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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
SCHEDULE SESSION
FOR SEDGEFIELD

Plans for a Young Democratic
club to be organized in this area
will be discussed during a meeting
of the State Executive Committee
of the Young Democratic clubs OF
North Carolina, tentatively set for
Saturday afternoon, March l. in
Sedgefield, Miss Marion Frink, of
Wilmington and Southport, state
committeeman announced yes
terday.
The executive secession will be
followed with a dinner. A high
ranking governmental figure will
be the main speaker, she said.
AS an outcome of the meeting an
effort will be made to reorganize
the clubs throughout the state be.
ginning with reorganization week,
March /.
AS defined in the constitution the
purpose of the organization is: 'To
stimulate in young people an active
interest in governmental affairs.
to increase the efficiency of popular
government, to foster and per.
petuate the ideals and principles
Of the democratic party and to pro,
vide for our people through its ad.
ministration the highest degree OF
justice, social welfare and happi-
ness"
Pete Burkheiner. chairman,
Seventh Congressional District. and
Miss Frink will attend the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
JOHN F. POWELL, SIR.

JUN T. wv GAA, DIV
John F. Powell, Sr., 55-year-old
employe of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad shop, Ninth and Nixon
streets died yesterday morning en-
route to James Walker Memorial
hospital.
Powell who lived at ,4O7 Nun
street suffered a heart attack while
working in the shops, but died be-
fore medical aid could be reached.
Coroner Gordan Doran said that
no inquest into the death will be
held.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 4:30 o'clock from the
Southside Baptist church. The Rev.
E. w. Pate, pastor of Calvary Bap-
fist church will ~officiate and inter
ment will follow in Bellevue ceme-
terry.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Benton Powell. One daugh-
ter; Mrs. Donald Jenkins. Two
sons: Leaford Powell and John F.
Powell of this city. Four sisters;
Mrs. Addie Bordeaux of Garland.
Mrs. Fred Simmons of Wilmington.
Mrs. D. Bradshaw of Faison and
Mrs. Tom Norris of Garland. One
brother, Ellie Powell of Garland
and four grandchildren.
He was a member of the South
side Baptist church and a mem
Der of the j. O.. U. A. M.
Active pallbearers will be Alva
Johnson, H. H. Caison, Dewey Sell
ers, Monroe Brinkley, Arthur Nor
riss and Leland Herring.
Honorary %pallbearers will be Bill
Justice, Etheridge johnson, Oscar
Pope, H. Hickman, Pearlie Town
send and M. V. HUMAN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

There are 562 prince : ruled
states in India.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Clark Version

RALEIGH, Feb. 12.- (R John
Clark of Greensboro issued a
statement today saying that lat the
university trustees meeting IN Ra-
leigh Monday I spoke in opposition
to accepting money from the
Rosenwald crowd who are putting
on a campaign to do away with
separate colleges, churches and
hospitals for the races in the south
and did not once refer to President
Graham" go,
Clerk had been credited with
.~criticizing President Frank +. Ora
ham of the Greater university as
Clerk led an unsuccessful fight
against acceptance of funds from
the Rosenwald foundation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
Walks Away

RALEIGH. Feb. H. up An
l~@or grade prisoner - Shedrick
Galloway, a 5l-year-old Negro -
today walked away from the State
commission lumber yard
the outskirts of Raleigh, State
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
ISAAC HURWITZ

Isaac Hurwitz, "a, Of Clinton,
died in Fayetteville yesterday
morning at $50 following a long i'll
ness.
He is survived by his wife, four
daughters, Mrs. Loretta April OF
Washington, D. c.. Mrs. Albert
Stein, Richmond, Va; Miss Evelyn
Hurwitz of New York; and Miss
Shirley Hurwitz of Greensboro; one
son, Norman, of Clinton; and a
brother, Jacob, of Wallace.
Funeral services will be held FIJI
day afternoon at two o'clock from
!. the chapel of Yopps Funeral home
with Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman,
Of the Temple of Israel, officiating.
Interment will be in the jewish
cemetery here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
MRS. WILLIAM r. KEENAN,

