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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05

from straying is not known. Ap-
parently there is no way to find
out.
DIFFERENT DESIGN-Thomas'
hitching post is about seven feet
long. About two and a half feet
are imbedded in the ground. 1t is
made Of slate, and is almost
square. The hitching ring is hand
made Of wrought iron and it is
set In lead in the stone.
The Thomas family first used
it when DR.. w. G. Thomas moved
from Tarboro to the house at Mar
ket and Fourth streets in 1859. The
lot just below the house was also
purchased and a doctors office
constructed there.
The doctors office remained
there until 1920. In that period
Of time DR.. W. G. Thomas, his
son, DR.. C. G. Thomas and DR..
Pride Jones Thomas, used it to
hitch their buggy horses. The post
was in front of the office all thai
time.
POST MOVED-In 1920 DR.. G..
c.. Thomas died and the office
was torn down. Because OF the
sentiment attached George Thorn
as had the post dug up and moved
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
tornado Rips
West States
laundering Out OF
Canada Takes Toll
Of Ten Lives

GRAFTON, N. D., July 4. -W.P
A tornado that Numbered out o.
|r.nada and swept across the Rel
|9iver valley killed 10 persons anc
;ninred at least As, eight critically,
l.. survey of the ravaged areas
showed today.
The tornado struck first at Windy.
|~.ates, Man, on the Canadian Dor.
|ser last night. One man, identi.
lied only by the last name of Mi.
|kolasik, was killed.
The twister then cut t path into
.be United States, moving across
Ms northeast corner of North Da.
|tota. and swept into the Red Riv
|.r Valley. 1t blew itself out ir
minnesota.
Near the end of its path, the tor
|,ado hit a farm house four and
.ne.half miles East of here, killing
,y of the 20 occupants. The house
vas wrecked and the other Ia
.ocupants were injured. Nineteen
a the occupants wee members OF
|, family of migratory workers OF
MEXICAN descent who had come
|trom San Antonio, Tex, to work in
,bp sugar beet fields on Luther
|Lydden's farm.
Couple Killed
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin c. Ander-
.on were killed on their farm near
|oslo. Mimi, and Frank Rogalla,
|,bout 70, Mimic, N. D., was killed
|,t Warsaw, N. D.
Witnesses said the heaviest dam
|,ge was done by high winds that
1anked the tornado. At Warsaw,
which was not hit by the twister,
hieh winds leveled every building
Except a Catholic church and one
otber structure, observers reported
The twister also hit near Oslo,
him., but a heavy toll was prevent
NJ there because a crowd of ap-
fortunately 400 persons attending
baseball game saw the storm ap-
broach.
The spectators and players rae
hi to safety. After the storm pass
Id, they formed rescue squads and
tNred the ravaged area, rushing
ts injured to a hospital at War
rsn. MINI.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
HAYES SATISFIED
ON POLICE SETUP
Chief Declares He Wishes
No Radical Departure
From Present System

Police Chief Hubert Hayes does
not wish any radical departure
from the present setup of the police
department but would like an ad.
ditional two more uniformed lieu
tenants and possibly two or three
more sergeants."
However, no separation of the
joint city-county identification bu-
reau activities are needed.
That was the declaration last
night of Chief Hayes in clarified
ton of published reports that he
would ask "a complete revamp-
ing" of the entire department.
The chief explained that lately
he had been giving some thought
to asking City Manager J. R. Ben
son for certain changes that might
lead to improvements but that any
such proposals were in the pre-
liminary stages.
TO Study Report
Benson declared that he had
received no requests for any
changes from Chief Hayes. It
was pointed out by Benson that
he yet had to study the report
submitted by Roy Morgan, for
mer FBI agent, as to steps to be
taken in giving the police depart
ment greater efficiency.
Chief Hayes said that he was
studying a plan of establishing
four departments with an officer
adapted to that certain type of
work at the head OF each depart
ment.
Departments under consideration
by the police chief would be de-
tective, records and identification,
patrol. a and uniformed offic-
ers.
The only change already being
carried out is one to simplify the
index system and a master index
card file.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
Fourth Becomes
India independence Day

whole sub-continent, because the
princely and tribal states may join
either India or Pakistan or become
independent in themselves.
The text of the bill was not read.
It will be available, however, be-
fore second reading and debate
next Thursday. There was no doubt
about its passage; the opposition
Conservative party was expected
to support it completely.
Altogether, there are Is clauses
in the bill. None suggests q new
constitution for India.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
Violence Takes 125 Lives
On July Fourth Outings;
Iowa City Hit By Floods
Grand Tower
Under Water
One Thousand Residents
Flee Homes AS Missis-
sippi Levee Breaks

