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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-30
THOMAS S.

Funeral services for Thomas
S. Shelly, IS, who died Wednes-
day afternoon after a long Ill.
ness, will be held this afternoon
at 4 o'clock at the Hinson Cross
roads Baptist church. The Rev
erends B. G.. Early, assisted by
Jasper Hinson of Myrtle Beach
S. c., will officiate. Intermen1
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-30

and Miss Louise Hilburn; four
brothers, James,, Vance and Sam,
of Loris, S. c.; and Trossie H.
Hilburn of Route l Tabor City;
two sisters Maggie Hilburn Route
l, Tabor City and Mrs. Lille
|Buffkin of Myrtle Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-30
GEORGE P.

Funeral services for George P.
Shooter, 81, who died in James
Walker Memorial hospital Tues
day morning from wounds re-
ceived recently in. an affray on
Ramah plantation, will be con-
Quoted this afternoon at 4
o'clock from the, Yopp Funeral
home.
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. Carl Lewis, pastor OF
the Sunset Park Baptist church,
assisted by the Rev. H. REID
Newland, pastor of Bethany and
Mcclure Memorial Presbyterian
churches.
Interment will be in Oakdale
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Thurman G.. Cooke, Albert Ban
croft, Howard w. Primer, Peter
|Groot, Victor Dowless and Gary
Page.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Archie Seigler, DR.. David Muir
Gibson, Brook E. Long, DR..
Robert M. Fales, John
Wiersma. DR.. Herbert A. Cod
ington, Zeb Mattox, Clyde B.
Case and DR.. W. Houston Moore.
Mr.. Shooter, prominent Bladen
county farmer and businessman,
was repeatedly stabbed by J. D.
Crisp, a tenant on his farm.
Crisp is being held, in Jail at
Elizabethtown awaiting trial at
the next term of Criminal court.
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kinson, IS, died Tuesday at
James Walker Memorial hospital
after a long illness. She is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Anne
w. Perrin, Wilmington, and Mrs;
Grace Malpass, Burgaw. Funeral
services will be conducted this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at Yopl
Funeral Home by the Rev. P. l.
Clark. assisted by the Rev. Eu-
gent D. Witherspoon. Burial will
he in Oakdale cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-30
MRS. NARCISSUS COLWELL

MRS. NARCISSUS COLWELL
WALLACE Oct. 29.-Mrs. Mar
cissus Colwell, "a, widow OF
Robert Bryan Colwell, died at
the home of a daughter here to-
day of a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Edward Farrior, Friday at
IL a. M, by the Revs. O E. Bry-
and of Brevard and M. w. Coble,
of Clinton. Interment will be in
Rockfish cemetery.
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Edward Farrior, Of
Wallace, and Mrs. Wharton Will
liams, Franklin, Va; one brother,
Charles C. Vann, of Rose Hill
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Pee John B. DAVIS

Funeral services for Pic. John
B. Davis, 20, who died in the
Marshall Islands during World
War II and a resident of Will
mington, were held yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
eraveside in Oakdale cemetery
interment followed in the ceme-
terry. -.
Mr., Davis is survived by ms
mother, Mrs. W. B. Mincey; SIS
ter, Miss Virginia Dare DAVIS;
step-father, Buster Mincey, all
of this city.
Active pallbearers were
members of the Veterans OF fore
ign Wars.
MISS MARGARET E.
WILKINSON
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Will
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will follow in the Meares ceme-
terry near the church.
Mr.. Shelley is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Erettie
Edmond; three sons, c. w., Carl,
and Cornie Shelley of Fair Bluff;
one daughter, Mrs. Fred Conner
of Lumberton; one sister, Mrs.
Maggie Nance Of Wilmington;
one brother, Arthur Shelley OF
Hinson Cross Roads.
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RARCIE LEE B

TABOR CITY, Oct. 29-Mr'
Barcie Lee Hilburn, As, of the
Oak Dale section of Horny Coun-
tv died in the Mullins hospital
at S p. m. Oct. % from the re-
suits of a stroke. Funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon
at 8 p. m. from the Oak Dale
Baptist church with Rev. Clyde
Prince and Rev. Otto Edwards
officiating. Interment will fol-
low in the church cemetery.
Mr.. Hilburn is survived by his
wife Mrs. Blanche Hilburn; four
sons, Dewey, Elroy, Clyde and
Horace Jr.; two daughters, Mrs.
Aubry Altman, Mullins S. c.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-30

