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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

Three American B-29 superfortres-
ses are carrying out tests to see
how far bombs a be driven into
whatever kind of structure man
may take shelter in if atomic war;
fare breaks out. Giexelstadt is
where the superfortresses are
based.
Their special target is the large
submarine pen near Bremen, 80
feet high, 1850 feet long and $50
feet wide. Half of it's roof is IA
feet, nine inches thick. 1t is be-
lieved to contain more concrete
than the biggest ~skycraper in New
York.
The present secret tests are con-
s1dered second in importance only
to the Bikini atomic bomb tests.
Actually, the tests began directly
after the war, but with types of
bombs that are now obsolete. The
secretly developed bombs being
used in the present tests weigh
$4,000 pounds.
They are loaded with a non.ex-
piosive substance of the same
weight as explosives and dropped
from top attitudes $4,000 to 49,
900 feet with supersonic speed.
Chis would indicate that they are
rocket or jet propelled.)
Experts + amazed by the &C.
curacy Of the bombardiers, who
were selected in the United States
by competition. Their accuracy,
the experts said, was practically
beyond belief"
Despite the lack of explosive.
the bombs kick the dust up 1000
feet and it hangs in the air for
Is minutes.
The first Is, OOO-pounder was
dropped by 1t. Robert E. Schlae-
bitz, a bombardier of Buffalo.
N. Y. 1t was square on the target.
The bomb he dropped was an
Amazon mark II made of high
quality steel with a nose tapering
back some four feet from a spear
point to a maximum diameter of
three feet, six inches. From nose
to tail fin, the g~listening black
and white bomb measures nearly
30 feet.
Altogether, the superforts have
30 bombs to drop. There is another
type under test beside the Amazon.
1t is the Sampson, weighing the
same but longer and more stream
lined.
The s%uperforts, which have two
bays for old-type bombs, have been
modified so that the $4,000 pound
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STATES BUTLER i.
TO SEE TRUMAN
IA Cold Stripe Uniform Re.
served For White
House Visit

RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 9-W.D-
The White House silverware had
better be cleaning next week.
Uncle Dave Haywood, butler fol
SIS years at the North Carolina
governors mansion, will be
around to check up on President
Truman's household, and Uncle
Dave is particular about those
things.
The small, frail Negro butler,
spry at II and proud as a slees
admiral of the IA gold stripes on
his sleeve, will leave Gov. Gregg
Cherry to shift for himself for a
few days.
Leaving the old-fashioned red
brick mansion in Raleigh even for
a few days won't be easy for
Uncle Dave. The IA gold stripes
mean he has served IA North Car
DINA governors there.
Governors come and 60, but
Uncle Dave has been major-domo
of the spacious house since he was
10 and plans to stay until he dies.
His hair has grown white in %
years at the mansion. He's a little
stopped now and his step is a
little slower. But he is a butler
in the old southern manner, and
the mansion is his whole life.
In a brass-buttoned uniform in
stead Of traditional buffers toys,
Uncle Dave comes to work as
early as 5 am, to get the day
started right. He insists on his
right to serve every meal to the
Governor. He has alternate after
moons off, but he always returns
in time to serve dinner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
MYSTERY KEY
FINDER HERE
SGT. Bobo Arrives AS Guest
OF Hotel, Star-News =
AT Beach

