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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
HEAT WAVE
LEAVES MIDWEST
Much Wished For Rain
Soaks Corn Belt; East
Still Swelters
Ry The Associated Press

The Midwest passed its week
long heat wave on to the East
Monday and the corr belt finally
got it's much wished for rain
but in many sections it was too
little or too late.
Far to the South a tropical
stc,m caused widespread but gen.
orally minor property damage at
Galveston, Tex, over the week.
end but blew itself out in heavy
rainfall Monday. The storm, with
winds of So to 10 miles an hour,
unroofed houses, blew in windows
and ripped down power lines In
Galveston, where n man was
killed by electric shock from a
falling power line.
While cooler weather over
spread the upper Great Lakes and
the Northern plains states, tenn
peratures rose to high levels in
the Ohio Valley, North Atlantic
and New England states.
Mid = afternoon temperatures
Monday included readings of SO
at Albany, N. Y; 95 at Concord,
N. H.; "a in Boston; 81 in New
York City, and 80 at Washington,
D. C.
From the Ohio Valley to the
Middle Atlantic states and from
the upper lakes region Though
New York state. temperatures of
sc or higher were common. How
ever, cooler weather was expect
ed to spread Eastward through
Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York and the New England states
Tuesday.
Hot and humid weather will
continue from Virginia South
ward, with Washington, D. c.,
Virginia and Maryland getting
afternoon or evening thunder.
showers Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
WATERFRONT MEN
CALL OFF STRIKE
Longshoremen AT New
York To Resume Work
Again This Morning

NEW YORK, Aug. Is -(P-A
six-day wildcat longshoremen's
strike which has tied up several
vessels on New York waterfront
including the luxury liner Amer
lea ended late today.
Local 791 of the AFL Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Associa-
ton voted 427 to 1T to resume
work and members will go back
to their jobs at 7 am. EST) to-
morrow.
John J. Sampson, the locals
business agent, said other units
which had struck in sympathy
with his men also would resume
work.
Sailing of the America, original
ly scheduled to depart last Wed
nesday with 936 passengers, was
cancelled Friday and officials OF
the U. S. Lines said then the big
vessel would be laid up until her
next scheduled sailing for Europe
Sept. 10.
There was no immediate word
from the line as to whether the
end of the walkout would result
in a decision to sail the liner this
week.
Local 791 walked out because OF
dissatisfaction with terms of a
new contract negotiated by LILA.
officers and signed late Thursday
night after the strike had begun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
SPECIAL CRIMINAL
COURT TERM WILL BE
HELD In SEPTEMBER

New Hanover county will have
a special term Of criminal court
in September.
Such a term was authorized yes
terday by the county commission
ers. 1t came up on request OF
Solicitor Clifton Moore in a letter
to the commissioners. He explain
ed that criminal matters have
piled up in large numbers and that
special steps must be taken to
clear the calender.
At the same time, it was reveal
ed that a session of the grand jury
will be called at that time to in
vestigate at least one special case
that has developed recently. in ad-
dition to considering indictments
of cases from Recorders court.
The jury term will open Septem-
Der 20 and u for one week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Leaf Brings An Average
Of SIS On Opening
Day OF Sales

Eastern North Carolina flue-
cured tobacco markets opened yes
terday with price averages on Of
fering varying from $44 to SAL
All below last years opening-day
average of $54.21.
John Skies, sales supervisor of
the Wallace market, reported
254, 119 pounds of the golden weed
sold, bringing farmers $127, 542.23
The average per hundred pounds
was $5O.19.
The offerings at Wallace were
fair to good and few reflections
were made, Skies said the offer
ings yesterday wer light and
plenty of room would be available
today.
Earl Howard, sales supervisor Of
the Clinton market, reported ap'
proximately $50, 900 pounds were
sold there for an average of SAT
per hundred. The quality of leaf
ranged from poor to good with tor
sales at $50, he said.
Sales are expected to be ligh'
for several days, farmers were
generally satisfied with the prices
and no blocks were made, Howard
said.
Sales were light throughout the
belt, and buying was slow during
the early hours of opening sales
However, sales rallied before noon,
and heated bidding continued
See EASTERN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Along The Cape Fear

them, Of course. being aware Of
his presence.
Then on the next day-the third
one after leaving 1.-THE USS Mont
icelle", - the vessel to which ne
was attached, he snooped around
Notifications near Wilmington and
made hastily prepared sketches OF
them without the enemy finding
out his identity.
1t is also related by some his
torians that he and his men were
able to capture "a boat-load Of
| Confederates." From them he
learned that ."The Raleigh" was
aground near the mouth of the
river.
With the information Of 1.-The
Ra1eigh's'' fate, Cushing then per
sonally made an inspection of the
doomed ship.
DASHES TO SAFETY-Unable
longer to keep his prisoners, his
torians relate, he placed the men
aboard a boat without oars or
sails and set the boat adrift in
the river, leaving them to get
back to their lines as best they
could.
Cushing and his small command
then proceeded back down the rlv'
Zee CAPE FEAR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
PERSONNEL CHANGES
In AUDIT OFFICE TO
TAKE EFFECT TODAY

