davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
CHAPTER FOUR

The station wagon hung 1tseH
|tsf1lly around a turn in the
h and Greg spoke, with po-
IT, insincere friendliness.
Iynp are now entering the
Kinds of Twin Oaks He waved
bard the weed-grown fields and
tangled woods on either side
'.be road. There are hundreds
scres-all a hunting preserve
u that belongs to a gun club
4 spends q few weeks each
b. getting drunk, playing cut
|oat. poker. and in between
lilies slaughtering a few helpless
and defenseless birds, all
the noble name of sport"
Esil looked at him, bewildered.
lBut why does my father per-
\ it," she asked.
lis grin was wry and unpleas-
because your father can't help
nselt. The place was sold at
Elton and it's too isolated for
and the bank took what it
BID get for the land. And-since
Twas good for nothing but a
ntng preserve" He shrugged.
believe, though, there was
rugh left over to pay off the
and provide a few or
Ids for your mother"
6he turned to him, wide-eyed.
'0rchids for mother?" she re-
Rted, more bewildered than
er,
'0h, Of course" he fastened to
her cynically, zone
alizeS that life, for your mother,
lLd be utterly impossible I'M
\ she were smothered in or
Ids"
BE- paused a moment to con-
Ter that and added in the tone
one Who makes a pleasing dis
Very, Come to think of it, that
lldn't be at all a bad idea
bothered in orchids. I like the
knre."
Gail was too dazed, too puzzled
be able to answer him ade-
|tely, and before she could
Impose herself the station wagon
q turned from the meandering
Flow road along a weed-grown
I've. bordered on either side by
\ bushes aflane with beauty
pleas that We're as tall as young
ees, their colors rosy pink,
cam white, ling red. But
eir beauty coulu not disguise the
| Of shabbiness and neglect that
wound before them as they fol-
HHed what must once have been
beautiful graveled drive.
suddenly there doomed before
Pm an old-fashioned, tWo-storied
Nse. A big, barnlike building
~ must have been at least so
Prs old and built without re-
Pa to the laws of architecture.
RV!0uSly a man had built that
use because ne needed room for
gfoWlng family. 1t was strictly
lIaflan. It had never been
ia'eo' and the wind and rain
sun Of many years had tenn
Fso Its color to a soft silver
dS, a vide veranda ran across
ifon,, and banked along the
se were pots Of growing plants.
azaleaS surrounded the
use, and at the back and on the
NE tender feathery pink of
Faea blossoms added their note
picture that might have been
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23

An important factor in the fall
cleanup in the home garden is
the elimination of as many weeds
as possible to keep them from
going to seed and thus over-popu.
lating the garden with new weeds
next wear,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
HEADS

ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 22-P-
J. L. Turbidy, Vice-President of
the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills, was
elected chairman of the board of
directors Of the Southern Hosiery
Manufacturers association this aft
ernoon during the associations
tWo-day convention here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
W G Nj
1910 On Your Dial

TO-DAY
6:30-News Summary
6:33-Sunup Hoedown
7:00-NeWs-Local
7:05-Eye Opener
9:0e-News-Local !
9:05-Organ Moods
9:15-Morning Devotional
9:30-The Shady Valley Folks
10:GO-Eleanor Watts
1O:15-Saturday. Serenade
1O:30-Say 1t with Music
11:00-Pan Americana
Ii :15-This week in Washington
~11:3O-Flight Into the Past
12:OO-Luncheon at Sardi's
12:30-Bands For Bonds
1:o0-Harlem Hospitality Club
1:3O1This is Jazz
2:0O1The Barry Gray Show
2:30-Record Review
4:00-Description of Saratoga Handicap
4:15jTwo Hundred Piece ALI Ohio
Boys Band
4:45-OrcheStra
5:o0-Buddy Moreno's Orch.
5:15-Dezi Arnez's Orch.
5:30-Cecil Brown
5:455Orchestra
6:0O-Hawaii Calls
6:3O-NeWs
6:35-Orchestra
6:45-Robert W. Kenny
7:00-Twenty Question
7:3O-The Better Half
8:G0-Listen Carefully
8:30IHigh Adventure
9:OO-Chicago Theater of the Air
10 :OO-Korn's a Krackin'
10:30eack Fina's Orchestra
10 :55-Mutual Reports he News
IL :00-Midnight Matinee
11:55-Tomorrow's News Tonight
12:0O-Sign Off
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
Recipe for 5-Minute Peppermints

