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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
CARMEN PLEASES
LOCAL AUDIENCE
New York Civic Opera
Company Ends Series
Here With Matinee

Bizet's Carmen came very neal
to an untimely death at its initial
performance, when prudes in the
audience, and they yer uppe"
crust prudes. too, held handker-
chiefs to their eyes and demanded
that they be led from the house.
For shame! Such immortality was
%intolerable.
1t took hard work indeed to per-
'suade the populace Of Paris to wit
ness a second showing, and then
only when the critics assured the
people there was nothing in the
opera that was not happening under
their noses, so to speak, but with
the characters changed, and that
the music was pretty good.
1t was fortunate for succeeding
generations that the p~udes were
thrown for a loss. The world would
have been poorer if they had kicked
goal.
C~~~oe~f was heard by a fairly
large audience in the New Hanover
High School. auditorium yesterday
afternoon. AS with the Two OPERAS
sung by the New York Civic Opera
COMPANY in the same hall on Sat
urday. the performance was spon.
sored by the Junior Chamber Oh
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
Rand RECEIVING
$5o3FR0M DRIVE
Shrine Chairman Thanks
Public For Cooperation
In Paper Campaign

A total of S503.40 was realized
from the SO and one-half tons OF
scrap paper collected in the drive
yesterday sponsored by the Shrln-
ers Of New Hanover county for
the benefit of the New Hanover
High school band. George H. Brin-
son, chairman of the drive commit
tee, said last night.
Forty trucks. manned~b by Shrin-
ers and high school students, were
in operation and covered the
city almost simultaneously yester-
day morning. The Office and re-
ceiving rooms wee kept open until
p. M, but rs per cent of the
paper collected was checked in
by noon, Crimson said.
The money derived f tom the sale
Of the paper will be used TO pur-
chase the 20 additional uniforms
needed for members Of the high
school band, and the remainder
will be. used for other band equip
ment and travel expenses.
BrinSon. VINO termed the drive
very successful'' said that the
Shriners wished to thank the
puolic in Wilmington, the sub
urbs, Carolina Beach and Wrights-
Vile Beach, for, their cooperation
III giving the paper and having it
READY when the trucks came
around"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
Big Question
Mark Looms
| On Slash
Senator Know
Savings Apple, So
National b rs
KNUTSON, CONFIDENT
Proposal For $4,5O0 900,
900 Cut In Truman Bud
get Gaining Favor

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -(P-A
huge question mark was raised
ahead of the COP 20 percent tax
program tooay as Sena-
tor Knowland (R-Calif) announced
he will offer a resolution requiring
a S 3 5000, 900, 900 payment on the
debt before any taxes are cut.
simultaneously, however, Chair
man Knutson (R-Minn) of the
House Ways and Means committee
went on the radio to voice on
fidence the tax-framing group will
approve this week his House BILL
No. l for a 20 percent cut "across
the board.
Indications appeared t.lst the
Senate on Wednesday will vote TO
limit to 81, 500, 600, 900 the slash in
President Truman's s. sou, GOO 90
budget for the year starting July
l, overturning the Sc, 90, 900, 900
cut voted Friday by the 1O2-mem-
Der House-Senate Budgetary ON
mittee.
Knowland told reporters he will
offer an amendment to the budget
ceiling resolution calling for a
payment "of at least 3 5000, 000,-
000' on the debt out of any saw
ings.
For Debt Purposes
With the 81, 500, O00, 900 revenue
anticipated from continuation OF
high wartime excise levies, which
Mr.. Truman did not count on IN
his estimates. Knowland said
there should be somewhere be-
tween So, 900, 600, 900 and So, DOC, 0Oo,-
900 for tax reduction after the
debt payment.
81 never nave believed taxes
could be cut as much as 2 per
cent" the Californian said. j do
not propose to %foreclose tax relief,
but we must establish a sinking
fund policy for debt retirement.
"We now have this staggering of
the government. 1t is incumbent
on the Congress to start reducing
this debt. Three billion dollars a
year is certainly a minimum"
Knowland offered the So. 00O, 0O0,-
00O debt payment proposal to the
budgetary committee, losing by a
arrow 80 to "a vote. He voiced
confidence the Senate would ap-
prove it.
House May Approve
There seems little doubt the
House will go along with the Bud
getary committees recommend
alton for a S31, 500, 900, 900 ceiling,
despite the opposition of 10 Dem
ocratic committee members who
issued a minority report yesterday
in protest.
But in the Senate, a proposal
for a 81, 50O,0 900. 900 slash. spon-
sored by Chairman Millikin R-
Colo of the Finance committee,
appears to be gaining favor. This
chief Senate objection to the
higher figure is directed toward
it's estimated 81, 750, 600, 900 reduc-
ton in Army and Navy a%ppropri-
ations.
Failure of the two chambers to
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
$4,000 CANADIAN
MINERS WALK OUT
Half Oh Nations Coal Pro-
duction Stops As Men
Strike Over Wages

