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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-25
FIRST TEAM

Jean Terao, Anna Kay's
Aki Fujino Main Bowlerettes
TAX Yokoyama, Crown Furniture
Virginia Hirai, Anna Kay's
jeanne Furuta, Topperettes
SECOND TEAM
Jean Numoto, Main Bowlerettes
Rel Imayanagita Crown Furniture
Pat Hidaka, Crown Furniture
Xxi Yamamoto, Alley Kittens
Rose Suzuki. Lucky Strikers
HONORABLE MENTION
Miye Ishikawa, Sue Lew, Rosemary Beppu,
Rose Young, Yoyo Konishi
Now, girls, let's not be catty about the
selections ''To each his own" we always say.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-25
The
Sporting Thing
by bf

The Northwest Times, through ShewO,
Kawrye, asked the members of the womens
summer bowling league to select their all-star
opponents with special emphasis on ability,
initiative, cooperation and that all-important
spirit Of team harmony"
The first and second teams appeared as
follows:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-25
n. w. TIMES LEAGUE
STANDINGS

SUNDAY, July %
At Garfield No. .
10 am.-Eastern Fuel VS.. Lotus NJ.
At Rainier No. 2
10 am-Lotus Ashuras VS. Travel
erS.
At South Park
II noon-Valley IS. S. E. Merchants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
DUTCH UNLOADING
CAPT. GRAY'S SHIP
DESPITE PROTEST

BATAVIA, Java, March 20-P,
The Netherlands East Indies gov,
eminent said tonight that the
American Liberty ship Martin
Behrman will be free to sail next
week when the unloading Of her
eonfiscated cargo is completed.
The charterer's representative,
James w. Ryan, promptly replied
that the Isbrandtsen company
stlll considers the ship was seized
along with It's cargo and is the
responsibility of the Netherlands
East Indies government.
He said the decision on whether
Capt. Rudy Gray would re-assume
command and sail the ship from
Batavia before the Netherlands
East Indies government agrees to
pay damages rests with the COM
pany's New York office, but even
Il the ship sails a claim for $10,-
"W,WO will be pressed.
The Dutch said the ship had
peen moved to another quay in
Batavia in order to speed up the
unloading to 500 tons daily. Ryan
called the movement of the ship,
IN Which the crew refused to as
aist' another act in violation of
International law" He renewed
'Harges that the confiscated cargo
was being reloaded on Dutch and
british vessels for shipment to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
FOURTH MEMBER
NAMED TO BOARD
Eugene Billiard Elected To
Represent Police On
Civil Service Board

The number of positions filled
on the local civil service commits
.ion rose to four yesterday with
the appointment of Eugene Bull
lard, manager of the Sunshine
laundry, as the police depart
nent's representative on the five
man board.
The one other position open is
supposed to be filled by an ap.
p~ointee of the Wilmington Min
isterial Association but this organ
iration has given no Indication
when a choice will be made.
The association recently went on
record as opposed to the suggest
ed changes in the civil service
law and it is believed that the
groups disapproval Of the pend
ing amendments to the law is
responsible for the delay in the
naming of a representative to the
commission.
Other members of the board
chosen to date are w. A. McGirt,
appointed by the governing body
Of the city, James B. McCumber,
the fire department, and DR.. ].
Watts Farthing, New Hanover
Medical society.
Examinations for positions on
the police force are scheduled to
be held Saturday now that a ma
jority of the places on the COM
mission have been filled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
LENNON EXPECTED
TO OFFER BILL
Kermon Reports Civil Ser.
vice Measure Going To
Senate Today

The new local civil service EN-.
hodying certain u%ndisclosed
,hanges is scheduled to be intro
duced in the Senate today by Sena-
tor Alton A. Lennon, the Star was
informed last night.
representative Robert M. Ker-
mon. also contacted in reference to
the measure, declined to reveal the
changes ~'hich the measure will
contain, saying that he would not
offer a bill in the house, leaving
tbe measure to be offered in the
unper chamber by Lennon.
Kermon indicated that a COM
promise between the bills offered
bv the police department and the
governing body of the city has been
cached. He refused to confirm this,
however, pointing out that he mail
I'd letters to the parties concern
I'd Yesterday in way of explana-
tion Ct the stand taken on the mat
ter.
The decision on the bill to be
Introduced came after a complete
,tudv of the situation had been
made by both he and Lennon, Ker-
me said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Along The Cape Fear

