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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
Coastal City Suffers
$4,000, 000D Damage OilBlast;
Flash Flood Takes Eleven Lives
Creek Waters
Swamp Town
Many Residents Of Cam
bridge, Neb., Caught In
Beds; Bodies Found

CAMBRIDGE, Neb., June % -
- A 24-hour seige of rain, wind
and flood claimed at least IS lives
in Nebraska today II of the vic
tins drowning in a flash flood
here.
A wall of wate~ from Medicine
Creek swept over this Southern
trail Nebraska town without warn
ing about sun-up, catching many
residents in their beds.
Insurance man ]. M. Hollings-
worth said tonight six bodies mad
been recovered and that five more
persons we're known dead, includ
ing two unidentified infants living
in a cabin camp housing project
for veterans.
The number of missing dropped
to four as rescue and relief opera
tons continued. HollingsWorth
said is was feared the death toll
eventually would reach Is.
Waters Recedes.
Water receded rapidly during
the day, leaving what the insur-
ance mar described as a "devas-
tated scene" He estimated the
damage at $500, 900. Huge slabs OF
pavement we're tossed about and
mud covered everything, he said.
Boats and trucks were used to
rescue 1876 macooned persons, some
of whom had taken refugees in
trees and on housetops.
The city water system failed and
water was hauled in from nearby
towns.
Two motorists drowned so miles
Northeast of Cambridge when
their ca plunged into a creek
after hitting a highway washout.
Tornadoes near LOOMS and Got
henburg, Neb., injured at least
nine.
Heavy rains moving Eastward
were general throughout Nebras-
ka. Soil already saturated by prev
ious rains was unable to absorb
the downpour and flood conditions
were general. Omaha received
three and a third inches Of rain
during the afternoon.
With a few exceptions, rail
travel was virtually paralyzed in
Eastern Nebraska and telephone
service was disrupted in the flood
hit areas. Several highways and
bridges were washed out.
(See CREEK ON Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
Bullying Biceps Value
Proved CAM Opener

Muscles rippled and played over
his great 47-inch chest and his
powerful arms locked like a con-
vention of miniature mountains.
The jar cap gave just as it ap-
peared that the bottle itself would
be visited into a new design.
Give got it," Simons cried
triumphantly.
"You can Sc he's handy around
the house," his 22-year-old wife
echoed.
Sinons really owe his title to
his wife.
II got these muscles" he con-
(See HUMAN On Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
STORK WINS CONTEST
OF SPEED WITH NAVY
PLANE NEAR NORFOLK

CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND
Va, June 22-(R - The stork
and a small Navy transport
plane raced against time in the
early hours today - but the
stork won.
Mrs. James Francis Sum-
mers, %, wife of a chief petty
officer based at the Chinco-
eague Naval Auxiliary Air
Station, gave birth to an eight
pound three ounce girl Is
minutes after the plane left
here on its way to Norfolk and
a hospital. Thirty minutes
later the plane landed at Nor
folk with its passengers-the
mother, and father, a Navy
doctor and nurse and one small
baby.
The Summers, whose home
is in Alquippa, Penn, have
named their air-born child Judy
Marie.
The child was Mrs. Summers
second; the plane trip her first.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
TEACHER
BOARD TO MEET
Important Session Will
Precede Institute Open
ing AT Greensboro

GREENSBORO, June % = Up
Prior to the opening session to-
norrow night at 1880 o'clock in
Students building Of Woman's col
lege Of the 10th annual Parent
Teacher institute, will be an all
day meeting of the board Of man.
ayers of the North Carolina Con-
gress Of Parents ard teachers.
The board will consider tomor-
row recommendations made by
the executive committe, which
met tonight in Giosonville at the
home of Mrs. j. w Burke, execu-
tive secretary, with Mrs. E. b
Hunter, Charlotte state president,
In charge. Included in the agenda
are reports from officers. chair
men and directors; filling Of
Craftsmanship vacancies and the
election Of a nomination commit
Zee; discussion and possible action
On suggestions for special projects
TO implement the congress pro-
gram; revision of standard rules;
and selections of convention date
and site for next year. These
topics are to be voted upon to-
morrow by the board managers,
which includes the executive COM
mittee, district directors, and
committee chairman.
Philips To Preside
Tomorrow nights opening
session will be presided over by
c. W. Phillips, Of Woman's col
lege. director of the institute, to
Which over $50 delegates from all
Parts of the state are expeced.
Greetings will be extended by
See BOARD or Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23

