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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
CAROLINA
SHOOTING PROBED
Bernie Buffkin In Serious
Condition AT Mullins;
Assailant Sought
SpeciaI To The Star

MULLINS, S. c., Feb. 25-Bernie
Buffkin, 80, was reported in a
serious condition in a hospital
.hsoe tonight as the result of IA
shooting near Tabor City Monday
night when two .45-caliber bullets
penetrated his back and punctur-
ed his lungs.
Investigating officers reported
that Buffkin apparently was
wounded by Ellis Baker of Horny
county, South Carolina, IN the Fair
Bluff road while Buffkin was rid
iag in a pickup truck with his
brother and another man.
An eyewitness was quoted by
officers as saying Baker fired five
times into the pickup truck and
that two of the bullets struck Buff
kin in the back as the truck start
ed moving.
The truck traversed the Fair
Bluff road for about a mile be-
fore turning back to bring the
wounded man to the hospital.
No arrests had been reported in
the case tonight as officers con-
tinued their Investigation.
Expenditures for jewelry in the
United States reached a record ST.
5000. 900. 600 for 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
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phtmMb Ms Em~ snHau ES|nMsJUV ON (1H
rHAPTER

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
inside Claribel's high : ceilinged
office Janet waited with a racing
heart. At the prospect of seeing The
volcanic matriarch, she felt much
less hopeful than she had at camp,
and when the door opened, she
tlrned with a start-to find Madi.
son.
He closed the door carefully and
eame forward. Il got your mes,
sage"
1T was Claribel-"
"Claribel's enjoying another
headache. Won't l do?" He drew
s,t a cigarette. "as a matter OF
t.rt I've seen so little of you I'm
.ven grateful for accidents like
this"
She could tell ne was nervously
anxious to learn what had brought
her, for with mounting suspicion
he watched her walk to a chair.
then suddenly he burst out Il
know why you came, of course
Bogard sent you"
you're wrong" She shook her
head, and quietly she added,
madison, 1 don't want to believe
that you're behind all these vicious
attempts to r Cliff Bogard. !
don't understand what you're do
ing"
Still sullen, h e answered, "You
haven't tried very hard to under.
stand, have your"
What do you mean?"
81 mean that for the last month
you've done your best to avoid me.
Whenever I rode down to camp
YOU were always busy with your
darned map or some other excuse.
Claribel says I'm a fool to think
you'll ever care for me, and may
be I am, but when you told me
YOU wanted to stay in New Dixie,
I thought you wanted to be near
me. I know now it isn't that-I'm
beginning to think it was because
you wanted to be near Bogard, and
Il it is
She checked his rising anger
with a swift motion of negation.
ut wasn't. Madison" she said
gently. Il can swear it."
His eyes lost their sullen resent
nent and began to take on the
aid look Of fatuous devotion. He
leaned ever her chair. Janet he
whispered eve used to be SO
close | could tell you everything
But I'm not sure just where you
stand any more. Is it because you
don't want me to make love to
YOU? l couldn't bear to think
there's another man
She drew sharply away from
him. DO we have to go through
that again?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
CARRIERS PLAN ,
SUPPER MEETING
HERE TONIGHT

The Wilmington Star-News city
route carrier boys, 100 in number,
will be entertained by the circula-
ton department OF the newspaper
organization at a supper meeting
at 7:30 p. m. today in the civic
hall of the Friendly cafeteria.
The boys will discuss plans for
the reorganization of their Star
News Carrier association, which
flourlshed as a youth organization
in the city until conditions brought
about by the war reduced it to
inactive status.
The discussion will be led by
Wallace E. Pruett, circulation
manager, and Stedman Wick. city
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26

