davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
NATION TO KEEP
RECORDS ACTIVE
Draft Boards Will Be Plac.
ed On Local Or County
Level For Some Time

WASHINGTON, March 13.-P)-
Unsettled world conditions today
caused the Senate Armed Services
committee to slow down action on
President Truman's proposal that
local draft boards turn in their
records on the nations manpower.
Instead, Chairman Quincy (R-
SD said his committee decided to
keep draft records at a local or
county level for the next ''three or
four months" before consolidating
them in state capitals as the
President on March, 10 recom-
mended be done at the end of this
month.
Secretary Of War Patterson met
with the committee in the closed
session at which the decision was
made.
1.-THE secretary will not object to
our PLAN" Quincy told reporters
although he said there had been
no discussion of the Mediterranean
situation.
The committee recommendation
will not alter plans for allowing
the wartime Selective Service Act
to expire March 81. It applies on
ly to the records kept in local draft
offices.
So, OOO, 900 Cost
Quincy estimated that retention
of 5000 of the present 1900 paid
employees of selective service for
the additional period would cost
an additional 50, 1000, 900.
But he said this added cost
might be offset if it is @ecessar
to re-establish the local boards be-
cause they have some SIS, 900, 900
worth of desks and other office
equipment. This is to be turned
over to National guards or Or
ganized reserves when the boards
are finally closed.
I'VE decided to keep county draft
offices open in case the world stu
alton gets more critical and we
have to open them up again."
Quincy told reporters.
Other factors, he said, were
possible need Of local boards if
Congress approves some system
Of universal military training, and
aid to those states that have ap-
proved OF are considering state
bonus payments to veterans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14

KIND LETTER-A welcome let
ter, checked full Of grand ideas
for future columns, was received
this week from Mr.. Lindsay Rus
sell of Cardinal Point.
Not so long ago, you may re-
call, we told of the interest M.
Russell has taken in making Will
mington and the Lower Cape Fear
region a great tourist Mecca.
A Wilmingtonian, who went to
the big city of New York to es-
tablish an international reputation
as an attorney, Mr.. Russell is the
founder of the North Carolina Club
in New York.
GOOD DINNER - The retired
bar1ister pointed out that Charles
Dickens boosted a sure-fire meth
cd to maintain interest among his
listeners.
whenever Dickens felt his au-
dience was losing interest, he
brought in a description of a good
dinner and tempting drinks" Mr..
Russell writes.
He then suggests that Mr..
Joseph Hinton, proprietor of the
old Purcell House (present site Of
the Bailey Theater), should be the
source of many interesting items
on how guests were fed on rice
birds, coots, wild turkey and quail.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
FISHERMEN SEEK
PLANS OF S0LONS
Organization S k S
Lennon And Kermon
For Explanation

Commercial fishermen and sea
food dealers of the New Hanover
area, who launched a protec
tive organization for their industry
here Wednesday night, yesterday
requested the county's legislative
delegation to appear before them
for a discussion of ali existing
and proposed regulations affect
ing coastal fishing.
State Senator A. A. Lennon and
N e Hanover Representative R.
M. Kermon were asked for an ap-
pearance before the group al
their earliest convenience be-
cause of the anticipated adjourn
ment of the general assembly at
an early date.
In announcing this last night,
j. Hampton Lea. Jr., Wilmington
wholesaler, who vas elected
temporary president of the asso-
citation pending its organization
as an expanded a d permanent
body, said the group had retained
j. C.. King, Wilmington attorney,
as legal counsel in its further pro-
eeedings.
1--WE have asked our legislators
to provide us with copies Of all
proposed bills or amendments
which might bear upon or effect
in any way the fishing industry
along the southeastern North
Carolina coast" Lea said.
He added that he expects to
make immediate appointment !
Continued on Page 8; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
Veterans Ask Steam Roll
err Action Prior To
May Primary

