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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Officials To PLAY
MenTOdav
Visiting Ladies Will Also
Be Entertained During
Two-Day Meeting

Wilmington's welcome mat will
be out today when the Atlantic
Coast plays host to treasury Off
Gals of the Association of Ameri-
can Railroads and member lines
throughout the United States.
The visiting officials r expect
ed to arrive here this morning for
the two-day meeting which will
extend through Saturday.
Some of the members, here to
attend the regular business ses-
sion of the advisory committee,
treasury division, of the railroad
organization, will be accompanied
by their wives.
With P. Nichols, treasurer OF
the ACL, as official host, the dele
gates will be quartered at the
Cape Fear hotel and all business
meetings during h e session are
scheduled for the Cape Fear club.
AS it is the first visit to south
eastern North Carolina f r most
of the delegates, a special timer
airy has been planned to acquaint
them with the attractions of this
section.
To Tour Gardens
The ladies will be luncheon
guests of Mrs. P. Nichols at her
residence a t 1O2 North Fifteenth
street. During the afternoon,
through the courtesy of Mrs. John
R. Pope, the entire delegation will
visit Airlie gardens. Also included
during their tour Of the area are
Wrightsville beach and Greenfield
park.
The complete schedule for to-
days meeting includes:
10 a. m.-Committee convenes al
Cape Fear club.
1890 p.m.-Luncheon for ladies,
guests of Mrs. Nichols.
l p.m.-Committee adjourns.
1870 p.m.-Stag luncheon, Cape
Fear club.
3:15 p.m.-Leave Cape Fear ho-
tel by automobile for tour of
Greenfield park, Airlie gardens,
and Wrightsville beach.
7 pm. - Refre shments, Cape
Fear club.
7:30 pm. - Informal dinner.
Cape Fear club.
Continued on Page Two; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
The w Gather

FORECAST:
North Carolina-Fair to partly clouoS
and mild Friday, becoming warmer II
west portion Friday afternoon; falr any
warmer Friday night, Saturday paruS
cloudy and warmer. .u
South C~arolina-Fair and mild frluay
becoming warmer in orthWe poi W:
Friday afternoon; fair and warmer RI
day, Saturday partly cloudy and warm
er.
Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a houS
ending 80 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
1870 a m. 81; 7:20 a. m. 81; l:3o :: III
70; 7:30 p. m Ct; Maximum 19' MILL
mum 60; Mean So; Normal 81.
HUMIDITY
1870 a. m. 30; 7 80 a. m. 81; l:3o p. ILL.,
40, 7:20 p. m. II.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. M
GOO inches.
-otal since the first of the montf
361 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published by U
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington 7:37 am. 2:27 am
1903 pm. 2:47 pm
Masoboro - 5:26 am. 11:47 am
5:45 pm. PIT
Sunrise 5:37. Sunset 6:45; Moonr1s
4:3ea; Moonset 4:18p.
River stage at Fayetteville. N. {. at
.. m. Thursday no report feet.
More Weather On Page
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
"Catman" Catches Cash;
Cops Collectin Clues

couch in the front part of the
house and went to another room
Returning to where she left her
purse several minutes later she
picked up the pocketbook, removed
an article, returned it to the couch
and again left to go to another
part of the house.
When she returned, she reported
ly told police, the po~cketbook was
gone. She then called police head
quarters.
A house was entered here last
Friday night, another MONDAY
night and still another Tuesday
night. In all three Of the latter
cases, police said, a Description
was obtained of the thief and IN
all cases the culprit's description
matched.
Although no one saw the theft
of the p~ocketbook last night IN
vestigating officers said later thai
they felt sure that the person re-
socnsible for the first three crimes
was responsible for the latest one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
NATIVE OF CITY
TAKES POSITION
DR.. Albert M. Mattocks
Jr. Named Associate
Professor

DR.. Albert Mclean Mattocks,
Jr., a native of Wilmington, has
been appointed associate profess
sor of pharmaceutical chemistry
at the school of pharmacy, West
ern Reserve university in Cleve-
land.
DR.. Mattocks was born in Will
mington and received the degree
of bachelor of science at the Uni
versity of North Carolina and the
degree of doctor of philosophy
from the University of Maryland.
He served as an assistant in
chemistry of medicinal products.
organic chemistry and pharma-
ceutical analysis at the University
of Maryland. H e holds licensEre
as a registered pharmacist in the
states of North Carolina and
Maryland and has had experience
in both states in retail pharmacy
DR.. Mattocks has published four
CONTINUED On Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
WARNS FRENCH
NOT TO TAKE WALLACE
SPEECHES TO HEART

