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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
Rent Controls Will RI
Continued In This Ara.

Rent controls will be continued
in the Wilmington area following
approval by National Housing
Expediter Frank R. Creedon on
a recommendation by the local
rent control board.
! The recommendation, which
was made several weeks ago,
came to light yesterday with an
announcement from Washington
that continuation of the controls
had been granted. The controls
will remain in effect here until
February %, 1913, unless the ma
tional rent control act, expiring
on that date, is continued by
Congress.
Fred Willets, local realtor and
a member of the rent control
board for the area, criticized the
decision, saying that the local
group had not given sufficient
study to the housing situation in
Wilmington before making its
recommendation. He said that
the decision was reached at a
meeting which he did not attend.
Local Board Chairman j. R.
Hollis, county welfare superin-
tendent, said that the board de-
cided that rent control would
find only a few cases of hardship
in Wilmington and that those
could be handled by the local
board.
Other members of the board
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
SUPRI0R COURT
ENDS SESSION
Judge Luther Hamilton II
Preside A second Week
OF Term

Judge Leo Carr sentenced
Charles NORRIS, "a, Nego, to
four years on the county roads
for breaking and entering and
larceny after a jury convicted
him in New Hanover Superior
court Friday afternoon.
The Morriss cas- was the last
jury trial of this weeks court
session, and Judge Carr returned
to his home in Burlington late
Friday afternoon after announc-
ing that Judge Luther Hamilton
of Morehead City will preside at
| Superior court here next week.
Judge Carr ordered the re-
moval of a juror and ordered a
mistrial in the appeal of James
N. Bryant from a Recorders
court conviction of driving under
the influence. The Bryant jury
was hopelessly split after sew
eral hours. of consideration and
appeared to be unable to reach
a verdict.
Bryant pleaded in defense of
his alleged intoxicated condition
that he had been treated by a
doctor for an acute case of food
poisoning. The case was compli-
Gated when the physician who
treated Bryan revealed that the
medicine contained one quarter
of a grain of opium.
The driving under the influ-
ence" charge applies IL either
intoxicating beverages or drugs,
and court observers believed that
the evidence concerning the
opium may have hung the jury.
Attorneys for the Queen City
Bus company, denied their mo-
ton to set aside the verdict in
the Smith Tiencken-Harper suit
for damages arising from an au-
tomobile and bus collision, served
notice of an appeal to the Su-
preme court.
Hearing the motion, Judge
Carr was inclined to agree that
the jury had awarded damages
somewhat excessive in the Har-
per and Tiencken cases and Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
Telephone Company Comes
Through With Its Promise

Mrs. Jones said last night that
she talked with her son for three
minutes" He could have talked
for six minutes, but he wanted to
call his girl at Jacksonville" she
said.
The girl had also been inform
ed by the telephone company
one week before that Jones would
call at 1870 a. m. the following
Sunday morning. The call was
completed at 1:35 a. M, Mrs.
Jones said.
Young Jones has been stationed
in Korea for almost a year and
expects to be transferred about
December l, Mrs. Jones said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01

are Linwood D. Latts, ,.4.
Tide Water Power ccm.. ,s''ss
fetal; Fred E. Poisson ~
DO board member; and Dr. : Asc
Warshauer. Members Of fl. ,;
Doard were nominated BY ,t cd local
nor Gregg Cherry and snn UGvs'.
officially fl c from Washing tppOla'et
The Jacksonville area a'4 !,
left under controls, sccor5 Is also
the Washington annonnoas 70
Chairman B. j, Holleman E n
Jacksonville board. bim. VI Tie
landlord, expressed himsalf 1
time of his nomination a. h a The
ing controls should be left Oele "
said that rent rates WERE . Tl, he
exceedingly high in the Js scsaag
vile area. jackson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01

zone week from today at 1:25
a. m. you will get a telephone
call from your son." Mrs. Lee
land L. Jones, 216 North Fifth
street, was told by the telephone
operator a couple of weeks ago.
Sunday morning at LIS a. m.
exactly one week later, the
phone of Mrs. Jones started to
ring. Mrs. Jones, this is Seoul,
Korea, calling, one moment
please" the operator said.
A split second later Mrs
Jones was talking to her son, rs
Richard B. Jones, who is stationed
at Seoul, Korea, with the 18th
Field Artillery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
WAA ANNOUNCES
PROPERTY SALE
Award To Be Made Daily
AT Harvey Point OF Mis-
cellaneous Property

