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Evening star., 1947-07-08
Soviet Satellites
Hint They May
Join Aid Talks
Russio May Yet Come
Into PorIey, Prague
Dispatch Declares
RIIii ETIN
BULLETIN

PARIS (P.-The French
Foreign Ministry announced
today that 10 nations for
mally had accepted the Brit
ish-French invitation to a July
IL conference on Secretary of
State Marshall's laid Europe"
proposal. The ministry said
thus far there had been no
refuSalS.
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See COAL, Page A-4.)
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(See PETRILLO, Page A
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See REVENUE, Page A-60
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(See U. NJ, Page A-6D
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(See TAXES, Page A-6D
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(See BUDGET, Page A-6D
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w e ather Forecast

Ciouoy, less humid today; high near 80
Clear tonight low about 81. sunny tonor
row, little change in temperature
Temperatures today-High, 76, at 1:20 PM:
low, oo at 554 am. Yesterday-Hgh, 80,
at 4:02 pm; low, 81, at 1859 pm.
tFul Report on Page A-2J
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See MARSHALL PLAN, Page A-2D
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G uide for Re a d ers

An Associated Press Newspope
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Impressive Exercises Held
AT American Legion
Stadium

The 9th commencement exer-
else was held last night at $50
o'clock for 343 students VINO re-
ceived their graduation diplomas
from New Hanover High school be-
fore 4,50O people at the American
Legion Stadium.
The 1947 class, second largest
graduating class in the history of
New Hanover High school, had 1865
veterans to receive diplomas with
178 other class mates. In 1913 348
students were graduated to lead
the schools history.
Miss Marilyn Goodman, 18-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sieg
Goodman of 106 N. 5th st., was
awarded the Amy Bradley medal
by Miss Betty Lou O'Master, pres
ident of the senior class as the
senior student with the highest
scholastic attainment and ability
for the four years that she was in
New Hanover High school.
James Brown emphasized the
theme of the program and spoke to
his classmates on THE Job of
the present generation is to bring
America closer in understanding
tc all men of all nations"
Thirteen students with the aid
(See MINIS On Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Along The Cape Fear

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM -
New Hanover county and The Will
mington public school systems are
rated the equal or superior to any
other locality in North Carolina.
There are % elementary schools
in the county. OF that number,
nine are inside the city limits and
IA in the suburbs or county.
The city and county have ap-
proximately 81, $50, 900 invested in
school buildings. OF that amount,
$500, 900 is the investment in the
comparatively new fire-proof high
school. Only one county m the
state has a lesser degree OF 1H1t-
eracy than New Hanover county.
COURSES OFFERED - The
educational system provides Tor
six wears of elementary schooling.
three wears in a junior high school
and three years in the senior high
school. Courses offered are in
keeping with the requirements OF
universities and colleges through
out the United States. The latest
addition to the educational system
will be the opening of a Junior
college in Wilmington next Sep,
TENDER.
Laboratory work Is given in all
courses in chemistry, physicas
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
WARREN JOHNSON
new NCBA PREXY
Wilmington Man Honored
AT Convention; Neal
Sees Fine Business

ASHEVILLE, May 20. - R -
Warren S. Johnson, president o.
the Peoples Savings Bank and
Trust company, Wilmington, was
elevated to the presidency Of the
North Carolina Bankers AS
ISOLATION at the first general SEES
sion of the associations 51st an
nual convention here today.
Retiring first vice : president of
the association, he succeeds
William H. Neal, senior vice
president of the Wachovia E a n k
and Trust. company, Winston
Salem. Other officers named to-
day are:
John F. McNalr, Jr., executive
vice-president of the State Bank,
Laurinburg, first vice-president; J.
Herbert Waldrop, vice : president
and cashier of the Guaranty Bank
and Trust company, Greenville,
second vice-president, and Garland
Johnson, executive vice president
of the Bank of Elkin, Elkin, third
vlce-president.
Rufus M. Riddick, Jr., president
of the Hartford Banking Company,
Hartford, remains as treasurer,
and Fred w. Greene of Raleigh as
executive secretary.
700 Attending
An estimated 700 bankers from
See WARREN on Page Two
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and biology in both the junior and
senior high schools. There are al.
so courses in domestic science and
dramatics. OF special interest "a
course offered in few instances
any PLACES a ours in brick
laying for Negro students in the
colored industrial school. Classe:
are held 1870 days annually.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING - Ir
addition to regular classes fol
high school students, there are ex-
tensive courses in vocational pur.
suits. Included are classes in
aircraft drawing, welding, wood
and metal work and shipbuilding.
Night classes prevail in vocational
training.
There is shop work in metal and
woodcrafts. These are available
for students in the final two years
o: senior high school and require
three hours daily practical appli
cation and study of the work.
The purpose Of such classes are
to prepare students who r un-
able to attend college or continue
further education. for a practical
means of livelihood.
An extra feature is a system
See CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
thirty Seven Persons Lose Lives When
United Airlines DC-4 Crashes In Rain
ConfeS%&$>s In Accord On Labor Measure
ClaASiSs
Union Check
House Committee Yields
To Senate Group On
Many Major Issues

