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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
CHARGES DROPPED

RALEIGH, April 20 - Up
Charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government against
T. A. loving company and as
sociates in connection with con-
struction work at Fl. Bragg
have been dropped in federal
district court here.
Judge Don Gillian ordered
dismissal of the criminal &C.
ton which was brought In NO
yember 1913 and which charg-
ed the Goldsboro firm with
overcharging the government
in rental fees for trucks auto
mobiles and construction equip
ment on a project at Fl. Bragg
in $40.
Dismissal of the action re-
suited from settlement in IAN
uary of civil actions between
the government and the con-
struction firm. In its civil &C.
ton, the government claimed
the construction company mao
oyercharged on equipment
rental from $4,000 to SlOU,-
900. The construction company
filed a confederation seeking
tn recover approximately
500, 900 it claimed the govern
ment owed for the FIT. Bragg
work.
In the settlement, it was
agreed that all actions in the
case, both civil and criminal
would be dropped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
SOUTHERN OWNERS
lie WIS PLAN
Soft Coal Operators Refuse
To Bargain On In
dustry Wide Basis

WASHINGTON, April 29.-(Pe
Southern soft coal operators balk-
ed at industry-wide bargaining
with John L. Lewis today as the
government sought to stave off the
threat of a new coal strike July !.
The Southern Coal Producers as
ISOLATION agreed to negotiate a
separate contract with Lewis
United Mine Workers union, but
insisted that different operating
conditions in various sections of
the country make industry-wide
bargaining Impractical and I'M
desirable"
Under government prodding,
Lewis and the operators sat down
together for initial talks looking
toward the end of federal control
of the nations $500 soft coal mines
June 30. On that date, the govern
ment's control of the pits seized
last May. at the height of a So
day strike, expires.
Without a new contract with the
private owners, a new Walkout ap-
pears inevitable since the miners
traditionally follow a mo contract
no work" policy.
Bucks Lewis
The Southern associations will
ingness to go ahead with negotia-
lions on a sectional basis ran coun.
ter to Lewis previous determine
ton to bargain on an industry
wide level or not at all.
The association said in a state
ment that government control,
at best, is only a temporary and
necessary expedient, and govern
ment, management and miners
alike desire it ended as soon as
possible"
1.-The meeting today is one in
which operators from all segments
in the industry are represented"
the statement continued.
These operators from areas
outside our own are friends but
it must not be forgotten that they
also our competitors"
The southern groups stand led
to a recess until 3 P. M. fE.S.T.)
tomorrow in the conferences called
by Navy Capt. N. Fl. COLLISION,
federal coal mines administrator,
who had urged beth sides to make
"sincere efforts toward a set
Element of the long-draWn dispute.
Representatives of 80 coal-pro-
ducing associations had gathered
in an attempt to work out a solu-
ton by June 30.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Chopin Nocturine Chords
Also Duplicated AT
Exhaustive Test

WASHINGTON, April 20. -(Pr
Members of the Federal Communi-
cations commission today a t
around with telephones glued to
their ears listening to sounds that
ranged from the squeak of fright
ened mice to the opening chords of
a Chopin nocturne.
In between times, they talked
gravely about decibels noise to
you, chum.)
The commission is trying to de-
eide what, if any, tone warning"
system should be put inside the
phone box to let folks know they
are talking for the record when
one or the other party of the con-
~versation decides to click on an
automatic recording device.
Most of the warning models tried
out emitted a discreet reminder
every Is seconds that the whole
thing was being taken down for
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30

The task of recovering econom-
Il stability and reducing costs is
a task for all-government, bust
ness, labor, agriculture and the
consumer"
AS the days sessions opened,
Mr.. Truman called on the bust
ness executives in a message to
help "dispel the inflationary cloud
now h-.nging over US" by lowering
prices and swelling production .,
achieve IAN ever-expandin~ ~
tenn Of private enterprise ~,
This, he said, is -
tas' of all business, aNS
Taking to-day" literally .GANS
Der delegates made the
olution their first policy Oh
in the four-day meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Worth Homes
Demolished
Highway Patrol Estimate,
Dead AT Twenty With
Scores Injured