TO THE SEA-The great idea
behind the establishment Of the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad from Wilmington to
Mount Airy was to connect the
Atlantic Ocean with the mountains
of the Tar Heel state.
"From the mountains to the
sea- was the aim of the line we
have been informed by the Rev.
Andrew J. Howell, author of "The
Book Of Wilmington"
The local depot of the railway
was located on the west side OF
the river and north of Point Peter.
Many excursion, the coaches
loaded with people from all along
the line came down to get their
first glimpse of the ocean.
And according to Mr.. Howell,
they carried home with them
great punches of "sea oats" as
souvenirs Of their initial look at
the Atlantic.
>.
STEAMER, TOO - But don'i
think for a minute that the rail
roads activities was confined
merely to rail traffic.
1t also boosted the steamer
Compton And the good ship
Compton would carry both passen-
engers and freight from the depot
to a wharf on this side Of the
river.
Site Of the Port City terminal
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
ACL DIRECTORS
PROMOTE 5 HERE
F. L. King Succeeds The
Late F. W. Brown AS
Vice President

F. L. King, Wilmington, was
yesterday elected vice president =,
operations, of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad by the members OF
the board Of directors of the rail
road. meeting in New York City.
King succeeds the late F. w.
Brown Of Wilmington.
A native of Wilmington, King
has been in continuous service
with the Atlantic Coast Line since
April l, 1908. Prior to yesterdays
promotion he was general super
intendent of transportation.
Other appointments made by
the board of directors yesterday
are c. G. Sibley, assistant vice
president, operations; L. S. JEFF
fords, general manager; j. D.
Lofts, chief of motive power and
equipment; and J. B. Sharpton,
passenger traffic manager. All
will maintain offices in Whining
ton and their appointments be-
came effective yesterday.
Slbley, former general man.
ager, entered railroad service in
1899 as a messenger in the offices
of the Plant System, now part of
the Coast Line.
Jeffords held the position of
chief engineer until his promotion
yesterday; he entered railroad
service in the engineering depart
ment Of the Coast Line on March
l, 1910.
Lofts, a native of Kansas, join-
(C%Ontinued on Pare Three. Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21

was between Princess and Chest
nut streets in all probability. How
ever should any old-timer care to
correct us on that location, we will
be pleased to acknowledge our
error Immediately.
This ride on the steamer was
one of the main attractions of the
excursion from the mountains to
the sea.
ILL FATED-Most of you will
recall that the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad failed to
prove financially successful.
Hence it was liquidated.
Part of the line was sold to the
Atlantic Coast Line while the
other part of the property went
to the Southern Railroad.
The dividing line for this distri-
button of the old line was the City
Of Sanford.
Surely some residents of the
Port City will recall the special
excursions on the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad, as well as
the depot located acros the river.
Descriptions of both, or either,
would be more than welcome by
Along The Cape Fear.
Il
ANnTuFP RAILROAD - DIR.
ing the heyday OF railroad expan-
(Continued IN Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
SIBLEY ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT
Railroad Board Announces
Promotion After n. Y.
Meeting

At a meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Charleston and West,
ern Carolina Railway Company and
the Atlantic Land and Improve
ment Company held in New York
City yesterday c. G. Sibley was
elected a vice-president.
Sibley is also assistant vice
neutrality-suspicious. of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad.
A native of Savannah, Ga, Sibley
entered railroad service in 1899 as
messenger in the offices Of the
Plant System (now part of the
Coast Line) at Savannah. In 1914
he became trainmaster of the ACL.
at Savannah, later being assigned
to the staff of the regional director,
U. S. Railroad Administration, At
lanta, Ga. In 1918 he became super
intendent and later general super
intendent of the Winston-Salem
Southbound Railway Company, re-
turning to service of the Coast
Line in 1921, holding sucessively
the positions of superintendent.
superintendent transportation and
general superintendent.
On April /, 1880 he was elected
assistant general manager and on
May 21, 1912 was elected general
manager.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
SHERIFF DOUBTS
MURDER THEORIES
Los Angeles County Of
fetal Says Blast May
Not Have Killed Two

