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Evening star., 1947-09-20
Rites 10 Be Held Monday
For Police Pvt. Fisher

Funeral services for Police Pvt
Oscar L. Fisher, SO, who shot him
self Thursday at his home. 2s0e
Tenth street NE, will be held at 8
am. Monday at st. Anthony's Cath
olic Church. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Fisher, for many years desk
clerk at the fourth precinct, was
found in his home with his police
revolver beside his hand. The bullet
had entered his head behind the
right ear. Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald issued a certificate of
suicide.
Mr.. Fisher had been member of
the police force for 81 years. Flags
on all police installations in the city
will be flown at half staff until after
the funeral.
Evening star., 1947-09-20

line County, and worked first with
the Denton National Bank. Later
he went to the State bank commits
sioner's office.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs
Inez Dever Hobbs; two sons, Charles
L., jr., and George Dever Hobbs
and a brother, Burt Hobbs, Greens.
boro.
He was a Mason and member oi
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church.
Evening star., 1947-09-20
R. W. Wheeler Dies:
Printer Here 80 Years

Roger w. Wheeler, 81, who was
in the printing business here for
more than 80 years, died last night
at his home, 50 Randolph place
NV, after brief illness.
Born in Buffalo, Mr.. Wheeler
worked in New York City for l3
years and was foreman of the old
New York Herald composing room.
After coming to Washington he
operated his own printing business
Tor 20 years in the Printcraft Build
Ing, $50 H street NV. and later
worked on The Star and other
Washington newspapers and as a
printer for the Supreme Court. His
last job was with the Times-Herald
where he worked for the last year
Mr.. Wheeler is survived by four
children, Virginia Florence, Ida
Genevieve, Rodney Frank anc
Roger, jr.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed. His son said he
hopes Mr.. Wheeler's Spanish-Amer-
ican War service records can be To-
Gated so that burial can be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Fire has increased its butter ra-
Evening star., 1947-09-20

the Secretary, Navy Department
At one time he headed the depart.
ment Of engineering and aero.
nautics at the academy.
The admiral Is survived by hi,
widow, Mrs. Helen Smith Penn Of
Smyrna, Del, and two daughters
Mrs. Helen Penn Page and Mrs
Emily Penn Howard.
Funeral services will be held al
2 pm. Tuesday in the Fort Mye,
(Va.) Chapel and burial. with full
military honors, will follow In
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-09-20
Charles |. Hobbs, 81, Dies,
Baltimore Bank Official
BY the Assoeioisd Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 20-Charles
L. Hobbs. Ct, vice president of the
County Trust Co. of Maryland and
active in State banking circles. died
unexpectedly yesterday at his home.
Mr.. Hobbs was stricken upon
rising, apparently of a heart attack,
relatives said.
He was born in Greensboro, Caro-
Evening star., 1947-09-20
Garn nf Chunks

MOORE, HnYARD s.. The family Of
the late HILYARD s. MOORE wish to
gratitude to our relatives. friends and
neighbors for their thoughtfulness. many
acts of kindness, expressions OF sympathy
and beautiful floral tributes IN our re-
cent bereavement THE FAMILY. 21s
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Friday. September 10. 1877. at Prince
Georges General Hospital, Rev. CLAYTON
A. CHRISMAN. beloved husband Of the
late Julia A. Cnrisman OF 49l6 Hampden
lane, Bethesda. Md. Remains resting at
he ehss Fspses H9%e Ms
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da, Nd. at 1890 am. Interment HEDGES
vile, W. Va. 21
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isq3 f1sts St. NV NV, dsSoted sister 81 pr q
Georgia A. Coleman. She also is survived
After rm. Monday. September 90.
friends may call at Frazier's Funeral
Home, Inc, 3s9 r; I. ave; NV. where
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DAWSON, MARGARET NJ. On satur-
day ssgsSsmpsr & 20; lg4a MARGARE;F r AR;1;I n
Of San Bernandino Calf Prayers at
Chambers Funeral Home. 517 11th st.
sc. Notice OF funeral later. 21
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father Of Mrs. Herbert D. McKibben Of
Catonsville, Nd Services at st. Tim
othy's Church. Catonsyille, l pm. satur-
day, September 20. Interment Columbia
pm. Saturday. September 20. 2o'
Evening star., 1947-09-20
Portsmouth Mon Missing

