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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Gibson Of Fayetteville
Club Named Next Dis
trict Governor

ATLANA1C BEACH, May Q
The Wilmington Rotary club to-
day was awarded Rotary's Interna-
tional Presidents award and Leon
Gibson Of Fayetteville, was named
the next district governor at its
annual conference here.
The Wilmington club received the
award for significant achievement
in promoting the ideal of SER
vice" during the last fiscal year.
District awards for Rotary SER
vice went to four clubs-to Kin.
ston for best club service, to Beau
fort for outstanding community
service. to Whiteville for vocation
al service, and to Washington for
international service.
Gibson, who is commanding Of
icer of the Fayetteville light in
fantry, a past Exalted Ruler OF
his home town Elks lodge a n d
active in numerous other organi-
cations, will succeed James W.
Butler OF Goldsboro. In accord.
anc with Rotary practice. he will
be formally elected at the next
International Convention to b G
held in San Francisco il June.
His nomination was assured
when h e only other prospective
candidate for the post, Gene
Booth Of Kinston, withdrew from
the race yesterday.
The Rotarians and the Rotary
AIMS, representing 81 clubs in the
eastern part of the state and
numbering around 400. wound up
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Along The Cape Fear

a salutary lesson to many of our
present day citizens if more were
known about this self sacrificing
hero of the crucial days of the
Revolution.
VANDALISTIC - Equally van
dalistic with the destruction of
revered old landmarks is the cut
ting down of trees.
Several times in the history Of
Wilmington there has been a tend
ency, supposeingly in the interest
of progress to cut down magnifi-
cant trees, landmarks Of natural
growths which is one of the out
standing attractions Of the city.
Many of the trees that were de-
stroyed were beautiful oaks. well
over one year old. 11lis means that
it would take over one hundred
years to replace them.
Those Of us who love trees and
believe that they add TO the beauty,
and we might add. the wealth and
prosperity Of the city. cannot wait
100 years.
So it is earnestly hoped that the
city will in the future look for
progress in some other direction
than wanton destruction of trees,
keeping in mind that "Only God
can make Z tree"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Wilmington .Rotarians
Get Presidents Award
RED FACES

NEW YORK, May 2. -(Pr
U. S. and Mexican secret agents
had a bad 20 minutes today -
they lost a Presidents son some
where among Manhattan's mill
lions.
Miguel Aleman, Jr., IA, son
of the visiting President Of
Mexico, was riding in a car in
the rear of a m%otorcade en- route
to a luncheon at the Hotel
Commodore, but when the mo-
torcade reached the hotel 1t
was short a few cars - includ-
ing young Aleman's.
A frantic search by officers
revealed that part Of the line
of cars had been cut off mad
vertently and shunted to the
Waldorf-Astoria.
Young Aleman was located
there and rushed to the Com
modore - in time for lunch -
and a lot of secret service men
heaved a sign Of relief.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

NEWS ALONG the Cape Fear is
presenting our readers with a
continuation of the Wilmington
landmark story by c.. c. Chad
bourn.
OCCUPANCY - DR.. Anderson's
son, Edward, Vas an Admiral IN
the U. S. Navy and n OF his
daughters married Major T. H.
McKoy, an officer in the Con-
federate Army. Major McKoy and
his wife lived in the home many
years after the end of the war.
CORNELIUS HARNETT-Only a
few years ago the residence Of a
Colonel and Revolutionary War
patriot, Cornelius Harnett, was
ruthlessly RACED, ostensibly for the
sake of the few, paltry brick that
could be salvaged.
This old colonial home was on a
bluff overlooking the present North
east bridge. The bricks that con-
structed the home were imported
from England.
IMPORTANT PATRIOT-Corne-
Illus Harnett was an important and
nationally known patriot in III ear
ly history. He gave librally of his
money, his time. ana his talent
to the cause he loved. Il would be
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
II PERSONS INJURED
IN PLANT EXPLOSION
AT NEW CASTLE, DEL

NEW CASTLE, Del, May 2.UD
An explosion rocked the one
story Deemer Steel Corp. plant
today, injuring II persons, e
seriously
Newlin T. Booth, company presl-
dent, said the explosion was
caused by an accumulation of gas
in a plant converter. The blast
lifted the roof Of the building and
sent it crashing to the floor.
The explosion also knocked out
one wall, scattering glass and
debris over a wide area. The
plant employees 100.
The bias. shook a 20-mile area
and shattered windows of homes
in the vicinity.
The injured were admitted to
hospitals in Wilmington, 10 miles
North of here. Four were dis
charged after treatment at Della
ware hospital. The others W e r e
detained at Memorial hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
OLD TYPEWRITERS
ENTER MAY TRIAL
Governm ent Introduces
Magnified Photos As
Evidence

