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STATESMEN
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-. and must accept the dem.
ocratic criterion of the majority"
THE treaty which the Ameri-
cans are framing here must be
clear and precise and must be
without escape clauses" Belt said
in endorsing the Marshall propos-
al.
Belt and Luis F. Guachallo of
Bolivia both raised the question
of western hemisphere economic
relations which the United States
wants to keep out of this purely
defense conference.
Belt spoke vigorously in support
Of Cuba'S demand that the defense
treaty contain a specific provision
for protection against economic
aggression by n nation against
Notwithstanding one American
nation against another.
Delegates were mindful that
Cuba recently complained that the
sugar law enacted by the United
States congress was an economic
threat to Cuba. The clause which
Cuba wants in the defense treaty
would have permitted her to APP
peal under the defense treaty
against such a law.
Bolivian delegate Guachalla said
that it was urgent that the Ameri-
can republics study the economic
situation, the prime need for
the life of the inter-American
SYSTEM" and that if possible the
study should be made before the
Bogota Pan-American conference
set for next January. The econom?
ic problem is on the program
for that conference.
The persistent mention of the
economic situation was a reflec.
ton of the tremendous impression
made on the whole world by the
Marshall plan for European eco
nomic recovery, and of the active
desire of Pan-American Republics
to be included in such a plan for
the western hemisphere.
The three main committees of
the conference met this morning
and started work after electing
officers.
Gen. Marshall continued to be
the central figure of the confer
ence. Next to him, perhaps, is
Argentine Foreign Minister Juan
D. Bramuglia.
Despite recent events there was
every indication that the United
States and Argentine delegations
wanted to work together and an
Argentine delegate said tonight
that Bramuglia would confer with
Marshall at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
1t will be their second meeting.
They conferred privately Thurs.
day night, on the eve of the con-
ference opening.
Before today's plenary meeting,
the United States and Argentina,
the two key countries in the con-
ference, clashed briefly for the
first time on the question of adopt
ing a basic treaty draft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
MARGARET
Continued From Page One,

w VTF7
Hollywood Bowl symphony orc5s,.
ira, Eugene Armandy Conduct,
She will sing two ariaS and .,.s,
songs.
She said she would begin co,.
cert tour at Pittsburgh, Pa. /,
October.
Accompanying her were 10,
voice teacher and manager, M,
Margaret A. Stricken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
BANK OFFICIAL
Continued From Page One)

Adams and the bank, in a state
ment said Adams death was
'strlckly a personal matter. and
not In any way the result of con-
dltlons in the bank"
Adams, widely known in South.
ern California banking circles,
came to California in 1902 from
North Carolina. One of his beliefs
was in loaning money on character
and he said borrowers had never
let him down.
He had been married twice. He
was divorced from his first wife
and his second, Mildred, was killed
in 1912 in a traffic accident during
a wartime blackout.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

After a crop is removed from
an area Of garden, keep the
weeds out for the remainder of the
season. Left to seed, they increase
YOUR troubles next year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

There are three types of cab
bage-leaf eating worms, and all
can be controlled with rotsnone
dust. Watch for the appear ance
OF worms on your cabbage plants
and dust them to death before
they eat holes N an the leaves
Of the plants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
The Weather

Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
y. M. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
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BABY'S BODY
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the child may have been brought
into the city on a bus.
Officers pointed out that It was
not likely that a mother would
have been discharged from a hos
pital SO soon after giving birth
to a baby.
In their effort to run down all
clues, police appealed to Whining
tonians to report the cases of any
births that may have occurred in
rooming houses or homes within
the last few days and when the
mother has left with the infant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

The Rocky Mountains are closer
to the eastern tip of Siberia than
are the Russian Urals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
British Delegate To UN
Says Peace Oh World
Now At Stake

MONTREAL, May % -lR-Sir
Alexander Cadogan, Britain's per-
manent delegate to the United Ma
tons, declared tonight thai not
only atomic weapons but all arm
aments must be controlled inter-
nationally if there is to he peace
and security in the world.
In a speech prepared for deliv.
cry to the Canadian Royai EN-
pire Society, Cadogan said that il
only atomic weapons are control
led, 1.-The old-fashioned arms -
guns, tanks, airplanes and al the
rest of it - will come into their
own again"
THAT is why we shall still have
to tackle general disarmament,
he said. eff the atomic bomb is
controlled, we shall not have com
pleted our task until we have es:
tablished control r the whole
range of ornaments as we know
them, and as we can see thel1
logical development in the fu
ture."
The United Nations Security
Council, Cadogan added, is bound
to devote its energies TO a "bal'
anced and reliable control OF all
ornaments"
Security Positive
He declared that disarmament
See CADOGAN On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Along The Cape Fear

