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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
To Hit Hatteras Tomorrow;
Wilmington, Coastal Red Cross Alerted;
Gales attend 200 Miles From Center
Gales liners
Describes Wind OF 14O
Mile Velocity And
Near Death
BY MILTON CARR

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept.
weather OBJ
servers said tonight that the
tropical hurricane moving to-
wards the United States Atlantic
seaboard was one of the worst
ever recorded in this area.
Ten Navy airmen and this cor
respondent who flew through the
center of the storm, can describe
it in one word: Terrifying"
We battled the ugly, black,
doughnut-shaped monster for
more than two hours in one of
the Nays most powerful four
motored planes. For at least
five heart-stopping minutes, I
was sure the storm had won.
Winds of 40 miles per hour
velocity slammed us once to
within $50 feet Of the angry,
churning seas. The pilot and
co-pilot tried desperately to pull
out but it was Ike trying to
swim up a waterfall.
For one instant, the plane was
virtually stationary. You could
feel it shudder from nose to tail
as the engines clawed at the
wall of rain and wind. Then, it
began to skid sidewise.
After that paralyzing moment,
the plane gained forward mo-
mentum, but still it seemed like
a matchbox in a raging stream.
Two-hundred-fifty below, the
sea looked like a huge vanilla
milk-shake in a mixer. All
around, for a hundred miles in
any direction, and for possibly
20, 900 feet upward, was the hur-
ricane. We were in the center.
Then, darkness closed in. It
was 3 o'clock in the afternoon
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column y
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Told HIRE
For Aid If Need
Should Develop
All Preparation Made For Disaster Should
1t Arise But This Does Not Mean There
Viii Be A Diaster; May Skip City ~

Wilmington chapter of The American Red Cross Is now
alerted for immediate tropical storm disaster relief, 1t was
announced late last night coincidently with a statement by
the government Washington and the National Red Cross
there that the so-called killer storm had switched its
direction and was due to hit lin the vicinity of Cape Hat
teras" early tomorrow morning. The cape is 100 air miles
from Wilmington. co.,.
Wilmington Red Cross workers said the disaster COM
mittee, of which Gardner W. Greer is chairman and
Thomas R. Orrell, co-chairman, now is ready for immediate
service along with other chapters standing under alert Or
ders all the way to Boston. -
It was said here the Wilmington chapter, operating only
in New Hanover county, was ready to evacuate those wish
ing to be evacuated and that it was not part of its duty to
force evacuation.
Persons evacuated voluntarily, 1t was said, from the
beaches would be taken to a zone of safety at Lake For
rest. They will be moved by Queen City bus lines and Safe
way Transit, should the need arise.
It was said that volunteers, should they be needed, would
be welcome and for them to report to Red Cross head
quarters located at 40 South Front street, Wilmington. j.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

In the Senate, a one hundred
per cent ADA. liberal such
as Senator DIN D. Johnson of
South Carolina, voted this way
on ten issues scored:
1. Against the first income tax
bill.
2. To sustain the veto of the
second income tax bill.
3. Against the labor bill.
4. To sustain the labor bill
veto.
S. Against the Is per cent In
crease amendment.
6. Against the Reed ulwinkle
bill, exempting freight. rate
agreements from the antitrust
laws. -.
z. For the Greek Turkish loan.
8. Against the foreign relief
cut.
9. Against the wool tariff boost.
10. Against recommitting the
nomination of David Lilienthal
as atomic energy commission
chairman-in effect, voting for
his confirmation.
Senator Hoey voted fright" in
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ~
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Sept. 13-UD
The National Red Cross tonight
alerted it's local chapters all along
the East coast to be prepared to
cope with a hurricane driving
in from the South Atlantic be-
fore 14O-mile-an-hour winds.
A spokesman for the disaster
agency said the latest
weather bureau Information now
is that the storm will strike in the
vicinity of Cape Hatteras, some
time early Monday morning.
Earlier, the storm had been ex-
pected to hit Florida. (The cape
is 100 miles from Wilmington.
This spokesman said the pres
ent alert is purely precaution-
ary." Local Red Cross chapters
will meet tomorrow to prepare
"safe" buildings such as schools
and other public structures as
emergency refugees.
The group also will set up
canteen committees for possible
emergency feeding of refugees
AS soon as it is known definitely
where the storm will hit, positive
steps will be taken to evacuate
people from exposed costal areas
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Lewis Again
Challenges
yernment
Refuses To Sign Non-C Com
munist TIL Bill Re-
qurement
WINS AFL BACKING
r. Asks What Is Govern
ment Gong To Do
About 1t.
pv HAROLD w. WARD