WASHINGTON, May 2. -(PH
The government introduced great
ly magnified photographs of typ
ed words and figures today to sup.
port its charge in the Garsson-May
wal fraud trial that fake papers
were used to hide alleged brides
to ex-Congressman Andrew J.
May.
Frank M. Miller, an FBI identi-
fication expert, demonstrated the
pictures. He said they show that
typewriters of Carson munitions
firms were used to prepare bills
for lumber supposedly submitted
by the Cumberland Lumber COM
pany of Kentucky in which May
vas interested.
May, wartime chairman of the
House Military committee, Henry
and Murray Carson and Joseph
F. Freeman, Carson agent in
Washington, are being tried joint
ly. The government alleges there
was a conspiracy to buy Mays
influence. 1t charges that May re-
ceived more than $50, 900 from Gar
sson firms to finance the lumber
company but failed to deliver any
lumber.
Denies Charges
May has denied he profited from
his deals with the Garssons, and
says his only interest was in pro-
noting the war effort.
Miller's testimony attacked docu-
ments supposedly showing legiti-
mate transactions between Cumber-
land and two Carson firms, the
Erie Basin and Batavia Metal
Products companies.
Miller said he examined bills to
Erie and Batavia from Cumber-
land and samples from Erie and
Batavia typewriters, and found the
tipping on all had been done on
the same machines.
One of the typewriters, a 12-ye&r-
old machine, was entered into evil
dence as were the photographs
Miller said defects in typed letters
Were alike both on the Cumberland
invoices and the Erie and Batav-
ia typewriter specimens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
SAMPSON FARMER
TAKES OWN LIFE
Shotgun Blast Fatal To g.
Year-Old ]. Allen Under
wood OF Clinton Area
Special To The Star

CLINTON, May 2. - ]. Allen
Underwood, 67-year-old farmer, OF
near here, was found with a shot
gun wound in his head this after
moor about four o'clock by his step.
daughter.
Underwood, according to DR.. j.
S. Ayres. Sampson county coro-
ner, apparently died of self-inflicted
shotgun wounds about 2:30 o'clock
The coroner said the aged man was
alone at his home, located about
three miles from here on the Dunn
highway, during the early after
noon.
His body was found by the STEP
child when she returned home
from school. The charge from the
12-guage single barrel shotgun had
taken effect in his head.
Coroner Ayres said no inquest
would be held. The farmer was re-
ported to have been in ill health
for the past several months and
often complained to his wife and
children that he was not much
help on the farm and was "jus,
in the way
A complete list of survivors and
funeral arrangements were not
available at a late hour tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Cherry Asks
Quick Peace
Will Insist On
Resumption OF Normal
Service After Monday

RALEIGH, May 2-QP-Gover-
nor Cherry today told representa-.
tlves of the Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph CO.. and the
striking Southern Federation of
Telephone workers that if the cur
rent strike is not ended by Monday.
May 5, that he will insist that nor
NAL service be resumed first by
present employees.
Should the present employees re-
1use to return to their posts, the
governor said that he will rye
the telephone company to en-
ploy additional workers.
The governor made his position
known, he said, in presenting
copies of a letter to Edwin A. Gle
ment of Raleigh, district manager
of the Southern Bell, and to Owen
c. Lee Of Raleigh, state director
OF the Southern Federation Of Tele-
phone workers.
speaking at a press conference
this afternoon, the governor made
1t clear that he was acting as
governor of North Carolina and not
as chairman of the Southern Gov
ernors conference. His action was
Tor this state only, he said.
ASKED if he a using any emer-
gency powers and on what authori-
ty he wrote his letter, the cover.
nor replied, Il am not using any
emergency powers. 1 am taking
this course of action because I
Just happen to be governor at this
time"
The state of North Carolina. I'M
like the commonwealth of Virginia
winch recently adopted strike
legislation, has no law which
would permit the state to seize
strlke-bound utilities.
Governor Cherry did not indicate
What action that he would take If
the telephone company and It.
striking employees did not comply
with his request.
However,, sources close to the
governor indicated tonight that
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ALEMAN APPROVES
ROOSEVELT WORDS
President OF Mexico Guest
Ut Fan American Society;
Warmly Greeted

