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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
FORMER PRESIDENT
OF COSTA RICAN
CONGRESS A VICTIM

NEW YORK, May 31-P)-Dr.
Raphael Angel Grillo Ocampo, OF
San Jose. Costa Rica, former pres
ident of the Costa Rican congress,
and two teen-age daughters were
among those killed in the crash
of an Eastern Airlines plane yes
terday in Maryland, the line dis
closed today.
DR.. Grillo was believed to be
returning home from Montreal
where he had been an observer at
a meeting of the international Civil
Aeronautics organization.
The airline said he was accom-
panied by his daughters, Teresa,
Is, and Carmen, Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
HOLIDAY DEATHS
REACH PAST 300
MARK LAST NIGHT

CHICAGO, May 81 - W.H - Me-
mortal day weekend accidental
deaths scared past the 300 mark
today, and the total vas expected
to go much higher with one day
still to go in the three-day holiday.
The total number of dead was
$40.
Traffic fatalities reached Ill. The
nations two worst airplane crash
es in history claimed SO lives.
Thirty-four persons were drowned
and 70 died in miscellaneous acct
dents.
The National Safety council had
predicted that 275 persons would
be injured fatally in traffic accl
dents alone during the three-day
weekend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
WALLACE HEADS
HERE THURSDAY
Scheduled To Invad e
Solid South Via
Raleigh

RALEIGH, May 31.-(UP)-
Henry A Wallace, who blasts
Democratic foreign policy as a
likely road to war, swings his ma
tionwide speaking tour next week
into the solid South where his sup
port was lever robust.
The former vice-president was
booked for three North Carolina
appearances Thursday, June 5,
topped by a major night speech
in Raleigh Memorial stadium.
At noon he will address a small
luncheon sponsored by Friends
of the Southern Conference for
Human Welfare" at a Raleigh
hotel. During the afternoon he
will speak at the University ii
North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
The luncheon originally was
scheduled for Durham, but the
sponsoring committee for North
Carolina said it was moved to
Raleigh because a Durham hotel
washington Duke) said it could
not serve the group for less than
81 a plate.
Wallace's name on the Denlo-
cratic ticket caused little stir in
the South in the 1910 Democratic
campaign but in 1914 he drew lit
tie Southern support for renomi-
nation.
The North Carolina delegation
never supported Wallace at the
1914 Democratic convention IN Chi
cago. The North Carolinians back
ed their own favorite son Gov.
]. Melville Broughton, and switch
ed to Truman when the race nar
roWed to him and Wal g.
Gov. Gregg Cherry who was IN
the 1914 delegation, said he had
been invited to the luncheon and
Wallace's speech but would not
be able to attend. The governor
said he had previously planned 10
attend the centennial ceremony
of Alexander County, N. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
FIRE CHIEF GROOM
SERVES FORTY
YEARS AT 8 A. M,

The 10th anniversary as a
member Of the Wilmington Fire
Department, will be observed
by Fire Chief J. Ludie Groom
this morning when eight O'Clock
rolls around.
The chief Joined the force on
June 1, at exactly 8 O'Clock 40
years ago this morning.
During this time Chief Groom
has not had a break in his
record and has been NATIONAL
ly recognized throughout the
country.
He served the city when the
old hook and ladder firehouse
housed nothing but horses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
T. |. White
New Mayor,
Keep Benson
yopp Nomination For Post
Loses For Lack Of
Majority
WADE MAYOR PROTEIN
Mrs. Switzerland Renamed
Clerk; Paid High
Compliment
nv OTIS
star-News Staff Writer

Tor .nout fifteen minutes yester-
..1 afternoon it looked as if Will
minoton would be without a
mavor. and then E. L. White, the
INV new member of City council
uas elected to the post by secret
ballot. o5;o4o
ToIlowing a preliminary oral
.,action in which W. E. Yopp fail
.d ~ receive a majority of votes.
. ~ members remained silent
fIrther nominations until City
al attorney W. B. Campbell suggest
the secret ballet or polling
method be used.
+ 2. l.. Wade was elected may,
~nro.tem and Richard L. Burnett
s VI chosen city treasurer: City
c we, Marv B. Switzerland, City
Msnager j.. R. Benson and Atfor,
Nov Campbell we're all reelecteo
~ their respective offices.
Although this is the first time
.s4 White. president of White Ice
rream company, has held polltl.
W office he has a long record OF
.iric accomplishments. having
s.v rNod 49, president of both the
Wilmington Chamber OF Com
marce and Community council. He
=. aSsirman of the North Carolina
ToIrist association. Interested IN
tba industrial development OF Wal.
mington, he is also a memoes OF
the board of trustees OF 1rsce
Methodist church.
More than 20 Wilmingtonlans
wore present in the counci! cham,
Wv when the meeting was calteo
w order by Mrs. Switzerland; me
W., clerk then administered the
.atb of office to the five council
u,an White, Wade, Burnett, 4opp'
md W. Ronald Lane, former
'' Wben the election of mayor was
.ol1ad. Burnett nominated Yopp
sftsr which the nominations Were
slos j with no other names otter,
sd Yopp's nomination received
three nays" from Wade Wn nts
owl Lane. Burnett and Yopp oo'l'
,aid AYE" h.+
Mrs. Sutherland announced NAV
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
State College Graduation
Program To Begin Friday

