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Evening star., 1947-01-21
|Luiherans Are Urged
To Keep Ownership Of
Service Center Here
BY Cospor Names
Sfcr Sioff Correspondent

T DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 21.-A spe-
cial committee will recommend to
the Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Lutheran Council today that
ownership Of the Lutheran Service
Center at 736 Jackson place NV, in
Washington, be retained until fur
ter action can be taken, DR.. r. E.
TulloSs, president of the council and
chairman of the special committee,
said this morning.
The council opened its 10Th an
nual meeting today. The sessions
will continue through Friday. The
council is the common agency for
eight Lutheran bodies In the United
States and Canada with a member
ship of 100000. Participating bod
les are the United Lutheran Church
in America, Evangelical Lutheran
Church, American Lutheran Church
Augustana Synod, Lutheran Fret
Church, United Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, Danish Lutheran
Church and Finnish Suomi Synod.
DR.. Tulloss was reelected presi-
dent of the council at the meeting
this morning. This will be his third
consecutive term of Office.
Other Officers Reelected.
Other officers reelected were DR.
William G. Sodt Of Milwaukee, vict
president; DR.. Martin Anderson ol
Chicago, secretary, and S. Frederick
Telleen of New York, treasurer. Mr.
Telleen will be granted an honor.
ary degree of doctor of laws by Wit.
tenberg College, Springfield, Ohio
this spring in recognition of hi
long years of service for the Luth-
eran Church, it was announced
following his reelection as secre.
tary for the 7th consecutive time.
DR.. Tulloss said the Jackson place
building will be used as a service
center as long as there is need fol
this type of help for Lutherans. II
will then be used, the council head
said, as a means of serving Luther
an stuoents and workers in Wash
ington.
Another special committee, also
| neaQeQ Dy Dr. IullOSS, WIN MaTIu
Anderson and DR.. Sodt as the other
members, will recommend that the
council does not ask membership
in the Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America, DR.. Tulloss
who also is chairman of this COM
mittee, said.
Would Avoid Duplication.
The report will point out thai
member bodies of the Lutheran
Council may join the Federal Coun-
Gil and thus be doubly represented
if the Lutheran agency affiliated
with the latter organization.
The Rev. Carl r. Plack, who wa:
recently appointed consultant of tht
chaplaincy service for the Division
of Welfare, will move to Washington
Evening star., 1947-01-21

March / to take charge Of the pro-
gram. 1t must be the concern OF
Americans to preserve the church ins
Europe as one of the bulwarks
against the spread of communisms
DR.. Tullos told the gathering this
morning.
American aid Ito provide the
funds for this purpose is not only
our Christian duty but is in the
highest degree essential to our own
welfare" he said.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
1928 and 1888 Radio Tower!
Set Up by Byrd Found

ABOARD u. S. S. MOUNT OLYM-
PUS, Little America, Jan. 81 R.-
DR.. Paul Siple, scientist with the
Nays Antarctic Expedition, while
On helicopter fight yesterday, To-
Gated the radio towers of Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd's 1928 and
1888 camps still standing.
DR.. Siple, of Erie. Pa, also found
evidence that the Bay of Whales
had been completely closed by a
glacier collision within the last year.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
Hearings
Continued From First Page.)

members of his group who likely
will be assigned to work out the
Districts revenue problem.
Representative Bates, Republican
of Massachusetts,, who ranks next
to Chairman Dirksen on the ma
jority side of the District Commit
tee, probably will be named chair
man of the District Finance Sub
committee. He has a wealth OF
background on District affairs from
years of service on the committee
and for many years served as Mayor
of Salem, Mass, and as chairman
of Municipal Finance Committee
of the Massachusetts State Legisla-
ture.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
Civil Service
Continued From First Page.)

