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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
FAVORED STARS
TAKE MATCHES
Kramer Sweeps Fast Match
|. From Wood; IaIbert
Also Wins

NEW YORK, March 5-lP-Al
four top-seeded entrants in thu
mems singles division reached tn.
semi-tinals in the National Indoor
Tennis championships accordin,
to plan today but two Of them had
to uncork their fanciest shots to
turn back stubborn. young oppon-
ents.
When the firing was over, me
lineup for the round OF four left
Jack Kramer Of Los Angeles pair
ed against Sidney Wood Of New
York and Billy Talbert, Of VII
mington, Del, against Bob FAX
enburg of Los Angeles.
Talbert earned his place in the
semi-finals and justified his No. 1
seeding by whipping Fred Kovals-
ski of Hamtramck. Mich, 1910,
4-6, 81, 60 in a match that pro
duced some of the best tennis d
the tournament to date.
Wood, one . time Wimbledon
champion who is seeded fourth,
had an even tougher time with
McGrath, 20 year old St. Johns
University student who carried
him to five sets before he triumph
ed Ga, $40, ga, 1912, 6-4,
It took them three hours and
half to play the 70 games needed
to decide the issue in favor OF me
New Yorker who was the coun-
try's fourth ranking player wnsn
McGrath was three years old.
Falkenburg, national intercoI.
legiate champion who is SEEDED
third, also had a few bad mon1enn
in his quarter-final bout WIN
August Ganzenmuller Of Sea GIN
N. Y, although he managed 10 W"
in straight sets, rs, 8-6, 6-1'
In fact, the only player who pro.
crossed without difficulty was IN.
~top-seeded Kramer, who needeo
only 40 minutes to dispose Of NOR,
ris Adelsburg, Brooklyn soutnpaS'
81, 81. 81.
The semi-finals bracket IN nv
women's singles division also W.
completed when Mrs. Helen rev
ersen Rihbany Of CamoTlus.
Mass. the champion the past W.
years, swept past Kay Winthrop Po "
South Hamilton, Mass. me
t%itlist, 6-3. 81, and Doris HSIs
Coral Gables, Fla, seeded seeU.u'
eliminated Nina Irwin OF N"
York, go, 6-3. oor.
Kramer and Wood meet 'Oia
row afternoon following a Tvm
ems semi-final match between ~.
seeded Pauline Betz OF Los Anss
les and Barbara schofield OIL ~
Gables, who reached the rotna :.
four Yesterday. The other sen,
finals, with Talbert against l%,
enburg, and Mrs. Rihbany asa A,v
Miss Hart, are scheduled fii''
night. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
SIXTEEN TEAMS ADVANCE IN CAGE
TOURNAMENT; EIGHT GAMES TO-DAY
HARRISON STARS
IN TABLE TENNIS
IN HHS Baseball pl,,..
Captures Older Bow"
crown

Billy Harrison, Fred opo.
son, Jane King, and Der, S'S-
won top places in the .Al''A'
tive divisions in the WiIm sSpes'
Recreation Department .g"a
ta0ls tennis Tournament yesteTG'4
at the Community Center l0'y
Hardison, an outstandir.
pau player on New Hanoys, i EtN.
Schools defending Eastern rqp
ference champions and = man Gol'
OF the MINIS basketball ys~a! asf
showed graceful form in wi1Ti. s'
the older boys championsbjnn ' ~
knpcked over CLAUDE DaT;. ~
three quick matches foY t2s oSo. N
in the finals. UO"n
In the boys division Under ,
years of age, Fred "Bo,Bo' D."
son had an equally cas- tiro
winning, defeating Max Co,H.
three straight games. Bsbso7
OF the most standout cadets a.
ROTC, proved two out Of Co1;. ;.
class, rapping the balls acro,,
the table with skill bettered orf'
by the brilliant Harrison.
The girls division under IA vo,r
of age proved a nip-and.tuck b,t
tie all the way with Doris Ann,,
proving the winner in the sns
even though several Other sr1.
Were very impressive.
Jane King edged out Marpar.t
Harwick in the women's 6jTi,;o,
to end the tournament, one a,
the most successful ever ss,.t
il Wilmington.
Bert Hawley, city recreation d..
partment athletic director, .aid
approximately "a persons nartic.
ipated in the tournament. II. dt.
closed that 80 entered the young.,
boys meet, y were in the ol6,,
boys matches, four competed IN
the women's tourney. and .jsht
entered the girls event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
CONFERENCE MEET
TO OPEN TONIGHT
Three Day Program Ex.
pected To Set Attend
ance Record

