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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
new EVIDENCE
in DUAL DEATHS
Colorado Flag Al Half
Staff For Slain
Teacher

PINECLIFFE, Colo, June 81
-(P)-A hint Of new evidence
cropped up today as authorities
pressed a search for Fred Wright
Lundy 6O-year OLD one-time teach
err and neighbor sought for ques-
tioning in the cabin Staying OF
Emily Griffith, retired nationally
known educator, and her sister,,
Florence.
Undersheriff Don Moore said at
Boulder ne had run onto some
thing at this mountain village,
but declined to reveal what his
new lead might be.
While Moore remained at Bould-
er, the county seat, two deputies
Myroa Teagarden and Frank
Varrar-sought for any trace of
Suicide was limited in a note found
in his abandoned automobile.
Shortly before the funeral of the
two women at Denver, a coroner's
jury viewed the bodies. Later it
was dismissed indefinitely, to re-
convene when the investigation is
completed. The action vas taken
upon recommendation of District
Attorney Hatfield >lilson.
The flag at the Colorado copi-
toll building flew at half staff in
respect to Miss Griffith, who won
nationwide recognition as founder
a quarter century ago Of Denver's
Opportunity school, where all per-
sons could receive any instruction
sought regardless of age.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
CREW RESCUED
NEAR MANTE0
Coast Guard Takes Three
When Cinibar Is
Abandoned

MANTEO, June 21-(P)-A crew
Of three which abandoned the
sailing yacht Cinibar in rough
seas today was rescued from g
life raft early tonight by a rescue
boat from the Cape Hatteras Coast
Guard station.
The pacht, enroute from New.
port, R.. L., to Nassau, the BAHIA.
mas, had anchored off Cape Hat.
teras. The cable parted and the
yacht began drifting through the
shoals.
The crew abandoned the Graf
and took to a life raft which be-
gan drifting toward the open sea,
The yacht later went aground on q
beach. There we're no passengers
aboard the craft.
The yacht crew was in com
mand Of Capt. Columbus O'DonneI]
of Newport. Names. of the other
two men were not Immediately
available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
Rourk's Keen Memory
Solves Old Murder Case

point to another, the officers laid
their plans to capture the man.
When the raid took place it was
found Ravenel had left seconds be-
fore.
Sgt. Rourk had forgotten about
the case until last Thursday night
when Policemen L. E. Culbrlth
and R. W. Roper brought Ravenal
into headquarters to book him for
fighting.
Almost instantly Sgt. Rourk de-
clared THAT man is wanted for
murder in Columbia, S. c."
Events from then on moved swift
ly. A telegram wes sent to Colum-
bia police, who in turn wired back
Ravenel was still wanted. Ravenel
informed of his recognition waived
extradition. Officers came here
for him and took him back to
Columbia, where he is now held on
q technical charge of murder in
connection with the death of
James Iron. And all because of
the keen memory Of Sgt. Rourk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

A two-day series of meetings OF
the Wilmington chapter OF the
American Red Cross is scheduled
to open tomorrow at 10 am. to
plan disaster and relief work,
Gardner D. Greer, chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
The sessions will be directed by
Karl Reiser, assistant director of
disaster operations in Southeast
ern United States, Greer said. Ten
suocommi rs on disaster pre-
paredness and relief in Whining
ton will meet with Reiser.
These meetings conlnclde with
similar sessions up and down the
East coast in preparation for the
hurricane season" which starts
this area this month.
Meeting Monday will be the Sur
vev committee under the chair
manship of Hamilton Hicks, bet
ween 10 and 1880 am; the Res
cue committee, E. c. Snead.
chairman, between II and 1850
am; Food committee, J. c. Pref
low, chairman, between 2 and 2:5o
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

