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Evening star., 1947-05-12
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Evening star., 1947-05-12
Committee Approves Wurne

The Senate Public Lands Com
mittee today approved President
Truman's nomination Of William E.
Warne to be Assistant Secretary of
the Interior. Mr. Warne now Is
assistant reclamation commissioner
Evening star., 1947-05-12
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
NURSE SHOOTING
REMAINS MYSTERY
Police Question Duke
Victim Who Throws NJ
Light On Crime

DURHAM, April %. -R- Miss
Sue Taylor, 26-year-old Duke hos
pltal nurse VIII last Wednesday
nigh was shot in the back by an
unidentified assailant, today when
questioned for the first time by
detectives but was able to give one
clue which might trap the gun
man.
Detective c a t. E. r. Leary,
who with Detective W. B. Julian
bad a brief session with the vic
tim of T h e Duke garden crime,
said that the nurse, while slowly
recuperating, remains in serious
condition land is very nervous"
I'VE didn't want to worry her
any more than necessary, but just
wanted to get her acclimated to
talking with police. We excpect to
question her further soon,' Leary
declared. He added that Miss
Taylor was being fed glucose in
travenously when they visited her
hospital room.
The officers saidt hat her story
concerning the incident conceded
with that offered by o. B.
Williams, Duke medical school
student who was with the nurse
at the entrance to the gardens
when the tall and blond-haired"
bandit accosted them. Williams
was robbed of his wallet which
contained So in cash plus miscel-
laneous cards and a photo, and
his wrist watch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
Compromise
MayWork0ut
Secretary Reveals Portion
Of His Conversation
With Soviet Leader

WASHINGTON, April 28-W.D-
Secretary of State George c.
Marshal tonight blamed the Soviet
Union 4or failure of the Moscow
conference but revealed that
'Generalissimo Josef Stain thinks
compromises on all the major Ger
man issues will be possible.
In a radio report to the Ameri-
can people on the seven-week meet
ing of the council of Big Four
foreign ministers, Marshall re-
vealed a portion of his conversa-
ton with Stain at their meeting
in the Kremlin on April IS.
Stain told him frankly that he
didn't think any great success"
would be achieved at the Moscow
meeting.
Marshall's report included an
introduction and a summary and
covered the major Moscow issues
pertaining both to Germany and
Austria .
VAN SNAillldAy IlC llOL ODlV
blamed the Soviet delegation for
making agreement impossible but
sharply criticized the Soviet dele
CATION for using the conference for
propaganda appeals to passion
and prejudice rather than using
appeals to reason and understand
ing.
He also sounded a hopeful note
Tor the future by saying that. de-
spite disagreements and difficult
ties encountered, possibly great
er progress towards final settle
ment was made than is realized"
He thought this because critical
~ol1ferences among the powers
now stand clearly defined"
He said the United States would
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
Along The Cape Fear

ed and marched to the drill
ground, which was located on Mar
ket street between Seventh and
Eighth.
Two veteran commanders Of the
militia of the district, General
Lewis H. Marstellar and General
Alexander MacRae, were present
and addressing the young men,
urged them to volunteer for the
war.
FILTERS - The drummers and
filters were ordered to march
down the line and volunteers were
ordered to fall in behind them.
History says sit was an exciting
moment, and those who WITNESSED
it could always recite every de-
tail"
MILITIA FORMED-When the
companies had been formed they
were placed under the command
of Capt. William j. Price. They
embarked on the steamer Gov
ernor Dudley" for %Smithvil]e
(Southport) to await t%ransporta
ton to Mexico. They saw service
in Monterey, Euena Vista and
Pa1o Alto.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
Charges Firms
Seek To Break Unions
NFTW President Believes
However, That Strke
Picture Clearer

