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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Sales To End;
Br0ughton Hits Ban
Ex-Governor Tells Farm
Meeting British Edict
Is Farmers Threat

ELIZABETHTOWN, Oct "a
R)-Former Governor J. Melville
Broughton told a Bladen county
farm meeting today that 1.-The
edicit of the British government
banning imports of American
tobacco constitutes a serious
threat to the economic welfare
of North Carolina farmers"
"Coming suddenly and with
out warning" said Broughton,
attorney for flue-cured tobacco
Warehousemen, Sin the midst
Of the selling season, this dras-
tic order falls heavily and I'M
on those farmers who
have not as yet had opportunity
to sell any considerable portion
of their tobacco.
"This is no time for rash
statements or ill-considered act
ion. 1t would seem, however,
that the British government,
which has received most help
full and sympathetic considera-
ton from this nation and whose
loan a year ago was unanimous
ly endorsed by farmers through
out this section, could have
handled this situation in a less
drastic manner.
Acreage Allocated
"Certainly there was every
intimation that with this finan-
cling British PURCHASES of farm
commodities would continue
throughout this season at least
on a substantially normal basis.
Tobacco acreage which other
wise would have been sharply
reduced, was allocated on the
g. ~ D.~o Tive
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
BARUCH DOES NOT
FEAR SOVIET WAR
Adviser To Presidents
However, Says Nation
Must Be Ready

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-P-
Bernard M. Baruch said today
he does not expect war between
Russia and the United States,
but he declared that this country
must be ready for anything
forced upon u.s."
Although the shooting war is
over we are in the midst of a
cold war which is getting warm
err" Baruch said as he told the
Senate War Investigating COM
mittee that it is time to quit talk
ing about the mistakes of the past
two wars and face present prob
lens.
The Senate group has been
asking a number of World War
II officers why a detailed indus
trial mobilization plan -. which
Baruch, financier and adviser to
several presidents, drew up in
World War I and helped revise
later-was not put into operation.
Baruch testified that failure to
See BARUCH on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Dr.. Crisp To Teach
Smith Class At First
Baptist Church Sunday

According to Otto Pridgen,
teacher of DR.. Smiths class at
The First Baptist church, Rev.
James Crisp will be the guest
teacher for the class tomorrow.
Rev. Mr. Crisp is the new pastor
of the Lake Forest Mission
sponsored Jointly by The First
Baptist church and the State
Baptist mission board.
Dr.. Smiths class is conducting
an attendance contest between
the REDS and the "Blues'; the
record through last Sunday was
a tie with a mutual score of 434.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Judge Urges
Drafted Jury
Hcn. John J. Parker Says
Men Chosen Should Be.
Made To Serve Duty

RALEIGH, Oct. 24-P-When
non of intelligence and character
~re chosen for jury duty, "they
n,,oht to be made to serve as a
natter of public duty, just as
men are required to serve in the
army and Navy" John J. Park
er of Charlotte, senior judge of
,he u. S. Circuit Court of Ap-
meals, said here today.
Judge Parker, one of the prin-
cinal speakers at the 18th annual
meeting of the North Carolina
State Bar association, said, "a
i,rv ought not to be a cross
sectjcn of a communicated er
# should be representative of the
character and intelligence of a
community.
"The business of a jury is the
most important business of any
community, for it is the admins
,ration of justice between man
and man." the judge said.
Joseph B. Cheshire, II, of Raj
ejgh, was elected president for
1q47-48 of the North Carolina
State bar. He succeeds Fred B.
Helms of Charlotte.
Other Officers
Other new officers elected:
Thomas P, Pruitt of Hickory,
first vice-president, and j. B.
lanes of Greenville. second vice
president.
Edward L. Cannon of Raleigh,
again was reelected secretary
treasurer, of the association.
Judge Parker expressed his
confidence that the jury system
is zone of the greatest bulwarks
against oppressive power ever
erected. 1t is one of the land
marks of constitutional law.
"Too often, the man in the
street doesn't agree with us. He
regards it as a system of chance.
"Too often, men of the highest
character and intelligence find
their own business more press
See JUDGE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
ALABAMA GOVERNOR
ABOLISHES WHIPPING
OF STATE PRISONERS

