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Evening star., 1947-06-28

John and Isabel Pantazis. girl.
William and Ellen Parker, boy.
John and Edith Pool. boy.
Warren and Pearl Richardson. boy
Daniel and Luana Ringle, boy.
Louis and Celia Robbins. boy.
Jerome and Beverly Rowe. girl.
Stuart and Kathleen Scott, boy.
James and Mary Sherrerd, girl.
James and Florence Simpson, boy.
John and Doris Skiles, girl.
Carroll and Mary Smith. girl.
Clarence and Juanita Smith, girl.
Kenneth and Lorraine Smith, boy.
Nels and Kathryn Stalheim, girl.
Walter and Helen Starnes, boy.
Robert and Anna Sugden. girl
John and Aurora Tatro, boy.
Robert and Mary Taylor, boy.
Cecil and Hazel Thomas, boy.
Joseph and Betty Tournesi, boy.
Rolf and Evelyn Turme, boy.
George and Frances Walker, girl.
Charles and Helen Wallace, boy.
David and Lavinia Walsh, girl.
william and Miriam Waters, boy.
Allan and Earlene Willette. boy.
John and Bertha Wilson, boy.
Edward and Hazel Young, girl.
Spellman and Eurelia Davis, boy.
Herbert and Lola Goolsby, boy.
Lee and Lurlean Harding, girl. :.
Ernest and Dolores Jackson, boy.
Frank and Violet Lun, boy.
John and GLADYS Randall, girl.
julius and Mary Willis, girl.
Evening star., 1947-06-28
Deaths Reported

tFrom the D. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics,
william Cariin, SO. 5000 18th st. ne.
Lilly Klein, 49, 1929 Longfellow st. NV.
Clara r. G. Middledorf, so, Arlington, Va
Edwin NJ. Jett, rs, 1434 W st. Sc.
Antoinette M. Reynolds. II, 1873 Meridian
Helen W. Atwater, II. Kennedy Warren
Irene {. Turner, 6s, 1914 nth st. NV.
Dora Bennett. GA, Hyattsyille, Md.
Tercila Vigil, "a. Nicaragua.
Loren Singer. 4S, Hyattsville, Md.
katherine z, Rider, 40, 1701 18th st. Sc
Russell S. Hurt, 80, Somerset, KY.
Elsie D. Collins, 2s, so Eye st. NV.
Leroy G. Eowacki. II, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mahala A. Grisby, 70. 2434 Ontario I'd
NV.
Marsha Garner. 73, 1900 22nd st. NV.
Elizabeth Mitchell, 70, 618 @ st. NV.
William A. Brown, 20, 223 S st. NV.
Myra Bynum, so. 707 1st st. NV.
Harrison Smith, SO, 2209 F1ager pl. NV.
Sally Borum, SO, 2046 E st. NV.
Ellnora Booth, SO, 1920 C st. sc.
Mary A. Smith, 81, 1880 Pomeroy rd. Sc.
James c. Smith. SO. 1886 Columbia st. NV
A radio-controlled tractor recent.
ly plowed field at Farnsborough
England.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
Along The Cape Fear

SHIPBUILDING - The recent
history of shipbuilding in North
Carolina is just about the recent
history of shipbuilding along the
Cape Fear river.
And that recent story goes back
about five years. Its motto '"To
Build Good Ships Quickly"
Briefly that history is described
in large booklet that would do
credit to any of the "slick' mag.
azines published in the nation. II
is titled Give Years OF North
Carolina Shipbuilding." It's pub
Usher is the North Carolina Ship
building company of Wilmington.
Off til press less than three
weeks ago, it traces the history
of shipbuilding in this area be-
ginning in the war years of 1941
when speed was the essential
thing, SO badly were ships needed
to bridge America and Europe
with a steady stream Of supplies
and troops.
FOREWORD - Roger Viii.
liams, president of the company,
sums up the situation in the fore
word. Says he: "Time has flown
so fast since the shipyard began
its operations five years ago and
so much has happened in the
world that it 10 difficult Of reali-
zation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06

