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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
STATE REVENUES
UP Nine MILLION
Commissioner Gill Gives
This AS Figure Realized
Above Estimates

RALEIGH, July 3 -P-Setting
a new record FOR North Caoina,
the general fund gross revenue at
the end of the 194e-47 fiscal year
totaled 1922, 1876, $50, state revenue
commissioner Edwin Gill an
nounced today.
The figure tops by 500, 586, 14s a
previous high Of $92, 900, 404 coll
iected during the fiscal year Of
i945-46.
The total for the fiscal year just
completed is nearly twice the bud
get estimates made two years
ago, and is almost SO, 600. 900 More
than the last March estimate.
Highway fund also had a good
year in crossing $54, 539, 202. The
general and highway funds re-
ceived a total Of SLIT, OBS, 755.
thereby topping by 500, o88, 097 the
$137, 937, 658 received during the
fiscal year Of 1856.
. Nine Millions Less .... -
Practically speaking, the diff
ference between net revenue and
the last March estimate will be
less than SO, 000, 900 Gill said, be-
cause tax refunds will reduce the
net general fund revenue to about
$119, 500, 900. However, this total
would over Sc, 600, 600 of the March
figure.
The general fund received 49,.
205, 545 during the past month -
this was 48.63 per cent higher
than the previous years collection
when S., $40, 637 were received.
Income tax, representing an in
crease of SIG, 400, 900, was the
Leading item in the upward reve-
nue. for the state - it accounted
for $55, 139, $50 of the total. The
sales tax, with $35, sos, 042, was
the next-high Figure, and showed
an increase OF about 1000, 600
from last year.
-. Gas Tax Tops 80 800
The highway fund received
most of its revenue from the gas
oline tax, with s39, OILS, TAG, but it
took in SIS, 523, 456 from the motor
division. The gasoline tax showed
a gain of almost ST, 1000, 900 from
the previous year, and the total
highway revenue exceeded the
1856 fiscal year by SO, sol, 940-
this is a gain of 21.10 per cent.
See STATE on Page Two =
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
CITY TO OBSERVE
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Patriotic Concert, Speech,
Prayer To Highlight
Night Program

Seats and lights are in place on
the steps of the city hall for Viii
mlngton's first Fourth CT July cele
oration in several years.
Beginning at 8 pm, tonight a
program of patriotic music, a talk
and prayer will be offered under
me sponsorship of Councilman J.
T. L. Wade. County, city officials
and representatives of patriotic
Organizations will have seats OF
honor.
The program will open with the
singing of "America", followed by
an invocation by the Rev. R. L.
Sturgis, American Legion chap
IAN. The Rev. Andrew J. Howell,
county historian, will speak for
1--WE minutes on the meaning OF
in~aependence day.
Inc Wilmington Community pand
WIN play a brief concert follow
"a by a drill and playing by the
Legion drum and bugle corps. The
"losram will conclude with the
singing of the national anthem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Rep.Doughton
Backing Bill
Surprise Shift In Demo-
cratic Votes May Bring
Veto Override

WASHINGTON, July 3 - up -
The House Ways and Means COM
mittee stamped 18-to-6 approval
on the new Republican-backed a.
900, 900, 900 tax slashing bill today.
and a surprise shift in Democratic
votes prompted claims that anoth-
err presidential veto can be over
ridden.
Speaker Martin (R-Mass) said
more than a two-thirds vote -
enough to override a veto-is now
available in the House. He told
reporters he expects as many as
20 Democrats to change over in
support of the bill.
Martin set next TUESDAY for
the showdown vote in the House.
Senator Taft R-Ohio) said the
senate will probably take up the
measure late next week, but there
were rumblings of a possible fill
buster to block action in the senate.
Rep. Doughton (D-NC), who
llldiloSCo tdA 1CS1old l1Oll WllSLl IllV
Democrats controlled congress,
was one of the 10 committee mem
bers who voted in favor of the
measure today. He supported Pres
ident Truman's veto of the first
tax bill.
In the committee action months
ago on the original Knutson tax
bill, the vote was 16 to 9. Only
one Democrat voted with the Re-
publicans. Today, Doughton and
two other Democrats joined the IS
Republicans.
ALI six opposing votes were by
Democrats.
One Democratic leader in the
House, who asked that his name be
withheld, told reporters following
the committees action:
my opinion is the president will
veto the new bill. My guess is that
congress will pass it over his Veto
But a Democratic strategist in
See DOUGHTON on Page TIVE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Along The Cape ear

