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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

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TWO APARTMENT HOUSE.
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pletely remodeled through
cut, Immediate occupancy.
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HINTON INSURANCE
AND REALTY COMPANY
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Kodiak mirror., 1947-01-18
Reports On
 Population Trend

There has been a steady swing toward an increase in the white population of hoolak and a decrease in ratio of native (heads of family) population in the past 2 years, Public Health Nurse Marion Curtis reported at the council meeting Monday. Her survey was based on statis-: ties of her office.
 In 1914, as reflected in tabnla- tions ot calls made, the ratio was about even, while in 1946 calls reflected ratio of 2 white famil es to 1 native
 The obvious increase in child population was shown in the school enrolment. Ia 1944 there was an eDrellment of 200 stud ents and this year there is a rec ord $50 students. She pointed out that only 8 of the latter come from the base.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-01-18
NOTICE

Contents of unpaid lockers ana fir zen storage will be sold for eAsrses due.
 l1s Kodiak Cold Storage Co
Kodiak mirror., 1947-01-18

The regular monthly dinner meeting of the Kodiak Business and Professional Women s club will be held Monday evening at 6:30a at the Victory Dining room. In charge Of the program for the evening is Alice Haskell, chair man of the finance committee O. !. Torgersun wjll be gust speaker and kodschr m -iies will be shown. reports Miss Has kell
Kodiak mirror., 1947-01-18

Taxi business permits have been issued te:
 Paul Doeley, James Hel en, 1 each; O. T. Mulqueen, 3 includ- ing 8 transfer from A. M. Trip lett
 A businsSs permit was also granted the Tagura Transit Sys- tenn, P J WstkinsoA owner, and John ". Keebler, operator, who has an option to buy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
GUARD LIFEB0AT
RESCUES YACHT
Miamian, Crew OF Two On
Disabled Ship, lowed
To Southport Harbor

A Coast Guard motor lfeboas
from the Oak Island ifeboat
station Thursday afternoon
went out into a rather rough sea
and towed a disabled 43 foot
auxiliary yawl-type yacht to
safety in Southport, according
to Chief Boatswain, Harry E.
Johnson, commander of the sta
ton.
The yacht Blue Heron had ra-
diced she was having engine
trouble after putting out from
Morehead City, later adding
that her batteries were low and
failing and asking the coast
guard to fix her position.
A Coast Guard plane located
the boat hove to some 10 or II
miles from the Cape Fear light
house, johnson explained. and
motor lifeboat commanded by
William c. Kincaid, boatswain's
mate first class, put out from
the Oak Island station to con-
tact the disabled vessel.
They found the Blue Heron's
master and owner, Edwin A.
Link, of Miami, and a crew Of
See GUARD on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
YOUNG GIRLS DIE
WHEN HALL BURNS
Oil Stove Explodes In Juke
Joint Trapping High
School Students

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 20.
-W.D-An oil stove exploded
early today in a backwoods jock
joint where $50 persons were
holding a benefit party for a
high school basketball team and
two young girls perished in the
scramble to escape the building
before it burned to the ground.
Two heroic, but as yet uniden-
titled, men prevented a greater
tragedy by breaking open three
windows through which the
crowd jumped to the ground.
The two girls, Evelyn Taggart
of Memphis and Dorothy Bill
ingsley of Horn Lake, Miss,
were trapped and burned to
death when they tried to escape
through a small room which had
no egress. About 20 other per-
sons suffered minor burns.
The party was held to raise
money for the Horn Lake, Miss,
high school basketball team and
the scene was a small nightclub
near Horn Lake in De Soto coun-
ty, just over the state line from
Memphis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
JAYCEES REPORT
GOOD SEAL START
Chairman Broadfoot Says
Buyers Are Doubling
Amounts Over 1916

Chairman w. G.. Broadfoot,
Jr., of the Junior Chamber OF
Commences committee con-
ducting the annual pre-Christ-
mas Seal sale bond drive re-
ported yesterday that the Jay
Gees made considerable prog
ress in the first two days OF
their campaign.
"In every case persons W h o
purchased the tuberculosis seal
bonds last year bought larger
ones this year, Broadfoot de-
clared.
Assisting him as sub-chair-
men in charge of the bond sale
are R. B. Howard, Aubrey
Thompson, Corky Fountain,
Wallace West, Rodney Breeze.
George Tenuta, Ernest Lane
and Hal Love. The bonds are
for persons and firms willing to
purchase seals in lots Of S. or
larger.
Meanwhile, volunteer workers
were busily preparing for the
ushering in of New Hanover
county's 38th consecutive annu-
al TB seal sale on Monday OF
next week, November "a, ac-
cording to Miss Lucy Nash,
executive secretary of the New
Hanover County tuberculosis
and Health association.
On Monday, the 1000 letters
See JAYCEES on Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
LIONS HEAR PLEA
FOR CHEST FUNDS
Chairman Marks Tells
CMbmen Future OF Pro-
gram AT Stake Now

