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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
|CRAZED MAN ENDS
LIVES OF THREE
Iowa Farmer Then Takes
Own Life With High Ex-
plosives Charge

SIBLEY, Ia, May 25-tP>-The
death of four persons at the Lee
Stevens farm nine miles southeast
of here yesterday, discovered fol-
lowing a blast which was believed
at first to have caused all the
deaths, was a triple murder and
suicide, County Attorney L. L.
Corcoran announced today.
Corcoran said Stevens had shot
Mrs. Rose Horky. SO, a widow and
housekeeper for Stevens, and her
two children, Charles 5, and Ruth,
3, and then had blown himself up
with high explosives.
The note was discovered after
Corcoran, County Sheriff Lloyd
Wilson and Merle Kirkpatrick and
George Dunn of the Iowa State
highway patrol had searched the
house. The note said:
Joe apparently referring to a
brother, Joel Stevens, who was
blowing at the time the tragedy
occurred) has nothing to do with
the mess I am in, so don't blame
him. I am going crazy SO 1 think
this is the best way out. Help
me God"
Note Signed
The note was signed Lee"
Examination of the bodies Of
Mrs. Horky and her two children
revealed that they had been shot
with a IL gauge shotgun. Corcoran
said Mrs. Horky had been shot
in the breast and the head, and
the two children had been shot
in the neck and shoulder. Nine
buckshots from the gun were
found in the wall, Corcoran said.
Corcoran said the top of Mrs.
Horky's head had been blown off
Just above the ears.
An inquest held by Coroner L. H.
Heetland last night returned a YER
dict that Rose Horky, Charles
Horky and Ruth Horky came to
their deaths at the hand of Lee
Stevens, and apparently died OF
gunshot wounds. Lee Stevens died
by his own hand by decorating
high explosives"
Tells OF Blast
Previously County Sheriff Will
son had said he believed Stevens
had left the house carrying a
shotgun ard a box Of dynamite
caps, and had either dropped the
box of caps Or had fallen with the
box in his hand. The blast, which
occurred about 100 feet from the
house, had been blamed for the
death of Mrs. Horky and the chill
dren,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
TRUMAN
Continued From Page One)

Continued From rage One)
as he made his way to the eleva-
tor.
she slept most Of the day." the
President informed the reporters.
II talked to her on several oc-
casions. She would 60 right back
to sleep. That's about all I can
say"
Waking from her sleep again
and again, Mrs. Martha E. Truman
called often for Harry" the farm
boy she always said "plowed the
straightest furrow' of any lad
in Missouri.
And Harry" trying to find time
TO attend to Presidential duties
as well, responded to her every
call.
Simply. with matter-of-fact Ian
guage, he explained to reporters:
She's sat up with me many
times when I needed her. l wan.
to r%eciprocate when she needs me-
The pioneer Missouri mother
slept more and more.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
GINNERS TO MEET
AT ROCKY MOUNT

RALEIGH, May 25-(R)- The
eastern district meeting of the
Carolinas Ginners association,
Inc, will be held at Rocky Mount
on Tuesday.
Speakers will include: J. c. Fer.
guson, N. c. State college extern
sion service gin specialist, A. ].
Shanklin, extension cotton special
list, J. M. Saunders, U. S. Depart
ment Of agriculture agronomist,
and J. c. Oglesbee, Jr., U. S.
Department Of agriculture gin spe.
%cialist.
Other district meetings will be
held as follows: Central district,
Raeford, Wednesday; Piedmont
district, Shelby, Thursday. The
same general program will be fol
lowed at each meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
SENIORS
Continued From Page One)

