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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
And So To Bed

A little boy who is four
years old and lives in Holland
now owns a coat for the first
time in his life because of the
generosity of a New Hanover
county woman.
Last December Mrs. Walter
Randall of Audubon, route 6,
gathered together some gar
ments which she donated to
the Red Cross for shipment
to destitute children in foreign
countries.
One of the garments was a
coat belonging to her son, Six
year-old Jerry.
AS an afterthought, Mrs.
Randall wrote Jerry's name
and address on a slip of paper
and tucked it into a pocket of
the coat.
Yesterday Jerry received a
letter of thanks written by the
parents of four-year-old Fedde
Heuuing, Violenstraat 48, AS
sen (dr)D Nederland.
The coat was, they said, the
first that little Fedde had
ever owned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13

OFF TO SHALLOTTE - For
those who were looking forward
to a Cooks tour of the neighbor-
ing city of Shallotte we fear that
we can bring nothing but disap-
pointment.
You may recall that in yester-
days column we brought you a
description of the Port City as
it greeted the visitor 100 years
ago.
Our informant, DR.. Walter Gil
man Curtis, who for 80 years vas
the state quarantine surgeon for
the Port of Wilmington, described
the major industry of Wilmington.
And then in order to bring a
more vivid picture of the great
naval stores activities here. he
suggested that the visitor to Will
mington in the 1840's take a trip
in the direction of Shallotte.
Sorry to say the proposed
journey did not lead directly to
the heart of the neighboring COM
munity, but it did paint a vivid
picture of the Lower Cape Fear
regions major industry.
SIGHT TO SEE-Mounted on a
rented nag or seated majestically
in a borrowed carriage. the visitor
to Wilmington 100 years ago would
see the following panorama upon
leaving the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
.Beviin Blasts
Molotov0ver
German Acts
British Foreign Secretary
Makes Fight Speech
Before Ministers
SCORES SHIP
Secretary Marshs -
presses General A
ment With Charges

MOSCOW, March - W.D Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev-
in accused Russia today of re-
cruiting German war prisoners
for the Red Army, of failing to
destroy captured German war
ships and of stripping her Ger
man occupation zone of industrial
plants.
In a fighting speech which he
spent all morning preparing, the
square-built British ex : labor ur.
ion leader ripped into Russian
Foreign Minister Viacheslav Mol
otov for 45 minutes at a meeting
of the Big Four Foreign ministers.
Bevin hurled back at Molotov
charges made yesterday against
conditions in the United States
and British occupation zones and
followed up with charges of his
own against Russia.
At the end of his speech Secre-
tary of State George c. Marshall
blandly expressed general agree
ment" with everything he had
said.
Bevin drew the retort ''non-
sense from Molotov on his sug-
gestion that Russia was holding
millions" OF German war prison
ers inside the Soviet Union and
had induced many of them to join
the Russian armed forces.
In calling Bevin's accusation
nonsense" Molotov referred to
reports that Russia is holding
about 5000, 900 men.
Admits Delay
But Bevin also extracted from
Molotov a statement on the num-
Der of German war prisoners Rus
STA was holding in her own terri
tory and an admission that there
had been delay in destroying
German warships, comprising air
craft carriers, cruisers and sub
marines, most of which were put
out of commission by American
and British aerial bombardment.
Molotov, who spent the first two
days of the conference on a Giplo-
offensive against ne United
States and Great Britain, was on
the defensive throughout today's
meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
FISHERMEN FORM
NEW GROUP HERE
Will Protect Interests In
Any New Legislation
Proposed

A determined group of CONNER.
cial fishermen and seafood deal
r organized here last night il
the interest o. the coastal fishing
industry and resolved to call upon
the New Hanover legislative dele
cation at Raleigh for an immedi.
ate explanation of any pending
measures which might affect area
commercial fishing regulations.
Some 70 fishermen and seafooc
dealers gathered at the courthouse
for a round : table organizations.
discussion which resulted in the
election of Hampton Lea, Jr., vii
mington wholesale dealer, as tenn
porary chairman.
Lea announced after the mass
meeting that he would appoint ad-
ditional temporary officers to-day
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
POLICE SEEKING MAN
WHO WELLS 'WOO-WOO'
AT O M N in HOMES

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March II
-W.H-Police today sought an in
truder who shouts "Woo-Woo' at
women in their bedrooms.
Mrs. G. P. Evans said she was
awakened about midnight by the
rustling Of a window shade, looked
up and saw a man stepping into
her room.
She ran up the hall and awaken
ed Mrs. E. l.. Swami and Miss
Birdie Kilgore, a school teacher.
The three returned cautiously and
cracked the bedroom door just
enough to switch on the light.
The intruder then thurst a large
foot into the door crack and said,
"Woo-Woo." With that, the ladies
fled and returned a few minutes
later with a male companion.
But the "Woo-Woo" man had
pOne.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
Ganey Jury Hears
Testimony Today
The w feather

