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Valley frontiersman., 1947-12-06
ARMY OFFERS VALLEY $250, 900 HOSPITAL
Leola's Gaining

Leola's Gaining
 Although Virgil still leads in the Frontiersman subscrip. tion contest. Leola DeLand has moved ahead of Richard 10 take second place. The con- test still has another nine days to run.
 Contest standings Thursday morning were:
 Virgil .-..-..-..-.--..l300 Leola .......... 600
 Richard .-...-- 4SO Barbara 360 Joan .... 70
Valley frontiersman., 1947-12-06

Palmertes take off shopping stnis % try out the sundaes and served at Berfs Drug Store Fountain. the Valleys the photograph above Mrs. Marie Wright Barbara Meters serving sundae 10 from left right Mrs. June Rex Monoa ham, Harold Norton and Mr. Mrs. Lauritz bY Palmer Photographic Centsr)
Valley frontiersman., 1947-12-06

To Anchorage Mrs. Dorothy Henke was in Anchorage last Tuesday on a short business trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Acquits Defendants
In Earle Lynching Case;
Relief Program Approved
e MenFreed
By Verdicts
Not Guilty Findings Re-
turned In Trial After
Long Deliberation

GREENVILLE. S. c., May 81. -
U.R- The nations biggest lynch
trial in history ended tonight in
full %acquittal for all % defendants
charged with the lynching of vii.
lie Earle. Negro, last February is.
1t took a jury of nine textile
hands. two statesmen and a farmer
only five hours and Is minutes to
reach the verdict clearing the de.
PENDANTS on al four counts charg-
ing murder, conspiracy and access
DRY before and after the fact.
The clerk had to read out SO sec.
tions of the complicated indictment
but all 98 we're mot guilty" and
the reading was completed in min
utes.
AS defendants and their relatives
leaped to their feet in a wild cele-
b~ration, Judge Robert Martin. Jr..
said ''Mr. Sheriff. you can release
the defendants"
Spectators Warned
The judge warned the stirring
spectators against any demonstra-
ton as the mot guilty's' were
sounded off in rapid fire order
by 7. E. Christenberry, the aged
clerk.
AS the roll-call of acquittal was
completed, Carlos Roosevelt Hurd,
squat cab dispatcher named by
acknowledgements as trigger-man
in the lynching, jumped on a chair
(See rs MEN Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
EAST RAILROADS
GET FARE HIKES
ice Approves 10 Per Cent
Increase On One Way
Passenger Tickets

WASHINGTON, May q - LPJ -
A. approximate 10 per cent Ii
crease in basic passenger fares Oh
Eastern railroads was authorized
BY the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today to compensate NJ
Increased operating costs.
The decision applies to go rail-
roads operating East Of the Mis-
,issippi and North of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers.
The lines were authorized to
make the change to the highe-
level on five days public notice.
This will put one-Way passenger
fares up from % TO 2:5 cents per
nile in coaches, and from 3.3 to
50 cents per mile in sleeping and
parlor cars. There will be an in
crease Of about Is per cent in
coach round trip rates and about
I per cent in Pullman round trip
rates.
The railroads were also given 4
minimum ticket rate of Is cents in
leu Of the present 10 cent mini
mum.
This increase is moderate in
relation to the increases in wages
md price levels since pre-war
YEARS said the commission, which
aa authorized a general passen
ger fare Increase in 1912 when
NE rates went up 10 per cent.
Incurred Deficit
loday,S order noted that the rail-
roads which asked for the new in
crease incurred a deficit from
passenger train operations last
year Of SD. 900, 900.
asked for the new increase IN
cured a deficit from passenger
100000.
Inc lCC previously granted the
~ per cent increase separately to
.s New Haven railroad, which
,"aeefed the proposal boost 10
independent proceeding.
me general case. the COM
"iSSloh found the increases to be
I0S' and reasonable" for all in.
.s.ale passenger traffic in the
sfltory East of the Mississippi
b., over and North of the Ohio and
fn uUilac rivers and for interstate
"tl.r the state) traffic in Hin
~, michigan, Ohio and New York.
'"oSe states were specifically
See EAST PATE TWol
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
AMayD Determine
Location Of Office
Apportionment Of $4,000
Grant Also To Be Dis
cussed On Trip

