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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

by nabblng the murderer single
handed while making monkeys of
the sleuths. . This is a rare event
In real life. But it has happened
:. Some years ago a Chicago re-
porter followed a fleeing bank rob-
Der into Canada, continued on his
trail when he. headed for Europe
and finally captured him in Ger
many. . Another reporter named
Isaac White cracked a murder
mystery with some adroit gum
shoe1ng. And the only evidence he
had to york with was a button
from the coat of the killer.
Not all "beats." however. are
Favored with Hollywood's WOW
finish. . Carl G. Magee was the
newSpaperman was later pardoned
the spotlight on the politicos in.
volVed in the Teapot Dome a
DIAL. But they were so powerful
they managed to railroad Magee
to jail on a charge of libel. The
nehSp2perman was later par ~.ned
and turned his editorial guns on
the judge in the libel case. =.
One day the judge attacked MAGE
trom behind) ip a hotel lobby.
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Around Capitol Square
Uwustifed Imprisonment
Payment Act Put Into Use

LIMITED - Amount payable
under the bill is a maximum Of
500 a year for time served and
not to exceed a total of S., 900 to
any n person. Payment of any
amount is optional with the COVER
nor and council of state after in
vestlgation and recommendation
by the p e S commissioner.
Cross has recommended that
Langley be paid, but the council
OF state has not acted on the mat
ter. Money to meet allowed claims
must come from the contingency
and emergency fund. which
already has more than it can car
ry.
SOVEREIGNTY - The 1947 act
was the first step ever taken to
enable the state to compensate
wrongfully imprisoned citizens.
Traditional]y the attitude has been
hat the State is sovereign and can
DO no wrong. This. same attitude
has made it. difficult for claimants
to collect for property damage oc.
casloned by state agencies.
although every general assembly
IN recent wears has tentatively an
proved payment of numerous
claims upon finding of fact that
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The North Carolina Merchants as
ISOLATION, at it's recent convention in
Raleigh, unanimously pledged it's mem
hers to continue to throw our full
weight in the effort to hold down
prices"
To do this the retailers promised
to continue to instruct u buyers
to exercise great care in buying, with
an eye to both quality and price, and
refuse to buy from manufacturers and
suppliers when their prices are too high
to enable US to sell at a reasonable
profit"
They also gave their formal word
to pass on to our customers the bene-
fit of every reduction in the price of
goods at the supply level. We will con-
tinue to mark all goods sold by us at
the lowest possible price consistent with
a reasonable profit"
The resolution, if all merchants live
up to it, should be a material means of
effecting lower prices.
Most are going to maintain the
pledge from the standpoint Of good
business alone.
The days of the sellers market"
are just about over. It is fast re-
turning to a buyers" one. With the
lush prosperity of wartime wages be-
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League last year.

cover where Wallace stood, so he
could tremble in his shadow.
RICHMOND TIM : DIS
PATCH: MIR. Truman, by a few
palably political paragraphs Spite
ed into 5000 words of legalistic
language. encouraged open re-
volt against the most important
piece of legislation in a decade.
which he had good reason to sus-
pect would be passed over his
vote. . Mr.. Truman has not lived
up to the standards of statesman
ship required of his high office, .
RALEIGH. NEWS AND OR.
SERVER: THE Congress should
sustain the veto of the Hartley
TAFT bill and write another hin
that would be directed as inst tho
abuses of labor, without dest.ov
ing any of labor's rights. any
CONTINUED on Page 9; Column .,
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What Others Say
What Others Say
Most Newspapers Condemn Veto OF Labor Bill

