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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
FIVE AMERICANS
SEEK BRITISH
GOLF CROWN

LIVERPOOL, England, June %.
-P-Every British pro and anna.
teur golf champion since World
War I has been drafted for the
British Open which begins Mon
day in hopes of choking off the
title aspirations of the five Amer
leans entered.
Right now every British major
golf crown is held by an American
but Sammy Snead, who won the
Open a year ago, isn't back to de-
fend it. That has given the British
hope, they can keep at least one
CT their titles on this side of the
Atlantic.
The title 'd~raftees'' range all the
way from 63-year-old George Dun
can, who won the Open in 1920,
through Richard, Burton, victor in
1899 and who wore the crown
throughout the war.
Of the 1853 starters only five are
Americans. Most of the U. S. hopes
will be centered on Johnny Bulla
of Phoenix, Ariz.; Vic Ghezzi of
Kansas City and amateur Frank
Stranahan Of Toledo, Ohio.
Mai 2211 Enr NouuSnouap Corvi1A
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

Errors: None. Runs batted in: Judnich,
Dillinger 2, Kell 2, Mayo 2, Cullenbine
2. Two base hits: Dillinger, Lehner, Lake
Mullin. Home run: C~ullenbine. Sacrifice:
C~ullenbine. Double plays: Evers to Kell;
Kell. Mayo to C~ullenbine. Left on bases:
st. Louis 9, Detroit 3. Bases on balls:
off Kramer 3, White 3, Overmire 4.
Strikeouts: White 3 in l 2-3 innings;
Overmire 5 IN 7 Is; Kramer s in I;
Brown l in 1. Winning pitcher: Over
mire. Losing pitcher: Kramer. Umpires:
Summers. Rue and PaparelL. Time
2 :06. Attendance: 1894.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

Errors: Westlake, Lowrey. Runs bat
ted in: Baskinski 2, Kiner 2, salkeld,
Sturgeon, Pafko, Johnson, Mccullough,
Rickert. Two base hits: Salkeld, John
hits: Basinski, Pafko. Home runs: Kiner
son, Dallessandro, Sturgeon. Three base
2. Sacrifice: Johnson. Double plays:
Johnson, Sturgeon and Rickert; Stur-
geon, johnson and Rickert. Cuisine,
Basinski and Fletcher. Left on bases:
Pittsburgh 2; Chicago 9. Bases on balls:
Bahr 4. Strikeouts: Borowy 1, Lade 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
FALL
IN COLLEGIATE
GOLF TOURNEY

ANN ARBOR, June 28-(P)-Uni-
versity of Michigan's rugged, slop-
ing 6,60O-yard golf course and a
couple of determined %underdog
competitors who refused to give up
wrecked the hopes of f~avorites in
the National Collegiate Golf cham
pinoship today as bespectacled
Jack Coyle. 21-year-old Louisiana
State University c and strong
Dave Barclay, captain of the Uni
versity of Michigan team, stormed
into the final round.
Coyle upset the tournaments
prime favorite, skinny Charley Coe
of Oklahoma, 1-up in a 19-ho1e
semi-final battle and Barclay kayo-
ed Oregon's Louis Stafford, runner
up in the 1916 National Public links
championship, 2 and 1.
Tank cars for liquid gases are
Evening star., 1947-01-02

Automobile Workers union has an
nounced 1t will seek increases Of 231s
cents in the hourly wage rate OF
production workers. Management
has challenged the union assertion
that the increases can be made
without further advances in prices.
Strike talk. however, has been
conspicuously absent SO far.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Auto Makers Suffer
Losses as Strikes and
Shortages Curb Output
BY Dosid J. WiIkie
ksseein,ed Press Automofiye Editor

