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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
DISASTERS TAKE TOLL
OF 162 DEAD, LON INJURED;
M7W TO OFFER PEACE PLANS
Workers MAY
Ask Seizure
Committee Report
ed To Have Discussed
Possibility AT Meeting

WASHINGTON, April 10. -PH
A new jolt was handed tonight to
hopes for an early end to the cross
country telephone strike with a UNI
ion announcement that the pending
proposal to end ore major phase of
it did not conform to union poll
cy.
The policy committee of the Ma
tional Federation of Telephone
workers did not reject the plan out
right, however, and said it has not
completed its study.
Further, President j. A. Beirne
of the federation said that when
the policy makers r%econvene to-
morrow I'll a. M. EST they will Is
sue a proposal which he regards as
a "step toward settlement Of the
4-day strike.
He did not divulge any part OF
the forthcoming proposal.
Beirne told reporters that the
settlement plan for Longtime work.
ers contains provision for local ar
bitration on some issues.
Therefore, it did not conform
to the policy of the policy commit
tee, enunciated on two occasions"
said the head of the 800, 1000 strik-
ing telephone workers.
10 National Issues
The policy committee has held
that the 10 national issues, if they
are to be arbitrated, should be
Continued on Page Seven, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
POLICE CHIEF MAY
BE NAMED TODAY
City Manager Benson Says
Action Likely If Council
Holds Meeting

A study of the local civil SER
vice bill has been made by City
Attorney William B. Campbell
and action toward the appoint
ment of a police chief for Will
mlngton is expected to be taken
at a meeting of the city council
today, City Manager J. R. Benson
said yesterday.
Benson said he was not positive
that a session of the council
would take place but held the
probability by saying that the
meeting would come about if
members of the council were in
agreement as to the date.
Speculation over who will be Sc
lected continued to swirl last
night, with Ii. Hubert Hayes, de-
tective force head, in tn e fore
front among predictions.
Property Sale
Benson said yesterday after
noon that another matter, this
one relative to the legal transfer
of certain property at Third and
Marstellar street to Industrial
Properties, Inc. is due to be
acted upon by the council.
The property was sold to In
dustrial Properties at auction on
the steps of the courthouse on
February "a.
The council will be asked to
approve the sale, Benson said,
pointing out that a price of the
property was agreed upon at
$1,000.
1t is understood that Industrial
Properties will let Port City Hos
iery Mills have the property as a
business site.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Jones Played
On Rail Deal
Former RFC Chairman
Charged With Approving
Bankruptcy"

WASHINGTON, April 10 -(RE
cassius Clay, former official OF
sha baltimore & Ohio railroad,
testified today that Jesse Jones,
a. head of the Reconstruction FL
rsnc corporation, approved IA
fraudulent bankruptcy" OF the
road.
And Robert D. L'Heureux, coun-
cal for the Senate Banking COM
r.i,tee which heard the testimony,
declared that Jones arranged the
bankruptcy to cinch control OF the
O. for himself and friends.
The committee soon will be call
ed upon to recommend whether
S,e life of the RFC shall be con-
t;nued past June 80. Preliminary
40 that decision, Senator Tobey
GRIND. committee chairman, has
sslled for a look at some RFC
transactions, among them an $780,
nM 600 bond deal involving the B..
q ..
Clay, who was a counsel for
RFC before he became general
solicitor of the B. & O., contended
chat the bankruptcy left the teder-
sl lending organization holding
the bag on a frozen loan of $780,
600. 900 maturing in 1865. Clay said
mat Jones assented verbally to
the bankruptcy move May
the bankruptcy move May *,
1914.
Gain Road Control
L'Heureux contended that the
Jones group - in which ne IN,
cluded outgoing RFC Chairman c.
B. Henderson, incoming Chair
man John D. Goooloe, and Ste
vart Mcdonald, former Jones dep
uty who now is chairman of the
B. & O. - had gained reflective
control of the railroad by two
methods:
First, he said, four of Jones' as
sociates, including Clay and Nc
Donald, had been placed in key
executive positions on the rail
road; and second, the RFC held
an $50, 900, 900 B. & o. note due
shortly thereafter.
Clay testified tn a t he resigned
ss B. & O. solicitor because he
opposed the bankruptcy move. He
said it was fraudulent and dis
honest from any angle you look
OF it."
The only basis for it is the
Continued on Page Seven, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

