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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Virginia ;s Christmas Letter
SLIGHTLY OFF THE RECORD
Wilmington, N. c.
December II, 1947
DEAR PEGGY:

DEAR PEGGY:
AS we wrote you last Sunday bright and festive
holiday season Wilmin has already gotten off to
flying start bids the gaey and extensive
entertaining of Christmas 1916 The beautiful cocktail party
given by Elve L. White at his home Ill Mimosa Place.
Oleander, Wednesday evening" December II, from to
o'clock proved most auspicious beginning for the
yulede affairs which to follow between
and New Years Around seventy guests present
The White home which artisticay decorated with
smax and several colorul arrangements of red carnations
Assisting Mr. White receiving his guests his daugh
ter son-in-law Mr.. and Mrs Isaac B. Granger, Jr
On Friday evening" December 19, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
H. Wright Jr, delightfully."- entertained number of friends
the young married set at their home in Country
Club Pines and last night Saturday. December TO- Mr. and
Mrs Charles NJ Harrington of Forest Hills the
cious host and hostess at large and brilliant cocktail buffet
supper the Cape Fear Club Second and Chestnut streets
At approximately the time last evening" The Cape Fear
Country club the of enjoyable dinner dance
attended by around fifty members and their outof town
guests The clubhouse presented lovely picture Of effective
appropriate yuetide decorations The manel and mir
above completely encirced with ropes Of silax
while from each light FIXTURE around the Sidewalks hung
graceful holly wrea with large bows of crimson satin
rbbon The pillars supporting the balcony of the ballroom
entwined with festoon of smlax and last but not
least at one side of the ballroom there stood tall and
stately Christmas tree in all its Illuminated glory Tables
arranged around the floor cabaret style and dancing
d m as m and @
Ste @ and a party Of 1T, mt MI Miss Mary F. Bel Dr. Dr.
guests and Mr.. and Mrs U. B. Hines, Jr and guests.
Tomorrow evening, Monday December o. Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Little are entertaining at The Cape Fear club at
o'clock at cocktail supper for large number of socially
prominent friends and at the same hour Mr. and Mrs Isaac
B. Granger Jr, Mr.. and Mrs George E. Kdder, and Mr.
and fifty guests at The Cape Fear Country CLUB for cocktails
and buffet supper.
w. Bell and their daughter and son-n-law Mr. and Mrs
Richard Andrews hundred and ten
while at 10 o'clock the evening four lovely debuante
(COntinued Pare Seven)
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Chapter II

t.Aa
THE letters delivery in Chicago
i created CONSERVATION; for i
arrived the day after the agent
who had negotiated the proposed
radio contract between the banc
and the tobacco company paic
Homer a worried visit regarding
the sudden declining popularity
of the band.
@Of course" the agent said, ''i1
wasn't specifically set forth in the
contract that the piano player yor
had when the document wa:
signed must appear on the radio
show. However, your outfit seem.
well, just another dance banC
without him"
Homer had assured the agent
that Bruce would be in his ole
stall long before the opening
radio appearance scheduled fol
February Is; and the agent hac
departed with the remark:
'Good. It's embarrassing bust.
ness-cancelling contracts"
"And totally unnecessary II
this case" Homer had calico
after him confidently.
But now Homer's confidence
was gone. The boys had lost con-
fidence, too. And as they sat star
ing at each other in detected 81.
lence, Homer almost cursed tha
lovely woman out there in Cali.
fornia.
Gail sat watching the men with
a sardonic smile.
you'd think we closed shor
and wrote Finish to everything
just because that frog jumped
out of our puddle" she ragged
"Are the rest, of us as bad a.
that, Homer? After all, there art
people who have heard the name
Gail Lake"
"Oh. pipe down." Homer sale
in a tired voice. He told them al
then about his conversation will
the agent from the tobacco com.
pany. I'VE simply produce Bruce
he said, cor the contract fzzles.
IF instead of sitting there feel,
ing sorry for yourself, you'd hus'
tie out and get me some songs
Gail stormed, I'D carry YOU
band for you"
IF a song is all you ileed.'
Austin intruded. II nave one TO
YOU"
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look at the sky she was thinking
about. And saw abruptly the Sil-
houette of a little girl walking
unSteadily along the top Of the
stone wall browning the enbank-
ment separating the Ora ne
grounds from the bedlam Of the
boulevard.
Nola's free hand went % her
mouth in horror, and her Iipe.
formed jules name. But she ut.
tered no warning call
Maybe" she thought, and her
heart began to pound sickening-
ly. "Maybe she will fall. IL she
falls that distance, maybe -
A stripped-down Ford ca
reened around the curve in the
highway. One of the boys in the
car saw Julie mincing precari-
ously and joyfully atop the wall
and he leaned far out and bel
lowed: 1
), Hey Hey kid. get down from
Startled, Julie turned her head
in the direction of the highway:
and in doing so, she lost her bal
ance. For an instant she teetered
on one little foot, and then with
a frightened cry she tumbled
down onto the sloping embarik-
ment and rolled over and over
out onto the highway. f-1..e
For one hideous moment NOla
stood frozen. fighting the evil
temptation in her soul. And then
she was running to the child.
screaming: 4 ,r@
cts Tnette's babyl oh. my
God! Stop those cars!" fl.
Unmindful of the cataract. OF
automobiles swirling toward her,
she darted out into the road,
snatched Julie up into her. arms
and, knowing the two Of them
could never escape together, with
superhuman strength she hurled
Julie across into clumps OK
shrubbery on the embankment..
She tried to run then. But
there were too many cars. She
| cried out helplessly as one : Of
them struck her. There seemed TO
be one mighty flame Of pain con-
Stunning her body; and then she
was swirling d inward and
downward in a blackening vortex
Of frightened. little-girl faces. z
Ito be continuedl
(copyrioht l947 by Frank Riovdanl
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By Erdnk Riordun

