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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
GOVERNMENT ASKS
PEANUT CONTROLS
Agriculture Departm e n I
Takes This. Method To
Curb Production

WASHINGTON. July 18.-P)-
The government called today for
a return of peanut crop controls
to reduce production Of a crop
which helped the nation bridge. 8
serious shortage of food fats dur
ing the war.
Peanut production was expanded
sharply during the war as a
source of vegetable oil used in
shortening. salad oils and other
foods.
Stating that the food demand for
peanuts has declined since the emo
of the war and that a surplus may
be produced this year, the Agricul'
ture department proclaimed agri'
cultural adjustment agency mar
keting quotas for the crop to be
grown in 1913.
To be operative, the quotas mus
be approved by at least two-thirds
of the growers voting in a refern
dunn to be held not later than De
cember Is. A date for the 'feteren
dunn will be announced later.
The only other crop being prod
uced under the pre-War contro
program is tobacco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
PIEDMONT PLANS
SEPTEMBER START
airline Hires 10 Pilots In
Preparation For Ser
vice Here

Piedmont Aviation, Inc, OF
Vmston-salem, took another step
Yesterday in the completion OF
ssI.ns for airline service into Will
nlington.
Tom H. Davis, Piedmont presi-
kopnt. said 10 Pilots have been
hired and will be given extensive
ground school end navigational
training and within two weeks will
heein check runs to the port City
ina other points along the 1,75e
route which was awarded Pied
mont by the Civil Aeronautlcs
Board recently.
! Actual service will begin in ear
a]y September and will connect
S,om. 80 cities in six states.
/ Piedmont will Ey from Whining
Hon to Fayetteville Pinehurts,
Charlotte, Aheville, Tri-Cities'
Lexington and Louisville.
A second route from Moreheae
ACity, New Bern, Goldsboro, us
8,eieh. Greensboro. Winston-Salem
Lexington and Cincin'
hat and Louisville.
A third route will be from Gin
kinati to Charleston, to Roanoke
y~nchburg, Richmond and Nor
kolk and a fourth route from
Roanoke to Danville. Greensboro
Raleigh, Fayetteville and Viii
h.ington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
GROWERS TO PAY
AT WAREHOUSES
Tobacco Associates Board
Will Collect Assessments
At First Sale

RALEIGH, July 1s.@P)-An as
sessment of ten cents an acre vot-
ed upon themselves by the fiue-
cured tobacco farmers Of the Caro-
linas in a referendum last Satur-
day will be collected by ware
housemen when the growers make
their first sale this year.
This method of collection was
approved here today at a meeting
of the board of directors of To-
bacco Associates, Inc, which is
fostering a program "to promote
through organized effort the ex-
port sale of flue-cured tobacco"
After the first sale has been
completed, the warehousemen will
make a deduction, and they will
stamp on the allotment card OF
each grower the amount of assess
ment collected.
Should the collection not be
made for any reason on the first
sale OF the farmer, the assessment
will be collected at subsequent
sales, the Associates directors
ruled.
Applicable Everywhere
Not only is the levy applicable
in the flue-cured Carolinas, but il
also will apply where ever the
crop may be sold, with the ware
houseman of any non-assessmen1
See GROWERS IN Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
Speaker Raises Spectre
OF TOtalitarian Trend
H. W. Prentis, Jr., Says
Next Two Years MAY De-
termine U. S. Future