GRAND TOWER, ILL.,, July A,
Their battle against the relent-
less Mississippi lost, the people of
this river town anxiously watched
muddy water inching higher into
their business district and most Of
their homes today as the rivers
crest approached.
A sandbag barrier feverishly
erected by the towns 1000 resi-
dents after several days of back
baking labor, in which even WON.
en- and children took part, was
smashed last night and the river
spread over about two-thirds Of
the town, including all Of the bust
ness district.
The break came so suddenly that
the weary towns people had 40 op-
portunity to repair it. The two
big pumps which had been used
to dispose Of seepage water were
washed away.
Mayor Jesse Grammer reported
the river had climbed to 40 As feet
this afternoon: the highest stage
ever recorded here, and described
it as the worst Of several floods
experienced by the town, which is
not protected by a permanent dixie.
Fear New Rise
Should the river rise several
more inches the water would pour
over the ground floors of several
business establishments, greatly
increasing the damage, he said.
The government weather bureau
at St. Louis, IS miles upstre am
reported the crest just above
Grand Tower and said the river
probably would rise only a few
more inches here before reaching
its highest stage tonight.
Families forced out OF their
homes moved into two school
buildings and into tents thrown
up on the school grounds in the
higher part Of the residential sec
ton. City officials said this part
Of the town would probably re-
main dry.
There was no danger Of the
See GRAND on Page Two
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FIRECRACKER
LAW WELL OBEYED IN
NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Wilmingtonians yesterday really
obeyed that new state law forbid.
ding the sale and shooting Of fire.
crackers.
The Fourth of July passed with.
out a single arrest or complaint or
their use. At least last night police
and deputy sheriffs said they hae
no trouble enforcing the law plac
ed in effect in North Carolina thi:
year for the first time.
The nearest to any complaint wa.
from a resident on Chestnut stree
who reported hearing the shoot
ing Of firecrackers. But investiga
ton disclosed it was only house
wreckers pulling lumber from the
side of an old structure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
SHIPS SC0UR SEA
FOR LOST VESSEL
Forest Service Station Re-
port Sends Cutters On
Fruitless Hunt

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4-F-
Reports Of a ship burning and
sinking off the northern California
coast touched off a fruitless air
and surface search today and the
alerting Of all shipping to the pos.
sibility Of a marine disaster.
The report originated at the Oak
Ridge Forest Service lookout sta
ton on the Sonoma county coast
late yesterday. The station is at
1900 feet altitude in coastal noun
tains with a search range extend
ing 30 miles to sea.
Aerial search at dusk yesterday
and again at daybreak today by
the Coast Guard produced nothing.
A Coast Guard plane returning
to its South San Francisco base
shortly before 9 am. reported
sighting only small fishing boats.
The Coast Guard said the area was
Jogging in, but that aerial search
would be continued as long as
weather permitted.
Surface motor launches from
Coast Guard stations at Point
Reyes and Point Arena were in the
area today.
With the first flash from the
Forest Service station at Ais p m.
yesterday of a tanker burning and
sinking, conjecture turned to the
Russian tanker Elbrus, which put
out Wednesday afternoon for Vladi-
vostok loaded with high test gaso-
line from Richmond, Calf.
The Elbrus today, however, ac-
cepted a radio message, indicat-
ing no disaster had befallen her.
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SevenKilled
In Carolina
Traffic Accidents Account
For 81 Fatalities; Az
People Drown i
BY the Associated Press

by n Associated ffoS8
At least seven persons died
In accidents in North Carolina
during the first day of the
three-day July 4th holiday.
Four of the deaths were
drownings in the Charlotte
area while two men were kill
ed in a plane crash at Bur-
lington.
Vivian Lee Ross, II, and her
cousin, June Carroll Baucom,
l6, drowned when their boat
overturned at McEwen Lake at
Mint Hill near Charlotte.
Paul Stowe, 49,, of Charlotte
and his 12-year-old niece, Caro-
lyn Riley, Negroes, drowned in
the Catawba river near Char
lotte Friday morning.
Steven Arnold Douglas, IS,
operator of a Burlington res
taurant, and DIR. F. T. Harper,
40, Burlington physician and
medical director of the Ala
nance tuberculosis sanitor.
ium, were killed when their
light plane crashed at the Bur-
lington airport.
M. M. White, Al, city en-
gineer Of Elizabeth City for 20
years, was drowned Friday
afternoon In Little River, when
he was seized by cramps as ho
sought to retrieve q drifting
row boat.
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S2 =? E %r.s Set !:
"Unca Msr0~~s' Described As Eye Spots
Space onips, New Navy Planes; Reports
All Coincide AS To Their Shape