WASHINGTON, April 2S-W.D-
Union Leader Joseph A.. Beirne
charged tonight that Bell Tele-
phone officials have rejected gov
eminent proposals to end the
phone tie-up in the hope Of de-
stroying organized labor in the
telephone industry.
Beirne, president of the striking
National Federation of Telephone
workers, spoke on a network
broadcast MutuaD after key ne
gotiations broke off for the day
after what conciliators termed a
"stormey session."
Bargaining was to be resumed
at II a. m. (EST) Tuesday. 1t
was reliably reported that COM
pany negotiators may be ready to
back down from their previous
refusal to make wage offers.
Beirne has said nothing else will
end the walkout.
When a company refuses all
offers Of a union and refuses to
consider all proposals for settle
ment made by the Cancellation
service it leaves only one answer"
Beirne said. THE companies are
out to break the back of organized
labor in the telephone industry"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
U. S. ARMY BUSHES
AID TO CARRIS0N
D~isgruntled Liberian
Natives Imperil Detach-
ment AT Roberts Field

FRANKFURT, Germany, April
% -UI-U. S. Army officials an
nounced today that a detachment
of Is men is being flown to Rob-
erts field, Liberia, West Africa, to
assist a garrison of five American
soldiers threatened by a group of
300 disgruntled natives.
The detachment includes two
officers and II enlisted men, the
announcement said. They left
Wiesbaden by plane today in re-
Spouse to appeals tor help.
The Army announcement said
the natives formerly were en-
ployed at the base, Roberts field,
one of the chain established by
the Air Transport command dur
ing the war, but were laid off at
the end OF March when the field
was closed.
After their discharge the ma
tives began to create difficulties,
officials said. They raided, looted
and burned several warehouses,
ripped down power lines and cut
water lines to the field six times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
LEWIS, OPERATORS
WILL MEET TODAY
Senators Umstead, Hoey,
Rep. Clark To Protest
Training Unit Move

WASHINGTON, April % -U.I-
Joha L. Lewis and the soft coal
operators meet here tomorrow to
discuss the possibility of negoti =
ating a private wage contract
that would head off another strike
July l.
Government, industry a d
Union representatives are frankly
pessimistic over chances OF
reaching an agreement before
June 80 when the governments
power to operate the seized pits
expires.
This could mean another walk
out under Lewis traditional mo
contract, no work. policy.
The negotiators. brought toget-
her for the first in seven months
by Capt. N. H. COLLISION, coal
mines administrator, face formid-
able hurdles il what COLLISION has
described as an effort TO find
means ''by which a resumption OF
collective bargaining may most
effectively and expeditiously be
ACCOMPLISHED"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
CENTER TRANSFER
NOT YET ORDERED
Government And Union
Leaders Pessimistic As
TO New Agreement
Morning Star
Rureau

WASHINGTON, April % - Trans
fer OF the replacement training
center at Fort Bragg, to Fort
jackson, Columbia, S. c., has been
recommended but not yet order
ed by the war department., Sen.
Umstead, Of North Carolina, said
today.
Whether the replacement train
ing center remains or not, Fort
Bragg will be the largest ground
forces installation in the United
States, he said.
Senators Umstead and Hoey and
Reps. Clark, Kerr and Durham,
of North Carolina, and representa-
tives from Fayetteville protested
the removal at a meeting with
several army officers in Umstead's
office today.
Order Not Entered
Although Gen. Jacob Devers.
chief Of the army ground forces,
has recommended the merger, 1.-THE
order has not yet been entered and
we were advised that the matter
would be thoroughly investigated
and carefully considered, Umstead
said, land that if any additional
information was needed we would
have an opportunity to present it,
About six or seven thousand
troops are involved in the re-
placement training center pro-
gram, he added.
Army officers at the conference
with the members of congress were
Gen. Thomas F. Handy, deputy
chief of staff; Maj. Gen. David G.
Barr, assistant chief of staff, Army
ground forces; and Maj. Gen. Walt
on B. Persons, chief of the legis-
lative and liaison division. Tom
Humber, president of the Fayet-
teville Chamber of Commerce, and
Julian Metz, secretary, also at
tended.
Oscar Breeze, past president Of
the Fayetteville Chamber, and
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry ''have ex-
pressed great interest in this mat
ter" said Umstead, land all of
us expect to do anything we can
to retain the replacement training
center at Fort Bragg, not only be-
cause of what it means to Fort
Bragg and the city of Fayetteville,
but to the entire state"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
It MayB Be Good Smoking
But We Prefer us. Fags

