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Evening star., 1947-01-18
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"Up in Central Park;
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Catholic University-"Much Ado
About Nothing: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol" -"The Mighty McGurk'
10 am. 12;45, $3.50, 6:15, 9 and l1:4C
pm. Stage shows: 11:55 am, $40
5:25, 8:10 and 1885 pm
Columbia-'"Till the Clouds Roll
By; II am, 1:35, Ais, $50 and
9::35 pm.
Earle-"Blue Skies; 10:45 am,
/, 3:15, $50, 7:35, 9:45 and 1850 pm
Hippodrome-"F Francis the First;
2:25, 4:20, $40, sos and 10 pm.
Keith's-"Song of the South;
8, 1885 am, l2:45, 2:40, 4:35, $50,
8:25, 10:05 pm. and 1910 am.
Little-"Henry the Fifth; 2:30
and $3.50 pm.
THE Thief of Bag
dad";; HOS am, 1:10, 800, 5:25.
7::35, $40 and 11:45 pm.
Pix" "Scarface";; 2:15, 5, 7:45,
10:30 pm. and ITO am.
Palace-"The Razor's Edge; 10:45
Evening star., 1947-01-18
obviously right performer for every

obviously right performer for every
role.
The most right of these-which
probably would delight Shakespeare
as much as last nights AUDIENCES
John McGiver in the part of the
comic Dogberry. For once, the
pompous, Malapropish, wordy old
rogue is to this comedy what
Falstaff is to the Bard's historic
dramas. He is good for roar with
his least word, and McGiver is an
actor to have as much fun with
mere words as the author himself.
If he does not steal the play, it
is only out of an instructive nobility.
The production is equally fortu-
nate in the presence of Anne Cho-
doff in the role of the sparkling,
saucy Beatrice; of John T. Dugan as
her tormented and tormenting
suitor; Teddy Marie Kinsey as the
gentle spirited Hero; j. Robert Dietz
as the treacherous Don Juan, and
Evening star., 1947-01-18

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING" a
comedy by Shakespeare in three acts
staged by Walter Kerr, with the assistance
OF Dr.. Josephine McGarry cailan; settings
and lighting by Ruth Shmigelsky, and cos
tunes by Marie st. John. At Catholic
University theater.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

lam, lao, 3:55. $50, s:o5 and HAS
pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10:15 am.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

TORCH SINGER-Idd Lu-
pino'S role as q Helen Nor
ganish night club Docalist in
"The Man / LoUe" affords
the star and audiences a
change. Miss Lupino sings
sir numbers, including the
title ballad, in the film. 1t
is nert on the EGrle's sched-
uIe.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

John M. Herman as the gallant
Claudio.
In condensing the multitudinous
sets into an attractive and highly
flexible garden in Messina, Ruth
Shmigeslky makes a remarkable
contribution to most merry
evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Along The Cape Fear

English, and a competent inter-
prefer could not be found. The list
of survivors compiled was, there
fore, only as accurate as possible
under the circumstances.
The Svend Foyne was British
oil ship, twin screw, IA, 795 gross
tons, and was in convoy. When
she struck the iceberg her port
quarter was in bunkers, breaking
oil lines, to the fireroom and tear
ing hole in the bilge., She started
to abandon ship on the 10th and
seven boats and seven RATS were
away by the 21st.
The vessel sank suddenly with
one motorboat amidships on the
Fstarboard side still in the falls. AS
a result of her experiences in the
rescue, officers of the Modoc
recommended that each Coast
Guard-manned vessel be equipped
with at least six rubber rescue suits
and that life. jacket lights be white
instead of red, because red lights
were almost invisible in the water.
REST OF YEAR-For the rest OF
the year the Modoc was engaged IN
|uneventful convoy escort duty pc
tween Boston, Halifax, N. s., Ar
gentia, New Foundland, and Green
land. On the 18th of October she
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
CIVIL SERVICE
RULES OUTLINED
City Attorney Describes
Method OF Selection To

