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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
LOG CABIN TOO
MUCH FOR BRIDE
Dreams Shattered, English
War Bride To Return
Home Soon

CHATHAM, Va, March 23-U.R
- A penniless war bride who found
aer American dream home was a
three-room log cabin with in-laws
but without running water today
waited to return to England with
her shattered illusions and her 2
1-2-year-old son.
Mrs. Iris Lillian Norman Brum-
field, "a, said her excl husband,
3o-year-old Oscar Brumfield, told
her he had a factory job and a
white frame cottage. But when she
came to America seven weeks ago,
she found him living with his
parents in a sharecropper's cabin
on a tobacco farm.
The bathroom, she said, was an
clubhouse. The only water supply
was a spring half a mile away.
I'm Bristol, England, we had
plenty of heat, hot and cold run
ming water, and every modern
convinced, she said. In Amer
lea 1 expected at least as much.
Rather than waste my life, l
decided to 60 back to England
Mrs. Brumfield said she and her
husband and their child lived in one
room of the cabin. Her husbands
parents lived in another room,
and the third was used as a kit
chen.
Her mother-in-law dipped snuff,
she said, which she had never seen
before.
II found that very objection
able" she said.
Mrs. Brumfield said she wrote
to the Red Cross soon after she
arrived Feb. 4. She got a promise
Of help, she said, but then receiv-
ed no more letters.
In the eve weeks she lived in
the log cabin with her husband,
she said, he took her to Chatham,
IA miles away, only twice. He
bought her only one skirt and one
sweater since she came 70 Ameri-
ca, she said.
Fearing that her husband was
Withholding letters from the Red
Cross, Mrs. Brumfield put her
clothing in a paper sack, took her
child and persuaded a neighbor
to take her over the half mile of
unpaved road to the nearest high
way. There she called a taxi to
Chatham.
Her husband overlook the cab
before she reached town and beg
her taking the child if she would
ged her to return. When she re-
fused, he said he would not contest
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
PRODUCERS, UNION
SIGN WAGE PACT.
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M. Buckingham, big four counsel,
who asserted:
I'VE hope this settlement will
serve as a precedent, or pattern,
for meeting similar reasonable re-
quests for cost-of-living wage in
creases, and that prices in gener-
al can be lowered through moder-
alton Of wage boost demands and
overall increased production in
American industry.
THE rubber industry will not
boost its prices and. as a result
o. this reasonable settlement, it is
altogether probable that rubber
products prices will be reduced
because Of increased production"
The management official said
he was greatly pleased that both
sides attempted to understand the
other fellows viewpoint and act
ed like reasonable people - and
were able to maintain that rela-
tionship."
Some 100. 900 non-union office
and salaried employees Of the big
four also will receive an II 1-2-
cent hourly pay hike. he said.
estimating the increases would
cost the companies from $45, 000,.
600 to $50, 900, 900 a year.
RAISES will be paid-not out Of
an inflated sales dollar-but out Of
a continued high volume of sales"
Buckingham reported. eve be-
lieve the industry's alltime record
production Of some IS, 900, 900 tires
last year will be maintained, and
may be expanded this year.
more automobiles will be pro-
duced in 1947 than il 1916. origi=
nal equipment demand will be ex-
banded and there still is a large
outlet fer replacement tires and
other products"
Buckingham said he believed
the rubber negotiators had
''blazed the trail" and hailed the
agreement as ian example of
what can be done if both sides
In an industry are willing to ap-
preclate each others position"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
WAR OF NERVES"
LAID TO S0VIETS
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1t also disclosed that the United
States:
/. Has advised Greece that eve
TX x x favor a retention without
change Of 1899 Greek boundaries
in the Interests Of overall Balkan
stability"
2. Will support the Greek desire
to present its claim against Albania
for northsrn epirus to the Foreign
Ministers council has completed
the peace treaties.
; Favors the development of a
free ION under Greek sovereign.
ty in the port Of Salonika, to pro-
vide a commercial outlet to the
Aegean for Bulgaria and Yugoslav-
liza.
4. Favors Britain's ceding to
Greece the island Of Cyprus, where
Britain now holds Jews attempting
to enter Palestine.
5. Is now negotiating a treaty
OF friendship, commerce and navi-
cation with Greece.
In outlining the plight of Greece.
another document placed the pr.
mary responsibility for the
steadily deteriorating economic
conditions and %worsening Of in.
ternal order" upon the "commu-
nist-controlled left movement in
Greece"
And it added:
ARMED band activities, di.
rected and assisted from outside
the country, are part Of a master
plan to separate Macedonia from
Greece and to make untenable any
Greek government not subservient
to Communist aims.
~. S. representatives in Greece
have become convinced that the
increasing effrontery Of Greece
northern neighbors and Of Fam
(the Communist organization) i.
an indication of belief that Greece
is a ripe plum ready to fall into
their hands within a few weeks
through lack Of support by thu
Western democracies."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
A N TO
GET HEARING THURSDAY