BLUE RIDGE, July 18-P)-A
past president Of the National AS.
ISOLATION of Manufacturers said
here tonight the next two years
may determine whether or not the
United States is to go totalitarian.
H. W. Prentis, Jr., president OF
the Armstrong Cork company Of
Lancaster, Pa, told the Southern
Conference on Human Relations in
Industry:
ut Is not too much to say what
the next II to "a months will prob.
ably determine whether this coun.
try is to remain a beacon light
for humanity On the long, hard
road to freedom, or whether we,
too, with the rest of the world.
are to be ultimately submerged If
the rising tide of totalitarianism.'
Urges Understanding
Urging more widespread under
standing Of the fundamental prin
ciples of this republic, Prentis de
clared. 1--WE have taken our free
dom for granted" while "a voca,
minority in our midst have beer
steadily undermining the founda'
tons of cur freedom for half Z
century,"
Collectivists, in the majority o.
cases kind hearted but short-sight'
ed men, he said, have been per
mitted "to befuddle the thinking,
arouse the covetousness, and de-
stroy the faith and self-confidence
Of great groups of u people who
now turn to that mythical being
the government, to solve their eco
nomic difficulties
Events of the past is years, Prem
tbs asserted, have followed close
ly after a pattern developed by I'D
vocates of attaining state socialism
by peaceful means.
He called upon the leaders 0,
business and industry to meet the
situation he portrayed by foster
ing better relations with employ
es. and taking a leading role il
public affairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
]. ]. RAY ELECTED
TO DISTRICT POST
VFW Delegates From Sew.
enth Honor Wilmington
Man AT Meeting

WHITE LAKE, July Isl. J.
Ray, veteran of World War II, of
Wilmington, today was elected
Seventh district commander of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
North Carolina, at ar organizations
al meeting held at Crystal Beach.
Other officers elected were: Wal
ter E. Lawing, Fayetteville post
No. $40, senior commander; J. H.
Hatcher, Whiteville post No. 8073,
junior vice commander; w. W.
Sass, Wilmington post No. 2573,
district quarter master; and the
Rev. C. w. Wallace, LumbertoI
post No. 1879, district chaplain.
Ray, who is a member of the
James A. Manly post No. 2573.
was a chief warrant officer in the
last war. He is employed in the
Bank of Wilmington.
Snead Speaks
Following the election of officers
a banquet was held at which time
Ed c. snead, of Wilmington, state
commander of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, made a brief talk
He outlined plans for the vet
Grams during the coming year.
During the afternoon the SC del
egates, representing the II posts
in New Hanover, Brunswick, Co.
lumbus, Fender, Robson, Cum
berland and Bladen counties, were
entertained with boat rides on
Crystal lake.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
P.M CRASH SETS
fW0PERS0NS AFIRE
Pilot Dies Instantly AS
Army Plane Hits Filling
! Station

u CARRIZOZO, N. NJ. July 10 -
4P-An Army P-80 jet plane crash
sd into { gasoline station here to
bay, killing the pilot and lnjurlnf
Five other persons.
Sheriff Nick Vega said two o:
the injured were burned critically
ss the planes fuel exploded ant
set fire to the station.
He named them as Joe Drake
about IS, and the eight-year-ole
Son Of Fred Dale, both living near
|by.
At March Field, Calf, ArmJ
Air base, the pilot was identified
p Capt, Floyd G. Soule, %, adju'
Pant Of the 73rd Fighter squadron
his widow, Hilda. and three chill
|b'en live in Riverside, Calf, ano
|hls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
h. soule in Free Soil, Mich.
soule was enroute from March
Iield to San Antonio, Tex.
The plane, which landed here
Two days earlier when its fuel rar
low struck the living quarters o
filling station operated by Al
pert Roberts at the North. edge
bf town.
Erupting flames envelopee
Drake and the Dale child almos
It once, Sheriff Vega said. He de
Fcrlbed their condition as critical
At least three others also were
AIKEN to a hospital here with less
injuries. One was a woman
MRS. Pick Warden, hit by a ligh'
Eruck abandoned by its driver il
Fhe excitement.
Vega said the plane had jus
Faken off from a highway aftel
fetueling at the local airport
where the runways were believed
foo short.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
TWO men INJURED
IN AUTO MISHAP
Eugene Owens, Richard
Peterson Crash Into
Moving Machine

