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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
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with assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
Mrs. Mclean said that Mrs. Mil
Ter told her about a year ago that
her husband had SIS, 600 worth life
insurance at that time. And since
then, Mrs. Mclean said, David
has bought additional insurance
He had close to $40, 900 worth, she
added.
81 just don't believe she was hav-
ing a love affair with Garland Cot.
trell or any other man." Mrs. Nc
Lean said. II never heard any
such talk about her during their
married life, and living in a small
community there certainly would
have been some rumors if there
was anything going on between her
and another man."
Mrs. Mclean said that David
does not believe she was having a
love affair with another man. When
he was permitted to see the news
papers he said, Well, this is what
insurance will do for you"
Miller is reported by his doctor
to be recuperating nicely from the
.38 calibre pistol wound in his
chest. The bullet from the gun
entered his left chest just above
the heart, puncturing his lung.
Blew Car Horn
According to Mrs. Mclean, Mil
Ter said that after he chased the
Negro from the house he managed
to get to his car and blow the cars
horn continuously for help.
She said that although Mrs. Mil.
Ter was in the house, it was his
father-in-law who came to his aid
and carried him to the hospital
where he remained in a dangerous
condition until yesterday.
The Miller family told reporters
yesterday that they held no ill will
toward the Virgins Negro because
"He did what he was told to do
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller have been
married about eight years, Mrs.
Mclean said. They have a boy six
years old and a girl about four.
Judge Thomas L. Johnson, Of
Lumberton, attorney for the Mil.
lers, said the case would probably
come up at the next term of Robe.
son County Superior Court provid-
ing Miller was in condition to ap.
tpear as a witness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
mile OF CHICAGO
TO BE CONVER1D
Worth Michigan Aven,,
Planned For Modem
Business Thoroughfar,

CHICAGO, - a4One mile Of Z,
Cages Michigan Avenue north
the Chicago River will be cony.s
ed into the most modern busi,.,
thorougheare in the world 4 n
plans of Arthur Rubloff. real ~.
tate operator, come true.
THE magnificent mile
likes to call it.
His $500, 900, 900 building -
gram emissions office build;T,.
smart shops, hotels and so;-
meat dwellings. They would Il, ,,
overall architectural pattern viii
out d%epriving each structure Of 4,
individuality.
Spaciousness and symmetry vi
be achieved, Rubloff said, BY linn
iting buildings fronting on he az.
rue to seven stories, while e-er,
ing taller buildings behind them
and providing Handicapped shu,
ping promenades throughout.
Rubloff said his plan alreadv d
well beyond the "~conversation
stage" More than S25, 0J0, 600 h
private capital. he said, has 0sr
committed to the upper Michiga
Avenue development program.
Part Of the sum has been usH
to buy property along III
thoroughfare, while the remainde.
has been allocated for construs
ton.
"'While private capital has give.
impetus to the building boom ami
will bear the brunt of the develop
ment." Rubloff said, ''the city,
too, must accept its share o. tn,
responsibility, sponsoring i'm
provements that will insure III,
area against deterioration and
traffic congestion in the future"
He suggested that the city lay
out a plaza containing a skating
rink and construct a civic hall Of
music, in addition to a two-leve
parking area under the lake Shore
playground, which would extend
eastward to Lake Shore Drive.
This plan," Rudolf said, Is
Chicago's chance to shake of he
doldrums of the depression and
the war years, when building |,
this city was almost at a stand
still"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
ESSAY WINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Miss Jackie Cowan A n d
Ernest Daniels Won First
+: And Second Place

