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Evening star., 1947-11-16
Bob Fisher Wins
Dixie Pin Classic

Bob Fisher Of Baltimore, No.
1 ranking duckpin bowler, cap
tured the 17th annual Dixie
Classic last night with a 2,036
total for Is games. He bowled
709 in the final block Of five
games at Colonial Village with
high game of 1874 and won $500.
Second place went to Steve
Lindamood of Roanoke, Va, 2,204,
while Elmer (Moe1 Meade of
Washington, was third with
1875, followed by Jack Barkley
of Clarendon, Va, and Joe
Genovesi of Hartford, Conn,
1871; Tony Petro, Baltimore,
1857; Nova Hamilton, Baltimore,
1868, and Julie Singer, Washing
ton, 1,s48.
Bob Miciotto and Ed Blak-
eney, both of Washington, who
tied for the Howard Campbell
Bowling Sweepstakes lead several
weeks ago, rolled off the deadlock
last night with Miciotto winning,
01-643.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Cards Defeat Sho men; G w Nosed Outby Wayne Sun
Long Syracuse Run
Tops Colgate, 20
by fhe Asyociofed PYesx

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 15.-A
deceptive play and recovery of q
tumble gave Syracuse University
a thrill-packed TO triumph over
Colgate today in the 48th contest
Of a traditional rivalry dating
,back to 1891.
A crowd of 5000 witnessed the
contest, which roared to a mighty
climax In the fourth period,
when Syracuse Halfback Walter
(Slivers) Slovenski raced 65 yards
for the winning touchdown. Alex
Paul converted the extra point
from placement.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
sy the Associoted Press

ROANOKE, Va, Nov. 15.-Wil-
liam and Mary's Indians mixed
their Flying Cloud" with the mud
of Victory Stadium here today and
came up with an impressive ASS
triumph over Washington and Lees
game but outclassed generals.
The Indians Cloud" of course,
was Sophomore Fullback Jack
Cloud of Norfolk, Va, who went
on the widest touchdown making
spree of his collegiate career, driv-
ing over the final ribbon four times
to tally more than half of the
Tribes points.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Hagerstown Defeats
Montgomey-BIair
by Tho AssoeiStsd Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. Is
Haserstown High intercepted one
of two Montgomery-Blair passes
IN the rain here today to win the
first football game between the TWO
schools, TO. ..
Jack Bowman grabbed a Mont
xomery-B Blair pass ON the 40-yard
line in the second period and ran
the interception back to the ~.
Buck Early then broke of tackle
and went 27 yards to the only
touchdown of the game.
None of the three passes tried by
both sides with wet ball hit its
mark. Hagerstown made seven first
downs in the mud, to five for the
Silver Spring eleven.
1t was Hagerstowns fourth win
against three defeats and Mont
gomery,s fifth loss against two VIC
tories.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Catholic u. Trounces
Washington College,
Gains 500 Mark
By Bill Fuchs

Catholic University ended It's six
game football season yesterday with
a 500 record, gaining it with a
third successive victory after a
dreary start. The Cardinals final
victim was Washington College,
downed by a 1910 count at Brook
land.
More than 1000 fans braved the
cold and rain to watch the Cards,
using the single wing instead of
; the T game employed early in their
campaign, score in each Of the first
= two periods and add safety in the
final
The Cards drove from their As
= to their first touchdown. Halfback
Gus Gersin, the only senior on the
squad. and Joe Dunn spearheaded
the attack ended when Bill Holl
went over from the 4.
Long Pass Gets Tally.
Midway in the second period
Gersin heaved a 29-yard pass to
Joe Maiuri, who picked it out of
the air after Shoreman Jones had
batted the ball and streaked Is
yards more for the second tally
: Jack Samperton made both con-
versions
With both teams begged by the
mud, the third period largely was
battle of punters, but in the fourth
the Cardinals knocked twice at
the touchdown door only to be re-
fused admittance.
With Bill De Young and Gersin
spearheading the march, the Cards
travelled from their 40 to the Shore
men 7, only to lose the ball on
downs. The Cards got another
chance when Harry Amadio got
Jones tumble on the Washington 6.
This time they moved TO the 2 and
again were held for downs.
The Cards did pick up two points
for their trouble, however, when
Ralph (whitey) Hubert tackled
Jones, trying to kick from the end
zone, for safety.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Basket Officials Meet