Mystery surrounding a key that
was missing from room 353 at the
Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrlghtsvllle
Beach may be explained today
when Sgt. Asa Bobo, Jasper, Ala.
arrives for vacation ION the
house.
Bobo said he found the key near
WieseI. Germany, near the scene
Of the Rhine b~ridgehead battle
when he was the first American
10 set foot on that ground, and
is there sure a German dropped
it..
He and Mrs. Bobo will be the
guests for one week of the Ocean
Terrace hotel and the Wilmington
Star-News. Bobo has promised to
try to find out if German spies
occupied room 1853 during the war.
Local residents believe the key
to the room was lost by a Ger
man spy. They have connected
the key with Edward Kerling, cap
tain of the yacht Lekala, who fol-
lowed the Atlantic Waterway to
Wrightsville Beach. He as later
arrested by the FBI, convicted OF
charges of sabotage and hanged.
/ For luck, Mr.. and Mrs. Bobo
will not occupy room 353, but the
one next to it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Rhodes Case
Jurisdiction
Fight Looms
Sheriff Says Body Moved
From One County To
Another
WITHOUT AUTHORITY
Man Who Fired Gun Killing
Wilmington Lad Was
Not Deputized

HENDERSONVlLLE, Aug. 9 -
Asheville city police, who remov.
ed the body of Noah Cecil Rhodes
from Henderson county into Bun
combe county after the Whining
ton youth had died from gun shot
wounds, we're, according to Sher-
if Bill Dalton of Henderson to-
night. acting without legal au-
thority." the dividing line is al
+he airport where the youth was
slain.
'The Asheville officers were
supposedly acting under their con-
ception Of a special act Of the leg
stature which they thought exist.
ed, permitting them to police the
area Of the Asheville- Henderson
vile airport which lies in Kender-
son county, but no such action is
permitted by law" Sheriff Dalton
said.
The Asheville officers, IN Bun
Of young Rhodes from Henderson
conbe county, removed the body
county into Euncombe in which
Asoeville is located across the
county line, after the youth died
from gun shot wounds which air
mort Waterman, J. R. Gallon con-
tessed. according to officers, to
having fired when the youth at
tackled him while. on the airport
property, the sheriff said. he was
told.
This being true" Dalton said,
Gallon was not a deputlzed
Waterman in Henderson county
where the shooting occurred
The sheriff said that he had told
the Asheville law enforcement OF
fjcers that watehmen serving II
his county should be deputized
This was two months prior to the
shooting. He said his Suggestion
had not been given heed.
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new WITNESSES
IN MILLER CASE
Mystery Shrouds Identity;
Trial Opens Wednes-
day

LUMRERTON, Aug. 9-As yet
unidentified witnesses, are SEIZED
uled to testify this Wednesday at
the opening Of the trial of Mrs.
Mary Ellen Currin Miller, and a
Negro farm hand who told Off
GERS that he "a hired by Mrs.
Miller to shoot her husband.
Mrs. Miller and the Negro, FREQ
Virgins, former farm hand on her
fathers farm will 60 on trial
Wednesday morning for the near
fatal shooting last May II of Da'
vid Miller, the woman's husband
according to Sheriff Willis c
Britt.
Scheduled to preside at thu
criminal term Of Robson county
Superior court is Judge Chester
Morris of Currituck. Solicitor f
Ertle Carlyle has been busy seek
ing witnesses and making a thor
ough investigation of the case, &C
cording to Sheriff Britt, and has
found the new witnesses who the
sheriff refused to name.
"These witnesses are expected
to give some revealing and some
conflicting testimony on the case.
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policy"
The trustee resolution said the
board "deplores and disapproves
the conduct of the Ahoskie club in
violating Kiwanis policy and we
now accept its apology and prom
Use Of future conformance, and
consider the matter closed"
Two officials of the Ahoskie club
appeared before the board today,
the statement said, and admitted
it had been in error in not award
ing the prize to the original win
ner," Harvey Jones, Negro war
veteran. He later received $4,000
in cash in restitution" the board
said.
The board action was taken aft
err two members of the Ahosliie
Kiwanis club, Noarh Garrett and
John Jenkins, appeared to explain
circumstances OF the rattle. Jones
name was the first drawn. A sec
ond drawing was held in which
the car was awarded to DR.
Charles TONNES, a retired white
physician of Waverly, Va.
DR.. Charles W. Armstrong o:
Salisbury, president of Kiwanis In
ternational, presided at today's
meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Puddle Jumping
Airplanes Start
Round World Flight