A competitive bid location sale
Of miscellaneous government sur
plus property will be held at
Harvey Point, November 7. it
was announced yesterday by
Samuel Seldom, manager of the
War Assets administration Gus
toners service center.
Inspection and sale dates will
be from 9 &. m. to IL noon and
the property is located at the
MAS at Harvey Point and the
U. S. Coast Guard air station
at Elizabeth City.
Sealed bids on the property
will be accepted at the loca-
ton sales office at Harvey Point
and awards will be made and
sales c~onsummated daily, when
bid tabulations are completed.
Inspection of the property can
be made and buyers are urged
to inspect the property as fail
IRE to inspect will not constitute
basis for cancellation, refund, or
adjustment, Seldom said.
No priorities will be recognized
at this sale.
The property will be sold on an
Gas Is-Where Is" basis in its
present condition at the location,
with no warranty as to the con-
dition and without recourse
against the government. The full
responsibility for removal Of the
property from its location is up
on the purchaser.
The successful bidder must be
present at the sale and all sales
are subject to the War Assets
administration STANDARD Terms
and Conditions of Sale"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
NEGRO Woman Unhexed
Witchcraft Masters

was staring as if ~transfixed, Their
began poking around the room
Cisolm drew out the brown pack
age and began muttering magic
words over it.
He peeled off the brown paper.
then a red tissue wrapping. He
also tore off layers of purple ano
orange tissue and came at las1
to the heart of the "talisman'
which consisted of a dead spider
a dead fly and a lodge pin.
Chisolm drew out the bron pack.
Negro that the "hex" had now
been uncovered and could bother
her no longer. She promptly
snapped out of it and walked
outside.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
BEACH OFFICIALS
PASS LOADING ACT
Ordinance Adopted Ia
Prohibit Ingress. Egress
To Buses On Street

Carolina Beach aldermen
adopted an ordinance prohibiting
loading and unloading of bus
passengers on the streets and de-
cided to appear in a body be-
fore the State highway commits
sion in Raleigh next Tuesday to
ask that Lake Park boulevard
through the own be widened, in
their session yesterday.
According to Mayor A.. P.
Peay. the bus loading ordinance,
which becomes effective Fehru-
ary 1, 1913, was designed to
force the Queen City railways
to construct a station, planned
some time ago. j..
Local Queen City officials said
that they have been informed
from their Charlotte headquar-
tiers that plans already have been
made for such construction,
amounting to around $25, 900 in
stead of the originally planned
10000, to begin Immediately.
The station will be located on
Lake Park boulevard in the heart
of the town.
On their Raleigh trip, the Car
lima Beach board will seek to
1T immediate action on promised
rect improvements to be I'M
artaken during the slack win
months. Lake Park boulevard,
,hich they want to widen, is
Highway 421 through the Beach.
Other improvements they plan
20 ask for include repairs to
Fourth street and Spartanburg
avenue, over which New Hanover
school buses travel, and making
Canal drive, one of two north
south traffic arteries, a four
inch paved surface instead OF the
..wo-inch surface at present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, Oct. 81. - (9 -
~(USDA)-Butter firm; prices I'm.
changed to two cents a pound
higher; AA SO score 76.5; A 90
75.5; B 70.5-71; c 80 $685.,
Eggs easy; prices unchanged
mostly to IL cent lower on medi-
UNI No. l extras 46-46.5 and one
to two cents higher on standards
at 44-46.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
Six Months RequiredTo
Prepare For Chest Drive