RALEIGH, May 81 up The
58th commencement of N. c. state
college will begin its four-day exer-
cises Friday, with Governor Cher
ry and DR.. Frank P. Graham,
president of the Greater University
of North Carolina, delivering the
principal addresses IN Monday,
June 9.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright
Of Wilmington, bishop of the Epis-
copal diocese of East Carolina,
will preach the baccalaureate SER
mon in pullen hall on the night of
June 8. Col. John W. HARRISON
chancellor Of the college, will pre-
side.
The finals program will conclude
the following day with the award
ing of degrees to 1893 candidates
313 are from North Carolina.
Alumni Day will be observed
Friday, with class reunions and
luncheon meetings scheduled for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

Col. Maurice E. Barker, COM
mandant of the chemical corps
school at Edgewood Arsenal, Md,
outlined the latest Army views on
defense against atomic attack in
a paper distributed to students at
the school.
Barker warned that such a war
would be costly in lives and ma
terial losses beyond anything this
country has v e experienced.
without a combination of both
sound active and passive defense
measures a major atom bomb
attack might well destroy the
United States" Barker said.
Barker listed necessary active
defense measures as:
l. Planes, crews and long range
rockets including atomic missiles
to wage an offensive wal if we
r attacked.
z. Adequate supplies stockpiled
in organized bases on hand to be-
gin an active attack within hours
following an attack on the United
States.
The passive defense measures
he advocated we're:
l. Move underground essential
control installations, research lab
oratories, tool production indus
tries, communications centers and
operating rooms of hospitals.
2. Break all residential areas
into unit not more than one
fourth square mile in size and
surrounded by parks at least 100
yards wide on all sides to. serve
as fire breaks. Paid and strong
volunteer fire fighting units in
eachAarea.
3. Prohibit concentration Of a
large share of vital national in
dustry in a single city. He said
ar atomic bomb attack on De-
troit and Akron now would wreck
the entire automobile industry.
4. Fireproof homes by making
their furnishings of glass and me-
tallic fabrics or fabrics treated
with flash resistant chemicals.
S. Provide each individual with a
good gas mask and gas PROOF and
fireproof suits of flash-resistant
material.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

With less than go working, days
remaining until the official start
er sends the first heat away for
the 1947 Soap Box Derby here on
July 30, more and more boys are
making plans to enter this great
est of all amateur racing events,
reports reaching Soap Box Derby
headquarters indicated last week
end. With eight signed entries now
on file. and more expected this
week. everything points to an en-
try list of well over 100 cars by
the time final inspection date ar
rives.
In addition to Thomas Norwood
simmons. who holds the honor of
being. Inc first entrant fol the 1s41
Wilmington Soap Box Derby, the
following boys have signed up and
are either already building their
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

noon. Feature of the program will
be the golden anniversary for the
class of 1897 in Leazer dining hall.
DR.. J.. W. Carroll of Russellvile,
S. c. is class president.
Also highlighting the day will be
the formal presentation of CARL
Ionic Bells for the colleges me-
mortal tower. r. o. Everett of
Greenville, a member of the grad
uating class, will be master OF
ceremonies.
The bells will be presented by
Prof. Caro- L. Mann. chairman
of the Memorial Tower committee
since 1910 and head Of the civil
engineering department. Colonel
HarrelsoD will accept the bells on
behalf Of the college.
A formal inaugural concert will
follow, with Prof. Arthur L. Bige-
low, bellmaster at PRINCETON uni
versiv, operating the bells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
K. OF E.. H0N0RS
PAUL BASCH0N
Wilmington Man Elected
Treasurer AT State Coun-
Gil Beach Meeting

