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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
SPEAKERS STRESS
EVANGELISM HERE
Two Day Conference OF
Methodists To Adjourn
This Afternoon

Speaking on Visitation Evangel-
ISM, DR.. Charles P. Powell, pas
tor of the Dilworth Methodist
Church in Charlotte, opened the
two day conference of Methodists
in this area yesterday afternoon.
The conference is being held in the
Wesleyan Methodist Church in
Winter Park.
DR.. Powell, in the keynote ad-
dress, emphasized the need for
greater conservation on the part
Of church leaders.
1--WE must begin with ourselves,
who are entrusted to be the il
terpreters of the gospel of Christ,
he stated. 1--WE shall not lead
others into realms of life where
we do not live"
The speaker also urged that be-
fore entering upon the program Of
visiting evangelism, every pastor
and laymen must tune their hearts
to Christ and his teachings.
EoAoW1IlS tIle opening ADDRESS,
DR.. Fred w. Paschal, Lumberton,
director of Evangelism, directed
an open discussion on visiting
evangelism"
j. c. Willis, Elizabethtown, chair
man Wilmington district of the
Crusade Council, opened last
nights session with a talk on "The
Year of Stewardship Detectives as
seer by a Layman".
The detectives presented in hi:
talk were: intensified cumulative
effort in the field of evangelism
and IS recruits for the ministry
new personal commitments to Goo
Continued IN Page 2. CnI. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
AUTHORITY MAY
SEEK STATE ACT
Talk Of Enabling Law Ex-
pected AT Airport Board
Meeting

Discussion c~entering about ef-
forts to have an enabling act grant
ing clearly defined power to the
Wllmington-New Hanover Airport
authority passed by the legislature
is slated for the Monday meeting
OF the city-county authority, it
was learned last night.
Planning OF the tentative schedule
follows closely on the heels of a
meeting of the board yesterday at
which time it was disclosed that
disagreement over powers of the
BOARD existed between the body and
The county commissioners.
The rift became apparent when
air board members protested
against having to contact the coun-
" before raising the salary Of Blue
menthal airfield employees.
A suggestion that the air authori-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
So To Bed

Our local chief Of police,
Charles HI. Casteen, Is not .
doubling man.
However, he contends that
the law of average would not
allow so many overtime park
ing notices to fall from wind
shields as some motorists have
reported here in recent days.
And just to prove that he was
not depending solely on the law
Of averages in squelching the
No. l alibi Of many, Chief Cas-
teen pointed out that In addi-
ton to that little red ticket.
Uncle Sam, through the mails,
delivers q handy reminder to
those who are tagged by the
local guardians Of the law
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
THAWS REMOVING
SHOWS FROM WEST
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A widespread January thaw be-
gan removing a snow cover from
a number of mid-continent states
Tuesday.
Weather forecasters said a warm
air mass was melting snow in
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
Temperatures slightly above
freezing were melting snow patches
on roads in Illinois, Michigan, and
Indiana. ,.
Seasonal to mild temperatures
were recorded in most of the ma
ton except west Of the Rocky
Mountains, along the Western Gull
coast and in Northern New Eng
land. However, rising temperatures
were in prospect for New England
and the Western Gulf coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
PROJECT. STARTS
REMOVE BARGE
Sunken Vessel In Cape
Fear Channel To Be Nov
ed Before Dredging

No work on the dredging of the
Cape Fear river channel at Lock
woods Folly inlet will be done until
the wrecked barge which caused
the shoaling at that point is re-
moved, a spokesman for the Will
mington district of the U. S. En-
gineers said yesterday.
Operations of removing the
barge is nov underway, it was
stated, and the dredging will be
held up until the barge is remov-
ed, at the request of the owner.
The dredging to remove the sand
shoal will then begin, the spokes-
man said, to return the channel
to its project depth of 30 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
FORECAST

Wilmington and vicinity-Cloudy and
mild with occasional rain today and
partly cloudy tonight; Thursday increas-
ing cloudiness and cooler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08

Continued on Page 2, Col. A.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Allies Concerned at 7ito's Plans
On N|or Criminals Held in Italy
BY Constantine Brown
Star Foreign Affoirs AnoIyst