Changes in the personnel in the
county auditors office became eff
fective today
Two clerks received promotions
and one new clerk was added to
the staff. The changes were the
result Of the death August 10 OF
Thomas C. Ellers, veteran en-
ploye.
The position that formerly was
held by Mr.. Ellers went to Miss
Beverly Stokley, who has been a
clerk in the office for several
years. Replacing Miss Stokley
was Mrs. C. w. Wilkins. The new
clerk is Mrs. Mae B.. Stuart. re-
siding on rural route 2.
Changes in the personnel were
approved at yesterdays weekly
meeting of the New Hanover
county commissioners.
At the same time, "a resolution
of tribute and offering condol-
ences to the family, was passed
upon the death of Mr.. Ellers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
THREE Die WHEN
PLANE HITS HILL
Two Men, Woman Victims
OF Crash In Deer Can
Won On West Coast

BURBANK, Calf, Aug. 25-uPI
Two men and a woman were
killed today when an aerial sur
vey plane crashed in Deer canyon
of the Verdugo hills.
Firemen including Chief w. j.
Taylor of Burbank, who put out
several brush fires started by the
crash, reported finding the bodies
of the men and the torso OF a
woman. Parts of the smashed
plane, a converted A-26 bomber
which left Lockheed Air terminal
at $50 a. M, en- route East, were
scattered over a wide area.
The Fairchild Aerial Surveys,
Inc, of Los Angeles said the
plane was theirs. The company,
saying it had no knowledge OF a
woman being aboard, identified
the men as Harry D. TreadWay,
40, Los Angeles, the pilot and an
aerial map-photographer, and
Ivan Lee Angeloff. 25, mechanic,
of Hedgesville, Mont.
Their takeoff was by instrument
because of low visibility, Lock
heed terminal reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
CAMDEN OFFICIAL
RELEASED ON BOND
Register OF Deeds Faces
Charge OF Illegally Is
suing Licenses

CAMDEN, N. c., Aug. 25-R-
A Camden County grand jury re-
turned true bills on two charges
against Register 70 Deeds j. G
Etheridge for illegal marriage GER
tificates to two Norfolk Wa.)
couples.
Conviction of the misdemeanors
carries a maximum fine Of SOL
and costs Of the court and 80 days
in Jail or both.
Judge R. Hunt Parker Of Roam
oke Rapids, presiding, set bond al
81, 1000 for each count. and Eth
eridge made good bond.
The specific charges were tina
Etheridge issued marriage license:
at his South Mills home without
first requiring the couple to have
a general health certificate signed
by a physician.
It was charged that he Illegally
issued licenses to Phillip Krone
and Mildred Soles, both Of Nor
folk, Va, and to John T. Carpen'
ter and Nellie Lee Young, also Of
NGrfOlk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Most Grades Show Gains
OF So Over Friday
Sales

Price averages registered slight
gains for most grades as the fourth
week of sales opened yesterday on
the Border Belt flue-cured tobacco
markets of South Carolina and
North Carolina.
The variations ranged from
losses of SO for low lemon Jugs to
gains of So for low orange prim-
jngs, The Federal-State depart
ments of agriculture reported.
The increases were more nurner-
JUS for orange color tobacco in
all groups, while lemon color Of
ferings showed the majority of de-
clines.
Quality of the offerings was
about the same as that of Fridays
sales, The Marketing Reporting
service said, with low to good
See BORDER BELT On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
State Highway Patro]men Resign
AS Convict Flogging Aftermath;
France Vetoes Soviet Truce Plan
Security Council
Calls For Report
Career Consuls AT Batavia
To Furnish Indonesian
War Data