SANTA ANA, Calf, March 10
-P1Walter Overell and his wife,
Beulah, may already have been
dead when an explosion shattered
their yacht Saturday night in fash
ionable Newport bay, Sheriff
James Musick said today.
The Overells' 17-year-old blonde
coed daughter, Beulah Louise
and her fiance, husky George
Gollum, 81, were held on bookings
of murder in an investigation OF
the deaths. Formal charges had
not been filed against either and
both denied any knowledge of the
blast or of the presence of 81
of dynamite and a wired
clock found aboard after the ex-
plosion.
1.-THE evidence tends to indicate
that they cher parents) may have
been dead at the time the ex-
plosion occurred" Musick declar-
ed after a conference with the
girl.
Await Autopsy
He added that charges will be
filed 'if an autopsy shows what
we believe it will" The autopsy
report was to be made late today.
DR.. John Montanus, who per-
formed the autopsy, said injuries
to both victims seemed chiefly
confined to skull wounds, which
he described as indentations about
an inch in diameter. He said
Overell's head showed two over
the left temple, one over the
right eye and INT over the left
temple, and Mrs. Overell's n
over the left eye and one over the
center OF her forehead above the
hairline.
He added that the hands Of both
were broken. Or. Montanus is
chief OF the Orange County hospi-
Continued on Page Three, Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Diplomatic
Given
Hot Query.
Undersecretary Of State
Cautions Congress That
Delay Is Dangerous
PRELIMINARY ROUND
Huge Committee Room
Quiet As Marshall As
sistant Answers

WASHINGTON, March 20 -P.
= Undersecretary of State Dean
Acheson, weighing his words or
the proposal to bolster Greece
and Turkey against Communism,
gave the considered opinion to
day that II don't think it could
lead to war"
But failure to act swiftly, he
cautioned Congress-, may produce
a ''chain reaction unfavorable to
the United States among other
nations struggling against COM
munist domination.
Under a ba1rage of questions,
he told the House Foreign Al
fairs committee that this country
could not risk waiting for action
by the United Nations that
Greece, YEARLY battling a Com
munist-led insurrection, has funds
enough for only IA days more Of
vital imports.
His testimony marked the pre-
ilLlliIldIy fOuIlu OIL a searching
Congressional examination of
President Humans request for
$500, 000, 900 in money and material
and '1imited' military missions
to the two Mediterranean coun.
tries.
With diplomatic caution, Ache
son guardedly refrained from a
direct reference to Russia. But
there was no installing the i'm
plications when Rep. Mansfield
O-Mont.} asked his opinion on
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
JOINT COMMITTEE.
HEARS PORT PLEA.
Authority Chairman, Mem
bers, Attorney Urge
Appropriation

RALEIGH, March 20. - Up -
After a short-lived economy drive
had fizzled, the Joint Appropria-
tons committee today voted to
add 1899, 752 to the permanent i'm.
provements appropriations bill,
and tn e reported favorably on
the measure which now carries a
total of $48, 1872, 256.
The committee also held a
public hearing at which members
Of the N. C. Ports Authority spoke
in favor of bills which would
provide $500 annually for op.
GRAFTON of the authority and ST.
600, 900 to be used for permanent
improvements at the states ports.
Former Governor J M.
Brcughton. in advocating passage
of tn measures. told the COM
mittee that 60 per cent Of freight
handled by the Port of Norfolk is
either shipped from or destined
for North Carolina points. He pre-
dicted that development of the
ports would result in the in
dustrial development of Eastern
North Carolina.
Other Speakers
Others speaking in favor Of the
bills were w. o. Huske Of Fayet-
teville, Ports Authority secretary;
Rep. H. S. Gibbs of Carteret and
R. B. Page of Wilmington, mem
bers of the authority.
TIL largest increase voted to-
day was one of $500, 600 for con-
Continued on Page Three, Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Three A Addresses On
Schedule For Today's
Closing Session

The problems facing the home
mission work Of tomorrow. how
similar problems have been met
IN the past, and what the church
can and must do in that field in the
next few years we're discussed last
night by Miss Betty Birmingham in
speaking at the Woman's Society OF
Christian Service conference being
held here in the Grace Methodist
church.
The editor of The Methodist Wom-
an in New York City, Miss Brit
tingham delivered the keynote adj
dress in last nights session. She
was introduced by Mrs. Quincy P.
Hood, conference president who
has been presiding at the three.
day session which opened here
Wednesday afternoon.
Three speakers, DR.. Gloria Wys-
ner of the Foreign Mission Board
in New York City, Miss Lucy
Steele, Bible professor at Peace
College, and Miss Birmingham
will talk at the closing session this
morning which begins at 9 o'clock.
Miss Birmingham last night de-
fined home missions as essentially
a spiritual undertaking to present
Christ to the world, with the pro-
grams objective as the creation OF
Continued on Page Three, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
WEATHERMAN SAYS
SPRING ARRIVING
ONLY ON CALENDAR