FAYETTEVILLE, May 2O-(P-
R. B. Page of Wilmington, chair
man of the State Ports Authority,
said the group will have a good
idea how to apportion the $50, 900
appropriation it received from the
recent legislature after a five day
inspection junket beginning here
tomorrow.
Page said a formal meeting of
the Authority will be held on the
trip to discuss where its office
shall be located and its legisla-
tive program for the next few
years.
The inspection party will touch
at Wilmington. Morehead City,
Hatteras, Ocracoke and Manteo.
Aboard the government inspec-
(See SPA Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

CAPE FEAR RIVER-The Cape
Fear River is the largest stream
of water in the State. and with
it's 800 mile length. it has shown
what the United States Corps OF
Engineers have done and are still
doing.
-IMPROVEMENT-The improve
ment of the Cape Fear below Will
mington has been under the con-
sideration of either the state OF
North Carolina or of the United
States since 1921. But now more
action has taken place and with
the 80 foot deepening now taking
place and the proposed IS foot
deepening, it should furnish a
waterway for most any size ship.
LOW WATERPROOF to '76', 1t
was reported that a depth OF IA
feet at low water a available
over the bar; 10 feet to . point IA
miles below Wilmington, and seven
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
DR.. DENNIS COOKE
OF ECTC RESIGNS
7. T. Hamilton, Jr., Named
On Committee To Select
New President

GR1ENVILLE, May ,21-tR-Dr.
Dennis H. Cooke, who has been
president of East Carolina Teach
ers college here since last August
l. resigned today, effective Sep
TENDER l. to become director Of
teacher training in the depart
naent of education at Woman's
College, in Greensboro.
The resignation was accepted
by the board of trustees of ECTC
i'll a meeting here today, and DR..
Clyde A. Erwin. state superintend-
ent of public instruction and chair
MAJ. of the board, named a COM
mittee to seek a new president.
Appointed to the committee were
r. T. Hamilton of Wilmington.
Ralph M. Garrett of Greenville
and Thomas J. Hackney c. Will
son.
Maiden Native
DR.. Cooke, a native Of Maiden.
came to ECTC last year from
Peabody College. Nashville, Tenn.
where he was head of the depart
ment of school administration.
DR.. Cooke came to ECTC after
a period of turmoil at the college
which saw it's former president.
DR.. Leon R. Meadows, convicted
of false pretense and embezzle-
ment il his handling o. student and
special funds. He was sentenced
to three years in prison and is
scheduled to complete serving his
term on July %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
CLUB
MEETS TONIGHT
Colonel Thomas j. Weed
To Be Principal Speak
er For Occasion

Colonel Thomas J. Weed. prin.
cipal assistant operations division,
office of the chief of transportation
stationed in Washington, D. c.,
will be the featured speaker at a
meeting of the Wilmington Propel-
Ter Club and their guests tonight at
8 o'clock.
He is scheduled to speak on the
Development of the Port Of Will
m%ington."
The dinner meeting is the an
nual Maritime Day banquet held by
the club. Today has been proclaim
ed National Maritime Day by
President Truman.
r. C. CantWell, secretary-treas-
urer of the club, said that approx
mately 100 persons are expected
to attend the banquet.
Included in the guests of club
members will be city and county
officials. T. D. Love will serve as
master of ceremonies.
During the morning Col. Weed
will be taken on an inspection trip
of the Brunswick River Lay-ur
basin by Col. B. C. Snow, U. S.
district engineer and marty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
fDRDirected
:; otter Files
L al President Wishe S
Notes From King, Card
inal Sealed For Ever