NOTHING NEW - Mr.. Ed G..
Hall Of Winter Park was n d
enough to call us a night or so
ago to give us a valuable clue to
what should prove Of interest to
the residents of the Port City.
All this talk about a dry dock
for the Brunswick River Lay-Up
basin just reminded me-" Mr..
Hall said, ''that Wilmington had
a dry dock many long years ago."
Now no one should be a better
authority on the matter than MI.
Hall since he has told us that as
a youngster he was employed
along the river front. And on
more than n occasion when
Along The Cape Fear was at a
loss for a clue to some event in
the Port City a half a century
or even so years ago, Mr.. Hall
could usually supply the right
answer.
JUST - The old
dry dock a located near the
present site of the Broadfoot Iron
Works, Mr.. Hall recalls.
1t was 6O-odd years ago, ac-
cording to him.
He suggested that a couple OF
other gentlemen here could fur
.nish us with additional infor-
nation.
Mr.. Louis Skinner, who resides
at Myrtle Court, would be n Of
the gentlemen Mr.. Hall advised
US to contact.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Pie Deaths Are Termed
Accidental By Coroner

ed Mrs. Paige about this she said
that her mother had given it to
her. Whereupon, Rich said, the
latter was asked about this, but
denied that she had done so. Later,
according to the police officer,
Mrs. Hazel Paige ~retracted her
statement and said that she did
not give any sugar to anyone.
Doran followed Rich to the
stand and again traced the events
of the deaths from the time he
received a call from the hospital
where Faircloth was being treat
ed until Mrs. Paige died.
Doran testified that he and 1t.
Hayes questioned Mrs. Hundley
the following day about the deaths
and asked her where the substance
in the sugar bag came from. She
said upon this occasion, Doran ex-
planned, that she had nc idea
where ait came from and denied
saying that the bag a given to
her by her grandson's wife.
He said that he asked DR.. A. H.
Elliot, county health officer and
J. B. Edwards, local chemist. to
analyze the substance and that
they expressed the opinion that it
was fluoride, a base for roach
poison.
1t. Hayes then took the stand
and testified that he went to the
fertilizer plant where Hundley
worked and asked the chemist
there whether or not huoride was
available at the plant. He was told,
Hayes said, that it was available
by the barrels.
Harry E. Fales, superintendent
of the city-county bureau of identi-
fication, said he later took the sub
stance identified as fluoride to
Washington where a Federal Blu
reau of Investigation laboratory
analysis confirmed the verdict Of
DR.. Elliot and Edwards.
Fred Lovette, a boarder at the
house of Mrs. Hundley, testified
Continued on Page Seven, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
i. 5. MAIL THEFT
SOLVED QUICKLY
Truck Driver Pleads Gull
ty To Lifting $4,000
In Bank Funds

GREENSBORO, April 10-WD-
A 45-year-old mail truck driver
pleaded guilty today to stealing
s35, 900 in bank funds from a regis
tered mail sack on a Star Route"
shipment between Greensboro and
Ramseur.
Herman Moose, arrested last
night near Albemarle, told a U. S.
Commissioner at his arraignment
today that he wanted Ito get it
owe with as soon as possible"
and entered a guilty plea.
He was held in Jail in lieu OF
$1,000 bond. The case was set for
U. S. District court April 81 at
Salisbury.
Postal Inspector c. H. Heffner
said $34, $685. of the missing funds
were recovered by North Carolina
Highway patrolmen who arrested
Moose last night in a taxicab.
Moose told the patrolmen he was
heading for Washington.
Heffner, working with Green's
soro Superintendent Of Mails 3. S.
Eldridge, solved the case with
Moses arrest only a few hours al
kr the money was reported miss
Ing.
On Schedule
Reffner said Moose, who was
employed as a driver for j. n.
Bears, mail contractor, had left
Greensboro on schedule yesterday
with the money in a registered
mail bag. His destinations were
Rsmseur and Coleridge.
The postal inspector said Moose
arrived at Ramseur, delivered an
express package, arc then drove
into the woods without stopping at
We post Office.
The truck was found parked last
night at Albemarle, so miles away,
and Moose was arrested shortly al
krward.
The mail sack had been slit open
AND was lying in the truck with
4 quantity of undelivered mail.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Manually Operated Phones
Are Enemy Of Cupid,
They Say
BY SUE
Star Staff. Writer

