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Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
Hot Shots

. A bowling alley with automatic pin
setting machines is being constructed
in the White House basement as Il
birthday present for the President who
will be 63 on May 8.
. In RoXbury, Mass, six housewives
were fined $40 each for playing poker
on Sunday. The cOmplanantS were
their husbands
In Woodstock, VT, there was fire
Sunday IN the basement of the home
of Wendall Walker Monday his fam
lily eXtingulshed flames under stair
case. Tuesday fire started in an up
stairs partition. Wednesday the jittcry
Walkers moved out. Thursday fire de-
stroyed the house.
. In Waukegan, H., long line of war
veterans filed application for the new
state bonus but three eXserviccmcn,
veterans of World War |, found they
were late by nearly 20 years. The dead
line for applications in the first war
bonus was September 8, 1927.
Q In Newcastle, Del. Patrolman
Francis J. Hewlett, the city's one-man
night police force, telephoned Della
ware State Police barracks five miles
away. Two guys just broke into a
grocery store right across the street. y
he said "They can see me, so if make
a move they'll Scram." Hewlett stayed
put for 10 minutes till he saw a police
car glide up, then sauntered across the
street and the burglars ran out the
back way-into two state cops waiting
for them.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

without the economic recovery of Ger
many.
Hoover proposed that German in
dustry be freed of foreign ownership
and operated under an Allied control
commission, that removal and destruc-
ton of all except arms plants be halted
and that the industrialiZed Ruhr and
Rhineland be left part of Germany.
Germany's exports must be raised,
said Hoover, to enable her to pay repa-
rations and relieve American taxpay-
ers of the burden of relief, now run
ming about 400 million dollars year.
Sen. Joseph R. Mccarthy (R-Wis)
declared: IF we adopt (Hoover's)
plan, it may indicate we have learned
the inescapable fact that we can't
have vengeance and peace. We've got
to choose one or the other"
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
The $2O,OOO,OOO Gamble

The Senate War Investigating Com
mittee will probe into Howard Hughes
huge experimental flying boat that al
ready has cost the government $780,
100000 and never has flown.
Sen. Owen Brewster (R-Me), COM
mittee chairman, said the mammoth
craft was supposed to have been COM
pleted four years ago.
I'VE are determined" Brewster said,
''to find out why this contract was let
after it had been rejected by every
body in the Army, Navy, Maritime
Commission and the War Production
Eoard.'
The decision for public hearings,
which may begin in another week, was
reached at a closed committee session.
Brewster said the original contract was
for Sl80O0,00O but the government
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

OF the laying Of minefieId off her
coast which damaged two British
destroyers and killed AZ seamen last
October and that the laying of mines
in peacetime without notification was
IAN offense against HUMANITY
1t was the first resort to the veto
in the council since last September
when Russia vetoed the original
proposal of the United States for an
on-the-spot investigation of the Bal
kan situation. The call for a Balkan
investigation was offered again in the
council and finally on December 10 it
was approved unanimously
Meanwhile in Washington, President
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
MOSCOW: East West Showdown Looms

DEFORE the Moscow confer
- ence opened, there was be-
lief among some western diplO-
mats that the foreign ministers
would do less toward solving the
German problems than
toward making their divergent views
on them clear to each other.
That prediction is substantiatcd by
a Big Four coordinating committee of
deputies, who are finding about rs per-
cent disagreement and only 25 percent
agreement in the propositions dis
cuSSed so far.
Kremlin Visits
Ernest Bevin, Britain's foreign Sec
retary, conferred early in the week
with Stain, presumably discussing
revision of the BritiSh-SoViet alliance,
former Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes' proposed 40-year four power
pact against Germany and current
German problems confronting the Big
Four.
Since Georges Bidault, French for
eign secretary, talked with Stain two
weeks ago, Bevin'S visit left Marshall
the last of the visiting foreign ministers
to confer with Stain.
American quarters in Moscow noted
with interest that the Bcvin and
Bidault visits followed inquiries on
their part about meeting with the
Soviet chief executive.
Marshall was reported content that
his tete-a-tete with Stain should be
delayed until after the German issues
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

eCOIlOllllC recovery
by reviving German
industry, pruned of
its military poten-
tial.
The former Presi-
dent, in his third re-
port on an economic
mission to Austria
and Germany, de-
clared that produc-
ton is "the only
path to recovery in
Europe" and that
Europe as a whole
could not recover
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
In Short:

Planned: BY the U. S. State Depart
ment, short-wave broadcasts to the
Greek. Turkish and Arabic people in
their own languages
Reported: By Sen. Owen Brewster
(R-Me), that U. S. airplane production
had dropped to 2 percent of its wartime
peak
Forbidden: BY the Supreme Soviet
(ParliamenD, marriages between So
Wet citizens and foreigners.
Agreed: BY Russia in response to a
u. S. State Department note, to quit
the Manchurian port of Dairen and
turn it over to Chinese control.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
Author
Realism, Plus

A Hollywood mystery movie writer,
famed for his realism and tough dia-
logue, picked up authentic background
by actually working as a gunman and
thief, according to the FBI.
Ernest G. Booth, 48, who wrote the
script for Ladies of the Big House.
is charged in an indictment with con-
cealment of S250,000 in securities
stolen in Seattle in 1913.
Two Of Booths novels, Sirens
Screaming" and Stealing Through
Life" were reported sold recently to
studios. The FBI said Booth started
writing in 1926 while serving time
in Folsom Prison.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
Science
A HOMEGROWN Protest

One of the arguments once ad-
Vanccd for internationaliZation of
atomic research was the assertion that
scientific genius recognized no nation
al boundaries. This week scientists,
themselves, cracked that one.
The Federation of American Scien-
lists urges that German scientists
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

over Americas proposed new policy
toward Greece and Turkey were felt
in Moscow
Kremlin planners pondered the tcs-
timony of Acting Secretary of State
Dean AcheSon, whom Marshall calls
his "deputy chief of staff. - AchesOn
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

before the council had reached the
showdown stage. Persons close to the
American secretary said he stood
firmly on recent Developments in basic
U. S. policy toward Russia
Meanwhile rcpcrcusSions Of the Con-
ercsSional hearings in Washington
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
Quote

Waller AudisiO, Italian under
ground leader and reputed eXecu-
toner of Benito Mussolini: Mus
solini died a coward. He stood
against the wall. shaking with
terror, babbling But, but, but,
but
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

told the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee that all of the proposed
Sl50,000000 loan to Turkey would be
for military aid and that he did not
know any country other than Russia
which could be identified as ''po-
tential aggressor as far as Turkey is
concerned"
Bullitt Heard in Moscow
William c. Bullitt, former ambas-
sador to Moscow, told the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities that
he believes the Soviet Union intends
TO make an ultimate assault" upon
the u. S. and that if Russia had the
atomic bomb it already would have
been used against America.
Observers at the Big Four confer
ence foresee the showdown stage as
not far off in the fatty opposing east
west plans for new German govern
ment
Essentially, they say, the proposals
by Soviet Foreign Minister VyacheSlav
M. Molotov would build the German
government from the top down via a
strong central government which Rus
sia hopes to control. The American and
British plans seek TO build the govern
ment from the bottom up through a
series of federated states.
The Big Four decided TO let other
nations in on the German peace pact
after the 1916 pattern set in Paris but
disagreed over the number. TIE us.
and Britain ruled out a seat for Al
bania, suggested by the Russians.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
Washington Ponders
Ne,U Foreign Policy

CONGRESS is to its legislative ears in foreign as well as ma
- problems Immersed in such controversial domestic issues
reduction revising labor laws housing and ending wartime
price commodity controls legislators turned to consideration of
aggressive policy enuncad by President Tru
mans American aid keep Greece and Turkey out Of
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
U.N.: The Soviets 10Th Veto

ME first Russian veto in six months marked the first anniversary
OF the United Nations Security Council
veto invoked by Andrei Gomyko delegate to kill
resolution sustaining British charges of mneyng against Albania
RuSSaS Oh the veto amended British
which declared that Albania could
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04
Production

Key to Europe's Recovery
Strong bipartisan support devel-
oped in Congress for Herbert Hoover's
prescription for speeding European
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-04

