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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Emil Chouri
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Fear Gr~ ,xe>@ q: sHesl
Pale aro,n Ex-
pre-. oc@ Leader

CAIRO, Egypt, May 16.-P)-
Emil Ell Ghouri, leader of the
Palestine Arab delegation which
attended the United Nations special
session on Palestine, today told
Hal Amin Ell Husseini, the exiled
Mufti of Jerusalem, that his group
insisted that all "Arabs must boy
colt the fact-finding commission"
established by the u. N.
Speaking by telephone from New
York, Ghouri told the Multi, the
head of the Arab Executive COM
mittee, that the delegates of five
Arab states share our opinion and
will advise their government to
boycott the commission"
Cat the final meeting of the U.
S. special session in New York
Thursday, delegates of Egypt, Iraq,
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria
did not repeat earlier threats to
boycott the inquiry committee,
which will visit Palestine and re-
port to the United Nations before
Sept. ~
Boycott Reason
Ghouri said the reason for the
boycott was that ut has become
clear the commission will suggest
the partition of Palestine and the
continuation of Jewish immigra-
Ition."
Member nations Of the commit
tee, with the exception Of India,
he added, have fallen under lin
perialistic Anglo-American influ-
ence or Zionist influence" The at
titude of Iran, a committee mem
Der, is uuclear, he said.
An official spokesman of the
Arab executive committee told
newsmen tonight that a majority
of the committee will approve the
boycott" and that the committee
would meet soon under the Mufti's
Craftsmanship to make a final de-
cision. The committee, he said,
would ask tie Arab states to boy
colt the commission II it decided
Itself to do so.
The exclusion of the five major
powers from the inquiry committee
made that body "unimportant," he
added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
BILL BANNING PORTAL
SUITS MAY HALT
MOCK. JUDSON ACTION

GREENSBORO, May Is -(P)-
Whether or not the bill signed by
President Truman Wednesday out
having practically all portable
portal pay claims will eliminate
the suit brought in Middle United
States District court here by the
American Federation of Hosiery
workers, against Mock, Judson,
Voehringer company remained a
question of dispute following
pretrial conference in the case
before Judge Johnson Hayes to-
day.
Harry Stanley, counsel for the
plaintiff, argued before. Judge
Hayes today that all claims in
the suit filed against the local
hosiery plant did not come under
the portal-to-portal classification.
Stanley stated he wished to re-
serve the right to press all claims
named in the suit if the Congress
sional bill should be declared I'M
constitutional.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Circus Seeking
Talent Across Ocean

It's good for about six months
in show business, the professor
said. Actually, the European house
flea normally lives two 10 three
years, but the rigors of the five
a : day cut its life expectancy
rather markedly, he said.
The U. S. House flea, on the
other hand, lives only about a
month and, since it takes three
weeks to make a circus perform
er out Of him, it's hardly worth
the trouble, he said.
Ten Gents Each
Thus Heckler, as did Ringing
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
this season, is getting ready to i'm
port 4 fresh batch Of talent from
(Con4inued On Page TWO, Col. D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
PRESIDENT ACTS
TO STEM PRICES
Rising Valuations Placed
On Farmlands Causes
Hurried Meeting Call

WASHINGTON, May Is. -(P-
President Truman called today for
action ''to prevent further infIa-
ton in farm real estate prices and
the Agriculture department prompt
ly called a conference on the prob
lem for June 9.
Secretary Clinton Anderson M
nounced plans for a meeting Of
lending agencies and farm leaders
after getting a letter in which the
President said IT am deeply con-
cerned about the recent rise" in
the price of farm land.
Latest Agriculture department
reports show that farm land prices
have increased 90 per cent over
the 1859 pre-war level. The In
crease was II per cent during the
past year.
In asking the conference, the
President said it is apparent that
''united efforts by all concerned
is needed" if further price rises
and over-expansion of farm debts
are to be prevented.
Anderson said representatives OF
the Federal Reserve board, the
Farm Credit administration, the
Federal Land banks, insurance
companies, baking organizations,
and officials Of such organizations
as the American Farm Bureau
federation, the National Grange,
and the National Farmers union
will be invited.
Both Mr.. Truman and his sec
rotary of agriculture said they
are concerned lest the land market
repeat the experience Of the period
after World War I. A sharp drop
in farm commodity prices after
that war brought a crash in farm
land prices and ruin to thousands
of farmers who had bought land at
inflated prices through liberal
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
And So To Bed
The DAYS Of chivalry are mot