CHICAGO, Sept. 10 - ~
1obn l.. Lewis defiantly asserted
todav he chose. to refuse to sign
affidavit that he is not a
Communists, and he challenged
me government to do something
about it.
lewis refusal to comply with
confinement under the Taft
Hartley Labor-Management Re-
lations Act, as interpreted by
General Counsel Robert N. Den
ham. counsel of the National La
hor Relations board, deprives 105
AFI, unions of resort to the
board.
Denham ruled that no AFL or
C1O union could use the boards
election and complaint machin-
erv until the top officers of the
two big labor declarations signed
sffidavits disowning Commu-
nism, The members of the ALL
executive council, concluding a
weeks sessions here today, are
al officers of the ALL. All, in
ending Lewis, are ardent foes
of Communism.
Lewis, with a sometimes scath-
mo difference to those of his
colleagues on the executive coun-
ell who wanted to sign, held out
all week against complying.
singlehandedly he forced the
council to announce last night
it was unable to conform to
Denham's ruling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
PICARD FAMILY
RIDES BALLOON
Test New Safety Gas Value
In Pennsyl-
yanIa

POTTSTOWN, Pa, Sept. Is
GA balloon carrying three
members of the family of famed
st~ratosphere explorer DR.. Jean
Picard drifted over the Penn
sylvania countryside for five
hours today. -.
Donald Picard, 21-year-old
son Of the scientist, was in con
troll of the flight with his To-
year-old wife, the former Joan
Russell of Swarthmore and DR..
Piccard's wife, Jeanette, 6o,
the other passengers.
Dr.. Picard said the flights
purpose was to test a spark
blocking gas valve designed by
him to en- dthe danger of static
sparks causing explosions IN
hydrogen used to initiate balloons.
The balloon was inflated with
$4,000 cubic feet Of highly IN
flammable Illuminating gas. 1t
took off at 8 a. m. from an
estate near Pottstown and land
ed in a field North of the city.
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CHCICAGO, Sept. Ii =

CHCICAGO, Sept. IL -
(AP)-Fears that the nation
might be riding its upward
spiral toward a "bust" were
sounded today by Senator
Ives (R-NY) and Paul Port
er, last federal price boss
under the OPA. They ex-
pressed their apprehension
as the cost of basic food
items pushed close to all-time
peaks. ..
The New York Senator said
unless. "wild : speculation in
grains and other foods is curb
ed, congress twill be forced to
take some action" Talking to
a Washington reporter he said
he feared booming living costs
"might cause the bottom to drop
out as it did in 1929 and 192O-2l."
He said, however, that he hoped
business, the public and govern
ment can solve the price PROB
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
FEDERAL COURT
UPHOLDS S. {.
SHRIMP TAX

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 10.
up - Constitutionality OF a
South Carolina law imposing a
higher license on out-ot-state
owned shrimp trawlers was up
held today in an opinion filed
here by a three-judge Federal
court.
The suit, brought by tive
Savannah shrimp boat owners
and the Atlantic Seafood prod
ucers, a corporation, was heard
in spartanburg August rs by the
three-judge Federal court. They
sought to enjoin the state from
imposing a $4,000 license fee, as
compared to a $25 fee charged re-
sident boats and enforcing other
allegedly discriminatory regula-
tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
CHARLES FORT
HEADS Y. M. {. A.
STATE ASSOCIATION