FORECAST:
South Carolina-Mostly cloudy Thurs
day and Friday, not much change ii
temperatures. Rain Friday, beginning
in northwest Thursday.
North Carolina-Mostly cloudy Thurs
day and Friday, not much change in
temperatures, occasional rain Friday be
ginning in west portion Thursday.
eastern Standard Timc)
(By u. S. Weather Bureaul
Meteorological Data for the "a hoNr:
ending 1880 p. M. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
1870 a. m. 80; 1880 g.. m. 81: 1870 p
m. 50; 1880 p. m. 81; Maximum So; Mini
mum So; Mean 46; Normal 50.
HUMIDITY
1:30 a. m. IS; 1880 a. m. CT; 1870 p.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. IN
0 inches.
Total since the first of the month Ait
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
HIGH Low
Wilmington 2:21a $685.
2:38p 9s49I
Masonboro 12:Na 6sl9s
12:11p 6:23r
Sunrise 6:25; Sunset 6:1s; Moonrise
12:05a; Moonset 1O:l8a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. al
8 a. m. Wednesday 17.6 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
ACL PURCHASES
new RAIL CARS
Acquires Wartime Hospital
Coaches From WAA
For $15O,OOO

Eastern seaboard travellers soon
may be whizzing over the rails ir
Atlantic Coast Line coaches that
were built to serve as wartime rail.
road hospital cars for the army.
The Atlantic Coast Line company
yesterday bought from the War
Assets Administration 10 of these
big cars, all of them unused and
practically new.
They are expected to be deliver
ed in a few days from their loca.
tons at Seattle, Wash, and San
Francisco, Calf, where the sur
plus equipment had previously
been inspected by ACL officials.
The railroad company was able
to purchase the 10 coaches for $15,-
900 each.
They cost the government from
$53, 600 to $70,0 600 each when they
were built during the war.
For the present. it is expected
that the ACL will use the army
coaches as dormitory cars for rail
road personnel, such as dining car
crews and other constantly travel
ing employees, on the main line.
The surplus cars may at a later
date be converted and adapted to
other types of use.
The purchase transaction was
completed by j. H. Hatcher, ex-
ecutive general secretary of the
ACL in Washington, with H. C..
Wentworth. director of the Wash
ington district office of the War
Assets Administration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
FREIGHTER STRIKES
MINE NEAR ITALY

NEW YORK, March II -(PC
American Export lines said tonight
its 6,597-ton freighter, the Exam
thia, had struck a mine off the
Island of Pianosa, south of Leg
horn, Italy, but that no casualties
among crew members had been
reported.
0n Genoa, however, port au-
thorities said that only six OF the
Exanthia's crew of A men were
known to have been saved. The
Italian news agency Ansa added
that semaphore signals received
from Gao Sierra On the Island OF
Elba disclosed that there were
dead and wounded aboard the
wrecked ship. The news agency
said that the explosion tore a
CONTINUED On Page Two; Col. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13

talitarian tide.
Moreover, he served notice he
would not hesitate to ask addition
al sums if necessary 'to help free
peoples to maintain their free in
situations and their national integ-
rity against aggressive movs-
ments that seek to impose upon
them totalitarian regimes
Speaking to a joint session OF
Senate and House, he said:
"lf we falter in III leadership,
we may endanger the peace Of the
world-and we shall surely en-
danger the welfare of our own ma
ton"
Truman Text On Page Seven
Before his taut-faced, tense and
anxious audience, he laid a re.
quest for:
l. Permission to spend $500, 0O0,-
600 in Greece and Turkey for the
period ending June 30, 1913.
2. The right to send civilian per-
sonnet and military men to the
two countries to assist in recon
struction and to supervise use Of
the aid.
3. Legislation giving the admin.
lstration scope in making the
"speediest and most effective
use" of the funds il terms of
needed commodities, supplies
and equipment"
4. Authority to provide for the
instruction and training of select
ed" Greek and Turkish personnel.
In the absence of more specific
information, this could mean mi
ltary training in the United States
such as was provided during the
war for British aviators.
Mood Reflected
The nations lawmakers, as they
followed the Presidents words, re-
Elected his grave mood. Only
thrice did they punctuate the ad-
dress with applause once when
he served notice that the aid must
be Supervised" again when no
dashed out at ''totalitarian re-
glnes,' a third when he said
the alternative to direct aid sis
much more serious
The immediate reaction of the
members Of Congress can be
spelled out in few Words-anxious
but serious. They pondered the
impact of his requests upon their
long cherished hopes for peace
time economies, tax cuts and debt
reductions.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska,
Continued On Page Two; Col. b
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
Unmasked Men Take
Greensboro Hotel Cash