"Unless the 1s47 Community
Chest campaign is successful
Wilmington in all probability
will no longer have a Com
munity Chest" emphasized H..
A. Marks, president of the
Chest, at the Wilmington Lions
club Thursday.
"In no year since Wilmington
has had a community chest
have local contributions failed to
finance local agencies. In 1916
out of $4,000 raised the local
contributions were only $4,000.
In 1947 we now have $4,000 on
a goal of $12O,O00, "Marks said.
eve cannot maintain Com
munity Chest on a 100000 basis.
If we really want a Community
Chest, if we really want one
campaign rather than twelve in
dividual campaigns, we must
raise the amount needed. Other
wise each of the twelve member
agencies must conduct it's own
campaign.
Up To Businessmen
"The answer lies with the bus
mess and professional men Of
the city. They can increase their
contributions. They can see to it
that the Chest is explained intel
See LIONS on Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
General Manager Elected
Vice President-Opera-
tions By Directors

General Manager L. S. JET
fords of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad company yesterday
was elected vice president-oper-
ations, which post he will hold
in addition to his present posi-
ton, it was announced from
Coast Line general offices here
yesterday.
Jeffords will fill the vacancy
created by the recent death o1
L. F. King, of Wilmington.
Members of the Coast Line
board of directors also elected
L. F. Ormond, comptroller Of
the road since March 18, 1943,
assistant vice presidential
counts. A. S. Trundle, Jr., as
sistant comptroller since Octo-
ber l, 1941, was named to the
position of comptroller.
A native of Florence, s. c.,
Jeffords was educated in the
Florence public schools and at
Clemson college. He entered the
service of the Coast Line March
See JEFFORDS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
"LADY COP" MAKES
RUNNING CATCH OF
ERRING MOTORlST

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20. -
R- Mary Conway, one of
Pittsburgh's "lady cops -
today became the first wom-
an to make a running ar
rest" since the auxiliary po-
lice organization was form
ed here a year ago.
When a motorist ignored
her signal to stop at an inter-
section Mary commandered
an oncoming car, jumped on
the running board and toot-
ed her whistle. She forced
her quarry to the curb a few
blocks and several whistle
toots later.
The motorist objected, and
vigorously. About an hour
later he was released on $50
bond for a hearing on two
charges - failing to heed a
uniformed officers command
and disorderly conduct.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
/. S. JeffOrdS Gets
High Position
GIFT DUE SOON

BALTIMORE, Nov. 20. up
- A 100000 planetarium is
expected to arrive here from
Sweden Sunday aboard the S.
S. Bloomington Victory, en-
route to the University Of
North Carolina.
The equipment was purchas-
ed for the university by John
Motley Morehead, former Unit
ed States minister to Sweden,
who also plans to erect a build
ing to house it at Chapel Hill.
The planetarium was pur-
chased from the Zeiss Glass
Works by the Astronomical
Society in Stockholm, and
originally was on display in
that city. More recently it has
been open to the public in
Gothenburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Chief Hayes Cites Need
OfLaWTOCOnfineDO6S
Close To 80 Citizens Re.
port Having Been Bitten
Here In Month

Police Chief Hubert Hayes said
last night that he hopes that Will
mington "some day will have a
law to enforce the confining OF
dogs and to prevent their rum
ming at large on the city's streets
except on leash.
His statement was made in an
swer to question after it had
been noted that around 80 per-
sons have reported dog bites to
local police during the last month,
a number of the bites necessita-
ting hospital or doctors treat
ment.
The chief said that he had dis
cussed the possibility of obtain
ing such an ordinance with City
Manager James R. Benson seve-
raj times, but that Benson had not
committed himself as either be-
ing in favor of or disfavoring
such an ordinance for Whining
ton.
At present, any dog may run
at large in the city, provided he
has a license tag and has had the
rabies vaccination required by
State statutes, and has not been
classed as vicious, Murdock G,
Currie. dog catcher, and Chief
Hayes said last night,
Confinement Power
Only dogs which have bitten
one or more persons receive the
vicious" classification, the Off.
cials pointed out.
every owner of a dog which
bites a person is required te
shut the dog up if the bite is
reported to u.s." Chief Hayes ex-
planned. If the dog can be proved
to be vicious, we kill the dog OF
force the owner to keep him con-
fined and closely watched"
Meanwhile, the latest dog bite
victim reported in the city was
Rupert Jones, PIT Montgomery
avenue, who told police last night
that he was bitten on the right
knee by a dog at, 6-3 Chestnut
street Yesterday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
MOTTE TO RETIRE-