ROME (By MaiD The real con-
Germ of italian, British and Ameri-
can authorities, in connection with
the dispersion of thousands of state
less persons still held in Italian
camps, is the Yugoslav attitude.
Insofar as the Ukrainians. who are
held by the British at Rlmini, are
concerned, the situation is clear
These former fighters for Hitler dc
not hesitate to admit to British in
telligence officers that they fought
for the Germans because they con-
sidered them a lesser evil than the
Russians. But they add that If they
are ordered back to Russia they will
resist deportation TO the last man
and those who do not die fighting
will commit suicide. Past expert
ences Of other Ukrainians who re-
turned tc Soviet rule nave convinced
them that death is by far the easiest
way out.
The principal problem, therefore,
7 is with those whom Marshall Tito
desires to have back. Up to the
present Marshal Tito has asked for
the surrender of only TOO men as
war criminals. This request was not
complied with. because it was not
possible to determine where these
persons were. The names given by
Marshal Tito did not tally with
names on the Allies rolls.
!. Marshal Tito has been complain
ing at the delay, principally for the
sake of the record. He knows that
as soon as the Italian peace treaty
is ratified he can demand anything
and anybody he wants from the
powerless Italian government.
Unless Brig. Fitzroy MacLean,
British M. P. who was sent to Italy
to dissolve the refugee camps, man.
ages to clear from Italy in two
months all those who fought with
Gen. Draja Mihailovich, the chances
are that those who remain will be
surrendered TO Yugoslavia by Italy
If humanitarian considerations
are invoked by the Rome govern
ment it will be faced with the posi-
bility of Marshal Tito coming in
force to take the enemies of Yugo-
slavia." According to indications
from Belgrade. there is more than
chance that Marshal Tito will use
strong methods to finish off the
Mihailovich remnants who remain
in Italy.
The chief concern Of the Italian
government is with the possibility
that the Yugoslav dictator may take
advantage of the loophole con-
tanned in Article AZ of the Italian
peace treaty and send divisions into
Italy for an indefinite stay. 1t is
impossible for the Allies and the
Italian authorities to track down
the large number of men uprooted
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Daughter and Fiance
Held in Blast Deaths
OF Couple on Yacht
BY the Associoied Press

SANTA ANA, Calf, Mar. 90
Two college students. engaged to be
married next month, were in Orange
County Jail today awaiting outcome
of police investigation into the ex-
plosion deaths late Saturday night
of the girls wealthy parents aboard
their 47-foot yacht in Newport Har-
Dor.
Beulah Louise Overell, IT, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Over
ell, and George Rector Gollum, 81
were arrested yesterday after Sheriff
James Musick and Newport Beach
Police Chief r. r. Eodgkinson said
80 sticks of dynamite and wired
clock were discovered in the wrecked
hulk. The yacht sank after the ex-
plosion. first attributed to gasoline
and investigators went aboard wheh
it was raised the next day.
Interviewed separately last night
both Gollum and Miss Overell de-
MED any responsibility for the
tragedy. They said they had left
the boat for hamburgers shortly be.
fore the explosion, s
Parents Had Opposed Marriage.
Miss Overell disclosed that hel
62-year-old father and 57-year-olc
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Two Witnesses Testify
On Report Of Stewart
Trip 10 Get Funds

Testifying in the District Court
perjury trial of Douglas M. Stewart
two Government witnesses said to-
day they had been informed the
former editor of Scribner's went to
New York in 1941 to finance his
publications urging America to stay
out of the war
This was the year the Govern
ment accuses Stewart with having
accepted between $4,000 and SIS 900
from Baron Herbert Won Strempel,
former first secretary Of the Ger
man Embassy, in a New York hotel
room. The perjury charge stemmed
from Stewards testimony about this
matter before the grand jury which
returned the mass sedition indict-
ments.
Stewart has testified he found the
$4,000 in the hallway of his Lake
Geneva (Wis) home and that alto
gether he received $4,000 anony-
mously for his magazines in 1941.
Ickes' Son on Stand.
The two Government witnesses
today were Raymond w. Ickes,
Chicago attorney and son of the
former Secretary of the Interior
and Paul Ertsinger, FBI agent.
They said that a defense witness,
Lancaster Greene, New York in
vestment adviser, had told them
about SteWart's trip to New York.
Mr.. Ertsinger and Mr.. Ickes also
denied they had intimidated defense
witnesses, as charged by the defense.
Mr.. Ickes until recently had charge
of the Stewart case as special
assistant to the Attorney General.
The defense completed its case
this morning except for one more
witness. and the Government began
its rebuttal. Returning to the stand,
Stewart denied having any arrange
ments with German consuls general.
George T. Eggleston. now art direc-
tor of the Readers Digest, corrobo-
rated this.
A former emplcye of Scribner's
Commentator. which Stewart pub
| lished. Mr.. Eggleston also said Mr..
I vi CClIC IlCfCl WIOGC 1oI DftdJ
zine. or for the Lake Geneva tWis)
| Herald, another Stewart publica-
ton.
Stewart Defended.
! The final defense witness was
Norvin r. Greene, New York in
vestment adviser and brother of
Lancaster Greene. He testified
| that on the day the Government
says Stewart received the money
his brother remained in their Offices
all afternoon until about pm
! The Government has contended
/ the baron saw Stewart and Lam
caster Greene in the hotel room
/ The witness also said that Stewart S
reputation for truth was the best
and added that he had never heard
his veracity questioned. The de
fense then closed its case and the
Government also rested.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Peace Rumors Persist
In Poroquoyon Revolt