PARIS, April 17-P)-Anticipat-
ing Henry Wallace's forthcoming
visit to France, the newspaper LIE
Monde which frequently reflects
French official opinion, today eau
toned Frenchmen against attach
ing too much weight to his words.
The newspaper in a column-long
editoriol declared the Former Vice
President represents only a seq
ment of the Democratic party's
left wing.
"The quarrel which divides the
world" said the paper, sis not
SO much if one wishes or does not
wish good relations with Russia
who would not want such rela-
tions?-as by what means to OBJ
tain them.
"Tnose of Mr.. Truman may be
bad but at least they have the
merit of being definite. If Mr..
Wallace has better one to pro-
pose we would like to know them
other than through speeches as
vague as they are eloquent. GOOD
Intentions are never enough ir
politics."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
LEGION ENDORSES
PARKER FOR POST
Local Organization Still
Leads State In Total
+ Oh Members

The Wilmington American Legion
Post No. 10 went on record last
night during its regular meeting
to unanimously endorse Com
mander Louis Parker Of Post No.
1876, ElizabethtoWn, for the office
of Seventh district commander.
The visiting Legion official ad-
dressed the local post during the
meeting held in the Legion home.
William K. Rhodes, Jr., chairman
of the ways and means commit
tee, reported or the thrill show
and rides, held recently at Legion
stadium under the auspices of the
local organization. Also revealed
by Rhodes was that Peter Grant
Hell Drivers show is scheduled at
the stadium the week starting May
Is for the benefit of the drum and
bugle corps and the Forty and
Eight society.
The outstanding boy and girl OF
New Hanover High school already
have been selected by a vote OF
the faculty and members of the
senior class, according to James
E. Holton, chairman of the posts
school award committee. The win
ners will be announced at an early
date by T. T. Hamilton, Jr.,
principal.
During the coming month medals
will be presented to the two Win
ners at appropriate ceremonies.
A national organization, known
as the National Hoot Owl club, has
been formed, according to Com
mander W. K. Stewart, Jr., and
membership in the group may be
won by securing five new mem
bers or renewals for the Legion
during the period March II through
May 4. An honorary card signed
by the national commander OF. the
Continued On Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
N. E.. S%HIPBUILDING
COMPANY REFLECTS
| DIRECTORATE BOARD

All directors Of the North Caro-
Ina S%hipbuilding company were
reelected for the ensuing year at
the annual meeting OF stockhold-
ers here yesterday.
Renamed we're:
w. E. BleWett, Jr., P. F. Hal
sey, Homer L. Ferguson, Robert
l. Fletcher, E. F. Heard, E. j.
Robson, Jr., Roger Williams, J..
B. Woodward, Jr., all of Newport
News, Va, and j. Laurence
Sprunt, Wilmington.
Officers of the company will be
reelected by the directors at a
later date, it was said.
During the war, the concern
built 243 ships. 1t ceased opera
tons with completion of its con-
tracts. The shipyard has been re-
turned to the Maritime commits :
sion and the company is now in
process of liquidation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
SYMPHONY MAKES
HIT WITH CROWD
DR.. Benjamin Swain
Conducts Orchestra
AT Auditorium

Next to his musicianship what
this reporter admires most about
DR.. Benjamin Swain, conductor
of the North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra, is his orthodoxy. He
is willing to think that the COM
poser knew what he wanted to say
and is content to let him say it in
his own way.
Decor Swalin's reading Of the
Brahms First Symphony last
night, which highlighted the or
chestra's concert in the New Han
over High school auditorium, was
a most excellent illustration Of
this fine attribute.
And in addition to a faithful
reading, he is further to be COM
mended for the performance OF
the orchestra, over which ne held
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18

ALBANY, N. Y, April IL. -F)
- The New York Court OF appeals
held unanimously today that de-
famatory remarks read over the
radio constituted libel, rather than
SANDER, and that a former olum-
bia university professor had a
cause of action against Walter
Winchell, radio reporter and col
umnist.
The states highest court reject
led Winchell's appeal from lower
court decisions which denied his
lmotion for dismissal of an action
brought by George W. Hartmann,
Hermann, described in the court
record as a professor OF education
al psychology, had charged Winch,
ell libeled him in commenting on 9
sought $50, 900 in damages.
Associate Judge Thomas u
Thacher, in the prevailing opinion
referred to a previous court oplnlor
which said "what gives sting &c
the writing is its permanehce II
form"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Court Ruling Scores
One Against Winchell

