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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

If the weather is not too bad,
he will take off by plane at 8
am. eastern Standard Time) to
morrow for a visit at Grand View,
Mo-, with his 94-year-old mother,
abed with a fractured hip, and
leave tor Mexico City early Mon
day morning.
There is a possibility that heavy
SHOWS in the midwest may cause
a cancellation of the Missouri trip.
In that event, he would delay
his departure from Washington I'M
til Sunday night.
1t is an eight-hour flight direct
from Washington to Mexico City,
where he is due Monday morning.
The Waco address, which will
deal with both foreign and comes
tic affairs and require rs minutes
to deliver, will be made at l pm.
(EST) Thursday on the President S
return flight from Mexico City.
Mr.. Truman will receive an honor
airy degree at Waco from Baylor
university.
The flight to Mexico will take
Mr. Truman out of the United
States for the first time since Au-
gust when he cruised to Bermuda
during a vacation.
On his return here Thursday
night he will have only a brief
stay before taking off on another
trip by plane and ship for visits to
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is
lands. He will spend is days on
that trip, including a three-night
stop ashore at the submarine base
at Key West Fla, March $40.
The Waco speech will be the
second the President will deliver
on his Mexican trip. His first will
come Monday night in Mexico
City when he responds to a well
coming address by President Mi
guel Aleman at a state dinner at
the national palace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

CARLISLE, Pa, March 1.-(R-
A 26-year-o l d father was quoted
by state police today as admit
ting he poured kerosene over his
three children and burned them
to death.
Corp. Erwin W. Arms said Syl-
vester B. Wilson, jailed to await
court action on arson and murder
charges, said the man declared
in a statement:
81 had intended to burn myself
up with the children but l lost
my nerve when l saw the fire.
The flames destroyed h e Will
son cabin home on Christmas day
of 1945 killing Emma Mae, 4
Pearl Ruth, 8, and Sylvester B.
Wilson, Jr., 2.
Wilson'S arrest, stated Arms,
came after investigation of the
fire was reopened on complaint of
neighbors and relatives. Domestic
difficulties had preyed on the
fathers mind before the fire,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Vote Fraud
Is Claimed
In Georgia
Atlanta Journal M a k e S
Charge In Recent Gene
Arnall Victory
DEAD VOTES
Even Non-Existent Persons
'Balloted,' According To
Newspaper
DEAD VOTES

ATLANTA, Ga, March 1.-(P-
nosd nersons. non-residents and
aven non-existent persons voted
,or tbe late Eugene Talmadge and
bs ION. Herman, for governor of
Georgia in the general election of
1o46. the Atlanta Journal said to-
night.
Reporting documentary evidence
# irregularities in the Helena dis
trict of Telfair County, home of
tbe Talmadges, the Journal said
the votes had played a critical part
in making Herman Talmadge eli
oible for election by the legislature
IN the term of his dead father.
Eugene Talmadge was unopposed
as democratic nominee for gov
srnor. When he died before in
a%uguration, the legislature voided
his 143. 900 votes and elected his
son, who was credited with 675
write-in ballots. Herman's written
Total was six more than that of his
fathers principal opponent in the
democratic primary, James Car
michael. and 80 more than the vote
for a republican, D.. Talmadge
Bowers.
Preliminary tabulations by the
legislature placed Herman in third
Mace out of the running for
Governor but last-minute do
covery of additional Telfair votes
put him ahead.
Staff Writer George Goodwin of
the journal said he found Telfair
returns listing at least two persons
long dead. at least five who had
moved away, and at least five who
said they did not vote Nov. 5, 1916.
Another dozen could not be found,
he said.
GoodN IN said all we're among "a
names. listed alphabetically in the
numbered record of voters as they
appear at the polls. He said he
began investigating because lit
appeared impossible that "a citi-
zenS anywhere could have appear
ed in alphabetical order, starting
with "A and~e.ading. ak"
Talmadge, when advised of the
Development, said: You can quote
me that the Journal still has run
ming hydrophobia."
The Journal, in an exclusive
story which took over more than
two-thirds of the front-page Of its
Sunday edition. said the tally sheet
consolidated returns and the list OF
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Star-N ewsreel Show
Honors Fender Count,

