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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
MRS. MARGARET A
OLIVER

ST. PAULS, Sept. "a Mrs.
Margaret Evans Oliver, 81, of
Montreal and St. Pauls, wife of
the late Drayton N. Oliver of
Marietta, died this morning at
10 o'clock at the home of her
brother, J. Browne Evans where
she had been brought by ambul-
ance Sunday from Mt. Pisgah
Sanatorium near Montreal.
The funeral will be conducted
from st. Pauls Presbyterian
church of which she was a most
devoted member Thursday at 3
pm. by her pastor, the Rev. J.
C. Laurence. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Oliver was born in Sher-
brooke, Quebec Province, Cana
da, on July 10, 1865, daughter of
the late Rev. Joseph Evans Long,
a Presbyterian minister in this
section, and the late Agnes More
head Evans.
Surviving are one half brother
and three half sisters, Mrs. N.
w. Kirkman of Greensboro, Mrs.
Sherred Hook of Eastover, S. c.,
j. Browne Evans, and Miss Pearle
Evans of st. Pauls, and a num-
Der of nephews and nieces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
CAPE FEAR
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she had brought from England,
a few of the stolen jewels she
still retained, the picture Of the
queen, and the knowledge of the
affairs of court she had gained
in the queens service.
The victims of Sarah's mas
querade - the proud hostesses
and the enterprising benefactors
were never in this world a.
lowed to forget the unfortunate
incident. Wherever they went
they ran the gauntlet of raised
eyebrows and phony inquiries.
"Oh dear, Mrs. Goodby, l want
you to meet dear Mrs. Marble
head-a protege of Lady Susan
ma, the kings sister. . And
how is Lady Susanna? What do
you hear from her of late?" Or:
"There goes Sandy, you'd
have thought he was the Crown
Prince the way he puts on airs
when his good friend Lady Su-
sauna was with him. They say
she promised him a controlling
interest in the Bank Of England.
Hay, Sandy, lad, what do you
hear from the kings sister,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
Missing Girl Returns
10 He Her | Home Here; ?
Other Persons M;,.;.

slxteen-year-old Martha ",
Glashan brought an end 'l "a Mac
ETY. of her parents and " AMI,
foul play by local pol icaFs Of
terday by simply walkinge YES
the home of her mother. Mn IN At
A. Hagood. MIS- ],
in both North and South -s C Out
Ina for the girl, missina eafo'
September IS. She told ber since
ents that she had taken iob par
New Bern and ChaJ 3bos IN
where police chief report oGarA
had seen her, in the interim ne
> Police today were on tho H.,
out for two other missjng lux uoh
sons, Mary Benette. 20. Dnrbs sI'
and Jay Crawley, 1923 S. Fr ~,n
street. 1onl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
TO ORGANIZE
PISTOL TEAM HERE

Chief of Police Hubert Hayes
has instructed Sgt. J. c. Long to
form a Wilmington pistol team
to compete with other police de-
partment teams in North Caro-
lima in a shooting match to be
held, possibly in Wilmington,
sometime next year.
Target practice for the whole
department will begin immediate
ly after FBI school around the
last of October, and the Cape
Fear Rifle club has invited the
department to practice at their
pistol range in the Administra-
ton building at Lake Forest dur
ing their Thursday night meet
ings at 7:30 o'clock.
The first 10 officers to apply
for pistols will practice Thursday
night, October 2, and the others
will practice in groups of 10 on
future dates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
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HIGH SARVIS

TABOR CITY, Sept. "a. -
Hugh Sarvis, "A, died at his
home at Hickmans Crossroads
last night.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday morning at II o'clock
at the home of Oreo HARRISON.
The Rev. Winfrey Davis will Of
ficiate. Interment will follow in
the Folwer cemetery.
Mr.. Sarvis is survived by his
wife, and five daughters, Mrs.
Grace Fipps, Mrs. Male Davis,
Misses Alene, Dorothy, and Cola
Sarvis of Wampee; four sons,
Robert, A. J. and Ray of Wam-
pee; and Roy of Norfolk, Va;
six sisters, Mrs. Ellen Fowler,
Mrs. Roda Fowler, Mrs. Martha
Norris, and Mrs. Ida Todd of Ia
Dor City, Mrs. Ada Fowler of
Cerro Gordo, and Mrs. Catherine
Fipps of Loris; and one half
brother, Duke Johnson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY

Americas Card Authority
Written For NEA Service
BRIDGE FW
Frank Weisbach of Cincinnati,
Ohio, WHO won the world
championship Masters Pairs
this year with Allen Harvey of
Louisville, KY, is one of the
country's outstanding card play
ers. There are fine players now
in the south, midwest and west
who will make a good showing
any time they enter major COM
petition. It was no surprise
when Weisbach came through
for the championship.
Weisbach had an interesting
percentage problem in today's
hand. He had eight top card
tricks, two spades, two hearts,
two diamonds and two clubs. If
either the spades or clubs were
divided three-three, he could de-
velop the ninth trick; but if both
of those suits broke four two,
should he tackle clubs or spades
first?
Weisbach correctly went after
the club suit. If the honors were
divided. and even if the suits
broke four-two, he could develop
the ninth trick in clubs while he
might not be able to do so in
spades. Look at the West hand.
West had the queen and one
spade and the queen and one
club. If Weisbach cashed the
ace and king of spades, he still
would not have established a
trick in that suit, and East
would make the jack-nine. If he
cashed the ace and king of
clubs, and dropped either the
queen, as he did, or JACK double
ton, it made no difference which
hand originally held four clubs.
Then ten would knock out the
other honor and the nine be-
me the much : needed ninth
trick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
OBITUARIES
MISS O

TABOR CITY, Sept. "a. -
Miss Lou Phillips, 20, of near
Tabor City died this morning
about 3 am. at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. Susan Phil
lips after a short illness.
She is survived by her moth
er, Mrs. Lola Phillips Soles, two
half sisters, Mrs. Mary Lewis
Nichols, and Mrs. Sadie Louise
Thomas, Conway, S. c.; her
grandmother, Mrs. Susan Phil
lips, Tabor City, and one uncle,
Dock Phillips, Tabor City.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete and the body will re-
main at the Lewis Funeral hcme
Tabor City, until time Of burial
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
OLD BELT
(Continued From Page One)

t1U1tllkAS~
from 81 to 81 and most cutters
were down from 81 to So.
The quality of offerings was
inferior to the opening day mar
ketings with a larger percentage
of common and low qualities
and nondescript and less fine
and choice. Lugs continued to
dominate the offerings.
Volume Heavy
Volume continued fairly heavy
but deliveries slackened consld-
erably due to heavy rains over
the old belt area.
were sold Tuesday on the IL
Virginia markets at an average
price of $43.85 while on the eight
North Carolina markets 2,749,-
904 pounds brought an average
of $42.89.
Meanwhile, the Eastern North
Carolina Belt reported prices
were steady or slightly higher
Yesterday and on the Border
Belt weaker prices were report
ed. The Middle Belt reported
price fluctuations of from 81 to
81 for leaf and smoking leaf
with losses slightly outnumber-
Ing the gains. Primings and Jugs
were from 81 to 81 higher and
cutters were firm.
On the eastern Belt, most loss
es were about 81 while increases
mostly or Tugs, cutters and bet
ter leaf, ranged from 81 to 81.
While no grade average exceed
ed $50 per hundred, some lots
of better cutters sold at $62. the
highest of the season. On Tues
day sales totaled 8,769, BIZ
pounds and averaged 1921, a
drop of $1.2O from Monday.
Prices Down
Quality of offerings on Middle
Belt marts was under Tuesdays
AZ more common and monde
script grades and less choice
and fine was seen on the floors.
Tuesdays sales totaled 1851, $50
pounds and brought an average
of $41.35, a drop of $2.55 from
Monday.
Prices losses on the Border
markets were scattered and af-
fected all groups. Most of the
losses were from 81 to So, but
common orange leaf at $23 was
down 81. On Tuesday a total of
6,804, 691 pounds were sold at an
average of $36.40.
It was announced that the
Chadbourn and Clarkton, N. c.
and Loris, S. C. markets would
hold final sales Friday and that
the Pamplico, S. c., market will
close its season today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
WILMINGTON
Continued From Page One)