Spring will officially come to Will
mington today at 6:15 a. m. when
the sun enters the equinox, but Will
mingtonians won't know it's Spring
unless they remember that it's
March 81.
Paul Hess, local weatherman,
gives a partly cloudy" forecast
for the local weather today, with
So. degrees the highest tempera-
ture expected during the day. The
Winds. too. will. still be whipping
around the corners, at a mode
rate' rate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
CHANNEL PROJECT
NEARS START HERE
New Orleans Firm Sub
mits Lowest Bid For
Dredging Work

The approved 32-foot Cape Fear
river project was II step nearer
completion yesterday with the an
nouncement from the Wilmington
District Corps of Engineers that
the McWilliams Dredging COM
pany of New Orleans, La, had
the lowest bid for the
near million dollar project.
Official award of the contract
has not yet been made, but the
New Orleans firm, one Of six bid
ders, agreed to do the job for
$592, $40 which is approximately
$50, 900 less than the government
estimate.
Local engineer officials said that
the funds appropriated for the
Cape Fear 32-foot project and not
used in this work, would be used
at a later date for other new pro
jects on the river.
Work is scheduled to begin sc
days after official notice to pro.
coed. 1t is estimated that the jot
will entail a years labor. Second
lowest bidder was Hill Dredging
Company, of Ventnor, N. j., with
a figure of 1925, 425.
Other bids were: Arundel Corp
Grafton, Baltimore, Md, 1857, 800;
American Dredging Company,
SIP, $50; Atlantic Gulf and Pacific
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
LARGEST WHEAT CROP
I'm HISTORY OF u. S.,
EXPECTED FOR 1917

WASHINGTON, March 20 Il,
- Another bumper crop produc-
ticn year, topper by what may be
the largest crop ever, was fore
cast by the Agriculture depart
ment today.
The forecast was in a report
showing farmers plan to plant
slightly larger acreages than dur
ing the past two seasons.
The nations wheat supply. now
dwindling under a heavy export
demand, will be ~replenished by a
crop of about 1872, DOC, 900 bushels
fl present prospects turn out. Last
years crop, the largest yet grown,
was 1855, us, 600 bushels.
A wheat crop Of the size in
dicated would enable the United
States to continue exports until
the 1948 harvest at this seasons
rooorJ rota
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
HARDIN NAMED TO
BUDGET POSITION
Bank Official Appointed
Vice-President OF Com
munity Chest Group

John H. Hardin, vice president
Of the Wilmington Savings and
Trust company, was yesterday ap-
pointed vice-chairman of the Bud
get committee of the Community
Chest by Howard A. Penton, chair
man.
At the same time Penton an
nounced the appointment of ten
other members of the committee.
They are: John M. Blass, manag-
ell Of Naco Fertilizer company; w.
Eugene Edwards, of the firm of
W. M. Edwards and Son; Emsley
A.. Lanty, president of the Bank of
Wilmington: Pomeroy Nichols,
treasurer Of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad; Lewis F. Ormand,
comptroller of the ACL: W. A.
Raney of Raney Chevrolet COM
pany; Harmon c. Rorison, vice
president of the Security National
bank; Harry M. Solomon of S. &
B. Solomon company; Robert H.
Tate, vice president and trust Of
ficer of the Peoples Savings Bank
and Trust company; j. Goodlet
Thornton, president of the Will
mington Savings and Trust COM
parry.
In addition, according to the
constitution of the Community
Chest, the president of the Com
munity Council, the Rabbi Samuel
A. Friedman, is automatically a
member Of the Budget committee.
The duties Of the committee, it
was stated, are to review monthly
the appropriations and final reports
of the II Red Feather" services
of the Chest. Each summer, during
July and August, the committee
studies the budgets for the coming
year of the II services and submits
recommendations to the board of
directors. The goal of the fund
campaign held each October is
based m the recommendations
submitted by the Budget commit
tee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Firm
Shares
French Foreign Minister
Lays Cards On Table
Before Council
RIFT SERIOUS"
Marshall Serves Notice OF
Request To Summon
Austrian Officials
RIFT "SERIOUS"