Discussion centering about the
methods used for the selection of
men for the Wilmington police
force plus charge that there had
been 'dereliction of duty in ap-
pointing Roy A. Grissett and H.
A. Gurley as members of the de-
partment highlighted a spirited
session of the City Council yester-
day.
Police Chief c. H. casteen was
asked by Harriss Newman, council
man, how police officers were
selected for duty on the force and
whether or not any private inves-
tigation Of an applicant was con-
Quoted.
The answer to this. question was
supplied by City Attorney William
B. Campbell, who pointed out that
the chief of police had no authority
to make such investigations anc
that police are chosen from lis1
submitted to the department by
the civil service commission.
Following CampbeH's explana
ton, Casteen assured the counci
Continued on Page 2; Col. 2)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
FOUR KNOWN DEAD
IN PLANE CRASH
Cessna-Type Ship Crashes
Four Miles West OF g.
Wake Forest In Fog A.

WAKE FOREST, Jan. 15-(R--
Three persons were killed almost
instantly five miles west Of here
around 7 o'clock Wednesday night
when a twin-engine Cessna-type
aircraft crashed near the home of
Barnie Pleasants,> Wake County
Coroner Irving M. Cheek, said.
A fourth person died shortly
after being removed from the plane
by Charlie Hicks, a farmer Of the
neighborhood, Coroner Cheek said.
Three bodies were taken from
the plane, Cheek said, and fourth
was burned almost beyond recogni-
ton.
None Of the four dead was
identified Immediately, and Cheek
ordered the bodies removed to a
nearby unidentified funeral home.
However, Cheek said that Bill
Robinson, a Wake Forest student,
who arrived on the scene shortly
after the crash, said that he found
a billfold belonging to "Charles
shwerwin" Of Washington, D. c..
near the damaged plane.
Hicks said that he was within
quarter Of a mile Of the scene
OF the crash, and that he waded
through a flooded cornfield and
removed two dead bodies from the
plane. He said that he removed
a third person, then alive, but
that this person died shortly after
being extricated from the plane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16

LOG CONTINUED - Yesterday
you may recall we started the rec
ord of the U. S. Coast Guard cut
ter Modoc.
Three Of the crew members,
Leonard w. Campbell, John H.
Henrik, and William F. Coultas
were outstanding in their courage
GUS deeds during the Svend Foune
rescue.
These men were commended and
each of them later received the
Navy and Marine Corps Medal. The
Svend Foyne finally sank with "A
persons reported trapped aft.
When the damaged vessel sank,
the Modoc and Algonquin searched
the position of the sinking, sight
ing debris and oil and hearing cries
for help but not sighting any sur
vivors. Nearby, four hours later,
the Modoc sighted a man in life
boat who was taken aboard but
who died of heart failure a half
hour later due to the extreme cold
of the water in which he had been
immersed for hours.
Having checked all boats and life
RATS and having attempted to sink
them, the Modoc discontinued the
search for survivors on the 21st
Of March.
Many of the survivors were Las
cars, without Identification papers
and unable to speak. read. or write
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
FORD MOTORS CUT
new CAR PRICES
Industry Taken By Surprise
AS President Announces
First Slash

