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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

Clarence Countryman and Cg9
Wylde, both 10, each had a Line i,
the city park millrace. They vsy
on opposite sides of the bank,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

There are 10000 auto tourist
"motels" in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

1.-THE next three years in India
Evening star., 1947-11-02
Rbett,
George Nash
Are Engaged

Miss Marjory Maury Rhett, the
attractive daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Goodwin Rhett, will become
the bride of Mr.. George Richard
Nash of Warrenton. Mr.. and Mrs
Rhett announce their daughters
engagement today to the son OF
Mrs. Allen Nash of Warrenton and
the late Mr.. James Rowland Nash
of New York and Warrenton.
Miss Rhett, an alumna of Madeira
School, is a provisional member
of the Junior League of Washing
ton and was presented to society
at the st. Cecilia Ball in Charles
ton, S. c., last winter. She is the
granddaughter Of the late Robert
Goodwin Rhett, one-time president
of the United States Chamber OF
Commerce, and great-niece of Mr..
Richard S.. Whaley of Washington,
Evening star., 1947-11-02

were there. Also, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert G. Winmill, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Emory, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
North Fletcher, Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dolph G.. Duffey, Mr.. and Mrs. James
C. Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Law
renee, Gen. and Mrs. Mcdonald and
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Moulton.
Others enjoying the delightful
affair were Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Poole, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Arundel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Day, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward B. King, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kaltenbach. Mrs. Crosby
Miller and Mrs. Crosy Hornblower.
Evening star., 1947-11-02
Caybarts Hosts
AtHunt Breakfast

Mr.. and Mrs. Amory Sibley Car
hart were hosts at a gay party
yesterday at their home in Warren
ton. Occasion was the opening Of
the Warrenton Hunt and the Car
harts gave the hunt breakfast after
the chase.
Guests included the field and other
Virginia friends of the popular hosts.
To mention some Of those present:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cutting and
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond McGrath
Evening star., 1947-11-02

Spicer, jr.. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Sheldon Spicer OF Provi-
dence, r. I.
Miss Groner attended the Masters
School in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y; Dana
Hall, Wellesley, Mass, and the Low
thrope School of Landscape Archi-
lecture, Groton, Mass. She is now
completing a course at the Rhode
Island School of Design in Provi-
dence. She is a member of the
Hudson River Junior Service League
and she is also a granddaughter Of
Mrs. Frederick Watten Mckinney OF
Irvington-on-H Hudson.
Mr.. Spicer. who was an officer in
the United States Naval Reserve, Is
an alumnus of Deerfield Academy
Deerfleld, Mass, and of Dartmouth
College.
The wedding will take place some
time in the spring.
Evening star., 1947-11-02

held by the Parish Guild Of st.
Thomas Episcopal Church on Sat-
urday, November IS, from 2 to 6
at l772 Church street.
Mrs. Merryman will be assisted
by Mrs. Albert H. Cousins, chairman
of the tea table; Mrs. Charles
B. McVay, co-chairman: Mrs. B.
Lauriston Hardin, Mrs. Ralph Cool
idge Mulligan. Mrs. Albert Niblack,
Mrs. David F. Sellers and Mrs.
Luther Sheldon, jr.
Others helping will be Mrs. r
Nelson Conrad, Miss Lucy Ham
NETT, Mrs. Raymond H. A. Garter
and Miss Barbara Van Vliet.
Evening star., 1947-11-02

former chief justice Of the Court
Of Claims.
Mr.. Nash attended Phillips
Exeter Academy and is a senior
at Princeton University. He is a
member of Cap and Gown, the
Triangle Club and the Princeton
Varsity Club. During the war he
served in Luxembourg and Germany
for II months as a field artillery
lieutenant in the Goth Infantry
and 4th Armored Divisions. He is
g. great-grandson Of DR.. Howard
Crosby of New York and descend
ant of Thomas Dudley, Simon
Bradstreet and Thomas Hinckley,
early Governors of Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1947-11-02
Barbara GrOner
Engaeed to We'd

