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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
TWO CHILDREN BRUTALLY
REATEN BY INTRUDER

NEW YORK. April 2o-WD-
Two children were brutally beaten
unconscious with an iron pipe in
their first-floor bedroom in Brook
lyn early today and n Of them
died later without regaining con-
seriousness.
Police said they were attacked
by an intruder who entered the
bedroom through a window and
escaped the same way when their
screams attracted neighbors. Blood
stained the victims bedclothes and
spattered over the walls and floor.
The children-home alone-were
Selma Graft, IS, attractive high
school Student, who died, and her
brother, Donald, 9. Five stitches
were taken in his head, and he
regained consciousness. Their
mother. Pauline, SO, had gone to
a show, police said. The husband
and father is dead.
Burglarizing Attempt
Police theorized the intruder en-
tered the apartment to b~urglarlze
it. The children were asleep in
separate beds in the bedroom.
Selma awoke and screamed,
arousing Donald.
Police said Donald told them
the intruder was a man and that
Selma clawed desperately at his
face and neck. Her pajama top
was ripped in the fight. Bits OF
skin and hair later were found
under her ~fingernails.
After beating her into uncon-
seriousness the mar turned on the
screaming brother and did 1.-The
same.
Donald told police the man never
spoke, but mumbled "Hee-Hee,
hee-hee" as the girl went down.
Nothing was taken from the
apartment. The blood = covered
pipe, 10 inches long and 8 IL
inches in diameter, was found
near the house.
Man F1eeS
The man fled when neighbors
began pounding On the apartment
door. The mother returned home
about the same time and col
lapsed.
Fifty detectives were assigned to
the case and all hospitals and doc
tors were asked 10 watch for a
man who might ask for treatment
of a badly scratched neck and
face. A general alarm was broad
cast throughout the city Tor a
man wearing bloody clothes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
VETERAN
Continued from Page One)

the Papas and their seven-month-
old baby. Mrs. Fusco then asked
Mrs. Papa to 60 with her on an
errand.
Papa objected but his wife in
insisted on accompanying Mrs.
Fusco. The women took the two
children to the Fusco home, put
them to bed and left.
Papa said he suddenly decided
to bring Rosemary over to his
house.
When he got to the Fusco home
he found the door locked, SO ne
went to the bedroom window and
broke it. When he got inside ne
picked up Rosemary, who began
crying and whimpering because
of fright.
Papa said he decided to take
her to another room to avoid
waking William and in passing the
kitchen, saw the Pinch bread
knife with which he cut the child's
throat four times.
Returns to Home
He left the child's body on the
bedroom floor and returned to his
home, bathed and left the bloody
clothes in his closet.
Nassau County Coroner Theo-
dore Curhey said the child's throat
had been cut from one sternal
muscle to another, severing the
jugular vein and the voice box.
Curhey said the child had not been
criminally assaulted.
The child's father, William Fus-
co., who had been playing cards
with friends, returned home a few
minutes after his wife.
Gehrig said the two families
had been very friendly and that
the Fuscos <had introduced Papa
and his wife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
A LOCAL LADY SPIT
UP ACID LIQUIDS FOR
HOURS AFTER EATING

For hours after every meal, a
Local Lady used to spit up a
strong, acidulous liquid mixed
with pieces Of half-digested food.
She says it was awful. At times
she would nearly strangle. She had
stomach bloat, daily headaches
and constant irregular bowel
action. Today, this lady eats her
meals and enjoys them. And she
says the change is due to taking
INNER-AID. Her food agrees with
her. No gas, bloat or splitting up
after eating. She is also free OF
headaches now, and bowels are
regular, thanks to this Remark
able New Compound.
INNER-AID contains IL Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
live- and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel different all over. So
don't go on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all drug stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
CHERRY
OF SOON