Word was received here yester-
day of the death of Mrs. William
r. Kenan, wife of W. f. Kenan OF
L~ocksport, N. Y. formerly of Will
,mington.
:. Mrs. Kenan died Wednesday
morning at II O'Clock at the Ponce
De Leon hotel. St. Augustine. Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
F. l. HOLLOWAY

F. 1. Holloway, former Whining
ton resident, died yesterday at the
home of his daughter in Waynes-
boro, Va. Funeral services will be
neld Friday morning at 10 O'Clock
at Yelverton Funeral Parlors Ra-
leigh. Mr.. Holloway will be remem-
bered here from his association
with Wilmington Oil and Fertilizer
Co. until his retirement 3 years
ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
ROWING OUT

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 12-P)-
Sen. John W. Bricker arranged to-
day to give a luncheon here tomor-
row for Sen. Robert A. Taft-ad-
ding to speculation that he will then
renounce any claim to the Republl-
can nomination for president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
r ETA SAILING

Funeral services for Mrs. Eta
Sailing, 80 S. Sixth street, who
died early Tuesday morning were
held yesterday afternoon at 8
o'clock from: the Chapel of Ward
Funeral Home with the Rev. Har-
veyGlazier officiating. Inter
ment followed in Oakdale GENE.
terry.
Active pallbearers: H. B. Regis
ter, Tom Ellers, F. D. Flick, A. F.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

said today. Noolnson
1oSs was convicted in June
Oh s 10 IN Mecklenburg county or
e ias OF house-breaking, and
lFS sentenced to five ears poh;n
son said. N' r'oplh-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
SOCIAL SERVICE
INDEX REFLECTS
MRS.. T. J. CAUSE

Mrs. Thomas ]. Cause was re-
elected as president of the Social
Service Index during a recent
meeting in the Tide water build
ing, it was announced yesterday.
Others elected Were Mrs. Cath
crime Bennette, vice-president.' G..
K. Coddingham, treasurer; and
Mrs. Louise Bland remained as
executive secretary.
The new officers are to serve a
one year term each, it was added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
MRS. COATANY A. CRIBB

TABOR CITY, Feb. u. - Mrs.
Coatany A. Crib died at her home
Wednesday morning. Funeral SER
vices will be held Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock in the Crib ceme-
terry with the Rev. Noah Duncan
officiating.
She is survived by her husband;
A. B. Crib, six sons. Dewey,
Bruce, Clarence, Thomas, Franklin
and Donald; two half brothers, l. M.
and r. V. Cribb- and one half sis
ter. Zellie Duncan, all of Route
|, Chadbourn.
Dial 2-3311 For NewSna ner Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13
MRS. CLARICE w.. PLEASANTs

Mrs. Clarice Wetheril Pleas
ants, -83, widow of the late Edward
B. peasants died at her residence,
1O2 N. Sixth street this morning at
IL o'clock after a short illness.
She is survived by one son, L.
W. Peasants, Charlotte; four
daughters, Mrs. Edward P. Bailey,
Falls Church, Virginia, Miss Helen
Peasants, Miss Margaret Pleas
ants, and Mrs. Robert D. Crowley,
Jr., of Wilmington.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at $50 O'Clock
from TIE late residence. The Rev.
Mortimer Glover, rector of St.
James Episcopal church will off
ciate. Interment will be in the
Greenmount cemetery at Balti-
more.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

Gibson, Harold Cleve and W. +.
Glass.
Honorary pallbearers: DR.. w. H.
Moore, DR.. D. R. Hutchinson, DR..
Robert Pigford, J. Reed Toms.
James M. Hall, ST., and A. G.
Millican.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-13

where she had been spending the
winter.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Evening star., 1947-02-21
District Knights Of PYfhias
Observe 83d Anniversary