The engagement of Miss Barbara
Day Groner, granddaughter of Chief
Justice D. Lawrence Groner, has
been announced by her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. John Vaughan Groner OF
Irvington- on-Hudson, N. Y. She
will marry Mr.. Edward Sheldon
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
AMBERJACK
Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page One)
News bureau and to the New Han
over Fishing club.
Still up in arms the officials
discounted even the second place
catch. The Morehead City press
release said that the largest up to
the time the 81 IL pound fish was
caught was a 81 IL pound speci-
man, which also was taken off the
Morehea- City coast.
Again the SENECA yelled
" 'Taint So.
Three weeks ago a 48-pound am
berjack was landed off Southport
by Edward G.. King, Jr., Of Miami,
Fla.
This catch also was made from
Captain Hulen Watts party boat
"Idle On. Four Wilmington men
were in the party. The SENCBA
spokesman said they we- Arthur
Newkirk, Floyd Cox. ST.. Gus
Geornas ana Chris Rongates.
GAS far as we know the official
records show that the go IL pound
amberjack is the largest ever
caught off the North Carolina
coast" the SENECA spokesman
! said. na4.Ax.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
TRUMAN FILLS
y
Continued From Page One)

speak for itself. This was ir reply
to a question whether the report
would discuss immediate cashing
Of CT terminal leave bonds as pro
vided in pending bills.
He said he hadn't see the Ma.
tional Coal associations letter
saying the soft coal industry could
not absorb the recent wage in.
crease granted mine workers, but
added it would not affect his Mon,
Gay message.
He said he would have some.
thing to say on coal prices later
when asked about already rising
prices for the commodity.
Taxes - Asked whether his tax
bill veto due tomorrow would dis.
close when he believed tax reduc.
ton should come, Mr.. Truman
suggested that his questioner read
the veto message. He would moi
give his position On a Senate-de-
feated proposal 10 permit all hus.
bands and wives to split their in.
come for tax purposes.
No Plans
He said he has no plans to &C
to Camp Campbell, KY, next
month in response to an invita-.
ton; knows of no plan for the
return to Washington of the Amer.
lean Ambassador tc Mexico; does
not expect to attend the Rio Pan.
American conference; still has nj
definite plans to visit Brazil, anc
declined comment on reports thai
Secretary of the Navy Forresta
might head the new national de.
tense establishment under the
armed services u,iification bill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
LOCAL RESIDENTS
TO INHERIT ESTATE
Will OF Miss Ida Mont
gomery Probated In Wake
County Court

RALEIGH, July 17-(P-Twc
residents of Wilmington-Eugene
C. Hicks, Jr., and Sarah NJ. Hicks
will inherit the major share Of a
$138, 1882 estate left by the late Ida
Montgomery of Raleigh, the will
of Miss Montgomery revealed when
it was probated today in the Wake
Superior court.
She died in a local hospital a
few days ago following a serious
illness.
The chief beneficiaries are the
only nephew and niece of Miss
Montgomery, who for many years
was an employe of the state in
surance department.
While Hicks and his sister will
share equally in a division of most
of Miss Montgomery's estate. she
also remembered distant rela'
tives and a number Of her friends,
including two Negro women.
Court officials said they under.
stood most of the estate repre-
scented bonds and money she in
herited from her late sister. Mrs.
Charles Henderson of Alabama
wife of the fromer governor Of
that state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
NATION URGES
Continued From Page One)

had announced the appointment of
1t. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, dep
uty military governor of the Brit
ish zone in Germany, and Sir Will
liam Strang, his political advisor.
to attend the Washington talks.
The Importance with which U. S.
Secretary of State George Mar
shall regards an increase in RUM
coal production was indicated yes
terday when he told a Washington
news conference it was q funda-
mental requirement for the recov-
cry of Europe.
However, the questions of fl
nancing and feeding are pressing
ones for Britain's dollar-scarce
economy. Authoritative informants
said yesterday the British govern
ment would ask the United States
to carry more than it's agreed sc
per cent share of the 81, 0CO, 900, 600
cost Of restoring the combined
western zones to. solvency in the
next tnree years.
U. S. sources have estimated
that Ruhr coal production must be
boosted from the present PIG, 900
tons daily to $50, 900.
Concerning another conference
proposed for Washington, a pre-
liminary conference on a Japanese
peace, authoritative British sources
said Britain may suggest that IA
instead of II nations be invited.
These informants said South
Africa and Burma have formally
expressed their desires to take
part in the peace conference. The
third additional power would be
the Moslem state of Pakistan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
N. E. PEAKS
GET NEW NAMES
Mountains Formerly Known
As Black Brothers
Are Renamed

