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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Committee
Raise In Air Mail Rates
House Post Office Group
Also Approves Advance
On Newspaper Rates.

WASHINGTON. May 10 -PeA
hike from 5 to 6 cents an ounce
for air mail and increased
charges for parcel post were rec
commended today by the House
Post Office committee.
It approved legislation which
would also:
1. Increase the second class
mail rate on newspapers and
magazines if they are sent to
points outside the county of pub
LEGATION.
2. Continue the local letter rate
at the present 3 cents after July
l when, under existing law, it is
due to drop to the pre-war 2 cents.
3. Raise the special delivery
charge from 10 to IS cents.
The committee has been study
ing ways to cut down on a Post
office department operating def
cit which it figures will amount
to 1892, 900, 900 in the IL months
beginning July l unless Congress
boosts rates.
Cut Red Ink
1t. said that if its recommends
tons are made effective, the de-
partment will 60 into the red only
1894. 900, 900.
The Postoffice department sug-
gested some changes which the
committee declined to approve.
One thing it turned thumbs down
on was a department-proposed in
crease from one to two cents for
post cards.
The committee recommended
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
OGDEN CIVIC CLUB
FIRE CONTROL
c mmissione Trask
Voices Long Objections
To Clubs Proposal

Control of forest fires and i'm
provement of the Middle Sound
road we're two items that were
suggested by representatives OF
the Ogden Civic club before the
New Hanover county commission
ers at their weekly meeting yes
terday.
Richard Shew was the spokes-
man for the control of forest fires
whose talk brought long objections
from Commissioner George w.
Trask before the county officers
agreed to sumbit the matter to
the state forestry department for
a survey Of conditions.
To the Middle Sound highway
suggestion presented by Paul
Stanley, the commissioners said
they will ask the state highway
commission for a survey of con-
ditions on the road.
Stanley, in opposing the burning
of grass every year by the county
in clearing away refuse, drew
sharp retort from Commissioner
Trask who defended the system.
Shew pleaded for IAN adequate
forest fire protection program
and declared that the opinion of
the commissioners is not always
the opinion of the majority of citi-
zens in the county.
He asked that an adequate sum
be appropriated by the commits
sioners to keep fires under con-
troll throughout the year, rather
than placing efforts on a short
period at one time of the season.
Representatives speaking in ia
vor of improving the Middle
Sound road asserted that the high
way is unsafe" and that the
state. highway commission only
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
High School
Will Be Used
Plans Call For Opening OF
Doors To Students Early
In September

Members of the New Hanover
Board of Education in an ex-
ecutlve meeting last night ap-
proved the establishment of a
Junior College at New Hanover
High School and voted to pen
the doors Of the college In
September.
The plans formulated at a re-
cent conference with DR.. James Il.
Hillman, State department Of pub
lie instruction and representatives
of the American Association of
Junior Colleges call for the holding
Of classes in the afternoon and
evenings between the hours Of 4
and 9 p. m. The existing plant and
Institutional facilities of the high
school will be used for the college
work.
Requirement for admission to the
college, approved recently in a poll
by the citizens of the county will
be the completion of a four-year
course in a secondary school or
the equivalent shown by examina-
ton.
The semester plan will be used,
according to the present speci-
fications. Requirements for gradua-
ton will be the satisfactory COM
pletion of go semester hours. No
full time instructor at the college
will receive a salary OF less than
So, 500 for nine months work.
Five departments will be avail
able to the students and the limit
of the number of students In each
class will be IS.
Not less than 100 students are
expected to register for the 1947-
48 term, the board said. Students
will be charged a minimum of 5000
to attend the school. From tuition
fees and from a tax levy, operat-
ing income will be secured, the col
Ilege plans showed.
According to the plans not less
than $1,000 will be spent during the
first term Of operation for library
books, all on a college level.
C%urricula for the Junior College
includes classes in English, social
science, French, Spanish, science,
mathematics, business administers
ton and accounting, psychology.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
New Wilmington Junior College Will Open
This all, Board Of Educa ton Announces
County School Teachers Named At Meet
Coun,:ty
Fa ..,,> ,;;for
II Units Set
Vacancies Still Exist In
Some County Institutions,
Board Reports