TETERBORO, N. j., Aug. 9-N9
A pair of tiny, single englned
planes piloted by former army Ill
er took off today on a 2l,35o-mlle
flight around the world-the first
attempt of planes Of less than o79
horsepower to make the circuit.
The 1OO-horsepower cub planes
followed n another down the
Teterboro airport runway, the first
becoming airborne at 1910 am.
(EsT), and the second two min
tues later. =,
The pilots-George Truman 80,
of Los Angeles, a former army
flight instructor, and Clifford v.
Evans, 26, of Washington, D. c.
who flew in the China-Burma-ln-
dia theater during the war-said
yesterday they expected the trip
to take zoo to 22O flying hours and
from 80 to As days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Quake Rocks Seventeen
Cities In Four States

rushed from a movie. theater ir
panic.
The tremblor lasted about 81
seconds, Battle Creek residents
said. They reported hearing g
dull roar" followed by a shaking
sensation.
The mild earthquake rocked
houses and building and ratified
china in cupboards.
LANSING, Aug. 9 - up An
earth tremblor was felt here to-
night at $50 p. m. of less than
a minutes duration.
State police said similar re-
ports came from Jackson, Battle
Creek, Benton Harbor, Adrian, and
Detroit.
was no damage at any of the
First reports were that there
was no damage reported at these
points.
INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug, 8 R-
indiana apparently was shaken +
a light earthquake about 9
O'Clock (EST) tonight. :
Residents of many Cities, : ;
Guiding Indianapolis, South Benz
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
II NEW LAWYERS
LICENSED in THIS
AREA BY STATE

Twelve candidates from the Will
mington area passed their written
examinations to practice law in
North Carolina, according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
Raleigh last night.
The new barristers are Walton
P. Birkheimer, Wilmington; Seavy
A. w. Carroll, Fayetteville; Thorn
as G. Dill, New Bern; Walter H.
Floyd, Tabor City; William J.
Hanks, Fayetteville; Cyrus D.
Hogue, Jr., Wilmington; Henry A.
McKinnon, Jr., Lumberton; Rob
ert F. Murray, Lenoir; Marion A.
M. Parrot, Kinston; Louis j.
Poisson, Jr.. Wilmington; John T.
Renleman, Salisbury; and Robert
E. Waters, Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
F0ARD REMAINS
A %LECI0NNAIRE
Resignation Comes Up Fo1
Vote By Post On
Aug. FL

The resignation of Charles H
Foard as commander o. the
American Legion post No. 10 fol
lowed the Introduction of a resolu
ton at the last regular meeting
which would strip the executive
committee Of its power and place
it in the hands of the members
at-large, it was limited yesterday
by Ray Galloway, state Legion
commander. The resolution come:
up for a vote at the next meeting
Galloway said:
"It is a fight between democ
racy and autocracy." Foard sale
he will remain an active
Legionaire and support the many
fine things it represents.
"Autocratic rule may last
week, a month, or a year, but
eventually democracy wins out
Inc Legion is . Dig LOT petty
fights" Galloway said.
Foard's resignation was accept
ed by the executive committee al
an emergency meeting Friday
night but will be acted upon at
the same time as the resolution.
The executive refused to make
public Foard's letter Of resigna'
ton. Acting commander James S.
Craig and William Stewart, chair.
man of the executive committee
refused comment.
But Foard said:
81 am not a sorehead, and
think / did the right thing at the
time. It is true, I was a member
of a minority group. I will con-
tinue to play an active part in all
Legion programs"
If the members Of the post,
numbering more than 1,70o, pass
the measure at their meeting Aug
81, the executive committee will
be reduced to a Recommending
body and give the 1,700 mem
bers full power to act on all mea'
sures, il was. said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

