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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
PRUETT APPOINTED
CIRCULATION HEAD
Former Wilmingtonian
Joins Star-News Staff
As Manager

Wallace E. Pruett, a former Will
mingtonian, has been appointed
Circulation Manager Of t h e Will
mington Morning Star, The Will
mington News and the Sunday
Star-News, r. B. Page, publisher,
announced yesterday.
Pruett, who has assumed his
duties, returned here from Mont
gomery, Ala, where he was n
member of the Circulation depart
ment staff of the Montgomery Ad-
vertiser-Journal, n of the soUth's
oldest and largest newspapers.
He was Circulation Manager OF
the Star-News newspapers from
1925 to 1888, when he left for
Montgomery. his native home.
During that period he was active
in the Carolinas Circulation Man
ayers association, having served
one term as president. He is a
veteran of World War II.
Page also announced the APP
pointment of Steadman L. Wick as
City Circulation M a n a 6 r. No
other changes in personnel of the
department are contemplated at
this time, he and Pruett said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
AZALEA FESTIVAL
MEETING CALLED
Group To Meet Tonight AT
Chamber OF Commerce
At 8 O'clock

The initial meeting or represent
atives from city and county or
CARNATIONS to lay plans for an
Azalea Festival here in 1948 Will
be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the
Chamber of Commerce ioo'ts,
Fourth and Princess streets.
DR.. w. Houston Moore said last
night that the meeting mas pee+i
called in order to attempt to Or
ganize a group who will take an In
terest in saying the festival here
and to make plans for the event.
It is hoped that the Azalea Festl-
val a be staged here each year
during the blooming season, DR..
Moore said. Present plans are TO
make the event COMMUNICATIVE,
onsored by a representative
group of the city and the county,
he added.
All organizations in Wilmington
and New Hanover county are ask
ed to participate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
TALMADCE GAINS
COURT DECISION
Atlanta Jurist Upholds His
Claim To The Georgia
Governorship

WcDONOUGH, Ca, Feb. PIP.
A Superior (Circuit) court up
held Herman Talmadge today in
his claim to the Governorship of
Georgia, but final decision rested
with the State Supreme court
which already has one diametrical-
ly-opposite decision of another
judge awaiting review.
Stolid, florid Judge Walter C.
Hendrix of the Fulton (Atlanta)
circuit held unequivocally for Tai
madge and dismissed suit by
Lieut.-Gov. M. E. Thompson for a
d~eclaratory judgment ousting Tai
madge from office. He ruled in a
2, 000-word decision that Georgia's
legislature vas authorized to ig-
more 143, 900 votes cast for Eugene
Talmadge, after the latter died
Dec. p, 1916, and held the As
sembly was within its constitutions
al rights when it elected Genes
33-year-old son to serve the elder
Talmadge's four-year-term.
Opposite View
At Rome, Ca, last week. anoth-
er Superior Judge, Claude Porter,
took the opposite view. He held
the legislature had exceeded its
authority, and declared Lieut..
Gov. Thompson was legal ~"acting
Continued on Page 2; Col. 4,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
BRIGADE TO MARK
5lST ANNIVERSARY
Senior Fraternity To Play
Host Friday On Foun-
der's Day

The fifty-first annual Founders
Day and Reunion of the Brigade
Boys club will be held Friday night
at the Brigade armory, it was
announced by r. c. Shackleford,
president of the Senior Fraternity,
which organization will play host
to the members of the Old-Brigade
at the reunion.
The Brigade was originally or
ganized on February 18th, 1896
by the late Colonel Walker Tay-
lor, in the Emmanuel Presbyter-
ian church, which was located at
that time at Front and Queen
Streets.
Through the leadership
Colonel Taylor, the Brigade grew
from a group of eight charter
members to over 100. In 1904 the
Brigade Armory was dedicated by
Governor Glenn, and the club
moved from it's former quarters
in the Presbyterian church to
Second and Church Streets, where
it has been located since that date.
In 1915 account War conditions,
the Brigade was disbanded and
Continued on Page 2; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
The Weather

FORECAST
NORTH and South Caralina-Consider,
able cloudiness and little change in tenn
pefature Thursday. Friday, partly cloudy
and slightly warmer.
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am. 80; 7:30 am. 81; 1870 pm. So;
7 80 pm. so.
Maximum SIS; Minimum 35; Mean As;
48.
Humidity
1:30 am. 81; 7:S0 am. 10; 1870 pm. 20;
1880 pm. ".
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm. -
0. 90 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
0.32 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by u.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington $50 3:47 am. 11:O2 am.
4:05 pm. ills pm.
Inlet AZ am. 1856 am.
1:47 pm. sos pm.
Sunrise 6:59; Sunset $50; Moonrise l :18
m; Moonset 11:46 am.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c.. at 8
am. Wednesday,, Ill feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
IscIlF nF I.I0|I0R
BACK in ASSEMBLY
Penny o. GuiIford Sends
Up Bill Calling For
State Referendum