WORTH. Mo-, April 2a-fp
tornado virtually leveled
Northeast Missouri town todax
Killing at least 10 persons and H.
Jurlng half the remaining non,,l.-
ton of 233 persons. ~
The state highway patrol est;-
mated 20 were killed. eS"-
Inc business district was "a.
auced to rubble. Only a few ras;-
aences were left standing after
'he violent storm dashed this sman
community at 2:3O O'Clock WST1
this afternoon.
The identified dead. in = mort,,-
airy at nearby Grant City:
Fred Jennings, John Danner w
+. Roberts, Bert Shipley. Mr. and
mrs. Levi Burns, Grin Meyers
telephone operator, Mrs. Charles
aall' Mrs. Molly Porter. Mrs.
Bert Shipley. Melvin Pciering 2o
irene Pickering and Ella Walker
Chester Krause, editor of the
"oiyVliie' MO-, Forum, reported
rescuers still were searching tho
RUNS for additional dead or in
Jured. He said all the dead prob.
aoly had been recovered.
The victims we're m~iddle-aged
or older, except Mevlin Pickering
ana his sister, Irene. who were in
thelr early tWenties.
Melvin Pickering and Mrs. Bert
SIMPLIFY died in ambulances IN.
route to hospitals.
School Leveled
The storm whipped through the
center of the town, smashing u
buildings including, the school.
church and community hall in ad-
ditlon to the business houses and
about Is homes.
An alert school teacher. Mrs. An
ma Trump, saved her 16 pupils
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Linw00d Latta Resigns
T~reasuryship Oh TWPC
COED BAN

WHITEHAVEN, Tenn, April
29-(P)-The sudden blossom
ing of too many romances into
marriages at the Whitehaven
High school has provoked an
administrative ban on co-edu-
cational lingering, visiting eat
ing and, of course marrying.
Principal Fred Elliott said to-
day he had issued a circular
letter to the schools 700 stu
dents declaring that marriage
will mean indefinite S uspen-
sion and that five-day suspen-
sions will be slapped on those
guilty of: Eating together
lingering in the cafeteria after
eating is at an end, walking
as couples on the campus,
visiting in home rooms"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Health
Meet Keynote
district Home Demonstra-
linn Clubs To Press For
Retirement Laws

r~asolution urging to Passage
laws for the betterment of
o. health conditions and the eX-
sion of school lunch programs
INJECTED to pass the 18th dis
J. meeting of home demonstra-
wv. clubs. which starts at 10
'"n wall This morning at Penderlea
school
NE 18th district federation at
.! .eetjng last week, it will state
~ +ba local federation will stand
.na s,cb 1egisla Ion because :aealth
oao3rtinues as North Cardinals num-
her one need"
The 18th district meeting today
~ bring together representatives
wiz four counties-New Ha1 yer,
nU.nswick. Fender, and Duplin.
IN addition, the resolution would
.,adrp +he district home demon
p.ration clubs to put their weight
sabind programs in school health
sSncation. farm youth organiza-
Vans highway safety, establish
i.a more farmers markets for
n .e prices, and farm home
safety programs.
Nj ty To Atten
Nearly 80 New Hanover county
demonstration clubwomen will at
tend the meeting.
Miss Iris Davenport, editor OF
.as Woman's department of the
Sontbern Agriculturist magazine
vii he guest speaker. Mrs. Fred
Tordan. New Hanover county Fed
.ar.tion president will introduce
her before the other members.
The devotion will be led by Mrs.
McRacken of Bruins
wick county. Mrs. Robbie Batson
~ pender county will give the well
anne address to which Mrs. Hen
~. parker of Duplin county will
Greetings will be brought from
P R. Rich, Fender county Agrl-
cultural Extension agent, George
". Harriet. principal of Pender-
les High school, Mrs. Jane. +.
BRADSHAW, Jr., president OF the
Burgaw Wor2an's club, Mrs. II. M
Iobnson, executive board OF the
c, Federation of Home Demon
clubs and chairman OF the
Jsne s. McKimmon Loand juno
oonm.ttee. Mrs. Mary L. Meal
lstqr southeastern district agent
recognize the guests.
County reports will be. given by
the following Home Demonstration
club women and All club girls o.
Tho respective counties: Mrs: II.
Z Bostain and Mary Alice Kerr
New Hanover; Miss Rohal. NC
DoIgal and Betty Flo Reid, Bruins
Mrs, Walter Rhodes and Bet
Continued on Page Two; COL %
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
LEVELS MISSOURI
TOWN TAXING MANY LIVES:
RUSSIA BACKS DEBATE PLAN
Britain Wins
First Round
Palestine Sc ssion OF UN
Assembly Brings Forth
Sharp Exchanges