ON((
flock flying III the heavens to cal
corn in a Copenhagen farmyard.
When the flock passed by again
and the duck wished to mount his
wings, he found that he could not
fly above the r~ooftops, that wings
meant for heaven must be con.
tent with earth" This" said the
Rev. Mr.. Maddry in his clear and
practical exposition of his sub
ject, must not be the case with
yo,., the eternal must live in YOU
After the order of worship was
given, Henri Emurian, organist
at the First Baptist church, gave
a prelude Untitled "Trilogy," from
Tanahauser by Wagner.
Glee Club Sings
The professional Largo" from
"Pomp and Circumstance" by
Elgar, was given as the senior
class walked down the aisles tc
their seats, with the girls march.
ing down the right and the boys
marching down the left aisle.
The New Hanover High school
Glee club under the direction OF
Miss Mary Henri Wolfe, and con-
gregatioa sang hymn 1854, by War
Zen, God of Our Fathers"
Prayer and choral response pre-.
coded an anthem, "Emitte Spiri-
tum Tumm." by Schuetky, which
was sung by the high school glee
cluL
Scripture reading-11 Corinth.
ians 4:5-1S was given by the Rev.
Mr.. Maddry and the high school
giee club rendered another an
them, "Halleluja ali, Amen from
Judas Maccabeus," by Handel.
After Mr.. Maddry's sermon the
high school glee club and con-
gregation sang hymn 3S, DAY is
Dying in the West" by Sherwin.
Benediction and choral response
was given and the occasional,
."Triumphal March" from "Sigurd
Jorsalfar," by Grieg was held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
Workers WillNOt Wear
Slavery Yoke, GreenSays

NEW YORK, May 25-P-Wil-
lam Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, said to-
day he could not conceive" OF
President Truman permitting en-
actment Of pending labor legisla-
ton which he declared was de-
signed to destroy the American
labor movement.
"Barons of the open shop and
low wages may have woa the first
round in the battle for a free
America. but free workingmen and
women will never accept the yoke
OF slavery" he told a Madison
Square Garden meeting observ-
ing the 50th anniversary Of the
founding of the Jewish Daily For
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
HEIRES%
Continued From Page One)

- SAS
and Gollum would be pictured as
her willing dupe."
They must not have much to
do if they make statements like
that" Miss Overell angrily re-
torted. Il don't know why l
should ever have to stay in here.
I'm innocent"
Love, Money Motive
The motive for the killings, the
prosecution will contend, was two
fold: love and money. She had
planned to marry Gollum, a Navy
veteran, upon her 18th birthday
last April 30, but believed she
might lose Gollum through pos
sible parental objections, prosecu-
tors believed. Notes passed be-
tween the two defendants indicated
their love had not cooled since
they were jailed two months ago.
Under California law, Miss Over
ell would not share in her par
ents' estate if she is convicted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
MESSERSCHMITT
Continued From Page One)

States and Russia are trying to hire
him. He already has turned down
the Russian offer, he said, but
indicated he still was considering
an indefinite, super-secret but high
ly paid job in the United States.
NATURALLY, I want to know under
what kind of a contract I would
work." he said of the American
offer. IT don't want to buy a cat
in a bag"
Messerschmitt is a scientific
dreamer, who keeps a combination
business manager and press agent
to turn his GRANDCHILDREN into re-
munerative channels. Although he
joined the Nazi party in 1933-like
one joins a club, he says-he scorn-
ed most of the Nazi trappings
and consistently refused to wear
a uniform.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
Negro Held By Police
On Hit AID Run Charge

Anderson McKoy, Negro, of e1O
Queen street was arrested by city
police last night about nine O'Clock
on charges Of hit and run driving,
resulting in serious injuries.
Police said McKoy is charged
with striking John Evans, another
Negro with an automobile at the
intersection of 18th and Orange
street Saturday night about nine
O'Clock.
McKoy failed to stop and was
apprenended last night. He is con
fined to the New Hanover county
Jail in default OF a $1,000 bend.
Evans was admitted to the
James Walker Memorial hospital,
where attendants reported his con-
dition as fair" late last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

RED SPRINGS, May rs. -
Christ Claim On Mans Mind"
was the theme used Sunday by
Rev. Paul Tudor Jones, p a S t o L
of the First Presbyterian church
of High Point, in his baccalaureate
sermon for the 51st commerce.
ment of Flora Mcdanold college.
DR.. Jones urged the members OF
the graduation class to use the
power of their minds, developed
for four years in a Christian col
lege, in choosing the true, lovely,
and the worthwhile in their
thoughts, acts, and words, i'll de-
terminingtt the further development
of their minds entering the wider
and the varying fields Of life as
they leave college behind them.
MANS mind is the unsuitable
citadel of his personality" said
DR.. Jones, and he closed his talk
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
99-DAY COAL
STRIKE ENDED
$4,000 Union Members
Notified That Work Stop-
page Over