....MOTTE TO RETIRE-After
more than 40 years Of service
with the North Carolina division
Of the Standard Oil company Of
New Jersey, Clarence E. Motto,
native Of Wilmington and new
operations manager Of the state
division of the company, will be
retired on December /, officials
Of the company announced in
Charlotte.
Motto began his service with
the company here in Whining
ton as an office boy in 1898,
and he was transferred to Char
lotte il 1908. He will be the
twenty-third 50-year maa to be
retired by the Standard Oil
company. Charlotte officials
disclosed that the company
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
ALLEGED ROBBERY
GUNS RECOVERED
Highway Patrolmen Reveal
Getting Possession OF
Two Revolvers

Two revolvers repeatedly
used in the robbery and assault
on a local taxicab driver early
last Friday morning and the
watch stolen from the driver
were in the ,laNds of highway
patrolmen last night. Patrolman
Roy C. Duncan revealed.
Meanwhile, John Rabe, 49,
year-old Marine private fr m
California who allegedly drove
the car involved in the hlt-and-
run accident which brought
about apprehension Wednesday
night of the four men charged
with the robbery and attempted
murder, was arrested on
charges Of receiving stolen
property.
Rabe pawned the watch stolen
from ]. H. Irving, j., at a 10
cal pawn shop for $40, accord
ing to Duncan. who said that
Cecil R. Hosmer, one of
the prisoners, had been afraid
to pawn the watch because he
thought that he might be rec
ognized.
Gently discharged from the Ma
Hosmer, 17-year-o1d youth re-
;flnes for bad conduct after al
legedly stealing money and
military supplies, was arrested
at a hotel here Wednesday
night after being implicated by
Marines Carl Steinert and Ger
ald Lee, who were identified by
irving, as an accomplice. T h e
fourth prisoner, Marine c. Ed.
wilson, was being held by mill
tary authorities at Camp Le-
ieune.
Describes Guns
Patrolman Duncan said that
tan one Of the revolvers picked ur
fos South Fourth street,
where the Marines had stayed
Oh visits to this city from LIE
Zee ROBBERY" on Page Seven
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
TRUMAN TO NAME
BRADLEY TODAY
Capital Insiders Say VA
Administrator Will Sue
ceed Eisenhower

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-WD
- President Truman probably
will announce tomorrow the ap-
pointment of Veterans Admins
traitor Omar N. Bradley as Army
chief Of staff succeeding Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, inform
ed sources said today.
The long-expected change in
top military jobs is expected to
be revealed at Mr.. T r m n S
news conference, scheduled for
9 a. m. EST. It will come on top
of the recent shakeup in the Navy
high command in which Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz retired as
chief of naval operations in favor
of Adm. Louis Denfeld.
Eisenhower is due to quit the
Army soon, possibly around Feb.
l, to become president of Colum-
bia University in New York. De-
spite repeated disavowals of po-
litical ambitions, he also is be-
ing mentioned as a possible Re-
publican Presidential nominee to
oppose Mr.. Truman in 1940.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
EDWARD A. 0'NEAL
TO RESIGN POST
Veteran Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton Leader Will Re-
tire Next Week

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20 -lR-Ed-
ward A. O'Neal, 72, announced
today he will resign as presi-
dent of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, effective next
week, to make way for younger
leadership in the national organ
ization.
The veteran farm leader, who
helped draft many of the farm
laws in force today, has been
president of the federation since
1881. The organization claims a
membership of about 100000.
O'Neal said he plans to retire
to his farm near Florence, Ala,
on the Tennessee river. He en-
tered Farm Bureau activities in
Alabama in 1921, was named to
the organizations executive
committee in 1923, and was
elected vice president Of the
group the following year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Along The Cape Fear

plans to honor him at a dinner
at Charlotte this evening.
LARGEST CHRISTMAS
-Wilmington's commu-
nifty Christmas tree-the largest
living Christmas tree in the
world-will glitter and glow
with holiday cheer for Whining
tonians, Southeastern North
Carclinians, and tourists, for
some two weeks before Christ
mas.
John Farrell, executive secre-
tary of the Wilmington Chamber
of Commerce, allayed the fears
of some local residents that the
tree would not be lighted until
Christmas eve, when he report
ed that the tree will be lighted
See CAPE FEAR On Page Seven
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
State Board
Subpoenaed
r1ucation Members To Be
I.court When Fritz Trial
Opens Monday