A gust of anger shook him.
Yes, l think we do. I've loved
you ever since you were a kid
when you used to tell me | was
Jealous of my own shadow. I still
am, so don't ever forget it," He
bent closer. When you came here
with Bogard, you wanted a Job SO
tnat you could stay. l didn't know
why and l didn't care. The point
Is. l helped you then-now it's time
for you to help me-"
why do you need help, Madi-
SOM"
His hands closed in a sudden
spasm. How can you ask that!
You know just as well as l do
that all l have to look forward to
is to be Claribel's hired man.
She'll live to ninety, and by the
time she dies I'll be a doddering
old man with my life behind me.
When l got her to let Bogard in,
l thought l could change all that
I meant to use him to smash the
Blacklanders, and once they were
out of the way, it wouldn't be hard
to take over the rubber work my.
self. Well, that was a mistake-he
didn't smash them. He either
bought them off Or bluffed them.
He's no more use to me, and I'm
going to force him out and run
those plantations myself. I'll turn
it into a business ever better than
cattle. What a fool I'd be to set
here and watch Bogard make a
fortune from trees my w people
planted"
Inere was greed in his eyes
now, greed and a loW-burning
hate, and with a wave of almost
physical nausea Janet moved back
from him.
"Why do you tell me this?" she
asked.
Because I need you. I need you
10 persuade them i n WASHINGTON
that l can take over his iob-and
with your help, l can. You know
the ropes, and Bogard's men like
you've can get the best of them
to work with u.s." Madison was
warming to the prospect. He came
closer, standing very straight in
his old effort to be as tall as she.
"Bogard never wanted y o here.
But | want you. 1t could mean a
lot for both of us, Janet. You could
have anything in the world, any
thing"
He stopped, and with a little
sibilant intake of breath stood
watching her, waiting for her
reply. Then very slowly she asked
the question she dreaded to have
answered. Madison, was that why
you cut loose those barges Of rub
ber?"
His eyes changed, but h e said
nothing.
"Was it?' she persisted.
Still no answer, and with a deep
sigh she turned anywhere was
no need for answer. His eyes were
answer enough, and with a kind OF
saddened wonder S h e realized ne
wasn't surprised, wasn't even
angry. Slowly she shook her head.
Il don't know you any more"
Her low voice was vibrant with
regret. when l came back here,
I saw you had changed. but l
didn't think you were a thief" She
picked up her riding crop. This
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
STATE BOARD GRANTS
PLUMBING CONTRACT.
TO TWO MEN HERE

Robert J. Biddle and G. F.
Branch, both of Wilmington, have
been granted licenses to engage
in the business of plumbing con-
tracing, it was learned last night.
Licenses were granted by the
State Board of Examiners OF
Plumbing and Heating Contractors
following examination of the ap-
plicants.
C. C. Davis of Wilmington is a
member of the State board. The
next series of examinations will
be held by the board during
August.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26

is the end between us. Madison.
You make me want to forget every
hour l spent with you. You make
me feel unclean."
Against the cold finality Of her
words, Madison fought to steady
himself, then he rasped out, so
Claribel was right! You're in love
with him" His face had gone livid.
and his damp fingers fastened
about her wrist. Are you in love
with him, Janet? B heaven, ii
you are" H e a d thrust forward,
his strange, colorless eyes fixed on
her face. Il told you years ago
I'd never let anyone else"
She cut him off. ''Stop it, Madi,
son. You can't brighten me-" She
made no attempt to release her.
self, but stood there, her dark eyes
on him, and his fingers fell from
her wrist.
She opened the door, but the tor
rent of his hate followed her into
the hall. "This isn't the end he
oAAoNtSN. IL IilohC Jou oO1ly you
were ever born" His voice
cracked. Sorry you were ever
born. Both of you"
Out over e mesa, she urged
her horse to a run, as if in dis
lance she might blur the memory,
but above the Gathering hoofs she
heard again the words, Sorry you
were ever BORN He would carry
out that threat, even if he wrecked
himself. And he would wreck Cliff
too. She had only made things
worse by coming.
An hour later, still pale from the
encounter, she told Cliff of the
quarrel.
ITS like DEATH" she said at the
end, death of someone you've
known 81 long. He was sensitive
and easily hurt, and he was
always getting into trouble in little
ways, But now" Janet's voice
broke. Il don't want to think about
what he might do. l should not
have gone up to New Dixie"
ut wasn't your fault" Cliff an
swered. This break was bound to
come-your quarrel will only bring
it into the open. l think from now
on things will move fast" For a
moment he fell silent, then
thoughtfully he said, 'It's the old
poison of wanting power. Madison
hates everyone and everything
that stands in his way. He
probably hates Claribel ever more
than he does me- He walked to
the door, and for a time stood
looking at the darkened buildings
of the camp. well, if Madison sets
out to get me, it won't be easy
to stop him. But I promise him a
fight he'll remember" Unexpect-
eddy he smiled. ''And this time, for
a change, you and I will be fight
ing on the same side"
Their eyes met and held; they
we're smiling at the shared mem
DRY Of those other days when they
had been very far from fighting on
the same side. Then he said,
Don't you worry, Janet. At least
we know how things stack up, and
that's always a relief. Now take
yourself to bed"
But on an impulse she moved
toward him. Cliff, remember
once you asked me why l really
came here?"
Eyes. And you wouldn't tell
me-"
I'll tell you now. I came here
to find my father"
Then she did know Norman was
alive! Cliff waited, conscious that
his heart had quickened, and Janet
went on.
For a long time after the news
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
CONVENTION e.