issued a scorching answer to ,
presidential veto and broadcast.
Hartley called Mr.. Humans ar
guments false" He said some
language the president attacked is
not in the bill at all in its final
form. He accused the president of
sponsoring misrepresentation,
half truths and distortions"
Mr.. Truman himself gave no
sign that he plans an further
fight to prevent passage of the
bill following his busy FRIDAY
when he sent his veto message
to a needless House. called in a
dozen senators for a luncheon
conference. and took his argu-
ments to the nation by radio. He
was at the baseball game today,
watching Washington defeat st.
Louis, S to 4, when the break in
the senate came.
The Monday vote will find two
senators absent who could have
been counted on to support the
NSIO, oClldlOL tD.N4N. 10
father of the 1885 Labor Rela-
tons Act which the bill would
change, is i'll in New York. Sem
ator Ebert Thomas (D.-Utah is
in Geneva as a delegate to the
International Trade Organization
and said today he will not be
here 3
Taft held that their presence
would not change the result. But
taking no chances, the Republic
cans decided that no pairs" will
be allowed for the vote.
Under the pairing procedure, a
senator who is present sometimes
r~efrains from voting in a pair"
with an absent senator who would
vote the opposite way. In view
of the two-thirds majority requir-
ed to override the veto, Demo-
Gratis wanted two Republicans to
Continued on Page Two; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
IS THOUSAND
ARE INVITED
Aged Couple Want To Be
Sure OF Large
Party

SEATTLE, June 81 up In
their 1921 Ford, Mr. and Mrs. J.
+. Hielscher, both 81. were head
ed east today to Minneapolis to
celebrate their seth wedding ami
versary with a big party in Min
rehaha park here. They want lots
Of people to come.
Guess we'll take CUR time get
ting there,' Hielscher said, before
leaving yesterday on the first lap
70 Yakima. 81 only drive Is miles
an hour, y'know."
To which his spry, busting wife
ADDED:
IN drive afternoons. Father
gets sleepy" =
They have had printed $4,000 in
Wtations to their celebration, on
July u. They have lived here
since 1896 when Hielscher, a
butcher, went to work for SO cents
a day, and breakfast. They now
nave substantial rental holdings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
Realty Price
Drop Forseen
By Vet. Adm.
Washington CPc Pre-
pares Fo,& $ So
D$N
VFW pV$AEPORT
Mos dome Loans
Liqe Ated With
Slight Loss

WASHINGTON, June 21-(P)--
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
said tonight the Veterans Admins
tration sis visualizing a future ma
jor real estate price DROP because
it has set up a property manage
ment division to handle defaulted
Gil home loans.
Louis E. Starr, commander-in-
chief of the VFW, said in a state.
ment that such a development ir
the VA had been reported to him
by Wesley D. Pearce, the VIEWS
national housing officer.
when a responsible govern
ment agency takes such positive
steps," Pearce commented, sit is
a strong indication that realty mar
ket prices may drop-possibly
soon."
A Veterans Administration Of
fetal said that the organization
had set up a property management
section but that it is on a very
small scale"
A few CT loans Tor home pur-
chases have been ~defaulted, he
added, but most of them have been
liquidated with very small loss.
Procedures have been establish
ed, however, he said in event a
drop. in the real estate market
might cause any further defaults.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
STORM WARNING
ISSUED TO SHIPS
Small Craft Only Affected;
Some Worry Need
lessly

Fresh, strong north to north
easterly winds along the coast
of southeastern North Carolina
last night caused the Coast Guard
station at Oak Island to issue a
storm warnings to small craft, it
was officially reported.
The velocity of the wind at II
pm. was between 81 and % miles
an hour. The station predicted the
winds will shift to north and east
erly this afternoon with occasional
rains.
Several telephone calls were re-
ceived at the Star-NeWs editorial
office asking for information con-
corning possible storms along the
coast.
One worried mother said the
conditions at Wrightsville were
the same as they were three years
ago when a terrific storm struck
this vicinity.
eff such is the case tonight, I
want to get my two children out
of here" she said.
When told that no warning had
been received, the lady seemed to
be satisfied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
NATIVE WAR
HERO REJECTED
Cannot Speak English ;
Army Refuses En-
istmen

