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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
OFFERINGS STR0NC|
ON WALLACE MART
approximately 40 90 0 0
Pounds Of Tobacco
Sold Yesterday

WALLACE, Oct. 1.-THE Wal
Tobacco Market swung back
la.o is season-long heavy selling
Aa;t Yesterday and today with
ss' J 400, 0OO-pound sales
Zach day to run the total
v" ,ndage for the week to nearly
yg50o 600. according to John Skies,
Gales Supervisor.
After being almost washed out
hr the heavy rains Tuesday and
Wu7odnesday when total sales for
wv two days were only around
on0 mo pounds, the farmers came
Sock strong with their offerings
,osterday and topped the week
If today by virtually filling
9Ioors OF two warehouses here.
.nnroximately 400, 900 pounds
ttobscco were sold here today
W around $46 per hundred.
Tsrmers from just about every
.bore swelled the p~oundage with
,hoir offerings. Word had got
.ro1pd that the release of Of
fcial government figures for
ssntember showed Wallace to be
,Sf leader in high price per
hnndred averages for the entire
Eastern North Carolina Belt.
And farmers were quick to take
,dvantage of the market here
as a price leader.
These figures also showed
Wallace at the top of all flue~cur-
ID belts in pounds of tobacco sold
during September per set of buy
srs.
Warehousemen Bill Hussey,
Oscar Blanchard, and Rack Rack
lev. sales lines leaders, continu-
ID hopeful tonight that prices
next week will stay up here and
that farmers will profit by bring
ing their tobaccos here. These
ANTAGONISTS promised fast and
orderly-as well as profitable -
sales and indications tonigh t
were that farmers for many
miles around will bring their
tobacco to Wallace next week.
which seems likely to be another
banner week on the Wallace
market.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
CONTRACTS LET
FOR ROAD WORK
Wilmington Company Ia
Do Construction On
Columbus Project

RALEIGH, Oct. II. - B -
Contracts on five projects, total
ing $485, 173,45, were awarded to-
day by the State Highway and
Public Works Commission.
The projects:
Pasquotank-C Camden structures
for three bridges on US II be-
tween junction US 1853 and South
Mills and box culvert on US 1853;
E. P. Brinkley, Raleigh, $62.674.
70.
Columbus - bituminous sur
facing and structures on 49,
miles on NC 40 from a point or
US FOL approximately two miles
northeast of Tabor City north
east to a point one mile south
of Chadbourn; Zeigler Cline con
struction company Fayetteville:
$215,220.35, roadway; Coastal
Construction Corporation, Viii
mington, $23, 295.5 so, structures.
Moore - grading bituminous
surface treatment and structures
of 3.99 miles from a point on
NC % south of Hallison north
to a point approximately one
mile south of High Falls, Wayne
Engineering and Construction
Co., Inc, Mt. Olive, $73, 423. 35
roadway; Claude c. Wheeler
Inc, Oxford, $24,256, structures
Harnett-grading (bituminious
surface treatment and structures
of 1888 miles from a point on
Buckhorn road IL miles north
west of US Is A northwest te
Christian Light church, Boyle
Construction company, Sumter.
S. c., $46, 421, roadway; Subel
and Company, Inc, Whitmire, S,
c., $18,990.65, structures.
Henderson - structures for
overhead bridges over South
ern Railway at Fletcher, Nea.
Hawkins, Gastonia, $40, 1872. go.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
HOLLYWOOD PROBE
TO START MONDAY
House Committee May Con-
duct Hearings Without
Chaplin Testimony

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. Up
- The house committee on I'm
american Activities may conduct
its forthcoming investigation of
Hollywood without testimony
from Charles Chaplin.
Rep. j. Parnell Thomas (R.-N.
J.), committee chairman, told
newsmen at a "briefing" session
today he is not certain that Chap
lain will be put on the witness
stand during the two or three
weeks of hearings" starting next
Monday. The Committee wants to
learn whether there are any Com
munists in Hollywood, Thomas
said.
Chaplain is one of almost so
Hollywood personalities sub
poenaed several weeks ago and
had been considered one of the
headline witnesses.
I'VE may complete this case
without Charlie Chaplin" Thorn
as said.
While the chairman declined to
identify the first witnesses he
said there will be an average of
three or four witnesses daily,
with from 10 to so to be called.
Not all of them will be from Hol-
lywood, he added, but IS per cent
of them will be from the movie
industry.
Eve are going to inquire into
every phase of the industry"
Thomas said.
Asked just what the committee
expects to prove, Thomas COM
mented:
Il don't want to PREJUDICE the
case but the facts in the next two
or three weeks will bring out
clearly whether there are any
communists in the movie indus
try
Thomas made it clear that at
torneys for witnesses will not be
allowed to testify or make state
ments nor will they be permitted
to question witnesses.
They will be allowed to suggest
witnesses for questioning, he said
adding that some of those called
were done so at the request OF
the movie industry.
"But we will do all the ques.
tioning," he said.
Thomas said there will be nc
ban on publicity and the proceed
ings probably will be broadcast
! televised, transcribed, photo
graphed and otherwise recorded
: The hearings will be held in thu
Caucus room in the old house Of
} flee building. The room will ac'
: comodate about 400 spectators il
: addition to about 100 newsmer
and witnesses.
= One house member already hal
j, wired for six orchestra seats,
Thomas jokingly reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Ordered To Pay $4,000
In Fines And Serve
Jail Term

