davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

RESERVE AGAIN - Thanks to
MIR. D. D.. Barber of 317 South
Fifth Avenue, Along The Cape
Fear can bring you not only a
sketch of the former Naval Re-
serve unit in the Port City but
also a complete roster of the men.
The unit was organized about
1890 by a Mr.. Barnard who came
here to build our first electric
street railway system, Mr.. Barber
says.
Included in the North Carolina
Naval Reserve were men from
Kinston and New Bern in addition
to local residents. 1t was from
this combined group that the war
time crew which participated n
the Spanish-American War.
A Lieutenant Moore, a regular
Navy officer, was in charge OF
the monitor-type ship Nantucket
when she left Wilmington.
TAKES COMMAND Lieut..
George l.. Morton assumed COM
mand of the Nantucket shortly at
ter it left the Port City, Mr.. Bar
Der recalls.
But now for the men who
served in the unit:
The officers included Lieut..
George l.. Morton, in command;
Lieut.. H. H. Mc11lhenny, executive
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
COMMODITY MARTS
HAVE HECTIC DAY
March Wheat Hits New IT.
Year High At $2.74;
Bread Advances

CHICAGO, March 10. -F)- A
booming grain market today fea-
tured price increases owe a wide
group of commodities, including
such diverse items as bread, cotton
and steel scrap.
Along with these advances, how
ever, were declines in such items
as butter, meat animals and for
eign silver.
These were the highlights of a
hectic DAY in commodity markets:
Wheat futures advanced 10 cents
a bushel, the daily limit, On the
Chicago Board of trade. March
wheat sold at $2.74, a new q
year high. Cash wheat scared at
all markets with Minneapolis
prices up II cents. Oats rose to a
81 year peak and corn gained
nearly 8 cents a bushel.
Flour prices were advanced 80
to so cents a sack at Minneapolis.
Bread prices were hiked l to 8
cents a loaf at New York, Phila-
delphia, Atlanta, Minneapolis at
other cities. Canada raised its en-
port wheat price 10 cents a bushel
to $3.50.
Oil Prices Up
Standard Oil company Qndiana)
raised crude oil prices Is cents a
barrel in all areas where it pur-
chases. Phillips Petroleum COM
pany and Deep Rock Oil corpora
ton met the advance. Other oil
companies were expected to fall in
line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
.Soviets Pull
At
Moscow Meet
u. S. Secretary OF State
Counters With Diplo-
matte Word Thrust
DELAYS REQUESTED
Initial Session Of Import
+ ant Conference Proves
Harmonious

MOSCOW, March 1O.-(R-Sov-
let Foreign Minister V. M. Molo-
TOW in a surprise move tonight
injected the enormously compli-
Gated China question into the
opening session of the Four
Power Foreign Ministers confer
ence on Austria and Germany.
U. S. Secretary of State George
c. Marshall blocked an immediate
vote on Molotov's proposal to
place China on the agenda. Mar
shall then countered with a dip
lomatlc surprise of his own, sug-
costing that the conference dis
cuss limitation of allied troops in
occupied countries of Europe.
The Russian diplomat, who pre-
sided over the opening session of
the momentous meeting, said
China should be discussed in the
light of the Moscow conference Of
l945, at which the United States,
Britain and Russia agreed to a
policy of non-intervention in Chi
nese affairs.
Marshall replied he had no
fundamental objection to such a
discussion, but wanted to think it
over at least until tomorrow.
Seeks Time Also
Molotov said that ne, too, would
like time to think over MarshaIl's
proposal about limitation of al
lied occupation troops, before
agreeing to place it on the agenda.
S should b5th subjects be
scheduled for discussion, the
scope of the already complex
program would be Widened enor-
mously.
Continued On Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Lewis, Miners
Win Mandate
Force Delay
urt Refuses To
INTO Settling
$3.50 Date
1NM ADJUSTMENT
Government Lawyers Peti-
ton Immediate Crack
down On UNIV