RALEIGH, April 2O-(P-Gov-
ernor R. Gregg Cherry said today
that despite the failure of an at
tempt he made last week to settle
the telephone strike in southeastern
states, he was hopeful that they
are going to get together next
week"
The North Carolina chief exeeu-
tive said that as chairman of the
Southern Governors conference he
contacted H. S. Dumas of Atlanta,
president of the Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph company ana
H. F. Tweedy of Atlanta, as Off
cial of the Southern Federation of
Telephone workers.
Asked on what he based his op-
timism that the tWo-week-oid strike
would be settled, Cherry said:
That he had nothing to base it on
and that he was ".just hoping"
The governor said that he gath
cred from telephone conversations
with Dumas and Tweedy That both
sides were anxious to settle the
strike"
In his negotiations with Dumas
and Tweedy, Cherry said that he
had presented them with two prop
ositions":
1-For company and union con-
ferees to resume their negotiations.
2-For the company and union
to submit their differences to ar
bitration. The attitude of both sides
on the first proposal was that they
had "just been together the day
before and were unable to agree,
the governor said.
On the second proposal, Cherry
added, the phone company said
that it was willing to arbitrate
the strike on a regional basis but
the union officials said that they
were unable to arbitrate except on
a national basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
EX-MARINE
Continued from Page One)

son in New Orleans since 1867
when a sacrilegoius ceremony
was SAID to have been held at
Ste. Rose of Lima church.
The church must be purified,
either by the archbishop or a
priest named by him, before it
can again open its doors.
Mercy hospital broadcast a call
for blood donors in al effort to
save Father Courtney, who is 50.
Witnesses said that Laurentz
stabbed the priest in the throat
as Father Courtney bent to serve
him communion. Then he leaped
over the altar and stabbed the
again in each side CT the
neck and once in the back.
Father Courtney fell backward,
still clutching the chalice to his
breast.
The Jesuits church il downtown
New Orleans across from the
Roosevelt hotel, On the edge Of the
Vieux Care, or French quarter Of
the city.
AssiaIant Silent
Laurentz, only stared at police
in the precinct station, a few
from the church, as. they
sought to learn his motive for the
stabbing.
The attack vas made with a
small, new pocket knife. Philips
said it had a normal-sized blade.
The knife was wrested from Lau-
rentz by church-goers.
The church was jammed for
high mass but the congregation
remained orderly.
Father Courtney was removed
ir a police "Black Maria" so it
would not be necessary TO wait
FOR an ambulance. At the hospital.
doctors said he had suffered a
serious loss OF blood.
Father Courtney was unable to
speak as he was removed from
the church. He was soaked with
as were the faithful who
tried to give him comfort and aid
until he could be taken to the
hospital.
Laurentz' papers gave the po-
lice no clues as to his occupation
but he was identified, as an ex-
Marine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
DOCTORS WIFE
MOTHER OF YEAR, BY
NATIONAL COMMITTEE

NEW YORK, April 20-W.H-An
Iowa doctors wife who has COM
bined the active life of holnemaking
and being mother to five children
with a career of writing and COM
munity leadership was named the
American mother of 1947 today.
Mrs. Janette Stevenson Murray,
72-year-old grandmother of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, was chosen for the an
nual honor because of her many
activities ION behalf Of her COM
munity and state" and her out
standing record as a mother and
wife, the National American Moth
ers committee said.
A writer and counselor on prob
lens of the home for nearly 80
years, Mrs. Murray also has serv-
ed as president Of the board of
in her community, broad
cast regular talks on child care
on Iowa radio stations and actively
worked in many civic organiza-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
STAR-NEWSREEL
Continued from Page One)

DR.. Moore, the program relat-
ca, became interested in Green =
field Lake not long after he came
to Wilmington a n d attempted to
build the area into national prom
inence. To him, the program said,
goes the credit for forming the
Greenfield Drive Association.
Praised also for his part in
the development of the park was
James E. L. Wade, city %couccil-
man and commissioner OF public
works who was responsible, along
with DR.. Moore, for the ground
work in the areas development.
First U. S. Cement
The program went on the point
out that the cement used to lay
the foundation of the dollhouse at
the lake was part of the first &C.
ment ever manufactured in Amer
lea and came from a building q
the Seaboard railway yard.
The uprights and platform in
the dollhouse the program said ,
were built from parts of a Ford
automobile rescued from the city
dump. Henry Ford, who was sent
a picture of the building along
with a story of its unusual con-
struction, had the story printed in
the company magazine.
The program S written and
narrated by Ben Mcdonald, Star
News round the town reporter.
Appearing on the program were
Ruth Davis Mcdonald, W. o.
Page, Jr. and Frank Emmert as
soloists, Del MCGOWAN, instru :
mentalist, Tom Cause as special
announcer and Patt Coward.
The latter is a student at Bob
Jones college in Cleveland, Ten :
nessee and is in Wilmington for
the weekend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
TEXAS CITY DEAD
LIE UNDER DEBRIS
Red Cross Lists Toll AT
$50 Persons AS Living
Returns To Normal