BALTIMORE, Oct. II -R-
Eugene B. Casey, white haired
42-year-old millionaire who was
one of Presidents Roosevelt's
wartime executive assistants
with a passion for anonymity
today was sentenced to pay $780,
600 in fines and serve a jail tern
Tor failure to pay income taxes,
Casey entered a plea of nc
contest" to a 10-month-old in
dictment accusing him of evad.
ing $40, 384 in taxes for l941-42.
43.
Federal Judge w. Calvin Ches-
nut imposed a $4,000 fine ano
a six-month Jail sentence on the
first count of the indictment. He
ordered $4,000 fines and six.
month terms on each of the
other two counts but suspended
the Jail sentences provided Casey
pays all taxes, penalties and court
costs and helps the government
uncover any further liabilities.
The judge said it is in the
public interest to impose "some-
thing more than a mere fine and
suspended sentence in this CASE
Casey, a farmer, real estate
operator and engineer who lives
near Washington at Gathers
burg, Md, pleaded innocent and
was tried on the indictment in
March but the jury disagreed.
When he changed his plea to-
day, Internal Revenue Agents Of
fered testimony that Casey owed
$105, 900 more in taxes for the
three years.
They said they did some re-
checking after he testified in
March that he was worth So, $780,
900 although practically broke
in 1892.
The new liabilities they found,
the agents testified, plus penal
ties on both the new and old
e%vasions, plus interest, left Casey
owing the government 1892, 912
in addition to the $213,O84 he
paid in claims just before he
was indicted.
The government said it con-
sidered the additional claims
itemized today as a civil and not
a criminal liability.
Casey was allowed until next
Monday to start serving the
Jail sentence. The balding, stoop-
Shouldered defendant walked de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Eugene B. Casey Sentenced
I'm Income Tax Indictment

jectedly away after receiving the
sentence.
He is defendant in another suit,
filed in a Chicago Federal Court
Sept. 4, which charges he care
fully calculated and skilfully con-
ceived a plan" to avoid $4,000 in
real estate commissions.
Mccarthy Brothers of Chicago
contend the commissions are due
on sale of a history building
there by Casey to the U. S. FL
deity and Guaranty Company
also named a defendant.
When Casey was tried in
March, he conceded he had Sin
advertently" overlooked items OF
income. He said his returns were
prepared by an unsuitable ac-
countant" and he didn't look
them over because he was toe
busy on missions for the late
President.
He said President Roosevelt
once told him if he thought il
was more important to work or
his returns than on bolsterine
west coast defenses against the
japanese he had "better get
some yen than dollars"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Department.
THINGS TO MAKE AND DO)
MYSTERIOUS FIGURE ON A
SCREEN

Here is a very mystifying
trick. Set up a screen on the
wall and place a candle on a
table. Announce to your friends
that you are going to take a
perfectly clean piece of glass,
rub it with silk. and hold it
between the candle and the
screen. A magic figure will then
appear on the screen. Your
friends will be amazed, all the
more so because they apparent
ly witnessed all the prepara-
tons.
Here is the explanation of the
trick, which is based upon a
well-known property Of electric
ity. In the first place, much of
the preparation has to be done
while your friends are absent
from the room.
First, lay two books Of the
same thickness on the table,
about four inches apart, as in
the picture. File an ordinary
cork bottle-stopper with a fine
file and deposit the powder thus
obtained in the space between
the two books. Be sure that you
cover all the space.
On a rectangular piece OF
glass draw a profile in glyce---
inc, filling it in solidly, This
profile should be small enough
to it the space between the two
books. Finally, set up your
screen on the wall and put q
candle on the table. about two
feet away from the screen.
Now your friends may be
summoned to watch you per-
form the trick. The room must
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
SYMPHONY BOARD
TO MEET SUNDAY
Funds Being Solicited Over
State For 1913 Con-
cert Tour

