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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
Two Airmen Rescued
By Coast Guardsnu

NORFOLK, Va, June sur
Two navy airmen we're rescue
today after crash-landing tA,
fighter plane near a ship 60 mild
at sea, the Coast Guard announs
ed.
The F7F twin-englne figaN
based at Chincoteague Island, VI,
flew out to sea on an assignst
mission and apparently develOps
compass trouble, the Coast Guar
said. 1t ran low on gas and III
Coast Guard asked commerce.
radio stations to broadcast III
planes plight to Ships In the
entity.
The plane crew, identified Nll
as 1t. E. Barink and C. E. TIL sa
found the S. s. Kelona Park, Gil
cled until the gas tanks wel
empty, and landed in the sea.
The airmen were scheduled
be- brought to shore tonight
Cape Henry, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
ASK YADKlN
RIVER FUNDS
Army Engineers Seek $751;
900 To Map Plans For
Four Dams

WASHINGTON, June 6. -(P)-
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, North
. Wilkesboro, N. c., asked a house
appropriations subcommittee today
to recommend funds to control
floods along Yadkin river.
Army engineers have asked the
committee for SIS, 900 to plan con-
- struction of four flood control dams.
. Rep. Folger D.-N.C.) said he
believes Congress should appropri-
- ate 81, 1874, 600, which is the amount
= engineers have estimated will be
- needed to build two of the dams
- on the Yadkin and two on the Red
= dies river. The money would be
. available at the year beginning
- July l..
Hayes told reporters he inform
!. ed the committee that the dams
would be of much value as those on
. the Catawba and "down the Yad-
: KIM" which also have provided
power 'for innumerable manufac-
. turing plants and furnish power to
= the Piedmont area"
1T seems absurd to think that
. six miles of land in Caldwell coun.
- ty are more valuable than As
: miles of the same type in Wilkes,
: to say nothing Of 100 miles along
$ the river in Surry, Yadkin, Forsyth,
Davie, Davidson, Rowan, Mont
/. gomery, Stanly, Richmond and
Arson Counties" he continued.
I'VE are sitting on dynamite.
. This year we may suffer disaster
= greater than 1910 when engineers
: estimated the damage at $3,25O,
OO0."
Amony others testifying In favor
= Of the dam were j. E. Justice, OF
. North Wilkesboro, and former Rep
I. r~esentative Walter Lambeth.
a Rep. Deane D.-N.C.) in a review
: OF floods along the river, said cit is
: generally agreed that greater darn
age would be done in future floods
because more timber has been cut
i. on the slope of mountainous areas
and considerable new businesses
=. have been noted in the direct path
i. of flood waters"
= A large delegation from Hap
. by Valley" opposed the project
yesterday as inadequate" and said
: 1t would cause much damage by
= flooding Of lands at the dam.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
APPEALS
FOR POTATO USERS

