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Evening star., 1947-01-01
Communication Is Denied
To Booby-Trup Slayer

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 1.-The
Virginia Board of Pardons and Re-
prieves yesterday denied a petition
for communication of the death SEN
tence imposed on Anon J. Gusler,
52-year-old Martinsville furniture
plant worker for the booby-trap
Staying of J. Russell Smith, a fellow
worker.
Gusler's execution has been set for
Friday morning at the State Peni-
tentiary here, after an earlier 90-day
reprieve granted by the board.
Mr.. Smith, 38, was killed June 13
when he threw the switch operating
a drying kiln in a Henry County
plant. Gusler testified that he
rugged a dynamite charge to the
switch and his act was promoted by
fear of the consequences Of kiss he
said he stole from Mr.. Smiths wife
at q party two years previously.
Evening star., 1947-01-01
Britain Declared 10 Haye
Atomic Bomb know-How
By the Assoeiatsd Press

SYDNEY, Jan. 1.-Atomic Scien-
tist Prof. M. L. Oliphant told re-
porters today that Britain knew "all
there was to be known" about the
production Of atomic bombs, because
her scientists, including himself, had
worked on production of the missiles
in the United States.
Prof. Oliphant added that atomic
energy could besharnessed for indus
trial purposes within five years, and
said that "big firms In England are
showing tremendous interest in the
economic use of atomic energy"
Prof. Oliphant, who was born in
Australia, plans to remain here for
several weeks investigating the de-
velopment of nuclear energy studies.
He Is from Britain.
Evening star., 1947-01-01

OF the War Assets Administration
An order abandoning Fort Osie-
thorpe. which served as . cavalry
post, = WAC center and jeep and
tank experiment station during its
life span, was approved by the War
Department q month ago.
Evening star., 1947-01-01

Thomas under the spanish-Amer-
lean war clouds Of 1893, was aban-
doned by the Army yesterday.
AT 5 pm. STAR sergt. James n.
Bryant sounded retreat and the a.
year-old post passed into the hands
Evening star., 1947-01-01
Queen Elizabeth Due
In New York Today
Nv ,be Assoe;o,ed Press

BY the kssoeioted Press
The Queen Elizabeth is due at New
York today with 100 war wives and
children.
No troop carrier arrivals are
scheduled.
Evening star., 1947-01-01
|WAA Given Custody
or Fort ogIethorpe
BY fhs Assoeioisd Pre-

FORT oGLETHoRPE, Ga. Jan.
Fort Oglethorpe. born as Camp
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
JAMES HAYWOOD PORTER

CLINTON, Oct. flames hay
wood Porter, 81, died Wednes-
day afternoon at 6 o'clock
at the home of a son, Jeff Por-
ter, Roseboro, after a long i'll
ness.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from Elizabeth Baptist church
with the Rev. GIN. Ashley
of Salemburg in charge. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. A. H. McLemore, Mrs.
Harvey Williams, Mrs. Frank
lin Cannady, all of Clinton, and
Mrs. Dellie Spell of Clinton,
five sons, including Jeff Porter
of Roseboro with whom he made
his home, Otis Porterof Benson,
H. B. Porter of Salemburg, Luth-
er Porter and Arthur Porter OF
Roseboro, one brother, S. B. Por-
ter of Clinton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
VERDICT IN CASE
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husbands name to the transfer.
On the witness stand, Batson
denied emphatically that he had
ever given his wife permission
to sell the taxis or had signed
any transfer of title to her in
order that she might sell them.
He said that before he went to
the hospital he sold his garage
and told his wife to continue to
operate the taxis.
Mrs. Batson and her sister,
Mrs. Zeddie Arnold, said that
they visited Batson at the Fay
etteville hospital, that he took
the papers upstairs to get a pen
to sign the transfer after agree
ing to give them to his wife,
and that he returned the papers
signed with his signature.
"He said I could take the
cabs and make a living for me
and my baby or do whatever I
id pleased" Mrs. Batson tes-
titled. II never wanted the cabs
so I sold them"
On cross examination by At
torney W. C. Rhodes, Jr., for
the plaintiff, Mrs. Batson adj
mitted she did not care what
happened to her husbands taxi
business. In response to a sug-
gestion that she did not care
what happened to her husband
either, she replied:
81 don't think I should, the
way he was treating me, if you
want to know"
B. F. Britain testified that he
notarized the transfers of title
although he did not see Batson
sign them. He said he had done
business for Batson through
Mrs. Batson before and that he
recognized Batson's signature.
Four divorces were granted in
Superior court before the trial
of the Batson case was started.
They we're: Jesse Newell VS..
Rosa Jone Newell. Mary B.
Parker VS.. Roy c. Parker, Eliz-
abeth Jackson Walker VS.. Leon
Earl Walker. and Blanche Cox
Hooper VS.. Thomas B. Hooper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
BITUARIES
CHARLES RUFUS SKIPPER