The Grand Lodge OF the District
Domain, knights OF Pythias, cele-
bratcd its s3d birthday last night
with a meeting at the Temple, 1912
Ninth street NV.
Byron w. Peyton, retired Army
master sergeant now employed at
Walter Reed Hospital, was elected
grand chancellor. Other new officers
are: Malcolm L. Sanders, vice chan
fellor; Nicholas Girardi, prelate;
Jessie Tucker, secretary; Charles F.
Miller, treasurer; George P. Magill,
master at arms; John Malmquist,
inner guard; Martin M. Lollo, outer
guard, and Joe Springman, lecturer.
The lodges annual speech contests
for high school seniors will be held
March "a and June % at the temple
Entrants will discuss the subject
Juvenile Delinquency, Its Cause
and Cure"
Evening star., 1947-02-21
|QuickActionP Promised
On Proposed Reforms
In Military Justice
BY the Associated Press

Members of the House Armed
Services Committee today prom
ised speedy action on Army
proposals for changing the Ar
ticles of War to meet criticism
that military justice is loaded
against enlisted men.
Secretary Patterson said the War
Department favors amendments
which would ID legalize appoint
ment of GIs to serve on courts-mar-
tial, now the prerogative of officers
only; (2) end the mandatory SEN
tence of death or life imprisonment
for assault, and 90 protect courts
martial from high-ranking outside
pressure.
Chairman Elston of the Armed
Services Legal Subcommittee said
the changes appear to embody most
recommendations of sharply crit
ical report by the House military
group which investigated the court
martial system last year. Mr.. Elston
tolQ q reporter ne WILL Try 10 get
them before Congress as quickly as
possible.
Says System Is Archaic.
"The present court-martisl system
is archaic and one-sided and it is
high time that 1t be changed" Mr..
Elston told reporter.
Representative Arends of Illinois,
House Republican whip and men,
ber of the Armed Services Commit
tee, joined in demanding early Con-
gressional action.
"The present system is old
fashioned and full of defects" Mr.
Arends declared. "A change Is long
overdue"
In announcing the proposed
changes last night, Mr.. Patterson
Evening star., 1947-02-21

said most of them grew out of
studies by the House Military AZ
fairs Committee and a committee of
the American Bar Association.
He said the Navy is making a
study of its judicial system and will
make its recommendations to Con-
gress in the near future.
Mr.. Elston said a quick study of
the War Department proposals in
dicates that they will overcome
most of the objections made by the
House committee last year. The
committee said the system was one
sided in favor of officers and was
used too often as q means of en-
forcing discipline rather than JUS
tice.
Army Agreeable to Change.
The American Bar Association
group reported that sentences for
enlisted men often were far more
severe than those imposed on Off
GERS for similar offenses and that
commanders frequently dominated"
courtS-martial.
In line with a recommendation
by the congressional committee
that enlisted men be appointed to
help try noncommissioned defend
ants, Mr.. Patterson said the Army
is agreeable to changing the ar
ticles of war SO that the appointing
authority, usually a division COM
mander, may do this.
Under the Army proposal, how
ever, such appointments would not
be mandatory. The commander
could continue to try enlisted Of
tenders with all-officer courts If
he chose.
The Army also proposed amend
ments which would make it unlaw-
full for anybody to attempt to in
fuence the action of a court-mar-
tial in reaching it's findings" or to
"reprimand court or any
of its members" for decisions
reached.
Evening star., 1947-02-21
Meet Tonight

A lecture and demonstration is
scheduled for the meeting of the
Illuminating Engineering Society in
the Pepco auditorium, Tenth and
E streets NV, at o'clock tonight
Aston Rodgers will portray modern
research achievements In the use
of f1uorescent coatings, aluminium
vapor reflection and split second
action of photo-finish lamps.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

United States Savings Bonds are
good Government securities. What
Is more, they pave the way for good
individual security for the future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
anonymous, preface by 7. S. Eliot
(Scribner'S: S2.75).