DETROIT, Jan. Is = P)-The
Ford Motor company, moving con-
trary to the general industry trend
of recent months, announced We'd
nesday immediate price reductions
on its current models, with the
decrease amounting to as much as
$50 On some models.
The cut, first to be announced
by any car maker since the war
ended, apparently forecast Ford
expectations of greatly increased
production volume this year.
Henry Ford, II, president Of the
company, announced the reduction
at a press conference. He said:
'.This is our down payment TO-
ward a continued high level Of
production and employment in the
months ahead. We believe that the
shock treatment of prompt actor
is needed to halt the insane splra.
of mounting costs and rising prices
and to restore a sound base fol
the hopeful period of postwar pro
duction we are now entering"
The price cut was unexpected
It took other car makers by sur
prise and there was no immediate
comment. 1t came only a few weeks
after Ford spokesmen had declar
ed the company was losing ar
average of So on every unit pro
duced.
The price reductions announced
Wednesday were as follows: Fore
deluxe tudor $25. Super deluxe sla
tudor, fordor and sedan coupe $5t
each. Delux eight tudor $25. Supel
deluxe eight sedan coupe $25. Tudor
fordor and convertible club coupe
SIS each.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
PIANO RECITAL
DRAWS ACCLAIM
William Kappell Presents
Second In Concert
Series

Olin Downes of the New York
Times. whose observations on mat
ters musical are probably as wide
ly accepted as those OF Deems
Taylor, though less constructive
wrote of a performance OF William
-Kappell, who was presented by
the Wilmington Community Con
cert Association last night: '"Thls
was playing in the grand manner
playing of Rachmaninoff demen-
sions."
After hearing Mr.. Kappell in an
extraordinary performance, as
one of an audience that all but
overflowed the high school audi
torium last night, we concede that
Mr.. Downes' estimate OF the young
pianist is quite correct, but In
adequate. To our attentive ear,
he seemed to be playing well up
to the standard of GabrlloWltch,
who gave the same careful develop
ment to minor phrases in the score
before him, and which were not
especially significant but added to
the beauty and effect of his play
ing. that he did to the main theme.
Perhaps our estimate OF Gabrllo-
witch over Rachmaninoff is due to
that we heard Rachmaninoff only
after he began to show the weak
ening of advanced age but were
familiar with Gabrilowitch's play
ing while he was still filled with
(Continued on Page 2; Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
JUDGE FRIZELLE
GIVES SENTENCES
Criminal Court Continues
Here; Several Cases

One true bill and one refusal to
indict on charges involving two
different defendants in criminal
assault cases were returned yes
terday by the grand jury as the
January term of the New Hanover
county Superior court ended Its
second day.
The true bill Of indictment was
returned against Holston Flint, but
the grand jury refused to uphold
similar charge against B. F.
Courier.
Judge John J. Frizelle, who Is
presiding at the term, passed sen
fences ranging up to 8-10 years,
in cases heard yesterday with most
Of the days action centering about
defendants in jail in default Of
bond.
George A. Harvey was found
guilty on a charge of highway
robbery and assault with deadly
weapon and sentenced to serve
eight to ten years.
Norwood Jones pleaded guilty te
/ the larceny of an automobile ane
received a two year prison term
suspended on condition that hi
4 ioin the Merchant Marine within
Continued on Page 2; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
RAINS TO SWELL
RIVERS IN AREA
Local Weather Forecaster
Says Little Damage
Expected

Despite the forecast Of continued
rain that threatens to force the
Neuse, Tar, and Cape Fear rivers
to swell their banks, little damage
is expected, the U. S. Weather
Bureau reported.
However, Paul Hess, local wealth
er observer stated that heavy
rains in the upper basin region OF
the Cape Fear were expected to
cause the river to rise to 2S feet
in Elizabethtown this afternoon,
three feet above flood level.
Light rain and continued mild
was the forecast given for today,
with the highest temperature to-
morrow expected to be Sc degrees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Soviet Organ
Pravda Makes
Flat Charges
Commentator Accuses Brit.
'ish Foreign Secretary
OF Dodging Treaty
CONTEXT CHANGED
London Looks Upon Attack
AS Bid For Strengthen
ing OF Mutual Aid