WASHINGTON, June 6 - F -
The Agriculture department ap-
pealed today to public and chart
table institutions to take surplus
early potatoes off its hands, at no
cost.
The department said it has been
forced to destroy II, 800 bushels of
early-grown potatoes this year be-
cause it couldn't find an outlet for
them. The surplus potatoes are
mainly No. 2's and B's-that is low
err grades.
Potatoes are being bought by
the department. under a legislative
requirement that its support-pro-
Queer prices at not less than 90
per cent of parity.
Officials told a reporter. the de-
partment takes over potatoes only
when the producer cannot get the
support price at the market place.
Eligible to receive surplus pota-
Toes, in addition to school lunch
programs, are charitable institu-
lions operated at no profit and
supported by tax grants or dona-
tons at no cost to recipients, and
relief agencies which distribute
potatoes free TO relief clients.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
BULCAR
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(C0ntlnueQ from rage OHcJ
closely guarding Hungarian refu-
gees from possible kidnap at
tempts by Hungarian secret police
operating in Vienna.
1T was established that Hun
garian opposition leader Bella Var
ga, president of the national as
sembly, had succeeded in escap-
ing to the Anglican erican occupa-
ton zones in Austria.
5-Paul Auer, Hungarian minis
ter in Paris, joined those Hungar-
ian diplomatic ENJOYS who have
rebelled against the Communist
coup.
There were creditable reports
that these men, along with former
Premier Ferenc Macy, now in
Switzerland, and former assembly
President Warga, might meet soon
to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of form
ing a government in exile.
In its note to Sofia the British
government said that tae' Bulgar-
lians violated their new peace
treaty by ~suppressing the opposi-
ton newspaper Svoboden Narod,
organ Of the social democratic
party.
The note, delivered Wednesday
by British Envoy J. G.. Sterndale-
Bennett, also protested that the
circulation of a second opposition
paper, Narodno Z~emedelsko Ina
me, of the Agrarian national un-
ion party, "has recently been pre-
vented by means undoubted-
lily approved by the government"
Expect Action
Britain said that 1t had expect
ed to see action taken against
|Svoboden Narod for the article
which caused its suspension-one
on tae Bulgarian food situation.
But, the note said, there was
nothing harmful in the article in
the first place and in the second
place the government continued the
suppression by purely arbitrary
means.
Russian authorities in rejecting
the British demand for documents
in the Hungarian crisis said they
regret that the only copies are
now with the Hungarian govern
ment" and added:
NATURALLY we will hope that
these documents will not always be
with the Hungarian government"
Hungarian minister to London
1stvae Bede, who has accepted
the coup, left today for Zurich to
meet Vice Premier .Arpad SEA-
kasits, who is attending the in
ternational socialist convention.
He intends to continue to Budapest
Bulgarians here said that Agrar-
ian party leader Petkov, whom the
Reds in Bulgaria arrested, had
openly and boldly criticized Pre-
mier Dimotrov, calling aim in
parliament a "rcd gauleiter" and
mis- regime "Red Fascism."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
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and 4e operate in the daytime
between Wilmington and ROCKY
Mount, making connexions M
Rocky Mount for northbouno
trains. -,
Hill said that the volume OF mai
being brought into Wilmington on
train 40 and taken out on tram
48 was rather light.
No figure on the exact volume
is available, he said, but judging
from his own observance, Hill
pointed out that the mail on those
two trains was Tighter than any
other northern connection"
The heaviest northbound trains
from this city are number Al
which arrives in Wilmington about
I'D a. m. and number AZ which
leaves Wilmington about 7:15 p.
NJ Hill said. Those two trains
stop at the smaller communities
Whlcn have expressed concern
over the discontinuance Of their
daytime service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
GETS
BUDDY" WELCOME
Members OF 35th Division
Association Greet Tru-
Man, Eisenhower