metal had been placed in the mo
tor blocks and the engines hac
been turned over, cracking the
cylinders and the blocks. Sledgs
hammers did the rest.
A search for explosives reveal
ed nothing and the searchers dis
covered that the seacocks were
undisturbed.
The crew and the captain We're
arrested and sent to Charlesto
and then to Savannah.
Il
TRIAL-In the ensuing months
the men were arraigned en- the
evidence found in the engine
room. At the trial the officers
the master, the chief engineer.
the first, second and third assis
ant engineers were sentenced tt
seven years in Atlanta. The five
men in the engine room were
given three years. The deck hands
were all released, having be1
found innocent of the scheme t.
sabotage.
An interesting detail made
known at the trial a the way
the captain of the sabotaged ship
received his orders to destroy the
ship.
The Italian Naval Attache', he
testified, met him on the stree
in Wilmington and conveyed his
orders in person.
The 'Villarperoso" was towec
TO New York, her engines repair
ed and she was again put into
service, this time for the United
States.
Her debt to the officials of the
Coast Guard and the customs
service for ~rescuing her is being
paid by the trips she makes, ear
rying cargo for the u. T.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Act Questions
Answered By OGs.s J
Office Of Control Breaks sSs,sxs,oEaA 49,
Into Query Form For see'sof
Nations Tenant Ml,ve1ons

WASHINGTON, July 3 a.
The Office of Rent Control today
issued the following questions ano
answers on the 1947 housing and
rent act which went into effect
July l:
Lease to increase maximum
rents:
l. @: Must a tenant sign a lease
providing for d Is percent in.
crease in rent?
A: No. The housing and rent act
of la47 provides that such agree
nlent must be voluntary. The ten
ant who does not sign such lease
IS still protected by the rent regu.
lations.
2. @: May a tenant be evictec
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

Evidence of the increasing in
terest in the A]l-American Soap
Box Derby to be staged here July
30, by The Star-News and Raney
Chevrolet COMPANY, was NANTES
ted strongly yesterday when R. A.
Dunlea. owner of Radio Station
WMFD announced that arrange
ments were being completed for
full radio coverage of the big
sporting event for boys.
While definate details regarding
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
INSTALLATION RITES
FEATURE MEETING OF
WILM INGTON LIONS

J. R. Benson was yesterday in
stalled as president OF the Will
mington Lions club for the coming
year in ceremonies held during
the luncheon meeting Of the group
in the Friendly cafeteria.
Other officers in stalled are Eos
ter Edwards, first vice-president;
Hardy Ferguson, second vice
president; Hugh Noffsinger, tail
twister; and Sam Alexander, lion
tanner.
Roy Morgan of Greensboro spoke
to the group on his experiences
and observations while in Japan
during World War II.
Visitors at the meeting were
Frank Chandler of Front Royal,
Va, and John M. Gold, chief OF
police in Winston-Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Will Broadcast
Soap Box Derby Event

the broadcast of the event remain
to be worked out, it is highly
probable that the Derby from
first to final heat and the presen-
tation of prizes following the
crowning Of Wilmington's Soap
Box Derby champion for 1947, will
be fully JARED" for the large
listening family.
The cream of the WMFD sports
Bee RADIO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Good Weather Due
For Holiday Today
RAKED BY RAKE

~FACTORYVILLY, Pa, July
3-(P)-A hay rake fatally stab
bed farmer Edmond Minick to-
day.
The 32-year-old Minick was
operating the rake on his farm
when it upset and the team OF
horses pulling the machine ran
away.
The horses dragged the over
turned rake nearly 400 feet and
the prongs penetrated Ninick's
chest and body while his mother
looked on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

if he refused to sign a lease I'M
der the provisions of the e act?
A: No. The signing of such lease
must be voluntary and a tenant
may be evicted only for one OF
the five specified causes set forth
in the housing and rent act of
194T.
3. @: If a tenant does not sign
a lease providing for an increased
rent up to Is percent, what is the
maximum rent he must pay after
July /, 1947 and as long as the
present act continues in effect?
A: The maximum rent in effect
On June 80, 1947, is modified by
See RENT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