Fort Wayne, Munsie, Anderson
and Logansport, reported thei1
homes were shaken by a tremo1
which lasted about ten seconds.
No damage was reported. A
Muncie woman said the shock
toppled a lamp from a table in
her home. Logansport residents
said dishes ratified on shelves.
CINCINNATI, Aug. o. (R -
The Zavier university seismo-
graph recorded "minor earth
shocks of three to four minutes
duration starting at 9:47 p. m.
today, the Rev. Victor c. Stech-
schultz, university seismologist,
reported. o
Fat Tatns.S2s schultz hui ss said til. the
t te az and s seoS miles iiaa,
fro $& I'll, presumably
Note: The Star-News
press somewhat earlier
g ght due to a mechanical
~ lover and regrets the elm
" Ion of details.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
PREDICT LIGHT
LEAF SALES
Reports Continue Markets
Ahead OF The
Growers

Light sales for the eight south
eastern North Carolina Border
belt tobacco markets were fore
cast yesterday by officials when
the third day Of sales gets started
tomorrow at 9 am.
The markets experienced light
sales during the first two days
operation, records show. Pound
age sold on the first two days
equals about half of the total
poundage for the same period last
year, official reports indicate.
All market officials agreed be-
forehand that the opening date
had been set by the Marketing
association, at least two weeks in
advance Of the crops.
Quality of the leaf so far has
been fair to poor, and mediocre
with many piles being of 'less
than mediocre quality" officials
said. However the federal stabili-
alton offices have not bought an
appreciate amount of the offer
ings. the markets report.
Fine cutters have ranged spars-
ley to $68 per hundred weight,
officials on some markets report,
but price for the bulk Of the good
tobacco lowered at $50 per hun
dred pounds, records show.
Most markets reported a short
age of labor, and an advance OF
selling dates as the reasons for
light sales.
On some markets the buyers
were repeatedly excepting off
sales'' and sales officials said this
was due to their hesitancy to en-
ter the picture before the floors
are filled with tobacco.
On all markets there was a SUI
ficiency of labor to handle the to-
bacco after it was brought to mar
ket, but the difficulty comes in pre-
pairing the modest crop to be sold,
the reports show.
Low price for the first two days
sales was recorded at $14.
Officials predict that marketing
will get underway in earnest with
in 10 days if weather is favorable
for the completion Of harvesting
and for preparing the dry tobacco
for market.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Hughes To Leave
If Plane Fails
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 Up
Howard Hughes told Senate inves-
tigators today he began spending
for entertainment wien he got
confidential word that army Off.
GERS considered him a "stuck up"
rich man who wouldn't "ko"
tow.
Also. the millionaire plane de-
signer, manufacturer and file
solemnly testified that he m a y
leave the country for good it his
giant, much-criticised cargo plane
fails to fly. :.
II put the sweat of my life IN
this thing" Hughes told a wal
investigating subcommittee. MY
reputation is rolled up in it.
IT have stated several times Ii
it is a failure, I'll probably leave
this country and never come PACK
And I mean that"
Hughes said he could not guar
antee the plane would fly or that
Il would be a success. That ne
only hoped it would. But ne salo
the criticism of the project and
of the money spent on it was "un-
justified. a
The subcommittee is investlga-
ting the wartime contract the gov
eminent gave Hughes and indus
t~rialist Henry J. Kaiser for the
aeria, cargo craft - the worlds
biggest plane. 1t also is looking
into Hughes contract during the
war for Photographic reconnals-
sance planes.
None of either was delivered
while the fighting was on. L n e
committee wants to know why.
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AFL MEETS
HERE MONDAY
William Green Unable To
Attend As Was
Planned