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
PAGE TO ATTEND
CRIDIR0N DINNER
Publisher Seeking To Ex'
pedite VIII Radio Beam
For A.irports

r. B. Page, publisher of the Will
mington Star-News, left yesterday
afternoon to attend the annual ban
quet of the Gridiron club in Wash
ington, D.. c., tonight.
While in the capital during the
weekend, he will confer with Rep,
J. Bayard Clarl. regarding efforts
to activate Very High Frequency
radio beams at four Eastern Caro-
lima airports. The equipment has
been installed at Myrtle Beach,
Wilmington, New Bern and Eliza
beth City and personnel is avail
able to man it but. the CAA has
not put the frequency into opera
ton.
He will also discuss with Rep.
Clark efforts to expedite decision
on South East airlines' case. Hear
ing on the appeals of four lines
Southeast, Seaboard, State and
Colonial-to r Wilmington and
other North Carolina cities were
held in Greensboro in June 1915
and a decision has been expected
for sometime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
Obituaries
EDWARD JOHN sCHAnT

Funeral services for Edward
John Schadt, 806 Central Blvd,
Sunset Park, who died early
Thursday morning at James
Walker Memorial hospital, follow.
ing a short illness, will be con-
Quoted Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the Chapel of Andrews
Mortuary. The Rev. Walter B.
Freed, will officiate, and interment
will follow in Oakdale cemetery.
Mr. Schadt is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Florence Schadt, xvo
daughters, Mrs. Thomas C. Cofer,
Wilmington; Mrs. E. H. Keply,
Charlotte; two sons, John Edward
Schadt and Howard L. Eldridge,
both of Wilmington; three sisters,
Mrs. Ester Greasy, Bradford, N.
H., Miss Anna Schadt, Allentown,
Pa, Mrs. Minnie Hoffman, AL
lentown, and one brother, Robert
Schadt, also of Allentown.
Pallbearers will be: active, Clay
ton Golfer, F. J. Duls, Kirk Boehm,
Russell Waldorf, Otto Schmidt, and
J. H. Tillman. Honorary DR..
Fred Barefoot, DR.. William KAN
er, Judge John ]. Burney, S. M.
King. G. Colucci, j. H. Nigel,
Rev. E. w. Halleck, H. e. Longley.
and Lewis Stein, Sr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
COMPANY A WINS
TOP ROTC HONOR
Jimmy Williamson An d
Fred Bacon Win Indi-
vidual Ratings

Company B, of the New Han
over High sct.aol ROTC battalion:
won Honor Company for the week
of February 24-28 with an average
of 91.32 for formations, inspec'
tons, and drills held in the past
week, according to Colonel Weston
Blanchard, PMS&T of the local
unit.
Company B. commanded by
Capt. Allen Lanier, with Miss
Mary Ann Jenkins as sponsor,
was tied for second place as the
best company of the school year.
They will be presented with q
streamer Monday morning on the
ROTC drill field formation grounds
to be worn On the company guidon
staff with four other streamers
won by company B throughout the
school year.
Jimmy Williamson, of company
c, won the honor of distinguished
first year cadet of the battalion
for the week of February 1923
He will be presented with a ribbon
Monday morning at the weekly
formations to be held at 10 anc
Ann street.
Sgt. Fred Babson, Of eompan,
D, won distinguished second year
cadet Of the battalion for the in.
spections which are held each
week of the year.
Captain Lanier, Sgt. Babson,
Pvt. Williamson, and Miss Nc.
liver will be entitled to wear the
fourragere, a shoulder cord, for
the week Of February 81.
First year cadets competing
against Babson we're: Bradford
Virgins. company A; Martin Ra-
bunsky, company B; and Floyd
Williams, company c.
ROTC commanders and COM
panies with their average grades
for the week of February 24-28
we're: Capt. Robert Mckenzie,
91.40, company A; Capt. Allen
Lanier, CLAP, company B; Capt.
Eugene Ensley, 91.20, company C;
and Captain Richard Ga1phin,
91.35, company D.
Ribbons won by the companies
throughout the year are as follows:
Company A, four ribbons for
honor company of the week and
one ribbon for having a honor
company and both distinguished
cadets of the battalion; Company
B, five ribbons for honor COM
panies; Company C. three ribbons
for honor companies of the week
and one for having the highest
average of rifle firing; Company
D, six ribbons for honor company
Of the week.
First Lieutenant Edward Pitts
was honor cadet inspection Off
Ger and stated that the next in
spection will be held Friday,
March Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
BLACK MARKET
PROBE WlDENS