Some of the most narrowing
stories l have read are related in
this book about the experiences
of the Poles under Red rule from
1899 on
The author, for whom Sikor-
Sli's widow vouches, had access
to personal accounts of the suf-
ferings and hardships of the Pol
ish people living In the area alb
sorbed by Russia. Thousands were
transported in filthy unheated,
packed trains; they froze in win
ter, were crippled by disease and
died, endured the brutality of sol
diers and secret police.
These wretched accounts have
the ring of truth, and the book
may be popular. But the authors
case is weakened seriously, some
readers will think, not only by
the peculiarly inadequate intro
duction and conclusion. but pri-
marty by the invariable anony-
nifty. Not a single one of the
many quoted witnesses to the new
charges against Russia, not even
the Englishman who wrote the
epilouge, is identified.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
CHAPTER

Little lines of amusemen
( had formed about DR.. Norman
eyes. "You and Vicente pla,
rough" he said, and his lips part
ed, showing strong white teeth.
How did I get here?" Gilt
asked family.
Il brought you, with the help O.
two of my boys. You've only beer
here an hour. How do you feel?'
"Sore."
"'fYou should. But you're a very
strong man. So is Vicente.
-aVicente!" Cliff sat bolt upright
"Where is he?"
Kin the other room. He does
not feel quite as well as you. He
swallowed too much swamp wa
ter" Again Norman smiled. I've
been trying to persuade him 1t IS
not absolutely necessary 10 tear
O to bits as oon as he re-
covers" Then the little lines OF
amusement vanished, and ne ask.
ed, did you come nere?"
ITO see you"
"What do you, want with me?"
II want to know why your men
sre, getting ready to raid my camp
and plantations"
The gray eyes showed sudden
~sntarest. ssDid Madison tell you
hiatt"
rYes.''
"I thought So" Norman
Strengthened a fold in Cliffs pand-
age. That's better, isn't it? Mad
ison," he added as al after
thought, sis a liar. If I wanted
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
MONRONEY THINKS
ACT WILL STAND
Co-Author OF Reorganiza-
ton Law Believes 1t Will
Survive Acid Test

WASHINGTON, Feb. % - (P-
Rep. Monroney D-Okla), CO.
author of the Congressional Reor
g%anization act, cooked an ear al
the fussing over the budget today
and concluded it proves the law
a good one.
After nearly two months OF
Congressional operations under
the act, Monroney said he sees
no reason for any important
changes in it.
There has been some sniping at
the provision requiring Congress
to take the Presidents budget and
then figure out a budget itself,
computing expenses a n d income.
Some members say Congress can
do little better than make a guess.
"But the legislative budget pro-
cess has proved its WORTH" Mon
roney told an interviewer. ''There
has been more discussion and
thought so far on income and out
&C than in a whole session hereto
fore. And this has held off hasty
action on tax reductions until we
see how much the government is
going to spend"
Present efforts of Senate and
House to work out a government
budget, he said, are in the nature
of an experiment. Next year, he
forecast, Congress will have ex-
perts at work on the subject prob
ably by July. They could cooper
ate closely with the Budget
bureau, which prepares the Presi-
dental budget, and be ready 10
suggest to Congress as soon as it
meets what items might be
trimmed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
TAX DEPUTY CITES
FILING PROCEDURE
Many Withhold Proper In
formation Chief Zone
Deputy Reveals

