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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
CANDHI OPPOSES
INDIA PARTITION
Congress P Party Spiritual
Leader Openly Breaks
With Followers

NEW DELHI, India, May =
up - Mohandas K. Gandhi in
his first open break with the Con-
gress party of which he is spirtua.
leader announced publicly today
that he is opposed to any parti-
ton of India between Hindus and
Moslems.
Moslem leader Mohammed Ali
Jinnah said in a statement to his
own followers that decisions con-
corning the whole of India and
presumably the partition ques-
ton - probably would be announc
ed within a few weeks.
Gandhi disassociated himself
from his party's viewpoint at his
regular evening prayer meeting,
which as usual was interrupted by
Hindus who objected to his read.
ing from the Moslem Koran.
Opposes Plan
"The Congress has accepted
Pakistan Gan independent Moslem
state) scheme and demanded the
division of the Punjab and Ben
ga. l am opposed to any division
Of India now, as / have always
been. But what can I do? The
only thing I can do is to disasso-
ciate myself from any such
scheme. Nobody can force me to
accept it except Cod
Gandhi, is consulted by the Con-
gress party executive on all major
issues, though he is not even a
dues-paying member, in his status
of spiritual leader.
Congress party leaders have
conditionally r%econciled them
selves to the possibility that a
separate Moslem state may be
necessary. As the result, they
have emphasized that they will
insist on the division of the Mos
lem states of Bengal and the Pun
jab, if Pakistan is finally agreed
on, to bring Hindu-populated
areas within the central Indian
government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
PRESIDENT AT 63
LOOKS FIT, READY
Slightly Upholstered
Around Middle, Truman
Plans Quiet Birthday

WASHINGTON, May Z -W.D-
If President Truman has anything
to show that he'll be 60 tomorrow
it's probably only a slight "bay
window"
White House visitors are com :
menting that the Chief Executive
looks a bit more upholstered a.
round the middle than he did a
year ago. Outside of that, and a
slight let down from a mild at
tack of bronchitis, he appears fit
and ready for the tasks ahead.
According to his aides, Mr.. Tru-
man has made no special birth
day plans. He will hold a news
conference at 1920 am. Other ap-
pointments will be kept as usual.
There may be a get-together with
a few old friends later in the day
The President already has re
ceived a big birthday gift-a two
lane bowling alley installed in the
basement of the executive offices,
but he hasn't gotten as much use
out of it as some of the "aaony-
NOUS friends who gave it to him.
He has bowled only once two
balls rolled for the benefit OF
photographers. CHEZ user of the
duckpin drives thus far has been
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan,
military aide, who boasts a l4O
average.
Three gaily-wrapped presents
arrived today from joaquin M.
Elizade, the Philippine ambassa-
dor. He gave Mr.. Truman a Phil
lippine hat, a large piece OF PM
lippine pineapple cloth, and a
wood carving of Mrs. Martha E.
Truman, the Presidents N-year
loId mother.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
NOT PlLINC
Up, RUFFIN SAYS
Warehouses Here Hav
Little On Hand; n. Y.
Storage Bursting"

Following reports that sugar is
continuing to pile up in Eastern
seaboard warehouses as Cuba har-
vested a record crop, Peter Brown
Ruffin of the Terminal Warehouse
company said last night that the
commodity is not piling up in Local
warehouses;.
Sugar has been stored in the
warehouses here from time to
time, he said, but never has there
been an over-abundant supply. a
small amount is stored here at
present, but it definitely is not
piling up, he said.
The report from New York said
that the record crop harvested in
Cuba under favorable weather
conditions was causing the rein
ers there to race each other to
fill the quota of imports allowed
by the U. S. sugar act of 1887.
The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture was reported by Sugar in
dustry spokesman in New York
as waiting for final figures on the
Cuban crop before increasing
either industrial or home sugar
rations. Secretary Anderson ask
ed Congress to review the quota
law and possibly increase the Gu
ban share.
Current congestion of American
warehouses, according to the re-
port, led n Brooklyn refinery to
offer a one-day bargain price to
induce ration stamp holders tc
buy. Enough sugar a sold
quickly to make room in the re.
finery's warehouses for new sugar
from Cuba which had arrived in
the harbor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
And So To Bed