OTTAWA, Feb. l6-P)-Thirteen
thousand miners in Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick coal fields
were on strike tonight, hating hall
of Canada's coal production.
The walkout came after repre-
sentatives of the United Mine
Workers of America and the com
panies involved failed to come to
an agreement at a conference
staged by the Canadian govern
ment a few hours before a Sat
midnight deadline.
The negotiations collapsed over
the question of how 81 of a $1.40-
a-day raise above the basic daily
rate of 1914 for the miners was
to be granted. Union representa-
tives rejected a proposal that the
81 increase should be put into eff
feet gradually on the basis of in
creased production per man.
Proposed originally by the Do
minion Coal Co., which employs
the bulk of the miners in the mari.
time provinces, this type of. raise
was endorsed by a federal con
citation commissioner and was
laid before the conference by the
Canadian government.
But it is not possible, Labor
Minister Humphrey Mitchell sale
later in a statement, to find a
basis of compromise between the
conflicting positions Of the parties
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
SAILORS
CLASH WITH JEWS
Several immigrants
Wounded Aboard Refugee
Ship Off Bat Yam Sunday

JERUSALEM, Palestine, Feb. Is
-UP-Several Jewish illegal immi-
grants were wounded and two
jumped overheard today when the
refuge ship Herouth carrying $50
immigrants to Palestine was board
ed by bluejackets from three Brit
ish destroyers off Bat Yam, six
miles south of Tel Aviv.
The two refugees who leaped
overheard were picked up and re-
turned to the ship after resistance
was quelled. The Herouth Gree
DOM, which had been renamed the
Anonymous Immigrant" was then
turned toward Haifa, where the de-
portation transports Empire Hey
wood and Ocean Vigour are wait
ing to take the immigrants to Cy-
prus.
British Navy source said the
vessel was directed by the Jewish
underground army Haganah but
they denied it was c%aptained by
an American and carried an
American crew.
However, another immigrant ship
manned By americans and sponsor
ed by the Peter Bergson. group,
the Hebrew committee for national
liberation, was reported at sea
heading for Palestine.
Barker Attacked
The clash at sea was followed by
an Irgun Zvai Leumi broadcast
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
AIR FORCE MEN
HELD MURDER
Five Enlisted Men Run
Amok Near Tokyo, Beat
Five Japs To Death

TOKYO. Japan, Feb. 16 -U.H-
The Army announced today that
five enlisted men of the Fifth
United States Air force, apparent
ly crazed by liquor, ran amok in
a town near Tokyo, beat five ci-
villains to death and injured 20
more.
1t happened on January 81. Maj.
G.. M. Sullivan, public relations
officer for the Far East Air forces.
said he had not announced the in
cident earlier, because it had not
been called to his attention. y
Z, He said the soldiers were all in
the Eighth Army stockade, charg-
ed with murder and would SOC
be tried by a general court mar
tial. He identified the soldiers as
Cpl. Willard L. Grooms, Pfc. Carl
J. Halvada. Cpl. George E. Craig,
Pfc. Rosey W. Harper and Pvt.
Edward w. Smith. Their home
addresses were not given.
Shoot Up Town
Sullivan said the soldiers are al
legged to have run amok, appar-
emily under the influence OF
liquor" and shot up the town of
Hachioji, west of Tokyo. Japanese
police said, however, that there
was no shooting, that the five her
-four japanese and one Korean
were beaten and dubbed to death.
The police said the soldiers had
been drinking and first got into a
fight with a group of Japanese be-
hind the open-air black market
stalls near the Hachoiji railway
station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
FIRST OF SECRET
ESTSCONDUCTED
Camp Davis Rocket Pro
gram Gets Underway
On Schedule

Major A. E. Holdt, Marine Corps
olleer in charge of safety regu-
lallons at the Camp Davis secret
weapons site, disclosed last night
alal the first Of the series of fir
M.gs to be conducted by the Navy
mere was performed on schedule
Yesterday.
Yesterdays testing operations
een'ered about rockets, with the
,eSuits attained to be used in the
NsVys future weapons program,
holdt last week released a warn
ns 10 travellers in the area con-
eefhlng the section classified as in
"e Danger zone during the month
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
LILIENTHAL WILL
STAY WITH RACE
Friends Say Truman Nomi.
nee Won't Quit Under
Fire; Battle Looms