@You can't even sing the ones
written by the big time bows any
more" she told him disdainfuIly
aBut maybe I can write. This
ones a good one-good tune,
good words. ! wrote it just for
you" He gave her a penetrating
look. tive called it, These Past
Two Weeks"
well, go fry it." Gail began;
then she faltered. These past two
weeks! Godl She'd dreamed a
lifetime of happiness in the past
two weeks. The pain came back
to her heart; but stubbornly she
kicked it out.
Shrinking title" she comment
ed cruelty.
But she did not think so not
really.
Nor did the radio listeners
think so when two months later
they heard Gail introduce the
song. They took the nostalgia bit
to their hearts, and within a few
weeks there were few people in
the land who could not at least
sing the first two lines:
"These past two weeks,
These cleaning, dreaming
days"
Even if they did not know the
rest Of the words, they could
hum the melody.
pUT the one whose heart would
- have throbbed in swiftest
pride did not hear Calls sultry
blue rendition of Austin's song
the evening she presented 1t to
the world. For Nola was hurry
ing nervously along Ventura
Boulevard in the early winter
twilight. She was tired, more
tired than she could ever remem-
Der being. She had spent most OF
the day down in Los Angeles
scurrying from Robinson's te
Bullock's, and from Bullock's te
Magnin's and from Magnin's to-
she had lost track of the shops
And she had bought Christmas
presents for everybody - every
body except Julie.
"And I won't buy her one" she
! whispered stubborning. Because
/ don't like her; because I cam
buy presents for my own"
Nola looked up from the grave
iShoulder OF the road to have
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just below the surface.
Men who know Blair Athol
say it will yield the cheapest
coal in the world at cost of 80
to 95 cents a ton. Transport costs,
however, would have to be add
ed.
At present the Queensland
Government is negotiating with
an English supply corporation of
England, which is seeking rights
to develop the field, build a rail
road to the coast, develop its own
port, and provide its own Golfers
for export.
The corporation is reported
prepared to spend $78,300,000 on
the project and would aim at a
yearly production of 3,500,0 900 tons
that is 100000 tons for Queens
land, 100000 tons for other
Autralian states, and 100000 for
overseas export.
Blair .Athol is 100 miles north
: west of Northampton, and 1870
miles from the coast. It's coal,
first found in 1864, has been talk
en- for several years by the open
cut method by two small COM,
panies, at present producing
around 100000 tons a year. The
coal however, today has to be
hauled 239 rail miles to the coast
at Rockhampton on a narrow
gauge rail line.
The Electric Supply Corpora
ton is seeking to build a rail-
road for 70-mile-an-hour 1000
ton capacity coal trains and to
take over the interests of the two
small companies.
Surveys have disclosed vast
basin of coal. Beneath a light
overburden is a top seam five
feet thick, and a few feet lower
is the main seam with maxi
mum thickness of 80 feet. Below
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OFFERS SAYINGS
TO LARGE BUYERS

