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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
100 Jurymen
Receive Call
Extra Venire Summoned
For Possible Duty AT
Grissett Trial TODAY

One hundred additional juryme
will appear in Superior court =
day at $3.50 am, at the : e
ton of Judge Clawson L. w -
of Sanford, presiding jur' g s
yesterday turned down T y
the removal of the r. s. !.
sett trial to another 9
Following argume a
mer policeman's attoi - i
iFrink, Ebert Brown 81 II.
L. Henry, and Solicitor e.
Moore, James King and E.
Bellamy for the states prose d.
ton, Judge Williams ordered that
100 new jurors be drawn from
the jury box and summoned for
possible duty today.>
The names of the prospective
jurors in the Grissett trial were
drawn from the jury box in open
court by J F. Flowers, Jr., young
son of the state patrolman.
County Resident
Attaches of Sheriff Porter
Davis office were busy late yes
terday afternoon and last night
notifying the new group of jury
men. All of the hundred must
be non-residents of the city of
Wilmington and cannot be among
the jurors who served or were
even called for jury duty during
the last term of Superior court
here when Grissett was cleared
of a similar charge of larceny
and receiving.
With four charges of storebreak-
ing, larceny and receiving facing
him, Grissett has added Ozmer L.
Henry of Lumberton to his legal
staff of defenders while the state
will be aided by Emmett Bellamy,
who did not figure in the first
trial here.
Solicitor Moore expressed con-
fidence last night that a jury
would be selected from the new
venire and that the trial would
get underway this morning.
Acquittal Hearing
Frink revealed that the first
order of business facing the court
when it reconvenes at $50 am,
will be a hearing on his plea for
formal acquittal as Grissett has
already been cleared of a SIM
liar charge during the February
term of court here.
H. L. Gurley, another former
member of the local police de-
partment, may be tried today on
three charges of storebreaking,
larceny and receiving. However,
the Grissett trial will probably
consumer the full day thus de-
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
British Close
pJerusalem
MYSTERIOUS Power Failure
PIunges City Into Pitch
Black Darkness

JERUSALEM, Palestine, April
g. WH "A. mysterious power fail
ure plunged Jerusalem into pitch
black darkness tonight, and Brit
ish military authorities, fearing an
about Jewish underground attack,
ordered all the city's gates closed.
Police and military forces i'm
rediately yer alerted, to repe]
any assault.
The sudden and unexplained
blackout came shortly after the
outlawed Irgun Zvai Leumi's an
nouncement that it was setting up
1rgun military" courts to try all
British prisoners that the Irgun
captured. The Irgun said all Brit
ons condemned to death by these
Jewish courts would be executed
BY Irgun hangmen or firing
squads.
Ship Towed In
During the day, a 300-ton Jew
ish refugee ship was towed into
Haifa harbor with II wounded
sboard-nine Jews and three Brit
ish Navy men-as the result of a
fierce fight between the Jews and
, navy boarding party.
The Irgun announced the setting
up of it's military" courts over
the secret Irgun radio, Fighting
r;on" r. listed a series af
charges" on which Britons would
be tried, and for which the death
penalty presumably would be ap-
Icable.
The Charges" were: associa-
ton with the British army, which
was illegal" in Palestine; ellie
eal' entry into Palestine; ell
legal" possession of arms and the
'.IlegaI' use of arms against the
Jewish populace.
Under such Charges" nearly
any Briton in the Holy Land could
be killed by the Irgun, after ap-
pearing before its courts" The
Irgun radio said sentences would
be imposed without right of ap-
peal.
Admit Train Blast
In the same broadcast, the r.
sunists announced that it was they
who blew up the Egypt-Palestine
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
And So To Bed


City police had visions Of
nabbing the now ill-famed
Catman last night but the
vision had faded before the i'm
pact of reality.
A Wilmington resident called
police headquarters shortly aft
er nine o'clock, saying there
was a prowler on her porch.
Realizing the intruder might
be the Catman and taking no
chances that he might escape,
three cars were rushed to the
scene and six police officers
cautiously approached the
porch of the house with re-
volvers drawn.
But the visions of the cap
tured Catman faded swiftly as
a very drunk man who had
lost his way ST. ggered out into
the yard with his hands ~
raised.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
|0PA WILL MARBLE
SWAN SONG JUNE |
President Abolishes Price.
Two Other Major War
time Agencies