get rid of them," Senator LANCER
declared.
Senator LANCER said the total
Federal employment now numbers
2,561 900, including overseas en-
ployes, compared to $4,000 in 1898
The committee will question the
heads of every Government depart
ment and agency, Senator LANCER
said, and its findings will be pre-.
sented to the Appropriation Com
mittees of both anouses. I'm sure
that the Congress will act accord
ingly on any information we give
them on excess employees" the Sen.
ator added.
Among the other committee mem.
bers who joined in closely question.
ing the witnesses on personnel prac-
tices were Senators Thye, Republi.
can, of Minnesota, and Chavez
Democrat, of New Mexico. Among
those attending today's opening
hearing were Civil Service Commis.
sioner Arthur S. Flemming and Johr
Mitchell, commission statistical ex.
pert.
Cafe Report Waited.
Manwhile, the special subcommit'
tee headed by Senator Baldwin, Re.
publican of Connecticut, appointed
to investigate the operation of ths
Sc cafeterias in Federal building.
here, was expected to present it,
preliminary report to the full com.
mittee within the next week.
| It is reported the subcommittee i:
doing a thorough job in sitting the
food contracts the Government has
with Government Services, Inc, ano
the National Food Corp. The sub
committee is not ready to make any
recommendations as yet and it is
expected the full committee will au-
thorize it to delve further into the
entire problem of serving meals tc
Federal employees.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
Col. IA. McInerny Resigns
AS Justice Press Director
Ry the Associated Press

Attorney General Clark an
nounced today the resignation of
Col. Timothy A. Mcfnerny as JUS
tice Department director of public
information, effective February l.
Mr.. Clark said Col. McInerny
would be succeeded by Leo M. Cadi-
son, now deputy director.
Col. McInerny will enter private
business in New York City. He was
a Boston newspaperman for 1S years
before entering the Army in l941.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
Temperatures in Various C
Mt. Vernon PTA to Meet

DR.. Addison M. Duvall of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital will speak on BE
havior, Emotional Problems and
Character Development" at meet
ing of the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton of Mount Vernon Elementary
School, Alexandria, tonight.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
Greek Civil Servants Strike

ATHENS, Jan. 81 (P.-The Exec.
utive Committee of the Civil Ser.
wants Association proclaimed {
general strike of civil servant!
throughout Greece today after it
demands for wage increases hae
! been rejected by the government.
Evening star., 1947-01-21
Weather Report

District of Columbia. - Partly
cloudy with some northwest winds
and much colder late this after.
noon and tonight. Lowest tempera-
ture tonight about 20. Tomorrow
fair and rather cold.
Virginia and Maryland.-Partly
cloudy and much colder tonight
with temperature falling to Is ir
mountains and near 20 in central
portion and about Is on coast
Fair and rather cold tomorrow
Strong wind.
Wind velocity, % miles per hour
direction, west.
River Report.
(From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
(Readings at Washington National
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ADVERTISEMENT. A
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Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on January IL.
Lowest, 81, on January l.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.
Evening star., 1947-01-21

nlS6S. Deus.
Sun, today - 7:23 5:I6
Sun, tomorrow - 7:22 5:17
Noon, today --- 7:11 am. ABB m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
CORN COSTS SOAR
AS CROPS WITHER
New Heat Wave Bears
Down On Parched Farm
lands OF Middle States

CHICAGO, Aug. 8 -U.R- The
second heat wave in a week bore
down on already parched Mid
western farmlands today, sending
corn prices to new all-time highs.
Farm experts said it was the
worst Midwestern hot spell in six
years. In many areas there had
been no measurable rainfall for
three weeks, and none was i'll
sight.
The heat wave was centered in
the corn belt, but its effects were
expected to be felt throughout the
nation.
Observers said the corn infla-
tionary spiral, (which started near
ly two months ago, probably
would affect feed costs and force
consumers to dig still deeper for
the price of a juicy steak or a
slice of roast pork.
Iowa and Nebraska farmers
looked searchingly at the sky for
signs of rain, as ripening corn be-
gan to droop under the pressure
of strong, hot winds. Much corn,
planted late because of spring
floods, already was lost as the
topsoil dried up. Soaking rains now
would assure only a "fair" CROP
observers said,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
YOUTH PUTS WAR
BEHIND IT AGAIN
Austrian Scouts, Long Ban
ned By Hitler, Join
Jamboree Troops