Ca, early yesterday and moved
northward, its edges brushing
Charleston and Columbia, S. c.,
with gusts to As miles an hour.
Hardy residents of the lonely
North Carolina outer banks along
Cape Hatteras battened down for
the blow and the state highway
patrol said the Cape was pre-
pared for 507mile gusts.
Storm warnings went up from
Hatteras to the New Jersey coast,
and small craft warnings were
flown from Hatteras south. For
the first time in weeks, weather.
weary Florida relaxed as storm
flags were hauled down.
MOrehead Flooded
Heavy rains flooded low-lying
streets in Morehead City, and
small craft sought safer ancho-
RACES as the storm approached.
The New Bern-Morehead City
highway was flooded in low
places. Barometer readings
dropped at Morehead City and
tides were running high.
The Coast Guard stood ready
to evacuate two isolated life saw
ing stations on Hatteras inlet
and Core banks but planned to
stick it out if the winds kept
diminishing.
Officials ordered schools closed
at Charleston, but except for
washing rains no damage was re-
ported.
Forty-mile winds buffeted
Savannah but no injuries were
reported. low areas were flood
ed by more than four inches
of rain.
Two ocean-going steamers re-
turned to port at Savannah, and
a Coast Guard cutter raced from
Norfolk to the aid of a drifting
tanker, disabled by a boiler blast
off the North Carolina coast.
Small craft Rugged the harbors.
The rich Cardinals tobacco
crop was little damaged by the
wind and wetness but agricul-
ture department officials said the
washing rains might damage
other crops in the lush farming
area. Most of the tobacco crop
is already harvested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
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MRS. MARTHA c. B

Funeral services for Mrs:
Martha C. RADON, "a, who died at
her home at COG Greenfield street
at 1850 o'clock Tuesday night
will be conducted from the Har-
|rell-Coble chapel at 4 O'Clock
TODAY with the Rev. Mr.. G. n.
Phillips and the Rev. Mr.. u. W.
Pate conducting.
A member of the EpWortn
Meth dist church, Mrs. RADON is
survived by four sons: E. o. Ra-
bon, Winnabow; r. L.. RADON,
LELAND; T. B. RADON and G. D.
RADON, Wilmington; two daugh-
tiers: Mrs. Elizabeth RADON Hill
burn, Bolivia; and Mrs. Lille Ra-
bon Mason, Wilmington; one sis
ter: Mrs. Mary M. Mitchell, Win
nabow; 20 grandchildren, and IL
great-grand children.
Active pallbearers will be:
Robert RADON, Tom RADON, Royce
RADON, Thomas RADON, Kenneth
RADON, and Dosher Mitchell.
Honorary pallbearers will be:
lKilmer Hewett, John Collie,
lCollie Barnham, Bishop Sui,
Ivan, J. L. Henry, A. T. Henry:
Bolton Ward, A. H. Ganey, D. L
Ganey, and DR.. D. r. Murchison
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
City Briefs