SALISBURY, Oct. 17-(R-
The Board Of Trustees Of the
North Carolina Symphony Socie'
ty will meet at 4 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Carolina Inn ir
Chapel Hill, it was announced
today by Spencer Murphy, presi
dent of the society.
The society is the official gov
erning body Of the North Caro-
lima Symphony Orchestra which
boasts that it is the only state
subsidized symphony orchestra
in the nation, and which features
free concerts for public schoo
children.
The last legislature appro-
priated SIZE 500 in assistance
funds for the orchestra this year
and Mr.. Murphy said local cam
paigns are now in progress II
e number of the states towns
seeking to raise additional funds
necessary to finance a concer'
season beginning Jan. Is ane
extending through May OF mex
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE

be left in darkness, except for
the candle. Show your friends
the piece of glass, which in the
dim light will appear to be
without markings of any sort.
Then proceed with the trick.
Lay the glass across the two
books, so that the profile will
be in the space between them,
with the glycerine-marked side
toward the cork filings. Rub the
top surface of the glass with
a piece of silk. Your friends
will see all this and will think
nothing of it. But this is what
will be taking place.
AS you rub the glass, you will
be charging it with electricity.
The cork powder under the
glass will be attracted to it,
just as iron filings are attracted
to a magnet. Normally all the
cork powder would drop off as
soon as the charge on the glass
was exhausted. On your pre-
pared glass, however, the par
ticles of cork will stick to the
portions of the glass to which
the glycerine has been applied.
Therefore, when you hold the
glass between the candle and
the screen, the figure that you
have drawn will appear, as if
by magic, upon the screen.
An Amusing Hat Trick
Tell your friends you can
place a glass of water on the
table, cover it with a hat, and
drink the water without remov-
ing the hat. Here is how it is
done.
Set the glass of water on the
table, borrow a hat and place
it over the glass. Then get I'M
der the table and pretend to
drink. Next ask somebody to re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
AUTO SALESMAN
FOUND MURDERED
Wife Sat Through, Two
Shows Waiting For
Slain Husband

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17-tP)-
Mrs. Elizabeth Grana sat through
two showings of a movie here
last night, waiting for her hus-
band, but he failed to keep the
date. His body was found early
today slumped over the wheel
of his blood-spattered automobile
north of here, three bullet holes
in the back of his head.
State Police said they found
the death car on a lonely gravel
road 90 miles north of New Or
leans shortly after l a. m. They
identified its sole occupant as
Frank Grana, AZ, a used car
salesman. Troopers said he had
ipeen dead for about four hours.
The dead mans fearful 81
vear-old wife said he had post
poned their movie date to meet
a friend he had not seen in 10
years. Mrs. Grana said her hus-
band told her to sit in a back
row and that he would join her
later.
The Staying baffled police.
There was no gun in the a and
apparently no clues as to the
identity of the killer.
Although $40 was found in his
pocket, Grana, an independent
automobile contractor, sometimes
carried with him "as much as
81, 900 or $5,000," friends later
said.
Sheriff Leon Vial theorized that
there were two or more other
persons in the car when Grana
was slain. He said it looked like
a gangster Staying"
Captain J. E. Curry, command
ing the State Police mere, said
the body was discovered by
troopers after an unidentified
man told them he had passed the
automobile and that inside it was
Ia man either drunk or dead"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGES ASSIGNED
Special Judge George A.
Shuford Ia Preside In
Buncombe

RALEIGH, Oct. II. - (P -
Special Judge George A. Shu.
ford. Governor Cherry's most re-
cent appoint to the Superior
Court bench, will begin his new
work next week.
He received his first assign
ment today from the Governors
office, to hold a week of mixed
court in his home county, Bun
combe, starting Monday.
Judge George A. Patton OF
Franklin, who was to have held
the Buncombe term, was assign
ed to the second week of a civil
term in Mecklenburg. He is hold
ing the first week this week.
Other assignments send Judge
J. A. Rousseau of North Wilkes
boro to Forsyth October 20 for
a week of civil court, and Judge
@. K. Nimocks, Jr., of Fayette-
vile to Wake for a weeks criml-
nal term November 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
HOSPITAL BOARD
ASKS MORE CASH
Community Managers Ap-
peal To City, County For
Operating Funds