Continuing the weekly radio
series featuring the counties OF
Southeastern North Carolina, the
Star-News will present the Sunday
Star-Newsreel today at 1870 p. m.
over Radio Station WMFD with a
salute to Fender County.
The program will give interest
ing highlights of the county's his
tory, as well as it's past progress.
A number of the leading citizens
will be present and interviewed
during the broadcast. AS a special
feature Mrs. Milton Humphrey, well
known vocalist Of Burgaw, will
render her own arrangement OF the
Indian Love Call" Other soloists
appearing on the program include
W. O. Page, Jr., and Miss Mary
Henri Wolfe.
The program is written, directed,
and narrated by Ben Mcdonald,
Star-News round the town reporter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
LOCAL MAN HELD
in GUN ATTACK
$4,000 Bond Set; Victim
Is Reported In Critical
Condition

Wilmington police last night Jail
ed Bonnie Wilkins, of 1913 S. Sec.
ond street, and placed him under
a $40, 900 bond, for shooting, and
critically wounding Bill Flowers,
205 Meares street, about 100 p. m.
yesterday.
Police reports show that investi-
eating officers arrived at 1915 S.
Second street, where the shooting
occurred, and found Bill Flowers
suffering from a pistol wound in
the lower right side of his stomach.
Flowers, when questioned by in
vestigators, informed them of his
assailant's identity and where
abouts, resulting in the arrest OF
Wilkins.
Wilkins readily admitted the
shooting sayWg that he did SO
ohfy wien FLOWERS refused to leave
his mothers premises at his re-
quest, but confessed that his
mother had asked Flowers to come
to her house to cut fiFewood, police
reported.
According to a neighbor, whose
house adjourns the Wilkins home
on Meares street, and who report
eddy say part of the ~fracas, Flow
ers and Wilkins were fighting over
possession of a car tool.
Approaching, the neighbor got
within earshot of the tussle and
heard Flowers declare, "Ill call
the law"
The witness then said Wilkins
got up, brushed the dirt from his
clothes and entered his house, after
hearing his wife call to him. Will
Continued on Page II; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
LAW THREA TENS HOLY land;
ALL OUT WAR LOOMS FOR CHINA;
y. S. TO AID BRITAIN IN GREECE
American Foreign Policy
May See Historic Change

State Dean Acheson, held at the
l%atter's summons.
The informants described the U,
S. reply as Favorable in prin-
clple." 1t is understood to be con.
dltloned upon Britain's retaining
her 10000 troops in Greece to help
uphold the government, with the
United States-subject o congress
slonal approva1-helping to bear
most of the cost.
The undertaking may entail ad-
vancing some $3.50, 600, 900 this year,
by authoritative estimate, with
further but smaller OUTLAWS later.
Exact estimates remain to be
worked out, along with details of
any legislation which may be
necessary besides the appropria-
tons.
A next step apparently would be
for President Truman to make
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Advertising Group
Names New Officers

WINSTON-SALEM, March 1.-P)
&C. W. Paterson, Jr., of the High
Point Enterprise, today was elect
ed president Oh the Carolina Ad-
vertising Executes Association in
it's final business session here.
Other officials named included:
Lee Richard, Anderson IS. c.
Independent and Daily Mail, first
vice-president; Rex Freeman, Win
ston-Salem Journal and Sentinel,
second vice-president; and John
Roberts, Jr., Fayetteville Observer,
secretary AND treasurer. New di-
rectors for the coming year are R.
M. Fopville, Burlington Times
News; and R. H. Carson, Raleigh
News and Observer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Fiue Men Arrested,
Illegal Guns Seized

NEW ORLEANS, March Up
Treasury Department agents to-
day announced the arrest of five
men in connection with a cache
of guns, ammunition and grenades
which the officers said were destin-
ed for shipment to Latin America.
F. c. Farrell, district supervisor
of the Treasury Departments
Alcohol Tax Unit, listed those ar
rested as William /. Marsalis, AZ,
former AAF lieutenant colonel;
Claude R. Eatherly, former AAF
major and BIG pilot; Alfred Sage,
As, ex-captain of the Quatermaster
Corp; A. R. S. Philip and George
w. Rapp1eyea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

public the program. He would
have an opportunity to do this next
Thursday, when he is scheduled to
deliver an address at Waco, Tex,
en- route home from Mexico. Off
Gals have described it as a major
speech" on both domestic and for
eign affairs. 1t already has been
drafted.
For the United States to step di-
rectly into he itnernal affairs of
Greece would constitute a depar-
ture from long-standing American
policy, and apparently would be
designed to bulwark Britain in a
stand against he spread of Rus
sian influence throughout southern
Europe.
The United States has interested
itself in the past in the affairs of
Continued OIL Page II. Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, March l.-(R-
The United States has agreed in
principle, diplomatic sources said
today, to help impoverished Brit
ain shoulder the load in Greece
a move which may bring AN his
torlc change Sia American foreign
policy.
The decision was reported made
by the administration after a can
vass OF key congressional figures
Notwithstanding opposition voiced
by some congressman of both par
ties.
The American reply to a Brit
ish note requesting the action, dip
lomatic informants said, was hand
ed to Lord Inverchapel, the British
ambassador, at a 25-minute con-
ference at the State Department this
morning with Undersecretary of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