KANSAS CITY, June O.. -A.e
President Truman flew from
Washington to Jackson county to-
day for his most joyous h o m e.
coming in many months.
He found his mother happy and
feeling much better after a grave
illness. His old war comrades ex-
tended welcome arms and noisy
acclaim.
Mr.. Truman speaks tomorrow
night at 10:03 o'clock (EST) to the
Thirty-Fifth Division reunion. To-
day the ex-soldiers roared its APP
plause when he arrived W lit
General Dwight D. Eisenhower to
greet this mornings business ses-
sion with a simple I'm glad to
be here"
From this welcome he drove to
his mothers cottage in rural
Grandview, after a brief lunch at
his hotel suite.
There he found 94-year-old Mrs.
Martha E. Truman smiling her
own welcome "quite avid and
alert" to quote Brig. Gen. Wallace
H. Graham, the Presidents physl-
clan.
Carries Flowers
The chief executive, who spent
nearly two weeks at his mothers
bedside recently, carried a box OF
fresh flowers.
Returning an hour later to Kan
a City with his sister, Miss Mary
Jane Truman, he told reporters as
he entered the hotel:
Mothers getting along all
right. l found her in good shape.
he's better than when l LETT
here"
The amazing Mrs. Truman, who
fractured her hip in a fall at her
Grandview home in February, was
Going so well that G a !
Graham considered it safe to re-
move an oxygen tent from the
little cottage today. He retained an
oxygen mask and tank, however,
for use as a heart stimulant.
The presidents arrival at the
Fairfax airport was in sharp con-
trast to his last flight into Grand
view to sit at The bedside OF the
mother.
Stepping out IT the plane with
General Eisenhower, t h e Army's
chief Of staff and Fleet Admiral
William B. Leahy, his own chief
of staff. the President was well
coined by his cousin, Major Cen
eral Ralph E. Truman, former
head Of the 35th Division associ'
alton and Henri Bonnet the
French ambassador and others.
Speaks Briefly
Whisked to municipal audi
torium, he took a few minutes to
speak to his world war n bud
dies.
II am glad to be here to open
this session. I know I am going TO
enjoy the privilege Of seeing as
many rs possible Of you personal
ly."
General Eisenhower saved h S
speech making for tonight out told
the convention:
II want you to know that I have
lust as much claim on this area
as the President has and I am
every bit as proud Of It,"
Mr.. Truman said he would at
tend the session tonight when
Eisenhower speaks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
MEASURE
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u 80 ~AAS1
which only union members may be
hired.
8. Permits the union shop only
when a majority of workers vote
for it. In the union shop, nom
union workers may be hired but
they must join the union short
ly. :.
4. Outlaws union-controlled health
and welfare funds established since
January 1, 1916.
5. Makes unions liable for I'M
fair labor practices and subject
to suit for violation. of contract.
s. Outlaws jurisdictional strikes
Casually called in inter-union dis
putes) and secondary boycotts, in
which a union strikes at another
employer by refusing to handle
his product for its employer.
Opponents Battle
Senators Murray (D-Mont.) and
Pepper (D-Fla.) kept the opposi-
ton fight rolling up to the bitter
end.
The bill, If it goes on the statute
books either with President Tru-
mans signature or without it, will
be known as the Taft-Hartley act
after its sponsors - Senator Rob-
ert A. Taft of Ohio and Rep. Fred
Hartley, New Jersey Republican
heading the House Labor commit
tee.
The provision of the bill au-
thorizing S0-day injunctions against
strikes imperilling national health
and safety would go into effect
Immediately with enactment of
the measure.
Senators and representatives
who drew up the compromise reas-
oned this might block a possible
soft coal strike July /.
AS soon as the Senate voted,
William Green, president of the
AFL issued a statement saying
that the Senate action places
the decision in the Presidents
hands as to whether industrial
democracy shall survive in Amer
lea"
Hints At "Jokers"
"The sponsors of this legislation
profess that it is a mild bill which
will not hurt the nations work
erS," Green said.
"But the, President will find.
after careful analysis of the 73-
page document, that it contains
numerous and dangerous Joker
provisions which threaten to null
lily many of the fundamental gains
of labor over the last h~alf-cen-
tury."
In closing debate, Senator Ives
(R-NY) urged the Senate to ac-
cept the bill, although he conced.
ed that "it is not perfect"
II 0are say this bill before us
nor nearly reflects the overall
sentiment of the Congress than
any other legislation dealing with
this subject that could be drawn"
the New Yorker said.
Democratic Leader Barklev
(Ky.) told his colleagues ne thinks
the compromise measure is "a
worse bill' than that which ORR
gina1ly passed the Senate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
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displaced persons camps until it
reached Palestine.
The British appeal was trans
mitted May 20 and the United
States was the first country to
take action on it. President Tru-
man yesterday urged ''every citi-
zen and resident" in the United
States to refrain from activities
which might 'inflame the pas
sions' of peoples in Palestine.
Lie expressed. the hope chat all
members Of the United Nations
would give consideration to the
appeal and inform him Of any ac-
ton their government may be
able to take. =
British Appeal
The appeal, signed by Deputy
Delegate Valentine Lawford, said
that sit appears to His Majesty's
government that one of the most
important ways III which mem
hers of the United Nations can
assist towards a peaceful solution
of the Palestine problem is by
doing all in their power to dis
courage illegal immigration while
the question remains sub 3udice."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
CHAMBER AVIATION
GROUP WILL MEET
Chairman Hicks Calls Meet.
ing To Discuss Plans
To Argument Service

Wilmington's Chamber of Com
merce plans to see what can be
done to alter the decision Of the
Civil Aeronautical board in refus-
ing certain flight routes through
this immediate area
The aviation committee of the
chamber will meet next week to
discuss the matter and if possible
work out a program to procure
for this region what many avia-
ton enthusiasts contend r need
ed flights on national airlines for
Wilmington and nearby points.
Hamilton Hicks, chairman OF
the committee, called a meeting
of that body last night setting
some day next week as a date.
The time will depend upon when
a full membership gathering can
be obtained.
No Quorum
A tentative session for yester-
day afternoon was postponed
when it was found a quorum could
not be present.
The Chamber Of Commerce &C.
ton is in line with a protest by
the State Airlines which seeks a
rehearing of its application.
A 13-page brief has been pre-
pared by State Airliner in behalf
Of such action. It likely will be
presented to the county commits
sioners Monday at their weekly
meeting in an effort to gain that
body's support.
State Airlines wishes to make
B~luethenthal Field a main termi-
nus on an east-west route that the
company might be authorized to
operate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
FARMER
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(COnt1nue0 FfOm rage OHeJ
came In Betsy became Mrs.
Bounds in the office OF City Clerk
Albert L. Fuller.
She carried the white carnations
that her bridegroom brought her
and the red roses which were pre-
scented her at the station by John
S~carpitto of the Lions club.
Nine-year-old Billy was remem-
bered, too, and he was busy stuff
ing his pockets with the candy
bars the crowd showered on him.
Bounds said he first heard OF
Betsy five months ago when she
answered a letter he wrote to a
lonely hearts club in Tennessee.
There were about % letters bet
ween them, he said, and then
came the magic 1ovenote in which
Betsy wrote me she was will
ing"
Today, between kisses, he
beamed at Betsy:
mot even the President would
have such a crowd"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
MANUFACTURERS
Continued From Page One,

