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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
SURPRISE TOSSED
INTO FRAUD TRIAL
Witness Says May Tried
To Get. Draft Defer
ments For 40 Men

WASHINGTON, May 8 up -
The government sprang a court.
room surprise Today with testi.
noony that ex Congressman An
Grew J.. May tried to get war
time draft deferments ana mill.
and SOM orer +. IS and rel.
,tives OF munitions makers.
Col. Clarence .. naucA, Jr.,
Army liaison officer with the
House Military committee when
May headed it as chairman, was
the witness. He said that May
aoslled me out for my apparent
lack Of sympathy" on Mays de-
ferment request to prevent a
Hardship" in breaking up the
,crobat's troupe of three.
Rauck's testimony topped the
DAVIS developments at the trial
1 May and three others of war
bribe charges. Murray and Henry
carson. heads of a $78, 600, 600
,rms-manufacture empire, and
.Joseoh F. Freeman, Washington
agent for the Carson Brothers.
,re charged with paying the
former Kentucky House. member
more than $50, 900 for official
tavors.
Before Hauck took the stand
+he prosecution traced two 81. 900
checks to the 72-year old May de-
snite his earlier threat to take the
stand and tell 1.-The whole story
shout Democratic contributions to
the 1914 Presidential Campaign If
prosecutors brought up the matter.
Hauck said May interceded to
help arrange a transfer fo- Free
mans son, Army Sgt. Albert Free
man. from the Pacific fighting
zone back to the United States.
On another occasion, Hauck
said. May asked him to intervene
In pending court-martial proceed
ings in Europe against Murray
Garsson's son, Capt. Joseph Cars.
son .
In all, the witness recalled, Muir.
raw Carson and Freeman spoke
TO him about Is or 20 times in be
half of the army service of 40 or
Is individuals, with former Rep.
Nav attending most of the meet
ings.
On cross-examining Hauck, de-
tense counsel asked him about a
record he kept in his Military COM
.mittee liaison office on capitol
hill containing a record Of all the
calls various Congressman made to
him about determent requests and
army promotions.
Warren Magee, counsel for May.
produced a copy of Hauck's rec
ord in court but Justice Henry A.
Schweinhaut adjourned the trial
for the day without the document
being offered for evidence.
The acrobat in the case was hen-
Titled only as Lee"
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schedule, that a great many prob
lens had to be met, that most OF
them had been gotten over sue
cessfully, and that he expects the
others to be met successfully for
the United States.
1t was in reply to a question that
he declared he is going to try to
get universal training through Con-
gress at this session, although the
Republicans legislative schedule
now makes no provision for it. Mr.
Truman some months ago named a
civilian commission headed by
DR.. Ark T. Compton, president Of
the Massachusetts, Institute Of
technology, to study the question
The American Legion urged today
that its preliminary findings be
sent to Congress even though its
final report is not ready.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
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mushrooms, which like it dark
with the temperature at a steady
60 degrees"
Griscom said even without for
eign-grown mushrooms the market
is glutted. He thinks this is be-
cause, during the war, everybody
bought everything he could get his
hal.ds IN.
Such as the unfortunate Jackson
vile, Fla, wholesaler who needed
500 cases of mushrooms.
But he figured his order would
be cut" said Griscom, 80 he
ordered a carload, or 1000 cases,
just to be safe.
"Well he got the carload"
Said Griscom gloomily:
1--WE won't sell another mush'
room in Jacksonville for five
wears,
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tiers from anxious SWANS. From
this data, she said, she built her
theory.
&c" don't know exactly why men
in certain parts of the country are
more amorous than those in other
sections" she unused, "but there
must be a scientific reason for
it"
She says she approached a like
ly looking prospect in Pittsburgh
intending to test his Initiative
and all that before. letting him
ir on the fact that she was a
talent scout.
81 stood sideways like this" she
said.
The aspect was staggering.
"Then I asked him the way to
the 0 and the dope told me
That" she added colby,
never would have happened in
ISt. Louis"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
MOTHER DAY SERVICE
lat TIE MPLE ISRAEL

A Mothers Day sermon will be
delivered tonight at Temple Of
Israel by Rabbi Pier W. ia
cobs.
He will use for his subject, 1.-THE
influence of the Home"
Rabbi Jacobs said that services
will be At 8 p. m. The usual Satur-
day morning service will be held
lat. II 4. m. The public IL invitaA
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
MERCHANT
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in his show windows. He put writ,
ing rooms, a p%ostoffice, an infor
nation bureau and a roof garden
in his store. He said his was MOI
a store but a "civic CENTER"
Four Survive
His survivors are three daugh
tiers and a son, H. Gordon Self
ridge, Jr., a New York business
man. His wife died in 1918.
He surrendered his American
citizenship in 1887 and became /;
British subject. He said New Yorl
city was "an old lady" and London
BY comparison, a really live town
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09

