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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
Milk Strike
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+ April 13-U.D-Spurn.
ing a peal by Gov. Robert F..
Bradford, 1,700 milk truck drivers
and creamy workers went on
strike today and frantic mothers
besieged union headquarters for
emergency service.
The wildcat walkout cut off de-
liveries of 60 per cent of the
milk supply for communities in
Eastern Massachusetts including
Boston. 1t was estimated that $780,
600 families from Worcester to
Cape Cod were affected by the con-
troversy over length of the work
week.
A spokesman for the Milk Wagon
Drivers, Creamy and Ice Cream
Workers union AFL) said tele-
phone at the union headquarters
had been ringing steadily since
6 am, with requests for delivery
from mothers of young children.
Many Of the callers were directed
to diaries near their home where
they could buy milk over the
counter.
Service to hospitals and other
institutions continued despite the
strike.
First report of violence came
from the Dorchester section of
Boston where a non-striking driv-
er told police three milk bottles
were taken from his truck and
hurled through his windshield.
Canned Milk Run
Variety stores, open on Sunday,
reported a run on canned milk.
The drivers quit when their 18th
hour compromise plan was reject
ed by the IT companies involved.
After holding out for six days
pay for five days work, the union
finally agreed to a five-and-a-half
day work week. The companies
turned down the compromise,
reiterating their original proposal
of a flat $2-a-week raise for six
days work.
The union, an affiliate of the
International Brotherhood Of
Transfers, Chauffers, Warehouse
men and Helpers (AFL), con-
tends that the shorter work week
is necessary to provide more jobs.
The Transfers union had not
sanctioned the walkout.
Gov. Bradford announced that
he did not plan to use his emer.
Continued On Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
Villagers Get
Anti-Smallpox Serum

ing and scheduled the opening OF
three clinics for area school child
rem early this week.
DR., Bertrand Roberts, district
state health officer, reported nc
change in the condition of three
smallpox victims at Cardinal
Hayes Home for Convalescent
children. lone Of the three were
in immediate danger Of the dis
ease which already has claimed
two lives in New York city. "A
fourth case was reported late TO-
day.
The first case broke out in
young boy who had come from the
Parker Willard hospital in New
York, seat Of the epidemic. A two
year-old girl and a 6-year-old-siste1
we're the second and third vic
tims.
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will
Make. Appeal
NFTW President To Ask
President To Bring About
Renewed Negotiations

WASHINGTON, April Is - ~
Joseph Beirne, president of the
striking National Federation of Tel
ephone workers, said tonight that
he would appeal to President Tru-
man to bring about renewed ne
gotiations to end the week-old
nationwide telephone walkout.
He said his appeal would not
include a request that the gov
eminent seize the telephone sys-
tenn because the unions general
counsel had advised him that the
government no longer has legal
seizure powers.
Beirne said he would merely ask
the President to S his good Of
fees in an attempt to bring about
renewed negotiations between the
NFTW and American Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
His statement conceded with re
turn of the President from a fly
ing visit to Missouri. So far as
was known, Mr.. Truman had no
plans to discuss the strike to-
night although his special ad-
wiser and labor relations expert,
John R.. Steelman was at the air.
port to meet him and accompan-
led him to the White House.
Parleys Deadlocked
Negotiations on nearly all fronts
appeared stalemated but there still
Continued on Page Two: Col, q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14

HAVANA, April 13-R-John
Lester Nee, 33-year-old Chicago
Lawyer, died in the Anglo-Amerl-
can hospital today of a bullet
wound in the neck received Tues
day aboard the yacht Satira az
chored in Havana harbor.
Police Chief Benito Herrera said
last night that Patricia Schmidt,
81, a Toledo, Ohio, dancer, had
said she fired the shot. The police
chief quoted her as saying: Il did
not mean to kill him-the pistol
went off"
Miss Schmidt and a man listed
as, Charles Jackson, 81, of St.
Josephine, Mo. (not shown in pos
tai guide, were held by police
pending further Investigation.
Jackson was described as CO.
owner with Nee of the yacht.
The two were held without
formal charges at the direction OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
VIRGINIA WELLS
PRODUCING CRUDE
Big Boom In Mineral
Leases Follows Finding
OF Oil In Virginia

