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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
|STlMSON APPROVES
GER
Former Secretary OF War
Says Unificaton lmpor-
tant Forward Step

WASHINGTON, April "A -(R)-
Henry L. Stimson urged bipartisan
support of the Army-Navy unitica-
ton measure today, calling it zone
of the most important peacetime
forward steps in our military his
tory"
Stimson, Republican elder
statesman who served as wartime
secretary of war under President
Roosevelt, sent his endorsement
TO the Senate Armed Services
committee which is considering the
bill.
He wrote that during the war,
president Roosevelt was not al,
ways able to give his personal
guidance to the armed forces
and that the proposal for a secre-
tary of national defense as super
visor over secretaries of the army,
navy and air force would remedy
such a situation.
Meanwhile the House Expendi-
lures committee, handling the
legislation in that chamber, re-
ceived Secretary of the Navy For
restal's endorsement of it. For
restal expressed hope that the
President would permit the pro-
posed secretary Of defense to select
the subordinate army, navy and
air secretaries because "these civil
lians must be a team working in
the closest harmony and conf
dence."
Forrestal further said the United
States must not consider disarma-
ment until the United Nations de-
velops into an effective agency
for keeping the peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Banners, Straw Hats Plug
Presidency Campaign
Al Convention

ATLANTIC BEACH, April "A -
Led by Hal Love, their candidate
for the state presidency Of Junior
Chamber of Commerce, a delega-
ton Of Wilmington Jaycees were
losing no time in plugging their
man as the state convention OPEN
ed here today. A huge banner
advocating ""Eal Love For State
President was dispayed at the
entrance of Ocean King hotel the
convention headquarters. BY early
evening his co-workers had just
about every available head Or the
beach wearing a ''Vote For Love-
sailor hat and added to this were
placards and handbills in many
available spots along the board
walk and in the places of recrea-
ton.
In spite of the screening sum
shine which had changed the skin
Of many Jaycees from milk white
to cherry red, registration of dele
SoICo 6Ot I'LL W d S1OW StoAt tA1AS
morning. During the afternoon the
registrations spurted and by night
most reservations had been taken
up in the hotels on Atlantic Beach
and in Morehead City.
Strong Delegation
With Love and backing his candi-
dacy, were several other Whining
tonians including Jesse Sellers,
president Of the Port City's club,
Ed. Gilmore, Bob Howard, Ed
Ward, Claud O'Shields, Ed. God
win and Eldridge Fergus. Archie
Fountain, Y. LeGwin and Wallace
West were expected here on Satur-
day which is Inauguration day.
Mrs. Bob Howard, vice president
OF Wilmington Jaycettes had al
ready arrived and expected for
the weekend to take part in the
| froxk;r1vaI n, Da~> Uy.,na CoJ Cl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
ROUNDED PROJECT
URGED BY RAMSEY
Asheville Newspaper Man
Advocates Lowering
Teacher Loads

CHAPEL HILL, April "a. -(R-
n well rounded educational pro-
gram for North Carolina schools
was urged here today in an ad.
dress by D. Hiden Ramsey. gen
eral manager Of the Asheville
Citizen = Times and a member Of
] the State School board.
Speaking at the 10th annua.
meeting of the State School Boarc
Association, attended by several
hundred members from all sec
tons Of the State, Ramsey recon-.
nended a five : point program
which included a lessening of the
teacher load, better physical edu'
cation facilities, better enforce
nent of the compulsory attend.
ance law, a better school health
program and state aid for building
schools.
DR.. D. ]. Rose of Goldsboro,
president of tn association ano
recently elected president Of the
National Council of School Board
associations, urged a five point
program which would in C ! Y d e
election of school board members,
iurther consolidation of schools, q
special commission to make
study of the states educational
system and to recommend fol
culture planning, Improvement Of
conditions responsible for teacher
shortage. and improvement In the
quality OF the teaching profession
Ramsey, who was introduced by
President Frank P. Graham, Sale
Mat Education is the biggest en-
terprise in North Carolina IN dol
Jars and cents, and the most I'M
portant because it deals with the
child.
You occupy a highly response
pie position in your community
he told the board members, BE
pause you prevent education from
becoming a sprawling bureaucra'
N and you keep the interest II
EDUCATION alive"
Ramsey said that if the teacher
load in each school were reduced
ty just one pupil, it would cos
The state a million and a half dol
Jars Put the load ought to oe
greatly reduced" he declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
STATE P-TA NAMES
MRS. E. B. HUNTER
Charlotte Woman Elected,
Installed As New Presi-
dent OF Congress

