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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
nine KILLED WHEN
CAR HITS ENGINE
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joined the group for a ride home
from the night club after a "spat''
with her escort.
Crew Escapes
The crew of five on the engine,
operated by the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad, escaped
injury. The automobile hit the
engine at such a terrific speed two
of the small truck wheels were
thrown off the tracks. Parts of the
automobile became entangled in
the engines under-carraige. The
engine dragged the Wreckage and
victims so feet before it could be
halted.
The impact tore the shoes off
several of the victims.
c. r. Guthrie, the engineer, and
Frank King, the fireman, both of
Herrin, H., said they approached
the crossing at a speed of IL to Is
miles per hour.
Gutherie said the engine was
just a short distance from the
crossing when King turned and
yelled: Stop her; there's car
coming"
Il tried to stop but couldn't"
Gutherie said. Il heard a terrific
noise but did not feel any impact.
l stopped as soon as l could and
ran to the car.
"One man was part way out, OF
the car. They all looked dead. We
didn't touch them. 1t was horrible"
He said he and King ran to a
telephone about 200 feet away and
called a yard office for help. Then
they returned to the crossing to
flag down automobiles for assist
ance.
Like Battered Can
"All of the people in the car
looked like youngsters" Gutherie
said. Everything was still and
quiet. l feel awful sorry for all
concerned. The car was folded like
a tin can that's been beat around
in a game of shiny"
King said the car was travelling
about 60 miles per hour when it
approached the crossing. He said
it appeared that the drivers saw
the engine and tried to slow up,
but saw that wouldn't work and
tried to speed up again."
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IMPORTANT BILLS
BEFORE ASSEMBLY
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tee will continue its study of an
appropriation of So, 700, 900 to en-
large the tWo-year medical school
at the University of North Carolina
into a four-year school, and an ap-
preparation Of S6,250, 900 for the
Medical Care commissions hos
pital construction program. Com
panion bills, introduced stimuli
taneously Friday in the House and
Senate, provide for the licensing.
inspection and regulation of all
hospitals that plan to receive fed
|eral funds for hospitals and health
centers under the Hill-Burton act.
Cities and counties would have
wide authority to build hospitals.
Other measures which may be
acted upon this week include:
1. A bill calling for a referen-
dunn among tobacco farmers on an
assessment to be used to promote
tobacco exports;
2. A proposed constitutional
amendment to insure that if a
governor-elect dies before taking
office that the Lieutenant-gover-
nor elect would become governor;
Ports Bill
8. A measure to appropriate ST.
ooo for development of the
states ports;
q. A bill providing for a COM
mission to study the states 81
regulatory and licensing boards;
and,
.. A second measure to place
taxl-cabs under the regulation of
the state utilities commission.
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ATTORNEYS S11o1
APPEAL FOR CAN INV
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age One
snd nsrts as the result Of c
described as one '{ Of ss%ttogaeg.
and drunkenness. 0e0aucaer,
Meanwhile, four otb..
eon9n are Won on the docket sac 1
puOlicized case Of ne Much,
m mihsson policeman who 'eE vi
charged or four Counts f,'9 >. STAND
1 Ing, entering and lsrce e5 0toas
local stores while he was Any t:oe
Der of the force. "aS a rnea.
The former policspso
Grissett. He was ac"r:. was Roy
cha ehafge Of larceny and rec . : Of l
me February term n f'S S3 a
court e rt;,t At that tins he was S%' 5Stlo:
ef1+h WIN larceny and r]e ca1 ;caaFs
Hardr.ro - HoAn tie Arob..
-0"dIS 20. here. ''o'
The charges now perdja,
Ann hnos allege that he broke ia asan't
ipleWhite Beauty and B 3s- r We Al, Az
ply Co, from which he toot yer Sup
rom the former and noto's
articles from the latter r"0 's'loas
n AT the same time, a Second w,
may be sentenced for sdm uaF.5g
entering the GroceterIs NV a't 1edy
st. He entered a plea Of f., an, ,Ha'he'
the February term Of co Sa1.'y at At
Judgement in his case | v.. but
tlnued until this term way con-
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CRITICS LAUD
MISS TRU MAN
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a share in launching a career
am sure will be successful anc
distinguished" he said.
DR.. Kruger said Mis- Truman
had performed admirably under
terrific pressure.
THE hundreds Of thousands o.
well-wishers simply added to the
PRESSURE" he said. THAT little
lady is a real trouper."
Miss Truman, herself, was high
ly pleased.
st was a big thrill" she said
81 thoroughly enjoyed every min
ute of it,"
Reichhold Pleased
Henry Relchhold. president O.
the Detroit Symphony society
said he, too, was proud to share
in bringing Miss Truman to De
troit.
Eve enjoyed listening to he
good musical voice." he added.
tt Presidents daughter spen
the afternoon resting in her note
suite and in two rehearsals witt
the orchestra.
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ARMY WILL FEED
GERMAN CHILDREN
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MIR. Hoover's recommendations in
Guided:
l. Increased shipment Of other
seeds, subject to British agree
ment to do likewise.
q An immediate study to de-
termine means of increasing pro-
duction of heterogeneous fertilizers
in this country and to obtain more
phosphate fertilizer on the world
market.
Fish Proposal
The War department referred to
the State department MI. Hoover's
recommendation that surplus fish
be sent to Germany by Norway,
Denmark and Sweden; the use OF
better fishing grounds by the Ger
man fishing fleets along the Baltic
and North Sea coasts, and the use
of French ports by the German
fishing ships in the event Of emer-
gencies.
The Army is also considering
what Army ships may be available,
or what ships can be procured from
the Navy and other sources, to IN
crease the German fishing fleet.
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Agricultural organization recon-
mended that the international.
Bank grant Greece a $500, 600, oO(
rehabilitation loan. This would be
in addition to the new funds re
quested by Mr.. Truman and those
provided in his $3.50, 600, 900 foreign
relief bill which the House takes
up for passage tomorrow.
2. Sens. Willard Tydings, D.,
Md, and Arthur Capper, R.,
Kans., agreed in separate broad
casts citations WBAL, Baltimore
and WIBW, Topeka that Congress
must weigh many 'imponder-
ables'' before approving on turn
ing down the presidents program.
Army To Answer
3. Top army and navy leaders
were reported preparing to answer
the question posed by Taft ano
uppermost in the minds of many
whether there is any danger
that aid to Greece and Turkey
might lead to war with Russia.
4. Sen. Allen j. Ellender. D,
La. said he would oppose trans,
ferring military equipment to
either Greece or Turkey. But ne
suggested that food be sent to
Greece and that Turkey be grant
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
BRITAIN BUFFETED'
BY ROARING G. ALE
Prefabricated Homes Col
lapse, Roofs Of London
Houses Waited Away

