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Evening star., 1947-07-06
A Midsummer Doydreum?

Few things are more notorious than the
fallibility of eyewitness accounts. Within
recent days, from all parts of the country,
have come reports of mysterious missiles
in the air. Dozens of people claim to have
seen them, but there is little or no agree
ment on what they look like. Some say
they resemble huge flying saucers' travel
ing at tremendous speed. Others say they
seem to be immovable. Still others describe
them as being no bigger than twelve inches
in diameter and shaped like footballs or
tiny comets. The only point agreed upon
is that they glitter in the sun. AS for the
rest, we have nothing but the sparsest and
most conflicting testimony
Actually, it is more probable than pos
sible that people have been seeing things
that just do not exist The fact that they
agree on the glitter may mean that they
have merely experienced an optical illu-
sion caused by sunlight falling on the
wings of ordinary planes or causing
momentary flashes on low-hanging clouds
the sort of illusion that can fool any of
us anywhere or make us think we see
strange objects like silvery saucers. 1t can
happen easily. especially if the observer
has been reading news stories about such
missiles" or is sensitive to talk about secret
weapons and to the generally fantastic
nature of our age.
In these days, of course, almost anything
is possible, but our Army air experts have
been at pains to suggest that the recent
rash of eyewitness accounts is pretty much
in class with stories about the Loeb Ness
monster and visitors from Mars. The evi-
dence to date indicates that people have
been letting their midsummer fancies get
the better of them. At any rate, until
there is proof to the contrary let us all
be suspicious of our visions and remember
these words of the Immortal Bard:
Such tricks hath strong imagination,
That if it ,ooutd but apprehend some
joy,
1t comprehends some bringer OF that
joy;
Or in the night imagining some fear,
Ho,p easy is bush supposed a bear!
Evening star., 1947-07-06

among the countries concerned and partly
to the conflicting interests of the major
European powers. Today, the dominance
of Soviet Russia and its ruthless policy of
subjugation has simplified the issue and
rendered possible a moral integration of
oppressed peoples transcending all else.
Evening star., 1947-07-06

sons, and its completion in three months is re-
garded as a great achievement in view Of the
vast expense of territory to be covered and the
iliteracy of the population" Whether the
methodology Of the counting Of noses in the
realms OF the Gear was standard is open to
question. The Soviet government has refused
to cooperate In the world census OF 1850, and
many observers have wondered why.
Featured in the society column Of The Star
of July l, 1897 was an account Of the marriage
of Mr.. Thomas E. Rob-
Robertson -Brockett ertson and Miss Mary
Nuptjols Bracket at Harper's
Ferry, w. Va, two days
earlier The ceremony was performed by the
brides father, Prof. N. C. Bracket of storer
College and was attended by her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Wood Of Lewiston, Me.
Miss Margaret Harton was maid Of honor.
Other members OF the wedding party were:
Miss Grace Robertson sister Of the groom; Mr.
G. j. Bracket of Boston. brother OF the bride,
and Mr.. Erwin c. Bowen. After a wedding
breakfast the young couple departed for
Niagara Falls and points west. They quietly
celebrated their hftieth anniversary at their
home in Chevy Chase last Sunday.
A dispatch to The Star OF July g. 1897. re-
lated how q dog in the Chicago College OF
Dental Surgery had been
Shot, but dressed" in piece Of bullet
NOT Hurt proof cloth" and then had two
bullets from . .44-caliber re-
volver fired at him without sustaining any in
jury. The fabric sllegedly was the invention Of
Casrner Zeglen 4 monk, who was present
when the experiment was staged.
Evening star., 1947-07-06

Biggest news event Of the coming week from
the standpoint of the housewife harsssed by
high meat prices will be the Government corn
crop forecast Thursday.
Some private forecasters have predicted a
corn crop failure because of spring floods and
excessively wet weather in the corn belt.
A short corn crop would spell prolonged
high prices for meat. milk and other dairy
products, poultry and eggs. That's because
corn is the major livestock feed crop.
The Government hopes for . crop Of at
least 5000 900 900 bushels. Production the past
10 years averaged about 2650,000,0 900 bushels.
If Thursdays forecast is for an average or
below-average crop it would be bad news for
the consumer.
BHbo's Future
Effort is in sight to take further action on
the status of Theodore G. Bilbo before ad-
journment of Congress. Bilbo was denied
the oath for his third term in the Senate at
the start of this session after an investigation
of his relations with war contractors.
BY agreement of the Senate, Bibo draws
Senate salary and has an oface stah to look
after his business. One of his friends reports
that his condition, following series OF jaw
operations still Is grave.
Fertilizer
RIO DE JANEIRO.-Dipiomat predict de-
lay in signing of the Chilean Brazilian COM
mercial treaty. scheduled for this week. The
hitch is fertilizer production in Brazil Nitrates
including fertilizer are Chiles greatest indus
try Brazs industry is rising.
Wouen's Work
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Women's Work

