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Evening star., 1947-03-24
Second Largest Flying Boat
Set for Chesapeake Tryout
BY A. A. Hoehiing
Star Siuff Correspondent

MIDDLE RIVER. Md, Mar. "a
The worlds second largest flying
boat will Lift its broad wings over
the back waters Of Chesapeake Bay
within the next several days In its
first test flight.
Dwarfsd only by the mammoth
craft being built by Howard Hughes
|ln California, the Mars JRM-2 is the
sixth and last Of 4 series Of giant
four engine flying boats built by
the Glenn L. Martin 90. for the
Navy.
At least 10 tons heavier than its
predecessors and faster by 20 miles
per hour &c will cruise at 173), It
has . range Of nearly 1000 miles,
1000 more miles than others Of It's
class.
Il has O useful load Of nearly
Z tons rnores than its sisters and
each Of It's engines is rated at 2,500
horsepower, 400 more than previous
models. It Is neaT1y As feet high
and has q 200-foot wing span.
LOOKS Like "Small Destroyer.
An inspection Of the giant craft
revealed portholes and heavily con-
structed bulkheads which give II
n. fnfsrYaAl arsrsearanrn much Iike
. small destroyer than an airplane.
With accommodations for 1888
troops sister ship actually carried
l28 litter cases during the war--this
flying boat has kitchen and food
storage facilities sufficient to keep
q medium -sized restaurant In busi-
ness for several days.
II has telephones, plumbing lines
and . powerful electric hoist which
Evening star., 1947-03-24


land general cold weather conditions
In so doing they hope to test q
revolutionary de-icing mechanism
which can roughly be compared to q
radiator. Tubes connected with the
engine exhaust keep wing and tail
assemblies heated sufficiently so ice
will not form. Expansion rubber
''boots" on leading edges are con-
ventional de-icers now In use.
The 202, for which Martin now
has about 400 orders from airlines
both in this country and in Latin
America, Is faster and carries more
passengers than any twin-engine
transport now used. It Is expected
Evening star., 1947-03-24
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Evening star., 1947-03-24
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Evening star., 1947-03-24
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Evening star., 1947-11-02
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
SPEAKER BLASTS
CHURCH COUNCIL
Laymen Urge Southern
Presbyterians To With
draw Affiliation Now

GREENVILLE, Aug. 6 -R -
Withdrawal of the Southern Pres
byterian church from the Federal
ed Council of Churches of Christ
in America was urged today by
L. E. Faulkner, vice-president Of
the Mississippi Central Railroad,
Hattiesburg, Miss, in an address
before an informal gathering 0
Presbyterian elders meeting here.
Some 100 laymen from the
Southeastern states gathered here
for the one-day session which was
described as preliminary tc a ses-
sion OF the continuing committee
of the denomination in Montreal,
N. c., next week.
Faulkner described the federal
council is a powerful totalitarian
power which has SO we'll estab.
lished its false religious doctrines
and its s~ocialistic economic objec-
tives that our small representation
in the council could not, even it
it were wise to do so, have any
effect for good"
DR.. Nelson Bell. Asheville, N. c.
surgeon, in another address urged
that Presbyteries study the ques-
ton of Withdrawing from the
Gil and make a decision as to
whether a%filllat,on should be con
tinued. IF we are going to sup
port the council" he said, Let
us at least be aware Of what we
are supporting"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
POWER GETS
BOND ISSUE 0KAY
Utilities Commission .Ap-
proves 100000 Pro-
gram For Expansion

RALEIGH, Aug. 6-Rl-The Util-
tiles Commission today allowed
Duke Power company to issue
$40, 900, 900 worth of first and re-
funding mortgage bonds and 252,-
512 shares of common stock, set
ting what commission officials
called a new record in utilities fl
nancing.
The common stock will have no
par value and will go, the Utilities
Commission said, towards raising
money for plant expansions and
providing funds for financing the
new bonds. Stock not sold by GER
LITIGATION will be purchased by the
Duke endowment.
Largest Issue
The $40, 900, 900 bond issue, be-
lieved to be the largest ever APP
proved by the North Carolina Util-
tiles Commission, will be floated
to refund a $50, 600, 600 issue at
lower interest. Duke pays 3.5 per
cent interest on its current bonds.
The new bonds, the commission
order stated, will be carried at an
interest rate Of 2.65 per cent.
Money not used for recalling the
older bonds will go FOR general i'm
provement in the Duke system.
The Duke Endowment fund will
take $50, 600, 900 worth of the new
bonds, the order provided, and the
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany the remainder. Guaranty
Trust Company of New York was
named as trustee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
SCORES TO HONOR
NOTED EDUCATOR
Josephus Daniels To Pre-
sent Scroll To James
Y. Joyner Today