WASHINGTON, July II ~
The U. S. division of geography
approved today the naming OF two
o. North Carolina's tallest peaks,
sometimes known as the Black
Brothers,, in honor Of a former
governor and a former guide.
At the same time it settled upon
Buttanatchee as the name OF a Is
naile-long river IN Winston, Lamar
and Marion counties, Ala, and
Lowndes and Monroe counties,
Miss.
Upon the recommendation Of the
North Carolina board Of conserva-
ton and development, official U.
S. maps Of Yancey county which
formerly listed the BLACK Broth
ers" henceforth will show:
Mount Craig, 6,663 feet in Mount
Mitchell state park, almost a mile
northeast of Mount Mitchell named
for Locke Craig, North Carolina
governor from 1913 to 1917, who
died in 1925. This mountain also
had been known as Balsam Cone
Big Tom, 6,593-foot peak, also
known as Hairy Bear, a mile
northeast of Mount Mitchell; nam
ed for Tom Wilson, noted bear
hunter who, in 1887, discovered
the body of a prominent southern
scientist, Elisha Mitchell, on the
mountain which now bears the
scientists name.
The Buttahatchee river, which
rises near DelmaT, Ala, and flows
into the Tombigbee river in Mis-
sissippi, has been know also vari-
ously as the Buttahatche, But
tahatchie and Buttahatchy.
The division based its choice
upon opinions expressed by his
torians and officials of both states,
and upon local usage. Unless good
evidence to the contrary is re-
ceived within the interim period,
the decisions will become final 80
days hence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
ATKINSON YOUTH
HELD IN ROBBERY
Wesley Sewell Charged
With Entering Home Here
Thursday Morning

Wesley Curtis Sewell, 19-year-
old white youth Of Atkinson, is be-
ing held without bond in the New
Hanover county Jail on charges Of
first degree burglary, city police
said last night.
Sewell is charged with entering
the residence of Miss Mary P.
Bell, 2O2 South Third street early
Thursday morning and taking a
watch and several keys. He was
picked up by patrolman j. L. Jack
son and R. E. Moore at the corner
of Water and Market streets about
rs minutes after the alleged rob-
berry was committed.
Miss Bell told the investigating
: officers that she was awakened
when one of the roomers in the
house screamed. She said she
jumped out Of bed and saw a man
run down the hall. She told police
that the man ran out the back
door and leaped over the fence.
Miss Bell said she missed all
.Elgin watch and keys, which were
taken from under her pillow. Tha
man had entered her room and re-
moved the watch and keys with
out awakening her. she said.
Officers Moore and Jackson were
summoned and made a search OF
the area, picking up Sewell about
five blocks away. The officers SAID
SeWell denied the crime, but Miss
Bell identified SeWell as the man
she saw run from the house.
= Police said Sewell finally ad-
mitted the robbery and led the
: officers to 302 South Second street
where they found the keys under
the house. The watch was located
in a gutter at Front and Ann
= streets where he had disposed OF
it.
The case against Sewell was
continued until July Is in Record
- ers court yesterday morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
TWO DEAD, FIVE
H~OSPITALIZED in
TRUCK, CAR WRECK

ROCK HILL, S. c.. July mr.
Two persons were still hospitalizeo
tonight following an auto-truck col
lision on the York-Chester high
way near McConnellsville last
night.
Ross Cohen, II. driver of the car
in which he and seven other Ne
groes were riding, was killed in
stantly, ard Billy Cohen, his three
year-old nephew, died two hours
later in the York county Hospital.
The driver of the truck, w. H.
Price of Gastonia, N. c., is in fair
condition in the Divine Saviour
hospital aere.
Others still hospitalized are Car
RE Cohen, 20, Estelle Cohen, 10,
Louis Cohen, 10. all of the Guth-
rieville community and Guy
Peay, IA, of Greensboro, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
IMPROVED MODE
OF LIVING IN EAST

MANILA U.H-President Manu-
el Roxas says he shares Gen.
Douglas MacArtnur's view that
full peace should be restored
throughout East Asia as soon as
possible. He favors peace terms
which would further the program
to give all Asiatic peoples a de-
cent living standard.
Without commenting directly on
the situation in Japan, the presi-
dent, during a conversation with
this correspondent. stressed the
need for a live-ard-let-live rela-
t:onship among the peoples of this
part of the world and the earliest
possible restoration of normal
trade.
The teachings Of Christianity
constitute an ideal basis for this
relationship among all peoples,
the president said.
China Relations Good
Relations between the Philip
pines and China, Foxas said, have
improved in recent months and
are considered to be satisfactory.
The treaty recently signed be
tween the two nations is working
out successfully.
With regard : complaints that
Chinese tend to control a greater
share of Philippines commerce
than their number might justify,
the president said his program is
to encourage Filipinos 10 take
greater part in trade of all kinds
in the islands. Government en-
couragement to Filipino mer-
chants, distributors and other bus
mess groups will be continued.
Filipinos r following events in
India with full sympathy for the
great difficulties which the peo-
pies Of that vast country are ex-
periencing, Roxas said. 1t is re-
allied here that differences be-
tween Moslems and Hindus are
deep-seated, but It is hoped that
some formula for permanent
peace and cooperation can be
found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
robson
Continued From Page One)