RALEIGH, Feb. u (P - The
statewide liquor issue was back If
The lap of the Legislature tonight.
Senator Penny of dry Guilforo
county sent up a bill today asking
for a statewide referendum ext
November 4 on the sale of liquor
and all vines Of more than thre
PEI cent alcoholic content. He
would exempt light, domestic
wines.
The bill did lot mention beer.
It was sent to the finance COM
mittee, headed by, Senator Gray OF
Forsyth, another dry county.
In recent legislatures, measures
calling Cor a statewide referendum
Usually have been introduced in
Tie House, only to die in COM
nittee.
Dry leaders always charge that
The chief purpose of the Houses
Two thirds. or gag. rule is to de-
leat referendum measures. Under
The rule, a tWo-thirds vote is
necessary TO remove a bill from
The mfavorable calendar. There is
no tWo-thirds rule in the Senate.
Church Support
While he said he introduced the
Dill entirely on his own initiative,
renny will have the support of the
allled Church league for. prohibi-
uon OF beverage alcohol. Trustees
0l me league met here two weeks
ago and drafted plans for introduce
uoh OF such a measure. It was at
ca' meeting that Rep. Null of
Ileveland. longtime temperance
.ssoef and former speaker. assert
ca mat he believed such a meas
ue Won have little chance of
passing in this assembly. He urged
.nurch FOLK to continue their fight
ssalhSt intoxicating beverages,
ao~ever, and said that some day
soFth Carolina again would be
The Senate passed. 80 to 70. a
s.eaSure authorizing the erea-
.un OF a five-member board of
>A'nilhers for funeral directors. 1t
continued on Page 2; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Along The Cape Fear
HISTORY OR FABLE? =

HISTORY OR FABLE? 'How
oft we sigh
when histories charm to think
that histories lie!," so wrote
Thomas Moore in The Sceptic.
Thomas. you'll recall was by no
means alone in his views concern
ing history.
Matthew Arnold in his Literary
Influence of Academies said: "On
the breast of that huge Missis-
sippi of falsehood called history"
Napoleon, being a military man
with not as much flourish for fine
writing. merely stated: History is
a fable agreed upon"
Then our own Henry Ford, taking
time off from the important Joo
of making automobiles for a mo-
ment. proclaimed History is
bunk"
A survey of the legends of the
Lower Cape Fear region some
times lead one to think that Moore.
Napoleon. Arnold, and Ford had
something when they burst forth
with their opinion on tales of the
past.
GOOD EXAMPLE = The duel Of
Capt. Alex Simpgon a..
Th2n as Whitehurst way b OK in
1865 is a perfect example of why
many wonder where history leaves
off and fable begins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
CONVICT HELD
'DAHLIA" CASE
discriminating Evid c e
Found In Trunk OF
Stolen Automobile

PTTTSF1ELD, Mass. Feb. Il. -
W.H-A Boston eX-convict, who was
= Los Angeles when Elizabeth
Short was slain, has been. seized
here and will be questioned in con-
nection with the "Rlack Dahlia''
murder, state police announced.
The man, identified as George F.
Poleet, 81, of Boston, was driving
car allegedly stolen in
Albuquerque. N. Mex. in the car
were found an axe and an Army
entrenching tool.
State police said t II e axe bore
stains and other matter which ap-
peared to be dry hair. A single
gray hair also was found on the
~entrenching tool a type of shovel.
These pieces of equipment, found
locked in the cars trunk, were
taken to the state police laboratory
at Boston for xamination.
Poleet expressed surprise at the
discovery of the tools in the cars
trunk.
In Los Angeles
State police quoted MIN as. say
ing he was in Los Angeles from
Jan. 4 to Jan. 81. working for the
National Restaurant system. Miss
Shorts body was found in that city
Jan. Is.
Poleet said that after being paid
off he started East. In Albuquer-
que, he said, he stole the auto
mobile which was registered to j.
B.. Stephenson Of that city.
Keys were in the ignition, Poleet
said, but there were no keys for
the trunk.
He told police he did not look
into the locked trunk at any time
during his trip across the country.
CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

Bombings Are
Witness Before House La.
Dor Committee Relates
Startling Facts
RIFE
Clio Leaders Charge Mo-
nopolists With Pushing
Anti-Union Laws