JAMBOREE CITY, M o S n
France, Aug. 8 -H1-Youth put
the war behind it today as 265
Austrian Boy Scouts-banned for
years by Hitler - marched in to
take their places in the sixth In
ternational Boy Scout Jamboree
and received the salutes of scouts
from allied countries.
With the arrival today of Scouts
from Norway, The Netherlands,
Liechtenstein, the contingent
brought to 11,137 the number of
foreign scouts already mingllng
with a slightly greater number
from France who will join in the
two-weeks of good will festivities
starting tomorrow night.
The Americans - all except a
troop awaited from the occupation
zone in Germany-finally finished
pitching their tents in the 1900
acre forest called Jambcree City,
the brightly colored canvas deco
rated with maps of their home
states.
Some 900 of them had marched
in at II pm. last night and slept
in their sleeping bags under the
stars. They were plenty tired, too,
after a 12-hour ride from Antwerp
See YOUTH On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
Hot Springs Socialite Fires
Fatal Shots During
Argument

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Aug -U.H
pretty blonde wife of Ar
kansas rising young racket-bust'
er, Sidney S. McMath, shot and
killed her father-in-law last night
after a violent argument and her
husband asserted today it could
only have been an accident.
McMath, Marine hero whose
service revolver was used in the
shooting, Immediately aligned
himself on his wife's side in "the
greatest tragedy of our lives"
The exact events leading to the
death of Hal McMath, 57-year-old
former barber and farmer, still
had not been mapped but the
younger McMath said the shoot
ing apparently was the outgrowth
of abuse by his father of show
horse at the attorneys ranch
home.
The elder McMath had been in
the habit Of coming to the estate
daily to take care of the live
stock, his son said. Young Nc
Math said his father had been
drinking heavily for several years
and only last week had agreed to
enter an institution for treatment.
See WIFE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
So To Bed

A young boy, about eight or
nine years old, stopped by
each and every fisherman on
the pier. He would say a few
woGos, pick up a coupe of the
smallest fish and walk away.
He was quite lucky and most
of the fishermen were glad to
give him the small fish they
had caught. No n seemed
interested enough to ask why
he wanted the little fishes.
A little while later the
youngster came out on the
pier with a seven foot fishing
pole and had al the little fish
he had begged tied on a string
er. There must have been
about so or more of hem, with
the longest about five inches
long.
He waited a moment and
then a woman, apparently the
boys mother approached with
a small box camera in her
hand.
The boy posed for a picture
with "his catch" and then re-
marked to one of the anglers,
"The folks back home will be-
lieve the picture, I'll bet.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
Along The Cape Fear

numbering ITO men, from Fort
ress Monroe, were placed on duty
here for several months.
The possibility of the uprising
slowly passed. Some leaders were
CAPTURED. And some of those were
put to death. Four were hanged
near what was then known as Gil
blem lodge on Princess street.
Some others Of the leaders were
shot.
According to the custom of the
day, after their death, they were
decapitated. The heads were
placed on poles erected in con-
spicuous places as a warning 70
others who might think of revolt.
Many of those poles were erected
at what became known as Negro
Head Point.
SLAVE MARKET - At Market
and Front>streets, only a short dis
stance from what then, as well
as now, was the river wharf where
steamers docked, stood the town
market house. 1t was at that point
where the slave trade was con-
stantly carried on until 1863. -
Not many instances are avail
able in written form today o6 N,
cidents ut that point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
PARADE OF YOUTH
SET FOR MONDAY.
March Through Downtown
Area To Signal Start
OF Revival Week

A parade made up Of the youth
of Wilmington and surrounding
areas to begin at 4th and Market
streets Monday night at 6:45
O. clock will highlight the number
vary Youth organization in con-
of events sponsored by the Cal
nection with the Youth Revival
week, August ILL in Wilmington,
it was announced yesterday.
The parade will form at 4th and
Market streets and will march
down Market street to Front. The
youths will travel up Front street
to Red Cross and turn right at
Red Cross to 4th street. The pa
rade will turn left at 4th street
and go to the Calvary Baptist
church at Fourth and Brunswick
street where it will disband in
time for the 7:30 youth revival
services.
Two trucks, n carrying a port
able organ, will lead the parade
which will be escorted by Will
mington's motorcycle policemen.
Songs and hymns will be sung
by members in the parade as they
march to the church.
The parade is given under the
auspices of the Calvary Baptist
Youth Organization to stimulate
more interest in the revival week.
Preaching services will be con-
Quoted at 8 o'clock by the Rev.
George White, a member of the
association of missionaries in
brunswick county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
Truman Signs
Credit Bill
President Raps Congress
For Failure To Extend
Installment Laws