The United States has about
40, 900 concerns processing milk,
butter, cheese, ice cream, and
other dairy products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-30
CHARLOTTE RESIDENT
HELD ON VAGRANCY,
SOLICITING CHARGE

A Charlotte resident, who told
police he is the father of five
children, was picked up at the
bus station here here shortly
after five pm. yesterday and
charged with vagrancy and So
Letting without a permit IN con-
nection with a report by ). n.
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GEORGE T.

GEORGE L. JOHNSON
George T. Johnson, a former
resident of Wilmington, died
yesterday morning following a
lengthy illness at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. James Long,
with whom he resided in Elon
College.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Iolanthe Twining, of
Wilmington; three daughters,
Mrs. ]. Dean, of Portsmouth, Va;
Mrs. Thomas Jones, of Charlotte,
and Mrs. Long; two son George
T. johnson, Jr., and Alex John
son, of Charlotte, and several
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con-
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ALBERT HARRISON of Claredon,
and II grandchildren.
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Quoted this afternoon at 3 o'clock
with interment at Elon College.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
States Observes Memorial Day
(By Associated Press)

The slow bugle notes of taps sounded today across the nation at countless cemeteries and at pub lie services as the living made their Memorial Day tribute to those who died in the uniform of their country.
 For millions of Americans Me morial Day signaled the beginning of a three-day holiday weekend and railroads, bus and airlines plus vigilant highway patrols an ticipated a travel volume possibly exceeding anything since the end of World War II.
 New York City citizens paused to watch a parade of 31,000 with 200 Spanish-American war veter- ans taking the post of honor, since the last c. A. R. marcher in the nations largest city died in 1944.
 Police anticipated from 500,000 to 6O0,OOO passenger cars filled with holiday seekers would stream from the metropolis and that the incoming tide would be propor- tionately great.
 The time-honored ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just across the Potomac from Washington, were broadcast from 6:45 to 500 am. Nome time) with veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic onhand.
 Col. Don E. Lowry, White House aide, placed President Truman's wreath at the tomb of the Un- known Soldier. Boy Scouts decor ated 10000 graves.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
Polet's And N. C. Stores In Merger

Last evening the employees of Polet's Store were called together to receive, the announcement that Polet's Store had merged with the Northern Commercial Co.,, for the purpose of improving and giving better service to the people of Nome.
 MT. Polet stated that he was definitely not retiring but going into a specialized business center ing in the arts and crafts of this division and that he hoped to es tablish a tannery, cold storage plant and other features of the de- velopment of native industries in the near future, which he felt were more important to Alaska's development than managing his general merchandise store.
 MT. Volney Richmond, Jr., gen. eral manager of the N. C. vel comed the Polet employees into his company and stated that MT. H. J. Bernier would be manager of both stores when formal con- solidation takes place in the near future.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
Communists Execute Priest

SHANGHAI, (P)-Father Pat rick O'Conner, correspondent for the National Catholic News Serv- ice of Washington, D. C., said to- day he had learned that a Chinese Catholic priest and two Chinese nuns were tortured and executed by Communists after the fall of Yenan.
 O'Conner declined to give his informant's name and the report was not confirmed elsewhere.
 The name of the priest, O'Con- ner said, was Father Aloysius Li- ang, who went to Yenan a year ago to become the first resident priest in the Communist capital in II years.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
Conferees Agree On Income Tax

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senate and House conferees agreed yes terday on final terms of $4,000,- 000,000-a-year income tax cut to take effect July 1.
 The measure provides for indi- vidual slashes ranging from 10.5 per cent to 30 per cent.
 The Senate bill was accepted by the conferees except for one change in rate reduction brackets.
 The area of IS per cent cuts was made effective from $136,720 of taxable income of $302, 400.
 The Senate had provided for a 15 per cent reduction between $79,750 and $302,000.
 Senator Millikin R.-Colo), head of the Senate conferees, said both houses would expedite final action on the legislation.
 It is expected to come up in the House Monday, and possibly later the same day in the Senate.
 The big question remaining is whether President Truman will sign or veto the tax cuts. He has maintained that the present is not a suitable time for reducing gov- ernment revenue.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
Senate Will Uphold Income Tax Veto