Recipe for 5-Minute Peppermints
The ingredients are: I cup white
sugar, IA cup boiling water, 1-8
teaspoon cream of tartar, 6 drops
peppermint, and a bit of coloring
paste.
First make the fondant. Put
sugar and water in a pan over
the fire, stirring constantly until
sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
When syrup first boils, add cream
of tartar.
Before it boils, carefully wipe
the sides of the kettle with a
cloth or brush dipped in hot wa
ter. Every particle of sugar must
be melted before syrup begins to
boil, for sugar grains will make
the fondant gritty.
Cover the pan. Let syrup boil
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23

effects by using different kinds Of
ink and also by using papers OF
different colors and surfaces.
There are many things Of which
you may make silhouettes flow
ers, leaves, coins arranged to
form designs, and 20 on. You
must remember, Of course, that
the object on the paper will be
spattered as well as the paper it.
sell, so you must never use this
process with things that would be
ruined by ink.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23

Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

alsles or dragged through the zap.
ing hole in the side of the car.
lhe steel hit the upper part
Oh a coach window and bounced
back, slashed across two cars anc
cut through the coach like a knife
SAID john R. McCrory, New York
him executive. who was a passen.
ger.
McCrory said Miss Myrtes Car.
10, New York registered nurse. wal
the heroine of the crash. With ar
unidentified doctor, Miss Carlo
worked by lantern flares 10 aic
the injured with bandages, the onl,
material at hand.
Steel Topples
AS the Flyer and freight grounc
to a stop p, the steel toppled to the
other side, derailing the locomo
tive and tender of an East-boune
freight. There were no casualties
in this phase of the accident, the
railroad said.
Lights on the damaged Flyer
bllnked out and crew members
and passengers struggled in the
fllckering light of lanterns to free
the trapped and aid the injured.
The American remained upright
on the rails despite the impact ane
continued into Altoona a short time
later. Normal traffic was quickly
restored, the railroad said, and al
four mainline tracks we're reopen
ed within sever hours.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
RED CROSS
Continued From Page One)

Tilley Moody. Mrs. Frances Hol-
lingsWorth and Mrs. A. r y a n
Holmes had arrived and opened
the registration office in the board
of trade building. Newspapers and
the radio were asked to make ap-
peais to the striker people and the
relatives to report to the regis
tration office any assistance
needed.
The staff and volunteers were
kept busy making telephone calls
to anxious relatives and rendering
aid to the homeless. Many eastern
North Carolina cities and towns
volunteered their services. Late
is afternoon C. B. Stafford SAID
the situation was well under con-
troll and that ne did not think any
further aid would be necessary.
Shelter Needs
Miss Coucoules said that she did
not think that a public shelter
house was needed at this time.
However. she did admit that
something Of that nature Woulo
have to he made available soon.
Families Homeless
Some of the families, n o ;"
homeless. have ten and Twelve
children and they 7 now beng
taken care of by relatives.' she
added that in a few days tn e
situation may be that a shelter
house will have to be mace aVaA-
able.
Mrs. Ida speiden, executive sec
! rotary of the Wilmington chapter
said that under the auspices OF
line Wilmington chapter, George
Hutaff. Coca-Cola Boiling WORKS,
Is sending 100000 cases OF 1000
stuffs to this stricken community
After contracting the Lumberton
chapter to offer Wilmington's as.
sistance. Mrs. Speiden reported
hat 1.-The situation was well IN
hand" n Wl1lillllStoi :,
secretary said she was informed
hat nursing services are no long
er needed and that the housing
problem is not overly acute
Works To Remain
Tn the meantime, it was learned
here that a special field director
from Atlanta was enroute mere 10
supervise the work. The aeo
Cross workers will remain on the
scene as long as necessary to ala
the victims in every way possible
Miss Coucoules stated.
Meanwhile Stafford paid hlg n
tribute to the State Highway Pa
troll and State Highway depart,
ment, and the Carolina Light and
Power company for aid rendered
in the disaster, and an expression
of thanks was publicly rendered to
surrounding cities for their S r
vices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
LEGISLATORS Flooded With
Mail On Calendar Idea

