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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Overrides Truman's Veto
Of Taft Hartley Labor Measure;
Lea Act Held Unconstitutional
Mayor E.. l.. White, c.. H. Casteen
Box Derby Co.. hairmen
Well-Known Citizens Will
Head Advisory Commit
tee For Big Race

Organization OF the 1947 Will
mington Soap Box Derby advisory
committee got of to a good start
yesterday with the formal accept
ance by Mayor E. L. White and
Charles H. Casteen of co-chair-
manship Of the all-important COM
mittee which will advise On all
details of the big race to be run
here on Wednesday, July 80.
Mayor White, who for many
years has taken a keen interest
in all phases of boys's work, in
accepting the craftsmanship
task for this years derby, inform
ed headquarters that he will do
all he. possibly can to make the
race, the biggest event ever stag
ed for boys of II to Is years OF
age.
He is vitality interested in the
work and should bring to the ad-
visory committee some valuable
organizational ideas that will
prove valuable between now and
race day.
Casteen, who did a bang-up job
as track director for the first Soap
Box Derby held here last year,
will again be in there pitching
and, working with White.
Intensely interested in the All.
American Soap Box Derby move
ment, Casteen last year gave tc
the advisory committee and Der.
by headquarters more than his
share of time and work in order
that the Derby might prove the
fine success it turned out to be.
No Accidents
Under his guidance, all heats
run over the Rankin street course
were completed without SEM
blance of an accident and the
thousands of spectators thorough
ly enjoyed the afternoons sport.
Representatives of civic clubs
and other organizations to serve
On the Soap Box Derby advisory
committee under White and Cas-
teen have, or will be, named this
week in time to make possible,
an organization meeting Friday
afternoon.
Following organization, the
committee will turn to the task
of selecting a course Of this years
race, which again will be co-spon.
sored by the Wilmington Star.
News and Raney Chevrolet com.
pany.
Every effort will be made te
select a course which will not only
provide fair and equal competition
for all entrants, but allow for the
See WHITE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Petrillo Has
PowerCurbed
Supreme Court In 5 To 3
Decision Upholds Law
Aimed At Music Car

WASHINGTON, June % -tH9H
The act Congress aimed at Jones
c. Petrillo and his ALL American
Federation of Musicians was held
constitutional today by TIE SUI
preme court.
Immediately:
l. The FIN Frequency Modula'
tom association asked the four
major networks to make theii
musical programs available to 24]
FIN stations it represents.
2. A House Labor subcommittee
got ready to investigate Pctrille
and his union at hearings TO star
probably next week. 1t is headed
by Rep. Kearns (R-Pa), a member
of the union. and has been as
semblying evidenc Cor weeks but
has held off while the court wa:
considering the case.
The FIN association said II. a
statement that network music has
been denied FIN stations under ar
''edict" of Petrillo that networks
would have to duplicate their
musical stats if they furnished
music to FIN stations.
Station Position
The association declared tina
the networks refused music tt
FIN stations "rather than pay
double for music,' but that the
act which the court upheld pro
hibits the unions requiring the
networks to hire mo:e people thar
they need.
While holding The act constitu
tional, the court did not rule on {
specific charge That Detrillo VIC
lated it. 1t sent the case back te
the federol district court to de-
eide that.
Petrillo was accused Of v;olat
ing the act, soon after its passage
last year, by calling a strike al
radio station WAAF in Chicago tc
support o demand that the station
hire three more record librarians,
WAAF said the men were MOI
reeded.
Petrillo won dismissal Of thu
charge on a district court ruling
that the law is un' institutional
The Justice department bypassee
the court of appeals to get d quicl
ruling from the Supreme court.
SO Decision
Justice Black delivered the
courts 5 : 3 finding that the law
itself is within the constitution
See PETRILLO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
BATTLE OF FORT FISHER

BATTLE OF FORT FISHER
On December Is, 1865, at the mouth
of the Cape Fear river, the big
gest naval engagement up to that
time began. Federal ships, and
later Federal troops, were to as
sault Confederate Fort Fisher,
guarding the way to the important
port of Wilmington.
An eyewitness account Of that
battle, since famed in story and
song and after which a brand OF
firecrackers has been named be-
cause the fighting was charac-
terized by tremendous explosions,
has been preserved in an old copy
of the Wilmington News-Dispatch.
The paper, submitted by Mrs. E.
l.. Robbins, 26 North Washington
street. contains an account OF the
conflict by j. D. Robbins, ST., a
relative by marriage.
When the general alarm was
sounded on the night of December
q. Col. William Lamb, second In
command of the Fort, crossed the
river with his wife and two chill
dren. Maria and Robert. Col.
Lamb, Robbins wrote, installed his
family on a plantation where Mrs.
sallie Reaves and Mrs. Enoch
Robbins lived. The crossing was
made at 2 a. m. and shortly after,
when the dawn was approaching,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
DIARIES CLEARED
ON WATER CHARGE
Five Mecklenburg Firms
Absolved Also OF Using
Misleading Labels