MINNEAPOLIS, June 81 -(P)-
Jan Kobelarczyk, %, of Minnea-
polls, a native-born U. S. citizen
who fought with the Yugoslav and
Polish underground, and with the
Polish army in Italy in World War
II, and who speaks seven langu-
ages fluently, was turned down by
the U. S. army for enlistment to-
day because he can't speak his
native English.
K~obelarczyk was born in Min
neapolis in 1919, but was taken by
his parents to Poland when he
was only two.
Through interpreters, Kobe
larczyk explained he speaks Ger
man, Russian, Polish, Italina and
three Slovak tongues but had not
yet learned English.
Recruiters said there is an iron
clad regulation that all recruits
speak and understand English.
They wrote to the War Depart
ment, seeking a waiver, but were
turned down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

own terms.
They confidently predicted it will
enact the measure into law over
President Truman's veto by the
required two-thirds majority and
three or four votes to pare. Or
ponents of the bill conceded their
chances are slim for stopping it.
The voting agreement was
reached after % IL ho.rs of a
marathon session by consent of
all present. But the debate then
went on, although only five sena-
tors remained on the floor. with
Senators Murray (D.-Mont.) and
DIN Johnston DISCO speaking
against the bill.
Finally, after 80 hours and 81
minutes-the longest Sc sion in
20 years-the senate recessed I'M
til IL am. (FST) Monday. Then
the debate will start again until
the hour of the vote. 2 pm. (EST).
From outside the Chamber, Rep.
Hartley (R.-N.J.), co-author of the
bill with Senator Taft (R.-Ohio),
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
HuAgarian
Exiles Plan
Government
nsc;sion To Start New
Outside Regime Con-
sidered
AWAITS JEKELY
Resigned Cabinet Chief
Enroute To Meet
Macy Here

sHANNON, Fire, June 21-(P)-
rss possibility of establishing a
Hrngarian government in exile was
sIoges.ed here tonight by LasNc
1sfely. resigned chief of the Hun
s.-ian presidential cabinet who is
>. route to the United States.
1ekelv talked to reporters dur
,rg a brief stop of his New York
hound plane. In the United States
fe will Join Ferenc Macy, who
vas ousted as premier of Hungary
IN Communist coup.
IN Geneva" Jekely said, 81
.ept a telegram to President Tidy
resigning my positions as chief
Of the cabinet and as Hungarian
ambassador to Belgium and Hol-
land My immediate purpose is to
idn Mr. Macy and a decision will
he made as to whether a Hungar-
ian government in exile is to be
created.
81 do not, at the present time,
consider going back to Hungary
and I have no idea what the Com
nunis.s would have done to me.
could never work with the Com
nunists, having studied the ways
Of the western Democracies in the
United States. l plan at some stage
to return to Hungary to give the
benefit of this western learning
&c the Hungarian people,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

The keen memory of City Police
Sgt. l.. B. Rourk was yesterday re-
sponsible for a man, arrested for
participating in a fight, being hello
on a~murder charge.
Back in 1943 on Sept. 8, wher
Rourk was serving as a plain.
clothes member of the force, of.
ficers from Columbia, S. c., came
to Wilmington in search of Abra.
ham Ravenel, a Negro, who was
believed to have murdered James
Iron, Negro, of Columbia, by shoot
ing him with a shotgun.
After the man had died his muir
derer had placed him on a railroad
track. The body was run over
by at least one train before it was
found. Although badly mangled
there we're certain Identification
marks which enabled the officers
to make Identification.
When the Columbia officers came
to Wilmington Detective Rourk was
assigned to assist with the search.
Trailing their suspect from one
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
REPORT Bible
BLACK MARKET
Shortages In Japan And
India Jump Price
Seven Times