WASHINGTON W.H-The house
foreign affairs committee staff
isn't having any more, thank
you. Letters about a perpetual
calendar, that is.
1t started when Hawaiian dele
gate Joseph R. Harrington intro
duced a bill to have the United
States and its territories adopt
the Edwards perpetual calendar.
Under the proposed calendar,
the year would be divided into
eight months of 80 days each and
four 31-day months, February
short-changed by the present cal
endar. would have 80 days.
Since that would add up to only
1854 days, the first day of each year
would be set aside as Year Day. In
Leap Year, there would be two
Year Days.
The year would always begin on
Monday, the Fourth Of July would
fall on Thursday and Christmas
would come on Monday
1t wasn't the bill that bothered
the committee employees. 1t was
the mail response.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
GRANGE
Continued From Page One)

lngton, spoke to the group on the
Importance of trading with other
countries in order to encourage
them to buy our products" he
pointed out that the crop outlook
for this year is good.
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, State
Grange master. read a message
from Hugh Taylor, head o: the to-
bacco division of the office Of
foreign agricultural relations. who
said exports so far this year are
satisfactory, but the total in 1s47
may be slightly lower than for
1916.
Those Present
Present in addition to Thispen,
Allen, and Mrs. Caldwell were
Claude Hall Of Roxboro, E. Y.
Floyd of Raleigh, C. F. Loftia, of
KinSton. T. D. Alley of Summer
field, w. L.. Collett of Thomas
vile, w. P. Hedrick of Raleigh,
end Harry B. Caldwell of Green's
boro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

Letters started piling up from
the butcher, the baker and the
candlestick maker. But mostly
from business men and members
of various religious groups.
Committee Clerk Boyd Crawford
said the flood of incoming mail
sometimes reached 1900 letters a
day. What the untima ate total will
be. he said, no one can tell.
Crawford said business men gen.
orally favored the idea of a per-
petual calendar, while most of the
religious groups froWned on it.
The business men like it, he
said, because it would facilitate
their operations and ease their
bookkeeping chores. They also like
the idea of every year starting on
Monday.
Mos of the letters we've had
from religious groups are worried
about how it would affect their
worship. They're afraid people
would refuse to show up TO work
some Wednesday because it used
to be Sunday under the present
cvctopoH
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
ARAB
Continued From Page Onel

president, called a meeting of tn,
steering committee for tomorrow
at II a. m. E.D.T.) and another
meeting of the full assembly it
self at 3 p. m.
The steering committee must de
eide the question of Jewish partici
patton in the assembly.
The assembly then adjourned a
700 p. m. (E.D.T.).
The Arab countries knew from.
the start of the long wrangling to
day that their fight was hopeless
out they argued at length through
the 4 IL hour afternoon session.
Aranha accused them Of stray
ing repeatedly from strictly pro
cedural debate and getting owe
onto the broad general subject.
He told them they were harm
ing the United Nations" by inject
ing general debate into the assem-
ply at this time.
Out of more than a dozen after
noon speakers, the Arab state
found support only from Argentin;
and Cuba.
The Arabs said off the flool
that they were stating their cas-
for the record, having lost hop
Of getting two-thirds OF the S. dele
gates to overturn a steering com
mittee decision against admitting
their demands to the assembly.
The dispute concerns demand
by the five Arab states in the U.N
for the assembly to discuss now
demand for termination of the
British mandate over Palestine
and independence for the Holy
Land.
The assembly after a tWo-houl
Wrangie this morning put on it
calendar for full discussion {
British proposal for appointment
Of a committee which would inves
tigate the whole Palestine problem
Jews Active
While the debate ragged on the
floor, Jewish organizations were
pressing their attempt to gain rep
resentaiion in the assembly.
An informed source among tht
Jews said that the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, which claims tt
speak for the Jews, would not &C,
cept an invitation from any tenn
porary committee %
might go before n of the as
sembly's %55-natloil
mittees if invited.
What the Jews want, however
is non-voting rights to participate
in the debate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
THREE WAY CRASH
TAKES LIFE TOLL
Two Huge Steel Plates Cut
Through Sleepers OF
Crack Pennsy Train