GLACE BAY, N. S.. May Is
Up The -9s-day maritime coal
strike which cost the Dominion
Steel and Coal corp, more than
1000, 900 tons of coal and miners
more than 81, 900, 600 in wages, end
ed tonight.
Freeman Jenkins, president of
the United Mine Workers, Cana.
dian district 26. announced that
the $4,000 union members in the
district were being notified that
the work stoppage had ended.
Jenkins said employees of indie
pendent operators-less than 10
per cent of the total union mem
bership in the district-were re-
turning to work pending final
settlement on the contract details
On the basis of the settlement
made with Dosco."
The new contract under which
the men will work provides fol an
immediate wage increase Of 81
a day with another 40 cents to
be paid starting Dec. 1 if pro-
duction has been raised to COM
pany-set levels by that date.
Harold Gordon. Dosco's general
manager for coal operations, said
that where pits were ready for
operations and where il was felt
enough men would be available
to work them the whistles would
blow tonight for work tomorrow.
He expected most of the men and
the pits would be ready to resume
operations by Tuesday.
More than 5000 miners voted
almost 5 to l in a referendum last
Friday to accept the strike set
tlement plans and return to the
pits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

ward, Yiddish language neWspa-
per.
Green said the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers sponsor
ec the current labor legislation and
added:
This is indeed the irony OF our
day, a united front between Com
n1unism and rampant monopoly to
extirpate every vestige of a free
labor movement in America.
"From Moscow comes the ukase
10 American Communists to seize
our labor movements. From IA
West 49th street here in New York
city, the home of the National
Association of Manufacturers,
came orders to pulverzie Ameri-
ce's free trade unions"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
From where Isit~ .w Joe Marsh
Want to Run a.
"Conecfive" Farm?

&Was reading the other day about
ahe collective" farms they have in
certain countries. 1t Deems the
folks who run them have plenty of
help 80. good hours -. and the
best equipment.
e.
y Sounds pretty nice-M you
learn that the farmer" doesn't
ewn his land, CT even farm it, in
cur sense. He cakes orders from
The state; produces what they
want, at prices they set. Even his
.,of-hours are spent according te
state regulations.
p That wouldn't 60 here. Weir
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
FUGITIVE
Continued From Page OneJ

dockworkers refused to load the
vessel.
He said the Jupiter was last
spotted heading East-possibly to-
ward Ashtabula or Conneaut-bu1
expressed confidence that she
would experience difficulties at ali
ports.
Reports conflicted on the size
Of the Jupiter's crew.
Waitzman said he thought only
three or four unlicensed men and
SIX officers were aboard, but
Capt. William T. Kiel, head of the
Detroit Steamboat Inspection Ser.
vice, reported she took on 16 men
az Sandwich, Ont.
Apprised Of this report, Waltz.
nan said: eff that's true, the shin
is more than ever in violation Of
the law and is a scab ship.
Normal complement. he said. is
81 or 81 officers and men.
Waitzman declared that his
union had had trouble with the
Jupiter lines-the Jupiter is its
only vessel-since June, 1917. when
he said the NMU was given bar,
gaining recognition.
A month later, the union struck
for a contract, but the war in.
terrupted, he went on, and the shin
was fully manned for the duration.
He said the War Labor beard
cited the company for contempt
last year, and that it had refused
to meet NMU working conditions
again this year.
The union is striking for union
hiring, the 40-hour week, and ar
improved wage standard.
A meeting with the National La.
Dor Relations board is scheduled
Tor next Thursday, Waitzman de.
clared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