brain, papa knows : best state OF
mind which now afflicts the Pres
idept.
THE NEW YORK HERALD
TRIBUNE - Mr.. Truman. has
precipitated a wasting, paralyzine
struggle that can only end wher
a Republican congress and a Re.
publican president can cooperate
to create a coherent adm;nistra
ton.
THE NEW YORK POST-Harr,
5. Truman, has demonstrated be
You'd cavil that he vetoed the Taft
hartley labor bill for one compre
hensive, compelling reason - pro
lection of the national weteere. Hi.
veto shows it, his radio appea
confirms it.
PM - Republican congressional
leaders are saying that there vii
be no "cooperation or harmony
with President Truman from nov
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Here is some editorial comment,
collected by the United Press, on
President Truman's veto of the
Taft-Hartley. bill:
NEW YORK TIMES - By the
course which he has pursued
throughout the history of this leg
isiation, eliminating in yester-
days violation of his own pro-
fessed acceptance of the verdict
of the voters" last November, the
President has raised an issue and
presented a challenge more i'm
portant than the merits OF the bill
itself. The house is to be applaud
ed. . The senate cannot do less
and still preserve its s~elf-respect.
THE NEW YORK DAILY
NEWs-If the Taft-Hartley bill be-
comes law, the rev Truman AFRO
g-nce will have been rebuked IN
one instance. That, however, can
not be expected to cure the great
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Magee fired several shots a. l"
judge without hitting AIf' ,,.,
And one of the wild Shots KIN.
Magee's best friend. who was '''
ing to his rescue.
Probably the most a!ll'A
scooper-dooper was whipped W ~. "
H. L. Mencken. AT err a vls .,
study of maps and sa.ps n'i .',
he penned an imaginary accv 81,
of i Russo-Japarese naval os. a.,
Two weeks later the sctjal Is, !.
story of The battle confirmed ~, +
most everything Menc@ a8o VI"
ten.
Before the telephona wa .9tp.
some New York gazetteS e,'' f-or
ed trains for relayinE news rtsr
Washington when an mp mp Bs
yarn was scheduled to 0fe@s, n
one Big Town newsboy '"..V'r man
per couldn't charter a ram nrir'
aged to beat his rivals ln'o p,o;i
He merely hijscked the r ,iIotet
TONS chartered train and
it back to New YorH' =,
Then there's the tale s0' ,
Continued on Page IA .O
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on as a result Of his hear3warm-
ing fight against the Taft-Hartley
bill. All that mans a return to
the two-party system. That's all
to the good -. Then the people
can know who did what to them
and do something about it al
the next election.
THE SCRIPTS HO WAR;
NEWSPAPERS Having studied
the bill, and tbs debates on it ir
Congress, we think the dangers
Mr.. Truman processes to fear are
highly improbable, and most o.
them impossible.
THE NEW YORK MIRROR
Truman knew he would veto the
Tast-Hartley bill. He vetoed il be
fore it IVES passed. He cid no
need to read it paragraph bv par
agrsph, line by line. He nedee
only to consult Phi Murray ane
Bill Green. He needed only to dis
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an agent of the state was nesla
BILE. The state board Of educate
and the highway commission al
now studying a number Of theS
claims.
MILK-The commission autho'
lied by the last general assefA'.,
to study the milk situation
North Carolina and make recon
mendations for laws 10 he 1a
Legislature has been APPOINTED >
Governor Cherry. The act Ia-
designated some of the eX,olI..
members and prescribed seleC-.
of others within mario" ILL,
tations, but the siXteen-man con
mission is regarded as capaoIs ~
dong the job. Properly e4Cugn !.
entire personnel of The co'n'nls'. 4.
comes from the middle cart Oh u
state where both production d.
consumption of milk is concerns
Continued on Page "a; Column
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No Happy Chandler

Though independence is in the offing,
India's troubles continue on apace. At
the moment India's Hindus seems to
be having even. more trouble with the
Moslem League than Americas base
ball magnates had with the Mexican
League last year.
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- ~
1t will be observed that of the
81 per cent, about half az per
cent? think there is either a great
or a fairly good chance of I'M
employment. To put it another
way, u per cent of the total
sample of employed people poll
ed by the Institute think there is
a better than slight chance of los
ing their jobs within the next
year.
How many millions of workers
would this be if the percentage
are translated into peoples
The most recent report on the
labor force was issued by the
Census Bureau, covering the
week of May 4-10. At that time
there were 1880, 900 persons Il
years Of age or over gainfully
employed outside of agriculture
industries, and the number OF
unemployed was approximately
1000. 900.
If the worst fears of the u
per cent mentioned above are
realized then the number Of un-
employed would be approximate
ly trebled, assuming that none got
other jobs.
The survey found wide differ
ences in the degree of job optim-
ism among various occupa tional
groups. OF the professional and
business people, which includes
proprietors, only about n in
ten thinks there is any chance
of being out of work within a
year.
Among manual workers, on the
other hand, more than one in four
expressed fear of unemployment
in the coming year.
The results of the survey by
occupational gro Us:
An Chance Of Unemployment?
No
Prof. & Bus. --11@ 1870 6%
White Collar III 70 Is
Manual
Workers Ga 81 Il
In general, there is less optl-
mism in cities of over 5OO,0o
population than in smaller cities
people polled in cities of half a
Twenty-six per cert CT employed
million or mere said there was q
chance of unemployment within
the next year, as compared to ~
Continued on Page IA; Column y
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GOOD MORNING