t"This is true" Thatcher observed,
whether or not the writing is
seem"
Fuld Opinion
Associate Judge Stanley H. Fuld,
concurring, wrote in a separate
opinion:
1.-The primary reason assigned by
the courts from time to time to
justify the imposition of broader
liability for libel than for SANDER
has been the greater capacity for
harm that a writing is assumed
to have because of its wider range
of dissemination consequent upon
it's permanence in form.
"When account is taken of the
vast and far-flung audience reach.
ed by radio today - often far
greater than in number than the
readers of the largest metropolitan
newspaper - it is evident that the
broadcast of scandalous utterances
is in general as potentially harm
full to the DETAINED persons reputa'
ton as a publication by writing"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Accuses Krug OF Lying
To Dodge Death Responsibility
NO RIVAL NOW

ENDICOTT, N. Y, April II.
-(R- Rusty, a jealous tomcat,
was back in Scranton, Pa, to-
day, trying - perhaps = to for
get it all.
Until last November Rusty
was the pet of the Keith Martin
household here.
Then Keith, Jr., arrived, a
usurper Of first place in the
Martins affection.
Rusty stood it until February
1 when he set out for Scranton
where he had lived until last
June in the home Of Mrs. Mart
ms mother, Mrs. Harry Mad
den.
1t took him two and a half
months for the 60-miIe journey
but - he has no rival now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Strikers Will Take.
5000 Wage Payment
Union Leader Puts Out First Settlement
Feeler To Bell System; Heirne Sees Lit
tie Hope OF Immediate Peace

WASHINGTON, April II -u.D-
The first definite peace 'feeler put
out by the striking telephone work
ers came today from a top union
officer who offered to call off the
ll-day strike if the Bell Telephone
companies would grant an i'm
mediate wage increase of Sc a
week.
That proposal was put forward
at a mass meeting of strikers in
Atlanta, Ga, by Henry Mayer,
counsel for the National Fedora
ton of Telephone workers and
head of ID of the 40-odd unions
affiliated or cooperating with the
NFTW in the strike.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
EVACUATION OF LOWER TEXAS CITY
AREA ORDERD AS NEW FIRES FLARE:
r%zN1OUSE PASSES DRASTIC LABOR BILL
<4fikes Curb
Main Feature
Vote OF 3O8 To 1O7
Indicates COP Strength
To Override Veto

WASHINGTON, April II. -(P-
A bill to curb strikes, restrict I'M
ion activities and make some
sweeping changes in new deal la.
Dor law was passed overwhelming
ly today by the Republican-control
led house.
But even as it went to the Senate
the Labor committee there com
pleted a milder measure Of its
own. Stripped of some of the ma
ljor House provisions, and sent il
to the floor for debate to star
next Wednesday.
The house vote on final passage
was 1903 to 107. This would be mar
gin enough to override any veto by
president Truman, if the Lineup
on such a test should remain the
same.
While the Senate Labor commit
tees vote was II to 2 for its legis
Ilation, Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), com
mittee chairman, announced he will
lead a fight on the floor to restore
some of the stricken provision:
through amendments.
Taft meanwhile voted for the
bill to get it out to the floor, alone
with Senators Aiken (R.-Vt.(, Bal
(R.-Minn.), Smith (R.-N.J.), Morse
(R.-Ore.), Donnell R.-Mo.), Jen
ner (R.-Ind.), Ives (R.-N.Y,), Ell
bert Thomas (D.-Utah), Ellendel
(D.-La.) and Hill DALAI. That
list includes Senators Of bott
views - some favoring a stronger
bill, others favoring an even mild
er n
Voting against the bill in the
Senate committee were Senators
Murray D.-Mont.) and Pepper
D.-Fla.). both opposing any re
strictive labor proposals.
The major difference between
the two measures is that the House
bill curbs industry-wide bargain
ing, and outlaws jurisdictiona
strikes and secondary boycotts. The
Senate labor committees bill doe!
not.
Both measures would authorize
Continued On Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
And So To Bed

A continuous roar of ringing
bells filled the office Of the
Morning Star last night az base
ball fans from Wilmington and
vicinity called the office to
learn the scores of the Will
mington-Fayetteville baseball
game in Fayetteville.
As the staff answered the
six phones, which were ringing
simultaneously, coughing from
the floating dust in the remodel
ing of the office, and folk call
ing to learn the exact time,
they would hear the harsh re-
marks and the signs coming
from the loving fans as they
would say, "the score was 80,
Fayetteville's favor
The rowing sports writer
from The Star, Skinny Warren,
called the sports editor to an
nounce the score, and he sound
ed as if he were near the At
lantic Ocean. But no, he was
only disheartened over the de-
feat and said it was too much
for his poor heart to bseA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18

