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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
VISITING HOURS
TO Be ANNOUNCED
Five Ships Of The Navy
Transport Division To
Dock Today

Visiting hours on the five ship!
of the Naval Transport Division
121 which are to dock here today
will be announced by Capt. Stamps
Howard, skipper Of the crew, upor
his arrival but it is anticipated
that they will be opened for public
inspection this afternoon and to
morrow.
The vessels are slated to arrive
IN Southport at 8 am. today, a
which time 1t. Henry c. Bost
district representative of the Nav
al Reserve, will go aboard the
flag ship and come into Whining
ton with the group.
A group of city and county lead
ers will be on hand to officially
welcome the division On their ar
rival in Wilmington about IL am
Two Of the ships will be dockeo
at the customhouse, two at the
foot of Castle street, and n al
the foot of Dock street.
. Commander T.. N. Colllson, dis
.trict public information officer fol
the sixth Naval district is also ex'
-pected to arrive in Wilmington this
morning. He will asst as liason Of
.ficer between the Navy depart
.ment and the American Legion dur
ing the convention.
Rear Adm. L. T. Dubose, his
personal aide, Commander ]. L.
.'Rhodemeyer, and a captain of the
.admiral's staff, will be met by
Commander Collision, Lieutenant
-Bost. and w. L. Farmer, conven-
ton chairman. upon their arrival
at .Bluethenthal airport on Monday
morning. The party, coming from
Charleston headquarters. will be
special guests Of the Legion con-
-vention on Monday.
Officers Of the Naval Transport
Division 121 will be entertained
today at a cocktail party and a
buffet banquet in the Club Cabana,
beginning at $3.50 pm. Enlisted
men in the division will be en-
.tertained at a dance in the USO,
Second and Orange street tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
MAN QUESTIONED
in WlFES DEATH
To Be Questioned For Third
Time And Receive Lie
Detector Test

ATLANTA, June 13-{R-Fulton
County Police Chief Neal Ellis said
tonight that Paul Refoule, French
artist whose socialite wife was
slain here May IA, was being ques-
toned for the third time in the
Staying investigation and would be
given a lie detector test.
Ellis emphasized that Refoule
definitely is not under arrest"
Refoule and three other persons,
identified by Ellis as an artists
model and two art students, were
with police at an undisclosed place
tonight to answer a set of prepar-
ed questions.
Refoule had gone this afternoon
to the Atlanta airport to meet his
parents, Judge and Mrs. Robert
Refoule Of Orleans, France, who
flew to this country to be with
their son.
While still at the airport, Refoule
was approached by assistant Police
Chief E. G. Fitzgerald and Detec-
tive Captain Fred Bradford.
They informed him that the in
vestigation Of his wife's Staying
had progressed to a point where
We would like to question you
again."
The officers said Refoule readily
agreed to the request, and agreed
voluntarily to take the lie detector
tst.
The body of Mrs. Refoule, pref
ty 31-year-old society matron, was
found face up and semi-nude in
historic peachtree Creek on the
night Of May IA, near the studio
home which the couple had just
converted from an old stone mill.
Police said she had been strangled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
JUDGE
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as a 'fish pond and a rifle shoot
ing duck range.
Evidencw as brought into court
to show the operation of the
games. Chief Valentine testified
that 10 cents was charged, that
customers with nets fished imita-
ton fish that were numbered,
from the pond. The number on the
fish correspondent to a prize that
was given the customer.
In the case of the rifle shooting
game, numbers were on ducks
that were hit by a slug and knock
ed off the shelf. Chief Valentine
demonstrated the manner in which
the games were carried On with
equipment brought into court by
the operators.
Ruled Not Guilty
Previously, the court had ruled
that Mrs. William Benway was not
guilty Of operating a gambling de-
vice in a game in which wooden
rings were thrown over such prizes
as lamps, toilet sets and the like.
Attorney Bellamy explained that
the town board had been licensing
the operators Of the games for a
$40 fee and that the practice had
been carried on for several
seasons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
TORRENTIAL
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return early next week with equal
force.
Above Flood Stage
At Chillicothe, the Grand river
was nine feet above flood stage
after a rise of 1875 feet in the last
"a hours following almost two
inches Of rain which was general
throughout the area. .
The Missouri was almost four
feet above flood stage at Nebras'
ka City, Nebr., cd bankful at ST.
Joseph, Mo-. where a four-foot rise
was forecast for tomorrow.
First crests on the swollen Miss
issippi and Missouri will begin
passing st. Louis tomorrow, but
official flood observers said the
overflow in the area would be
minor.
However, the Mississippi forced
rs families from their homes at
low points in Alton, ILL.,, today and
washed out the Illinois Terminal
Railroad line north from that city
to Grafton. Ill.
Traffic over the Lewis and Clark
bridges near the confluence of the
two rivers, 20 miles north of here.
was halted by backwaters which
closed U. S. highway 81 between
the two bridges.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
SUNKEN
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ary and has been abandoned since
then. Shortly after it sunk, an at
tempt was made to salvage it,
but no definite steps have as yet
been taken, according to the Coast
Guard.
U. S. Engineers have dredged
around the sunken ship, in the
project of dredging the channel,
rather than remove it. Officials
Of the local district engineer Of
flee were unavailable last night for
comment.
Two Repaired
Coast Guardsmen said that they
did not know what, if any, steps
were being taken to remove the
barge from the waterway.
The two other yachts which have
been damaged by hitting the
barge were the "An Alone" a IS
foot cruiser, which suffered com
paratively minor damages, and
the "sea Rover" An estimate on
the damage to that ship was not
available. Both Of those vessels
were repaired here and have sail
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
Racing Driver
Fatally Injured

