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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
AIR FORCE MOVES
10 OFFICERS UP
Unit OF Defense Revamps
Command To Fit New
Independent Status

WASHINGTON, Oct. l -tPE
The Air Force revamped its COM
mand today to fit its new inde-
pendent status and 13 high Of
ficers were promoted In the pro-
cess.
Secretary of Air Symington and
Gen. Carl Spaatz, air chief OF
staff, told a news conference that
the reorganization is intended to
increase efficiency, "pick the best
man for the job" and give added
stature to various commands.
1t. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg
was appointed vice chief of staff
under Spaatz and promoted to
full general. The Air Force now
has four four-star generals
Spaatz, George c. Kenney, chief
of the strategic air command,
Joseph T. McNarney, and Van
denberg. The Army has six, in
addition to two five-star generals,
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Doug
las Macarthur.
The promotions, all temporary
and all Of a recess character, re-
quire Senate confirmation. They
were announced at the White
House by President Truman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
WRIGHT MAY PUT
TROOPS ON BUSES
Governor Threatens "Shoot
To XIII" Policy In
Strike

ACKSO Miss, Oct. 1.-tR'
Gov. Fielding L. Wright threat
ened today to put National
Guardsmen on the buses of the
Southern Bus Lines, Inc, ITO
shoot to kill if further acts of
violence continue"
The line is beset by a four
month strike and the company
in warrants and otherwise has
charged striking employees with
acts of violence. Most of the
strikers, the company announced,
have been replaced with new
employees.
The governor issued a pre-
pared statement upon his return
from an oil meeting in Tulsa,
Okla. He said an earlier warn
ing against violence has gone
"unheeded by those who SEER
determined to seriously injure
some innocent person or per-
sons"
His statement continued:
II do not know the ones re-
sponsible for these reprehensible
acts, nor do I intend to waste
further time in an effort to fix
the blame.
definitely we will not toler-
ate violence nor rowdyism in
Mississippi. The travelling public
will be protected"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
FREEDOM TRAIN"
DUE HERE DEC. 10
Marine Guarded Special
Will Remain In City
Only One Day
Morning Star Washington Bureau

Morning Star Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. / - The
"Freedom Train" bearing an
exhibit of historic documents
from Americas past, is tenta-
lively scheduled to visit Will
mington, N. c., Dec. 10.
The red white -and-blue train
with it's honor guard of Marines
will steam into North Carolina
from Virginia, stopping at Win
ston-Salem December 8, Char
lotte the following day, Greens
boro the fifth, Raleigh the sixth,
Norfolk, Va, the seventh, Rich
mond, the ninth. Then it will
swing down to Wilmington, De
cember 10, Columbia, S. c., De
cember II, Spartanburg Deem
Der II, Greenville, December 10,
Augusta, Ga, December 14-15,
Charleston, December 16, and
Savannah, Ga, December II.
Attorney General Tom Clark
is credited with the idea of
stimulating public interest in
the basic American liberties by
displaying documents to show
how those liberties were won.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
TOBACCO PRICES
PROVE IRREGULAR
Eastern Markets R
Steady To Slightly Low
er Quotations
Nv The Associated Press