EWING, Va, April 13.-(P-A
dozen oil wells in operation, plus
another dozen in various stages Of
drilling, are bringing an unpre-
cendented boom to parts Of Lee
county, Virginia's first oil field.
Oil and gas rights to an esti-
mated 60, 1000 acres of land, run
ming down the Powell River val
ley across the Tennessee line,
have been leased by a half dozen
companies, spectators and indie
pendent drillers.
Operators of the existing wells
have offered no figures On pro :
duction, but local businessmen
and property. owners who have
watched the drillings and pump
ing operations estimated that the
daily output is about 400 barrels.
Robert Fulkerson, one of the
Ewing promoters, said one of the
top producing wells is yielding at
leas. 100 barrels a day, worth
$4,000 or more at the spot.
Ship BY Truck
The Rouge Oil company, a
Louisiana concern, which began
operations in this area a year ago
las. February, owns the success
full wells sunk thus far. Lester
Trahan, Rouge representative in
Ewing, said the company is ship
ping Lee county oil by truck to
Middlesboro, KY, about 20 miles
away, for loading on tank cars
and delivery to refineries else
where.
Mrs. vesta E. sewell, clerk Of
Lee county circuit court, said the
deluge of leases coming into her
office and additional activity in
handling deeds hads necessitated
additional office help. She said
leases guarantee landowners one
eighth of the sale price Of oil OF
gas produced on their land.
Fulkerson said purchase Of
more than 60 acres Of land for a
prospective oil refinery, to be
erected if oil production reaches
the point where local refining
would be practical, already has
been made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14

MILLBROOK, April 13-WD-
State troopers stood by today to
keep order as three doctors work
ed at a feverish pace here TO
v~accinate 1000 villagers after the
outbreak of four cases OF the
virulent type of smallpox.
Local physicians assisted by a
State Health department doctor
vaccinated more than 1000 resi-
dents by early afternoon. Troopers
Gained long lines Of village resi-
dents and farmers from the sur
rounding area as they stood IN
long lines awaiting their turn.
Panic stricken residents oegan
to mob local doctors yesterday
when the cases were first report
ed but doctors ran out OF vaccine.
The State Health department
rushed additional vaccine ana an
other doctor to the area this morn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
DYNAMITE BLAST
TAKES TWO LIVES
Columbus County Men Vic
Tins OF Explosion
Aboard Small Boat

WHITEVILLE, April 13-(P-A
dynamite explosion aboard a small
boat killed two men and serious
ly injured a third on Lake wac
camaw late last night.
A. fourth man escaped with only
slight injuries and was able te
direct officers to the scene where
they found the bodies in about
three feet of water.
Sheriff H. D. Hanley Identified
the dead men as Donavan Shef-
field of Whiteville and Eauron
HARRISON of Mollie, Columbus
county. Thurmond Harwood was
still unconscious tonight in the
Columbus county hospital.
The fourth man vas Jesse Todd
who. reached Whiteville about five
hours after the accident to report
to Sheriff Stanley that a boat had
"blown up"
Stanley said that Todd told him
the following story:
81 was blown about 20 feet away
from the boat when the explosion
took place. When I got myself TO-
gether and understood what hao
happened the first thing I remem'
Der seeing was a hand sticking
up out of the water. I took hold
of this hand and dragged it te
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
Nine MEN MISSING
AFTER SHIP SINKS
Norwegian Frieghter Goes
Down Friday; Tanker
Or Fire At Sea

CAPE MAY, N. j., April 10, -
UD - A Norwegian cargo ship,
the Belpamela, sank in the North
Atlanta Friday and nine of the ~
persons aboard are missing, the
Coast Guard reported today.
The John Mitchell, which pick
ed up 10 survivors after the sink
ing, messaged that the Belpamela
was sunk when rolling cargo burst
her sides. The location of the
ship was given as 1900 miles East
of Norfolk, Va.
First word of the Norwegian
freighter's plight received here
came from the freighter Marquette
Victory which relayed Informal
ton from the Mitchell.
The fate Of the nine missing
crew members is not known, it
was reported.
The Belpamela is owned by the
Christian Smith company at Oslo.
Norway.
The rescued crew members re-
ported that the nine men still
missing had put off in life RATS
before the ship went down. The
Coast guard asked all vessels in
the vicinity to conduct a search
for the men.
The Belpamela, a 3,100 ton motor
vessel, left New York on April 5
for Cherbourg, France.
The American freighter, John
P. Mitchell, a 1000 ton freighter
of the Seas Shipping company,
New York, is headed for an un-
specified U. S. port and is expected
to dock with the survivors within
few days.
Continued on Pare Two. Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
The Weather