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure
conscience.-1 Timothy SO.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little
spark of celestial fire, called Conscience.
George Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
The Gallup Poll
One-F1fth See Chance OF Unemployment
In United States Within Coming Year
Fear Of Losing Jobs Great
er In Big Cities Than In
Small Towns
BY GEORGE GALLUP
Director. American Institute
of Public 0nininn

PRINCETON, N. j., June
.21-One person in every five
in the n%on-farm population
of thee United States thinks
there is a chance that he or
the b~readwinner On whom the
family depends will be unem-
ployed within the next year.
That is shown in a coast-to-coast
survey conducted b ythe Institute
as an ''index of job optimisms" in
the United States today.
The most optimistic are the bust
ness and professional classes and
the white collar workers. Manual
workers are the leas toptimistic,
the survey shows.
The job optimism index was ar
rived at by questioning a national
crcss-section not including farm
ers, on the following:
During the next year. do you
think there is any chance that you
your husband) will be unemploy-
aJ1H
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TIC Il PET CEIIC ~IIUIcdlIIg 4
fear of becoming unemployed were
asked:
How great a chance is there
very great, fairly great, or only
a slight chance?" $50.
Evening star., 1947-01-07
Bobby-Sox Etiquette Cited
In Plea for Dances at School

A lesson in bobby-sox etiquette
was given to members of the Manor
Park Citizens Association last night.
Gary Newman, IA, who joined in
a panel discussion, told the asso-
ciation it is not considered proper
for a junior high school student to
dance with q senior high school
pupil.
Gary, who is In the ninth grade
at Paul Junior High School, made
the point in requesting support Of
his proposal for dances at his own
school every Friday night.
Jean Davis, a recent graduate of
Calvin Coolidge High School, an
ether participant of the panel dis
cussion, expressed gratitude for the
existence Of the Teen Club Canteen
at Coolidge. The club is open every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
night from $50 to $50 o'clock.
Other speakers we're Miss Nell
Hammond, field director of the
Camp Fire Girls; Carl v. Hickman,
president OF the North Washington
Recreation Council, and Mrs. Alice
Dolhof, child labor inspector.
The association advocated income
tax exemption for honorably dis
charged veterans of World War II,
with the provisions that the exemp-
ton be applied only to incomes not
Evening star., 1947-01-07

exceeding 5000, and that the ex-
emption continue for period twice
as long as the veteran served in
the armed forces.
The group also favored the adop-
tion OF daylight saving time in
Washington during the summer
months.
The meeting was conducted by
Leverett A. Meadows, president, and
was held in the Whittier School,
Fifth and Sheridan streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-01-07
Last Mon Club Plans
Election Tomorrow

The Last Man Club will meet at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in room 236 at
s15 Fifteenth street NV. to elect
officers.
The club, now in its second dec
ade, has 80 active members. OF
the rest of the original 100 mem
bers five have died and five are
inactive. Plans are being made for
the 10th annual banquet to be held
February Is.
Evening star., 1947-01-07
Deaths Reported

James R. Greenlee. "a. 627 East Capitol st
Rev. Aloysius Borshants, 81. Sacred Heart
Seminary.
Lillian M Hollebaugh. 79. 1924 Lang pl.
Nina c. Walker. rs, 2s15 a st. NV.
Lester " Kite. 72. 5910 1st st. ne.
Edwin j., Ladley. 72; Bathesda. Md.
Arthur E. Harris 55, 619 C st. ne.
Dewey Massman. 48, 311 Massachusetts,
Ethel D. Seymour, 40, 3as Bird st. NV.
Gloria A. .Weisba cker, infant; not stated.
Priscilla Grimm, ~. 2i20 ist st. NV.
John II. Monroe. 50. 1856 G sa s.w.
Mamie C. Smith, "a, ,24o Warren st ne.
Theodure johnson. 40. 203 Morgan st. NV.
Evening star., 1947-01-07

the membership viii be held at $40
pm, January Is at the Blackstone
Addison B. Clohosey, director Of the
washington editorial odice Of the
research institute Of America, will
speak. The meeting win be ad-
journed at 8:15 pm. 30 members
can attend the Federation Of Busi-
ness Mems Associations meeting.
Evening star., 1947-01-07
Business Association
Holds Dinner TONIGHT