CHICAGO, Feb. 2~3.-W.H-Ralph
Bottles) Capone, older brother oil
the late Scarface Al Capone, is be.
lieved to be the top man" in the
nationwide, multi = million dollar
sugar black market now under gov.
eminent investigation, an" informed
federal source said today.
Capone was an underling in his
notorious brothers crime syndicate
during the 1905 and reputedly still
derives some profit from the syndi-
Gates activities.
Federal agents have been trail
ing him and his henchmen for sew
eral months in an attempt to OBJ
tain conclusive evidence, the
source revealed.
"An information leads us to be-
lieve Ralph Capone is the leader of
this sugar racket and we hope to
get the evidence to prove it," the
source said. WED like to get
The Illicit ring, which may in
volve as much as 100. 900, 900 pounds
OF sugar, has been the subject Of
an undercover federal investiga-
ton for several weeks.
FortyJthree persons have been
indicted here this week by a fed
eral grand jury which had been
considering evidence gathered by
scores of agents. Additional indict-
ments we're expected.
u. S. Dist. Atty. J. Albert VOL
said today that the governments
investigation thus far. covering
cities from California to New .Jer.
sey, had only scratched the SIR
face" He obtained permission
from Federal Judge Philip L. Sui
Ivan to hold over the February
grand jury to permit presentation
of additional evidence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
NEW WAA SERVICE
UNIT OPENS HERE
Third City In North Car.
DINA To Have Estab-
lished Center

The new War Assets Administra'
ton Customer Service Center, one
of a hundred similar installations
throughout the country, was Of
ficially opened here yesterday ano
will carry a complete line Of sur
plus property samples.
Wilmington is the third city in
North Carolina to have an estab'
lished WAA center. complete with
facilities for purchasing the sur.
plus property, for the certifica'
tion of veterans, and the arrang.
ing for credit. delivery and pay
ment.
The Wilmington center, located
1T 206 North Second street, will
be open Monday through Friday
from 9 a.. m. to 4 p. m.
c. G.. Garlic, regional director
Of WAA who was in Wilmington for
the opening yesterday, sta ted that
this city was chosen as the site for
the center in accord with WAA de.
eision to locate displays and sale,
Of surplus property in central mar.
kets so that it would be convenient
10 all. It was also pointed out that
while government surplus prop.
srty is available to all purchasers,
quantities r usually based or
commercial lots and the center is
not a retail store.
Lawrence S. Everett, local vet.
Grams certifying officer for WAA
surplus, has moved his office from
the Customhouse to the new cen.
ter In order to be on hand to Ger.
dfy veterans wishing to make u
ehases.
Manager of the Wilmington
center is Roy G. Lane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
PORTAL PAY BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 - NH -
The house today passed, 345 to s.,
a bill to outlaw nearly S 5000, 00,'
900 in portal-to-rortal pay claims
and to clamp a one-year limit on
all suits for back wages and over
time.
The measure was sent at onae
to the senate which next week
opens debate on a milder version
which calls for a tWo-year limita'
ton.
A solid bloc of Republicans and
most of t h e southern Democrats
pushed the measure through after
beating down a series of Liberal
izing" amendments.
Voting for it we're 23O Rcpubli'
cans and lis Democrats. Against
it were so Democrats, five Repub'
licans and one An,erican-Laooflte
Vito Marcantonion of New YoEk,
Inspired by the flood OF Gu
suits for back portal pay which
now total nearly $1,000, DOC, 900, the
senate and house bills would ou''
law virtually all suits-past, pres
ent and future-claiming pay fof
time workers spent in walking 10
their benches, u%npacking tnef
tools and other pre-Work activities.
Claims could be filed only Il
they were based on provision OIL
existing contracts or t e "cuso'
mary practices" of industry.
The statute of limitatlon-0@
year under the house bill and lEo
under the senate's-Would Apply
to all suits brought under the way
ner labor act to recover osIA
wages, overtime or other cof1psu
sation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
CITY C0UNCn
SPIKES PR0P0Sl|
Continued From Pare 4.

