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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
WILLETTS BUYS
STATION WCNI
Sale Price. Reported AS
Near $4,000
Mark

Purchase of radio station WGN1
here from General Newspapers,
Inc, of Gadsden, Ala, by Fred
erick Willetts, Sr., prominent
realtor and building and loan
association executive, and his son
was announced yesterday after
noon by the new owners of the
property.
Willetts said the PURCHASE
price was Gin the neighborhood
of $50, 000."
They have taken complete
charge of the station and filed
necessary application for FEEDER
al Communications Commission
approval of the transaction. Re-
ceipt of this will permit complete
,consummation of the deal.
Pointing out that the move
gives the station complete local
ownership and man a 6 e m e n t,
Willetts said considerable change
is planned in it's management and
that changes IN present poilc1eo
will be effected as the situations
arise in the future.
The resignation of James Stew
art, general manager OF the sta
ton since construction of its IA
cilities was begun last year, has
been accepted, .Willetts said. He
oJlaJ 4bo+ Pobort Howard who
has been connected with WGNl,
has been appointed acting mana
ger.
TT is my intention" the new
owner stated, "to continue
WGNI's pleasant relations with
all other mediums of public ex-
preston in the community. 1t is
also my desire to see it become a
greater factor in the develop
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
AMERICAN-BACKED
FOREIGN OIL FIRMS
PAY NO TAX, REPORT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1,-R-
American-backed foreign coop
erations have netted $117, 600, 900
in profits from an Arabian oil
concession without paying Unit
ed States taxes on those earn
ings, the Senate War Investiga-
ting committee was told today.
After hearing the testimony,
Senator Brewster (R-Me), COM
mittee chairman, denounced
foreign flag corporatiors' as a
device for evading taxes and
said he would ask congressional
tax bodies to study the situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 1-u.D
"A judge attempted to smooth
the way for true love today, but
his efforts were side-tracked
when the parents of a bobby
soxer refused to let her see her
19-year-old bridegroom, even in
the company of a chaperone.
District Judge Gustavus Loe-
vinger had looked with sympa-
thy on the youthful clippers,
handsome ex-soldier Don Atchi-
son and pretty, blonde Carol
Jean Hying, 16, both of St. Paul,
although they lied abor Neir
ages when they were m ried
at Saltwater, Mimi, Sept. Is.
"They haven't disgraced any
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
Wife RENOUNCES
70. i'll WAR HERO
Malaria Victim Tries Sui
eide AS Way
Out

DETROIT, Nov. l - "D =
Johnny Yaksich, a hero IN war
Johnny Yaksich, a hero In war
and a failure n ipeace, fought
a lonely battle tonight to stay
in a world that had proved too
tough for him.
Yaksich, who singlehandedly
wiped out a japanese machine
gun nest to win the Navy Cross,
lay on a hospital bed, a self
inflicted bullet wound in his
stomach.
Racked by recurring attacks
of malaria and "war nerves"
unable to work and faced with
divorce, the 25-year-old ex-Ma-
rine shot himself with a As cali
bre pistol yesterday.
But today hsi pretty, d k.
eyed wife, Anne, said that III
he can't help himself, no one
can. I can't say what will hap
pen when he gets better"
John went to Los Angeles a
month ago to "try to straight
en- out his nerves." Yaksich's
mother, Mrs. Mary Yaksich,
said.
when Anne wrote him that
she was getting a DIVORCE" Mrs.
Yaksich said, che came r g h I
home. He talked to her, but she
said, what's the use?."
Anne said John used to leave
her and their two-year-old -sor
and wander off for a month al
a time. Nobody knew where he
was until he showed up in E
hospital with malaria again."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
The Weather

FORECASTS UNTIL 7:3O PM. SUNDAY
FOR Wilmington and vicinity: In
tIeaslng %eloudiness today and tonight,
s9lioWed by occasional light showers
sunday; lowest temperature tonight so
%aesIees, highest Sunday SO degrees;
NIoaerate to fresh northeriy winds.
ior North Carolina: Mostly cloudy,
WIN scattered showers Sunday, begin
ailg IN west portion; not much change
IN temperature.
meteorological data for the "a hours
enolng 7;3O pm yesterday:
80, TEMPERATURES
i:5O am 81, 1870 am 40, 80 pm So,
Wv pm 80. Maximum 60. Minimum 48.
~ean So. Normal 81.
,m HUMIDITY
IN 3i'o am 49, 1880 am 81, 1870 pm "a,
PRECIPITATION
n iotal tor the "a hours ending 7:3O pm
nSles' Total since the first of the
"'onth y inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
" N 8 me Tide Tables published by
O. coast and Geodetic Survey.)
WiIroi HIGH LOW
'lston ------- IL PA am 6:36 am
Masonbo,o rn, pm 7:45 pm
AhieL - l0:U2 am 3.44 am
suou 1924 pm 4:31 pm
S2 2S n~ 6;3S, Sunset SIG; Moonrise
pm Moonset 10 al am.
gsl Stage at Fayetteville, N. c., at
d H. Sat. 1913 feet.
Bures|1 'LNGToN. Aug. l-R)-Weather
fall e report of temperature and rain
The y me "A hours ending 8 pm in
else pnilcipal cotton growing areas and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02