WASHINGTON, (R Senator George D.-Ga), a leading Demo- cratic tax authority, predicted to- day that if President Truman ve- toes the income tax reduction bill, the Senate will uphold his action.
 George, who voted for the bill reluctantly" told reporters he will not vote to override the Pres ident if veto comes.
 The President returned to Washington late yesterday but there was no word from the White House as to MT. Truman's inten- tions toward the bill. He has said
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. P)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (P) Two ther reconnaissance squadrons from Morrison Field to- day prepared to go to western bases from where they will hunt typhoons and make other weather observations. The 55th squadron, with 375 officers and enlisted men and six specially-equipped B-29's will leave tomorrow for Fairfield Suisan Field, Calif., to make wea- ther reconnaissance flights be- tween California and Anchorage. The 54th squadron will be trans ferred to the Pacific, to hunt ty- phoons.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
President May Veto Labor Bill

WASHINGTON, (R) - Senator Hatch D.-N. M) said today he be- lieves President Truman will veto the labor bill slated to arrive at the White House next week.
 And Senator Ball R.-MinnO said in separate interview that if MT. Truman does veto the mea- sure designed to halt many union practices and curb strikes, there is a very good chance" Congress will override the chief executive.
 A two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate is required to set aside Presidential dissent.
 Hatch is a personal friend of MT. Truman, but he said he has no information about what the President plans to do about the bill as it was approved yesterday by the House-Senate conferees' who reconciled differences be- tween separate measures.
 "I just think myself that the bill will be vetoed" Hatch said.
 He added that the measure fi- nally agreed upon appears to be pretty much the same" as the one the Senate passed, for which he voted.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
Highlights Of
 Labor Bill

WASHINGTON, (P)-Here are the principal provisions of the compromise labor bill agreed on by the House and Senate confer ees:
 The closed shop is outlaWed. The union shop is permitted only when a majority of workers vote for it.
 The government can obtain 80- day injunctions against national emergency strikes.
 The three-member national la Dor relations board gets two more members. Judicial and pros ecuting functions are separated, with the latter assigned to the general counsel.
 JurisdictiOnal strikes and sec ondary boycotts are outlaWed. So are union-controlled health and welfare funds established since January 1, 1946.
 A new federal mediation agency is set up.
 Unions are made liable for un- fair labor practices and subject to suit for violation of contract. They also can be sued for damages re- sulting from jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts.
 The involuntary check-off sys- tenn of collecting union dues is banned.
 A union would lose it's collec- tive bargaining rights under the Wagner Act if any of it's officers could reasonably be regarded" as Communists.
 Employers do not have to bar gain collectively with foremen.
 The NLRB can forbid unions to charge dues or initiation fees which it regards as excessive or discriminatory"
 Employers are assured freedom of speech in dealing with their workers, provided their state ments are neither threatening nor coercive.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
SAN FRANCISCO, R)-A CIO

SAN F'RANClSCO, (R)-A ClO strike affecting almost every warehouse in the San Francisco Bay area was threatened last night as the international long shoremen's and warehousemen's union rejected unanimously a peace offer by the distributors as- sociation of northern California.
 The employer group offered an increase of one cent an hour and three additional paid holidays. The union is asking six and one half cents an hour more, which would bring the hourly base pay to $1.30.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30

LONDON, (P1 = Cat burglars stole $8,000 worth of jewels and furs from the bedroom of Princess Romanovsky Pavlovsky early to- day and escaped in a spectacular chase after being discovered in the attempted burglary of another London home.
 Soon after leaving the Princessi home, the two men entered the house of Brig. Gen. Andrew Clark, who heard them and chased them outside.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS HONOR DEAD

The Boy Scouts, Troop 666, held impressive graveside memorial services this morning for their de- parted member, Jerry Seidenverg. Girl Scouts made beautiful flow CTS which they brought to the cem- etery early this morning and dec orated graves of former friends and classmates.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30