WASHINGTON, Feb. Il - P)-
Tales of bombings and truck burn
ings in Pennsylvania union war
fare reached Capitol hill today
along with a CLIO assertion that
monopolists are pushing anti-union
laws as a smokescreen for their
own misdeeds.
Also, an industry spokesman
argued that 1000 coal mines had
been converted into a single,
synthetic bulldog and thrown
muzzled into a government-dug pit
to fight for it's life against John
L. Lewis and his United Mine
workers.
Taking one thing az a time, the
days developments included:
l. Testimony before the House
Labor committee by Meade j.
Mulvihill, general counsel for the
Pennsylvania State Brewers as
ISOLATION, that terrorism and an
archy" had spread through the
Pittsburgh area because of a beer
war" between AFL and CIO
unions.
CLIO Accusations
2. The CLIO Economic Outlook"
published an accusation that
greedy monopoly interests" had
brought about a crisis by forcing
decontrol of wartime curbs on in
dustry. 1t added these monopoly
interests are diverting attention
from the necessary sc..utions BY al
recting public attention to anti
labor proposals."
CONTINUED OH Page 2; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Pact
OF Agreement
Governments Proclaim
,Five-P Point Program For
Military Unity
NO BASES ASKED
Atomic Bomb Excluded
From General Under
standing OF Nations

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-LP-
The United States and Canada
announced today they will con-
tinue in peacetime their close war
time collaboration for the military
security of North America.
Without entering into a formal
treaty or binding agreements, the
two governments proclaimed 4
five-point program for unifying
training, standardizing arms, and
using each others military, naval
and air facilities.
Anything to do with the atomic
bomb "a excluded from the gem
eral understanding, it was made
clear, since both governments
have separate channels for de-
velopment and administration of
atomic energy.
Both stressed too, in formal an
nouncements made simultaneously
in Ottawa and Washington, that
the charter of the United Nations
remains the cornerstone Of the
foreign policy of each"
AA os IL lllC VullllSLCI W.. ~.
Mackenzie King told the House Of
Commons that the joint principles
agreed upon would strengthen
rather than impair the "coopera-
ion of each country within the
broader framework of the United
Nations"
No Bases Asked
King emphasized that the United
States had not asked for military
bases iii the Canadian northiand.
The two governments said that
their collaboration for peace time
joint security purposes" would be
limited and would be only to the
xtent authorized by law of each.
Their proclamation, issued less
than a month before the opening
in Moscow of the Big Four Foreign
Ministers conference, served never
theless to ~underscore United
States-Canadian unity on defense
of "the Arctic frontier'' facing
Europe.
Since 1910 the neighbor govern
ments have unified their common
military problems through the
permanent joint board on defense.
That body will continue it's work,
based on these enunciated princi-
pies:
Five Points
81. Interchange of selected in
dividuals so as to increase the
familiarity of each country's de-
Tense establishment with that Of
the other country.
"2. General cooperation and ex-
change of observers in connection
with exercises and with the de-
Continued on Page 2; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
PHILLIPS SPEAKS
AT PTA SESSION
County Council Hears Pres
ident OF NCEA Outline
Responsibilities

Stressing the need for corpora
ton between parents and teachers,
c. W. Phillips, public relations
head of the Woman's College,
Greensboro, told members OF the
PIT A County Council yesterday
that the responsibility of the vel
fare of the children rests with both
groups.
Phillips. who is president OF the
North Carolina Education Assocl-
alton and vice-president of the Ma
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers, spoke to representatives
of the IA schools of New Hanover
county yesterday afternoon IN
Hemenway school.
He was introduced by H. M.
Roland, superintendent of county
schools. Mrs. I. ]. Sutton, county
CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
ThirteenFiire
Alarm Boxes
Arrive Here
C;ty Manager Announces
Weekly Shipment Ex-
pected
BEING INSTALLED
limits Now Being Placed
In Operation In Sun
set Park

THE arrival of IS .Horni fire
alarm boxes in Wilmington, the
trst Of several shipments SEIZED
,,Ied 10 be delivered within the
revf few weeks, was announced
late Yesterday by City Manager
] r. Benson.
The installation of the units,
.be first Of which will be located
h, Sunset Park, will begin at once,
he said.
Benson disclosed that the present
,chedule calls for the delivery of
IN in p boxes each week and said
That they will be installed as thew
arrive.
A great part of the wiring for
tbp placing of the boxes has al
readv been completed. with work
m the remainder now underway
Benson had earlier revealed that
,he first Honri unit arrived ans
was put into operation last No
vember and that the .eou1pmen'
had functioned perfectly after
tests had been conducted by City
Electrician David Sardlin. Jr.
The contract fo~ the delivery of
m alarm un'ts was awarded to
Wilmington Electric Supply last
March. an action which was fol
lowed BY various disagreements
In official channels as well as a
court action .
The decision TO order the Hovni
equipment was resisted by the
CareWell comnanv. which had
sought the contract. but a court
action to halt the delivery by
Horni on the grounds that the
units manufactured by the latter
firm di. not meet specifications,
was auashed in Superior court by
Judge R. Hunt Parker last June
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Kidnapings Mark Era of
Terrorism In Jerusalem