Beads made from shells and
called wampum, which were the
medium of exchange for North
American Indians, took Its value
from its color. Dark wampum
made from the hardshe'l clam was
the most valuable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
Port CITY
Item s

me Volunteer Service Bureau
VIII hold regular office hours to-
oay from 10 a.. m. 10 l D. m. in
me Red Feather conference room.
Tide Water building. ANY persons
deslrlng to register for volunteer
service with social agencies. O.
wilmington are urged to be pres
emit, George Stearns, executive sec.
cary OF the Community Chest.
said. ~
Robert Scott, director of safety
and insurance; Ben H. Brown.
assistant to vice : president-traf-
tic: and Jim S. Webb Jr., public
relations official at the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad will meet with
'helr executives of Eastern Rail
roads at a public relations
conference of the Association of
American Railroads in Washing
ton, D. c.. on May IA and IS. The
conference will be held under the
direction of the public relations
section of the association.
G. S. stomsoe, superintendent
of safety. Atlantic Coast Line rail
road, is in Cleveland, Ohio, to at
tend a three-day conference be-
ginning yesterday, conducted by
the association Of American Rail-
roads.
A. W. Best, Jr., and F. A. Tatum
were sworn in yesterday as. spec
ial deputies Of New Hanover coun-
ty sheriff Porter Davis. The two
men will fill vacancies in the de-
partment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
BAPTIST
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uled for tonight but the retention
Of the Rev. Louie D. Newton. At
lanta, Ca, as convention president
was virtually assured despite the
opposition Of the Rev Frank J..
Norris of Fort Worth, rex.
Norris said he would again raise
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09

he question of Newton's "policy
If appeasement" toward Russia
Ind Communism but said he had
title hope that Newton would be
%Inseated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
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matter to the U. N. were defeate'
by voice votes.
One, by Rep. Javits (R.-N.Y.)
would have instructed the admins
tration to lay the problems o
Greece and Turkey before the U
N. but permitted the American as
sistance program to proceed in tn
meantime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09

The golden-eyed fly is a lace
winged fly, so called because in
some lights the eye seems made
of FURNISHED gold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-09
The Weather,

Weather bureau report Of temporal
tire and rainfall for the "a hours ending
8 o. M, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
WHTEVlLLE POST
COMMITTEES SET
American Legion Adds
Eight New Members To
Stadium Group
Special to the Star

WHITEV1LLE. July 10-A COM
plete new list Of committees was
formed by the Whiteville Amer
lean Legion Post 1877 at the regular
meeting held on Tuesday night,
July 8, with eight additional men,
bers being assigned to the newly
built Memorial Stadium. The sta
dunn committee is one Of the most
important groups in the legion at
the present time, stated officials,
as the problems of managing the
new park are numerous.
Ralph Sholar, finance chairman
OF the stadium, reported that he
had sent out bids for the construc-
ton Of a roof over the grandstand
and that bids were expected in by
the end OF the week. The legion
hopes to have the roof up by the
end Of the month in accordance
with their accelerated efforts to
complete the field by the end OF
the baseball season.
At the request Of Sholar the fol
lowing men will now serve on the
Memorial COMMITTEES:
Glenn Dorward, Herbert Phifer,
c. d. Pickerell, o. L. Owen, Dew
ey Hardy, H. M. Leamon, Dave
Nelson, John Charles Maultsby,
John Kranke, Jr., j. A. Maultsby,
Jr., H. D. Stanley, c. D. Hender-
son, Knox Proctor, J.. B. Hickman,
and A. J. Kranke, ST..
Other committees appointed
were: Membership; Robert Rocks,
Joe Mann, Marion Inman, Glenn
Dorward and Charlie Parnall.
House; Marion Inman, c. D.
Pickerell, A. J. Krankhe, Martin
Schulken, Ralph Sholar, Dennis L.
Sasser, Cooper Heath.
Legal; Knox Proctor, Bob Burns
and R. D. Stanley.
Finance; Henry Wyche, Josiah
Maultsby, Herbert Phifer, Ralph
Sholar, Eugene Sears.
Publicity; David Nelson, A. E.
Hefner, ard Jimmy Brooks.
Service; Thurston FormyDuval
and Joe Mann.
Visiting: Nancy FormyDuval,
Herbert Phifer and Martin Schulz
ken.
Athletics; Kncx Proctor, J. B.
Hickman, Dewey Hardy, H. M
Leamon, H. D. Stanley, Ear.
Brinkley and Glenn Dorward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
DUPLIN MAN HELD
ON ASSAULT COUNT
Another Charged With
Abetting In Assault
On Onslow Woman
ISpecial To The Star