LONDON, March 16- up a
roaring Atlantic gale, %torrentia
rains and melting SHOWS buffeteo
winter-weary Britain tonight max
ing more severe the country's
floods and causing great losses
in livestock and property.
Chimneys toppled, prefabrlcatee
homes collapsed and the 1O,ool
ton American ship Ernie Pyle. car
rying more than 1000 displaced
persons from the continent, was
forced back to port in the face OF
winds reaching 10o-mile-an-hour
velocity.
Britain's worst winter in 66 years
has delivered a hard blow to al
ready-short domestic meat sup
niles. Farmers estimated at least
1000, 900 sheep were dead on
the uplands as a result Of the
weather.
Describing the disaster to their
flocks as the greatest in memory,
the farmers said the financial loss
may reach $50, 600, 900 when the
1arnbing season damage is estl-
mated.
Crows Attack Sheep
Shepherds reported that starv-
ing carrion crows in the lake dis
strict we're attacking sheep still
buried in frozen drifts. Farmers
were organizing huting parties and
skiing to their stricken flocks.
Emergency water supplies were
being rushed to East London where
the flooding Thames inundated a
waterworks supplying l,OOO,0oo
users in eight boroughs.
The Ernie Pyle suffered a par
tial engine breakdown off the Sell
" islands and put in at Plymouth
to await calmer weather before
resuming her voyage to New York.
A 10O-foot chimney crashed
through a three-story London house
killing the owner and burying his
wife and daughter in the base
ment under tons of wreckage. Fire
men dug in the debris Of other
shattered London homes looking
for possible casualties.
Failing masonry in London and
Birmingham prompted pedestrians
to don old air raid helmets.
Coast Iowns Lashed
Wild seas dashed coastal towns,
submerging boardwalks and pour
ing over breakwaters. In the For
est Of Dean whistling winds hurled
some house roofs go yards.
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SHIP BLAST DEATH
TOLL REACHES NINE;
FIRE RACES AGAIN