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-W.H-
President Truman. clearing his
desk Of the stack of bills left there
by Congress, today signed legisla-
ton keeping the lid on installment
buying for only three months more.
He said in signing it, however,
that it was unfortunate" that the
legislators refused to continue the
controls for a longer period and
diminish inflationary p%ressures."
MI. Truman reached the bottom
of the pile of 1874 measures enact
ed by Congress in the adjournment
rush two weeks ago and LETT al
most Immediately for a weekend
of relaxation at his Shangri La
hideaway at Thurmont, Md. In
disposing of the bills, Mr.. Truman
also:
1. Signed a bill under which the
prewar system Of granting quotas
and subsidies to sugar producers
will be revived beginning Jan. 1,
1948.
2. Vetoed a measure which
would have continued for two
years wartime subsidies to en-
courage production of copper, lead
and certain other mineral ores.
2. Signed legislation under which
the Agriculture department will
sell some 3d. 900, 900, 900 board feet
Of timber in the Tongass National
forest of Alaska, for the manufac'
ture of pulp and newsprint.
Under the Credit Control Exten.
sion law all federal curbs on in
stallment buying will end Nov. l
They require a down-payment O.
at least one-third on all instal!mer1
purchases-except furniture ane
rugs which require 20 per cent
and prohibit payments from run
ming more than Is months.
Mr.. Truman raped Congress fo1
it's failure to follow the recommen'
dations of his council Of economic
advisers and the Federal Reserve
board to continue the controls I'M
til all inflationary dangers are
past.
But he signed the bill without
hesitation, saying that "continua.
ton FOR the next three months OF
present controls is preferable
to immediate abandonment Of
these restraints"
man to avoid undue relaxation. Oh
retail credit terms. He said that
price cuts, rather than easier cred
it buying, would be a batter way
to obtain new customers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
PRICES DECLINE
ON BORDER BELT
Averages For Opening Day
Set AT $48.88 Per
Hundred Pounds

Prices for flue-cured tobacco on
the Border Belt markets of South
Carolina and North Carolina Fri
day showed declines which rang
ed from 81 to S. per hundred over
opening-day prices, the Federal
State Marketing service reported.
The largest declines were shown
in the lower grades of offerings,
with drops of 81 to 81 in Tugs and
from $3.50 to S. in primings, thin
n~ondescript showed a drop of $2.75.
There was a considerable amount
of tobacco being sold below the
commodity credit support prices
however, some growers took adj
vantage of support prices = there
by availing themselves of grade
price loan rates average 40 cents a
pound or 80 per cent of June Is
parity price.
Official figures for Thursdays
opening : day gross sales totaled
4, 654, GAL for an average of $48.88
See PRICE DECLINE On Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09

GREENWICH, Conn.,, Aug. g.
mH-The U. S. Army, the Air
Force, and firemen came to the
aid of tercorized residents OF the
suburb of old Greenwich today
s sndOl sprayed a stone wall from q q
beginning to end with an M
f1amethrower to fry an elusive
venemous snake.
Not even a mouse, let alone a
snake, showed its head as the IRE
licked into the crevices. But Capt;
William F. Parker. who directed
the assault, said it was safe to
assume. that the snake was COOK
ed. 81
though he undoubtedly was IN the
wall9he killed two dogs-and sx-
perts were certain that ne was a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
KILLED, FIVE
INJURED IN CRASH
Fayetteville, Wander Won
en-, Dead, Children Hos
pitalized For Hurts

FAYETTEVILLE, Aug. S-P-
Two women were killed and five
children were hospitalized here to-
day with injuries suffered in the
collision of two automobiles on the
Fayetteville-White Lake highway.
The dead were identified as Mrs.
T. L. Lucas of Fayetteville and
Mrs. Charles Allen of nearby Van
der. They were reported to have
been drivers of the two cars, which
collided on a straight section OF
the road. While details of the &C
cident were not Immediately avail
able, the highway was said to have
been made slippery by rain.
The injured children were being
treated at Fayetteville hospitals.
They were identified as Billy Al
len, Joyce Allen, Sally Allen, Eliz-
abeth Lucas and 9etty Mcbride
The extent of their injuries was
NOT disclosed,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
Police In Launch Rescue
Two Men From Sinking
American Flagship