DALLAS, June % -P)E Edward
J.. Simons of Dallas, newly crown
ed Junior Mr.. America" proved
the value OF bulging biceps today
bv opening a stubborn jar OF
olives in one minute, ten seconds
fiat. IT,
It was Simons all the way-the
olives never had a chance. The
blonde. handsome, 25-year-old war
veteran won the title early this
morning at the conclusion Of the
National A. 4. u. weightl;fting
championships and the remorse-
less way in which he tackled the
jar drew gasps of admiration
from spectators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
Road Gangs R%sue
SnOWbOr~ p%a@HsTists
Former Army Ski i aid In Leading
Sixty People To Safety; Blizzard
Traps Scores killing Three

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
Park, Wyo., June 22-R-More
than 60 tourists, survivors of a
raging summer blizzard which
trapped them more than a hours
atop a mountain pass and killed
three persons, were led to safety
today by road gangs and a volun-
teer patrol Of former army ski
troopers.
Clad mainly in light summer
clothing, they hudled together in
stalled autos and in a tiny trailer
while the swirling snow, carried
by winds up to Is miles an hour,
buried them in drifts.
Entombed in a truck on the II, 900
foot pass Northeast of Yellowstone
Park were the bodies of Vernon
Kaiser, about So, Idaho Falls,
Idaho; Richard Huckles Akron,
Ohio, and John P. Baker, about 40,
Grayling, Mont.
Bodies of the three park road
camp employees were found late
yesterday in a truck covered by
Is feet of snow during a 24-hour
blizzard of 60-mile-an-hour wind
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
Senators
Sure Of Vote
LADDERS Claim Sufficient
Strength To Override
labor Bill Veto

rscHrNGTON, June 22.-(P-
,."at. Republicans, certain they
I'LL III enact the Taft-Hartley labor
WI tomorrow over President Tru-
rao's veto, were reported today
a have Kicked Senator Ball (R-
,9;nn, 10 head the acts watch
io7' committee.
rhe measure provides for a A.
amber senate-House committee
~ review the whole field of labor
sonagement relations. Senator
r,t+ (R-Onio) told a reporter he
.Snpcts it to be organized i'm
ns1iately and to study the opera
. INN If the new legislation as well.
Of should be the watchdog COM
.,;+4ne TO determine from the bills
ansrations whether there are any
Inks in the law that ought to be
Enlightened out" he said. eff
.nv failures Or obvious injustices
1ayplop. we can consider revisions
" the next session of Congress
IN January
Vote Today
The Senate has agreed to vote
IN overriding the Presidential
.r.+o At 2 o. m. eastern Standard
rime) tomorrow. This agreement
Was engineered by Senator Wherry
,Neb). the Republican whip, yes
terday after % IL hours of a con-
4nuous session. A little group Of
the bills bitter-end opponents gave
I'D a filibuster.
The Republican chiefs claim
+bree or four votes more than the
reouired tWo-thirds majority. And
Senator Pepper D-Fla), a sup
porter of the PRESIDENT position,
tod newsmen he thinks there is
only an outside chance" to sus-
tain the veto. The House had
smashed j. down Friday, as soon
IS it was delivered, 331 to 80.
A favorable vote for the bill in
the Senate automatically would
nit it into effect, bringing the
first major revisions in the Wag-
ner Labor Relations act since its
massage early il the Roosevelt ad-
ninistration.
Bans Closed Shop
Included in the measures provi-
sions are bans or the closed shop,
iurlsdictional strikes and secon-
darv boycotts, foremen's bargain
ine unions and union-controlled
health and welfare funds estab-
lshed since Jan. /, 1916. The mea-
sure also carries provisions gov.
erning IN ational paralysis"
strikes, suits against unions, union
fees, and free speech for en-
p@loyers.
Ball generally has been disposed
10 90 further in attempting to curb
the activities of Unions than Taft
and some other fmembers of the
Senate Labor committee. He urg-
ed the Senate unsuccessfully to
adopt an amendment curling in
dustry-wide bargaining, a provi.
sion the House approved but which
was lost in the final compromise
version,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
President Says Matter OF
Grave E. Concern To
Every American

