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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Solicitor Hopes To Dispose
OF Gurley Case Latter
Part OF Week

The May term of New Hanover
Superior court will open this morn
ing with Judge Clawson Williams,
OF Sanford, presiding, it was an
nounced last night by Clifton L.
Moore, district Solicitor.
1T will take about three weeks
to catch up with the docket"
Moore said, but added that he
does not plan to ask for a special
session. I'VE will have regular
terms of court for the next three
months and I nope to be able to
dispose of the large docket without
calling the special term" he stat
ed.
Sixty-eight cases are on the
docket for trial this week. Solici-
tor Moore said he would get as
many as possible"
Solicitor Moore said the case
of Leon "Scooper'' Cause, Bruins
wick county Negro charged with
the murder of a white man, will
not be tried at this term. Cause is
a patient at the Goldsboro state
hospital and the doctor there has
advised Moore Cause will be I'M
able to stand trial this term OF
court.
Gurley Case
The trial of H. L. Gurley, former
Wilmington policeman, on three
charges of store breaking, lar.
ceny and receiveing will be dis
posed of at this term, Moore said
'I hope to dispose of the Gurley
case late in the week." he said.
Docketed for Wednesday is the
murder case against j. B. Brown,
white, charged with knocking PAU
Bostic, Negro, off a boat into the
Cape Fear river. Bostic lost his
life in the fall. 8
The case against Cordell Will
liams, 80 year-old Negro, who is
suspected of being the elusive
Cat Man" will not be heard unit.
the June term of criminal court,
Moore said. Williams, who is
charged with burglary, is being
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
ROUTED
BY HUSBAND, WIFE
Roseville Com
Couple Disarm Masked
Housebreakers

ROXBORO, May 11-(P-Three
young masked bandits were par
tally foiled Saturday night about
1920 in their attempt to rob Roger
Crumpton, farmer of the Rose
vile community, and his guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Solomon in
the Crumpton home.
The robbers were routed from
the home after a tussle with the
two men and Mrs. Solomon and
were able to get away with only
so cents and two empty billfolds.
They were forced to leave behind
a switch blade knife and two pis-
tolls of the U. S. Army As and
a P-33 German make weapon.
According to Crumpton the three
men pushed a gun into his stomach
and forced MIN back into his front
room after he answered a knock
at his front door.
Tackles Bandit
Two Of the bandits began a
search of the men for valuables
while one of the trio made a search
of the house. Mrs. Solomon, it was
reported, snatched her husbands
billfold from his hip pocket and
tossed it behind the sofa to keep
the bandits from getting it but
was eyed by n of the masked
men.
He was tackled by Mrs. Solomon
when he leaned over to retrieve
the billfold and in the ensuing
struggle she was able to take the
bandits gun.
With the move by Mrs. Solomon
both Solomon and Crunlpton, tackl-
ed a bandit and were able to make
them scurry from the home. A
bullet from the pistol taken by
the woman entered the ceiling OF
the home after discharging in the
battle for the weapon.
Mrs. Roger Crumpton, her chill
Continued on Page Two: Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
q TAXI DRIVERS
FACE MASS TRIAL
Three Other Greenville
Men Go Before Jury
Today For Lynching

GREENVILLE, S. c., May II -
R - Thirty-one Greenville men.
including % taxi drivers, will go
INTO court here tomorrow to face
charges in a mass trial growing
out Of the Feb. II lynching Of a
Young Negro who had been arrest
ed in connection with the fatal
.taboing and robbery Of another
Greenville taxi driver.
The defendants were indicted
early in March by the county
grand jury on fou~ counts, murder.
conspiracy to commit murder, and
oelng accessories before and az
ter the fact.
All were arrested in a whirl-
WIND four-day roundup after the
negro, Willie Earle, "a, was TAX
en- rom the nearby Pickens county
,an BY an unmasked mob, and
.a'er was found beaten and shot
y death beside a little-used
%'reenville county road.
Al an inquest, Solicitor Harry
AShmore, who is in charge Of
hE prosecution, read statements
AoLi 70 of the accused, in which
mss admitted participating in the
SIeale9 or less degree in the seiz-
ure Of Earle and his rmoval from
NE Pickens jail.
license efforts to delay the trial
Ie oVerruled last week by Judge
nooert Martin. Jr., who order
Ne case called at 10 a. m. to-
u%feenville attorneys said they do
lu' recall a similar case with SO
urge a number Of defendants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
PLANE EXPL0DES
KILLING CREWMEN
TWA Constellation Bursts
In Midair, Crashes Into
Delaware Bay Sunday