Steady to slightly lower prices
were reported on tobacco mar
kets of the Eastern Belt yes
terday while on Border Belt the
price trend was steady to high
er, the Federal and State De-
partments of Agriculture report
ed.
No significant price changes
seen on Middle Belt mar
kets and price trends on the
Old Belt were erratic.
Losses on the Eastern Belt
ranged from 81 to So per hun
dred pounds in most cases al
though for lower leaf and Jugs
grades which we're sold IN small
volume drops of as much as 81
were reported. Good lemon
smoking leaf at $57 and good
lemon Jugs at $54 were down
81; and fair orange Tugs at $43
were off SO. A few grades adj
vanced as much as 81.
Volume of sales on Eastern
markets was fairly heavy and
the bulk of the offerings con-
sisted of common to good leaf,
nondescript, fair and good
moking leaf and fair cutters:
Sales Tuesday totaled 0,4l7,2O5
pounds and averaged $42.57 per
hundred, a drop of $1.57 from
Monday .
Most price fluctuations on the
Old Belt were in the 81 to 81
range with more gains than
losses reported. Sales continued
light with the quality OF offer
ings improved over Tuesday
Lugs and leaf made up the bulk
of sales. Tuesday the growers
marketed a total of 1857 ia
pounds and were paid an aver
age of $43.23 per hundred, a
drop of $1.o9 from Monday and
See TOBACCO On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
r.. S. ReeStabliSheS Full
Relations With Bulgaria
Makes Plain That
Nation Dislikes Com
munist Policies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-(P-
The United States reestablished
full-fledged diplom attic relations
with Bulgaria today but made
plain dislikes the Communist
dominated government.
Acting Secretary of State Rob
ert Lovett announced recongni-
ton of the wartime enemy even
as United States representatives
in New York were firmly OPP
posing Bulgarian admission into
the United Nations.
Lovett told reporters the Unit
ed States is sending a minister
to Sofia after a six-year lapse,
but only to keep an official OBJ
server on the scene who can
watch out for American inter
ests along with those of the
Bulgarian people.
He emphasized that this act
ion should not be interpreted as
rejecting United States ZAP
prevail or conformation" of the
Bulgarian governments recent
actions, because American views
on these have been fully
set forth"
Lovett had in mind Bulgaria's
execution nine days ago of OPP
position leader Nikola Petkov
despite a series of vehement
See US on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
BOARD WILL GET
BOYCOTT REPORT
Abbottsburg Case To Be
Presented AT Education
Group Meeting Today

RALEIGH, Oct. 1.-UD- Con-
troller Paul Reid said today a
State Board of Education commit
tee investigating a parents boy
colt at the Abbottsburg school
would report at the boards
monthly meeting tomorrow.
Parents at Abbottsburg held
their children out of class protest
ing a proposed consolidation OF
their school with one at Baden
boro but sent them back when the
board promised to investigate.
Reid said there was no indica-
ton as to whether the case OF r.
L. Fritz, Jr., deposed Hudson
school principal, would be dis
cussed at the board meeting.
However, Atty. Gen. Harry
Mcmillan said he planned to re-
port to the board, which asked
Coz pnApn IN pape Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Bodies Litter Streets II
Many Northeastern
Towns

TEHRAN, Iran, Oct. l -UD-
Reports reaching Tehran today
said the earthquake which rock
ed Iran four days ago killed
hundreds and reduced villages
in the Northeastern province of
Khurasan to rubble.
Bodies Uttered streets in
many Northeastern and East
ern Iranian villages, the OTIS
said. The entire area was left
without water. Officials here
said disease threatened thou
sands of homeless.
Recurrent tremors were felt
today North of Tehran. Dust
storms and bitter cold ad3ed to
the misery of men, women and
children huddled in fields. ex-
posed to the biting wind.
Trans primitive c. a;ca-
tons system slowed news Of the
extent of the disaster.
The village of Dowlatabad,
North of Birjand, reported 400
deaths and SO serious injuries
among it's 500 inhabitants. The
nearby Ferdows district report
ed that virtually every house
had been collapsed and survi-
vors we're suffering from expo
sure.
All houses were demolished IL,
Gurayan, seven miles from Fer
dows, and eight were killed, six
See HUNDREDS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
STRIKE FLURRIES
HIT LABOR SCENE
Clio Longshoremen Slow
Activity AT West Coast
Ports
By The Associated Press