NEW YORK, April 29-(PHRus-
STA tonight supported full discus
sion of the Palestine question in
the United Nations assembly but
reserved her position on the merits
of the Arab states campaign for
immediate independence of the
Holy Land.
The Russian position was pre-
scented after Herschel v. Johnson,
U. S. representative, told the as
sembly's 14-nation steering COM
mittee that the Arab proposal sat
tempts to PREJUDICE the issue"
Andrei A. Gromyko, Russia's
chief delegate, declared that dis
cussion of Palestine independence
does not mean that the general
assembly has to take a decision at
this session on the substance of
this question:"
He made no commitment on the
substance of the Arab hope for a
free Palestine which would retain
its present Arab populational ma
jority.
Taking the floor a second time,
Johnson declared he felt it neces,
sary to protest against Arab in
terpretations of is previous state
ment.
U. S. Position
1.-THE United States in declining
to give its approval to the Arab
resolution" he explained, sis not
precluding the independence of
Palestine or a discussion of this
problem
Johnson said there were several
different views on the folyn of in
dependence Palestine should have,
and that some of them differed
sharply with the Arab views.
I'VE are here to set up a commit
tee, not to analyze history he
added.
This was a reference to the Brit
ish proposal to establish a fact
finding committee for Palestine.
Suppose the Arab item was
admitted to the agenda," Johnson
said. Does anyone suppose it
would quiet the situation in Pales-
tine. 1t would inflame passion and
would be Interpreted according to
their purposes. We want this to be
taken up in a calm atmosphere
In the midst of prolonged COM
mittee debate on the Arab pro-
Continued Oh Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
MAN
HELD BY VERDICT
Coroner's Jury Fin d S
Probable Cause In Hit
Run Highway Killing

LUMBERTON, April %. A
coroner's jury at St. Paul's Mon
day night found probable cause
to hold James McLamb % of Sad
dletree township for manslaughte1
in the hit and run killing of Joseph
Leroy Tompkins 40 year old St.
Paul's man early Friday morning.
Rural Policeman ]. J. KinlaW
and Highway Patrolman w. A.
Baxter told how the hit and run
death on Highway 301 near St.
Pauls was traced to McLamb the
same day that the broken body OF
Tompkins was found on the high
way. McLamb had been at lib
ertv under $4,000 bond following
his arrest in Fayetteville where
he was employed.
Al. emblem with the word Buick
written over a figure 80" discov-
cred in the clothing of the victim
by Deputy Kinlaw and known to
be an emblem. of only the 1887
model Bucks led officers to Nc
Lambs residence after a county
wide search for cars of that make.
In his yard was a damaged Buick
with a missing name plate.
Officers testified al the inquest
that McLamb admitted having
driven the automobile when =,
struck a man on a bicycle about
1926 Friday morning and told
them he became so frightened that
he did not stop at the scene.
Hubbard McCumbee. service sta
ton proprietor, testified that
Tompkins had spent the evening
at his station drinking a quart and
two u ounce bottles of beer. He
said the bicycle on which Temp
kins rode off from the station
had no light attached but that
Tompk;ns carried a flash light
which was still burning Waen he
found the body after the acct
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
CAMPOREE
PLANS COMPLETE
Big Program Slate d For
This Weekend AT Blue
thenthal Airport

Plans for the annual Boy Scout
camporee. scheduled for this week
end at Bluethenthal airport, we're
completed last night at a dinner
meeting of the Wilmington Dis
trict scoutmasters.
The dinner meet. held in the
Crystal restaurant, was a fare,
well banquet honoring CORTLAND
W. Baker, Cape Fear Area scout
executive. who is leaving Whining
ton this week to become executive
of the Palmetto council, Spartan
burg, S. c.
Bob Howard, district commits
sioner in charge of the meeting
expressed appreciation to Baker
for his work in promoting and de-
veloping scouting here during the
four years he served as executive
of the area.
Three-Day Offer
The Camporee is to be held on
May 2, 3, 4, at Bluethenthal air.
port and the public is especially
invited to the field day exercises
all day Saturday and to the court
of honor and campfire program or
Saturday night.
The field day activities will in.
clude instruction and competition
in such events as: rope work,
woodcraft or nature; personal first
aid; tracking and trailing; physi'
cal fitness; compass work, games;
signalling, and tent pitching.
In the compass work, the scouts
participating will attempt to fine
a lost child by means of the com.
pass.
Plans we're discussed for the an
nual Scout Circus which is to be
held on May 9 at Legion stadium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
u.s.. Chamber Ur6es
Industry Price Cut
Manufacturers Association Responds F a S t
10 Presidential A For Help In
Dispelling Inflationary Clouds

