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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07

HOLSTER, Calh., July 6-R-
Peace - but not quiet - was re-
stored to HOLSTER today after SO
hours of turmoil created by hun-
dreds Of visiting motorcyclists and
their friends who turned a city
street into a speed-and-stunt area.
area. .,
Thirty-two special officers were
called in to help the. seven man
city police force queu the disturb
NICE.
At least so persons were injured,
three seriously.
Thirty-eight arrests were made,
mostly on charges Of drunken
driving, reckless driving and va
grancy.
Motorcycles still roared through
this little city of 4,800 today but
there was none of the defiance OF
peace officers that marked Friday
night and yesterday and last
night.
Here on a three-day Gypsy
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
VIOLENCE TAKES
TOLL Is LIVES
One Death Recorded Every
Five Hours In State; Ma
tional Total AT
BY The Associated Press

At least Is persons were reported
dead in assorted accidents in North
Carolina as the long Fourth of July
weekend neared it's end Sunday
night.
The traffic toll was Unexpectedly
low with only four fatalities report
ed for the tabulation period which
began at 6 p. m. Thursday. Drown
ings claimed seven lives.
Myron Arnold Schlag, 5, of
Greensboro, died of a broken back
suffered in a fall at his home. Gale
Dame McCaskill, IS months, of
Greensboro, s~uffocatdd Sunday, po-
lice reported.
Two traffic deaths were reported
yesterday. W. Marvin Trivett, "a,
OF High Point, died and Harris
See VIOLENCE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
Four Campers To Build
Cars For Soap Box Race

ed at headquarters within the next
few days, the Derby in all prob
ability will get underway with at
least so boys competing for a
score or more valuable prizes and
the right to represent Wilmington
and The Star-Naws in the national
finals at Akron, Ohio, on August
II.
Many boys have expressed a de-
sire to enter the big race. over
the weekend, and where neces-
sary, sponsors will be found for
them in order that they may COM
pete in the "greatest amateur rac-
ing event in the world FOR boys"
Goo CAMPERS ar Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
F0REMEN'S UNION
ENDS FORD STRIKE

DETROIT, July 6-[P)- The
Foremen's association of America
QND.) called of it's strike against
the Ford Motor Co., today Pat
rick Mullin, local board president
announced. I.
At a mass meeting by 5000 OF
the 1900 unionized foremen en-
plcyed by Ford, a board recon-
mendation to end the 4-day-old
strike was approved by a 10 to l
ratio, he said.
Mullin said the boards recon
See FOREMEN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07

Four boys, campers at Bruce B.
Cameron Memorial camp at Port
er's Neck, announced yesterday
through James Copeland, camp
director for the Brigade Boys
Club, that they viii take time out
from swimming ard other camp
activities, to build racers for the
Wilmington Soap Box Derby.
The Derby is co-sponsored by
The Star-News ana Raney Chevro-
let company here on July 80. The
boys. whose names will be an
nounced early next week, will
race in the Derby under sponsor
ship Of four well-known Whining
ton business firms.
With many other entries expect
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
south and North Carolina-Consider-
~ loneliness with scattered showers,
re" thunderstorms Monday and Tues
~ not quite so warm East Monday,
e'"lse little change in temperature.
Eastern Standard Time)
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
Genealogical data for the "a hours
wig 1880 PM, yesterday.
,.,, Temperatures
n. 'Sv am. IL; 7:30 am, Y; 1880 pm,
"; 100 pm. 70.
kmaxlnaum 81; Minimum 81; Mean II;
,, Humidity
n am, 81: 7:30 am, 81; 1880 PM,
GFo Pm, "a.
Precipitation
nm MA for "a hours ending 1870 pm,
ny inches.
~ t0'al since the first of the month
VII inches.
n. Tides for Today
y t,oM the Tide T-bles published by
o coast and Geodetic Survey
Wlr High Low
''s'on ------ 7:07a 7:32a
Ma,ou, 1922 7:21p
oofo Inlet -- 9:56a Alba
su.u 1e:16p 4:03p
io:asnai lse SOY; Sunset .7:26; Moonrise
Moonset 8:42a. e
'"E WEATHER ON PAGE TWO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
And So To Bed