WASHINGTON, May 20 - up
House-Senate conferees today
reached final agreement on a his
tory-making labor bill which
clamps tight checks on unions and
provides for blocking national
paralysis" strikes by court order.
The conference committee spenr
two weeks compromising sharp
differences between separate bills
passed by the House and Senate.
On all major issues, the House
conferees yielded to the Senate
by junking provisions of their bill
which they conceded would have
made it harder to override a pos
sible veto by President Truman.
For example, the House threw
out sections which would have out
lawed industrywide collective
bargaining and authorized private
employers to seek injunctions
against some strikes and boycot,s.
The final draft contains a pro-
vision which the conferees said
frankly they want on the law books
as quickly as possible in the event
of a coal strike July l when the
government will turn the soft
coal pits back to private operators.
1t provides that the President
may direct the Attorney General
to petition for a 80-day injunction
to halt or stave off national emer-
gency strikes. During the injunc-
ton period, the disrupting parties
would mediate their quarrel.
Congress Could Act
If mediation broke down and
workers voted to strike, the in
junction would be discharged.
Then the President could call on
Congress for appropriate action"
What this would be is not speci-
fled, but Congress members have
mentioned the possibility of seiz-
ing a strike-bound industry.
Among other things the bill also:
Outlaws the closed shop, under
which an employer can hire only
union members. 1t permits the
more common union shop if a ma
jority of workers vote for it. Under
union shop agreements, employers
may hire anyone they choose, but
workers must join the union with
in a specified period.
Enlarges the National Labor Re
lations board to five members,
two more than now. A fundamental
change in board set-up separates
the handling of prosecution and
judicial functions.
Prohibits jurisdictienal strikes
(See BILL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
PROGRAM
PLANS "STYMIED"
DR.. Elliot Says Carolina
Beach Authorities Have
Not Contacted Him

Plans toward mapping a health
program to be placed in effect
during the state American Legion
convention at Carolina Beach in
June were at a standstill yester-
dey.
DR.. A. H. Elliot, city : county
health officer in Wilmington, de-
clared that no effort had been
made by Carolina Beach authori-
ties to contact him following the
cancellation of two meetings
through misunderstanding a week
ago.
With the convention scheduled
for June 14-17, less than two weeks
remain in which a program can
be worked out to keep disease at
a minimum and place sanitation
at a high level among several
thousand persons expected to
gather for the session, DR. Elliot
pointed out.
In the meantime, pamphlets
printed each summer for dlstrlou-
ton in which ways and means to
eliminate pests that might carry
disease and the proper disposal OF
garbage, will be passed out by the
New Hanover county health de-
partment within the next few days.
More than 1000 have been PRINT
ed for distribution at vital spots,
such as cafes, stores and hotels,
throughout the county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Buildings Hold Carol;
Oil OOZes Her Back Out

NEWARK, N. j., May 29.-W.D-
Four-year-old Carol Ann Byron
followed a brown and white kitten
between two buildings today. She
lost the kitten and police had to
tear away parts of both buildings
to rescue Carol Ann.
The little girls plight was dis
covered when a bartender investi-
gated her cries and found her
tightly wedged between the build
ings.
A eve : member police emer-
gency squad arrived and decided
drastic action was necessary. They
cut through the basement wall OF
one building without getting re-
suits. They tore away the brick
corner of the next door tavern.
Carol Ann was still stuck be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
OFFICIALS PLAN
FOR CONVENTION
League OF Municipalities
To Meet AT Wrightsville
Beach In August