1t begins to look as though working women
will hang onto more of the job advantages they
gained during the war than had been expected,
The United States Women's Bureau has
found that for the past few months the hiring
rate for women is higher than that for men.
Evening star., 1947-07-06

Perhaps there is a connection between
Juvenile delinquency and the fact that
the oldtime woodsheds have been replaced
with garages.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Navy Speed attempt

It's fairly likely that within the next few
months the Navy will try for a new world
speed record with its Douglas Skystreak jet
plan. designed te fly around the speed Of
sound (763 miles per hour.
Trouble with retracting the landing gear
enough to eliminate drag Is the hitch so far
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Trade Worries

WELLINGTON, New Zealand. - Finance
Minister Walter Nash is worried about the
United States overwhelming excess Of exports
over imports. He says return to uncontrolled
free marketing would bring repetition of eco
nonc and other international troubles expert
enced after 1929.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
r A l. Some Shadows of Coming Events

(By the World Staff of the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1947-07-06

Hiring rate is the ratio between those hired
and those vorking)
Further, many plants are continuing the
equal pay for equal work. rule. And several
plants which laid of woman workers at first
began calling back the experienced hands as
peacetime contracts got going.
Inter.A NJ erican
MEXICO CITY.-The foreign Office says all
American governments except Brazil have re-
piled supporting in principle Mexico's pro-
posal that an inter- American Constitution"
be considered at the forthcoming Pan Ameri-
can Congress at Bogota. Colombia.
The plan is to incorporate in single docu-
ment all hemisphere resolutions As soon as
Brazil replies Mexico will ask all the govern
ments for permission to make their comments
public.
Vets Insurance
World War II veterans should keep the date
August in mind. Until then national service
term life insurance which has lapsed may
be reinstated simply by paying two months
premiums and signing a health statement.
After that date reinstatement becomes much
tougher.
Trade Worries
Evening star., 1947-07-06


When the matter was heard by Senator Balls
subcommittee, however, this lobby was com
pletely discredited after questions by Senators
Ellender and Murray confirmed the shocking
fact that this group was using Federal money
allotted to the States to influence Congress
against the Presidents plan. 1t was also
brought out, however. that James E. Webb,
the new director of the budget, had disre-
garded Secretary Schwellenbachs recon-
mendation that the Unemployment Compsnsa-
ton Division of the Federal Security Agency
also be transferred to the Labor Department.
This would have made it possible for the
Secretary Of Labor to have co-ordinated the
payment OF unemployment compensation
claims without doing violence to the placement
functions Of the service. The failure Of the
budget director to accept the Secretary's advice
was never convincingly explained.
In the eyes OF many Senators. however. the
most defective aspect Of the order was the
provision relating to the wage and hour ad-
ministrator. The order merely transferred his
duties to the Secretary and included no pro-
vision either for abolishing the otice or pre-
serving it, despite the fact that the recent
Portal Portal Pay Act had given ths
administrator rule e-making power The admin
istrativs order submitted by the Secretary,
accompanied by an opinion Of the solicitor.
made 1t clear that the Secretary had not
intended to abrogate Administrator William
McCombs functions but simply to coordinate
the work OF the wage-hour division with the
administration Of the Walsh-Healy Act-a
responsibility Of the Secretary under existing
law. Senator Donnell, who presided over the
drafting of the portal-to-portal pay bill. noted
that this created an ambiguity and fled dis
sentins report. Although Senator Balls recon-.
mendation approving the plan was approved
by A majority Of the full committee, Senator
Donnelrs comments on the unsatisfactory as
poets of the order, which might so readily have
been cured by conference with the Senate
Committee before the ANAL draft resulted in
Senate disapproval by the narrow majority OF
two votes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
Along The Cape Fear