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Sept, 20 LP).
A search was being made today by
police for A. c. Pitts, SO, whose wife
reported he left his home here We'd
nesday with Sc, 1000 in his pockets and
has not been heard from since. She
said he was going to Newport News
to buy a house.
Evening star., 1947-09-20
Anttrtlir1

ARcNoVITZ, PHILIP. Sunday. Sep
tember u, 1947. at 70 30 pm, George
Washington Lodge Cemetery. Cars meet
tns at 11:45 am. at 700 Emerson ST.
Evening star., 1947-09-20
Elias Grossman Dies;
Etcher OF NotabIes

BY the Asseeiatsd Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Elias M.
Grossman, 40, Russian born East
Evening star., 1947-09-20

Fire has increased It's butter ra-
ton from 2 to ounces a week for
each person.
Evening star., 1947-09-20

Shortages of materials are slow
ing Northern Ireland's postwar
housing program.
Evening star., 1947-09-20

ABT. ERNST. On Friday. september
1a, 1947. at Georgetown Hospital. ERNST
band Of the late Hattie Abt. SERVICES at
Chambers Funeral Home, 1900 Saapin
st. NV, on Tuesday. Septe n6sr, e. at
terry 22
Evening star., 1947-09-20
BrafhH

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tnuTsaay. September Is, 1947. at her
man ma OF Nsale Estate, Md. CARRIE d
dax EVANS; Funeral win be held on Mon !
chaillet Funeral Home, s00a' 1iSh ISth tne st
nir, ne, nterment st. Pauis Cemetery, Bal
tnmore' MO. q
rlSHEk, OSCAR L. Suddenly, on
nd1t 1n1nrsqay. September IS. 1947. at Cas-
10th st nc. beloved husband Of Maude
81; Fisher. and father OF Miss Frances
rlsner and Mrs. Ethel +. McMullen Fu-
$50 1th g: s.w.. on Monday. September
az $50 am, REQUIEM mass at ST.
hnInony's Church at 8 am. Relatives
Soa. SSmo Irlends invited. Interment Mount
ofVet Cemetery. FL
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
ILLNESS CLOSES
SUPERIOR COURTS
Judge Morris Stricken With
Flu, Burney Contracts
Malaria

RALEIGH, Oct. '2.-R-Judge
Chester Morris of Currituck,
presiding over a criminal term
Of Wake Superior Court, adj
iourned the session this morn
Ing because Of illness, and was
advised by a doctor to go to bed
and stay there for at least two
days. 1t was believed the Jurls'
Is suffering from influenza.
Judge Morris has had a cold
FOR the past few days, and yes
terday morning said he felt much
worse. DR.. David Young, super
intendent of state hospitals, hap
pened to be in court, and he con-
ferred with the judge in the lat
ter's office. Judge Morris was adj
vised not to attempt to drive to
his home. He returned to his
hotel room, and there DR.. Young
called on him again during the
afternoon.
Judge Morris is the second jur-
list to be stricken this week
fudge John ]. Burney was forced
70 adjourn Duplin Superior
court Wednesday when he was
stricken with malaria.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
FRITZ CASE GOES
OVER One MONTH
State Board Oh Education
To Await Report By
Special Committee

RALEIGH, Oct. 2 -R-The
State Board of Education today
delved into the Fritz payroll
padding case long enough to
provide for a months delay on
the question of whether crimi-
nal prosecution should be taken
against the former Hudson
school principal.
Before the board was a let
ter, stating that State Attorney
General Harry Mcmillan an d
District Solicitor James G..
Farthing felt that the Fritz case
should be passed on by a Cald-
well county jury.
The months delay was voted
unanimously in order that a
three-man committee of the
state board might look into
these suggestions made by Far
thing and listed in McMullan's
letter read yesterday to the
board:
Farthing Points
l. Farthing, at a conference
See FRITZ On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
UNION RESTRAINED
IN ALBANY STRIKE
Federal Judge Issues Order
Against Longshore-
mems Leader