FREEPoRT, N. Y, June 10. -
W.D-Douglas Ouke> Elliot. Hemp
stead racing driver, was fatally in
]ured at the municipal stadium here
tonight when his midget auto turn
ed over twice and dragged him
along the track.
Some 5000 persons were at the
track when the accident occurred
= less than Is feet from where
Allan Duffy was killed last Tues
day during a race.
Elliot, a veteran of World War
II, died shortly after he was ad-
mitted to Meadowbrook hospital
near here.
Shortly after Elliot was rushed to
the hospital, memorial services
were held as scheduled for Duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
Warter Carnival
Is dull,

NEW BERN, June IS. ~
The Eastern Carolina Yak. :
has scheduled a water c,r, ~,
and regatta here June 97.9o
The program includes q No..
pageant Friday, along with AVN,
ming and diving contests. sa i''.
races on the Trent River S;..
day and cupboard motorboat ,,,,
Sunday. ''''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
OPERATORS HOPE
TO HALT STRIKE
Spokesman For Ship Own
ers Express Optimism
That Accord Will Come

NEW YORK, June 10 - PA
spokesman for Gulf and East
Coast ship operators expressed
optimism today that a nationwide
maritime tieup would be averted
before the Sunday midnight dead
line.
The spokesman, Frank j. Tay-
lor, president of the American
Merchant Marine Institute and
head of the negotiating commit
tee for the 80 ship owners, out
lined his belief after talks with
the National Maritime union, the
Marine Engineers Beneficial as.
ISOLATION and the American Com.
~munications association, all CLIO
unions.
He said reasons for his belief
were that both sides had sched-
uled further sessions foc the week
end-the NMU for tomorrow, the
MEBA for Monday, and the AGA
for a time to be determined later.
Taylor said he supposed the
MEBA agreed to the Monday
meeting because they don't ex-
pect to be on strike them"
Meanwhile, M. Hedley Stone,
treasurer of the NMU and chair.
man of its negotiating committee,
said the union specified for the
first time today it sought a 20
percent increase in wages and
overtime rates and other demands.
Previously, the union said only
it sought "substantial" increases
in wages and overtime.
separate, the auxiliary, will hold
memorial services and hear com.
mite reports. Election of officers
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
Pleasant Surprise