Through it's board of man
ayers Friday, Community hos
pital asked the city and county
governments for additional OPP
Grating funds although it's finan-
cial condition improved some
what during the month of Sep
TENDER.
September receipts totalled
SO, 171.25, expenditures for the
month were $685. 81, leaving q
saving which added to its cash
on hand at the first Of the month
to give a favorable balance OF
$2,255.46 in the blue.
Through a letter signed by M.
N. Leary, secretary, the board
nevertheless let the city and
county governments know that
it favored additional funds. The
hospital deals solely with Neg
70 patients, and they are less
capable of paying for hospitall-
cation than are the patients ct
other hospitals, the board point
ed out.
The Community has a larger
amount Of INDECENT patients in
proportion to it's total census
than does James Walker Mem
orial hospital, the letter added.
The board asked the city and
county to make appropriations
for operating costs of the two
hospitals on the basis of the
relation that the number of in
digent patients bears to the to-
tai number of patients in the
census of each hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

move the hat to see if the water
is still in the glass. AS soon
as the hat has been lifted up,
seize the glass and drink the
water.
That is what you promised to
do. You drank the water with
out removing the hat - some
body else removed it
Copyright, 1916, BY The
Grolier Society Inc, based upon
The Book Of Knowledge)
Distributed By United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
MONDAY: - What Are the
Great Styles of Buildings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
SYNOPSIS

Alison Van Dyke comes to
Washington to live with Teresa,
her ambitious, domineering
haH-sister, following the death
of their mother, Kitty, in YER
mont. Four years before Tere-
sa, 3 highly successful interior
decorator, had married Sam
Tarrant, quiet, idealistic news
paperman, but the marriage
had ended in divorce the follow
ing year shortly after the birth
of their daughter Suzy. Alison,
who was Is at the time of the
wedding, knew the instant she
met Sam that he was the only
man she would ever love. Tere-
Ss was not at home when Alison
arrived, but to her great joy,
Sam was there enjoying his
weekly visit with his small
daughter. He explained that
since his discharge from the
army he has been operating the
newspaper and farm in nearby
Virginia which his late father
left him. He confided his worry
over Suzy, a shy, nervous child
VINO became so upset when in
noduced to Alison, her nurse,
MISS Winstead, was forced to
AXE her from the room. Teresa
came in shortly after Sans de-
parture and, upon learning of
MS visit, expressed annoyance.
Arson in trying to defend him
IS forced TO admit she finds him
most attractive. Later in h e r
room, she wondered if Teresa
sull saw wealthy Philip Spen-
veF, Who had long been IN love
With her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
CHAPTER TEN

Alter a week it was apparent
" ALISON that while Miss Win.
sy5ao was afraid Of losing her
,oO' Annette was not. The scar
IVY OF maids made it simple
understand Annette's attitude
y Independence that mani
lssled Itself, in one instance, oy
ber loud singing of Methods
ss{lhns IN the morning. Wher
sstson told her eone day that
dig d|s enjoyed her singing (she
Wy, though she couldn't eelr
I.sA1ng there was less of it,
.ne lett from that moment on
s: Annette regarded her as
MS %Ss Of an intruder into a house.
nuiS that had been originally
VAly three.
Miss Winstead, on the other
.p.lo' regarded Teresa with
nv and fear. When she SAID,
nlSs T~arrant" in her thin
=, Ssfulous voice, it was as il
tae e We're speaking of her pro.
noIeSs rather than of her EN-.
rsy Though Alison saw her
" I and then only accidental.
ule first week, she came te
Tsr" That in the morning after
vsr eSs was gone Winnie looked
sUe and absent-minded. while
Ta@roule afternoon just before
lonte Sa came home she wore g
ysa u strained efficiency. L
t,m hardly reasonable in these
tude eS 10 assume that her att
TSae Was founded on devotion
bise must be some reason,
plrsa decided, why Suzy's
iob Se was afraid of losing he1
ne %esh~hile enl oiled in. a bust.
ton's course that took her into
trvinu every morning, she was
/ ding conscientiously to do twe
e'~to learn shorthand a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Forestry Association
Opens Annual Meeting

ASHEVILLE, Oct. 17--(P)-The
North Carolina Forestry AS
ISOLATION opened it's annual con-
vention here today with an at
tendance estimated at 100 mem
bers and guests. Sessions will
last through tomorrow.
DR.. C. F. Korstian, Dean of the
School of Forestry of Duke Uni
versity and President of the AS
ISOLATION, will preside at all ses-
sions. D. Hidden Ramsey, general
manager Of the Asheville Citi-
zen-Times company, was the
principal speaker at a dinner
tonight.
General purpose of the con-
vention is a discussion of the
need for responsibility of forest
ry in this state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
1t Took A Long Time
To Get, Short Time
To Lose This Tractor