WASHINGTON, May 81 - Up
President Roosevelt, it was dis.
closed tonight, directed nearly
two years before his death that
the long hand letters between the
King of England and myself, or
between Cardinal Mundelein and
myself, r to be retained by me
or my estate and should never be
made public"
A memorandum signed Frank
lin D. Roosevelt" and dated July
16, 1943 offered these letters as
example of papers in his famous
peoples file" which ARE in eff
feet personal"a and not to be pub
lished. There was no hint as to
what may have passed between the
late President and the King, or the
late Cardinal Mundelein Of Chi
cago, famous Catholic leader.
The memorandum was released
by Senator Brewster CR-Maine)
who said it came today from Fred
W. Shipman, director of the. Hyde
Park. N. Y, library where many
Roosevelt papers are stored.
Beside the letters which Mr..
Roosevelt wanted never to be
made public, his memo mentioned
that there were others which
should be kept under seal for 10,
Is or 20 years for the reason
that they may refer to people who
are still alive in a way which would
be embarrassing to them"
(See FDR Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Admits Burning US. Potat oes;
One-Wing Swan Waddles Bit Off Balance
Along The Cape Fear

and one-half feet thence to Will
mington.
BREACH - In 1861 a severe
equinoctial storm made a breach
through the outer banks at a point
about eight miles above the form
err and present entrance. This
breach formed a new mouth to the
river and received the name OF
New Inlet. made famous by the
blockade runners during the CIVIL
war.
U. S. ASSUMES CHARGE-ln
1929 when the U. S. assumed
active charge of the improvements
the controlling depths to Winning
ton was seven and one-half feet.
LATTER YEARS-In later years
from 1929 to 1870. projects were
authorized to deepen the main a
channel by construction of Jett1es
(see CAPE FEAR Page Two>
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
YSICIAN GIVES
MRS. TRUMAN MOD
General Graham Reports
Presidents Mother Now
Has Fair Chance

GRANDVIEW, Mo-, May 21.-LP
President Humans 94-year-old
mother began passive exercise in Il
new mechanical bed tonight after
the White House physician gave
her a "chance" for recovery.
Mrs. Martha E. Truman was
moved into the new oscillating bed
a few hours after Brig. Gen. Wal
lace H. Graham told reporters of
her gradual improvement.
General Graham said his be-
lief in his elderly patients recov-
cry is based on a continuance of
her will to live and the endurance
of a tired heart and a "wornout"
body in which "every cell' has
deteriorated.
His optomistic outlook at hi. first
formal talk with newSmen since
President Truman flew here Satur-
day to see his gravely i'll mother
was borne up during the afternoon
when Presidential Press Secretary
Charles Ross reported at 5 p. m.
(EST) the physician was still en-
couraged.
Likes New Bed
The new bed, which has an end
to end movement, a brought
out during the afternoon and Mrs.
Truman said after she was placed
in it that she was more COM
Portable" than she had been for "a
long time"
The bed has a silent motor and
offers what Ross described as
"gentle oscillation"
At 2:45 D. m. (Kansas City T.me)
the President, General Graham and
Miss Mary Jane Truman, the
Presidents sister, helped Mother
Truman into her favorite chair, an
old rocker with a cane bottom and
a cushion.
While she rocked cheerfully, the
mechanical bed was substituted
for her old one, and she accepted
the change gratefully.
Her spirits are excellent Ross
said, and she is cooperating in
taking nourishment. She ate
wheat cakes and Vermont syrup
sent her by another Presidential
secretary, William D. Hassett, dur
ing the morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
At Same Time e, Canadian
Spuds Sell At High
Prices All Over South