The Editor Of "And So To
Bed" is very happy this morn
ing.
Late last night the managing
editor turned to us and said.
"How about running a little
notice in your column this
morning about the new loca-
ton of the editorial rooms?"
We looked at him a moment
with a surprised look. "Why?"
we asked, "Do you want such
an item in this column"
"Tis very simple, everybody
reads And So To Bed" he an
swered.
Well. readers. We have NOV
ed into our new quarters, much
larger and better equipped to
handle the news. In brief here
Is how to find us:
Take the elevator in the
Hutchinson Building and ask
to be put off on the mezzanine
floor, or walk up one flight OF
stairs and here we are. The
steps are located to your right
as you enter the building.
And, as Mae West always
says, Come up and - -
sometime"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
WHISKEY
CAUSE OF DEATH
Mecklenburg Coroner Says
Cyanide May Have Been
Placed In Bottle

CHARLOTTE, May = Up DIR.
W. M. Summerville, M%ecklenburg
county coroner, today attributed
the recent death of Charles H.
Norman, 43-year-old Charlotte bus
mess man, to drinking whisky
poisoned with cyanide, which he
said was believed to have been
placed in the bottle intentionally.
Police Chief Frank N. Littlejohn
confirmed that an investigation
was under way but would say
nothing about the progress made.
Two city detectives are working
on the case
Norman, owner ana operator OF
the Carolina Scale shop at 112 E.
Morehead street, died at Memoir
al hospital April 81 within 80 min
utes after taking a drink OF whisky
from a bottle at his place of bust
ness.
The details were given tersely
by DR.. Summerville, who is a
pathologist, in an Endorsement On
the back of the death certificate
filed today with the city board OF
health.
This mar took a drink Of whis-
ky, remarking at the time that il
did not taste right, collapsed after
about five minutes, and died a
few minutes later at the hospital"
he wrote.
No Findings
Autopsy revealed no significant
pathological findings. Potassium
cyanide used at place of business
in processing metal. Always used
in powdered form and never In
solution.
Denomination of contents Of
whisky bottle showed considerable
cyanide. Case still under investi-
cation. At the present time it is
believed that the cyanide was
placed in the bottle intentionally"
In the official death certificate
blanks, the coroner recorded the
immediate cause of death as "cy-
anide poisoning, duration 30 min
tues" due to drinking whisky
containing cyanide"
IL another space on the certifi-
cate, requiring additional data,
the heading, IF death was due to
external cause, fill in the follow
ing Specify accident, suicide,
homicide" DR.. Summerville wrote
Homicide co." with a question
mark after it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
Residents OF Area Testify
In Support OF Spencer
Bus Application

Declaring that the services now
offered by the Greyhound bus
lines between Castle Hayne and
Wilmington were insufficient, a
series of witnesses testified yes
terday afternoon in behalf of Fred
W. Spencer who is seeking a fran
chise to operate a bus line over
that route.
Spencer's application is one Of
three hat are being aired in a
public hearing which got under
way yesterday morning in the SUI
perior Court room here before the
State Utilities commission.
Three Of the. applications are for
routes into Wilmington and all
four have been consolidated fol-
presentation. Other applicants are
C. T. Pullen of Burgaw and the
Carolina Coach company.
Witnesses for the Greyhound
company will be questioned thi:
morning when the session recon
venes at $50 o'clock. Hearing the
testimony are P. G.. johnson anc
Fred C. Hunter of the State Utili
ties commission.
Owner of a small private bu!
line, Spencer's application to op
crate a route running from Castle
Hayne into Wilmington and tt
pick up passengers from the city
limits to Castle Hayne is being
opposed by the Greyhound line.
Merchant Testifies
z. c. Baldwin, Castle Hayn'
merchant, the first witness callee
by l. C. Wright and S. Bum
F'rink, attorneys for Spencer, test
flied that the Greyhound service
into Wilmington was not suffi
cient.
The busses stop in front of hi
business, he said, and he has seer
many persons get left because o
insufficient room on the bus. Too
he said, the first bus in the morn
ing leaves at 8 o'clock and tina
Continued on Page Two; Col. 4,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
knowledge OF Timbering
Will Come In Handy
Around Alaska Too
BY ARTHUR EDISON
Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, May 7-R)-It's
easy to be a pioneer. You can do
ii, in Alaska, right now.
All you need are: Cd A knowl-
edge of timbering, ca The low
down on the woodpulp industry,
and 90 $28, 900, 600.
The pioneer proposition came up
Today at a meeting of the House
Public Lands committee. It's con-
sidering a proposal to open Alas
ka lands to war veterans for
Homestead ding.
But those who testified today
took a dim view of the bill.
Frank Heintzleman, a govern
ment forester and an Alaskan of
% years, said Alaska's basic in
dustries r numbering and fish.
ing.
He said fishing is pretty well
taken care of. But it's his idea
there are some splendid openings
for the right pioneer who knows
Confined - Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
Suffers
Bill Defeat
Upper Chamber By "A To
43 Vote, Rejects Drastic
Labor Amendment

