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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
RESEARCH GROUP
URGED ON HOUSE
Commission Would Study
Possible Merit Rating
System for Teachers

RALEIGH, Feb. IA. - up - A
commission to conduct necessary
experiments and research leading
to a merit rating system for public
school teachers was recommended
to the legislature today by Rep.
Umstead of Orange.
Umstead vas chairman Of a
special commission appointed two
years ago to study such a system.
That group made a lengthy report,
the gist of which was embodied in
bill form. The commission recon-
mended today would present its
findings to the governor and 1949
Assembly.
1t was estimated that $50, 900
would be needed to conduct such
a study, leading to the payment
10 teachers of salaries according to
their merit and capacity.
Eleven persons would constitute
the experimental commission. One
would represent classroom teach
ers; one, the North Carolina Ed
ucation Association; one, the North
Carolina Teachers association;
one, the school administrators;
two, t e teacher education insti-
tutions; two, the General as
sembly-one from each branch;
one, the State Board of Education,
and one, the general public.
The last would be ex otficio as
the state director Of the division
of professional services, DR.. James
E.Hillman. The governor would
appoint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
Government Sources S a y
Nation Has Turned
Coal "Corner"

LONDON, Feb. 14.-A)-The gov
nment announced tonight that
there were signs Britain had turn
ed the corner on the road back to
industrial production. and lighted
homes, but despite encouraging
trends in the coal shortage I'm
employment continued to spread.
Prime Minister Attlee met with
his niEe man coal cabinet to
consider an approximate date for
restoration of at least part of the
power cut off completely from
more than half the nations indus
tries in the gravest fuel shortage
in the nations history.
There was no official indication
of a date for the switch-on, but
when it comes industry will be Civ
en- priority.
Sir Guy Nott-Bower, u~ndersecre-
tary of the ministry of fuel and
power, was the author of the turn
the corner statement, but he add
ed that IF we have turned the
corner it is only just
His statement conceded with a
note from Attlee declining with
thanks the offer of President Tru-
man to divert American coal on
ships on the high seas to British
ports.
Attlee said that the need for coal
Continued on Page 2; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
OPA LOSES ROUND
IN SUGAR BATTLE
Industrial Rationing Meth
DDS Will Be Sent 70
Supreme Court Test

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA n
CPA, fighting a challenge to its
industrial sugar r%ationing methods,
lost in the U. S. Court Of appeals
today and turned to the Supreme
court.
The Appeals court, in a 2 to l
decision, held invalid the agency's
Historical use' system OF
rationing sugar to the bulk
sweetened condensed milk in
dustry.
. OPA attorneys contended this
might force scrapping of the In
dustrial rationing system and ulti-
mately affect its method of ration,
ing for household use. Meanwhile,
rationing continues as usual at
least until March 4.
Carl Auerbach, chief OPA
counsel, told the court in argu'
ments last week that OPA OF
ficials had been unable to find any
satisfactory method for industria
ALLEGATION other than the "histori,
CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15

Protests Are
Given Go Bye
COP Majority Prevails In
Rejection OF Efforts To
Lower Cut
TAFT MAKES PLEA
Knutson Sees Way Now
Clear For 20 Per Cent
Drop In Taxes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-(P-
The House-Senate Budget commit
tee voted so to % today to slash
Sc, 900, 600, GOO out of President. Tru-
mans $37, 500, 900, 900 budget for the
fiscal year beginning July /.
1t thus OVERRIDE Army and NAVY
protests that cuts in their funds
would endanger national security
and, in the words of Chairman
knutson (R-Minn) of the House
Ways and Means committee, clear
ed the way for a 20 percent cut in
Individual income taxes.
The reduced figure of S31, $780,
ooO, 600 is not necessarily the
amount that will be made avail
able for the next fiscal year. 1t
amounts to a suggested ceiling,
but Congress is not bound to stay
within it.
The committee rejected all ef-
forts, including a plea by Senator
Taft R-Ohio), to hold the budget
reduction at a figure which would
take fewer dollars from the Sill
200, DOC, 900 that President Truman
requested for the Army and Navy.
Chairman Quincy R-SD) of the
Senate Armed Services committee
fought the huge slash doggedly in
and out of committee. He told re-
porters it would take 81, $50, 600, 900
from the Army and Navy and 1T
refuse to vote for any thing that
will hamstring u armed forces
while the peace of the world is un-
settled"
Prior to the committee session,
General Dwight d. Eisenhower,
chief of staff, and heads of the
Army and Navy, backed by Presi-
dent Truman, had pleaded against
cutting the armed forces budget.
Just before the crucial vote was
Continued on Page 2; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15