ASHEVILLE, April "a III
Mrs. E. B. Hunter of Charlotte.
chairman of the Mental Hygiene
committee, was elected president
Of the North Carolina Congress Of
Parents and Teachers today, and
Mrs. Mayor Parker of Ahoskie
was elected second vice-president
both officers were installed in
ceremonies at the final genera.
session of the convention tonight
in city auditorium.
Mrs. Hunter was nominated by
the committee, and her only op'
ponent, Mrs. Maude Baynor Foy
OF Kinston, was nominated from
the floor. during the early part Of
the convention.
The convention, the 9th annual
meeting, was concluded with a
ceremony conducted by Mrs.
Stuart Bondurant of Winston
Salem following the officers in
stallation.
However, the board Of mana
gers of the congress will meet to.
morrow morning for a final bust
ness session at the George Van.
derbilt hotel.
State chairmen met in session
this morning prior to the general
session which was held in the city
auditorium. Miss Agnes Samuel
son of Washington, D. c., discus
sed the four-point P-TA program
of school education.
Awards Announced
During the morning session. di.
rectors of the ten districts report
ed on the work of their areas
DR.. Theo Dalton, director of in,
struction, Alamance count
schools reported on the teacher
housing survey, and the following
awards were made by Mrs. E. S
Adams. membership chairman:
Districts No. 4 and No. 6 tiec
for the Alley cup, given for the
largest number of 100 percent as
sociations in the state; Distric'
No. 9 received the Aycock cup fol
the greatest increase in member
ship on a 100 percent basis; Dis
trict No. 3, the Blair cup, for the
largest association in the state -
the Alexander : Graham high
School at Charlotte: District No
4 the Bynum cup FOR the creates
number of life memberships, ant
District No. 9, the Spruill cup, fol
IT, largest number Of new asso
Citations.
Mrs. A. M. Scarborough o.
CONTINUED On Page Three, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
COAST Line GETS
HUGE TAX RETURN
Overassessment Of In.
come For 1912 Amounts
To Over $1,231,000
Morning Star Bureau
Washington, %. C.

WA ~, April 81
(special)-The Bureau of Internal
Revenue announced today that ii
had determined an over = assess
ment of income, declared value
excess profits and excess-profits
and interest in favor of the At
lantic Coast Line railway, Will
mington, in the sum of $1,231, O62
for the year 1912.
The bureau said that the al
lowance Of an additional deduction
for authorization of emergency ia
cilities causes $615, 238 of the over
assessment; $522, $40 of the over
assessment was caused by addi-
tons to adjusted exces profits net
income, which decrease income tax
liability through the credits al
.lowable. The balance amounting
to 500, ia represents a portion OF
the interest assessed on previous
ly asserted deficiencies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
POLICE REPORT
FOUR BREAK-INS
One Man Arrested In Con.
~nection With A House
hold Theft

City police last night were in
vestigating four breakMins which
occurred here Wednesday night
with one man having already beer
arrested in connection with one
OF the crimes.
William L. Hill is being held II
the new Hanover county Jail I'M
der 81, 900 bond pending the com
pletion of an investigation into the
theft of household goods from q
house at 913 Marstellar street
The Paradise Grill at 18th anc
Wright street was entered some
time Wednesday night or early
Thursday morning and cigarettes
cigars and money valued at $2s
taken.
The Royal Crown Bottling com
pany was also entered the same
night but so far nothing has beer
missed, police reported.
The fourth break-in occurred a
B. T. Goodrich Tire company, bu'
police reports stated that nothing
has been missed as yet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25

RECOLLECTIONs - More in
formation and data are presented
today on the history of A. David's
Hook and Ladder Company. This
company was the subject a day
or two ago of this column.
It's revival brings to the mind
of c. c. Chadbourn the fact that
the fire department Of so years
ago was a volunteer organization.
Its only compensation being that
five years of service in the de-
partment gave a member i'm
munity from jury duty.
MAKE-UP-Mr. Chadbourn says
there was a bucket company and
several hose and reel companies
But the principal equipment was
the Little Giant, corner of Fourth
and PRINCESS, Howard Relief, or
the present site of headquarters,
and whose engine was the A.
Adrian.
Tie Cape Fear was a. Negro
company with an engine house or
Ann just east of Front and the
Hook and Ladder ON Dock neal
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
GROUP MAY SLASH
SURVEY PROJECTS
Carolina Beach, Holders
Beach On List To
Be Reviewed