This was announced tonight
by the strategic air command.
It and the navy officially de-
scribed the impending engage
ment-probably on Monday and
Tuesday - as a training opera
ton. However, it may figure in
the long standing argument be-
tween the bombing command
and the sea service over the
ability of heavy bombardment
aviation to damage or destroy
a large naval force.
General George C. Kenney,
chief of the strategic air COM
mand, said his force was alert
ed last night. He reported that
after a three and one half hour
search by three B-29 recognnais-
sance aircraft from the 307th
bomb group, operating from
MacDill Field, Fla, the enemy
LdSh 1OIC0 was 1OCdLCu Iii Vic
dark and stormy Atlantic at
1:30 A. NJ, EST, today. 1t has
been kept under continuous sur
villance since then.
The Naval force is headed by
the huge As, 00O-ton carrier Mid
way. Other units of the force
include the light cruisers Fargo
and Huntington; the anti = air.
craft light cruiser Spokane; and
an inspected number of sub
marines, destroyers, mine
sweepers, mine layers, tankers
and amphibious ships.
The commander is vice Ad-
miral A. w. Radford, command
err of the second task fleet, an
element of the Atlantic fleet
under the overall command of
Admiral W. H. P. Blandy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
Man
Body Emba

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 1-(P)
Man O. War, worlds greatest
race horse, set another record in
death tonight, becoming the first
thoroughbred to be embalmed in
preparation for burial. The great
animal died today at 80.
D. M. Lowe, Lexington NOR
tician, said he used the same
method and fluid used to pre-
serve human bodies. But, he add
ed, it took % bottles while an
average of two is used for per-
sons.
CA bottle of fluid, Lowe ex-
planned, is put up in concentrated
form and when diluted equals
about one gallon).
Lowe said the operation re-
ouired about two hours, only
slightly longer than the average
embalming time of humans. The
big horses eyes and mouth were
closed and he looked just Ike
he was taking a nap"
DR.. William MCGEE, Lexington
veterinarian who attended Sam
uel D. Riddles famed thorough
bred, said he directed the pre-
sentative measure.
He added:
"Mr. Riddle always ordered the
best of everything for the horse.
/ know he wouldn't have wanted
anything else"
MCGEE said it was the first
time he ever heard of a horse
being embalmed.
(See details on this greatest OF
all racing horses in sports Sec
fiOr1
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
LONG-SOUGHT CONVICT
CAUGHT WITH FRIEND
AND GRIPS NEW BILLS

BOSTON, Nov. 1.-WD-A long
sought escaped convict, who
packed two loaded pistols, was
seized today, along with his ex-
convict pal and two girl friends,
in connection with two Boston
payroll holdups that netted
nearly $40, 900.
Detectives reported that
between them the two men had
So, 745 in crisp new bills-money
that might link the pair with
Thursdays $1o7, 997 robbery at
the B. F. Sturtevant Co. plant
in Hyde Park and yesterdays
$685. 48 robbery at the American
Sugar Refining Co. Plant in
South Boston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02

A definite date for the ban
quet has not been set, pending
a study of the governors SEIZED
ule of appearances, but h n
Hardin his secretary told SEN
CHA Cherry would be able to
attend the banquet here within
two weeks.
Meanwhile, SENECA Judges
were to complete study of en-
tries in the $751; 900 rodes by
Thursday night. DR.. Elliott
Motley, Jr., of Charlotte looms
as the $4,000 grand prize win
ner. His catch of a seven foot,
inch sailfish was still leading.
Should DR.. Motley win the top
award, the 1000 boat captains
prize will 60 to Capt. Hulan
Watts, Southport party boat
skipper, from whose craft the
l1Sn was Caught.
SENCBA voted last week to
hold the banquet at the Ocean
Plaza hotel at Carolina Beach
after director Frank Collier said
the hotel would be available for
the program.
The governor would award all
major prizes, it was said. Week
ly awards will be made prior
to the banquet. State officials,
sports writers, and other North
Carolina notables will be invit-
ed to attend, the SENCBA Of
fetal sail.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
THOUSAND
SYRIAN TROOPS
AT PALESTINE