Special To The Star
JACKSONVILLE, July 10-A 10
year-old Duplin county white man
wal being held in the Onslow eoun-
ty jail here tonight without benefit
of bond on a charge Of criminal
assault upon a young Onslow coun-
ty white woman last Saturday
night, according 70 Sheriff Dan
Sanders.
Another 20-year-oad youth OF
Maple Hill was being held under
a 81, 900 bond on a charge Of an
attempted criminal assault and
with abetting in a criminal assault.
Bonnie Foy. Of Wallace is held
without bond and Pender Gug-
ganus is charged with abetting IN
the assault upon Lucy Foy, who
Sheriff Sanders said, is no rela-
ton to the Wallace man. The young
woman lives in the Nine Mile Sec
ton Of Onslow county.
The sheriff said that no date
has been set for a hearing pend
ing 4 conference with Solicitor
] Abner Parker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
TO ARRIVE
AT BOSTON JULY II
Special To The Star

U. S. CUTTER MENDOZA ON
ICE PATROL, NORTH ATLANTIC,
July 10-On Sunday, July 6, the
Mendoza found the long sought
Tor berg after receiving a report
OF its position in the morning from
the SIS William Wheelwright.
This berg had drifted around
the tail OF the banks and con-
siSerably farther to westward
than u computations had allow
ed for. Since then we have drifted
with the berg, warning passing
ships, and have watched it steadi-
ly calve and melt until it is now
only a fair sized growler, but still
a very solid hazard to navigation"
the cutter reported.
The Mendoza will be relieved on
ice patrol by the cutter Spencer.
The Spencer comes out from
Argentia having just completed a
weather patrol. The Mendoza will
arrive in Argentia tomorrow, pick
up service passengers and some
cargo, then proceed to Boston, ar
rivlng there on Saturday, July II.
The Mendoza will stand by in
Boston pending termination of the
surface patrol and release, if this
occurs before July 20. Otherwise
the Mendoza will resume the sur
face patrol relieving the Spencer
on July %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
DURHAM MAN Named
FIRE FIGHTERS HEAD
AT ASHEVILLE MEET

ASHEVILLE, July 10-PeWil-
liam H. Copely, Of Durham was
named president Of the North Car
DINA Fire Fighters association at
the closing session of a two-day
convention here today. Other Off
GERS included J. l.. Hall of Ashe-
vile, Henry Watkins of Raleigh;
and w. E. Cox of Winston-Salem,
vice presidents; and H. E. Black
mon of Charlotte, secretary-treas-
urer.
The convention passed a reso-
luton recommending that cities
receive a larger income from, the
state gasoline tax revenues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
LIFE MAGAZINE WITH
LOCAL SAFETY SHOW
PICTURES SOON OUT

The July IA issue Of Lie maya
zine, to hit the newstands soon,
will carry pictures and a story OF
s. Davis Polvogt, Of Wilmington,
and his death-defying bicycle act.
Seven Of the pictures, made by
a Life photographer at a safety
show held at the Legion Stadium
here and sponsored by the police
department and MacMillan-Cam
eron Company, appear in the ma
tional magazine. Most Of the pic
lures show Polvogt, %, tire sales
man, suspended in midair after a
collision with an automobile.
Entitled "How not to ride a BIZ
cycle in traffic." the story OF the
local boy is used in connection
with a bicycle court for kids in
California.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
AGENT LEAVES

WH1TEv1LLE, July 1o-J. P.
Quinerly, assistant county farm
agent, left Thursday morning with
other North Carolina delegates to
attend a Southern Farm Bureau
Training School at San Antonio
Texas. Mr.. Quinerly will return
about July 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
CLUB OFFICERS|
TO BE INSTALLED IN
OFFICE IN DECEMBER

New officers Of the New Hanover
county Federation Of Home Dem
%onstration clubs, who will take of.
flee in December, have been elect
ed.
Mrs. Henry Getaway will serve
as president of the Federation for
the coming year.
Other new officers are: Mrs
Eva Long, first vice-president;
Mrs. Fred Jordan, second vice.
president; Mrs. J. W. Permenter,
secretary; Mrs. Albert Setter,
treasurer: and Mrs. Paul Jordan,
chairman of the county advisory
council.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11

interest the federal government
IN the proposal to cut a spilway
near Calabash to divert flood wa
tiers of the Waccamaw have called
the meeting to see whether farm
ers and citizens of the areas at
fected are interested.
One spokesman said this morn
ing that a large turnout at these
meetings Saturday would be evil
dence that the people really want
something done about drainage in
the Waccamaw basin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11
CONTROL
: MASS MEET SET
usecamaw River Project
~ b. Discussed At Two
Meetings Saturday