WASHINGTON, April 23-Presi-
dent Truman today abolished OPA
and two other major wartime
agencies effective June 1 and Or
dered most of their remaining
functions. Including rent controls,
transferred to other departments
on May 4.
The executive orders wipe out,
besides OPA, the Civilian Produc-
ton administration and the Office
of War Mobilization and reconver-
sion.
Along with them goes the Office
of Temporary controls which was
set up last December to start the
liquidation process.
The orders direct the transfer
of these functions:
I. Rent controls from OPA to
the Federal Housing expediter.
2. Price control over rice from
OPA to the Agriculture depart
ment.
OPA activities relating to
CLAIMS n oVefpaymentS on sub
sides and price adjustments, to
the Reconstruction Finance corpo-
ration.
a.. OPA liquidation activities and
OWMR functions relating chiefly
to premium payments on copper,
lead and zinc production from
marginal mines, to the Commerce
department-June /.
5. CPA controls over rubber,
hard cordage fibers, tin, anti
mony, cinchona and streptomycin,
to the Commerce department.
Congress extended rubber controls
until next March l, the others
until June 80.
Along with the transfer Of func-
tons, the Commerce department
will get 1000 employees from OPA;
about $50 from CPA, and about
100 from OWMR. The Housing ex-
pediter will get about 6,10O en-
ployes from OPA's rent division.
Another 1875 OPA employees will 60
to RFC.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
FORElGW MINISTER'S WILL WIND UP
HECTIC MOSCOW CONFERENCE TODAY;
: PHONE FIRMS CHARGE LINE CUTTING
Farley
/&y Develop
Government Undertakes
Task OF Again Attempt
ing To Settle Strike

WASHINGTON, April 23-(R-
reports of sabotage of some long
distance cables came from tele-
phone company officials day,
While the government undertook
again to settle the countrywide
phone strike.
The new settlement approach is
to revive peace talks in Washing
ton between the striking telephone
workers and three strategic parts
OF the Bell systel the long lines
division, the Western Electric COM
pany and the Southwestern Bell
Telephone company
At Milwaukee, the Wisconsin
Telephone company announced an
offer of a $1,000 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest cot
persons who cut long distance
cables" linking Milwaukee and Ap-
pleton.
At Louisville, J. C. McAllister,
Kentucky manager of the South
ern Bell Telephone company, an
nounced a $1,000 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest
and conviction of cable cutters.
He said an important line between
Louisville and Nashville, Tenn,
was cut, as we'll as a lesser one
between Russellville and Guthrie,
Ky.
At Detroit, the Michigan Bell
Telephone company reported nu-
merous instances of cut wires and
cable tampering, calling 1t wan
dalism or sabotage"
Union Offers Reward
The Michigan company and the
striking union there each offered
$500 rewards for locating those
responsible. The union said it
"unequivocally condemns" such
action.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego company officials like
wise reported the cutting of some
lines, including a break in n
Los Angeles cable Is feet above
the ground.
A $500 reward was posted at
Columbia, S. c., for conviction
of those responsible for what the
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
NBC ENDS BATTLE
ON RADIO CACMEN
Allen, Benny And Shelton
Can Air Views On
Vice = Presidents