II
DETROIT, Jan. 2.-The Nations
automobile industry had the great
est potential production capacity In
its history through 1916, but was
able to utilize scarcely third
of it,, Il
And at. the close of the year 1t
"fnds itself hardly nearer volume
production of automobiles and
trucks than 1t was at the close OF
1945."
The. statements that of the Au-
| tomobile Manufacturers Associa-
ton, which estimates the years total
output of passenger cars at 2,140, 900
and trucks at 100000. The lag IN
new-car output forced production OF
replacement parts up to $1,600, ,000,-
600, as against $718,000, 900 turned
out in 1941.
Low Volume Boosted Costs.
The new-carf output was 43 per
cent below 1941 production, and
truck assemblies were nearly II per
cent below the 1941 total. The years
low volume forced costs up and was
reflected in increased prices almost
generally throughout the industry.
The low production level was
blamed by the car makers on strikes
generally, materials shortages "due
to strikes or controls" and Govern
ment controls over production"
Operating losses throughout the
year, but particularly in the early
months, the association declared,
were reflected in sharp declines in
working capital and consequent bor-
rowing by many automobile COM.
panies. The passenger-car COM
panies suffered an average loss OF
SO on every $1,000 of sales In the
first three quarters of 1946.
1947 Outlook Uncertain.
OF the outlook for 1947 the car
manufacturers association reported:
Mounting production in 1947
seemed possible until this years
second coal strike of II days forced
cutbacks in steel production and
dislocation Of distribution, the after
effects Of which will be felt in 1947.
Beyond mid-year, 1947, the outlook
is more optimistic, provided another
round of strikes is, not experienced
during the year in basic industries,
the automobile industry and its
suppliers, and If shortages and
limitations on the use of materials
by ALLEGATION or import controls are
discontinued"
Explaining some of the difficulties
under which they operated in 1916,
the car makers, through their as
sociation, asserted:
"The first coal strike of 1916 and
the steel strike cost the Nation
12,000, 900 tons of steel. If the
(car) industry had gotten its normal
percentage Of that tonnage, another
200 900 vehicles could have been
produced. '"s
According to one national publ
cation, enough steel for 100000 cars
was lost because of the second coal
strike. Other shortages will show
up later, such as metallurgical
chemicals used as a base for car
body finishes and paints. The de-
layed impact of this type of disloca~
ton will not be generally apparent
Tor months"
Labor Trouble Expected.
Ahead of the industry lies a
certain conflict early in 1947 over
new wage demands. The CTO United
Evening star., 1947-01-02

reported today. He called 1946 the
most active year since the system
was established.
The housing shortage plus favor
able postwar employment conditions
brought record year for member
associations In both home loans
made and net increase OF savings
in their custody.
Although December reports are
not in, officials estimate that mort
gage loans made by member aSsocia-
tions during 1916 will exceed
So, 400, ,0O0, 900. This is "a per cent
more than for the year 1945. OF
the 1916 total, more than $500. .000,-
600 is estimated as loans to finance
the construction of homes. Loans
in this category in 1s45 amounted
to only $176,000, 900.
Savings of the public held by the
member associations are estimated
at nearly $7,600, ,0o0. 900 for the end
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Home Loan Bank Reports
Record Mortgage Gains

Combined assets of the 1896
member institutions of the Federal
Home Loan Bank system had
reached the record mark of approx
mately 10000, 900 900 at the end of
December, an increase of $500, ,00o.-
600 over 1945, Harold Lee, governor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31

suspect? How cynical! But there's
usually what's called the other
woman I suppose SHE might be
considered to have a motive, too"
"You think there was another
woman in DR.. Christow's life?"
"Wel1-yes, I did rather imagine
there might be. One just gets an
impression, you know"
impressions can be very help
full sometimes" said Grange.
81 rather imagined-from what
he said-that that sculptress Wom.
an was, we'll, a very close friend.
But l expect you know all about
that already?"
1--WE have to look into all these
things, of course"
Inspector Oranges voice was
strictly non-committal, but he saw
without appearing to see, a quick,
spiteful flash of satisfaction in
those large blue eyes.
He said, making the question
very official:
Or. Christow saw you home,
you say. What time was it when
you said GOOD night to hem?"
DO you know, l really can't re-
member! We talked for some
time, l do know that. 1t must have
been quite late"
He came in?"
Eyes, l gave him a drink"
Il see. l imagined your CONVEX
sation might have taken place in
the-er-pavilion by the swim
ming pool"
He saw her eyelids flicker.
There was hardly a moments hes
itation before she said:
"You really are a detective,
aren't you? Yes, we sat there and
smoked and talked for some time.
How did you know"
Her face bore the pleased, eager
expression of a child asking to be
shown a clever trick.
You left your furs behind
there, Miss Cray" He added just
without emphasis, And the
matches.'
yes, of course, I did"
(To Be COntinued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