LONDON, April % -P-Look :
ing for something to smoke? You
take one ounce OF powdered colts
foot root, sprinkle in some rose
leaves, lavender and clover flow
ers, and
"Pfui." said one smoker who
tried it today.
I've tasted worse" said an
other.
mot bad give me another
pipeful," said a third.
Britons by the thousand were
turning to this outstandish mixture
for the very good reason that
herb tobacco, scorned by most
rmokers until now sells tor as
little as sixpence 90 cents) an
ounce - about one-seventh OF the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29

new higher price of pipe tobacco
resulting from a so percent in :
creas in the tobacco import tax.
cts very good for you, too"
said a saleswoman for the British
Society of. herbalists, which is
pushing the ersatz tobacco for all
it's worth. MANY men have
smoked our herbal mixture for
years. They say it's wonderful for
catarrh.
Dozens of men who quit
smoking when the price of tobac-
&C went up are buying u herb
mixture regularly. Some of them
cheat q little = they mix 1t with
egu1er tobacco. The herbs take a
bit of getting used to-"
They do, indeed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29

MEXICAN Wharf.-The war with
Mexico, which was declared in
1916. drew upon the young men Of
Wilmington as has all wars since.
The city was called upon to furnish
volunteers to fight under Gen. Win
field Scott. And as a result three
companies we're organized.
They were tn Wilmington volun-
teers, New Hanover rifle and the
Wilmington guards.
HISTORY General muster
days, says history, were observed
at that time when the militia and
civilians we're summoned for a
days elaborate course of drilling.
On one of these days-at the out
break of the War-volunteers for
he American army were called
or.
TRUMPETER - A noted Negro
lmpter - Phillip Bassadier-
bundled his horn at the street
,rners. The Negro drummers
at the reveille in front of the
1rthouse at Market and Front
Gets.
There the men gathered, and
with them a procession was form
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
LOUISE OVERELL, BOY
FRIEND PLEAD "NOT
GUILTY" TO URDER

SANTA, ANA, Calf, April 28-
up - Louise Overell, 17-year-old
heiress to $500, 900, and her boy
friend pleaded innocent today
to amended indictments accusing
them of killing her parents aboard
the latter's yacht in Newport har-
Dor March Is.
Superior Judge Franklin G. West
approved a prosecution motion
under which the original grand
jury misunderstanding each Of
only one count of murder-was
changed to name each on two
counts, involving the slayings OF
the parents separately rather than
jointly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
SERIAL

The Star regrets that unfor-
seen circumstances made neces-
sary the omission today of the
final chapter of the popular Sc
real story, Tomorrow Will Be
Fair" Readers who have follow
ed this story daily through the
past few weeks are urged to be
patient - the last installment
viii be forthcoming in an early
issue of The Star. e
On page two of this mornings
edition appears an announce
ment Of a new Wilmington
Morning Star serial story, "To
Have, To Keep" which will start
In Wednesday mornings edi-
ton, April 30. This great serial,
from the pen of Jane Abbott,
should prove interesting reading
for every Star subscriber. Start
reading it tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
WOMAN IN RED"
DIES IN ROMANlA
Ana Cumpanas Received
Credit For Putting
Finger On Dillinger