LA GRANGE, Aug. 6 up -
Yadkin Joyner, the grand
old man OF North Carolina edu-
cation who was state superintend-
ent Of public instruction from 1902
to 1919. will be honored here to-
morrow at ceremonies marking
his 85th birthday.
Josephus Daniels, publisher OF
the Raleigh News and Observer,
will present Joyner with a memo
rial scroll.
Sen. Clyde H. Hoey, mi Of the
speakers, will be introduced by
DR.. Frank P. Graham, president
Of the University Of North Caro-
lima. The exercises will start to-
morrow morning in the high
school auditorium, with Carl
Goerch of Raleigh, editor Of the
State magazine, master of cere-
monies. Rep. John H. Kerr O. the
second district also will be pres
ent.
A barbecue picnic will be hello
on the high school grounds as part
of the ceremony. Other hundreds
Of Joyner's friends will oring 'bas-
ket lunches.
Practiced Law
When he became superintendent,
after p%racticing law in Goldsboro
and teaching in Winston Salem,
North Carolina schools operated
on a 69-day term. In 1918 he Sc
cured adoption Of the six month
term, a forerunner Of the present
nine.
Under him the First state appro-
priation for rural schools was
made in 1907 - when there were
1000 one-teacher schools in the
state.
Joyner has been credited with
introducing the teaching o. agri-
culture in the schools. He helped
in the building of graded and high
schools over the state.
He was instrumental in securing
vocational education, compulsory
attendance legislation, and state
support for Negro schools.
Joyner is still active supervising
his several farms in Lenoir coun-
ty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
1917 CROPS LOOK
VERY PROMISING
State Reporting Service
Survey Indicates Good
Yields In Prospect

RALEIGH, Aug. tP-Reports
from practically all parts Of the
state term North Carolina crops
Unusually promising" the FEEDER
al-State Crop Reporting service in
the Department Of Agriculture re-
ported today.
Pastures are fine, fruits are
t'fair' and livestock prospects are
on the "up and up, stated the
report.
Even the farm labor supply was
reported improving.
Record yields of several crops
are now anticipated', said the re-
port. 1.-The dry spring now seems
to have been a blessing in d :
guise. Pessimism has turned inc
optimism. Most prices Of farm
products are pleasing
Poor Reports Rare
Reports Of "poor" or '1ate" to
bacco are "rare indeed" said the
report, adding that the general to-
bacco situation was "tair" to
good.
Cotton prospects also were re-
ported "fair" to good. Light to
heavy infestation Of boil weevils
was reported in coastal counties.
Plant growth Of peanuts was re-
ported as being "fine", with the
crop looking Unusually good'.
The outlook for soybeans is bet
ter than usual, and corn prospects
continue to indicate record yields.
The sweet potato stands were
reported most frequently as being
flair" to good, but some re-
ports Of poor stands came from
the Southeastern area of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
So
.%%19ports
$ln Be Cut
Limited Labor Controls,
Personal Sacrifices Nee
essary Premier Says

LONDON, Aug. g. H-
Prime Minister Attlee dis
closed today that Britain's
borrowed dollars were run
ming out at the rate of 49,
24O, O0O,0 900 a year and laid
down a program of military
retrenchment, spartan hard
ship, "limited" labor controls
and "some sacrifice of per-
sonal liberty as the price this
country must pay to sur
vive."
The Labor prime minister spoke
in sombre tones to a packed House
of Commons while outside the
houses of parliament and No. 10
Downing street unsmiling crowds,
like those which gathered in the
crisis days before the war, wait
ed to hear what new sacrifices
would be demanded in Britain's
economic plight.
Most Of the little mans worst
fears were fulfilled.
Attlee told MIN the nation was
engaged in a second battle Of Brit
ain" which "cannot be won by a
few"
He said there would be less food,
less gasoline, less timber for new
houses, less goods in the stores,
perhaps fewer Hollywood movies,
longer hours of work.
Loan Dwindles
He announced that U. S. Secre-
tary of State George c. Marshall
has agreed to high level negotia-
tons on 1.-The whole of the impli-
cations Of the fast-disappearing
American loan Of SO, $50, 600, 600 -
which Britain had expected would
last until 1850 but which Attlee said
will be gone before the end of this
year.
In these negotiations Britain will
seek in particular the easing Of the
convertibility provision, which be-
came effective July IS, obliging
her to pay dollars to any nation
demanding them instead of British
sterling for current trade. Britain
also will ask an easing of the nom
discrimination clause which pre-
vents her from cutting down pur-
chases in the United States in order
to increase them in non-dollar coun-
tries.
Attlee said a measure Of wartime
See FOOD On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
AFL FEARS LOSS
OF MILLION JOBS
Monthly Publication OF
Union Cites Possible
Production Excess