A furry of strikes clouded the
labor picture Wednesday as air
line service to and from Northern
Europe was curtailed and cargo
handling in Los Angeles and
Long Beach harbors was sus-
pended by disputes.
The West coast ports, where
commerce amounts to $30,000,-
900 a month, were closed in what
the CLIO Longshoremen's Union
termed a lockout and the Water
front Employers Association call
ed a strike by foremen.
The association said it had re-
fused to recognize the union as
bargaining agent for the foremen
because under the Taft-Hartley
act they are part of management.
Planes of the American Over
seas Airlines operating to and
from Northern Europe remained
grounded by a strike of 173 pilots
and co-pilots, members of the
ALL Air Line Pilots Association.
They struck Tuesday after they
said the company refused to bar
gain in good faith.
Five operating railroad broth
erhoods presented the nations
railroads with a formal demand
for a 80 per cent wage increase.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Grand Jury Indicts Four
Gun -RunningPl0t
Owner OF Air Cargo Line
Among Those Charged
With Conspiracy

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 1-lR-
A federal grand jury indicted
four men today in an aerial
gun-running plot involving
stolen Navy machineguns and
a group on Venezuelan exiles.
Charged with conspiracy in
the theft of Is machineguns ano
from Bush Field, near Augusta,
Ca, last April 10 were:
Karl John Eisenhardt, 20, Of
Ellicott City, Md, owner of a
charter air cargo company and
onetime diplomatic representa-
tive in Latin America.
Edward Browder, Jr., of Am
arillo, Tex; J. Meredith Russell,
"a, of Baltimore, and Manuel l..
Fuego, no address.
The guns, valued at $40, 600,
taken from Bush field,
hustled aboard a privately-own-
ed surplus Navy bomber, and
to Baltimore where they
were concealed in a palatal
hideout near Ellicott City.
Twenty One Found
Twenty-one of the Is weapons
eventually were found conceal
ed in the basement of the man
sion, situated on a 400-acre es-
tate owned by Eisenhardt. Of
See JURY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Senator George Senses" Threat Of War
If Russia Withdraws Membership In UN;
|Yanks Blast bod gers In Second Game
Earthquake In Iran
Takes Big Life Toll
PREPARES

RALEIGH, Oct. g. U.D -
The State Motor Vehicles De-
partment came up with this
one:
A woman confronted Lii
cense Examiner r. S. Wealth
ers at Wake Forest a 'e-
manded a new drivers per-
NIT. She sailed through the
eye test, oral and written
questions and road sign test.
where is your car park
ed?" Weathers asked.
~ don't have one, she ans
Wered. 1--WE never even driven
one"
She had obtained her orr
ginal license in 1885 without
answering a single question.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
''ds Coasts
80 1913 Victory
B o m b er Batter Buns
For 15-Hit Barrage;
Heinrich Homers
BY OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. l. W.p-
Mauling four pitchers like the
Bronx Bombers of PALMER
days, the New York Yankees
battered the Brooklyn Dodgers
apart at the seams today and
Indian Allie Reynolds coasted to
a 10 to 3 victory in the second
game Of the World Series.
The Yankees laid down a bar
rage Of Is base hits-including
a homer by Tommy Heinrich,
three record-tying triples and
two doubles-to jar the Dodgers
into some of the poorest play
in series history and to take a
two to nothing lead in the clas-
sic.
Behind that slashing attack
Reynolds, the high : balling
Creek from Oklahoma, had no
trouble scoring his first World
Series triumph. He was rarely
in trouble and never behind as
he scttered nine blows and left
six disillusioned Dodgers to die
on the base paths.
Chunky George Stirnweiss,
husky Johnny Lindell and little
Billy Johnson belted out the
triples which tied the record OF
three triples in one game held
jointly by the Dodgers in 1916
and the Reds of 1919. Mean
while, shortstop Peewee Reese
of the Dodgers was tying a Sc
ries standard Of not having a
single fielding chance.
The reason for that was that
the Bombers were blasting most
of their shots far, wide and
handsome. They hoped on lit
tie Vic lombard, the curve
balling control hurler who was
the Dodgers hope to even the
classic, for nine hits and five
See REYNOLDS On Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
ANCUlLA WARDEN
INDICTED BY JURY
Three Guards Also Impli-
Gated In Prison Camp
Riot Deaths