BUCHAREST, Romania, April %
-P-"The Woman in red,' VINO
led John Dillinger into an FIJI
trap that resulted in the killing OIL
Americas public enemy No. l IN
Chicago 10 years ago, died las'
Friday in a quiet town in South
eastern Romania, the Timisoara
newspaper Vestul said today.
Ana Cumpanas, known In the
United States as Mrs. Anna sage
was SO years old at the time o.
her death and a legal autopsy
showed that she had succumoeo
to a liver ailment.
Deported by the United STATES
government in 1886, Mrs: cum
paAas returned to her native no
mania where she made her MONS
at Timisoara, leading the Life o.
= well-to-do citizen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
OFFICIALS SURVEY
HEALTH EXHIBITS
City, County Groups Visit
Center To Start Public
Health Nursing Week

In the first of a series of open
house afternoons being held in
connection with Public Health
Nursing Week, city and county Of
ficials and other guests visited
the county health department yes
terday afternoon to meet the per-
sonnet of the department and
learn about their work.
Exhibits, prepared by the
nurses under h e supervision of
Miss H. Lillian Bayley, super
visor, displayed the work of the
u field nurses and five clinical
nurses now employed in the de-
partment.
This afternoon, principals ,
teachers, and educational leaders
over the county have been invited
to attend the exhibits. Tomorrow,
Wednesday, local organizations
have been invited, and on Thurs
day, members of local civic and
social, mems and women's clubs.
will attend. Friday night, from I
to 9 O'Clock, the Negro groups
will attend.
The public health nurses were
on hand to explain to the visitors
the work done in her territory OF
the county. Displayed also was a
chart of each nurses territory,
with colored dots denoting the
type of patient or service she
rendered in each community q.
Charts showing the work of the
clinical nurses and giving status
tics of the diseases now n New
Hanover county the time spent
by all nurses in various phases
of the work; the location OF dis
eases over the county were
shown.
Public health nursing services
available are as follows: instruc-
ton to mothers in planning Tor
first baby, demonstration bath OF
new baby to family. nursing visits
to patients sick in ped at home,
DRESSINGS and some treatments to
patients under physicians signed
order, helping parents arrange
for school children to receive cor
rection of physical defects, IN
s%truction for control of communl'
cable diseases in homes, visiting
nurse service to Metropolitan In
dustrial insured, and nursing SUI
pervision of patients return
ed from tuberculosis hospitals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29

ELIZABETH CITY, NC, April
% -PHGovernor Cherry told the
State Board of Conservation and
development tonight that he was
CLAD that the last legislature took
Substantial STEP toward solv.
ing the fisheries resources o.
North Carolina by "the approprl-
ation of funds so that this board
can conduct research and res'of-
ative practices for oysters CLANS
and other shellfish.'
He said that under the social
I'd shellfish act, this board is au
thorized to sponsor large-scale
paintings of shell and seed oys'
tiers as we'll as to enact reguia-
tons to protect present and tn :
lture stock.
such a program will involve
jstudy and research to determine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
COAST Line GETS
NEW DINING CARS
First Of Prewar Equipment
Seats 48 People; Has
Loudspeaker System

The Atlantic Coast Line rail-
road will put into service imme-
diatelJ the first of its postwar
dining cars, according to an an
nouncement last night by ]. B..
S%harpton, head of the passenger
department.
The cars, with diagonal seating
arrangements will accommodate
48 passengers and are fitted with
fluroescent lighting and venetian
blinds. They likewise are equip :
ped with a loudspeaker system.
1t is believed that the Coast
Line is the first to put into opera
ton this newly developed diner i.
in this area. which is considered
the last word in train dining COM
fort
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
Seek Debate
On Palestine Issue
Syrian Delegate Declares IS Nations Must
Hear All Angles OF Dispute; u. S.,
Britain Likely To Oppose