Two young white men were
slightly injured yesterday after
noon about $3.50 o'clock when the
car in which they were riding
crashed into the rear of a parked
State highway department now
ing machine on the Carolina Beach
road. one mile south of Whining
ton, according TO Sgt. T. E. Cook
of the State Highway Patrol.
Eugene Owens, 10, Of Kelly,
driver Of the car. and Richard
Peterson, Of Washington, D. C..
were treated for head injuries at
James Walker memorial hospital
and released. Ovens was arrested
for reckless driving and released
on 5000 bond, Sgt. Cook said.
According to the investigating
officer the vehicle operated by
Owens was travelling north on the
Carolina Beach road and struck
the Highway department moving
machine, which was parked off the
hard surface. According to the
report. Ovens car was damaged
to the extent of $500. No estimate
Of rhe damage to the moving ma
chine vas made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
NEW BILLS COMPEL
REGISTRATION
Every EXCL Under As,
Would Have To Sign Up
Again, Paper Says

WASHINGTON, July 10. -(P)-
Every EXCL under 45 years of age
could be compelled to sign up again
with his Selective Service board
under bills which have been intro
duced into both houses of Congress.
The object, the Army Times will
say in a copyrighted story to-
morrow, sis to have 100, 900 men
available at reception centers with
in u hours and 1000, 600 men in
these centers within 80 days in the
event the nation must ever mobi-
lie again"
The identical bills were intro
duced by the heads of the armed
services committees, Senator Gurn-
ey R.-S.D.) and Rep. Andrews
(R.-N. ".
The Army Times, unofficial pub
LEGATION for service men, said that,
in effect, this is the administra'
tons ''only interim alternative to
a program of universal military
training"
Keep Card Index
Under the bill Selective service
would be required to prepare and
keep up a card index on all those
who served for "any period OF
time" between September 16. 1910
and March 81, 1947.
Anyone who would be As on OF
before December 81, 1947, would be
exempt from the requirement.
Anyone who failed to give the de-
sired information, when requested
would be liable to five years i'm
prisonment Or a $4,000 fine OF
both.
Since Congress is hustling to WING
up its business by the end of Mex
week there's little likelihood OF any
action on the bills at this session
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19

| Fail In Vote
Majority Leaders Miss
Override By Margin OF
Five: Martin Bitter

WASHINGTON, July ID - R
Warned that Russia's behavior
may lead to a 'blow-up" in Eu-
rope, the senate today upheld Pres
ident Truman's second veto and
killed the Republican backed bill
to cut taxes by S $4,000, 0oo, 600 for
40, OO0, 900 taxpayers.
A powerful Republican-Dem-
ocratic senate coalition rolled up
a 81 to So vote to override the
veto, but this fell five votes short
of the two-thirds majority required
by the constitution to upset a pres
idential objection to legislation.
Earlier, a similar house coali-
ton amassed a humping 299 to
1923 more than tWo-thirds-to
overturn the veto in that body. But
this saved the tax bill from the
scr5,, heap only long enough for
the senate to vote.
But as Mr.. Truman won his veto
battle, Republicans promptly toss.
ed the tax issue into the 1948 pres
idential campaign. Senate demo-
cratic leader Barley, of Kentucky,
responded: eff that be so, so be
it."
The president, in his veto mes
sage, pleaded thai congress kill
the bill because recent interna-
tional developments have exposed
this country to greater internation-
al risk. He declared:
Labeled Unsound
81 regard the present bill as I'M
sound and unsafe. I also regard 1t
as unfair"
Barley, just before the senate
voted, declared if the situation
elbows up" in Europe, the Ameri-
can people will be reluctant to buy
bonds to support this country in
another emergency if the govern
ment's credit is destroyed.
The democratic leader declared
Foreign Minister Molotov Of Rus.
STA lid "sabotaged" the Paris
conference on European rehabili
tation, and pleaded that the presi'
dents veto be supported in the in.
terest of "our own domestic econ
omy and our obligations to man.
kind"
Against Republican claims that
taxes can be cut 81, 900, 000, 900 in
1948, and S., 900, 600, 900 paid OF tho
debt at the same time. Barley
said he doubted that any debt pay
ment can be made next year if
taxes are cut now.
The 1948 presidential campaign
entered the House debate when
Chairman Knutson (R-Minn) Of the
Ways and Means committee, tax
! cut author, shouted: This prob
ably is the end Of hopes for tan
relief in 1948. We will let the great
tribunal, the American people. de-
eide whether they want tax reduc-
ton"
Martin Caustic
House Speaker Martin charged
the president had sent congress "a
political veto"
Martin issued a statement say
ing:
Millions Of hard working, thrift
See REPUBLICANS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
Bonnet Files
Paris Views
Ambassador Say. Confer.
ence May Endanger Mar
shall Plan Success