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 2A
-P)-Governor James E. Folsom
today ordered flogging and all
other forms of corporal punish
ment abolished in Alabama pris-
ons.
The governor said his order
would be universal except in
extreme cases" and would remain
in effect until he receives a re-
port from a Legislative commits
sion to study prison conditions.
The chief executive did not ex-
plain what would constitute "ex-
IRENE" cases.
The prison administration has
been criticized from time to time
recently for whipping of convlcts
and a bill to prohibit corporal
punishment at prisons was intro
duced in the recent Alabama
legislature but failed to pass.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
POLICE
HUNT BOLD BANDIT
WHO STRIPPED MAN

ASHEV1LLE, Oct. 24-R-
Law enforcement officers in this
area were engaged tonight in a
hunt for the man who cody STEP
ped into the automobile driven
by Ira Dorm, salesman, on the
streets of Gainesville, Ca, this
morning, poked a gun into his
ribs and forced him to drive to
Asheville, where he put him afoot
in the woods after stripping him
of clothing.
The car belonging to Dorm, to-
gether with his missing clothes,
was found in the depot section
here a few hours later after the
kidnaper had managed to elude
city police in a chase.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
See On Page Two
W0MAN'S LEAGUE
GIVEN RED LABEL
Karen Morley Cited A.
Communis. Teacher
In Coast School

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-R-
Walt Disney told Congressional
Investigators today that Holly
wood labor leader Herbert K.
Sorrell, whom he "believes" to
be a Communist, had boosted
of using the National Labor Re-
lations Board "as it suited
him."
The daddy of "Donald Duck"
and mickey Mouse" movies
testified at hearings on Com
musism in Hollywood by the
House Committee on I'm Ameri-
can Activities.
Disney sent a gasp through
the audience when he included
the League of Women Voters
among Communist front organi-
cations.
Also during today's hearing:
l. Oliver Carlson, who said he
once was a Communist and now
teaches in the University of Cal
ifornia Extension division, test
flied that Actress Karen Nor
lev and two lawyers who are
keeping an eye on the Congress
Co. WOMEN,S On pa e Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Shattered Bodies
Cover Wide Area
Fated Ship Trails
Smoke, Flame 10 Miles
Before Diving

BRYCE CANYON, Utah, Oct.
24-(AP)-A United Airlines trans
port plane carrying 50 persons
smashed against a sloping hill
side here today, scattering the
shattered bodies and wreckage
over a wide area.
The four-engined craft, trailing
smoke and flames for at least
10 miles before it crashed, vir-
disintegrated. A strip of
sagebrush over 100 yards long
and so yards wide was burned.
The four engines, scorched
and twisted, were thrown 200
to 300 feet beyond the burned
area.
The largest piece of the plane
was a section of the tail, only Is
or &c feet long. 1t was near the
forward portion Of the burned
area.
All the bodies were mangled
and burned. Most were unrec-
o%gnizable.
The transport was enroute
from Los Angeles to New York
city with only one stop - ut
Chicago - scheduled.
Shortly before the crash the
pilot reported by radio that
fire had broken out in the planes
baggage compartment. He said
he was turning back and would
land at the emergency landing
field here, adjacent to Bryce
Canyon National Park in South
ern Utah, about 275 miles South
of Salt Lake City.
The craft barely cleared the
precipitous wall of a branch of
Bryce Canyon. Then it plowed in
to the sloping, sage-covered hill
side, apparently exploded and
burned.
The bodies were scattered
throughout the burned over area.
Some - unexplainedly - were
See BODIES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
The Weather