Miss Jackie Cowan and Ernest
Daniels won first and second place
respectively in the New Hanover
High school annual essay contest
which is sponsored by the high
School Scribblers club.
Miss CoWan. 15-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Cowan
OF Sunset Park, is a freshman and
submitted as her essay, 1.-THE Bel
.lamy Mansion"
Daniels, a ~16-year-old sopho-
more, is the son Of Mrs. Hattie E.
Daniels and the late c. w. Daniels
of Nesbitt Courts. He contributed
as an essay, 1.-The Dram Tree
Miss Cowan gave the origination
of the Bellamy Mansion and all
Historical facts that are based
around the old home, which is
located at Fifth and Market streets.
Besides winning first place in
the contest, Miss Cowan worked
on the grammar school newspaper.
Even though she shows talent as a
writer Miss Cowan is planning on
being a nurse after she graduates
in 1850.
She is also an active participant
ia the Hi-Y chapter and a mem
Der of the First Year Latin club.
Daniels, the youngest son OF the
family, is an active member OF
intra-mural football and basket
ball. He plans to enter college az
ter graduation in 1949.
Mis- Cowan and Daniels will re-
eeive awards Tuesday morning in
the annual high school Honor Day
program in the high school audi
forium. They will be presented
awards by the Scribblers club
president, Sybil Tanner, which will
BE the first and second prize re-
s%pectively.
The first and second place win
ner was decided by a committee
chosen by the Scribblers club and
Mrs. George West, a member OF
fhe high school faculty.
The essay contest was entered by
any interested student in the school
and the subject was based on VII
mington or its surroundings.
The winners Will have their story
published in the 1947-4S annual
Scribblers club magazine which
contains the winners of the O'Henry
Literary Society short story con
test and stories and poems writ
ten by the school students.
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70 with the expressed understand
ing OF your (Garsson's) part tnat
the notes would be repaid in full
On their due date the following
year.
One of the 81, 500 checks bounced,
he said, adding that he knew moth.
ing about it having been covered
by Henry Carson as brought OUT
IN previous testimony.
Dressed in a light grey, pencil
striped suit and wearing a dark
red silk tie, May licked his lips
frequently but gave no other sign
OF nervousness, except for deep
lines in his face, he seemed to
have recovered from the heart
attack which prevented him from
~testfying before U. S. Senate in
,vestigators last year.
Overall Defense
His chief defense counsel, War
rem E. Magee, began preparing for
an overall defense by leading
May through testimony about his
political background and his du-
ties as former chairman Of the
House Military affairs committee.
The government charges that he
used the post to obtain special
favors for the Garssons.
May said he was appointed to
the Military Affairs committee in
1881 and became chairman eight
years ago. 1t was the committees
duty, he said, to Investigate the
war effort, "war production and
many other subjects"
It was apparent that the defense
was trying to show that anything
May did for the Garssons was
without compensations and was
done only because it was in line
Of duty.
Asked If the committee dealt
with wartime manpoWer problems,
he replied:
"Most certainly. We not only
had to deal with the manpowel
problems Of the Army but with
production"
He added that "we whipped 15,
900, 900 men through the Selective
Service System into the armed
forces"
When Judge Henry A. Schwein
lhaut interrupted to ask who ht
meant by 1--WE" May replied t'tht
government"
Mays defense is expected II
require at least two weeks, and tn,
same for the Garssons. The uia
already has been underway fou:
weeks, with the government pre-
senting 10 witnesses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
STREET NUMBERS
WILL Be DEBA7ll
Winter Park Service cl.,.
10 Discuss Subjee,
Tuesday Night