900. This modification also includ-
ed a channel IL feet deep and LOU
feet wide in the Cape Fear extend
ing from a point near the eastern
entrance of the Inland Waterway
to a connection with the main river
channel at a point about three
miles above.
1899 --TION -
May, 1889, the chief of engineers
recommended to the Congress a
further modification of tn existing
project to provide for an increase
in the length of the southerly ap-
proach to the anchorage basin from
1900 feet to 4,500 feet, and for a
depth of 80 feet in the channel be-
tween the outer end Of the ocear
bar channel and Wilmington, and
in the turning basin, with widths
as previously recommended (chan
mel 400 feet, turning basin 300 feet,
at an additional estimated first
cost of $3.50, 900.
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS -
Widening the channel and the turn
ing basin as proposed will require
the removal of approximately four
and a half million cubic yards OF
earth and one hundred thousand
cubic yards of rock.
See CAPE FEAR On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
D0WNT0WNBL0CK
WITHOUT POWER
Snapped Guy Wire Plunges
Three Square Areas In
Darkness Last Night

Three square blocks of downtown
Wilmington we're plunged into
darkness last night at 9:25 O'Clock
as a guy wire snapped and fell
across a Tide Water Power COM
pany feeder line on Water street.
Three maintainence trucks OF
the power company were quick
ly dispatched to the scene and
the workers replaced the broken
wires, restoring services in the
area at 1880 o'clock.
Warren Bell, president, and Al
Jones, vice-president and general
manager of the company. arrived
on the scene a few minutes after
the lights failed and directed the
repair work.
The area affected included
Water, Front, Second and Third
streets, between Chestnut and
Grace streets.
The offices of the Morning Star
were without power and the AS
sociated Press and United Press
wire services were silenced dur
ing the period.
But despite this interruption Of
service, The Star is giving its
readers complete local, State and
National coverage of the news.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Market Immagrees
Bv Millions Enter i. S.

WASHINGTON, May %. -R-
Paul H. Griffith, national COM
mander of the American Legion,
said tonight that nearly l,540, 900
black market immigrants gain
Illegal entry into the United States
each year.
He %counseled the annual con-
vention of the Daughters of the
American Revolution to look at
Il e realities of our immigration
problem today and close Il ears
to the sob stuff with which we
are being beguiled.'
H said immigration has be-
Gene a 1awless torrent that is
undermining the very foundations
of our American way of life" rob-
hing the veteran of opportunities,
and building up a fifth column in
this country that may well be the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
VFW OFFICIALS FEARS
MARRIAGE 'BREAKUPS'
WILL JUMP SHARPLY

WASHINGTON, May %. -Pr
The Veterans of Foreign Wars pre-.
dicted today that housing shortages
and the cost of living will break
up marriages on a huge scale with
in the next five years.
The VFW's educational director,
George T. Trail, estimated in 9
statement that ''the current rate
of one dissolution per four mar
riages will increase to one out OF
three"
Trial said crowded living condi-
tons and the high costs of living
are sending "home to mother
thousands of wives Of G. I. stud
ents.
Also, he said, where couples have
been able to stay together, they
have been forced to cut food bud,
gets "below the point required for
good health and normal develop
mont
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23

OLD-TIMERS STORIES - Some
of the old-timers tell stories of the
good old days when the ships in
the Cape Fear River harbor were
so numerous their masts had the
appearance of a forest.
They forget that the carrying
capacity has increased and that the
average size ocean steamer OF
about 6,00O-ton cargo calling here
today carries more than 80 times
the tonnage carried by the old
square-rigger.
RECOMMENDATION - In De
cember of 1888, the Chief Of En-
gineers recommended to the Con
gress that the existing project for
Cape Fear River to be modified to
provide for increasing the width oil
the authorized 30-foot channel be-
tween the inner end of the ocean
bar channel and Wilmington, from
300 feet to 400 feet.
WIDTH AT BENDS - Congress
was also recommended to increase
the width of the bends and for in
creasing tn width of the authoriz-
ed 3O-foot turning basin at vii
mington from 900 feet to 300 feet
with suitable heightened approach
es at both ends.
The total estimated cost OF the
widening Of the ends was 1885,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
THEODORE EMPIE
RITES SET TODAY
Well Known Resident To Be-
Buried From St. James
Tais Afternoon