AMSTERDAM, June 21- up -
Copies of the Bible are being sold
in the black markets of India and
Japan, delegates from those coun-
tries told representatives of ma
tional Bible societies of II coun-
tries at Birkhoven, the Neither
lands, today.
The meeting was called to dis
cuss the world shortage of Bibles,
attributed to lack of paper.
DR.. Eric North, secretary Of the
American Bible society, sai5 the
official price for a bible in Japan
was three ven. but that the black
market was getting 20 yen a copy.
The delegates were told that the
worlds most "Bibleless" nation
was Germany, where ever many
pastors cannot acquire a copy.
Europe needs 1000, 900 Bibles, of
which 5000, 900 are needed for
Germany alone, one speaker said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

as the ElnSteln foundation.
The announcement was made
today by S. Ralph Lazrus, who also
discussed his own withdrawal as
president of the former Einstein
Foundation and said that he and
DR.. Otto Nathan, professor OF
economics at New York university,
had resigned as trustees OF
Brandeis university.
Lazrus said Enistein had taken
a keen interest in the development
of the Jewish-sponsored university
but since last August had been
critical both of the manner in
which the puresent limited facili-
ties have been utilized and of
policies contemplated for the i'm
mediate future.
The noted physicist held no posi-
ton on either the board of trus-
tees of the institution, located on
the site of Middlesex university,
Or on the board of directors of the
fund, Lazrus said.
Elnstein is associated with the
institute for advanced studies at
Princeton, N. j., which he former
ly headed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

n trip is sponsored by the
Chicago Geographic society.
Cheers Of almost 1000 residents
and summer visitors rang from
Fishermen's wharf as the cleaning
white vessel dipped across the har-
Dor.
One of the many small sum-
mer craft followed the Bowdoin's
wake to the harbor entrance was
manned by actor Sterling Hay.
den and his wife.
Two of the listed company, which
includes representatives from II
colleges, each interested in a par
ticular phase Of the Arctic, were
absent when the ship sailed.
One was First Mate Cecil E. All.
church of Providence, R. l., who
suffered a broken collarbone ir
an accident while enroute to this
port. The other was Rutherford
E. Plat, Yale botanist, who will
come aboard when the ship puts in
at Sydney, N. S., forst port Of
call.
During the cruise, a special
study will be made of polar Eski.
mos on the northwest corner oil
Greenland. A small tribe of 300
members, Macmillan related, hao
lived there FOR at least 1000 years.
Macmillan expects to return here
by Sept. 15-to beat ice forma-
tons in Baffin bay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
EISE:NHOWER'S
Home IS SHRINE
$1,000, 600 Memorial Prof.
ect Reported
Planned

ABILENE, Kas., June 21.-(P-
The boyhood home of Gen. Dwight
.. Eisenhower viii lhe opened form
ally tomorrow as a national shrine
During dedication ceremonies,
which were postponed last Sun
day because of rain, Milon Eisen-
hover, president of Kansas STATE
college ard a brother of the gen.
sral, will present the property's
deed to c. NJ. Harger, president
Of the Eisenhower Memorial foun-
dation.
The foundation plans a 81, 000,-
900 memorial project, of which the
Eisenhower home is a part.
Following the dedication, the
home will be opened to the public.
More than 1000 visitors have pass
ed through the home since the gen.
eral signeG the first card two
weeks ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
The Weather