Prospects of proposed flood con-
troll measures at Carolina Beach
and Holden's Beach dimmed yes
terday with the announcement by
Representative Dondero of the
public workers committee of the
house of representatives that he
will introduce a bill to recall au-
thority given by Congress for 81
survey projects.
Dondero and his committee has
started what he terms an unpre-
cedented move to de%-authorize
many flood control and navigation
projects.
He said an investigation showed
that 1854 projects Eel now in
the laps of the army engineers,
and Carolina Beach and Holden's
Beach are included among the 81
which the committee proposes to
drop from the list.
A third project on tle North
Carolina coast, Harkers Point
basin in Carteret county, is listed
among the 81 which r scheduled
to be dropped from the approved
list.
The committees recommends
tons are in line with a systematic
review of all projects previously
approved, Dondero said
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25

Nav
Hit Officials
Lawyer Says Former Con.
gresham Ready'To Tes-
tify On Funds

WASHINGTON, April 24-lP)-
A threat of a 1914 campaign fund
expose Involving high Democratic
party officials" came today from
the defense at the wal fraud trial
Of Andrew J. May, former House
Military committee chairman.
Sawyer Smith, an attorney for
the ex-Congressman from Ken
lucky, announced that May is
ready to testify about 1914 cam
paign contributions that would in
volve "high party figures, includ-
ing members of Congress-"
Smith said May would talk if
the government pursues further in
the trial the matter of two $1,000
checks the government claims May
received for interceding with the
army in behalf of two soldiers.
Mays counsel argued that most
other wartime congressman had
interceded for sons of friends and
constituents during the war and
added to the jury:
"Taese two checks were purely
and simply campaign contribu-
tons to the Democratic commit
tee and nothing else.
eff the government ,pursues
them any further, I'll have you
told the whole story under oath.
I'll have Andrew J. May disclose
to you the entire transaction"
Smith added that he aesitates
to "embarrass anyone" by getting
May to tell the story.
May and three co-defendants are
being tried on government charges
that May received pay for using
his official influence as House Mil
itary chairman to get war depart
ment favors for the Carson Mu-
nitions combine.
On trial with him, charged with
(Cn~%s,,,al n, Do no Th~oo Tn1 a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Top Officials Discuss Plans
For 1947 Convention To
Be Held June 14-17

Details for the State depart
ment of the American Legion con-
vention, to be held at Carolina
Beach June 14-17, were mapped
here last night at a meeting be,
tween Wilmington and Carolina
Beach post members.
The planning conference was I'M
der the direction of Paul Younts,
executive vice commander of the
state department. Other members
Of the committee included William
Matthews, commander of the Caro-
lima Beach post, Ray Galloway,
state vice commander and execu-
tive director of post 10, Whining
ton, Mrs. Thomas w. Bird, presi-
dent of the state American Legion
Auxiliary and other officials.
The sum and substance of the
meeting revolved around four
points. Housing, invited honored
guests, parade and a banquet for
the go-getters, the sparkplug OF the
membership committee.
As for the honored guest as the
principal speaker for the conven-
ton it was indicated by Younts,
that either General ''Ike' Eisen-
hover, Chief of Staff, or General
Omar Bradley would be on hand to
deliver the main address.
However," Younts said, "As vel
we are not certain of either n Of
these nationally known speakers.
"But," he went on to say, Il feel
sure it will be one or the other"
When asked about the housing
CONTINUED On Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Eleven, One Half Cents
House Increase May Set
Pattern For Industry

DETROIT, April "a. -R- Cen
eral Motors corp. and the CLIO Unit
ed Auto Workers tonight reached
agreement on an II IL cent hour
lily wage increase and paid holidays
equivalent to an additional 3 IL
cents and an improved vacation
plan.
President Walter P. Reuther Of
the UAW-CIO said eve estimate
this wage package to be a little
more than Is cents an hour"
The agreement was reached at
Tier a five-hour session marked by
frequent separate conferences be-
tween the union and GIN represen'
tatives.
The agreement, covering 220, 0ol
GIN employees who r members oil
the UAW-CIO, provides:
1. An II IL cent hourly increase
effective April "a, 1947, providing il
is ratified by the union by May S,
1947.
2. Six paid holidays for seniority
employees. These r defined as
| nontinxed O. Haae 95hsee, CehsA
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Ends
Moscow Meet
M Marshall, Disappointed
Over Meeting Failure
|, Leaves For Home