Graveside services for Charles
Rufus. Skipper, 70, Leland, who
died yesterday morning at Bull
locks Clinic, will be held Thurs
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock with
interment following in Nelson
cemetery at Leland. The Rev
erends Walter Phelps and S. I.
Mintz will officiate.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. B. T. Williams, Mrs. R. O.
Williams, Mrs. R. L. Ganey, Miss
Celia Skipper, all of Leland,
three sons, D. J. and Jerry Skip
per of Leland, and J. D. Skipper
of Wilmington.
Active pallbearers will be Tate
Ganey, E. H. Ganey, Rock Ben
ton, David Sullivan, James Hol-
lis, and J. H. White.
Honorary pallbearers will be
DR.. E. C. Goodman, DR.. L. c.
Fergus, J. D. Hollis, J. R. Ganey,
J. T. Ganey,. A. w. Benton, and
C. o. Ganey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
PREMIER NAMES
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succeeded as fuel and power
minister.
A high government source said
the shakeup was intended to
strengthen the government in the
battle for economic survival and
for no other purpose, and that
the IL who were dropped had
failed to meet the test of ad-
ministrative and efficiency.
In demoting Shinwell, Attlee
defied the National Union of Coal
Miners and the unions general
secretary, Communist Arthur
Homer, who only Sunday plead
ed for Shinwell to stay in the
cabinet.
Six junior ministers were fired
in addition to the five senior
ministers.
Attlee spent more than an
hour with King George at Buck
ingham palace this afternoon be-
fore the changes were announc-
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
CIVIC CONGRESS
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tan clubs, the Chamber of Com
merce, the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce, the Merchants as
sociations and independent civic
groups like the Ogden civic club.
E. w. johnson, secretary of the
club, this week is extending an
invitation to these presidents and
secretaries to meet with the Og-
den club Tuesday evening,
November 10, at seven o'clock.
At that time, if so voted, the
Southeastern North Carolina
civic congress will be formed,
officers will be elected, and an
Invitation will be accepted for
the second meeting.
The Ogden club at it's meeting
last night discussed the widening
of a highway, the addition of
needed school buses, and the title
to the community cemetery.
The guest speaker was H. A.
Stallings, associate editor of the
Wilmington Star-News, who dis
cussed the probability of unify1ng
support throughout Southeastern
North Carolina for all the goals
of the section and for the solu-
ton of it's problems.
The officers of the Ogden club
w. Permenter, vice-president; E.
are: Paul Stanley, president; j.
w. Johnson, secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
ELEGANT ELEPHANT
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the affair. And step father
Haley was said to have issued
orders to "stop this talk about
it."
Mabel was graduated from
swank Ward-Belmont school in
Nashville, Tenn. But the call Of
the big top was too strong, and
she abandoned the luggage
shop project her folks set up
for her and got a $90-a week
job as a circus horseback rider.
"The circus is just naturally
a part of me-" she said.
Governor and Mrs. Jester
wanted US to be married in
Austin," Mabel said. "They
were perfectly wonderful to
US"
She said he even offered to
get the necessary Texas Ii
cense. Whenever the wedding
occurs, it will be a quiet cere-
mony, she added, land this is
one circus event that won't be
a production"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
B0ST0NERS BOOST
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housewives find it hard to get
used to a once-a-week diet of
beans right away, there still is
no reason for panic. After con-
ferring with the Grand Ladle OF
our society I offer the following
suggestions:
"Take fish," he suggested.
california sardines in tomato
sauce garnished with sliced on
ion rings and potato salad or
swordfish prepared in steak
fashion-good night, who needs
meat?
"Then there are any number
of magic dishes that can be whip
ped up by the most helpless bride
from dairy foods.
Cheese, for instance. All the
calorles in meat can be found in
cheese. There's nothing like mac
aroni, steWed tomatoes, grated
cheese and string beans even
canned string beans.
If the women of the nation in
sist upon being buffaloed by a
little problem like a meatlcss
Tuesday," he concluded. the men
of the S. A. c. will put on their
aprons in earnest and get things
Strengthened away"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
RAIL PASSENGER
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coach fare from % to IS cents
per mile.
The ICC in granting the in
creases commented that the
changes will yield revenue "of
which the petitioners are in
need and to which they are just
ly entitled"
The nations railroads also
got a new general 10 per cent
increase in freight rates.
The Interstate Commerce
Commission, which granted the
authority specified exceptions to
the ten per cent increase in the
case of coal, coke and iron ore,
on which boosts of 10 to II cents
per ton were granted.
The higher rates may be
made effective upon three days
notice to the general public by
each railroad.
1t is estimated that the 10 per
cent rate boost will add around
$500, 600, 900 to the nations
freight bill annually.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08