SANTA ANA, Cal, March %
W.k!Coed Beuiah Louise Overen,
II, charged with her fiance in
the time bomb murders Of her
wealthy parents aboard their
yacht, visited in her jail cell to.
day with a minister.
Rev. Gerald Bash called upon
the girl at the request of her rel
atives, according to Sheriff James
Musick, former star football play.
er at the University Of Southern
California which Miss Overell at.
tended before her arrest.
The girl and her fiance, be.
specialized George r. (Bud) Col.
lum, 81, pre-medical student, were
named yesterday in complaints
charging them with murder in the
deaths OF financier Walter E.
Overell, Los Angeles, and his soc.
ialite wife. Beular, March Is.
The sweethearts embraced and
kissed each other when they me-
yesterday at their arraignmen,
in the courtroom Of Justice Don.
aid J. Dodge. After defense at
torneys opposed the district attor,
ney Offices request for postpone.
ment Of the preliminary hearing
until April 1, Justice Dodge sci
Thursday as the date for the
hearing.
Sheriff Musick denied that he
planned giving Miss Overen and
Gollum a lie detector test.
mot much point in giving such
a test" Musick said. Such evi.
dence cannot be introduced into
their trial, anyway"
The county grand jury was
scheduled to consider the Overel
case Thursday, but because OF the
preliminary hearing set for tina,
day, the jurors may act Wednes.
day, the district attorney. office
indicated.
1t is understood the prosecution
wants an indictment before Thurs
day because an indictment would
eliminate the preliminary hear
ing at which the state would be re
quired to reveal its evidence.
Officers claim they have evil
dence that MI. and Mrs. Overell
were killed by blows from. a ball
peen hammer prior, to the dyna-
mite explosion which shattered
their cabin cruiser, Mary E. In
Newport harbo-.
The explosion occurred while
Miss Overell and Gollum were
ashore getting hamburgers. Find
ing Of unexploded sticks Of dyna.
mite electric wires and a time
clock opened an investigation at.
ter u first was believed the bias,
was caused by gasoline.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
OFFICER VISIONS
new WAR COMING
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into Greece and Turkey, and even
tually 1raq and Iran, taking the
OIL fields d shutting off the
British Empire from the Suez."
Smith believed that the policy
as outlined by President Truman
Is our salvation" Turkey is in
a key position. That country is
practically ringed by Communistic
states. We must protect the Mid
die East territory around the Suez
canal and its oil fields.
The United States is following
the same pattern of unprepared-
ness that we took after other wars,
Smith cautioned.
One-Sixth Size
Admiral Nirnitiz tells US that
the American fleet is now one
sixth its size Of VJ-day. He cannot
get appropriations for naneuvers
Of what is left OF his fleet. You
cannot train men without sppropri
ations and without a trained crew
a ship is almost helpless"
# we discuss problems Of
war lin tine same vein that we dis.
cuss the shortage OF meat and sug'
ar, it is proof That we have not
profited by the hideous lessons we
learned in the two world wars"
he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
Along The Cape Fear

Ijellies, he has been doing pretty
well. But that was before the
bears took over" the article adds.
Jordan says the warm weather
has fooled the bears to death"
Anyway, they have refused to
hibernate this winter. Instead, they
have made raid after raid on Jor.
dams bees. He wouldn't mind this
So much, however, if they would
only leave his beehives where they
are. This they refuse to do.
They persist in trying to carry
them away, lifting them in their
huge arms and waddling of with
them to a place where they can
go after the honey with greater
leisure. Nine times out of ten they
drop them before going very far,
roll over and over on the ground
to kill the bees which have by this
time become pretty active, and
then proceed to 60 for another
hive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
VOTERS PASS ON
ISSUES TUESDAY
tuberculosis Sanatorium,
Junior College Vote
Plans Are Ready