When Henrietta had left him.
Poirot sat on until he saw below
him Inspector Grange walk past
the pool with a resolute easy
stride and take the path on past
the pavilion.
The inspector was walking in a
p%urposeful way.
He must be going, therefore,
either to Resthaven or to Dove
cotes. Poirot wondered which.
He got up and retraced his steps
along the way he had come. If In
spector Grange was coming to
see him, he was interested to
hear what the inspector had to
say.
But when he got back to. Rest
haven there was no sign Of a vlsl-
tor. Poirot looked thoughtfully up
the lane in the direction of Dove
cotes. Veronica Cray had not, he
knew, gone back to London.
He found his curiosity rising
about Veronica Cray. The pale,
shining fox furs, the heaped boxes
of matches, that sudden imper-
fectly explained invasion on the
Saturday night, and, finally, Hen
rietta Savernake's revelations
about John Christow and Veroni-
ca.
It was. he thought, an inter-
esting pattern. :. Yes, that was
how he saw it: a pattern.
A design Of intermingled emo
tons and the clash OF PERSONAL
ties. A strange involved design,
with dark threads of hate and de-
sire running through it.
Had Gerda Christow shot her
husband? Or was it not quite SO
simple as that? g
He thought OF his conversation
with Henrietta and decided that
it was not so simple.
Henrietta had jumped to the
conclusion that he suspected her
of the murder, but actually he had
not gone nearly as far as that in
his mind. No further indeed than
the belief that Henrietta knew
something or vas conceallng
something-which?
He shook his head. dissatisfied.
The scene by the pool. A set
scene. A stage Gene.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
AREA FEATURED
IN AIR MAGAZINE
Southern Wings Devotes
Section To Wilmington's
Airfields, Beaches

The Wilmington area,
Wrightsville and Carolina beaches'
has been featured in the August
edition of SOUTHERN WINGS, an
aviation magazine circulated
throughout North and South caro-
lima and other sections OF the
southeastern states.
The issue, which came OFT the
press Wednesday. carries a
lengthy article, with pictures, on
air activity at Wilmington's huge
Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington
Airpark and Peiffer Field near
Wrigntsville beach, in addition to a
number of other aviation stories
of interest to personal pilots and
air-minded people in this area.
A colorful slick publication, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
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81 didn't know who my next
door neighbor was otherwise
should have. I just thought he was
some little foreigner and
thought, you know, ne might be-
come a bore - living so near
Yes, thought Grange, quite
plausible. She'd worked that one
out ready for the occasion.
"You got your matches" he
said. And you recognized an old
friend in DR.. Chris:ow, I under
stand"
She nodded.
"Poor John. Yes, I hadn't seen
him for fifteen years"
."Really?" There was polite dis
belief in the Inspectors tone.
"Really." Her tone was firmly
assertive.
"You were pleased to see him.
Every pleased. It's always de-
lightful, don't you think, Inspec-
tor, to come across an old
friend?"
ut can be IN some occasions.
Veronica Cray went on without
waiting for further questioning:
John saw me home. You'll
want to know if he said anything
that could have a bearing on the
tragedy, and I've been thinking
over our conversation very care
fully-but really there wasn't a
pointer of any kind"
"What did you talk about, Miss
Cray?"
"Old days. DO you remember
this, that and the other?'
She smiled pensively. eve had
known each other in the south OF
France. John had really changed
very little-older, of course, and
more assured. l gather he was
quite we'll known in his profession
He didn't talk about his persona.
life at all. l just got the impress
sion that his married life wasn't
perhaps frightfully happy-but il
was only the vaguest impression
1 suppose his wife, poor thing, was
one Of those dim, jealous womer
probably always making a fus:
about his better looking lady pa
TENTS"
No." said Grange. ''She doesn'
really seem to have been tina
way"
Veronica said quickly:
"You meant was all under
meath? Yes-yes. l car see tina
that would be far more danger
GUS"
Il see you think Mrs. Christow
shot him, Miss Cray?"
Il oughtn't to have said that!
One mustn't comments that it
before a trial? I'm extremely
sorry, Inspector. 1t was just tina
my maid told me she'd been found
actually standing over the body
with the revolver still in her hand.
You know how in these quie'
country places everything gets SC
exaggerated and Sci wants do pass
things on
~"Servants can be very usefu.
sometimes, Miss Cray"
Yes, suppose you get a lot O.
your information that way"
Grange went or stolidly:
Its a question, Of course, OF
who had a motive"
He paused. Veronica said with
a faint, rlleful smile:
And a wife is always the first
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
Staged by whom?