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NURSES
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nurses from Brunswick. Colum-
bus, Duplin, Onslow. Carteret,
Craven, Jones, and Onslow
counties, as well as those in
New Hanover.
Miss McDuffy pointed out
that the institutional nurses IN
this area constitute a staff sec
ton similar to the section which
presented requests to Watts
hospital in Durham last week.
The Durham nurses an d
nurses of that area charged
that a supervisor of nurses at
Watts was discharged for her
part in the organizations action
in seeking higher wages ard
better hours.
In regular procedure the
group will select committees to
act on a local scale and bar
gain with superintendent of the
various hospitals to attempt to
obtain their detectives, it was
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08

in today's hand. When West
held the first trick, he felt quite
certain of defeating the con-
tract. After all, he could count
that declarer had only four
trumps, and he had five. He
shifted to a diamond, which
Mrs. Kauder (South) won with
the ten.
Then she cashed the king and
ace of clubs in dummy and led
the queen of clubs. When East
showed out, Mrs. Kauder dis
carded a spade from her own
hand. The fourth club was led
and ruffed with the jack of dia-
monds. Now when Mrs. Kauder
led the queen of hearts, West
was frozen out of his diamond
trick, as he had to under-ruff
declarer's king and queen of
diamonds, and be o~ver-ruffed
by dummy's ace or eight of dia-
mondS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
MRS. SALLY G. MEDLIN

Mrs. Sally Grafflin Medlln,
widow of Joseph Medlin, died
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Thomas F. Davis, of Fort
Riley, Kansas.
The body will arrive in Ben
nettsville, South Carolina, to-
day, and funeral services will
be held in Cheraw, South Caro-
lima on Thursday.
Besides Mrs. Davis, she is sur
vived by two grandchildren, also
a number of nieces Of Whining
ton.
Mrs. Medlin was a native Will
mingtonian, and lived here until
the time of her marriage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
TOBACCO PRICES
BREAK SHARPLY
Border, Middle, Old Belt
Take Losses; Eastern
Quotations Firm
Nv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tobacco prices, which hal climb
ed for several days, broke yester-
day on markets of the Border
Belt. Middle Belt and Old Belt,
the Federal and State Depart
ments of Agriculture reported.
On the Eastern Belt, however,
price trends we're mixed with
most leaf and smoking leaf grades
registering gains of from 81 to 50
e hundred pounds while cut
tiers. Tugs and nondescript we're
off from $50 to 81. The gains
more than offset the losses, TOR
the bulk of sales consisted OF
leaf and smoking leaf.
Prices on the Old Belt marts
dropped from 81 to Sc with most
declines in the 81 to So range.
Primings, which made the biggest
gains Monday, were off from 50
to Sc. Fair red and low orange
greenish leaf dropped S.. Volume
of sales was fairly heavy and a
slight improvement in quality
was noted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
MRS. MITE F. BYRD