Reeommendations regs,
complete new system of 5 ovAs
street numbers in WV l.9SSe a
VIII be discussed by me~a p:
!ne Winter Park Service cirs
ing their meeting on Tueyd .,ro d
The new numbering DIs, '-s'
G Ieen Tec0 W m BY s'' J.5 y
neer, and Robert CoIems4 s1i
neer's assistant, at the rso,. si
the service club. e"sS'
If the plan to conform -.
numbers in Winter Par wiz. ss =
system used in the civ Ii inn !;
accepted, the work viii he
by the residents Of the "2
Winter Park is beyond the e s+Ta !, i
its and therefore beyond civ IN, Z
diction. 'G1
The proposal to change tbs ~.
berlng developed due 10 cor.+.
OF mail and package deliyeris.
many Of the numbers coincids b.. !
those in the city. Wy
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tNVAlbx1AuSu III L 0AS IlS
about it, if you do you won't do
I thought for a moment without
answering her.
There will be big money in
it for you. Plenty Of money!" she
said.
After that she would give me a
dollar or two every four or five
days. But the whole sum during the
three weeks didn't amount to more
than $25.
Visited Rowland
On the Saturday afternoon be-
fore it happened she took her
cook and me to Rowland. l held
her little boy on my lap all the
way into town. She put us out and
gave me So. I went to the show with
the cook and she said she was 60
ing back home. But before she
left she told me to come by the
house early next morning and do
that job.
I didn't sleep much that night.
I didn't even pull off my clothes.
So, next morning I got up early
and went to their house.
Mrs. Miller was up and fully
dressed when I got there about six
o'clock. 1 pulled off my shoes
when I got to the porch and she
opened the door without me knock
ing.
She said, Everything is ready.
The pistol is there on the table. /
have pulled the sheet down to his
waist. Don't shoot him but once so
it will look like suicide"
I found the pistol on the table
where she had said 1t would be.
When / went in the room Mr.. Mil
Ter was lying fat Of his back with
the sheet pulled down to his waist
just like she said it would be. He
had on his undershirt.
I walked UP to the bed and stood
over him just like this Che re-enact-
ed the scene in the Jail cell with
the jailer turnkey as his model and
stood still for a minute or two and
then pulled the trigger.
When the gun fired, MI. Miller
groaned and rubbed his chest and
then jumped out of bed and chased
me out of the room. I ran across
the field and to a colored mans
house.
The fellow asked me, when he
saw that / wal barefooted: What
have you been doing up there, hav-
ing a fuss?'"
CT said no."
There's water in that swamp
you have to cross" he said.
i" Here, take my boots"
I put on his boots, and when ]
was in the woods I wrapped the
pistol in some cloth and hid it in
the fork of a tree. I went on home,
pulled off the boots and put them
under a tobacco barn, and got my
father-in-law to take me to my
wife's sister where she had spent
the night because Of sickness.
That's where I was when they
came and got me Sunday after
noon. I have never been in any
trouble before, and if I get out OF
this it is my last time. But I was
only doing what she had told me to
do. I didn't realize what it was 60
ing OF cause, and here / am in
jail. I never heard her mention
any other mans name and l
never saw any man except Mr.
Miller at the house.
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FLEA
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Europe. Ship crew members SUI
ply him-at 10 cents a head,
something like 10 bucks a trouss
full. During the war ne had
breed his own, but now the sra
is playing out.
Training the speck-sized acia'
for stardom is, while tedious
some respects, not too difficult
cts just bronc-busting on
smaller scale" said the protest.
a native of G~astonia, N. c. al
a third generation in the bushes
"They can hop ID inches, 50 A. y
convert that energy into pUll
power by sticking the tleas IN
test tube.
in about three days lney M,
banged their brains against ~
ceiling so often that some s'D
has been knocked into them d.
they try crawling. After TIA, -"
fasten wire collars and hafn'S
around their necks with tWee1s,
hitch a small chariot or caaD'
on and let them run.
Business. he said, is good.
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NEGRO
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ISOLATION, and Cecil Claig, a munic.
ipal court guard. Dalzell, shot
through the face, was in serious
condition. Claig was shot through
the chin and neck but his condition
was described as good.
Tie outbreak began in Dalzell's
office on the third floor of the
municipal court building when Will
liams was told that his bar ap-
plication had been turned down be-
cause of his Mississippi record
and that he was entitled to only a
partial refund of his s125 admission
fee.
The soft-spoken Negro, described
by an acquaintance as a man who
wouldn't hurt a flea, whipped
out a .38 caliber revolver and
started shooting point-blank at
Dalzell and his assistant, Deven-
dorf.
Devendorf fell with a bullet
through his forehead, directly over
the right eye. He died 20 minutes
l a t e r. Dalzell, clutching his
bloody face, ran out of the office
into an anteroom crying for help.
"That damned Williams" he
gasped. HE came in and tried to
get his money back. Then he
shot me-"
Boards Elevator
The killer ran out into the hall
way, boarded a descending elevat-
or and fled to the street, re-loading
his gun as he went.
Claig, spotting tae gun in Will
liams' hand, followed him into the
street and around the block to
another court office building. The
Negro raced upstairs to the law
office of Perry W. Howard, also a
Negro, and told a clerk there that
he wanted legal advice.
Informed that Howard was out,
Williams returned to the street
where he was confronted by Claig
and Estes, who had been summon
ed from his nearby post.
Estes called on him to surrender.
Instead, Williams raised ais gun
and the policeman felled him with
his blackjack. Sprawled out On
the ground, Williams emptied his
gun at the two officers, pumping
five bullets into Estes stomach
and the sixth into Claig's chin.
Estes, MORALLY hurt, drew his
gun then for the first time and
fired three shots into the PROSTATE
Negro, knocking the .3S out of his
hand. Then he collapsed across
the killers body, holding him until
Claig and other officers subdued
him.
Sponsored By Howard
Howard, a prominent local law
yer associated with defense coun-
sci in the Garsson-May bribery
trial, had sponsored Williams ap-
plication for admission to the dis
bar in ignorance OF his Mis-
sissippi disbarment.
He said Williams came here with
from George