WASHINGTON, March 10 -WH
John L. Lewis and his United
Mine workers (AFL) won a
temporary delay today in the ex-
ecution of a Supreme court man
date ordering them withdraw
their April / Goa strike notice
and reinstate their contract with
the government.
Despite government pleas for
an immediate breakdown on the
UNIV chieftain to avert all posi-
bility of another strike, the High
court refused to be rushed into
setting a deadline for Lewis and
the union to comply with the de-
cision handed down against them
last Thursday.
That verdict held both de
PENDANTS in contempt of court for
their refusal to obey an anti
strike injunction issued by a
lower federal court last + |. I,
upheld Lewis $40, 900 fine and re-
duced the unions fine from 3d.
500, 900 to $500, 900 on condition
that the original strike notice,
now set for April /, be withdrawn
Internationally, within five days
after issuance o. the court man
date.
Customarily, however, a Su-
preme court mandate is not
issued until Is days after the de-
cision is announced, in order to
give h e losers time to petition
for a rehearing.
Assistant Attorney General
John F. Sonnet asked the court
today to waive the 25-day waiting
period on tn grounds that the
public interest requires quick
action. Under tn terms of the
strike truce ordered by Lewis
last Dec. 7, he said, the danger
exists that the miners will quit
again on April i unless they are
expressly forbidden to do so.
The justices announced, how
ever, that the petition would be
taken under Amusement.
If they reject the petition, the
mandate would be withheld until
March 81 and would not become
binding upon Lewis and the UNIV
until four d a US after the strike
deadline.
UNIV Counsel Welly K. Hop
kins scoffed at Sonnett's con-
tention that the public interest is
menaced by the coal situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
DOGS LOSE SCENT
OF PYRE SUSPECT
Police Push Search For
Negro Accused OF
Killing Woman
March 10

LUMRERTON, March 10 -
Police pushed a widening search
today for a transient Negro farm
worker accused of fatally stabbing
a white farmers wife and leaving
her blood-stained body on a blaz-
ing haystack pyre.
The body OF Mrs. Frank
Roberts, her clothing disheveled
from a terrific struggle, was
dragged from the burning hay
stack by members of her family
who saw the blaze from a nearby
church where they had attended
Sunday evening worship.
She had not been criminally as
saulted but officers said her cloth
ing indicated she died trying to
protect herself from assault.
Policeman W. L. Price said a
Negro known only as Johnny
Jones, about 30, a happy-go-lucky
migratory worker, was being
sought throughout the flat pine
woods and farming territory Of
Southeastern North Carolina.
Continued On Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Long Battle Looked For
On Confirmation By
Senate Wednesday

WASHINGTON, March 4 O. Up
The Atomic committee voted 8 to
l today in favor of David E.
Lilienthal as chairman of the
Atomic Energy commission and
sent its endorsement to the
Senate, where a long battle is
expected.
Senator Hickenlooper (R-Iowa),
committee chairman. issued a
statement saying he voted for
Lilienthal because h e deemed
such a vote in the best interests
of the United States. He said the
committee heard n o evidence to
support charges that Lilienthal
was a Communist, or was
friendly to Communism.
Senator Bricker (R Ohio} cast
the lone committee vote against
Lilienthal, thus lining up with his
fellow Ohio lawmaker, Senator
Taft, for a n expected bitter de-
bate on the Senate floor.
Bricker subsequently told a
news conference that radicals,
pinkoes or ultra liberals are
working in and about the atomic
energy project"
CITES FBI RECORDS
Bricker said FBI records, just
made available to the committee
last Thursday, disclosed that
some of the men already APP
pointed to important positions by
Lilienthal and by Carroll Wilson,
general manager designate.
"are subject to serious question
as to their loyalty to u form
of government"
Bricker said F B l records also
show that a brother of still
another official, connected with
security measures, is a Com
munist.
Cleared to the Senate along with
ILilienthal for a final con-
firmation vote were the other
four members of the commission
- W. W. Waymack, DR.. Robert
F. Bacher, L. L. Strauss and
Sumner T. Pike - and General
Manager Wilson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
And So To Bed

Confinement in the peniten-
tiary is a gruesOme experience
to most people.
But to one who appeared in
New Hanover county Superior
Court yesterday as a state
witness against another man,
it is as nothing. Or that's the
way he seemed to express him.
self.
He was asked by the defense
attorney how many times he
had been in the Atlanta peni-
tertiary.
81 haven't been in a peni-
penitentiary," said he.
what penitentiary have
you been in?" the attorney
persisted,
81 haven't been j ma pen3-
tentiary," the witness retorted.
81 was sent to Petersburg."
"What fOr?" the attorney
continued.
"For defrauding the mails!"
he said.
How many times have you
been indicted" the attorney
continued.
81 don't keep up with thst|'
he declared In finality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Atomic Energy Committee
Endorses Lilienthal 8 To /
NAVY NOW MODIFYING
ORDER OF $97,252
FINGER BOWLS