head with the butt Of his pistol,
we related for you yesterday.
So today we'll confine ourselves
to the one point that our best au-
thorities are agreed upon. That's
the death of the presiding judge
at the trial regardless Of who was
in the prisoners box whether it be
Simpson or Whitehurst.
The jurist who heard the case
in Wilmington or New Bern take
your choice as both locations have
strong historical backing - was
Charles J. Berry.
Now all historians, in addition to
Governor Tryon who wrote a
lengthy report on the whole affair
to the Board of Trade at London,
agree that the poor judge killed
himself.
REASONS ADvANCED-'Simp
son was acquitted, and Judge
Berry, believing he IA going te
be suspended, killed himself" one
historian tells us.
Another historian contends Slmp
son, not Whitehurst, was killed
and that Whitehurst was convicted
of murder, but that Judge Berry
granted him enough time before
execution to enable him to escape
Tryon was furious and SO wrougn'
nou1auned an Faxe 4 Col, n
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
JUDGE LAUDS CLUB
FOR SERVICE HERE
Brigade Boys Mark 5ls1
Anniversary With Ban
quet Last Night

The crime rate is lower among
the youths of this city than any
city in this area, Judge John Bur-
ney told the old and new members
of the Brigade Boys club at their
fifty-firSt annual founders day BAN
quet held last night in the Brigade
Boys club.
The Eighth Judicial District
jurist in delivering the main ad-
dress of the banquet said that
splendid work of organizations,
such as the rigade club, has held
the juvenile crime rate in this city
to a minimum.
Judge Burney, sprinkling his re-
marks witt bits of humor, prais-
ed the work of the staff of the
Brigade and urged them to con-
tinue in the fine work they are do
ing. TIE speaker also paid high
tribute to the late Col Walker Tay-
lor, founder of the original Bri-
gade.
The program was opened by r.
c. Shackleford, president OF the
Senior Fraternity, who introduced
H. w. Piner. who served as toast
master for the OCCASION.
o. D. Curtis extended greeting
to the members of the old Bri-
gade and welcomed them to the
banquet. The response from the
members of the old Brigade was
made by l.. F. Gore, who traced
the history of the organization of
the Brigade to February IA. 1896
when it was founded by the late
Col. Walker Taylor. He pictured
Colonel Taylor as a man who gave
up much of his time to give aid to
the boys of ''Drypond."
Gore told the members of the
new Brigade that they have &C.
complished more in the past year
than the old brigade was able to
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
HOEY AND CLARK
PROTEST DISPOSAL
Steelman Asked To Halt
Surplus Sale Until De-
cision On Shipyard
Wilmington Star
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Presi-
Dental Assistant John Steelman to-
day received protests rom Senator
Clyde Hoey and Representative J.
Bayard Clark of North Carolina re-
latlves to the reports that surplus
property is being moved from the
now idle North Carolina Shipbulld-
ing company's facilities located in
Wilmington, N. c.
The members of North Cardinals
congressional delegation cited an
earlier pledge by the Maritime
commission to leave the Whining
ION facilities intact until a final
decision is handed down on the
North Carolina State Ports Author
nyS offer to buy the facility for
$1,000. 900.
4. B. Page of Wilmington, the
auEnorlty chairman, has been ask
Cd to send here a list Of the
property repeatedly being removed
by the Maritime Commission,
winch owns the yard.
Maritime officials contend that
sey are taking away only proper
v That would deteriorate other
WISE, the office of Representative
Clark said.
oteelman is studying the Ports
"uanorlty purchase offer upon in
sHucllons from President Tru-
nlan, who was asked by the
North Carolina delegation to have
"e Maritime Commission recon-
Saer It's refusal to sell the yard,
s'eelman. who has had one con-
r.ence with Senator Hoey and
o"lSVead, probably will h a e
mother next week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
Along The Cape Fear