The "Catman" struck pay-dir1
again last night.
The thief, believed by officers tc
be a Negro man, used the same
proving tactics last night as were
used in three previous thefts here
during the week.
He struck last night at SOB South
Fourth street and carried away q
pocketbook containing approx
mately $50 in cash and other valu'
ables.
Police officers, who went to the
scene, said after investigation thai
the methods used in last nights
burglary, together with other clues
found at the scene, led them to be
lieve that THE Catman" was re-
sponsible.
The victim of last nights theft
was Mrs. A. H. VanDyke of Green
vile, N. c., who was visiting al
the house where the burglary took
place, police said.
According to reports, Mrs. Van
Dyke put her pocketbook on .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Death Total
May Hit $50
Gulf Port Menaced Again
AS Shifting Winds Fan
Humble Blaze

TAXAS CITY, April IT - Pj-
Evacuation OF the lower Texas
City area was ordered tonight as
fresh 'blazes and a shifting wind
posed new threats to this gulf port,
ravaged by deadly explosions
and fires that have killed an es,
timated $50 persons and injured
at least 5000 in two days.
The wind was swinging to the
South, blowing heavy smoke
across the city and threatening
the spread of flames. The latest
outbreak of fire was in the Hum
BILE refinery area.
A Houston Post reporter was
refused admittance at 7 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Beviin Holds
Cabinet Post
AttIee Administration
Shakeup Retires Lord
Pethic Lawrence

LONDON, Friday, April 18-W.R)
Prime Minister Clement R. Att
lee, in a cabinet shake-up. retired
Lord Pethick-Lawrence as secre-
tary for India today and took
Lord Inman, financier and chair
man of the British Broadcasting
corporation into his inner cabinet.
As part Of the shake-up the for
eign office instead of the war Of
flee was given jurisdiction over the
British occupation zones in Ger
many and Austria.
The long-expected cabinet shift
was an anti-climax in that aside
from the voluntary retirement of
~75-vear-old Lord Pethick-Lawrence
and the entrance of Lord Inman
direct to the inner cabinet from
private life, only minor changes
were involved.
There had long been rumors
that Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin woulud be replaced in the
shake-l,p and woulud become a
superplanner for economic recon
struction.
The new secretary for India is
Lord Listoval, who will have the
unpleasant job of administering
the turnover of power in India by
the deadline of June, 1948, set by
the labor government, and of ar
ranging independence for India.
Listowel, 40, was a labor member
Of commons before he succeeded
to the peerage and undersecretary
for India for a while in the war
time coalition cabinet.
New Ministers
New ministers are:
India-The Earl OF ListoWel.
Postmaster General - Wilfred
Failing.
Pensions-John Burns Hynd.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lam
easter-Lord Pakenham.
Lord Privy Seal-Lord Inman.
Minister without portfolio-Ar-
thur Greenwood.
Paling succeeds Listowel as post
master general. Hynd succeeds
Paling. Pakenham succeeds Hynd
as chancellor of the Duchy. Lord
Inman succeeds Greenwood as
Lord Privy seal.
Lord Pakenham has been serv-
ing as undersecretary for war. He
will not be replaced. His duties will
be taken over by John Dreeman,
financial secretary to the war Of
flee.
The inner cabinet now numbers
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
CRIME DECREASES
IN WILMINGTON
FB1 Reports Shows I'm
provements Oh 203 Of
lenses For 1916

Wilmington police, who record.
ed a total of 1851 offenses in 1915
were called upon to handle only l..
IS" crimes in 1916, an improve.
ment of 203 for the year, according
to a Federal Bureau of Investiga.
ton report.
The FBI In its uniform crime
reports compared this with the ma.
tional crime rate increase of 7.e
per cent during 1916 over the pre-.
vious year.
Assaults led in the number Of
crimes reported in Wilmington
with 642. The other totals were
burglary, BOG, auto theft, III, lar.
ceny, 553, robbery, 40 and murder
6.
In the report FBI Chief J. Ed.
gar Hoover noted that lawlessness
in 1916 reached a 10-year nationa
peak. He said the indications were
that juvenile delinquents of the
war years were graduating into the
field of more serious crime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
Y BUSINESSMEN
TO AID ~ DRIVE
HAYDEN Names Personnel
For Army-Type Mem
bership Campaign