co-chairman of the Residential di-
vision.
A. S. Grist is chairman of the
Public Information committee.
A. S. Grist is chairman of the
Public Information committee.
CarswelI outlined the importance
of the Wilmington Red Cross chap
ter's work and pointed out the five
phases of work at home
home nursing Junior Red Cross,
disaster relief, home service and
first aid.
The chairman explained that the
Red Cross teaches the fundament-
ais of home nursing to many citi'
zens. Mothers and high school girls
learn how to care for simple i'll,
nesses, and how to follow the doc
Continued on Page II; Col. b
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Snow Storm Moving
Up Eastern Coast

NF-.
NEW YORK, March 1.lR)-The
aorm.staggered east, which has
lust finished digging itself out of
snowfall that was one of the
worst IN years, was struck by
"t1ler fury again tonight.
"IJn snow already coming down
III many seaboard areas, the
W. German said falls up to 10
n.'lisS could De expected overnight
~ 'olnoiroW, plus sleet and rain.
ave" YORK, where a 11.6 foot snow.
,ofm late last week broke rec
tuS Ior the past six years, and
s% england were in for the worst
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Chang Gets
Full Control
Of Chinese
T. V. Soong Resigns In
Face OF Sharp Legisla-
tive Criticism
CRISES AHEAD
Nations Future Appears AT
Stake AS New Premier
Takes Over
CRISES AHEAD

NANKING, March 1-(P)-Gene-
relissmo Chang Ki-Shek took
over the premiership Of China to-
night and appeared to be heading
his people toward all out war to
settle the communist question
once and for all.
Chang assumed the premiership
eight hours before his brother in
law, T. V. soong, suddenly resign
ed in the face of sharp criticism
in the Legislative Yuan of his
economic policies.
With communist delegates under
orders to get out of government
territory before Wednesday and
the armies of both factions ma
neuvering for decisive battles on
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
The Weather

No. FORECAST
Clouds CdIoIlna - Sunday considerable
ssy na and colder. some light rain In
ain, polu9n and snow flurries in noun
Eastern Standard Time)
No,1oy L. s. Weather Bureau
.ndjnS 57o5oelcal data for the "a hours
1.,n TEMPERATURES
i30 y I'm. 40; 80 am. 40; 80 pm. ST.;
Normal 50. MINIMUM SO Mean 40
7.3 az am. So; 1870 am. 30: 1:so p.m. az:
'" pm, 100. ' Law yam" 'o'
ro,o1 PRECIPITATION
100 MO lor "a hours ending 7:3o pm. -
Oh :'is, Since the first of the month
lPr.. TIDES FOR TODAY
! Com 5al lie Tide Tables published bv u.
'Aa Geodetic Survey.
5:34 am. IL :05 am.
Nasonboro Inlet 5:3s pm. 12:52 pm.
r s'o' is e:as; suns &c 6 : oim, uoo aoiGz Pm IN
Ri,cr roohset 3:2l am.
''fday' ll.8 feet.
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10 IIOU
Earlier, Robert Buse, president
Of JAW Local 248 which has been
on strike against Allis Chalmers
at Milwaukee for ten months, tes-
titled that he signed a communist
nominating petition last year but
denied that he is a communist or
that the local is "communistically-
led"
Buse said. he, fellow officers of
the union and Everybody else on
the picket line" signed the petit
ton in behalf of a communist can
didate for governor Of Wisconsin.
Thomas commended the strike -
which the saws has cost
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
March 1.-(P-

SHANGHAI, March 1.-(Pe
The China press, Chinese-own-
ed English language news
paper, sadi tonightthe Shanghai
paper, said tonight he Shanghai
ghai office of the foreign min
istry had been instructed to is
sue no more passports for Chi
nese wishing to leave China.
There was no explanation but
there was speculation that it
might be an attempt to prevent
flight of anti-government ele-
ments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

some $40, 600, 900 plus $18, 900, 900 in
lost wages - is a straight labor
management dispute caused by
the failure of the company" to
bargain collectively.
The husky Thomas tangled YER
bally with Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich).
Once when Hoffman cut his an
swer short, Thomas said loudly:
"My God, it seems to me an
ordinary citizen of the United
States is : entitled to some
courtesy
Thomas had strong language too
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
RED CROSS SETS
pep MEETINGS