HOLLYWOOD, April % -W.g-
The National Broadcasting com.
pany ended its "fade-out' dis
couragement Of radio gags about
its vice-presidents today and an
nounced it was going to make
honorary vice-presidents of the
three comedians who had tried to
perpetrate the jokes on listeners.
Fred Allen started the business
Sunday night with his wise-crack
about a mythical NBC vice presi-
dent in charge Of overtime who
got his vacation by taking seconds
here and there from the ends of
over-long broadcasts.
Allen was cut off the air for Is
seconds while he told his gag.
Comedians Bob Hope and Red
Shelton were cut off last night
while they tried to wise-crack
about MICS vice-presidents too.
Burns and Allen, Dennis Day and
Jack Benny all announced that they
planned to continue the vice
president cracks on their shows,
but NBC announced it had rescind-
ed its new policy of fading out any
performer who made derogatory
remarks about radio, and they
could go right ahead.
One of the senior vice-presidents
who chose to remain anonymous
said Allen will be named an
honorary vice-president of the NBC
and Hope and Shelton could be
honorary vice-presidents Of the
West Coast division.
Other comedians were assured
they would not be BACKED out
while their get off their vice-presi-
dent gags.
Day was the first comedian to
have his fun tonight without being
shunted off the air. His radio girl
friend, Mildred, coming into the
room, asked:
what r you doing?r
"I'm listening to the RADIO Day
replied.
"But I don't hear anything" she
said.
I know it," Day said. 'I'm lis
tening to the Fred Allen program"
Burns and Allen will trot out
their gags tomorrow night, while
Benny will get his off On his Sun
day show.
In a statement after last nights
silent treatment, the NBC said
Hope and Shelton decided they
would make some remarks about
Aliens being cut off last Sunday
night.
"NBC authorities told them, just
as they told Allen, that if they did
not delete Objectionable material,
fCor%;uv,oJ nm Dora Tu,o Col S(
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
GROUP SUPPORTS
BUS ROUTE PLAN
City, County Officials Tes.
tfy In Behalf OF Caro-
lima Coach Petition

Testimony supporting a petition
of the Carolina Coach company te
operate an added bus route
through Wilmington was offered
at an Interstate Commerce com.
mission hearing in Raleigh yes
terday by four city and county Of
ficials.
City Manager J. r. Benson,
Harry Gardner, member of the
board of county commissioners,
James E. L. Wade. city council
man, and John H. Farrell, city
industrial agent, appeared before
the 1CC in support of the coach
company's request for the operat.
ing franchise.
The four officials returned tc
Wilmington last night.
According to the plans OF the
bus firm, direct service, now fur
nished from Norfolk to jackson
vile, N. c., would be extended to
include Wilmington on h e route
Continued on Page Two, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
Must Make Suggested
School Repairs, Roland Says
MASK GROWS HAIR

FORT WAYNE, Ind, April %
- WH - Police experts studied
the plaster death mask of an
executed man today to deter
mine whether it was growing
hair.
The mask was sent to the DO
lice department shortly after
the electrocution in 1899 of
Adrian H. Miller, 81, at the In
diana state prison. Miller, a
former Wisconsin farm boy,
was executed for the sex muir
der of Alice May Girton, Is.
A few hairs from Miller's
forehead had stuck to the cast
and became rooted in the
hardened plaster. The mask
was stored in the Bureau of
Identification files.
Each time the mask was
brought cut, little hairs appear
ed to be growing over the fore
head.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
Grand Jury Report Pleases
Superintendent; Wiring
AT Tileston Old

Superintendent H. M. Roland OF
the New Hanover school system
revealed last night that he was
pleased with the report of the
grand jury urging immediate re-
pair of numerous school buildings
in the system.
"The school board has funds
only for maintenance Of the prop
erty, hence the suggested repairs
will have to be made by the coun'
ty," Roland said yesterday upon
his return from Atlanta, Ca,
where he had conferred with fed
eral officials concerning surplus
supplies and buildings sought by
the board of education.
The superintendent expressed NO
surprise at the detailed recon-
mendations found in the present
ments of the grand jury, which
was headed by J. c. Roe as fore
man. Roe is a prominent member
of the board of education, being
chairman of the high school and
athletic committee as well as a
member of the building and
grounds, budget, and junior col
lege committees.
Roland did point out however
that the wiring in Tilleston school,
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
Price Battle Wins
New Recruits Over Nation
Along The Cape Fear

INTERESTING CITIZEN N
More than a hundred years ago
the Port City acquired a citizen
VINO could have supplied the an
swer to n of the most perpIex-
ing riddles facing American his :
torians.
Did Marshal Michael Ney. Ma
poleon's great military officer,
spend the last days of his life in
the Tar Heel state? One person
who should have been able to end
the dispute existing to the present
day was a resident of Wilmington
for a four year perioo.
He was Pasqual Luciani, him {.
self a veteran of the vars OF Ma
noleon and the famous Battle of
Waterloo, who came here in 1a4S.
For several years he was in
business as a produce merchant
before going north Just one hun
dred years ago.
FAMOUS SH1PMATE When
coming 10 America where ne
landed at Charleston. &C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
SOAP Manufacturers Join
| Ranks Of Those Making
10 Per Cent Cut