Rockwell is a former production
director of the u. S. Maritime
commission. He laid the whole
steel shortage and subsequent
gray market operations to there
things:
/. Strikes.
2. "A terrific waste brought
about by the ill-considered and un-
justified demand of the military
procurement forces during the
war"
3. The exporting of steel. He
said this has resulted in his com
pany being forced to pay II to
20 cents a pound for tin plate pur-
chased from England which
America is selling con govern
ment orders to Canada, New
Zealand and Australia at seven
cents a pound. Tin plate is steel
coated with tin
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
-Four Mew School Principals
Slated For Columbus County
Williams, Hallsboro, Cerro
Gordo And Chadbourn
Positions Filled
Special to the Star

Whiteville, June 6. J. M
Hough, superintendent of public
instruction in this county, anno,m'
ced four changes in pricipalships
of Columbus schools and one new
agricultural teacher, for the
coming year. Each new incumbent
is a World War II veteran.
Robert L. Randall, a native
of Walnut, a B. A.. graduate OF
the Eastern Tennessee State Col
lege, and M. A. graduate Of the
University Of North Carolina, has
accepted the principal-ship Of the
Williams township high school,
succeeding Fred A. Ficquett, who
has held the position since the
school was established 10 years
ago. Mr.. Ficquett recently handed
in his resignation effective at the
end of the current school year. Mr..
Randall has had eight years teach
ing experience. Mrs. Randall will
also be a member Of the faculty.
]. T. Sasser, Jr., a native OF
Wayne county, has accepted the
principalship of the Hallsboro high
school, S u c c e d n 6 Benjamin
Franklin Kendall, who resigned
after eight years in that capacity.
Mr.. Sasser holds an A. B degree
from Wake Forest College and will
receive an M. A.. from the same
institution this summer. He h a s
been teaching for the past three
years in Fender county at Topsail.
The new principal at Cerro
Gordo will be c. o. McLamb, a
native OF johnson county. He sue
ceeds Ralph Whitfield who h S
resigned to re-enter college. Mr..
McLamb is a graduate Of Atlantic
College in Wilson and
will get an MA. degree this sum-
mer from the University Of North
He comes to Cerro
this year from Four Oaks
High school, tn e largest consoli-
dated high school in the world.
where he was assistant principal
for the past several years. Mrs.
McLamb will be a member of the
faculty at Cerro Gordo also.
Finally, the selection Of Q. T..
as principal at Chad
bourn has already been an
nounced. Mr.. Townsend comes to
Chadbourn from Fair Bluff, where
his record as a principal has been
outstanding. He succeeds E. l..
Derrick as principal, the latter
having resigned effective at the
end of the current scholastic year.
The facancy in the vocational
agriculture department is at
Evergreen, and Harry E. Culp, OF
South Carolina, and veteran OF
World War II has been named to
succeed J. R. Killbrew.
All in all, Mr.. Hough said, the
teacher situation is much i'm
proved over what it was just a
year ago, and there is not to be
this year the dearth Of teachers
such as was experienced last sum-
mer.
The vacancy in the principalship
OF the Fair Bluff school, left by
the resignation Of Mr. Townsend
to come to Chadbourn, has not yet
been filled, Hough said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
FIRST FIRST NEGRO FA9;|
no NE DEDICA11T|
ri Buila;.
thought S3 To Be FIN s,''
Ut Its Kind