WASHINGTON, Aug. s. -(PH
The American Federation Of Labor
said today that more than a mil
lion jobs probably will be lost" un-
less consumers can absorb an ex.
pected rise in production.
The organization said a gradual
lowering of prices would increase
buying power but the prospect is
mot encouraging" 1t noted that
food prices are increasing and
rents are due to rise somewhat"
Therefore the ALL, in its publ
cation 'Labor's Monthly Survey"
.9ok a moderately pessimistic view
Of the chances Of continuing "full
employment" much longer.
/ It summed up this way:
/ /, The production turned out
by a tully-employed America in
ereases constantly, because the
working population expands $780,
900 a year and production by one
man in one hour increases about
three per cent.
2. President Humans mid-year
economic forecast an increase OF
IS, 900, 900, 900 in the annual rate of
national production during the sec
cnd half of 1947.
8. II this increase is not bought,
Zee AFL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
HARRIET ELLIOTT
DIES IN ILLINOIS
Dean Of Women At Wom-
an. College, UNC, Had
Suffered Hemorrhage

CARBONDALE, ILL, Aug. 6-P)
Miss Harriet Elliott, SO, dean of
women and professor of political
science at the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina,
died today. She was a prominent
Democrat and served on several
public service committees under
the administration of the late
President Roosevelt.
Miss Elliott, who was named as
the only woman member Of the
advisory commission Of the Ma
tional Defense council just before
the outbreak of World War II, had
been living here with a sister
since she suffered a cerebral hem
orrhage several months ago.
She Travelled extensively during
the war promoting war bond sales
as director of the women's divi-
sion of the U. S. Treasury depart
ment's war bond program.
She also served as a member
of an advisory committee on set
ting up a women's auxiliary to
the Navy, a member of the con-
sumner commission of the OPA,
and was a member of the Ameri-
can delegation to the London con-
ference Of the United Nations Ed
ucational, Scientific and Cultural
organization after the war.
After the conference she re-
sum.ed her work at the University
of North Carolina.
A native of Carbonate, she at
tended Park college at Parkville,
Mo-, and took her masters degree
at Columbia university, New York.
Funeral services will be held at
Carbonate at $50 am. (CST) to-
morrow, with the Rev. Ronald
Scriven, pastor Of the First Chris
tan church, officiating. The only
immediate survivor is her sister,
Mrs, Alma Pearce of Carbonate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
AGENCY OFFICIALS
FEAR LABOR LAWS
Department Secretary
Says Taft Hartley Act
Presents Dangers

YORK, Pa, Aug. g. tP) John
". Gibson, assistant secretary of
labor, said tonight the Labor de-
partment is "apprehensive" over
the Taft-Hartley labor act.
He declared there is "a very
real danger" that the law ICON
tains elements which might be the
%forerunner of dire consequences"
1t was the Labor department S
hrst official statement on the new
law since its enactment June %,
although Secretary Schwellenbach
spoke out against many of its pro-
visions when they were still pend
'ng in Congress.
Glbson's speech was for the
'umner industrial conference OF
he United Wallpaper company.
he had been invited to give an
analysis Of the new law, but he
had told the sponsors Of the con-
ference beforehand that he would
not attempt this. And tonight he
fsid:
The fact Is, no comprehensive
analysis exists and the host Of EN-
oryo analyses which have come
rom parties at interest are in
ellned to leave one in a state OF
oeWllderment."
l can tell you, however, that
We in the Department of labor,
IKE many employers and leaders
u the American labor movement,
are apprenensive over some of the
results which may come out of its
ADMINISTRATION"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
WILMINGTON SETTLEMENT