The needle on the large,
round thermometer high up
aside the building on Front
north of Chestnut street, yes
terday afternoon registered 81
degrees.
The man in the rumpled,
white suit paused and looked
up at the clock appearing
thermometer. From his pock-
ct he drew his watch. Bleary
eyed, he peered at the thermo-
meter, then at his watch.
"Umph," he calculated. "This
watch never does keep the
right time" =
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See HOLIDAY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: Considerable
~cloudiness with scattered showers, not
50 warm today; Tuesday. cloudy, few
thunderstormss little change in temper
ature.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Woman May Ask 100000
In Meyer Paternity Suit

NEW YORK, Aug. IA R.--A
notice that he is being sued for
100000 may be added to the docu-
ments which process servers are
seeking to hand to John Meyer,
press agent for Howard Hughes.
David G. Pastor, attorney for
Miss Patricia Miles, the 25-year-
old blond cigarette girl who has
filed a paternity suit against Mr..
Meyer, said last night that his cli-
ent is filing a separate suit for
$100, 900.
I'VE will reveal the grounds as
soon as we have served Mr.. Meyer" )"
Mr.. PASTOR said. adding that he
had retained private detective to
locate the jovial party giver.
Although Mr.. Meyer was seen by
friends in a New York City night
club early this week, he has not
been served with subpoena di-
recting him to appear again before
the Senate War Investigating Sub
committee.
Mr.. Meyer has not been served
with a warrant in the paternity
case, either. Miss Miles filed in
Special Session Court a claim that
Mr.. Meyer fathered her 6-month old
son, and asked that he be required
to support the child in manner
consistent with his income.
Mr.. Meyer has denied the child
iS hts
Evening star., 1947-08-14

Maori tribal funeral rites In New
Zealand are called tangi.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
0yerell Prosecution 10 End
Case With Love Letters
By the Asseeiated Pres,

SANTA ANA, Calf, Aug. l4.-The
prosecution planned to conclude to-
day its case against, Louise Overell
and George (Bud) -Gollum with the
reading of love letters they wrote
in Jail after their arrest on charges
of bludgeoning and dynamiting her
parents.
Trial Judge Kenneth E. Morrison
ruled that all Is letters exchanged
by the young couple were admissible
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Ferguson, on Vacation
With Hearing Record ,
Assures Continuation
By the Assoeiosed Press

Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan piled 13 bulky volumes of
testimony of the Howard Hughes
investigation into his car yesterday
and set out for a vacation as the
hunt went on for Witness John
Meyer.
Senator Ferguson, chairman of a
War Investigating Subcommittee
which suddenly broke off the in
quiry into Mr.. Hughes wartime
plant contracts with the Govern
ment, reiterated that the November
II date for reopening the case will
stick.
THE whole subject is yet to be
investigated" Senator Ferguson told
a reporter.
He plans to go to Detroit for his
vacation until October /, then to
Europe for five weeks with a Senate
Appropriations Committee group.
The Senator said Mr.. Meyer had
been reported seen in some New
York night clubs and that he
pressed the information along to
the committee staff. They want to
serve Mr.. Meyer with a new sub
poena for November IT.
Mr.. Meyer, publicity man for Mr..
Hughes, millionaire industrialist
and movie maker, had told the COM
mittee of 1884, of entertainment
expenses in which he said Govern
ment .officials and Army officers
shared.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Cook Who Likes 10 Preach
Draws Another S. Fine