MILFORD, N. H., (P)-A textile sewing plant was shut down Thursday-all because of the length of a woman's skirt.
 Plant manager Prentice Shetar said the factory would be closed for 10 days to change its machin- cry in line with new style trend
 The plant manufactures ladies' slips, and now they must be made longer to conform to the current fashion in skirts.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30

TOKYO, (P) - Arthur MacAr- thur, nine-year-ol son of General Macarthur, is resting comfort ably in the 49th General hospital after fracturing his left arnf We'd nesday while ice skating on a downtown Tokyo rink, the army announced today.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30
NEWS TN BRIEF

EDMONTON, Alta. (P-Heavy mountain snoWs followed by warm rains are slowing Alaska highway traffic with the worst flood conditions in years, Brig. Godfrey Walsh, commanding of ficer of the Northwest highway system, said Thursday.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-30

CARNOUSTIE, (P) - Marvin (BuO Ward of Spokane, Wash, led the field into the quarter-f;- nals of the British amateur golf championship Thursday when he defeated Ted Bishop of South Ma tick, Mass, on the second extra hole of gruelling match.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Safety In The Kitchen

What is the chief danger spot in the
home? Where do the greatest number
of fatal accidents and injuries of all
kinds happen under the family roof
tree? In the living room, with its polish
ed floors? On the stairs? In the eel.
lar, the attic, the store room? No.
In the kitchen. According to statis-
tics compiled by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, some six thousand
persons lose their lives in American
kitchens yearly.
The modern kitchen, says a bulletin
issued by the Metropolitan, lis a COM
blnation factory, bakery, cannery, laun-
dry, butcher shop, restaurant and gen.
eral household workshop, not to men
ton playground"
To make its point, the bulletin notes
that Gin industry, where similar hazards
exist, state officials and trained en-
ployes look after accident problems and
help to control them. In the home this
is a family responsibility and usually
falls on the shoulders of the woman of
the house."
Why should it fall on her? Is there
any good reason why every member of
the family should not share the re-
sponsibility? We Americans have left
too much for mamma to do. And per-
haps mamma is not wholly blameless.
Ii she had not for generations driven
the men of the household out of the
kitchen-or tried to-she would not
have such a load now.
The bulletin reports that burns and
scalds claim more than two thousand
lives a year in kitchen accidents. Other
fatalities are caused by fires which start
III the kitchen and spread to other
rooms. Falls account for some thousand,
five hundred deaths a year. "Wet or
Waxed floors" says the bulletin, worn
llnoleum or other floor coverings, small
unanchored rugs, and pals or other
small objects left on the floor are in
many cases the immediate cause"
Tragic as the record is, there is moth
ing in it that could not be overcome if
the members of the household, and not
mamma alone, accepted responsibility
for safety in the kitchen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Red Cross Needs Your Aid

Wilmington's Red Cross campaign is
scheduled to close on Friday. Yesterday
only a fraction more than one-half of
the total money set as the local goal
had been subscribed. This means that
the balance must be forthcoming in four
days, with the only alternative Will
mington's failure to toe the mark.
Because of the vital role the Red
Cross plays in the life of the people,
because it is always on hand whenever
and wherever relief is needed, Whining
ton cannot have a clean record if the
full amount of money asked, $21,253,
is not donated.
In fact, if Wilmington is to keep
its record. at the high level of the wa1
years, there must be an over-subscrip.
tion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
Revise The Civil Service Law

The need for revision of the Civil
Service Law, as affecting the Whining
ton Police and Fire Departments, has
been seen by most of the city's resi-
dents for some time, but now it has
become imperative.
It can be made only by legislative
action.
It is in the power of Senator Lennon
and Representative Kermon to initiate
that action. They have repeatedly been
asked to start it. AS of today they have
failed to do. Further failure, in the light
of recent conditions in the Police De-
partment, represents failure of a public
duty.
The Civil Service Commission, an ap-
pointive group, should not have the final
voice in the appointment of a chief of
police, or the authority to set aside the
chiefs responsibility to employ, suspend
Or discharge any member of the force.
These rights should stem from the
City Council, an elective group chosen
by the city's enfranchized voters. The
Council should have authority to name
= chief, without interference or even
consultation of the commission, and
should empower the chief to control the
force being responsible only to the Coun-
ell.
If this system had been in existence
1t is reasonable to think present condi-
tons would not have arisen.
There is no sound reason why the
Council should not employ a police chief
from outside the force, if and when it
believes the step necessary.
The fact that it must submit the
name of a member of the force to the
commission, and failing to get it's ap-
proval, submit another name, and so on
throughout the entire force, if the COM
mission turns thumbs down on all, cam
not improve either discipline on the
force or enforcement of the laws-a SER
vice for which the police force solely
exists.
Senator Lennon and Representative
kermon owe it to the people of Whining
ton, who were the chief agency of their
election to the legislature, to make the
necessary changes in the Civil Service
Law In the interest of the public well
fare.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-11
MarshalPs Tremendous Job