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. as. -R)
= France today vetoed a Russian
effort to set up an 11-nation truce
commission to check on the Sc
curity councils violated ~cease-fire
order in the Dutch-Indonesian con-
flict.
The council then went ahead and
took two alternative steps aimed
at settling the dispute:
l. The council rendered its good
offices to both sides and stood
ready, if asked, to assist in a set
Element through a council commit
tee of three members acceptable
to the disputants.
2. The delegates called on ca
reer consuls in Batavia to report
directly to them on what has hap
pened since the cease fire order
was issued here Aug. 1.
Ex-Premier sultan Sjahrir, rep
resenting the Indonesian Republic,
said "certainly'' the republic would
accept the offer of good offices.
Dutch Ambassador Eelco N. Van
Kleffens said he would ask his
government for instructions.
Alexandra Parodi, of France,
told newsmen he vetoed the Rus
sian proposal because it was a
question of competence" The
council still has to decide finally
on the controversial point whether
it has jurisdiction in the dispute.
It was the second French veto
in United Nations history and the
goth veto in all. Soviet Russia has
invoked the big power veto 10
times. The first French veto was
cast June 26, 1916, in the Spanish
case.
The council quickly approved a
joint Australian Chinese resolution
which called on career consuls of
security council governments to re-
port on the Indonesian situation
since the council called for the
cease fire "a days ago.
This means that the consular Of
ficers of Australia, Belgium,
China, France, Britain and the
See SECURITY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
B JUS OPERATORS
OPEN CONVENTION
t'ayor White To Greet
Delegates At Wrights-
vile Beach Tonight

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, Aug.
&-The second annual convention
of the North Carolina Bus associa-
ton will open here tomorrow night
at s o'clock.
Mayor E. L. White, of Whining
ton, will greet the delegates at the
Ocean Terrace hotel in the open
ing session d the three-day con-
vention.
Wednesdays session will be
highlighted by the nomination of
officers after the meeting is open
ed by Marshall C. Kurfees, execu-
tive secretary. j. Ed. Butler,
president, will preside over the
morning session which gets under
way at II o'clock in the Anchor
room.
The Safeway Transit company,
Wilmington, will be host at an in
formal tour of the beaches at 8
O'Clock.
Charles M. johnson, state
treasurer will speak at the ban
quet Wednesday night. He will
De introduced by Mayor E. L.
White.
Entertainment will include the
showing of the film "Plexiglass'
through the courtesy Of Rohm and
mass company, Philadelphia.
Music by an orchestra featuring
Little" Charlie Smith, Asheville,
is also scheduled.
The election OF officers will be
neld at II 8. m. Thursday, follow
ing a report OF the nominating
committee. A safety program to
os presented by N. Carl Bare
1905 safety director, Virginia MI
IUal Auto Insurance company OF
Alcnfnond is also on the scheule.
a social hour at 5 o'clock
thursday evening will be followed
oy a banquet in the dining room
N the hotel. Senator William B.
ofnpStead will speak at this ban
quet' James E. L. Wade, Whining
ION councilman is also scheduled
% speak to the Busmen at this
time.
entertainment will be furnished
Wy rat Ormsby with banquet humor
w radio stars Miss Erline King
and doe King and BrandyWine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
i. SECURING
Greek Unity
Dwight Griswold Urges
Sophoulis To Aid In
Political Crisis

ATHENS, Aug. 25-F-Dwight
p Griswold, administrator of the
United States aid program. visit
a. Themistokles Sophoulis at his
suburban home in Kiphissia to-
nioht and stressed the need for
no7itical unity if the American
mission is going to succeed, an
ou+horative source said.
The source said nc "pressure'
was put on Sophoulis, 80-year-old
Ioader of the main branch of the
Geek Liberal party, who stead
fsst]v has refused to join a coali-
tion government under Premier
designate Constantin Tsladaris,
chosen by King Paul to form a
new cabinet after the government
a. Premier Demetrios Maximos
fell last Saturday.
Griswold urged Sophoulis to aid
in achieving some sort OF solution
to Tsaldaris' problem in order to
eynedite the missions work, the
sonrce said. His visit came as
Tsaldaris appeared stymied in his
efforts to bring liberal party rep
resentation into a new cabinet.
sophoulis indicated, the source
said that he was willing that
~Tsaldaris' Populist party should
receive most Of the cabinet ap-
nointments if he would be named
premier.
Union Hinted .
Some political circles said such
an attitude expressed openly by
sophoulis might result in the
union of the two parties in a coal
ition cabinet. 1t is known that
Tsaldaris would be reluctant to
surrender the premiership, but
it was pointed out that he previous
" had offered Sophoulis the pres
idency of the Ministerial council,
while he held the top post. These
circles said Tsaldaris might agree
TO reverse the two posts.
Sophoulis was said to have told
G1,sNold that he was the only per
son in Greece whose name and
influence could persuade a mar
ioritv of Greek guerrillas to sur
render under amnesty terms.
Prior to Griswold's visit, Tsal-
daris' choice appeared to be mar,
rowing down to selecting a cabi-
net made UP exclusively from the
Right wing or of attempting &C
create a coalition group headed
by a COMPLIMENTARY figure
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Marine Flies Fastest
ManHaSEverFlOW
Fighter Ace Of World War II Pilots Red
Douglas Skystreak To New Unofficial
World Mark Of $50 Mile 90. Hour