HUNETRA, Syria, Nov. 1.-P)
Ten thousand Syrian troops,
i anticipating in army maneuvers,
camped tonight within sight of
the Palestine border.
All day their small tanks and
armored cars carrying 20-mm
guns zigzagged across plowed
fields and rock-strewn heights
looking down on the fertile fields
of Jewish settlements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02

one by their marriage" he said.
Loevinger, hearing a request
for a restraining order to keep
Carol at home and Atchison's
counter arguments, ruled tn a t
the young husband could date
his wife tonight, provided her
parents didn't object.
He advised Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Hying, that it might not
be a bad idea to accept the
youth as their son-in-law.
But the Hyings did not agree.
They said they wanted the mar
riage dissolved right now, and
they did not want Carol to see
Don again, with or without a
chaperone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02

Ballotlng was Tor 1896 council
seats-one third of each borough
council-in 1872 cities and towns,
not including London.
Returns from 376 of these To-
calities showed:
Conservatives gained 623 seats,
lost II; Labor gained AZ, lost
675, Liberals gained 46, lost 46;
Communists gained none, lost
nine; Independents gained ITO,
lost 1874.
Labor's setbacks were reflect
ed in such labor strongholds as
servatives gained eight seats to
wipe out Labor's majority on the
municipal council. The new
strength is Labor, 60, Conserva-
tives IS, Independents three.
Labor also lost control of the
Manchester city council, although
in industrial Sheffield the gov
eminent party gained four seats
from "Progressives'' and strength
ened its topheavy majority.
While the conservatives failed
to win control of many large
industrial cities, Labor's vote was
cut to such an extent that the
Attlee party lost previous ma
jorities in Rugby, Lincoln, Read
ing, Rochester and the London
suburb of Wemley.
Less than an hour after midi
night, Conservative party head
Quarters issued a statement which
said:
"The results so far available
disclose an overwhelming Con-
sentative victory. Although the
returns from some large boroughs
still are awaited, the wholesale
rejection of Socialist doctrine
throughout the country indicates
a complete swing of public opin-
|ion."
The British Press association
said:
"The final returns may show q
switchover of public opinion in
the country almost as dramatic
as when Labor swept into office
in the general election more than
two years ago."
Since coming to power in Brit
ain, labor has nationalized a series
of key industries but has been
beset increasingly by economic
difficulties that have caused
adoption Of more and more aus.
terity measures. Only today
Britons were deprived of gaso-
line for pleasure driving.
This years municipal elections
will be completed next Tuesday
in Scotland. Local elections in
Britain normally do not carry the
weight in national affairs they
do on the continent, particularly
in France, but this time spokes-
men for both parties conceded
that national issues were a big
consideration.
Of the seats at stake, 1,475
have been held by Laborites, L.
O32 by Independents, Glib by Con-
servatives, 131 by Liberals and 10
by Communists. Practically all
the Independents" were con-
veded to have Conservative SYM
pathies.
Some 10000 900 voters-about
half the number eligible for ma
tional general elections-had the
right to ballot yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
5000 ARMENIANS
TO LEAVE THE u. S.
FOR SOVIET HOMES

NEW YORK, Nov. 1-R-One
hundred and fifty three Arme-
mans, most of whom came to
this country three decades ago,
tonight left for the "home of our
forefathers".
Szot 1. Chepurnykh, SOVIET
vice consul in New York, said
thew were the first contingent OF
about 5000 Armenians expected
to leave the U. S. under a world
wide repatriation program being
conducted by the Armenian Re
n11h1ic of the uSS.R.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
Liberals Remain
Euen; Reds Lose
Nine In BQU0ting
Figures Are Nets; And Are For Town Coun-
Gil Seats; ChurchilPs Party Claims
Overwhelming Victory

LONDON, Sunday, Nov. 2-P-Winston ChurchilPs
Conservatives claimed an Overwhelming victory early to-
day over Prime Minister Attee's Labor party on the
strength of nearly complete returns from yesterdays mu-
nicipal elections in England and Wales.
Both parties in heated campaigning had called the
elections a test of popularity for Attlees government, which
replaced Churchips after a landslide parliamentary victory
more than two years ago. The voting apparently was the
heaviest for any local elections in upward of 10 years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
E STORM DEATH