NEW YORK, April 23-PEThe
battle for lower prices found new
recruits today in the ranks OF
makers Of soap, fats, oils, chemi-
Gals, wire and cables, music rec
ords and producers of Broadway
plays.
Retailers concentrated attention
on the embattled housewives of
New England, who were reported
Mastering to take advantage of
the Today Newburyport, Mass, 10
percent retail price cut, which
had spread to nearby commu-
mites.
But across the nation, buyers
cheered recent cuts at wholesale
levels of fats, oils, soap, butter,
pork and beef prices, which they
hope to see SOC on shelves of
retailers who have not yet an
nounced reductions.
There remained a strong warn
ing, however, from manufacturers
(C0ntinUed IN Pare Two Col. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
ASSAULT CHARGES
FACE NEGRO HERE
Jim Wilson, Alleged To
Shot AT Wife And
Stepdaughter

Jim Wilson, Negro of 600 NORTH
9Th street, was arrested on two
counts of assault with intent te
kill by city police last night but
was later released under $500 bond
Wilson is alleged to have at
tackled his wife, Juanita, and his
II year-old step daughter, De
tories Lee, by shooting at them
with two revolvers.
The only shot taking effect, &C.
cording to police, was one which
grazed Delories' neck but did moi
seriously injure her.
The two pistols were confiscateo
by arresting officers, who were
called to the scene on reports OF
wild shooting in the area of vii,
sons home.
According to reports, Wilson fir
ed at a third person in the short
lived furry of shots but failed tc
hit his target. .
The latter target was unidenti-
fled, but police arrived at the
scene in time to avert further
serious trouble.
No motive was given by Wilson
as to the reason he shot at the
members Of his family.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
The Weather

FORECAST:
South and North Carolina-Consioer
able cloudiness and warmer THURSDAY
showers beginning in mountains Ihurs.
day evening, occasional showers anc
warmer Thursday night. Friday CLOUDY
and W I'm with showers, becoming cool
q in mountains.
(E~stern Standard Time)
(By u. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the z4 foui'
ending 7:3C n. N W terd5y.
TEMPERATURES
1870 a. m. as; 1880 a. m. 46; 1:3o p. m
6; 7:30 p. m. so: Maximum 6S. Mini
mum A; Mean e. Normal "a.
HUMIDITY
l:30 a. m. SO: 7.30 a. m. 95; 80 p. III
IS; 1:30 p. m. 33.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1870 p. m
900 inches.
Total since the first of the month 81
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published by U
s Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington 1874 am. 7:20 am
- pm. 7:lO pm
Masonboro -- 1904 Pm. 4:O8 am
1892 pm. Az pm
Sunrise $50; Sunset $780,. Moonris
SOFA; Moonset Hop.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. Z. at
a. IN. Wednesday 1877 feet.
More Weather On Page W
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
MAY TO TESTIFY
in OWN DEFENSE
Former Congressman Will
Deny He Took Brides,
Attorney Declares

WASHINGTON, April % - Up
Andrew ]. May, wartime chair
man of the House Military COM
mittee, plans to take the stand in
federal district court to deny that
he took brides to obtain munitions
contracts.
His lawyer Sawyer Smith, told
the court today that it is untrue
that the 71-year old Kentucky
politician profited from deals be-
tween the Carson munitions COM
bine and the Cumberland Lumbe-
Co.
ANDREW J. May will take the
witness stand and explain to you
how every dollar of that money
was spent, and how not, one cent
went to Andrew J. May" Smith
told the jury.
May is on trial with three CO.
defendants accused of war fraud
charges in connection with the
$75, 900, 900 Carson combine.
William A. Paisley, special as
sistant attorney general, charged
that May served as proprietor OF
the lumber firm, and that it re-
ceived more than $50, 900 in Cars.
son firm orders but failed to de-
liver a "stick of lumber in re-
turn.
In fact, Paisley told the jury,
May and his friends tried to
cover up deals late in 1915
after discovering that the gov
eminent was investigating them.
Garssons' Charged
On trial with May are Henry
and Murray Carson, brothers.,
heads of the wal syndicate, and
Joseph F. Freeman, Washington
agent for the Garssons. Lawyers
for the other three waived prelim-
mary statements at this time.
May succeeded in selling the
lumber to a friend, A. ]. Brown,
for $40, 900 and used the money to
repay Erie and Batavia Metal
Products companies - two Cars
son firms - for part of advances
he had received from them.
Paisley told the jury he expects
to show that the Erie firm pre-
pared false invoices in it's Chicago
office designed to show May had
intended to ship lumber to Erie.
The government prosecutor said
the invoices mentioned Southern
yellow pine, but there was no such
type on Mays Kentucky tract.
The prosecutor said, too, that
tho FBI had found a typewriter
in Erie's Chicago offices which
was used in preparing the in
voices, whereas the papers were
dated in Prestonburg, KY, Mays
home town.
The government contended that
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24