ASHEVILLE, Sept. 13.-P-
Charles Fort, general secretary
of the Y. M. c. A. at Winston
Salem, was elected president OF
the Association of Employed Of
ficers of the Y. M. C. A.. Of the
Carolinas at their annual meeting
at Montreal today.
Other officers named were w.
B. Mulligan of ,Greenville, S. c.,
and Bess Breedlove of Kannapolis
vice-presdients; Herman c. Raj
ford of Charlotte, secretary; and
Lester E. Everett of Fayetteville,
treasurer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
PAGING BLANCHARD, HUssEL AND RACKLEY ia
John Skies, Leaf Sales Supervisor Suggests
tt}h1fP aulH Hess To Dope Out Weather

was in the region of the Great
Lages-"and it may or may not
reach here within the next few
days"
Okay, Okay, I said to Mr.. Hess
almost impudently because !,
too, have not liked the kind of
weather he's been putting out"
lately. What I want to know, I
said downright demandingly, is
are you planning any kind Of
" ather besides this hot, wet
mess you've been making us
endure?
"Well, It's about time for
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
By JOHN SKIES

WALLACE, Sept. 13.-If Oscar
Blanchard, Bill Hussey, and Rack
Rackley, the three gentlemen
who lead tobacco sales on the
Wallace market, could get to-
gether in a huddle with Mr..
Paul Hess, your Uncle Sans
weather man in Wilmington,
they might be able to give you
some idea of how the golden weed
is going to sell next week.
They might also give Mr.. Hess
a mincing-no-words talking to.
Mr.. Hess has done them dirt
these past several days. (He
hasn't disseminated, though.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

cratic Action.
This organization of anti
Communist "progressives" pub
lished in the latest issue of its
paper, "Ada World 2" a "sccre
card" evaluating the votes of each
member of Congress on major
legislation during the past sea-
son.
A representative with a one
hundred per cent liberal record
in the Ada's view, voted this way
on twelve roll calls:
/. Against the first income re-
dlction bill.
2. To sustain the veto of the
first income tax cut.
3. To sustain the veto OF the
second income tax cut which
moved the effective date from
July, 1947 to January, 1913.
4. Against the Taft-Hartley Ia
Dor bill. .,,
5. To sustain the labor bill
veto. 80,
6. To pass the Greek-Turklsh
aid bill "to strengthen these
countries against Communist in
filtration and Soviet pressure
7. Against an amendment to
cut the $35o,0o0, 900 relief bill
for other war-torn countries.
8. To recount (kill) the bill
raising the wool tariff
9. To continue the overseas In
formation program of the State
Department Voice Of America
10. To restore cuts in the agrl-
cultural appropriations bill.
II. To restore interior depart
ment appropriations cuts.
IL. To provide judicial review
in Federal employee loyalty
cases.
Representative Clark had only
two black marks, both for favor
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

Wallace market, penetrated to
the deepest nook of Mr.. Hess's
lair in thee customs
house at Wilmington and went
into a deep study with him.
"You WILL" Mr.. Hess said,
any remarks I have to
make on the weather with the
word probable. There is a
hurricane Tuning along about
here"-he indicated here on
one of those weather maps
that're full of semi-circles and
blue and black marks "and it
may or may not hit this area"
"There is a cold front moving
eastward about here"-this here
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

With his almost daily precipita-
ton, as he calls the torrents OF
rain that fell, he's made it tough
on anybody that has anything
to do with agricultural prod
ucts.) The muggy stuff Mr..
Hess, as official meteorologist for
this area, has served up, has
kept tobacco wet and IN what
the trade calls high order. And
tobacco in. that condition just
doesn't present its best appear
ance to the buyers.
In an attempt to give the lar
mers of this area some KIND OF
serviceable outlook for next
weeks sales I, representing the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Notice Of Appeal IN +
In Tear Gas Case {
Made By Constable