Staged by whom?
Staged for whom?
The answer to the second ques-
'tion was, he strongly suspected,
Hercule Poirot. He mad thought SO
at the time. But he had thought
then that it was an lmpertlnence
"a joke.
And the answer to the first
question?
He shook is bad. He did not
know. He had not the least idea.
But he half closed his eyes and
conjured them up all OF them
seeing them clearly in his minds
eye. Sir Henry. upright, RESPONSE
bic. trusted administrator of EN-
pire. Lady Angkatell, shadowy,
elusive, unexpectedly and Devil
deringly charming, with that
deadly power of ~inconsequent sug-
gestion. Henrietta Savernake, who
had loved John Chr1sroW better
than she loved herself. The gentle
and negative Edward Angkatell.
The dark, positive girl called
Nudge Hardcastle. The dead, be-
wildered face of Gerda ChrlstoW
clasping a revolver in her hand.
The offended, adolescent person
atty of David Angkatell.
There they were, caught and
held in the meshes of the law.
Bound together for a little while
in the relentless aftermath of sud-
den and violent death. Each OF
them had his or her own tragedy
and meaning, his or her own
story.
And somewhere In that inter
play of characters and emotions
lay the truth.
To Hercule Poirot there was
only one thing more fascinating
than the study Of human beings,
and that was the pursuit Of
truth.
He meant to know the truth OF
John Christow's death.
"But of course, Inspector" sale
Veronica. I'm only too anxious
to help you"
"Thank you, Miss Cray"
Veronica Cray was not. some
how, at all what the Inspector hae
imagined.
He had been prepared for CLAM
or, for artificiality, eve possibly.
for heroics. He would not have
been at all surprised if she hao
put on an act of some kind.
In fact, she was, he shrewdly
suspected, putting on an act. Blu
it was not the kind of act he hao
expected.
There was no overdone feminine
charm-glamor was not stressed
Instead, he felt that he was sit
ting opposite to an exceedingly
good looking and extensively
dressed woman who was also {
good business woman. Veronica
Cray, he thought, was no fool.
I'VE just want a clear state
ment, Miss Cray. You came over
to The Hollow on Saturday eve.
ning?"
Eyes, I'd run out Of matches.
One forgets how important these
things are in the courtry.'
"You went all the way to The
Hollow? Why not TO your mex
door neighbour, NJ. Poirot?"
She smiled-a superb, confident
camera smile,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
THREE ENLIST
IN NAVY HERE
Qualified Aircrewmen
Will Be Sent To Funda-
mentals School

Three new enlistments in the
regular navy through the Whining.
ton recruiting offices vel an
nounced yesterday by James G
Paradise, chief petty officer ir
charge, who added that men may
now qualify as aircrewmen candi.
dates in the p~eacetime navy.
The recruits we're James E
Green, Maxton, who re-enlisted as
a seaman, first class; Leon B,
Thomas, Mt. Olive, who enlisted
as an apprentice seaman; anc
Joal c. Stroud. st. Pauls, VINO like
wise enlisted as an apprentice
seaman.
Men who qualify as aircrewmar
candidates will, upon completion
of basic training, be transferred
to an aviation fundamentals
school, Paradise explained.
Upon completion of this school
he said, they will be sent to 9
Class "A" aviation school. There
after they will receive priority
for aviation dutytwith the fleet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
BAckAcHE
LEG PAINS may
Be DANGER SIGN
GTued Kidneys

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niserable, don t. Just complain and do nothing
about them. Nature mayh.warninG you that
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II the IL miles Of kidney tubes md filters
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31

magazine mag is published month,
High Point. Editor E. Ia%y ii
private pilot and veteran hi'' a
gan publication of the na WHO BE-
since his return from %
service flew to Wilmington ', NAY
last month to work up ms' vs'y
for the special edition. ~''o's',aI
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31

For Newspaper Service ni.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-08
Davis-M ebane V O W S
Takes Place Saturday,;
Reception Al Residence
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
Mrs. J. Holmes Davis, Jr., will en-
terrain the wedding party and out
of-toWn guests at a luncheon at The
Surf club on Wrightsville Beach.
Sunday after the wedding Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis, parents of the bride,
will entertain at their cottage at
the beach at brunch for members
of the bridal party and out-of-town
guests.
Those from out-of-the-city ex-
pected here for the wedding in
clude: Miss Katherine Cole, Miss
Sue Reynolds, Mrs. Jack Russell,
MIR. and Mrs. R. Jesse Mebane,
Mrs. Hill Hunter, Hill Hunter, Jr.,
Sherwood Hedgepeth, Mr.. and
MRS. Paul c. Lendley, Mr.. and
MRS. r. ]. Mebane, Jr., Mrs.
Glenn and Miss Margaret Glenn
an OF Greensboro; Boylan Carr,
Mrs. Herbert N. Bradley, Gay
Tluhter, George Miller, M i S s
hucllla Carmichael, Frank Mont
eaStle and Ham Albaugh all of
I'VE" York city; Mrs. George Sny-
uer OF Charlotte, Mrs. C. A. Me-
oane OF Chapel Hill, DR.. Louis
SKINNER of Akron, Mrs. Lewis
"d1ker OF Oxford, DR.. William
McNlder of Chapel Hill, DR.. and
Mrs: Gllmer Mebane of Aver.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-08
Miss Burr, Mr.. Dunn
Are M arried In
Beautiful Ceremony
Continued From Page One)