First steps for the staging of the
annual North Carolina L e a 6 u {
Of Municipalities convention to be
held this year at Wrightsville
Beach were taken yesterday at the
Wilmington city hall when two
state officials from Raleigh m e
with authorities from this city.
Following a three : hour session,
Mayor Ronald Lane stated that the
convention will be held August "a
through Is at the Ocean Terrace
hotel at Wrightsville.
Several hundred officials from
every municipal government in the
state are expected to be in at
tendance to plan a program fol
the betterment and cooperation Of
municipal governments.
At yesterdays session were Mrs
Davette steed, executive sec
rotary, and George Franklin, at
torney of the organization. Bust
ness sessions will be conducted
Monday and Tuesday at the con
ventior with election of officers
he final day.
A banquet will be served Mon
day night. A round of golf, fishing
bathing and other entertainment
viii be held Sunday and the eve
nlngs Of the two remaining days
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30

WASHINGTON, May 20. -(P)-A
l4-year-old girl who has had only
one teacher in all the eight years
she has spent in a one-room Geor'
gia schoolhouse today won the ma
ational spelling bee.
Freckled, honey-haired Matte
Lou Pollard of Thomaston' Ga,
became the champ ~ because sne
knows how to spell "Maggoty' and
"Chlorophyn," as well as 50 other
tough ones.
It was no easy triumph. ,.
Dimpled, pretty Sonya Rodolno
of Chicago. whose father is a Fill
pino scientist and whose mother IS
a Russian-born journalist, left the
Philippines F only two years ago;
But she was right in there-u rsa
thought it was M-a-g-g-o-t-e-v.
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tween the brick walls but her Sob
bling had ceased.
81 want to hear the siren.' she
repeatedly told her rescuers. Each
time one of the policemen left the
rescue operation and sounded the
siren on the emergency car.
The squad working in the widen
ed space made by tearing off the
corner of the tavern finally doused
Carol Ann with oil from head to
foot and slid her out.
They found that if the kitten had
led her a few feet farther she
would have slipped into a hole be-
tween foundations. If She had fall
len into that, they said, they would
have had to tear down n of the
buildings to get her out.
(See BUILDINGS On Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
BLASTS
CHURCH CRITICS
Retiring Moderator OF
Presbyterian Assembly
Opens 87th Meeting

MONTREAL, May %. -(P- The
Rev. John Rood Cunningham, D
D., president of Davidson College
at Davidson, was elected moderat
or of the Presbyterian church In
the United States tonight.
DR.. Cunningham who represents
the general assembly on the World
Council of Churches was selected
on the first ballot at the opening
night ceremonies of the church's
week-long 87th General Assemb-
ly.
He polled 211 votes. DR.. Robert
Albert Lapsley, Jr., of the First
Presbyterian church of Roanoke,
Va, received 131 votes and DIR.
John W. Melton of Baton Rouge,
La, the third nominee, received
ID votes.
DR.. Cunningham was nominated
by DR.. Mcdowell Richards Of De
catur, Ga, president of Columbia
Theological seminary, and his
nomination was seconded by DR..
Blanton Belk of Richmond.
In addressing the assembly, DR..
Cunningham said: "We r living
in strange and critical times -
times when Christians should take
their obligations to Christ serious
ly. Plans and work for the as
sembly this year will follow that
pattern"
His first official act was to in
stall DR.. J. Rupert McGregor oi
Montreal as president Of the
Mountain Retreat association.
The charge to DR.. McGregor was
delivered by DR.. A. L. Currie OF
(See MINISTER On Pare TWO)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
PHYSICIAN REPORTS
MRS. TRUMAN DOING
JUST FINE" AGAIN

GRANDV1EW, Mo-, May 29-(P)
"A report from the sickroom OF
Mrs. Martha E. Truman late to-
day said she was 'tjust fine.
1t came from DR.. Joseph Greene
after he made a brief call at the
home where the Presidents g.
year old mother has been Gravely
ill for the past Is days.
Besides his optimistic report on
her condition, DR.. Greene also
said Mrs. Truman sat up for two
hours this afternoon.
Mr.. Truman, who made an
emergency flight here May II
when his mothers condition took a
turn for the worse, rtturned to
WASHINGTON this morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Wife Preferred Death
To Hubby's Experiment