Quoted an underground member
from an Orange grove near
Rehovoth.
This was followed swiftly by the
kidnapping, apparently in retalla-
ton. of two Hashomir members in
the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv, the
informant said.
The Tel Aviv headquarters OF
the Hashomir party. which has
been outspoken in its opposition
to underground tactics, was raid
| ed last night by underground mem
bers and Il persons were injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
DA1Iu1u kasalas
RI EleI
On War; .',,,s %,
MOS
To Save 9 ::
Attlee Order DEGREES Fines
Or Prison Terms For
Waste OF Current
TRAINS CANCELLED
New Committee Calls For
Mobilization OF Civil
ians For Work

LONDON, Feb. 12.- R Prime
Minister Attlee placed Britain on {
virtual war basis tonight issuing
ali order under wartime defense
regulations that decreed fines OF
prison sentences for any of the ma
TONS 49,, 900, 900 people who dis.
regarded a new island-wide l;mita.
ton on household electricity.
Acting after nearly Y hours OF
schemlng against threatened dis
aster to his war-weakened nation
in the coal crisis, Attlee also es
tabllshed an emergency committee
of nine-peace-time equivalent of the
war cabinet-to deal with what he
called a dangerously critical fuel
shortage.
The order also applied legal
penalties to industrialists who dc
not comply with a blackout order
shutting all but essential plants in
80 of the 81 counties in England
and Wales.
Earlier, the government ordered
the five-hour cut off of electricity
to householders extended to the en-
tire island - all of Britain except
Northern Ireland-and directed
nationwide street lighting re-
ductions amounting almost to. a
wartime blackout.
Trains Cancelled
The emergency committee or
dered cancellation of all railway
passenger services in every in
stance where it would clear tracks
or free locomotives for coal trains.
These steps were taken as the
Board of Trade announced that S.
600, 900 to 5000, 900 men were out
of work because of industrial shut
downs, and that the crisis threaten
ed to be felt in every phase of the
economy.
The sharp announcement from
Continued on Page 2; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

JERUSALEM, Feb. II - R -
Three Jews = one believed to be
Ia member of the underground and
the others membrs of the anti
underground - were reliably re-
ported to have been kidnapped to-
night in a second outbreak OF
strife between Jewish elements
in Palestine.
There was no official confirma-
ton, but reliable private informa-
ton said 10 armed Jews, believed
to be members of the moderate
Hashomir Hatzair party, had alb
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Helicopter Plucks Hermit
From Heart WWilderness

Rondeau. who has lived 80 years
in a crude shelter % miles from
here, will fly to New York FRIDAY
or the opening of the National
Sportsmen's show.
Dressed in animal skins ana
hunting clothes, the recluse saio
he planned to spend tomorrow
shopping here 80 l can make
myself presentable."
His personal equipment. includ
ing bows and arrows and beaver
and bear skins, will be exhibited
at tine sportsmen's show.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
And SO To Bed

Its been lost dogs and lost
ponies and other assorted
members of the animal king
dom.
But, to effect a change, this
morning it's a lost watch and
the loser needs it badly SO that
he can get to work on time.
John Capps, Star linotype Op-
orator, reported last night that
he lost his means Of telling and
keeping time in The Manor
theatre Sunday night. d,
John asks that anyone find
ing a watch in a gold case and
having a black face notify him,
please.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

tAo PS1ioAOA, OoolCCi CAPldlIlCu
that the decision to quit the force
came only after consultation with
three Wilmington doctors, each Of
whom urged him to retire at once
due to bad health conditions. He
said last night that he was leaving
Tor a sanitorlum shortly for treat
ment.
Benson, expressing regret at Cas-
teens decision, said that the mat.
ter would now be referred to the
city police board of pensions with
final action on the application tc
be made by the city council.
Casteen did not fix any exact
date for the action to become eff
fective and urged that his retire
ment be acted upon only at the
pleasure of the city. Benson ex-
planned, however, that it would
more than likely become ap-
plicable upon the appointment of a
successor.
When asked whether a decision
had been made as to who would
succeed Casteen, Benson replied
that so far no thought had been
given to the matter.
Doctors Report
In his application, Casteen said
that the decision came after three
doctors, DR.. E. P. Walker, DR.. G..
r. c. Thompson and DR.. J. F.
Robertson, had examined him and
recommended his immediate re-
tirement from the force.
IT have enjoyed my work for
the city of Wilmington" the letter
said, land have contributed the
best part of my life to law en-
forcement and if it was necessary
with reference to my condition I
Continued on Page 2; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
WEATHERMAN SAYS
DON'T FORGET TO
CARRY UMBRELLA