Because of an important meet
ing in San Francisco next week
William H. Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
will be unable to attend the North
Carolina Federation Of Labor con-
vention which opens here tonor-
row, C. B. Kornegay, president of
the Wilmington Central Labor
Union, announced yesterday.
"We hope he will sent a SUBJ
stitute speaker in his place."
Kornegay said, "but as yet we
have not been informed"
The convention will open Mon
day morning at the Recreation
Center, Secnd and Orange
streets, with addresses Of well
come from Mayor E. l.. White
and H. Winfield Smith, Judge of
Recorders court. Response and
invocation will be made by A. E.
Brown, Durham, state chaplain.
c. A. Fink, state president, will
give the opening address, and at
11:15 am. Monday Forrest H.
Shuford, N. C. commissioner OF
labor will speak. At 3 pm, Frank
P. Fenton, national director of or
g~anization for for the AFL, will
speak, and I. M. Ornburn, nation
al secretary-treasurer Of the
Union Label Trades department,
will address the members.
On Tuesday, John O'Hare, presi-
dent of the Tobacco Workers In
ternational Union will speak at 10
ann, and Nick Collins, vice-presi-
dent of the United Textile Work
ers Of America will talk, after
which the members will hear
George L. Googe, Southern direc-
tor of the AT of L.
In the afternoon, T. A. Wilson,
chairman of the state industrial
commission from Raleigh, will
speak. At 3 pm, G. H. Williams,
Regional director of the US. Con-
Citation service will talk.
Nomination of officer will be
made Tuesday Afternoon, and the
election and installation will be
held Wednesday. In addition to
Fink, other present officers in
clude H. G. Fisher, Salisbury, sec
retary-treasurer, J. A. Scroggins,
Charlotte first vice president.
John Lovett, Charlotte, second
fCop&;ruad ~, page Two. Col. 4\
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
TEN AREA MEN
ARE SELECTED
FOR TRAINING

Ten area men were selected
yesterday as principals or alter
mates for entry into the Naval Re-
serve Officers Training corps and
the Naval Aviation college pro
gram, according to an Associated
Press release from Washington.
Those named are John Ebert
Bass, Jr., Wilmington; Albert
Greasy Beall, Wilmington; How
ard Roger Corbett, Jr., Whining
ton; Robert Green Davis, Jr., Will
mington; Richard Wells Galphln,
Jr., Wilmington; John Raymond
Miller, Wilson; Charles .Dewayne
Roberts, Camp Lejeune; Nelson
w. Taylor, III, Beaufort; Herbert
F.. Colenda, Morehead City; and
Harold M. Taylor, Wilson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
PASSES
OVER ALEUTIANS
AT 10 P. M.

EDMONTON, Alta, Aug. 9.-WD
Northwest airlines radio post re-
ported tonight that round-the-world
flier William P. Odom passed 0er
the island of Shemya on the west
ernmost tip of the Aleutian chain
at "about 10 p. m. EDIT" five
hours from his first scheduled
landing on the North American
continent at Anchorage, Alaska.
The airlines listening post said
Odom reported himself flying at
10, 900 feet with good tail Winds"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
Accused By Conservatives
Of Seeking TotaLitarian Powers

"anti-crisis" program. The Daily
Express political writer said ma
jor changes in the government
may result from a rift over the
future of the steel industry.
Government sources declined
comment on the reports. Key min
listers were reported coneerring
with Attlee over the week end to
outline his reply to labor critics
on Monday.
In addition to utlining his stand
on steel Attlee was expected to
answer left wing Socialist critics
who attacked as "inadequate'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
PIGEON LANDS
ON PORCH; IT
PORCH) COLLAPSES

OLIVET, Mich, Aug. 9.-P-A
pigeon, unaware Of it's own
strength, landed on a porch at
Mather hall, the Olivet college
science building. The porch col
lapsed.
School officials said the rickety
structure had been closed off in
preparation for its rebuilding.
The surprised bird fled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
BY ROBRT HEWETT

