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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Warshousemen Pre- die t
Largest Sale Volume In
History Today
. BY JOHN SKIES

WALLACE, Sept. Z. If you're
not chicken-hearted, a buck will
get you a saw-buck if the Wal
lace Tobacco Market dosen't
break all its records for sales in
one day tomorrow.
It isn't considered good Emily
Post to even speak about such
a thing before it happens. Like
baseball players along about the
eighth inning, when their pitch
ing boy has held the opposing
batters to nary a hit since his
opening warm-up, start in dis
cussing how Uncle Sam is going
to finance the Marshall plan.
Anything but the lmminence of
a record pitching feat. A direct
reference to the possibility of a
record being shattered within the
next few minutes is considered
tempting the fates and casting an
evil omen upon what might
See WALLACE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
PRESS OF LONDON
HITS FACIST MOVE
Newspapers Call On Gov
ernment To Suppress
Incipient Campaign

LONDON, Sept. 7 -(R-Cries
of "Heil Hitler" sounded in the
grimy streets of London's slum
districts today while the British
press swung into a campaign
against an incipient Fascist
movement.
Demands for decisive govern
ment action against Fascist
groups, Fascists street orators
and publications smacking OF
the Hitler ideology came from
left-wing and middle-of- -the-road
journals and had the formal
support of the powerful Trades
Union Congress, an alliance OF
100000 working people.
Press commentators took the
view that the movement had
been given impetus by Britain S
See PRESS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
TAR heel CROPS
BRING BIG PRICE
Farmers Receive $175,-
938,000'R 0'Return In First
Half OF Year

RALEIGH, Sept. Z --R-Dur-
ing the first six months of 1947,
North Carolina farmers re-
ceived a total Of $175, 1888, 900 for
their crops, livestock and live
stock products, an increase OF
32.5 per cent of last year, the
Federal-State Crop Reporting
Service reported today.
The 32.5 increase the North
Carolina farmers received dur.
ing the first six months of the
year compared with 81 per
cent increase for the nation as
a whole during the first eight
months of the year, according
to the crop reporting service.
Income Mounts
During the January-June
period North Carolina farmers
received a total of SOB, 142, ,00(
for their crops compared with
$40, ,464, 900 in the same period
last year and livestock and live
stock products brough. in a to-
tai of $67, 796, 900 during the first
six months compared with $751;
800, 900 last year.
Thanks to the multi-n;llior
from the tobacco crop. North
Carolina last year ranked thirc
behind California and Texas ir
the value of its crops. The state
ranked 29th last year in cash
income from livestock and live
stock products, and in overall
income from all farm products
including crops and livestock
the state ranked 18th, the Cro1
Reporting service reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
MEMPHIS BEAUTY
WANTS TO TEACH
New "Miss America" Over
joyed AT Winner: Ma
tional Title For 1947

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 7-P
"A comely Southern belle, Bar
bara 10 Walker, 21-year-old
Brunette from Memphis. Tenn,
began her reign today as "Miss
America, 1947,"
The tall beauty won the title
and a $4,000 scholarship for
any school of her choosing-last
night as a crowd of ID, per.
sons, largest in 26 years to see
the annual pageant, jammet
convention hall.
Miss Walker, five feet sever
inches TALL, hazel eyes weigh
100 pounds, bust "a inches, was
chosen from 81 girls represen
ting 80 states, IA cities ane
Canada.
US. Senator Kenneth Nickel
lar (D-Tenn) was among thu
first to greet the new Mis-.
America following her crownins
by the retiring beauty queen
Marilyn Buferd of Los Angeles
Miss America of 1916.
Miss Walker was so surprised
by her selection as the new
queen that she could do nothing
but smile happily as pageant Of
ficials crowded around her fol
the crowning ceremonies.
But later as she faced a bat
terry of cameras. the new queer
said, II couldn't believe it.
wish my family were here"
See MEMPHIS on Page Twt
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
GEORGIA POLICE
CATCH RUSTLERS
Father, 1S-Year-Old Daug-
ter.In-Law Held On Cat
tie Theft Count