WASHINGTON. Feb. Is. -U.H1
Sources close to David E. Lilentha]
said tonight that he won't quit
under fire" in his fight for confir.
nation as chairman of the Atomic
Energy commission, a bitter bat
tie which 10 Senate Republicans
may decide.
Senate members of the joint
atomic energy committee hope to
complete hearings on the nomina-
ton by Friday and clear the way
for the showdown vote on the
Senate floor next week.
Reports persisted meantime that
the committeeman may ask Lilien-
thai to withdraw voluntarily, but
friends Of the one-time IVA chair
man said they would hit a stone
wall.
"Lilienthal has never pulled out
of a fight" they said. He just
doesn't quit under fire and he
has President Truman's full sup
port.
An informal United Press poll
showed that the pro-Lilienthal
Senate bloc now has 46 members
- two short of the total needed to
assure confirmation if all 96 Sena-
tors are present and vote. They
include SO Democrats and Is Re
pub1icans.
Many Tentative
But many of the COP. mem,
bers of the bloc are considered
''tentative." They emphasize that
they may decide to vote against
Lilienthal latter studying the stu
alton" Since many powerful GOF
leaders are spearheading the fight
against confirmation. they con-
ceivably r under pressure to fol
low the leader" and may switch
over to the opposition.
Sen. Charles W. Tobey. R., N. H
one of three influential members
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
Along The Cape Fear
READER WRITES

READER WRITES - Yesterday
we received a letter which speaks
FOR itself:
1T waSswith much interest that
read the letter in your Column
asst week with references to the
age limit on children entering the
first grade at school.
This is of vital concern to me
as we have a son born eight days
after the dead1ine of October 1st,
as I understand it.
1T is generally agreed by every
one that children a.e much smarter
today than they were years ago,
still 1 entered the first grade when
l was only five and one-half.
TT seems to me that any child
whose birthday comes before jan
uary 1st should be eligible to enter
the first grade that fall befo:e his
sixth birthday.
If a child can receive the nee
essay education at one of the
kinde gsrtens to qualify him to
enter the second grade, why can't
Inc receive that same training IN
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17

the first grade of our grammar
schools?
g" wish our representatives
would give their support to a new
ruling on this she concludes.
SIGNED AND ALL - The read
er kind enough to write the
above letter signed her name
and gave her full local address,
then added a request that we re-
frain from use Of her name. SucA
a request Along The Cape Fear is
always happy to grant if the letter
is signed and We know by whom
it was written:
We feel that if the writer does not
think enough of his or her own let
ter to sign his or her name TO It,
then we'll cooperate with him Or
her by not using it.
The above letter raises two I'M
portant questions.
In the first place the writer
knows that the rule which sets
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
ITALIAN CRACK UP
TAKES II LIVES
American Merchant Among
Victims OF Plane Disaster
In Tyrrhenian Sea

ROME, Feb. 16-(P)-The Italian
Air Ministry released today the
list Of II passengers and six crew
men killed yesterday when a Sa-
voia-Marchetti transport owned by
the ministry crashed in the Tyrrhe-
MAN sea while IN route from Rome
to Cairo.
Among those listed as killed were
Anina Anem Barontz, Identified
as a relative of King Farouk OF
Egypt, and Phillip Prescott Mar
ion, said to be a United States
merchant. Officials were not GER
tain that Marion was the correct
surname. No bodies were recover
ed.
Other foreign passengers we're
listed as SAINT Bancac, French
newspaper correspondent; Mrs.
Albina Hecox; Ivette Martinelll,
French citizen; Sahab Almas Bey,
director of the Egyptian academy
in Rome; and Clan Caron, COM
panion of King Farouk's relative.
The other passengers and the crew
men were Italians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17

After some M r STUDY,
which he has promised to maSe.
Senator Taft will. n may hope.
wish to revise his Lincoln Day
speech. For if this is meant to De
a statement, or even a prevleW'
of what he thinks American eco
nomic policy should be in the post
war period. then it is tair to say
that it contains no hint of a sug-
session that he has begun to face
up to the hard facts Of the still
alton. Yet in the field of domest'c
nolicy he is the most powerful IN
dividual in the United States.
'sThe problem Of stability, ne
said. seems to me to rest p1lmar-
ily on a continuing balance be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
County Health Offic.
er's Report Will Deter
mine Cause