WASHINGTON, June 22-(P)-
President Truman today created
three committees to study the i'm
pact on this country of its fireign
aid program-"a matter of grave
concern to every American
While the recovery of produc-
ton abroad is essential to both
democracy and peace, Mr.. Tru-
mans announcement said, ''the
extent to which we should continue
aiding such recovery is less easy
to ascertain, and merits most care
full study"
The major committee consists
of 10 leaders in economics, fl
nance, labor, agriculture and edu-
cation, and will be headed by
Secretary OF Commerce Hartman.
One Of the other two studies, con-
Quoted within the government, will
be made by specialists directed
by Secretary of the Interior Krug,
and the other by the Presidents
council of economic advisers,
headed by DR.. Edwin G. Nourse.
To Report Limits
The committee of 10, described
by the President as ,,non-partisan"
is instructed to report the limits
within which the United States
may safely and wisely PLAN to
offer aid abroad.
The Krug committee will study
the impact Of foreign shipments on
this country's natural resources.
The Nourse committee will deal
with the impact on the national
economy.
The three committees are assign
ed to cover a large part of the
See TRUMAN On Page Two
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Creates Committees
To Study Foreign Aid Impact
PROFESSOR VISIONS TRAVEL
TO PLANETS IN PRESENT ERA

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 20 - WD - Travel between the
planets may be possible "during u lifetime Through ue
of a rocket which has atomic power IS its source of energy.
DR.. Lyman Splitter, Dr., associater professor at Yale University
predicted tonight.
Splitter, who teaches astrophysics, said o n a broadcast spon-
sored by the university that the first interplanetary trip would
almost certainly be to the moon and because the moon is closest
to the earth.
He said, however, that man would probably set foot on Mars
before he lands on the moon because 1--WE know that the moon
is a dead and airless world and not much would be gained by
landing there" He forecast that instead of landing, "the space
ship" would circle the moon once and return to earth,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
AMERICANS RIDICULE
IDEA OF ALLIANCE OF
POWER WITH TURKEY

ISTANBUL, Turkey, June %
R-The Turkish press said today
it was possible a Turkish-Ameri-
can military alliance might be es-
tablished, but high American
sources here expressed surprise
at the reports and one denied
them as utterly absurd"
The newspaper Vatan said such
an alliance would eliminate criti-
cism that United States financial
aid to Turkey would lead to Amer
lean domination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
EARTHQUAKE HITS
WEST COAST CITY
Windows Rattle, Dishes
Slide In Hundreds Of San
Francisco Homes

SAN FRANCISCO, June % -U.R)
An earthquake rocked San
Francisco and the bay area today
at 3:31 pm. psf, rafting windows
and dishes in residential areas
and swaying downtown buildings
so much that some occupants Of
upper floors hurried downstairs.
The police department had re-
ceived no reports Of damage by
4 pm, and only a few calls from
residents. A quick survey showed
the temblor was felt throughout
fSee EARTHOIJAKE On Pa ge Tvo)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
Soap Box Derby Cars
Must All Be boy Built
R INJURED

NEW YORK, June 22-(R
Forty persons were injured
10 seriously, when a Fifth Ave
nue. Coach company bus. en-
route from Queens to Manhat-
tan, blew out a tire tonight on
the Queensborough bridge span
ming the East river and crashed
into a bridge stanchion, police
reported.
The bus, carrying II seated
passengers and eight standing,
did not Overturn but the front
right side was badly crushed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
And So To Bed

The bOOsblacks were arguing
over who could put the best
shine on a pair of shoes.
"Get outa my way boy, let a
pro put a shine on those Slip
parS," one said.
"Yeh, I put a shine on yes
terday. Put a shine On a ma
rine. Shined his shoes so he
was scared to put his foot
down on the ground" the
second shine boy replied.
He won the argument.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23
The Weather
FORECAST

FORECAST
South Ccrollna-Mostly cloudy and
cool with occasional drizzle west and
south Monday morning followed by part
Y cloudy and not so cool Monday after
rooh Tuesday partly cloudy and slight
" warmer. North CarolinaPartly cloudy
day.
chronological data for the "A hours
E4uIAg 1880 p M, yesterday.
Temperatures
,i5o am, "a; 7:3O am, 81; 1:30 pm,
% 1870 pm, 10.
AaXimum IS; Minimum SO; Mean 81;
Normal 66
Humidity
l%o an II; ESQ am, IA; 100 pm,
w. go Pm, Sc.
Precipitation
r 1otal for "a hours ending 7:30 pm,
Total since the first of the month,
10 inches.
Tides For Today
T. FROM the Tide Tables published by
D. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Wilmington Ira s:32a
Nh. lap 8:48p
'4'Sonboro Inlet - 1l:47a 5:3Oa
5:42p
/, 'unrise SOL; Sunset 7:27. Moonrise
Moonset II :48p.
~VhE WEATHER ON PAGE TWO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-23