DURHAM. March 5. -(P)- Dur
ham, overnight a basketball-con-
scious city, tonight was poised for
the opening whistle tomorrow OF
the three-day Southern Conference
tournament in the Duke indoor
stadium.
This, the 18th annual conference
meet, will mark the first time this
sports-minded tobacco capital has
played host to the tourney. 1t was
moved here by conference officials
meeting in January in Raleigh,
where the IA previous tournaments
were held in Memorial auditorium.
A sell-out program of 5000 for
each program is assured, confer
ence officials reported tonight. ano
the sellouts will mark a new record
for basketball attendance in the
south, The Raleigh auditorium held
1894.
First game of the meet will send
the University of South Carolina
against Duke, no. 4 team in the
tournament draw, at 2:15. This
game will be followed with Wash
ington and Lee clashing with
George Washington, No. 3 team ir
the draw.
Tomorrow nights first game pits
top-seeded N. C. State College
against the University OF Mary
land at Tbs. This game will be
followed with No. 2 seeded North
Carolina facing the up-and-comlng
Richmond U. quint.
All five of the eight non-NortE
Carolina teams checked In al
tournament headquarters here al
the Washington Duke hotel today.
Some teams took advantage Of
their early arrival, and held quick
workouts at the Duke indoor sta
dunn, where glass blackboard goals
will facilitate seeing for all fans,
The three officials for the tourna'
ment r Broadus (Dick) Cutler Of
High Point, Ray Waskey of Roa.
noke, Va, and Arnold Heft Of
washington, D. c. Cutler o~fficiated
at last years tournament; the
otners are newcomers to tourna-
ment whistle-tooting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
Long Island Will
Play Cuban Series

NEW YORK. March 5-(P-The
Long Island University Blackbirls,
who have one of the most impress
sive records in the Metropolitan
basketball field, ruled themselves
out of tournament competition to-
day when they booked a series Of
Springfield, Mass, college.
Cuban games later this month wit.
Long Island, which has won 16
games and lost four. had been
considered one of the teams likely
to receive a bid to the national
invitational meet, which begins
March IS and closes March "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
Mauer Selected
Army Cage Head

WEST POINT, N. Y, March 5.
-W.H-John w. Mauer, head bas-
ketball coach and assistant foot
ball coach at the University of
Tennessee since 1888, has been ap-
pointed basketball coach at Army
for next season, Col. Lawrence
(Biff) Jones announced today.
Jones, graduate manager of
Athletics at the U. S. Military AGA
denny said Mauer will replace
Stuart Holcomb and also will assist
Earl Blaik on the football field.
Holcomb resigned at Army to be-
come head football coach at Pur-
due.
~ - nnNN ~ S--~s@~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-06
OPENING CONTEST
SLATED AT z P. M.
&
IBoy, And 4 Girls Teams
To Battle For Semi
Finals
TODAY'S GAMES

r 800 p. m.-Penderlea VS. At
-hinson Boys.
9 SEQ p. m.-Penderlea VS. Be-
snvia (Girls).
"a 400 p. m.-Southport VS.
'Acme-Delco Boys.
500 p. m.-Clarkton VS. Ia
Dor City Girls.
. 1900 p. m.-Richlands VS. b.
Ikvia Boys.
800 p. m. - Long Creek
Grady VS. Shallotte Girls.
800 p. m. - Warsaw VS.
Acme-Delco (Gir1s).
1890 p. m. - Shallotte vs.
.Elizabethtown Boys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Judge Bramham HOn0red

A bronze plaque in memory OF the
late Judge William G. Bramham, presl-
dent of the National Association OF
Baseball Leagues, has been dedicated
at basebalPs Hall of Fame in Coopers-
town, N. Y.
It is the first time that a minor
league executive has been honored at
the shrine. But it is we~ll-deserved
recognition because, through Judge
Bramham's efforts, the minors were
made stronger than ever and thus be-
came a greater contributor to the sue
cess of the major leagues.
No other mar has done as much
as Judge Bramham in putting baseball
for the masses on a basis Of sound
business. And the success and growth
Of his National association will stand as
a monument to him, as his successor,
George M. Trautman said, for many,
many years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Closer Watch Needed