A meeting Of the District Board
of Approved Basket Ball officials
will be held on Tuesday at 8 pm. at
the recreation department, 3149
Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Statistics.

Triniduds Seek Games
Trinidad Boys Club football teams
are after games. Call Fred Nally at
Franklin 1924.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Soccer Game at Marlboro

Washington Sport Club soccerites
who play at Marlboro this afternoon
will meet at 18th and Pennsylvania
Avenue, S. E. at pm.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

wayne touehdoWn@Hazeiy; s1ishHU wa Wayne utS point
after touchdown-Hazely, placement,
6. W. stitutions--Leishire. Butler,
Kline, Kley: Labukas: Williams. Bernot.
Dartellon. Reagan. Sanders. Danowski.
Wayne bstitutions-Frahleish, Dopkow-
ski, Reitmeyer. Weber, Dodrezenski, Swerd-
low, Wyman. Berar. Marana Morgan. Nc
Waha, Corratti.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

ca1eol1f aT1eooale1fSdov;ns-Holl o; Ma,uri safety
Jones tackled by Hubert; Points atter
Substitutes: Catholic U, Mcdonald, De
Young. Maher. McGrath, Flynn, FRANK
Crimmins. Dunn. MURRAY, kyedar, BoreK'
palmer, Fulner, Hackett. Pastore, Downes,
johnson. CROUCH, shoup, Prison: Mullin'
Farrell Washington, Mitchell, Shstterly'
McLsushlin, Kemp, McGran, Parker
Hitchcock, Benedict, r. Williams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
Along The Cape Fear

great fire of 1885. The edifice was
rebuilt at the new and present To-
cation. Fourth and Mulberry
streets. It was named Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Later the name of the street
was changed from Mulberry to
Grace Street in honor Of the
church which was one Of the
finest buildings in the Port City.
With the union of the North and
South branches of Methodism, to-
gether with the Methodist Protes-
tant and other small branches as
Stunning the name of Methodist
Church, the correct name Of the
church here became the Grace
Methodist Church.
LIST OF PASTORS - Contain
ed in the information which Mr..
Benson made available for us is
a list of the pastors from 1910 te
the present day, as well as that
of the presiding eide S.
AS space will not permit us to
bring you all of this material to-
day we will limit ourselves to q
list of the pastors.
James Norton, 1910; Jos. Ira
Wis, 1911; Samuel K. Hodges, 1916;
James O. Andrews, 1817-18; VIM,
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
STEELMAN STUDIES
OFFER FOR YARDS
Delegation Assured OF Full
Review At White House
Farley

WASHINGTON, March 2e.-P)-
Senator Hoey (D-NC) said today
a delegation was assured by
Presidential Assistant John r.
Steelman of a further investigation
of uses of the North Carolina Ship
Building yards at Wilmington be-
fore he makes recommendations
to President Truman on disposal
Of the yards.
Hoey said the group requested "a
check independent Of proposals by
the U. s. Maritime commission to
lease the yards and by the North
Carolina State Ports authority to
buy them.
Rep. Clark (D-NC) told reporters
the commission and authority pre-
scented statements to Steelman
regarding uses each would make
If the property. He added "Steel'
man is considering the question OF
whether the property may con-
sistently be made to serve both
uses"
Among those who attended to-
days White House conference
here:
Senators Hoey and Umstead ID
NC), Rep. Clark; Ports Authority
Chairman R. B. Page of Whining
ton; and W. C. Park, formerly
with the North Carolina Shipbuild-
ing Co.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
COUPLE INDICTED
IN 0VERELL CASE
Grand Jury Returns Bill
Against Daughter OF
Victims, Her Fiance