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 1-U.H
U. s. grand jury today in
dicted the warden and four
guards of the Anguila State
Convict camp, scene of a bloody
riot in which eight Negroes
were killed last July, for viola
ton of civil liberties in connec-
ton with the slaughter.
Those indicted were Warden
H. G. Wortley and Guards Guy
McNabb, Romer Bazemore, H.
L. Holmes and W. L. Lawler.
The indictments were report
ed to U. S. District Judge Frank
M. Scarlet by a special jury
Goo WARDEN on Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02

dS d1I1St OOo AoA@SS
nels Slingsby and Golden, en-
carnped at Elizabethtown.
PATRIOT COLONEL THOMAS
robson was among the little
band of 60 men who were deter
mined to regain possession OF
their homes and land or die
trying.
The patriots forded the Cape
Fear at night and engaged the
Tories in furious combat NOR
tally wcunding Tory Col, Sings
by and killing Col. Golden IN
the melee.
The Tories thereupon fled in
wild disorder seeking cover, a
number of them taking refuge
in the ravine which came to be
known as Glory Hole"
Colonel Robson had Leen del
egate. from Bladen to the Hills
boro Convention in IT'S and
had received his title Of "Colo-
mel of Militia" during the same
year. The vast county of Robe
son was named in honor of this
patriot who was one of the few
in Bladen who were loyal to
the cause of the American pa
triots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
SCHOOL CHILDREN
FORM BUCKET LINES
TO SAVE FARM HOME

CHESTER, S. c., Oct. I. -P)
- The Chester Fire department
today credited a bucket brigade
of school children with putting
out a fire at the rural home OF
Mrs. Annie Hayes, who lives four
miles from Chester.
Two school buses loaded with
homeward bound children were
rolling past the Hayes home as
flames licked at the roof. Drlv-
ers and children quickly formed
a bucket brigade and had the fire
lust about out when Chester fire.
men arrived.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
KIWANIANS HEAR
TALK ON GERMANY
Col. John D. Hughes Tells
OF Tasks In Rebuild
ing Transportation

Many of the problems faced
by Army engineers in rebuild
ing the ruined transportation
system of Germany in 1856
were presented to members Of
the Wilmington Kiwanis club
yesterday noon by Col. John D.
Hughes, head of the Wilmington
district, United States Engi-
neers.
Explaining that to get the
German home economy back on
it's feet, it was necessary to set
up a system of distribution, Col.
Hughes pointed out that grains
from the north and east (Rus-
sian zone), dairy products and
sugar from the northwest Grit
ish zone), beef and mutton from
Gee KIWANIANS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
HISTORY PLUNGE
KILLSSA SALESMAN
Z. Lester Sides, Greens
boro, Falls From lnsur-
ance Building

GREENSBORO, Sept 1-tR-
L. Lester Sides, As, Greensboro
travelling salesman for a furni-
ture concern, met death in a
History plunge from a rear top
floor window of the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Com
pany building in the heart of
the city this afternoon about
Ais o'clock. DR.. w. w. Harvey,
coroner, gave a verdict of prob
able self destruction"
No n could be found who
saw the falling body, but two
building employees who were in
an alley at the rear of the build
ing heard the body strike the
first-story ledge of the building
and gave the alarm. A large
blood stain on the ledge of a
sixth floor window indicated
that the victims head struck
that ledge in the fall.
The coroner said death pro-
probably resulted from con-
tact with this window ledge.
Sides had been in i'll health
for several years and had visit
ed a doctors office in the build
Ing shortly before the incident.
He is survived by his wife, q
daughter and his mother, all of
Greensboro.
Building attendants said the
window from which Sides leap
ed had been permanently closed
and was secured by wire. Elk
animation of the window show
ed the wire had been removed,
they said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02