CAPE MAY, N. j., May 11.-B
"A TWA Constellation exploded
in midair and crashed into Della
ware bay today, killing four per-
sons.
Although r fishermen
reached the scene, near Brandy
wine Shoal lighthouse, shortly after
the crash, all they found were a
few splinters of the plane, some
bits of flesh and several articles of
clothing.
TWA offices at New Castle, Del,
identified the dead as:
Patrick s. McKierman, Pomeroy,
Wash.
Robert E. Weeks, Hockessin,
Del.
Luke vollack, Jr., Cheyenne,
Wyo.
Martin Heller, Baltimore.
The Civil Aeronautics admins
tration in Washington said the
plane left New Castle at 7:09 a. m,
Eastern Standard Time, on a rou-
tine local training flight. The
Coast Guard reported the crash
occurred at 8:45 a. m.
The keeper of the lighthouse,
about ten miles West o. here, said
he heard a plane flying low and
then an explosion. AS he ran out
side, he said he heard two more
explosions and then saw the
wreckage 200 yards south of the
lighthouse.
The plane disappeared from view
almost Immediately, leaving little
evidence of the tragedy by the
time the fishing boats reached the
scene. The Coast Guard dispatch
ed two boats to the scene from
Cape May and Lewes, Del.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
LOCAL GIRL TO BE
PRESENTED IN CONCERT

GREENVILLE, May 11.-Sally
Margaret Johnston of Wilmington,
senior at East Carolina Teachers
college, will be presented by the
college department of music in a
graduating voice recital in the
Austin auditorium on the campus
on this evening, at eight o'clock.
She is a pupil of Dan E.. Vornholt
of the College facult. has studied
music during her four years at the
college here, and is we'll known
both on the campus and in the
city as a singer. Accompanying
Miss Johnston will be Mrs. Karl v.
Gilbert of Greenviile.
The first half hour of the recital
will be broadcast on the weekly
radio program presented by the
college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
HITS
SOUTHERN ITALY
Three Persons Lose Lives,
Forty Hurt At Calabria;
Palm Springs Jolted

ROME, May 11-R-Three per
sons were killed and 40 injured
today in an earthquake which
wrecked buildings and caused
widespread damage in Calabria
and other parts of Southern Italy.
The temblor, which also struck
Sicily. was felt most severely at
Isca Culionio where two persons
were killed and most Of the other
casualties occurred. The other
The other fatality occurred at
Santa Caterina. Dello Ionic.
The Italian news agency Ansa,
which tabulated the casualties,
said about u towns and villages
were damaged.
The quake rocked the city of
Catanzaro at 1874 a. m. (2:34 a. m.
Eastern Standard Time) and caus-
ed panic among the populace,
Ansa said. A church wall collapsed
at Badolato and buildings were
damaged at Satriano.
Seismic disturbances also were
felt in two other parts of the
world during the weekend.
(The Central Meteorological OBJ
servatory said in Tokyo a slight
quake was felt at 6:35 a. m. (4:35
p. M, EST, Saturday. in Northern
Kyushu and Western Shikoku, but
that no damage was reported by
japanese islanders.)
CA mild earthquake shook the
Palm Springs, Calf, area short
ly after midnight. EST Saturday,
but caused no damage).
The Italian shock also was fell
at Reggie Calabria and Cosenza'
both in Calabria, and in the Mes
sina area of Sicily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Cases Dot
Superior Court Docket
MAY BE so!

PITTSBURGH, May IL - up
= In spring a young mans
fancy may turn to thoughts of
love - but not On the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh campus.
Goods have received a per-
sonal letter from Dean Of WOm-
en- HELEN Rush asking their CO.
operation in keeping romance
off the lawn.
Saying some students have a
tendency "tos embarrass others
by too personal a relationship
with men in public" the dean
added:
with the coming Of spring
this may be carried out to the
lawn"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
CHERRY PRAISES
STATE HOSPITALS
Governor Urges Citizens
To Join Him In Honoring
Stats This Week