EXIT JUDGE Yesterday we
continued our tale of the famous
Simpson : Whitehurst duel placing
particular emphasis upon the fact
that as far as reputable historians
are concerned the winner, the
loser, the motive, and the outcome
still remains a deep dark secret.
One historian will tell you that
Capt. Alexander Simpson killed
Lieut.. Thomas Whitehurst, a
fellow officer aboard the good ship
Viper; was convicted at New
Bern; and then allowed to escape
to England before the execution
could be carried out.
Another historian contends that
Whitehurst killed Simpson because
the captain sympathized with the
colonists while he, Whitehurst, was
a strong supporter of the royal
governor, William Tryon.
Most historians see some con-
nection between the divergent
views on the Stamp Act and the
battle. However, Governor Tryon
contends that political beliefs did
not have anything to do with the
affair as the men were fighting
over a woman.
MUTUAL AGREEMENT - How
Simpson not only fatally wounded
Whitehurst in the duel but also
went p the trQuhle to hash II hia
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
GOVERNOR NAMES
BRIDGES AUDITOR
Greensboro Attorney Will
Serve Term OF Late
George Ross Pou

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.-P-Henry
L.. Bridges, Greensboro, attorney
and captain in the army during
World War II, tonight was named
by Governor Cherry to fill the I'M
expired term of State Auditor
George Ross Pou, who died last
Saturday night.
Bridges is a former deputy
clerk of the Guilford County Supe-
rior court.
The governor tonight said
Bridges will assume his duties i'm
mediately.
Bridges, who is 80 years old, is
a native of Franklin county. He
is the son of the late John j. and
Ida Lorraine Carroll Bridges. AS a
boy he lived in Zebulon and later
at Millbrook where he attended
high school.
He is a graduate from Mars Hill
Junior college, and took his
bachelors degree from Wake For
est in 1881. He taught school at
Germantown in Stokes county, but
returned to Wake Forest for the
study of law; he was admitted to
the bar in 1888.
Bridges practiced law for two
years in Greensboro with the firm
of o. W. Duke, and became de-
putty clerk of Guilford County Su-
perior court in August 1885. He
served in that office until he en-
tered the army in September, 1910
as a member of the National
guard.
During World War II, he served
in Georgia and California, and
later had overseas duty in Trini-
dad and in Alaska. He was re-
leased from service on Dec. IA,
1915, and on terminal leave was
promoted to the rank of major.
Bridges is married to the form
er Clarice Hines. They have two
children. He is a member of the
Baptist church and is a member
of the Masonic lodge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
SO To Bed

Yesterday afternoon about
four, a State Highway patrol
man, making his regular
rounds, gazed for a moment
in amazement as he saw a mule
pulling a two-wheel cart around
in circles.
The limb of the law halted
his patrol car and went to in
vestigate. He found the mule
was being driven by a white
man, who was slightly under
the influence. The man was
pulling the reins hard to the
left and the mule just kept
cifcling. The patrolman ar
rested the driver.
But the story does not end
here. The patrolman boarded
the cart to drive it to the
owners home when a passing
auto came to a sudden halt.
"Say, Buddy, yelled the
driver" is that what thew give
you cons to drive in North Car
olina?"
The lawman, smiled. b)inked,
blushed and called out" Gee or
Haw'', completely ignoring the
drivers remarks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15

TAYLORSVILLE, Feb. 14.-PE
Nobody got a st. Valentines day
bath here today.
A pump in a 3o1-foot well broke
down yesterday, cutting off the
towns water supply and forcing
town officials to haul $4,000 gal
Ions of water from Statesville and
North Wilkesboro for storage as
protection against fire.
Living on M of the highest
points in town. Mayor Ray Jen-
nings' family was n of the first
of approximately 5000 residents to
be affected by the shortage.
A crew from Alexandria, Va,
pulling the broken pump from
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
|l43 Million
Bid Wins For
Houston Firm
Famous Lines Will Carry
Natural Gas To Points
On Eastern Seaboard
TO PAY ALL CASH
Price Received Within ST..
100000 OF Original
Construction Costs

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA Up
The government knocked down its
Big and Little Inch pipelines for
$143, 127, 900 today to carry natural
gas to the East.
The War Assets administration
snapped up the cash offer by the
Texas Eastern Transmission corp
Grafton of Houston, Tex only
So, 700, 900 short of what the lines
cost to build-and Administrator
Robert M. Littlejohn expressed
hope the company would take over
by May l.
But first:
l. The Justice department must
approve from the antitrust stand
point. Littlejohn said he was in
formed it could rule within a
week.
2. The Federal Power commits
sion must grant a certificate OF
convenience and necessity. Sena-
tor Myers (D-Pa) predicted the
commission will "never permit the
transmission of natural gas to the
Eastern seaboard" and insisted
CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
GREEKS TO BUY
TWO SHIPS HERE
Surplus Vessels From Lay
Up Basin In Progress OF
Transfer