Wilmington's Young Mems
Christian Associations Annual
membership and renewal drive
has selected % prominent Will
mington citizens to act as cap
tains in the fortified drive, it was
announced yesterday by Herman
Hayden, chairman OF the cam
paign. ooo
The drive will try to obtain 300
memberships, and renewals from
Wilmington citizens from Aprn
21-25.
The campaign is designed as
an army unit. 1t has Colonies,
Majors, Captains, Lieutenants
and privates.
The captains in the different
regiments will select four lieu
tenants from the prospective lieu
tnants list and try to attain more
memberships ad renewals as pos
sible for the local YMCA.
Heading the drive are: Her
man HAYDEN, chairman of the
campaign; j. R. Benson, and =,
F. Hent, majors of the first and
second divisions respectively;
lack LeGrand, first regiment;
Rev. j. B. McQuere, second reg,
iment. T.. e. Woodbury., THIRD
regiment: and A. S. Trundle,
fourth regiment.
Majors of the campaign are W.
z, Billiard. D. H. Howe, E. A.
Laney, W. A. Fonvielle, Spurgeon
Bailey, and H. NJ. Rolanq; ~ ~
onels are E. L. White, W. E. Ea-
wards, W. J. Stephenson, and e.
S. Morse.
Captains are: Claude o'shields'
william Hansley, C. S. Morse
w. C. Stanley, Jesse Reynolds
Dan Cameron, Bunny Hines, LOUIS
shrier, Gene Farris, H. R. Emory
Cicero Vow, A. S. Trundle, Hy-
ECon@;,voJ nv pauo Two. COl. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
SEE PICTURES ON PAGE
FOURTEEN

(EST) to the Texas City High
school gymnasium where bodies
had Len taken, a deputy sheriff
said:
1--WE are expecting another (oil
tank explosion any moment and
we want everyone to get as far
away as possible"
The Humble Oil and Refining
company announced hat it has
abandoned all hope of saving any
portion of it's oil storage tank
farm, scene of the principal fire
raging tonight.
John H. Hill, spokesman TO-
Mayor Curtis J. Thahan, made the
announcement shortly after an
other tank exploded at $3.50 p. m.
Hill said that danger of more
serious explosions in the area is
dependent on the contents of a
large spheroid and a small sphe-
roid on property adjacent to the
Continued On Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
EWING LAWYERS
PRESENT APPEAL
State Supreme Court Like.
ly To Hear Arguments
During May

RALEIGH, April 17-(P)- The
appeal record in the Wall c. Ewing
murder case was filed today with
the State Supreme court, and the
case probably will be argued early
next month.
Ewing, former state senator
from Cumberland county, is under
sentence to serve from Is to IL
years for the alleged murder Of
his wife, Mrs. Douglas Souther'
land Ewing.
He appealed after beng con.
victed of manslaughter in Cumber-
land superior court last September,
and now is free under S25, 900 bond
pending his appeal for a new
Continued On Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
EAST, WEST APART
ON Alto MIC PACT
Gromyko Asks For Time
To Reply To Canadian
Inspection Inquiry

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, April II
-W.H-Canada bluntly asked Rus
STA today whether non-Russians
ever would be permitted to in :
spect the Soviet Tor atomic activ-
tiles.
Soviet representative Andre:
Gromyko asked for more time be-
fore replying.
The exchange came as mem
bers of the United Nations Atomic
Energy commission met in an
other pickering session that lasted
for three hours and accomplished
nothing
After a luncheon recess, the
delegates met again to discuss an
American working paper which
outlined tentative suggestions for
the makeup Of a proposed inter-
national agency which would con-
troll all atomic activities.
The earlier meeting, however,
showed that the East and West
were still far apart.
Canada Curious
Gen. R. G. L. McNaughton OF
Canada submitted a letter to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18

The strikers, estimated W 20
ly at 1875, 600 to $50, 000. steF /,
demanded a $12 weeb' So
other contract benz =.
Meyers said they v 80
to work for a Sc "doM >oHN -
and leave the final wage
and the other union de-
be decided by arbitration.
Mayors said they would 60 back
would accept an even smaller
amount as a token Of the COM
panies' willingness to arbitrate.
NFTW spokesman in Washington
said it was the first definite back
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-18
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Fair to part
ly cloudy and mild today becoming
warmer tonight; Saturday cloudy and
warmer.
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