RALEIGH, May II - () - In
a statement issued in connec-
ton with the observance. of North
Carolina Hospital week, which
begins tomorrow, Governor Cher
ry today lauded health legisla-
ton enacted by the 1947 General
assembly and praised the services
which hospitals have rendered to
the states citizenry.
Said Cherry il his statement:
LAS governor of North Carolina,
/ desire to express words of
praise and official appreciation
for the splendid work and excel
lent service the hospitals and
their staffs have given to the
citizens of the state. l congratu-
late the North Carolina Hospital
association on its splendid record
OF achievements brought about
through continued efforts to give
the people of the state the best
in hospitals and medical care.
Service Praised
Handicapped by shortages of
materials and greatly understae-
ed, the hospitals gave to the peo-
pie of North Carolina during the
war years the service essential to
their good health as far as was
humanity possible.
ST rejoice with the ~citizenry of
the state over the passage of ex-
cellent health legislation by the
1947 General assembly. Through
their progressive action, it is our
hope that hospital and medical
facilities will soon be available
tor every North Carolmian no
matter in what remote corner of
the state he may live.
Il ask that the citizens of North
Carolina join me during this week
to pay tribute to our hospitals and
their stats and the doctors and
nurses of our state. May their
splendid work continue and may
our state be a leader among the
48 in good health and good hos
pitfalls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
TWO YOUTHS LOSE
LIVES IN CRASH
Small Plane Falls AT
Bishopville Airport
During Air Show

BISHOPVILLE, S. c., May II -
U.D A small private plane
crashed and burned at the Bishop
vile airport today and its two &C.
cupants, Alex Folsom of Bishop
vile and Lawton Bailey of Char
lesion, died in the flaming wreck
age.
Witnesses said the plane fell out
of control from 100 feet altitude
as it banked at the edge of the
airport. Bailey had flown here
from Charleston to spend the day
with Folsom. Both we're in their
ear1y 20's.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Pro-Zoiiniists
Blast Arabs
Nation Associates Charge
Delegates To UN Were
Axis Saboteurs

,LAKS SUCCESS, N. Y, May II
-ug-A pro-Zionist organization
charged tonight that former Axis
.~ollaborators, saboteurs and spies
NOW sparkplug the Arab Delegation
tn the United Nations meeting on
Palestine.
The charge came from the Ma
finn Associates, which is headed
nv Freda Kirchwey, editor of the
Nation Magazine, and Frank P.
Graham, president of the Univer-
,ity of North Carolina.
The Associates in q 75-page
memorandum to the UN General
assembly and its political COM
nittee, protested particularly
against the war records of the
Grand Mutt Of Jerusalem, and
Wasef Kamal and Emil Ghouri,
two of his followers now attend
inc sessions at Lake Success.
The Mutt, as head OF the Arap
higher committee, directs Arab
strategy from his exile in Carlo.
The memorandum submitted to
I'm included photographs and
pbotostatic copies of letters link
Ing him with Adolph Hitler and
otber Nazi big-wigs.
The memorandum accused him
Of accepting Nazi money to back
an anti-British Arab revolt in the
Middle East during the War. The
Mufti spend much CT the war in
Berlin, the memorandum pointed
out, and planned Axis propaganda
to Middle East Arabs and to fell
bw-Moslems in India.
Ghouri Record
About Ghouri, the secretary OF
the Arab higher committees dele
ration to UN, the memorandum
stated:
"a report of the British general
service of intelligence on Dec. l,
1871, listed Emil Ghouri as one
Of a group who are responsible
for propaganda, intrigue, and
ubversive activities inside and
outside Iraq.' He is the "
ganizer and political leader OF
the underground Arab army, and
4, alleged to be one Of those re-
,ponsible for internal terror against
Arab opponents of the Mutt and
Arabs who sell land to the Jews
Tin P~alestine)."
About Kamal, the National AS
Sociates wrote:
During the first part of the wsr,
he remained in Turkey as an agent
Of the German secret service from
which he received a alary. In
1913, ne N.nt to Italy and Ger
many where he served as one OF
the closest collaborators Of the
Multi
The memorandum also noted
that Rasem Khalidi. appointed as
one of the Arab Higher committee
representatives at UN, had been
refused a United States visa be-
cause of his war record.
Copies of the protest went to
Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil, presi-
dent Of the General assembly; and
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Aid
ProgramWide
Secretary Marshall Gird DIS
For Crucial Battle With
Congress Over Plan