HUNTINGTON, Pa, MAY 1-R
Two huge steel plates jutting
from a freight train ripped like
a giant canopener into a passing
Pennsylvania railroad flyer early
today, killing four passengers ano
jnjuring 40 others.
A stream of sparks lit the dark
mes as the steel tore into the frs
coach of the 15-car New York tc
ST. Louis passenger train - The
American.
The crash at 1:47 a. m. (EST)
,olted the steel onto another track
and derailer a third train--a freigh1
travelling in the opposite direction
A realroad spokesman said the
freak three-train wreck was
most unusual"
Dazed and bleeding passengers
we're hurled along the four-track
mainline five miles West of here
as the inch-thick steel plates cut
through the side of the coach
where many were sleeping.
Hours after the crash, Coroner
Blair Shore said the death tol.
probably would rise, noting tina
some of those taken to hospitals
were badly mangled."
The PR casualty list included
hese dead: Joseph Selnick, Jr.,
Is. soldier, Pleasant Gap, Pa;
SGT. Robert E. beavers, age I'm.
available. Trinway, O.; Herbert
Bertram Heutsch, R. D., Columbia
III.
The fourth victim, a woman
about IS was believed to be the
mother on an unidentified baby
pulled from the wreckage with
slight injuries. Wrapped in a
towel, the child was taken to a
Huntingdon hospital.
One May Die
Several of the injured admitted
10 hospitals here and at Altoona
Is miles to the West were listed
as critical and one was reported
dying,
The railroad said In a state
ment it was not able to explain
how the steel plates, one inch
thick and is feet by 10 1-2 feet.
broke loose from their moorings
aboard two gondolas, a type oil
low-sided flatcar.
As the American was passing the
W~est-bound freight, the steel sud.
denly poked into the passenger
engine. scraped two mail cars and
a combination car and then Bit
into the coach.
Amid the shrek of steel on steel
and the clatter of splintered glass,
passengers were dumped into the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
TENANTS
CONTINUED From Page One)

first decided 1853 to lat to shuttle
the bill back TO the committee,
where it might have died.
Votes Changed
A running tally on a subsequent
roll call on this same motion show
ed the House had sustained the &C
ton. But with Republican leaders
shutting swiftly about the floor,
several COP members arose and
changed their votes enough to
defeat the recommittal. 1877 to 1879.
Democrats led the move to send
the measure back to committee,
contending it weakens controls
over rents, as well as abollshlng
government controls over building
materials and construction.
While continuing modified rent
control. the House, on a 1923 to "a
vote, wrote into the legislation a
home rule" amendment by Rep.
Redden D.-N.C.) permitting any
city, county or town to end rent
controls earlier than December,
if it desires.
The legislation was tossed over
to the Senate after the House beat
back three major efforts by a BIZ
partisan bloc to end all rent con-
trolls when the present law ex-
pires June 80.
Bill Provisions
The rent control bill passed by
the House provides:
l. Controls are continued until
December 81, with authority to
President Truman to extend them
to March 81 if he proclaims it nee
essary.
2. Any city, county OF town may
bar the federal (but not the state)
government from enforcing rent
ceilings in its jurisdiction if it finds
them unnecessary.
8. If landlords can get their ten
ants to agree to rent increases ir
return for two-year leases, they
may raise the rents as much as the
tenants will sanction, up to Il
per cent beyond present rates.
l.. Priority and other controls
over. building materials and CON
struction are abolished. except to1
those curling the building o
amusement places.
5. Controls are removed from
new houses and apartments, ahc
those which have not been rentec
in the last two years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
EDUCATION
Continued From rage One)

CONTINUED FROM rage Oho}
cision on the budget Of the Butner
school.
A $35, 900 appropriation was au-
thorized by the recent legislature
for the center, and plans call Tor
its opening next fall. Operating
costs are to be met by tuition
from the former CTS.
The board voted approval ON
transferring funds from the vet
transformer training program to
set up a similar schedule for man
ual trades. An initial expenditure
Of $40, SOL was allotted for operation
of the program during this month
and June Additional funds will be
provided if needed, the board said.
The vocational trades courses will
be held mainly in public school
manual arts shops after school
hours.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
PRODUCTION TIME LOST

RALEIGH, May 1-(P-Praduc.
ton lost in North Carolina during
1916 because of labor-management
disputes was 0.4 per cent of the
national total, the State Labor De.
partment Cancellation service saio
today. There were 452, 600 man.
days lost in North Carolina fo~ the
year, as compared with 116, 900, DOC
man-days lost by the nation. Fina.
figures show the nation had 4,98:
work stoppages involving 1900, 0O(
workers.
North Carolina had slightly more
than one per cent of the strikes:
.0.3 per cent OF the workers in.
volved, and only 0.4 per cent of the
idle man-days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
NEWELL RECAPTURED

RALEIGH, May 1-(P>-Thomas
Gray Newell, 27-year-old Colds
boro mar who escaped from a road
gang in Columbus county late yes
terday, was recaptured early to-
day in Whiteville, Prison Inspec-
tor Kyle Matthews announced.
Newell was found riding a stolen
bicycle, Matthews said.
He was serving a three to seven
year term following conviction last
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
BABIES - THAT'S DIFFERENT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -U.R- Two
Niemen Fellows in Journalism.
who came to Harvard University
to study political economy and
government. have turned up in a
course on the development of the
child. Several GI-students are in
son a new baby in the home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
TWO PRECISION ROUNDS