DUNN, Sept. 13.-P-Eves-
cite Doffermyre. attorney for
Constable A. H. Ivey Of Dunn
who was convicted of a tear gas
assault that caused loss of a
prisoners eye, says he will file
notice Of appeal.
The constable was convicted
in Recorders court here Thurs
day of shooting John Lewis
Moore, 66, after Moore was ar
rested on a charge OF being
drunk and resisting arrest.
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PLANS BEING MADE
TO CLOSE robson
COUNTY INFIRMARY

LUMBERTON, Sept. 13.-P)
Plans were being made today
to close the Robson county
home for the aged and inform
as an economy measure for this
winter at least and possibly for
good.
Mrs. Kate S. Mcleod, county
Welfare superintendent, told the
commissioners she believed she
could find private homes for the
Al inmates by Oct. Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
NEGRO SCHOOL PLANNED

LUMBERTON, Sept. 13|H7-
The Robson county board OF
commissioners has announced
plans for construction as soon as
possible of a school for Negro
children just outside the north
eastern city limits near the Eliza
bethtown highway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
JOHNSON SEEKS OFFICE

JACKSON, Miss, Sepet. ID
W.D-Paul B. Johnson, Jr., the
man who finished second in the
race for governor in Mississippi's
Democratic primary Aug. 4, will
announce his candidacy for the
term of the late Theodore G..
Rilho next Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
The Associated Press last
-LLz.;a MT ono community

night said not one community
has been found in North
Carolina where protests are
known to exist against the
price of food. The statement
was made after the AP was
told by The Star-News that,
contrary to alarmist reports,
Wilmington apparently was
free of organized anti-prlce
housewives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
The Weather

Meteorological data for the "a hours
eAalhg 7:30 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
LEO am. IA; 1890 am. 70; 1870 p.m. n;
1870 pm Is.
Maximum 70; Minimum 70; Mean IS.
Normal "A.
Humidity
55o am. "a: 1870 am 81; LEO pm, 80;
80 pm. 95.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm. -
w inches.
gil inches.
lolai since the first Of the month -
Tides For Today
T. from the Tide Tables published by
y Coast and Geodetic Survey.
vvi.. High Low
"'"nihgton 9:20 am. 3:59 am.
9:5e pm. 4:16 pm.
''SoAooro Met - 7:O9 am. 1902 am.
7:31 pm. 1:18 pm.
;.9o sunrise $50; Sunset 6:21; Moonrise
b am: Moonset GAL pm.
m'er stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at 8
'D'' Saturday, 9.o feet.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 R =
AND ,''lef bureau report of temperature
nm Ialhfall for the "a hours ending 8
a,sa. IN the principal cotton growing
Naatt:H and elseWhere:
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Price
Rise Brings
US. BIT

quired $193 in July to buy the
amount of food that could be
purchased for $500 in the 1859
period. Further price boosts
since July, one congressional ex-
pert said, have sent the cost of
some foods to double or higher.
Princes in 1897 and 1947 in
four cities were cited as follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Clark, Hoey pore
NamedByPr
Star-News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 Representative j. Bayard
Clark of the seventh district, including Wilmington, is one
of the most liberal" North Carollnlans IN Congress- "nAe
Senator Clvde R. Hoey and Rep. Monroe Redden are most
conservative. in the opinion of the Americans For Demo-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

ing the labor bill; six plus signs
and four absences.
North Carolina representatives
rank this way in the Ada batting
averages for liberalism:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Any One Have The Recording,
']esus Loves Me- For Dying Girl