GENOA, Italy, March 16-(P)-
The known death toll from explo-
sions Thursday aboard the 7,176-
ton United States ship Edmund
Tanning mounted to nine persons
today as divers found three NOR
bodies in the Wreckage. These nine
included eight Americans and one
Italian.
The newly discovered bodies
were not identified Immediately
Fire broke out again on the shat
tered ship during the night, and
new blasts were feared. No an
nouncement has been made of the
cause of the original explosions.
The ship, operated by the Isbran.
Olsen company of New York, had
locked here IN route to Shang.
hal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
Along The Cape Fear

Valley Railway, by the parties who,
in 1889, took the matter in hand,
when a mere fragmentary and I'M
profitable looking line, extending
only from Fayetteville to Egypt,
forty-three miles of WORKOUT rail,
as the result of twenty-five years
of effort on the part of the individ-
uals and the State, foreseeing the
amount Of money requisite, and
the herculean task before them Of
developing it into a practicable,
paying system, is the highest trib.
ute of confidence that keen bust
ness sagacity could have given OIL
the assured material advance ano
commercial profit and potency Of
the port of Wilmington" the article
concludes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
PORTER TO JOIN
INFORMAL TALKS
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o6S olCt
can be expected to provide those
answers.
A bill to carry out the Presi-
dents program-marking an ep-
ochal change in U. S. foreign At
fairs committee.
The final draft was completed
today by legal experts from the
committee and the State depart :
ment. While the contents we're not
revealed, it is known to call for
monetary aid to both Greece and
Turkey, and for transfer of equip.
ment and dispatch of military and
technical personnel TO Greece.
Congressional approval will, in
the opinion of foreign affairs ex.
perts, mean abandonment of the
nations traditional non-interven.
zionist policy. In effect, they say
it could mean extension of the
Monroe Doctrine to the Middle
East and Mediterranean.
Seek War Light
Aware of these broad implica
tons, Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., o.
and some other members of Con
gress want h e administration tt
ed a loan.
tell the people whether the pro
gram could lead to war with Rus
STA.
1t means the United States will
pick up the burden which hard
pressed Britain says she mus
drop beginning March 81.
When Mr.. Truman laid his plal
before Congress he dwelt on tn
theme that world peace hinges q
the outcome. And that is expecte'
to be the major issue when bot
the Senate and House Foreign Al
fairs committees open hearings o
the measure.
Meantime, there we're these owe
developments on the Greco
Turkish aid front:
4 !. The united Nations Food an
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
IT'S St. Patricks' Day
This Morning; Begorrah