The telephone strike has played
havoc with Dan'l Cupid.
That is, if Dan'l has a girl friend
in the outlying districts of the
county.
For instance: A girl at Wrights-
vile Beach last night bemoaned
the fact that her boy friend was un-
able to call her simply because a
date just isn't an emergency, so
far as the phone folks are con-
cerned.
81 feel completely cut off from
the world" she said, and asked
hopefully. do you think they'll
go back to work soon?'
That Wrightsville business works
both ways, too, as a local gent was
last night %deploring the fact that
1--WE missed my nightly call to
the Beach for three nights now. In
convenience is too mild a word"
A handsome student at the Col
lege Center declares that the strike
is affecting his pocket-book as he
has been sending kilograms to the
lady Of his choice who happens to
live in Clinton.
Seems they were in the midst Of
some very important" discussions
that couldn't wait for any strike
to be over"
II can say a lot Of words in three
minutes, but they count the words
at the Western Union" he said.
The fact that emergency and
business calls could 60 through
didn't seem to console any of them.
The youth around Wilmington
who are SO interested in the tele-
phone strike affecting their ro-
mances have plenty to say or the
CONTINUED on Page Seven, Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

WASHINGTON, April 10 @P-
Senator Taft R .-Ohio) announced
today he is supporting President
limited military aid to Greece and
turkey because it would destroy"
the Presidents prestige if Congress
repudiated it.
Taft issued a statement an
nouncing he intends to vote for the
pending $500, 600, 900 aid bill.
He said the Presidents an,
no,,ncements committed the United
States 70 this policy in the eyes
of the world"
TO repudiate it now ne sad.
would destroy his prestige in the
negotiations with the Russian gov
ernment on the success OF wnlcn
ultimate peace depends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
WILMINCTONIANS
NAMED BY CHERRY
Governor Appoints R. B.
Page, H. c. Boyd, John
Farrell To Harbors

Three Wilmingtonians, R. B..
Page, chairman of the State Ports
Authority and publisher, John H.
Farrell, City Industrial Agent,
and Col. Henry c. Boyd, traffic
manager of the Wilmington Port
Traffic Association, have been ap-
pointed as delegates to the 37th
annual convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress by
Governor R. Gregg Cherry.
The conference is scheduled to
be held in Washington May End
and 3rd.
A commission under the seal OF
the state has been received by all
three local men, and they r ex-
pected to join nine others from
the state at the national conven-
ton.
Senator John L. Mcclellan, 3D.,
Arkansas is president OF the Con-
gress and will be in charge of the
two-day program of the session i,
the first held since the New Or
leans meeting in 1914.
The agenda of the conference
includes discussions of navigation,
flood control, irrigation, and re :
clamation in addition to problems
of attaining proper depth Of har-
bors and waterways throughout
the nation.
Projects On Agenda
The projects committee of the
conference is slated to pass on the
list Of projects approved by the
assembly to the president who IN
turn will submit those meeting MS
approval to the Congress tor &C.
ton in the way of appropriations.
Senator Mcclellan last month
asked that persons interested IN
the formulation of a sound pro-
gram and policy for the orderly
development, conservation and
use for all beneficial purposes OF
the water and land resources OF
the country attend and participate
in the deliberations OF the Rivers
and Harbors Congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
SIX MORE ENTER
COUNCIL RACE TO
MAKE TOTAL IA

Fourteen candidates will offer
for the five seats on the city
council in the April 81 primary
election.
Six qualified on the final day
yesterday. They were B. B. Phil
lips, Jr., David F. Sandlin, ST.,
]. E. l.. Wade, an incumbent;
John W. Weinberg; e. L. White
and John w. Davis, a Negro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11