souta carolina-Mostly cloudy, COO
~ nv rather windy Saturday, occasiona
nen. ram or drizzle In West and South
r"uohs Saturday morning followed BY
"y cloudy and cooler Saturday
msn., Sunday partly cloudy, warmel
IN afternoon.
N0r1n Carolina-Considerable cloud.
rs and cool Saturday, occasional ligh.
s.i or drizzle extreme West portion
c,utoay morning. Sunday partly
''uV' warmer in afternoon.
e,dt. eorologlcal data for the "a hour.
Ns 1870 p. m. Yesterday.
In, Temperatures
m eO a. m. 66, 7:3o a. m. e6, 1870 p
90 7:3O p. m. 10.
SNa&lmum 70, Minimum GA, Mean 70
g.. Humidity
d. m. SO, 7:30 a. m. IS. 80 p
w. 7;3o p. m. 10.
~. Precipitation
for the "a hours ending 1881
m 0 inches.
'4 inches. W
IN Tides For Today
II r0l the Tide Tables publisher by
coast and Geodetic. Survey,
ST,u. High Low.
ston 6:07 a. m. 1:01 a. m.
s... 6:32 p. M. 1:16 p. m.
4'oro Inlet 1888 p. m. 1915 a. m.
4:22 p. M. 0:47 p. m.
o:z6, Sunset 5:27; Moonr.se
H. Moonset 2:04 a. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
DEATH OF WHITE
UNDER SCRUTINY
Brunswick Sheriff Buried
At Shallotte AS In
quiry Continues

The body of the late Sheriff
John White, of Brunswick coun-
ty, was buried at Shallotte yes
terday afternoon, and Acting
Sheriff John G. Caison, de-
clared last night that he still
is investigating the circum-
stances surrounding Whites
sudden death Wednesday after
noon.
In this connection, Caison is
sued the following statement:
"It was reported to me that
there was some evidence Of foul
play when the sheriff died at
Shallotte. 1 investigated the re-
port and interviewed some 30
persons in the area this after
noon, (Friday).
Sheriff White was on his
way down in the Cause Landing
section, west of Shallotte, to
serve some papers, ,subpoenas,
jury duty calls and SO forth.
When he got to Burt Jacobs
home, he complained of a Sc
we're pain in the head, which
he had had since Monday night
he got this injury while ar-
resting Conway.
Asked For Aspirin
"He drove up into the yard
and Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. ia
cobs' mother, came out, and
he asked her if they had an
aspirin tablet. He said that he
had a evere pain in the head.
Mrs. Jacobs got the aspirin
and water. He took the aspirin
and asked if he might lie down.
They told him to go into the
room adjoining the parlor and
lie down.
"Mrs. Jacobs or Mrs. Robin
See WHITE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
TEACHERS DEMAND
$1,000 MINIMUM
Northwestern District As
ISOLATION Elects Wom-
an President

GREENSBORO, Oct "a -R-
Demand for a $4,000 minimum
salary for teachers was voiced
here today when about 5000
members of the Northwestern
District Teachers Association,
North Carolina Education AS
ISOLATION, here for the 25th an
niversary session. They also
elected acting President Lucille
Kirkpatrick, Thomasville, Pres
ident and heard DR.. Walter A.
Flick, psychology department
head of Washington and Lee
University, explain how the
teaching profession should
be glamorized and advanced
Miss Kirkpatrick defeated
Holland McSwain, Yancey-
vile, and Lloyd Y. Horton, High
Point, for the presidency.
S. F. Horton, principal OF the
Cove Creek High School, Sugar
Grove, was unopposed for vice
president. Miss Donna Lee LOT
lin, A~sheboro, edged out Mrs.
Trach Council, Boone, and Mrs.
Dorothy Y. Zimmerman, Yancy-
vile, for the cncretarv post.
Pleads For Unity
A plea for unity within
MEGA. ranks was sounded in
an address by A. G. Dawson.
Jr., principal If the Southern
Pines HIGH school and associa-
ton vice president. He was
elected with the Fritz regime.
Junior" might not have to
face his parents with his renort
card in the future, according
to an address made bv DR.. J. E.
Miller, state department of
public instruction. but he would
sui have to answer for his
scholarship and behavior.
He explained that several ex-
nar7ments are under wav in the
SCUM whore mn report cards are
See TEACHERS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