RALEIGH, Oct. 1-(P-Gov-
ernor Cherry said today that he
probably would decide tomorrow
whether or not five men will be
executed in the gas chamber at
Central Prison here Friday.
If the governor fails to inter-
vene in any of the cases, the stage
will be set for a quintuple execu-
ton, the first in the states his
tory.
Meanwhile, the governor kept
the state from having SIX execu-
tons Friday by granting a re-
prieve to Ralph Vernon Literal
who was convicted in Wilkes OF
criminally %assaulting a teen-age
girl. The reprieve was granted
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
WARMER WEATHER
COMING TO SOUTH
Gradual Temperature Rise
Predicted By Weather
Bureau Experts
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"Indian summer" tempera-
lures will spread throughout the
Midwest Thursday and remain
for a few days, federal forecast
ers at Chicago predicted.
Warmer weather also was
forecast for sections of the East
and South which experienced
below normal readings Wednes-
day.
Temperatures in the central
plains states, the Ohio Valley
and the Great Lakes region
were expected to be between 90
and 70 degrees for the remain
der of the week.
The South will warm up grad
ually, forecasters said, while
most of the rest OF the nation
will experience fair and season.
able weather. Only Maine and
some parts of the North were
expected to have quite cool
weather,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Parking Meters Get
Extra HAIL. Holiday;
Autoists Save Cash

Police officials said last night
that no tickets were issued for
parking over an hour at parking
meters yesterday afternoon, al
though stores in the city began
the practice of staying open on
Wednesday afternoons. =.
The police, at headquarters said
that they had had no official Or
ders concerning enforcement OF
violations on Wednesday after
moons as yet, but it was expected
that beginning next Wednesday
the meters would be. used all
day on Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Georgian Predicts
Special Session
Senate Tax Expert Thinks
Truman Will Recall
Congress Dec. |

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 1-WH-
Sen, Walter F. George, D., Ga,
said today that eff and when
Russia formally withdraws from
the United Nations, this country
must begin immediate military
preparations on the widest
scope the U. S. has ever known.
George also predicted at a
press conference that President
Truman would call a special
session of Congress possibly be-
fore Dec. l to provide at least
5000, 600, 600 in stop-gap aid to
Communist-threatened Europe.
While he had a "strong con-
viction" that Russia does not
want war and is not equipped
for it, George warned tht "she
might stumble OF step out of
bounds and we would find our
selves in a conflict without real
izing it,"
A Soviet walkout from the
UN, George said, would be the
signal for the U. S. to "redou-
BILE" its efforts to keep T.
peace organization from fall.
apart and to "consolidale
Western nations friendly to this
nation, including those in the
Western Hemisphere.
Smear Campaign
The Senate tax expert, look
ing fit after a rest at his Vienna,
Ga, home and a Florida fish.
ing trip, told MS press confer
ence that Russia is engaged in
"the most extreme propaganda,
smearing even III most rever-
ed public officials" but he
doubted if anyone knew how far
the Russians would 60 in their
diplomatic war with the United
States.
He indicated that Russian
withdrawal from the UN might
come although it hadn't "yet."
and whatever efforts the U. S.
might make toward consololida-
ton Of Western nations in the
UN, he said, would logically
: tend to widen the chasm be-
tween East and West.
George predicted that new mil
!, lions in interim aid for Europe
! would not push higher tour in
flationary price spiral" if Ameri-
can exports to stricken areas in
E Europe continue to be drawn
from surplus commodities.
! Credit DWindles
Italy and France, he said, had
all but exhausted their credit
with the World Bank and the
Import-Export Bank and that
the Italians are in "on shape
whatever" to ask further loans.
Had they been, George said he
thought the special session IS
sue could be avoided.
George foresaw speedy Con-
gressional action on proposed
new aid, if funds Ut approved
See GEORGIA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Truman Asks Grain
Saving By Citizens
President Sets Needs Of Hungry Europeans
At lOO,OOO,OOO Bushels AS Committee
Launches Food Conservation Drive