An employees list OF 30O firms,
which have 10 or more employ
ees, is reccpied from the previ-
Gus campaign and sent to the
firms for correction.
While the staff is waiting for
the returns of the lists they start
tipping pledge cards from a file
of $4,000 master cards. The
pledge cards are essential for a
campaign the size of the COM
munity Chest since necessary
funds cannot be raised through
cash donations alone.
The next step begins after the
employe lists begin to return.
The written names are pulled
from a pool of 49, 90 pledge cards
and placed in a special firm en-
velope for each firm.
Upon completion of this pro-
cess, the remaining cards are di-
vided geographically, according
to coming maps, which separate
the cards into three divisions.
The three divisiois, downtown,
residential, and county, are sub
divided into "A teams.
To prevent confusion, two
types of "Stop Cards" are pre-
pared so that prospects assigned
to certain divisions are not soli-
cited again by other workers in
the division.
More than 500 volunteer work.
ers are appointed and listed in
files so they receive due notice
of the kickoff dates and report
meetings during the 80 days be-
fore the campaign gets under
way. ..
Additionl programs of publici-
ty material on the IL Red Fea-
Their services are prepared and
distributed in tn. rre-campa'gr
month along with written in
structions for each division IN
the campaign. One division fold
err of Instructions does not apply
tn other workers in other divls-
ions.
A speakers bureau program IS
organized with feature programs
for radio stations.
Over 10000 red feathers, a
trademark of the drive, are
counted out in packages Of ~
and 20 each for each solicitor by
the Girl Scouts.
A comic book supplement is
prepared later for distribution
to school students. These are is
sued to the students for their
educational value and to train fu-
ture citizens and campaign lead
erS.
Volunteer workers of the Girl
Scouts and their elders recruit
ed through the Social Service
League handle a majority OF the
counting and packaging of sup
plies.
Volunteer Boy Scouts distri-
butte posters, flags, and banners
over the city for publicity.
These operations are done ac-
cording to a carefully worked
out schedule, timed to coincide
exactly with various divisional
kickoff dates of the campaign.
When the campaign begins,
another major task is checking
and tabulating returns of each
division to credit the results OF
volunteer solicitors.
Local accountants and bank
employees are recruited to help
in counting the receipts and
tabulating results.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
Ala, Oct. 81

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 81
-W.H- Detectives M. S. CHS
ohm and E. Y. Lacey applied for
a masters degree in voodoo
witchcraft this Halloween.
The officers were assigned the
case of a Negro woman who said
she had been put under a SPELL
by a white woman and could not
move a muscle.
They put their heads together,
then went to the woman's house
carrying a brown paper parcel
which they secreted behind a
dresser while the "hex" victim
wasn't looking.
They spoke to the Negro, who
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Oct. 31-(AP)-
(USDA)-Potatoes: arrivals 104,
on track 247; total U. S. ship
ments 1888; supplies moderate;
demand moderate; market for
Russets and Reds firm to slight
ly stronger, steady for others;
Idaho Russet Burbanks 81. IS;
Nebraska Bliss Triumphs $3.50;
Washington Russet Burbanks
81. 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
CLUB GUEST SPEAKER

John A. Courtney, Jr., Of
Whiteville, will be the guest
speaker at the Ogden Civic club
Tuesday night, November 4, at
7:30 o'clock. Courtney is deputy
district governor of the Civitan
Clubs of North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01

Floating laboratory vsl which will demonstrate modern navgatonala aids to manne personnel
n the Cape Fear River will arrive at the Custom House PIER wilmington sunday mmoMms
The vessel naWgat@ restricted wars by raar and locates its position at sea by lon IN IRON rom
three to five minutes regardless of weathG conditions Beginning MONDAY The floating a norsay
R. B. Page publisher Of the shrNews and charman Of the State Ports Authority has a%ept1d
an invitation to make one of the trip City Manager J. r Benson, Mayor L. White and Fe
Chief J. L. Groom have indiatedt their dene to make the first trip Monday morning as gs
dteS pryC Company Invhatonsh nave also ens sent to Governor r. Gregg Cherry, hon. CnnS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01