MUROC ARMY AIRBAsE, CAL,
Aug. Is. -U.H- A Marine fighter
ace today flew the blood-rec
Douglas Skystreak faster than NJ
has ever flown before.
1t seemed certain that offic. (
films would show it had set a ne\
record of $50 miles an hour.
The present record of 64O.7 miles
an hour was set only five days age
in the same ship.
Maj. Marion E. Carl, who wor
10 aerial victories over the jap.
anese, laid the stubby-winged ship
almost on the lakebed in four
hammering passes through sim.
mering heat waves.
He was in the air only 10 min.
utes.
Carl, a veteran of nine years
service with the Marines, who
halls from Hubbard, Ore, poured
the tiny ship, which looks like a
scarlet cigar, into the 1853 mile
speed trap from 1000 feet in burn
ing dives which brought him as
close as 25 feet to the dry lake
bed.
With smoke pouring from the
tail cone, the scarlet craft swept
down upon the observers with I'm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
LUSH CALIFORNIA
LURES CANCSTERS
Governor Warren Says I'm
derworld Moving In On
Movies, Oil Wealth

SANTA Monica Calf. Aug. rs
P)-'There is no question about ii
-gangsters are moving in" tc
Lush California fields, Gov. Earl
Warren said today.
In Washington, Senator Downey
D-Calif) yesterday said Eastern
hoodlums are interested in the
great wealth of the state and that
leading citizens fear an outbreak
of gangster warfare.
There's no doubt in my mind
that Eastern gangsters r being
attracted by the great concentra,
ton of wealth in the film industry
and the oil industry" Warren told
a reporter. ut is obvious and it
is time we did something about
it.
cit is my belief that we have a
real gangster threat here and that
is why I asked the state legisla-
ture for authority to establish
crime commissions"
Approval for five crime proven
ton and investigation commissions
was granted by the last session OF
the legislature and on Sept. 10,
when he is empowered to do so,
the governor said he will name
the members of the commissions.
Concerning Downey's charges
that gangsters are "reported' en-
trenching themselves with police,
Warren said:
"I know of no such conditions
involving state law enforcement
authorities, and I have not been
informed that such conditions
exist in any municipality"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
And So To Bed

A Morning Star staff photog-
rapher gathered his camera,
film and bulbs yesterday MORN
ing and dashed off to Wallace
to snap a few shots of the open
ing sales On the Eastern North
Carolina tobacco belt.
Painstaking efforts we're
made by the lensman to get
Gust the right Shots" He
snapped his shutter no less
than seven times, packed his
camera and headed back to
Wilmington.
Arriving in the newsrOom, he
announced that he had page
n pictures"
The film was developed and
turned out to be a perfect
blank. No pictures and the
photographer C) wondered
why. The exposure was right,
the bulbs went off, the film
was fresh and the developer
was O. X. - Now what could
have happened?
He. checked the Gamer
There was the trouble. ]
focal plane shutter had +
closed and the cameraman
didn't notice. Net result - rs
miles driven, seven bulbs
ruined, seven pieces of film
wasted, and hundreds Of farm
ers disappointed. And one
downhearted photographer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Roy H. Owlsey Decries
disruption Of Cities
Rights By States

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, Aug
25-Return Of power to municipal.
ties is the crying need of the pres
ent day democracy in this nation
Taking away of power from cities
and turning it over to federal ano
state governments since about 1890
has throttled the development Of
training in citizenship.
That was the general theme last
night of Roy H. Owlsey, associate
director of the American Munich
pal association of Chicago, in E
banquet address to the more thar
80 delegates, families and friends
attending the annual state conven'
ton of the League of Municipalities
at the Ocean Terrace hotel here.
The speaker asserted that it 'be-
hoves cities to take stock of suck
relationships" with state and fed
eral governing bodies for "in suck
relationships they will find the
answer to the question whethe,
municipalities are to continue
serving as founded under the
American system or whether
municipal institutions are to be
swallowed up and eventually al
lowed to pass into oblivion"
Cradle OF Democracy
Speaking on the movement away
from municipal home rule in which
the Chicagoan said the state be
gan usurping power about 1890, he
declared that cit has been vel
said that the city is the cradle Of
democracy and that municipa
government is a training school fol
citizenship"
"But it can only be such if the
people of their own communitie:
are permitted and encouraged II
exercise a wide degree Of latitude
c. N6T1N1TCVDA AT. n i, Do no TwO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Kentucky Veterans Club
BOvcOttS New Fall buds