The days Of chivalry are not
over.
The other night a lady driv-
er, in making soEae sort OF
2, maneuver, stuck her car IN
the sand at the intersection OF
Jackson street and Central
boulevard.
After successfully getting the
vehicle mired to the running
boards the lady sought help at
a nearby house. The good
neighbor' armed with shovel,
hoe, boards and other things
used to unstick a stuck car
started to her aid.
The last bus, about half full
Of passengers came along, the
driver halted the bus and the
passengers, peering out the
windows saw the struggling
woman and promptly alighted
and helped her on her way.
The passengers then boarded
the bus and their journey was
6O4atin0ed. v
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
FROG FROLIC!

ANGLES CAMP, Calf, May
Is - up - The 10th annual
jumping frog jubilee was alert
ed against any dark Plotters
with lighter-than-air gases as
300 leapers from big and little
puddles assembled for the big
hop Sunday.
Jump officials offered as
sura1ce to the $4,000 expected
to pass through the fair gates
for the feature attraction that
no scandal has touched the
jubilee and "fixers" for the
gambling interests would be
kept out of Calayeras county.
A newspaper sounded the
alert against any hopped up en-
try with Iighter-than-air gas to
gain distance, but the county
fair officials will check each
frog before the jump.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
.
Martial Law
Threatened
Military Governor Plans
Confiscation To Halt
Hoarding In Hesse

FRANKFURT, Germany, May
16.-U.R-The American Military
governor of the State of Hesse
warned 1000, 900 Germans under
his control today that he would
crack down with the harshest
penalties, including death, for
strikes o. agitation that hinder the
occupation during the food crisis.
The Military Governor, James R,
also threatened to ode.
clare martial law in certain areas
or even place the state under COM
plete military control" unless "the
attitude of the people improves"
He told the German administra-
ton of Hesse that unless it stop
ped boarding, he would start seiz
ing and confiscating foodstuffs.
Newman delivered practically this
same speech twice. He delivered
it first to 30 German officials and
union leaders at a private confer.
ence in Weisbaden. Tonight, he de.
livered it over radio Frankfurt,
deleting his earlier reference to
martial law and military control
for reasons that were not explain
ed.
Reads Riot Act
He literally read the riot act to
the Germans Of Hesse. The mill.
tary governors of the other two
German states under American
occupation warned labor leaders
a n d German officials against
strikes or demonstrations, but they
apparently did not approach the
bluntness of Newman.
In the first place, he reminded
the Germans that there was "no
obligation-absolutely none-upon
the United States to engage In a
program of feeding a country it
defeated"
"Never before in al history has
a conquering army set about to
feed the people it conquered" he
sadi. "Taink of this before you in.
dulge too freely in self-pity."
Then he outlined what the Ger
mans should dc and what would
happen to them if they did not
comply. Wewman had told the
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
MAY DENIES ALL
FRAUD CHARGES
Former Kentucky Con-
gresham Takes Stand In
His Own Defense

WASHINGTON, May 16.- up -
Andrew j. May, former Kentucky
Congressman, denied today that a
$1,000 note which Murray Cars
son paid for him in 1912 was a
bride to help the $78, 000, 600 Cars
son munitions combine in its war
contract deals.
Red-faced but calm, the 7l-year-
old ex-legislator went on the wit
ness stand in Federal Court to be-
gin his fight against charges that
he conspired with the Garssons,
Murray and Henry, to defraud the
government and was paid at least
$50, 900 for his services. The gov
eminent rested it's case Wednes-
day.
Testifying under oath for the
first time on his relations with the
Garssons, he told the jury Of
seven men and five women that
the $1,000 note was actually part
of a deal in which he was surren-
dering to Carson a 1ease-hold on
$500 acres in a West Virginia
manganese field.
He said he invested from So, 600
to $4,000 in the land under the
name Greenbrier Co., but 'lost
everything."
Carson Interested
Carson, he said, expressed in
terest in taking over the acreage
and agreed to give him $500 to
cover his losses and a AZ per cent
interest in a company Carson pro-
posed to organize. Joseph F. Free
man, the Garsson's Washington
representative who was acquitted
as a co-defendent Wednesday, also
was in on the deal, May said.
May identified a letter he sent
Carson on April 2, 1941, in which
he advised that he had executed
three notes, one for S., 900 and two
for 81, 500 each. 1t said he had done
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Negro Lawyer Kills
TwoM Men Capital
Maddened Over Failure To Gain Practice
Before District Courts, Mississippi
u Man Puts On Shooting Spree

attorney who had been disbarred
in his home state, allegedly for
handling "shady divorce actions"
The dead were Ray Devendorf,
a 65-year-old law clerk, and Pvt.
Hubert Estes, 81, a veteran Wash
ington policeman. Estes cornered
Williams on a crowded downtown
street and, although mortally
wounded, disarmed and captured
him.
Two Wounded
Wounded in the battle were
George Dalzell, 50, ,ecretary OF
the Admissions and Grievance
committee of the District Bar AS
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