Butler, assistant attorney general
of Mississippi, who had once en-
ployed him as a house servant
and later helped him through law
school.
Howard was bewildered by the
outburst that transform
ed Williams from a mild, diff
fident little man into a crazy kill
er.
ITO see him." he said, "you
wouldn't think he'd knock a flea off
very hard"
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said the speaker.
He pleaded with fathers to &C.
cept the challenge ito take hold
of Dur boys and say come live
with me in Christian character"
Director Anderson, who drove to
Wilmington late in the afternoon
and started on the return trip i'm.
mediately following the banquet,
predicted that the boys listening
to him would know what it means
ito live a thousand years in a
day" because Of conditions brought
about by the atomic age.
Brief Talk
The Raleigh mans address fol
lowed a brief talk by Rev. Keever,
who started his religious work as
a missionary in lumber camps in
the Pacific Northwest and who fol-
the last quarters OF a century has
resided in Wilmington, serving,
until his retirement, as pastor Of
st. Paul's church.
The white-haired minister in a
firm voice, despite his age, de-
clared that 81 am still one of the
boys" in thanking those present
for a cash gift given him in be-
half Of the group by Rev. Walter
B. Freed, church pastor.
He urged the sons to initiate
the good qualities of their faith
ers and added "You will not do
what your father says but will be
what he is"
Rev. Keever said that he had al
ways followed "the council of his
father" and had been better for
so doing. He asked that the young
sters carry the law OF the Bible
down to the next generation"
The retired cleric expressed the
wish that all churches were united
and said he was glad to be a lay.
man as he was able to change mis-
attitude and listen to what others
had to say.
Pays Tribute
Tribute was paid Rev. Keever
by the St. Paul pastor. In present
ing the cash gift, the pastor de-
clared that REV Keever is a
young mana young man in spirit.
He notices pretty young girls when
we don't. He has left his mark Of
good on the community. Never
have I known more of a Christian
gentleman"
Louis Hanson, who presided al
the banquet which attracted more
than rs fathers and sons, declared
that what is wrong with youth
today is the lack Of adult friend
ship.
"A boy will avoid bad compan-
ionship if he has a father as a
friend. Each boy and girl deserve
an adult friendship for a better
training"
W. c. Cronenberg read epigrams
in behalf of the fathers and Rich.
ard Hanson responded for the
sons. The latter pledged that the
sons will work in the church for
peace as they have worked for the
nation in war.
Singing was led by Emory Grubh
and members of the Young Won.
ems Missionary Society served the
meal in the parish hall
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commission to an attack on the
Greek government.
johnson, getting permission from
the chair, raised a point of or
der and said the Yugoslav had
swayed too far from the subject.
HE has made the most astonish-
ing statement l have ever heard
johnson said in his high-pitched
voice.
"Yugoslavias has been accused
here and I have a right to defend
myself" Kasanovic snapped.
Then Gromyko broke in with an
angry burst Of deep-throated Rus.
sian:
81 would ask the delegate OF
the United States not to interrupt
the speaker and to allow us to
proceed in a normal atmosphere"
he said.
81 don't recognize the right OF
the delegate of the Soviet Union
to instruct me as to when and
how l should speak," Johnson
shouted.
THE delegate of the United
States is mistaken if he considers
himself the arbiter in this matter"
the Russian shot back.
Britain's Sir Alexander Cado-
gan broke in to support johnson
and to complain that the Yugo-
slav's TRADE against Greece 'has
no place in this discussion"
Rules Against U. s.
The harassed Lopez managed to
make his gavel heard and ruled
that Kasanovic should get a
chance to state the Yugoslav case
fully so the council could get all
the information it needs. Lopez
carefully noted that Johnson, sit.
ting for Chief American Delegate
Warren Austin, had gotten permits
sion to speak before interrupting
Kasanovic..
johnson, smolderlng at Gromy-
kos sharp taunts, then accepted
Lopez ruling.
When the Yugoslav resumed
however, and began to read dis
patches from American news
papers dealing with the trouble in
Northern Greece, the chairman
broke in to say that the material
was mot allowable in this dis
CUSTOM" The Yugoslav had just
begun to quote a statement made
by Stanley Ryan, UN press Of
ficer recently back from a tour
of duty with the full Balkans bor-
der commission now writing its
report in Geneva.
Gromyko took offense at Lo-
pez's new ruling and demanded to
know ION what grounds this at
tempt is being made to deprive
Yugoslavia of the right to state
its view.
"I shall be very pleased to ex-
plain" the soft-voiced Latin
American said. 1.-The Yugoslav
representative has been invited to
take his seat to discuss the Bal
kans subcommission, particularly
that aspect of the Greek question
which deals with the subcom-
mission"
Demands Greer
Il would like to ask you," said
Gromyko, ito introduce order.
Only if we have order can we
study this question in a normal
fashion,"
Cadogan interviewed again, COM
planning that the Security council
was waiting for the report of its
full Balkans border commission
but the Yugoslav was trying tc
discuss it before it is submitted.
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officials and labor leaoet' i,
Weisbaden that "your peopls NJ
going to be awful hungry J"
next three to six weeks. III n
He said fatty that there W." .,,n
no strikes in Hesse nor VIII W.
be any tolerance of any T..s
agitations against the m l.,rros
government, whether the pubs
of such is political or o'n' IN:
which in any way impede VI
to impede occupatlonal ICY
ments or programs .,r.o,i
"Any person or GROUP Of p pnni,.
so acting or doing will OF IL
ed. and remember thst uhus'
laws relating to the ocpPa''psa y. 10
the supreme penalty can ul
posed against offenders, -
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additional rights were granted by
the Crown, because Of King
George III, the corporate title
was made 'The Mayor, Record
err and Aldermen of the Borough
Of Wilmington"
NAME CHANGED - In 1776
the corporate name was chang
ed to that Of '"The Commissioners
Of the Town Of Wilmington" and
this name was continued for one
hundred years.
PRESENT NAME - The present
corporate name. THE City OF
Wilmington" was acquired n
)khe EeeR l64
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