,urTEVILLE, July 10 Two
meetings on the proposed
n' .maw River flood control
Ws+ will be held on Saturday,
first mass meeting will be
IN At Waccamaw School in
se,u ,swick county at 1870 pm. and
sscond at Old Dock school at
tp.H'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11

Early travellers to Japan re-
ported that in trials for theft a
piece Of red-hot metal was placed
In the hand of the accused. who
then threw 1t away. If his hand
was unburned, he was adjudged
innocent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-11

The Luth, or Leathe-y Turtle,
is a marine animal inhabiting
tropical seas; it reaches a length
of eight feet and weights A. much
las 4 ton. g
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-04-04
Lakeland, Fla.
Homeless Jews Can
Enter France; Says
French Ambassador

France will continue to keep it's
borders open for homeless Jews
despite it's critical financial posi-
ton, it was stated by Ambassador
Henri Bonet of France, who had
Just returned from visit to
France, and who declared that
although France is now suffering
from the results of World War II,
we will not close our borders to
displaced Jews"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-04-04
Monsky Appointed To Justice
Departments Advisory Committee

WASHINGTON D. C-The appointment of Henry Monsky
president Bnai Birth to the newly formulated Justice
Departments Advisory Citizenship
Attorney Clark
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-04-04


Monsky is among distinguish
ed group of Americans who have
been designated to advise the De-
partment of Justice on compre-
hensive nationwide program to
emphasize the worth and meaning
Of Citizenship from the aliens en-
try up to and also beyond the time
of the induction ceremony.
The appointment of the commit
tee is another step in the citizen
ship program which the Depart
ment of Justice has been conduct
ing since 1912 in cooperation with
the courts, civic, educational and
service organizations.
Attorney General Clark outlined
the following plan of implementa-
ton at the same time that he an
nounced the names of the advisory
committee:
1. Instructions to all represen-
tatives of the Department of JUS
tice who have contact with pOten-
tial citizens and visitors regard
ing their responsibilities under the
new program.
2. To prepare a small pamph-
let, containing some significant
facts about our country, to be Civ
en- to the. prospective citizens as
we'll as visitors to America at
the time the visa is obtained from
the consul or before the vessel ar
rives at the port of entry. Written
both in English and in the lang
uage of the newcomer, this pamph-
let would not only have an educa-
tional value but serve as a well
come to the prospective citizen.
In addition, it would be medium
for creating good will among our
visitors.
8. 1t is also proposed to pre-
pare a small booklet to be given
to each new citizen at the time of
his induction into citizenship as a
concrete, symbol of the significance
of the occasion and to emphasize
his responsibilities to his adopted
country.
4. Further development of CO.
operative relationships with mem
bers of the Bench and Bar, civial
and educational authorities and
patriotic organizations in carry
ing out the program.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-04-04

evI like these" Stephen Cross z tells his sister, Deborah g,
they inspect for Jewish children Europe
Supplies for Overseas Survivors,
Bernard and Emanuel krosney OF the oxford TaHS
American OF Mt Vernon
gladly accept clothing needed desperately by Jewish
children Collection special continuing project
Committee sends contributed supplies OF OOd
clothing, medicines lyettes household and comfort ITEMS books and
100000 surviving Jews abroad The JDC receives its
relief and reconstruction activities from contr
the $l7OOOOOO campaign of the United Jewish Appeal
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
Presentation Copy Of Old
Lincoln Book Discovered

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-An orig
inal presentation copy of the Ode
bates Between Lincoln and Doug
las" personally autographed by
Abraham Lincoln, has been
found in a Springfield bookstore
by King v. Hostick, collector of
Lincoln letters and documents.
Published in 1860 in Columbus,
Ohio, the volume is inscribed on
the title page in the hand of Lin
coin to R. M. Elder.
Elder made speeches for Lin
coin during the latter's p%residen-
tial campaign. The book is one of
100 copies which ere given to
Lincoln by the publishers in pay
ment for his supplying them with
his text of the famous Lincoln
Douglas debates.
Lincoln used the books as po-
litical favors, giving them to his
friends during the presidential
election year.
Although many copies Of the
book are still in existence, the
presentation sentiment, together
with Lincoln's signature, makes
Hostick's find one of some value,
he said.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
Navy Picks Bugs for ..
War on Pacific Pests
Insects Ere Recruited to Lead in
Biological Attack.