1882 and had this month been re-
appointed by the board of COM
missioners for his 10Th year. He
was a member of the local Gov
eminent commission reappointed
last year by Governors Cherry. He
formerly served as chairman of
the Democratic Executive COM
mittee and of the Young Demo
cratic clubs of the Seventh Con-
g%ressional district was former
chairman of the Robson board of
education, former mayor of st.
Pauls and president of St. Pauls
Rotary club.
Born In St. Pauls
He was born in St. Pauls on
Nov. 5, 1901 and was graduated
from the University of North
Carolina. After a short period OF
employment in Florida he return
ed to St. Pauls where he lived un-
III he moved to Lumberton when
ne. was appointed county manager,
was a member of St. Pauls
masonic lodge and a Shrine mem
Ger OF Sudan Temple.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18

The figures we're d
report on North Carolina truck
crops which estimated the produc'
toin of late-summer snap beans al
805, 900 bushels, a sharp rise above
last years crop of 704, 900 bushels.
Yields for 1947 estimated al
ia bushels per acre, compared
with 10 bushels per acre last
year.
Production of green peppers this
year will be a third less than the
bumper crop harvest Of 1916. the
report stated. This years produc-
ton was estimated at 1896, 00O
bushels. The estimated per-acre
yield is 100 bushels compared with
1865 bushels per acre last year.
Reports from growers of late
summer cabbage in Western North
Carolina indicate that only 1900
acres of cabbage will be harvested
for fresh market this year. This
is eight per cent less than E- 1916
acreage. Production is estimated
at 81, 800 tons, compared with 3d.
800 tons harvested last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
SUBCOMMITTEE
Continued From Page One)

port back to the whole joint CITY,
county group at a special meeting
10 a. M. Tuesday.
Heading the committee is Mayor
E. L. White who has named as
other members, City Manager J..
R. Benson, Councilman Ronald
Lane, Commissioner Chairman
Addison Hewlett and Commission
-ers J. E. Hall and Harry Gardner.
Decision to take such action was
made yesterday at more than a
.two-hour joint session of the city
council and county commissioners.
It came after members of the
board of governors of James Walk
.er Memorial hospital appeared be-
fore the group to present their
case for additional appropriations
for the next IL months budget for
the institution. The hospital seeks
approximately S83, 900 for operat-
ing expenses, nearly double the
amount sought a year ago.
Much of requests for additional
financial aid yesterday came from
Superintendent John Rankin who
pointed out the increased cost of
maintenance, food, supplies and
medical aid.
The Community hospital in it's
proposed budget, set its appropria-
ton at $50, ZOO. That was an in
crease of about $36, 900 over a year
ago.
Rankin Approves
AS regarding the naming of a
yocial worker to handle charity
eases coming into the hospitals,
Superintendent Rankin voiced his
approval of the plan and said it
would go a long way toward saw
Ing expenses for the city, county
and hospital. He indicated that the
Walker hospital would be interest
ed in sharing one-third of the ex-
pense of such a plan.
Rankin in asking for increased
appropriations listed additional
expenditures as the establishment
of a blood bank, a physical thera-
.py division, an improvement pro-
gram for nurse training, building
rc~odeling, lack of federal funds
rs were supplied a year ago, the
.h~0u of an adequate maternity
ward and increased costs of sup
plies.
He added that only one hospital
in North Carolina last year deliver
ed more babies than at James
Walker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
MAYOR WHITE
Continued From Page One)