NEW YORK, May 2. up
PRESIDENT Miguel Aleman of Mex
leo delared tonight his country
welcomed American capital will
ing to observe its laws and be
satisfied with a fair profit"
Addressing a dinner by the Pan
American society honoring h i m,
Aleman recalled approvingly t h e
following words spoken by Former
President Franklin D.. Roosevelt
at Monterrey, Mexico in 1913.
I'VE know that the DAYS of the
exploitation of the resources and
the people of one country for the
benefit of any group in another
country ri definitely over"
The Mexican chief executive.
who spoke in Spanish, then
remarked that american capital
that really means to share in the
life of Mexico that is willing to
observe its laws ano be satisfied
with a fair profit, without selfish
greed or the illusion of becoming
a law unto itself, shall be welcome
to Mexico and will derive all the
advantages that American citizens
who are cooperating with us in
the economic development of my
country are actually enjoying"
Gets Big Welcome
In a crowded day before the
dinner, New York gave Aleman
one of its old-fashioned welcomes
with all the trimmings, offering
t h e smiling visitor a Broadway
parade, honorary citizenship and
q Columbia university honorary
degree.
1t was the frs visit of a Mexi-
can president to the metropolis.
Only the weather frowned on the
activities. Low hanging
hid Manhattan's sky
scraper towers and light rain fell
most of the day but police esti-
mated 1900, 900 persons thronged
flag-draped streets of the financial
district to see the Mexican presi-
dent. Police said another million
watched the parade in other parts
of the city.
Aleman rode bare-headed in
President Truman's own a for
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
And So To Bed

The local YMCA seems to be
full of numerous incidents.
As a staff member Of the
Star walked in the YMCA yes
terday he noticed a gentleman
hanging over the desk and talk
ing on the telephone. Nothing
seemed unusual at first, but
later we noticed that the man
was talking in the mouthpiece
and had the receiver showed
against the lower part of his
heart.
After deciding that the man
was far-hearing like far-sight-
ness, the desk clerk told u
that it was only a hearing aid
In his pocket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
CHERRY COMPUTES
DEATH PENALTIES
Four Robson Negroes,
Convicted OF Criminal
Assault, Get Life Terms

RALEIGH, May 2 -(P)-Four
Negroes who were tried and con
victed in Robson County Superb
Or court March II, 1946 on
charges of the criminal assault of
a white woman in Lumberton to-
day had their death sentences
COMMITTED to life imprisonment
by Governor Cherry.
The case involving Calvin Gov
ington, Granger Thompson, Stacy
Powell and Cliff Inman was car
ried to the State Supreme court
which upheld the sentence of the
original trial judge, j. Clawson
Williams of Sanford.
However, a motion for a new
trial was made in the superior
court on the grounds of newly dis
covered evidence which h a d not
been produced at the original
trial.
Judge Walter j.. Bone of Nash
vile, presiding over the court at
the time of the motion for re =
trial, denied the motion on the
grounds that there was not suffl-
cient evidence for a new trial.
Governor Cherry said today
that Judge Bone, however, did
write him a letter in which he ex-
pressed the opinion that 1.-The
death penalty is too severe in this
case"
The governor said that he mad
received a letter from Judge Will
liams who had been apprised OF
the disclosures made at the hear
ing for a new trial and that he
would not oppose a communication
of the death sentence to life m
nriSnnmept.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Gives Back
Rising Sun To People

anese rulers always have done on
major occasions.
Macarthur, a. supreme com-
mander Of the occupation. restor-
ed the national flag in a letter
to Premier Shigeru Hosida. He
said it could be flown without re-
striction over the Imperial palace,
the prime minister's residence,
the national Diet buildings and
tine supreme court, representing
the three branches OF the govern
ment.
Since the surrender, the flag
L.as been displayed only on a few
holidays and in certain restricted
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
CLUB
PROPOSES GAME
Benefit Football Game To
Be Played Here
This Fall