PEARL HARBOR, H. I. - In the
latest Pacific war, the navy is re-
cruiting insects to ~spearhead its at
tack.
The attack is an about offensive
against insect pests which n rav-
aging food plants in some Pacific
islands. Final plans now call for bio
logical control of the ~pests-intro-
ducing their natural enemies for a
fight to the finish.
If the campaign is successful, the
control insects will live on their
hosts but will not themselves be-
come a nuisance. >
"This method of control already
has been started in Micronesia and
will be pushed vigorously" said
Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, U. S. high
commissioner of the trust territory
of the Pacific. Denfeld looks after
some 1,460 islands and reefs scat
tered yer 1000, 900 square miles of
ocean.
The current strategy was mapped
by naval specialists and mainland
scientists at a Pearl Harbor confer
ence sponsored by the Pacific sci
ence board of National Research
council.
Scientists now are scouting far
flung Pacific regions for enemies of
island pests.
Theodore R. Gardner of the U. S.
department of agriculture has gone
to Malaysia to collect a species of
scotia wasp, a known enemy of the
rhinoceros beetle. The navy plans to
fly the wasps into the Palaus to COM
bat beetles damaging coconut trees.
Harold Compere of University of
California left for Zanzibar, seeking
wasps which attack larvae of the
rhinoceros beetle. Another Univer-
sity of California scientist, DR.. w.
Harry Lange, is making a six month
study of Marianas coconut beetles.
He will search the Indo-Malaysian
regions for their natural enemies.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
Bloodhound, Finder Of Babe,
Succeeds in Another Case
HARRISVILLE. N. H. Oueenie

HARRISVILLE, N. H. - Queenie
did it again.
In her first test, Sheriff Arthur N.
Jennison's three-year-old blood
hound led a posse through a mile
and a half of swamps and wood
lands at Fitzwilliam to find three
year-old Louis Dunton, missing since
the evening before.
In her second test a month later,
Queenie piloted another search
party to Anthony Leoni, 28-year-old
war veteran of South Boston, who
was found unframed after a night
in the freezing woods.
Leoni, a patient at Aldworth Man.
or, a private santarium, disap-
peared. Queenie found him in dense
woods a half mile from the hospital.
Sanitarium doctors said that al
though recuperating from a recent
brain operation, Leoni vent through
the experience in good condition.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
OF Ancient Origin

Shellac, which is known to the
average home owner as a coating
for floors and other wooden surfaces,
although it actually has a great
variety of other uses, derives its
name from the ancient Sanskit word
"lac" which means zone hundred
thousand" suggestive of the multi
tude of tiny insects which exude
the highly useful gum from which
shellac is made. The gum is col
lected from the branches of the
trees in India, Burma and Siam,
upon which the insects swarm.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
Attending School
For Courses in Family Life

SEATTLE, WASH. - More than
1000 Seattle parents have begun
free courses in family life educa-
ton.
Supervised by the Seattle school
board, which also supplies teachers,
the parents started back to school.
Their first subject was "Under-
standing the Teen-Ager," a weekly
course of eight two-hour sessions.
The local school system has sched-
uled four other courses in family
understanding. They are "Under-
standing the Child; two courses in
understanding the Infant" and
one course designed especially for
fathers, Understanding the Fam
lily"
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
Strides in Horticulture

The chrysanthemum, which be-
gan life as a wild, yellow, single
petaled flower in the mountains of
China, now has many c%olors, varie-
ties and sizes. Among the varieties
are the large, globular species, fam
tastic Japanese kinds, spidery types
like the Full, anemone and daisy
varieties, pompons and button
NUNS.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
U. S. Army Clothing
Stolen in Germany, Reuort

FRANKFORT, GERMANY. -
German officials said that thieves
had broken into a warehouse in
Bremerhaven and stolen several
hundred surplus U. S. army gar
ments presumably for sale on the
black market. The garments were
part of a 100 million dollar consign-
ment to be sold in the American and
British zones in GERMANY. %
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
uomestIcate the Buffalo

Certain tribesmen Of southern In
dia domesticate the buffalo but gen.
orally abstain from eating its flesh,
according to Encyclopaedia Britain
MICA. 1t is only once a year that a
bull calf is sacrificed and the meat
is eaten in a forest by the male
adults.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-17
The Peninsula State

Florida has taken for its motto,
"In God We Trust" The state
flower is the orange blossom and
the state bird the m~ockingbird.