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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
British Announce Immed-
late Steps To Rush Aid
To Hungry Millions

BERLIN, May 15-P)-British
officials said today a fleet of al
most so ships will be pressed into
service from now until the END
Of the month to speed 1872, 900 tons
of foodstuffs from America to
Germany's hungry millions.
They said the ships will pour
wheat. barley, flour, oats and
corn into German ports to help
relieve the grave food crisis in
the British-American zones.
Many German officials and
private organizations were report
ed sponsoring excursions of city
people to the country to search fol
wild herbs and roots with nutri
tional value, but Col. Hugh B. He's
ter, chief of the American Military
governments food and agricul.
tural division, said no n i:
starving"
'"They are getting less food thar
we wish they had" he added "bu'
they are going to be hungry this
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
SELECTS
ANNA LEE LEWIS
Carolina Beach Post Names
Kure's Beach Girl As
1884, Queen

Miss Anna Lee Lewis, lovely 20
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James E. Lewis, Kure's Beach,
has been chosen as queen OF the
Carolina Beach American Legion
post 272, and will compete with
&c other beauties for the title OF
Miss North Carolina American
Legion Of 1912.
Vital statistics of the brunette
who w o n the first beauty contest
she ever entered, are as follows:
height, five feet, four and one-half
inches; weight, 10 lbs; bust, 81
and three-fourths inches; waist. "a
inches; hips, "a and one-halt
inches. Her eyes are brown, her
hair is light brown, and her COM
plexion is light. She wears a l z
IL dress and a size six and one
half shoe.
MINIS Graduate
A graduate of New Hanover
high school and a former student
at Ringing Art scnool, Sarasota,
Fla, the queen said her ambition
was to be a fashion designer or
to get married. She likes the
Humphrey Bogart type OF man,
evidently, as she listed him as
her favorite movie star.
Swimming is one Of her favorite
hobbies and she wears the badge
of a Red Cross senior life saver;
though she has never made a res
cue. Other hobbies were listed as
golf, art, dancing, and horseback
riding.
She prefers simple tailored
clothes rather than frills, and If
she is selected queen of the N. c.
Legion in the contest during the
state convention at Carolina
Beach June IS, she may select the
type clothes she wants, for the
grand prize is $500 worth If sum-
mer apparel. A seven-day va
cation at Carolina Beach will also
be given the winner.
Gets Gift
The Carolina Beach post has
presented Miss Lewis a bathing
suit and an evening gown which
she will wear in the state contest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
RADIO TO CARRY
UMSTEAD SPEECH
North Carolina Senator To
Speak To Reserve
Officers Convention

United States Senator William B.
Umstead will address the south on
a radio network from the turkey
banquet of the North Carolina De-
partment Reserve Officers con-
vention Saturday night, May "a at
Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrightsville
Beach.
Plans for the radio address were
announced last night at a meeting
of the committee in charge OF ar
rangements for tle first state con-
yention the ROA has held in six
years.
Radio time to be assigned to the
talk and originating through n
of the Wilmington stations will
amount to 80 minutes. At the same
time it was pointed out by mem
bers of the committee that Assist
ant Secretary of War Kenneth
Royal. who has been invited to the
convention, will be given a portion
of the radio time if present.
Tempting Menu
reserve OlllCcIS dLu IhoAA SoS'e"
will sit down to a banquet OF turkey,
Au Gratian potatoes, lima beans,
strawberry shortcake and ice
cream committee members de-
cided last night.
Round table discussion on tle
army aircorps the afternoon OF
May "a, the first day of the two
day convention, will be lead by
two experts in the field-Maj. Gen.
E. A. Anderson and Lieut.. Gen.
Desmond O'Keefe - Col. John
Bright Hill, state president said.
Both generals are attached to the
aircorps headquarters at Washing
ton.
Final details for the convention.
which is expected to attract ap-
proximately 400 reserve officers
from throughout North Carolina
will be worked out at committee
meeting next Wednesday in the
New Hanover Courthouse.
Opening at 10 a. M, May a.
(Continued On Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
WilmingtonN Newspapers,
WMFDG etC Certificates

star-News was by Al. G.. Dickson,
editor of The News.
Lieut.. Somrell congratulated the
press and radio and expressed the
appreciation of the recruiting
service for their services in the
war effort. He was assured that
the newspapers and radio will
continue their interests and efforts
in behalf of the Navy in peace
ime.
The presentation was originally
scheduled for this morning out the
time was changed to confirm with
revision Of Lieut.. Sumrsll's vista
ton schedule.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
I truman Says Hard Sense
Will Prevent Depression;
House Uses Axe On BUDGET
Estimate Cut
Lower Chamber However,
Restores Funds For Air
Control Towers