CLINTON, Oct. Mrs Mite
Fortner Byrd, 83, died today at
her home Clinton, Route 2, after
a long illness. Funeral services
will be conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from
Rowan Baptist church by the
pastor, Rev. E. S. Mocgon. Bur
ial will be in the church ceme-
terry.
Surviving are three sons, D.
A. Byrd, J. E. Byrd and D.. B,
Byrd, of Clinton, route 2; one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Harring-
ton, Greensboro and two broth
ers, Eliza Fortner and willie
FORMER, of Clinton, route 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
POLICEMAN TURNS
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(white. male). He was curslng
and trying to have trouble. l talk
ed with him, but he would not
listen to me.
IT arrested him for disorderly
conduct. l walked him up to Sec
ond and Market streets, where
nv call box is located and called
for a car. He kept on cursing. l
was holding him by the back OF
his pants. He undid his belt and
tried to pull out of his pants.
When he saw that he could not
do that, he then wllirled around
and grabbed me around the neck
with both arms.
"When l broke his hold loose,
he struck me on the right side OF
my face just in front of my ear.
I did not strike him. l just held
on to him until the car came. l
then charged him with dlsorderly
conduct and resisting arrest"
The case, to which the officer
was referring, was that OF Of
ficer G.. H. Hines, who recently
received a great deal of publicity
in a case in which it was alleged
that he struck one Lube Kelly
unnecessarily while making an
arrest on charges Of drunken
ness, disorderly conduct and re-
sisting arrest.
Hines was r~eprimanded by the
chief of police, Hubert Hayes, who
put him on the midnight shit
and foot patrol for a period OF
four months. Later reports SAID
that City Manager James r. Ben
son was studying the case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
Mrs. LUCINDA sINGLETARY

TABOR CITY, Oct. = Mrs
Lucinda singletary, rs, of
Route 8, Whiteville, died in
Rogers clinic in Loris, S. c.,
early yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Lebanon church. Inter-
ment will follow in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Singletary is survived
by four daughters; Mrs.
Fipps and Mrs. Rosa Lee Hucks
of Conway, S. c.; Mrs.
Gurganus, of Clarendon, and
Mrs. Susie Crib of Route 3
Whiteville; five sons Jasper
Singletary of Whiteville, John
ME of Tabor City, Archie of
Avon Park, Fla, Montro, OF
Columbia, S. c., and Alton, OF
Whiteville, and one sister, Mrs.
Revela Inman, of Garland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
Rains Fail To Dampen
Wallace Tobacco Sales

WALLACE, Oct. 7 - Heavy
rains failed to dampen the to-
bacco sales on. the Wallace mar
ket today. John Skies, sales
SUPERVISOR. reported 298, 0 0 0
pounds of tobacco was sold.
The weed brought an average
of $50 per hundred pounds as
offerings continued good and the
prices high.
Local warehousemen have urg-
ed farmers to bring their tobac-
co to market while the prices re-
main high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
SIDNEY H. VEAZEY

Funeral services for Sidney H.
Veazey, who was killed in an
automobile accident Monday
evening, will be held Wednesday,
afternoon at $3.50 from the South
port Methodist church with the
Revs. Paul Fields, Charles Mad
drey and Edgar Fisher officiating.
Burial will follow in the North
Wood cemetery in Southport.
Pallbearers will be c. E. Simp-
son, A. B. Hall, C. c. Cheatham,
Jr., Rudolph Mintz, Yates War
wick and J. L, Allegood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
Service Extension

An official of the Atlantic
Coast Line commented favorably
yesterday on the increase in
freight and passenger rates an
nounced today by the Interstate
Commerce commission at Wash
ington.
The revenue from the increas-
ed rates will allow the railroad
to extend service that might
otherwise have been curtailed in
a retrenchment forced by in
creased operating expenses, an
official commented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
I0HN STROUD