Principals and teachers who
will comprise the faculty of
New Hanover county schools
for the coming year were FORM
ally elected last night at a
joint meeting of the county
board of education and county
principals.
Several vacancies exist in the
classrooms Of four schools, but the
vast majority Of the positions have
been filled.
Those to serve next year in the
various schools are as follows:
Wrightsboro - Miss Nellie Fen
tress, principal. Lois Cooper, first:
Lois Cashwell and Mrs. Claudia
Swinson, second; Elizabeth New
some, third; Beatric Strickland,
fourth; Mrs. Jane Cain, fifth;
Donald Chadwick. sixth; Anna
Clara Baker, seventh; Azalent
Switzerland, eighth; Johanna Duls,
music.
Lake Forest school - Mrs. Man.
ley Williams, principal. Mrs. ].
j. Fowler and Miss Eris Sturdi.
want, first; Nellie Gray Mathis
and Lillian Calls. second; Mrs.
Virginia Carr and Mrs. William
Bordeaux, third; Mary E. Carpen-
ter, fourth; Mrs. Frances Gideon,
fifth; Mrs. Alice Geddie, and
Clarice Swain, sixth; Mrs. Louise
Polvogt and Myree Dunn, seventh;
Frank Atwood, eighth. Vacancies
exist at present In the fourth,
fifth and eighth grades.
TILESTON SCHOOL
T1eston school - j. w. Grise,
principal. Mrs. Ruth Owen Jones,
Continued On Page Two, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Defense Rests Case
At Lynching Trial
Judge Martin Directs Acquittal Of Three
Defendants, Grants Qualified Acquittal
Of Two Counts On Others

cREENvILh1, S. C., May 10.
- The defense OF 70 white
--,u accused Of lynchiag a South
n lsn Negro, was rested
~r,ntly today in Greenvllle
'u. utv Grim nina court without
etlmonv of a single witness nor
NF'shrnission OF any evidence.
'u Taa court Immediately recessed
80. la' $50 a. m. tomorrow, when
saasl arguments begin.
nofense attorney Benjamin A.
~. closed the case dramatically
.fter Circuit Judge j. Robert Mar
'n 1r had directed acquitfal for
. ,;' Of an original 81 defendants
.nd Granted qualified acqulttal on
Inv ent of four counts for another
i.ven.
moreover, the court announced,
terminating statements allegedly
r.de by 26 defendants at the time
# heir arrest will be admitted In
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20

evidence only against the persons
making them.
Jubilant Co-defendants
Jupliant co-defendants pump
handled the acquitted men and
slapped them on the back, while
other friends pressed forward to
congratulate them. Several de-
PENDANTS rushed to windows to
shout their good news to friends
on the street below.
Negro spectators in the court
house gallery heard the decision
in silence.
The state alleges that 24-year-
old Negro Willie Earle was forci-
bly, taken from Jail in adjoining
Pickens county in the frosty pre-
dawn Of last February II, brought
into Greenville county in a car,
beaten and fatally shot in reprisal
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
TRUMAN NOW
THROWING WEAKER
a. Year Old
Mother Talks Briefly
With Minister, Rests

cRANDVIEW, Mo-, May 10 -
p President Truman spent
.nother long and anxious day at
the bedside of his gravely Ill
mother as his daughter flew here
Ep ioin him in his vigil.
/ While thin, courageous 94-year-
Hold Ms. Martha E. Truman fought
the odds Of a very tired
weak heart she maintained
IA cheerful manner even as she
Hailed to rally from last nights set
back.
4 Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross gave neWsmen at
kansas City, II miles away, his
Bsecond sober report of the day at
D. m. esd.
Mrs. Truman. he said, had shown
Eno improvement during the day.
Earlier he said that there had been
E"no material change" in her condi-
bon since yesterday afternoons
burn fo- the worse after a rally
Sunday morning. Later Mrs. Tru-
nan was reported to be momen-
tarily stronger. but her physician
acknowledged that there has been
general weakness in he- condl-
tion.
y am feeling better but I am
hired" the elderly Mrs. Truman
told her physician this morning.
1n view Of this, he said there would
be no effort to have her sit up to-
bay.
Talks To Minister
Mrs. Truman chatted briefly this
morning with the Rev. Welbern
Bowman, pastor of the GrandvieW
Baptist church, of which she is a
member.
The Presidents daughter, Mar
saret, cancelled professional sing
png concerts fo- Pittsburgh tomor-
tow night and Cleveland Thursday
plight and said her remaining en-
sagements hinged on her grand
mothers progress.
The distressed Margaret planned
Y spend tonight with M. and Mrs.
frank Wallace, her uncle and
aunt, at Independence after driv-
ing straight to her grandmother's
bedside after flying here from
Pittsburgh. .
Press Secretary Ross after
moon talk with the newsmen was
BASED on a telephone converse
uon with the President. He plan
peg to talk again three hours
Ea'er with Brig. Gen Wallace H.
Gfaham, the Presidents personal
physician.
Ross made it clear that The
RESIDENTS plans for returning to
washington we're extremely ''indef-
with his mothers condition 50
vllcal, the President carried on
ge affairs Of the nations highest
Culce from his suite in Kansas
.Ny Hotel Muehlebach, II miles
rum here, and from his mothers
pame bungalow here where she
.ss been bed-ridden since she
raetlred her hip in a fall in
nld,February.
Signs Message
was here thai he sigr - a
usage to Congress reiterating
NY support Of a national health
sugfam embracing compulsory
aaiahce for prepayment of
medical costs
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20

RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, May
10 -U.H-Meteorologists today pre-
dicted scattered clouds GRO the
path of a total eclipse of the sun
at 8 am. tomorrow. which will
threaten months of preparation by
scientists of II nations waiting to
make observations during the four
minutes of total darkness.
Whether or not the clouds would
blot out the phenomenon at the
critical point of total eclipse was
the question haunting the SCENT
lists as they waited at their OBJ
servation points tonight.
Pan-American Anyways weather
Itpsecasters said clouds were tndf'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
And So To Bed

This chap must believe In
trading without seeing. Or he
is very forgetful.
Anyway, Sunday night some
one entered the room OF Lee
Pope, 118 North Third street,
while the occupant was away:
The man made away with .
suit of clothes belonging to
Pope.
But in return. FRS. Sadie
Wells, the landlady. reported to
police yesterday. the prowler
left a marine uniform. Police
turned the uniform over to the
military police. But Pope sim
h short his suit Of elothAk
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20

The story has
been sent to the
magazine "sev-
e~nteen'' a o n g
with a poem, but
word has not yet
been received as
TO whether or not
it will be publish
ed in their rhaga-
zine.
The first prize.
in the contes st was
only one of the
-1sls- ~lf1S
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
Scattered Clouds May
Hide Eclipse Of Sun

Gated for the Bocayuva area on
the 2,172-foot high Matte Crosse
Plateau 400 airline miles North
west of here, where 70 United
States scientists r waiting WITH
IS tons of equipment.
The U. S. expedition, largest Of
the II nations represented is
sponsored by the U. S. Army All
forces. the National Geographic
society and the Bureau of stand
ards. 1t is headed by DR.. Lyman
j. Briggs, chairman of the Geo
graphic society's research COM
mittee.
A~;~~nI - Bare EW0s Cob -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
MAYBE!

Weatherman Paul Hess still
refuses to promise rain. He
wont even promise showers.
Occasional light showers are
slightly mentioned in his fore
cast for Tuesday afternoon,
but hope is dashed when he did
not add the word, "probably"
as he usually does when
speaking of rain. This time he
says possibly"
The temperature will drop
slightly to-day, the forecast
says, as q high of 81 degrees is
predicted. High for yesterday
was 81 degrees. Gentle to mod
crate southwesterly winds are
predicted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20

ties Miss Harriss has shown as she
was first place winner of the an
nual Scribbler's club essay con-
test held last year.
She is a columnist and was
former reporter on the Wilmington
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS program
under the direction Of radio COM
m~entator Ben Mcdonald. She is a
reporter on the high school paper.
THE Wildcat" business manager
for the first semester term, and
recently has been inagurated into
the National Quill and Scroll club.
Miss Harriss plans to enter the
Woman's college of the University
(Continued nm Page Two: Col, 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
The w leather