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, May
3l-George Gettier, of Charlotte.
was elected State Deputy Of the
North Carolina council of Knights
of Columbus for the ensuing year
during the business session of the
organizations annual two-day con-
vention here today.
Gettier will assume his new
duties on July l, succeeding John
P. Cummings, Of Raleigh.
Other state officers selected are
E. D. Strickland, Greensboro,
secretary; Paul Baschon, Whining
ton, treasurer; Edward Hogan,
Asheville, advocate, and Daniel
Brady, Raleigh, warden. The state
chaplain will be appointed later
by the Most Rev. Vincent S. Wat
ers, bishop of the diocese of
Raleigh.
Asheville was selected as the
site for the 1913 convention with
the date to be set later by State
Deputy Gettier. Among the reso-
lutions approved at the business
session was one endorsing estab-
lishment of the Catholic Youth
movement in North Carolina.
The convention, with approx
mately $50 delegates and guests
in attendance, was opened this
morning with mass at St. Theresa
church on Wrightsville Beach.
At the annual banquet in the
Ocean Terrace hotel tonight,
Joseph F. Lamb, of New York
city and Supreme Secretary of the
order, and Bishop Waters were the
PRINCIPAL speakers.
There is a worldwide effort to-
ward the conversion of democratic
forms of government to ideologies
which result in totalitarianism,
Lamb declared in discussing the
work of the Knights of ColumNs
in combating the spread Of COM
munism. The best of all means,
he continued, toward fighting
This pagan, anti-Christ philos-
ophy'' is education.
Lamb, who said the communist
movement has spread over Europe
and is now becoming quite ap-
parent in Central and South
American countries, expressed the
belief that the material conditions
which are beyond the control Of
the people of Europe has aided
the great strides of Communism.
"This is because people are being
supplied by communist leaders
/rox,+;rr,oI nm D,ro 10. fol X
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
SEEK
DEAD IN CRASH
Come From South
And East To Identify
Charred Bodies

PORT DEPOSIT, Md, May 81
R-Hushed relatives of the SO
dead in Americas most terrible
commercial air disaster came in
from all over the South and East
TODAY to visit an impovised NOR
que and do their best to make
identifications.
Not one of the victims Of the
crash last night of a southbound
Eastern Airline DC-4 escaped mu-
tilation when the big plane
struck and shattered.
The crash occurred shortly aft
er $50 P. M. (EDT) in a heavily
wooded section three miles east
of Port Deposit, which lies in
Northern Maryland neal the Penn
sylvania border.
Forty-nine passengers, one of
them a baby in its mothers arms,
and four crew members were re-
moved early today to the drab and
deserted commissary at Balm
bridge Naval training station.
There the kinfolks Navy doctors
and dentists, and Eastern Airlines'
medica. examiners began the slow
and gruesome business Of making
Identification through dental work,
personal trinkets or distinguishing
body marks.
The DC-4 left Newark at 4:55
P. M. last night bound for Miami,
and most of the dead we're resi-
dents of the South or Northeast.
;See MARYLAND CRASH on
inside page for list Of crew
and passengers)
NEW YORK, May 31-OH-The
death toll in Thursday nights
crash of a United Air Lines DC-4
plane at La Guardia field rose tc
Al today with the death of two pas
sengers seriously injured in the
smashup.
Charles J.. Shannon of East Elm
hurst, N. Y, died early today al
Queens General hospital and Lois
Weber, of Princeton, N. j., died
this afternoon at Flushing Gen
eral hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
More And More BoysSign
For The Soap-Box Derby

racers or making plans to start
construction in the neal future:
Rober Garner, IS, 122 A Will
hanson Drive.
Emil Boado, Jr., 10, 100 Wood
lawn avenue.
Ted Williams, Is, Box 50.
Jimmie Williams, II, Box 81.
Donald Taylor, ID, 216 N. Ninth
street.
Albert King, Pinecrest Park
way.
Bert Lunan, Is, 1873 Lake Forest
Parkway.
A majority of the above group
are repeaters, having contested in
the 1916 Soar Box Derby. INC all
are more determined than ever to
cop the N. Dreystadt champion
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
COP LEADERS HOPE
TO ADJOURN JULY Is

WASHINGTON, May 31-W.D-
Republican leaders tonight set
their sights for congressional adj
journment on July % and ordered
a speed-up in the legislative pro-
gram all along the line.
Top-ranking COP members call
ed for Saturday and night sessions
in the House to meet the deadline.
They expressed fear, however,
that the Senate would be unable to
keep up with the pace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
PRICED BULL
HAS TAME JOB
Sells For $4,000 For
Artificial Insemina-
ton