"We have accomplished our
task and may forget the hardships
and headaches in connection with
it and enjoy the feeling that it
has been a job well done. The
combination of few Newport
News shipbuilders and a good
supply of intelligent, willing North
Carolina men and women has ac-
complished the task. We shall
never have to apologize for the
way it was done"
HISTORY - Then follows the
story of one Of North Carolina s
largest industrial enterprises and
what it contributed in ships to the
winning of the war and to the
establishment and maintenance OF
greater merchant marine for
this country in time Of peace.
The story concerns the construc'
ton of 243 ships. Those ships
range from the sturdy Liberty
freighter, the S. S. Zebulon B.
Vance to the fast combination
passenger-cargo vessel, S. S. San
ia Isabel, a C-2-type.
And more, it is the story OF sew.
eral thousands persons who at one
time or another during the last
five years came to Wilmington
and the Cape Fear river to do
See CAPE FEAR On Pege Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
STATE VFW NAMES
SNEAD COMMANDER
Wilmington Nan Elected
At Closing Session Of
Department Meeting

ATLANTIC BEACH, June 5 -
(P - Edward c. Sneed of Will
mington today was unanimously
elected commander OF the Nortf.
Carolina department. Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, succeeding James
M. Hayes of Winston-Salem. 1t
also was unanimously decided to
hold next years convention at
Winston-Salem.
! Sneed received news Of his
election at the Morehead City hos
pital where ne was operated on
Yesterday for appendicitis.
Election of officers for the COM
ing year preceded today's noon
adjournment of the VFW's 18th
annual encampment. Other OIL
GERS named were:
Harry Vanderlinden, Hickory,
senior vice-commande-; William
Humphries. Roxboro, junior vice
commander; A. G. Ingram, High
Point. adjurant quartermaster
(re-elected; Thomas Broughton'
Lenior, judge advocate; Dc. Den,
mis- Fox, department surgeon; and
the Rev. Raymond c. Long, Char
lotte, chaplain.
Mrs Alberta Warner of Green's
boro was elected president OF the
ladies auxiliary.
Resolutions were passed at TO-
DAVIS concluding session condemn
(see STATE On Page Five)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
Pea DIRECTORS
TO HOLD ANNUAL
Twenty-Seven Associations
To Be Represented AT
Wrightsville Meeting

Directors of q production credit
associations in North Carolina will
hold their annual meeting on
Tuesday, June 10 at the Ocean
Terrace hotel at Wrightsville
Beach, it was announced yester-
day by Julian II Scarborough,
president of the Production Credit
Corporation Of Columbia, S. c.
The meeting is slated TO begin
at 1880 pm. with an opening ad-
dress by Scarborough. A discus
sion will follow his talk on The
problems and policies of the
credit corporal tions.
Also scheduled to make brief
talks are DR.. L. D. Baver, dean
and director, North Carolina State
College Of Agriculture and DR.. C.
W. Forster. head of the agricul-
tural economics department of the
college
Approximately 140 delegates OF
the associations are expected to
register for the one-day meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
Serious Scribe Blasts
Venus Fly-Trap Myth

there?" when all the time he
knows what it is. He's just angling
for an opening 10 tell about the
thing.
'1t's Venus fly-trap,' you as
sure him.
"Ever see one before this?" he
asks. You tell him nc and at the
same time pick Up the pencil and
paper and start taking notes.
"Did you know thai New Han
over County is the only place in
the world where they grow?" you
tell him no again.
"Yeh, the climate ard soil here
are just right for it. Won't grow
anywhere else"
This person passes on and is
followed shortly by another who
See SCRIBE On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
Chicago Men Arrested
For An Act Of Mercy

loft. While still saving, Agnichek
and Kruste were arrested by two
park dictrict policemen, who took
them to the Maxwell Street sta
ton. They were released on $25
bonds.
Judge Edward P. Luczak con-
tinued today's police court hearing
until tomorrow to permit Chief
Hughes to attend as witness for
the two rescurers.
1t. Owen Duffy Of the park po-
lice, in backing the action by his
patrolmen, told reporter there
sometimes is a clash 'Fbetween
the golden rule and the book Of
rules" -
IN such cases, sad as it may be,
the book Of rules, being an, un-
compromising thing, must always
win. Duffy said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06