MOSCOW, Jan. 15.-R
A commentator in Pravda,
Communist party organ, in
one of the most outspoken
declarations on British-Soviet
relations since the war, flatly
accused British Foreign Secre-
tary Bevin Wednesday OF
repudiating the Anglo-Soviet
treaty of alliance Of 1912.
The commentator, signing
merely the initials IN. NJ
reminded Pravda's readers
that Bevin in a speech Dec.
% had declared Britain "does
not tie herself to anybody, asked
if he had forgotten the treaty OF
alliance and asserted that his pro-
posal to extend the 20-year treaty
to so years was not meant serious
ly.
(The Soviet monitor In London
first translated a Moscow broad
cast of the article as saying Bevin
had "renounced" the treaty and
then changed it to "disavowed."
"a British Foreign office spokes-
man in London quickly denied that
Bevin had "disavowed" the pact
in answering criticism of some
British Laborites that Britain s
foreign policy was too closely link
ed with the United States.
Context Changed
(The spokesman said the COM
mentator had taken out of its con-
text the statement that Britain
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Confirmation
CT Farley
Arrives Here
General Omar Bradley Noti-
flies City Industrial Agent
OF Meeting
SEEKING HOSPITAL
Mayor And City Manager
To Accompany Farrell
To Washington

The confirmation of an ap-
pointment with General Omar
Bradley, Veterans Admin
stration head, relative to the
location of a veterans hospital
in Wilmington was received
yesterday by John H. Farrell,
city Industrial agent an q
member of a city group max
ing efforts to have Whining
ton chosen as the hospital
site.
T h e conference between
Bradley and the local COM
mittee is scheduled for Monday
morning, according to Farrell, who
will leave Wilmington Sunday.
He said that Mayor W. Ronald
Lane and City Manager j. R. Ben
son are slated to accompany him
on the trip, with both Lane and
Benson planning to attend the
Mayors Conference which will be
held in Washington next week.
Farrell expressed confidence that
Wilmington is under serious con-
sideration for the hospital site, and
pointed to the large number Of
doctors in the area who could as
sist the veterans administration in
the medical program.
"Our chances of getting the hos
pital are good compared to other
cities in eastern North Carolina in
view of our facilities, especially in
the number of doctors locating In
Wilmington, he said.
Farrell, who will present a
brochure to the Veterans admin
stration pointing out the desirabiii-
ty of Wilmington as a hospital
location, will represent the city,
the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars at the
Washington conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
TOP 0'MORNINC
CREATOR DIES
Funeral Services Planned
Today For Miss Eliza
Murphy

Funeral services for Miss Eliza
Wright Murphy, contributor for
more than 80 years to the editorial
page of The Star, will be held to-
day at p. M in the First Presby-
terian church with DR.. William
Grove, Jr., pastor, officiating. In
terment will follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
She died Wednesday morning at
the James Walker Memorial hos
pital where she was confined fol-
lowing a heart attack last month.
Miss Murphy, whose daily con-
tribution to The Star, "Top O. The
Morning." attracted wide attention
for its excellence in devotional
quality, was a native of Sampson
county.
The daughter of John and Kate
Wright Murphy of Atkinson, she
spent many years of her life active
ly in many phases of Christian
work.
Educated at Coharie private
school and Salem academy, the
distinguished compiler, became a
member of the Caswell Presbyter-
ian church in Atkinson at an early
age.
Miss Murphy conceived the idea
that the women of Wilmington Pres
bytery join to raise funds for the
erection of Kiangyin hospital in
China, for missionary purposes. DR..
and Mrs. George Worth, OF Will
mington, managed the mission hos
pital after it's construction.
Miss Murphy also planned, and
raised money for, the prayer room
Montreal Assembly grounds, and
was one of the leading forces be-
hind the establishment Of the Will
liam Cromartie Memorial, neal
Garland.
In recent years the women o.
Wilmington Presbytery honored hel
with life membership showing ap
probation of her long service u
the community.
Miss Murphy is survived by: Cor
Inelius C. Murphy, Red Springs
and I. Wright Murphy, Greensboro
both brothers; and j. Mclean Muir
ply, and Mrs. John H. Eddlemei
of Lowell, N. c., Mrs. Sturgis NC
lKeever, Miss Jean Murphy, ant
clark Murphy, Of Red Springs.
Pallbearers to serve at tn
funeral rites today are Judge je1
lD. Johnston, DR.. Charles Granam
Isaac c. Wright, DR.. DaVlo eioai'
and Ray Jordan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Today And Tomorrow
Rv WALTER LIPPMANN