CHARLOTTE, June % - R -
Five Mecklenburg county diaries
charged with adulterating and mis-
branding milk products were
found innocent today by Judge
Zeb V. Nettles.
The defendants had pleaded no
contest.
Those charged were Foremost
DIARIES, Biltmore Dairy Farms
Elan Robinson, Frank Black,
trading as Sp-ingside Dairy, and
Joe Black, trading as White Oak
Dairy.
The five cases were consolidate
ed in a surprise move early this
afternoon. The hearing lasted
about an hour and a half and
Judge Nettles gave an immediate
decision.
The state contended that the
diaries had placed water in milk
and had used misleading labels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Punjab Votes
For Division
Vast State Will
House Moslem, Hindu
Sikh Followers

lahore. India, June %. -[P-
.I;o,s vast Punjab voted today to
p'';5s itself into separate Mos
a and Hindu-Sikh areas in prep
ls .a+ion for a similar division of
49, into Hindustan and Pakistan.
Dlu Immediately after voting for
nra4ion in accord with the
ss55ss~rtbatten plan for partitioning
. Mg the lawmakers fixed July 4
In','' date for new constituent as
asosblv elections and moved to
' ',sil the l%ong-drawn communal
eotino which has killed 3,749 per-
'. wv in the Punjab since last
March
T,A surgical operation was SINH
49, IN that taken last week by Ben
al n~rovince, which also decided
J." annrove a boundary line allow
w., w. the majority of its Hindus to
ia5, Hipdustan and the majority of
H.. Noslems to join Pakistan. The
.;,ieions will stand until a bound
commission fixes the final bor-
ders.
The Punjab decision was reach
Al at a calm and amiable ses-
inn, held behind protective barb
~ wire barbados manned by
,cores of policemen. During the
isv three bombs exploded without
.susing extensive damage, and II
cases Of arson were reported, but
his was relatively quiet in compar-
i,on to week end rioting which had
killed at least % persons.
During the voting, ninety-one OF
The legislators - 88 Moslems, one
sralo-Indian and two Indian Christ
ians - cast their votes for Pakis-
ian by walking through a door on
which a sign had been posted say
irg new separate constituent as
nmbly."
seventy-seven Hindus and Sikhs
voted for Hindustan by passing
through q door at the opposite side
Of the chamber labeled present
constituent assembly,"
Later, in separate meetings, law
makers from the predominantly
Moslem Western Punjab voted So
o27 in favor of partition and law.
makers from predominantly Hindu
md Sikh Eastern Punjab voted sc
10 % in favor of the proposal.
Noon HonOred
Firoz Khan Noon. Moslem lead
Or who renowned British knight.
hood in protest against the old IN
dependence plan, was chosen tenn
Dorary leader of the Western Pun
lab. which will have about As pei
cent OF the total population.
Punjab will form the real hear
Of Pakistan, although a large seq
ment Of the Moslem population vii
BE- in Eastern Bengal, on the farth'
eSt Eastern side of India.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Representatives Oh All Seq.
ments OF Industry To
Meet AT Raleigh

RALEIGH, June % -P-Repre-
sentatives Of the major segments
Of the tobacco industry, compris-
ing a 15-man committee, will
meet here tomorrow at II am.
and draft opening dates and regu-
lations for fue-cured tobacco
markets.
The meeting will mark the first
time in the history of the tobacco
auction system that opening dates
and sales regulations were formed
by joint action.
More recently the market open
ing dates were announced at the
annual convention Of the Tobacco
Association of the United States.
The system was supplanted by
the 15-man committee which is
made up of five warehousemen,
five planters, and five buyers. The
committee, which will function
Throughout. the coming selling sea
son, gives representation to the
planters and Warehousemen.
The committee tomorrow will
name it's chairman, and then will
consider this agenda: specific
opening dates for each OF the five
fue-cured tobacco belts; market
regulations, which will include the
number of daily selling hours for
all markets, the number of piles
to be sold per hour, and methods
of endorcing the recommended
regulations.
Sure to provoke discussion will
be the lateness of the growing
season due to cool and dry wealth
er. However, state agriculture
marketing experts predict the
crop, although a bit under last
year., will total more than a bill
lion pounds.
After the II am. executive SEES
sion. a second session will be call
ed at 2 pm. for consideration OF
requests from individuals or dele
cations from the five belts on
opening dates and regulations. FL
See 15-MAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
CLAYTON ELECTED
Meta PRESIDENT
MS Man
Chosen AT Convention
Meet Last Night
Special to the Star