WASHINGTON, March 10
Ex-senator Aiken (R-Vt) told
the Senate today that the Navy
is modifying" it's order for
$97,252 worth of silver-plated
finger bowls.
Moreover, he said, Secre-
tary of the Navy Forrestal
has agreed there is a dis
tinction between the ''necessi-
ties and niceties' of living for
the men who go down to the
sea in ships.
The Vermont IaWmaker, who
criticized the original order.
said Forrestal advised him
that the '%'niceties" have been
ordered deleted.
Aiken, chairman of the Sen
ate Executive Expenditures
committee, said the tableware
requistion included SO, 744 sill
ver-plated finger bowls with
distinguishing marks of seven
different ranks.
Forrestal explained that
none of the silverware was
purchased because of the
prices in bids, Aiken said, and
subsequently directed the Blu
reau of ships to change to
simpler specifications.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
NO BREAD PRICE
hike DUE HERE
Wilmington Bakers Say No
Increase Expected De-
spite Move Elsewhere

The price of bread was raised
in several major American cities
yesterday, but Wilmington bakers
said that no immediate increase
is contemplated here despite the
fact that the price Of wheat from
which bread flour is made has gone
up.
The present bread prices in
Wilmington Ar II cents a loaf
wholesale and Is cents a loaf re-
tail.
The United Press reported last
night that most increases in bread
prices, in those cities where price
changes were effected, were con-
fined to one or two cents a loaf.
Meanwhile, the wholesale price
of butter was reported falling off
at Chicago and New York from
three to slightly more than four
cents a pound.
Such changes on the wholesale
market usually are followed quick
ly by retail price changes.
The United Press dispatch re-
lating to bread price increases
reported that early wheat prices at
Chicago were three to five and one
fourth cents higher, with March
wheat futures hitting $2.67 a bushel,
the highest of any wheat contract
since 1920.
Futures for other months were
at prices not touched since 1917,
it was reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Miami Herald Publishes
First Newspaper yRadio

ager of the Herald, and Edgar
Felix of Radio Inventions, Inc.
explained facsimile to the gather
ing.
Radio has been yelling and
singing i'll your home since 1922.
1t is time it learned to read and
write. This is the South's first
public demonstration that radio
has learned to read and write"
Facsimile does it's job by scan
ming a newspage or photograph
and broadcasting radio impulses
into black and white again.
The Herald plans continuous
publication of a facsimile edition
later in the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
INDIA DEATH TOLL
TOTALS OVER $50
Critical Situation Expected
In Punjab, Today By
British Authorities

LAHORE, India, March 10.-tP)
violence flared anew today in
Inc Punjab after a terror-filled
week in which at least $50 persons
were killed, and a high provincial
ollclal said a "critical' situation
was expected tomorrow, designat-
ca as 'Anti-P akistan Day" by
elkhs and Hindus.
heavily armed Indian troops and
ponce enforced peace in Southern
PORTIONS of this province and in
.ne large cities, but fighting be-
tween Moslems and Sikh-Hindu al
Nes continued in the Northwest,
~pdiucularly in Cambellpur and
Rawalpindi.
while official estimates placed
le number Of dead in the week
,ons lighting at $50, unofficial tai,
nes indicated that the total might
" oouble or triple that figure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

MIAMI, Fla, March 10.-CR-
The Miami Herald went to press
by radio today with a facsimile
newspaper.
The first public demonstration
of the 8 by II 1-2-inch newspaper
of the future was made by fire.
quency modulation (FM) broad
cast from the Herald's editorial
room to Miami Edison High
school.
In the schools assembly room
some 1000 students gathered to
watch the silent, visual broadcast
As they looked. the newspaper un-
rolled page by page before their
eyes.
Lester Barnhill, promotion man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
new HOUSE BILL
WOULD AID NEGRO
Rep. Burgin OF Henderson
Offers Measure For Two
Year Medical School