Many taxpayers in the cas- of
man and wife are filing income tax
returns without proper information,
which results in a condition pre-
judicial to themselves, Raymond
D. Christman, chief zone deputy of
the Wilmington internal revenue
district, warned yesterday.
He cautioned that these persons
should aquaint themselves with the
regulations before finally submit
ting their forms W. as their final
return or in filing form 1910.
AS an example, Christman stated
that a great many married women
who have been employed only part
of the year 1916 and whose income
resulted in less than $500, are fill
ing separate returns from those of
their husbands in order to secure a
refund Of their Withholding tax.
The husband then takes credit
for his wife on his return and gets
$500 surtaX exemption, Thus When
ti1e CIQ1IlS die IGCSIVGC III vi Cells
6oro and matched up, the bureau
refuses to allow surtaX exemption
to the husband for his wife.
The bureau has no choice in the
matter, Christman said, as the
couple filed separate returns.
Therefore, should the husband
have an income sof 50, 800 and the
wife have an income of $3.50. from
which there. was Withholding tax
amounting to $35, she received that
amount back.
On that basis, her husbands in
come tax is raised to exactly $500;
resulting in the husbands. losing
exactly $500 for the privilege Of
MS Wife's securing a refund of her
tax.
Where the income of either
spouse" said Christman, is less
$500, the law requires that a
Joint return, Incorporating both in
comes into one, be made, which, as
ian be readily seen, is advantage
to both"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
SOUND DIPLOMACY
SOLVING PROBLEM
summer Wells Says Anh,.
sador Messersmith Scor r''
ing In Argentina

WASHINGTON, Feb. %
corner undersecretary of g.,
Sumner Welles declared u Siat.
that tn e differences betu .oNght
United States and Argenti1aa he
now oelng solved by the "in.o dT'
gent diplomacy" of Amb. ga.e5l.'
George Messersmith. 'sSscor
Welles said in his weeLI,
cast that they would bato broad
solved long ago had Me sse oesn
been able freely to carry ont Sl' M
policies in which he believes W.. me
ly, policies based on full resnn name
the sovereign rights Of the 'I arn ior
tine people and of their fresIl
elected and constitutional l.eely
ment rather than the policies SiasIa.
oroWoeatlng and of attempted VI VI
nllateral imposition which The NJ u
partment of state has SO mis+. De-
ly and so unsuccessfuIly beea 4s rn
ing to put over" wy
Messersmith returned racons.
to the Argentine capital after cos
1erences here with s~ecreIarv' Ol,
state Marshall and snruiN !.
Braden, assistant S~ecretarv
charge of Latin American Attn. II
Messersmith and Braden bayo ="
agreed IN the past over details NJ
policy toward Argentina.
Welles called for the "imnoa;
ate termination of the wbollv ".
necessary deadlock" b~etwnon AZ ~
United States and Argentj9s s |s
asserted that any nter-Amerir,u
defense treaty would be wo7tbIos.
without loyal Argentine COOPER.
alton. copper
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
NO PLACE. NMWOMEN
DahMdbyM King ewa Syndicate SN&

| to raid you, what do you tnlni
kept me from doing it before:
zone hundred fighting men.
The doctor gave a little laugh
Not at all. You hundred flghtlns
men can't work and fight too. MY
riders could have raided you a
any time of the day or night. NO.
il wasn't fear that kept us BACK
Neither was it any reluctance or
Vicente's part-nothing woulc
have pleased him more
.Then why didn't your
s.Why should I help Madison
FIorian? What he wanted, anc
what he expected was for Us te
raid YOU. The only reason he ever
let you start your work here was
because he counted on u fighting
YOU. That would have given him
an ally against us and might have
beaten us. 1t was better to bear
with you for a time than play into
Madison's hands"
Cliff had not taken his eyes from
Norman's face. There was neither
pose nor heroics about this griz.
lied, low-voiced doctor-instead
there was a quality of flint that
Cliff could not be quite certain
how to deal with.
"As it is" the doctor went on,
''you yourself have taken the de-
cision out of my hands"
"How?"
"By coming here. You certainly
must realize I can't let you go
again now that you know the
secret of this island?"
What will you do with me?'
.Keep you here. You will disap
pear Just as some of Madison's
vaqueros have disappeared. With
out you, l doubt that your work
will be carried on. Your men will
leave"
Cliff smiled. "As simple as
that"
"Perhaps not quite that simple.
There will be investigations and
searching parties. Your govern
ment will write a few notes, and
the soldiers will show great ac-
tivity -temporarily-but nothing
much will happen, and meanwhile
your camps and your docks and
bridges will be rotting back to
jungle again"
He spoke with a COO. detached
confidence, as if the outcome was
beyond doubt. and the menace of
Cliff > S presence already disposed
of; but with equal GOODNESS Cliff
answered, Il think you're making
A mistake. If I were really your
enemy, l could have told Madi-
sons vaqueros and the soldiers
yesterday about you and this is
land. 1t would have been very
easy for them to surround this
place and take you"
"Why didn't your"
1--WE been asking myself that
question. Perhaps the one reason
is-Janet."
At that name a look came to
Norman's eyes that held some
thing of fear, but more of hunger.
and Cliff asked, Hasn't Janet
told you I'm no enemy of the
BlacklanderS?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

