed "Man of the Year ~
Junior Chamber Of ~
a Founders Dav q ~
the Plantatie( p&<
Approx "a fe
present aN 8ation
of the Dis ~ Award
key to We s outstand-
ing service 1 immunity dur
ing the past John H. Far
rell, City Industrial Agent, made
the presentation.
The main address OF the evening
was delivered by George Chandler
of Winston-Salern, past secretary
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-22

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
Label Drive In
NotionoI Capital

Washington, d. c. (ILNS).-
The Washington Union Label Lea
que is currently conducting ascam-
paign in the interest of union label
products and union services of all
kinds. 1t is pointed out that mer-
chants usually stock items for
which there is a demand; and If
union made products are demanded
consistently, more of these goods
will be available. Similarly, they
say, union services, whether in the
building trades, the service trades,
the printing trades, or others,
gives practical assurance of COM
petent service, under American
standards.
The Annual Award Committee
of the Union Label League is now
making a study to determine who
will be recommended for the
leagues annual award, which is
made to some individual for out
standing service in behalf of labor
that is also beneficial to the gem
eral public.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
Roll Chiefs Call Conference
To Consider Major Problems

The conferences will be held in
the Congress Hotel, and notices
will be posted there as to where
and at what time the different
craft will meet.
Signatories to the notice calling
the special meeting of all general
chairmen of the seven organiza-
tions affiliated with the AFL were:
Mr.. Aten, president; j. M. Burns,
secretary; John Pelkofer, acting
president of the international
Brotherhood Of Blacksmiths, Drop
Forgers and Helpers; j. j. Duffy,
international vice president of the
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers; Charles j. Nc
Gowan, president of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Boilermak-
ers, Iron Ship Builders and Help
ers of America; H. w. Brown, in
ternational president of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists;
Irwin Barney, general president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Car
men of America, and l.. M. Wick
lein, general vice president of the
Sheet Metal Workers Interna-
tional Association.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
Must Back u. N.
For Good Of All,
Morse Declares

Boston, Mass. = Maximum en-
ployment in the United States is
no longer only a matter of insur-
ing that American workers have
jobs, according to David A. Morse,
Assistant Secretary of Labor. 1t
is, he told the Joint Council for
International Cooperation, a mat
ter Or international concern.
"If workers here are jobless and
depression is permitted to occur"
Mr.. Morse declared, "everyone
suffers and international coopera-
tion is seriously threatened and
set back, if not completely de-
stroyed. This we must understand
and this we must not permit to
happen"
Urging full backing of the
United Nations by the trade union
movement, Mr.. Morse declared that
if democracy is to survive and this
country is to be effective in the
councils\ of world organization, if
the principle and practice of social
and economic progress and politi-
cal freedom is to be protected and
expanded, the nation must insure
against four dangers. These he
listed as (1) an unreasoned econ
omy wave, which would prejudice
our ability to carry out our re-
sponsibilities in occupied areas and
to otherwise implement our for
eign policies; (2) wave of iso-
lationism such as swept the Unit
ed States after the first World
War; (3) depression, which
would generally weaken our pres
tige and influence in world af-
fairs; and (4) impairment of de-
mocracy at home. "We cannot ex-
press democracy to the world"
Mr.. Morse asserted, Except by
example"
at is up to every one of us to
help fulfill the pledge of President
Truman" he said, "that we will
support the United Nations with
all the resources that we pos
sess.' This we can accomplish by
working through the various or
ganizations to which we belong, by
keeping our congressman, Sena-
tors, and government officials ac-
curately informed of our views and
desires, and by insuring the wild
est possible dissemination of true
facts to all recesses of our coun-
try"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
Senate Votes To Close OPA,
Other Wur Control Units

only of OPA, but of the Civilian
Production Administration which
welded enormous priority powers
during the war, and the Office of
War Mobilization and Reconver-
sion.
The appropriation bill passed by
the Senate now goes back to the
House for action on amendments.
Seventeen million dollars was
voted to enable OPA to wind up
its duties, which now consist main
ly Of enforcing controls over rents,
sugar and rice. That amount is
not enough, said Senator Lucas.
He said it meant the end Of rent
control by April 80. But Senator
Taft told the Senate that Congress
would be able to set up new con-
troll machinery we'll ahead of
April 30.
Senator Gordon declared OPA
would have ample funds to carry
on and estimated it would have
$10,000,000 more than the amount
needed to pay its final going-out-
of-business expenses.
A proposal by Senator Hayden,
to increase funds for the Civilian
Production Administrative by ST.
0,000, was defeated on voice
vote.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
Dressmukers.
Reflect Anfonini