Calling for steam-roller action
now in order to be ready for the
May primary, veterans meeting in
the courtroom of the county court
house last night were of one ac-
cord, "Something should be done
about the city government"
And from the vigorous talk that
permeated the hour-long meeting of
approximately 100 veterans, it was
apparent that they mean to have
a voice in the nominating and cleo
ton Of future city officials.
Last nights meeting was tempo
lrary in its scope, since no perma-
Inent committee or officers we're
elected. However, next Friday
night vas named as the time for
the next meeting. At that time a
program of aims and intentions
will be put before the body. The
meeting will be held in the court
house.
In addition to the five temporary
committee members named the
latter part of February to put the
program in action, six new tempo
Irary members were selected last
might to aid in drafting a platform
for submission to the group next
Friday night.
! The members Of the committee
are: M. T. Craig, chairman; James
E. Holden, Jr., w. K. Rhodes, Jr.,
John C. Myers, and G. E. Kidder.
Members named last night were:
IL. M. Snow, Harry Latimer, j.
B. Hines, Ken Noble, Solomon B.
Sternberger, and Harry Symmes.
Chief among the members calling
for action now in the face OF the
approaching May primary was
Norwood S. Westbrook.
1.-THE time is short" he declared.
"The May primary is almost here.
We can't go on with the present
city government for another two
years." he shouted.
"They go to Washington he
continued. "And what do we read
in the papers? Us veterans are not
small fry. The time to start the
steam-roller is now"
Applause greeted his remarks.
The same was accorded other
speakers who dashed out at the
present city administration.
A number of veterans said that
they felt that the city needed bet
ter government, and some mem,
bers of the audience declared thai
the people of Wilmington were be
ing laughed at for the way things
had been going here lately.
James Holton declared that there
Continued on Page 3; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
Senate COP Chiefs Giue Signal
ForSpeed On Truman Greek Plan:
Nazi withdrawing" Blasted
New Political Group
Hits Administration
The Weather
FORECAST;

FORECAST:
South Carolina Cloudy with oc-
casional light rain Friday, cooler East
and South portion. Partly cloudy and
cooler Friday night and Saturday.
North Carolina Cloudy with occa-
soinal light rain Friday, cooler East
portion. becoming partly cloudy and
cooler Friday night and Saturday, pre-
coded by rain East portion Friday
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1870 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
1880 a. m. At; 1880 a. m. AZ; 100 p. m.
IS; 1880 p. m. 81; Maximum IS; Mini
mum As; Mean So; Normal 50.
HUMIDITY
1880 a. m. 70; 1880 a. m. 90. 1870 p. m.
10; 1880 p. m. II.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 p. m.
0. 09 inches.
Total since the first of the month 2.25
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
from The Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington ---- 3:07 am. 1880 am.
1923 pm. 10:42 pm.
Masonboro ------ 1888 am. TIA am.
1903 pm. 7:16 pm.
Sunrise 6:24; Sunset 6:1s; Moonrise
1:02a; Moonset 10:59a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
8 a. N. Thursday ITO feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
MARSHALL CALLS
FOR UNIFIED PLAN
Secretary Unleashes Blunt
Reply To Molotov De-
notification Charge

MOSCOW, March 10 - W.D -
Secretary of State George c. Mar
shall today demanded a unified
allied policy on German denazi-
fication and disclosed that the
United States possessed reports
that Russia was embarrassing &C
tive Nazis who accepted mem
bership in its Communistic Ger
man Socialist Unity party"
"My government is opposed to
the use of denazification as a, po-
litical instrument to favor any
German political : party" the
blunt American Secretary of State
said at a meeting Of the Big -Four
Foreign ministers.
Marshall called for a unified al
lied policy on Identification and
characterization in all four Ger
man occupation zones.
The po-tentous speech of Pres
ident Truman on Greece and Tur-
key had not yet entered into Big
Four discussion.
But it's impact was apparent
everywhere and it was expected
that Marshall would seek the
earliest possible moment to dis
cuss it directly with Premier
Josef Stain.
1t is understood here that Mar
shall, before he left Washington,
worked out in minute detail with
the President the new history-mak-
ing American foreign policy. 1t
is understood further that Mar
shall believes the Mediterranean
situation overshadows the Mos
COW conference in urgency.
MarshaI's statement today on
disqualification was a reply to al
legations made by Russian For
eign Minister Viacheslav Molotov
that the United States and Great
Britain were failing to denazify
their German occupation zones
British foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin Joined Marshall in refut-
ing Molotcv's charges and ripped
off name after name of top level
Nazis who are at this moment, he
said, employed in the Russian zone
in high positions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
OSCAR WINNERS
BEING SELECTED
Hollywood To Pick Top
Actor, Actress, And
Movie OF Year