Elsewhere in today's Citizen,
Baer's Market, 901 Duval street,
announces that they are offering
big savings for large buyers, this
being new departure and will
hereafter offer this service to all
cafes, boats, institutions and
stores buying in quantities on a
cash and carry basis at extremely
low prices.
Hereafter, Baer's Market will
publish each Monday the guam
tity prices effective for the entire
week.
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that is another seam, four to
seven feet thick.
Australia's need for more coal
is urgent today. Best estimate of
this years production is 10,500,-
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900 tons, compared with 12,O00,-
600 tons in 1912. Coal deliveries
to most users Throughout Austria
liza are restricted.
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Hold First MEETING

The first Harris School P.-T.A.
meeting of this school year will
be held tomorrow night at 8
o'clock at the school. Professor
Me- oMlar-- axin@soatiine--kkas
years program. Vocal solo will
be given by Millicent Taylor,
with piano solo by Mrs. Claude
Sails. .t
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MEETINGS
Players Meet Tonight
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Regular monthly meeting of
the Key West Players will be
held tonight IL the Barn Theatre.
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BY GORDON TAFT
APP Newsfeutures

APP Newsfeotures
CYDNEY cool unine may be edsed in the nen
y future by opencut development of enormously hich COOL
field Blor Athol in the northern state of Queensland
Government ocios esmote thot at least 2OOOOOOOO tons
of high qdY COOL deposited there in mossive seems
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The PAL organization will
meet tonight at 7:45 O'Clock in,
the Parish Hall, Windsor Lane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
EDWARD A. ORRELL

Funeral services for Edward A.
Orrell, 80, of Winter Park, who
died suddenly Fridav afternoon
at his home, will be conducted
from the chapel of Andrews NOR
tuary Monday at $3.50 pm. by
the Rev. Andrew j. Howell as
sisted by the Rev. E. W. Halleck.
1nterment will follow in Oak
dale Cemetery.
Until his retirement Is years
ago MIR. Orrell operated a grocery
store and meat market.
Surviving are five daughters
Mrs. Theo Schrader, Mrs. Estelle
Bowden and Mrs. T. Christensen
all of Wilmington; Mrs. Mabel
Smith, of Charlotte; and Mrs.
William Jorgenson of New York
city; one son, J. Dallas Orrell, OF
Wilmington; one brother, ]. A.
Orrell of Wilmington; 16 grand
children and "a great grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers will be Honorary:
John F. Rulfs, W. F. Carpenter,
Asa Allen, G. Earl Smith, Joseph
Sadlin, J. L. Lamb, Mauroce B.
Haskell, George W. Trask, Ben
famine B. Trask, R. H. Shew and
J. H. Nigel.
Active: John A. Orrell, Jr., Earl
H. Orrell, John N. Jenkins, w.
H. Worrell, R. F. Beasley and
George T. Shew.
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P0LITlC0S V0RRV
''0n''nued From Page on.,

vention is deadlockaa
more prominent candidstssln among
nomlnation might we'll j1'es the
some dark-horse pom ~Iil 90 to
hero such as E IiSg1lsf Army
Gen. Douglas MacA ,Tilrp"sr Or
IN the history Of tho H..
states 9raoaaot there have BEEN EN- s enlted
pre- paeceqents for a mihtaryS several EVER. e
wara Army heroes after 'e s1. TO-
Here is a list OF wars in power "N
the United States has /, Which
pated and the military p bci'
the people have elevate1 heroes
Presidency after tbey 10 The
over: -ey We're
Revolutionary war;.
George Washington, cpr w. gea'
1789-l79D commander Of ofSl u i
forces in the War for IDde ", )
ence. 'epend.
War of 18l2-Maj. Gan
drew Jackson (Preside na'i' An An
1880, hero of the Battle a. , 10
Orleans. VI View
Mexican War Brio r
Zachary Taylor (presiG Gea'
1849-1850), the conol,oraS D',
Mexican General Santa An Of
and the Mexican stronghold
Monterey. u
Civil War - Gen. ULYSSES 6
Grant president, l8e9.l@7S1'
commander in chief of ~
Union forces in the Civil v viz
War with Spain - Col Tba,
dore Roosevelt Dresden, lSm
l909) founder of the fsms
Roosevelt Trough Riders" ' .ss
hero of the battle of San ,I, w,
Hill. '4
World War | is the only hrs.,
in the pattern.
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GREETINGS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-P)-
Secretary of State Marshall to-
night extended New Years
greetings to Americans of Jewish
faith.
81 extend my cordial greetings
to my countrymen of Jewish
faith on the occasion of the COM
mencement of the Jewish New
Year.
"I'm confident in the hope
that you will unitedly support the
efforts of this country and OF
other peace-loving nations and
peoples to build a peaceful world
based on the principals for
which we fought during the war
and which are now embodied
in the charter of the United
Nations"
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VIOLENCE TAKES
CONTINUED From Page One)