Despite the State Board of Educa-
tons punishment of R. L. Fritz. Jr.,
Caldwell county school principal who
admitted padding his payroll Gin a
sincere effort to keep the school open,"
the cas- has not been dismissed from
the minds of those sincerely interested
in better business methods in North
Carolina schools.
In barring Mr.. Fritz from the teach
ing profession in this state, the board
set the stage for further Investigation
of his case.
But, as the News Raleigh cores
pondent, Lynn Nisbet, pointed out re-
Gently, the instance emphasizes the need
of more adequate supervision of in
structlonal service in the, schools. And
that to us, is much more important than
n individuals misconduct.
Requests for a more adequate watch
on the teachers were made to the Bud
get commission and the general assem-
bly, sometime ago but the legislature,
during it's past session, rejected the
idea. Chief function of the supervisors
is to coordinate class room instruction.
They are not supposed to be directly
concerned with fiscal affairs.
"But", as Mr.. Nisbet writes, eff
there had been a system of supervision
IN the Hudson school - and in all
others In the state - last year it
would not have been possible for the
principal to get away with issuing
vouchers for teachers who we're not
on the job -"
We will not say that the Fritz in
stance was the result of the legisla-
lures refusal to make more supervisors
available. But it can be contended that
had a closer check been maintained,
there would have been less likelihood Of
him getting away with the payroll pad
ing arrangement as long as he did.
While the legal aspects of the future
of the Fritz case are being considered,
it would be we'll for the forces of edu-
cation to begin preparing another cam
paign for better supervision of school
affairs, especially in the field OF
finances. 1t is another Of the many
problems deserving thorough attention
Iby the Education Study commission
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
News Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources 10 III
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses. ship repair facilities near
by SITES for heavy industry and oo-loo'
Care Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re,
sources through better markets and 1000
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement OF Southeastern North
Carolina farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the Clty's IN
dustrial Agency to attract more IN
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina health facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and lnclud-
ing a Negro Health center.
announcement of the growth OF com
mer:ial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
ernmentS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
INSTITUTE OF GOV.
MARKS PROGRAM
Interchange OF Municipal
Ideas Being e.
tered

An interchange of ideas and
practices On municipal govern
ment through analysis classifica-
ton and digest of minutes Ct
municipal board meetings by the
Institute of Government at Chapel
Hill is being sponsored by the in
stitute, City Manager j. R. Ben
son said yesterday.
He and Mayor E. L. White were
in receipt of letters from Albert
Coates, institute director, reveal
ing that cities and towns in the
state r being asked to make
carbon copies of minutes of coun-
Gil meetings, including all ordi-
nances, and send them to Chapel
Hill.
In return for this favor, the In
stitute staff will analyze, classify
and digest these proceedings and
every month send copies of these
digests to officials in each city
hall to keep them in touch with
what is gong on in other city
halls.
At the end of the year, the In
stitute plans to bring these month
ly digests together in a year book
charting trends in city govern
ment in the state.
Coates stated the institute hopes
to make these monthly digests and
yearly reviews as helpful to city
officials throughout the year as
officials have found the Institutes
daily and weekly legislative bull
letins during each session of the
General Assembly and the final
summary at the end.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

A 16-year-old Wilmington student is
dead and the Asheville-Hendersonville
airport Waterman who shot him is fac
ing a murder charge because of the
questionable use of his unauthorized
gun.
That, in one sentence, is the sum-
narration of the tragedy which cost
the life of Noah C. Rhodes, Jr.
But we believe that there is much
more back Of it. There are several
questions which haven't been answered
in the news stories on the shooting,
which occurred in a we'll lighted area
of the airport early Thursday morning.
Perhaps all will come out in the preli-
minary hearing scheduled for the defen-
dant, J. R Gallon, in Henderson county
Recorders court on August rs.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Cation contends he
shot in self defense. He is, it must be
remembered, presumably the only liv-
ing witness. Mr.. Rhodes side Of the
fatal affair will never be disclosed I'M
less some unexpected witness steps
forward.
Here is the Statement the night
Waterman gave DR.. P. R. Terry, Bun
combe county coroner:
about 2:15 a. m. while on my tour
of duty as night Waterman for the
Asheville- Hendersonville airport, a man
approached me from the south end of
the field. He passed me just in front of
the Pea office. I said Hello, Captain
to the man and he did not answer me,
but kept on going toward the hangar.
Il then said, What is the idea?' The
man then said I'm going to take an
airplane.' I asked him if he had any
Identification. He said No, but I'm
going to take a plane
"By this time, he had taken a chock
from under one of the planes and as l
approached him he threw the chock at
He then grabbed a second chock
and was coming toward me. I told him
to drop it, but he kept coming toward
me. | had my gun out by this time and
when he refused to stop, I fired one shot
at him, and he dropped the chock and
grabbed his chest and fell. I immedi-
ately went to the telephone and called
Tom HUMPHREYS (airport managee) and
told him what had happened"
On the basis of Mr.. Cations story,
it is difficult to see any substantial
justification for him to have killed M
Rhodes.
Although he quotes the youth as say
ing he vas "going to take a plane" he
obviously had not begun the first act,
either entering the aircraft or starting
the motor, toward an actual theft.
The phrase "take a plane" is quite
ambiguous.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
BY LYNN b