l.. FORECAST
M aSl and North Carolina-Consider-
knrSI oudlhess and warm with scattered
|jpht e,shoWers Tuesday and Tuesday
Wednesday clearing and cooler.
Eastern Standard Time)
NJ. Wy Z. S. Weather Bureau)
kd;nss 0so!ogical data for the "a hours
$50 pm. yesterday.
Lon TEMPERATURES
4" an u; 1870 am. IA; 1870 pm. Sc;
|ogtnal p. "1iinuhi q Meah 49,
Ian HUMIDITY
En an II; 1876 am 73: 1870 pm. 81;
4" Pm. 10. '
>,.., PRECIPITATION
|O inoiof "A hours ending 7:30 pm. -
s ~ since the first Of the month -
TIDES FOR TODAY
The Tide Tables published by
~0ast and Geodetic Survey.
)iln;,u HIGH Low
e'oh ---- 9:29 am. 4:30 am.
ssorhuu 10: 03 pm. 4:23 pm.
D00F0 Inlet : 7:1s am 1:25 am.
Isunr;s- TAI pm. 1927 pm
os tN MS 5:o7; Sunset 7:1o; Moonrise
M%oonset 7:35 I'm.
n,' stage al Fayetteville, N. c. ut {
ID. "'naay. SO feet: and Sunday, g.:
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-20
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable
o1o,dines S and warm with scattered
commissioners today and tonight:
wednesday clearing and cooler.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Senate Hearings 10 Start
On Jones FEC Nomination
By ths Assoeieied Press

The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee today ordered hearings,
beginning tomorrow, on President
Truman's appointment of Repre-
sentative Jones, Republican, OF
Ohio as a member of the Federal
Communications Commission.
Senator johnson. Democrat. OF
Colorado, q member of a subcom-
mittee named to hold the sessions,
told reporters that Drew Pearson
newspape columnist and radio
commentator, is scheduled as
witness.
Mr.. Jones was appointed by the
President after the latter had with
drawn the nomination Of Ray C.
Wakefield, California Republican
for reappointment to a seven-year
term beginning July l.
Senator Brewster, Republican. OF
Maine, was named chairman of the
subcommittee, with Senators Cape
hart, Republican. Of Indiana, and
johnson as members.
Senator johnson sail 1t Is his
understanding that Mr.. Pearson hao
asked to lay information before the
group concerning the support Mr.
Jones received for the appointment
There have been reports In con-
gressiohal circles that House Mi
nority Leader Rayburn was active
in urging that Mr.. Jones be named
Mr.. Rsyburn has refused comment
on the reports,
Evening star., 1947-06-26

the tax strictly up to the pur-
chaser.
How can the State enforce such
a law? State officials admit they
can't unless stores outside Maryland
collect the tax when they sell to
Maryland residents. Or unless
Maryland purchasers cooperate by
reporting the tax themselves.
They say they hope to persuade"
Washington stores. for example, to
collect the tax If there are branch
establishments In Maryland.
Before out-oi-State stores can COL
lect the tax they must apply to the
State controller for a license,
So far. according to Edward D.
Shaw, executive secretary of the
Merchants Il Manufacturers Asso-
citation here, no local stores have
made any plans to apply for licenses,
pending further study OF the law.
There is good deal of un-
certainty concerning its applicable
ity to stores outside Maryland, Mr..
Shaw declared. There is no way
Maryland can enforce such \ tax
on out-of-State firms.
For example, suppose . Mary
land customer goes into Wash
| ineton store, buys an article, charges
it and takes 1t with him. The
store has no way Of determining
whether the article Is to be used
| in Maryland or whether Ii will be
sent to another person In some
other State
We think the Law was poorly
drawn and We doubt whether it Will
/ work"
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Bus Driver Sentenced
For Drunken DRIVING

Municipal Court Judge George D.
Nelson yesterday imposed a sem
tence OF 90 days In jail and a fine Of
$3.50 on a Washington bus driver
charged with driving while drunk.
The man, Forrest w. Harler, a,
of $50 Tenth street NE. pleaded
guilty to the charge and was SEN
fenced by Judge Nelson after with
plea OF not guilty and 4
demand for a jury trial He was ar
rested for the offense August II Of
last year while driving an automo-
bile on Fifth street NV. between !
and E streets.
Seven continuances were granted
in the case, of which five were at
the defendants request. one at the
request Of the court and one for re-
assignment last May IL. The guilty
plea was entered June 7.
Every drunken driver Is poten-
tial murderer, and must be kept oil
the streets" Judge Nelson declared
as he sentenced Harler.
Harler was convicted OF driving
while drunk in Maryland in 1943.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
By J. B. Zotmon