Secretary of State Marshall rightly
voices an optimistic view OF the peace
meeting in Moscow. He says the con-
ference. as all the world knows, is of
tremendous Importance, and that as in
the past inevitable differences Of opinion
will be overcome. 81 have confidence"
he declares in a broadcast in the Rus
sian capital, that we will by peaceful
negotiation reach agreement which will
greatly advance the cause of peace. -"
The Job Mr.. Marshall faces is not as
easy as it might seem on the strength
of this utterance. It is literally up to
him to establish a balance between a
weakened western Europe and a vastly
strengthened power in eastern Europe.
Britain's crumbling power, resulting
from the recent economic breakdown,
her inability to control the situation in
Palestine, Greece Or India, places the
responsibility squarely on the Shout
ders of the United States as represented
by Secretary Marshall and his aides.
The United States alone has the in
dustrial and financial to I'M
dertake the job. It remains to be seen
if the United States also has the dip
lomatic power. It remains to be seer
if the United States, unaccustomed to
the game of power politics car play it's
hand as adroitly as the power in eastern
Europe.
Of no less Importance is Secretary
MarshalFs obligation to effect a peace
in Europe which will make it impos-
sible for Germany again to e~ndanger
world peace without converting the ma
ton into a pauper state subject to the
of her conquerers. Secretary
Marshall said some days ago that it is
possible the German treaty may not
be completed but that a pact for Austria
may emerge from this Moscow meeting.
It must be obvious that without a
treaty for Germany the present con-
ference will have failed to advance the
cause of world peace materially.
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this point OF light in the center
OF the scanner, the pilot can bring
his plane to earth at the very END
OF the runway.
Ice has always been the most
d a ngerous natural hazard
known to pilots. Now we have
overcome this obstacle. Planes
which fly at low levels encounter
icing conditions only during the
winter months. So d~e-icers. OF
rubber blankets, which slip over
the leading edge of wing and tail,
r mounted on planes every Oc-
tober and removed in April.
Whenever ice begins TO form. the
pilot presses a button. Air is
blown into these blankets. causing
e m to expand. This expansion
breaks up the ice.
Another kind of anti-icing equip
ment is used on planes which fly
at h g h attitudes and. therefore.
must guard against ice the year
around. H OF exhaust gases from
the engines travel through pipes
inside the wing. tail and propeller
blades to keep all surfaces so
warm that ice cannot from.
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TOMORROW: - How Does a Fly
Walk on the Ceiling?
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AZalea Season Nears

There's a feeling in the air that in
dlcates spring cannot be far ahead.
When spring arrives, a~zaleas bloom.
When ~azaleas bloom Greenfield Park
is such a riot of beauty as cannot be
found for miles around.
Unless there should be late and kill
ling frosts the promise is for even
greater beauty than even in Greenfield
this year.
While Wilmingtonians may have
the benefit of natures magnificent dis
play with no greater investment than
q cupful of gasoline and an hours time,
it would be selfish not to invite visitors
from far and near to enjoy it too.
There is no public advertising fund
available for spreading the news, though
there should be. But there is an op-
portunity available to all business firms
to do a good job exploiting the ~azaleas
in Greenfield.
A picture on letterheads and Ell.
velopes, or even an invitation on them
urging recipients to come to Whining.
ton while the ~azaleas are in bloom
would go a long way toward populariz
ing a trip to Wilmington during this
particular season.
To get this medium into operation
in time, the individual campaign ough
to start at once.
Let everybody help.