RALEIGH, Aug. 9. Sentiment
is apparently about equally divid-
ed as to business Of the sentence"
imposed upon R. L. Fritz, Jr., for
his manipulation of school teacher
vouchers at Hudson school. One
group endorses action of the state
board in revoking Fritz teaching
certificate, while the other group
insists this punishment was too Sc
we're for the offense committed. In
most of the editorial and oral dis
cussion of the matter one signifi-
cant point is overlooked, the fact
that Mrs. Fritz received about half
the total money involved.
SYMPATHY - While technical
violation Of the law might have
been the same, it is generally con-
coded that if the extra money OBJ
tanned through the manipulation of
vouchers had all gone to school
teachers there would have been a
lot of public sympathy for Fritz.
He has = long record Of zeal for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Fight 1t With Facts

The best way to fight Communism
and Fascism is with facts and logic,
presented through complete exposition
of the two doctrines rather than a
hush-hush attitude toward them.
That sentiment was expressed by
DIR. Henry H. Hill, retiring president
of the American Association of School
Administrators, in an address in
Chapel Hill a few days ago. We agree
with him Fundamentally.
Little is to be gained through emo
tional attack on these political ideolo-
gies so alien to democracy. Rather.
when the true story of each is told in
"simple, honest, factual fashion," and
comparisons are made, democracy in
variably wins in the mind of the think.
ing man.
Here are some of the examples cited
by DR.. Hill:
To carr the price Of a cotton shirt
it takes three hours work in the United
States but 800 hours in Russia. Ever
a simple alarm clock requiring 16C
hours of labor in Russia compared with
four hours in our country.
"Do these facts" Mr.. Hill asks
make you want to be a Communism
Communism, like many other evils
flourishes on ignorance. The bes, way
to display it's numerous shortening:
in failing to better the welfare Of the
individual is to drag it into the open
No one should satisfy himself with the
average excited, Uniformed outburstS
against it. Is there any better proc,
Of it's dislike for comparative eXhibi
ton than the Iron Curtain the Sovie'
Union has thrown around itself?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

promotion of oyster culture a-o"5
the North Carolina coast, an
levied a tax Of so cents a ou'aY ~
on shell oysters sold OUTSIDE Nv
state or sold for shipment ou''Iu"
That is mandatory. There IS ais4
discretionary provision for levy y.
a tax not to exceed eight c 'h;n
a bushel for oysters sold "tu.'
the state, and for oyster boat lS'''
CONFLICT Application OF ;, n.
law has brought about contllcL IN.
tween the interests Of oyster No. NO.
ermen and oyster shuckers'
fishermen contend this is a smut o,,t.
ers' law designed to preVenI W.
side sales so as to force Io"c
prices to local buyers. The Sn r.,,y
ers" or dealers contend the 49, 49,
is necessary to prevent oinia
sales to Maryland and S" FARO.
firms, who in turn mix the -tock
lima oysters with their total late
and send them back to thls Tvs.
as Chesapeake Of LynnhaVeh
tiers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Revised
Around Capitol Square
Sentiment Divided On Punishment of Mr. Fritz

higher pay for teachers, and this
would have served as a mitigating
circumstance. But when nearly
half the money went to his wife,
who does not hold a teacher Ger.
tificate, the situation appears ir
different light.
QUESTION - There remains q
legal question as to authority OF
the board to take the action it
did. There is no specific ma
cninery set out in the law books
for c%ancelling or revoking a Ger
tlflcate under such circumstances,
but the board acted under implied
authority of the statute which saws
the state board of education Shall
have entire control of examining,
accrediting without examination.
and certificating all applicants for
the position of teacher. etc"
This same article provides for ap-
peal from county to state authori-
ties upon failure of local officials
to sign certificates, with the state
board having power to finally de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
"New" Lost Colony
Recaptures Spot
In Audience Eve