WASHINGTON, May 11-UH-
of State George c. Mar
shall is girding for a crucial early
summer test with Congress over
President Humans new foreign
policy.
The showdown will not come on
a dozen or more pending issues,
all important and part of the pic
ture, but rather or whether Con-
gres and the public will be willing
to foot the munti-million dollar
bill that carrying out the Truman
Doctrine" will require.
The Greek-Turkish aid bill will
complete is difficult and some
times stormy voyage through Con-
gress this week and before another
weekend should be signed and
part of the law of the land.
But it is only a beginning-both
financially and geographically.
Its $500, 600, 900 admittedly will
take care only Of the immediate
political, economic and military
problems in Greece and Turkey.
It applies directly only to one
tiny, although strategic, corner of
a war-sick world crying for help
to get back on its economic feet
and threatened with Communist
pressure and influences if it
doesn't get such aid.
Lend-Lease Project
Before many weeks pass, the
administration will have to lay be-
fore Congress and the country an
appeal for economic aid program
global peacetime lend-lease
project-which will make the
Greek-Turkish plan look small in
comparison.
France, Germany, Austria. Italy,
Great Britain, Korea, China, ia
pan, these and all other countries
outside the Soviet Orbit, are lined
up in varying degrees OF eco
Continued on Page Two. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12

WASHINGTON, May II - (P-
The Army's "effects bureau mas
sent a lot of heart-break in small
packages to mothers and wives
the little trinkets and personal
belongings of soldiers who didn't
come home from the war.
1t also has found the owners
or heirs to about $S,oOo,oo IN
money.
This biggest ''lost and found de-
nartment," a unit of the Quarter
master corps with headquarters
al Kansas City, expects TO COM
plete this year most OF the WORK
on which it started in 1912, the
W. ont said TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
DEP0RT
JEWISH LEADERS
Top Underground
Lieutenants Taken By
Plane To Kenya

JERUSALEM, Palestine, May
11-U.H-British authorities de
SO top Jewish underground
leaders from Palestine prisons to
remote Kenya colony in Africa
today to prevent another liberia
ton attack such as freed nearly
200 captives from ancient Acre
prison last Sunday.
The deportations were carried
out as British ships and planes
opened combined maneuvers in
the Mediterranean to perfect
blockade tactics against an ex-
pected spring flood of Jewish il
legal immigrants seeking entry
to the Holy Land from Europe.
The underground leaders de-
scribed as group commanders of
the Irgun Zvai Leumi and Stern
gang, were taken in Raj planes
tc their new place of detention.
Although others may have been
sent to Kenya before this, today's
transfer was the largest ever car
ried out in a single operation.
Previously the British had ship
ped some captured extremists to
Eritrea in North Africa, where
about 500 now are held, but scme
Of them were able to escape from
their desert camps and it was de-
cided to send them farther away
where they would be out of reach
Of help from the underground.
An announcement of the transfer
said the captives were regarded
as dangerous" and that other
top extremists now held IN La
troun, Acre and Jerusalem pri-
sons also would be sent to new
African detention points
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12

LONDON, May II PCHun-
dreds of spinisters from many
parts of Great Britain, demanding
pensions for single women at 50,
marched today from a Trafalgar
Square rally to No. 10 Downing
street singing their battle song:
'We're a Gallant Band of SPIN
sters, From North, South. East
and West"
The song was sung to the tune
of John Browns Body.
Masses of laughing, singing holl-
day-makers trailed the demonstra-
tors who were prevented from
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Experts Urge
Soviet Talks
Secretary Marshall MAY
Accept Capitulatior IN
Korean UD;' 8


The recommendation will be laid
before Marshall tomorrow and he
is expected to take favorable &C.
ton within the next few days"
AT the same time, administra-
ton officials are preparing to sub
NIT to Congress a program of
large-scale economic aid for the
American zone in Southern Korea
which could be modified" to e;oply
to the entire country if Soviet
American unification talks are
successful.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov, in a note to Marshall
which was made public yesterday,
revealed that the Soviet Union had
abandoned its insistence that only
pro-Communist Korean. political
parties should participate in the
forming of a provisional govern
ment.
Truman Victory
The Soviet acceptance of the
American terms was regarded
generally as a psychological vic
tory for the Truman Doctrine" of
containing Communism by bolster
ing the economic position Of Buff
fer states. 1t also was taken as
confirmation of reports that rapid
ly deteriorating economic condi-
tons in Northern Korea, where the
Russians have been to a great
extent living off the country. make
it advisable from the Russian
viewpoint to seek un~ification.
The Truman administration has
let it be known that it contem-
plates a $40, 600, 900 three-year
program of economic RECONSTRUCT
ton in Southern Korea. This ad-
mittedly is to bolster the position
of democratic elements"
Plan Unchanged
Officials said the Soviet accept
ance has not changed the plan to
ask Congress, in the near future,
to approve such a grant-in-aid.
1t was pointed out that there
was no assurance that the Soviet
American discussions would be
successful for some time, if at
all, and that the economic assist
ance was needed badly in South
ern Korea now.
If and when unification is
achieved, the program could be
modified" to apply to all Of Korea
since the Northern zone is equally
or more in need of assistance, it
was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Spinsters Sing Song
For Pension ShillingS