And, to get the nationwide
drive in full swing, Mr.. Tru-
man, Secretary of State
Marshall and Luckman will
speak over all radio net
works Sunday night at 1920
p. M, Eastern Standar
Time.
Beyond that are plans
a whoop-it-up campaign III
ing advertising and every
channel of communication"
Mr.. Truman told the food
committee earlier that a
bushel Of grain saved by
every American will ''do the
job" o. preventing in Eu-
rope the hunger that creates
despair and chaos"
Americans S, he said,
must save 100, 600, 900 bu-
shells, partly by putting
See TRUMAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Decide Today
On Quintuple Execution

pending disposition by the U. S.
Supreme Court of an appeal by
Marvin Claude Bell who was
sentenced to die in the same case.
The five due to die are: Jeth-
70 Lampkin and Richard Nc
Cain, who were convicted of first
degree murder in the robbery
killing of a Charlotte coal deal
er; Robert Messer and Earl
O'Dear, who were convicted In
Jackson county of first degree
murder in the robbery Staying OF
a Sylvia taxi driver and his wife;
and Willie Cherry, Negro, who
was convicted in Northampton
county Of first degree burglary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
And So To Bed

The attractive young w0-
man who visited the police
station last night to pay a
81 fine for passing a stop
sign was burned up.
She didn't mind the fine
and paid it graciously, say
ing, II ran through 1T all
right"
But there was one thing
she did not like. "You can
tell MI. Holmes (Officer
Tommy Holiness" she said,
pointing to the citation,
"that Pm a Female, absolute
" not q Male
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
WASHINGTON, Oct.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l.
R-President Truman ask
I'D Americans today to save
100, 900, 900 bushels of grain
for Europe and his citizens
food committee started a
nationwide campaign key
noted by the slogan "Buy
Wisely, Eat Sensibly, Waste
Nothing"
The arsenal of democ-
racy," said Charm a n
Charles Luckman, "must
now become the granary of
tbe world or we shall bury
our hopes for peace with
those who died to preserve
IT."
T h e committee asked
Americans to substitute 9TH
or foods for grains, fancy
steaks and poultry and said
housewives should not urge
diners to take seconds"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02

WASHINGTON, Oct l H.
The Marine Corps today an
nounced establishment of the
Second Marine Aircraft Wing at
Cherry Point, NC, in a move
to streanline It's flying Marines
for quick action in case of any
emergency.
Some 100 planes in two fighter
groups, including two squadrons
OF carrier based planes, have
been transferred to the wing.
The shift followed the corps
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
Cherry Point Gets New
Marine Aircraft Wing

policy, announced several
months ago, of distributing its
strength. At that time, it was
explained that the possibility of
atomic warfare prompted reor
ganization into smaller, more
mobile groups capable of
operating independently in a
crisis.
The First Marine Wing, re-
Gently stationed in China and
Guam, is now returning to the
United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-02
The Weather
E0RECAST:

FORECAST:
~Rorth Carolina and South Carolina -
taig and not much temperature change
thursday and Thursday night. Friday
@lr and warmer.
Meteorological data for the "a hours
~oins 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
liso a. m. So; 7:30 a. m. II; 1870 p: m
Y 7;30 p. m. 81; Maximum 81; Mini
Min IS. Mean IS; Normal 70.
HUMIDITY
lss5 a. m. 50; 1880 a. M. IA; 1870 p. m.
~ $50 p. m. SO.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 p.
"" Q inches.
Total since the first of the month
h.Sa inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
IRON the Tide Tables published by
y D. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
HIGH Low
Washington --- HOS am. 5:3s am
II :16 pm. 6:15 pm.
Mssonhoro Inlet $40 am. 2:40 am.
1853 pm. 3:o6 pm.
sunrise SGT; Sunset 5:55; Moonrlse
Up; Moonset 8:2Oa.
More WEATHER On Page TIVE