Miss Mary Jane Lewis, daugh-
ter of G. c. Lewis, I'll Central
Blvd, is among the 48 freshmen
girls who have enrolled recent
ly at the Duke University School
of Nursing. Miss Lewis was
graduated from New Hanover
High school with the class OF
1916 and has since attended the
University of North Carolina and
Wake Forest college.
Jesse Lee Robinson reported
loss of $40 and Anita Henry a
loss of SIS as the result of a burg
lar at 213 Grace street late Tues
day night, local police said yes
terday. No trace of the thief has
been found as yet.
With several accessories miss
ing and a number of parts damag-
ed the automobile of Frank w.
Brown, 209 Dock street. was re
covered yesterday in Florence,
S. c., and James Fryson, Negro,
was arrested for theft OF the We
hicle, police reported.
A $500 reproduction of the ST.
600, 900 original portrait of a
world-famed Wilmingtonian was
the city council yesterday. Whist
authorized to be purchased and
hung in the city hall here by
ler's Mother, portrait of the
mother of James Mcneil Whist
Ter, was authorized for Whining
ton, birthplace Of the famous
lady.
Major Leem Kirby, formerly OF
Little ock, Ark, and more re-
Gently stationed in the European
theater of operations, has set up
headquarters in the National
Guard office, second floor GUS
tomhouse, prior to starting in
struction classes in anti-aircraft
warfare. He Will work with all
National Guard units in the state,
he said.
The New Hanover High School
Dramatic club and O'Henry lit
erary society will hold their first
meeting this afternoon at 3:15
in the Isaac Bear building and
this morning in the school audi
torium respectively. The Scrib-
bler's club will meet tomorrow
morning in the school auditorium
during homeroom period, it was
announced yesterday.
The Foster Bible class OF the
First Baptist church will hold
their first meeting of the new
church year on Friday evening,
Sept. 26 at 8 o'clock at 103 North
18th street. Mrs. Rena Joyner,
retiring teacher and Mrs. E. P.
Brock, retiring president, will be
co-hostesses. All members are
urged to attend as officers will
be installed.
The regular family night meet
ing at the Salvation Army will
be held tonight at 7 o'clock at
the Citadel. The program will
consist of community singing,
moving pictures and story telling
for the children. The public is
invited. especially family groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
BEYIN
Continued From Page One)

foreign office administrator for
the British zone of Germany,
made the disclosure that Bevin
is already working on plans for
the conference, to be held some
time in November.
"Whatever may happen at the
November meeting we shall
never accept as final any breach
between East and West" Paken-
ham said.
Also, he added, whatever may
happen Britain has no intention
of quitting Germany because
she has a special duty to per-
form there.
Pakenham charged Russia
with failing to keep its pledges
under the Potsdam agreement
to operate Germany as an eco
nomic unit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
RAILWAY
CONTINUED From Page One)

Their order of the commission
and may be applied upon lC
days notice to the public.
The ICC authority relates only
to interstate express. With the
granting of interstate changes,
the carriers customarily ask au-
thority for the same changes on
intrastate business by applica-
ton to the individual state COM
missions,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
VETERANS
Continued From Page One)

tracts already made with open
to be filled from the wait
ing list filed Wednesday.
The non-purchasing tenants
we're notified on July l, that
they must vacate their units not
later than Dec. 81, but the
VIII does not anticipate that
eviction proceedings will be nee
essary as most of the tenants
will probably move out before
the deadline, officials predict.
The purchase contract be-
tween the VIII and the FPHA
was signed on March 6, 1947.
and title will pass to the VIII
on March l, 1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
KIWANIANS
Continued From Page One)

of the board of county COM
missioners; R. B. Page, chairman
of the States Ports Authority
State Senator Alton Lennon
James F. Quigg, Wilbur Cor
bett, Clark Dunn of New Orleans,
Martin Kendall, Atlanta; Bill Nc
Pherson, New Orleans and Will
liam Shaw, Fayetteville postmas-
ter.
President George Conant pre-
sided over the session.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
AIREY
CONTINUED From Page One)

NOoItiIueu from Page One)
that matters in dispute between
local military posts must be re-
solved through normal civilized
procedures, and requested that
be issued Immediately to
insure that such additional mat
terS OF local dispute as may arise
Will hereafter be referred to the
appropriate Yugoslav command
.er Tor resolution through discus
sion with Gen. Airey."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
MRS. FLORENCE REAVES

Funeral services for Mrs.
Florence Reaves, 81, who died
Monday night at James Walker
Memorial Hospital after a long
illness, will be held Sunday at
3 D. M, from the Myrtle Grove
Free Will Baptist church. The
Rev. R. B. FARRELL and the Rev.
D. H. McCarn will officiate. In
torment will follow in Malpass
cemetery.
Mrs. Reaves, a resident of
Rocky Point, is survived by her
husband, l.. H Reaves of the
home; three sons, Herbert, Will
bur, and Fender Reaves, all OF
Rocky Point; three daughters,
Mrs. Armet Woodcock of Atkin-
son, Mrs. Ruby Riggs of Will
mington, and Mrs. Elmo McRick-
er of Mansfield, Ohio; father,
Hanson Futch of Rocky Point;
one sister, Mrs. Etto Futch of
Rocky Point; Is grandchildren,
several neices and nephews.
Active pallbearers will be Will
Der Harris, Ernest White, Oscar
Futrell, Henry Westbrook, Homer
Hewett, and R. L. Bats.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Boney Wilson, Herbert Wagstaff,
Roger Futch, T. W. Lewis, S.
w. Gurganiaus, and Fred Davis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
TR0JAN-HORSE
CONTINUED From Page One,