BRISTOL, R. 7. -WH- Mrs.
Charles M. Fay was casually open.
ing her mail when a $4,000 check
fell on her lap. It was first prize
in a national jingle contest-and
Mrs. Fay had almost forgotten
she had entered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14

The Meth Carolina chapter Of
the American Association of Muir
serymen closed their two-day con-
vention at the Ocean Trerace no.
tel at Wrightsville Beach yester-
day by having a boat ride through
the Atlantic waterway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
State House Re.CildAa

BOSTON, ainted a s,,,
gray after Pearl Harbor as W,
time safety measure, the dom. +,
Massachusetts 150-year-old ,s,
house is now being recovered w,
gold leaf at a cost of about SLIM
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
Crime Marches On

EVERETT, Mass. U.D-"Trsffic
in Crime" was the feature picture
at the Capitol Theater the night
burglars robbed the playhouse of
$40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
City Briefs

The Evans Memorial Bible class
of st. Covenant Presoy'
terrain church, 18th and Market
streets, will meet Sunday morning
at GAS o'clock. Judge J. ]. Burney
is the teacher. All men of the COM
munity are cordially invited.
Cape Fear Council No. 374, OF
the United Commercial Travel
ers of America, will meet tonight
at eight O'Clock in the Odd Eel
lows hall.
The Bible, Book, and Tract
depot, 20 N. 3rd street, will be
open daily from 10 o'clock to 5
o. M, except on Wednesday and
Saturday, closing at 2 p. m. dur
ing the summer months, June,
July, and August.
The Whitehall Mercantile cor
poration seeks a 1852 judgment
against Lionel D. Melvin and the
Elizabethtown Radio and Appli.
ance company in a suit filed yes
terday in county court for mer-
chandize the plaintiff asserted the
defendant has purchased and re-
fused to pay. The deliveries of the
merchandise were made between
last August 8 and September 5,
read the complaint. On last Feb
ruary ID, added the plaintiffs, the
ElizabethtoWn concern sent a
check for $3.50 which proved worth
less.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14

The "a men of the Organized Sur
face Division 6-29, Naval Reserve,
who are to participate in the two
week amphibious training cruise
will muster tonight at 6 o'clock at
the Customhouse to receive final
instructions from Comdr. John r.
Wilson, skipper of the local unit
and will leave for Charleston
shortly thereafter.
W. P. Moore, Jr., 1917 Greasy
avenue, left the city yesterday
for Kingstree, S. c., to attend the
funeral of his father, w. P. Moore
ST.. who died suddenly yesterday
a. 0AG6
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14

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separate, the auxiliary, will hold
memorial services and hear COM
mite reports. Election of officers
will be held Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-14

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Evening star., 1947-12-19
Legion Auxiliary to Dance

The District Department of the
American Legion Auxiliary will hold
its annual benefit ball at 10 o'clock
tonight in the Burlington Hotel.
Mrs. Lillian NJ Judd Is general
chairman. The public is invited.
Evening star., 1947-12-19
Money Black Market
In Italy Hard Hit by
.Lira DevaIuation

ROME, Dec. 10 (CDN.-It look.
like a bleak Christmas for Rome's
erstwhile high-riding money black
marketeers.
They still haven't Strengthened
themselves out of the tailspin into
which they were tossed two weeks
ago when the Italian government
devalued the Ira from about ATS
to the dollar to 585.
This meant that the legitimate
price of the Ira was about 20 lire
better than that on the black mar
ket curb. 1t is still so.
Unlike past devaluations, when
the government successfully raised
the dollar value of the lira from
100 to 225, then to ATS, the black
market price this time hasn't even
caught up now, let alone jumped
another 100 to $50 lire ahead of the
official rate as of yore.
The result has been to channel
off the flow of literally thousands of
dollars which used to change hands
daily in Rome in illegal street cor
ner and bachoom exchanges.
Dealings Decline.
Black marketers, who used to be
quick to pull a 500 or $1,000 street
corner transaction at the drop of a
hat, apparently can't figure their
way out of this one.
Most of the money-changing gen.
try have disappeared from their ac-
cuStomed haunts> around Piazza
Barberini and Piazza Colonna. The
few who remain voice their Change
money, mista," in subdued voices.
When asked for a price, they
quote a rate about 20 lire less than
the changee could get simply by
walking into the nearest bank and
changing his dollars or travellers
checks legally over the counter. Ap-
parently, they 60 on the theory they
may catch some innocent and unin-
formed tourist who will assume he's
getting a bargain because it's an
under-the-counter transaction.
However, the boys are so broken
spirited now that when the wiser
ones laugh loudly in their faces they
only shuttle sadly away.
Lose Social Caste.
Curhstone capitalists, also, have
lost social caste. Bar-oWners, who
used to be glad to have them COM
plete their transactions with Gus
Evening star., 1947-12-19
Finnish Soprano Plans
Tea for Opera Compony