met six weeks ago when both
worked in a night club Luigi, 80,
said he fell in love with Miss
Callihan and decided upon a plan
whereby he would e neither
woman for a month in an effort
to. settle his problem.
On his last date with his wife,
he said, II told her then that /
loved Catherine more. but l was
willing to try the thirty day test.
w e drank a toast to the end of
the thirty days. She talked despon-
IDENTIFY and mentioned suicide but
thought it was just a lot Of talk"
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CHICAGO, May 20. -(P-Frank
Luigi's wife chose death rather
than participate in his 30-day ex-
pertinent TO decide whether he
loved her or another woman more,
he testified today.
The wife, Louise, SO, IA found
asphyxiated in her apartment
yesterday a few hours after their
last date for a month. A note said
"waiting thirty days won't solve
anything. so good luck to You and
Catherine"
At a coroner's inquest L vi
identified "Catherine" as Miss
Catherine Callihan, 81, whom he
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
CAROLINA BEACH
SET FOR LEGION
r a y To Play Host,
Landlord, Chef To Con-
vention Crowds
SPECIAL TO THE STAR

CAROLINA BEACH, May %
Completely renovated and ready ia
act the triple role of host, land
lord and chef to Is, 900 Legion
naires and Auxiliaries, this CITY
by the sea is counting the days
until Saturday, June ID, when the
North Carolina American Legion
Department begins its huge four
day convention.
For Carolina Beach, as we'll as
the Legion, it will be the biggest
conclave ever held.
Convention delegates and guests
are expected to start pouring into
the resort Friday night, June 13,
although registration doesn't begin
officially until the following morn
ing. when members will sign in at
a tent erected in the public square
in front of convention head
quarters.
The first formal ceremony will
be the traditional 40 ct 8 wreck"
some time Saturday afternoon, but
the approximately $50 men slated
to stage it are keeping the exact
time and place secret.
On Sunday, June IS, the festi-
vities will really hit their stride,
with special events scheduled from
3 p. m. to midnight. The 3 p. m.
event, the State Legion beauty
pageant, will see some 80 to 40
Tar Heel beauties, representing
that many Legion posts, compete
face for face and figure for figure
for the "Miss North Caro-
lima American Legion" crown and
a $500 summer wardrobe. The con-
test, staged in the public square,
will be set against the musical
background Of the Second Marine
Division band of Camp Lejeune.
Coronation Ball
The Legion Queen and her two
maids of honor will be feted at
$50 O'Clock that night at the Coro-
nation Ball in the Ocean Plaza.
Judge Henry Stevens Of Warsaw,
past national commander of the
(See CAROLINA On Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
UNITED STATES PLANS
TO A SHIPMENTS
|OF FOOD NEXT WEEK

WAsHIGToN, May 2o-N-The
United States will start its new
shipments of food and other re-
lief supplies to Europe and China
probably next week, Secretary of
State Marshall announced today.
He forecast that President Tru-
man will sign promptly the legis-
lation authorizing $3.50, 600, 900 for
relief in seven countries during
the next year.
Food shipments to Europe by
UNRRA already have ceased and
the international agency is to wind
up all its operations there June 30.
The relief by the United States was
restricted by Congress to Austria,
Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary,
the proposed free territory of
Trieste and China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Spelling "~Chlorophyll"
Gets Georgia Lass $500

Matte Lou, who won sixth place
in the national here last y e a r,
knew better. And when she also
spelled another word, "Chloro-
phyll,' AS the rules provide, she
became the champion speller of
5000, 900 school kids.
The Goth annual tournament was
sponsored by Scrips-Howard a n d
other newspapers from New York
to California. T~hirty-five state and
district champions were here to-
day.
And Matte Lou - who yearns
to be a newspaper reporters the
queen bee of them all, both at
spelling and in winning the ap-
pla' e of the spectators.
Maybe it's her accent. It's moth
See SPELLING On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Loaded Plane
Falls, Burns
dia Field, New
York, Scene OF Nations
Greatest Disaster