Forecasts Until 7:3O PM, Sunday
For Wilmington and vicinity: Cloudy.
occasional light rain today, tonight and
Sunday; thunderstorm probable Sunday
afternoon; lowest temperature tonight
So; highest Sunday IS degrees; gentle to
moderate northeasterly winds.
For North Cardinal: Cloudy, occasion.
al rain and little change in temperature
today and tonight; Sunday mostly cloudy
light rain and drizZle Sunday morning..
scattered thundershowers and warmer
Sunday afternoon.
For South Carolina: Cloudy skies to-
dav and tonight, scattered showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon and eve
ming, and some light rain this morning:
Sunday mostly cloudy, with drizzle in
early morning, becoming partly cloudy
with scattered thunderstorms in after
noon. warmer in northern sections Sum
dav afternoon, otherwise no important
change in temperature.
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending '7:30 pm. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
1870 am. SO; 7:30 am. So; 1870 pm.
70; 1870 pm. 70.
Maximum 10; Minimum 81; Mean 72I
Normal 10.
HUMIDITY
100 am. 80; 7:3o am. 80; 1870 m.
81; 1880 pm. SO.
PRECIPITATION
Total for "a ours ending 1870 pm
0. 90 inches.
Total since the first of the month -
4:25 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - 1925 am. TAO am.
i2:47 pm. 7:49 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet 10:47 am. 4:36 am,
11:08 pm. 4:<3 p.E5.
Sunrise SOL; Sunset 1927; Moonraa
1904 am; Moonset II :13 pm.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c. -
3 am. Saturday, 9G3 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
MOTHER KILLS
INFANT CHILD
Tells Family God Took
Him. Police
Report

ALAMEDA, Calf, June q Up
- Police said today Mrs. Grace
M. Jones, %, of Alameda, admit
ted smothering her four-weeks-old
baby and putting his body into
flames of an incinerator because
"Jesus told me to do it."
The young wife of a sailor and
mother of another child. 3. was
held for investigation after police
men Pat McDermott and John
Bramante took her statement.
Police found the charred torso
in the naval housing project incin-
orator last night. Today they be,
gan shifting ashes for missing
parts of the body.
They were called by relatives Of
Mrs. Jones to Investigate a miss
ing child report. McDermott and
Bramante said Mrs. Jones' faith
err, Fred Oberhard, Oakland, and
her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Eckles,
San Francisco, arrived for a visit
last night and told by the
mother OF the baby, "God took
him."
Under questioning, the police
said, Mrs. Jones said she was
awakened by the baby's crying.
that she smothered him with rags
and blankets and took him in a
basket to the incinerator across
the street.
Her husband, Fort, %, was I'M
der two weeks detention at Ala
media naval cir station at the time
of the baty's death, police said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
Red Cross Plans Disaster
Program Al Meeting Here

pm: Clothing committee, Hymie
Love, acting chairman in the alb
sent of Louis Shrier, between 3
and $50 pm: and the Shelter
committee, under the chairman
ship of B. H. Marshall, meeting
from 4 to 1850. pm.
Tuesday schedules are: Medical
and Nursing, DR.. R. B. Hare,
chairman, 10 to 1880 am; Trans
portation and Communication, T.
J. Baird, chairman, 11:15 to 11:5C
am; Central Purchasing a n d
Supply, Ben Merrett, chairman,
2:30 to 1920 am; Public 1nfor-
nation and Fund Raising, Ken
Noble, public information n d
Mrs. G.. Warren Barrett, fund
raising, $3.50 to 4:20 pm; Regis
tration and Information, H. A.
Marks, chairman, 4:30 to $40 2.
M.
During the general session to
take place on Tuesday morning at
8 o'clock the public is invited along
with officials of the city and coun-
ty and the beaches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
CHINESE FIRE -....
ON NAVY ship
Americans Return Fire;
None Are Reported
Hurt


SHANGHAI, June 21-R-U. S.
Navy headquarters in Shanghai
said today a group of Chinese who
were believed Communists had
fired on the Navy salvage ship
Deliver during salvaging of a land
ing float On the rocks near Using
tao, June 10. No one was hurt.
The Navy announcement said
the men obviously were looting
the barge, which was carried away
in a storm June 10. The first eff
fort of the Deliver to salvage the
barge drew rifle fire from IL men
sin yellow informs" -customary
dress of Chinese Communist troops
announcement said. Only one
bullet struck the Navy ship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