The annual convention Of the
North Carolina chapter, In
ternational Association of
Public Employment Services,
will be held on Saturday,
April IL, in Raleigh with head
quarters at the Carolina hotel,
President Henry E. Hilton and
Secretary Katherine Kerr an
nounced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
COMPLETES COURSE

Private Robert T. Dunn, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Theron Dunn,
21l4 Brandon road, Whining
ton, graduated last week from
an Airplane Training Me
chanicS curse at Keesler Field,
Miss, it was learned here yes
terday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
REENLIsT IN RESERvE

Lonnie c. Johnson, SF1c;
Harvey H. Hartley, MoMM3c;
Ernest Raymond Wood, SC3c;
Arthur Lee Switzerland, AM1c;
all of Wilmington, and A~chi-
bald Johnson, MoMM3c, of b.
livia, have reenlisted in the Or
ganized Surface Division 6-29,
of the Naval Reserve, local Of
ficials reported yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
ACCEPTS

Between March 1-9, New
Hanover county Negro All club
members will accept the chal-
lenge for 1947, Working To-
gether For a Better Home and
World Community" with l.
700, 900 All club members
throughout the nation, R. E.
Lawrence, home agent, an
nOunced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
SCHEDULE TOLD

A. S. Grist, chairman of the
public information committee,
has announced the schedule
for the March of Time Spe-
ciaI Red Cross film Call to
Action Bailey theatre, Feb.
26-Mar. /; Royal, Mar. %; Bi-
jou. Mar. 4; Carolina. Mar.
Sc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
NAMED EDITOR

Miss Ann Shuffler, student
at Woman's College in Green's
boro, has been elected editor
of "Coraddi," quarterly stu
dent magazine, for the 1947-48
school term. She is also a mem
Der of Piaylikers, in the Art
club, daisy chain, and on the
honor roll of the college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
CHURCH

The monthly conference of
the Leland Baptist church will
be held Wednesday night at
7:30 o'clock, the Rev. Woodrow
Robins, pastor, announced last
night. Mr. Robins urged that
every member be present for
this meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
REPORT TO BENSON

A total of 226 patients were
treated at the Community
hospital during January, ac-
cording to a report made to
City Manager J. R. Benson.
The report also listed %
deaths, 10 of which were still
born deaths.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
HEARINGS

Jennings Otis, United States
immigration inspector and nat
uralization examiner, will 60
to Durham this morning to hold
hearings in several immigra-
ton and naturalization cases.
He will return to Wilmington
tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
FINISHES

Edwin Shain, electricians
mate third class, son of L.
Shain of Wilmington, has grad
uated from Electronics Mate
rial School, Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, III.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
SHERIFF ILL

Sheriff c. David Jones was
recuperating at his home last
night from a gall bladder at
tack, attaches at his office
said. The announcement said
that while the sheriff had been
right sick, he was getting
along nicely now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
TRAINING APPLICATIONS

Service officers for the
North Carolina Veterans COM
mission in this area are being
sWamped with applications for
farm training under the G. l..
Bill, from veterans trying to
meet the March l deadline,
which is the date all veterans
must enter this kind of train
ing for 1947, Leonard w. Bar
rett, service officer here, an
nounced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
RETURNS HOME

Mrs. Mary Naples, secretary
to former Chief of Police
Charles H. Casteen, has return
ed to her home on Lumina
avenue, Wrightsville Beach,
after spending two months in
James Walker Memorial hos
pital. She said that she hopes
to be able to return to her
work with the department with
in six weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26

Fairbanks, Alaska, celebrates a
midnight sun festival each June
q when the sun can be seen at
midnight from comparatively low
mountains in the area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
CITY BRIEFS

will be replaced by a student
who is now taking post grad
uate work, it has been amour
ced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
TO RESIGN POST

Mrs. A. H. Elliot, wife of the
director of the city and coun-
tvs health department, expects
to retire from a supervisory po-
sition at James Walker Memo
rial hospital within six months,
it was learned yesterday. She
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
AGENT ON CRUISE