@piirTsBoRo, June s
elusive cslnsl'u uss b building for 4. \
Gated here today. 'sS Was d.
IT is thought to \.
nui ANN of its kind to i Be- he h
SOLICITED SOLICITED funds, Dr.. ! n a t : ~
tension service : so' s5;s Carolina !
- This building is onlv wy .
o % sstR so 10, aa q s5e and ! d iss-
living schaub SAID i; s'anda,i
to lad address, This is N not a d't',
70 stop You have prova . y i a p;a
continue" - the TIM, !,
The edifice was erao
cost a.s Of apprOximate l,St 81 aoi At
a debt of 1854 remains s''So, Z
ing. Practically all - tuSdS 0a;saa.
erection came from mus t0' h
Schaub said. Nega!
R. G. Bryant Served
yn "a n as ~.
1 uh "a, OF a building conr sas'
last year. Ii Aagus ,
The building is dedicated
memory of Neil Alexandsra % % b
the first Negro to be emnlo sall'l
a county agent in North C,,s;t.
1t will provide office sn,,, !,
Cnatham county Negro , axtss. (
workers - Joseph A, Tr.s
county agent, and LOWE NJ ' snA
nome demonstration agent. ''''
Other speakers today jncr,,.
John ". Goodman, sssis t-,sl'''
rector Of North Carolina ss.'
sion service; Frank Jetsr 's AT
cultural editor at State co, ~
Wade Barber, state senator. !
onipes' county agent; Fo,.
Whitley, home demorst,..s
agent; E. E. Walden. chsir..
OF the board OF county cora.a;
sloners; J.. S. Waters cn,.
superintendent Of schools. W.,
H. Paschal, president of the r..
Bureau; W. T, Johnson, prOts,,
at A. & T. college; c. C. Sns%
ing, president OF North Carl,
Mutual Insurance COMPANY. p
Jones, Negro state agent; !
Jeheries, assistant Negro ST,
agent; and Rookie Small se,
tary of the Chatham county NJ,
farm and home foundation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
SINGING CONVENTION
SLATED AT COLDSBORO
Special To The Star

GoLDsBORO, June 6. 49, Prelim-
mary indications reveal that sew.
eral thousand persons are expect
ed to attend the 10th Annual meet
ing OF the Original Eastern Caro-
lima Singing Convention to be held
on Fathers Day, June 18th in the
High School auditorium, G%oldsboro,
beginning sharply at1:3O in the af-
ternoon and continuing until 500
or $50 p. m.
1t is expected that some Is or 90
singing groups will participate In
this event.
Officers of the convention are:
Or. VIM. Howard Carter, President
Director; the Rev. Stedman C.. Da
Wis, First Vice President; DR.
Barney W. English of Wilmington
Second Vice President; and Mrs
Harold X. Thomas, Secretary ant
Treasurer.
The convention is interdenomina
tional and many Gospel singinj
groups are expected to participate
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
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foreman. Non-striking production
workers were said to have been
involved in all three incidents.
In another auto industry labor
dispute 600 office workers at the
Hudson Motor Car company walk
ed off their jobs during wage nego-
tiations.
Hudson at the same time laid OH
1000 production workers until
Monday. blaming a steel shortage.
About 500 office employees, mem
bers Of Local 889, CLIO United Auto
Workers, struck, and another lou
members Of another UAW-ClO al
filiate of clerical workers walked
out in sympathy.
The company charged that the
strike violated a union non-strlke
pledge and said Local $50 had re-
jected substantial salary increas-
acD
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
M DAMAGED

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, June 6.-W.H
"A tornado ripped through a 49,
block area Of a new residential
ares on the western outskirts Of
Champaign late today, wrecking
six homes and damaging IS SER
iously.
8. Despite the widespread damage
-of the storm, which carried deb
.ris two miles to the University Of
Illinois campus, only one man was
injured. He received cuts On the
hands.
Fire Chief r. W. Alsip said it
was "amazing no III was killed
Or injured seriously"
Most Of the homes wrecked or
damaged were built only recent
1y In a new Subdivision. Alsip
said "several dozen" homes in
addition to those damaged badly
received minor damage.
Residents Of the area said the
tornado swept through the area
with a roar like that Of a fleet
Of bombers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
FLOODS
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= abandoned their homes when a
railroad dixie broke. All residents
: of the small community Of Red
- Rock left their homes, and more
than 1900 persons were removed
. from Ottumwa.
. Mississippi Rises
The Mississippi river, which
reached 1873 feet-nearly two feet
above flood stage in the North
eastern MISSOURI area contin-
ued to rise, and workers began
sandbagging the Canton Munich
pal Light and Water plant. Al
-reedy surrounded BY flood waters.
approximately 100 families were
moved from lowland areas.
- A Coast Guard cutter and other
boats were sent to the scene, to
remain until the middle Of next
week in anticipation Of high water
on the Mississippi from Keokuk,
i. Iowa, to points South.
- The Burlington railroad tracks
= already were blocked at Hanni-
bal by high water. Northern Miss
= ouri dwellers were moving as the
= Grand and Charlton rivers moved
= toward record heights. Princeton,
-. Mo-, was without electricity or
Sc water for nearly "a hours, and
some highways in the area were
blocked.
50 Farmers in many Midwestern
areas were delayed further in
= their planting by heavy local aims
Friday In an area running from
Northern Kansas, Northern Miss
- ouri, Southern Iowa across South
Central Illinois and Indiana, and
= continuing into Ohio.