WASHINGTON, July 10. -(R)-
France served notice through her
ambassador today that a British
American decision now to revive
German industry might greatly
endanger" Europe's efforts to put
the Marshall aid plan into effect.
The envoy, Henri Bonnet, sub
mitted the French governments
views in an hour long conference
with Undersecretary Robert Lovett
at the State department.
Referring plainly to the tentative
agreement already reached by the
United States and Britain virtual
ly to double the present ceiling on
Western Germany steel production,
he told reporters afterward that:
'The Paris conference on the
Marshall plan is going very well
and is likely to produce results in
something like six weeks. But il
in the meantime France is faced
with decisions she cannot approve
the conference could be greatly en-
dangered."
Fears Future
He advised particularly that enc
discision should be made which
would create a "fait accompli'
accomplished fact) on Germany's
future during the conference which
would be sat the expense of the
security Of France and the other
neighbors of Germany"
Bonnet made his "demarche," as
he termed it, in the midst OF .
continuing stalemate between the
United States and Britain over sub
jects to be considered at a confer
ence called by Secretary Marshall
on means to increase the Ruhr's
coal production. If held, it is ex-
pected to open next week in Wash
ington. Bonnet stressed, however,
that France was not opposing sucn
a meeting.
Were all out tor digging the
coal, he Sdlu, Out iiOt w o'AiAS
it in Germany to make German
steel"
Adds Confusion
The French statement added con.
fusion to an already involved stu
alton over German production
which a London official termed to-
See BONNET On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
Along The Cape Fear

must have looked like the Tooner-
vile Trolley, that were pulled by
one mule.
Part of the route of this, line was
on South Fourth street.
Chadbourn wrote of his accident
that he had the 'distinction Of hav-
ing been run over by one of these
cars, The only result of this acct
dent being that his name appeared
in the Morning Star. To Chad
bourn's boyish mind, he noted,
that was quite an honor but his
parents did not feel that way and
as a consequence his street liberty
was curtailed for some time.
OTHER STREET CARS An
other street car line built by w. P.
Canady, sergeant at arms OF the
U. S. Senate and one-time mayor
of Wilmington, ran out to the end
of Market Street, now Seventeenth
street.
AS there were only a few homes
that far out the road did not pros
per. The stables for the mules
finally burned and that the lend
of the line" as Chadbourn put it.
The only successful trolley was
See CAPE FEAR - Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
PATTERSON QUITS
WAR DEPARTMENT
Kenneth Royal, Undersec-
rotary OF War Nominated
AS Successor