BURBANK, CALF, July3-F-
While a Catholic priest and two
runs knelt in prayer, a wall OF
fire advancing on a wayside chap
ell suddenly halted and subsldeo'
leaving the little e6ifice unharmed'
police reported today
It was the strangest thing
have ever SEEM" said Lieutenant
Kenneth K. Kippers of Burbank
police. "The flames came wltnll
20 feet of the chapel then dieo
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Advancing Flames Die
AS Priest, Nuns Pray

out. There was no noticeable
change in the wind"
The flames, which had burned
sapproximately 1900 acres, last
night swept toward the chapel, on
a hill above the Mother Cabrin
School for girls.
Father Innocent Mangus and
Two nuns rushed from the school
to the chapel to remove sacred
objects but before doing so bowed
in prayer that the building be
spared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
So To Bed

Somewhere between VII
ming. ON and South Carolina
there's a happy couple today.
The Morning Star, perhaps,
had something to do with their
happiness.
Last night The Star received
q long distance telephone call
from upstate asking about the
weather conditions in this area.
When the man was assured all
was we'll here. he gave a sigh
of relief, "Thank goodness"
said he. II was afraid the
storm might keep us from get
ting married In South Carolina
today"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
new TOWN BOARD
PLANS CLEANUP
Carolina Be a c h Council
May Make War On Illegal
Games On Boardwalk

Carolina Beach faces a general
cleanup of games played at various
concessions along the boardwalk.
Action along this line is expected
from the new town board which
took office this week.
That was revealed yesterday in
Recorders court after a hearing IN
which one concessioner was charg-
ed with operating a gambling
game. The concessioner was found
guilty and fined $40. but Judge
Winfield Smith declined to rule
as to what actually is gambling
and suggested that the matter
should be taken to the Superior
Court.
The hearing lasting nearly two
hours, ~revolved around the question
of what is a gingo game. That
game is legalized at Carolina
Beach,.
Still Unclarified
When yesterdays hearing was
finished, the question as to what
a bingo game is, still was un'
answered. Even a ruling-to be
more exact the lack of a ruling
from the state attorney-generaPs
office did not clarity the matter
David Sinclair, attorney fol-
Glenn M. Stokes, charged with
gambling offense, read a letter
which had been asked of the at
torney-general by his client. The
letter stated that the attorney
general can have no opinion a:
to what bingo is, as the state legls
Coo NEW TOWN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
May,Carssons
Found Guilty
Federal Jury Convicts
Former Congressman,
Brothers Oh Fraud

WASHINGTON, July 3-U.H- A
taderal jury today convicted for
a,sT Kentucky Congressman An
nrew j. May and the arms-mak'
~ CARSON brothers on all three
~ n1snts of a $751; 900 wartime brib'
NV fraud and conspiracy charge.
The shaken defendants, still
,rotesting their innocence, an
pa1nced Immediately that they
Would appear the verdict, which
"[o~ries a maximum sentence Of
NV years in Jail and a $50, 900 fine
for each.
The date for sentencing is ex-
,,acted to be set in about two
locks. Pending outcome of their
.oneal, May and the Garssons.
Henry A. and Murray, will remain
free in the same $4,000 bond they
r,9sted at their a-raignment last
January.
The seven men and five women
Jurors spent Al days listening to
tho massive array of evidence
and argument presented by both
xides. It took them just one hour
and 50 minutes to decide that the
government had proved May sold
his nigh office as wartime chair
man Of the House Military At
fairs committee to the $78, 600, 600
Illinois munitions cm6bine oper-
ated by the Garssons.
The jurors received their formal
charge from Federal District
Judge Henry A. SchWeinhaut last
night but were not sent out to con-
sider their verdict until 9:25 am,
E. D. T., today.
At 11:15 am, they filed back
into the courtroom and the defend
ants arose nervously to face them.
Jury Foreman George E. Wells,
white-haired government drafts
man, announced in a clear, firm
voice that the jurors had found
all three defendants guilty as
charged.
The ?2-year-old ex-congressman
leaned heavily on the defendants
table and his body jerked slightly,
but he showed no other sign of emo
ton.
Henry Carson, the dappe1
brains of the munitions com.
bine, took the verdict impassively,
almost casually. He had been read
ing a book, Saints and Strangers
while the jury was out.
His brother, a dark-bearded, Wig
orous man, pressed his lips into g
thin, tight line. He stared at the
Jurors as each called out a firm
guilty as charged" in response te
defense counsel's request for ar
individual poll. Then he burst into
tears and shouted defiantly to the
knot of reporters croWding about
him:
I'm still not guilty"
He was led out of the courtroom
by 4 defense attorney, covering hi:
bespectacled eyes with his hand:
and still crying out: I'm not gull
ty."
Henry Carson, a shorter, mid
looking man, picked up his brie:
case and moved toward the door
He was smiling composedly and he
told the reporters in a w%el-control
led voice:
1--WE are not guilty. We will bt
yindicated."
May, who started in Democratic
politics as a county judge, main
tanned an outward show of almos
judicial composure, although nj!
tongue kept flicking nervously ove1
his dry lips.
Il have no comment" he tolt
See MAY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
Grateful Nation Today
Celebrates Democracy
YOU SNEEZE THIS