City Brief,

0, PFC. James L. Brow,
Ri. No. T. 2i'S wij 1lygis Bow: a5' a' :,
d patient at Oliver S.oA' n. { =
p p5'al Lat at Augusta, Ca. general ,ia n as,,.
t tses 1sea, is s. relieved Ellie ts s5rS' MAJ, Ss:'s
t tern4 fu1l S7,,t to Fo.t E5 ast',osa %
this hospital. e'SeaS dutv :.
The Nicholas Meroo,;,,
the First First Baptist chu rl.sl , 'la's
at at 8 I'q nam meeting toajGs Of The WI, ,.5 5a:
recreation hall. Vie chps,
ton Hubert .? Bryan Edens, VIII.
H Lon; N R%on so,t The S s@e S555na 4,
eeave diplomas at the s' tj,. WI. !.
men mencement exercises in nD' a. On
!ege auditorium On Non ~ me %.
ing, June 2. ''i'osy mon
w "oman's Missionary soci.,.
the southside Baptist cb svr,sl' 4
meet Tuesday afternoon ea ',
at the church, The Girls a A., "
airy and sunbeams will au'
the same hour. meet t
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
AMERICA, BRITAIN
ANSWER Russia
Countries To Go Ah.,y
With Increase In Ce,.
man Industry Levsl

WASHINGTON, May 25.-n,
The United States and Great w. p,
ain hope to have ready Som ~ y,
first answer to Russia's rst ,'
to come to an agreement an =,
many at the recent Moscow =.
ference, it was revealed tod.r W
The answer will be an In,.
American agreement to IN .ss.
In the merged western zone, wv
an increase in the German Tsn
OF Industry which means b,,i,,
ly an okay to increase steel NJ.
ductlon more than twice it, M,
ent authorized level.
American = British nego4,4..
have been going on in Germ;,,
ever since the Moscow CONFER,
ended in failure, to solve any =,
the German economic problem,
1t will be the first step Ia Asr
Secretary of State Geou r
Marshall's warning that ~,
weary world cannot broN ,m.
tinued stalemate over Germm.
Fifteen months ago the ty, NJ.
cupying powers agreed to fix G.,
man steel production at 5.Mn
tons a year with a capacity III
600, 900 tons. That was a CON
promise between a much low
figure than desired by Russia Al
a much higher figure wanted
Now all of the big four, exc.
France, agree that even that CO..
promise level should be raised
10, 600, 900 or IL, 900, 900 tons
nually. But agreement at Nose
was not possible because Of Sow
and French refusal to agree
overall economic unity Of G
many.
As a result the British I
Americans decided to 60 ahead
their own merged zones. For
practical purposes all Of G
many's steel production and
great portion of her industl
capacity is located in these lcn
specifically in the Ruhr.
The immediate Anglo-Ameril
objective is to increase Germ
production so that Germany
export more and thereby pay
more Of her imports, thus gett
at least the combined Amerit
and British zones back toward
self-sustaining basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
STATESMAN
Continued From Page One)

Wigg, their representative in par
lament, to do something about
the last sea lion. They said he
seemed to be pining away for his
companions.
Wigg put the matter before Wi,
son. But Wilson said that the
Board of Trade had refused to
allot the town Of Dudley ST, 900
to buy four more e lions, al
though a New York firm is hold
ing four from California for ship.
ment.
Wilson said he was all for Silas
getting four new friends from
California, but he did not see how
the deal could be swung now. In
his conferences here, he gees Silas
as a symbol Of a golden day in
the future, when commerce and
seals will move easily across
oceans and frontiers and there will
be plenty of food - even for sea
lions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
WALLACE
CONTINUED From Page One)

vOulGlIOSN ~A
birthday, led to reports they hao
hoped the mellowing Of 10 years
would at last induce a reconclla'
ton with the implacable old lady
Of Marlborough house.
Last week the Duke Of Windsor
spent half an hour with his mother
at her big palace discussing plans
for the future. The Duchess,
simmer and even more attractive
than on her last trip here a yea-
ago, and apparently gaining in
personal popularity with the PEG.
pie, remained at the country home
loaned them by friends for their
stay.
Shortly after the Duke left his
mother, a friend close to the
Queen Mothers household was ask.
ed whether she now would receive
the Duchess.
There is no chance of that"
he said. "The Duchess Of Wind.
sor will not pay a call here. Queen
Mary has not seen the Duchess
since her marriage and does not
intend to-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
Al Head Says Nation Has
Broken Faith With Dead

of the second world war have been
stilled," he said. LAS soon as the
shooting was over, We assumed
that the atomic bomb was our
new and impregnable Magnet line.
THE secret of the atomic bomb
cannot be monopolized. Commun-
ism plus this secret a only mean
disaster for us and disaster tcr all
freedom-loving people"
Mccall, patron hero OF Legion
Post 20, was killed four months
before the first world war ended.
He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross posthumously.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