Thee persons are dead and four
others i'll after dining at the same
local boarding house Sunday.
According to Coroner Gordon
Doran, a chemical used in max
ing a potato pie of which all seven
had eaten as desert was believed
to be a contributing factor in
the deaths of the pair and the sub
sequent illness of the others.
Ap autopsy will be performed
on the bodies today by DR.. A. H.
city-county health officer,
in an effort to determine the
cause of the deaths.
Ira G. U%pchurch, 63-year-old resi-
dent of 314 South Second street,
died in James Walker Hospital
early last night and later in the
night Mrs. Lucy Blizzard succuInb-
ed at 6I5 South Second street.
The third fatality was Mrs.
Myrtle Page, who less than an
hour before her death at 1920 this
morning told Coroner Doran how
she and about eight others had
eaten Sunday dinner at the board
ing house of Mrs. w. A. Hundley,
6l5 South Second street.
Doran, who had gone to the
boarding house late last night tc
investigate the death of Mrs. Biz
zard, said that shortly after he
had talked with Mrs. Page she
collapsed in the hallway.
Mrs. Page was rushed to the
James Walker Memorial hospl-
tai but died while enroute.
The coroner said that the others
who had eaten the pie were round
ed up and carried to the hospital
where they will be kept for oh
servation.. One of the group re
fused to go to the hospital, Doran
said.
Classed as seriously ill by the
coroner was James Newell, while
three others. Fred Lovette, Ear
Martin and a Mr.. Crowley suffered
i'll effects after eating the pie, but
their condition was not described
as serious.
Mrs Hundley, at whose house
the men were boarding, told Doran
that she added what she belleVeo
to be sugar to the pie when max
inc it. The chemical was in a bag
marked sugar and she said it hao
been given to her at an earlier
date and told it contained powder
ed sugar.
The coroner stated that it was
his opinion that the chemical sub
stance contained in the pie may
have been the contributing fac
tor" in the death ami illness O.
the pGTSUllS, Uut liz SO 49,
if it was lethal.
Up;church is survived by two
sons. John Upchurch OF CLINTON
and Marion Upchurch, U. S. Army,
stationed in Florida: one daughter,
Mrs. Dosher Ruark, Wilmington;
two sisters, Mrs. w. D.. Beale
Wilmington, and Mrs. Mamie Fe'
rec. Palatka, Florida; two hal
brothers, Pearson Upchurch. Ra
leigh, N. c., and Everett Upchurch
Washington, D. c.; two half sisters
Mrs. Ada U. Howard, Alexander
Va. and Mrs. Lima Upchurch. Nor
Va.
Funeral arrangements will b.
announced later by Andrews Mort
uary.
Funeral arrangements have no
been announced for Ms. Blizzar'
and Mrs. Page.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
SO To Bed

During yesterdays perform
ance of Carmen" shortly af-
ter the curtain was raised On
the third act, an announcement
was made to the effect that the
male lead, Don Jose, was
stricken with Cramps" and
would be unable to appear i'm
mediately.
The curtain was closed for a
few minutes, then opened. Don
Jose was on the stage.
Actually he had been busy
with a photographer during the
intermission, and failed to
change costumes in time. When
his turn came, he was dressing
across the areaway in another
part of the building.
Don Jose may have had
Cramps" all right; but, the
stage manager was having an
acute case Of "apOplexy" and
there was nothing "phony"
about it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17

was the major crop at the present
time. the agricultural picture is
growing in diversification with the
passing of the years.
According to the broadcast
northern interests from New .Jer-
sey and Maryland are clearing
land and planting blueberries and
tomatoes. It is estimated that over
thirty acres of tomatoe plants will
be seeded Oh farms near South
port this year. offering an off-sea-
son revenue to residents. as well
as a new money crop.
Brunswick county is really
where the tropics begin. Bald
Head Island, jutting far out to-
wards the Gulf Stream, is the last
northern outpost of s~ubtropica]
vegetation along the eastern sea.
board Due to the fertility of the
SOIL and the ideal climate there
r few crops that cannot be pro-
oueed in the county.
Spotting towns and historic
places throughout the county, the
program opened with a visit to the
lay-up basin. Quoting an interview
with Captain A. G. Ford super
lntendent of the Inhalation, the
program stated the basin is now
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Feb. 16
L. Mallon Of New York,
president of the National Automo-
bile Dealers association, said IN
an interview today that there is
crooably a potential market now
To- 30. OO0, 600 rev cars
Here for the opening tomorrow
of the two-6ay. Both annual con-
vention of the association. Mallon
nredictei that there is little llkell-
hood Of a rapid reouction OF new
car prices. but that used car
prices are. going to decline"
He said he was hopeful that at
least 1900, 900 automobiles would
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
Killed In Plane
Crash In Columbia
CHARRED BODIES
FOUND IN RAVINE
c With Five Americans
Aboard Hits Mountain
Top Near Bogota