Funeral services for Theodore
Gwathmey Empie, Is, life long
resident of Wilmington who died
Yesterday, are scheduled to be
he'd this afternoon at 5 o'clock
from the St, James Episcopal
church.
Mr.. Empie was born il this city
or January 81, 1872, and lived
here all his life except for a few
years. Previous to his retirement
several years ago due 20 Ill
health, Mr.. Empie farmed and
was a dealer in farm supplies.
He was q graduate Of the Uni
VerSity of North Carolina and Lee
high University.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Evelyn Person Empie, two
nephews, H e r b e and Empie
Aadmer, all of Wilmington; two
tIeces, Mrs. William B. Chisholm
d Charleston, S. c., and Mrs.
bfaacis Curtzwiler of Toledo,
OAlo' two sisters-in-law, Mrs.
Brooke G. Empie of Wilmington
and Mrs. Adam Empie of N e "
York
Active nanhoarn~e will be Swift
soa'Wright, Kenneth Sprunt, Fred
LICK, William Emerson. David
NufchiSon, Jr., and John Taylor.
honorary pallbearers will be
" Charles Deari,q. Tamos Me-
s!chen, George Clark. Burke Fl.
pFdges, Col. George Bunker,
louis T. Moore. R. M. Sheppard,
nd H. Ed Rodgers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Council Accords Vote
Of Confidence To Border Watch:
COP Catches Democrats Mapping
Soviet Vote
Down By e.
Russian Proposal Would
Have Curbed Powers Oh
i UN Sub ommission |

LAKE SUCCESS, May 22-F-
The United Nations Security coun-
Gil late today gave a majority
vote of confidence to a border
watch group it has stationed in
Northern Greece.
BY a vote of 6 to 2, the council
defeated a Russian proposal which
would have curbed the powers Of
the U. N. sub-commission and
ordered it to move from Salonika
to Athens.
Only Russia and Poland voted
for the resolution. Australia, Bel
GUM, Brazil, the United States,
Britain and China opposed it. Co.
lombia, France and Syria abstain
ed. A majority of seven is re-
quired to carry a proposal in the
Security council.
Satisfied that the councils action
clearly backed up the Balkans
group on all counts, Col. W. R.
Hodgeson, Australia, Withdrew a
motion he had presented which.
would have had that effect.
Before the vote, Russia. Poland
and three Soviet Balkan satellites
called on the council to restrict
the scope of the sub-commission
which is presently organizing for
work along Greece's Northern
border.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet
deputy foreign minister. capped
his attack on the surveillance
group with a 35-minute speech
after a majority Of the council had
indicated they would uphold the
inquiry sub-commission.
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania
and Poland vigorously backed the
Soviet position. Bulgaria and
Yugos,avia particularly denied al
legations from the United States
and other delegates that they had
refused to cooperate with the sub
commission.
The council last December order
ed an 11-nation commission to in.
vestigate border troubles along
Greece's Northern line. In Apr
the council adopted a United
States resolution for a subsidiary
group to remain in the area until
See SOVIET On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
LOOK LIKE
RABBITS, SIR HERBERT
WILLIAMS DECLARES

LONDON, May %. - R- There
are almost So, 900, 600 Britons and
most of them, sir Herbert Will
liams told a Conservative party
meetinA tonight, look to HIM like
rabbits.
"Women queue meekly,' Sir
Herbert said. 'Men see their bust
resses being ruined by Dad legis-
lation, yet do nothing. You have
lost the capacity u be indignant
when you see things about which
you ought to be ind.gnant.
Thomas Carlyle ono said the
population of Engl and is 10000
COO - mostly fools.' I would say
Britain today is nearly So, 0O0, 600
ard mostly rabbits"
Sill Herbert formerly was parli-
amentary secretary to the Board
oi trade and a membe- VI parll-
ament.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23

margin by which we may meet
with disaster in the next war;"
He declared that Communist
atomic spies whose names were
disclosed to this government by
Canada more than 20 months ago
are at large in the United States
and called illegal immigration a
''Godsend to Communism in the
United States.
with thousands of foreigners
Illegally leaping our immigration
barriers every day with the great
est of ease" he continued, ''im-
agine how many Communists,
Bolshevists unrepentant Nazis
and Fascists and peddlers oil
other foreign nations dot the
American scene"
He urged that all Immigration
be suspended Immediately FOR al
least a year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23