injuries sustained when he was
allegedly beaten by a blind
veteran and his two compan-
ions.
Herbert Spainhour, IS, Of Rural
Hall, near Winston-Salem, was
found in the Yadkin river today
after a Commute search. Wit
nesses said he was swimming
and suddenly went down.
Charles Theodore Lasley, So
year-old blacksmith of Route l
Madison, was found dead Satur-
day near his Stokes county home
with a bullet in his head. DR..
R. S. Helsabeck, Stokes county
coroner, said NO inquest would be
necessary.
Otis Lee Wommack, 21-year,
old Negro, died today of knife
wounds inflicted, Chief Police
John M. Gold said, by another
Negro man after the two hac
entered an argument between two
women.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
SABBATH URGES SUITS
AGAINST

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA -R
Rep. SABBATH (D-1ll) today
urged Attorney General Clark
to begin antitrust investiga.
tons against five more major
groups which the 81-year-old
House member said are. ire
sponsible for the ever-in-
creasing cost of living"
The dean of Congress. in a
letter to the governments chief
prosecutor, listed:
81. The meat-packing trust,
the most vicious of them all.
20. The dairy products COM
bination.
"3. The produce exchanges,
particularly those dealing in
butter, cheese and eggs, all OF
which are selfishly controlled
by a small group of men.
~. The few men who manip-
ulate the Board of Trade and
are responsible for the unjusti-
fable boosting of the prices of
grains.
"5. The fertilizer trust. who
are robbing the farmers of the
country who will be ever CRATE
full if you will begin to break
it up"
Textiles Also
SABBATH said it also, would be
"well to give some attention to
the textile and wearing apparel
manufacturing industries"
He suggested that trust-bust-
ing government attorneys serve
notice that in future cases they
twill not favor the imposition
of fines but will demand i'm
prisonment of the guilty wher-
ever warranted"
SABBATH made public the letter
as a joint Congressional sub
committee investigating high
prices of food and clothing plan
ned to open a series of public
hearings at Providence, r. I.
The group of three Senators
and three Representatives, led
by Senator Flanders (R-Vt) will
hold hearings throughout the
Eastern United States. Similar
subcommittee will follow with
price probes in the Middle West
and Far West.
Also today, in a radio
(WINX) broadcast, SABBATH said
that Senator Taft (R-Ohio) had
in mind the poor people of
America when he suggested
Friday that one way to combat
high food prices would be to
eat less and to eat less ex-
travagantly.
SABBATH said that only the Door
people, who are unable to paw
high food prices, must restrict
their eating - not Senator Taft
and his wealthy friends"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
MRS. BELLE
BROWN

Funeral services for Mrs. Belle
Harwell Brown, "a, who died at
her residence at the Carolina
apartments, yesterday morning
at 8 o'clock, will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock from
Yopp's Funeral home. The Rev.
William Grove, Jr., will officiate
and interment will follow in Oak
dale cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
members of the First Presby-
terrain church.
Honorary pallbearers will be
DR.. J. W. Dickie, William E.
Cox, Harry G. Hubbard, and A.
L. Foster.
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IRAN PREMIER
Continued From Page One)

ment" with Russia for approval
by the parliament. 9
Qavam was quoted as saying
that the draft had been handed
to him by Soviet Ambassador
Sadchikov on the latter's recent
return from Moscow.
Associatee of Qavam said last
Wednesday that Sadchikov had
told the premier Russia would
consider Iran a "bitter blood
enemy" if parliament failed to
approve the oil agreement.
On Thursday U. S. Ambassa-
dor approval of the pact with
a declaration that the United
States had "dedicated its full
energy and resources to freeing
peoples of the world from fear
of aggression"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
l FLY PLANES
TO FIELD