BOGOTA, Columbia, Feb. Is Up
Police search parties penetrat-
ed 4 deep ravine today and found
the So charred, mangled bodies
of the passengers and crew men,
bers of a Colombian Avianca Air
liner who persisted yesterday in
commercial aviation's greatest
disaster.
The fo%ur-engined DC-D crashed
into the sheer side of 9,0O0-foot Ell
Tablazo cliff, 80 miles Northwest
of Bogota, yesterday afternoon on
a 500-mile flight from Barranquil-
la to Bogota, killing 40 passengers,
including at least five Americans,
and four crew members, two of
whom were United States citizens.
The policemen, roped together to
make the difficult descent to the
bottom of the ravine which lies at
the base of Ell Tablazo, said they
found bodies and wreckage of the
giant air liner scattered all along
the bottom of the grim chasm.
Removal of the bodies began al
most Immediately. Policeman Jose
Rubio located the first body, sum-
moned the district coroner to
enter the ravine, wrapped it in q
tarpaulin and had it hoisted to
aides at the top of the gulch.
Other bodies then were removed
in the same manner. Because o.
the difficulty of the task, the police
men estimated it would be tomor
row before all bodies had beer
removed. They will be taken tx
Bogota for funeral services Or pos
sible transshipment to other lands
The plane struck almost at the
pinnacle of FL Tablazo, exploded
and fell 1000 feet. Great section!
of the Douglas plane yer scatter
ed widely over the area. Although
some wreckage was found witt
the bodies in the chasm, othel
pieces were blasted S o far away
that planes were used to search
for them.
Carlos Henao Blanco, n of thu
first persons to reach the scene
of the crash, which lies 10 mile!
from the nearest village, Suba
choque, said:
I'VE could see a tire of the PLAN
and some burned clothing. Their
were three Women's shoes am
some children's shoes. To the left
in a ravine, we could see on
engine. Far away We saw a par
of the fuselage, about 200 meter
approximately $50 feet) below.
was impossible to go down unles
with ropes. There vas a stron
smell of charred flesh
The company said Pilot Kennel
Poe and co-pilot Roy Kaye wer
citizens Of the United States. TIL
other two crew members wer
Colombians.
The American passengers Wer
identified as:
Beno Slesin Of New York city,
motion picture distributor TO
United Artists.
w. L. Wohn, a retired U. S. Arm.
colonel who served with the Al
Transport command of the cor
%struction department of Tropica
Oil company.
H. A. Burton of st, Charles, Mo,
coordinator of North American per
sonnet of Tropical Oil company.
Carl HUFFMAN, an official O
Texas Petroleum company.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-17
SPECIAL PROGRAM
OUTLINES FAITHS
Brotherhood Week Pro-
gram Presented In Court
house Sunday


The local obresvance Of National
Brotherhood Week was officially
opened yesterday afternoon with a
public meeting held in the Super
Tor Court rooms which featured
speakers of three faiths, Protes-
tantism. Judaism, and Catholic
ism.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Wilmington Unit of the Ma
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews, and the program was
under the direction of Miss Vir-
-ginia Ward. Approximately 1875
people were present.
The three speakers, all students
of New Hanover High school, were
introduced by Sara Kay Jordan,
who presided over the meeting,
and stressed the fact that the
spirit of brotherhood should con-
tinue over the whole year, not just
one week.
Lorraine D'Lugin, in speaking of
the Jewish faith, emphasized the
fact that Judaism stood for the
fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man, and that the Jewish
religion gave to the world the
story of creation and the sabbath.
The Jewish family always OBJ
serves the sabbath together, she
said.
Jimmy Brown. speaking on
Catholicism, said that the Catholic
church teaches the young people
to glorify God through obedience
to Gods laws, and emphasized
the fact that all Catholics are
taught to obey the ten command
ments. In order to build a better
world for mankind, he said, the
ten commandments must be obey
ed by everyone.
Richard Galphin, VINO spoke on
Professionalism, said that Protest
ants we're in favor of a peaceful
way of life based on Christ's teach
ing of brotherhood. From the time
the Protestant child is in Sunday
School, he is taught the teachings
of the Bible, he said, such as the
story of the good Samaritan which
brings out the idea of brother
illness. He also said that he felt
religion taught that all mankind
are brothers and should live to-
gether in peace and harmony.
Russell Caudill, executive secre-
tary of the Y. M. C. A., summar-
lied the three talks and gave his
personal testimony of the value
of respect for people of all faiths.
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