1rNOIR. Nov. 20 -R-All
nn ~, hers of the North Carolina
nnaard nlvld of Education were sub
boa,s bosnspd today to appear before
pus w Caldwell county grand jury
ne Msndav when it begins consid-
s cation of the case OF n; L: L:
e.;.z e.asJ Jr.. former principal OF
hudson Elrs' school accused OF pay
~, a ttwo-week term of criminal
.,norior court opens next Mon
Mpe' ,aI, morning with Judge Allen
y p'' Gwyn of Reidsville pre-
''d7tIs. nistrict Solicitor james c:
var+bing today declined direct
semment M mel upon the case but did
Wv .s that he felt that state,
gay s,+ he and Attorney General
1srrv nisr. Mcmillan jointly issued
- paleigh on September ~
aovered III his position in the mat
ter. -,
Their joint statement had
said:
"After carefully reviewing the
..o+. nresented from a study OF
.he file in this case, we have
reached the conclusion that the
s,i1t or innocense of Mr.. Fritz
- attaining state school funds
Nv false representations should
h. passed upon by a jury IN
Caldwell county.
Up To Court
"Whether or not he. has been
e,,iltv of any crime depends
upon whether the court finds
that the unearned salary checks
which were issued were OBJ
tanned by him with the intent to
defraud the state.''
The State Board of Education
revoked Fritz's teacher certlfl'
cate because of irregularities
disclosed by an audit into the
Hudson school records. Fritz ad.
mitted mi king ga mistake"
and the board accepted his pay
ment of approximately Sl,6oo
The audit said this approximate
sum was paid to persons who
endorsed the sum back to the
school. which in turn paid
school personnel during a short
age of teachers.
In October, Solicitor Farthing
asked the State Board of Edu-
cation to agree with him in any
steps looking toward criminal
See BOARD on Page i've
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
REV. B. REAVIS
ARRIVES IN CITY
New Pastor OF Fifth Ave.
nue. Methodist To Preach
Sunday Morning

The Rev. B. c. Reavis, new
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Me-
thodist church, arrived in Will
mington from Hertford last eve
ming with his family and made
ready to deliver his first SER
mon to his new congregation on
Sunday morning.
81 have heard so many nice
things about. the congregation
at Fifth Avenue Methodist
church there it causes me to
look forward with fond anticipa-
ton to seeing and working with
you," the Rev. Mr.. Reavis wrote
officials of the church.
Educated at Rutherford col
lege, Duke university and En-
ory university, the Rev. Mr..
Reavis was licensed to preach
when only 16 years of age and
conducted four revival meetings
that year. During the vacation
months each year while he was
in college he was engaged in
evangelistic work.
"Pastor Evangelist"
He is still often referred to as
"pastor evangelist"
Following his graduation from
the universities, he served as
pastor at Weaverville station,
four years; First Methodist
church, Asheboro, four years;
First Methodist church, Morgan
ton, four years; College Method
ist church, Greensboro,
five years. All Of these churches
are in the Western North Caro-
lima conference.
He also has served in the
North Carolina conference the
First Methodist church, Hender-
son, three years, and the First
Methodist church, Hertford, for
the last five years.
Likes Youth Work
The Rev. Mr.. Reavis has al
ways taken special interest in
young people, two of the church
es he has served having been
colleges were in the congrega-
"where faculty and students of
collebes were in the congrega-
tion." He has conducted religi-
GUS emphasis week in many col
leges and preached a number OF
bacca1aureate sermons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Decision Upsets
Partition Plans
Rule OF Palestine Must End
Suddenly, Cadogan
Declares