ROANOKE, Va, Sept. IA ~
-Forty-five planes from the
Marine Air station at Cherry
Point, NC, landed at Woodruff
field here this afternoon after
evacuating their home base be.
cause of hurricane warnings
along the Atlantic seaboard.
Major c. E. Mclean COM
manded the flight which includ-
ed many types of naval air
craft. Over 80 men participated
in the flight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15

farms for butter, eggs and meat.
Pittsburgh Housewives were
buying cheaper cuts of meat.
Sales of oleomargarine have soar
ed since butter hit 80 cents per
pound.
Washington, D. c. - Mrs.
Sarah H. Newman, chairman of
the Washington Committee for
consumer protection, demanded
that President Truman call a
special session of Congress to
deal with the price situation.
Mrs. Roy D. Whitlock, president
of the Maryland Federation of
Women's clubs, Baltimore, said
she was attempting to organize
a buyers resistance society and
had been promised support by
two other women's groups.
May Open Store
St. Louis-The Retail, Whole
sale and Department Store
Workers union (C1O) announced
that it was considering opening
a non-profit grocery to serve its
5000 members. The union said
it got the idea from Ford workers
at Detroit who set up a similar
store.
Atlanta, Ga.-Stores we're COM
pletely sold out of eggs and
spiced ham during the weekend
as housewives resorted to ONE
lets rather than pay soaring
prices for meat. Delicatessens also
reported run by customers for a
couple slices of baked ham or
roast beef, just enough to pre-
pare a cold plate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
THEATER MANAGER
FACES JURY EDICT
Warren County Panel Ia
Weigh Rich Square
Evidence Today

WARRENTON, Sept. 14-R-
A Warren county grand jury WILL
be asked tomorrow to indict Joe
Cunningham, Rich Square assis-
tant theater manager, and A, W.
Edwards, elderly Northampton
county jailer, on two separate
counts each in connection with
the abduction and attempt
ed lynching of a Negro.
The Negro, Goodwin (Buddy)
Bush, %, was taken by an
armed. masked band frora the
jackson Jail in the early hours
of May %, where he was held
on charges of attempted assault
with intent to commit criminal
assault on a young, married rich
Square White stenographer.
Last Aug. 4 a Northampton
county grand jury refused to re-
turn true bills against Cunning
ham and six other for their al
legged part in the plot.
Governor r. Gregg Cherry
termed the jury's action a mis-
carriage of justice" and ordered
Judge J. Paul F'rizzelle to hear
the states case as a special
committing magistrate.
Six Released
The hearing for the seven was
held in Jackson. On Sept. z
Judge Frizzelle ordered that SIX
Of the defendants be freed but
directed that Cunningham be
bound over to the Warren
county grand jury on charges OF:
/. Conspiracy to break and en-
ter a jail, and 2, breaking and
entering a Jail with intent to kill
or injure Bush.
Furthermore, in a surprise
move Frizzelle ordered that
Jailer Edwards be arrested on a
bench warrant charging him
with conspiracy in breaking and
entering a Jail, and with aiding
and abetting in the breaking and
entering.
The jailer admitted in testi-
mony that no force or threats
were used against him when
Bush was taken by the mob.
Frizzelle, after castigating Ed
wards, said IT could't leave this
courtroom with my self-respect
intact if I did not hold you under
a bench warrant"
Each count against Edwards
and Cunningham carried a
maximum imprisonment Of Is
years.
Alleged Confession
Introduced before Frizze1le
was an alleged confession by
Cunningham to FBI agents.
Frizzelle, in freeing the six, told
them: sit is perfectly apparent
that the only reason you are al
lowed to 60 free is because of
the incompetence of Mr.. Cum
ningham's confession as it con-
Germs you,"
Bush escaped his csptors as
they placed him in a car in
front of the Jail. He made his
getaway in the darkness and hid
in woods for 48 hours before sur
rendering.
If true bills are returned
against Cunningham and Ed
wards tomorrow, Solicitor Err
nest Tyler. said, he would ex-
pect no trouble in selecting a
jury and would try the cases
starting Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-15
CHARLES CLARENCE ODELL

Charles Clarence Odell, in
surance salesman of One East
Atlantic street, Wrightsville
Beach, died yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock.
He is survived by his wife,
Nora Boiling Odell of Wrights-
vile Beach; one son, Charles c.
|Odell, Jr., a student at Chapel
Hill; four sisters, and two
brothers.