DECATUR, ILL.,, Sept. 14-UH
The doctors say that four-year-
old Carolyn Robb is dying. Leg
fore she does, her parents would
like to find her a recording OF
her favorite song, Jesus Loves
Me-"
She is suffering from a cancer
at the base of her brain and
frequently she is wracked with
pain. Doctors agree that her case
is incurable.
Her mother said she has a
record player, but she has been
unable to find a recording of the
song the blue-eyed little girl
loves so we'll.
Her father, a veteran of World
War II, has promised her that
Christmas will come early this
year.
81 wish Santa would hurry
up" Carolyn told him. "The doc
tors been here so much lately"
The doctor will advise caro-
lyn's parents when it is time for
Santa to come.
In the meantime, her mother
said, Carolyn tries to be cheerful.
Two weeks ago her right arm
was paralyzed, and frequently
the doctor must use a hypoderm'c
to ease her pain.
On Sunday morning, when
church programs are on the radio,
her parents try to dial her favo-
rite song.
"There isn't anything we can
do now" her mother said, but
trust the Lord that she will find
a better place than she has now"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

Any person having this record,
and wishing to send it to the
little girl, may call the VOL
mington Star or News. Ask for
the managing editor. Pilots, who
wish to remain unidentified Will
flv the record to the bedside OF
the child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
WEATHER

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Part
" cloudy and continued warm TO-DAY.
scattered showers today and Monday.
North and South Carolina: PARTLY
cloudy today, cooler tonight and tomor-
row, scattered showers.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Bit Players Still Steal Show
Pair of Bright Ones on Way
By Joy Cormody

In what called Tony Muto screening although really
belongs Moone News comfortable
audience recently acting things
acting
discerning belief performances
pictures
Evening star., 1947-01-06

tioning the name Of the picture lasi
it should jinx the deal.
William Eythe is producing play
in New York-aA Woman's Chance,
1 by Ed Hunt. Bill, by the way, would
like to wash up his contract al
10th Century Fox, because he wants
to do plays in New York and pic
lures in England. His trip to Brit
ain for Meet Me at Dawn has
completely sold him on England and
on the British people.
Vincent Price is another actor de-
|serting the 20th-Fox lot. Vince is
leaving the studio after he finishes
Moss Rose" with Peggy Cummins
and Victor Mature. He'll free-lance
Ethel Barrymore. that grand lady
of the theater, cycles between Van
guard Studio and 20th-Fox because
she is working in two pictures at
one and the same time. She's
Charles Laughton's wife in THE
Paradine Case,'' and Natures
mother in Moss Rose" But ]
don't get confused with the roles, =
she tells me. They're quite differ
ent, and, besides, I wear a red wig
in The Paradine Case
+ + X 4
Eleanor Parker's butler, Albert,
has parrot called Oscar. But last
week Oscar laid an egg, and his
name has been changed to Oscar
ette"!
Dick Haynes is a rootin' tootin'
Evening star., 1947-01-06

plays 3 naughty New Orleans lady
in this.
Jeanne Grain is building special
quarters for her lion cub on the
grounds Of her new home I should
hope she would. The beast now
weighs 65 pounds-slightly too large
for a lap petl
Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1947-01-06