Triton, Ga, Sept. 7 7-W.D-A
motorized cattle-rustling ring
which allegedly included an 18-
year-old girl member was be-
lieved smashed tonight with the
arrest of Frank Collins, Sr., and
his darkhaired daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Joanna Henderson Collins.
They we're arrested in con-
nection with cattle thefts in four
counties in this Georg;a-Florida
border territory which in recent
years has developed into one OF
the biggest beef-producing sec
aons East of the Mississippi.
The Georgia Bureau of Inves-
ugation announced the arrests
ana was also seeking Mrs. Col
uns' husband, Floyd Collins, as
a third member of the ring.
According. to the OBI, the
fms had been making off with
cattle in the dead of night by
marching the animals up a
ramp into a big refrigerated
Iuck M Of the type used by pack
as plants. The cattle were then
'aSen .s to on-the-hoof markets at
.A0any, Moultrie, Tifton, New.
''a and Bogart and sold.
caught At Moultrie
Collins and his daughter-in-
.aH "a. flnally were arrested when
rGey attempted to sell a year
s. lug at Moultrie. None of the
ssuleA ' cattle were branded but
sone e:: had ear-tags for bangs
s~' sseaSe Is inspection and the tags
rul r4I. the OBI on the trail of the
collins family.
no. I0illns was charged with
,"s'lhg, an offense that carries
NV %0 to four year prison term,
ta1, tau his daughter-in-law was
r;.a ,s.o temporarily as a material
n. r,,nesS' Both had signed state
N'en'S' the OBI said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Storm Blocks
E. c. Roads
creenvilIe Hard Hit AS
GA Inch Rainfall Floods
Part OF City

RALEIGH Sept. z -R-Tcr-
...+iaI . rains that fell over much
- Eastern North Carolina last
y; u;eht apparently were centered
'us J.. Greenville where a record
leaking downpour of 9.74
i"ehe< D,s was recorded, the US.
Weather us bureau here reported
today. r:,,.
lacked highways, knocked out
Oi0 Di0ctric power and telephone
sar,ice in sections Of the city,
ss1aoded sL. several houses ano
tdLssmaged tobacco in at least two
.ah.cco auction warehouses,
cheriff sys Ruel E. Tyson reported.
' The Weather bureau reported
+bat the s.74-inch rain was re
corded o1r at the Greenville air
sort W. and that in the town pro.
ps, per a fall of 8.24 inches was
prscorded. The previous record
,or one day at Greenville was
"a se1 inches set in 1917.
~ In other Eastern North Caro-
Ina towns, the Weather bureau
rom renorted the following rainfall
Washington rs inches. Wilson
,71 inches, Rocky Mount 2.77
inches. and Raleigh 2.36 inches,
At the Raleigh-Durham airport
only 10 miles from Raleigh
onlv SO inches fell.
Highway Blocked
The heavy downpour flooded
Greer Mill Run, a creek just
East Of Greenville, and it pour
Cd OFT of it's banks blocking
highway 264 between Greenville
and Washington and Highway
a. between Greenville and New
Bern.
The State Highway Commits
sion reported that Little Greek
about two miles East of Green
vile washed out about 100 fee
Of Highway 264 and a truck
driver for the Raleigh News
and Observer reported that he
drove for nearly five miles be
tween Greenville and Washing
ton with water almost up to the
running board of this truck.
The State Highway patrol ra-
dio here said that a washout al
50 was reported on Highway 900
near Williamston.
At Greenvil1e a railroad I'm
derpass on a street leading to
the Kinston highway was flood.
ed almost to the railroad
See STORM on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Wallace Leaf Mart
ExpectsRec0rdDay
BYPASS BEES

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. :
- R The cops heaved a
sigh of relief today after a
thorough check of city 0rdi-
A householder had COM
planned bees had surrounded
her house and had made it
impossible for her ito 60 out
doors" The cops reported that
their search of the statues fail
ed to reveal any law requiring
them to chase bees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
II KILLED, 80 HURT
In MUNITIONS DUMP
BLAST NEAR MADRID

MADRID, Spain, Sept. z -WD
rThe Spanish news agency
Cifra reported tonight that II
persons were killed and SO in
jured when an army munitions
dump in suburban Alcala De
Henares exploded last night and
destroyed nearby ceramics
factory.
The agency said that 20 per
sons were missing, most OF
them poor poems who inhabited
caves near the dumps. Rescue
workers were hampered by tre-
mendous piles of dirt.
Most of the casualties were
among 30 soldiers guarding the
dump, but four of 81 workers in
the ceramics factory also were
injured. The blast was the sec
ond major military disaster for
Spain within three weeks. A
naval arsenal exploded near
Cadiz on the night of Aug. IL,
killing an estimated $50 per-
sons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