WASHINGTON, June 21.-(B
Capitol police estimated that
$4,000 persons filed through
the building today for a brief
look at the Senate in the throes
of a filibuster.
Many of them stood in line
for as long as three hours to
get into the galleries for tho
allowed five minutes.
Captain william j. Brod-
erick of the capitol police force
said that the time limitation
was necessary because of the
huge crowd that began stream-
ing into the building early in
the morning.
lit was one of the mOst-if
not the mOst-hectic days we
ever experienced" Broderick
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
SENATOR UMSTEAD
TO MAKE ADDRESS
BEFORE CLOTHIERS

GREENSBORO, June 21-P-
Three hundred members of the
Carolinas Association of Retail
Clothiers and furnishers are ex-
pected to attend the annual con-
vention of their group here August
31-September 2.
Senator William B. Umstead has
been obtained as the featured
speaker for the closing banquet
session and a golf tournament has
been planned for the opening day.
Marion Davis of Charlotte is con-
vention chairman and Baxter H.
Miller of Durham program chair
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
LOYAL GIRL
WEEDS HER VET
Waited A Year For Cere.
mony; Groom
Paralyzed

DETROIT, June 81 -P)-Rich-
ard c. Augsberger, %, of Middle
town, o., who was paralyzed in
a motorcycle accident four days
before he was to be married, took
as his bride today the girl who
had waited for hime since the
tragic crash a year ago.
Augsberger and Ardena Mae
Fouts, %, Of Middletown spoke
their vows in the chapel of the
Veterans Administration hospital
here before the Rev. FIR. Albert
S. Finger.
The groom was seated in a
Wheelchair. His legs are para
lyzed, and doctors fear he may
never walk again because of a
broken back suffered in the acct.
dent.
Augsberger's best man was his
brother Robert, q, who suffered
two broken hips in the crash when
an automobile struck their motor.
cycle headon outside MiddletoWn.
He now walks with the help OF
braces.
Richard, who served three
years with the combat engineers
in Europe and the South Pacific,
lay strapped to a board for II
months. He was allowed to sit up
in a wheelchair only a month ago.
He came to the hospital here
in October, 1916. Ardena followed
him and got a job in a nearby
restaurant as a waitress so she
could visit him daily during his
long ordeal.
The couple are honeymooning in
MiddletoWn, but must return here
in a weeks time SO Richard can
receive further medical treat
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
Maritime Commission Folk
To Work 10 Days For Free

administrative fund and a book
keeping tie, which prevents pay
ing the employees out of another
fund.
There is ample" money in the
reserve fleet fund, he said, but
Taber and Warren wouldn't okay
transfer of money from n to
the other.
Nearly all of the employees at
fected work in Washington. They
make up virtually the entire per
manent administrative force of the
commission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
ENGLISH COMMY
REFUSED PERMIT
TO ENTER u. S

q. LONDON. June 81 -(P)-Harry
Pollitt, British Communist party
leader, said tonight he had been
refused a visa to enter the United
States by the American consulate
in London.
He had planned to attend the
annual convention of the Ameri-
can Communist party, which con-
venes July 4, in the capacity OF
a fraternal delegate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22

WASHINGTON, June 21-Re
Some 1850 employees of the Mari
time commission embarked today
on a ten-day, involuntary "holi-
day"-Without pay.
Vice Admiral W. W. Smith,, the
commission chairman, blamed
Rep. Taber (R-NY) and Comptroll-
er General Lindsay Warren.
Taber, chairman Of the House
Appropriations committee, SAID it
was Smiths own fault.
Smith said the mass "furlough"
was due to lack Of money in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-22
GEORGE UZZELL
FAVORS JOHNSON
FOR GOVERNOR

SALISBURY, June 21-P-Rep.
george Uzzell of Rowan today an
noahced that he would support
onarIeS M. Johnson for governor
VI North Carolina in the 1913 cleo
ton.
Inc Salisbury legislator predict,
I'd mat Charles M. Johnson will
We our next governor" and declar'
"a I do not know of any man
VINO IS better qualified to cope with
we many perplexing problems
winch viii confront our next CHIEF
executive"