NEW YORK., Oct. 2-(P-Fed-
eral Judge Stephen Brennan to-
day signed an order under pro-
visions of the Taft-Hartley act,
temporarily restraining about
$50 members of the ALL Inter
national Longshoremen's AS
sociation from continuing a
strike in the port of Albany-the
first such move since the new
legislation went into effect.
The strike had blocked gram
shipments to Europe, delivery
of fuel oil to various New York
state communities, and had
threatened a curtailment OF
operations in paper mills.
The order, is returnable Oct
7 in the us. Court house in
Syracuse, NY.
Charles T. Douds, director Of
the second region Of the Nation
al Labor Relations Board, who
announced the signing of the
restraining order, said it was
the first time such an order had
been issued since the Taft
Hartley law went into effect.
He said it was similar to the
action taken by the government
against John l.. Lewis, presi-
dent of the ALL United Mine
Workers, to compel him to send
miners back to work last spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
r CAPE FEAR :

EARLY CAPE FEAR - Long
before Europeans even suspect
ed that two continents lay be-
yond the Atlantic, the murky
waters of the Cape Fear began
to fray the edges of the land and
to carve out the harbors of Will
mington. But the river did more
than create this port. Bearing to
its shores ships that carried set
tiers, merchants, adventures,
and pirates, the Cape Fear shap-
ed the early history of Whining
ton.
Up the Cape Fear river, in
1860, sailed a small group of New
Englanders. Seeking good past
ure land for their cattle, the few,
but brave men made a settlement
on the lower banks of the river
in the vicinity of p~resent-day Will
mington.
OF the life and experience of
these men only one incident is
known; in a few months, the
hostile Indians forced the New
Englanders to abandon the settle
ment.
Seventy-two years passed be-
fore another attempt was made
to settle in the Cape Fear region.
In the spring Of 1892, John Wat
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
Along The Cape Fear

son, assisted by Michael Higgins,
Joshua Granger, and James
Wimble marked off the town OF
Newton. Newton progressed rap
idly. In three short years a sound
government and a commendable
court system had been establish
ed.
The year 1879 was an i'm
portant year for the. town OF
Newton. In that year it was in
corporated into the town OF Will
mington in honor of Spencer
Compton, Earl of Wilmington.
Section four of the Act OF In
corporation stated that the cit
liens of Wilmington should elect
one representative to be sent to
the General Assembly.
Every man could vote provld-
ed that on the day of election and
three months before, he lived IN
a brick, stone or framed house
that was twenty feet long and
sixteen feet wide. In 1741, the
provincial. assembly met in Will
mington, and this meeting was
the signal that Wilmington had
come into definite being.
60. "a DE FEAR On Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
CHOLERA DEATH TOLL
IN EGYPT NOW. ABOVE
TWO HUNDRED MARK

CAIRO, Oct. 2-P-The
Egyptian cholera epidemic, now
in it's second week, caused the
deaths of 40 persons today,
raising the total death toll to
215.
A Health Ministry communi-
que said 76 new cases of the
disease were discovered during
the day and that 977 persons
have become infected since the
epidemic began.
The ministry denied reports
from Rome that former Queen
Helena of Italy, now living here
in exile, had been stricken and
the residence of the former
Italian royal family placed I'M
der isolation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03

P~ASCAGOULA, Miss, Oct. 2.
Take one name from the
death list of the great Atlantic
and Gulf hurricane - for Fisher
man Thomas H. Ladnier has come
home.
The raging tropical storm cap
sized his 30-foot craft and tossed
him into the sea. The first two
days and. nights, he related In
an interview, he stayed afloat
with the aid of a life preserver
and two empty water cans.
On the third day he deserted
the water cans to swim to what
he thought was solid land. It de-
iveloped his "land" was a float
ing glob of marsh, inhabitated by
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03

IF some of our competitors CT
find out with whom we ?
ing business, they might
beat us out of it," a
I'VE have tried out Whining
as an experiment." his associate
announced. "And everything is
working out so well that when l
60 back to New York tomorrow
l am going to recommend to sew
eral exporters that they divert
about 80 per cent of their bust
ness down to Wilmington where
it can be shipped. I would like
to see some cranes and additional
equipment for loading added to
harbor facilities here. The labor
situation here seems to be good"
They said they came to Will
mington at the invitation OF a
Chamber of Commerce official
and that several local firms and
shippers have extended them
every courtesy in an effort to ia
cilitate their early shipping.
Lutes and Reiss predicted the
exporting of war surplus goods
would be a thriving business for
the next three years. In addition
to crowded docks, the eastern
seaboard is frequently paralyzed
by strikes and labor difficulty,
they said. They predict a boom
in local export business if no
labor problems materialize ano
shippers do not take advantage
Of exporters who detour their
shipping through this port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
PRISONERS VERGE
ON MUTINY BASIS
Armed Troops Guard 500
Infatuated Members
OF "Rebel" Army