The question whether New Han
over county shall be authorized tt
proceed with the proposed estab'
lishment of a tuberculosis sana'
torium and a junior college will
be answered tomorrow by the
registered voters of the bailiwick.
Ballots for both proposals have
been distributed to the county's
q voting precincts.
The polling places will be open
from $50 a. m. to $50 p. m. to-
morrow.
The registration, which ended
March Is, indicated substantial in
tsrest in both proposals.
The registration for the vote on
the sanatorium question was 1887,
and that on the junior college issue
1878.
REGISTERED voters who do not
vote for one or both of the issues
will have the effect of balloting
against-as the vote will be "a
sainst' the registration.
On the sanatorium proposal, the
issue is whether or not the county
commissioners shall be authorized
to appropriate an available 500,
600 for the purpose of necessary
building property; plus the levying
of a five-cent annual ad valorem
tax for purposes of maintenance
of the hospital plant.
The junior college proposal sim
ply poses the question Of whether
or not the commissioners shall
have the authority to levy an an
nual five-cent ad valorem tax for
the maintaining and equiplng OF
the school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
LENNON DEFENDS
PROPOSED CHANGE
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not been a civil service commits
sion.
The police department and the
lire department have given up
substantially al their rights under
the civil service commission law
which was introduced in the legis-
lature Friday, Lennon said, and
the action was taken 10 appease
members Of the city council who
felt that present conditions in the
police department. could be attri-
buted to the civil service law.
Lennon said the bill as intro
duced followed explicitly the re-
quests Of the city council in every
detail except those pertaining to
the qualifications of the police
chief and the length of the term
for which a man outside the de-
partment could be appointed.
i am confident" he said that
experience has taught US that it is
wise to get the police and fire
chief from among the personnel
Of the departments"
There r some who feel, he con-
tlnued, that at the time some per-
son outside the department should
be brought in to work with the
force in order that no one might
say that the department was coy
erlng up for anything or anyone in
the department.
Lennon said he would not coun-
tenance going outside of the de.
partment for a police chief as a
permanent policy and thereby set
ting a precedence.
Il think that if the council and
the city manager exercise the dill
gence and the capacity they have,
they will be able to get a COM
petent person for the position under
the terms Of the bill"
Lennon asserted that he did not
represent the police department. or
fire department Of the city, the
city manager or the city council
but did represent some As. 600 peo-
pie in the city in addition to the
rest OF the county and three other
counties.
Il sincerely believe the bill as
presented represents the best
thoughts that can be obtained upon
the subject matter" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
MONDAY, MARCH "a

seno him pictures Of the
regular intervals. ~'' boy ~
me Red Cross placed bs.
private home in Chain h 4
arrangements could be mada Until
turn her to England. 0s TO rs.
mrs: Brumfield met her ,n.
IN Bristol while the blitz %los0aat
Its height. They WERE Vas 4.
ana their son was born 1&'1'sIsd
Brunleld went to Europe Ia 0s'asa
Wnen he returned to the !lsat
states, red tape delayed oaist
torts to bring his wife ho, HIS ct
this winter. N0'''e INT,
Brumfield, besides losi,.
"ne' had other troubles. i. Bis
ponce in nearby Danvjlle St
someone stole two wstcbe, .lAat
MN last night while he sIo. Hon
a Danvllle hotel. @sp' II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
|HEXED CAROLINA
FARMER IMPROVES
Louisburg Negro Appear.
On alton Wide Radio
Program
March %