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Mar. 20 lP,
Despite government denials, re-
ports persisted in Asuncion toda.
that peace negotiations were ir
progress between government forces
and rebellious troops which since
March have seized much of the
Northern Paraguay.
President Higinio Morinigo's gov.
ernment said the only military ac.
ton yesterday in the wild. rough
country consisted of patrolling
Well-posted informants said &
blockade of the Paraguay River wa;
keeping the rebels short of river.
borne supplies.
The government reported in.
surgents still were surrendering tt
loyal forces in small groups. But
veterans of Chaco border warfare
with Bolivia were said to have gont
over to the insurgents in force
under their commanders. Col. AL
fredo Ramos and Col. Arturo Bray
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Legion 10 Present Awards
To 18 District Children

Eighteen scholastic awards will be
presented to District school children
at an annual patriotic assembly
sponsored by Fort Stevens Post, No.
80, American Legion, at pm. to-
morrow at Roosevelt High School.
Awards will be presented to Mary
lin Koenick and Samuel Albert,
IMacfarland Junior High School;
Harolyn Orleans and Danforth JOS
lyn of Paul Junior High School,
Barbara Boyer and Warren Maxim
of Coolidge High School, and Mary
Fenton and Roland Woodfleld,
Roosevelt High School.
Medals for prize-winning essays
will be given to sixth grade students
of these schools: Petworth, Bright
wood, Barnard, Keene. Nativity,
Rudolph, St. Gabriel's, Takoma,
West and Whittier.
Speakers at the gathering will in
Iclude Clifford H. Newell. president
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations; James A. Cannon of the
Board of Education, and Thomas D.
Collins. commander of the Legion
post. Music will be furnished by
the Roosevelt Cadet Band.
Meanwhile, the 10th annual ora
torical contest, sponsored by the
James Reese Europe and James E.
Walker Legion Posts for colored high
school students in the District, will
be held at pm. tomorrow at the
Garnet Patterson Junior High
School. The public is invited.
Many of Mexico City,s buildings
are constructed on the ruins of the
Aztec city destroyed when it was
conquered by the Spaniards.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
mother had opposed her marriage to

mother had opposed her marriage to
Gollum.
They didn't want to give me
up." she said. They thought / was
too young. They finally gave In
after we said we were going tc
get married anyway. Both of us
were going to finish school and
work at the same time. We
wouldn't have needed any OF theil
money to support U.s."
Gollum is a 6-foot, 1-inch pre-
medical student at Los Angeles
City College. His flancee is fresh
man at the University of Southern
California, majoring in journalism.
No Positive Link Established.
1--WE are not accused of anything,
Gollum stated calmly. I'VE are
simply being held under suspicion
while police make their investiga'
tions. There can't be anything more
to it than that, because we know
nothing about the accident"
Chief Hodgkinson said. "investiga
ton of the explosion developed such
discriminating evidence that we be-
lieve we were justified in booking
the girl and her friend on suspicion
of murder" He added, however
that there is nothing definitely link
ing the pair with the dynamite ane
the wired clock.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs
Overell were found in the yacht!
galley. The dynamite sticks, ont
with a detonator attached, and thu
alarm cock with wire attached
we're discovered in the compare
lively undamaged engine compart'
ment OF the boat.
Evening star., 1947-03-20