LONDON, Oct. "a -W.D-Thir-
tyone persons were electrocuted
or smashed to death today and
$50 injured when a speeding
electric train packed with COM
muters and school children rem
med into a fog-stalled passenger
train during the morning rush
on the outskirts Of London.
The terrific crash, worst in
the history of the Southern Rail
ways, ripped the bottom from
one coach, dropping its stunned
passengers on the electrically
charged rail beneath where
they died instantly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Famous Bar Harbor Sum-
mer Palaces Fall Prey To
Uncontrolled Flames

BAR ARBOR Me-, Oct. "a
-R-Like refugees of war,
thousands of persons today fled
this flame-wasted island colony
of millionaire summer man.
sions to escape another night of
the terror Of raiding forest fires
which took Is lives in the ma
ton and burned a loss upwards
of $26, 900, 900 across New Eng
land.
Maine-With six communities
wiped out in addition to this
devastated section of Mount
Desert Island, vacation play
ground of the rich-was still I'm
der attack by four firefronts
which were out Of control.
AS the Army, Navy, Coast
Guard and Red Cross rushed
aid by plane, all available local
agencies and persons were raj
lying to help $500 evacuees who
streamed out of Bar Harbor
and other island areas in swift
ly-gathered boats like a small
scale Dunkerque.
Outbreaks of woodland blazes
flared elsewhere in the nation,
in New York, New Jersey and
Michigan and ranged up North
of Maine into the Canadian
province of New Brunswick.
Closing of woods was ordered
in parts of Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
Wind Drop Is Hope
Worn firefighters in the New
England bad spots fought
through their fifth day counting
chiefly on a drop in 20-mile an
hour winds as their best aid.
Rain still remained only a hope
in the six state area, drought
gripped for "a days. The
Weather Bureau said only a
See FOREST On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

A former soldier who contends
an Army surgeon left a towel
inside him after an operation
won today the first round in
his suit to collect $500, 900 from
the government.
Federal Judge W. Calvin
Chestnut refused to consider a
government argument 1t IS not
liable to a member of the
armed forces for injuries cue
to the negligence Of others on
active military duty.
The plaintiff is Arthur K. JET
ferson of Joppa, Md. He said
in his petition the surgery was
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
ElectrOcuted And $50
Injured In Train Wreck

Bodies of other victims were
thrown yards away as some
wooden coaches in the pass
enger train splintered under the
impact. Two coaches were hurl-
ed to the edge of a high en-
bankment, but did not overturn.
Rescue workers, including
nearby residents and police
summoned from sleep, trod in
corridors slippery with blood to
reach the dead and injured.
Householders stripped the
sheets from their beds and rip
See ELECTROCUED on Page
Two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
T~REASURY'S FIRST
WATCHDOG - General James

i n T. "A . y n i + n . i
WATCHDOG - General James
liver Mckay, early congressman
representing North Carolina
from the Cape Fear district,
was the original "watchdog Of
the treasury" a term that since
has been applied to several
statesmen.
A state senator at the age Of
%, Mckay served in the senate
five terms, was United States
district attorney, was elected to
congress in 1881, and served
nine terms there before he vol
UNFAIRLY retired. It was as mem
Der and finally chairman of the
powerful ways and means COM
mittee that he earned his title
as treasury Watchdog"
1t was back in 1880 that liver
Mckay, his wife, Ann Miller
Mckay, and their five children,
left Scotland for the new world.
They landed in Wilmington and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Seeks 100000
For Towel In Stomach

at Fort Belvoir, Va, in 1915
and that a second operation
was necessary to remove a
hand towel marked GUS. Medi-
cal Department" He still can
not eat properly, he contended,
and his abdominal organs were
permanently injured. He did not
know the name of the surgeon.
jefferson sued under the
"Tort Claims Act" passed by a
recent Congress. In certain
cases, it valves the govern
See EXCL. On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
= - Persons Lose Lives When Airliner
crashes, Burns In Bryce Canyon, Utah;
Truman Calls For Curb On Initiation
Forest Fires Take
Toll Of IS Lives
FIREMEN STALLED