T. Fined SIS last week for being
drunk when police arrested him
preaching loudly out of his third
floor hotel window. Irving Kirk, 40,
colored, of the Mid City Hotel, yes
terday drew another S. penalty for
disorderly conduct.
This time, on his own admission to
Judge John P. Mcmahon, he was
confining his preachments to his
wife.
II try to do the thing that's right"
he said.
Police Pvt. M. w. Bright of No. 2
Precinct had told the court, we've
Evening star., 1947-08-14

been having quite a bit of trouble
with Kinks preaching lately" and
added that Tuesday he had found
the defendant in his room making
a lot of noise" to the disturbance of
other tenants.
A cook for the Seaboard Railroad,
Kirk was arrested last Thursday
as the focal point of large crowd
which had collected outside his win
dow to hear him preach" police
reported.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
jap Volcano Erupts
Second Time Since June
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

KARUIzAWA, Japan, Aug. IA
Mount Asama, one Of Japans few
active volcanoes, erupted with a
rumbling roar today, sending q
mushroom of smoke several thou
sand feet into the sky.
1t was the second time in two
months that the 8,000-foot volcano
has erupted. Eruptions recently
have been accompanied by little or
no lava flow.
Among the spectators were Mrs.
Douglas Macarthur and 1t. Gen
Robert L. Eichelberger Of the 9Th
Army and his wife.
Evening star., 1947-08-14

but that certain deletions would be
made before they are read to the
jury by Henry Dietz, assistant
prosecutor.
Prosecutor Eugene D. Williams
previously told the jury that these
letters show "the consciousness of
guilt and the existence of an Illicit
and unnatural sex relationship
amounting almost to a frenzy" He
argued that opposition to the
planned marriage of Louise and
Bud by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter E. Overell, was a motivating
factor in their Staying aboard their
yacht March Is. Miss Overell, Is,
is the sole heir to their $3.50 900
estate.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
JOSEPH W. WYATT. Attorney,

Piled Aug IL. 1877. Charles IL. Stewart
N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the District of Colum-
Sia;-Eosella Clara Shoemaker Kerr,
NO. 2596-47.-The object of this suit
Is for. divorce a vericulo ma atrimonie on
grounds Of desertion: On motion of the
plaintiff, it is this 18th day of August,
l947. ordered that the defendant, Clyde
Earle Kerr, cause his appearance to be
entered herein on or before the fortieth
day, exclusive Of Sundays and legal holi-
days. occurring after the day of the irst
publication of this order; otherwise the
cause will be proceeded with as in case
be published once. a week for three sue
cessive weeks in the Washington Law Re-
porter. and The Evening Star Newspaper
Ran, Justice. tSeal.l Attest: CHARLES E
SIEWART, Clerk. BY ELLA MCDONALD,
Oeputy Clerk an14 %
Evening star., 1947-08-14
LEGAL NOTICES
KING . NoRDLNGER, Attorneys.

hINU d NOKDLlNGEk, Attorneys,
DISTRICT. COURT OF THE UNITED
states for the District of Columbia.
aolding Probate Court.-No. 69,4S1, Ad-
ministration.--Thts Is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber of the District OF
Solumbia has obtained from the Probate
Tourt Of the District of Columbia; Letters
Nordlinger. late Of the District Of Co
I1I1bia' iu1m1bia' deceased. All persons having
warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to
the subscriber, on or before the 10th day
by law be excluded from ali benefit OF
said estate. Given under my hand this
10Th day Of July. 1947. BARBARA 8.
Attest. MELVIN J. MARQUES, Deputy
REGISTER Of Wills for the District Of Co.
iumbta. Clerk of the Probate Court.
iy31
Evening star., 1947-08-14
WALTER J. CAHILL. Attorney.