WASHINGTON, May 81 - R)-
Sure the Agriculture department
agreed with a Congressional critic
today, Canadian potatoes are be-
ing sold in the South-Where the
department has destroyed some
II. 500 bushels of homegrown
supds.
The explanation offered at the
department: Nobody would buy
the small, low grade potatoes, and
they were destroyed for lack of a
market.
Rep. August H. Andersen tR-
Mimi in a House speech accused
the department of "wanton de-
struction" and said:
while Department of agricul-
ture agents pour kerosene on huge
piles of new potatoes in Alabama,
North Carolina, Virginia and other
Southern states, potatoes come in
from Canada to supply those mar
(See DEPARTMENT Page TIVE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
FEW HUNDRED MORE
WAR BRIDES MAY BE
ALLOWED TO ENTER

WASHINGTON. May q -(p-
Bills to let a few hundred more
war brides and fiancees come to
America were approved today by
a House Judiciary subcommittee,
The full committee and the
House and Senate still have to
pass on the measures.
One would extend for six
months the law allowing fiancees
to come to this country to marry
service men or veterans. The law
expires next June 80.
The State department Informed
the subcommittee that some 200 to
300 girls would be affected.
Another bill would let in brides
who are Ineligible racially to en-
ter the United States. It applies
mostly to japanese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Senate 0kays
Truman Fund
Affairs Committee
men Rally To Defeat
House Amendments

WASHINGTON, May q -(P)-
The administrations $3.50, 900, 900
relief program O. final Congress
sional approval today after sur
viving a determined, eleventh
hour House attempt to clamp a
$500, 900, 900 ceiling on it.
The end of it's long legislative
trial was reached in the Senate,
where approval was routine after
Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mich>
of the Foreign Relations commit
tee told his colleagues that Presi-
dent Truman is considering a
man 'of wide Red Cross exper-
fence" to administer the program.
Richard f. Allen, Red Cross
vice president, is slated to get the
job.
The final House action came on
a roll call vote Of 288 to SO, in ac-
cepting the measure as redrafted
by a Houes-Senate Conference
committee. This committee modi-
fled several stringent restrictions
tn the program and recommend
ed the full amount sought by Pres
ident Truman.
Much more close. however. was
the 2O5 to ITO rollcall tally by
which the House beat back an at
tempt to return the bill to the
Conference committee with in
tructions to its representatives to
insist upon a 5000, COO, 900 ceiling.
The House, in originally passing
the bill, had voted for such a
limit.
In its final form, the bill PEI
mits expenditure Of the relief
funds in Italy, Greece, Hungary,
Austria, Poland, China and
Trieste. OF the total, a minimum
of SIS, 600, 900 is earmarked for the
United N a t i o n S Children's
Emergency fund.
(The bill is entirely distinct
from the $500, 600, 600 program to
bolster Greece and Turkey against
'Communism.)
Rep. Jonkman (R-Mich J.. lead
(See SENATE Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
KIWANIANS HEAR TALK
BY NAVY OFFICER

Kiwanians enjoyed thirty min
utes of speech and song at their
weekly luncheon meeting at the
Friendly cafeteria yesterday and
heard a final report on the Ladies
night party next Wednesday night
at the Famous club when the
wives, sweetiearts and a few in
vited guests will enjoy S an
nual party.
Bernard Solomon, executive Of
ficer of organized surface division.
6-29, United States naval reserve,
spoke briefly on the subject of the
naval ser and answered the
three most important questions
asked by the general public and
prospective enlistees.
He was introduced by Ed.
Snead, who in turn was presented
to his fellow clubmen by program
chairman Aaron Goldberg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
RESCUERS PRY RAIL
FIREMAN LOSE FRO
LOCOMOTIVE FIREBOX|

CHICAGO, May 21.-(P-Res.
cuers, working feverisnly with
acetylene torches, freed a locomo.
tive fireman today who was. pin
ned for 20 minutes against the hot
firebox of his cab when the engine
overturned.
The fireman, Sherman E. Hor-
richs, 81, suffered a broken left
leg and severe burns. The engi-
neer, Edward Baseda, S., was
thrown clear, but received minor
burns when he climbed back into
the locomotive cab in a futile at
tempt to rescue his partner.
The Chicago Outer Belt Railway
locomotive overturned while pull
ing a 76-car freight train in subur-
ban Cicero. The trains diesel en-
CINE had stalled and the locomotive
was pulling the entire train to q
SWjtchOff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
rudy" P S Frettishly
AT Sutures OF Last
Port Stabilizer