ERIE, Mich, May Is "A
u -year-old Pontiac, Mich, man,
whose aging mother attempted
suicide over the loss of her SIS, 900
life savings, was under arrest to-
day by state police who said he
used the money to finance a wild,
four-weeks spending spree.
Joseph Luasiewicz, or Lukas,
was arrested Thursday night after
state police chased his car two
miles. With him were Rudy Fors.
lund, q, Of Alpha, Mich, and
Nick P%oulos, 81, of Milwaukee,
Wis.
Sgt. Carl Seim and Trooper Ed
ward Mongeon said Lukas admit
ted the theft Of SIS, 900 last April
18 from his mother. who had sav-
ed T. II bug hosne.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

Where did Wilmington get its
name?
The name has been mentioned
millions Of times by its resi-
dents, yet many of them wonder
where the name Wilmington was
originated.
SETTLEMENT OF Wilmington
About the year 1870, some five
years after the town of Brunswick
was established fourteen miles
lower down the river, a few set
tiers built their humble habita'
tons on a bluff in the midst Of
the primeval forest known as Dick
inson Hill, near the junction OF
the Northeast and Northwest
branches of the Cape Fear which
was then called the Clarendon
river.
PURPOSE The settlers pur-
pose was to find a safer harbor
than the exposed roadstead OF
Brunswick, and to secure a large
err share Of the river traffic from
up country, which was then very
profitable.
HAMLET INCREASES - In a
few months this hamlet increased
to the proportion Of a small vii
la&e. Without order Of irregulaR3t1l
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

WASHINGTON, May 16.-W.D-A
.,rmallv mild-mannered Negro
Sa,yer. maddened by his failure to
vain admission to the District OF
so,vnbia bar, killed two men and
Honnded two others in a 20-r-inute
'hooting spree today before ne was
.,bdued by police bullets and
blackjacks
The crazed killer, finally cut
.,vu by three shots from the gun
~ diving policeman, was removed
70 a local hospital in serious con-
sition from deep head decorations
and bullet wounds in the hand,
chest and shoulder.
He was identified as Dan Will
t,ms. about As, a Jackson, Miss,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
FAMILY lNJECTS
INSURANCE ANGLE
Miller's Sister Discounts
"Triangle" Theory In
E xclusive Interview
BY RANDOLPH S. HANCOCK
Staff Correspondent

By RANDOLPH s. HANCOCK
Staff Correspondent
May 16. - A
new motive for the shooting
early last Sunday morning OF
David Miller. % : year = old
storekeeper of near here, waa
injected into the case yester.
day by members of his
family.
Mrs. G. E. Mclean, Miller's
sister, said that when he was
permitted to know the reason
why he was shot by Fred
Virgins as he lay in bed asleep, he
said, "tThis is what insurance
will do for YOU"
Miller, now a patient in Bakers
Sanatorium at Lumberton, where
he was carried Sunday morning
by his father-in-law, Allen Currin,
shortly after he was shot in the
chest by Virgins, discounted the
theory that his wife alleL eddy had
him shot because of another man.
According to Sheriff Willis c..
Britt of Robson county, Mrs. Mill
er confessed to one of his deputies
that she had her fathers Negro
farm hand shoot her husband be-
cause she va in love with Garland
Cottrell, a tenant farmer on her
fathers farm.
Refuses Comment
However, Cottrell, when APP
preached about the alleged illicit
love affair, refused to confirm or
deny what Mrs. Miller had said.
II had rather not say one way OF
the other: he said.
He did say, however, that he had
known Mrs. Miller for about II
years, and that he went to school
with her. He added that she was
graduated from the Rowland High
school three or four years before
he was.
Asked if he had any idea what
her plans were with respect to her
husband, he said, ct certainly did
not. 1t was a surprise to me. ]
had never dreamed of such d
thing"
Beyond that he would have moth
ing further to say about the case.
Out On Bond
Mrs. Miller was not available
for a statement when reporters
stopped at her home. She was car.
ried to her fathers home from the
Robson county jail yesterday at
ternoon in an ambulance, Jail at
taches said, in a highly nervous
condition.
Her father posted SIS, 900 bond for
her release. Virgins has been I'm.
able to raise a like bond and is
still confined to jail. Both Mrs.
Miller and Virgins r charged
! (Gontinued m Pare Two. Col. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
GOVERNMENT ASKS
REVIEW REFUSAL
Justice Department Files
Brief With court In
Mayor Curley Case