Wrightsville Beach. June % -
Delegates to the North Carolina
Taxicab Association convention to-
night elected ]. E. Clayton Of
Winston-Salem president and
heard 1t. Governor L. Y. Ballen-
tine speak On the accomplish
ments of the organization, and
how the cabmen fit in with the
states resources.
Other officers elected included:
john Harkey. Asheville, first vice
president; R. D. Kennerly, Cahr-
lotte, second vice president; Mar
vim Harris, Durham, reelected
treasurer; and B. F. Johnson,
secretary.
Other Officers
Also elected at the second OF
the three-day convention were the
board of directors:
They are: Harry Kapp, Lexing-
ton; j. E. Doggett, Raleigh; F.
H. Mcbride, Sanford; Marshal
Crouch, Mooresville; H. M. Saw
See CLAYTON on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
BillBecomes
Law OF Land
Upper Chamber Casts Sc
To Is Vote, Six More
Than Required

WASHINGTON, June 23.@RH
The Taft-Hartley labor bill be-
came the law of the land today.
The Senate OVERRIDE President
veto and his about op-
position, So to IS.
This was six votes more than
the required two-thirds majority
more even than the bills support
ers had expected.
And the chamber spurned a final
appeal which the President sent by
Democratic leader Barley (Ky)
two hours before the rollcall.
The President insisted that "this
dangerous legislation" will hurt
"our national unity and so 'ren-
der a distinct disservice not only
to this nation but to the world"
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told the
tense Senate just before it voted,
however, that the COP Congress
would 'be held delinquent" if it
failed to pass the bill. He shout
ed that unions today r big
business" and SHOULD have the
same responsibility as corpora
tons"
Sharpest Setback
The outcome was Mr.. Humans
sharpest setback at the hands o.
the Republican-controlIed Con-
gress, elected last November.
1t was a tremendous victory
for Taft, widely mentioned as a
possible COP Presidential candi-
date next year. Taft sponsored the
bill with Rep. Hartley GRIND.
The Senate showdown found 20
Democrats going along with 48
Republicans to override. For up
holding the President and his veto
were % Democrats and three Re-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LANCER CND),
Malone (Nev) and Morse tOre).
The full strength Of the Senate
was on hand for the historic
ballot with the exceptions of Sena-
tor Wagner D-NY), i'll in New
York; Senator Ebert Thomas
(D-Utah who is. Geneva. and
Senator Bilbo D-Miss), who has
not taken the oath. Even if all Of
them had been here and voted to
uphold the veto it would have made
no difference.
Today's ballot compared with
votes of 68 to "a on May 10 when
the Senate originally passed its
labor bill, and A to II on June
See BILL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
ShadesofD~a monRunyon;
Neutrality-suspicious. Too

According to Harry Fales, ST.
perintendent Of the bureau, this
file is one of the most important
at the office and has proved its
worth many times in identifying
criminals. Lawbreakers Ego by
their nicknames and aliases more
than they do their real Names"
Fales said.
"Red Eyes, Gives Lead
For example, Fales said, if a
house is broken into and several
witnesses hear an accomplish call
the housebreaker by the name OF
See SHADES on Page I've
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
LABOR LAW TERMS
FOR BUSY READER
Main Provisions Oh Taft
Hartley Bill AS 1t A.
fects Unions, Nation

WASHINGTON, June % - @-
Final passage OF the Taft-Hartley
bill today made 1t the law that
unions:
May be sued by employers for
breach of contract and eor dam
ages in jurisdictional strikes and
secondary b%oycotts.
Are required by law to bargain
collectively with employers.
May not compel employers to
hire only union members, but still
may enter into agreement provid.
ing that all employees join the
union under certain conditions.
May not bargain for foremen
and supervisors.
Must publish financial state
ments.
May n require employers to
deduct union dues from any en-
velopes unless the workers agree.
Lose their rights under the
Wagner act if any officer is a
Communist or active sympath1zer.
May not make certain contribu-
tons and expenditures for politi.
cal purposes.
Are forbidden 10 engage in GER
tain practices held unfair"
It also is the law now that he
government: 2
May get injunctions against
unions to stall off for 80 days a
strike which would affect the ma
tional health or safety.
Set up a new Cancellation ssrv-
ice outside the Labor department..
Enlarge the National Labor Re-
lations board from three to five
members and overhaul the way 1t
works.
Establish a 14-member Senate
House committee to study labor
MANAGEMENT relations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
PRISONERS ABDUCT
DEPUTY SHERIFF ON
TRIP TO HOSPITAL