RALEIGH, March 10-[Pj-Rep.
L. L. Burgin of Henderson tonight
introduced a bill in the legislature
calling for the establishing of a
two-year medical school, for Ne
groes in connection with North
Carolina college at Durham.
Burgin said the funds for the
school should come from the unex-
pended balance Of the general fund,
or if there is no unexpended bal
ance, the sum of $500, 900 should be
taken from the general fund re-
serve fund.
The bill sets forth that the loca-
ton of the school would be deter
mined by the college. board of
trustees who also would determine
the size of the building, amount and
type Of equipment.
Burgin said a recent U. S. Su-
preme court ruling in the Gaines
case from Missouri held that edu-
cation opportunities provided for
the white ace also must be pro-
vided for the non-White race.
The introduction of the bill came
the week that the legisla-
joint appropriations commit
tee is scheduled to consider the
establishing of four-year medical
school at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Burgin requested House Speaker
Tom Pearsall to. place the bill
with the Appropriations commit
tee. Pearsal demurred, and said he
was of the opinion that the bill
go to higher education and
then later to appropriations.
Rep. William T. Hatch of Wake
a bill which would
amend the general statutes with
reference to controversies over
State Highway commission con-
Hatch's proposal provides for
the appointment of one 'competent
person. each by the commission
and the claimant and for the selec-
ton by those persons of a third
person for a three-member board
of review.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

Custer to entire households Of
furniture.
Philip Colleck, a New York and
London dealer, said:
Prices of Victorian antiques and
junk r going down. The low
grade stuff has been selling at in
flated prices and the people who
were buying that sort of stuff dur
ing the war haven't the money
TO spent on 1t now
But fine goods in furniture
CID English and French. fo~ ex-
ample will go higher in prices
The demand for that type Of
quality goods is as great as ever"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
CAMPAIGN
SHOWING GAINS
Red Cross Donations Reach
$12,559 With Four
Days To Go

With contributions totaling $l2,-
$50 SO, j.. H. Carswell and N. A.
Avera, co-chairmen of the Red
Cross campaign, said yesterday
that they were very gratified''
with yesterdays closing figure.
With only four days left in the
drive, a slightly better average is
needed, they added, in order that
the goal Of $21,253 be reached
by Saturday night.
The campaign is running close
to schedule, Carswell said, but
any let-up now would mean that
the goal would not be reached.
The co-chairmen again urged
that all chairmen make daily re-
ports to campaign headquarters in
room 231, second floor of the Gus
tomhouse.
Team number two Of the advanc-
ed gifts committee, headed by j..
Henry Gerdes, has reached its
goal, it was reported.
Contributions of employees in To-
cal firms and business offices
CONTINUED On Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
McCleuand
Tenders His
Resignation
Department Repre-.
sentative Makes Request
To Acting Chief
OTHERS EXPECTED
Follows Request By
City Council For Change
In Law

Already one member of the civil
service commission has rendered
his resignation and indications are
that at least three other members
will follow suit shortly.
Col. Royce McClelland, board
member who represents the police
department, rendered his r~egsigna-
ton last night to become effective
March IT.
His resignation came in the form
Of a letter to acting Police Chief
o. v. Thompson, who declined tc
comment on the action other thar
to acknowledge the receipt of the
resignation.
Other board members are Nor
wood S. Westbrook, representing
the fire department; the Rev. H.
J. Wilson, the Ministerial associa-
ton; and DR.. David Hutchinson,
the medical association. The fifth
member, and chairman of the COM
mission is Nathan Haskell, repre-
Continued on Pare Two, Col. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
MARSHALL BLOCKS MOLOTOV
MOVE ON CHINA QUESTION;
CIVIL
Truman To Explain .
Middle East Plans
The Weather
FORECAST.

FORECAST:
South Carolina-ConsiderabIe cloudi-
ness and little change in temperature
Tuesday and Wednesday, occasional
light rain on coast Tuesday and in noun
tain section Wednesday.
North Carolina-Partly cloudy and a
little warmer Tuesday. Wednesday con-
siderable .cloudiness and little change In
temperature, occasional light rain noun
tain section.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
80 a. m. SO; 1880 a. m. 80; $50 o. m.
81; 1880 p. m. AZ; Maximum So; Mini
mum 81; Mean AZ; Normal 50.
HUMIDITY
1880 a. m. II; 7:3O a. m. IS; 80 d. M.
81; 1880 p. m 60.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 7:3O D. m.
o inches.
Total since the first of the month 2.16
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published by
U. 5. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
HIGH Low
wilmington ------------ 12:47a 7:57a
LOOP 8:11p
M~1asohoofo --------------- 10:46a 4:42a
11:18p asp
River stage at Fayetteville. N. c.. At
D a. m. Monday 23.5 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Cane-Bottomed Chair
Joins Old Grey Mare