Derby, which again is being spon-
sored by the S:ar-NeWs and Raney
Chevrolet company.
Volk indicated that he has lined
up a strorg panel of some "a men
for duty at Derby Downs. July 80.
and that each and everyone, will
be well briefed on his duties be-
fore race day.
Word also came to Derby head
quarters yesterday that the In
graham Engineering Service has
completed working drawings OF
the starting ramp for Derby
Downs. The new ramp, which will
be placed on 18th street a few feet
south of Kidder street, will have
a platform eight feet high and
30-foot rundown" to the pave
ment.
This should give all Derby cars
a fast send off for the trip to the
finish line, some 62G feet away.
TIE ramp, which will be put into
construction early next week will
be much improved over the one
used last year.
Prize List Grows
While still incomplete, the prize
list for Derby Day is rapidly TAX
ing shape under direction of chair
man J. A. Scott. who reports that
he is meeting with 4 fine response
from Wilmington merchants.
First prize. of course will be
the handsome Dreyseadt plaque,
and a trip to Akron, Ohio and a
chance al national honors. And
the boy who wins the run-of be-
tween winners Of Glasses A and B,
will take his parents with him to
Akron. through courtesy of the
Raney Chevrolet company.
The winner will be sent to Akron
with all expenses paid by the Star
News and his car will be repainted
Immediately after the race here
and shipped "Topside" Derby
Downs, Akron, Ohio, for the ma
tional finals.
First, second and third place
winners in both A and B classes
will be awarded gold, silver and
bronze tie clasps. while there will
be special national prizes for the
best upholstered car and special
local prizes for the a with the
best designed brakes, best design
and fastest heat. Many other prizes
will be awarded through generosity
of local merchants.
Boys who already have entered
this years rae and those others
who plan to do so, ri urged to
watch Sundays Star-News for an
important Derby announcement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
Abe OFFICERS
CONTINUE RAIN
Extensive Undercove,c T..
paign Conducted As, :''
Whiskey Violateerr,'' '

Acting on informative
ed by agents who have cond.
an extensive ''undercover
paign'' the New Hanover H.
holic Beverage Control l.,. '@
forcement officers have 3
over Is warrants on anoa' Ss''s
lators, Earl S. Bland. et Vi
the ABC police said. 'nlsi h
The latest three arrest,
made Wednesday night WIZ. Wig
ficers arrested Mr.. and M Tr's' d
liam Davis, operators OF ,1o'. VI
on the Carolina Beach road S y
the same time BLAND ap sOaa, !
the arrest of Emmett W.T.:
Negro, of seabreeze and Dai'
Sutton, Negro employe a. D's'
Plantation club. y
The chief said the bonded W..
key was purchased by the wy
cover agents from Mr.. and N' Ny
Davis and Sutton. The ss wy
bought a h%alf-gallon of no ss,'
paid whiskey from Wade.
Fifteen persons were arrs,.,
in the initial raid on T,a,s'
night and the others folnn.s
Bland said.
Bland said the additiona,
rants were pending against otbs
in the county as a result Of Iion,
purchases made by the agents,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-18
CIVIC LEADERS
Continued From Page One)

Additional depth, he said, woulo
be quite costly because of the rock
which would be encountered In
dredging operations.
Support Promised
Peter Browne Ruffin, president
of the Chamber of Commerce,
promised the full support. OF his
organization to the Port commits
sion. He, like practically all the
other speakers of the evening,
praised the boards new plan to
coordinate development efforts
| through wider contacts between
the commission and other con-
structive community organizations.
The program of the North Caro-
lima State Ports authority, especi-
ally as to its attempts to obtain
the Wilmington shipyard for con-
version into deep-water terminals
and industrials sites, was outlined
by R. B. Page, chairman. He also
spoke of the necessity of making
the remainder of the state, espe-
cially the Piedmont, more port
conscious.
A majority of the speakers men
toned the ports opportunities for
wider service to North Carolina
and stressed the fact that, in ex-
tending this service, the interior
would reap the greater BENEFITS.
But it cannot be expected to &C
ouire this commerce, it was stated.
'ntil it provides facilities and sail
ing accommodations comparable
to those offered by Norfolk and
Charleston, it's greatest competi-
tors. Regular steamship service
and better terminals, especially as
to storage, were listed among the
main necessities to attain the po-
sition of a real state port.
The theme of Interchange of IN
and ideas, developed
quite successfully at the meeting,
will be continued with similar gath.
erings in the future, Willetts said.
Through this means, he explained,
representatives of the civic clubs
and similar organizations will be
able to report back to their groups
the latest developments in the
commissions broad program. In
turn, the commission will also well
come sugg ,%stions, and, whenever
possible, attempt to place them
into effect. Thus, not only will CO.
ordination be encouraged but the
community's interests will be WOW
en- into a more concentrated form.
Groups Represented
Among the groups represented
the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions,
Exchange, and Civitan clubs, the
Chamber of Commerce, the
Wilmington Chamber of Gem
merce, Propeller club, Corps of
the city and county
governments and the State Ports
Members of the commits
sion are Will"tts, W. G. Broad
foot, State Senator Alton A. Len
non, William Beane and C. D.
Hogue.