TEXAS CITY, Tex, April 20
E-The dead of Texas City lay
under mountains of twisted
wreckage or in improvised NOR
CUES. but today the living return
ed slowly to normal life.
= Red Cross listed posted here
yesterday listed $50 persons pre-
sumed dead from the series of ex-
plosions a n d fires which started
Wednesday aboard the nitrate-lad-
er French freighter Grandcamp.
The estimated injured was 5000
persons. The Red Cross said last
night in St. Louis that TT persons
had ben hospitalized.
Weary workers resumed their
hunt tor bodies today after a night
of rest. Along with othe- residents
they attended memorial serv .
ices for the dead last night.
Heavy black smoke still boiled
over the city from two fires. One
was at the RACED Monsanto Chem
ical corp. Plant, the other at the
Republic refinery.
Smoking Charged
A Coast guard hearing into the
cause of the Grandcamp explosion
was to be resumed tomorrow. At
testimony heard yesterday, l.. D.
Boswell longshoremen's foreman
OH the ship, testified thai workers
loading ammonium nitrate Ito its
hold we're smoking whenever
and wherever they wished
The explosion of the Grandcamp
started a chain that destroyed
three ships, the multimillion dol
Lar M%onsanto plant, and most of
the industry in this once-thrlvlng
little gulf port. Fires following the
explosions burned for days in a
great oil storage tank farm.
Mayor J. c. Trahan estimated
the total damage caused from the
explosion and fires would amount
to $31, 22' 1000.
The return to normal for resi-
cents here started yesterday. Al
most all of the shattered shops re-
opened and people carried grocer
les to their homes, instead OF
lining up in front of temporary
kitchens. Schools remain closed,
however, with no announced plans
for immediate re-opening.
Tears Flow
Al A.. ,oo~oor;,J cory,;,oe ohoL-
ed tears fell freely.
Mayor Trahan said there would
be no mass funerals save those
for the unidentified dead, and that
10 plans had been made for these.
A list of 173 identified dead was
released late last night by the Red
Cross from a check of 298 bodies
which passed through the temp :
orary high school gymnasium
morgue. Roy Wade, of the Texas
Department of safety, said there
we're 1886 known dead.
Deputy Sheriff Vic Parker, a
member of a special dead body
commission" said last tight that
IS bodies had been recovered yes
terday.
Police Chief w. L. Ladish esti-
mated there were about 200 bodies
still in the ruins.
In Galveston hospitals where
the seriously injured were taken,
six more persons died yesterday.
But Dr.. B. l.. Burns, medical d.
rector of John Sealey hospital, re-
ported that gas gangrene infection
had been controlled.
Meanwhile the RELIEF fund to re-
habilitate Texas City was report
ed to have about 5000, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
HON
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Beirne made his comments to
newsmen after a meeting of the
NFTW policy committee. The
group discussed the wage pat
tern" argument and the COM
pany's attitude but took no con-
crete new steps.
The Bell companies of the ART
have offered to arbitrate regional
ly the demands Of 80 unions affiliat-
ed with the NFTW, including a $12
increase in the present $44 weekly
pay. But the NFTW is holding
out for a down payment pay in
crease before entering arbitration.
Service Continues
The Bell affiliate here, the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone company, said it expects "a
lot more people r coming. in to-
morrow" in addition to 600 work
r it maintains already have re-
turned to work. The 600 figure
represents 10 per cent Of C&P's
5000 employees.
A C&P spokesman said dial SER
vice here is continuing Eat a near
normal level" and that this is true
for a major part of the country
on which it has reports. He added
that the Bell companies expect to
keep dial services going "for an
indefinite period"
The NFTW said it has "numer-
Gus reports of cable failures and
dial service breakdoWns" over the
nation.
apparently the companies r
trying to conceal the fact they
r unable to keep up with re-
pairs an NFTW spokesman said.
Carlton Werkau, NFTW strike
director, announced a message
from William S. Leary, Philadel-
phia, president of the Federation
Of Telephone Workers of Pennsyl-
vania. not affiliated with the
NFTW, that the groups 5000 plant
workers will 60 out on strike at
7:30 a. m. EST tomorrow.
To Picket Exchanges
The NFTW said the members of
the Pennsylvania group have been
in continuous meeting and work
ing only internationally. Leary adj
vised the NFTW. however, that his
members will picket Pennsylvania
telephone exchanges. where or
NFTW telephone operators have
been working all along. and ex-
pect in this way to reduce tele-
phone service in Pennsylvania.
Werkau said Leary's union has
proposed a 15-cent an hour wag
increase but that it had been re-
jected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
WORKERS
Continued from Page One)