Margo Sederholm, Finnish opera
soprano, will give a tea for the re-
Gently organized National Civic
opera Company from 7 to 5 pm.
tomorrow in her home, ITO Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Members OF the board of the new
organization will be present. Plans
are underway to present double
Dill at the first performance which
is planned for early spring.
Evening star., 1947-12-19

toners in the back room, now frown
forbiddingly and shoe them off.
Underwater writing, nonreflling
everlasting fountain pens have taken
the place of money as a commodity
of trade for some. However, profits
aren't as big and hearts aren't really
in it when they sidle up to inquire
wanna buy a fountain pen. mista?"
A few of the erstwhile big-money
boys have turned to the compare
lively legitimate racket of peddling
canoes and mosaics from sidewalk
trays
There's rumor--entirely uncon-
flrmed-that couple of them have
even gone to work.
Evening star., 1947-06-29

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Evening star., 1947-06-29

Pineville business district and al
travel into and out of the town
was cut OF.
Earlier today, the stream, which
winds through this Southeastern
Kentucky mountainous area, rose
over its banks at Harlan. where So
inches of rain fell during a seven
hour period. Heavy damage also
was reported in the Harlan area.
The river began receding at Har-
Ian about noon. The crest was ex-
pected here, farther downstream
tonight.
No loss of life was reported.
Heavy rains brought earth slides
which blocked the Harlan -Pineville
highway. Reports from Harlan
said vehicular traffic over the road
would be halted for several days.
A Louisville g. Nashville Rail-
road passenger train en- route from
here to Harlan was delayed for
several hours by an earth slide at
Wallins in Harlan County.
The rising Upper Cumberland
swept away several small lumber
company buildings and damaged
many homes. Approximately $50
to 200 families were removed to
houses on higher ground. About
Is families were evacuated from
homes in the London, XIV, section,
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Army
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button warfare is concerned, "all
we have thus far is the button"
Gen. Eisenhower gave 100000
military personnel and 100000 civil
ians as the minimum needed by
the Army for proper discharge of
it's missions. He pointed out that
both these figures have been re-
duced by the House action" and
added: IF the House action on off,
GERS and civilians is sustained, the
Army will be short of both leaders
and men"
After pointing out that the mobile
ground reserve is reduced to only
% divisions, he said that IF the
proposed reductions in civilian per-
Sonnel are carried out, our small
21s division reserve will be dissi-
pated, and the Army will have no
ground force reserve to meet an
emergency"
The General said they may even
have to take Air Force personnel to
fill essential positions for which
no civilians are available He added
that "the soldiers used in place of
civilians will not receive their
proper military training"
Continuing, he declared:
While the Army is in better
condition than a year ago, I cannot
say that it is currently we'll trained
for combat; and the progress pos
slble under the limitation of funds
in fiscal year 1948 is going to be
SLOW.
Dismayed at Picture.
Even with the additional $103,-
000, 900 for an increased number of
aircraft, the modernization program
of the Air Forces is going to fall
further behind schedule in fiscal
year 1948"
Even these additional planes
would not insure a modern air
force" he asserted.
After declaring the Army ground
forces have no modernization
Evening star., 1947-06-29