GREENSBORO, March 12-PE
Two unmarked white men took
sos from the cash register at Caro-
ina Hotel at 11:40 o'clock last
night and then bound and tied the
hotel clerk with manila ropes in
one of the hotels rooms, according
to report made to city police
shortly after midnight.
Police are investigating the
case today, going on a detailed
description of the two men furnish
ed by R. S. McNair, night clerk
who reported the holdup to police
iust after midnight after he had
disengaged himself from the bind
ings.
McNair stated that the two
while men entered the hotel lobby
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
AMERICAN TANKER
in HALF
Crew Oh AZ Men In Danger
With Ships Halves Sink
ing In Bad Storm

HONOLULU, T. H., March r.
W.H- The American tanker S. S,
Fort Dearborn broke in two 8Ot
miles Northwest of Honolulu, ap'
parently in a raging storm, ane
the two halves are sinking with a
men aboard, radio distress mes
sages reported today.
Three ships, including the big
liner SIS President Taft, were with
in 500 miles Of the Fort Dearborn.
One, the freighter Bald Eagle,
of the Pacific Far East lines, com
manded by Capt. T. H. Lee, was
reported rushing at full speed te
the scene
Besides the Taft and Bald Eagle,
the S. S. Lucien Labaudt was with
in helping distance, the Coast
Guard reported. The Coast Guarc
said it was paging other vessels
in the area to determine theil
positions.
A raging storm covered the
whole area around the tanker,
revolving about a center about 5oC
miles to the north of the Fort Dear
born's reported position.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
Punishment To Georgia
Faces Tar Heel Booster

She had been brought into the
court because she had failed to
comply with a judgment handed
down by Judge Luther Hamilton
at the February term of Superior
Court.
That judgment was that she was
to leave North Carolina by March
l, Or go to Woman's Prison for
two years. She had been convicted
of public drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct and being a public
nuisance.
Her pleading with the judge
Tuesday - in which she Said she
wanted justice done - had its
weight with Judge Williams. After
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and while one held a gun on Nc
Nair the other went behind the
counter and took $65 in cash from
the cash register.
After this was accomplished,
McNair reported, the two men
took him to a room on the second
floor and there bound him with
a small manila rope and two
handkerchief.
They did a poorsj job of the tying,
McNair reported, and he was
loose in a few minutes. McNair
stated that he was unframed by
the binding, but was considerably
scared. He reported that he die
not recognize either man, but he
detailed description of the pair.
was able to give detectives a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
House Passes
Spending Bill
MEASURE Carries 30 PEI
Cent Increase For
School Teachers
STATES LARGEST
Lively Debate Takes Place
Over Figures On Sal
aries Boost

RALEIGH, March 12-(P)-Beat
Inc down all but minor amend
nents, the House today passee
on second and third readings the
biennial appropriations bill calling
for the pending during the next
two years of approximately $751;.
mo, 900, the largest spending bill
in the states history.
The House also passed the bi.
.nnjal revenue measure en- second
reading again after removing from
the measure an amendment by
Rep. Odus Null of Cleveland
which would have dried up beer
md wine sales in Cleveland.
Before approving the appropri-
atoms measure and sending it on
TO the Senate, the House turned
down by a roll call vote of 70 to
% an amendment by Rep. George
Uzzell of Rowan which would have
boosted appropriations for teach
ers salaries from $102, 418, 43O to
slO4, $50, 1853 for the biennium.
Uzzell told the House that his
amendment was designed to in
sure that the school teachers are
to receive a pay increase of at
Leaf 80 per cent.
However, Rep. Arch T. Allen OF
Wake, chairman of the House APP
pr ,5riations committee, presented
figures from the State Board OF
Educatio which purported to
show that the $102, 418, 43O recon-
nended by the appropriations
committee would be ample to al
low the 80 per cent increase.
Supporters of Uzzel's amend
nent had figures compiled by the
N. C. Education association which
attempted to prove that the 80
per cent boost could not be pro-
vided in full unless the additional
s., 1872, 1873 was voted.
During the lengthy debate over
the amendment, every speaker as
serted that he wanted the teachers
10 receive the 80 per cent increase
and the sole issue apparently was
which set of figures the House
was to believe.
Rep. Oscar Barker Of Durham,
a leader throughout the session for
increased pay to teachers, told the
House that we do not want to
leave in doubt as to whether we
have been fair to the school chill
dren Of North Carolina and to the
school teachers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
Thirteen Men Impaneled
In Superior Court
Late Yesterday