The Great Lakes, by filtering
ut silt, make the st. Lawrence
UGH a clear stream that 1t mas
not built a delta.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Caps Use Stag tactics
To Score First Time
In Basket Playof
By Bill Fuchs

The Capitols can take it on their
chins and bounce back. Beaten
three straight by the Stays In the
Basket Ball Association f1rst-place
playoh series, they stepped out last
night at Uline Arena before 3.826
fans to give the Chicago club .
1860 licking and remain In the
fight.
Capt. Bob Feerick, looking hap
pier than he has since the series
started, remarked after the game,
I'VE came out there with three de-
feats against us and the crowd still
gave us a big hand. That helped q
lot, for it gave us the spark to
hustle"
None OF the Caps would make any
prediction concerning the remaining
games. "We1l take 'em as they
come" said Feerick.
The Caps beat the Stays at their
own game last night. Bones Nc.
Kinney and John Mahnken 'mus-
cled in" under the basket and on the
floor to break up the Chicago attack.
Mahnken dropped in baskets from
almost every position on the floor
and, when he left the game on per-
lsonal fouls in the last period he had
contributed 18 points to lead the
Caps scoring.
Don Carlson, whose long-distance
set shooting was thing Of beauty.
and Max Zaslofsky led the scoring
with 81 points each, but the .other
Chicagoans just didn't have 1t.
The clubs now 60 to Chicago for
Ia game tomorrow and If necessary q
sixth one Sunday. Should the Caps
win the next two the decisive series
contest will be staged here Tuesday.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Flanagan, Maryland Turf
Group Leader, Resigns
By the Associated Press

BOWIE, Md, April II. - The
Maryland Horse Breeders Associa-
tion today had the resignation OF Its
president, Joseph r. Flanagan Of
IMonkton, who said he was stepping
down due to his recent appointment
as Maryland racing commission
steward.
Best known as the breeder of Kent
Miller's Elkridge, voted the steeple-
chase horse of the year in 1916,
Flanagan is a widely known figure
in horse breeding circles.
He called his first term position
with the racing commission ''in-
compatible" with other official po-
sitions in thoroughbred racing.
A successor to the presidency Of
the Horse Breeders Association Is
expected to be named at the annual
meeting Of the organization at Pin-
lico May Z, Field Secretary Humph-
rev Finney announced.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Sketches Of Griffs Who Make
Debuts in Capital tomorrow

Has fast ball that sizzles and
the Mats feel he will help in relief
jobs.
INFIELDER EDDIE YOST-
No rookie in the strict sense, ne
Is comparative stranger to Cap
ital fans. He hit 100 in few
games with the Mats last season
and would prefer to be farmed
out and play regularly but under
the CT Bill of Rights he must
hang around until June Is. A
trim, 20-year ar-old third baseman,
Eddie is q New York resident;
bats right and Is visioned by the
Mats bosses as a future regular.
PITCHER TOM FERRICK--
Burly right-hander who has seen
service with Philadelphia, Cleve-
land and the st. Louis Browns,
with whom he won four games
and lost one last year. Recog-
nized as one Of the leagues bet
ter relief pitchers, Tom was
picked up by the Mats on waivers.
A 200-pounder who scars 6 feet
2 inches, he'll be steady occu-
pant of the Mats bullpen and the
man most likely to be summoned
to duty when Washington's
starters find the going rough.
n II
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Eastern, Blair Mines
Take School Games