HONOLULU, July 3-(P-The
liner MatsOnia is enr0ute to the
United States with a load Of
fish that Americans probably
will never taste but may cause
some tongue twisting.
One variety, destined for
auuariums in San Francisco and
San Diego is named "Thehum-
Observation-Disclosures"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04
The Weather

FORECAST:
r9oulh Carolina and North Carolina
sim., moderate temperatures Friday,
eNlg warmer Saturday.
eastern Standard Time)
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
e,aI chronological data for the "a hours
"s ':e0 p. m. yesterday.
,. TEMPERATURES
~ a. m. II: 1880 a. m. 70; 1870 p. m.
mr., 'So p m. 81; Maximum SO; Mini
-" %; Mean rs; Normal 70.
ia, HUMIDITY
n a m. SO; 1870 a. m. So; 1870 pm.
~ ''5o p. m. SO
PRECIPITATION
. w Tor "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
II '0,al since the first OF the month
TIDES FOR TODAY
L Iion the Tide Tables published by
Noast and Geodetic Survey.
Wil,oi HIGH Low
nston o:2s an 5:27 am.
Masors 1851 pm. 5:25 pm.
eS0hporo Inlet sos I'm. 2:21 am.
sunu 1874 pm. 2:10 pm.
s:4snfise Sos; Sunset 1927; Moonrise
ppp' Moonset 5:44a.
a. N stage at Fayettev. N. C. at 8
ihurs. 1o.1 feet.
"'f' WEATHER On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

More WEATHER On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

See PRAYER On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

See RENT on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

See WEATHER On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-04

See NEW TOWN On Page Two
Evening star., 1947-10-28
'PTA Forms Halloween Plan
To Aid Children Overseas

solicited. The children will be given
lists of acceptable items.
So that the plan viii be nom
sectarian, three organizations in the
city have been contacted and have
volunteered their services in send
ing the food collected overseas
They are: The Women's Council of
the Washington Federation of
Churches, 1751 N street NV; War
Relief Services of the National
Catholic Welfare, 1912 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, and SOS Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee, 1131
Spring road NV.
The committee responsible for
carrying out the plan includes the
Mrs. Frank Janata, PTA president; ;
Evening star., 1947-10-28

Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Fred Guthrie,
Mrs. George Hatch. Mrs. Maude
Roby, principal of the school, and
Mrs. Shao-Hwa Tan. They hope to
interest other communities in the
idea.
Meanwhile, Fire Chief Clement
Murphy warned Halloween cele-
brants against the dangers OF
tragedy from fire during holiday
festivities Friday.
Terrible fire tragedies have oc-
cured he declared, when small
fires have flashed across halls or
night clubs filled with combustible
hangings or when f1imsy Halloween
costumes have been ignited.
False alarms of fire imperil the
Evening star., 1947-10-28

In an effort to curtail mischief
making this Halloween, members of
the Powell Elementary School
PTA have organized the children
in their neighborhood to collect
food suitable for shipment overseas,
instead of demanding the usual
trick or treat" on beggar's night.
The plan. conceived by Mrs. Cla-
renee Nelson. 1902 Argyle Terrace
NV, will unite the children under
the slogan: mo tricks. just treat
for the starving children who want
to eat" Only items such as
spaghetti. macaroni, rice, sugar,
uncooked cereals, bouillon cubes and
various dried foodstuffs will be
Evening star., 1947-10-28
Miss DrexeI Returns
To Face Treason Case
Now Being Studied