Ibe sent to other student-veteran
groups urging "al groups through
out the country to join us in this
fight"
eve want to EMPHASIZE" he
said, ''that we are not doing this
as a college stunt in the sum-
mer doldrums. We are deadly SER
ious when we say we think this
change of women's fashions is a
deliberate exploitation of the pub
lie at a time when our economy
demands that what little we can
afford to invest we must invest
in food, rent and the bare neces-
sites of life"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Navy Jet Propelled Ship
Takes Off In Heavy Sea

1t landed alongside the ship
three hours later in hazardous
seas" Lopez was transferred to
the Naval seaplane in eight min
utes, and the plane then made a
jet-propelled takeoff to surmount
the ocean swells.
Chief Pharmacist J.. H. .Ozley
attended Lopez on the return
flight, which brought the plane
back to its base early in the after
noon. Lopez was taken immediate
ly to the Naval base hospital for
the operation. The round trip took
six and a half hours.
One crew member observed that
such an air-sea rescue was $50
per cent skill and 70 per cent
luck"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26

HAMILTON, Bermuda. Aug. Is.
-Pe A U. S. Navy plane made
a jet-propelled takeoff eight min
utes after landing in heavy seas
1873 miles out in the Atlantic to-
day and flew a merchant seaman
here for an emergency appended
tony.
The plane, piloted by 1t. An
drew Sinclair took off at dawn.
Sinclair had assembled its crew
after the U. S. Naval base here
received a call from the S. S.
Eastern Guide, of the Prudential
Steamship Line, asking assistance
for Martin Lopez, Brooklyn, N.
Y, who was suffering acute APP
|pendictis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 25. -
R- The University Of Kentucky
Veterans club, feeling out the ma
ton on a boycott of the new fall
fashions, today called upon mar.
ried veterans not to buy them and
single veterans not to date girls
who wear them.
A resolution was adopted at a
meeting of the club rapplng the
long wear as an arbitrary change
in Styles and a deliberate at
tempt to exploit the public"
Darrell Hancock, president Of
the club, said the resolution would
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Corporal league
Signs Statement
Officer Admits 'Manhandl-
ing Captured Halifax
County Man

RALEIGH, Aug. 25.-R-Gov.
R. Gregg Cherry tonight announ-
ced that three highway patrolmen
had resigned in connection with
the elleged beating of a recaptured
white Halifax prison farm convict.
The governor said the three
men had surrendered to Sheriff
H. A. House of Halifax county and
had been formally charged with
assault.
He identified them as Cpl. c. l..
league, John w. Wilson and A. F.
Fields.
The convict, 45-year-old Claude
Gregory of Cleveland county.
claimed that ae was handcuffed
to a tree and beaten by officers
upon his recapture last Thursday.
He said the officers used saplings
and a cartridge belt to whip him.
An ivestigation was opened Sat
urday by Solicitor Ernest r Tyler
who said that several residents Of
Littleton reported seeing Gregory
carried into a woods by three
patrolmen. Later, they said, they
heard screams coming from the
woods.
Tyler said that an examination
of Gregory by DR.. Francis White
disclosed bruises about the back,
but no internal injuries.
"I'd rather be shot than take q
beating like that again." Gregory
said. Gregory, a white man, escap-
ed from the prison camp Wednes-
day. He was serving six to seven
years on a breaking and enter
ing charge after being convicted
in July, 1896
WINDSOR, Aug. 25.-(P0C.
L. league, who resigned hiy COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Municipal Chiefs Hear
Plea For Power Return
DAVID HARUM

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Aug.
rs. - up City Purchasing
Agent Ken Gardiner had no fear
today that anyone would argue
that the city couldn't afford it's
four new police cars.
The new cars cost the city
S5,248.72. Gardiner sold the old
ones for $5,249, making a profit
of % cents on the trade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
Tobacco Marts Open;
Border Belt Prices Increase
COPS ARE COPS

LITTLE ROCK, Aug. rs. -
(P)- Two Little Rock police
men pondered today whether a
sense of humor is an asset.
Officers O. A. Allen and Ju-
nior Newcomb drew three day
suspensions from Acting Chief
C. o. Fink for walking a stray
mule they'd picked up, up the
city hall steps, into police head
quarters and lettering him to
the desk sergeant's desk.