J. H. Farrell, city industrial
agent, is expected to return to
Wilmington Thursday from a
Gulf of Mexico cruise on the
newly launched aircraft car
rier, Saipan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26

Strength of steel falls sharply
when heated above 100 degrees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26

circulation manager Of the two
newspapers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26

Expenditures for jewelry in the
United States reached a record ST.
5000, 900, 900 for 1916.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
I Georgia Politicians
Battle in Courtroom
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

AUGUSTA, Ga, Nov. civilian
s. Morris, chairman of Gov M. e.
Thompson's faction Of the Demo-
cratic Party in Georgia, was knocked
down and pummeled by a supporter
of Herman Talmadge in the Rich
mond County Superior Court room
today after calling him name.
The incident occurred shortly be-
for a hearing was scheduled to
open in a court suit by Mr.. Tall
madge,s Democratic chairman,
James S. Peters, to determine which
faction controls the party In Geor-
gis.
Mr.. Morris. publisher of the Au-
gusta Chronicle. walked up to Roy
Harris, former Speaker of the State
House of Representatives. as the lat
ter stood talking to attorneys In
the courtroom.
Roy" Mr.. Morris asked. do you
publish the Augusta Courier?"
Mr.. Harris replied. "Yes. Bill, I
do
We'll" pursued Mr. Morris, any
body who publishes that is a.
- -"
Without answering the chunky
Harris leaped on Morris, a taller
and heavier-set man, knocked him
sprawling In the jury box and beat
him about the face. Other attor-
neys interyened and pulled Harris
back, helping Morris to his feet.
The Augusta Courier is a political
paper which advocates white SUI
premacy. n
Evening star., 1947-11-06
What theRussions
Are Saying Of Us:

The MoscoU radio, broadcdstins
n German to Europe, said:
The works of progressive
American authors and films with
democratic tendencies are banned
in the United States zone (of
Germany. The American mo-
nopolists do not want to encour-
age true democracy, intellectual
freedom, and progressive ten
dencies in the literature of a
country which they regard
mainly as the basis for their eco
nomic expansion.
Americas best authors must.
therefore, remain unknown Tin
Germany lest the truth about
presept-day America with its
social contrasts be found out and
the talk about the American
paradise be debunked. True
American art Is being withheld
from the German public, which
is being regaled with porno-
graphic and decadent trash, with
antidemocratic, pessimistic and
poisonous plays. and with BRAIN
less Hollywood films. This pol
icy has one aim: To prevent the
Germans from thinking about
the social problems of the day"
Evening star., 1947-11-06
15% Increase in Rents CAA Grounds DC-6s
For Chicago o|sRefused Until Some Insulation
By Housing Expediter Can Be Removed
Oil Seepoee Suspected;
Work Not Likely to
Tie Up Planes Long

The Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration has ordered airlines
using DC-6 planes to remove
certain soundprooflng insulation
in belly compartments of the
ships by 7.p.m. tomorrow, or to
keep the planes on the ground, it
was learned today.
The order was issued late yester-
day on recommendation of Douglas
Aircraft Corp, manufacturer of the
planes, it was explained. First news
of the move came today, however,
when the Hawaii Friendship Plane,
carrying Territorial Gov Ingram
Stainback, was held on the ground
in Honolulu by United Airlines.
The CAA confirmed issuance of
the order. 1t was said the change
would require relatively little work,
and it was expected all carriers
could comply in time to avoid being
grounded.
A general inspection of all equip
ment on the planes was ordered to
be completed by December l.
Oil Seepage Reported.
Douglas officials said they had re-
ceived reports of oil seepage into the
spun glass insulation and suggested
removal of the soundproofing as a
precautionary measure, the CAA re-
vealed.
The order specifies an immediate
inspection of DC-6s to determine
whether insulation is oil soaked
and immediate removal of the in
sulation if it is soaked. Otherwise
Evening star., 1947-11-06
District Move Seeks 10 Cut
Indecent Bill at Freedmen 5