trict Public Schools. 1t will be
broadcast from the Interior De-
partment Auditorium over Station
WMAL and 225 other stations OF
the American BroadcaSting Co.
Don Hays of Portland, Greg, will
be A co-speaker with Miss Harrison.
Taking the affirmative will be Caro-
line Arden of High Point, N. c.,
and Vivian Max of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Negative interrogators will be Ann
Farrell of Chicago and Joan Martin
Of Pittsburgh. Affirmative inter-
rogators will be Bill Elliott of
Bartlesville, Okla, and Frederic
Nagelstod of Sioux City, Iowa.
George V. Denney, jr.. president
Of Town Hall and moderator of
the program, will conduct the broad
cast.
The eight finalists were selected
from 500 contestants throughout the
country. They were to be guests
today at a Kiwanis Club luncheon
In the MayfloWer Hotel.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Largest Collection
OF Year Is Reported
In Wastepaper Drive

Stimulated by the opportunity tc
obtain sound-movie projectors fol
their schools and by the higher
prices being paid for wastepaper
papertroopers in the third district OF
The Evening Star-PTA paper
salvage campaign turned In the
largest one-day collection since No.
vember.
The days figures were 32,960
pounds of old newspapers and $3.50
pounds of mixed magazines, a total
OF 1850 pounds.
r. Word was received today that the
first OF the projectors being dis
tributed through the paper salvage
campaign may arrive around the
first of next week. This is about a
week earlier than originally prom
ised. They will be delivered to the
schools ordering them with money
raised in the drive. At present 35
such requests have been received, 10
more than the number of machines
in the initial shipment from the
manufactu Deliveries are being
made in same order that requests
are filed in writing with paper
trooper headquarters in The Star
Building.
Among yesterdays collections
were H. D. Cooke, 1896 pounds
Bancroft, $3.50 pounds; Mott, $50
pounds; Wilson, 82s pounds: Adams,
1872 pounds; Park View. 1908
pounds: Raymond. 1868 pounds;
Petworth, 3.111 pounds; Powell, e2l
pounds; lexington, TOO pounds;
Barnard, 4.S43 pounds West, 2,160
pounds; East Silver Spring, 1852
pounds; Morgan. $50 pounds:
Sumner-Magrauder, 1,l51 pounds;
Shepherd, 1892 pounds; Takoma
Park, 3,1l6 pounds: Whittier, 900
pounds, and Brightvood, 1850,
pounds,
The schedule for collection to-
morrow, together with the leaders
in the fifth district, are as follows.
Evening star., 1947-03-20

from behind the iron curtain sno
clear them out of this country.
After the peace treaties are rati-
fled Marshal Tito may demand, on
the basis of Article AZ. that tens OF
thousands of these displaced per-
sons be handed over to him. He
can present lists of war criminals
which no one will be able to check
He can insist that since the italian
government does not have the desire
or the means-to comply with his
request, he will send his own police
force to hunt for these war
criminals"
Naturally, since the number OF
unregistered aliens in italy is more
than 250.000, 1t will require police
force of 10000 to $4,000 men to dc
the job. The U, N. will not be able
to interfere If Marshal Tito resorts
to a clause of the peace treaty which
the Italians, he can say, are not
capable of executing. Thus Yugo-
slav forces may appear on italian
soil as a lawful police force"
The italian government is ex-
pected to deliver to Belgrade ali
Serbian, Albanian and Croatian
officers and soldiers who at present
are under British and American
care, If, by the time the treaty is
ratified, they have not been declared
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Taft Backs Truman S
Appeal for Continued
Control Of Exports
BY the Associoied Press

Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio threw his weight behind
President Truman's appeal for
continued export controls today
as the Senate Finance Commit
tee sought to determine likely
American commitments to the
proposed international trade Or
ganization.
Senator Taft told a reporter he
agrees with the Chief Executive
that the Government must keep
tight rein on goods shipped to
foreign countries. Mr.. Truman said
that power is needed now more than
ever since this country has become
a Nation with worldwide response
bilitie5."
1T seems to me that control over
what can be shipped and where it
can be sent will be particularly nee
essary If we are to step in to aid
Greece and Turkey" Senator Taft
said.
Cana See Domestic Controls.
But he cannot go along, the Ohio
Senator added, with the Presidents S
previous request-to continue war
time controls over many domestic
commodities and services, through
ALLEGATIONS and priorities He men
toned sugar and rubber as excep-
tions, however.
"Au these controls do in peacetime
Is to make mess of things" Sen
ator Taft commented.
The support of Senator Taft. who
heads the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, diminished the posi-
bility of a partisan fight on the ex-
port issue.
But Chairman Millikin of the Sen
ate Finance Committee said his
group wants to know, among other
things, what effect keeping these
controls will have on the Interna-
tional Trade Organization proposal.
The group called Will Clayton,
Undersecretary of State for Eco
nomic Affairs. before 1t for testi-
mony at an afternoon hearing.
ut seems to me the two go in
opposite directions. Senator Milli-
kin said in an interview. The ITO
program is pointed toward eliminat-
ing Government controls over trade,
particularly imports, and the Presi-
dents program is to retain our own
authority over what can be shipped
and where"
Beyond that, Senator Millikin said
Senators intend to find out now just
what commitments will have to be
made by the United States if it
joins the ITO, which is being pro-
posed by 18 nations.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Poll Shows Only Two
Senator's Opposed 10
Daylight Time Bill

Virtually no Senate opposition
will be registered to the McGrath
bill for daylight saving time in the
District. according to recent poll
of sc Senators by the Junior Board
of Commerce.
The boards survey found only two
legislators opposed to the bill. They
were Senators Overton, Democrat,
I of Louisiana and Thomas. Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma, declared Lou
Brott, spokesman for the group.
Many of the so came out unquali-
fiedly for the bill" he said. Others
said the question should be left up
to the people-which is just what
the bill provides"
The McGrath bill directs the Conn
missioners to determine public sem
timent about the issue. and author
ICES them to establish daylight saw
ing time if they find the people want
it. The bill was reported favorably
last week by the Senate District
Committee.
Senator McGrath, Democrat, of
Rhode Island, said he hoped to get
the bill to the floor as soon as the
Senate can get to its regular legis-
lative calendar. He said ne was
advised by Majority Leader White
that one day this week might pos
sibly be set aside for regular calen-
dar business. The Senate now is
tied up with portal-to-portal legis-
lation debate
Chairman Dirksen of the House
District Committee has introduced
companion bill in the House. but
indicated action would be held up
until the Senate takes a definite
stand.
Meanwhile, William H. Press, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Washington
Board of Trade, said informal dis
cussions with Senators on the ques-
tion bear out the junior boards
survey.
In a letter to Senator Capper.
Democrat, of Kansas MI. Press de-
clared that daylight time is essen
tial to Washington business.
Pointing out that States north Of
the District and as far Vast as
Chicago will change time this sum-
mer, he declared:
IF we stay on standard time It
means there will be confusion for
travellers and lost time in length Of
the business day of banks, financial
institutions and all business houses
engaged in interstate commerce. We
would have dislocation, lost time and
added expense in making necessary
adjustments.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Mrs. Anna Dodge DilIman
Brinqs Divorce Action
By the Associoted Press

/ DETROIT, Mar. 20-A suppressed
divorce action brought by 70-year-
old Mrs. Anna Dodge Dillman. widow
of millionaire Horace Dodge. against
her present husband was on file to-
day in Circuit Court.
The suit named Hugh Dillman, SO
whom she married in 1925. Informed
of the action at the couples elabo-
rate home in Palm Beach, Fla, Mr.
Dillman said he would not contest 1t
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press

Senate:
Resumes debate on portal pay bill.
Banking Committee hears Fiorello
La Guardia and Franklin D. Roose-
welt, ir.. testify on Wagner -Ellender-
Taft housing measure.
Armed Services Committee calls
Secretary of War Patterson for
testimony on Army-Navy merger
legislation.
Finance Committee summons
State Department officials for testi-
mony on proposed international
trade organization.
House:
Considers bill to consolidate Army
Navy buying.
Foreign Affairs Committee hears
Acting Secretary of State Acheson,
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal and
Secretary of War Patterson on
loans to Greece and Turkey.
Some snakes can strike three
quarters the length of their bodies
but most are able to strike only hall
the length Of their bodies.
Evening star., 1947-03-20
Apprentice Service
Now in New Office

| The Districts Apprentice Training
Service Once now is in its new
quarters. 462 Indiana avenue NV.
room COL, it was announced today
by Gino J. Simi, director. The
telephone number is National 6000
extensions 2842 and 2843.
The office, until recently, was in
the Washington area Office, United
States Employment Service.