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 1-(P-
Moseph Evans, 49,, who suffered a
fractured spine when he fell from
a tree during the Sept. II hurri-
cane, died today in a Miami
haspital making the toll %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
IKE HONORS ROGERS

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. l.
R-General Dwight D. Eisen-
hover will arrive here Monday
night to participate in the UNI
yelling of a statue of the late
Will Rogers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
To Award
SENCBA Prizes

Governor R. Gregg Cherry will award prizes to the
Southeastern North Carolina Beach association sponsored
Fall Fishing rodeo winners at the annual rodeo banquet, a
SENCBA spokesman reported last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
Navy WAR
Nears Off Coast

Nov. 1-E-Two long-range B-29
bomb groups, about 60 aircraft, will attempt to intercept
and bomb" a navy carrier task force now steaming in
from a practice Strike at the island Of Bermuda.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
WEATHER

Wilmington AND VICINITY: Cloudy
and continued cool and windy with in.
termittent rain today and tonight, clear ;
ing Monday.
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rain today and tonight, cloudy and
continued cool and windy, followed nv
clearing slowly in west portion. Con,
tinued cool Monday.
Marion progress., 1947-05-29

land and wife, Maggie r. Roland,
for payment, and the same has not
been made, and whereas the holder
Of said Indebtedness has requested
of the undersigned that he offer
for sale the lands hereinafter de-
scribed for the purpose of satisfy
ing the said indebtedness,
Now, therefore, in exercise of
the power Of sale contained in said
deed Of trust, and for the purpose
of satisfying the Indebtedness Sc
cured by said deed of trust, l will
offer for sale, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, for cash, at the
court house door in Marion, North
Carolina, at eleven O'Clock, A. M,
on Saturday, May 81, 1947. the
following described lands, to-wit:
First Tract: Beginning on an iron
bar on the South side Of the branch
in Jenkins line and runs with said
line S l degree w 63 poles to an
iron stake in Smiths line; thence
F. l N 80 poles to an iron stake by
black oak stump in Morgan's line;
thence N l degree E Al poles to
white oak in Morgan's line; thence
N 76 degrees w IA poles to an
iron stake in the field; thence S 16
degrees w 25 poles to the branch;
thence up the branch as it mean
ders, in a Northwest course to the
Beginning, containing 25 acres,
more or less.
Second Tract: Beginning on
rock in the old road, known as the
Reels outside line N 95 degrees w
e0 Yon1oc 70 bic o,l Ton1-iro3
thence with his line S 5 degrees
to a stake, Freeman's corner in
w 29 poles to locust stump on
thence N "A u degrees E AZ poles
to the Beginning, containing s
acres, more or less.
Third Tract: Adjoining Freeman
on the South, Morgan on the East,
and Reel on the West and East.
Beginning on a white oak, Free
mans corner in the Morgan line,
and runs N 5 degrees E 10 poles
to white oak in an old line;
thence N 671a degrees w 10 poles
to stake; thence S 1519 degrees
w II poles to an iron bar, Free
mans corner; thence S Is degrees
E IL poles to the Beginning, con-
tanning q acre, more or less. Said
three tracts of land being the same
lands described in a deed from
James R. Brock and wife. Evelyn
I. Brock, to Arnold H. Roland and
wife, Maggie R. Roland, dated May
Z, 1916, and recorded in Deed
Book 90, at page 497, of Mcdowell
County Deed Records, to which
reference is here made for further
description.
This-the 1st day of May, 1947.
PAUL j. STORY, Trustee
Marion progress., 1947-05-29
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION

State of North Carolina
County of Mcdowell
In The Superior Court
RUBY LOGAN OWEN, Plaintiff
CLYDE J. OWEN, Defendant.
The Defendant, Clyde J. Owen,
will take notice that an action en-
titled as above has been commenc-
ed in the Superior Court of Nc
Dowell County, North Carolina, to
obtain an absolute divorce from
him on the statutory ground of two
(2) years separation; and that said
Defendant will further take notice
that he is required to appear at the
office of the clerk of the Superior
Court of Mcdowell County, North
Carolina, in the courthouse in Ma
rion, North Carolina, within TWEEN
ty (2O) days after the 18th day
of June, 1947, and answer or de,
mur to the complaint filed In SAID
action, or the Plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This 14th day of May 1947.
J.. F. MOODY, Clerk
Superior Court Mcdowell
County, N. e..
Marion progress., 1947-05-29
CITATION