OOLITIC, Ind, Oct. 24-(R
"A dead battery prevented
the Oolitic fire truck from re-
spending to an alarm and Fire
Chief Thomas Evans blamed
e-HalloWeen prankster.
Evans said someone had
slipped into the fire house,
turned on the truck lights
and the battery had run down.
A farmers barn was de-
stroyed when the truck failed
to arrive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
FORECAST:

U Wilmington and vicinity: Consid-
cradle cloudiness and cool today; SUM-
day partly cloudy and warmer in af-
ternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

See ORE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

See BODIES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Toward
For First
Prize-RuIes
FISHING RODEO
CLASSIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

l. RULES: Glass A fish are those caught from registered
deepsea fishing cruisers. The fish are listed below in order OF
reference for the grand cash award AND. the weekly cash prizes
The Judges will, however, confer the awards for the fish which
thew consider the best catches. For example, in determining the
winner of the grand award, the judges may decide that a certain
Sailfish is a better catch than any Blue Marlin caught and may
confer the grand award for the Sailfish, although it is lower on
the list than Blue Marlin.
@ FISH Tin order of preference):
~ Blue Marlin 90 Tarpon () Cobla (Caolo)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

Louis Orrell, Sencba prexy
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

|Second Annu,|
Event Mecca
For Fishern)a,

Monday morning Southeast.
North Carolina will becona
mecca for local and v,is.
anglers much like sugar dr,,'
IN prizes in the second s ns''
Fall Fishing Rodeo spo na,sa
by the Southeastern North w.
Gina Beach association "a "a
Sept. Is to Oct. 81. N'N
That the event vii,
anglers much like sugars d r''
lies is indicated by the sup' s'
OF last years event when sss
in cash and merchandise ns sNN
were awarded.
Principal winner last ~.
was Tommy Williams w, N.Y.
walked off with several o n"
chandise prizes-th the Star.N t!s''
Sailfish trophy and se3S ss'
cash for catching the lar,,a
fish, a six foot six inch sal ~
His prize winning catch ~,
boated while trolling from css
Billy DeCover's Jim JAM, ~"
The rodeo drew to = c,,.
Wednesday, Oct. % last Wv.
when 1t. Gov. L. Y. (stag, ~ RI
lentine presented prizes to WIN
ners at a banquet in the ocs.,
Plaza, Carolina Beach.
Principal awards at that tn,
500 each for surf and r M,
Eugene Lewis, soutbmr
and W. L.. Comrades, Charlar,
Lewis made his catch, a 4
pound drum, at Baldhead lsl,T
while Comrades got into a,
running by catching a 27-poui
channel bass while casting from
Kure's pier.
After Jack Cowia d;reo{or Al
the 1916 event, had pointed ct
anglers from 16 states had
entered % different species d
fish for awards, Louis orrel
SENCBA president, ANNOUNCED
this years $751; 00 event,
Ballentine said at that tims
"The $4,000 rodeo planned t,
next year will do more for III,
southeastern section of North
Carolina than any other type n
promotion yet devised"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
GULF STREAM
Close
TO ). {. AREA