RAILWAY. N. j., May 21-P-
Rudy" a cne-Wlnged swan,
Waddled a bit off balance around
Railway River park today.
He pecked frettishly at sutures
in what is left OF his port stabili-
ger.
But Rudy is recovering.
Rudy lost his left wing in what
veterinarians described as a unique
operation several weeks ago. The
wing was amputated on a white
sheeted picnic table.
Two surgeons and an anesthet-
lst presided.
DR.. Lester Reddin of Westfield,
a veterinarian, said amputating
swans wings isn't in the text
books. because the birds usually
are DESTROYED when stricken by
a serious ailment.
Rudy's wing had been broken
(See WING Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
CITY GOES OVER
ENLISTMENT TOP
Wilmington, Winston
Salem Naval Reservists
Exceed Quotas
Morning Star Washington Burea,

Morning Star Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 81 Will
mington and Winston-Salem N. c.,
have enlisted more Naval Reserv-
lists than their quotas, Senator
Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina
was informed today by the Navy
department.
Our whole state has a fine rec
ord of enlistments," the Senator
said, citing the statistics released
in conjunction with the current
observance of Naval Reserve
week.
North Carolina cities. with their
quotas and enlistments, respee.
lively, follow:
Asheville, $50. $50; Charlotte,
$50, 1856; Durham, $50, 253; Green's
boro, $50, 229; Raleigh, 210, 1877;
Wilmington, 210, 218; Winston
Salem, APO, 1859.
Both Wilmington and Winston
Salem units already h ave head
quarters buildings. The other five
are to be housed in quonset huts.
Buildings at Charlotte and
Greensboro have the official
"CK" already. the Navy said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Phillips Wins
Trial Appeal
purported Nott Signed By
head Wife Saves LilIing-
ton Mans Life

ELLINGTON, May 21.-(P)-
rtarIie Phillips, 31-year-old Angler
,.".nt farmer who was saved
tsnn, death in the states gas cham
April Ii by the timely dis
". .rv Of a suicide note purported.
T., signed by his wife, was granted
WV trial in Harnett County Sup
.,ior court today.
The ruling in the Ease was made
. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn. the
re iurist who last September
~an.enced Phillips to die after a
'a-y had convicted him of murder
- me fatal shooting of his wife.
rbe move for a new trial was
uade by Phillips attorney, Neill
,.oKav Salmon, on the basis OF
ssplv discovered evidence consist
nv Of the alleged suicide note and
affidavit by a man who said
a. had heard Mrs. Phillips threat
..ed suicide d short time before
,or death last August IL.
Tho affidavit was made by Cal
cn Williams, Wake county resi-
dent and it quoted Mrs. Phillips
~ threatening to kill herself be.
sause of trouble caused by liquor
in her home.
Courtroom Packed
hacked courtroom heard Sal
mon and Solicitor Jack Hooks take
mart in heated debate over the
authenticity of the note.
Salmon produced testimony by
LINES Powell. handwriting expert
for the State Bureau of Investiga-
zion WAC expressed the opinion that
me handwriting in the suicide note
was thu same as samples of her
wiring. Hooks countered with a
latter from FBI Chief j. Edgar
Hoover stating that the writing in
the note vas neither that OF Mrs.
Phillips nor her husband.
Phillips, returned from State
nrison to his home county for the
hearing, broke out in smiles over
The Judges ruling and expressed
the belief that the new jury will do
the right things
Judge Burgwyn, saying ne was
faced with one Of the hardest de-
cjsions of his long career on the
bench, said, Il cannot afford to
ignore the testimony Of an expert
(See PHILLIPS Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
FORBIDS
STEEL STRIKES
Clio President Philip MUIR
ray Tells Union Wage
Contract Absolute