A large applause fo]Iow.,
mon B. Sternberger's s,stM la
that people living on sev Ssatsaes
in its vicinity were entit 1a aad
peace, rest and sleep in tbs 70
traffic. Of ID.
Sternberger also said tba.
foot right-of-way required ue ",
truck route would be irnpo " The
He asked the council wby P+So ivy
flee could not be routed tMs 'Fat,
some slightly developed Trough
rather than the heavy pon ,vs'loa
streets. populated
Strange showed the co,,D,,
display which had bee,, nr"a a
OF news stories citing Is diftt.s.fsd
conflagrations in Other cit Gi,usfsnt
said the oil truck traffis he
ct. N. r." e Was
Next appearing was .os
Erwin Boone, Negro, pastor Il 's''
Central Baptist church, who s VI n.
LED the disturbing noise els asSs'
from the traffic. Two other N.s'
churchmen also voiced tnei Hes,o
Jections. They were D. G, Ca,. %
presiding elder Of the !AME cbna .ss'
and the Rev. A. j. KIRK q. n
lLuke's church. IT.
Mrs. Sue Boone, princin.,
the Hemenway school. snasi Of
the council on the safety of q %
children should the street be- W.! ne
for a%rterial traffic. She ros s'Sa
second time to say that The ,i.''
would have to spend an addit;' wy
amount to, purchase traffic lissal
on Seventh. She expressed tbs s ut
lief that the oil compsnies Vt,
truckers could be sold on the ~; slia
of a bypass. 'uFa
Inc IRE hazard, should gas flou
Gown Walnut street to the J. ,.uS
Walker Memorial hospita, nsS
suggested by F. A. Rasbury "'S
Dan Herring asked the co,,,a,
If the city had the right ~ D .s-
who goes on the lane and the ri 81.
to specify routes taken by trucks
Receiving the affirmative, Herrira
reported that an around the tous
route would not increase . tr, ,OSa
daily mileage by more than nins >
miles. "D'e
Herring requested that the CORN.
Gil defer action on the cornmi,.
slon's report and appoint a com.
mlttee to work out a solution
There's no way to shorten h.
-oute without coming on Some.
body's street." he said in corclu.
sion.
Next to voice their objections
were Mrs. N. w. Rochelle, presi.
cent of the Hemenway schonl
Parent Teacher Association. and
Grover c. Bordeaux,
DR.. Houston Moore, city planning
board member, told the council and
those present that the board had
been submitted a plan to .erout,
traffic around town on a street
with a small plaza to insure greater
safety.
Many other citizens crowded the
council chamber and the halls,
and half-dozen more expressed oral.
ly their objections to the hish.
way commissions recommendation
which was officially presented to
the council on Feb. 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
PRESIDENT URGES
NATION TO HEED
RED CROSS DRIVE

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. -R
President Truman called on ms
American people tonight to X,
spond proudly with donations "
the Red Cross which opens ~.
annual drive tomorrow to rar'
$50, 600, 900. 81.
LET us remind ourselves, ~
said in a broadcast from the Wnl-
House, that many times a ys'.
the people turn to the Red Cross
once a year the Red Cross rla :
to the people. That time is no" {"
hand. 80,
Every dollar contributed will W
multiplied in usefulness. Let
keep the Red Cross at full strenst%
Let us all respond proudly to ~'
call.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
RECORDS TURNED
OVER TO CIVIL
SERVICE BOARD

City Manager J. R. Benson said
last night that certain records per.
talnlng to the police department
which had been reported as missing
We're turned over to Norwood S.
Westbrook, secretary of the Civil
service Commission yesterday.
The files, containing applications
Tor positions on the police depart.
ment prior to the creation Of the
commission in 1871. were in the
city han all the time, Benson said.
When the request for the records
were made, he explained, a short
search was instituted and the docu-
ments found in an old file.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
KIWANIANS SPONSOR
POULTRY PROGRAM
IN THREE COUNTIES

Acting on the recommendation OF
its agriculture committee, the XII
wants club board Of directors last
night approved a plan to sponsor
a tri-county poultry project among
All club boys and girls, a spokes-
man of the group reported.
The project will be staged, it
was stated, to encourage farm boys
and girls in New Hanover, Fender,
and Brunswick counties to engage
in successful poultry raising.
The directors of the club last
night voted to appropriate $50 to
each of the three counties for the
project. The rules are to be work
ed out later by the agriculture COM
mittee and the All club leaders of
the counties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-01
COAST GUARD AIDS
NIGHT WATCH AT
TOPSAIL INLkl

The tWo-master schooner 'Nlsn,
Witch" which had been agroul.l
eff Topsail Inlet since Weaknesses,
was relocated last night by u.s .
Coast Guard cutter Aggaslz' al.
towed to Southport, Norfolk Goa.
Guard headquarters said last mSi.a.,
Headquarters said the boat -. ~.
from Southport and was bouna ~.
Florida. Little damage was o0H'
the craft, it was said. .,
All other ships which have os.1
in trouble Thursday along the 20
DINA coast, due to high winds, Nv.
have been accounted for and DIV
safe, headquarters added.