The warmer weather of yester-
day will be here again today, ac-
cording to Paul Hess, Wilmington
weather observer, as the mercury
is due to climb to about SIS degrees
during the day. Occasional light
showers are also predicted for to-
day.
The whole map shows warm
weather, Hess says, and continu-
ed warmth for the next several
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, Feb. Il
up Bearded Noah Rondeau
rested in the luxury of a hote
loom tonight after a helicoptei
mad plucked him from the heart
of a three-million r Adirondack
wilderness on the first leg of his
Journey to New York City.
.Tr,to howl fell the air was
onlv for birds" the So year old
IN, ss\ he landed
here after his first flight. But
now I feel aviation is here to stay
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Chief Requests
Retirement From Duties

Charles H. Casteen, a member of the Wilmington police
department since October Fl, 1923 and chief of the force
for the past six years, yesterday submitted a request for
retirement to City Manager J. R. Benson.
In his letter requesting his pension. Casteen explained
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
FORECAST:

WILMINGTON A N D VICINITY
Considerable cloudiness and little change
in temperature today; Friday, partly
cloudy and slightly warmer.
Evening star., 1947-12-12
Hospital Board
Elects Mrs. D01Uie

Mrs. James A. Dowie was re-
elected president of the Board OF
Lady Managers of the Alexandria
Hospital at the annual meeting
yesterday held in Carter Hall.
Also named to serve another term
were Mrs. Francis H. Fannon, vice
president; Mrs. H. M. Schultz, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs. Jo-
seph E. Harris, treasurer. Mrs.
Gustave A. Schamberger was elected
recording secretary, replacing Mrs.
M. F. Hall.
Mrs. Effie Baggett and Mrs. Casper
Dawson are honorary president and
vice president, respectively, of the
board.
Robert G. Whitten, who recently
announced his resignation as ad-
ministrator of the Alexandria Hos
pital, was guest speaker. The board
extended their appreciation to him
for his cooperation in the upkeep
of the nurses home, which was
erected during his administration.
New members accepted to the
board included Mrs. Will L. Lowrie,
Mrs. Frank C. Creighton and Mrs.
Ernst E. Wieking.
Evening star., 1947-12-12
Sor0rities Arvange
Programs Marking
Founders Dav

Alpha Chapter Of Phi Delta Gam
ma, graduate fraternity for women
will celebrate its founders day with
a formal dinner at pm. tomorrow
at Hotel 2400. DR.. Esther Brunauer
honorary member Of Gamma Chap
ter at Johns Hopkins University, will
he the guest speaker. Mrs. Brunauer
assistant director for policy liaison
of the UNESCO Relations Staff, will
speak on international cultural re-
lations and the work being done by
UNESCO.
DR.. Paul Douglass, president of
American University and honorary
member Of Alpha Chapter, will give
the invocation. Mrs. Margaret Sc
bree will act as toastmaster. Miss
Evelyn Draeger Is chairman of the
dinner committee, and the chapter
president is Miss Ellen Wilson.
The founders day Of Kappa Beta
Pi legal sorority will be celebrated
by Province II at a dinner tomorrow
night at the Parrot restaurant.
Province and chapter officers who
will attend include Miss Mary Chad
wick, province director; Mrs. Evelyn
Boyer, Mrs. Anita Bauer, Mrs
Evelyn Krupp, Miss Helen Nassif
and Miss Elizabeth Franzonni. Miss
Laura M. Stanley, dean of Province
II, will preside.
Miss Estelle Berliner is in charge
Of arrangements.
The founders day tea Of Beta
Chapter of Phi Delta Gamma will
be given from 4 to 6 pm. Sunday
at Columbian House, George Wash
ington University. Following a
Christmas program, tea will be
served. Miss Elizabeth Griffith is
in charge Of arrangements. Miss
Jean Benton, Mrs. Florence Sifferd
Miss Janet Frost and Mrs, Frank
Kimball will preside at the tea
table.
The Washington Province Board
of Tau Beta Phi Sorority will hold
it's initiation dance from 10 to
o'clock tonight at the Hamilton
Hotel.