CHICAGO, June 5-P)-A hear
ing, on charges Of destroying park
property against two men who cut
the limb of an American elm to
free a frightened, sobbing, seven
year old girl was continued today
to permit a fire chief to testify in
their defense.
The two men, Poul Agnicheck,
54, and John H. Kruste, 81. were
notified yesterday that Charlene
Koenig had caught her knee in the
crotch of a park tree.
They freed the weeping girl by
prying apart the branches with
jack from their garage while
others notified the Fire department.
Battalion Chief William Hughes
then arrived, and suggested that
a branch, already split be sawed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
Fairgrounds Personnel
Slash Seems Imminent
Proposed Reorganization
Hinges On Budget Fig
ures F or l947-48

Proposed reorganization o:
Wilmington municipal parks anc
Fairgrounds depends entirely upor
what the city fathers decide to dc
with the 1947-48 budget.
If the $39,175 amount auocated
the last fiscal year to that depart.
ment is slashed it will mean a
cutback in personnel.
Such was the opinion yesterday
by officials at the city hall. Some
cut in that appropriation seems
imminent, some officials predict.
ed.
Reorganization proposals will
come up before the council at a
meeting before the end of June.
But City Manager j R. Benson
yesterday clarifie d proposed
changes that were revealed at
Wednesdays regular council meet
ing when a delegation from the
north side appeared to gain infor-
nation regarding the operation Of
the Cornelius Harnett school play.
ground.
No Change
There will be no change in the
operation of the Community
Center under the new proposal,
Benson explained. 1t will continue
in operation with both an indoor
and outdoor program with a train
ed director in charge.
No Fairgrounds will be closed,
added the city manager. Instead,
there will be an athletic director
named to be III charge Of all play
grounds and to coordinate pro-
grams and schedules of games.
The actual work of supervising
each playground will be up to resi-
dents in that immediate area -
persons, Benson said, who have a
direct interest in that particular
pla ygrou un because of sons,
daughters, relatives or friends
who use that park.
"Under the proposed SYSTEM %
declared the city manager, ar
economy can be effected and a
more direct responsibility placed
on interested persons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
HOUSE ORDERS PROBE
OF POSTOFFICE, CIVIL
SERVICE DEPARTMENTS

WASHINGTON, June 5-(P)-The
House today ordered an investi-
cation of the Civil Service COM
mission and the Post Office de-
partment's operations m d
charges and denials that the in
vestigation's purpose is political.
The action came by voice vote.
Before the vote, Rep. Arends
(R-IlD declared that "the jobs OF
postmaster general and chairman
Of the Democratic National COM
mittee should be divorced, and
divorced now" Robert E. Hanne-
gan now holds both posts.
Rep. Lyle D-Tex) told the House
that he had heard reports that the
Republican high command" was
pushing the investigation in the
hope of digging up ammunition for
the 1948 election campain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
BY CARL CAHILL
Star Staff Writer

The Venus fly-trap, which at this
time of the year is supposedly
swapping at near-flying insects
and getting ready to open a tiny
white bloom, can be just as much
a source of controversy as tn e
Republican administration.
About it and it's curious be-
,avior has grown many tales
which one person says is true
While another contends it's a
dawn lie.
To study current bellefs ABOUT
the ingenius little plant just place
one on your desk with a pencil
and note paper nearby.
The first passerby will stop, and
attracted by the curious shape od
the plant will say, ''whatcha 90,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
WAKE COUNTY NEGRO
ESCAPES GAS DEATH
FOR SECOND TIME