To have a decent diet" au-
thorities believe people Of the
United States would consume an
nuany 38-billion additional quarts
Of milk, 125 : billion additional
pounds Of leafy green and yellow
vegetables, 400 : million more
pounds of meat, poultry and fish
and 1875 : million additional dozens
OF eggs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

OF the crops fed on the farm, 70
per cent of the nitrogen and 70
per cent Of the phosphorus may be
recovered in the manure if proper
care is taken of it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
The Weather

Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
D. M, in the principal cotton growing
areas and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

Seasonable, nourishing and de-
Iclous r shirred eggs Or spin
ach. Start with two cups Of hot
cooked spinach in a creased bak-
ing dish, and season. Drop eggs
on top, sprinkle with bread
crumbs and bake in a moderate
oven 20 to Is minutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

Blsnde with Nordic ancestry are
apt to prefer cool colors such Is
blue and green.
Evening star., 1947-03-11
d. {. Is Urged 10 Build
Market Bowling Alley

The West End Citizens Associa-
ton will ask the Commissioners to
have second floor built in the
Western Market and a bowling
alley installed.
A bowling alley in the market at
Twenty-first and K streets NV,
would bring revenue to the District,
William Brown, treasurer, who
made the motion, told the citizens
at their meeting last night. The
motion asked that the alley be
leased to private interests.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Mignon
Rogers, the association indorsed a
plea from the Grant Elementary
School P.-T.A. urging the Recreation
Board to resurface the Gallinger
Playground on F street between
Twenty-f1rst and Twenty second
| streets NV. Mrs. Rogers said $50
children used the playground eacr
day.
ut is nothing but a mud hole, u
she declared, land is detrimental
to the health and safety of the chill
dren in the area who use the play
ground.
/ Walter F.. Wasson, president, was
authorized by the citizens to talk
with Corporation Counsel Vernon
E. West in regard to removal of
snow from the sidewalks next year.
Some of the snow-packed side
walks are a disgrace" Mr.. Brown
said.
i The meeting was held in the No.
i3 police precinct, 2014 K street NV