posts and most soldiers will be
given passes.
So the Irish who associate a
measure of recreation with the day
of their patron saint will have to
be content with sports. There will
be football games, hurting and the
carnival at Baldoyle, six miles
northwest of Dublin.
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JUDGE THOMPSON
SHOT And KILLED
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Judge Thompson did not pre-
side at his trial.
Spence said a four-page type
written letter directed at Pritch-
Thompson was found in Pritch-
ards automobile, parked in front
of the Thompson home.
He said that Pritchard in the
letter declared he was going to
kill himself but made no mention
of killing the judge
Spence said Pritchard had con-
sidered all lawyers in this area
against him following a law suit
Is years ago which he lost. Judge
Thompson was one of the attor-
neys in the case, a civil action in
volving some land.
The libel action against Pritch-
ard was brought by w. I. Hal
stead, state representative from
Camden county. Halstead charged
that he was libeled and slandered
in letters written by Pritchard
during the 1916 primary campaign.
The case was tried in Beaufort
county and heard by Judge Luther
Hamilton.
Judge Thompson came to Eliza
beth City al a boy from Penn
sylvania. He returned here after
receiving his law degree and in
1888 was elected to the superior
court. He was reelected in 1916
without opposition.
i In Durham tonight, Judge Haml-
ton, who as special superior court
judge, sentenced Pritchard in the
libel case, said he had been con-
sldering action to commit Pritch.
ard to a mental institution.
Judge Hamilton said Pritchard
had persisted in circulating de-
famatory statements in newspa-
pers "all over the state" and had
plastered his (Pritchard's) auto
mobile with posters of a SANDER
GUS nature.
After hearing the evidence in
the trial, 1 was forced to sentence
the man." the judge said, "but re-
Gently l had been thinking of call
ing together a group of superior
court judges to ask their opinions
about placing him in a state mental
institution"
Survivors include his wife, the
former Sarah M. Bartlett; one
son, George Ward Thompson of
Elizabeth City; two daughters,
Mrs. E. Wood Gauss of New York
City and Mrs. Kenneth T. Knight
of Fayetteville.
RALEIGH. March Is. - (P) -
Governor Cherry, advised tonight
of the death of Judge Everett
Thompson, said:
Il am extremely shocked to
learn of Judge Thompson's death.
He was a very able and capable
superior court judge and had en-
deared himself highly to the people
of his district. He had the respect
and confidence of the entire North
Carolina bar. He will be difficult to
replace on the bench"
Former Governor j. c. B. Ehring-
hous characterized Judge Thomp-
son as lone of the ablest and finest
judges on u superior court
bench"
HE was a very able lawyer,
and was liked extremely we'll by
everyone knowing him." Ehring-
haus added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
Plane Cheaper Than Auto

CONCORD, N. H. -W.R- 1t is
cheaper to operate an airplane
than an automobile for business,
according to a Keene contractor.
Arthur Whitcomb told the legisla
tive committee on aviation that he
flew his own plane $4,000 miles last
year on business at an average cost
of 5h cents a mile. He drove his
car $4,000 miles at an average cost
Of 6N cents a mile, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
CLARENDON SAILOR
SERVES ON YOSEMITE
Special to the Star

CLARENDON. March 16 - John
W. Cribb, 10, seaman, second
class, of this city, is serving
aboard the destroyer tender USS
Yosemite, flagship of Rear Ad-
miral Frank E. Beatty, Command,
err Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet.
The Yosemite began its cruise
early in January at Casco Bay,
Portland, Me-, with stopovers a,
Charleston, S. c., Newport, R. l.,
New London, Conn.,, New York, N.
y, and Norfolk, Va. Other ports
to be visited r Guantanamo Bay.
Cuba, Key West and Jacksonville,
Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17
PALESTINE SCENE
OF NEW OUTBREAK
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Both areas had been ,,r,a..
tai law ior 10 days, during which
the brl5ls n announced they had
captured 70 Extremists, jncl,d;ra
members OF the Stern gang and
Irgun zvai Leumi. soms "s aho
captures were due to co%onsr.t;n,.
by the Jewish community, The Rr;t'
ish said. lie Dill
Inc 1sgun broadcast, however.
captured. nso Deen
that the Jewish corn.
'noliI.y was willing to coonerat.
y Stamping out violence wa on'.
'"e pass for the decision ~
~ the two areas.
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waterway outlet to the sea, and in
evitable growth of the city and her
increasing volume of commerce, as
these considerations entered into
the calculations and inspired the
confidence of those capitalists
whose wise discrimination, bust
ness sagacity, tactical energy and
combined money have stretched
this line of railroads from port
to the northwest boundary Of North
Carolina, to meet the best and most
practicable connections of lines
penetrating the rich and populous
Northwestern states.
ONLY TO EGYPT - 1.-The build
ING of the Cane Fear and Yadkin
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-17