The taking of testimony in the
trial of Guy Ganey, 43, Seagate
filling station operator, charged
with the first degree Staying Of
Frank Julius Henderson, "a, Jack.
sonville DRIVEN attendant last Oct
%, will get underway when Super.
ior Court convenes this morning al
$50 a. m.
A II man jury, and an alternate,
were selected last night at, 7:3l
o'clock, after a continuous ses.
sion from 2:30 p. m.
The jury is composed of ]. N
Henry, Jr., H. Verzaal, John T
Watts, E. A. Brown, w. B. Pot.
ter, j. A. Davis, B. c. Bryan, Viii
liam F. Lane, R. A. Register, G
K. Tilden, M. B. Thomas and A
". Ellison. The alternate is j. r.
Fisher.
David Sinclair. who is associated
with Aaron Goldberg, in defense
of Ganey, said that they would
enter a plea of mot guilty. for
the defendant.
However. it was apparent from
their questioning of prospective
jurors yesterday afternoon that the
self-defense angle would play ar
important part in defense argu.
ment.
Both Sinclair and Goldberg en-
phatically stressed the self-defense
angle and asked each man it he
believed a man had a right to kill
another if he felt his own life was
in danger.
Ganey is charged with shooting
Henderson because Of Ganey's
daughter, Rebecca, as the young
man sat in his automobile in front
fr,r@r,od IN, paua Two. CO1. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13

Mrs. Ollie B. SWEET must 60,
She must be banished from her
dearly beloved North Carolina.
The court has spoken.
Despite the fact that she says
she loves North Carolina, and Will
mington in particular, beyond all
telling. North Carolina, and Will
mington, want no further truck
with her that's what the court
order said in effect during the
next five years.
Mrs. SWEET appeared before
Judge Clawson l.. Williams IN
Superior court yesterday. She is
a mild-mannered, middle aged
woman, and she plead for l%eniency
and non-banishment in 4 calm Ano
lmild-mannered voice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
POLICE HOLDING
MCNEAR SUSPECT
Former Guard Detained
For Questioning In Rail
Prexy's Death

PEORIA, ILL.,, March Il. -fPA
A former railroad guard involved
IN a fatal fracas between strikers
and plckets last year was detained
for questioning today about the as.
sassination of railroad presidenr
George P. McNear, Jr., and police
said two possible clues to the slay,
ing had been found.
Roy Daily, SO. of Peoria. who was
in charge Of a squad of Toledo
Peoria and Western railroad guards
who figured in a bloody clash with
strikers at Gridley, ILL.,, in Febru
airy, 1916, was taken to the police
station and his name entered or
the police blotter with the notation
'hold for questioning"
Chief of Police Victor Klarict
said no charges had been flee
against Daily and added he was
emphasizing this.
Meanwhile. Chief of Detectives
Fred Nussbaum said a mans
brown glove and a toe and heel
print had been found beside a tree
some rs feet from the spot where
fMcNear, fiery SIS year old T. P. &
w. railroad president, was killed
by a shotgun blast Monday night.
Believed Trail
Nussbaum said he believed Nc.
Near's slayer had trailed him long
enough to learn his habits and may
have had an accomplish who aided
his escape.
Police took pIaster impressions
of the prints and sent the glove tc
the State Criminal Identification
laboratories at Springfield for tests.
Police said tests could determine
whether traces of burnt gunpowder
were on the glove.
One police theory is that the
killer crouched behind the tree
waiting for McNear to walk within
range.
Daily and three other guards
were acquitted on manslaughter
charges filed after the Gridley fra
cas-, in which two strikers were
killed and three others wounded.
Nussbaum said he was inform
ed Daily no longer was employed
by the railroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
COMMENT ON
TRUMAN TALK