"x1IHxxlN oAolN 0AA WIN L
Along about 1870 a few settlers
built small houses on a bluff in
the midst of a woods later to be
known as Dickinson hill. That was
nearly opposite the junction of the
Northeast and Northwest branches
of the Cape Fear which at that
time was called the Clarendon
river.
The establishment Of that small
settlement was about five years
after the town Of Brunswick was
founded. Those first settlers built
their homes on that site in order
to find a safer harbor than at
Brunswick which was considered
somewhat exposed. It also was es-
tablished to procure a larger
share of traffic from up the river.
In a few months this small set
Element increased to the / OF a
small village. However, there was
little order or regularity to Its
construction. 1t shortly thereafter
assumed the name of New Liver
pool.
Then about three years later in
1888 the inhabitants surveyed the
village into town lots although
thew had no legal claim to the
land.
FIRST LAND GRANT-In 172a
a man named John Watson OBJ
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
Along The Cape Fear

tanned a royal grant to $40 acres
of land on the east side Of the
Northeast branch of the river
which came to be known as the
Cape Fear river as time pro-
crossed.
This grant was included on the
site of the village then known as
New Liverpool. In the following
year or two (history is not speci-
fic) the name Of the town became
officially Newton.
Six years later in 1899 through
the power and influence Of Coloni
al Governor Gabriel Johnston, the
name was changed officially tt
Wilmington. Since then it has al
ways gone by the name. The
name was in honor of Spence,
Compton, Baron of Wilmington
and a close friend of the COVER.
nor.
Then in 1850, King George II
of England made the town a Dor
ough. AS a borough, it had the
right to send a resident to the
Assembly.
ROYAL GOVERNOR - Arthur
Dobbs at that time was the Roya
Governor. He resided at what wa!
then Russelboro which was a par
OF what was to become later
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
Governor Scores
Northampton Jurors
Cherry In Interview Here, Reiterates His
Determination To Move Firmly In Case
Of Men Freed Of Lynching Attempt

investigation. I have asked them
to take an active part"
Anderson said in Raleigh last
night that he would conduct the
investigation personally and that
he expected to leave this morning
for Northampton county with two
Of his operatives.
The Governor denounced the re
fusal Of the Northampton county
grand jury to indict the seven &C
cused men as a miscarriage OF
justice"
They were alleged to have alb
Quoted a 22-year-old Negro, God
win Bush, after the latter had been
jailed on n charge Of attempted
criminal assault on a young Rich
Square white woman.
Governor Cherry, who will leave
Wilmington this morning for La
Grange, explained that he had ap-
pointed no particular Superior
court Judge to sit as a committing
See GOVERNOR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
FIELDING WRIGHT
WINS NOMINATION
Present Governor Of Miss
issippi Has Big Lead For
Full Four-Year Term

JACKSON, Mss, Aug. 6. -(R)-
Fielding L. Wright appeared to-
night to be headed for a full four
year term as Mississippi's chief
executive, as reverberations from
yesterdays state Democratic pri-
mary resounded in Washington.
Wright, who succeeded to the
governorship last November at the
death of Governor Thomas L. Bail
ey, had a seemingly unbeatable
majority over four opponents for
the nomination, on the basis of un-
official figures covering perhaps
half of the vote cast.
Returns from 1,130 of the states
LIZA precincts gave Wright 106,
1856; Paul B. Johnson, Jr., the son
of a governor who died in office,
SO, 223; State Senator Jesse M.
Byrd %, 002; Frank L. Jacobs, S.
See WRIGHT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
Hughes Accuses Brewster Of Blackmail
At Dramatic Hearing On, War Contracts
Attlee Lists British Survival PROGRAM
ABE LINCOLN DUBBED
PROMINENT OFFICIALS
WITH APT MECHANICS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-tB
Abraham Lincoln had his
favorite nicknames for high
government officials, too.
Just as Franklin ID. Roose-
welt dubbed Harry Hopkins
Harry the Hop" and Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgen-
then "Henry the Morgue,"
Lincoln had a label for his
aides.
They were disclosed today
In his hand-written notations in
the recently opened Robert
Todd Lincoln collection Of his
papers at the Library OF Con-
gress.
For example, to Lincoln,
Secretary Of the Navy Gideon
Wells was "Ichabod" or "Nep-
tune" Secretary of War Edwin
Stanton was Mars" and Sam
uel s. Cox, q representative
from Ohio, was "Sunset Cox"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
CherrySays Church
Citizenship "Rock''
Governor Addresses Dele
gates To Convention OF
Negro Society