SANTA ANA, Calf, March "a
-R-The Orange county grand
Jury late today returned an IN,
dictment charging 17-year-old
Louise Overell, University OF
Southern California coed, and he1
fiance, George Gollum, 81, with
the murder of her parents, whose
bodies were recovered from the
family yacht after a dynamite e&'
plosion March Is.
The indictment, voted by me
l9-member jury, was suonlttso "
Superior Judge Franklin G. west
who Immediately directed a bencn
warrant be issued for the you1n'
full defendants.
Sheriff James Musick said sci
entific evidence was submitted to
the Jury to prove the prcsecu.
TONS contention that Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter E. Overell. wealthy
Flintridge residents, were beaten
to death before the dynamite ex'
ploded on the ship, sinking 1t III
Newport harbor.
They will be arraigned probably
Friday morning.
The indictment obviates a pre-
Urinary hearing which had been
cot for tomorrow morning IN
Costa Mesa justice court. ,
Before the indictment was re-
turned, Autopsy Surgeon DR.. Lang
!. Mathes expressed belief that
Overell was dead when the mid
night explosion shattered the
Yacht. but his wife may have
been killed by the blast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
Beviin Flatly
Rejects U.S..
Treaty Plans
British Minister ects
First Anglo merican
Clash Into Farley
MARSHALL WORRIED
Secretary Tells Ministers
E~nsnarlments ~Endanger-
ing Meet Progress

MOSCOW, March 26-UH-Brit-
,,h Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev-
u in the first major Anglo-Ameri.
az clash of the Big Four con-
isrence, fatty rejected tonight a
United States proposal that the fu.
sre German government be spar
.. the responsibility Of signing a
peace treaty.
The German government must
.ion the treaty because it will be
NE only body that can take re.
ponsibility for executing ii, Bev.
In said.
Secretary OF State George C.
Marshall, confronted by this Brit
is' support of Russian objections
to his plans, said the question was
not urgent and need not be decid-
ID now.
But after this conciliatory ges-
tire. the Americon secretary OF
state. disguised by hours of wrang-
ling over points of procedure,
warned MS Big Four colleagues
that they were jeopardizing the en-
tire conference by getting tangled
in minor disputes.
Frankly" Marshall said, ''it
seems 10 me that we are ensnarl-
Ing ourselves in a series of com
plicationS which are not in them
selves of such great importance
but which are making the posi-
blity OF reasonable progress of
these negotiations unfortunately
remote
At the four hour and 45-minute
meeting, the longest of the con.
ference, the Big Four ministers
argued without result over German
peace treaty procedure. '
Russian Foreign Minister Via.
eheslav Molotov stubbornly refus-
Cd to permit China, which is a
member of the Big Five Council
Of Foreign ministers, to be one OF
the sponsor powers for the German
peace conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
|SNCW FLURRIES
PAY VISIT HERE
Weatherman Says Ares
Can Expect Warmer
Temperatures Today

The poets, if there are any poets
in Wilmington, had their hey-day
yesterday when the city was visit
ed by four snow furries-that is
if the poets like to versify mother
nature.
Paul Hess, the weatherman
dcwa in the Customs Building
who likes to deal in facts anc
arithmetic, looked back through
his records and came up with
some figures that may be inter
esting to statisticians.
The genial weatherman sale
shucks, yesterdays snow flurries
were nothing-that is, speaking o!
the lateness in the season. His
books reveal that in 1915-or
April 3-the city had a snow
furry.
But that date superseded any
other year, according to his rec
ords since the bureau was es-
tablished here 1871 with the ex'
ception of March q, 1927 ano
March 81. 1915.
The first snow furry was re
corded yesterday at 1928 am. ano
the final at 1880 am.
They were light and milo
flurries, hardly sufficient to raise
the blood pressure Of the young,
Meanwhile, Hess said that the
temperature would drop last night
to 30 within the city and hover
around the 81 mark outside, Blu
he held out a cheerful note-today
should be warmer and fair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27