MOSCOW, April 10. -UH- Sec
rotary of State George c. Mar
shall, rejecting a French demand
for separation of the Ruhr and
Rhineland from Germany, appeal
ed eloquently to the Big Four Fo-
reign ministers today to make a
peace which Europe's people would
want to keep, not break.
Openly and urgently worried
over the demands Of Poland and
France to strip Germany from East
and West of some of her richest
and most essential areas, Marshall
for the second time in two days
appealed to other chief delegates
to work for the good Of Europe and
of world peace.
1--WE have to look beyond today
and tomorrow, to look - ana N
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
The Weather

FORECAST:
NORTH Carolina - Considerable cloudl-
san thunderstorins Friday n In East
aeSs. windy and warmer with showers
portion Friday night; Saturday clearing
WIN little change in temperature
south Carolina-Considerable clouol-
aeSS, windy and warmer with shoWers
eho thuAderstorlns Friday and IN EIe'
shd South portions Friday night; Satuf-
- clearing with little change !"
esnpersture.
Eastern Standard Time)
by U. s. Weather Bureau)
chronological data for he "a houfs
ums $50 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
Aeg a m. SO; 1870 a. m. Sc; 1870 2: m.
1850 p. m. 81; Maximum 90; Mini
NUN 81: Mean 81; Normal 60.
HUMIDITY
50 a. m. 81; 7:3O a. m. II. 1870 p m
v 73o p. m. 10.
PRECIPITATION
toisI for "a hours ending 1880 p m
y inches
Sotal since the first of the n,cnth
~ inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
sron the Tide Tables published by "
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
M, High Low
wilmington - 1:43 am. sos am
1908 pm. 9:l2 pm.
"Nsonooro ---- 1929 am. 5:43 am
sunrise 5:46; Sunset $40; Moonrise
Moonset 9:35a.
Aver stage at Fayetteville, N. C.. at
N Thursday IA feet.
More Weather On Page Seven
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
G.. David Jones
Dies At Local Hospital
Veteran Law Enforcement
Officer Succumbs At
l1:40 Last Night

Sheriff c. David Jones, So, vet
eran New Hanover county officer,
died last night at 11:40 o'clock in
James Walker Memorial hospital.
Sheriff Jones had been critical
ly i'll since Tuesday. He had been
confined to his bed since February
% when he complained Of feeling
badly during the February term Of
Superior Court.
He remained home several days
and then was transferred to James
Walker Hospital. Later he was TAX
en- to Richmond, Va, where he re
manned until last Saturday, when
he returned to the local hospital.
He was born July %, 1894, in
Wilmington. His parents were
the late Solomon Josiah and Fan
ME Pearsall Jones. His father
died October 81, 1926 and his
mother died Nov. 4, 1898.
After attending the public
schools of Wilmington, MI. Jones
continued his education in Kinston
and Robson county. He then re-
turned to this city and became a
student in the private school con-
Quoted by Miss Mary L.. Alder
man. He next entered the Cape
Fear Academy and studied under
Professor Washington Catlett.
Upon the completion of his edu-
cation he entered the employ OF
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
in 1910 in the office of the auditor
of freight receipts. In 1913 he
enlisted as a member of the Ma
tional Guard, joining the Whining
ton Light Infantry.
On July Is, 1917, he was called
to active service and on the 18th
of July he was mustered into the
Army. He served at Fort Cas-
well with the regular Army.
In the spring of 1918 he was
transferred to Battery c of the
Second Trench Mortar Battalion
and was made first sergeant. With
that command he was overseas
for II months until April 20, 1919.
He received his discharge at Camp
Lee, Virginia, on May 1, 1919.
Upon his return home Mr.. Jones
became connected with j. Allen
Taylor, a wholesale grocer, in re-
forming the old Light Infantry or
ganization, of which he was com
missioned a first lieutenant.
Later, ne resigned from the COM
pany to travel for the Taylor Gro
Gerry company. He worked with
this organization from July IS,
1919, until April Is, 1882, the yeal
he was elected to the office of sher'
iff Of New Hanover county, a posi-
ton he has held until his death.
On June Is, 1919, Mr. Jones was
married to Miss Louisa Grant
/r--. -. n.-> Snvor Cn1 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Senator Taft Will Vote
For Truman Greek Plan