HOLLYWOOD, March 13-W.P)-
Gold doesn't magnetic, but a gold
statuette named Oscar was a mag
net tonight for many of the world S
most famous faces to the annual
Molten Picture Academy awards
presentation.
The mutual appreciation society
epic was strictly formal this year
for the first time since the war.
The towns ~high-priced couturiers
have been burning the midnight oil
for weeks to outfit the stars so
they could Guido each other.
This year for the first time the
affair was housed outside the en-
virons of Hollywood, in the Sc
date Shrine auditorium near the
University of Southern California
campus in Los Angeles.
Also for the first time the
academy bestowed 5000 seats upon
the public so laymen could watch
the great and near-great of movie
land do their annual back-patting.
Even soldiers abroad could listen
in for the armed forces radio ser
vice was broadcasting the event tc
the world.
The only members Of the movie
)Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
TRUMAN PLEASED
OVER REACTIONS
President Receives Many
Favorable Wires On His
Greek, Turkey Plan

KEY WEST, Fla, March 13.-
W.R-President Truman tonight
expressed pleasure over. the re-
ception accorded to his Aid-to-
Greece = and = Turkey address to
Congress yesterday.
Mr.. Truman, between sunbaths
and dips in the ocean, watched
closely the returns from his his
toric foreign policy speech to q
joint session of Congress yester-
day.
Press Secretary Charles 8. Ross
described the President as graft
fed by the Geographic response
to his message.
The President spent most Of the
forenoon on the beach at Fort
Taylor. He wore green SWIM
ming trunks, but did not go SWIM
ming.
During the day, he received q
series of Geographic messages OF
congratulation in his speech. He
also heard via telephone from
Matthew j. Connolly, his. senior
secretary in Washington.
Complete Rest
The accent on MI. Humans
gra here, however, was COM
plete rest.
Ross said: Hes tired-that IL
all. He's much better since he
arrived"
The President kept track of
worldwide reaction to his speech
through a number of avenues. He
had not talked with Secretary Of
State George C. Marshall tonight,
but the necessary communication
facilities were Immediately at
hand. Ross said the President
carefully read the New York
Times flown to him this morning.
For one of the few times since
he has been in the White House,
Mr.. Truman oversight today and
did not get up until 8 A. M. (EST).
His stay-abed performance set the
note. of his brief vacation here.
The President was loafing and
getting the absolute rest which
his physician, Brig. Gen. Wallace
H. Graham, ordered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
Closed Shop
Outlawed By
Senate Vote
overflow Crowd In Caller
les When Upper Cham
her Passes House Bill
Effective JULY |
Measure Does Not Apply
To Existing Contracts;
Bans Any Renewals

RALEIGH, March 13-R-The
uouse anti-closed shop bill passed
-bs Senate today; the House sent
ths revenue bill to the Senate, and
Bep, Sims of Mecklenburg and
others sent - a bill to cause a
o,bernatorial investigation of the
81 boards of examiners of pro-
fessions and trades of North Caro-
lima.
A bill TO allocate 81, 600, 900 for
rernanent Improvement in the
States ports was sent to the hop
ners by Rep. Kermon and Sen.
lennon. both of New Hanover.
A new taxicab bill - somewhat
,imilar to one killed previously
in committee-reached the Sen
ate.
The anti-closed shop bill passed
t5e Senate after amendment at
+empts we're defeated. Five Sen
a4ors Penny of Guilford, Wal
lace Of Lenoir, Medford of Hay
wood, Allsbrook of Halifax and
Parker of Buncombe - spoke in
onposition to the bill. Nc one
spoke for it.
As white and Negro labor lead
,rs tanned the Senate chamber
and galleries to bear the outcome
Of the bill, described in commit
tee hearings as a stab in the
back at labor" several Senators
sought amendments. Senator Par
ker. supported by Senators Penny
and Wallace, asked that mainten-
snce of the membership be al
lowed ito put a little more light
in a bad bill" The amendment
lost by a vote of 80 to IA.
Wallace "Amazed"
Wallace said he was "amazed'
that introducers of the bill-Reps.
Hathaway of Gates, Scott Of Beau
fort. and Martin of Martin, all
Navy veterans OF World War Il
had not studied labor conditions
continued on Page 8; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
THE BASIC DECISION

We have now come to the criti-
cal test of British-American post
war policy in relation to the Sow
let Union. The general theory OF
that policy has been to contain
the expansion of Soviet power and
influence by supporting opposition
10 it around the immense pc
riphery from Manchuria and Ko-
lea through the Middle East, the
Balkans and central Europe.
The eastern Asiatic sector o.
this diplomatic front has been an
American responsibility. 1t in
cludes the occupation of japan, OF
southern Korea, and the Chinese
problem. In southern Asia and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
CREWMEN LEAVE
CRIPPLED TANKER
Twelve Men Abandon Shin
In Open Lifeboat; Res
cue Ships Stand By