AS production emphasis was
shifted gradually to the new type,
the 126th and last of the Liberty
vessels was delivered August ~
1943, two days ahead Of schedule
Before the change-over was re-
Elected in production, the number
of ships delivered per month
steadily increased. The peak wa
reached May 1943. In that month
II vessels were delivered for a
yard average of l % ships per
shipway per month. The average
ranked with the best effort i'm any
shipyard IN the nation.
MORE YARD CHANGES-Once
again, with a new type OF ship
to under 60 construction, it was
found necessary to make radical
changes in the setup of the yard
Foremost, it was necessary that
the shipway staging and snoring
be widened to suit the increased
width of the hull of the new c.
ships. The submerged ways were
extended to 1872 feet and the river
bottom contour was changed fol-
dredging. Another new radical
feature was the erection of a
$10o, 900 gear assembly building,
with a 75-ton crane. Other addi'
tons included new sub : assembly
laydowns. full-scale nodded dl'
mansions for the shop assembly
of piping in the engine room. and
other technical changes. Those
new changes even a year ago
were still in use and proving high
y satisfactory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
CREWMAN KILLED
ABOARD JOHN WISE
Another Member Of Ship's
Complement Lost Al Sea,
Report SAYS

The Liberty Ship USS John Wise
docked in Wilmington Wednesday
and yesterday afternoon crewmen
attached to the ship revealed that
one man had been killed and an
other lost at sea while the vessel
was enroute from Toccpilla, Chile
to Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Officers aboard the ship and
agents of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation refused to discuss the
probe, which was underway by
the FBI agents yesterday.
According to members Of the
crew, Antonio Lopez, a cook on
the Wise, was stabbed to death in
the ships messhall with 4 sharp
knife, while a member Of the crew
looked on.
Ii Wang Hula, a steward, was
said to have been taken from
the ship when the vessel docked at
Cristobal. Police officers at the
Canal Zone were reported to have
taken the steward into custody
and charged him with the murder
of the cook.
The crew members also said
that two days after the death OF
the cook. Steward Chen An Chae
was lost at sea. The crew mem
bers said they did not know II
the disappearance of the steward
and the stabbing of the cook had
any connection.
CreWmen said Lopez was killed
in the messhall while he was talk
ing to another shipmate. He was
stabbed several times and the
knife used was left sticking in MS
back.
Hula was placed in irons on the
Wise until the ship locked at the
Canal Zone port. The dead man
was reported to have been buried
at Cristobal.
Several members OF the crew re
fused to talk about the incident
and when questioned by reporters
simply offered mo comment
The Wise, under charter to the
Grace Lines, is scheduled to leave
Wilmington Saturday for Norfolk.
Part of the cargo of 1921 tons OF
sodium nitrate Vas discharged
here and the remainder will be un-
loaded at the Virginia port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
GOOD NEICH0RS
AIDING LUDL0WE'S
Mr.. And Mrs. Wilmington
Seeing To 1t That Home
less Family Are Housed

For the past two days, | 0 C a
citizens have been proving t h a
they will act the part of the good
neighbour when one Of their fel-
low Wilmingtonians needs aid.
Thus far almost everything but
the kitchin sink has been offered
to the family of Clifton Ludlowe
whose home was destroyed by fire
on Tuesday. LudloWe, his wife and
seven children were left without a
home of worldly possession other
than the clothes they were wear
ing.
In answer to an appeal by the
Star-News, residents of the town
have called the office and have
offered the family material aid.
Yesterday afternoon c. J.
Wilson, who owns a great deal OF
property On the Market stree t
road, offered the use OF a four
room house, rent free, for at least
six months.
Wilson, who resides at 1910
Market street said the house need
ed a small amount OF work done
on it ana if Ludlowe could find
the time to make the necessary
repairs, his family vas welcome
to use it. T h e benefactor didn't
stop there, though - he also said
that he may be in a position to
offer Ludlowe a job on his estate.
At present LudloWe sells adver-
Using novelties.
Emergency Near Over
The Ludlowes are staying with
Mrs LudloWe's mother, Mrs. j. w.
Streeter, at Middle Sound during
the emergency, but from the flow
of phone calls into the Star-NeWs
office, the emergency won't last
long.
Mrs. W. A. Hundley, 500 S. Front
street, has offered the ia m y
several gifts including a dining
room table, chairs, pillows, a n d
quilts.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sebrell,
who know from experience the
See Neighbors on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
President Davis To Confer
With Chamber Com
mittee While Here