policy committee but this appar-
emily will be only a formality be-
cause the union said:
"Actual signing of the agree
ment is expected to take place
Tuesday,"
Retroactive Clause
The wage increases are retro =
active to April /, and bring the
lowest basic hourly rate for most
workers to about $1.09 an hour.
Applying Immediately to some
14O, 900 workers in the five top OPP
Grating subsidiaries of US. Steel,
top national producer, the agree
ment has far broader implica-
tons.
Big Steel-C1O agreements tradi-
tionally have set the industry
wage pattern. Last year the 18
IL : cent raise settlement became
the national pattern.
Because of its vital role in the
nations productivity, peace in
steel could unlock the flood gates
in other industries by insuring a
steady supply of the basic metal
used widely in the manufacture OF
refrigerators, automobiles, radios,
ranges and scores of other items.
The union is no stranger to two
year agreements. The l945 con-
tract was for two years but also
contained a wage reopen1ng
clause after one year which speci-
fled this implement would not be
used unless the national wage pat
tern changed. The union decided
the pattern had changed and re-
opened the contract, resulting in
a 80 = day industry-wide strike
which ended in the Is IL cent
settlement and the 1916 contract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
AUSTRIA
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also to a proposal by French For
eign Minister Georges Bidault that
the Austrian treaty be written in
only three texts-English, French
and Russian - because the Aus
TRANS use the German language.
Bidault said he did not want to
put German on an equal footing
with the other powers.
However, conference circles
predicted that the lack of a Ger
man text would cause so many
legal headaches in Austria that in
the end there probably will be
one.
Meeting Off
The Big Four had scheduled a
meeting for this afternoon. But
they cancelled it and decidei to
concentrate on making tomorrow
what probably will be a final at
tempt to get going on Austria.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
GREENFIELD
'tContinued from Page ene)