RALEIGH June 5-(P - Willie
(Chicken) Little, 44-year-old Wake
county Negro who was one OF three
on death row at the state prison
scheduled to die tomorrow, for the
second time has escaped the gos
chamber.
Little's execution was stayed by
an appeal of court-appointed coun'
sci for second review by tne
State Supreme court on the basis
of new evidence discovered.
The Negro was charged with the
criminal assault last November
Is, of Mrs. Fletcher c. Rook, Wake
county white woman. Little that
day had escaped from Cary prison
farm.
Counsel for Little claims that a
local physician examined Mrs.
Rook six hours after the alleged at
tack occurred, and that no evi-
dence of an attack could be found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
REYNOLDS, UNION
NEARING ACCORD
Negotiators Report Prog
ress Toward Agreement
On Wage Troubles

WINSTON-SALEM, June 5-P,
signs that r. ]. Rey-
nolds Tobacco company and the
United Tobacco Workers, F. T. A.
C.IO., made some progress to-
day towards a settlement of the
36-day old strike at the Reynolds
plant, it was evident no final
agreement was reached.
Another conference was set for
2 pm. tomorrow. Several Of the
participants in negotiations said
they hoped to be able to make
public Friday some results of the
meetings.
However, Clayton Moore, coun.
sci for the firm and chairman
of its negotiating committee, said
the company's position remained
the same. Donald Henderson Of
Philadelphia, Pa, president OF the
Food Tobacco and Agricultural
Workers, said the two group spent
the afternoon "feeling each other
out"
The activity in the conference
rooms indicated that real bar
gaining was going on and sup
ported guesses that the long-stand-
ing deadlock is breaking.
Smaller Groups
The company and the union
broke. into subcomittees to facili.
tate conferences. The company's
subcommittee was made up oi
John Witaker, vice-president ot
the firm, Moore, and William F.
Howe, labor relations lawyer from
Washington, D. c.
The unions subcommittee was
composed of M. R. Henderson, w.
Clark Sheppard, co-chairman oi
striking Local q of the United
Tobacco Workers and Willie Crier,
treasurer of Local %. Henderson,
who was not present for the re-
opening of negotiations after
weeks recess, arrived today. His
absence Wednesday was thought
by some observers to be cause
of apparent failure to advance
further towards an agreement.
The fruit-basket turnover in the
conference rooms was heightened
today. The subcommittee met
separately, then together, with the
entire committees of both groups
and in a full joint conference.
The concilitors now grown ia
See REYNOLDS On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
President Denounces Communist
Coup In Hungary AS Outrageous;
Foes Block Vote On Labor Bill
Pepper,Morse
DenounceLaw
Senate, However, Expected
To Pass Measure
Overwhelmingly Today

WASHINGTON, June 5-(PeBit
ter-end opponents of the Taft
Hartley labor bill stuck to thei
guns tonight and corded at leas
days delay in taking a Senate
vote to give final Congressional
approval to the union-curbing legis
lation.
Senate Republican leaders aban
doned hope, in the face of sharl
attacks by Senator's Pepper ID
Fla), Morse (R-Ore) and Others
OF getting a vote until tomorrow.
For the most part, supporters
sat confidently by. They expect tt
roll l1o the two-thirds majority re.
quired to override a possible veto
by President Truman.
Senator Morse, reading a long
speech, told the Senate he will
vote against the bill and to sus.
tain a veto, if one comes.
He said he would do SO even
it every person in the state OF
oregon" wanted it to become law
"Causative Bnl'
Morse contended it will he caus-
ative, not preventative, of labor
difficulties" and added that Con-
gress would be more honest" by
simply repeating present laws in
tended to protect the right Of work
ers to organize.
AS dispatch of the legislation to
the White House neared, trio
Of House Democrats appealed to
President Truman to veto the
measure.
The delegation, made up Of
Representatives Lesinski (Mich) !,
Madden Qnd) and Klein (NY) !,
told reporters afterward that Mr..
Truman said he is going to make
a thorough study of the bill before
acting.
The three Democrats made their
White House call in the face of
humping approval of the bill 5y
the House yesterday.
The vote was 800 to 70, consider
ably more than the two-thirds ma
jority required to override a veto.
There was no doubt the Senate
would follow the lead of the House
and approve the bill.
The only question was whether
it would roll up a veto that a veto,
If it comes, could be overridden.
Pepper Speaks
Senator Pepper Cd Fla) de-
nomced the measure, saying he
does not believe the masses wants
See PEPPER On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
|FBI HOLDS COAST
MAN FOR TREASON
American Citizen OF Japa.
nese Ancestry, Charged
With Prisoner Abuse