LONDON, Aug. g. B Prime
Minister Attlee, accused by the
conservatives of seeking t%''totali-
tartan powers" to deal with Brit
aims economic crisis, faced a new
conflict within his own labor party
tonight over the governments ma
tionalization program.
Persistent but unconfirmed re-
ports that some cabinet members
were opposed to carrying out
plans to nationalize the steel in
dustry during the crisis were fol.
lowed by. the calling of a special
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

private meeting Of labor members
of parliament for Monday.
One political writer said leftist
intellectuals and trade union mem
bers would demand a direct yes
or ''no'' answer n steel from Att
lee.
Tomorrow night Attlee will out
line to the people of Britain over
the BIC his work-more-eat less
program for staving of economic
disaster.
Most London newspapers car
ried stories reporting dissat.sfac-
ton among laborites with Attlee's
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
:Niqht Of Horror.
On Ship Described
BY JACK COWIE
Staff Writer

Robinson Crusoe had nothing OF
y Wilmington area and LoulsVlne
XIV. residents Friday night ano
Yesterday as they spent several
hours aground on the bar at Ne"
Tonsail inlet bfeore finally making
shore with their craft.
The boat, a 80 foot steel lifeooa'
converted into a shrimper is own
ed by Jimmy Avison, Seagate.
The experience was narrowing
for those aboard as heavy sea-
threatened to tear the boat apart
as it sat on a shoal from 6:3O
Continued On Page Two; Col. y
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government plans to cut the
armed forces from 1900, 600 men
to 1,007, 900 by next March.
Winston Churchill, continuing
the conservative attacks on the
Attlee bill to extend broad govern
mental control over management
and workers, was scheduled to
make another attempt Monday to
amend the measure and Limit con-
trolls.
Churchill's move to throw out
the measure was defeated last
night in the house of commons by
Q vote of 251 to 148.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
TO MEET

RALEIGH, Aug. 9.-P-Mem'
bers of the executive committee
of the State Young Democrat club.
meeting here today, voted to hold
their second post-World War II con
vention in Raleigh in September OF
October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-PC
Attorney General Clark announced
today that the office of alien prop
erty has taken over the interest
of Dutch and German owners in
the North American Rayon cor
poration and the American Benz
berg cOrpOration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
VET G

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-PeThe
Veterans Administration said to-
day the average veteran Of World
War II is 20 years old, four years
the senior of the averag, man still
in the armed services.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-10
The Weather

Meteorological data for the n hour
suins 7;30 pm. yesterday.
Temperatures
l:SO n. "A; 7:30 am. "A: 1880 pm. IS
100 pm. 80.
Maximum Sc; Minimum II; Mean 10
Normal 70.
Humidity
LEO am. SO; 1880 am. 80; 1880 pm. s.
1875 pm. 70.
Precipitation
doatI for "a hours ending 1880 pm -
WOO inches.
Total since the first of the month -
wv inches.
Tides For Today
IRON the Tide Tablets published by
= D Coast and Geodetic Survey.
NJ, High Low
"4m'Agton 1921 am. 1926 am
v,.. Ais pm. II :43 pm
@'SoAnoro Inlet - 1880 am. 7:25 am
c. 1:44 pm. BIT pm
w. oaAflse $50; Sunset 7:05; Moonrise
DO PM Moonset 1:42 pm.
mFer stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
~' saturday, mo Report) feet.
DISTINCTION, Aug. 9.-(P-Weathe1
f Seau report of temperature and rain.
| f.T PRINCIPAL cotton growing areas ano
s,.n ~ THE "A hours ending 8 pm. in
= 'AALLt
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Largest Bombs Ever Built,
$4,000 Pounds, Hit Target
S t Tests In Germany Disclosed Last
Night; Flames Fly At Shakespeare
Heights; Amazing Accuracy Cited
Rv CLINTON r CONGER

~GIEXELSTADT, Germany, Aug. @(UP)-U. S. Air
Forces bombardiers, ~copiloted by a North Carolina man,
have dropped rs, 1000 pound test bombs, the largest ever
developed, from stratospheric heights with such amazing
accuracy" that none has landed outside the 2OO-yard dam
ger area around the target, it was disclosed today.