breaking ranks" by an escort OF
mounted police. Further police re-
Inducements kept order outside
No. 10 while the spinsters de-
livered a copy of their resolution
for Prime Minister Attlee.
Miss Florence White, honorary
organizer OF the National Spin
sters Pension association, said the
government lis compelling many
spins.ers who have already given
more than 40 years service to
their country to 60 working past
their capacity"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Army Sends Heart-Break
In Packages To Mothers

1t still has a large amount of
property stored away while the
quest for ownership goes on but
il has located and paid to the
rlghtful we So, 1925, 1875 of the
So, 1873, or found on hundreds OF
battlefields, in camps or other
places to which fighting men trav-
eled or on their bodies.
The search has been long and
the clues slim in many cases.
The bureau has turned to photo
graphic studios, jewelers., bus
mess firms and schools in its
quest.
fCorti~raI m Pare Two: Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
Tornado Strike In Texas

LENORAH, Tex, May 11-Pr
A small tornado ripped through
this little west Texas farm COM
munity without warning about 6
o. m. tonight, injuring fifteen per-
n and causing extensive prop
ertv damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
ENGINEERS
RETURN TODAY
Group To Be Back This
Afternoon After Tour
On Inland Waterway

A party of U. S. Engineers, head
ed by Col. George w. Gillette, is
expected to return to Wilmington
this morning after conducting a
tour along the Inland waterway.
Col. Gillette said the Corps of
Engineers is making a study of
inlets along the South Atlantic
coast with a view of effecting their
sterilization at the lowest possible
cost.
Members of the group, headed
by Col. Gillette and composed of
the following are making the in
vestigation. Col. R. B. Winner,
division executive officer; C. P.
Under, chief civilian engineer; o.
B. Stewart, of the operations divi-
sion; r 1ackman, reports divi-
sion, g W. Pierce, division of
hydral
The o inspected Masonboro
Inlet lay dlIcI1loOA dL1u yes
terda e at Beaufort and More
head in connection with their
propo, .udies of New t. er and
Bouge IS. They are expected
to leay, S afternoon for Atlanta.
Col. e cite said it is quite
probable tat Masonboro inlet will
be selected for an actual field
demonstration in the general prob
lens of seeking o effective and
economical control of the inlets.
Work there, he pointed out, would
be in the nature of a =" rdstick'
for the current studies.
Facts and observations collected
during the current inspection tour.
Col. Gillette said, will be used in
the overall attack on the inlet
control problem. Coupled with
other information, and valuable
field demonstrations, such as may
be carried out at Masonboro inlet,
they are expected to -orm a real
foundation in seeking a new solu-
ton to the old problem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
TWO filters INJURED
AT WILSON SHOW

WILSON, May II - R - Russell
Sorrell of Raleigh and Joe Pitt
man of Rocky Mount we're injur-
ed - not seriously today when
their airplane crashed during their
first annual North Carolina air
show.
Pittman was giving an exhibition
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
The Weather

FORECAST
,;s5 .tn and North Carolina-Fair ana
njyb. warmer Monday and Monday
nIcb iuesday partly cloudy and not
'lsnge in temperature.
Eastern Standard Time)
by e. S. Weather B~ureau)
,odiae eoloiog crl data for the "a hours
"V pm yesterday.
Ian Temperatures
q, m, 50; 7:3O am, 81; 1:ao pm,
40 pm, so.
Normal 70. o. minimum 4e; Mean 81
"a: "a re, "a; $50 am 10; 1870 pm,
''s0 pm, 4s.
To,,, Precipitation
'o9 inches. 81 hours ending 7:So p. M
s.s t0'al since the first of the month,
FRO Tides For Today
II. vi! the Tide Tables published by
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Nilrn;o, High Low
sui --- 2:40a 1o:1"a
M sopho,. 3:08p 1O:20p
0 inlet ---- 10 goa 6:53a
Slnfsso 12:47p s:35r
-:5Ia, o.4S; Sunset 1904; Moonrise
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Fair and
lightly warmer today and tonight; Tues
day partly cloudy n not much change
in temperature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-12

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