Chicago, July 4-W.H-The
Flying saucers" apparently
were celebrating Indepen-
dence Day in their own way.
They flashed across the skies
above California and brought
forth new ideas as to what
they are.
Robert L. Jackson said he
and william Baker were at q
naval air station In San Diego
when they saw three flying
"discs" travelling about 400
miles an hour about half. way
from the horizon. Both are
Navy chief petty officers.
Meanwhile Mead Layne, al
SO of San Diego, publisher Of
an occult magazine, said the
flying "saucers seen through
out the country are etheric
bodies from another world"
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THOUSANDS ENJOY
HOLIDAY PROGRAM.
Concert By Municipal
Band, Prayer, Speeches
Held Al City Hall
BY JOHN RALSTON
Star staff Writer

Strings of lights made brighter
by their reflection against the
whiteness Of the city hall, illu-
minated more than 1000 persons
last night as they listened to music
and prayer and a plea for this ma
ton to be of service to other
countries at Wilmington's first
Fourth Of July observance in many
years.
On a flag bedecked platform
atop the stairs to the city hall, sat
the speakers.
At the bottom Of those stairs the
city's municipal band played. In
the street in front Of the building
paraded, in varied formations, the
red and white uniformed Whining
ton state championship American
Legion drum and bugle corps.
Spectators stood, sat at vantage
points about the stairs. along the
sidewalks and on the curbs on
both sides Of Third street.
Owe SOunOS a
It was the Rev. Andrew j. How
ell, the city's historian, who sound
ed the call for aid to other ma
tons.
1--WE have never lowered our
flag before any nation" he assert
ed. May God give US a courage
u spirit to face the future with
confidence and grow stronger in
our purpose to be a good neighbor
to other peoples. Let us never tol-
crate any misgivings as to our
national strength"
Through a louo-speaker system
while police kept traffic off the
street, Councilman ]. E. L. Wade,
presided at the program. It opened
with the singing of America and
an invocation by the Rev. r. L.
Sturgis, newly seated American
Legion chaplain for this post.
Minute Talk
In his five-minute talk on the
meaning OF independence day, the
Rev. Mr.. Howell told Of the first
victory of the American forces in
the Revolutionary war, February
81, 1776, at Moore's Creek bridge
near Wilmington.
independence Day means, declar-
ed the speaker, that I'VE have as
a nation shown ourselves to be re-
markedly capable, because each
has entire freedom Of thought
and can progress in knowledge and
achievement and because rule by a
majority is always the safest gov
eminent"
The reason the United States has
been able to hold its place in the
world is because 1--WE have always
been able to mass our intelligent
See THOUSANDS On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
.BEVIN GLAD AMERICA
DEFEATED BRITISH. HE
TELLS LONDON YANKS

LONDON, July -PE British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
said tonight he was glad that Am
erican colonists whipped the Brit
ish.
He spoke jocularly at an indie
pendence day dinner here at which
United States Ambassador Lewis
Douglas presided, saying:
1--WE are here to celebrate your
victory and our defeat. Thank you
for defeating US, producing as a
result the wonderful United States
Of America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
OF STUDENT
NURSES AT BEACH
Miss Alice Geraldine Max
we'll Arrives For Holiday
As Guest OF SENCBA

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, July 4
Miss North Carolina Student Nurse
II ls47-Miss Alice Geraldine Max
well - to you, arrived at the
Edgewater hotel here this after
noon to spend a weeks vacation
L, me guest of the Southeastern
North Carolina Beach Association.
TITS just wonderful. I was never
10 surprised in my life" She told
kewsmen. The pretty 20-year-old
sudent nurse at the Baker-Thomp-
ion Memorial hospital at Lumber
bon, said she was planning to &c.
blenty of sunshine and have .ot's
b fun while visiting the beach.
Miss Maxwell is a pretty bru-
bette with brown eyes and is five
keet, four inches tall, weighing 119
bounds. She has been a student
Nurse at the Baker-Thompson hos
bital for "a months and expects to
graduate October Is, 1947.
Miss Grace Maxwell, a sister OF
Miss Student Nurse" and herself
graduate nurse, accompanied
lie winner Of the statewide con-
kest here. She is working at the
Baker-Thompson hospital as a ST.
hervisor.
~ have not made any plans
yet, she said, "But I have lots OF
friends here at Wrightsvville Beach
Rnd I expect to spend a lot Of time
with them" Miss Maxwell has
visited here often, during her va
patton period from the hospital.
"You know, the senior nurses
Eon't get 4 vacation. and this year
am a senior and winning the
contest gave me an opportunity
have this swell vacation" she
laid.
Raeford Native
Miss Maxwell is a native OF
Eaetord and she said tonight that
Pie plans to take a post graduate
foarse in surgery when she grad
Fates. When asked about boy
Friends, she said that She expects
per ''boy friend" 10 come down
fhe first Of the week.
She was crowned Miss North
carolina Student Nurse of 1947 by
Fay Kyser, radio and screen star,
Raleigh Tuesday night. Nine
] '-es from hospitals throughout
h Carolina were represented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
And So To Bed