DURHAM, March rs - W.H -
Stephen Richardson, young Negro
farmer whose hex" from an agec
witch doctor made him believe hi
was dying, broke into a big grir
tonight when he was told Of a pos.
slble trip to New York City for
examination by a mental specialist
The 24year-old Stephen appeared
on a nationwide broadcast wv.
the People, with his father ane
mother and hypnotist Marsh Bah.
bitt, who used hypnotisun to chase
Stephens faith in the hex.
Stephens radio debut was brief
He only answered "sho do" wher
asked if Rabbit had helped him
if he believed the spell cast by
the witch doctor was gone, and i
he would like to visit New Yorl
for examination by mental spec,
~ialists.
A Duke university psychiatrit
report indicated several months
ago that Stephen might be suffer.
ing from early paranoid sczoph.
renia, a form Of mental disorder.
DR.. j. B. Wheless OF Louisburg,
who declined to appear on thu
program, said he believed Stephen
was improving.
The unsophisticated young farm.
er dressed in his only white shirt,
a maroon tie, a huge "jitterbug''
hat, brown trousers and a plair
blue coat for the 6O-mile trip here
from his humble farm home near
Louisburg.
His mother, shy Maybelle Rich.
ardson, wore her best hat, a plair
print dress and a bright red coat.
But Stephens father, Bum Rich.
ardson, was crushed when he pull.
ed out his only suit, still in 3
cleaners bag. The cleaner hac
sent back someone else's suit
much too small for the large Ne.
gro. But Richardson wal persuad.
ed to make the trip in clean blue
%voeralls.
Stephen, whose fear Of the he,
kept him bed ridden and without
appetite for Is months, has eaten
heartily since Rabbit first hyp.
Noticed him Tuesday. Tonight he
Waded into fried chicken, white
potatoes" sweet potato pie, etc.,
at a restaurant here.
The young Negroes parents said
he had been much better" since
Baspbitf's treatment Tuesday bu1
mad gone back to bed yesterday
apparently with an upset stomach
Officials Of the radio program
found him in bed last night. Bah.
bit hypnot1zed him again toda,
and tonight he said Il feel a To-
better" -
Stephen said Rabbit "sure has
helped me a lott and that he hopee
the radio programs efforts to tax,
him to New York would work out
The Richardson's are totally il
literate and none of them mas eve1
been far from their home In tn,
North Carolina backwoods.
Bum was told he might be abb.
to 60 to New York too if Stepher
went. That would sure be fine
he said. Il amt ever done nothing
but try to make my crop and I al
ways wondered what some plac,
like that would look like"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
MARSHALL URGES
BY-PASSINC PLAN
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transferred while the Anglo-Ameri
cans insist that it has not.
German Assets
Marshall has suggested that the
technical question of legal title
be by-paseed and that the deputies
devote their time to an attempt
to define just what are German
assets in Austria. Marshan's sug-
getion will be considered by the
miniters at the next Big Four
meeting Tuesday.
The ministers meanwhile ad-
journed their council sessions for
two days to study proposals SUBJ
mitted during the first two weeks
of meetings. High officials Of the
American delegation expressed a
feeling OF restrained optimism as
they reviewed results Of the first
two weeks talks.
Clark listed the following issues
In disagreement on the Austrian
treaty:
l. Two items in the preamble as
to whether other states should be
allowed to sign the treaty and
whether Austria, which the United
States does not consider as a form
er enemy state, will be charged
with responsibility for participant
ing in the war.
2. Six major disagreements on
political clauses, such as whether
it is necessary to include a clause
obligating the allies and Austria
to preserve Austrian independence,
a prohibition of anschluss, and
whether Austria's frontiers shall
be those of 1888 or whether they
shall be changed to recognize
Yugoslavia's territorial claims.
Military Clauses
3. Five, major disagreements on
military clauses, such as whether
Austria shall be compelled to sryo-
ply her military establishment with
equipment manufa otured only in
Austria, whether she is pro-
hibited from research into the
manufacture of certain war-mak.
ing materials, and whether an al
lied military commission Is needed
in Austria to control execution OF
the military clauses.
4. Three major disagreements on
economic clauses. In addition to
German assets, the allies disagree
whether Austria should be compel
led to restore Sin good order
United Nations property looted by
the Axis and found in Austria, and
whether Austria will be compelled
to pay compensation for United
Nations property destroyed OF
damaged in the war.
There is a preamble and "a
articles in the draft treaty, with
complete agreement on only Ia
articles.
Basis Of the optimism expressed
by members OF the American dele
CATION considering the German
treaty is the fact that the council.
work has gone much faster thar
any one anticipated.
Within two weeks the minister;
have covered in r. way Or an
other most Of the items on III.
agenda except future German
boundaries and United States dis
| armament plans Tor Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
ARMY PLANE LOST
in NEWFOUNDLAND
Nine Persons Reported
Aboard Inflated Trans
port Craft