"a. Moonset II :48p.
"VhE WEATHER ON PAGE TWO
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(See CREEK ON Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
HEARINGS

SARASOTA, Fla, March r.
U.H-Commissioner A. B. Chand-
Ter prepared today to hold near
ings Monday afternoon in the
case of Leo Durocher VS.. Larry
MacPhail and the d e c i S l o n
.~cd to affect the future
G. .ilc TO f.rmor friends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
SPECIAL MEETING

Adam Smith, YMCA physical
director, said yesterday that
there will be a special meet
ing of the YMCASSBBL Board
of Governors Monday at 7:Se
pm, in the YMCA building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

Nh excuse is a good excuse but here it is time for the paper te
obed-and those who should go to bed go fishing and still Fish
+ needs to write Fish Lines.
I' what happened? Well the truth of the matter is that nothing
r rr Hanover Fishing Club gave out another March prize. r.
20 Keel was the lucky angler landing a channel bass weighing
.ur pounds IA ounces don't ask where he caught it for 1t
eums that is a secret Two prizes remain open-the first blue
w. 'srt two pounds and the first black bass weighing five pounds or
bener.
,u Il is not amiss to run the following:
~ nGeneral Dwight ID. Eisenhower sent in one of the first entries
=. ee 197 George Rupert Fishing Contest, early In January"
rites George E. Rupert, the Tournaments sponsor. His bone
s.h weighed 6 pounds, g ounces and was caught in the shallow
rsterso of the Florida Keys. The bonefish is long, slvery, stream
u,ed tmid, capricious, one of the hardest fish to hook and lane.
Wis VII the last word in angling, according to the old timers who
have caught them all.
Alien Corson, Fishing Editor of The Miami Herald. who accom-
..ed General Eisenhower on several of his angling expeditions i
Ennda, told me that the General came to Florida a black bass angler
~ ID eft a bonefsh enthusiast. Corson witnessed the transition.
w The largest bass of the generals career was taken on one
.the trips with Corson. II brought out the famous General Ike
mile" The boneffsh trip was off the Cape Florida Flats. Corson
and he shared seven bonefsh in a single afternoon. General
rnenhower caught four of the fish and according to Corson, play
yant The General was happy and said: "Anyone who likes to
sh would want to catch a bonefish."
Guiding the General was Captain ]. T. Harrod, dean of all bone
sh grdes in Florida, and one of the best. Captain Harrod told me
r"hot General Eisenhower is an expert caster, a fine fellow to guide
"a Knows how and when to hook his fish, and he is absolutely sold or
hnefshing.
is difficult to feel its timid nibble n the bait. The General
uas the best novice / have ever fshed with in my twenty years
Il bonefish guiding. He never missed a single fish all day and
handled them like an old veteran bonefisherman. I earnestly hope
he comes to Florida soon again because 1 have a big one s.aked
out for him"
Piscatorially yours,
GEORGE E. RUPERT,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Watch Southworth
Braves Loom As Darkhorse
In National League. Race

a great respect for Southwcrth's
genius at getting the most out OF
his material, but they suspect
that he is about to come up with
a lot of baseball team.
Manager Eddie Dyer of the
Cardinals says the Braves will be
the Most improved team in the
the league, for instance, ano
Ben Chapman of the Phils drop
ped tn comment that those
Braves could do anything. Both
talking about a team that
finished no higher than fourth
last year, though it was beaten
out OF third place by Chicago only
in a photo finish.
Uppermost in the minds of all
Southworth's rivals is the fact
that he will have Bob Elliott,
recently of Pittsburgh, playing
third base for him in the coming
race. The managers consider Ell.
lott, now 80, a whale of a ball
player. His eight year batting
average with the Pirates was 1892,
and one season, 1913, he clouted
.315. He was supposed not to have
been very happy with the Pirates,
and the feeling is he might give
SouthWorth a great performance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

figure in the league. The next sea-
son he went up with Lancaster in
the Class B Interstate League. He
hit .299 and in '43 he improved 81
points to hit 1896, top figure in or
ganized ball that year. He received
a solid silver Hillerich and Brads-
by bat for that feat.
One potato supplies about n
hundred calories or about 1-25th
of the amount recommended each
daY for the average adult.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
ARMED SMASHES
TRACK RECORD
IN MIAMI RACE