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
Holding Probate Court-No. 69.458. Ad-
ministration.-This is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber. of the District Of
Court of the District of Columbia, Letters
Of Administration on the estate of James
J. o'LEARY, late Of the District Of Co
claims against, the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the
the subscriber. on or before the sth daS S
Of July, AID. 194S; otherwise they may By
law be excluded from all benefit of said
day Of July, l947 GEORGIA r.
OLEARY, 2113 Interstate Commerce Bldg
Seal Attest: THEODORE COGSwELL.
lumhis, Clerk Of the Probate Cours.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
HAROLD A. KERTZ, Attorney,
Trangporf fiau nuf1dSp~

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District OF Columbia,
Holding Probate Court.-Estate of Cor
nelia P. Ford, Deceased.-No. 69,551, Ad-
ministration Docket liberalization hay
last will and testament of said deceased.
and for letters testamentary on said estate,
Ssv nj sSgEst Fotd oroe1sq tbsd ths th n nnn
known heirs at law and next of kin Of
cornelia P. Ford, deceased and all others
concerned, appear in said Court on Mon
day. the. 18th day. of September. AID.
1947. at 1000 o'clock AM. to show cause
why such application should not be granted.
Let notice hereof be published in the
-Washington Law Reporter" and THE
Evening Star" once in each Of three sue
cessive weeks before the return day herein
mentioned. the drst publication to be not
less than thirty days before said DE return
LAWS, Chief Justice of said Court. this
sth day Gf August p dSaz ssaR
REGISTER Of Wills for the District OF
Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
FREDERICK M. BRADLEY.

DISTRICT. COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District of Columbia,
George T, summer'in. Deceased.~No. So
557, Administration Docket 147.-Applica-
tion having been made herein for probate
Of the last win and testament Of said
said estate. by Elizabeth 2. Smith and
1947, that Harriott Page Summerlin and
John Vanderbilt Summerlin, minors. and
Page NJ Marx, Custodian Of said minors,
and all others concerned. appear in said
bsr. AD. 1947. at 1000 o'clock An, to
show cause why such application should
published in the washington Law Re
porter" and The EVENING Star" once in
each Of three successive weeks before the
return day herein mentioned, the tirst
publication to be not less than thirty days
before said return day. Witness, the Hon
oFabls BoLITHA J: LAWS Chief Justice
AID. I947. (sealJ Attest: MELVIN j.
MARQUES. Deputy Register Of Wills for
the District of Columbia, Clerk of the
Probate Court au7,14,21.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
British Used Cigarettes First

Cigarettes were popular in Eng
land before they began to be used
extensively in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
twe>n 100000 and 14,ooo,oOo

twe>n 100000 and $4,000, 900
set a few years ago.
With two more sales days
this week the market was al
most certain to pass the A.
000,000-p und mark by the
weekend and this years goal
of 100000 pounds drew near
er each time the auctioneers
knocked off a basket.
In the push toward new
volume mark nobody here is
forgetting what pushed Wallace
up there in the first place: the
high dollar. Remembering this
first of all, the market contin-
ues to add to it's impressive
lead as the highest price av-
erage market in the entire
Eastern North Carolina belt.
Official government figures
for September-last set of Off
cial figures released place
Wallace ahead of all markets
in the belt in price per hun
dred. Subsequent semi official
figures for the belt keep Wal
lace well ahead for the entire
season.
Sales today kept strong with
the good tobaccos bringing over
$50 per hundred. Other grades
were proportionately strong in
dem and.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

daughter, will be placed in op-
Grafton.
The will provides that $40, 600
OF a $50,0OO life insurance pol
icy. will go to Mrs. Empie along
with interest on $73, 900 in other
property to be held in trust for
the remainder of her lifetime.
Upon her death all of the funds
and property 60 to the city for
the park.
City Attorney William B.
Campbell told the council that
It's formal acceptance OF The be-
quest would clear the way for
Admiral Joseph Farley, COM
mandant of the Coast Guard,
to purchase a tract OF land en-
the sound near here for S6,5OO.
The admiral, it was explained.
plans to make his home here
after his retirement.
In other actions the council
agreed to provide a new proce-
dure for amending the city zon-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
GIRL SCOUT CLEE
CLUB OPENS WEEK:
Anniversary Event To Get
Underway On Oc-
tober rs