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 2.-UR
Heavily armed troops today
guarded 500 Infatuated and be-
draggled members of the abor-
tive revolutionary expedition
against the Dominican Republic,
awaiting their release at Column
bia military camp.
Tattered and emaciated after
a gruelling 32-hour trip from
Antilla in ANTICIPATED box cars,
the frustrated "liberators' were
verging on mutiny as troops
herded them into their temper
airy prison.
Claiming that they had been
"sold" to the 17-year Dominican
dictatorship of Generalissimo
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the rev
olutionists shouted "down with
Genovevo!!" (Gen. Genovevo
Perez Damera, chief of the Cuban
Army.) They hooted, jeered,
stomped and pounded.
Up to a late hour, the order
issued last night by the criminal
branch of the Cuban Supreme
court to release the rank and
file of the expedition had not
been carried out.
1t directed specifically that
all members of the expedition
except a handful of top leaders,
be freed today.
However, observers doubted
that the authorities would loose
upon the city 900 belligerent pc
nurious and weakened men with
out an attempt to calm, feed and
clothe them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
MARINE LIEUTENANT
KILLED in CRASH OF
TWO TRAINING SHIPS

CHERRY POINT, Oct. 2. Up
Marine LIST. 1t. John H. An
derson, IS, Of Osceola Mills, Pa,
was killed today in the crash of
two training planes off Harkers
Island, near Beaufort.
The other pilot, who was not
identified, escaped uninju-ed, the
public relations office at the Ma
val Air station here reported.
Anderson, who had been in the
Marine Corps for four and a half
years, became the father OF a
son, John H. Anderson, Jr., last
Saturday. His widow, Madonna
NJ. Anderson, and the baby are
tn the Cherry Point hospital.
They have no other children.
He was attached to Marine
Fighting Squadron 212.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
MysteryHangsO Over
Car Shipments Here

Because New York, Phila-
aelphia, Baltimore and other
north Atlantic harbors are jam
med with export shipping and
Wilmington offers friendly SER
vice and port facilities, the local
port will be doing a big export
business within 80 days, w. J.
Lutes and his New York export
ing associate, Alvin Reiss, told
the Morning Star in their suite of
rooms at the Cape Fear hotel last
night.
Lutes and Reiss have Grated the
first 200 of their unused and re-
processed war surplus vehicles,
for export on a site near the
Smiths Creek bridge on tn e
Castle Haynes road, and expect
n, have another 100 Grated by
tuesday, Lutes said. The firm
plans to export at least 1900 We
hicles from Wilmington, his as
aociate revealed.
There is some mystery as to the
destination of the vehicles which
have been purchased at war sur
plus sales throughout the coun-
fry and driven down here. Lutes
said South America was the desti-
nation of the cars. The export
srs explain the mystery by point
ing out the highly competitive
nature of their business.
"Not even the shippers will be
allowed to reveal the exact des-
tination of the cars" Lutes said,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
EASTERN PRICES
RALLY SLIGHTLY
Border Belt Changes Vary,
While Middle Belt Quo
tations Decline
Nv The Associated Press