WASHINGTON, May Z - up -
In a surprising upset for its Re
publican leadership, the Senate to-
day rejected, A to 43, an attempt
to tougher the general labor bill.
by writing in curbs on industry
wide collective bargaining.
The amendment, which would
have outlawed recognition of ma.
tional unions for bargaining pur-
poses, with some exceptions,
was backed by Senator Taft Of
Ohio, chairman of the Republi-
can Policy committee. Senator
Whercy Of Nebraska, Republican
whip, had predicted its passage.
But on the showdown, Is Repub-
licans including several fresh
men," bolted the party lines and
lined up with % Democrats against
the amendment. For it were 81
Republicans and IL Democrats.
The vote was preceded by a
heavy drumfire of criticism from
foes of the amendment, who de-
scribed it as a ''buzz bomb which
would smash national unions.
Senator Morse (R-Ore.) said the
proposal would leave "only a shell
of labor's rights to collective bar
gaining"
ACCOMPLISH Little"
Senator Ives (R-N.Y.) told his
colleagues that by adopting he
amendment I'VE can accomplish
Continued on Page Two: Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
Proposed CAA Cuts
To KillAir Traffic
Secretary Of Commerce Hartman States
That Operation Of All Control Towers
Except Washington Will Cease

to finance operation of these tow
ers by July 1, discontinuance could
mean the virtual paralysis of COM
mercial air transportation" Harri-
man said.
Officials estimated the average
annual cost for operation of air.
port control towers at about $685.
900.
Other effects of the House Ap-
preparation committees recon-
mendations for reduction in the
agency's funds, Hartman said
would be that many airport i'm
provement~ now being construct
Continued or Page; Two Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
Gun Play Rocks Senate
Chamber In Oklahoma
Member S h In
Hip By Colleague Dur
ing Session Recess

OKLAHOMA CITY. May 7-R)
Two pistol shots rocked the
Oklahoma Senate chamber this
afternoon and 64-year-old, Virgin
ia-born State Senator Tom Anglin
fell to the floor with a bullet
wound in his hip.
Minutes later State Represent
alive Jimmy Scott, 35-year old
Marine veteran, was taken into
custody in the Senate Mushroom
by James C. Nance, president pro
tenn of the Senate; Senator W. T.
Gooldy and Dee Coley, the Sem
ate sergeant-at-arms.
Scott was disarmed and given
into custody of the city police
who took him to headquarters for
questioning. Eye-witnesses said
Anglin also was armed. There was
uncertainty whether he had fired
one of the shots heard.
But before he left Scott told
the Associated Press:
81 can't pin it down. I don't
know what was between us. We
both started drawing. 1 don't see
how l was in his way. He drew
a gun-at least l thought he did"
Both Democrats
Both men live in Holdenville.
Okla. Both are Democrats. Paul
Ballinger, also of Holdenville and
assistant floor leader of the House,
said Anglin's law firm was handl-
ing a divorce action for SCOTS
wife.
Anglin was given first aid by
a physician Senator, DR.. Louis H.
Ritzhaupt of Guthrie. and taken
to University hospital not far from
the capitol building in Northeast
Oklahoma City. An examination
disclosed a pistol bullet had enter
ed Anglin's left hip, followed the
contour Of the hipbone and emery
ed from the fleshy part of the up
per thigh.
AS Anglin was helped from the
chamber, he said
"I knew that fellow was crazy"
Associates said the corpulent
Anglin habitually carried a gun
and had done so since his early
days in the Oklahoma legislature
when a substantial number of the
members reputedly went armed.
Today he bore a 25-caliber auto
matte pistol, while Scott carried
a 32- caliber automatic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
Dead Go Unburied In Lon.
don As City Employees
Strike Holds