KANSAS CITY, May 31.-(Pe
An array Of 1856 lots of prize short
horn cattle sold for an all-time
record prize of $346,08 at the
American Royal building in a two
day sale which ended today.
Buyers from AZ states. Canada,
Scotland and Argentina bid on the
sleek herd put up for sale by
Ralph L. Smith, until recently
owner if famed Sni-A-Bar farms
in Jackson county.
The top bull, Pittodrie Upright,
bought in Scotland by Smith last
year for an all-time record price
Of $61, 1886, brought $34, 900 y%ester-
day from F. S. Davidson of Lima,
Ohio, representing a group of Ii
Ohio breeders. Davidson said they
planned to use the prize bull for
artificial dissemination.
The top price for females at
the sale was $4,000, paid by George
Cox of Grandforks. N. D.. for a
two-year-old half sister of Pit
todrie Upright-Pittodrie Rose
wood Beauty.
The first twenty head of cattle
to go through the auction ring
averaged $1,780.
Clint Tomson, Chicago, secre-
tary of the American Shorthorn
Breeders association, said that
without a doubt this would be the
greatest shorthorn sale in the his
tory of America"
The Sni-A-Bar nerd was started
by the late William Rockhill Mel
son, founder of the Kansas City
Star, and sold less than two years
ago to Smith, who added to the
herd some of the best animals Of
the breed that he could purchase
in Scotland. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May
81. up President along Bel
grades main streets received
orders today to hang out flags
in preparation for a visit OF rare
guests" Nc officials could be
found to confirm or deny rumors
that Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov was already here or would
arrive tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

sHATTUCK, Okla, May 31-U.D
"A tornado swept through the
Texas-Oklahoma panhandle area
tonight following the same path OF
a twister which killed more than
$50 persons six weeks ago.
The twister, making its appear
ance at suppertime, narrowly miss
ed the devastated to \ of Hig-
gins, Tex, and the nearby city of
Shattuck, Okla, but apparently had
caused some damage to farm COM
munities south of the both towns.
First reports from the ar we're
fragmentary.
However, there were no immed-
late reports of casualties. Hos
pitfalls at both Shattuck and Hig-
gins said they had received no
victims.
State highway patrol units from
several northwestern Oklahoma
towns were rushed into the area.
The tornado was first reported
at Higgins about 7:30 pm. EST,
and townspeople there said the
menacing funnel swooped down a
quarter of a mile south OF the
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
ATTACK
MIGHT DESTROY
UNITED STATES
ia ARE KILLED
IN PLANE CRASHES
Accidents Slow
Down Passenger Air
Travel
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRES

D1 4aE ASSOClAIED PRESS
A worldwide series of disastrous
alrplane crackups the past few
days has taken 174 lives - more
than a third of the 428 killed in
major commercial and military
crashes so far this year.
At least 26 other persons were
injured. some critically, and three
fllers were missing.
investigators and witnesses re-
ported the apparent causes of the
crackups we're varied.
The worst tragedy and biggest
plane disaster in the history of
the United States was the crash
OF an Eastern Airlines DC-4 Fri
DAY near Port Deposit, Md, with
the loss of SO lives. The cause still
was IN doubt but some witnesses
told investigators they saw the tail
section of the big plane come off
before it plunged in flames.
Less than "a hours earlier. the
previous worst crackup crash in
the nations aviation history oc-
CURED when a United Air Lines
plane was wrecked in an attempt
ed take-of in New York, causing
40 deaths. Investigators said a sud
den shift in wind took place as
the plane was attaining air speed.
Near Tokyo, an Army transport
crashed in the mountains Thurs
day killing 40. The American craft
struck a 500 foot ridge as it was
approaching Ta chikawa for a land
ing.
Bad visibility was suggested as
a possible cause for the crackup
of an 1celandic Always plane
which struck a mountain in north
ern Iceland Thursday, killing Is.
Twelve persons were killed in
the collision of two planes Thurs
day at Tillburg, the Netherlands.
Three plane crashes in Argentina
the past three days killed four and
injured M critically.
Other crackups included: Three
were missing and nine escaped
when an Army BIG crashed on a
takeoff at Fairbanks, Alaska
Thursday. Twelve we're injured at
Bogota, Columbia when a Column
bian army airforce transport
crashed landed Friday after strik-
ing a buzzard. A royal air force
Liberator bomber blew up on an
airport runway Friday at Litch-
field, England, injuring four civil
ans.
Domestic plane travel at La
Guardia field, New York, dropped
below peak capacity Saturday. Al
though some airline representa-
tives said u%nofeicially the recent
air crashes might be the cause,
the majority said the condition
was normal in the middle of
weekend holiday.
PHILADELPHIA, May 31-P)e
Rep. Hugh D. Scott (R-Pa.) said
tonight that subcommittee of the
House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce ''undoubt-
eddy will examine into the causes
of the airline crash disasters at
New York and Port Deposit, Md"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
ANN BULLITT E ID