WASHINGTON, July IL - (H) -
Grizzled Judge Robert P. Pat.
terson quit his job of secretary
o. war today, ending . seven-year
government service which Presi-
dent Truman called 'magnlfi-
cent"
In a letter to the President, Pat
terson asked that the resignation
become effective not later than
rext Thursday. Mr.. Truman, ac-
cepting, Immediately nominated
Undersecretary CT War Kenneth
G.. Royal of North Carolina 70
succeed the New Yorker.
Patterson, a leading advocate Of
armed forces unification in the
long argument over that proposal,
told Mr.. Truman that he had wait
ed to resign until it appeared the
unification bill would become law
With that, he added, "the time
has come to lay down the duties
I have borne Cor seven years as
assistant secretary, undersec'
rotary and secretary of war"
Confidence Justified
Mr.. Truman, who once headed
the Senate's War investigating
committee, remembered Fatter
sons zeal as undersecretsry If
equipping the Army with the tools
to fight World War II. He wrote
Patterson that "how well you &C
quilted yourself in that vital task
is attested by the results" And
said the President, when Henry L
Stimson resigned Tin September
1945) and he appointed Patterson
to succeed him II was comfort
able in the knowledge that the ad
! ministration of the War depart
n,ent would be carried on with
the same zeal and efficiency tina
he demonstrated"
Royall said in q statement after
announcement Of P~atterson's res
ignation by the White House:
my appreciation to the Presl
dent for sending my name to the
Senate as Secretary of war is mix
ed with deep regret at the Wal
department and tie government
losing the services Of Judge Pat
~terson."
FOrrestal Statement
Secretary of the Navy Forresta
issued a statement On Patterson''
departure, saying:
Everyone in 6 m e n
whether in the executive or legis
lative branches, will share thu
Presidents expression Of profoune
regret at the resignation OF Rob
ert c. Patterson as secretary O
war. He has been a great public
servant"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
Woman Sues Drug Firm
Over Anti Rabies Serum

PHILADELPHIA, July 10 ~
A New Kensington, Pa, woman
filed a $3.50, 600 damage suit in
us. District court today against
a Philadelphia drug manufac-
turing company, charging that an
''anti-rabies vaccine" she used aft
er a dog licked a scra:cn on her
ankle produced partial paralysis.
The woman, Mrs. Helen G. Gov
ington, contends that a quantity OF
Wyeth, Inc, "anti-rabies vaccine"
which was used on her was con-
terminated W i tn "organisms,
germs and other ingredients
which rendered it unfit, unsafe
and unsuitable Tor the purpose for
which it was intended"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19

Her husband, Daniel, also is SUI
ing Wyeth, Inc, tor $50, 600.
Mrs. Covington said in her suit
that while she was living in Birm-
ingham. Ala, a neighbours dog
licked a scratch on her leg on
July 20, 1945. She said that the
dog died with rabies two days
later.
The New .Kensington woman
said she procured some OF The
Wyeth vaccine from the Hillman
hospital in Birmingham and had
DR.. j. C. Smith of that city ad-
minister it to her.
She contends that while the
paralytic condition diminished to
some extent she 10 still afflicted
with 1t.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
Frees Man Because
His Conscience Troubled

You have been disturbing my
sleep. I've been thinking of you
sitting in the county jail every
night for the past II days. How
do you like it over there?"
"It isn't tit for a dog out there
Secor replied.
Upon Secor's promise to get a
Job and pay the back alimony he
was released. Said Judge Lupe:
Tomorrow l start on my vaca-
ton. With Secor out OF jail I'll
be able to get a little sleep for
a change"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
Senate Sustains Tax Bill Veto;
Truman Names Air Policy Board;
French Fear Ruhr Coal "Parley"
Group Faces
Lengthy Task
President Charge. Five.
Man Panel To Make In
du.try- Wide Probe