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. May 81
President Philip Muir
ray today issued an order to the
5000 " locals Of the CLIO United
Steelworkers f%orbidding strikes for
the next two years.
Murray, also president of the
steelworkers, said in a letter to
local union leaders that recently
signed, tWo-year contracts "for
most of the members Of our union
in basic steel and ~fabricatin,g
plants constitute ." n of the
most notable achievements in the
annals of our nations collective
bargaining history"
Murray said in the letter it is
imperative we understand
thoroughly that:
81. We must meticulously re-
spect provisions of the collective
bargaining contract.
$50. That under no circumstances
must there be work stoppages dur
ing the life of the agreement.
3. We must resort to the order
ly methods of adjudicating our
differences by taking recourse to
the grievance procedure of the
wage agreement up to and includ-
ing arbitration"
Letter Approved
The letter was approved by the
steelWorkers' Altman board of d.
rectors at their biennial meeting.
He said the wage agreements,
which called for a 15-cent-an hour
package pay increase, guaranteed
continued production in the steel
industry and thereby provided an
opportunity for stabilizing
country's internal economic at
fairs
ITO retain the confidence Of the
public, the union and management
must display that spirit of labor
management cooperation SO es-
sential to the welfare of this great
nation" Murray said.
The union leader said adher-
ence to his three-point order was
$50 vital to preserve the integ-
rity" of the wage agreements and
the union that all officers Of locals
and grievance committeeman
should give notice to this effect
to the members
Murray said the steelWorkers
union, by negotiating the two-year
contracts, won for itself the re-
spect and admiration of its mem
bers and the public"
Board In Meeting
Murray added the board would
continue to meet until Friday,
but that he expected no further
developments of general public
interest. The board meeting pre-
viously was announced as a nor-
NAL biennial parley to discuss
routine matters
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
l5-DAY DROUGHT
STILL UNBR0KEN
Crops In Wilmington Area
Badly In Need OF Rain;
Predictions Awry

At press time last light, the Is.
day long drought in this area had
not been broken, despite Weather.
man Paul Hess predictions that
rain would fall last night and this
morning.
The last time Wilmington felt
rain a on May 5, and Hess rec.
ords show that only SO of one
inch rain has fallen here during
this month. This, he says, is way
behind the normal precipitation for
May as we should have had %
inches up to date.
But despite it all, Wilmington
has seen months of May that have
been drier than this one - in 1913
only .87 inch fell during the whole
month, records reveal.
Meanwhile, assistant county agent
Coy R. Cook says that 1.-THE crops
are really suffering for rain"
Some of the plants continue to
grow, despite the dryness, he said,
but all would be helped by rain.
Cook says it is impossible to
tell how much damage has been
caused to plants over the county
because of the lack of rain.
New Hanover's usual million dol
lar lettuce crop will not amount to
that much this year, Cook said. The
lettuce that is now being shipped is
good, he said, but there just isn't
nearly as much of it this year as
was last because of the cold
weather.
Beans grown over the county
will start being shipped in about
two weeks, he said, while the mar
ket times for most of the other
truck crops come later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Explosion
Wrecks Railroad Coach

FORT WORTH, Texas, May Il
mysterious explosion ap-
parently originating in a water
cooler in the rear of a Jim
Grow" passenger coach injured
two men today.
1t occurred north of A.rdmore,
Okla, on a Santa Fe train en-
route from Chicago to Galveston.
Oscar Lett, So, Fort Worth, and
w. c. Brown, IS, Ardmore, riding
in the rear of the coach part1-
toned off to segregate whites and
Negroes, were injured.
O. D. Grill, division superintend-
ant for the railroad, called in Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation ex
plosives experts. He said a high