HALIFAX, N. S., March %. -
R- A United States Army Air
Forces transport plane with nine
persons aboard was reported last
night on a flight from Westover
Field, Mass, to Harmon Field.
Stephenville, Newfoundland, and
search planes we're sent aloft on
the possibility the American craft
may have crashed within a few
miles of its destination.
The Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Command here said four search
planes radioed they had been I'M
able to discover any trace Of the
four-engined C-54 Skymaster in the
billy, heavily-wooded area about
Harmon Field, located on the
southwest coast Of Newfoundland.
Air Transport command head
hluarters in New York said the pilot
the missing plane made radio
intact with Harmon Field when
ktive miles from the Newfound-
pase at the end of the 300
light. The pilot reported his
1de at 1900 feet and said he
ready to come in for a land
ATC said.
The plane never landed and no
ther messages from it were re-
1ed. ATC said the plane was
Tying five crew members, four
kengers and cargo.
len the pilot last reported his
eon, the weather around Har-
Field was described as good.
transport command listed
blame tonight as "overdue and
Bumed lost"
he plane, based at Warner Rob-
is Field, Macon, Ca, and sched-
ed to have continued from Har-
mon Field to Germany for an in
spection trip, left Westover Field
at 1o:40 a. m. EST) today, the
Westover field. public relations Of.
flee said, and was due at Stephen
vile at 2:30 p. m. CEST). At the
latter hour the pilot made his last
radio report.
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the Port City when interest rar
so high in railroad expansion.
Mr.. Chadbourn suggested that
We show the material to the Rev.
Andrew j. Howell prior to making
use of it, hence it will be a day or
two before we can bring the in.
formation to you in this column.
BEAR STORY - Warm spells
during the winter apparently car
cause as much trouble as extreme.
ly low temperatures.
If you don't believe us, then Just
ask Mr.. F. R. Jordan of New Han.
over County.
According to the current issue
of the Agricultural Review, Jor.
dan has colonies of bees scattered
about in the swamps of New Han
over County, and what with the
scarcity of sugar, preserves. anc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
MANY END LIVES

BERLIN, March ~. -tF1- The
A m e r ! C licensed newspaper
Tagesspiegel said today that 33;
residents of Berlin took their owr
lives in January and February, in
GLIDING 1856 who feared they would
starve to death" The city health
ministry estimated 400 Berliners
died of hunger and exposure II
December.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
JURY RETURNS

HARRISBURG, Pa. March >,
49, A U. S. District corr, % :
srylng l., Former Federal Judge Va :;
pert W. johnson and five ~ A
PENDANTS on charges of consn So'o'
against the government returY.5C
the courtroom this a~fternoor L
Presiding Judge James Alge- =
announced a few minutes Isto, 'e'
Will convene court at 10 ! =, ~
morrow. HI %
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
VIOLENCE TAKES
LIVES OF EIGHT
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in a barn fire near North Wilkes.
pofe.
Charlotte reported the death Of
two Negroes, Robert Morrow and
Joseph Tut. Morrow's throat was
sla shed early Saturday, and Tut,
officers reported, was shot in self.
defense by his brother-in-law, list.
ed by them as Webb MURRAY.
against whom there were no char
ges.
Buck Locklear. Robson county
Indian, was shot and killed near
Maxton Friday night. His father
william Locklear. is being held
pending an inquest Tuesday ~.
Ulcers reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
IN THE RED

TAMPA, Fla, March 23-os
The Sunshine Park track endsa =
first horse racing season wy! .'
day an estimated 500, 600 i, y.
req, vice president Harry JACK.
OF Wilmington, Del. said fodsS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-24
The Weather

Weather bureau report Of Temperature
and rainfall for the ~ hours ending 8
p. m. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Valley settler., 1947-08-14
| &c Al nEUJS

n. and mrs. Leo licha1 elk have returned
IRON a short visit in Denver, Colorado.
Lr. Carl Meier left by plane FOR rinne-
arolis, MINI. to join his wife.
Don Ever son, of Ketchilan, is Wishing his
sister, Mrs. Bob Stewart.
n. Harry Sears sold his farm to Rex Kibbe
from California. lie and his wife are
leaving for Costa Mesa, California.
y and Mrs. Vasanoja and son, Lawrence and
life are expecting to leave for the States
soon. They will drive over the highway.
Art l-adison, butcher at Koslosky's Store.
trouEht his wife from 7hittier They are
eoicg to i've in the Koslosky Ap art ments.
Leonard Lamp, son, of Mrs. lads Johansen,
returned FROM Washington. he plans to
i've here.
RS. Clayton DeLand left by plane for
risit in the States.
George Moore left for he States by way
OF he Highway. lie plans to return next
year.
r. Lehman, who is in change Of the CAA
station at Sheep fountain, vas a visitor
il town ~ednesday.