RALEIGH, May %. -(RHNorth
Carolinians must pay 10 per cent
more to send their kilograms, eff
fective June /.
The State Utilities Commission
authorized the increase today at
request of the Western U 4 0 n
Telegraph company on grounds
that the company would be unable
to continue operations unless al
lowed additional income.
Under the new schedule, a basic
25-word night letter sent from
Raleigh to Charlotte would be in
creased from "a to 38 cents and
the cost of a straight 10-word day
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Spending Rate Must Cease
If Defenses Are To
Be Protected

WASHINGTON, May %. -WD-
Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va,
called on Republicans and Dem
ocrats today to match bipartisan
foreign policy with "bi-partisan
policy for economy" and warned
that the country faces bankruptcy
if present spending rates are coz
tirued.
He told the Senate he could not
vote row for the House-approved
81. 900, 900, 600 income tax cut bill,
and urged that action on it be
delayed until Congress has re-
ouced President Humans $751;
500, 900, 900 fiscal 1948 budget "by
at least a minimum" of 81, $780,
600, 900.
eff sufficiet economies are eff
fected, 1 will vote for tax reduc-
tion," he said.
Byrd, who took a stand against
Excessive" government spending
in the early days of the Roosevelt
New Deal, lambasted the Presi
dents budget estimates after the
Senate agreed to vote at 4 p. m
FDT Monday on a motion by Sen
Walter F. George, D., Ga, t.
snelve the tax bill until June 10
Republican leaders chung to the
belief that this move would be
rejected by a close margin. They
argued that prompt action /!
essential so that the proposed cuts
can be made effective at the star
of the next fiscal year July /. The
bill would grant reductions rang
inc from 30 per cent for taxpayers
whose annual net incomes are ST.
See BANKRUPTCY On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Giant Plane Hits Ditch,
Explodes Four Miles
East OF Dayton

DAYTON, O., May %. -(P)-A-
Army Air force transport dived
into the ground and exploded four
miles east of Dayton today, kill.
Ing five persons and injuring two
others.
Officials at nearby Wright Fielc
said the four-engined craft, q
giant C-97 cargo plane built by
Boelng, was on a routine test
flight.
The dead:
1t. Col. W. E. Kinney. %.
Springfield, o. Major Edwin H
Dunn, Is, Brookhaven, Mass.
Tech. Sgt. Zane Smith, Is, Xenia,
0. Enoch Lawson, 40. Dayton.
Isaac N. Widdle, 80, Dayton.
The injured:
Francis L. Shirden, So, Dayton,
III fair condition at the Patterson
Field hospital. Formerly O.
Bytheville, Va.
1t. D. J. Mimeau. %, Dayton.
Formerly of Burlington, vt.
A Wright Field spokesman sale
an investigation would be conduct
ed into the cause of the crash,
He said it appeared the plane
stalled as it roared in for a land
ing.
Plows Into Ditch
The Harrison Township Con.
stable, Earl Larick, who witness.
ed the crash, said the plane ap.
peared to be in trouble as il
swooped low over Hadshmanville
roac near Wright Field.
Seconds later, Larick said, the
plane tilted on its side and plowec
irto a ditch, then hurled into q
wheat stubble field.
An explosion followed i'm.
mediately, turning the enormous
plane into a mass of flames.
The two survivors of the crash
were thrown clear. The dead we're
See ARMY FLYING on Page 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
.SCHRAM ANSWERS
EXCHANGE CRITICS
Stock Market President In
vites Factual Proof On
Alleged Gambling

NEW YORK, May q. up -
Emil Schram, president of the
New York Stock Exchange, today
answered. Rep. Sabath's ID : I'D
charge of courageous crooked
dealings" in Wall street with an
invitation to the Congressman 10
present any factual proof that
you have to us or to the Securities
and Exchange commission"
eff you do not have any factual
information" Schram said in a
telegram to SABBATH, Il think that
you should in all decency with
draw what you have said.
'Reckless statements OF the
character you have just put out
are damaging to our public il.sti-
tutions. Prices on this exchange
are established through open
transactions which represent the
composite judgment of the
public"
Predicts Disaster
SABBATH had said in the House
earlier today, IF we don't stop
the short sellers and gamblers on
the New York Stock Exchange,
we'll have disaster in this coun-
try"
SABBATH said he would Introduce
a bill to put a S percent tax on
all short sales of securities.
Schrams telegram said:
Short selling is rigidly regulat
ed, under our rules and those OF
the Securities and Exchange COM
mission. Copies of these regu'
lations are available to you.
Credit regulations are in the
hands of the Board of governors
of t h e Federal Reserve system.
You can. of course, address your
complaints on that 70 that
agency. We feel here tina: n OF
the causes of recent weakness IN
our market is the discriminatory
restraint upon loans to millions OF
people who own securities listed
on the national registered ex-
changes"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Flying Transport
Crashes, Killing Five
DAMAGE FIXED