The action Of the aviation COM
mittee OF the Chamber of Com
Wednesday afternoon came
as a distinct surprise to Thomas
H. Davis, president of Piedmont
Aviation, Winston-Salem.
Davis, who was accompanied to
Wilmington yesterday by his as
sociate R. D Hager, said as much.
He said he couldn't understand the
committees action in supporting
the protest of State Airlines over
his company's plans to put air
service into Wilmington.
At its meeting Wednesday, con-
Quoted by the use of proxies,
something unusual in itself, t h e
committe announced it would
support State Airlines' protest Of
the Civil Aeronautics board action
in granting Piedmont a certificate
Of operation.
Davis said it was the first time
he ever had heard of a Chamber
Of Commerce taking such action.
"My company is sincerely inter
ested in giving Wilmington the
best possible air service" he said
Il am not going to promise the
citizens of this community some
thing which we can't deliver" he
added.
He went On to explain that he
wasn't going to say that this city
would be the headquarters of the
company, not at the present time
at any rate.
No Promises
cit may be-" he said, that il
will be feasible later on from ar
economical standpoint to move oul
headquarters here. But I can
make any definite promise about
that"
He did point out that the city
would be a terminal point for two
routes in its east-west runs, ant
many OF the pilots will make Their
homes here.
Davis said his line would con
meet with one out Of Charlotte fol
a southern flight into Atlanta tt
give this section better service II
that direction
The purpose OF his trip here, he
said, was to confer with member
of the aviation committee. He hae
not seer them when he visited the
Stars office.
81 can't understand the com
mittee's action" Davis said. g,
had thought they mainly were in
terested in service for Wilmington
and this section. We promise tt
give this service"
Davis said his lines would carr.
mail and express as we'll as pass
engers.
Comment Withheld
Members of the aviation com
See Piedmont on Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
And So To Bed

Saturday afternoon a lady
inserted a classified IN the
Sunday star-News. She had m
apartment for rent.
Yesterday the lady phoned
the classified department and
said that she had the apart
ment rented by 9 a. M, but
the phone calls continued TO
come. She remembered that
her sister also had an apart
ment to rent, SO she rented
her sisters apartment over the
phone.
Monday night the lady said
she was still receiving calls
about the apartment. But, in
the meantime, she talked with
a neighbor who had an apart
ment to rent. So she gave the
callers the number Of her
neighbor's telephone.
The net result: three apart
ments rented for the cost OF
one ad. -. and Willie Want
Ad is burned up 80.
II miss lots Of ads that way
He chuckled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13

NEW TYPE SHIPS - Following
the issuance of the Truman report
in May 1874 in which North Caro-
lima shipbuilding and particularly
the Wilmington yard, were paid
high tribute in the construction OF
Liberty ships, a new tact in the
erection Of vessels was taken by
Uncle Sam.
So successful had the Maritime
Commissions emergency ship
program in turbine production
been and so we'll ahead were the
number of Liberty ships, that 1t
was decided to taper off On that
type. Instead, it Vas agreed thai
it would be more far sighted to
erect a better class of vessels hat
not only could be used in the war
effort, but would be able to COM
pete in world trade following the
conflict.
With that thought in mind, the
government offered the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company a
contract for 60 vessels of a type
to be known as C2-S-AJ1. Those
vessels were to be completed by
December 81, 1914.
ADDITIONAL LIBERTIES -
At the same time, as it was OBJ
vious that the company would fin
ish its Liberty contracts before
the first of the new type ships
would be far enough along to alb
sorb the labor supply, the firm
contracted for an additional SO
Libertys. That new order was no
be completed by August =. ia
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
Installment
Curbs Urged
President Asks Congress
For Peacetime Act To
Control Purchasing