The directors Of the American
Business Association. Inc, will hold
q dinner at o'clock tonight at the
Blackstone Hotel. All members Of
the association are invited.
The monthly. dinner meeting for
Evening star., 1947-01-07

cording to Mrs. Simon Davis, house
chairman.
The home, &C 1125 Spring road
NV, can care for only II incurables,
and the admission of one more In
durable patient recently has COM
pletely filled the home.
Evening star., 1947-01-07
Aged Hebrew Home
Is Reported Filled

The Hebrew Home for the Aged,
a member of the Community Chest,
has reached its capacity of 10, ac-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
PRESIDENT CHOSEN
BY NCWC ALUMNAE
Annual Convention OF Or
ganization Names Mrs.
Jester

GREENSBORO, May 30.-CP-
Mrs. Carlton Jester, Jr., of Green's
boro, was elected new president
of the Woman's College Alumni
Association at the annual meeting
of the organization here today.
She will serve for two years.
Voting was conducted by alum
a through mail and presented
as a report of the nominating
committee, headed by Mrs. Her
bert Faux, of Greensboro. The
report was accepted in its en-
tirety. Others named at the same
time were Mrs. R. J. M. Hobbs,
of Chapel Hill, second vice pres
ident; and Mrs. Bruce Strowd,
also of Chapel Hill, formerly of
Greensboro. recording secretary.
The office of first vice president
will be filled by the alumnae
board, Mrs. Jester having hello
that office. New members of the
board will be Miss Rachel Cliff
ford, Dunn; Mrs. w. Beatty FAIR,
Jr., Greensboro; Miss S u S i e
Sharpe, Reidsville; and Mrs. Ralph
WC.odard, Goldsboro.
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War Department
Foor Distribution
Head Makes Charge

WASHINGTON, May 81 (P -
Tracy S. Voorhees,, when admin
listers food distribution for the War
Department in occupied countries,
said tonight that Communism
would ''take over" if the U. S.
quit feeding the Germans.
Communism, like nature, alb
hOrS a vacuum, and there is no
surer way to create a vacuum 10
the heart of Europe than to starve
Jul in Germany" he said.
He and Norris E. Dodd, under
secretary of agriculture, agreed
that the German diet is miserably
thin, the daily ration now being
equal in calories to one loaf of
bread.
Dodd said that the United States
could greatly increase its ship
ments Of food to Europe if there
we're plenty of boxcars to get the
food to shipside.
He said cars needed to ship
grain are being used to ship new
autos, refrigerators, radios, ETC.,
and IF we took those cars to ship
more grain, business would yell
to high heaven"
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NEW BERN DOG SHOW

NEW BERN, May 31-A sanction
dog show will be held here June
9 at the armory, under the spon-
sorship of the New Bern Kennel
club. The club officers are j. H.
Airport, president; Joseph K. Clay.
vice president; c. N. Noble of
Trenton, secretary; and C. M.
Bowden, treasurer. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Corsbie of Greensboro will
act as official judges. Both ribbon
and cash prizes will be awarded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
HAROLD ICKES WARNS
CONGRESS TO BUSY
SELF GETTING OIL

WASHINGTON, May 31-(P-
Harold L. Ickes, former secretary
of the interior, urged tonight that
the U. S. get busy on an oil policy
to meet the needs of possible war.
He wrote members of Congress:
"We should be losing no time
in building the plants and install
ling the machinery that would be
necessary, so that On short notice,
We could supply ourselves from
coal and shale) with the excess
OF gasoline over the natural sup
ply that we would need in order to
defend ourselves.
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Two Under Arrest
For Corn Thefts
From Clinton Store