Taft. chairman of the Senate
Republican Policy committee, said
he does not regard this as a
commitment to any similar policy
in n other section Of the world,
or to the continuation OF the same
policy in Greece or Turkey when
peace negotiations are complet-
ed"
He announced his position as the
Senate heard arguments from
Senator Connally (D.-Tex.) that
Russian expansion must be stop
ped short of world dominion" and
an assertion from Senator Pepper
D.-Fla.) that the Presidents pro
gram may breed a war that would
destroy civilization"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Girls And Boys Agree:
Phone Strike Terrible
CHERRY "FLOORED"

RALEIGH, April 10 up -
Governor Cherry was bit
flabbergasted today. A spruced
up yOungster did it.
The governor shakes hands
with thousands OF school chill
dren in a years time.
Today a large group from
Buie's Creek called on him.
As they moved down the line,
Governor Cherry shook hands
with each one and inquired
their names.
When he came to this partic-
ular lad, the bright-faced boy
seemed a bit hurt when the gov
ernOr asked his name.
Heck, Governor" he said,
''you met me last year"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
LEAGUE DEPL0RES
CITIZEN APATHY
Progressive Group Will
Not Sponsor Candidates
For City Council.

Failure to induce any of
''Wilmington's leading citizens to
stand for public office in the
forthcoming municipal cleo
tons" brought forth an announce
ment last night by the chairman
Of the Progressive Citizens
League that the new organization
will not sponsor any candidate or
candidates for city council.
In a prepared statement releas-
leased by John C. Meyers, the
struggle of the league to arouse
public interest was outlined.
We consider this most unfortu-
nate, and, indeed, a sad common
tary on the state of mind evil
denced by the complacently OF
many of our leading business and
professional men.
Will Continue
The League will continue TO
function and will, in due time, ex-
ert an influence on local govern
mental affairs to the best inter-
ests of the community as a whole.
"This we can and do pledge"
the statement concluded.
The press release stated that
for reasons which are most diff
ficult to understand it is apparent
that the citizens at-large of Will
mington are, almost without ex-
ception, interested in lending only
.lip-service to any honest effort to
bring about better local govern
ment."
.'To say that the Progressive
Citizens has failed to achieve It's
immediate goal - sponsorship OF
a high-caliber slate Of candidates
for City Council - is the TRUTH
Movers statement pointed out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
Marshall Makes FerVid
Plea For Just Peace

years ahead Of us, beyond the life
time of most of u.s." he said in an
imprisoned speech.
IT may seem unduly emphatic.
But my emphasis comes from a
deep sense of responsibility to my
country, which has twice crossed
the Atlantic to fight a Wal in Eu-
rope.
s'Our task is to make a peace set
Element which as a whole the peo-
pie of Europe will want to maintain
and not to break. We want a peace
settlement which in future years
will become as it were self-enforc-
ing. We want a peace settlement
which will encourage the people OF
Europe to work together peaceful
ly. We want a settlement that will
live and that history will approve.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
HIGH PRICE CUT
UP TO BUSINESS
President Describes Pro.
fits In 1946-47 As Very
Great; Clark Speaks

WASHINGTON, April 10. -P)-
President Truman said today the
responsibility for reducing high
is squarely On business,
Attorney General Clark fol.
up with a statement that
'the antitrust laws do not inter-
fere with voluntary price reduc-
tons"
The question arose at Mr.. Tru-
mans news conference as to
whether business men would risk
antitrust prosecution if they got
together to lower prices. Mr.. Tru-
man expressed belief they would
Continued IN Pare Seven, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-11
ON VACATION

Inquiries continue to pour in
to the Star editorial department
about the absence of WestbrOOk
Pegler's provocative daily arti-
Giles. For the benefit of read
ers who failed to note the squib
at the top of his last article we
repeat that Mr.. Pegler is on
vacation. His articles will be
resumed in the customary posi-
ton on the editorial page on
April 70.