Two Liberty ships from the Lay
up basin are 10Y in the process
of being sold to Greek citizens, by
the United States government, rep
resented by the Maritime Com
mission according to informa-
ton received from local customs
officials yesterday.
The SIS. George Bellows, which
is now being refitted for voyage
at the Wilmington Terminal is to
be sold to a co-partnership of 16
Greeks, and will presumably be
transferred to the Greek flag.
The SIS. Jack London is also
being sold to a Greek citizen and
will be transferred to the
HOndurian flag.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
Unemployment Total
Mounting In Britain
The Weather
FORECAST


North Carolina Clear to partly
cloudy Saturday and Sunday, not muci
change in temperature Saturday, some
what colder Saturday night and Sunday
South Carolina - Fair Saturday anc
Sunday, slightly cooler extreme north
portion Saturday night and Sunday, 9th
erwise not much change in temperature
tBy u. S. Weather Bureau
z Meteorological data for the "A hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30 am. 40; 1880 am. So; 80 pm. go;
1880 pm. So.
Maximum So; Minimum IS; Mean 49,
Normal 48.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1870 pm. -
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
100 inches.
Tides For Today
from the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington 4:25 am. 1885 am
4:42 pm. 1883 pm,
Masonboro Inlet 3:30a.m. e:53 am
1896 pm. 1856 pm
Sunrise 6:57; Sunset Sc; Moonrise 3:1i
am; Moonset :05 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville. N. c. at
am. Friday, 11.2 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
CIVIL SERVICE
FORMS APPROVED
Commission Agrees On
New Application Blank
AT Session

Final approval was given to the
new application forms to be used
in filling present and future vacan.
cies in the Wilmington police and
fire departments at a regular meet
ing of the local Civil Service Com
mission in the city hall last night.
The chief difference in the forms
to be used and the ones which were
in service prior to the arrest of two
city police officers on breaking ano
entering charges several weeks
ago is in the education and home
character requirements and refer
ences, a member said following
the two and a half hour session to
which the public was barred.
Also covered to a greater extent
in the new application form is the
physical qualification of a new ap'
plicant, it was reported.
When questioned whether or moi
the selection of a man to replace
Charles H. Casteen as chief of po-
lice had been taken under advise.
ment, DR.. David Hutchinson, who
presided in the absence of Nathan
S. Haskell, replied that it was not
up to the board to take the matter
into consideration until after a rec
ommendation for the post had
been made by the city council.
1t was also pointed out in refer
ence to the police chief matter that
the commission had 20 days in
which to act on any recommends.
ton for promotion to the post if
the man in question was chosen
from among the members of the
department. Under the present
civil service commission law the
position must be filled by a present
member of the force.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
7aylorsuiUe Citizens Go
Bathless; Sheriff Blamed

the 300-gallon-per-minute we'll to-
day for necessary repairs and a
branch at the edge of town was
damned to augment the imported
water in storage.
Meanwhile, persons living on
high spots throughout the town
hauled their personal water sup
plies from wells outside the cor
porate limits.
Mixing humor with their pre-
dicament, some residents joked
that Sheriff Fred Smith of Alex
|ander county was elected last fall
OH a dry" platform and he is
really drying things up around
lhsre-even to the town wells
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
Today And Tomorrow
By WALTER LIPPMANN

object of Soviet diplomacy is to
draw Britain away from the Amer
lean connection as the time for a
European settlement comes nea-
rer.,
The mounting difficulties of the
British position at home and in
the empire will almost certainly
have a determining influence on
the outcome. For what the British
people may wish to do. and what
necessity could compel them to do,
are not certain to be the same. 1t
would be dangerously mis-
leading to suppose that the work.
ing arrangements Of Mr.. Byrnes
tConthnued On Page D. Col. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15

In any discussion of the prob
lem of Britain's postwar dill
ficulties, there is a. tendency to
assume that the British-American
partnership is closer than it is. Mr..
Byrnes and Mr.. BeYin did on the
whole work together almost always
when there was issue with the
Soviet Union, and generally speak
ing each government was gwen
the other tacit, and now and then
active, support within its sphere o.
influence.
The Soviet government has, OF
course, objected to this diplomatic
collaboration, and some voices
have been raised against it both
in England and in America. II IS
now evident that an impoKoaM
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
Vandenberg
Hits Russian
Good Faith
c0P Leader Says Moscow
Fails To Reciprocate,
Good Will
CITES INSTANCES
Repeated Attempts To Get
Answer On Lend-Lease
Bills Have Failed