ut sOu'h Carolina - Cloudy and cooler
d. occasional rain Monday and Mon
tn, alght, Tuesday clearing and on
SCI cool, preceded by showers
ins and Sast portion Tuesday morn
wiz "A Carolina - Cloudy and coolre
dsv occasional rain Monday and Mon
tn in, nieht. Tuesday clearing and con-
Dor. cool, preceded by showers East
~0A tuesday morning.
Eastern Standard Time)
'oy U. s.. Weather Bureau)
archaeological data for the "a hours
e $50 p. m. yesterday.
Ian TEMPERATURES
u. va a m, 70; 1880 a. m. 50; 1880 p. m.
NV p m. II.
NorTnsi, rs. Minimum 81; Mean u;
TIDES FOR TODAY
U. 81 "h the Tide Tables published by
Cost and Geodetis Survey.
Wjlmi. High Low
heton - 3:18 am. t0:45 am.
Masos, 3:45 pm. 10 SO pm.
0iooro Inlet 1888 am. 1881 pm.
s,nu 1:18 pm. 1929 pm.
L." .ilSe SAB; Sunset 6:42. Moonrise
Ris M; Moonset 11:19 a. m.
a. Stage at Fayetteville, n. q N
Saturday. i9.0 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
FOUR PASSENGERS
DIE IN AIR CRASH
Seven Others Receive In
iuries When BSAA Ship
Breaks Up In Fog

LISBON, Portugal, April 10
Wg-Four persons were killed ane
seven we're injured, three serious
ly, when a British South Amerl
can Anyways York transport, the
Star Speed, crashed early today
on a fog-snrouded field at Dakar
French West Africa.
In Paris the French new:
agency said four of the injured
had died, raising the death toll
to eight. Three of those hur
we're said to be in critical con
dition.)
The Airliner left London Satur.
day morning for Rio De Janeire
and carried nine passengers anc
a crew Of six, including a steward
ess, BSAA announced. No Ameri
cans were aboard. The dead were
all passengers.
Casualty List
The airlines casualty list was:
Killed: Aurelio Oliveira Brito
Portugal, his son, Aurelio S
Brito, 10; DR.. A. Baxter Of Grea'
Britain, and Fernando Costa Pin
hero, of Portugal.
The airlines said all the in
lured were sent to a hospital.
THE French news agency in
dispatch from Dakar said the
plane found the airfield covered
with fog, circled for an hour until
rs fuel was exhausted then triee
a crash landing. 1t struck a tree
and was split in two.
The agency said the British
consul and French authorities hae
investigated and absolved the
crew.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
Nathan Sees Way
To Bar Initiation
NOT PEPPER

MIAMI, Fla, April 13.-(P-
Sen. Glade Pepper (D-Fla) said
today that ut would be a grave
mistake to make any effort to
organize a third party"
He made the statement in
commenting on a remark by
Former Vice President Henry
A. Wallace in England that
Pepper might lead a third party
movement in the United States.
Pepper declared that ne
would remain in the Democratic
party as long as it is truly
.beral."
He said that if the party
refuses to perform its mission
to serve the people as against
the special interests" the peo-
pie themselves would start a
third party movement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-14
TWO LOSE LIVES
IN AYDEN CRASH

LII IL ChaoAA
AYDEN, April 13.-R-Henry
Leigh Burgess, 10, of Raleigh, and
Ion jenkins, r., of Ayden were
Killed late today when a small
private plane piloted by Burgess
crashed on the farm of E. Lee
Iox two miles west of here.
The plane was demolished and
me badly mangled bodies OF the
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FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity lClordy and
cooler with occasional rain today and
tonight; Tuesday clearing and con-
tinued cool. preceded by showers in
the morning.
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continued on Page Two; Col. 2,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

fions from labor union menu
hers" Taft answered that such
a practice would be perfectly
legitimate. But if you give away
the newspaper as a political
document, you are violating the
corrupt practices act"
tsBut suppose the union puts out
the paper from its finances, doesn't
sell 1t on the street, do you say
it could not legally support a can
didate?" Taft answered. I'D say
no."
THEN in order to do so, such
a paper would have to sell each
copy at the subscription price,"
Barkley asked. Taft said: That's
true"
Pepper asked: Can union
put out advice to its members on
the anti-labor record of candi-
date?" Taft said: 81 believe it
would be forbidden. It is com
tribution' to get out a free news
paper"
Pepper argued that nearly
every newspaper is owned by
corporation and newspaper cor
porations fight for their candi-
dates" but Taft answered asthey
are able to sell their papers,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