MONTREAL, Sept. 7 = P) -
Through a freak in radio wav-5,
the Montreal Fire department
and the Jacksonville, Fla, po-
lice have been brought close to-
gether-so close, in fact, that
the latter force has repeatedly
instructed all its police cars tc
be sure they are not answering
Montreal fire calls.
Both departments have fre.
quency modulation radio-tele.
phone systems and for some
reason they often get INTO each
others hair, and cars calling
their headquarters are otter
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Publ1psss er'S Statement

to direct the attention Of its read
= o. legibilty Of its type this morning.
80 she Stars ambition increase readibility Of
for long time, but with the and the search
q, o-ed until
The type face Of the developments the
industry is designed solely for reading It eight
point type larger than the old type heretofore used
The Star particularly grafed to offer this improvement
to its thousands of subscribers and in its
in being able to make this cordial
vtaon to the public to visit its greatly expanded quarters
and newly installed equipment all Of which great
er and better newspaper for Southeastern North Carolina
Tuesday and Wednesday open-house
News
The following paragraph set in old type for
parison purposes Note the difference and the new type
the balance of the story is set in.
Editorial society deparments are on
the mezzanine floor Executive. business advertising
cuaton departments the main press
tipping departments floor.
r, Page uuhi
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Senator Predicts
Fight Over Veto
Ball Proposes That United
States Take Lead To
End Power

WASHINGTON, Sept. z-ND-
An early Showdown with
Russia was forecast today by
Sen. Joseph Ball, r., Mimi,
who said it may come over the
veto issue before the United Ma
tions General Assembly later
this month.
stalled the UN by abuse of the
Maintaining that Russia has
stalled the UN by abuse of the
big power veto, Ball proposed
in an interview that the United
States take the lead in restrict
ing the veto right. He ennpha-
sized that UN's role in world
affairs should be strengthened
to help carry out sthe Marshall
European rehabilitation plan.
Reminded that some Aneri-
can officials were loathe to
launch a campaign to limit the
veto power lest such action fl
nally disrupt UN, Ball said he
believed a "don't rock the boat
policy would result in continued
strangulation by Russia's ex-
cessive use of the veto.
Ball voiced his opinion as
President Truman prepared to
return from Brazil and decide
whether Congress should be re-
called to deal with Europe's
economic plight. Ball said he
believed a special session is N
advisable until the administra-
ton is prepared to provide full
information on how far the
United States must 60 in aiding
Europe.
He decried "crisis legisla-
ton" and proposed that Con
gress block any large-scale
commitments until sound plans
Ses SENATOR an pa~e T,yr
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
And So To Bed

North CarOlinas state high
way patrol really has some
polite patrolmen.
One Wilmington driver
will vouch for that. He had .
flat tire at a late hour the
other night and stopped on
the highway to repair it.
A highway patrolman drove
up.
"No sir, he didn't holler
at me-" related the driver.
"Why, instead, he got out
of his car and offered to help
me fix the tire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
"Harn1ess' Shell Blast
Injuries, Six Children

Dan Wilson, as saying he be-
lieyed it to be disarmed and
had been using it as a door
stop. The deputy did not say
where the shell came from orig
inally.
Doyle Cox had an inch and
a half of bone blown from his
leg by the blast, and his seven
year-old brother, William, re-
ceived shrapnel wounds in the
head, abdomen and leg,
Less seriously nurt were Leon
Cox, II; Lola Jean Cox. 4;
Charles Rooney, IS, and Wen
dell Rooney, Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Attorney Blows Lid Off
Bold Racket In Brooklyn
PREDICTS QUAKE

TOKYO, Sept. Z. - R -
The professor who predicted
the disastrous earthquake in
Western Japan last December
now says there will be a"big"
one centering on Tokyo next
December or January "unless
present indications change"
The KyOdo News Agency
quoted the professor, DR..
Seichi Yamaguchi( as saying
he reached his conclusions
by studying tide gauges
placed along the coasts by
the Home Ministry's ge0grap-
hic survey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
JEWS TO RESIST
FORCED LANDING
British Plan To Use Tear
Gas If Necessary AT
Hamburg Today
BY The Associated Press


A group of Jews from the
Exodus 1947 huddled in the rain
aboard the transport Ocean
Vigour gave the first hint yes
terday that they would resist at
tempts of the British to disem-
bark them at Hamburg Monday
and compel their return to Ger
many.
The Jews-the vanguard of a.
300 European refugees who
were baked in their efforts tc
reach Palestine-shouted de.
fiant ''no!" when asked if they
would disembark. The British
said they will use tear gas and
truncheons if the Jews do not
come ashore peaceably.
Their plight evoked wide
spread demonstr ations from
their syrnpathizers, with the
most spectacular occurring in
Paris.
Security ponce IN the French
capital said they had arrested
an American Rabbi, Baruch
Korff, co-chairman of the
A m erican Political Actor
Committee For Palestine, as he
prepared to fly to London with
10000 leaflets threatening re-
prisals on the British for treat
ment of the Exodus Jews.
Rabbi Korff was being held
incommunicado with his pilot
and woman seized with him
In addition the police arrested
10 suspects in a breakdown or
efforts of Stern gang sympha-
thisers to conduct a war of nerves
See JEWS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Sept Z
-(R-A 37-millimeter shell, be-
lieved harmless and used as a
doorstep, exploded today ana
injured six children, two serl-
ously. M
Deputy Sheriff George Mc, :,
CURE said the shell exploded
when 15-year-old Doyle cox
dropped it in the yard OF hls
home. Mcguire ad1ed tnat tne
child had been playing "lfh
it for several days after 1t was
taken to the Cox home by IL
year-ola Dora Jean Wilson.
He quoted Dora Jeans father'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
Jacksonville Police Get
FrenchLesSon By Radio