Eastern, Montgomery Blair and
Bethesda Chevy Chase High Schools
chalked up wins in yesterdays
scholastic baseball play. Eastern
nosed out Episcopal, 81; Bethesda
downed Rockville, 1873, and Blair
won over Friends, 15-5.
Bernie Myles' home run with a
runner on in the last of the eighth
gave the Ramblers their second
victory of the season, while Parker
Kirby's three-hit pitching was the
big factor in B1air's win.
| Ed Wratten Of Rockville coll
lected three of his teams five hits,
but Bethesda put on a six-run rally
in the fourth inning to sew up
the game. Bethesda's Don Benson
led the winners with two safeties.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Next Dodger Manager
is PuzzIing Hickey
las Well as Fans
By the Assoeiaisd Press

NEW YORK, April 11.-Baseball's s
latest guessing game-wh WILL man
age the Dodgers? in full swing
today as speculation sought to locate
Ia successor to the exiled Leo
tDurocher.
Branch Hickey, president OF the
Brooks, provided some fuel for the
tanning bee with his comment that
l"any of the three coaches or even
some one outside the organization"
could be named manager OF the club.
And while Hickey professed to be
completely stumped in providing
ANYTHING more definite, the rumor
mill buzzed with the mention Of such
possible candidates as Joe Mccarthy
former manager of the New York
Yankees; Bill Terry, ex-pilot OF the
Giants, and frankie Frisch, who quit
the Pittsburgh Pirates last year.
McCarthy's Health Handicap.
Mccarthy, In retirement since
early last season, is reported not IN
the best of health and it is doubted
whether he could be induced to take
the job for even as much as one
season. Terry is in private business
In Memphis, Tenn, while Frisch' Is
embarking on a job OF broadcaSttng
the Giants games this season.
Hickey always has liked Terry, who
won three pennants and one world
championship for the Giants, and
the Dodger prexy is known to have
long admired the astute McCarthy's
methods.
Immediate speculation centered on
the Dodger coaches, Clyde Suke-
forth, whom hickey has appointed
to serve as pilot ''pro tenn; Ray
Blades and Jake Pitler-none OF
whom is reported to be particularly
anxious to step into the drivers
seat.
Sukeforth said yesterday, how
ever, that he" s"did not want the job"
for the entire season, and Blades,
former manager of the st. Louis
Cardinals, Clipped in with "they
would have to draft me. I'm happy
where I am"
Wants Pilot by Tuesday.
Clay Hopper, boss Of the Dodgers
Montreal farm, confessed, however,
that "a man would be foolish not to
take the job If 1t Is offered to him."
Hickey said that he hoped to name
q manager by opening day next
Tuesday, but that 1t was possible
it still won't be done by then" He
added, II have only one thing to say
regarding the new manager. 1t
definitely will not be one OF the
present players on the club
Evening star., 1947-04-11
BY a Stuff Correspondent Of The ssor


GREENSBORO, N. c., April II.
-Thumbnail sketches OF new
Mats who will make their debuts
at Griffith Stadium tomorrow
when washington battles Balti-
more in an exhibition game:
PITCHER LUMAN HARRIS
A Birmingham boy happy to
escape from the Alcatraz of the
American League; ladeiphia.
A 32-year-o1d highlander, Lum
had one winning year in five sea
sons with the Athletics, when he
won 10 games and lost 9 in 1914
before entering the Navy. Slated
strictly for relief roles.
OUTFIELDER EARL WOOTEN
The Mats handyman. He may
be the best defensive outfielder in
the league, in addition to which
he plays a fiashy first base. A
slender, curly haired blond,
rootin'-tooting' Wooten is a re-
spected semipro basket ball play
er.. Native of Palzer, S. G.,
Wooten hit .316 and .312 in last
two seasons with Chattanooga.
where he established himself as
the most spectacular fielder in
the Southern Association.
PITCHER SCOTT CARY-Sid
Hudson made the leap from Glass
D Florida State League to the
Mats in 1910 and Cary hopes to
duplicate the feat. A small, red
haired southpaw, Cary has only
grammar school education. He
abandoned school to help raise
gladioluses on the family's 375-
acre farm at Burr Oak, Mich. The
Mats plucked him from Joe
Strips baseball school, where
he had been sent by his father,
an avid baseball fan who died
last summer. One of 10 children,
Scott won 26 games and lost Z
with the Mats Orlando club last
year and was impressive in spring
drills after Coaches Nick Altrock
and Rick Farrell taught him to
throw a curve.
INFIELDER MARK CHRIST
MANIC suddenly has become
the key man among the Mats.
II he can handle shortstop ac-
ceptably the Mats may finish
high in the first division. Lum
Harris says Christman chiefly
was responsible for the st. Louis
Browns winning the pennant in
1914. No percentage hitter,
Christman nevertheless is re-
spected at the plate. Hes q
pesky hitter and great COM
petitor," says Bobo Newsom.
PITCHER LUTHER KNERR--
A 210-pounder, Knerr Is Is
pounds lighter than last year and
came to the Mats with Harris In
a deal that dispatched Outdelder
George BinkS to Philadelphia
Evening star., 1947-04-11