More than 1900 delegates at
tending ~quadrennial sessions of the
general convention Of Wonan's
Home and Foreign Missionary
society of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion church, Church and
Seventh streets, last night heard
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry bring greet
ings from the commonwealth of
North Carolina.
"As Governor of the state of
North Carolina" Cherry declared,
"let me say to you, as solemnly
as I know how, that 1 have well
discovered the profound truth that
religion is an essential for good
citizenship, that churches are nee
essary if good citizenship is to
prevail" .
Governor Cherry was presented
See CHERRY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07

CLEARWATER, Fla, Aug. T.
R-Things looked much better Tor
gulf beach residents in this area
as boat and plane observers re,
ported today the main a OF
dead fish killed by the red toe
appeared to be disintegratlng.
DR.. Franklin E. Campbell, Pl-
nellas county health director, sala
the "red tide" situation looked
"much brighter" and I'm very
very happy about it."
DR.. Campbell reported, after a
fiji ght about 20 miles offshore into
the gulf, that the main BODY OF
the eide" with its huge quantities
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07

He shouted an II never did," to
Hughes charge that he tried ia
force Hughes into an air line mer'
ger with a promise to call off the
inquiry. He said he stoutly re-
sisted efforts by a former commit
tee counsel to halt the inquiry.
Trade Charges
The two men traded charges,
counter charges and denials at .
subcommittee hearing in
an atmosphere reminiscent OF
Hughes own movies. 1t was q
renewal-under oath-of the yer.
bal feud which they had been
carrying on in newspapers from
coast to coast for the last 10 days.
subcommittee Chairman, Sen.
Homer Ferguson, R., Mich, de-
MED them the right to cross
each other, but said they
could resume the sharply conflict.
ing story tomorrow through
questions submitted III advance to
the committee.
"I'll have somewhere between
200 and $780," said Hughes.
He had filed the following
charges against Brewster:
i. That the Senator, at a lunch
con in Washington's swank May
flower hotel last February, had
offered to drop the investigation if
Hughes would agree to merge his
Trans-World Airlines with Pan
American Anyways.
2. That Brewster wanted this
done to further his proposed legis.
lation under which a single U. s.
air line, presumably Pan Ameri.
can would get a monopoly on all
U. S. overseas traffic.
Third Party
3. That a third party-a "Mr.
Heffron" - had accompanied
Hughes to the luncheon because
the aircraft contractor had been
warned that the Senator was Every
tricky"
1t was learned that the myster.
ious "Mr. Heffron" had testified
with Hughes at a secret commit
See MAINE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07
HEAT WAVE DEATH
7 O | L MOUNTING
Chicago Lists q OF 48 Fa.
talities Over Nation;
Cool Breezes Due
BY The Associated Press

One hundred degree heat scared
sections of the midwest for the
fourth successive day Wednes-
day and boosted the toll of heat
deaths to at least 48-but relief
was on the way.
Cooler air from Canada spread
into the great plains states, North
west Wisconsin,, upper Michigan,
West and Central Iowa and Mime
sofa and was expected to bring
lower temperature as Tar East as
Northern Indiana and Southern
Michigan by Thursday afternoon.
The cooler air was moving East
ward and only slightly Southwark
and weather f%orecasters said it
probably would not extend much
below Central Illinois, West Cen
trail Indiana and Central Michi-
gan.
Fatalities from the heat wave,
which originally extended from
the Rocky Mountains to the APP
See HEAT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-07

celebrating an earlier statement
49, "North Carolina will not toll
s ,vnchings and mob violence"
90 r. Gregg Cherry said in an
,,teryiew here last night that he
LIN move firmly in pursuing an
'n wv Of the attempted
5 ~, Of a young Northampton
.onntv Negro last May %.
The Governor, here to address
na ~ouadrennial session Of the
womsn's Home and Foreign Mis-
.;onsry society Of the A. M. E.
sioa church, emphatically de-
no,,ncsd the refusal of the North
.mnton county grand jury Tuesday
indict seven white men who
were accused Of the attempted
lynching,
s.;r Is gone into thoroughly" said
Me Governor.
n have already conferred with
xs attorney general, Mr.. Harry)
MCMILLAN, and witk Chief Walter)
Anderson, OF the State Bureau OF