Highlighting the first days
program of Girl Scout Week,
October rs through Nov. 2, and
who are observing their 35th
anniversary throughout the
United States, will be the Girl
Scout Glee club who will make
their initial appearance in the
Wilmington Community Center
auditorium, Second and Orange
street, at 3 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon, it was announced yes
terday by Mrs. Frank Open
heimer, program chairman.
The newly organized Glee
club is composed of Girl Scout
representatives from the vari-
Gus intermediate troops in Will
mington and is sponsored by
the Wilmington Junior Music
club The Scout glee club is
under the direction of Mrs
Charles Block and Miss HELEN
Rouse, music teachers of this
city.
Mrs. Oppenheimer Said
he glee club will render
"Old King Cole'', and English
folk song in two-part canon, and
"Quodlibet," a German folk
song.
Mrs. Helen Jones, Scout exc
cutive, said this is an outstand-
ing example of the work done
by the girls and the adult volun-
teers. No admission will be 4
charged and everyone is well
come to attend, she added.
Girl Scouts appearing on the
program are Gwendolyn Bats, |
Llewellyn Bellamy, Jean Ben
nett, Martha Bowden, Patsy
Bowers, Anne Craig, Edith Dar-
den, Shirley Fales, Betty Jean
Gilliard, Nancy Glazier, Doffi ,
10 James, Carol Newkirk, Mar, i
Nell Piver, Gail Pons, Betty
Smithson, Virginia Parnell,
Genia Truelove, Joyce Whitman,
and Mary Mac Witherspoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
SCOUTS ELECTED
FOR CAMP MEET
Three Seniors From Will
mington To Attend
Georgia Conference

Three Senior Girl Scouts have
been elected by their respective
troop members to attend the
senior Girl Scout Conference to
be held at Camp Walleila, Saw
annah, Ga, October 24-26. They
are Jacqueline Williams, Voca-
tional exploration troop No. "a;
Margie Wander Schalie, Wing
scout troop No. 2; Joyce Glenn,
mariner scout troop No. 3.
This conference is the first
regional conference for senior
Girl Scouts to be held in reg
ion four which includes North
Carolina, South Carolina, Geo
rgia and Florida. Out of this
conference will come plans for
a richer and fuller program in
the field of senior Scouting.
Each delegate will have the op-
portunity of sharing her ideas
and suggestions during the dis
cussion groups.
A we'll rounded program of
study as well as much fun and
recreation will be offered.
The theme of the conference
will be Building a Good Life
Through Fun and Service.
Trips will be made to the home
of Juliette Low, now the Memo
rial Museum, historical Fort
Pulaski, Tybee Beach and other
places of interest.
Miss Sue Hammack, member
OF the national brance office
staff will be in charge of the
Conference. The Savannah Girl
Scout council and the Savannah
senior Scouts will act as hostess
es.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
WALLACE TOBACCO
MARKET NEAR TOP
14-Million Pound Mark
Expected To Be Exceed
ed By Weekend

WALLACE, Oct. 22-The Wal
lace Tobacco market rocked
along toward the $4,000, ,000-
pound volume in sales for the
season when another 100000
pounds were knocked out to the
various buyers today, John
Skies, Sales Supervisor, report
ed. This brought the volume to
l3, 427,000 pounds up to now.
Last years figures of be-
tween 100000 and $4,000, 600
pounds were passed two or
three days ago and the market
now has set out to eclipse the
all-time record for sales here
for one season. Records are
somewhat hazy on these be-
cause of the fire which de-
stroyed two warehouses here
during last season, but it is
known that the top figure for
Wallace was somewhere be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

ing ordinance. Any future
amendment must be advertised
for Is days prior to a public
hearing before action by the
council. The vote on the
amendment must be by four or
more councilmen, because of a
State statute requiring a rs per
cent vote
The council also empowered
the city manager to lease the
snack bar at the Community
center. J. D. Gerald, Jr., a high
school senior, and his mother
offered the highest bid on the
concession-$35 month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

Monday night we had the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
Taken From Life
day are exactly the same as in
1774.