HONOLULU, T. H., March 10.
-U.H- Twelve members of the
Fort Dearborn crew abandoned
ship in an open lifeboat SO hours
ago, according to wireless dis
patches tonight from the S. S. Tel
fair Stockton, a freighter standing
by off the stern section of the
tanker which buckled in two yes
terday.
The information apparently was
picked up by the Telfair Stockton
from wig-wag messages sent from
the stern OF the ship where most
OF the survivors n awaiting res
cue.
HONOLULU, March Is. -(P)-
Three rescue ships stood by the
stern half of the wrecked tanker
Fort Dearborn today and prepared
to try to bring off the crew by
breeches buoy when heavy seas
subside.
In San Francisco, the American
President Lines reported its trans
Pacific liner General w. H. Cor
don had reached the bow section
of the broken 10, 448-ton tanker.
The Gordon lost one lifeboat
in rescue attempts, but saved all
seven men in it. and was standing
by in heavy seas.
Capt Henry Nelson, master of
the Gordon, reported the seven saw
ed from the lost lifeboat were in
jured - some badly. He did not
say whether anyone had been tax
en- from the bow section of the
tanker, which broke in two yester-
day in a storm.
One search plane reported sight
ing two men on the bow.
Most of the tanker's crew, esti-
mated at As men, were reported in
the stern section, miles away, with
the freighter St. Johns Victory
standing by. All hands were be-
lieved safe but the Nays Ha-
waiian sea frontier said radio inter
ference was hampering commune
cation from the scene, LOO miles
Northwest of Honolulu.
The forward section of the tank
er, which broke in half yesterday
in stormy seas, was being sought
after it last was sighted Is miles
from the stern.
The captain of one of the rescue
ships, the St. Johns Victory, re
ported to Honolulu he would at
tempt to shoot a line to the stern
section as 500 as waves subsidized
sufficiently to let the %freighter
move in close. Crew members then
could be rescued by breeches buoy.
A third rescue ship, the Telfair
Stockton, was last reported search
ing for the missing bow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO CLOSE TODAY
Only $1,326.7O Needed To
Reach Quota OF
$21,926.30

Today is the last day of the Red
Cross campaign. If the goal is to
be reached, 81, 1926. 70 must be turn
ed into campaign headquarters by
5 p. m.
Yesterdays closing figure of
1926. 80 came close 10 the goal
of $21, 253, and workers hoped that
it would be reached. Campaign
headquarters on the second floor
of the Customhouse will remain
open today for final reports from
all ten divisions.
One more division went over
the top yesterday. The Residential
group, headed by Mrs. L. w. Pres
ton, had a goal of 81, SOB and yes
terday reported donations amount
ing to $1,519.51.
The Downtown division, headed
CONTINUED on Page 3; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
MAYOR LANE GETS
ASSURANCE OF TOP
DRAG LINE PRIORITY

Morning Star Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 10 - The
City of Wilmington will get top
priority tomorrow for the purchase
of a surplus drag line to dig drain
age bitches in the Burnt Mill
Greek section. Mayor W. Ronald
Lane told The Star tonight.
Mayor Lane said the civilian
production administration would is
sue a directive to the war assets
administration, giving the city au-
thority to buy the machinery.
The drag line, worth $4,000
when new, will be used to help
drain off surface water which is
causing a threat to community
sanitation and is conducive to
malaria, the mayor stated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
FORMER SOLDIER
ADMITS KILLING
Los Angeles Police Clear
Up One OF Four Myster-
ious Women Murders

LOS ANGELES, March 10. -(P
With one of four brutal
feminine slayings declared solved
by the statement of a former MIL
tary policeman, police today an
nounced the arrest of a third man
in connection with another.
i. sheriff's Inspector Norris Stems
land said Myron Lee Funk, rs.
brawny foundry moulder and
former military policeman, signed
a confession declaring h e killed
Mrs. Mae Lorene Preston. 40,
shortly after midnight last Mon
day night, climaxing a drinking
party.
Stensland S q i d Funk would be
taken before the county grand
jury next Tuesday.
Meanwhile police booked Grove
nor Nc Cubrey, %, on suspicion
of murder in the death OF Evelya
Writers. AZ, former movie studio
legal expert, whose beaten a d
knitted body was found near a
railroad here last Monday night.
Officers said Nc Cubrey mad
been drinking with Miss Winters
shortly before her death.
MI Cubrey denied knowledge OF
her Staying, as did James j. Tier
nan, 33, bowling alley pin setter
also held on suspicion OF her
murder. Herman w a quoted by
police as saying he met Miss
Winters. an acquaintance, in the
Los Angeles city library Sunday
night, went with her to a hoteI
room where both became lntoxl'
Gated; that S h e staggered from
the room Sunday evening and ne
Gid not see%her again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
CONGRESS TO ACT
BEFORE APRIL |
Vandenberg Set
March 81 A. Firm
Date" On Proposal