VALUABLE RECORDS-Thank
to Mr.. R. L. Benson, popular towr
clerk of Wrightsville Beach, Along
The Cape Fear is able to bring
you some interesting items on the
Grace Methodist Church, the ia
nous edifice here which was re.
Gently seriously damaged by fire,
AS a member of the church rec
ords committee, MI. Benson
along with MI. A. B. Love as
sembled in 1886 much d alta
about the church's history.
These records were placed II
the basement vault of the Viii
mington Savings and Trust Com
pany in a specially constructed
box.
All of the documents were I'm
der strict supervision for review
requiring permit from the pastor
or the chairman of the board i:
company of an official of the
bank. In practically all cases tina
official was Mr. Herbert c. Davis
Mr.. Benson tells us.
CORRECT NAME - Quite otter
the church is referred to a:
"Grace Street Methodist Church,
Mr.. Benson says. And that is en-
tirely wrong.
The old Front Street Methods
Church, a forerunner of the pres.
ent church, was destroyed in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
Mine OFFICIALS
FEAR l2l DEAD
Seventeen Bodies Already
Recovered; Senate Or
ders Probe OF Blast

CENTRALIA, ILL.,, March 26-B
p rescue squads probed the
labyrinths of a gas-filled, explo-
sion-torn coal mine today. virtually
resigned hat the death toll OF
trapped miners would reach 12l,
The U. S. Senate voted an inves-
tigation of the blast.
The Senate, by a voice vote,
adopted a resolution by Senator
Brooks GRID calling Tor an in
quiry by the Senate Public Lands
committee to determine whether
any federal official was negligent.
The Senate acted within an hour
after the resolution was introduce
ed.
AS the oath hour after the mine
explosion passed, relatives OF the
blast victims who had maintained
a hopeful vigil at the mine, began
showing the strain Of the ordeal.
Old hands at rescue work shook
their heads and opined there
wasn't a chance" any more of
the trapped men were alive.
W. P. Young, vice president in
charge of operations for the Cen
tralia Coal company, the mine
owners, said II bodies had been
found so far in the mine, 80 men
had been brought out alive and
that 104 others were unaccounted
for. Bodies of most of the dead
still were underground.
Many Violations
Senator Brooks told the Senate
the mine was under operation
of the federal government under
the Secretary Of Interior and
charged there had been many
violations" of safety rules of both
the federal and state governments.
The U, S. Bureau of Mines,
meanwhile, said a number of VIC
lations of the federal safety code
were found in an inspection OF
the mine last November and a
recent report of the Illinois State
Mine inspector recommended
several changes at the mine.
Repo: is Of the state inspection
said the min was mot Adequately
rock dusted," that dirty ~haulage
roads should be cleansed and
sprinkled and that ventilation
should be increased at various
points. The state report also as
serted that recommendations OF
previous inspections had mot been
complied with and should be COM
piled with"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
TRANSFERS UNION
CEASE DELIVERIES
Louisiana State Safety
Chief Orders Police To
Keep All Roads Open