MOSCOW, March 20 (P1 -
France and Great Britain split
tonight on the future disposition
OF Germany's coal resources in
the first serious disagreement
among the Western powers at the
Council of Foreign ministers.
Foreign Minister Georges BIZ
dault notified the council that
France could not consent to seo-
nomlc reconstruction of Germany
unless the other powers agreed to
her demands for guarantees of
German coal.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin replied CURLY that he could
not accept a proposal where one
power blocked oil negotiations
until it gets its way on n point.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State
George c. Marshall served notice
that he would request that the four
power council summon the Aus
tflan government to Moscow for
consultation on the peace treaty
for Austria.
The council will drop the Ger
man discussion for one day to
hear, a progress report from its
deputies tomorrow on Austria att
err which Marshall will make his
motion.
Serious Split
The adamant French stand, con.
fronting the council with a virtual
take . it : Or . leave it ultimaturn,
created what appears to be the
worst split yet developed here
among the Western powers unless
Britain and France can find a
way to negotiate a compromise.
The situation found the Russians
backing the French coal demands.
In the shortest session to date
it was barely three hours long-
the ministers were given the
French position which was con-
fined to the coal issue.
Bidault, answering Bevin's r..
Continued OIL Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
ARMY Big FLIES
OVER NORTH POLE
Converted Bomber Makes
First Weather Report
From World Top

WASHINGTON March 20 -P)-
An Army Air forces B29 flew over
the North Pole this week inaugu-
rating what is expected to be
routine weather reports from the
top o. the world AAF officials
disclosed today.
The B29 converted from a
bomber into a weather observa :
ton plane was commanded by
Brig. Gen. Donald M. Yates
weather expert for the AAF who
arrived in Washington today TO
report to headquarters.
No effort was made to keep the
flight over the Polar cap secret
the airplane transmitting a wealth
er report from the Position
North Pole'' in uncoded message
available to all other nations lis
tening in.
The BIG left the Army Ali base
near Fairbanks Alaska was in
the air is hours and 80 minutes
returning to it's field early Tues
day morning.
First Word
While there have been indica =
tons that the AAF has steadily
increased the range Of its obser-
walton flights from Alaskan bases
the recent forced landing Of a
B29 in Greenland was one such
indication) this was the first def
mite word of operations at the
Pole.
From there the distances to the
mainlands Of. all the continents is
about equal.
Weather mea emphasized the
value of periodic weather studies
at the Pole. Hitherto this has been
a blind spot in an area where air
masses form to spill the weather
(Conttuued ar Do On Throe. fol. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
CHURCHMEN FEAR
DEPRESSION, WAR
Methodist Federation For
Social Service Flags
Truman Aid Plan

BOSTON, March 90 W.H The
Methodist Federation for Social
Service charged tonight that Pres
ident Humans plan for aid to
Greece and Turkey carried a
threat of a "holy war" and the
worst depression in history.
The charge was contained in a
strongly-worded letter sent to the
chief executive by Bishop Lewis
O. Hartman of Boston, president
of the federation. The group
claims a membership of II Meth
odist bishops and 1000 ministers
and laymen.
Criticizing Mr. Truman for by
passing the United Nations, the
letter said:
SIN our opinion, (your plan)
carries with it a serious threat Of
armed conflict. Such a struggle
might conceivably develop into the
holy war -. . It is possible also
that the proposal in relation to
vi CSCC dli0 4ulhCy h1lSAI 1CSu1I
in the worst depression we have
ever known.
eve are, CT course, wholeheart-
eddy in favor of feeding hungry
peoples, but we believe such a
service should be carried forward
a non-political basis and thtt
the whole proposal be handled by
the United Nations, and not by the
unilateral action of any one ma
The federation also assailed Sec
rotary of Labor Lewis B. Schwel-
lenbach's proposal to outlaw the
communist party. Such a sugges-
ton, the federation said, was con-
trary to Secretary of State George
definition of democracy
which provides for freely con-
stituted political parties"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Richard Better Not Open
7hatDo or;H He MayG Bit

BY the time the police arrived,
they found also in the basement a
very angry meter reader, Frank
|NeWood.
Mrs. Wilson said it seemed uses
less to warn Newood because che
would think it silly to be afraid
|, While Newood was reading the
meter, the woodchuck popped out
of a coal bin. He pushed it with his
foot. 1t bit him.
The Dearborn dog catcher, Pa
trolman Bruce Dean lured the ami
NAL away with cookies and took
it to the dog pound.
The woodchuck bit him, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Centenarian Thinks God
PutHimH Here Purpose

20, 1888 as mother Travelled through
Choctaw county, Miss, Ed Harris"
The inscription, Harris said, was
written by his grandmother.
His mother was a member of a
Creek Indian tribe, he said, and he
was given the name Harris" be-
cause that was the name of the
slave-owner through whose land she
was travelling when her son was
born.
Harris, a former sharpshooter
with circuses, says he has been
around the world three times, and
has lived In Decatur n yea1s.