NEW YORK, May 22.-(R- =
An official report issued here
today on the Texas City, Tex,
disaster listed total property
damage at an estimated $780,
$50 900 and said 1873 bodies had
been recovered with 1876 persons
still missing.
The report was issued by the
Fire Pre- vention and Engineer
ing Bureau of Texas and the
National Board of Fire Under
writer's.
Texas City, a community 10
miles North of Galveston, was
ripped and scared by a sees of
explosions and fire last April 16-
IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
STRANDED ESKIMOS
RECEIVE FOOD FROM
AIR FORCES PLANE

WASHINGTON, May 22 -RL-
The Army Air forces told today
of a mercy mission to drop food
for a colony of Eskimos marooned
and starving n an island in the
Arctic Ocean.
A C-54 transport was at Fort
Churchill, on Hudson's bay, in
connection with a supply operation
for joint Canadian : United States
posts when a report of the Eski-
mos plight was made by the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The plane flew several thousand
miles on the trip to King Williams
Island and returned. The C-54 ar
rived over the island on May 10
and in six passes dropped food
supplies from a 154-foot altitude.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
JURY CONVICTS CARL
MARZANI OF HIDING
CONNIE MEMBERSHIP

WASHINGTON May % R-
Carl A. Marzani, 35, Italian-born
former State department suboffici-
al, was convicted today or all ii
counts of an Indictment accusing
him of hiding Communist party
affiliations in a federal loyalty
test.
Nahum sentence for the offense
would be 10 years in prison and
$40, 900 in fines.
A federal district court jury OF
nine Negroes and three whites
deliberated two hours and 10 min
utes in reaching its verdict.
Justice Richmond B. Keech re-
leased Marzani on $1,000 bond
pending sentence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23

The Rev. Samuel D. Manuel, g.
year-old Negro Baptist minister
who has been married three
times, and Doll Baby appeared
yesterday before Judge Winfield
Smith in Recorders court.
doll Baby" is Manuel's latest
spouse. And what she had to say
about Manuel was anything u
complimentary. At least ABOUT a
minister who related he had
preached the gospel for more than
40 years.
II married him after seelrg
him only four tines" she told the
court in pressing a charge d as
sault. "You know Mister Judge
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Hot Iron Toss Rebounds
AGAINST One Dol Baby

that he kicked me across the
room. He hit me with a glass.
He pulled off my glasses" She
accused him of hauling women
around il his automobile and hav-
ing affairs with them while she
was visiting her sister in Cleve-
land.
But the Negro evangelist had a
different story. And he brought
four neighbors along to back up
his story.
Heaves Hot Iron
He testified that May 10 and
upon many other occasions during
See HOT IRON On Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
Too Many Special Days
Brings Almanac "Urge'

nae to make sure that Congress
doesn't cross up itself and have
two special days in a "a hour
period.
Chairman Wiley (R-Wis) OF the
Judiciary committee solemnly as
sured Russell there hasn't been
any doubling up yet.
Then Wiley offered a bill Tor
american Indian" day on the
fourth Saturday in September.
Senator Hatch (D-NM) objected,
saying that with Indian schools
being closed because of fund
shortages I'm not going to b =
party to a false celebration"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-23
OFFICIALS ISSUE
NEW STATEMENTS
Carolina B "a h Remark.
ably Free OF Grim e,
Chief Valentine Says
Special To The Star

CAROLINA BEACH, May % -
Official statements were issued
today because of the anxiety reg
istered by the beach residents
over a request by Mayor Thomas
Groom that Porter Davis, New
Hanover county sheriff dispatch
special deputies in lieu of Caro-
Ina Beach becoming a mecca for
gangsters and petty thieves dur
ing tn e scheduled American Lee
glon convention.
CT ief of Police Bruce Valentine
said Carolina Beach is remark
ably free Of crime" and DR.. A.
H. Elliot, New Hanover Consoli-
dated Board OF Health officer said
that sanitation conditions at the
See Officials on Page Three