designed to clamp down on United
States exports of oil.
The action was taken after Mr..
Weichel's committee and the Senate
War Investigating Committee were
told the Navy faces critical" Oil
shortage.
Mr.. Porter said that the state
ments of Government officials have
been part of a pattern to influence
the Senate into ratifying the Anglo
American oil treaty. now before the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee.
"If exports of tubular goods to
Russia and the Middle East were
cut off until domestic producers
were given a plentiful supply, our
reserves of crude oil could be built
up and our refining plants enlarged
to take care of any emergency" the
Texan stated.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Army, Navy Policies
Accused in Oil Shortage
by the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, June 28.-The
president of the Independent Pro-
ducers and Royalty Owners Associa-
tions asserted today that Army
Navy and other Government Of
flcials are trying to scare the public
into believing the United States is
running out of oil.
H. J. Porter of Houston, IN tele-
gram to Chairman Weichel of the
House Merchant Marine Committee,
said:
IF you will subpoena some re-
finers you will establish that any
Army and Navy shortages are the
result of their absolute procurement
policies"
Any spot shortages, MI, Porter
said. are the result Of insufficient
crude being refined"
The Houston independent oil man
said above -the-ground stocks OF
crude oil are "15 million barrels
above this time last year.
Mr.. Weichel has introduced a bill
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Nebroskn Farm Losses
Estimated at 3 Million

McCOOK, Nebr., June 28. (P,.-
Southwestern Nebraska's crop and
livestock losses In floods and tor
nadoes which last week end claimed
IA lives. today were estimated at
between 100000 and $4,000, 600.
A Bureau of Reclamation sur
vey party headed by Nat Tolman,
bureau economist from Indianola,
made the estimate after a pre-
liminary survey of the areas be-
tween Red Willow Greek and the
Harlan County dam site, distance
of about so miles.
The figures do not include prop
erty loss.
Evening star., 1947-06-29

the river had leveled off at noon
and was expected to fall a foot
within the next "a hours, weather
bureau officials said.
Evacuation centerS still held 268
flood refugees this morning. Many
others are living with relatives and
friends, while hundreds watched
the rising stream last night but
were able to remain in their homes,
Evening star., 1947-06-29

Wednesday and at Ottumwa, Iowa,
the Des Moines River was flooding
for the fourth time. Neither rise was
expected to increase greatly the
damage already caused.
Tributaries of the Missouri were
falling in the northern part of
the State, but the main river was
expected to stay out of its banks
for another 10 days.
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Evening star., 1947-06-29

schedule whatever" and complain
ing that the National Guard, Or
ganized Reserve and R. o. T. c. pro-
grams are curtailed, Gen. Eisen-
hover said:
"As you readily observe, the Army
is being weakened, not in one way,
but in all. I do not hesitate to
tell you that am dismayed at the
picture. I would do less than my
duty if I did not express my opin-
ion that the reductions take us
well into the danger zone"
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Bishop Fond of Docs

i am one of those persons who
cannot live without the friendship
OF dogs, for there is a very real
kinship between man and dogs" DR.,
Henry Wilson, 62-year-old Bishop of
Chelmsford, England, said.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Flash Floods Do Damage
In Southeast Kentucky

PINEVILLE. KY, June 2S lP).-
A series of flash floods sent the
swollen upper Cumberland River
surging out of its banks here late
today, causing property damage
estimated by police at more than
half a million dollars.
Water covered portions OF the
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Iowa Area Escapes Loss
In New Flood Attack

OTTUMWA, Iowa, June %. (Pl.-
The Des Moines River was passing
on downstream today after failing
to reach excessively damaging
stages in it's latest flood attack
here
Cresting at Just over 1612 feet,
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Indian Tax System Hit

Abolition of India's zamlndari sys-
tenn, under which feudal landowners
pay percentage of their net reve-
nue. to the government, is being
urged by members of the Scheduled
Castles.