WASHINGTON, April 20 -Pe
In quick response to a direct new
appeal from President Truman, the
Or ted States chamber of com.
mere today urged industry to
cut prices where and when bust.
ness costs permit"
More goods for more people
at |, er prices is the American
formula for prosperity" the 1000
businessman delegates to the
chambers 35th annual convention
declared in a formal policy state
ment.
While saying business recognizes
its responsibility to void the
peril of runaway prices and has
more interest in "a sound struc-
ture of fair prices than any other
group" the resolution added:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
BELL REELECTED
TWPC PRESIDENT
Stockholders Name Board
OF Directors OF Organ
ization Meeting

Warren W. Bell was reelected
president of the Tide Water Power
company at an organization meet
ing of the board of directors in
the Tide Water building here yes
terday.
Reelected as vice-presidents
were A. E. Jones and J. Holmes
Davis.
Preceding the election of Off
GERS of the TWPC. the following
were named to the board of di-
rectors by the stockholders in an
nual session:
Bell, Leroy B. Carter, K. C..
Council. j. Holmes Davis, Thomas
W. Davis, Jones, L. j. Poisson,
G.. w. Sheldon and j. G.. Thorton.
In the annual report to the stock.
(COntinued on Pare Two. Col 2,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Smith Starts
Waste Probe
Ship Stripping Charges Be.
Checked Hereby Mari
time Commission

An investigation into charges
that the Maritime commission has
been selling equipment from sur
plus merchant ships stripped for
the Reserve fleet and later buying
identical articles at higher prices,
has been begun, according to Ad-
miral Wv. Smith, Maritime COM
w. Of the Investigation,
lp:S ~ 'er the chairman of
1870 reliant Marine COM
\N. Sl can Representative
- Michigan, charged
20 Submissions sales prac-
~ extremely wasteful, are ex-
ected to be completed within 10
days.
Only two ships have been strip
ped in Wilmington for storage in
the Brunswick river storage basin
during recent months, according
to local officials.
Mccarthy Quoted
L. T. Mccarthy, assistant di-
rector of the surplus sales divi-
sion of the Maritime commission
in Washington, D. c., has been
quoted as declaring, 'the situa-
ton is a%trocious." He stated that
in all cities where ship stripping
operations were conducted that it
was impossible to know how many
men to keep working.
A ship is stripped, and within
several days a second ship is
brought in to be equipped with
materials taken from the first,
he said.
A check with the Reserve fleet
commission in Washington has
brought forth the reply that very
little is done to a ship when it is
stored, other than paint it. Nc
Carthy, however, declares that,
paint costs money"
$500, 900 Spent
Republican Representative John
Brophy. Wisconsin, a comrnittee
member. visited the commissions
office at Norfolk, Va, and brought
back to Bradley a report that the
Commission had spent 5000, 900 in
re-fitting 10 ships with equipment
exactly like the goods which had
been stripped from other vessels
and then sold for about 10 per
cent of its original cost. Brophy
attributed the practice to "a COM
plete lack of coordination between
the various branches of the Mari
time commission"
Brophy also advised Bradley
that the Commission should be
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
Today's guest columnist OF
Along the Cape Fear is MT.
Andrew ]. Howell, author of
THE Book of Wilmington

The R. o. T. c. of the New Han
over High school has been for sew
eral years a much appreciated
part of our educational system. Its
value is shown in the sturdy de-
velopment of discipline and char
acter in the life of large numbers
of our young men. Its worth has
also been demonstrated in the ex-
perience of numerous former
members who served in the arm
ed forces of the United States. The
recipient of a Congressional Med
al of honor, Captain Charles P.
Murray, is a leading type of the
many who became efficient in de-
tenders of our national life. AND,
in business and professional af-
fairs. the citizenship Of Il sec
ton, and in cher places, gives
testimony to the value Of the mill
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
The w Gather

FORECAST: .s
South Carolina-Considerable nah+
: rner with scattered iiea'
showers north portion Wednesday,
dtJ, yaluy cloudy and warmer.
North Carolina-Mostly cloudy, Slight
iy warmer, scattered showers extreliie
tEeSt Wednesday. Thursday partly CLOUDY
and warm,
eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
eholAg 1870 .. m yeste c9v.
TEMPERATURES
l30 d. m. Sc; 7:3O a. m. 81. 1870 p. m.
u; 1880 p. m %: Maximum u: Mln
mum IS; Mean q N~l 66.
HUMIDITY
l;30 a. M. 10; 1870 a. m. 81; 1870 p. m.
"; 1870 p. m. 81.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 80 p. m.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month BIZ
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
Foom the Tide Tables published by U
\ Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Lew
6:26 pm 1:01 pm
%hasonboro - 3:48 am 1913 en-
APT pm 10 SO pm
Sunrise SPA; Sunset .:o4; Moonr-se
sop; Moonset ella.
river stage at Fayette1 lille, n. c. at l
q m, Tuesday lib feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
So To Bed