Luclani was accompanied by one
Peter Stuart Ney, whom many be-
lieve was no other than the dis
tinguished Marshal Ney.
After landing in Charleston
Ney Travelled to the Middle West
before settling down in the west
ern section of this state as a
school teacher.
In Charleston; Luciani separat-
ed from his distinguished ship
mate and came here to enter
business.
HISTORY CONTENDS - Most
authorities on French history tell
us that Marshal Ney was shot for
treason following the Battle of
Waterloo.
However tradition has a much
more exciting tale to tell. It con
tends that Marshal Ney, almost
as great an idol of the French
troops as Napoleon himself, was
spared.
His former comrades in arms
| Confined on Page Two, Col. "A
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
Majorlssues
Go Unsolved
Marshall Charges Soviets
With Blocking Action On
Austrian Treaty

MOSCOW, April %. -(P)- The
Foreign Ministers council neared
the break up of its longest and per-
haps most hectic conference to-
night with major issues unsolved.
The ministers agreed to try to
wind up their Moscow meeting to-
morrow.
In a session which was delayed
two hours in starting, U. S. Sec
rotary of State Marshall caustically
charged the Soviet Union with
blocking action on the treaty for
Austria and declared the United
States favored referring the whole
problem to the United Nations as
sembly if a treaty is not complet-
ed by the time the assembly meets
in September.
Marshall also charged Russia
with blocking the American-pro-
posed four-poWer pact to keep Ger
many demilitarized.
Pointing out that on the four
power pact and essential clauses in
the Austrian treaty the three West
ern nations were lined up three to
one against the Soviet Union, the
American secretary of state de-
clared Molotov had rejected the
four power pact by introducing in
the form Of amendments "nearly
every important difference which
exists between the four powers on
the subject of Germany"
81 will only state that the United
States government regards very
seriously what in effect is virtual
ly a rejection of this treaty by the
Soviet government" he added.
Molotov Curt
In a reply as curt, Molotov de-
clared the United States was try
ing to force other powers to sign
its draft without amendment.
IF it is the intention of the
United States delegation to substi-
tute a new and narrower agree
ment for Potsdam and Yalta it
would be better to say so," the
Continued on Page Two. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
Two Policemen Killed
In Blazing Gun Battle

PHILADELPHIA, April % Up
Two policemen we're killed to
day in a blazing street corner pts.
toll battle with the 23-year-olo
adopted son of a child psycholo'
gist.
Wounded five times in the ex'
change of gunfire, William K
Hallowell told police from his
hospital bed:
81 know l did wrong. Try
sorry"
Police Sergeant John j.
don said Hallowen shot dei
pursuers after a four-mi
dawn chase in a stolenl
bile.
The dead:
Sergeant Samuel
policeman 20 yea1l
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24

both world wars and father of
three children.
Patrolman James Quigley, 81,
| whose wife is expecting a third
child in July.
81 stole the automobile" Detec-
tive Lieutenant Joseph Summers
Gale and Lieutenant James A.
KellZkoted Hallowell as telling
his ted mother, DIR. Dorothy
Howell.
were chasing me. They
me. l didn't mean to
m. The gun went off ac-
r."
attendants. who said
n would recover, quoted
telling DR.. Hallowell:
away from here. ] want
one."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24
FORECAST:

Wilmington n vicinity: Considerable
cloudiness and warmer today, OCCASION
al showers tonight; Friday, cloudy and
warm with showers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-24

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