Kickoff meetings scheduled
by the Wilmington chapter of
the American Red Cross are
as follows:
Women's Residential and
County; st. Paul's Lutheran
parish house; 9Th and Princess
streets, II am, Monday.
Mems Downtown Division;
Tide Water Assembly room,
II am, Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Union Head Denies
Communism Issue

WASHINGTON, March 1.-(AP)-R. J. Thomas. vice
president of the CLIO United Auto Workers, told the House
Labor Committee today he has been in charge of the Alis-
Chalmers strike since November and "believe me, the issue
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Truman Prepares Major
Speech For Texas Visit

WASHINGTON, March 1.-(AP)-President Truman
today finished writing a major speech he will deliver at
Waco, Texas, next Thursday and ordered his bags packed
for a three-day goodwill visit to Mexico.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

NANKING, China, Sunday, March 2.-(UP)-
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek, who took over the
premiership of China just "a hours ago, predicted
today that China would achieve unity in six months to
a year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
Late Bulletins

Java, Sunday, March 2.-AP)-The
american Liberty ship Martin Behrman, under the
command Of Captain Rudy Gray. Southport. N. G..
escorted by a Dutch destroyer, arrived in Batavia har-
Dor at dawn today after abandoning a plan to run a
Dutch naval blockade with a m%ulti-million dollar cargo
Oh rubber, sugar and quinine for the United States.
SHREVEPORT, La; March 1.zaso9aA-A federal
jury today found five white men aconnect-
ION with the alleged ~lynching Serious
~ lnJurlng another aear MiSsseaA The
jury returned its verdct@ y xA hours after
beginning it's deliberate aa
LONDON, March lS/-Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin will sign s. an's 50-year pact with
France at Dunkerque March 4 while en- route to Moscow
where ne will negotiate for revision of the Anglo-Soviet
treaty and attend the Big Four Foreign Ministers con-
ference
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02
WEATHER
FORECAST

Wilmington and Southeastern North
Carolina: Sunday, considerable cloudiness
and colder; some light rain along the
coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-02

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CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. s.
Evening star., 1947-02-11
Britain 10 Purchase
Surplus U. 5. Ships
N III. A.,seiuisd Press

LONDON, Feb. 11.-British ship
owners have been authorized to buy
500 900 900 worth Of surplus Amer
ican cargo vessels, including 100
Liberty ships valued at $50, 600 600,
Minister of Transport Alfred Barnes
told the House Of Commons last
night.
A spokesman for the ministry
later told reporters Britain was
anxious to obtain quick action on
/ her purchase offer. He added that
last spring British shipowners had
offered to buy 40 ships valued at
about $1,000. 900 each, but had re-
lceived only seven.
The spokesman said that if Britain
were to return the 25o.000 tons Of
American shipping now under the
British flag without receiving suf-
flcient replacements by purchase,
the nation would sustain loss In
imports of between 7,O00, 600 and
q, ,000, 600 tons Of cargo annually.
Britain now has 16,700.000 tons
deadweight of shipping, including
rented tonnage, as compared with
the II, ,2o0, 900 she possessed in 1899.
War losses amounted to 11.000, 600
tons.
Britain now operates 229 Liberty
ships, in addition to AZ other vessels
Of about $500 tons each and a few
specialized ships. They were re-
ceived by Britain under 1end-lease
during the war, but rental Of $2,000,-
900 monthly has been paid on them
since December, 1915.
Evening star., 1947-02-11

he was confident 1--WE will come
through this if we pull together"
He also appealed to the public In
38 English and Welsh counties to
observe the government ban against
the use of electricity in homes for
five hours daily as one means OF
conserving fuel.
Cites Many Causes Of Crisis.
Mr.. Attlee, his weary voice
strained, said that the weather, de-
pleted coal stock piles caused by the
war. the absence of miners from the
pits and resumption of peacetime
industry all had combined to cause
the crippling shortage. The mines
were nationalized by the government
January L.,
Editorial reaction to this state
ment ranged from Times COM
ment labelling it an "unconvincing
account" to commendation from the
Laborite Daily Herald.
1.-The latest Tory attempt to start
an anti-government stampede has
miserably failed" said the Herald.
THE best that can be said OF his
explanation is that it revealed a
sorry tale of last-minute impro-
visation which i'll becomes gov
ernment of avowed planners said
the Times.
Speaking in the House Of Com
Evening star., 1947-02-11