better heard 1000 miles away.
On a couple of occasions, the
two headquarters have ex-
changed unofficial greetings al
though this is forbidden The
only hitch in the whole affair is
that most of Montreal's conver-
sations are in French
This was the first bnk, be-
cause Jacksonville became in
terested in knowing wnat An
Vous" meant at the end OF all
Montreal French con1munlca-
tions. After vainly trying to find
SEE JACKSONVILLE On Page z
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
PRESIDENT SAILS
ON RETURN TRIP
Truman, Now Enroute Ia
Norfolk Will Become
"Shellback" Wednesday

ABOARD U. S. S. MISSOURI
Sept. 7 -P-President Truman
sailed homeward today from {
weeks mission of peace and
friendship in Brazil, planning &
leisurely nonstop trip direct tc
Norfolk, Va.
Delaying previously-consider-
ed plans for visits to San Juan
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Is
lands, the Presidents schedule
called for arrival in Norfolk Sept
19 and AN overnight cruise tc
Washington where the party viii
arrive in mid-morning Sept. 20.
The Puerto Rico and Virgin Is
lands visits were put off, prob
ably until early autumn, largely
for the purpose Of making then
special occasions rather than in
cidents of the Rio De Janerie
voyage.
lie TIGSluCIlL CdlllC dpOd4 y
this battleship in early Afternoon
after taking part in ceremonies
commorating the 125th ami,
versary of BraziPs independence
from Portugal. With Presiden'
Eurico Gaspar Dutra he review
ed a parade of $4,000 troops a:
the climax to an event-fillec
week which included an addres!
to- the Intra-American Defense
conference.
After farewell honors at tht
dock, to which the Brazilian
president accompanied him, Mr.
Truman boarded the Missouri
to the strains of the "Sta1
Spangled Banner" and the Bra
lillian national anthem. The grea'
ship eased out of the Rio D.
See PRESIDENT On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
The Weather
FORECASTS.

So,p, = FORECAST:
t2ueS bo. oo.a',"!'na-Partly cloudy and con-
Ndelv "O' Monday and Tuesday, few
tsserg scattered afternoon thunder
sr wi, wid,i ,Iiarolina-Partly cloudy with a
hoverss !, scattered afternoon thunder
|sstner stsnonday and Tuesday, slightly
Nv. 'Hohuay, continued warm Tues
!ading 7oeTslcal 7.eos data for the "a hours
'0 @ p, m. yesterday.
lS0 TEMPERATURES
" I'm III ~. 7:30 a. m. 78; 1870 p. m.
|aun n. =; A., M 78; Maximum SO; Mini
~ mean 80; Normal rs.
l3O HUMIDITY
10 7,sN lh' II; 1890 a. m. SO: 1:30 o, m.
''V D. m. 70.
lots, e.. PRECIPITATION
fncbes % hours ending 7:3o p. m
's incbslan since the first of the month
Frcm TIDES FOR TODAY
s. c.. llde Tables published by
y, 's' and Geodctjc Surveys
'Dniasto, HIGH Low
--- 2:J6 am. OILS am
't2ol5oro -, ::52 pm. 11:24 pm
NpS3M n $50; Sunset s:ss: SIS: Mo- Moonrist prhn
Ma. ,Moonset SOP.
sure WEATHER IN p r
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

See ATTORNEY On Page Tw,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
.fternoon and continued warm today;
Tnesday partly cloudy and warm with
afternoon thundershowers
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

See SENATOR ON Page Tv
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

See PRESIDENT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

See JEWS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-08

See WALLACE On Page Two
Evening star., 1947-12-26
Insurance Firms
Escape Paying
AT Income Tax
BY the Associoted Press

Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
said today that nearly all life insur-
ance companies will have no Fed
eral taxes to pay on this years in
come.
This results, he said in state
ment. from 1912 law which this
year brings about the effective re-
moyal of Federal income tax liza
oility from insurance companies" !"
Mr.. Snyder asked that Congress
give immediate attention" to
changing the law to prevent a
repetition of this unavoidable re-
suit"
The Treasury head explained that
the 1912 law fixes formula for
determining what portion OF net in
yestment income may be deducted
by life insurance companies from
tax liability in order to maintain
reserves for the benefit OF policy
holders.
This year, the formula works out
so that the companies may deduct
10066 per cent of their life lnsur-
ance investment income, Mr.. Snyder
said.
Il have no alternative (under tbs
law but to determine such a h&.
ure," he added. !
Evening star., 1947-12-26
jeff Resigns FEC Posi-;
Sterling 10 Succeed Him

E. K. Jett resigned today as a
member of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, effective next
Wednesday. and President Truman
Immediately named as his success
sor George E. Sterling, now the
commissions chief engineer.
Mr. Sterling's appointment, re-
quiring Senate confirmation, will be
for Mr.. Jett's uneXpired term ending
July l, 1850 He is a Republican from
Maine Mr.. Jett is an independent
in politics.
In announcing the Sterling ap-
polntment, shortly after Mr.. Jett
had called at the White House to
present his resignation, Presidential
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross in
dicated a successor to Charles r.
Denny. who resigned as commits
sion chairman some time ago to be-
come a vice president of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., will be an
nounced soon.
Mr.. Jett announced he is going
into the radio industry and expects
to disclose his new position later
today
Mr.. Jett has been with the FEC
and its predecessor, the Federal
Radio Commission, for 10 years. He
was chief engineer of the commits
sion until 1914.
Evening star., 1947-12-26
North Atlantic Coast
Is Covered by Snow;
IA Inches in New Yor|
Blizzard Is Predicted
For New England as
Storm Centers Meet
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. ga swirl
ing snowstorm, intensifying as
the day wore on, blanketed an
area extending from South
eastern New York to Washing
ton, D. c., today with the years
deepest snowfall.
The snow was expected to reach
a depth of to 10 inches in South
eastern New York. BY 2 pm. Ia
inches had fallen in New York City
Philadelphia had more than S.
Six inches were reported in At
lantic City, N. 1.-THE heaviest De-
cember 26 fall there since 1874.
Winds ranging up to so miles an
hour swept New England ahead OF
predicted blizzard. Storm warn
ings were posted all along the coast
as the Weather Bureau predicted a
new snow by nightfall ranging up to
inches on top of Tuesdays 4 to Is
inch fall.
Two Storm Centers Merging.
1t said two storm centers were
merging over the region-one NOV
ing eastward from Michigan, the
other north from Cape Hatteras.
In New York City, trains, buses
and autos moved slowly. All planes
were grounded. Thousands of COM
muters braved subfreezing tempera-
lures and growing drifts to get to
work.
All available snoW-removal work
ers toiled to keep roads and highways
open. In the borough of Manhattan
alone 10000 men were working, with
the aid of 900 large snowplows, 300
scrosswalk plows, so motorized brooms
and 100 sandspreaders.
New York Harbor Stilled.
New York Harbor. generally
bustling with activity, found a few
ships moved with extreme caution,
but most lay to waiting out the
storm. To keep rail lines open,
i thousands of switch fires pin-pointed
the gloom of the storm along the
complex rail systems converging on
the Nations largest city.
SWirling north from the metro
politan area, the storm blanketed
the Hudson Valley. In Albany
which had IL degrees below zero
yesterday in the coldest Christmas
in II years - the mercury had
climbed to IL above.
At 1890 am At inches Of snow
covered the Newark IN. j. airport,
where the Weather Bureau said a
depth of 8 inches was expected.
Evening star., 1947-12-26
BY the Associoted Press

The next IL months should
bring ecord-breaking produc-
ton in the United States and
perhaps an ebb in the tide OF
rising prices, the Governments
top economist reported today.
Given fair crop year, there.
distinct possibility that 1948 will
see an abatement of imitation" saio
DR.. Edwin G.. Nourse, chairman Of
the Presidents Council of Economic
Advisers.
The three major influences on the
economic pulse during the next year
DR.. Nourse said, probably can be
listed in this order:
/. The weather. If wheat, corr
and other crops escape the drought
which hurt last falls harvest, food
costs could lead the way to more
stable prices.
| 2. Labor relations 4 third
round of sizaple wage increases. or
new wave of strikes curtaillng
production, could heighten infia-
tionary pressures.
3. Foreign aid. Depending on
how much help is voted for Euro
pean recovery, exports could make