TABOR CITY, Oct. John
Stroud, Tabor City, died Mon
day night at six o'clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
George Prince, after a lingering
illness.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the home of Mrs.
George Prince, his only surviv-
or. The Rev. Elder Blanton will
officiate and interment will be
held in the Forest Lawn ceme-
cary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
MRS. MARTHA v. LANIER

Funeral services for Mrs
Martha v. Lanier, 617 Grace
street, who died Monday after
noon at 2:45 o'clock in James
Walker Memorial hospital follow
ing a long illness, will be con-
Quoted from St. Andrews Coven-
ant Presbyterian church Wednes-
day morning at II o'clock by
the Rev. Eugene D. Witherspoon
and assisted by DR.. Frederick
Lewis. Interment will follow in
Oakdale cemetery.
Mrs. Lanler, the daughter OF
the late Thomas K. and Margaret
Ann Wells, is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Cecil M. Apple
berry and Miss Louise Lanier,
both of Wilmington; two grand
sons Cecil M. Appleberry, Jr.,
and Thomas K. Appleberry, both
of Wilmington, also several nelces
and nephews.
Mrs. Lanier's nephews will
serve as active pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be:
DR.. Graham B. Barefoot, DR.. E.
P. Walker, W. K. Stewart, W. O.
Page, C. B. Case, J. A.. Brothers,
D. B. Robinson, Sr., Eustess Nof-
fleet, and J. Kyle Bannermann.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08

In recent voting contest in
Switzerland, "Women in politics
means dirt in the Kitchen" was
used as a slogan when voters
reaffirmed the resolve that OWN
en- shall have no part in govern
ment affairs in that oldest de-
mocracy of Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
]. HOWELL

Funeral services for DR.. An
drew j. Howell, pastor emeritus
of the Pearsall Memorial Pres
byterian church who died at his
home Monday night, will be
held this afternoon at 4 o'clock
from the First Presbyterian
church here.
DR.. William Grove. Jr., pas
tor, will be in charge OF the serv-
ices, and interment will be In
Oakdale cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be
elders and deacons of the Pear
sail church, and DR.. H. A. Cod
ington, DR.. W. C. Mebane, John
Lamb, T. T. Borden, Sr., R. T.
Sinclair, R.. F. Beasley and
James Russell.
Active ballbearers will be
David S. Harriss, Hargrove Bel
lamy, j. D. Taylor, Johnson
Harriss, Andrew H. Harriss,
Frank T. Harriss, Marsden Bel
lamy, Sr., ana AI1oleW y. 1AoA-
riss.
The Rev. Mr. Howell, New Han
oyer county historian and pastor,
emeritus of the Pearsan Presby-
terrain church was born in Will
mnigton March 10, 1869. He was
the author of "The Book of Will
mington" and "songs Of Sum-
mer Nights.
He was ordained into minis
try at the First Presbyterian
church in 1912, after several
years of connection with the At
lantic Coast Line railroad.
He was elected state clerk OF
the Wilmington Presbytery in
1927 and served for 20 years in
that capacity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
JUNIOR
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\OOxltAAASSN ~3S SAASf
edge to make them better citi-
ZenS.
Explaining that this is Fire
Prevention week, Franklin Ell
more, chairman of the fire pre-
vention committee obtained IA
volunteers to assist in the pro-
gram by observing fire drills in
the schools Thursday morning.
Claude O'Shields has been
named vice-chairman of the ex-
tension committee for the east
ern district and Billy Broadfoot
has been appointed chairman 81
the eastern district health COM.
mittee, President Hal Love an
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08

The regular meeting of the re-.
reation division of the Communi.
ty Council, will be held today II
1890 a. m. at the Communjt,
Center at Second and Orans,
streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-08
BODY OF FARMER
Continued From Page One)

his death when he was struck
by an automobile operated by
a person unknown.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock at Mount Horen Presby-
terrain church by the Rev. R.
H. Poole, who is McFayden's
pastor. The only surviving close
relative is his mother, Mrs.
Carrie McFayden, and a daugh-
ter, Jennie, of frederick, Md.