human brain is the "ultim,..
bottleneck." He pointed out tSo.
a few seconds delay in react i,a,
to the reading on any n NJ 5
myriad of instruments ma a
bring disaster to a pilot.
within sight to meet that
problem, he said, is a new 'i in
strument panel with onlv NV,
pictorial representations" OUo
would show the planes altitnda
another would be used for nav;'
cation, a third for sighting and
controlling guns and for scare,
ing the air ahead, and the fourth
to supply information on III.
condition of motor and fuel.
About ten inches of snow i,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
Ate Human Flesh

Tachibana, while commanding
officer of a brigade, and later
while as a division commander
on Chichi Jima, ate the flesh
and livers of prisoners who had
been tortured and beheaded at
his orders, the prosecution dis
closed during the trial.
Maj. Matoba, one of his SUI
bordinates, admitted he ate hui
man flesh on several occasions
and it was Capt. Joshii who had
an American put to death and
had the liver delivered to his
cook.
Hoshii said he ate human
flesh "to make me strong"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
The Weather

Weather bureau report of Temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
p. M, In the principal cotton growing
areas and e1sewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
JAS

CONTINUED From Page One)
some of the most fiendish
crimes perpetrated by the Jap
anese during the Pacific con-
f1;o+
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25

About ten inches of snow i,
equivalent to one inch of rain
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25

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The regular family night meet
ing at the Salvation Army will
be held tonight at 7 o'clock at
the Citadel. The program will
consist of community singing,
moving pictures and story telling
for the children. The public is
invited, especially family groups.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

to the COP. They prefer, they say
righteously, to explore the question
of just how efficient the Post Office
is these days.
"You can't call 1t political" in
sisted one tongue-in-cheek promoter
of the proposed investigation. "Mr.
Hannegan is never there so 1t can't
be his fault the way it's rum"
Further Rest Order.
The second half of this argument
is true. President Truman's Post
master General and National Chair
man returned to Washington last
week after being in Boston for
operations and in Florida to re-
cuperate since January. He was
feeling much improved and in ex-
celent spirits. But the Presidents
physician, DR.. Wallace Graham, ex-
amined him and ordered further rest
until at least the first Of September.
Meanwhile the Post Office is being
run by the civil service organization
that has always been rated one OF
the most able in the world. Repub-
licans counter that while this still
may be true 1t Is time to look at the
facts, and find the true remedies
for the mounting deficits.
The more politically minded be-
lieve they can do a job also on the
"of again, on-again, gone-again'
Hannegan. 1t is probable that any
real Investigation as envisaged In
the joint resolution would revive
the question Of whether the national
Evening star., 1947-07-08
On the Other Hand
Says Urge to Defy Hartley.Taft
Act Coming Up From Labor Ranks

be. The desperate effort OF the
acting chairman, Gael Sullivan, to
find enough votes to sustain the
veto, in defiance of the
Southern bloc, made this clear.
There is nothing really strange IN
this movement from down below, so
far as labor is concerned; 1t Is
strange only when applied to poll
tics. Labor leaders continually take
their cue and even their orders from
the rank and file. Many a major
strike has been called on the in
sistence of the members and against
the judgment of the leaders. 1t is
a commonplace event when a ref
erendum goes against the advice OF
the national officials and likewise
when strikers refuse to return to
work at the urging of their officials.
There has been no showing that the
withdrawal of the miners from the
mines in protest against the Hart
ley-Taft bill was anything other
than a spontaneous action on their
part.
We have long been accustomed to
say there is no such thing as a
labor vote in this country. The
campaign next year may reveal that
this can no longer be said.