MOSCOW, April "a - R - The
Foreign Ministers conference end
ed tonight with Secretary Mar
shall expressing disappointment"
over failure to reach agreement
on an Austrian peace treaty and a
four-poWer pact against Germany.
But Marshall, before leaving to
attend a farewell banquet at the
Kremlin kiven by Prime Minister
Stain for the top diplomats who
had met in the Soviet capital. for
six weeks and four days, told
newsmen they should regard the
conference as 'the first round"
The ministers of the United
States, Britain, France and Rus
STA, who had been unable to reach
agreement in A meetings since
March 10 On any of the major
issues in the writing of German
and Austrian peace pacts, ended
their session on a note of amity.
In a last minute decision they
agreed to limit the number OF
Allied occupation troops in Ger
many and appoint a special COM
mission to study the e of dis
agreement On the Austrian peace
treaty.
Meet In November
The ministers themselves will
meet again in London in Novem-
Der, unless all of them show up
for the United Nations assembly
in New York in September. In
that event a brief session will be
held in New York.
Arrangements for the agenda
will be made through regular d.
plomatic channels" BY the same
method deputies on Germany
will be given instructions to con-
tinue their work, probably in Lon
don or Berlin.
Marshall will leave Moscow for
Washington via Paris and Perrin
at 9 a. m. q a. m. Eastern STAN
dard Time) tomorrow by plane. He
was reported planning a report to
the American people presumably
by radio, on the conference. He
said that if he arrives on Satur-
day, as he expects, he will make
the report on Sunday, or Monday
at the latest.
The American secretary strobe
directly into Spasso house, resi-
dence of U. S. Ambassador Walter
Bedell Smith, for a meeting with
newsmen directly after the confer
ence adjourned.
He reeled off his opinions in
machinegun fashion.
"After all, we have had a very
natural disappointment that we did
not have agreement on the four
power pact and the Austrian
treaty." he said.
He declared that ''the results OF
Continued On Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
GM,UAW Reach Accord On Pay Raise;
100000 Workers Protest Labor Laws
Along The Cape Fear

the
Little Giant - Mr.. Chadbourn says
was the John T. Rankin. When
the Little Giant came, naturally
the members were proud of it."
Zone day while they were gaz-
ing at it," said he, "the question
arose as to whether any member
could life one end of it."
He says that "this difficult task
was performed by only n mem
ber-a highly respected merchant
by the name of R. F. Hamme."
GLAMOUR - While all of the
companies, Chadbourn says, per.
formed valuable service, "real
glamour was attached to the Hook
and Ladder company. It was
largely composed of dashing
young society men,"
Chadbourn said that in order
to encourage alertness when a
firebell sounded, red balls were
placed near the entrance to the
house and the first man to reach
the house upon being summoned
by an alarm, took the red ball,
Prizes were awarded on the basil
Of tae red halls collected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
a',lo2 Of GriSSett
1 's ss;;'E = s ;5ss< AT Fast Pace
-ae r+s5fheys Fail to Break Down Evi-
dence Presented By Detective Murray;
Many Legal Tits

Clifton Moore, district solicitor,
figured in frequent verbal ex'
changes but the firm Intervention
Of Judge Clawson Williams kept
the proceedings moving at a fast
clip.
G~rissett, who was acquitted Oh
one charge Of larceny and receiv-
ing at the February term Of court
here, is now facing a second
charge Of having stolen an out
board motor from the Anchor
Hardware company.
Boat Identified
Bernard Abrams, owner of the
hardware firm and his father
Aaron Abrams, both identified q
boat motor which was offered ir
| Continued On Pare Three. Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Auto Industry Throttled
When Unions Mass For
Demonstration

DETROIT, April "a. -P)E Thou.
sands upon thousands of Detroit
area workers c%onverged on down
town Cadillac square today to pro
test pending Congressional labor
legislation in a five-hour rally
sponsored by the CIO-United Auto
workers.
In a near-general exodus several
major auto plants were closed and
others reported heavy absenteeism
as workers gathered at focal points
on the East and West side. Their
marched on the hub of this indus
trial stronghold.
Bearing aloft flags. local unior
banners and protesting placards,
the first of the two contingents be.
gan pouring into the already par
tially-filled square shortly after
p. m.
BY 5 p. M, the three-block area
was crammed with more than 100,
600 milling unionists, by estimate o.
Senior Police Inspector Samuel j
Throop who viewed it as lone Of
non&snaneA N PAGE E4nsee. Gel. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
AUTOMATIC RAISE
IN PAY ABOLISHED
State Highway Commits.
SON Will Do Away With
Monthly Schedule