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-W.R-An
American Airlines experiment }.
radar DC-3 carrying five rev
men plunged into the waters OF
Bowery Bay off LaGuardia field
tonight, killing three of the men
and seriously injuring another.
Two were rescued before the
plane sank.
The two-engined plane hit the
water when it overshot the run
way in attempting an emergency
landing after one engine failed
shortly after the takeoff.
Police reported the pilot, CO.
pilot and a mechanic were trapped
and presumably drowned when
the plane sank. After graphing
for the bodies for three hours, po-
lice said they might not be re-
covered until tomorrow.
Two Rescued
Two mechanics who craw1ed onto
the belly of the overturned plane
were rescued by a police harbor
launch.
j. P. Lewis, American Airlines
operations manager at LeGuardia,
See AIRMEN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
Industry Bans
Film Exports
American Motion Pictures
Will Be Denied To Brit
ish Audiences

NEW YORK, Aug. 8-P)-Amer-
;c.,s motion picture industry, hit
.iae back at a severe tax imposed
% .p Great Britain on U. S. films,
today placed a flat ban on ship
rsnt of all feature pictures and
s5ort subjects to Britain.
Eric A. Johnston, president OF
I've Motion Picture Association OF
AMERICA (MPA), announced the
aarision after a closed three-hour
rossion attended by so film exc
cntives. The vote On the ban was
not announced.
The tax, announced yesterday by
croat Britain as a measure to
combat that country's dollar short
oos was attacked by Johnston who
declared in a statement that it
,fn effect strangles American film
,binments to England"
The British described the levy
officially as a 80 per cent ad va
Iorem payment but Johnston said
# "conascates rs per cent of the
earnings on future imports Of the
American film industry to Bri-
tain"
"If the British do not want Amer
iran films, that's one thing" the
NJ P, A. head commented. eff
thew do. they shouldn't expect to
cot q dollars worth of f1lms for
a quarter"
The ban, if continued for a long
neriod, is expected to have inn
nortant effects in both the United
States and Britain.
In recent years U. S. films have
earned about $40O, 900, 900 annual
" in the British market and have
constituted about 80 per cent Of
HE films shown in Britain, it was
said here.
OF the $500, 900, 900, about $780,
200. 600 has remained in Britain
as taxes, promotional expense and
other operation costs. The re-
naming net earnings of $68, 900, 600
have been converted into dollars
and transferred to the United
States. The M. P. A. estimates
that under the new tax only about
Is per cent of these net earnings
would be realized.
Johnston said the new tax was
imposed at a time when the Amer
lean industry, conscious of Bri-
tsin's dollar crisis, had voluntar.
lily suggested measures of a prac'
teal nature to help at cnce the
drain of British exchange.
Proposal Submitted
"Our members desired to meet
the British hallway by offering to
block, during the crisis, a sub
stantial share of the earnings OF
the American film companies in
Britain.
This proposal was submitted to
responsible British cabinet minis
ters. prior to the announcement of
See INDUSTRY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-09
NEGRO HEAD POINT

NEGRO HEAD POINT - Negro
Head Point is a historic Whining
ton landmark.It divides the waters
of the Cape Fear river into the
northwest and the northeast
branches. 1t derives it's name from
a melancholy and sad incident in
the days of slavery. That story has
been told and retold in many YER
sions but probably the following
is the one most authentic, accor-
ding to early day historians.
In the latter part of the year
1881, through efforts of persons
from the Northern states, an In
surrection of Negro slaves occurred.
Starting in Southampton, Virginia.,
the revolt spread rapidly into other
states, particularly North Caro-
lima.
One story has it that a number
of white women and children be-
came victims of the uprising. At
any rate, white residents OF the
locality of Wilmington became IN
furiated. A race war seemed IN
evitable.
CONFLICT LOOMS - Approach
es to the town of Wilmington were
guarded by the militia. Two com
panies of United States troops,