The Commissioners moved today
to cut their Freedmen's Hospital in
digent bill by authorizing the
Health Department to limit pay
ments to patients who have been
cleared by the Hospital Permit Bu-
reau before admission.
The action, recommended by the
Corporation Counsels Office, was
designed to reduce the number of
patients for which the District will
assume responsibility.
1t came as a result of recent in
crease in rates charged the District
by the Federal institution for Dis
trict residents unable to pay their
own bills. The new rates are 1890
a day for general patients and
5000 for tuberculosis patients.
The Permit Bureau is an agency
of the Health Department which
certifies INDECENT patients for the
District.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
MoIotov Charges u. S. Is Building
Bases NearRussia for Aggression;
Says A-Bomb No Longer Is Secret
Soviet Is Intent
On Lasting Peace.
He Tells Reds
BY the Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, Nov. 6.-Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov declared
today the United States was es-
tablishing new naval and air
bases close to Russia "as a prep
aration for aggression"
He also declared in a Moscow ad-
dress that the secret of the atom
bomb has long ceased to exist" and
then assailed the United States for
trying to keep the secret.
IN a speech broadcast from Mos
COW on the eve of the Russian rev.
olutions 30th anniversary, Mr.. Molo-
tov asserted Russia was intent On a
durable and lasting peace" He
suggested collaboration was possible
between the Soviet Union and capi-
talist countries. But he added that
capitalism "is on it's last legs"
I'VE live in a period when all
roads lead to communism" Mr.
Molotov declared.
Greetings Sent to Stain.
The Foreign Minister'S 85-minute
address was made to an anniversary
eve gathering of party, government
and armed forces leaders in Moscow
They voted to send greetings to
Prime Minister Stain, who has been
resting in the resort town of Sochi,
on the Black Sea. The Prime Min
lister also was absent from the cele-
bration last year and the year be-
fore.
The Soviet monitor. which re-
corded the speech in London, said
it was main policy declaration for
the anniversary, although there
would be another statement tomor-
row, probably by Marshal Nikolai
Bulganim.
The anniversary marks the day
November 7, 19l7-when the
Military Revolutionary Committee
of the Petrograd Soviet seized gov
ernment authority and handed it
over to the all-Russian congress of
Soviets.
Mr.. Molotov asserted the United
States and Britain were attempting
to hamper efforts to outlaw the
atom bomb.
1T is interesting, he said, that
in the expansionist circles of the
United States a new, peculiar sort of
illusion has been formed about their
internal strength-a belief in the
secret Of the atom bomb, although
this secret has long ceased to exist"
A Moscow radio commentator said
cheers greeted this remark.
weapon of Aggression"
Evidently the imperialists need
this faith in the atom bomb, which
as Is known, is not a means of de-
tense but a weapon of aggression" !"
Mr.. Molotov said Many are in
dignant that the United States and
Great Britain hamper the United
Nations from adopting a final de-
cision on the prohibition of atomic
weapons"
"a Polish official attending the
United Nations General Assembly
at Lake Success said the secret
of the atom bomb had been
known for some time, but the
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Proper Evidence Lacking;
New Proposal With
Dutu Is Not Barred,
By the kssoeiotsd Press

Acting Housing Expediter Tighe
E. Woods today rejected a rec
ommendation of the Chicago
Rent Advisory Board for a IS
per cent rent increase in the
Chicago area.
Mr.. Woods said the Advisory
Board failed to appropriately sub
stantiate its recommendation, as re-
quired by the Housing and Rent
Act OF 1947."
Mr.. Woods, who was named act
ing expediter only last week. advised
John Joseph Ryan, chairman of the
Chicago Board:
Since your recommendation does
not contain any substantial evi-
dence or data as required by the
act, it must be disapproved. This
denial, however, does not prohibit
a future recommendation properly
substantiated."
First Decision in Office.
1t was the first rent decision
by Mr.. Woods since he succeeded
Frank r. Creedon in the housing
post.
Mr.. Creedon had acted on As Ad-
visory Board rent recommendations.
One of these resulted in a S per
cent increase in the Louisville CKy)
area and another in a 10 per cent
increase in the klamath Falls
(OregD area. These were the only
two actions involving general area
wide rent, increases.
The Chicago defense rental area
includes Cook, Dupage, Lake and
Kane Counties.
The housing expediter's Office es-
timated there are approximately
100000 registered family dwelling
units In the area. Approximately
1000 renters In that district have
signed leases agreeing to voluntary
rent increases as provided by the
act extending rent controls until
next March.
Agreement Percentage High.
The percentage of tenants volun-
tarily agreeing to rent increases is
much higher in the Chicago area
than for the Nation as whole.
The national average is about 8
per cent.
In recommending the Is per cent
increase for the Chicago area, the
advisory board said the increase of
landlords had been frozen" at the
March, 1912, rent level. although
they have been faced with increased
operating and other expenses.