of words and of emphasis is the
surest sign that we are at the end
of the long period of doubt and
division, which has lasted since the
beginning of the first world war.
The question is no longer whether
the peace and order of the world
are vital interest of the United
States. That question, which has
divided the country and perplexed
the world for more than thirty
years, is settled. Henceforth the
question is how, not whether, the
United States is to play its part.
Mr.. vandenberg spoke Of the
need for .broad gagged reorgani-
zation' Of the State Department
and the Foreign Service, "partic-
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
GOVERNOR GAINS
PAY FIGHT HELP
House Appointees To Con-
ference Committee Strong
Administration Men

RALEIGH, Jan. 15. Up Ad-
ministration support in a fight over
a proposed 25 to 80 percent sup
Elementary pay increase for state
employees and teachers was boil
stored Wednesday with the appoint
ment of a five-man House COM
mittee which will work with
three-man Senate group as a con-
ference committee.
House Speaker Tom ,Pearsall an
nounced his appointments i'm
mediately after the House conven-
ed Wednesday.
Those named are Reps. Reg L..
Harris of Person, Arch T. Allen of
Wake, w. Frank Taylor of Wayne,
Oscar G.. Barker of Durham and
F. E. Wallace of Lenoir. 49,
When the House Friday approved
an amendment by Rep. Barker to
CONTINUED on Page 2; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
The Weather
FORECAST

FOhECAS4
South Carolina-Mostly cloudy Thurs
day and Friday, scattered showers north
portion, continued unseasonably warm,
becoming somewhat cooler in the noun
tains Friday. ~
North Carolina Mostly cloudy with
scattered showers Thursday and Friday
Unseasonably warm, becoming some
what cooler in mountains Friday.
eastern Standard Time).
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
1880 am. 40; 7:30 am. 40; 1:S0 pm. ST;
Maximum 50; Minimum At; Mean 81;
Normal 46.
Humidity
1870 am. 100; 1880 am. 100; 80 pm.
90 go pm. 100.
Precipitation
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
255 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by U
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ----- 5:19 am. 1921 am
5:35 pm. pm
Masonboro Inlet :. 3:20 am. 9:34 am
3 "a pm. 9:43 pm
Sunrise III; Sunset 5:27; Moonrise 2:2
a. M; 'Moonset 1:47 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
a. m. Wednesday, $50 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
l6 Miners Trapped

PLYMOUTH, Pa, Jan. 15-PS
Sixteen anthracite miners are trap
ned in the Nottingham colliery OF
the Glen Alden Coal company
where an explosion occurred
Wednesday night, Edward Griffith,
president and general manager OF
the colliery reported.
Three others were removed, two
of them badly injured.
Griffith said the explosion oc-
Cured in the top Ross vein, about
$50 feet below the surface. Miners
expressed belief the blast resulted
from an accumulation of gas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
And So To Bed

Add this to your They'll Do
It Every Time department:
An ACL conductor here en-
joys telling this one on himself.
On his usual run from here to
Florence, S. c., one of the stops
Is Marion, S. C.
Marion, next STOP" he
chanted.
One faint voice: eyes, SIR"
Again eyes, sir" followed his
announcement Of the next sta
tion.
Just before he thought some
one was kidding him, = lady
accompanying = three or four
year-old explained that Marion
happened to be the little girls
name.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16