In answer to a barrage of ques-
tions from Sen. Claude Pepper
Cd, FlaD and Sen. Warren Mag
nuson Cd, WashD, Senator Taft
insisted such a prohibition did not
constitute denial of a free press.
PEPPER inquired first about the
weekly, Labor" organ of the
standard railway brothenhoods,
which has in the past circulated
special editions in various states
in behalf of candidates the rail
unions Endorsed.
Taft replied that such a prac-
tice, if the paper advocated one
candidate over another. would be
clearly illegal.
Minority Leader Alben Bark
ley d. KYJ inquired whether
the same would be true IF the
paper is paid for by subscrip-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14
Star over Chicago
Women Of the world

out her indebtedness at public
auction. She did not return to
the quiet lagoon in jackson Park
until 1918.
AND THERE you can see her
stili-what remains of her.
The proud replica of Christie
plaer Columbus flagship is now
a haunted skeleton of stark,
weatherbeaten tianbers, over
whose keel runs the teasing wa
ter, which calls her out to sail
again.
And most OF the people who
hailed her arrival have long since
gone the way OF her sister ships,
the Nina and the Pinta, while the
Santa Maria stubbornly clings to
life.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14
Pea expands to
18th ward club

Members of the newly formed
48th Ward club of the Progress
sive Citizens of America will elect
officers on Tuesday, june IL.
The meeting will DE held at
the home of Stephen Deutch, tenn
porary chairman, 925 Lakeside
Place at 8:15 pm. William Mill
1er,. executive director of the Hi
nois chapter of Pea win speak on
the subject of effective methods
of political action within wards
and precincts.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14
BY PETER WILLIAMS


LOOPING THE LOOP: While housekeeping on LaSale
Street learned from passersby that Sen. r.
tTaft to you has hired Wall Street firm to help prepare
report On fui employment There's truth however, to
the that he'll hire union prepare report
Wall Street profits "A well dressed elderly gentleman
with copy OF slick magazine under his
discussing Henry Waacss ability to get overflow crowds
pay to hear his progressive political talks. He
obviously quite concerned about this developing phenomenon
Qupped people get into the habit of paying for
their politics. whats going happen politicians
subsidized by industrial big shots?"~
ward
going guns daily
at 7:3o Definitely worth catching
Theodore Ward. whose play produced by
Eddie Downing this Broadway after Henry
grant given year
wright showing most promise.
Ward Louisiana at the
age IA and settled in Chicago,
boy bell hop and porter.
Lodge to have its
steafy june e. These shindg
1886.
Douglas RacArthurs Education
Section which all foreign books articles
Japan holding publication
half of Edgar SHOWS Red Star
the book published January
The Commanders Japanese
say
in the latter of the book
Chicago people say that State
Walker Butler Daily
Robeson
Frank Snatra, the
considerable labor backing
talked have anything
owns prints aary likely or his
progressivism strictly campaign stuff
Songs guitar class under the
instuorship
to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

The brightly painted jackson
Park Yacht Club, which sits like
a grand dame of society upon the
shore of the parks lagoon. sneers
down on tattered neighbor.
But her sneers are not justified.
Her neighbor is weary old lady
with a noble genealogy. She is
the replica of the Santa Maria,
Christopher Columbus largest
ship-and once the toast of the
world.
The yachtsmen who anchor
their craft in the lagoon look
upon her as a nuisance, but there
was time, some 81 years ago,
when thousands turned out to hail
her in one of Chicago's most ex-
uberant welcomes.
IT WAS THE YEAR 1887. and
Chicago, annoyed with her repu-
tation as "slob town." was strut
ting her stuff with the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, the first
of the great baliyhoo worlds
fairs.
Technically, the show was be-
ing held in commemoration of
the discovery of America 400
years earlier by Christopher Co
lumbus.
And SO businessmen, who were
anxious FOR the tourist dollars,
conceived one of the widest pub
licity stunts of Chicago's tinsel
life.
AFTER MANY CONFERENCE
ES. they finally arranged for the
construction of three ships to be
modelled after Columbus tiny
fleet, the Santa Maria, the Nina,
and the Pinta.
The Santa Maria. the largest
of the caravels. was reproduced
At Cadiz in Spain. The keels of
the two smaller vessels were
laid in old Barcelona.
By Aug. 3, 1892, the date of
Columbus departure the caravels
were ready to weigh anchor and
set said from Palos, to follow the
unmarked waterway that a fright
ened Genoan had sailed so many
years before.
so OFF they sail, the Santa
Maria flying before the wind with
full sails at fully five miles an
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