WASHINGTON, May Is -P-
The House took some more lusty
swings at President Humans
budget requests today, passing an
appropriation bill which calls for
a 80 per cent cut in his estimates
for the Commerce department.
Also, it carries a q per cent
cut for the State department be-
low Mr.. Humans requests and a
20 per cent cut for expenses OF
federal judiciary. The Justice de-
partment got off with a 2.7 per
cent nick.
In passing the 1888, 976, 1892 mea-
sure, the House upset its approp-
riations committee in only one
item.
The single setback for the COM
mitee's economy drive was on
funds for operation of air traffic
control towers at ISL airports in
as many cities throughout the
country.
Money Put Back
The committee had cut out the
funds and recommended that mu-
inequalities pay for the Civil Aero
nautics administration personnel
operating the towers. By a al to
"a vote the House put the money,
81, 948, 484, back into the bill.
AS passed and sent to the SEN
ate, the bill carried these approp-
riations:
State department, $219, 1923, 05S.
Commerce department, $780,
305, 1874.
Federal judiciary. SIT, LAG, $50.
The overall total in the bill,
which is to run the agencies for
the year beginning July 1, was
cut % per cent below the Presi-
dents budget figures. Secretary of
State Marshall and Secretary OF
Commerce Hartman alike have
protested their cuts and doubtless
will ask the Senate to be more
generous.
without Vote
Partially offsetting the incress-
ed funds for the air traffic towers
was elimination of 81, ZOO, 900 for
technical and scientific services in
the State department.. A technical
ity knocked that item out without
a vote.
There was no recorded vote on
final passage, only a laundering
of caves and no audible mays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
WITNESS RELATES 3
| ACTS AT LYNCHINC
Prosecution Quotes IN
Defendant On Shooting
OF Negro
BY RoMNEY WHEELER

GRGNVILLE, S. c., May Is
LR)-A defendant in the mass-mur-
der trial of 81 accused lynchers
was quoted by the prosecution to-
day as saying he heard a knife
cutting through clothing and flesh
Just before a drunken executloaer
blew in the head of Negro Willie
Earle with blasts from a single
barrel shotgun.
The grisly story was read into
the record by prosecutor Sam
Watt. in the form of a statement
BY Jessie LIE Summons, 20, which
he made to officers just after ms
arrest. Earle, accused OF fatally
stabbing a white taxi driver, was
taken from Picken county jail last
Feb. II and slain after being beat
en- and knitted.
AS Watt read the document to
the jury, the 81 defendants leaned
forward and listened closely.
Some sat in the front-row OF
Greenville county court room, ac'
companied by wives and SWEET
hearts. A few had small children
with them.
Negro Questioned
Sammons, in the statement
read, related that the Negro was
pulled from his cell in Pickens
jail, and taken to a lonely spot
where he was questioned.
He said he rode in the back seat
of the lead car, sitting next to
the doomed man. AS they rode, he
said, a man with a shotgun lean
ed back from the front seat and
said: Il guess you know what we
got you for" and the Negro an
swered Il guess I know. l stabbed
the old man."
Sammons said the man with the
shotgun-not otherwise identified
twas drinking heavy"
Reaching the spot where the
Negro vas killed, Sammons con-
tinued, the lynchers dragged
Earle from the car. He said he
saw Hendrix Rector. 80, with a
knife in his hand, and related that
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

TACOMA, WASH, May Is -(P)-
A city-wide rodeo was in progress
today after dozens of bawling
steers broke from a packing house
unloading platform and rapidly
spread through business and resi-
dental districts.
Sweating policemen e issued
their lariat-twirling orders a few
moments after first reports were
received at 2:15 am. That wild
COWS" had been see running
through the industrialtide-flat
area, near the Carstens Packing
company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Bawling Steers Provide
Observation-Disclosures

BY 4 am. residents Of South
Tacoma, some eight miles distant,
were complaining that some wild
beasts are in our petunia beds"
and Sheriff Lee Croft vas appeal.
ed to for aid. He sent in his famed
horse posse and the roundup start
ed in real Western style.
A Carstens official estimated
the loose steers at "about 80"
When this was written, the desk
sergeant at headquarters report
ed: Were still chasing them all
over the North end and they're
chasing North E2ders."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
The w Gather
FORECASTS:

FORECAST:
worth Carolina-Partly cloudy and
"afiner Friday; scattered Thunderstorm
IN mountain sections Friday after
e eIva and evening; Saturday considerable
,nss"aiAesS, not much change in tempera
sonns.
ni. Cafolina-Partly cloudy n MOI
sSo" 80 hot Friday; scattered thunder
,s.s"eefs IN mountain sections Friday
,Ssspooon and evening; Saturday N
IN 1eaoie cloudiness, not much change
Now semperature, with scettered after,
wv" thundershowe1s.
Eastern Standard Time)
H. by Z. S. Weather Bureau)
chronological data for the "a hour:
I..as 1850 p. m yesterday.
y. % a. m. 70; 7:3o a. M. SO; $50 p. m
Lou p m. Sc; Maximum Is; Mini
mir, TEMPERATURES
"Nh e; Mean 10: Ncranal II.
,on HUMIDITY
Nv a, M. go: 20 a. M. 70; 1:"O p. NJ
~ ''0 p. NJ. 3n
~. PRECIPITATION
NM MI Tor "a hours ending 1870 p. m
'S inches. TIC hH 0h Inc ''
TIDES FOR TODAY
Z I'm The Tide Tables published by u
eoast and Geodetic Survey.
R,,,.: HIGH Low
As'on 500 Am. LOS am
Na,ox, 6:43 pm. 1:25 pm
Nooro 49, 3:51 am. 1918 am
s,,- 4:21 pm. 10:51 pm
1.57s. $40; Sunset 1907; Moonris
pss Moonset 3:02p.
sa stage at Fayetteville, N. c. q
H. Thursday 1o.2 feet.
More Weather On Fare Eve
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Sailor Is Named
In Love TRIANGLE
Sheriff Willis Britt Of Robson Reveals
'Other Man In Alleged Murder Attempt
Works For Father Of Mrs. Miller

day afternoon, was released when
Sheriff Britt was served with a
writ Of habeas corpus and the
woman's father posted $15,.
600 bond.
Fred Virgins, 26-year-old Negro,
who allegedly shot Dan Miller,
husband of Mrs. Miller, as he
slept in his bed, was being held
in Jail tonight under SIS, 900 bond.
Admit Plot
Sheriff Britt said that Mrs. Miller
and the Negro have admitted they
plotted the death of Dan Miller,
Continued On Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
And So To Bed

Col. H. E.. Boyd, president Of
the Wilmington chapter OF the
Reserve Officers Association
which will play host to the state
convention May 24-25 at
Wrightsville Beach, also is
chairman of the general COM
mittee in charge of arrange
ments for the two-day session.
One of his duties will be to
tell convention guests how to
reach points of interest in the
community, he was instructed
last night at a meeting map
ping details for the state
gathering.
"WelI, how do you get to all
those places?" he protested.
II don't know where they are."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Water Safety Classes
Underway At Carolina
Special To The Star

CAROLINA BEACH, May 15.-
Water Safety classes conducted by
Bill Macdonald, acting life guard
at Carolina Beach got underway
today.
Included in the water program
is the teaching of school children
between tae ages of 10 and Il
years.
The classes now are made of two
sessions-juniors and seniors, and
Macdonald with the help of other
safety minded young men is teach
ing the boys the art of life pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
VOL. SO.-NO. 231.
fcraciaJ To The Star)

1uMBERTON, May Is. Sheriff
mills c. Britt, of Robson county,
n;obt revealed the name of the
..a.ssr man. in the alleged love-
.sootine of a pretty 24-year-old
'.ors operators wife's husband
Wv here early Sunday morning.
'' Sheriff Britt said the other man
az Garland E. Cottrell, 22-year-
w. Navv veteran, an an en-
oIaree on the farm of MIS-. Mary
p,,on Currin Miller's father,
.1,or rurrin of near Rowland.
u was also learned that Mrs.
Miller, who has been confined to
w. pobeson county jail since Sun
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
SO Ship Food Fleet
T0SailFOrG Germany
AT NAGASAKI