DES MONIES, Jan. Is = up =
w. H. Potthast of Milford came to
the Iowa capitol Wednesday to tell
legislators his frog-raising woes.
He also asked the state TO pay
him $101, ,041. This, he said, is why:
As a game warden, he dreamed
of raising frogs. So in 1896 he
bought himself nice Northern
Iowa bog at $160 an acre, fenc-
ed it, and placed therein some
blue-blooded papa and mama frogs
which cost him fancy fee.
Potthast then settled down to con-
template the pleasant picture Of
a steady parade Of giant frog legs
marching to market after the frogs
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Fenceless Frog Raising
Finishes FrugalFanner

had spent about four years multi
plying.
But in 1889 disaster struck. The
legislature, as wildlife measure,
prohibited fencing frogs Or Ship
ping them out of the state.
Potthast was caught in the mid
die. When he took down the fences
his frogs migrated by the thou
sands. Thousands of other frogs
liked his bog but the meat short
age finished him off.
Every night, he said, people
sneaked to the bog in trucks, cars,
boats and hip boots. They made off
with gunny-sacks and car trunks
Of frogs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Leader Urges
Affiliates To
ChangePlans
President Attacks Lawsuits
AS Inconsistent With
Mutual Rights
CARRIES "WEICHT"
Moral Obligations OF Con-
tracts Cited In Statement
To 107 Locals

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is
President Will
liam F. Green moved Wednes-
day night to withdraw all
AFL unions from the $5,000,-
court fight launched
by the CIO to collect portal
to-portal pay claims running
back to 1888.
Denouncing the controver-
sial court actions as "untimely
a n d unwarranted," Green
recommended formally that
all AFL affiliates get out of
the courts and settle their portal
claims on management over the
bargaining table.
His statement sent to all II
unions in the American Federation
of labor, came as the Senate open
ed hearings On legislation to out
law. retroactive portal pay claims
and cleared the decks for action
beginning Friday On a broad leigs-
lative program designed to curb
the power Of union leaders.
In blunt terms he attacked the
portal lawsuits as inconsistent
with the mutual rights and respon-
sibilities established by employers
and unions through private con-
tract in a free society,""
VERY few of these suits have
been brought by unions affiliated
Continued on Page 2: Col, 81
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King Christian Ill

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan.
Is - WD = Aged King Christian x
has developed symptoms of pneu-
imonia, it was announced Wednes-
day night.
An official bulletin. said King
Christian, who is rs, had develop
ed temperature just under 101
degrees. His general condition is
satisfactory, the bulletin said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Canada Agrees

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is - R-
Secretary Of State Byrnes disclos-
ed Wednesday that Canada has
agreed to let the United States
junk and sell piecemeal part OF
a Sl33,0OO,0OO wartime white ele-
phant-the Canol Oil refinery and
p'1e line project.
Under pact reached last Fri
day, the United States may sell
all or part of Canol Project No.
to the Canadian government or
O'ner buyers, remove what it
can't sell, or merely abandon it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Senator vandenberg'sr Speech


At Cleveland Senator Vanden-
berg was -soeaking for the first
time as the leader of the majority
party in foreign affairs. In such a
sneech what counts is not the de-
tail of views on this or that ques,
tion but the general conception and
the spirit with which he approaches
all questions. In that perspective
the speech should bring confidence.
# is a agnanimous speech. Mr.;
vandenberg carries his new ana !,s1
greatly increased authority with
2 fine restraint and convincing
sincerity.
Thus he has ceased to speak OF a
bipartisan foreign policy ana
speaks instead OF the need 70
hammer out permanent Amerl
can foreign policy" This change
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
Charleston Favored

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is - R
Rep. Rivers said Wednesday that
conferences will be scheduled pos
sibly this week with Civil Aero
nautics Board Chairman James M.
Lands to urge that Charleston, S.
c., be made an international port
of entry
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-16
FORECAST

wilmington and vicinity-Mostly cloudy
,t,, scattered showers today and Fri
Ssv. unseasonably warm throughout.