LONDON, May 7-(P)EThe dead
went unburied and digaified
judges crept from their quarters
at night to throw their tea leaves
into the street as a result of the
strike of employees of the City OF
London which continued today.
Street cleaners, bridge opera
tors, grave diggers and many
others employed by the CITY
thu mile square section of London
that contains the financial district,
law courts, newspapers and Bill
ingsgate fish market - have been
on strike for several days because
they objected to the promotion OF
a fish market policeman to ser
geant.
A cemetery official said Is to
80 bodies were waiting to be
buried.
Refuse Collects
For want of workmen to carry
away garbage, the refuse collect
ed in streets, courtyards and
bomb ruins until the city locked
! (Centinued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
mon STRIKERS WILL
|CET MERIT RAISES
FROM PHONE COMP ANY

LOUISVILLE KY, May 7-WD
THE Southern Bell Telephone CO.,
announced today that merit raises
of eight to 10 percent effective
Nav / had been granted certain
employees who stayed on the ]oo
during the current strike.
The increase was not a general
one. but went only to approximate
" loo of the 1880 employees who
worked during the tieup.
C. Hunter Green, district man
ager, said the raises would nave
been granted on merit and ser
vice basis whether or not a strike
had been called. but that some
had been accelerated because they
had been working long and irregu-
lar hours during the emergency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
BISHOPS profess
BICOTRY PROGRAM.
Methodist National Council
Adopts Far Reaching
Report AT Meeting

RIVERSIDE Calf, May 7-P.
The Methodist National Coun-
ell of Bishops adopted a report
today protesting "bigotry and dis
elimination in Roman Catholic
controlled lands"
The report, submitted by the
Methodist church's committee on
relations with the Roman Catho-
lie church, said that in Argentina
the law now requires the teach
ing of the Roman Catholic re-
Ggicn even in the schools OF
Protestant churches"
The report continued:
The situation in italy and
Spain denies to Protestants the
religious freedom which Protest
ants in the United States desire
the Roman Catholics to enjoy.
These denials Of religious liberty
are made at the very moment
that protestations of pellet in
Democracy are made by the Rom
an Catholic hierarchy in the Unit
ed States and demands for the pub
lie support of parochial educa'
ton are advocated as a contribu-
ton to the morality essential to
freedom"
For Freedom
Stating that the Methodist church
stands for freedom everywhere,
the committee said it believes
that the Roman Catholic church
should cease to misinform the
American people by affirmations
OF loyalty to democratic ideals
when deliberately denying demo
cratic religious freedom where
sver it has power to do SO.
The committee criticized a re-
cent United States Supreme Court
decision affirming constitution
atty to state legislation providing
for transportation of children tc
parochial schools, calling it "a
departure from the American
principal of the separation OF the
church and the state"
1t asked discrimination of the
presidents personal representa-
tive to the Pope without the con-
sent of the representatives of the
people and in violation Of what ar
overwhelming majority of the
American people believe to be
an American principle"
Report By Bishops
The Methodist National Council
Of Bishops represents ali the
denominations churches in the
United States. The committee tina
made the report is composed Of
Bishops Frederick P. Corson
Continued on Page Two; Col. l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
Witnesses Declare Greyhound Service
From City To Castle Hayne Inadequate
BONE YARD HOLLOW MYSTERY

WISE, Va, May 7-P-Pohce YEARLY put aside the murder
mystery of Bone Yard Hollow just short of a climax In the
hills of Southwest Virginia today.
The case that carried them from the coastal area of Norfolk
400 miles to the mountainous reaches of Wise county in search
of the body Of 26-yearod Anne Richardson of Baltimore stopped
just before its solution when the author of the story, Bradley Cas-
teel, 80, an ex-soldier, said to state troopers in the car with him:
81 am not going to say anything until I see an attorney"
So the caravan of cars which took police and others to the
section between Appalachia and Big Stone Gap 0 n casteeii's
promise to point out the grave where he told them he buried the
girl after shooting her six years ago turned back for the night.
Casteel was brought to the Wise jail here to be held until he
confers with Fred B. GTeear, an attorney, and county authorities
consider whether charges shall be placed against him.
r He was booked on suspicion of murder and requested the at
torney to represent him. Greear said later he would talk to CaSteel
in the morning about representation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
WILLOW NEGRO DRAWS
NINETY YEAR PRISON
SENTENCE FOR ARSON