WASHINGTON, March 10 -(PE
Republican chiefs signalled
Today for a speedy decision on
President Humans proposal to
bolster Greece and Turkey against
Communism. They will seek
action by March 81, when the Bril-
tlsh plan to retrench.
Senator Taft R-Ohio), chairman
of the COP Policy committee, told
reporters March 81 is "a firm
date" by which the administration
wants Congress to complete
action, although the President
mentioned no deadline yesterday
in his message. That date is the
end of the British fiscal year.
Senator Vandenberg CR-Mich),
chairman of the Foreign Relations
committee, also set March 81 for
a deadline in announcing plans for
his group to hold public hearings.
He suggested that the House
Foreign Affairs committee hold
hearings as well.
The plan is for the House to act
first, however, on the proposals.
providing $400, 600, 900 cash and au-
theorizing indirect military help.
What the House does, therefore,
will largely determine whether the
deadline is met, despite the plans
laid by the senate leaders.
Other Issues
Three other issues in the field
of foreign affairs claimed attention
in the house today:
1. Rep. Taber (R-NY), chairman
of the Appropriations committee
announced it has rejected q State
department request for authority
to send Russia $25, 900, 600 worth Of
oil refining equipment procured
for the Soviets under the Lend
Lease program but not yet ship
ped. The department held the
United States is required to make
good on the contract but Taber
told newsmen that 1--WE can't do
such a thing-that's appease-
ment."
2. A bill to repeal the act which
set UP the Civilian Atomic Energy
commission for domestic control
of atomic developments and opera
Continued on Pare 3; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
COASTAL RADIO
SYSTEMS URGED
Hicks And Klein Believe
Strong Case Exists
For Carolinas

Hamilton Hicks, the remaining
member of the Wilmington-New
Hanover Airport authority, said
begin operation of very high fire.
quency radio ranges in the area.
last night that a strong case ex-
listed for North Carolina and South
Carolina in the fight to have the
Civil Aeronautics administration
At the same time, however, he
explained that the air coordinating
committee in Washington should be
fully informed of the situation
which the region would face should
the proposed coastal airway sys-
tenn fail to materialize.
He pointed out that the army and
navy, at a considerable expense,
had erected and maintained radar
stations on Albemarle Sound and
at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
and service officials were reluctant
to lose these facilities.
Nevertheless, Hicks said, the
need for routes to relieve congest-
ed air traffic in the Washington
and New York areas was recog-
nized.
In the same vein concerted ac-
ton on the part of air-minded
citizens in the affected areas was
urged yesterday by w. E. Klein,
assistant administrator for federal
anyways.
He said that the air coordinating
committee should be informed OF
the plight the region would face
should plans for the new route
fall through.
He recommended that civic
groups and community spokesman
write the coordinating group urg-
ing that swift action be taken to
remove the danger restrictions at
Elizabeth City and Myrtle Beach
which Ire maintained by the army
and navy. This state of affairs,
he said, was blocking the coastal
airway.
The Air Coordinating committee
is comprised of assistant secre
taries of the Navy, War, Com
merce, and the State department
Klien said letters should be al
d1 essed to the chairman of ACC
At this time. radio ranges from
Myrtle Beach to Elizabeth City
including Wilmington and New
Fern, are ready to be put int
operation. CAA denied Tuesday il
a Washington conference with the
four-city bloc, that lack of fund:
was responsible for the delay il
using the Very High Frequency
ranges. as earlier reported. TIL.
CAA officials said it was strictly
a problem of arranging matter!
! with the Navy and Army. Boil
services are cooperating in the is
sue. Klien said.
The Always from its northern
most point to Miami was laid Oh
before the war. and bombing test;
are now carried out near Eliza
beth City by the Navy. The Navy
has indicated reluctance to hal
the tests pending international de
velopments. AT this time plane
Continued on Page 3; Col. y