Suppose you live in Maryland and
you want to buy new furniture for
your living room.
You 90 to your neighborhood store
where the salesman tells YOU the
articles you like will cost $500, plus
sl2 tax.
So you think you will save money
oy going to Washington. But there's
catch. Under a Maryland law.
you are required to pay the same
tax to a Washington storekeeper as
you would If you bought the furni-
ture in Maryland. This Is called
use tax"
II the District of Columbia store
keeper fails to collect the tax. you
must send report of the purchase
and the tax to the State controllers
ONCE In Baltimore.
The tax at the rate OF cents
for every 81 purchase applies on
everything you buy out Of Maryland
if you intend to use 1t In the State.
You don't have to pay any tax, how
ever, on those articles which are ex-
empted from the Maryland tax.
II YOU don't pay the tax and
don't report your out-of State pur-
chase. YOU may be fined = maxi
mum of $1,000 or be Jailed not more
than one year. or both. The Law
puts the responsibility for paying
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Bus Driver Jailed
In Ordering OFF
OF 30 PASSENGERS

A bus driver accused Of putting
of 80 passengers from Washington
in Fredericksburg, Va, and at
tempting to finish his trip to
Richmond alone was in Jail today
charged with driving while drunk.
The driver, Murray c. Hepler,
IS, OF Richmond, was being held by
Fredericksburg police pending a
hearing.
Sergt. Ellis Rickerson Of the
Fredericksburg police said Hepler
left Washington last night with
the bus load. When he arrived at
Fredericksburg, Hepler advised the
passengers not to get back in and
drove away. Sergt. Rickerson said
He was arrested a few miles south
OF the. town by State troopers who
had been notified by the pas
sengers. ~. ....
J. T. Askew, the owner OF the bus
line, the Askew Lines Of Ellerson.
Va. drove the bus to Richmond
after his driver was arrested.
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Text of Truman Broadcast

with the principles Of Justice, TO CO.
operate In securing economic and
social advancement, to encourage
respect for fundamental human
rights and freedoms and to build
genuine security.
A Continuing Task.
The Government and the people
of the United States are aware that
the realization OF these objectives
is not easy. They know that 1t Is
continuing task. They will not
be discouraged by temporary SET
back or delay.
The enterprise which was
launched at San Francisco two
years ago is the hope OF the world
for lasting peace. 1t provides man
kind today with the best oppor-
tunity to unite for the preservation
OF civilization and for the continua-
ton Of human progress.
On behalf Of the United States
Government and Of It's people, ]
renew the pledge Of our utmost
efforts to insure the success Of the
United Nations. We shall do our
part, .....
Evening star., 1947-06-26
Third OF a Series.t
By james Y. Newton

The Taft-Hartley labor rela-
tions law reduces the Labor De-
partment to a position OF relative
impotency in the field OF affairs
for which it was created, con-
tinuing a shift OF long duration
OF authority away from the de-
partment.
Under the law, the United States
Cancellation Service is taken away
from the department and set up
as an independent agency with the
new title OF Federal Mediation and
Cancellation Service. This Is one
OF the numerous changes called for
In the act, to be made within 90
days from the enactment date-last
Monday.
At the same time, the law builds
UP the National Labor Relations
Board and the Federal courts into
l-powerful positions In the labor
relations field. NLRB rather than
the Department of Labor becomes
the big shot" agency on the exeeu-
tive side, while 1t seems likely the
courts will be flooded with new
types of cases, both of test va
riety and those In the day-to-day
administration OF the new act.
With the shearing away OF an
other sizeable chunk Of personnel
and authority from the Labor De-
partment, wag commented that
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
now becomes the first bureau chief
in history with cabinet rank
That remark. OF course, is an ex-
aggeration. But the fact remains
that the Cancellation Service, in re-
cent years, has been perhaps the
most important part Of the depart
ment.
On top Of that, 1t seems likely
that Congress will transfer the
United States Employment Service
to the Federal Security Agency.
The Children's Bureau already has
been moved to FSA. and there is
considerable doubt whether Con-
gress will appropriate funds to con-
tinue the departments. Division Of
Labor Standards.
All that remains of the depart
ment are the Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics, the Wage-Hour Division,
Veterans Re-employment Rights
Division. Apprentice Service and
the solicitors office. That is. only
these bureaus will remain If Con-
gress kills labor standards and
transfers USES.