PHILADELPHIA, May 25-R-
Paul H. Griffith, national COM
mander of the American Legion,
said today at a ~pre-Memorial Day
service the United States has
broken faith with its war dead by
.scrapping' its armed forces,
1--WE are refusing the mission as
signed to us by our honored Dead
Griffith, a native of UniontoWn,
Pa. told Legionnaires at the grave
of Howard C. Mccall in Wood
lands cemetery.
we have been guilty of selfish
ness and stupidity since the guns
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
THAT WAS THAT

CHICAGO W.H-A city inspector
reported the liver Mfg. Co. for is
fire hazard violations on Oct. 2.
When the case came TO court, the
company attorney won a dismis-
sal. 1.-THE building" he announc-
ed, "burned down Feb. 15."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
Today And Tomorrow
By WALTER LIPPMANN

these weapons exercise.
Their tactics will be effective
only as long as we remain frozen
in the declarations and attitudes
from the past which Mr.. Gromyko
is exploiting.
Copyright, 1947, New York Tri-
bune Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
CAPE FEAR
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CONTINUED From Page One]
Wilmington is so f%avorably stu
ated, it is an ideal city for the
location of industries. The book
let goes on to point out that there
ere still several hundreds of acres
Of land along the banks of the
Cape Fear available for industrial
development. These sites, in gen.
eral, are owned by local persons
and railroads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
GROWING UP

FAIRVIEW, Okla. - W.D - A
mother and daughter will be grad.
uated from Fairview High Schoo,
this spring. The mother. Mrs. Ed
ma Biggs Kay. is completing her
high school education by CORES
pondence. The daughter is Kath'
leen Kay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
ABOUT HAMBONE

The cartoon, "Hambone's
Meditations," which runs
every day In this space, was
lost In the mails. Therefore.
The Star is unable to pre-
sent it this morning.
He will return as soon as
another shipment of mats
arrive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

The Regent diamond got it's
name when it was sold to the
Duke OF Orleans, then Regent q
,FxanesL ion &hout 4650,OO0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
The w Gather

Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending
q pm, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

proud Of our farms 90. but prouder
still of the right to make our own
rules. That goes not just for farm
ers, but for every American indus
try. Like the brewers program o.
Self Regulation which sees 70 II
that taverns selling beer are de-
cent, law-abiding places
From where I sit, we've gone
a lot further in this country with
self-regulation than other nations
have with strict controls. Let's
never change.
.&M ~44z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26

In times of famine, the artNf
Hebrews ate the locust.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-15
THOMAS BILL
 WOULD LIMIT
 WORLD TRAvEl

WASHINGTON, April 15.-tR- Senator Elmer Thomas (D-Okla) said today that if Congress had followed his advice and had adopt cd legislation he proposed, Henry A Wallace would have been kept at home"
 The bill by Thomas, which has net been acted upon, would bar immigration except to those coming to the United States strictly for business purposes and would prohi- bit citizens of this country from going abroad except for important business reasons.
 These reasons would be passed upon by the State Department be- fore a passport was issued
 Wallace has been criticized for statements made in England in opposition to President Truman's proposal to aid Greece and Turk qV
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-15
CUBAN JUDGE WILL
 HOLD DANCER, ONE
 OTHER FOR MURDER

HAVANA. Cuba, April 15.-iR-- Judge Santiago Mencia declares that he will indict dancer Patricia schmidt for homicide in the slay- ing of John Lester Nice oi Chicago and order her held without bail.
 He said he also would indict Charles Jackson, friend of the 2l-year-old Toledo, Ohio, girl and of Nee, as ar accessory. The judge, who as head of the Court of In- struction has power to bring the charges, asserted that Jackson had concealed facts but that he pro- bably would be allowed bail.
 Nee, 33, was shot in the neck Tuesday on the yacht Satira which he and Jackson, Navy veterans, owned jointly. He died Sunday, Miss Schmidt declared the shoot ing was an accident.
 Nee, member of a socially prom inent family in Wilmette, Ill, Chi cago suburb, leaves a widow, Mrs. Mary Dixon Nice, 27, who dances in a near north side Chicago cafe under the name oi Marilyn Drake.