WASHINGTON, March -. -[P-
Congress reacted to President Tru-
mans speech today with both
praise and criticism, mixed with
talk of Hateful consequences. Some
members said they see danger of
war with Russia.
Rep. Eaton (R.-N.J.), chairman
OF the House Foreign Affairs COM
mittee, said:
eve are now face to face with
the necessity of choosing and &C.
cepting the responsibilities that go
with that choice - between slavery
and freedom as the foundation OF
the new world civilization"
Eaton said II certainly am 60
ing to support the loan proposal,
but he predicted :'the most violent
opposition"
Senator Edwin c. Johnson Cd.
|Colo.) said the speech sounded to
me like an undeclared declaration
of war;" an impression shared by
| Senator Wherry (R.-Neb.); who
said:
st think this means a virtual dec
Ilaration of wal on totalitarian
forces in all quarters of the world.
l don't know that there is any al
tentative"
Rep. Van Zandt (R.-Pa.) COM
mented, Il guess I may as well get
my Navy uniform out of storage
again"
Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), reserv-
ing judgment, said: ,
II do not want a war with Rus
STA. Whether Dur intervention In
Greece tends to make such a wal
more probable or less probable de-
ponds on many circumstances"
/ Continued On Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
WEATHERMAN SAYS
CITY CAN EXPECT
SHOWERS FOR TODAY

Those clear skies will be no
more late this afternoon and to-
night, as Paul Hess, local weather
observer predicts that light rain
will begin to fall.
The forecast also says that to-
day will be slightly warmer than
yesterday with a high of so de-
grees expected,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
PRESIDENT TRUMAN CALLS ON y 8
TO HALT COMMUNISM WORLD MARCH
Asks Aid
For Greece, Turkey
Proposing New, Historic Foreign Policy,
Nations Chief Seeks $500, 000, 900,
Materials For Two Nations

WASHINGTON, March 12-AP)-President Truman,
in a fateful speech to Congress, grimly called on America
today to halt the world march of Communism with money,
materials and military skill.
Proposing a new and historic foreign policy, the Presi-
dent specifically asked $500, 900, 900 to aid Greece and Tur-
hard-pressed Mediterranean bulwarks against the to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: Increasing
oloudiness today ana Friday with not
,auch change in temperature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-13

Continued On Page Two; Col.
The Republican., 1947-01-02
Warns of Cost
If Sherbow Report
Is Passed AS Law

That the Sherbow report would cost
the taxpayers of Maryland $12,50O,-
600 in additional taxes was the warn
ing of the Maryland Public EXpendi-
ture Council issued in an analytical
study Of the tax costs involved in the
reports recommendation While eX-
pressing appreciation for the time and
effort devoted to the public service by
the members Of the Sherbow Commis-
sion, the Council pointed out that the
money proposed to be given Balti-
more City and the counties will re-
duce necessary State revenues, which
must be made up through new State
taXation
The study lists separately the fl
nancial benefits to accrue to the
localities and the losses that the State
government would suffer under the
recommendations of the Commission.
This analysis indicates that without
increasing State expenditures above
those of 1916 for anything except edu-
cation, the State would have to raise
additional revenue of approximately
$4,000, 900"
The Republican., 1947-01-02
NOAH f. HERSHBERGER

Noah f. Hershberger. 81, we'll
known retired farmer, living one mile
north of Grantsville, died Thursday
evening December 26, at mis- home.
Mr. Hershberger was born March
-, 1865, son of the late Emanuel
and Mary Miller Hershbe. ger. Sur
viving are his wife Savila Yode1
Hershberger and the following sons
and daughters: Simon N. Hcrshberg-
er, William, Iowa; Mrs. Elmer D.
Schrock, Grantsville; Mrs. Daniel S.
Lichty, Oakland; Mrs. Sam A. Beachy,
Salisbury, Pa; Elmer N. Hershberg-
er, Springs, Pa; Mrs. Noah s.
Beachy, Meyersdale, Pa; Erwin N.
Hershberger, Meyersdale, Pa; thirty
grandchildren and five great grand
children; two brothers, Mems Hersh-
berger, Samuel Hershberger, and two
sisters, Mrs. Nose Beachy and Miss
Katie Hershberger.
Services were held from the Niver-
ton church of which Mr.. Hershberger
has been a faithful member, on Sum
day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
The Republican., 1947-01-02

Benefits to the localities are sum-
married. as follows:
"To Baltimore, $6,444.449; to coun-
ties and towns, $6,239, 1854; to Mary
land State Fair Board, SIZE, ,493."
Losses to the State government un-
der the Sherbow plan are summarized
as:
"Income axes, 900; racing
taxes, $l,646,O00; admission taxes,
$4,000; business licenses, $1,115,-
600; recordation tax, $550,OOO; State
aid to education, $2,275,0 900; State
roads funds, $4,000; school incen-
tive program (ma%imum), $2,909,-
00O."
The Councils analysis is followed
by the observation that the $l2,00O,-
600 extra which the recommendation
would cost the taxpayers is sum
equal to twice the amount OF income
tax actually collected in 1916 and is
nearly five times the amount raised
from the State property levy in the
same year