Visitors to the Smithsonian In
stitution soon will be able to view
the Norden bombsight which aimed
the first atomic missile used In war
fare at the heart Of Hiroshima
Japan.
The bombsight, known affection
ately to its manufacturers as "Old
No. 4l20," was presented to the
Smithsonian yesterday. A. G. Bueh-
ler, president of the Victor Adding
Machine Co. of Chicago, which made
it, delivered the instrument to DR.
Alexander Wetmore, secretary OF
the Smithsonian.
Spaatz, Eaker Attend.
High-ranking service officers who
attended the ceremony in the Re-
gents Room Of the Institution
included:
Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of
the Army Air Forces; 1t. Gen. Ira
C. Eaker, deputy commander; Maj.
Gen. Curtis e. lie May, deputy chief
of air staff for research and devel-
opment; Vice Admiral A. w. Rad
ford, deputy chief of naval opera
tions for air; Rear Admiral H. B.
Sallada, chief of the Bureau Of
Aeronautics; Rear Admiral w. s.
Parsons, director of atomic defense.
and Mai. Gen. Field sTfatrfs,, Director
of the Marine Corps Division of
Aviation.
Evening star., 1947-02-11

Chairman Byrd Of the Joint Econ
omy Committee today accused Gov
ernment agencies of IAN apparent
attempt" to perpetuate themselves
in the face Of congressional demands
for curtailing expenditures.
The committee made public the
results of new Government person.
mel survey showing that at the end
of last December, there were 1,039
principal component parts Of the
Executive branch of the Federal
Government.
Excluding units under the Office
Iof Emergency Management, the
committee survey showed, the num-
ber was greater than at the height
of the war. BY these calculations,
the Byrd Committee reported there
were only TIT component parts" at
the en- def 1914, as against 920 at
the. end Of 1914, as against 920 at
With the inclusion of the OEM,
the tabulation showed 1,141 for the
end of 1914 and 1,039 at the end
Of last year, for a. reduction OF 102
units.
None of these figures, the COM
mittee said, included many thou
sands of subordinate units, such as
post Offices, field and county Offices.
'The conclusion is inescapable, "
Evening star., 1947-02-11
Hiroshima Bombsight Given
Smithsonian for Display Soon

The Norden bombsight patents
held by the Navy, were made avail
able to the AAF during the war.
The instrument used over Hiro-
shima August 6, 1945, was bought
by the Victor firm as surplus Gov
eminent property and offered to
the Smithsonian because Of its his
torical value.
Combination of Talents.
In accepting the gift, DR.. Wet
more commented, in part:
Inventive genius, military alert
ness, scientific skill and industrial
ability combined to produce this
instrument at a time when its need
was paramount. It is most appro-
pirate in the national collection to
represent this achievement with the
particular instrument which served
in the operation that brought to a
close a tragic era Of war and re-
leased our Nations energies and
skills once more for productive
peaceful activities"
Members Of the Advisory Board
of the new National Air Museum
witnessed the presentation.
Smithsonian officials announced
the bombsight would be exhibited
in the national aviation collection
Of the IrlStdtuttbn tfrquarterssare
provided for the National sAir
Museum.
Evening star., 1947-02-11

been irregular-"just about enough
to get by"-for the last several
months, she said. His work has
been uncertain since he left the
Pennsylvania Railroad as brake
man about a year and half ago
and the seasonally dull employment
situation has added to the family's
problems, she continued.
Her husband, she related, is 9
native of Chilhowee, Va, and will
be 80 March "a. He worked on 6
! farm, became a carpenter anc
,, painter and spent about three years
in the Civilian Conservation Corps
she said.
They were married in Ellicott
City, Md, october II. 1886, ano
lived in the $500 block of Minnesots
avenue for about three years before
they moved to Riverdale in Septem-
ber, 1945. Their children are Ronald
9; Daniel, g.; Thomas, Z; Betty Lou
5, and Sharon, Is months.
ALI the children were at home ex-
cept Daniel, who has spent much
of the time with his grandmother
Mrs. Grover Beall, near Highland
Howard County, Md, since Mr.
Beall died about two years ago.
Syrian Greek Orthodox services
are to be conducted for Mr.. Lowe
at pm. tomorrow at the Chambers
funeral home chapel, SIT Eleventh
street Sc. Burial will be in Airing
ton Cemetery. Mr.. Lowe served in
the Marine Corps in World War 7
Memorial services are to be con-
Quoted at the chapel at 8 o'clock
tonight by the Irish War Veterans,
of which Mr., Lowe was a membeS.
Friends of the family explained that
Mrs. Lowe is of Syrian descent while
MIR. Lowe was Irish.