WASHINGTON, June S -P)-
The Justice department an.
nounced tonight the arrest in Los
Angeles of Tomoya Kawakita, an
American citizen of Japanese an.
cestry, on charges of treason.
An FBI announcement from Di.
rector J. Edgar Hoover said Ka.
wakita's arrest sprang from the
alertness Of a former prisoner o1
war 'he had abused" while serv.
ing as foreman of nickel mine
in Japan.
Hoover's statement said:
"Kawakita, a native-born Amer
lean citizen of Japanese ancestry.
served as a foreman and trans
lator at a nickel mine IL miles
from the Oeyama pris oner OF war
camp, Honshu, Japan.
Brutal Treatment
"He was brutal in his treatment
OF American servicemen who
were taken prisoner and who were
(See FBI On Page Five)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
FOARD ELECTED
POST COMMANDER
World War | Veteran To
Succeed William K.
Stewart, Jr.

Charles H. Foard, veteran of
World War 1, was elected Commen-
der of Wilmington Post No. 10,
American Legion at last nights
meeting by almost two to one
majority over all other candidates
combined. Alex Fonvielle, Jr., a
veteran Of World War II, received
the next highest number of votes
with James E. Holton Jr., and
Harry M. Symmes tied for third
honors. Foard, a native Of Will
mington, has been active in Le-
gion affairs for a number of years
and at present is Chef de Care of
the Forty and Eight.
Foard enlisted in July 1917 in
the Second Company, North Caro-
lima National Guard at Fort Cas-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
GRAIN SH0VELERS
MAY CLOSE MILLS
Strike AT Buffalo Threat
ems Shutdown OF
Flour Production

BUFFALO, N. Y, June 5 - P)
T. Picket lines established by
striking AFL grain shovelers
halted activities today in all 20
waterfront elevators and threat.
ened full shutdown of operations
in this nations largest flour mill.
ing center.
More than $50 grain shoveIers
who struck Monday for a guar
anteed $50 weekly wage were join
ed in the work stoppage today by
nearly 400 grain elevator en-
ployes who observed the picket
lines.
The grain shovelers, affiliated
with the International Longshore,
mems association, are employed
by the Grain Handling Co., Inc,
a firm which unloads grain TO.
shipping and milling interests.
Owen ]. Kavanagh, local presi.
dent of the Grain Elevator EN-,
See GRAIN On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
And So To Bed

The small boy Of three or
four years who lives on Mar
ket street road directs his
question increasingly to any
visitor at his home.
Recently he accosted = gem
tleman who approached the
house.
What's your name, MANI"
"Why?"
"What you doing here?"
"Why?"
Exasperated at the flow Of
questions the gentleman turned
and fired a question at the lad
which he hoped would silence
the youth.
"Say, boy, did you know
curiosity killed the cat?"
Without a moments hesita-
tion the reply came: "Wea,
man, when?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
See PICTURE on Page Seven

well, and in July, 1918, went over
seas with the 37th Brigade, Head
quarters Detachment, Coast Artil-
lery Corps. First Army and was
discharged at Fort Totten, N. Y,
in February 1919 as Master Gun
ner.'
Communicated Foard pledged
himself to do everything possible
to justify the confidence placed in
him by his fellow Legionaries.
Other officers of the post elected
are as follows:
First Vice Commander James
Craig; Second Vice Commander,
Kenneth Corbett; Finance Officer
W. L. Burkheimer, Service Off
GER, Leonard w. Barrett; Judge
Advocate Sol Sternberger; His
torian, Miss Lois Cox; Chaplain,
See FOARD On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
EWING TO SERVE
PRISON SENTENCE
Supreme Court Finds Ma
Error In Superior Trials
OF Carolinians