WASHINGTON, Feb IA @ -
senator Vandeaberg (R-Mich)
aid tonight that Russia has failec
N r~eciprocate the fair play ano
sood will extended by the United
ststes in foreign relations.
Vandenberg, president p r ten
~ tine Senate and chairman of the
Foreign Relations committee, was
referring specifically to Moscow's
failure 10 answer requests for the
settlement of lend-lease accounts.
Speaking at a dinner given by
Michigan Chambers of commerce
IN honor of the State Congressional
delegation, Vandenberg said:
ut should be our anxiety to es.
.ablish mutual fair play and mu
nal goodwill in Soviet-American
relationships.
at seems to me-" he continued,
shat we have rarely failed il this
ALLEGATION. On the other hand. il
seems to me that this can not be
said Of Moscow"
V~andenbero said that the United
States lend-leased S11, 800. 000, 00f
10 Russia during the war and
never hesitated Tong enough tc
count the cost"
IGNORES REQUESTS
Within the past year. he added,
"Russia has. to all intents and
purposes. completely ignored four
american Diplomatic requests tc
open negotiations for settlement Of
these accounts"
He also said Moscow IGNORED
notes from the State department
relative to 1875 merchant ships
lend-leased to Russia and said
these are "just a couple Of SYM
bolic Incidents"
&" res pectfu11v suggest"
v~andenberg said. chat such ex,
periences are not calculated to
fprtilizo mut"al goodwill and I'm
derstanding."
He asserted it could not be con-
sidered an unfriendlv act or out
Of keeping with the dignity OF the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
WEATHERMAN SAYS
CITY WILL ENJOY
MODERATE WEATHER

Paul Hess, Wilmington weather.
man, is still promising warm
weather for the next few days, for
"as far as we can see, no colo
wave is DUE"
With a low of 40 degrees expect
ed for early this morning, the mer-
curry is due to climb to 6O-65 de-
grees during the day, approximate
ly the same as Yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
PLANE REPORTED
DOWN in SWAMP
Unidentified Craft Crashes
Burns; Seven Army Men
Killed In Smash

MONCKS CORNER, S. c., Feb.
14.-P-An unidentified plane was
reported to have burst into flames
and crashed in Wampoo swamp
six miles east of here shortly after
shutdown tonight.
Civil aeronautics administration
officials at Charleston said no
scheduled planes were missing.
Searching parties from a forest
service station set out immediate
ly on horseback and a Coast Guard
search and rescue unit dispatched
a truck from the Charleston base
to hunt the crash scene, deep in
the woods beyond auto roads.
Forest Ranger A. C. Wells said
the first report was made by a
logging operator who was unable
to identify the type of plane.
SEVEN DIE WHEN
PLANE CRASHES, BURNS
MACON, Ca, Feb. .14.-GP-The
wreckage of an Army passenger
plane, the bodies of its seven oc-
cupants burned beyond recogni-
ton, vas found today in the dis
NAL heart of a Middle Georgia
swamp.
The plane, a twin-engined CAS-,
burst into flames and crashed last
night shortly after taking off from
Robins Field, Is miles south Of
here. All aboard were Army per-
sonnet en- route to Wright Field at
Dayton, Ohio.
A searching party reached the
scene of the crash shortly after Z
a. m. after nearly 10 hours of
hacking its way through the dense
underbrush. 1t took another four
hours for a messenger to negotiate
the mile and a half back to the
field with news that all aboard
were dead.
Army officials announced that
an investigation into the cause of
the crash would be made as soon
as bodies were removed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-15
FORECAST:

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Clear
to partly cloudy with little change in
temperatures today but somewhat colder
tonight; Sunday clear 10 partly cloudy
and somewhat colder.
Evening star., 1947-09-04
Foster Core Keeps 2 Lovebirds
Alive as Mother Spurns Job

Two young lovebirds are finding
it a tough world. Their mother
contrary to most laws OF nature
refuses to feed them.
AS a result, the youngsters are
spending their early days in a
downtown Washington insurance
office where their owner, Mrs. Paul
]. Heaton, can feed them at two
hour intervals.
The tiny birds. each less than an
inch and a half long, are survivors
of six-egg brood Matched out dur
ing the past week at Mrs. Heaton's
home, 800 Aspen street NV. The
other four birds died of starvation
and general neglect, Mrs. Heaton
said.
BY rights, the mother bird should
stay in the Matching box with the
youngsters and give them food
which is brought to her by the
father. But not this one.
THE father was willing" says
Mrs. Heaton, but the mother fell
down on the job. She wouldn't
have anything to do with them"
After several hours OF expert
menting, Mrs. Heaton found she