MANTEO, Aug. 9. - The Lost
Colony productions here, resumed
July 30th after the fire July oath
which destroyed most of the stage
and dressing rooms, is as popular
as ever, according to attendance
figures just released.
In the six performances since
the show reopened, July 30-August
4, the play has shown to 5.414
persons, an average of over 900
per night.
Hoke Norris, publicity director,
said that if no more performances
are lost because of bad weather.
ne anticipated that last years at
tendance of around IS, 900 paid ad-
missions would be exceeded, in
spite Of the loss of four .fat''
nights due to the fire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

authorized by the 1947 general as
sembly.
Such cases as the Fritz one are the
exception rather than the rule.
But unless more adequate checks
and safeguards are effected, payroll
padding, either in the interest of a
group of teachers or an individual, will
occur again. When it does, the schools
are going to lose valuable friends who
believe, since education is good busi-
ness, it demands good business methods
in it's administration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

termine the matter" Thze is no
specified procedure for appeal
from the state boards action.
OYSTERS - Presence of Soma
300 oystermen from coastal corn-
ties at the hearing before the COM
mercial fisheries committee of the
state board of conservation and
development at Morehead Citv At
Its meeting Tuesday is testimony
TO the growing Importance of the
industry to this state. Consider
alton was being given to methods
OF calculating the oyster develon-
ment act of the 1947 general as.
sembly. Because of delay in get
ting the 1947 laws published most
OF the fishermen did not under.
stand its provisions. MANY of them
lhought the CID board has much
WIDER discretion than is permitted
under the act.
DEVELOPMENT At the bot1v
contested legislative scrap the as
semoly appropriated 500, 900 for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Burden On The Courts

The reason the wheels of Justice
often grind so slowly is because too
much frivolous trash is thrown into
them.
Few instances are more apropos of
that observance than that of a Will
mington man who signed a delinquency
petition against a three and one-half
years old child as the climax of what
appears to have been an alteration be-
tween two of the neighborhood's small
fry.
According to the report, the com
plainant declared the youngster struck
his child with a rock and his mother
declined to punish him in the presence
Of the injured ones father. In re-
fusing to "beat" her son in the street,
the woman said she would punish him
in her own way. So, undoubtedly quite
angry, he went to, the juvenile authori-
ties and had the tot hailed into court.
1t doesn't take a postgraduate
course in child psychology to know that
a three and one-half years old youngster
is not mentally developed enough to
become a delinquent. Juvenile Court
Judge Ferguson was quite right in
r%eprimanding the man and dismissing
the petition.
But this is just one of numerous
trivial and worthless actions going be-
fore the courts here each month. The
usual situation develops when two in
~dlvlduals are unable to settle their
minor differences and n hurries to
the police and swears out a warrant.
Then another case is presented to con-
sumo the time of the judges and other
court officers. More reprimands. if not
stronger action, might effect a substan-
tial reduction in this unnecessary h,,r-
den on the courts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

Unions in several parts of the
country have adopted the strategy
of starting strikes and taking other
steps to test the legality Of the
new measure.
The main criticism of the Act
among voters with opinions is that
it is "too harsh on the unions"
However, if time shows that union
practices against which the public
has long complained are not eff
fectively curbed by the new law.
sentiment could possibly veer
around to the position that the act
is not harsh enough on unions.
1t has been shown in many
surveys that the voters favor
specific reforms, such as outlaw
ing of jurisdictional strikes, the
closed shop and featherbedding,
and requiring unions to issue fl
nancia1 statements-all of which
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
0NSL0W DRIVERS
ISSUED PERMITS
100 Autoists, Eight Learn
ers Issued Permits In
IS Days

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. "a
total of 100 operators licenses,
eight chauffers' licenses and eight
learners permits were issued IN
the last half Of July by Examiner
Harmon James,, who began full
time work in Jacksonville recent
ly.
James rejected II applicants
during the period. Most Of the ap,,
plicants rejected failed because o.
mechanical defects in the cars
which they were driving, James
said.
The examiner collected $255 IN
license fees during the period ana
issued So in Jacksonville and 10
at Camp Lejeune. Seven cnau'
ferS' licenses were issued in JACK
sonville and one at Lejeane. mr.
teen we're rejected in JacksonVl47
and eight at Lejeune.
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