in Blue" Miss Holm seized her
small opportunity to run away with
the picture, to establish herself with
movie audiences as quickly, as she
had before on Broadway.
The role in which she won New
York's acclaim, of course, was that
of Ado Annie (the first of a long
iine) in "Oklahoma!"
y Il X X
Movie studios are constantly be-
ing astounded by the nature of as
sets which turn up in their inven-
tories. Or maybe assets" is not the
right word.
Paramount, which brings up the
point, lets it be known that it soon
will be in the business of selling cot
ton, slightly used cotton At the
moment it owns 10000 pounds OF
the stuff. all nicely baled, which is
being used in dock and levee scenes
in Road to Rio"
AS cotton goes, this is very special
being the very cotton on which such
stars as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
sat. Maybe not in the picture itself
but between takes"
If you'd like souvenir bale, Para
mount probably will be glad to OBJ
lige you.
Monday memos: The Robert H
Cousins who is editor of the Execu-
tive Book Club-a book the
month for rising young, and already
arisen, executives. is the RHO who
used to work in Warmers publicity
department here. He is brother
to Norman, the Saturday Review OF
Literature editor. i. Editing clearly
is a Cousins family trait. :. The
dancer. Rozzini, who makes his de-
but with the Rosario and Antonio
Group here tonight at Constitution
Hall, is a Venetian. :. The Film
Daily's 10-best pictures of 1916, Sc
lected in a poll of $50 of the coun-
try's critics, are: "The Lost Week
End" 1.-THE Green Years." "Anns
and the King of SIAM" 1.-THE Bells
of st. Mary's," !" "Spellbound. Sara
toga Trunk" Henry "" "Notori-
ous," Leave Her to Heaven" ant
might and Day." Just how
carried away the critics were by Mis-!
Ingrid Bergman is shown in tht
pictures which finished fourth, fifth
sixth and eighth. She was II
all of them. ,. The small Henry
v" vote, should you be wondering
is due to the fact that most of tht
critics voting in Film Daily's pol
have not yet seen it. :. It shoule
do better next year. :. And, being
churlish about 1t, so should thu
critics.
Evening star., 1947-01-06

lwesterner In his next picture, "The
Ballad of Furnace Creek"
Dan Daley, who hates to get up
in the morning, received gold
alarm clock from his agent as q
Christmas present.
Mark Stevens. all set to leave for
New York with his wife Annelle,
had to cancel the jaunt because of
a severe attack of influenza. Poor
Mark! He's had tough time these
past months, and one Of these days
he has to have another operation
on his back.
Bette Davis sent Director Curt
Bernhardt some maple sugar from
her estate in New Hampshire. Then
she telephoned him on New Year
Day and told him not to eat too
much Of 1t. because you must
watch your figure"
Maria Montez has signed for a
second outside picture-this time
with Charles Rogers, for whom she
stars in The Scarlet Feather" She
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"Up in Central Park"
$50 pm.
Screen.
CapitoI-"My Darling Clemen-
tine; IL am, las, 4:30, tbs, 10
pm. Stage shows: N2:55, $40, 6:25
and 9:10 pm.
Columbia-"The Showoff";; II
am, 12:45, 2:3o, 4:20, $40, 8 and
$50 pm.
1.-The Time, the Place and
the Girl; 10:30 am, 1850, $40
$50, 7:5O and 1910 pm.
Hippodrome - Notorious Gentle
man.; 2:05, 4, 6, 7:55 and $50 pm
Keifh's-"Song of the South; 9
1880 am, 12:40, 2:30, 4:25. 6:15,
sos and 9:55 pm.
Little-"Henry the Fifth; 2:3O
and $3.50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Till the End OF
Time; 1920 am, 1:25, 3:25, $50
7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Till the Clouds Roll BY"
HOS am, lao, Ais, $50 and 9:2s
pm.
Pix-"Johnny Come Lately, 3:55
$50 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
continuous from 1918 am.
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Accident Puts Star in a Spot
By SheiIoh Grohom

Hollywood January Is and I'm curl
Gus to know If he will be put on
suspension for refusing to make the
picture. Dana's rebellion has
nothing to do with whether the
part offered him in 1.-THE Unsus-
pected" is good or bad. "It's just
too much like some other parts I've
played recently" he explained via
long distance telephone
Gregory Peck, when I ask him
what his wife thought of his per-
formance as the tempestuous Lewt
McCanless in Duel in the Sun" re-
plies, "She said for the first time
you were like you are at home!'"
Lilli Palmer and Evelyn Keyes are
dark-horse contenders for the lead
ing role with John Garfield in
Body and Soul" Did you know
that Columbia is asking $4,000 for
loaning Evelyn to other studios?
That's a good barometer of how
she is growing as star.
X Il n X
Harry James has gained 65 pounds
since his marriage to Betty Cradle.
It's hard to believe now, but Harry
he is taller than six feet-weighed