CLINTON, May 31-Two men
were arresed here for stealing s75
worth of corr from the Sampson
Feed and Hatchery about one mile
from Clinton on the Wilmington
road.
The men, Bruce Hollingsworth,
age about % and Richard McLe-
more, age 20, Of near Clinton. were
taken into custody by Sheriff Per
ry Lockerman.
The corn was reported stolen on
the night of May Is from an open
shed at the rear of the building.
Both men were bound over to
the August term of Superior court
in a preliminary hearing here Fri
day. Bonds were set at $500 each.
McLemore remained in Jail today
unable to raise the required
amount.
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Water drunk Immediately after
the eating of candy and other dry
sugars is an aid to digestion, &C
Cording to tests.
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Jack Shaw, Richards, North Caro-
lima, and Leon Mitchell of Nor
folk. Brown carries out an old
Hawaiian custom by always play
ing barefoot, while Ludwig fur
rishes the extra entertainment by
being a clown who often initiates
Jimmy Durante thereby leaving
the opponents in stitches and
weakening their defense. Muscle
man. Shaw is quiet and shy and
is constantly ribbed by his mates.
Thus far the Reaches have been
successful in staying at the top of
the heap and rate high in the Uni
versity intramural standings, hav-
ing been defeated il only one
game. They are now the proud
bearers CT the dorm championship
title. Manager C1eary attributes
this partially to the Reaches
method of solving their playing
problems-round table discussions
where each of the boys contribute
suggestions on the different prob
lens.
The Reaches, proud OF their
showing in the university intra-
mural program, will probably con-
tinue their playing through the
coming summer session.
The really colossal thing about
the Reaches is that they refute
the current idea that collegiate
sports greats only play for pay.
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that he had creatns

mat he had created a dict,...,
raai SAID his principles opDo,.
Il. De Casper said his csbi,..
first of eight postwar por.ef' {
to exclude all parties }'' -
ten tendencies will be svo yo Let
me presidential palace ' ,d IL
(Sunday) mornina 'omors
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MILLS SLOW nou,,

CHARL0TTE. May 81 "'
Some of North Csroln'a p
ton textile spinning and ) tW CO..
mills are going on a g qa".. NeaI..
week in response 10 1os.
market. d Neass,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01

Importance of s~ubstructure in
bodybuilding is illustrated by the
fact that reinforced concrete 10
inches thick has proved deficient
when placed on fine : grained in
stead of coarse-grained material.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-01
ITALY'S INITIAL
NON COMMUNIST
GOVERNMENT OKED

ROME, May 31.-WD-Premier
Alcide De Gasperi announced to-
night that Italy's first non-Com-
munist government had been for.
mally approved by President En-
rico De Nicola, ending a 20-day
crisis on the eve of the republics
first birthday.
Immediately the ~6-year-old pre-
mier went on the air to defend
his non-Communist cabinet to the
nation and deny leftist charges
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K. OF c. HONORS
PAUL BASCH0N
Continued from Page One)

(COntlnueu ITOHl rage OHcJ
with the necessities of life in ex-
change for their vote in behalf of
the election of persons who avow
communism" he explained.
The propaganda, "some bold and
some insidious," which is beseig-
ing the United States at present,
"appears to put communism in a
favorable light" he said.
IT believe it is high time tina,
the Christian God fearing people
of our country awaken to the real
ization that communism is anti
Christ, anti-everything that reli
gious people revere"
Lamb declared that the people o
America do not want to be dis
Iturbed by political movements, bu
he warns that the four freedom;
are "privileges which we EMO,
and not license to do as we please
The Knights of Columbus art
sponsoring radio programs and dis
tributing literature to members il
an attempt to rouse the people
against communism and to depic
to them the life of the common
man today in Russia, he said.
In his remarks, Bishop Water;
expressed his appreciation to tn
Knights of Columbus for thei
generous support of the diocese.
The world today, he said, need
Gods help and it can only com
by being close to God. Evil
especially in a political philosophy
is a negetive quantity and 9TH
best way to keep the country fire.
is to keep it close to God"
Among national officers, in add
ton to Lamb, attending the CONVEX
ton and introduced at the banque
were Francis j. Heazel, Asheville
ISupreme Treasurer, and Edwar
P. Ntzhugh,, Cleveland, Ohio, ST.
preme director. Also recognize
three of the oldest members
John H. Niggele, James j. ALE
and William H. Mccormick, al
of Wilmington-of the state cour
Gil.
Following the dinner, a dane
was held.
Tomorrow morning, the dele
gates and guests from the seve
North Carolina councils will al
tend mass at St. Mary's church
in Wilmington, and the conventio
will be closed with the initiatio
of a class of approximately 4
candidates tomorrow afternoon.
Water drunk Immediately afte
the eating of candy and other DIR,
sugars is an aid to digestion, &C
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ABC STORES DEFEATED

SALISBURY, May 31-(P-De
feat for proposed ABC county
liquor control stores in Rowan
county was virtually assured early
this evening when returns from %
Of a total of "a precincts revealed
opponents of stores leading so
heavily that remaining city of
Salisbury boxes could hardly
overcome the lead even if heavily
in favor.