TOKYO, May Is - up -
Kyodo news agency said today
deformed pumpkins, two-bulbed
onions and two-headed egg
plants had been discovered at
atom-bombed Nagasaki.
KyOdo said Nagasaki prefec-
tural agricultural experts were
experimenting followed also by
a U. S. research team.
Earlier reports of freak ba-
bies born to survivors of the
atom bomb have been denied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity Partly clouoy
and warmer today; Saturday consider
able cloudlness, not much change in
temperature, with scattered afternoon
thunderstorms
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

Continued on Page Two; Col. 4
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
MORGAN NOW APPEALS
FOR JEWISH DPS

LONDON, (JPS)-Lt. General
Sir Frederick Morgan, ousted Bri-
tish UNRRA chief, who alleged in
January, 1916, that 'well-fed,
osy-cheeked' Jewish refugees
from Poland were spreading pog-
rom rumorS in order to further
''plot" to leave Europe, suggested
here last week in a surprising
about that Britain admit
250,000 displaced persons from her
occupation zone of Germany.
General Morgan said he was
thinking particularly of Jewish
displaced persons. 1T is incon-
ceivable that they should be ex-
pected to stay on the scene of
their determination among the
people who butchered their near
est and dearest"
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21

tory have always been considered
functions of Jewish life without
which Judaism would have been a
great deal poorer To do away
with Mohoth Hittin in our days
would be a regrettable mistake.
Those who b elieve in Jewish
charity as demanded by Tradition
and practiSed over a period of
many centuries will not be salts
fed with the modern" idea that
all donations and contributions be
limited to a particular month or
season of the year One should
give whenever he or she is called
upon, regardless whether or not
"pledge"-based on an annual in
come-has already been paid in
full.
The preparation for Passover is
of a twofold nature. First, the
home is made ready for the holi-
day and the traditional victuals
assembled, and second, the Signifi-
canoe of Passover is studied with
thoroughneSs that every head of
a family may properly conduct
his own service Isn't every head
of the family supposed to assume
the role of a king? And isn't a
king expected to abide by set
of rules and regulations? 1t will
certainly add to the joy of our
Seder, if we familiarize ourselves
in advance with its symbolism.
Many people think that by
reading the Haggadah at the Sc
der, they have done all that is.
expected of them. Just as if, for
example, one who reads a con-
cert should conceive the idea that
it is the same thing as music it
self. "Seder" means order. The
traditional feast is called by that
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
"ANTI-NAZI" CARDINAL
Won PREYSING
SUPPORTED HITLER

New York, (JPS)-The anti
Nazi myth surrounding another
German clergyman now visiting
this country to drum goodwill
for the starving Germans His
Eminence Konrad Cardinal Won
Preysing, Catholic Bishop of Ber-
lin-waS punctured this week by
Victor H. Bernstein, writing in
the newspaper PM. Mr.. Bernstein,
who spent months as a correspon-
dent in Germany after the war,
points out that the alleged anti
Nazism of Cardinal Won Preysing
is of the same brand as that of
Protestant Pastor Martin Me
moeller, whose goodwill tour of
the U. S. began several weeks
ago, namely, nebulous statements
against the Hitler Philosophy on
one hand, but on the other,
pledges of allegiance or offers of
service to Hitler and the Wehr-
macht, and expressions of pride
in Nazi conquests.
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
Unz61A HzeN2nNDzu 02uAI

name because it is a celebration
with a program 1t has an order
of service. The Haggadah con-
tains the program of the Seder
If people want to have a mean
ingful Seder, they will have to
create the music to this program.
Otherwise it would be like menu
card without a meal or like a con-
cert program without a concert.
Not the Matzoth, nor the Charo-
seth, nor any culinary prepara-
ton can make the Seder meaning
full, unless the participants are
ready to fill in the program with
important observations on value
of religion, on nature of freedom
passover is called z'man heru-
seynu, lie. Season of our free
DOM, on ISraelS revival, and
other appropriate Passover topics.
People should also familiarize
themselves with the Passover
songs. They will provide great
deal of JOY and inspiration. In
stead of talking about business as
usual, one should try to impress
the youngsters with the ideas
Passover stands for, with the SYM
bols of the Seder ,and with the
benefits mankind derived from
Jewish contributions. Perhaps
people will convince themselves
that discussion of philosophical,
ethical, or historical problems is
not boring after all.
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
IJAa5AMAb@zhb::
( by PHINEAS' 'BIRON ;
Bard In Perspective