WASHINGTON, May Is. -W.H-
Inc justice department today ask
"a the Supreme court not to re-
view the mail fraud conviction OF
mayor James M. Curley of Boston,
VINO was sentenced last year to 6
% 10 months in prison and fined
s., 900.
me court is expected to announce
soon whether it will accept the
Ease. Curley was convicted by a
leaeral court jury here and appeal
% 70 the Supreme court after the
cerolct was upheld by the U. S.
court Of Appeals for the District
d columbia. He is now free on 49,.
500 bond.
Inc government brief filed to-
Jay claimed that the lower court
tallAg was in accord with prin-
eiples enunciated by the Supreme
eOuft and that "there is conse-
y.ueA'ly no conflict of decision, and
mere Is raised no other question
AHerltlng further review"
n, n SAID that Curley and Donald
"skefleld Smith, who also was
e0AVlcted Of engaging in a war
sOa'FactS brokerage racket under
ue name of Engineers Group,
made statements to prospective
.as'ofners which we're false and
Snich they either knew or should
nave known were false"
me evidence shows, the brief
rsiu' that both Curley, former
aeiaocratic Congressman, and
sillln' former member of the Ma
uoaal Labor Relations board, "lent
s's.f names and the prestige &C
sa.red through public office to an
..'erprlse which they knew had
No financial stability"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
ANGRY ARGUMENT
UPSETS DEC0RUM
Polishe d Calm OF UN
Security Council Broken
By Hot Words

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, May 16.
-(UH- An angry spat between
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko and American
Delegate Herschel V. johnson
shattered the polished calm of the
United Nations Security council
today and threatened for a time
to break up debats>A&. the deli.
cate Balkans aueslMnk
Johnson tried to interrupt a
speech by Sava Kasanovic OF
Yugoslavia, one of four Balkans
diplomats invited to participate in
the councils discussion of a Rus.
sian attempt to curtail activities
OF the new subsidiary border patrol
stationed in the Balkans by the
UN.
This touched off a bitter ex.
change between the American,
Yugoslav and Russian delegates
which nearly got out of hand be.
fore Alfonso Lopez of Colombia
current council president. put il
down with a ruling favoring
Gromyko and Kasanovic.
He told the Yugoslav to finish
his statement, including an at.
tack on Greece for allegedly TO.
menting trouble in the Balkans.
But Lopez cautioned him to
keep in mind that the council was
dealing only with ''one aspect" O.
the friction between Greece ano
her three northern neighborS -
Y~ugoslavia, Bulgaria and Al
bania.
Bitter Exchange
The bitter exchange began Wher
Kasanovic switched from an ex
PLANTATION of Yugoslavia's non-co
operation with the new frontier
Confined nm Pare Txvo CoI a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
HIRED MAN TELLS
0F'CRIME PLANS
Fred Virgins Describes
Events Leading Up To
Shooting OF Miller
By FRED
As Told To
S. HANCOCK
Star Staff Writer

LUMBERTON, May Is. -
This is the whole truth about
the shooting last Sunday
morning of MIR. David Miller
in his home while he slept
near Rowland.
This is the truth from the
lime three weeks ago up and
until it actually happened.
One afternoon Mrs. Miller Mary
Ellen Currin Miller) stopped me
when I was going hy her house
and said, Fired, will you cut
the grass in my yard for me-"
I said, "tWell, I don't feel Sc
good today, but 1 guess I cam"
I hadn't been at work long when
she came up to where I was swing
ing a grass blade and said, Fred,
will you do something for me-"
I will if 1 can,'" I answered.
I kept right on cutting grass and
she stood there for a few minutes
without saying a word and ther
she said:
7 want you I want yor
to ..."
She didn't say anything more
and I didn't say anything else te
her about what it was that she
wanted me to do, because about
that time her husband david
Miller came up and she said,
" Fred come by the store before
you leave" I said, ".Al right,
man,
The store that Mr.. and Mrs. Nil
Ter operated is about three or four
hundred yards from their house.
Went To Store
When I had finished cutting the
grass / went to the store, and she
paid me for the work.
Fred" she said, CT have
a job that must be done. Its just
got to be DONE"
1 had no idea what she was talk
ing about. l had never dreamed Of
such a thing because I had never
heard them say n cross word tc
each other. Then she said it. This
time she came right out and didn't
hesitate like she did there in the
yard.
Il want you to do away with
my husband she said.
The thought sorta startled me al
first. I didn't know what to say
and then she said, "' Don't think
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Wild Spending Spree
Halted By Johnny Law