excitement of the day seemed to
have worked as a wonderful tonic
for DR.. Moore.
tHe had his best day today"
she said and then added that it
would be another week or ten days
before he would be able to leave
his residence.
Ralph w. Smell, superintendent
Of the city department of parks,
said that many of 'ie varieties
of aEaleas found at Greenfield
park, are now at the height of
their bloom.
"some varieti-s will soon be
spent" he added and then point
ed out that the larger azaleas will
be blooming for another week at
least.
The city police were on hand
10 see that the thousands Of sight
seers who visited the park in
automobiles would no. create a
traffic hazard.
One-Way Traffic
BY four o'clock yesterday after
noon. it was necessary to limit the
flow of cars around the lake to.
one-way traffic. Under the direc-
ton of 1t. Coy Ethridte and five
other policemen, the autos were
allowed , enter the southern ap-
proach to the lake drive, circle
the azalea trail, and then leave
via Fourth and Greenfield streets.
Earlier in the day Chief Hubert
Hayes and four other members of
the police department were on
hand to direct the thousands that
visited the area
While the majority of the resi-
dents in search of the striking
profusion of beautiful colors uni
que to azaleas headed for Green
field park, many others visited
Airlie gardens on Wrightsville
Sound and still others toured to
Orion plantation.
More than 500 autos were re-
ported visiting Airlie with the
throng estimated at nearly 1900.
The plantation in Brunswick
county about Is miles from the
city also proved a "a for those
wishing to see the azaleas in a
historic setting.
Park Walks Thronged
Greenfield parks walks and
winding paths were crowded with
residents of the Port City and
visitors throughout the day. Hard
ly had church services ended in
the city yesterday morning when
the visitors began to descend on
the beauty spot.
BY early afternoon Wilmington
ians of all ages cole be seen per-
ambulating through the park
grounds that boosted a profusion
of multi-hued azaleas. Wistaria, in
full bloom, and sweet Shrubs add
ed their fragrance to the air.
indicative of the summer-like
weather prevailing at the park
was the number of swimmers seen
enjoying a dip in the lake.
Young and old alike, they came
to visit Greenfield Park yesterday
by the thousands, so numerous in
fact that local police would not
hazard an estimate IS to the num-
Der.
But their very presence on "Dr.
w. Houston Moore Day" was in it.
self a striking tribute to the man
who has done so much to make
Greenfield park a thing of beauty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
CANDIDATES
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Continued from Page One)
not be a candidate to retain his
seat.
Even should five of the candi-
dates in today's primary receive
a majority, which is not consider
ed likely. their names will appear
on the May 6 general election.
Total Vote Basis
The winners in today's primary
will be named On the basis of the
total vote cast divided by five and
then by two. Any candidates re :
ceiving a number of votes in ex-
cess of this total is declared a
winner and need not face a run
off race, even though his name
must appear on the general cleo
ton ballot.
The IA candidates in today's
race are Richard L. Burnett, Gar.
land S. Currin, Warren C. Hole
man, John D.. Howell, W. Ronald
Lane, Robert S. LeGwin, W. J..
Parker. B. B. Phillips Jr., DAVID
F. sandlin, ST., ]. E. L. Wade,
John w. Weinberg. E. L. White,
W. E. Yopp. and John W. Davis
Negro.
The only member of the council
who faced a run-off in the ls45
race vas Garland S. Currin who
did not receive a majority. Ve
failed to meet any opposition for
the seat on a run-off basis, how-
ever, as R. R. Romeo, the next
highest behind Currin, did not
choose to further contest Currin's
bid for the place on the council.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
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and Captain E. E. Grey, VINO was
near the docks at the time, threw
a line into the water and then
called police headquarters.
In the meantime, Captain w. H.
Grey of Bolivia jumped into an
other boat and started for the
point where the two men were
struggling to keep afloat, but Min
er told police that Pridgen went
down before the rescue craft ar
rived.
The fireboat Atlantic was sent
to the Gene but efforts to locate
Pridgen's body were unsuccessful.
Police reports said that the tide
was running out at the time and
the drags Of the Atlantic were lost
in ar attempt to find the body.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
SPECIAL
Continued from Page One)

John Faux, storebreaking, larceny
and receiving; Florence Mildred
Hanes, four charges of forgery;
and Lavenia Nelson and George
Porter, murder.
Jury Panel
Summonded to serve as jurors
during the special term were Mon
trose M. Hinnant, Wander B. Long.
Haynes High, j. S. Raynor, Nor.
wood Miller, H. c. Roberts, A.. V.
Fountain, A. @. Parker. E. r. May
Harry Jaffe, Alfred J. Strick-
land, James E. Todd, S. P. Sykes,
B. A. Corbett, Wilbur Cameron,
Herbert w. Hewlett, Donald ]. Sui
Ivan, Lewis J. Stein, Bonnie Buie,
e. ]. Toomer, Charlie T. Powell,
S. B. Shepard, Franklin L. Spear,
E. S. Willis, and Ebert Lewis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21

With advent of printed wire
radio equipment, more indrst.;a,
use of electronics is expected No
binary electromic equipment j. y. VI.
garded as too frangile for most :,
dustrial uses. ILL.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
INSULT ADDED TO INJURY

TULSA, Okla. W.H-Bill Martin,
a taxicab driver, was robbed of
$13 by a couple he had picked UP.
That wasn't too bad. Martin COM
planned, but the woman boxed his
jaw for not having more cash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21

The George Foster P e a b o d y
Radio awards were established in
1910 to perpetuate the memory of
George Foster Peabody, benefac-
tor and life trustee Of the Univer-
sity OF Georgia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21
The Weather
By Alley

Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "A hours ending 8
p. m. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
Station High Low PrAe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21

About 4,o00,o 900 U. S. farmers
still use animal power to work
their land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21

A facing of electricity : conduct
ing rubber has been devised as
an ice guard for airplane pro-
pellerS,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-21

In 1915, the Life-Saving Service
was combined with the Revenue
Marine Service % form what -
now the U. S. Coast Guard.