MODESTO, Calf, June %. Up
- Three of four prisoners being
taken from county jail to the
county hospital. today abducted
Deputy Sheriff Riley Morse and
fled in his car toward the Sierra
country after releasing him un-
harmed a short time later.
The office of Sheriff Graf Hogin,
who Immediately instituted a
search with all available deputies,
listed the fugitive trio of prisoners
as:
Dave Davis, who had been held
after an escape from a Stanislaus
county road camp; Vernon Lee
Salvage, charged with armed rob-
berry; and Paxton E. Olds. the
charge on which Odds was held was
not Immediately available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
GASOLINE EXPORT
CONTROL GOES ON
Government To Extend
Law After June 30 To
All Foreign Countries

WASHINGTON, June % - up -
The Commerce department an
nounced tonight that controls will
be reimposed on export of gaso-
line and other petroleum products
to all foreign countries except
Canada, effective June 30.
Export control is necessary il
the limited domestic supply is to
be protected and U. S. petroleum
exports are to be used most eff
fectively in the interest of world
recovery" said the departments
office of international trade
(OIT).
The announcement, made after
consultation with other govern
ment agencies including the Int
rior department, the Army and
Navy, plainly anticipated that
Congress will authorize extension
Of authority to restrict exports.
This authority, exercised by
OFT, will expire June 80 under
present law. If there is no exten.
sion, the newly announced con-
trolls a last only "a hours, Off
cials said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
May Be Heard
On Channel Dredging

The matter came up yesterday
after a delegation a week ago
appeared before the county COM
missionerS and asked them to In
tercede in their behalf in hating
the proposed real estate project.
Commissioners wrote the engin-
GERS asking a delay which was
granted.
The commissioners yesterday did
not take any action but agreed
that it Cooked like a public hear
ing was the best solution"
Wrightsville Beach aldermen
are expected to follow the suit Of
the county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24

The public likely will be given
a chance to express its opinion
on the proposed dredging of Banks
channel on the sound at Wrights-
vile Beach.
At least that was the opinion of
New Hanover county commission
ers yesterday at their weekly ses-
sion. The district engineers Of
flee, under Col. B. c. Snow, in a
communication read at yester-
days session of the commission
ers declared that it will deny the
proposed dredging # either the
commissioners or Wrightsville
board of aldermen oppose the
move,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
GREEN ANNOUNCES
REPEAL CAMPAIGN
Labor aders Express
Bitterness, Industry
Cheers Action

WASHINGTON, June % - R-
William Green, president of the
ALL, announced a campaign to
repeal the Taft-Hartley labor act
as soon as the Senate had passed
it today.
Republicans called upon the
President and his aides to admin
lister it fairly.
And President Truman, who had
called it "unworkable'' in his veto
message and dangerous" in d
new appeal today, had no further
comment. A secretary told him of
the Senate's action as he worked
on other matters in his office.
Rep. Halleck of Indiana, House
Republican leader, appealed to
the President to cooperate with
Congress, declaring in a state
ment:
1.-THE country now expects the
new labor-management law to be
administered fairly and efficient
ly, and with a will to settle in
dustrial disputes amicably under
the reasonal procedures provid-
ed"
Halleck said that although Mr.
See GREEN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
And So To Bed

That ringing of the telephone
during meetings of the New
Hanover county commissioners
has caused enough disturb
ance and the board hes de-
cided to do something about
it.
So yesterday the commits
sioner adopted a motion that
the cost of the placing Of .
private trunk phone into the
meeting room should be in
cluded in the 194748 budget.
The use of such a phone,
agreed the commissioners, will
cause ringing only In the ox-
ecutive office and not IN the
meeting quarters.
"Amen," declared Thomaa
Woody, secretary of the board
whose business Is to answer al
telephone calls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
BY CARL CAHILL
Star Staff Writer

Louie the Lug, Fingers Freddy
and Harry the Horse, all New
York gangsters, made popular by
the writings Of the late Damon
Runyon, have nothing on many
New Hanover criminals as far as
aliases go.
The local thugs boast other
names as colorful and akin to
their underground profession as
the Brooklyn guys.
On file at the New Hanover
county Identification Bureau a r t
about $500 characters with their
aliases listed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
LANDS PLANE
SAFELY WITH THREE
PUNCTURED TIRES