The Dy Onn MdFtih
(Tudor; $3.75).
The growing popularity of the
dance, with at least four major
companies on tour most Of the
time and returning to New York
to play a total of several months
a year to well-filled houses, should
assure a wide circle of readers for
these books.
Armitage, whose personal rec
objections go back easily to Dun
can, supplies rather an apprecia-
ton than an Interpretation; his
brief text sprinkled with interest
ing anecdotes, is illustrated by
about 275 reproductions of photos,
paintings and sketches of dancers
present and past in this and other
lands.
Martin. the Times critic, is more
Informative. though he stays COM
fortably clear of technicalities, and
his 266 photos supplement his long
er text mor specifically rather
as illustrations than as art.
Both commentators begin theil
stories in primitive times, and
carry them UP through Martha
Graham as the most advanced
and important figure in the con-
temporary scene. The dance lover
will cherish one Or both of these
volumes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
FEATHER DAMAGE
SMALL in BLADEN
County Agent Reports
Farmers Well Ahead In
Land Preparation
SneciaI to the Star

ELIZABETHTOWN Feb. 23-The
farmers over Bladen county are
further ahead in land preparation
this year than they have been
in several years, declared R. B.
Harper, county farm agent, after
making a survey of the progress
of the crops throughout the county.
The majority of the tobacco
plants survived the cold wave,
Harper said, and with~ the labor
situation over. the county slightly
improved, approximately 10000
acres of tobacco r expected to
be set this year. The small grain
was damaged only slightly by the
freezing temperatures and the aus
tin winter peas are IN very good
shape, Harper reported.
Wilmington Sponsorship
The 1000 baby chicks for the
All club project sponsored by the
Sears Roebuck company, through
the Wilmington store, were receiv-
ed and delivered this week to the
five girls and five boys who will
carry out the project. Arrange
ments were also made during the
week for eight registered gilt fe-
male pigs to be given for a SINH
lar project by the Sears store
in Fayetteville.
The Bank of Elizabethtown will
give five pigs for the project and
All girls and boys will partici-
pate.
School Held
The annual Bladen county tobac-
co school, halted during the war,
was held last week in Elizabeth
town.
Hoard r. Garris, extension
plant pathologist; James T. Con
ner. Jr., extension entomologist;
and Roy R. Bennett, extension to-
bacco specialist, spoke to the 500
farmers present on planting, har-
vesting and cultivation of various
varieties of tobacco. They also
spoke on plant diseases, how farm
ers can identify and control the
damaging insects.
Approximately 80 home demon
stration club women attended the
training school for project leaders
held in Lumberton last week.
Blasting Demonstration
Forty-tWo veteran farmers, along
with several other Bladen county
farmers, attended a ditch blasting
demonstration conducted on the
farm of E. B. Grahom. Lake Creek
Township, conducted by H. M. FL
lis, Extension Agricultural Engin-
eer.
Ellis explained the dangers as
we'll as the benefits that result
from the use of dynamite, Harper
reported.