GREENVILLE, S. c., May l.
P)-Morris Bracket, lone entry OF
Tech High, Charlotte, turned il
two precision rounds of 10 and II
today to take a commanding five
stroke lead owe the classy field
assembled here for the 10th annua.
Carolinas Interscholastic Col
tournament.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
REAPPoINT BOARD MEMBERS

RALEIGH, May 1-lP-Gover-
nor Cherry today announced the
reappolntment of three members
OF the State Board of Agriculture.
They are Hoyle c. Griffin of Mon
roe w. B. Austin of Jefferson. and
Ethel Parker of Gainesville. Each
appointment va for a term ex-
plrlng May 4, 1858.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
r A HOUSE

CLINTON, N. Y. -W.H- There
aren't so many anxious watchers
for the mailman just before house
parties at Hamilton Colleges Sig
ma Phi fraternity this year. Eleven
,f+'.o "a members are married war
veterans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Black Market Hits Funerals

PRAGUE, Czechoslavakia, -U.R
The black market stops at moth
ing. In Beroun, near Prague, even
funerals got involved in it. The
district committee fined a loca]
priest for charging too much to1
church services in funerals, and q
funeral par1or for demanding u
I275 crowns Q45.50) for a simple
home funeral.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
STATE
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
situation in the state that l deem
advisable before announcing my
plans and intentions concerning
the 194s campaign Horton lid.
In due, Course and as promptly
s circumstances Permit. | VIII
make my intentions in this regard
known to the people Of the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
DUTIES

GREENSBORO. May 1-[P-J.
B. MCGEE of Newton assumed du-
ties here today as district super
intendent of District No. 5, rail
way mail service, succeeding j.
w. Wallin. who had held the post
since November. 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
LEAVES 1917 SURVIVORS

GOSHEN, Ind.,-WR-When Mrs.
Catherine Leinbach died at the age
of Sc, the News-Democrat didn't
have room to list all her survivors.
She left 1877 living descendants -
nine children, So grandchildren and
100 Observation-Disclosures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
POLICEMAN AIDS VICTIM

BOSTON, -W.H- When Richard
D. Rogers was felled by a bullet
from the gun Of Patrolman David
.Ahearn during an ATTEMPTED bur
glary, doctors ser out c"H for
,lood dorc~-. Tie f"st +" +" u
as the policeman who Tired the
shot. --
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Surgery By Remote Control

Surgery BY Remote Control
BOSTON, -U.R-The crew Of the
Norwegian whaling vessel Ka1a
Knudsen set the fractured leg Of
their boatswain's mate while radio
ed instructions were given to them
by Brighton Marine Hospital doc
tors $40 miles away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
35-F00T
Continued From Page one)

TCOntlnutd FIUHI IdsC C"N7
from six to eight feet: the deepen
ing of the channel at Manteo by
way of Oregon inlet to a depth OF
10 feet; and two flood control
projects on the Cape Fear above
Fayetteville and on the Neuse
river
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

Huntsville, S. c., May 1-PJ
- Dr.. Hobart H. Willard, Univer-
sity Of Michigan professor, will be
guest speaker at the South Caro-
lima section of the American Chem
lcal society meeting at Cocker co..
lege Monday night May 5.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
News OF The Carolinas
GUEST

month IN Wayne county on charges
CT breaking, entering and larceny.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

Under her "austerity" program
to meet postwar problems Britain
is reducing her livestock popula-
ton to grow more cereals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
WARRANTS

GREENSBORO, May 1-tR--
Forty-tWo Warrents were written
today by Desk Lieutenants of the
Greensboro Police department
charging burglary, breaking and
entering and first degree burg,
larry against Walte~ Semma, %,
year-old former soldier, who was
arrested Tuesday night in the
home Of Mrs. G.. C. Hutton on
North Mendenhall street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

Canning by the hermetic sell
ing process WIS n HntH- n
=:arca "a g II tne eta TNatiry to
r. cse~ve 5000 1or Na2oAeon S
arnia
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
The Weather

Weather bureau report Of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
D. M, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

The Blanton Sunday school class
of the First Baptict church will
meet tonight at 1880 in the church,
it was announced last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

Should We Let Well Enough
Alone" will be the subject tonlgnt
of Rabbi Pier Jacobs at Temple
Israel. Rabbi Jacobs said that the
usual Saturday morning services
would be held at II o'clock. The
public is invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

The Wilmington Public library
yesterday went on its Summer
schedule of hours with it's opening
set at 9 a. m. and closing at Z
p. m. each day of the week except
Sunday.