North Carolina
Mcdowell County
In The Superior Court
In the matter of the Will
of NOLA B. LONON
Mrs. Carrie Dale, of LOUISVILLE,
Kentucky, and Mrs. Georgia Bur
CESS, Of Louisville, Kentucky, you
and each Of you, as persons interest
in the estate Of the late Nola g.
Lonon. are7 hereby notified that Mrs
Estelle Mayberry has entered a
caveat to the probate OF the paper
writing purporting to be the Will OF
Nola B. Lonon and has filed the
bond required by law and the case
has been transferred to the Su,
perior Court for trial at term and
YOU. will please take notice that you
are to appear at the. June term
1947. of the Mcdowell County Su-
perior Court in Marion, North
Carolina, which said term conven,es
on the 9Th day Of June, l947, make
yourselves proper parties to the
said proceedings if you choose.
This the 7th day of May, 1947.
J. F. MOODY, Clerk
Superior Court, Nc
DoWell County, N. Z.
Marion progress., 1947-05-29
Conservation News
By L. B. Hairr

A. J. Wi1kerson of Marion, Rt.
No. 2, is a firm believer in croto-
laria as a summer legume and soil
building crop. Wilkerson says he
has a good example on his farm
this year that shows the effects Of
turning under crop of crotolaria.
He says there are two fields of
barley with only a ditch separating
them, each was plowed and sown
alike, one being fertilized with 800
pounds of fertilizer per acre and
the other not ferti1ized, but a good
growth of crotolaria was turned
under. So far as the stand, growth
and color is concerned, he says
there is not any difference. There
fore, the crotolaria collected nitro
gen from the air and stored it in
the ground equivalent to 800 lbs.
of fertilizer per acre. Wilkerson
states that the organic material
alone that is added to the soil is
well worth the expense of growing
crotolaria as a soil protecting and
building crop, especially when it is
seeded i1f the corn middles imme-
diately following the last cultivation
of the corn as he does.
w. A. Plemmons of Pinnacle
church community with assistance
of the Soil Conservation Service
personnel ran contour rows this
spring in the field across the road
from his home that he has planted
in cane. He says that by having
the rows on the contour, each one
will serve as miniature terrace,
and too, as the field is being cult
waited it will be plowed around the
hill instead of up and down the hill.
Marion progress., 1947-05-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of l.. A. Raburn, de-
ceased, late of Mcdowell County,
N. c., this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
the said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned on or before the
9th day Of May, 1948, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebt-
ed to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This the 5th day of May, 1947.
CECIL RABURN, Admin
istrator Of the Estate of
L. A. Raburn, deceased.
Marion progress., 1947-05-29
EXECUTORS NOTICE TO
CREDITORS

Having qualified as executor Of
the last Will and Testament of
Nola B. Lonon, deceased, late of
Mcdowell county, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Marion, N. C. or
Box SOP, Newton, N. c., on or be-
fore the ninth day of May, 1948,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate viii please
make immediate payment.
This 30th day Of April, 1947.
JOHN -YANCEY LONON,
Executor of the Last Will
and Testament of Nola B.
Lonon, deceased.
Marion progress., 1947-05-29
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE
OF DISSOLUTION
To All to Whom These Presents May
Come-Greeting:

10 All to Whom These Presents May
Come-Greeting:
Whereas, it appears to my salts
faction, by duly authenticated rec
ord Of the proceedings for the vol
untary dissolution thereof by the
unanimous consent of all the stock
holders, deposited in my Office, that
the Marion Grocery Company,
corporation of this State, whose
principal office is situated at No. 2
South Main Street, in the Town Of
Marion, County of Mcdowell, State
of North Carolina (W. R. Chambers
being the agent therein and in
charge thereof, upon whom process
may be served), has complied with
the requirements of Chapter 55,
General Statutes, entitled Corpora
tions,' preliminary to the issuing Of
this Certificate of Dissolution:
Now Therefore, I, Thad Eure,
Secretary of the State of North
Carolina, do hereby certify that the
said corporation did, on the 21st
day of March 1947, file in my office
duly executed and attested con-
sent in writing to the dissolution of
said corporation, executed by all
the stockholders thereof, which
said consent and the record of the
proceedings aforesaid are now on
file in my said Office as provided by
law.
In Testimony Whereof, l have
hereto set my hand and affixed my
official seal at Raleigh, this 21st day
of March, A. ID. 1947.
THAD EURE,
(SeaD Secretary of State.
Filed in my office, this the 10th
day of May, 1947.
J. F. MOODY,
Clerk Superior Court,
Mcdowell County, N C,