New York City (ILNS).-Luigi
Antonini has been reelected gen
eral secretary Of the Italian Dress
makers Union, Local 80, Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, by 20 to i margin over
the principal opposition candidate.
Antonini is nationally known for
his anti-Fascist, anti-Communist
activities.
Supporters Of Antonini hailed
his election as an indication not
only Of his strength in the union
but also his popularity as a leader
and supporter of democratic
labor movement in Italy. His fol-
lowers charged the rank-and-ile
opposition group were "Communis-
tic"
Salvatore Ninfo, chairman of the
election committee, said Antonini
received 22,S12 out of 23,951 valid
ballots. The total vote cast was
24,695, while the entire member
ship of the union is 1000.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13

Washington, d. c. Brushing
aside all protests, the Senate vot-
ed, 58-29, to ring down the curtain
on OPA and other wartime con-
troll agencies June 80.
Earlier, a Senate Banking Sub
committee voted 3-2 against a
measure to authorize a general 10
per cent boost in rents. Under this
bill rent controls would be taken
from OPA and left to the courts
to enforce.
The decision to send OPA to the
graveyard Of government wartime
agencies took the form of stipu-
lation in a s1S0,000,OO0 deficiency
appropriation for various govern
ment bureaus.
The stipulation marked for death
the Office Of Temporary Controls
and its constituent agencies. These
agencies include the remnants, not
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
BIocksmifhs To
Discuss Plans For
Another Year

Chicago, Ill.-Two hundred and
fifty delegates, representing ap-
proximately 500 units with mem
bership Of 10000, are expected
here for the 18th convention of the
international Brotherhood of Black
smiths (AFL) next week. Head
quarters for the convention will be
in the Morrison Hotel.
President Roy Horn is seriously
i'll and will be unable TO attend this
conclave.
Vice President John Pelkofer
will preside. Mr.. Pelkofer has been
acting as president of the organi-
zation during Mr.. Horns illness.
Many vital problems will be pre-
sented to the convention by dele
gates from all parts of the nation,
including revision of the unions
constitution.
Melroy Horn, son of President
Horn and business manager Of the
Gasoline Attendants Union in st.
Louis, is scheduled to extend his
fathers greetings to the conven-
ton.
Mr.. Pelkofer reported that "won-
derful progress has been made
throughout our entire trade since
the last convention" The union
today is at peak strength and has
won marked gains in wages and
working conditions, Mr.. Pelkofer
told newsmen.
Also, in conjunction with other
AFL shop craft unions, the black
smiths have established contrac-
tual relations on every railroad in
the United States except the Penn
sylvania, and a drive to organize
shop craft workers on that road is
now under way, he SAID.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-03-13
cIarksburg LoeaI
(Confinned From Pare OneJ


Harker Pottery Co. This evens the
score between the two teams,
leaving the mythical champion
ship of the pottery industry still
undecided.
The athletic committee has
started talking baseball already
and by the time the season opens,
should be able to field first-class
team in softball. They also prom
ise to have a hard ball nine who
will make application to play at
our annual Brotherhood picnic at
Idora Park.
Work has been started on the
expansion of the decorating shop
and should be completed soon, also
the athletic field which adjoins it.
Bro. V. V. Gregory is bit
chesty these days and is passing
out the cigars on the new arrival
in his household. Mother and son
are reported as doing fine with
'pappy' able to carry on.
Bro. Paul Beagle has returned
to the bench following several
weeks siege in the hospital. Take
it easy Paul, you're not as young
as you used to be.
Bro. Russ Petit and Sister Mary
Nernon are patients in the local
hospital.
Sister Josephine Curotz is con-
valescing at her home.
Our deepest sympathies are ex-
tended Margaret Allen in the
death of her mother, and Mildred
Tippes in the recent loss of her
husband.-O. C.. 80.