An open forum discussion Of the
proposed state exchange club
sponsorship of a benefit football
game to be played in Wilmington
at the, close of the season this
fall highlighted a meeting of that
club yesterday.
1t is planned that the exchange
club will sponsor a football game
between the East and West
chairman, the discussion was en-
ceeds being earmarked for aid to
crippled children.
Led by Leo Sykes, program
chairman, the discussion was ne
tered into by many members, in
Guiding Clayton Holmes, R.
Stewart, Warren Sanders, Frank
Harris, E. R. Wilson, j..
3. Edwards, and j. l.. Alligood.
A substantial amount OF the
necessary funds for promoting the
contest was subscribed at the
meeting yesterday. The balance
will be subscribed by Exchanges
through Sykes.
The exchange club members
also went on record yesterday
Unanimously endorsing the move
ment to request the City Council,
the city manager and others in
authority, in the complete resto-
ration and maintenance of Thali-
an Hall to a condition of safety
and beauty as the club feels
it would maintain the historic
valu. and cultural lie of the city
of Wilmington"
E. R. Wilson, second vice-presi-
den., presided at the meeting in
the absence of J. M. Snow, presl-
dent
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Governor Takes Hand
To End Phone Walkout;
PA Sets Service Date
Flights
InSeptember
Airline President Promises
Wilmington Four-Trip
Schedule Daily

Tom Davis, president of Pied
mont Aviation, Inc, of Winston
Salem told the Star last night thai
his firm would inaugurate fou.
daily flights linking Wilmington
with Cincinnati, o., by September.
Davis said that while a defin'
lite flight schedule had not YET
been worked out, it was planned te
have two morning flights and two
in the afternoon.
Under the proposed plan, he said.
a Wilmington man could leave
here early in the morning, fly to
Cincinnati, attend to two or three
hours of business and return by
night.
The flights. he. said, would be
spaced several hours apart. That
is a plane would leave here early
in the morning, and another about
noon. Planes also would be arriv-
ing here on a similar schedule, he
said.
Reporting that his company has
for the purchase of II
DC3, 21-passenger planes. Davis
said, we're anxious to get into
rapidly"
The company, recently given a
certificate by the Civil Aeronautics
board to operate a feeder" route
from Cincinnati-L louisville to Will
plans to serve a number
of cities along the route, among
them Asheville, Charlotte, South
ern Pines, Pinhurst and Fayette-
vile. Plans call for two flights
daily in each direction, Davis said
The Piedmont company also was
granted three other routes: Gin
charlottesville to New Bern via
Bristol, Winston-Salem, Greens.
boro and Durham, Raleigh; Gin
cinnati to Norfolk, Va, via Hun.
tington, Charleston. Beckley, Blue.
field, W. Va, and Roanoke. Lynch
burg and Portsmouth, Va; and
Roanoke to Wilmington via Dan
vide, Durham and Fayetteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

toner reaction to his policy had
been very good and that his store
d been a veritable beehive Of
tivity since the cut was an
Customer after customer ex-
pressed their pleasure with the
decision" Parker said.
Meanwhile, G. F. Hunt. Jr.,
president of the Wilmington Mer-
chants Association, said that as
Ear as he knew there was no or
ganized effort locally to adopt the
Newburyport plan. He said there
was a general feeling t any
price reductions should come on
the wholesale level. He explained
that there was a general tendency
among local merchants to watch
and wait. !.
Hunt also said that no general
reduction in prices is being plan
neu here as far as he knew and
expressed the opinion that no
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Jews Denied
Floor Debate
United States, Britain Win
Stiff Fight In UN Steer
ing Committee Meeting

NEW YORK, May 2-P)-The
United States and Britain won
tiff fight tonight in the Unitee
Nations Assembly steering com
noittee to bar Jewish represent.
lives from floor debate in the
All 35-nation assembly on Pale
sine,
The vote was II to 0, with Czch
osIovakia, Poland and Russia alb
staining.
The assembly itself still mus
,nnroye or reject the decision Of
The steering committee.
Czechoslovakia and Poland,
hacked by Russia, lost out in ar
.rtempt to invite the Jewish
agency for Palestine to appear be-
,oTe the assembly and state its
case. .,
The vote on the Czech-Pol
nroposition was eight TO three,
r.it5 three abstentions, Canada,
france, China, the United States,
Britain, India, Egypt and Sweden
voted against the Czech-Pollsh
r~esolution; Russia, Czechoslovakia
and Poland voted for it; Brazil,
honduras and Ecuador abstained.
Group Adjourns
The steering committee adjourn
d 7:I2 p. m. (EDT).
The United States, Britain and
Russia agreed that the United Ma
ions should hear Jewish views
but they disagreed radically on
how this should be done.
The Jewish agency had no COM
nent.
The assembly will meet at II
m. (EDTl tomorrow to hear an
address by Miguel Ai-tran, presl-
dent Of Mexico.
Dr.. Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil,
assembly president, indicated that
+ne delegates might work tomor-
row possibly debating the steering
committees action on Jewish rep
reservation.
The British and Americans con-
tend principally that the charter
permits only sovereign states to
appear on the floor.
The position taken by the three
great powers in debate in the As
semoly's Steering committee on
Jewish representation in the as
,embly deliberations were:
!. United States-JeWish Agency
Tor Palestine should be permitted
to present its views and the as
Sembly's 55-nation political COM
nitee should be the forum. The
agency's expression should be
limited to its views on the pro-
posal for setting up a U.N. inquiry
committee on Palestine.
2. Britain-Agreed with the Unit
ed States but felt that the dele
gates should decide on how far
the political committee could go
in hearing the Jews.
3. Soviet Russia Advocated
hearing the Jewish side on the
assembly floor and supported a
Czech-Polish resolution asking the
assembly to invite the Jewish
agency for hearings.
From the Arab side, Mahoud
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OrrelR Cross
ChQirman
"CAKE EATER"