RALEIGH, April "A. -(P)- The
State Highway commission, hold
ing its regular monthly meeting,
today agreed to abolish an auto
matte monthly salary schedule in
crease for maintenance division
employees, effective next July 1.
The schedule, in effect since
July /, 194l, calls for the auto
matte raise of S. monthly for each
maintenance division e m p oye
with IL months or more Of ser
vice.
The commissioners said the
abolition was d e to the "1evel-
ing off" OF price schedules
throughout the country and the
recent general assembly's voting
a 20 per cent wage increase for
all state employees and teachers.
The commission also granted an
extension Of time, through the end
Ct 1913, for the removal along
highways of all outdoor billooards
which are less than so feet OF the
center line of the road or which
are hazardous to the right-of-way.
Approved In 1871
Resolution calling for the re-
moval OF the billboards first was
approved by tn commission in
1941. In 1913 a deadline Of Janu'
airy, 1914 was sent, but this was
extended in March, 1915 to h e
duration of World War II, plus six
months. Therefore, the last extern
sion was to have run out by next
July /.
Leon Brassfield, Raleigh attor-
ney representing the Outdoor ad-
vertising association Of North
Carolina, told the commission that
yet another extension was urged
because OF the billboard firms in
ability to obtain labor, materials
and equipment.
F. H. Workman, secretary Of
the association, also appeared.
Brassfield said h S association
represented IS Of the states lar
gest billboard c o c Tn S which
have 1866 boards outside towns
and cities in the state. He report
ed that 700 boards already have
been moved in compliance with
(Continued On Pare Three. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
COUPLE SENTENCED
TO PRISON TERMS
FOR BANK FRAUDS

ROXBORO, April "a. -(PE Mrs.
Ruby Owens of Danville, Va, con
victed with her husband in a bank
fraud case yesterday, was sentenc'
ed today by Judge R. Hunt Park,
er to serve from one to two years
lin the Central prison at Raleigh.
Ercel T. Owens, %, husband o.
the sentenced woman, previously
has been given a prison term o.
three to five years.
Both defendants now face tr!al
ION similar charges at Leaksvlue'
Madison and Mount Airy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Wilmington Jaycees Go
About In Love Drive
BURGLARY CHARGE

Jack Batson, Nesbitt Courts
resident, is being held in the
New Hanover county jail with
out privilege of. bond on a
charge of having entered a
room Of two sleeping men at a
local hotel early yesterday
morning.
4 charge of first degree burg
larry has been filed against
Batson and q conviction on this
count could carry'a death SEN
tence, police said.
The hotel room was occupied
by j. C. Rogers and c. M.
Shocks at the time the burglary
took place, according to police
reports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
The Gather
C

FORECASTS:
North Carolina-Considerable cloudl'
heSs with few showers Northwest POI.
non and not so warm in Northeast ane
extreme North portion Friday; SATURDAY
postiy cloudy with scattered showers
sooler over South and west portions.
youth Carolina-Partly cloudy n con
1thued warm with few scattered showers
mountains Friday; Saturday con,
sloefahle cloudiness with scattered
'snoWers mostly over North portion
So'ier North portion.
Eastern Standard Time)
tBy U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
lung $50 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
i'@ a. M. So; 7:50 4. m. So; 1880 p. m.
go p, m. So; Maximum rs; Mini
s'om So; Mean 81: Normal IS.
HUMIDITY
20 a. m. 80; 7:30 a. m. 80; 1870 p. m.
1870 p. m. ss.
PRECIPITATION
1oal for "a hours ending 7:30 q. m
90 inches.
hnehes.
TIDES FOR TODAY
rom the Tide Tables published by U
coast and Geodetic Survey.
-, High Low
81 "shston - IL 80 am. 8:17 am
L. 1:10 Pm. 0:14 pm
-00nooro ----- 1903 am. 500 an
g.. 11:31 pm. 5:08 pm
nr,shr4se 5:2e; Sunset 6:51; Moonrisa
fSes: Moonset -.
aVer stage at Fayetteville, N. C.. at
M Thursday 1874 feet.
|# atse Weather On Pare Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
DELEGATES REGISTER
FOR SECOND ANNUAL
ROTARY CONFERENCE

SOUTHERN PINES, April "a
R-Approximately $50 delegates OF
the 191st district of Rotary 1nterna-
tional registered today at the High
land Pines Inn here for their Sec
ond annual conference.
Speakers included Charles Car
roll, past president of the High
Point club, the Rev. Kenneth Good
son, president of the Wadesboro
club; Harold Makepeace, Sanford;
Frank HARRISON, Salisbury; Ed
mund Harding, Washington, hum
orist; District Governor Joseph D.
Ross, Jr., Asheboro; W. Bert Weav-
er, Spray; and the Rev. Tucker
Asmphries, Southern Pines.