hour, the others sheepishly fol-
lowing tow lines from Spanish
naval steamships.
All the high officials OF the
Spanish monarchy turned out to
bid them godspeed, even as Fer
dinand and Isabella had. And
thousands turned out to cheer
(for what? - why ask?) as the
three caravels touched at Havana.
Cuba, and at New York, their
last stop before reaching Chi
cago through the Great Lakes.
But on July =, 1898, the word
spread through Chicago that they
were here. The fleet had found,
not the tabled Indies, but-faf
better-the bawdy, boisterous,
brawling Gem Of the Prairies:
Chicago!
A FLEET of yachts went out
to greet the Spanish officials
aboard the caravels. High Ameri-
can and Latin-American govern
ment leaders made long -winded
speeches. And the ships settled
down to the profitable "trade
Winds of the fair.
That should be the end Of the
story. but IL isn't. The Nina
and the Pinta decaYed. and fl
nallY were removed from the
lagoon as a hazard to sailing.
but the Santa Maria's days of
glorY-or less-were not fin
ished.
The federal government turned
her over to the exposition mu-
scum, which in turn transferred
her ownership to the park dis
-trict.a
THEN. IN 1913. Harvard Uni
versity group asked that the Santa
Maria be lent to the Panama
Pacific International Exposition
at San Francisco.
The graceful queen of the seas
made her way under 5000
square feet of canvas to Boston.
only to encounter bad news.
The promoters of her voyage
had been forced to abandon
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14
SIove labor bill will
gag union press-Toft

WASENGTONFPoIab taking editorial positions
for against political candidate violating
Hartley omnibus labor bill unless they circulated
scbers and could that money got
tils.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

So the old lady of the lagoon
made her unhappy way to Char
lottestown, Prince Edwards Is
land, Canada, where she worked
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-03

Mrs. Thomas B. Turner has re-
turned to Baltimore after spend
ing several days here with her
brother-in-law and sister, DIR. and
Mrs. William A. Linthicum.
Henry M. White, Jr., returned
this week from Starke, Fla, where
he spent a nine-day spring vaca-
ton.
Mrs. Margaret A. C. Welsh is
expecting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Hartman, from Dillsburg, Pa, to
spend the weekend.
Miss Lucy Hollis of Greenvllle,
Mrs. David r. Young and son,
David, Jr., left Tuesday for their
home in Reedsville, N. c., after be-
ing guests for several days of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Peter, Jr.
Miss Virginia Karn was hostess
to the Monday night bridge club
this week at her home on Falls
Road. Among the guests were Mrs.
Frank Tyler, Jr., Mrs. C. M. Hick-
man, Mrs. Wendell Turner, Mrs.
Ella Virginia Griffith, Miss Mar
garet Karn and Miss Margaret
Tyler.
Bill Linthicum, Jr., a student at
Haverford Callege, spent the week.
end here at his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Butcher had
as their dinner guests Sunday,
Mrs. M. E. Butcher of Frederick,
Mrs. Ruth Rige, Alamo, Calf, and
Mrs. Alice Mullican and daughter,
Geneva, of Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-03
r. L. ClOskey
Opens Law Office

Robert L. McClosky has opened
an office for the general practice
of law at 1910 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda. For the last year he had
been with the District Title and
Insurance Co. in Washington and
prior to the war, he had been with
the firm for four years.
McClosky, a graduate of Beth
esda Chevy Chase High School
and Southeastern University, lives
with his wife, the former Barbara
Corner, and their young daughter,
ut Damascus.
Mr.. Closky served for five years
in the Adjutant Generals depart
ment of the Army. He was attach
ed to Gen. Henry H. Arnold's staff
in Washington and served for
some time in Hawaii as a member
of Gen. Robert Parker's court mar
tial staff.