NEW YORK, May 20 - (p "A
big four-engined United Airlines
plane, taking off in a rainstorm,
crashed and burned near La Guar.
dia Field tonight with 81 persons
killed, according to several sources
and II injured-the greatest death
toll in a commercial plane dis
aster in the U. s..
The casualty figures came from
police and rescue workers at La
Guardia Field, where bodies were
placed in a temporary morgue ar.
ranged at a vacant building of ths
Academy of Aeronautics, a private
aviation school.
There were conflicting reports
as to the actual crash, which &C,
CURED just a moment after the
big DC-4 bound for Cleveland
zoomed into the air. One account
was that the plane struck a fence
or other obstruction at the edge
of the field.
One of those who escaped death
was the pilot, Capt. B. r. Baldwin
of New York. Baldwin, who wal
thrown clear of the plane, and II
others were reported in hospitals,
Baldwin was believed not seriously
hurt but the condition of the others
were not known.
Names of the dead and others
injured we're likewise not known
immediately
Fiery Spectacle
The burning plane made a fiery
spectacle which could be seen fol-
miles.
Most of the "A passengers or
board were women, it was re-
ported.
The plane took off in a driving
rain, airport attaches said.
The fire was extinguished be.
fore the plane was completely
consumed, but most of the bodies
removed from the wreckage ap.
peared badly burned. Several Of
the victims were elderly women,
rescue workers said.
Police said the four-engined DC-4
struck a fence, but an airport
worker said it hit a telephone
pole before the crash.
The craft fell on a vacant LOT
just across Grand Central Park
way from the airfield.
Police emergency squads and
students and teachers from the
NEARBY academy braved the in
tense heat of the flames to drag
to safety the few survivors.
Six Known Saved
Police reported that six persons
were known to have been saved.
Other eyewitnesses said eight per.
sons had been borne away IN
stretches. Another account was
that 81 bodies had been recovered.
Three of those rescued were said
to be women.
The pilot, who was catapulted
from the plane when it struck,
was semi-conscious when rescuers
reached him. His body was bad
See LOADED on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Quick Action
Accorded Bill
Senate : House Conferees
Agree On Income Tax
Measure In z Hours

WASHINGTON May 20-Del
.oations from the House and Sen
no agreed IN less than two hours
.adav on a 81, 900, 900, 000-a-year in
cnne tax cut, opening the way
tor final Congressional action
Monday.
The bill, carrying sharply re-
duced Withholding rates, is slated
" 90 into effect July If Presi-
Sent Truman does not veto it. The
possibility of a veto is not rulec
olt at the capitol.
Final Congressional approval Of
Tho Conference committees action
is regarded as only a Formally.
in view of the majorities rolled
IN for the measure in both cham
bers.
The House passed its version Of
+be bill March 27 by a vote of 27s
N 137. It cleared the Senate late
Yesterday, 50 to "a, with some
amendments. Both votes, how
ever fell short of the two-thirds
majority required to override a
Presidential veto.
The CHIEF point of argument be-
TWEEN the two houses was when
the cuts should become effective.
The senate's July l date prevail
cd The House had voted to make
the reductions retroactive to last
January /. with taxpayers granted
refunds for overpayments in the
first half of 1947.
81 Million Loss
To offset the House concession,
the Senate yielded to bring a larg'
er group of taxpayers within the
1G per cent reduction bracket. The
cost of the change to the Treas
try. in lost revenue, was esti-
mated at S62, 800, 900.
As finally approved by the Con-
teres, the bill would grant reduc-
tons ranging from 1o.5 to 80 per
cent over a full years operation.
Because the bill would take effect
at mid-year, however, the benefits
to taxpayers on their 1947 incomes
would be scaled down to from SIS
to is per cent, this year only.
The bill orders these cuts be-
how present taxes:
On net incomes Of $1,000 or less,
after exemptions and deductions.
Is per cent for 1916. and 80 per
cent in 1916 and subsequent years.
$1,000 to l 400: graduated 'e-
ductions Of Is to 10 per cent this
wear, and of 80 to 20 per cent
thereafter.
s1,4oo to $136, 72o: cut of 1c per
cent this year, 20 per cent there
after.
sls6.72o to 1902, 400: cut Of rs
per cent this year, Is pei cent
thereafter.
All above 1902, 400: cut of 5.25
per cent this year, 1913 per cent
thereafter.
Withholdings Down
Withholdings from wages would
be reduced the full years percent.
age specified for each bracket, on
July /. The result would be to
trim the total withholdings for the
year by just half that percentage.
The bill provides an extra $500
personal exemption for taxpayers
ever IS years of age, and FOR their
spouses too, if they have reached
IS. The conference committee up
See Q"ICK On PsAe Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
Violent PulSatiOn Send
Lake Waters Up 10 Feet

KENOSHA, Wis, May 29.|(F-
Violent %pulsations continued to agi
tate Lake Michigan today, with
mysterious sWells surging to a
reak of seven feet in 10 minutes
along the shoreline here and at
Racine.
The lake disturbances, which
started yesterday, reached a crest
at 5 A. M. today when the waters
suddenly lifted seven feet to smash
into harbor installations and cause
damages estimated tentatively in
the thousands of dollars.
The. mysterious tidal surge at