cts she pretty or is 1t just
the distance?"
A young blade at Wrights-
vile Beach might have Jared
better had he asked himself
that question yesterday.
He spied what looked to be
q comely miss at a distance
of about q block. She was
walking ON the beach toward
him.
He gave a low whistle, rose
to his feet and brushed the
sand off himself. That's for
me-" he surmised.
In q few moments he ~
turned to his place on ah0
beach, somewhat crostfallezA,
1T was the bathing suit, I
meant, and not the GIRL" was
his only comment, after a clos.
or look, 4,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05

Layne. who last November
reported having had contact
with a "space ship" which
was seen over San Diego, said
he had received a message
from the people aboard the
"~saucers" through q trans
control, or medium.
"These visitors are not ex-
carnate humans but are hui
man beings, living in their own
world" Layne explaine d
"They come with good intent.
They have. some idea Of ex-
perimenting with earth life.
That is coming to live on the
world for awhile"
The Los Angeles Daily News
said the "saucers'' may be the
See SAUCERS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05

LONDON, July 4-W.D- Prime
Ministed Clement Attlee introduced
the first reading of the Indian In
dependence bill in the House Of
Commons today, making July 4 In
dependence day for the vast sub
continent with its nearly 1885,, 00o.-
600 people.
In essence, the bill would create
two Independent dominions in In
dia-India CHindu) and Pakistan
(Moslem)-by August Is. Specifl-
cally, it concerns only British In
dia, about SIS per cent of the whole
Of India. Actually, it affects the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
By the Associated Press

The nations violent death toll
climbed to 125 Friday night, in.
GLIDING two fatalities from the
Fourth of July fireworks, as the
first day Of the three-day holiday
drew to a close.
Traffic accidents, for which the
National Safety Council predicted
275 deaths by Sunday midnight,
accounted for 81 of the 1875. Drown
ings were second 18th At. Mis-
cellaneos mishaps, including plane
crashes, to.aled IS.
Fireworks Kill Two
The first two fireworks deaths
reported resulted from an explos-
ion of skyrockets at a family re-
union in Elkton, Nd. The dead
were Ann Cameron, 8, and Ruth
Anne Holmes, 2.
The tabulation did not include
10 deaths caused by a tornado N
North Dakota and Minnesota. Most
spectacular was the deatn IN De-
corah, Ia, of Miss Marge Hurl-
nfss
See SEVEN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
Warns Russia
Against Prov0cati0n
Secretary Says Britain
Tired OF Those Who
Play With Peace

LONDON, July 4 -WD-Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin warned
Russia implicitly tonight that
"you can carry provocation too
far" and said I'VE are tired OF
those who think they a play
with peace-loving peoples too
long"
Bevin made his speech at an
American July 4 dinner a Few
hours after British and French en-
voys had delivered formal invita-
tons to % European countries to
attend the Marshall plan confer
ence in Paris July u.
The invitations, emphasizing the
urgency of the European econo-
mic situation, asked acceptance
or rejection of the invitation by
next Thursday, and called for
committees to start work by July
Is on a four-year European re-
covery plan.
Report To u. S.
A report is to be made to the
United States by Sept. l on Eu-
ropes available resources and
needs during the next four years.
Italy accepted the invitation Of
Sicially only a few hours after il
was handed to Foreign Minister
Count Carlo Siorza.
Bevin's speech was the first
statement he made since his re-
turn from Paris, where Britain
and France decided to 60 ahead
with the Marshall plan despite
Russia's boycott.
1--WE are tired of those who
think they can play with peace
loving peoples too long," Bevin
said. "They must study their psy-
chology.
The time may come when we
See BEVIN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
Mr.. Stork Gets Tangled
InFour-W ayAuto Crash

bella, cut on the face, gave birth
prematurely in the hospital waiting
room to a four and a half pound
boy.
Pinned behind the wheel of the
first car which overturned, 52-year-
old George H. Hughes was ex~tricat-
ed by firemen with crowbars and
taken to a hospital in serious con-
dition. Mrs. Prybel1a's husband,
two policemen and two sailors SUI
fered slight injuries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
Jam
All Beach Facilities
REASON ENOUGH