Grade prices rallied yeSterda.
on the Eastern North Carolina
Flue- Cured Tobacco belt, with
practically all grades showing
gains from 81 to IS, the FEEDER
al-State Marketing Service re-
ported.
Leading with advances from SO
to S. were Tugs, low orange cut
tiers, and some lower leaf offer
ings. Most other grades showed
increases from 81 to So, and good
lemon cutters reached a season
high of $61. Many lug grades
also cleared new peaks. Quality
continued to improve.
Average prices for a few
grades showed slight changes
of about 81 per hundred on the
Border Belt of South Carolina
and North Carolina. In most in
stances trading on the market
remained steady.
Percentage of good and fine
leaf grades was slightly higher
than the previous day, but the
bulk of offerings consisted of
common to fair qualities and
nondescript. Volume of sales
remained fairly heavy. Gross
sales Wednesday totaled 1885,.
654 pounds for an average OF
$3.50.
Principal price changes on the
Middle Belt were for fair orange
and low orange Tugs and all
primings, with drops reported
from So to S. over Wednesdays
sales. Most other grades showed
varying drops of from 81 to So.
Majority of grades on the Old
Belt showed declines, but low
green (orangeside) leaf and low
green primings advanced as
much as $3.50.
Gross sales Wednesday totaled
1894, $50 pounds for an average
of $42.43, 80. cents below Tues
DAVIS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
U. S. NOW FACING
GREATEST CRISIS
Secretary Royal Points To
Gravity In Speech At
Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 2-P)-Sec-
rotary of the Army Kenneth c,
Royal tonight called on quail
fled business labor and farming
leaders to offer themselves for
federal government services to
provide leadership for "both
peace and prosperity-at home
and abroad"
The Goldsboro native told the
end annual meeting of the Sou
thern Combed Yarn Spinners
here 1--WE can have no lasting
domestic prosperity SC long as
there is chaos and fear of war
abroad. Nor can we have
peace without economic stabil-
ity at home" Royal said the
United States now faces it's
greatest crisis at home or
abroad.
He said that following the end
of the war there had been a
let-down in the United States, q
cry for "norma1cy.. impossible
as its quest was unwise. There
followed here at home industrial
strife, black markets, profiteer-
ing, and in the international
field a desire to be rid of the
rest of the world"
Stampede Starts
Royal added "soldiers STAN
peded out of the army, and toe
See U. S. On Page Five
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
Umstead Thinks Price Control
Return Unwise; Predicts Recall;
Brookly YIN Wins Third Game. 9-8
j. S. Senator Hits
Soviet Promotion
Speaker Censures Comun-
lists In Speech Before
Farmers Club

United States Senator William
B. Umstead, of Durham, predict
ed here last night that President
Truman will call a special ses-
sion of Congress to act upon the
current domestic and foreign
economic situations.
Senator Umstead made the pre-
diction before delivering an ad-
dress to the Wilmington Farm
ers' club, in which he blamed
Russia for economic chaos now
existing in Europe.
Answering a question about the
possibility of restoration Of price
control in the nation, the Sena-
tor said that such controls could
not be placed on any specific
commodity or commodities and
that the entire program of price
administration would have to be
placed in operation if such a
policy were started. He indicat-
ed that such a program would be
cumbersome and probably I'M
wise.
Censuring the Communists for
i~nfiltration practices, Umstead
declared, Russia has made II
See SENATOR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
Hugh Casey Saves
Tilt For Dodgers
Buns Belt Bobo Newsom
From Mound In Sec
ond Inning
BY OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 -U.D-
Fortly Hugh Casey, fireman
first class of the Brooklyn bod
gers, trudged out from the bull
pen today to still the laundering
bats of the New York Yankees
and give the battling Buns
their first victory, 8 to 8, in
the third game of the World
Series.
With the Dodgers, humbled in
the first two games, striving to
get up off the floor and the
hard-hitting Yankees coming up
hard from behind, the beefy
Georgia tosser strolled out of
the right field shadows and aft
er six years balanced the scales
with fate.
For back in 1941 it was this
same Casey against these same
Yankees and they said he threw
a spitball which danced away
from catcher Mickey Owen and
shattered Dodger dreams Of a
world championship.
Today, too, Dodger hopes
were riding on every pitch. For
the favored Yankees had belt
ed the Dodgers to their knees
in the first two games and ap-
peared to be riding toward a
sweep of the classic.
But this time, in q bitter,
See HUGH CASEY on Pare Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-03
Rescued Fisherman Tells
OfSnake-Infested Marsh

snakes and other crawling things
which interfered seriously with
Ladnier's sleep for the next three
nights.
Five days after he parted COM
'pany with his boat, Ladnier was
rescued by fishermen who took
him to a Bay St. Louis, Miss,
hospital. There the 41-year-old
fisherman convalesced until yes
terday, gaining back a few of the
25 pounds lost during his food
less, waterless battle with the
hurricane.
Ladnier's boat has been found
and raised from the gulf, the Red
Cross said.