NEW ORLEANS, March 26-W.D
Angry dairymen of Tangipahoa
parish today boarded Illinois Cen
trail milk trains in the Jesse
James manner and fired or
trucks running their blockade into
New Orleans in a turbulent st-ike
that already had cut in half this
big city's milk supply.
Tonight, the AFL Transfers
union, representing the strikers,
threatened to shut off delivers
of any products to any New Or
leans firm Or individual dealing
with dairy firms On the unions
blacklist.
Leo Carter, international repre-.
sentative of the teamsters, said
that the unions five locals in New
Orleans handled Everything that
moves on rubber in the city. He
notified shipping companies that
no cargose including milk would
be delivered to their vessels.
In Tangipahoa parish, 70 miles
north of New Orleans and long
a stormy spot in Louisiana, the
rugged dairy farmers Were de
termined to stick out their strike
and blockade against milk from
other sections in protest of a sc
cents per hundredWeight price
reduction for their production.
Keep Roads Open
State Public Safety Chief Hun
ter Huckaby ordered state police
cars from Baton Rouge into the
troubled area with orders to 'keer
the roads open" The strike had
spread to neighbocing st. Tam.
many parish where Sheriff R. c.
Noise reported the farmers were
carrying weapons openly.
In Tangipahoa, where blood was
shed in a strawberry farmers
dispute eight years ago, two &c
trains had been stopped in "a
hours. Armed union dairymen
tagged down the trains, one
freight and one passenger train
with milk cars, broke open the
car seals and dumped the milk.
"It was an act of terrorism
worthy Of Jesse James," said w
ID. Bee, special agent of the rail
road. He said more than $50
farmers took part in one train
incident at Amite.
Sam Gurgo, q produce trucker
from Jackson, Miss, said he was
fired on from ambush when he
failed to halt at a road blockade
near Slidell, just the other side OF
Lake Pontchartrain. Shots -iddled
a fender and shattered his wind.
shield but Gurco came on through.
He said he was not hauling milk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
|GODDARD'S HAIR DO
CAUSES WALKOUT AT
ENGLISH FILM STUDIO

LONDON, March 26-R-An un.
authorized strike over Paulette
Goddard's hair-do paralyzed the
production of a 50, 600, 900 movie
today.
Twelve English hair dressers,
who want no part Of any foreign
labor, walked out in a pique yes.
terday after hearing that Miss
Goddard's pretty head was being
done by a Swedish expert from
Hollywood.
The walkout left nearly 1000 &C.
tors, actresses and technicians
idle, and it was costing more than
$3.50 a day for London Film
studios grinding out Sir Alexan.
der Korda's technicolor film Of
Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Hus'
lhando
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
PERSONS HELD
IN HUGE CAR THEFT
RING, FBI DECLARES

NEWARK, N. j., March 20.
-P-S. K. Mckee, FBI chief
for New Jersey, announced to-
night that a car theft ring
operating between Newark and
Bishopville, S. c., had been
smashed with the arrest of ten
persons, and warrants have
been issued for two fugitives.
Mckee said the ring was
first uncovered when the Chief
OF Police in Bishopville. spot
ted men removing license
plates from autos stolen in
New Jersey. Twelve autos
have been recovered, he said,
and additional recoveries and
arrests are expected.
Charged with auto theft and
transportation of stolen cars in
Interstate Commerce, the FBI
said, are Jesse James Gilcrest
o. Raleigh, N. c., held at Bish-
opville, and Eugene Finklea of
Newark, held here, in S., 900
bail each: and Charles Nor
gan of Newark, held by New
ark municipal police.
Held in Bishopville on
charges of receiving stolen
cars: Ira B. Newsom, Jay Lee
McCaskill, Kemp C h S
Nash, Loire E. Hyatt, Leo
George Radcliffe, Ollie, Moore
and Mamie Thomas Williams,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
LEADERS NAMED
IN CHURCH DRIVE
Grace Methodist Chairman
Picks Captains For
Solicitations