The trio had 1890 in their
pockets when arrested, the Of
ficers said.
The mother, Mrs. Victoria
Cisek. So, attempted to kill her
self by gas and poison April %,
Pontiac police said, in remorese
over her sons act.
Troopers Seim and Mongeon
said the missing money had been
spent on a new car, new clothes
and on parties in Chicago and
Milwaukee. They added t. e trio
were on the way to Baltimore
when they stopped here for gaso-
line. A station attendant noticed
revolvers and notified police. The
arrests followed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
By FRANCIS STILLEY
aoo;a4od Press CnrreSnondent

Associated PreSS correspondent
NEW YORK, May 16. -(P)-The
flea circus, too, is looking TO Eu-
rope for new talent.
That, says ,otessor Roy
Heckler is because U. S. fleas just
don't take to show business.
They've got energy and tenaclsy
but their European cousins have
the jump on them in more ways
that one, it seems.
Heckler, who operates a Tea
circus on And street Juost OH
Broadway, said today the spe cles
from Spain and Italy is the pest
performer OF all = IFS hardler ana
lives longer, and thus has tune
to get its act polished up Tor Top
billing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Robson County Jail
Matron Says Young Wife
Prayed For Husband
By ROY COOK
a Correspondent

LUMBERTON, May is. - Mrs.
Ellen Currin Miller was described
by the Robson county jail ma
tron yesterday as a very nervous
and upset person the three days
she was confined to prison this
week.
Mrs. Miller was arrested Monday
and released yesterday under $15,-
600 bond, signed by her father Al
len Currin, prominent farmer Of
the county, in connection with the
shooting of her husband last Sun
day.
Mrs. r. c. Cox, wife of the jail
er, said she was a small girl,
weighing about lis pounds.
"She was in a high state of nerv-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Miller Described
AS Very Nervous, Upset
"CHEESY FIND"

SAN DIEGO, Calf, May Is.
Morgan Lane strolled through
Balboa park, enjoying the trees
and perfume of the flowers.
Suddenly he shifted some
thing alien to the floral scents.
In a patch of shrubbery he
found a huge cache Of pack
aged Swiss cheese-100 pounds
Of it, reported police, who
haven't discovered how it got
there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
The w Gather

FORECAST:
49, Carolina and North Carolina
,or., cloudy, warmer Saturday and
,f,srnuaed warm Sunday; scattered
'looh thundershowers.
Eastern Standard Time)
NJ. w. 5. Weather Bureau)
,nd,ne oroIogical data for the "a hours
s $50 p. m. yesterday.
IN. TEMPERATURES
"a. "~ a. m. 81; 7:3O a. m. So; 1880 p. m.
s,,r Nv p. m. 81. Maximum "a: Mini
10 Mean Is. Normal II.
10, HUMIDITY
4. 80 m. S6: 7:30 a. m. "a; 80 p. m.
lou p. m. 81.
r.4 PRECIPITATION
NM 1or "a hours ending 1880 p. m
,ss ~ since the first of the month
f. TIDES FOR TODAY
b oa The Tide Tables published by
" Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Nyr,x HIGH Low
s'on --- 700 am. 1853 am
hss,rs 1884 pm. 2:10 pm
o -~-- 4:43 am. 11:07 am
S,nr. SIP pm. 11:A pm
l.as.. 5:0s; Sunset 7:o7: Moonris.
Ps Moonset 4:o6p.
m sage at Fayetteville, n. C.. at
'lday missing feet.
More Weather On Page xwe
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and warmer today; Sunday continued
warm with scattered afternoon thunder
showers.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17
Along The Cape Fear

Where did Wilmington get its which was named New Liver
name? pool
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-17

Continued on Page Two, Col. A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18

ANCHORAGE FOLK HERE
 Two residents of Anchorage are registered at the Baranof Hotel They are Marie Kohler and Homer H. Stalmaker.