er, 1853; Dizzy Trout, 17-13; Virgil
Trucks, 14-9; Freddie Hutchin-
son, 14-11; AL Benton, 11-7; Stub
by Overmire, ST., and Rufe Gen.
try, John Corsica, Ted Gray, Art
Houtteman, Walt Pierce and Hal
White.
'Tf only Mayo's back holds up"
murmers ONeill, "and If We get
protection at first base, and if
Wakefield and one or two others
hit q little better, we may take 1t
all. We should have done it last
wear" -STANN.
Evening star., 1947-04-11

Their second baseman, Eddie
Mayo, has trick back which acts
up from time to time. Otherwise
they are well set, what with
George Kell at third and Eddie
Lake at shortstop.
Another big question has to do
with the successor to Hank
Greenberg as q run producer.
When Greenberg was sold to
Pittsburgh during the winter the
Tigers were depriving themselves
Of a fellow who, despite his ad-
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Owen Loses Legal Move
lin Suit Against Pusquel
BY the A.seeioted Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, April IL
Federal Judge Albert Reeves has
denied Mickey Owens motion for
a default judgment in the ex-major
league stars $93, ,908.66 counterclaim
against Jorge Pasquel, Mexican
League baseball magnate.
At the same time, Judge Reeves
continued the case until June 16,
the date of his next term of court.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
HOW THEY'LL FINISH
Tigers, I'd

vancing years, still drove across
1877 runs. Somebody must I'LL
Hanks shoes. Even with Green
berg the Tigers still finished IL
games behind the Red Sox.
ONeill's nominee, at the mo-
ment, is big, cocky Dick Wake
field, the left fielder who always
look as II he'll challenge Ted
Williams for slugging honors but
who hit a disappointing .268 last
season. Better outflelders are
young Hoot Evers and Pat Null
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Sports Mirror
by the Assoeiatsd Press

Today a year ago-Assault won
the Experimental Handicap by
four lengths before 30,936 fans at
Jamaica.
Three years ago-Barney Ross,
former welterweight champion,
was given a medical discharge
from the United States Marine
Corps.
Five years ago-The st. Louis
Cardinals were selected to win
the 1912 National League pen
nant in the Associated Press an
nual preseason pennant poll.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Pro | ennis Stars
On Display | onight
picture on Pdge C-j.}

=
Professional tennis makes .
one-night stand at the Uline
Arena tonight with Frank Kovacs
out to make 1t two straight over
Bobby Riggs, the pro champ. in
the feature match.
The supporting card viii in-
clude g match between Carl Earn.
the ,inorthodox SHOEMAKER and
George Lyttleton Rogers, the s.
foot-9 ex-Irish Davis Cup player.
Rogers and Riggs win pair
against Kovacs and Earn In .
doubles match. The preliminary
singles match viii start ct $3.50.
Kovacs defeated Riggs In Troy.
N. r., last night and viii be out
to make 1t two straight.