LIVERPOOL, England, July 4.
- W.D Paul Greenburge, 81,
chef, asked why he "kidnaped''
a 17-year-old girl and lived with
her for one year, told the Judge:
II can't offer any explana-
ton except that she is a very
pretty girl and l was fed up with
my wife,"
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PHILADELPHIA, July 4. -(Pe
The stork got all tangled UP in a
four-way automobile crash today.
A police emergency car rush
ing 33-year-old Mrs. Stanley Pry-
bella to a hospital collided with one
machine then pushed another
against a bus.
The shock was so great, doctors
said, her baby almost was born
before a passing motorist got the
woman to The hospital. Mrs. Pry-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
3 DIE IN CRASH

|AMDEN, N. j., July 4. -(R-
ather and two young children ne
'ek on a holiday ride in a rent
y airplane died today in the crash
the plane in a thickly-populated
ectlon of East Camden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
The Weather

|. FORECAST:
North Carolina and South Carolina
Il n slightly warmer Saturday;
Fanued warm Sunday.
Eastern Standard Time)
|. tBy U. S. Weather Bureau)
Neurological data for the "a hours
ahg 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
80 a. m. 40; 1880 a. m. IL; 1:30 p. m.
l3n p. m. rs: Maximum s6; Mini
n &c; Mean rs. Normal Is.
HUMIDITY
70 a. m. A; 1880 a. m. II; 1880 p. m.
r@ p. m. go.
PRECIPITATION
val for the "a hours ending 1880 p.
inches.
%sl since the first Of the month
fches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
%n the Tide Tables published by
-" Coast and Geodetic Survey.
HIGH LOW
~ston $1,000 HOS am. 6:1O am.
h., 11:29 pm. 6:04 pm.
"~o Inlet - 8:42 am. 2:58 am.
tss. 9:07 pm. PAT pm.
ME- sos; Sunset 7:27; Moonrise
aoonset s:46a.
WEATHER On Page TIVE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Fair and
slightly warmer today; Sunday, con-
tinued warm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-05

See THOUSANDS On Page Two
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-07

of st. Petersburg, Fla, were We'd
Ellesday overnight guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbur F. Nash.
Mrs. Frank Cookson, of Florida
and Pennsylvania, has just return
ed to Pittsburgh after spending a
few days at Shady Lawn with Miss
Myrtle j. Howard. Mrs. ]. Thomas
Shallcross and Miss Ella Rabbit,
of Washington, were entertained
at afternoon tea on Sunday at
Shady Lawn. Miss Marion Geekie,
of Washington, has been a recent
weekend guest of Miss Howard.
Mrs. James w. Barnsley has
been confined to her home for sew
eral days with a bad ankle.
The Misses Alice Soper and
Getty Dillon are guests of their
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Le-
roy Soper of Bethesda, for several
days at Ocean City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dillon en-
| tertained 16 members of the fam
| lily on Saturday evening at an out
door picnic supper in honor of her
birthday and her grandson's. Bob
by Dillon of Silver Spring was
born on his grandmother's birth
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Merson Burns
Of Etchison were among the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hitchcock
and family, of York, Pa, were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph EickelLerg.
Mrs. Dorothy Schultz, of Chevy
Chase, was a luncheon guest on
Saturday of Mrs. Allen Craver.
Julia Miller, Gloria Brown, June
Burroughs and Barbara Cashell
are among the girls of this COM
munity attending All Club Week
at the University of Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-07
Washington Grove
Mrs. Wallace Mnir
Gaithersburg CDR

The outstanding social event of
the summer season in Washington
Grove was the Biscuit Supper,
given on Sunday evening, at the
Woman's Club, by the Mayor and
Council of the Grove. The supper
was served by the men dressed in
chefs hats and gayly decorated
aprons and consisted of sliced ham,
potato salad, pickles, jellies, and
jam, with a choice of ice tea or
coffee. Pan after pan of hot, fresh
ly baked biscuits and coffee cake
were served by the officials to
their friends. Councilmen assisting
Mayor Irving L. McCathran were
Everett Bean, Roland Waddill,
Norman Healy, Edward Hogan,
and David Bradley. Proceeds will
be used for the restoration of
Milestone Spring.
Miss Zoe Wadsworth had as her
guests over the weekend Miss
Jean MacCall and Miss Elizabeth
Allen of Washington, d. C. and
Miss Mary Bolger of Baltimore,
Maryland.