WASHINGTON, July 10 - ~
President Truman selected a five
man air policy board today and
gave it the job of finding what
course Of action will bring 1.-The
greatest possible benefits from
aviation"
The aviation industry has dwin-
died since the war and Mr.. Tru-
man wrote the five appointees that
"1here exists a grave danger that
OH national security may be
jeopardized and our economic well
fare diminished through a lower
ed aircraft production and a failure
of the aircraft industry to keep
abreast of modern methods"
The five members, who are t.;
cover the whole aviation field, are
independent of military, manu-
featuring or transport aviation in
terests.
MI. Truman said there is al
urgent need at this time for ar
evaluation of the course which the
United States should follow in
order to obtain, for itself and the
world, the greatest possible bene
fits from aviation"
Board Personnel
The members Of the board as
signed to the job of making rec
concentrations before the end O.
the year are:
Thomas X. Finletter, New Yorl
attorney who will be chairman
George P. Baker, Harvard uni
versity transportation protessol
who will be vice chairman.
Henry Ford II, president of the
Ford Motor company.
Palmer Hoyr, publisher of thu
Denver Post.
Arthur Dare Whiteside Of New
York, president Of Dun Il Brad
street.
Mr.. Truman told t he boart
specifically to study:
/. Current and future needs o
American aviation, including eorl
mercial flying and utilization o
transport planes by the military
2. The nature, type and extern
of aircraft and air transportatio,
industries desirable or essentia
See GROUP On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
And So To Bed


A newly wed couple we're
leaving the home Of the groom
recently.
The groom walked around
to the opposite side Of the
car to open the door for the
bride. He also had a couple Of
friends along with him.
As he made his way back TO
the drivers seat, he looked a
the rear end of the car WHICH
had Gust Married." inscribed
on the windows.
Then, with a very odd express
sion, he said, and we quote,
"Loose talk caused this"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
BROKEN LEG PROVES
mo HANDICAP; WHEN
MAN SEEKS FREEDOM

PHILADELPHIA, July 10 -P)-
They brought 21-year-old Joseph
Morrison from prison to the Phil
adelphia General hospital today tc
have a cast removed from his leg.
He was seated on a bench along
side other patients. Finally an at.
tendant called out Morrison is
next"
But he wasn't there. They found
his crutches beneath a 12-foot
wall.
Morrison was being held to1
questioning in connection with
several New Jersey robberies. He
was captured following a police
chase in which his ankle was
broken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
|TOWN COMMISSIONERS
MAY ISSUE WARRANTS
FOR LICENSE EVADERS

CAROLINA BEACH, July 18.-
The town board of commissioners
here tonight warned all persons
operating businesses on the beach
to purchase their licenses immedi-
ately.
In a special meeting, the baord
voted unanimously to issue war
rants, not later than noon Monday,
against all persons operating bust
ness here who have not purchased
their town licenses, it was an
.nounced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19

CHICAGO, July 10 @-Be-
cause a Superior court judge
couldn't sleep at night from
worrying over a Jail sentence he
imposed on a war veteran for be-
ing behind in alimony payments,
Harold Secor was free today.
Judge John J Lupe sentenced
Secor, IS, II days ago to a six
months Jail sentence on charges
Of molesting his wife, Stella, 49,
ard for being $325 behind in sup
port.
Today Judge Lupe told Secor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-19
The Weather

FORECAST
North Carolina: Considerable cloudi
tsss' warm and humid with scattered
lowers and thunder storms Saturday
reoming partly cloudy North and Yves
lions Saturday afternoon, cooler Sat.
Iaady night. Sunday fair with moderate
Fernperature.
Eastern Standard Time)
thy U. s. Weather Bureau)
chronological data for the "a hour!
wing 1880 pm. yesterday.
ia. Temperatures
NV am, rs; 1880 am. rs; 1880 pm. 80
msXlmum 80; Minimum 10; Mean IS
.m NV am, 50. 1880 am. SO; 100 pm. rs
r,.. Precipitation
.n Tor "a hours ending T:30 pm
La ga since the first Of the month =
IT,, Tides For Today
ol the Tide Tables published by
coast and Geodetic Survey.
Filnir, High Low
Hasonbou. 1l:17 pm. 5:41 pm
A0ofo Inlet 1886 am. 24s5 am
s1n,;,. 9:04 pm. 2:39 pm
R,vsn ".; Moonset 500 pm.
am sage at Fayetteville. N. c., a
Friday. 90 feet.