GARNER, Ia, Oct. II. -(P)-
Vic Simmons, who had an order
in for a tractor for two years, re-
ceived his machine the first of
this week.
Today a fire on his farm a mile
west of here destroyed two large
barns, a granary containing the
entire 1947 oats crop and farm
equipment, including the $4,000
tractor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
MMA@sMM qds~
&CMAPGAPET NICHOLS

cases that come to me. l
couldn't believe them myself at
first. Then l realized that they
are the stuff of which life is
made. Life is not a cut and
dried affair. And if 1 were cal
lous about them, as I'd some
times like to be, I'd lose my
own humanness All, here
comes our tea"
81 remember Philip, too. How
is he?"
"He's fine. He was not in the
service though. A delicate topic
with him still. They couldn't
find anything for a man with
such poor eyesight to do. So
he continued to practice law by
day and do volunteer work by
night. He worked so hard /
thought he'd be a home front
casualty"
"Isn't he married?"
Edna glanced up. "My dear,
don't you know that Philip will
never marry anyone as long as
there's a chance with Teresa?
He's loved her for something
like seven years through her
marriage and her divorce. He's
as patient as he is good. I'm
always hoping he'll fall in love
with someone and marry and
have children. He should. There
are three of us in the family,
Philip and Nicola and 1, and
none of. us had a child. It's a
great pity"
81 met Nicola the night Tere-
sa and Sam were married."
"Nicola will never marry
again. She's gone through two
divorces and the last was sor-
did and expensive. She's like a
bird that changes its habitat too
frequently to mate. Life to her
is a simple formula: have a
good time. But she really isn't
as wicked as she would have
others believe. And she is one
Of the most honest women I've
ever known. One Of her virtues
at last, is telling the truth. 1t
gets her into trouble constantly.
She's in California now. Before
the war she lived abroad most
~"
To Ro Continued
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

tipping and not to think about
Sam. The reverse would have
been better because she was
having difficulty with the short
hand and tipping, while there
was nc difficulty at all in giving
He lived in her mind as if she
were with him, walking beside
him every hour of his day, feel
ing the power Of his strong at
traction and his eyes. dark and
bright, turned warmly on her,
loving her with his look. Reality
and dreams. Reality that said
you must place your hands thus
and so upon the typewriter keys
and not look at the keys .
Dreams Sam loving her
with his look. Teresa was his
old dream. Couldn't she, Alison,
be his new one? Couldn't she?
Everyone must have a dream
its epitaph upon his heart? Per
haps it wasn't dead at all. Per
haps it would be revived, re-
vitalized There were things
an outsider could not see-the
ties that hold a man and a
woman together from the ritual
of love-that even divorce does
not sever.
One day when the school day
was mercifully ended, she
found Edna Castine in the Of
flee waiting for her. Wearing a
plain tweed suit and a tailored
blouse and a casual brown hat,
Edna looked substantial and
sensible and friendly. If anyone
looked the part of protectress it
was this woman who in four
years had changed only in that
her dark hair had strands OF
white mixed with it. She had
the same stateliness, the same
benign eyes and sweet mouth.
Alison felt a flow Of affection
when she went toward her.
"Mrs. Castine!"
Edna held out her hand. "I'l]
have none of that. I'm Edna.
Teresa told me where you were
and l thought perhaps you'd
have a cup of tea with me il
you haven't anything more in
teresting to do"
"I'd love it. 1 haven't a thing
to do. I was going straight
home"
Edna smiled. "You knew me
I'm flattered. l thought I'd have
to go into elaborate details te
make you remember you once
spent the night at my house
with your mother"
"I've never forgotten you
I've never forgotten that nigh
either"
For an instant Edna looked
as if the memory of that nigh
was a poignant one for her
Then she frightened and sale
there was a little place aroune
the corner that was fairly quiet
In the booth Alison slipped
her dark gray gabardlne Goa
from her shoulders. She W
wearing a gray wool jumper
and a yellow blouse.
Edna chuckled at her owl
sigh of WEAKNESS. eyes, I'm
tried. It's been a cycle over
period of four years. First W.
had to find the places and thu
equipment to give recreation tt
the boys in the service. Once
it was going We had to main
tain it. And now my volunteer
lob is rehabilitation"
"No small task"
She shook her head. "Yol
would not believe some OF tn