CAPETOWN, South African,
May 2. -(P)- Stanley Brown of
San Francisco, Calf, lost a
$40 bet last night because he
could eat only rs and one-quart-
er pounds OF caKe at a sitting.
Brown fancied some two and
one-half pound cakes he saw in
a C%apetown hotel and exclaim-
ed, boy, l could eat a dozen
of those" The hotel manager
heard the boast, proposed the
bet and pocketed his winnings
when Brown threw in the sponge
after eating 10 and one-half
cakes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
"Village OF Widows"
Appeals For Menf0lk

camps. Their return to Veljun
explains the few blonde, doll-like
babies found here.
After the shock Of their loss had
eased somewhat, the women of
Veljun realized that their greatest
problem was survival. With peas
ant realism and patience, they
took up the burden of work and
responsibility and Veljun became
a sort Of cooperative matriarchal
society.
Discuss Problems
After each days work they met
to discuss the problems of village
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

vELJUN, Yugoslavia. May 2
nIp>-"Send US men so thai we may
scar. Children the little grey.
haired woman said today. volclng
he collective wish of this village
# widows. o,,.
veliun's male population-aDou'
soo-was massacred by the pro :
Nazi Ustashi late in 194l. M
bodies were dumped into a ravlne
near a little schoolhouse where
he slaughter occurred.
Overnight Veljun became a VII
aoe Of women. Only a handful OF
old men and boys were le1t: ADout
a dozen men survived the fight OF
resistance and tn concentration
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
The w Gather


FORECAST: .
South Carolina Mostly fair ana
Warmer Saturday aid Sunday.
North OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES clo'1oi-
hess Saturday, warmer in afterhooh'
sunday p rtly cloudy and warmer.
Eastern Standard Time
(By L. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a noun
ending 1870 D. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
80 a. m. 81. 100 a m 66; l:oo p. III
u; 7:30 y. m. 70; Maximum III; Miii
mum SO; Mean 10: Normal st.
HUMIDITY
80 q. m. 81; $50 a m. 81; l:3o p. m
s.; 100 p. m. AS.
PRECIPITATION
Totsl for "a hours ending 1:3o p. u'
.o2 inches. -.
Total since he first of the month III
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published py "
9. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington 1874 m. 3:l2 Inn
q.03 pm. 1925 pm.
Masonboro 6.21 am. 1913 Am
6:51 pm. 1928 pm
Sunrise 5:21; Sunset 6:57; Moonrls'
Y:1Sp; Moonset 4:39a.
River stage at Fayetteville. N. G. at l
q m, Friday lib feet.
More Weather On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

ton of meat.
II announcing his move to give
the Newburyport, Mass, a two =
da.' trial, Parker made it clear
that if the price reduction was
successful he would continue the
policy.
When asked if his one-man
stand against prices had received
any support, he said that one or
two local food merchants had in
formed him that they would go
along with the plan.
Parker said, however. that GUS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Local Grocer Cuts
Prices 10 Per Cent
J. c. Parker, Jr., Food Store Owner, An
nounces Two-Day Reduction Plan; Says
First Gust oer Reaction Good

The first break ir -,
ton price front az o. 50
crete local pric> ~
f III yes'er 80. -
Food Str 50 ~
nut str.
Parker, ~ /SMf the
Wilmington y ISIS Asso :
Grafton anne blanket 10
per cent price on all food
items in his store with the excep-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Considerable
cIoudiness today. warmer in afternoon.
Sunday, partly cloudy and warmer.
Evening star., 1947-07-14

NV. SECTION
34Oo Georgia Ave.
6428 Georgia Ave. NV
Is Kennedy St. MY.
2l4l Wise. Ave. NV.
$3.50 Wise. Ave. NV.
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