In respect to this second part
which contains ''the broad impli-
cations" we shall do well to follow
the advice which Alexander Pope
gave to the poets, that they should
compose with fury but should cor.
rect with phlegm. The implica.
tons = stated SO vaguely, so
broadly, so r~hetoricaly that no
Workable policy a be deduced
ON them. They can mean every
ming, anything, or very little, and
words of that sort, when pro
bounced by the head of a state
in a time of intense crisis and OF
passionate confusion, are impru-
dent. The pronouncements of a
powerful government should be
defined and precise. lest they be
taken as threatening more than il
intends and as promising more
than 1t can deliver.
For experience should have
taught us by this time that there
are good reasons why a seasoned
diplomacy is very chary indeed
OF the grand pronouncements OF
policy. To-day they are ringing
the bells; tomorrow they will be
w-inging their hands" Tn prac-
tice of understatement, which we
perhaps think of as peculiarly
British, is in fact characteristic OF
experienced and responsible diplo-
macy everywhere. The big hot
generalities, which we have loved
so well when the primary RESPONSE
bility in the world was not ours,
are no longer fo- us. They are an
Indulgence which a great state
must learn to escheW. For, they
usually mean, as Elihu Root, l be-
lieve it was, once said, that first
you shake your fist, and then you
shake your finger.
The Presidents own statement
illustrates this very tendency: 1T
must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who
are resisting attempted subjuga-
ton by armed minorities Or by
outside p%ressures" but II
believe our help should be pri-
marily through economic and
financial aid -"
Instead of such a large promise
followed by a lame enticlimax. it
would be better, much less dan
gerous, and far more effective to
announce, not a global policy.
but an American Middle Eastern
policy. Instead of not naming the
Soviet Union. it would be better to
address the Soviet Union directly,
and to say that in view of the
pressure on Greece and Turkey.
we are reinforcing them; that our
object is to stop the invasion OF
Greece by bands armed and
trained in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria
and Albania; to make sure that
the settlement between the Soviet
Union and Turkey is negotiated
and is not imposed by force: that
behind the protection of this tenn
pora-y special guaranty, we are
contributing economic and finan-
cial assistance in order to revive
and strengthen the national life
of these two countries.
The advantage of adopting a
precise Middle Eastern policy is
that it can be controlled for the
purpose of maintaining order. A
vague global policy, which sounds
like the tocsin of an theological
crusade, has nc limits. 1t cannot
be controlled. Its effects cannot
be predicted. Every one every
where will read into it his own
fears and hopes, and it could
readily act as Indictment and in
ducement to civil strife in coun-
tries where the national co-opera-
ton of parties is delicate and
precarious.
Copyright, 1947, New York Tribune Inc.
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tCOntE1uEd 1TOn1 FdgE UHeJ
down the streets of Dublin today.
The dispatch says that this isn't
the first time that bars will be
closed on St. Patrick's day. But
always before there was enough OF
the Irish army to parade.
Today, there will be only masses
and small observances at military
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The Weather

Weather bureau report of temperature
81 rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
I'm in the principal cotton growing
e...s and elsewhere.
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TODAY
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t~lenceforth to become general and
global.
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ONLY TO EGYPT - THE build
ing of the Cape Fear and Yadkin
The Arizona post., 1947-06-20

Art Coreman is the superinten-
dent of TucSon's newest cleaning
and dyeing establishment, the
Perfect Cleaners and Dyers, Inc.
located at 3749 E. Speedway.
Benjamin Kessler has been very
active in the ZOA sponsorship of
Palestine Speaks, heard over
KOPO Sunday nights.
Joining the group of newcomers
to Tucson are Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Siegel, formerly of Detroit, who
have purchased home at $50 N.
3rd Avenue. Mr.. Siegel was in
the plumbing business.
Mr.. David Hirsch and son, Sid
ney, E. Adams, recently went to
Pennsylvania. Sidney will return
in time to attend the inter-denom-
national training camp at Lake
Tahoe in late July.