NEW YORK, June 23-RCAn
American Airlines pilot safely
landed his four-engine DC-6 pla: g
at LaGuardia field today despite
three tire blow-outs as he hit the
runway.
The plane, arriving from Next
CO City with 26 passengers, had
made a stop at Washington.
A left tire blew out as the pilot.
O. J.. O'Connor, a veteran with
more than 1000, 900 flying miles,
set the plane down. Two tires on
the right side. followed.
O'Connor kept the plane on the
runway and brought 1t to a stop.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Sea of Matrimony Gets
Rough, Stays That Way

remainder for two years separa-
ton.
Simple division gives the re-
suits.
However, it might be noted that
the marriages now recorded can
not positively be counted as one
Of the principal figures in the per-
centage as suits for divorce for
corresponding marriages will not
be filed until some years later. In
like manner divorces now acquir-
ed were marriages many years
ago. So take heart, June brides.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
MIDWEST STATES
GET RAIN RESPITE
Weather Bureau Promises
Days Clear Weather;
Cold At Raleigh
by the Associated Press

At least two days respite from
rain was predicted Monday night
for the midwest flood area.
A government forecaster at Chi
cago said that the storm which
cloaked the Northern Rockies with
snow and drenched Iowa. Nebras-
X and other Midwest areas du-
ring the weekend, causing IL
deaths, had moved into Canada
above Lake Superior.
Sundays snowstorm piled drifts
Is feet deep at Beartooth Pass
between Yellowstone Park and
Red Lodge, Mont, and trapped
three persons who died. At least
b persons were drowned in a
dawn surge of water which mum
dated Cambridge, Neb.
Railroad schedules were dis
9upted in the flood area as rains
Of cloud5urst proportions under.
mined hundreds Of. miles Of
tracks, and swept into rivers and
streams already swollen far out Of
their banks.
Clear Weather
|. W. Brunk, weather bureau
meteorologist, said at least Il
hours Of clear weather was indl'
Gated in the Midwest, and tina,
thus far, no additional heavy rain,
we're in prospect.
Sub-normal temperatures were
reported in the Rocky Mountain
region and on the East coast, but
gradual warming in these areas
during the next SO to 48 hours was
Predicted. A low temperature OF
% degrees was reported early
Monday at Laramie, Wyo. Mini
mum temperatures Sunday night
in the East ranged from New
York's 81 to so at Raleigh, NC.
with Hartford, Conn.,, reporting 81
degrees, and Atlanta, Washington
and Philadelphia, 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
SEVENTEEN MINES
ARE CLOSED DOWN
Alabama Miners Walk Off
Jobs Following Senate
Veto Override

BIRMINGHAM, June 23-(P-At
least a dozen Alabama coal mines,
including the two largest in the
seate were shut down today by
walkouts within three hours Of the
Senate vote overriding President
Truman's veto Of the labor bill.
The idle mines, which included
most of the %captives supplying fuel
for steel and iron manufacture
here, normally employ more than
600 of Alabama's 20. 900 coal min
erS.
A more complete picture was not
possible, since most commercial
mines here do not operate a night
shift, and there was no indication
from any source as to whether they
would run tomorrow. No state
ment was forthcoming from United
Mine Workers (AFL) district head
quarters.
Idle mines and normal work
crews included:
Hamilton, Edgewater, Wylam
and Short Creek, 5000, Tennessee
Coal Iron Railroad Co.; Praco
and Samoset, 900, Alabama By
Products corp; Bessie and Flat
Top, 300, Sloss-Sheffield Steel &
Iron CO.; Sayreton No. l and No.
2, $50, Republic Steel Corp; Bank
head, 800, National Coal & Coke
CO.: and Lindbergh, 125, Brook
side-Pratt Mining CO.,
Several small mines, not affili-
ated with the Alabama mining in
s%titute, also were reported down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-24
Ministers
Will Meet In Paris
Hopes For Revival Of Europe's Economy
Scars AS Russia Accepts Invitation
To Discuss American 30 Offer

PARIS, June % -P-Hopes TO-
a revival of Eurooe's econ &,
scared tonight as the forei~ ,
listers of Britain, France !
STA made a date to meet il
next Friday to discuss the l. N0N
can offer Of aid in continenta.
construction.
The French government ex-
pressed '1ively satisfaction" with
Russia's agreement to examine
the Marshall program. British
Foreign Secretary Enrset Bevin
told the House of Commons in
London that he 'wlecomed' Rus
sia's acceptance Of a British
French invitation to the con-
ference, and that 81 hope good
results will follow"
Most diplomatic authorities in
Washington adopted a wary
'Wait-and-see" attitude, but a
spokesman for the U. s. State de-