(C0ntlnued from rage One)
mony a lovely reception was given
at the Cape Fear Country Club by
the brides parents. Later in the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn left
for a wedding trip. The bride
changed to a grey linen Cape
dress with yoke of white piped in
red and wore a large white hat
trimmed with a red bow. Her &C
cessories were of red and she
wore a white orchid at her Shout
der.
Mrs. Burr, only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Burr received
her education at New Hanover
High school and ST. Mary's junior
college in Raleigh. She was a
member of the Spinster club Of
Wilmington and a popular member
o. the young social set of this city.
MI. Dunn is a graduate of Nc
Caullie School, Chattanooga, Tenn.
and the University of North Caro-
lima Chapel Hill where he was a
member of the sac fraternity. He
is connected in business with his
brothers in Wilmington with A r
Progress Inc. During the war he
served in the army air corps as
a first lieutenant for two years in
the European Theatre.
Among those who have en-
tertained in honor of the couple
since t h e announcement of their
engagement include: Miss Eleanor
Willetts and Fred Willetts, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Broadfoot, Jr., ard
Mr.. and Mrs Bryan Rroadf o 0 t,
Miss Louise Warner, Mrs. B. R.
Morrison, Mrs. J. c. Shepard and
Miss Louise Shepard, Mrs duBrutz
Poisson and Mrs. Eugene H C s,
Miss Juliette Robertson, Mrs. S. L.
Marbury and Mrs. Carl M. Allen,
Jr., Mrs. w. T. Mars, Jr., Mrs.
w. D. Macmillan and Mrs. Nellie
Rose, Misses Mary and Lillian
Bellamy, Miss Margaret Grower,
Miss Louise Wells, Mrs. Frank NJ.
Ross, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam SWeny,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl N. Dunn, Jr,,
Mrs. Carl N. Dunn of Maxton and
Billy Dunn
Among those from out-of-town
here for the wedding were: Mrs.
Carl N. Dunn, Miss Minnie l.
MacRae, Mrs. Rufus Williams of
Maxton, Mr.. and Mrs. R. A.
Nelson of R O a k e, Va, Mrs.
James Sprunt of Chattanooga,
Tenn, Mrs. William A. French of
New York city, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pearly Of Black Mountain, Major
E. A. Lynn, Jr., Of Boston, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles J. Moore, Jr.,
of Raleigh, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
John of Laurinburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-08

three years - thus the summer
school. Incidentally. Sarah Clark
is another who is following this
same pattern.
True to- tradition these lovely
lassies had their share Of male
visitors too! Looking around on
the porch, or anywhere the gals
were, could be found Bradford
| Cantwell, JUNE Huband, Harry
Lee, Bruce Hinson, Herman Hay
den. Bryant Hare, Jimmie McKoy,
or Leonard Colley.
Other regular visitors were Ray
Haas, Randy McIver, Charlie
Smith, Lynn Kirk, Rex Willis, J.
c. Price, Wendell Hickman, Ed
Jewell, and Jimmy Kraus.
Wednesday night when some of
the Barons hustled homeward for
a short while from their house
party at Ocean Drive, they were
found between the two spots on
the beach.
AS Saturday rolled around Mari
lyn, Ann, Smokey. Elaine, Barba-
"a. Shirlene, the five Retty's, and
Betsey. clamped the locks on suit
cas"s, turned off the water heater,
wrung out a wet bathing suit, and
headed, half glad and half : sad,
homeward!
The Barons down at Ocean
Drive seemed to have had some
gay ole times last week too; but
more about the meals that they
did or didn't get cooked, parties
they had or were given: and 50
forth, next time. Until then, III
be seeing you around!