A tall, elderly man entered
the office of the Morning Star
last night and claimed that he
was the fellow who swept the
tide in and swept the tide out.
After several minutes of
talking with the gentleman, he
said, 81 am Billy the Kid" and
81 am supposed to be dead but
1 caught a freight out of Texas
after they put the finger on me
and was supposed to have shot
me-"
He called the editors of the
Star Copy Boys" and after Is
minutes Of continually talking,
he said that he wished he could
find something to talk about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-30
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: MOSTLY
c1ordv. SLIGHTLY warmer with scattered
showers today; Thursday, partly cloudy
Evening star., 1947-12-17
HELP DOMESTIC.

sSsIi sSss;i Tyf II il; f. g, csii aE: S7e4: 'Oa II
r. ye SIS q or St sa "a 'GSs s nsh
COOK AND CIV. settled woman. live
q 5sesas fty Ee Gt EM ass4 v.
oa ssDerienee required; SIS : Vf: WI WI 4sss ss,
MAID from 10 am. until
Pm M @ fSr 2 @ In an apt; must be good cook.
GIRL. colored. for g.h.w. and plain cook,
10 until after dinner. days week, $50.
to elderly woman; must
40 to 55: private room, Ink; good home
for right party: bungalow In Silver Spring
and summer home on bay; $1O0 month.
@ aousEw5kKEk 81 SIX fCr .msl aDDI house New York
msehns 500 per GSa Month room writs Ss'h5ox Box
Mt 1911, 11s W. And St. N. 7. city.
NAH, MAID white: r:h;w,: NO no cooking: other
MAID plain cooking; part time.
doaat o99tM 4,a aiter olnner: good pay; references
NURsEMAiD for children. ages 21s, 3 and
=, IN Fairfax Va, country PLACE; must
disposition; Sl0o per mo. Phone Fairfax
WOMAN. white, to care for 7-mo. odd baby
i4p fw $50 sa5 W. .P' cs aHn wo 5hFsSEh sSsh
WOMAN, settled. white. for housekeeper:
llve in, family OF 2; salary small. but q
good home with light duties. Box 74-Y.
4 SETTLED PERSON to do general house
work and laundry, must be fond of
children; reference and health card re
not apply. good nav GE Q633 -l-
Evening star., 1947-12-17
MOTOR TRAVEL.

MARRIED WOMAN wishes transportation
70 Rlcnmond. Ind. Dec. 2l; will share ex-
penSeS TnfIS or driys; or both. LIZ; 9134. -17
1sG 1OUMG LADY, driving Charleston. s.
pss ca s eA tiEs 4s5s gers
DRIVING MIAMI Dec. 20, g am; can take
3; ~ De Soto. Call at 605 North Car
ol1na HnG1 ave: Sc: after ; pm. Apt. Z. 49,
y loUNG MARRIED COUPLE desires ride to
St;ri st. Louis r after Dec. 20; share expenses,
coLLEGE STUDENT driving Al plyn. rs to
psnsss wilcox: Toner were sssS. ssS snare 20: sA
CLEVELAND, OHIO-Leaving e3rd or
24th, returning Jan. 1 or 2; room for 8;
SSS S,T rounG trip s5 per person. S26 per person
LExviNG foR SSoRrHwEsr COAST. 10th
Pee. @ room for 2: driving straight through
DEs MONIES. IOWA-Driving 1947 Pom
tlac to Des Moines. Leaving Sunday. Dec.
Sd, anticipate arriving in Des Moines on
call VII 81 rs.nEa e,,sa4 to washington on ian
LEAVfNG FOR FLORIDA, West Coast, Dec.
~. can axe three, references required.
M Have @ @g9od trsiler, can board you en- route.
YoUNG LADY EAT: Wants ride to Kansas City
or central Missouri, Dec 10th. RE. 1900,
PRivisG Pfsi Tisss9' z 70 to PENSACOLA. Il FLA, vi.
Atlanta. Ga. Route 30; desire 2 passen-
gers to share expenses; leaving sunday
morning early. MI. 9495, MR.. ADAMS.
MIAMI BOUND student driving AZ cab;
leaving on the Goth: desires 4 PASSENGERS
DICK MEIER, DU. 1850.
LEAVING FOR SAN FRANCISCO Thursday
An; An take z Call cH. $685.; ao.,
NEWARK. N. J;-Leaving Dec goth, re-
Call after K II 1904