Miss Constance Drexel, American
newspaperwoman who was one OF a
group of eight persons indicted on
charges of treason in July, 1943, has
returned to this country of her own
volition and is living somewhere in
New England. according to the JUS
tice Department.
She is not under bond, although
she still is under indictment, the
Justice Department said. Her case
is being studied. the department
said.
Miss Drexel, native of Darn
stadt, Germany, acquired American
citizenship. She worked for news
papers in Boston, Philadelphia and
Chicago Indicted in connection
with German propaganda broad
casts, she was arrested by American
troops in Austria in August, 1945,
but was released later.
Best Awaiting Trial.
Miss Drexel's case is one of two
of the eight still to be disposed of =.
The other is that of Robert H. Best,
awaiting trial in Boston. He was a
United Press correspondent in vi
emma. Interned when the United
States entered the war. he chose to
stay In Germany when other in
ternees we're repatriated. The Gov
eminent charges he broadcast to-
the United States for the German
propaganda ministry
Two of the defendants have faced
the courts. Ezra Pound, poet and
musician, was found of unsound
mind in District Court here and is
In st. Enzabeths Hospital. 1t was
charged he broadcast from Italy for
Mussolinis government. The others
were charged with broadcasting
from Germany.
Douglas Chandler. reporter and
advertising man formerly of Balti-
more, was returned to this country
at the same time Best was returned.
Chandler was convicted in Boston
and sentenced to life imprisonment
The Justice Department has re-
eeived reports that two Of the de-
PENDANTS have died. They were Will
helm Kaltenbach, the Lord Hee
Haw of the German shortwave
hroadcasts, and Max Oscar Otto
Koischwitz, native German but a
nAturalized American.
Indictments of 2 Dismissed.
In July, 1946, the Russians notified
United States Army headquarters
Kaltenbach had died in Soviet
detention camp the previous Octo-
ber Kaltenbach was native of
Dubuque, Iowa Koischwitz is re-
ported to have died in Berlin in
August, 1914.
The indictments against Jane An
derson and Edward Leo Delaney
were dismissed in District Court yes
terday. Delaney, who said he did
not broadcast after the United
States entered the war, returned to
the United States Of his own voli-
ton.
Jane Anderson has been in the
custody of the Army in Austria, but
the Justice Department said she
would be released. She is expected
10 60 to Spain where her husband.
the Count de Cienfuegos, is said to
live.
Evening star., 1947-10-28
Lecture Topic Announced

Frederick Bernay Wiener, assist
ant to the Solicitor General, will
speak on Essentials of an Effective
Appellate Brief" at 8:l5 pm. tomor-
row in the Washington College of
Law. 1000 G street NV. His talk
will be the second in a series of free
lectures open to the public given
under the auspices of the college.
Evening star., 1947-10-28
Dr.. French to Lecture

The Jewish Community Center of
Washington will open a series of
lectures on community health at
$3.50 o'clock tonight with a talk by
DR.. Leslie French on That Heart
of Yours"
Evening star., 1947-10-28

lives of firemen and citizens need
lessly-so don't turn in false alarms
as part of your merry y-making,"
Evening star., 1947-10-28

Old records show that between
1874 and 1714, total of 1892 vessels
were built in this country
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-07
Creek Aid
 IssueIsUp
 In Senate
Debdie to Start Wednes day = Johnson Is 10
 Make Proposal

WASHINGTON, April 7.-lR-- Senate critics sought anew today to narrow President Truman's doc Urine of worldwide aid to free peoples" by writing into the Greek Turkish bill proclamation against intervention in any other nations civil strife.
 With the Senate expected to start debating the $400,O0o000 stem Communism measure Wednesday, Senator Edwin c. Johnson O. Colo, spearheaded drive for such a n-intervention amendment ev- sn though it already has been re- jeoted by the Foreign Relations committee.
 Johnson's proposal would state in effect that the United States in extending aid to Greece and Turkey, is not establishing a policy under which it will feel called up on to intervene i'll the troubles of nations elsewhere. It also would reaftirm American intentions to submit to the United Nations all future disturbances involving world peace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-07
PLEA MAGE 10 AFL 10 KEEP SHIPS COMING
Fairbanks C Delegation Asks AFL Prevent Juris-
 diCtiondl Strikes

WASHINGTON, April 7.-lR-A delegation from the Fairbanks,
 Alaska Chamber of Commerce carried to the American Fedora ton of Labor today it's pleas for uninterrupted steamship service to the Territory.
 The delegation conferred with Robert J. Watt, international rep resentative of the AFL and told him that strikes on steamship lines operating to the Territory are threatening the economic welfare of Alaska. They asked that the AFL use it's influence to prevent iurisdictional strikes.
 Stanley Tatom, spokesman of the group, said Watt seemed sympa- ttetic with the plea and said he would submit the problem to AFL President William Green as soon as he returns to Washington.
 The delegation testified in exc cutive session before the Senate Public Lands committee, and again asked for air in getting constant steamship service for the Territory The group will appear before the Senate Labor committee later ir the day.