NEW YORK, April % -(PHThe
Arabs opened a power drive to-
night for full debate on the whole
Palestine question in the first
special session of the United Ma
tons assembly.
Syria's Faris Ell Khoury declar-
ed after the assembly had COM
pleted its organization and selec-
ton of leaders that the SIS nations
must h everything about the
Palestine issue before the an
set up an inquiry grouAuoS 1
by Britain. ~ rs
were not t'ayNN
issue an N'
tc hav, ~ .L&
bate. ~ ~
This d %" Sertainly
STATES Sil1 be and Gr;4sin. Uq petd
have insisted. lis session must be
confined to the mechanics of set
ting up an inquiry committee.
The fireworks will pop at the
initial meeting of the general
(steering) committee scheduled
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
GOVERNOR pplaudsF Fund
For ShellfiSh Research

the proper method of conducting
a rehabilitation program"
The states marine fisheries re-
sources are concerned with the
impending establishment at More
heaf City of a research and train
ing center. the governor sale
from a prepared address.
THE value Of %longrange re
search in the protection and re
establishment of fisheries ha
been throughly demonstrated b.
some of our neighbors, notably
by Virginia, Maryland, and Lou
lsiana."
He also talked of steps take
by the last assembly to insu1
shrimp feeding grounds off II
coast. and told o. the stems talle
to promote expansion Of forest.
and their resources.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
So To Bed

A group of local anglers took
to their boat early yesterday
morning for a fishing jaunt in
the inland waterway.
One of the would be Isaac
Waltons was making his first
trip. After dropping their lines
overheard for nearly an hour
without a single nibble the
tired and hungry anglers start
ed to row the boat to shore
when suddenly one gasped.
hold everything, 1 got one."
He yanked at his cane pole
and finally drew a long black
slender species to the side OF
he boat.
ooh! my goodness" he ex
claimed" l have captured q
black snake"
No dear readers, it was not
a black snake, just a two foo3
eel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29

for IL am. (E.D.T.). tomorrow al
the assembly's headquarters ir
Flushing Meadows. .,.
Session Postponed
The steering committees ses
sion was postponed from today al
the suggestion Of Andrei A. Gro
myko. Soviet delegate, who fel
that two plenary meetings ano
the elections were enough bust
nes- for one day.
Other U. N. developments:
/. The military staff committee
completed its report to the Securi-
ity council, with the members re-
orted still in disagreement on
-ajor sections of that long-await-
ed document.
2. The Security council arrang-
ed to meet Wednesday at $50
pm. EDIT. at Flushing Meadows
with the topic likely to be Hun
gary's letter asking admission to
the United Nations.
No dissension was evident in
the show of harmony attending
the opening of the special assem-
bly,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
The leather
FORECAST:

FORECAST:
South Carolins-Considerable clouoi-
ness with no important arg ~
temperature Tuesday. Some lnternliI.
tent light rain in extreme Nortn"es
portion Tuesday.
North Carolina - Tuesday cons1aer,
anle cloudiness and no importan
ehange In temperature except interhnlt-
N"I light rain in west.
eastern Standard Time>
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hourS
ending 7:3o p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
l:N a. m. So; 7:3C a. m. SO; 1870 p. m
u; 100 p. m. 81: Maximum 66; Mini
mum Sc; Near Fl: Normal &c.
HUMIDITY
$50 a. m. 80; 1870 a. m. So; 30 p. m
90; 7;30 p. m. II.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a hours ending 1870 p. m
VOC inches.
Total since the first of The month 2.7i
inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published BY
T. S. Coz st and Geodet:c Survey.
HiHgh Low
Wilmington ---4:53 am. 1903 am
5:25 pm. - pm
Masonboro PAT am. GIT am
1929 pm. 9:37 pm
%Sunrise 5:25; Sunset 6:54; Moonris'
Up. Mocnset 2:36a.
river stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
d m Monday 11.6 feet.
More Weather On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
LEADER
B

WASHINGTON, April 2S-(P-
A union denunciation of the De-
partment of labor as 1.-The tool of
management tonight prompted
a conference of Secretary of La
Dor Schwellenbach with three top
leaders of the striking federation
of telephone workers.
The accusation was made
against the department by Ernest
Weaver, president of the Associ-
alton of Communications Equip
ment workers, who are on strike
at Western Electric plants across
the nation. Weaver demanded that
the Labor Department withdraw
from his negotiations with the
Western Electric company.