MIAMI, March % -R-Miehty
Armed sped to victory and a new
track record in the $25, 900 added
mile and a quarter Gulfstream
handicap today, regaining some of
the lustre furnished by his fifth
place beating in the Santa Anita
handicap.
The Calumet Farm golden Geld
ing made the distance in POI rs
to finish a length ahead of his
stablemate, Pot O'Luck, B.A.
Murphy's C%oncordian was third,
two lengths behind the Calumet
entries.
Armed. already greatest Geld
ing money winner, boosted his
total earnings to approximately
$482,7 IT'S by capturing the rich
event, edging closer to Whirlaway
and Stymie. He paid 800, $3.50
and $3.50. Pot O'Luck paid 1910
and $3.50, and Concordian reward
ed with 81 40
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
KeN Tops At Bird
Says Tiger Boss
BY FRANK Eek

AZ opoItS LuItOT
LAKELAND, Fla, March o.
The consensus among big league
managers who know third base.
men best is that George Clyde Kell
is the best hot corner guardian in
the American League today.
Stout Steve O'Neill, manager OF
the Detroit Tigers, is willing to go
a step farther by saying "Kell is
the best third baseman I ever saw
in baseball and that includes fell
lows like Joe Dugan of the old
Yankees and Buck Weaver of the
Chicago White Sox."
Kell, fifth leading batter in the
American League last season with
a 3.22 average in 131 games, says
he knows the secret of his success
now.
cts speed" says the 176-lb. red
headed Irishman who was born in
Swifton, Ark, "a years ago. 81
must have beaten out Is bunts last
season which improved my aver
oSS eAdSty w poIlltS oVel lS7o
when I played for the AS.
"Then Steve put me in the sec
ond slot in the batting order and
that was made to order for me. l
also picked up a few points on the
hit-and-run play. I was able to get
to first base two steps quicker
than at any time in my career.
with the Athletics I weighed as
much as 1913 and never got below
1873. Weight like that will slow down
g freight train. Last year my play
ing weight was ITO. Now all I have
to lose is six pounds"
Kell played basketball at Ar
kansas State College one season
but never played baseball there.
The school didn't have a team. He
broke into organized ball at 10 in
1910 in the Northeast Arkansas
League with Newport, the same
club that sent Pete Reiser and
Whitley Kurowski to the majors.
In 1941 he hit $40, second best
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

through their final tuneups for the
seasons opener with Trinity Col
lege of Hartford, Conn.,, here next
Friday. The diamond candidates
remained here during this weeks
holidays and have been working
twice daily under the direction Of
Walter Rabb and Henry House,
assistants to the veteran Hearn.
With an especially impressive
mound staff, headed by Monk
Whiteheart, Hamp Coleman, Tom
my Andrew and Lefty Diiorenzo,
the Tar Reelers, big four eel.
larltes last season, are hopeful for
better luck this year.
Also opening on the home front,
next Saturday, will be Coach John
kenfield's tennis team, meeting
the Yale meters in the first Of 4
series Of three matches. Seven lot
termen, headed by Vic Seixas Of
Philadelphia, sixteenth ranking
amateur in the nation, have re
ported for the squad, Seixas was
here in 1912 when he lettered in
basketball but left Carolina before
the basketball season opened.
Carolina will be represented by
possibly eight men in the Florida
relays at the University Of Florida
next Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Sports On Move
At Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL, March 22.-Rl
Three University of North Caro-
lima spring sports teams open their
campaigns net week and the Chapel
Hill athletic scene will be fully
rounded out, following the holiday
void, bu the beginning of spring
football practice Tuesday.
Art Weiner, big, speedy end from
Newark, N. j., who dropped out
of school at the end of the 1916
football season, has returned to
the university, plans to matriculate
for the spring quarter and saws
he will be among those on hand
when Coach Carl Snavely assembly
his candidates for a five-week off
season practice session.
Coach Bum Hearn, as clipper as
In his balmiest days despite his
recent illness, takes over the base
ballers Monday to send them