WASHINGTON, May 31.-P1E
Miss Ann Moen Bullitt, daughter
of former Ambassador William
c. Built, and Nicholas Duke
Biddle, o Of another former
ambassador, Col. Anthony J..
Drexel Biddle, Jr., were married
here today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
A N EHIC SOLD

WASHINGTON, May 81 - B
The War Assets Administration
said today it has on hand only
&c, 900 of the nearly 500, 900 motor
vehicles which were declared war
surplus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
The Weather
...., r7,,,i, 7.so PM. Sunday

Forecasts Until 7:30 PM. sunday
FOR WILMINGTON AND VI
cINTY: Fair and slightly warmer Iooay
and tonight; lowest temperature Whlsn1
e. degrees; Sunday clear to partly clouuS
and slightly warmer, highest temperatuie
"a degrees; gentle to moderate hortt-
easterly winds today and tonlght'
diminishing and becoming variable.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA: Clear TO
partly cloudy and slightly warmer TO-
day. tonight and Sunday.
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA: Clear TO
partly cloudy weather today and tonight,
few scattered showers in extreme east
ern section today; slightly warmer in
the interior, but cooler on the coast to-
day; not Sc cool tonight; Sunday partly
cloudy and warmer.
FOR THE OCEAN ZONE. HATTERAS,
N, C., TO JACKSONVILLE, FLA:
Gentle to moderate north to northeast
winds today and tonight, diminishing n
becoming variable Sunday; partly cloudy
weather, few scattered showers in south
portion.
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:So pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
l:N am. 81; 1880 am So; 1880 pm. IA;
tN pm. 10.
Maximum 81; Minimum 80; Mean IT;
Normal "a.
Humidity
l:30 am. "a; 7:3O am. 81; 1870 pm. A:
1870 pm. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1870 pm. -
200 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
1893 inches.
Tides For Today
Erom the Tide Tables published by u.
! coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
wilmington 1880 8:01 am. 2:49 am.
8:S pm. 2:58 pm.
"ssonboro Inlet $50 am. 1887 am.
6:26 pm. 1900 pm.
sunrise S:0l; Sunset 7:18; Moonrise
~ PM Moonset $40 am.
aver stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at 8
Gill; Saturday, 1913 feet.
Weather Bureau report of temperature
~ rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
f@I' IN the principal cotton growing
.ts and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
Chemical Corps Leader
Urges Gas Masks For All
With Fireproof Clothing
Nation, However, Could Be Prepared To Sur
vive An Atom Attack and Win
the War
By WILLIAM F. McMENAMIN
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 31.-(UP)-The United States
could be prepared to survive an atom bomb attack of any
probable magnitude and come back to defeat any enemy,
the Army's chemical corps experts believe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
Thomas Hamilton Elected
Head OLA thletic Assn.

CHAPEL HILL, May 31-(AP)-Thomas T. Hamil-
ton, principal of New Hanover High school of Wilmington,
was elected president of the North Carolina High school
Athletic Association here today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
New Tornado
Sweeps Texas
And 0kla.
First Reports Fragment
airy; Lines Reported
EYEWITNESS STORIES
Damage Believed Suffered
Mostly In Outlying
Areas

LEEDEY, Okla, May 81
(AP)-Jack Sapp, telephone
operator in this northwest
ern Oklahoma city of 600 re-
ported over an emergency line
at the edge Of town-just be-
fore midnight tonight that
|"Leedey was three quarters
destroyed" by a roaring tor
nado which hit at 9:05 pm.
(EST).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

Winefield of R%eidsville, and A. P.
Routh of Greensboro, all 10 two
year terms; and w. E. Dole OF
Fayetteville and Wallace Shelton
of Mt. Airy. one year terms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

BULLETIN
SAYRE, Okla, May 31-W.D
- All available ambulances
and doctors in this city were
dispatched to Leedey, Okla,
late tonight, after a report
reached here that a tornado
had hit the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
ELK CITY, Okla, May 81
W.P)-All Elk City doctors and
nurses who could be spared
left here late tonight for !
Leedey, Okla, a city Of 564
persons in west central Okla
homa, after a tornado report
eddy left the community a
shambles.
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Continued on Page IL; Col.
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FOR WILMINGTON AND VICINITY:
Partly cloudy. widely scattered after
noon and evening thundershowers and
continued warm Sunday. Not quite so
warm Monday.
cutie so warm.