The appointment of 20 team cap
talns to serve in Sunday after
moons every-member canvass OF
Grace Methodist church members
for contributions to help restore
the heavily fire-damaged church
structure "a announced last
night by M. H. Lander, general
chairman of the restoration under
taking.
Lander, also chairman Of the
church board of stewards, yester-
day appointed Lenox G. Cooper
and E. c. Craft, Jr., as co-chair.
men of the mems solicitation divi
sion.
He named Mrs. J. Frank Collier
and Mrs. Bereniece Stellings as
co-chairmen of the women's div.
sion.
The mems division team captains
were named last night as follows:
Harry Dosher, Clayton L.
Holmes, W. A. McGirt, Bruce Yam
die, Raymond Crow, George Prit-
chard, J. Utley King, Herbert Da.
Wis, N. A. Avera and Bate Mauney
The following team captains TO,
the women's division were ar.
pointed:
Mesdames A. S. Trundle, Jr., T.
E. Moody, E. T. Crow, Leon Walsh.
Levi Mcmillan, E. T. Walker, j. E.
McCarty, S. D. Hurst, Jr., Martha
King, and Miss Lillian Davis.
Chairman Lander yesterday
named as his advisory committee
in the fund raising campaign A.
bert Trundle, Mrs. j. Frank Col
lier and E. c. Craft, Jr., announc
ing at the same time that still an.
other member remains to be select
ed.
The special gifts solicitation COM
mittee is made up of E.. L. White.
chairman of the church board CT
trustees, Roger Moore and Alder,
Trundle.
The every-member canvass will
take place between 2 and S p. m.
Sunday.
The Sunday schedule of church
services was announced az FOL
lows:
Sunday school at Gas a. m. at
Hemenway school, On Fifth street
near Chestnut; morning service
at 11:15 o'clock at St. Paul's
Sixth and Princess streets; ana
Lutheran church parish house, at
evening service at 8 o'clock at the
same place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
|STATE TEACHERS
TO SELECT SLATE
Spirited Balloting For Pres
idency Expected At Con-
yention Saturday

ASHEVILLE, March rs. -(P-
North Carolina school teachers
Saturday will choose as theri presi-
dent either a man who has sue
cessfun led their fight for a pay
raise of appropriately 30 per cent
for the next two years, or another
educator who has been telling them
- and all Tar Heels - they de-
serve twice that amount and should
continue to fight for it.
The candidates are Claud Grigg
of Albemarle, vice-president Of the
North Carolina Education associa.
ton and chairman Of its legisla-
tlove committee, and R. l.. Fritz
of Hudson, Caldwell county.
The 63rd annual convention OF
the NCEA will be held here Thurs
day through Saturday. Never in
these three score years and more
has a vice-president failed to be
elevated to the presidency.
Against the background OF the
presidency race, the contest for
vice-president among four candi-
dates is anticlimatic. In the race
are A. c. Dawson, Jr., principal
Of Southern Pines High school in
Moore county; William Elmore,
classroom teacher and athletic
coach at Lake Lure high, Ruther-
ford county; B. E. Lohr, Of Lum-
berton, a member Of the NCEA
board of directors; and T.. c.
Robertson. superintendent Of Bun
combe county schools.
5000 Delegates
Voting for all officers has been
going on in local units tor the
past month. Results will be an.
nounced at the convention. There
are approximately 1000 teachers
in the state and some 5000 dele
gates are expected at the conven-
ti0n
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-27
Eate Dairynen Hold Up
Trains, Fire On Trucks;
Mine Death Toll Grows
OPA ENFORCEMENT
OFFICE AT RALEIGH
TO CLOSE APRIL 81

ATLANTA, March 26.-LR-
Regional Administrator James
P. Davis of the OPA said today
branch enforcement offices in
Miami, Memphis and Raleigh,
N. c., would be closed April
30 and their activities trans
ferred to Atlanta.
Davis said the closing of the
offices was necessitated by the
limited funds made available
by the recently passed OPA
liquidation appropriation.
Regular 30-day termination
notices will be given to branch
office personnel March 81,
Davis said, although some en-
ployes in each office may be
transferred to the regional Of
flee.
The Y area rent offices in
the Southeast will undergo no
major changes, nor will the
sugar control branch offices
of which there is one in each
state, Davis declared.