NEW YORK, March 10 - up -
Grandma's cane-bottomed chair
.sn't what it used to be, but if
YOU own a piece of old English or
French furniture. keep sitting in
it - it's value is going up.
That, FREELY, is the current cit
uation in antiques as told by ex-
perts today at the opening OF the
National Antiques show in Mad'-
son Square Garden.
Accumulated there are $4,000
antique pieces. valued at between
$40. 600. 900 and $4,000, 900, and
ranging from a pipe fashioned
from the TomahaWk with which
Sitting Bull scalped General
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
CHOSEN
in MURDER CASE
Ganey Trial Is Expected
10 Open Wednesday
In Court Here

A special venire of $50 New
Hanover county men was drawn
yesterday afternoon in Superior
court here at the direction OF
Judge Clawson l.. Williams. Of
Sanford, presiding, for the trial OF
a Seagate filling station operator
On a murder charge.
The case Of Guy Ganey, 43,
charged with the Staying OF
Franklin Julius Henderson, a.
year-old Jacksonville drive-in
attendant at Ganey's filling sta =
ton last Oct. 20, is expected to
be opened Wednesday morning
with the selection Of a jury.
However, the selection of y
men from the list of $50 may take
more than a day, court attendants
believe.
Ganey's case. which heads a
list of four other murder cases,
probably will take the spotlight in
this weeks court news. He has
been in jail without privilege of
bond since he allegedly walked up
to Henderson's parked car and
pumped two bullets into the ma
chine, one of which took effect in
the young mans body.
According to testimony brought
out at the coroner's hearing here
on the night of Oct. 81, Ganey
shot Henderson over his
Rebecca.
Jasper Westbrook, also Of Jack
sonville, who rode to Wilmington
with Henderson on the night of the
fatal shooting, told the coroner's
jury that he was seated in the
car with Henderson when Ganey
walked up to the automobile and
stuck a .25-calibre pistol in the
car and fired the weapon twice.
Continued On Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
SAYS
CITY WILL ENJOY
CONTINUED WARMTH

All you pleasure fishermen can
begin to oil up your rod and reel,
because the weatherman says that
we're going to have warm weather
for a while. No sign of anything
cold is in sight, he says.
Today will be slightly warmer
than yesterday, with the mercury
due to hit about Sc degrees. And
though the prediction is partly
cloudy for today, he says there
is no chance of rain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
md a little warmer today; Wednesday
considerable cloudiness with little
change in temperature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

Continued On Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

Continued On Page Two; Col. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

Continued on Page Two, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11

On Page Two; Col. 81
Evening star., 1947-12-26

duce some crystals as big as gol1
balls, from which 200-karat gems
might be cut.
The general principle which Mr.
Chatham follows is based on the
natural phenomenon of crysta
growth. First they have to be
broken up into their constituent
molecules or atoms. In the case o1
metals and gems this requires eithel
tremendous heat or pressure or both
Nature provides the necessary
heat and pressure in volcanic &C.
tivlty and in the disintegration oi
mountains. But nature habitually
is careless about purity. For that
reason metals seldom are found ir
pure form. Pure gem crystals o1
leWelry size are even more rare.
! Mr.. Chatham improves upon ma
ture by starting with virtually pure
substances The basic ingredients
OF emerald are berylIum oxide
aluminium oxide and silicon and 6
few trace elements, mostly chro.
MUM and iron.
The beryllium and aluminium
oxides are dissolved in water. The
water is evaporated off, leaving the
chemicals to form pure crystals
Silicon is provided through another
process.
The pure substances are put intt
a small, specially built furnace along
with tiny bit of real emerald fol
seed" Hair-splitting regulation O.
temperature and pressure determine.
the size of the crystals that viii
emerge.
The one invariable telltale featur,
Of Mr.. Chathams emeralds is .
slight darkening in the interio
which can be seen only under .
microscope.
Man-made emeralds were pro
duced in Europe before the war bu
were to small and too costly TO
practical use, Mr.. Chatham said.
Evening star., 1947-12-26
Landings Of Vikings
Located by Smithsonian

Investigation by a Smithsonian
Institution scientist reveals that
possible" location Of the place
where the Vikings landed in North
American in about the year 1000
AID. was at the mouth of the Mer-
rimack River in Northern Massa-
chusetts.
The institution announced today
that this is the conclusion OF DR..
John r. Swanton, ethnologist and
Smithsonian collaboration. DR..
Swanton made an intensive study OF
the Icelandic sagas and compared
their descriptions with the present.
day topography of the North At
lantic coast from Laborador to
Southern New England.
The Vikings referred to the place