RALEIGH, June 5 -R-The
State Supreme court today found
no error in three cases which have
capiivated the attention of the
best legal minds in the state, and
denied appeals from the lower su-
perior courts on convictions OF
Wall c. Ewing, Roderick Daven-
port, and W. T. Shore.
Ewing, former legislator from
Cumberland county, was convict
ed last September in Cumberland
Superior court on charges of man.
slaughter in connection with the
death of his wife, Mrs. Douglas
Switzerland Ewing. His appeal
was sought on the grounds that
Judge R. Hunt Parker denied mo-
ton for a non-suit, and sentenced
him to serve 18 to 20 years in
prison.
Davenport's appeal was rejected
although his attorneys sought to
quash a bill of indictment for OBJ
tanning money under falss pre-
tense. He was sentenced to three
to seven years following convic-
ton last spring in Pitt Superior
court.
Hign Interest Rate
He was charged with operating
so-caIled "Big Apple" lean
agency, and testimony was that he
loaned money at ten per cent in
terest weekly on sums which he
borrowed at interest. Of five per
cent weekly.
Shore, prominent Mecklenburg
county attorney, was charged with
being a principal in connection
with the operation Of a "divorce
mill" His appeal was turned
down, and he will serve a SEN
tence of from three to five years.
Shores CO defendants Ward
M. Blanton and Mrs. Vivian Baird
did not participate in the ap-
peal.
All three were convicted OF sub
ordination of perjury in obtaining
fraudulent divorces for South Car
olina residents. The legality OF
marriages arranged by their
former patrons still is under de-
bate.
Blanton was sentenced to five to
ten years. Mrs. Baird did not con-
test the charges and was given
suspended sentence of three to
five years.
Trial Evidence
The appeal in the Ewing trial
was based on his condition Of
confirmed inebr1ty as bearing
upon his responsibility for crime,
or the degrees thereform," Asso-
ciate Justice A. A. Seawell salc
See EWING on Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
Presentations Made Ia
Three At Silver Ami
versary Meeting

The 25th anniversary of the Will
mington Lions club was celebrated
Last night by members of the club
and of the auxiliary at banquet
and dance held in the plantation
club.
Jesse Jones, Kinston, former
district governor of Lion district
Sic and principal speaker for the
occasion, addressed the 70 people
present ON "What is Lionisrn''.
Pointing out the objectives od
the Lions club, Jones elaborated
on the necessary qualities of mem.
bers of the Lions club and spoke
of what it meansato members.
twenty-five year pins were pre-
sented to three charter members
of the local club last night anc
two others will receive the pin ir
absentia.
DR.. A. MGR. Crouch, L. T. Ian.
den and D. c. North were giver
the pins last night by Wallace I.
West. DR.. H. A. Codington and j.
B. White will receive theirs later
Those presented certificates for
perfect attendance during the last
year were: Albert Britt, Foster
Edwards, Harry Griffin, Herman
Hayden, W. R. Jones, Mexican
Maffitt, Paul T. Marshburn, R. S.
Matthews, Buck Moss, Hugh Noff.
singer, Donald Sewell, and Wallace
I. West.
A scrap book containing full
accounts of the clubs activities
during the year 1916 was presented
to the club by Wallace l. West.
j. r. Benson, president-elect,
acted as master of ceremonies for
the occasion in the absence of Joe
Hood, president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-06
City May NotObtain
HillCreSt HOuSino
wilmington Efforts To Acquire Permanent
limits Without Cost Hinges On Fate Of
Wolcott Bill; House Acts Friday

thority set these aside among
seventy two housing projects re.
served for transfer to cities OF
local housing authorities but has
not yet asked Congress to approve
the action.
The FPHA had intended to ask
next January for Congressional
approval, which is required by the
Lanham act. Instead of cash, the
Government would get the net in.
come from rentals.
Bill Reported Out
But the House Banking and Cur.
rency committee has reported out
the Colcott bill requiring the sale
See City on Page Five