day are exactly the same as in
1774.
You know how you keep hear
ing an unfamiliar word in con-
versatlon but dislike to ask
questions. In this conversation
the expression "Tory hole''
kept recurring. Finally, we
asked what was a Tory hole
and if Tory was the adjective
oelng used. 1t was. In the Rev
olutionary battle of Elizabeth
town, the Wings literally drove
the Tories into a long hole or
ravine and destroyed them. The
Tory hole remained until re-
Gently when stores were built
over it.
Early Monday morning Nor
man Mccullough, the young,
energetic, industrious, affable
associate editor of the Bladen
Journal took us on a tour. We
visited places, met leaders, and
got our start towards a knowl-
edge of the accomplishments of
EllzabethtoWn and Bladen
county and of the plans for the
immediate future. 1t was a
busy day. We saw a multitude
OF interesting things, met a
number of fine citizens, and
late that afternoon wrote four
stories from the days expert,
ences. Norman knows his way
around and he never runs Out
of enthusiasm or knowledge.
Monday night we had the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

pleasure of meeting with the
Elizabethtown Junior chamber
of Commerce. Old age, even
middle age disqualifies you in
this organization. There were
gathered together forty or more
live, wide-awake, forward look
ing young men, working for
their community and willing to
put out more work. The organ
ization is sponsoring the sale of
the tuberculosis Seals this
year. 1t is taking an active
interest in athletic and recrea-
tional facilities and the club at
mosphere is one of community
progress.
Dublin was the first commu-
nifty in Bladen county to have q
fully paved square. Here C.
Dixon Brisson built the first
peanut processing plant in the
county.
Bladen county has Tar Heel
community. That really. is it's
name. The sheriff, John B. AL
len, lives in Tar Heel. It is a
place with a large number of
historic homes built on high
bluffs along the Cape Fear riv-
er. 1t is the home of the Purdie
and Robeson families.
White Oak once was the larg-
est community in the county.
1t was the home of a private
academy for higher education
Here is the famous Harmony
hall, the home of Colonel
James Richardson, Revolution
ary patriot. Here are the Mel
vim and Tatum families.
In Bladen county, there are
outstanding appeals for visi-
tors; a substantial advance to-
wards agricultural diversiflca-
ton, active civic clubs, fine
schools, a great newspaper and
a fine people.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
EMPIE TRUST FUND
ACCEPTED BY CITY
Money To Be Used For
Playground Named In
Honor OF Daughter

Formal acceptance of a trust
of approximately $1O3, 1000 for
the Virginia Pearson Empie
park and playground marked
the semi-monthly session of the
City Council yesterday.
According to the will of the
late Theodore Empie, the city
will receive the funds for the
park on the death of Mrs.
Empie, at which time the park,
which it is stipulated must be
named in honor of the donors
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
By H. A. STALLINGS

ELIABETHTOWN, Oct. o.
sunday afternoon, we drove cut
md talked with President STAN
lev and Secretary Johnson of
NE ogden Civic club about the
orogress of their plans for the
Meeting Tuesday, November
"A at ogden at which a South
EASTERN North Carolina Civic
congress is to be organized. We
found them appreciative of the
assistance given by John Far
rsll secretary of the Whining
ton Chamber of Commerce. So
far there have been accept
.nces from the Lions clubs in
southport, Wallace and War
cav the Civitan club in Chad
bo,Jrn and the Junior Chamber
~ Commerce in Elizabethtown.
After that We drove to Eliza
bethtown. Sitting on the front
porch of the hotel operated by
Mrs. Young we heard a men,
her of the ElizabethtoWn bar
Sunday night tell how Eliza
bethtown was formed in 1774
and did not enlarge It's area
until 1925. That, in all probabil-
jtv, is a world record. Since
1925 it was enlarged again. At
present there is talk about a
third enlargement. And, in fact,
the streets are already laid out
in a subdivision that may be
taken into the city limits. An
otrer fact of interest is that the
eastern borders of the town to-