WILSON, May 7-Pe Judge j.
Paul Frizzelle in Wilson Superior
court today sentenced a 19-year-
old Negro youth to 80 years i'm
prlsonment after the boy admitted
70 the court that he set fire to
two dwellings and three barns in
the county.
The youth, listed as j. c. Melvin,
drew sentences of 80 years each
on two counts of arson in connec-
non with the dwelling fires ana
III years each on the three barn
fres. The sentences were ordered
70 run consecutively.
1t was brought out in the trial
mat the fires generally were dis
severed near country stores, which
later were reported as being loot
I'd in the ensuing excitement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08

WASHINGTON. May 7.-(Pe
commerce Secretary w. Averell
hartman said today that tae pro-
nosed $40, 600, 900 cut in appropria-
tons for the Civil Aeronautics ad-
s%,;uistration would eliminate one
sslf the larger airport projects now
proposed for 1913.
In add on, he told a pre- con-
,erence, there would be no gov
eminent funds for the operation
Of airport traffic control towers,
.xcept for the one in Washington,
n G. The agency now finances
finances operation Of 148 con- 20!
towers.
"Unless the cities are prepared
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
The Weather

FORECASTS:
Worth Carolina: - Fair and cooler
ahursday, Friday fair and continued
south Carolina: - Fair and cooler
Anufsday, Friday, fair and mild.
Eastern Standard Time)
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
'Na"s 1880 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
Al, ~ "a N. 81; 1880 a. m. &c; 1870 p: m
:, ''1O p. m. 70; Maximum 81; Mini
"'"n 81; Mean II, Normal 60.
HUMIDITY
$50 a. m. "a. 7:30 a. m. 80; 1870 p. m.
NJ 7:30 p. m. 10.
PRECIPITATION
iolal for "a hours ending 80 p. m.
700 inches.
TOTAL since the first of the month
"so inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
FROM the Tide Tables published by U.
y Coast and Geodetic Survey.
HIGH Low
"IAhlngton --- 1901 am. 7:05 am.
pm. 1903 pm.
"~eSonooro -- e:32 am. 3:46 am.
1902 pm. $685. pm.
sunrise 5:l6; Sunset 7:oi; Moonrise
'V;5Sp; Moonset 7:20a.
q. n.
More Weather On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08

Todays story will complete one
of the two strangest stories told
about the Cape Fear. The first
of the story appeared yesterday.
JOHN MISSING - After John
had left the cabin that night to go
up on the deck to see if he could
assist the men, in the midst OF
the gale, he was reported missing
the next morning and had been
washed overheard during the
night.
SHIP GETS GLOOMY - A
gloom, like a black canopy, set
tied on the ships cargo of human
ity. All the enjoyment of the trip
was gone for Captain Martin, and
he would sit for hours, gazing out
over the sea, saying nothing. His
thoughts centered on his wife and
his SON..
DAUGHTERS HEALTH - AZ
ter a few days he noticed that
Nancy was not looking 50 well.
1T was plain TO see that grief over
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-08
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED

MOUNT AIRY, May 7-(P)-
Jesse C. Branch, AZ, Of Dobson,
Route /, was instantly killed at
1890 a. m. today and his nephew,
Elgin Branch, q, was injured
when their cal overturned on a
sharp curve near Dobson, Deputy
Sheriff Paul S. Mccormick report
cd tonight.
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TO-DAY IN HISTORY
know America)

Miscellaneous Pickwick Papers
by 24-year-old Charles Dickens
begins appearing in 10 monthly
Einstallments,
l840-President Van Buren, es-
tablishes a 10-hour working day
for government employees.
1348-The Fox sisters begin
their historic spirit meetings at
Hydesville, N. Y.-beginning of
|Spiritualism in country.
1854-Historic treaty with ia
pan, a treaty of peace, amity and
commerce, signed between Perry
for the United States and Japan.
Opening Japan for the first time
to the world.
1917-United States takes for
NAL possession of the Danish West
Understanding it the Virgin
Islands.
1922-Big coal strike starts at
midnight.
1923-Bulgaria sentences her
wartime cabinet ministers to pris-
on for bringing their country into
the war on Germany's side.
1933-The Unemployment Re-
lief Act, including the Civilian
Conservation Corps, signed by
President Roosevelt.
1943-The Allies continue adj
vancing in Central Tunisia.
l944-The Japs drive into In
dia.
l945-U.S. First Army in heavy
fighting on the Western Front.
1946-Some 100000 soft coal
miners begin strike at midnieht