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, ,,rov.
20-WD-Great Britain, warming
anew that it will not enforce the
partition of Palestine, rejected =
Soviet-American program for =
gradual transfer of British au-
thority in tt Holy Land today.
British rule of Palestine must
end completely and suddenly
and preferably at "a very early
date" Sir Alexander Cadogan
told a United Nations committee
on Palestine.
Cadogan said that the plan for
step-by-step British withdrawal,
a key part of the general Soviet
American blueprint for Palestine
partition, "would obviously have
disastrous consequences" He in
vited UN to give special attention
to the problem of enforcing the
proposed partition of Palestine,
because British troops will not
undertake the task.
The UN Palestine committee,
racing to reach a decision on the
Holy Land so the current Cen
eral Assembly session can end
by Thanksgiving, was stymied by
the new British objections. The
committee promptly adjourned,
and a subcommittee sat down to
revise the partition proposals to
meet the British complaints.
Call For Delay
Both Russia and Poland called
for a delay to let delegates con-
suit their governments.
Sesemyon Tsarapkin o. Russia
said the British statement would
force serious alterations in the
partition pla which the United
States and Russia wrote, with
+ help of Canada and Guate-
mala.
Under the British timetable,
London would announce a date
for the end of Britain's old Lea
que of Nations mandate over
Palestine. All civil responsibility
for ruling the territory would
fall to UN on that date.
British troops later would with
draw from Palestine gradually,
forming their own "rear guard"
against the violence which the
British expect.
The British felt that the troop
withdrawal would take some
time. During this withdrawal
period, the British would rule
under military law" the shrink
ing areas which their troops still
occupied. The British felt that ID
would be up to UN to keep peace
in the rest of Palestine. But so
far UN has not agreed on a mill
tary force capable Of fighting off
See UPSETS on Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Britain Rejects Program
For Holy Land Transfer;
Airport Title Parley Set
Clarification NAV
Come This Week
WAA Man Now In City
F or Conference With
Commissioners

The clarification of the title to
Bluethenthal airport now vest
ed in the United States govern
ment = may be resolved in favor
here within the next few days.
This was made know here
last night by County Commis-
sioner Harry Gardner, Chair
man of the county commission
ers' airport committee.
At the present time the coun-
ty is only temporarily in custody
of the property valued at some
$1,000, 900.
The nature of the conferences
to begin today between c. M.
McRorie, chief of the non-indus-
trial read property division OF
the War Assets Administration,
and two aides, Gardner, Chair
man Addison Hewlett, Sr., and
DR.. James Hall, was a closely
guarded secret last night.
1t was said that the confer
ences might 60 on "several'
days before any definite decision
sis expected to be reached"
However, it was pointed out
that the governments agents
are seeking Information" rela-
tive to clarifying the title to the
property.
Army Developed
The airport. first operated by
the county, was later taken over
by the federal government dur
ing the governments operation
of the field it was developed in
to its prsnt status.
However, after the war, the
county again assumed opera
tions of the field, and it has con-
tinued under this status {up to
to its present status. "
Officials said last night that the
full details and meaning Of the
series of meetings would be di-
vulged at the conclusion of the
conferences between the county
and federal government repre-
sentatives.
The property, now in the need
of some rehabilitation, has been
the subject of much discussion
among officials during the past
several months. The Qualification
of the title to the property may
culminate in the work under dis
cussion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
TOBACCO LEADERS
FORMULATE PLANS
Industry To Seek Law
Change To Facilitate
Export OF Leaf

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 IN
Tobacco leaders in industry
and government formulated
plans today to increase future
yearly tobacco exports 25,-
900, 1000 pounds over prewar
averages of about 34o,0OO,-
600 pounds annually.
Exports last year totalled
$50, 900, 900 pounds, including
$50, 900, 900 of flue-cured. Esti-
mates are that this years ex-
ports will be about $4,000, 900.
J. B. Hutson, president of To-
bacco Associates, Inc, an or
ganization of growers, deal
ers and warehousemen formed
to boost exports, told reporters
after an all-day conference OF
federal officials and tobacco
men:
"It's imperative that some ar
rangement be made that tobacco
continue to flow to Western Eu-
rope. where three-fourths Of Am
erican tobacco exports have gone
previously"
Hutson, formerly undersecre-
tary of agriculture, added mo
new machinery is needed to
provide tobacco markets in the
is countries for which foreign
aid is proposed under the Mar
shall plan"
Plans Considered
Inclusion of tobacco in prod
ucts supplied Europe under any
Sea TORACCO an Page Seven
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Royal Couple Start
QuietrHoneymoon
Prir .s.,ss IS weds Prince Philip In
.sp.a Of Breath h-Taking Beauty
~At High Altar Of Westminster

coach of state, past the cheering
throngs to Buckingham Palace
for wedding breakfast. To the
roaring demand, 1--WE want the
BRIDE" from the crowd massed
outside, they appeared on bal
cony twice.
With kings, queens, princes
and princesses throwing rose
petals by handfuls on them, they
left the palace at 4:15 pm. and
between massed lines of shout
ing well-wishers drove to Water
loo station and left on a flower
decked special train for the g.
600 acre honeymoon estate.
Gates Clang Shut
The great iron gates changed
shut behind them and they start
See COUPLE on Page Five