The Gulf Stream emergeS from
the narrow straits of FLORIDA tlOE'
ing northeastward into the NoFtl
Atlantic Ocean, passing on is
course, within so miles Of Soutl,
port. This phenomenon is cauis'
by several other complex re-
lated, physical and chemical pne
nomena, which supply the enefg
for it's uniquely remarkable We.
locity and determine its coulS
The waters of the North Az
lantic Ocean revolve in a CLOCK
wise gyral; fundamentally w.
Gulf Stream is just a part Oh ''
general pattern of oceanic cns'
lation, which is caused by; T.
the easterly trade WINDS Of a a'
lower ATTITUDES Of the North ~ ~
lantic; 2-temperature and !,
Unity (salt content diftereas, a-'
between southern and nGIls.-
waters of the North htial,' y
and 3-the clockwise rotation ~, ~
the Earth, which, in the Nol1L Inv.
Hemisphere, imparts a r ,,,oiD,
wise movement to currents mr
otherwise would be simple not tsr
south flows. However, thess l a
tors alone are not suf1lcle ~ n, h
account for the magnitude w.
Gulf Stream. FAR
A look at any map Of the o va,
ibbean sea-Gulf of Mexico Ts,+ saS
will indicate how the e.l notl
trades and the North Equa ao+hg
Current, which is simply sl .ions5
part of the previously men. menu in.
North Atlantic gyral' a1,1e ins
mense quantities OF W" oico ca
the Gulf of Mexico 1t SlS'
CONTINUED on Page 1"e''"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

ia Enm MHuaS III Go IN this section was complied ade ded by Jack Cowe Fish
S5ErINmawws' wishes m eTHm mE IM ar uS and originator of the $4,000 Fall Fishing Rodeo The
Bailey, JrM orehead City and Miss Francesca TIMona Now CWL 10 o nnm~sheds some
of the material N" AAS V VIII"
Beah ese%a a laMns r tMmaga Rmo sponsored by the South Eastern North Caroline
&c ana lndcauoS point 70 a succ@sfnc conclusion We are onhMnt that this enre sc-
ton has received more sectional las we'll national advHsne than any oer activity hat
~ Gnse peel uMekhH we should hket see DUR citizens take a relp rde in theg great
ea hmng snow on earth, add encourage their Upstate and other state friends to come down
ana Tucpae IN the rodeo. Inc directors are grateful to the press and people of this sec
ton fort their support and with thatc continued supput W feel cetant the rodeow will be
great success
The Valley settler., 1947-10-30

THE DEADLTNE on the Valley Settler is l2 noon on THURSDAY. This date may be moved up to fac the handling of larger mailing list. There ere several hours of work on the paper after all news etc. arc in as anyone familiar with this type Of
 work can test fly. The Editor often is up
 most of the night and has stayed up all night. The only time space is held open
 is in such cases as a new streanliner con- ing into town or some other important e. vent that the Editor does not want to pass up for another week. Then space is saved. We have to have a stopp ing place somewhere
The Valley settler., 1947-10-30

NOVEMBER CALENDAR n All COUNCIL The All Council will meet on Monday eve- ing in the Extens ion office to complete Hans for Achievement Day. rAsI1LA GRANGE
 The -asi11a Grange ui1l meet in the Con- rmnity Hall on Tuesday evening N ovanber 4, and November Ia, at p.m. .lTAUsKA VALLEY CHAMBER of ColnERCE The Natanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce ill neet for noon luncheon in the base- .npnt of the Lutheran Church on Wednesday November 5, and again on Todae sday Noven- bor l9.
 DAIRNE
 Tho regular meet ing of the Valley Dairynen is on Monday November 10, in the 3xtension Office at 8 p.m.
 2:cosE LODGE
 Tho Moose Hodge meets on Tue sdays November Il and 25, at p.a. in the Moose Hall. IoRTELMD PIONEER GRANGE The Pioneer Grange ii Ii meet in he Grange Hall on Thursday November Is, at p.m. Inc next meeting falls on Thanks oiving and as no informat ion is available as to any alternate date, VIC shall have to wait for further informat ion.
 LITERARY
 The Matanuska Valley Library Association win meet in tho Library on l:onday Novon- Der IF, at p;m. lISCNS and EASTERN STARS The Masonic and Eastern Star Club will meet in the Grange Hall on Monday November IF, at 6 p.m. All Masons, Eastern Stars and the 1T idEes or husbands arc cordially invited.
 P.T.A.
 The regular meeting of the ?.T.A. will be held in the School basement dining room on Tuesday November IS, at 8 m. AMERICAN LEGION and AUXILIARY The Amer ican Legion md Auxiliary will meet in, the Club Rooms of the Shamrock Building at p.m. on Thursday November
 :. 20th.