WASHINGTON, June 12.-(P1-
President Truman asked Congress
today for a peacetime act permit
ting the government to curb INSTALL
ment buying and some other forms
Of credit lest easy money keep
prices from coming down.
But if Congress refuses he will
bow to its decision, he announced,
and remove the credit controls
now imposed under wartime pow
ers.
The Presidents views were made
known in his absence in Canada
in a letter he wrote to Mariner
S. Eccles, chairman of the Fed
eral Reserve board. Eccles read
the letter to the House Banking
committee today following his dis
closure of its existence Tuesday.
The committee is considering
legislation such as Mr.. Truman
wants.
Eccles, like the President. ura-
ed the committee to approx the
bill giving the Federal Reserve
board authority to continue in
peacetime the wartime credit
curbs it now exercises. Repre-
%sentatives of the American Bank
ers association oppose some parts
OF the measure.
The principal controa now re-
quires a down payment of at least
one-third of the price, and limits
the time in which the balance
must be paid, on installment pur-
chases of such things as automo-
biles and household goods.
M. Humans letter quoted 4
paragraph from a memorandum of
the Council of Economic advisers
with which he expressed full
accord"
There now exists the power to
limit the growth of installment
credit which, even under the pres.
ent restraints, has been expanding
at a disturbing rate. This power
now rests on wartime executive
order, which may not be rescind-
ed l n the absence Of legislative
authority for its continuation. If
the curbs on the extension of in
stallment credit now being svrcis-
ed under Regulation w were to
be removed at this time, there
would be a tendency of producers
and distributors to try to sustain
See Installment ON Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13

AIDED BY COURT
rs, Circuit Appeals Deci-
,;on Add Additional Mil
lions For Many

CHICAGO. June u -(PrThe U.
h Circuit Court Of Appeals TO-DAY
s.rded down a decision which
s,vernment spokesman said might
mean payment of an additional
half billion dollars to many bene-
fciaries Of national service life IN
Mrance.
IN = 2 to l decision, the court
lid that a Veterans administra-
INN regulation regarding pay
roots TO beneficiaries over 80 was
!, error in that it "distorted'' con-
s-essional language and was an
~"usurpation of legislative power
William NJ. Lyle. special assist.
mi U. S. district attorney, said
that under the decision the gov
eminent might pay the face value
o. some policies as much as five
times Or more. He said he would
recommend an immediate appeal
10 the Supreme court
Almost $50, 900 persons in the
ration might be paid $500, 0O0, DOC
additional as a result of the deci-
|.u, it was estimated by Lertie
In. Hylton a regional director OF
Ne claims service for the VA
VA. Erred
The court held that~the VA.
sred in passing regulations
unieh-because based on life ex.
retancy tables - in some cases
would make the usual 100 month.
y payments total less than the
hce value Of the policy.
The VA. regulation, the ruling
nid, would figure the payments,
for beneficiaries 80 years old OF
over, as equalized monthly pay
nsntS FOR 120 months based or
The life expectancy of the bene,
teiary according to standard in.
Iurance mortality tables.
The court ruled that payments
" such beneficiaries should be
made on a basis of the full face
value Of the policy, plus three per.
cent interest, in 10 equal monthly
Estalments.
Il the beneficiary lived past this
N month period. the decision
'sld, ne should continue to receive
me monthly installments for life.
Under both the VA. regulations
md the decision, if the first bene.
Relary died before the 12O-montt
period was ended, the secondary
OenellclarleS would receive the
mon'hly payments only until the
iN months period was ended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-13
I,S.SeekingW World Wide
Friendship, Truman Says
President Expresses These
Sentiments AT Close OF
Canada Visit

OTTAWA, June II -P-Presi-
dent Truman brought his good
will visit to Canada to a close
today with a declaration that the
United States seeks the friendship
of every nation in the world.
In a statement of detectives
which some correspondents inter-
preted as a conciliatory gesture
toward Soviet Russia, the Presi-
dent said that his country's only
desire is peace in the world and
friendship with every nation in the
world. And, he said to newsmen.
underline that word "every."
Mr.. Truman spoke on the spac-
ious lawns of the exclusive Seig-
nory club, at Montobello, IS miles
from here where he had lunch at
the Manor house.
His sentiments were echoed by
Canadian Prime Minister w. L.
Mckenzie King who stood at mis-
side as he talked with American
and Canadian neWspapermen near
the close Of his three-day trip here
in which he has been cheered and
applauded by Canadians at every
public appearance.
80. Views Advanced =. 49,.
His views, disable but not avail
able for direct quotation, were ad-
vanced a little more than "a hours
after he told the Canadian parlia-
ment h a t the United States will
never retreat from its opposition
to coercion and intimidation.
The President said his trip here
has been not only interesting, but
eventful IN the history of the Unit
ed States and Canada and that
it had contributed to better I'M
derstanding.
Canada and the United States,
Mr.. Truman asserted, have only
one objective, and that is peace
in the world for the benefit Of all
the people in the world.