Bard In Perspective
We read in the papers that the
Shuberts, who own the theatre in
question, have requested that the
Donald Wolfit S h k es p a e
troupe drop The Merchant of
Venice" from it's repertory 4.
People have been writing the
Shuberts it seems, to complain
that 'The Merchant p" slurs the
Jewish people This is, we
think, a wrong note We've
never had anything but contempt
for the stereotypes of bigoted
dramatists . But anyone who is
familiar with Shakespeare would
never put him in that class .
In the early 18th century, when
the immortal bard penned The
MGI CIldIlL. IlIS SSIlSlllNS pOl =
trayalS of Shylock as tortured
human being was a tremendous
advance from the vicious carica-
lures then current among writers
Let's keep fighting defamatory
characterizations wherever they
appear, but let's keep some per-
Spective.
Danny Hayes next for Samuel
Goldwyn, will be That's Life"
new title for the old, old story of
the long-haired music professor
who starts an academic study of
jazz He's one comic who
makes a corny script funny in
stead of vice-verSa Did you
know that Milton Berle was an
accomplished magician? His
card tricks are the envy of many
sleight-of-handers :. Zero Mostel
was discovered by Barney Jo-
sephson, Cafe Society proprietor,
several years ago We caught
Barney visiting the Embassy the
other night to catch his erstwhile
protege's new show Charles
Feldman of Universal Interna-
tional will produce Ben Hecht's
scenario The Shadow" with Or
son Wells in the lead role.
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
Seder Arrangements Made
For Local Military

Soldiers stationed at Davis
Monthan Field, or military per-
sonnel now at the local Veterans
Hospital can attend the SederS
at Anshei Israel synagogue, April
4 and 5, if they contact Rabbi
Marcus Breger, telephone $685.
Rabbi Breger recently was dis
charged as a chaplain Major from
the u. S. Army and is now rabbi
at AnShei Israel.
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
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BY Virginia PiStOr
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Nearly all of us l suppose, oc-
casionally reach a point where
an accumulation of petty irrita-
tionS, small Illustrations or minor
extra responsibilities make some
kind of temporary escape a sud-
den necessity. Consciously or un-
consciously the urge to change the
schedule a bit, to vary the estab-
lished pattern of daily living, if
only in a detail or two, is at such
time, very strong.
People react to this urge in
different ways Of course. I've
known many women, for instance,
who could find a tremendous lift
in the simple act of buying new
hat probably strong motlvat-
ing influence in hat fashions here
maybe zany hats are always
with us because women get bored
or irritated! Wonder what men
do?)
To an old addict, the reading
jag has little relation to the nor
NAL reading one does. When en-
barked on this sort of orgy, one
wishes neither for the intellect
to be stimulated nor for the emo
tions to be joggled. This is why
my own recipe for a lost weekend
includes several detective stories,
preferably the formula-written
ones, an innocuouS novel and
little inoffensive magazine or two.
l recently recovered from such
a bout, but before it had run its
course l found myself in some
what the same predicament as
befalls an alcoholic who has for
gotten where he hid the last bot
tie. | had somehow misplaced the
two murder stories l had intend
ed to taper off with, and, my frus-
tration mounting, I finally picked
up a book which didn't fit the
usual requirements for reading
jag, but which certainly took care
of the Illustration as well as re-
solving for me a number of ques-
tions with which | had long WreS-
tied.
peace of Mind, published by
Simon and Schuster in March,
1916, was written by Joshua 10th
Liebman, brilliant rabbi of Tenn
pie Israel, Boston. 1t is in sense,
a startling book, since it attempts,
(and successfully to blend the
old simple fundamental truths of
religion with the relatively new
truths to be found in modern
pSychiatry.
Devoid of sectarianism, it is
nevertheless a book for the re-
ligiouS of whatever creed as well
as one for the agnostic, and for
those who troubled and confused,
(and how many of us are not?D
it offers great comfort. 1t is sim
ply written, quietly eloquent, at
once stimulating and soothing, but
above all, it is a warm and COM
passionate book, full of calm and
reasoned wisdom.
It is book that will stand more
than one reading, and l think
the chapters dealing with i'm
mortality and grief can be read
many, many times. Whatever
ones own concept of Immortality,
whatever ones attitude toward
grief and loss, there is support
and strength for the spirit in these
pages.
The Arizona post., 1947-03-21
By Rabbi Marcus Breger
At least thir-

At least thir-
ty days before
Passover Jews
prepare for its
observance. To
see to it that
others e n oy
the blessing of
the festival is a
part of the pre-
paration. The
Mohoth Hittin
C a m p a i 6 n S
throughout his