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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
MAN WHO SHOT
SENATOR INSANE
Young Representative, A
!. Veteran, Adjudged A
Paranoic By VA

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 1o.-N1
- Admitting I've just had a
lit, trouble finding he spot I be-
long H." gaunt Jimmie Scott, who
returned fro m30 months ser zee
witt the army in the Pacific to
become a state representative
from Holdenville, Okla, today was
judged mentally ill after shooting
OF state Senator Tom Anglin on
the floor of the Oklahoma sen>te.
Three physicians found Scott
was a victim of paranoia, de-
scribed as a dangerous type OF in
sanity, and county Judge G. J.
Blinn signed the commitment
order which places the veteran in
the care of the Veterans Admin
istration which will send him to
a hospital.
Scott shot Anglin, also from
HOLD vie, on the floor of the
senate last Wednesday, and Thurs
day pleaded innocent to a charge
of assault with intent to kill.
Anglin received a flesh wound in
the hip and is recovering in a
hospital.
DR.. James H. Parker, Veterans
Administration psychiatrist, DR..
John S. Pine and DR.. George L.
Borecky examined Scott iaten-
sively for 40 minutes b-fore all
there agreed, Scott was mentally
sick.
Scott, Though hesitant, told of
the ever leading up to the shoot
ing of Anglin.
"The trouble was with the SEN
ator from my district (Anglin), a
life long friend. A page came in
and said the senator wanted to
see ne. l went to him and he
said he hadn't sent a page. Then
it happened again.
IT went out to eat and came
back in the afternoon and we had
a discussion. We talked about how
long the legislature VOID run,
and we had aome difference. . .
you all know about them
Then Scott told about his long
friendship with Anglin and admit
ted he had borrowed money from
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
|CRIDIRON CLUB
P0KESANNUALF FUN
Getting Cash From Uncle
Sam For Fear OF Red
Joe Demonstrated

WASHINGTON, May 10.-UH-
The royal treasury of the Cannibal
Kingdom was about to collapse.
Then somebody remembered
that the Cannibal Kingdom, in
darkest Africa, was the only
Democracy on earth that had not
yet received anti-Communist cash
from Uncle Sam.
A quick telephone call to
Washington-collect, of course -
fixed it up, and gloom turned to
glee as the cannibals sang to fam
iliar melody:
Soak Uncle Sam for a billion
bucks Or so,
Because we hear the siren
voice of
"Old, Red joe"
It all happened as the Gridiron
club, an organization of Washing
ton newspapermen, put govern
ment and political figures on its
sizzling grill of satire at the clubs
spring dinner at the Statler hotel.
President Truman and 500 9th
er guests, including members of
Congress, the Cabinet, the SUI
preme Court, the diplomatic corps
and the newspaper world, wit
messed a series Of skits enacted
by club members that lampooned
Republicans and Democrats alike.
When it was all over, President
Truman spoke. Gov. Earl Warren
of California made a speech fer
the Republicans, and former
president Herbert Hoover, attend
ing a Gridiron dinner for the frs
thine since 1882, contributed
third speech.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
DEMOCRATIC GROUP
CONFERENCE DATES
CHANGED AT CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, May 10.-R-
The democratic national commit
tee announced today changes in
dates Of three group conferences
of party leaders in Washington n
facilitate attendance"
Tae changes included:
Meeting of North and Souts
Carolina leaders scheduled for
June IL consolidated with Alabama,
Florida, Georgia and Mississippl
conference June 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
LOST COLONY
FORT IS FOUND
Park Service Finds Parts
OF Old Earthen Fort
On Site

WASHINGTON, May 1O.-WH-
The National Park service has
discovered parts of an old earthen
fort that may have been built by
members of the Lost Colony" on
Roanoke Island, N. c., during the
settlement of the island by Sir
Walter Raleigh.
The excavations we're made on
the traditional site of the fort
within the Fort Raleigh National
Historic site by ]. C. Harrington,
archeologist for the National Park
service.
Three exploratory trenche sre-
vealed that the moat of the fort
was nearly 10 feet wide and SIS
feet deep. Near the bottom Of the
moat a large fragment of hand
made brick and a large piece Of
strap iron were found in one Of
the trenches. Other discoveries
thus far include a two-foot layer
OF charcoal SUCKS ana fragments
of Indian pottery.
The excavation will continue IN
til the end of June. when it is
hoped that the plan of the fort
can be fully made out. Work will
be halted for the rest of the sum-
mer to permit renewal Of the
Lost Colony pageant drama at
the Fort Raleigh site in July and
August.
The park service said the Raleigh
c~olonists, who landed on Roanoke
Island in 1885, began building a
fort as soon as they landed, ac-
cording to history. When the gov
ernor of the colony returned to the
fort in 1891 he found the colonists
gone and the fort wrecked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
North Carolina Hospital Week Is Expected To Disclose
Improvement LansO IL mes Wake Hospital

ago came following the dedica-
ton of a new service building
at James Walker which had
been opened early in June,
1916.
The skyscraper would be
constructed with an eye to the
needs of the community 20
years hence, McCaig said at
that time.
Sources close to the board of
managers has indicated the
building will be of seven or
eight stories.
Rankin has declared it would
cost in excess of $4,000, 900 to
replace the present structure.
Continued on Page IA; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
SOUTH TO LOSE
ITS DRAWL SAYS
WESTERN PROF,

EVANSTON. ILL.,, May lo-P)-
The Southern drawl and the
down east' accent may be head
ed tn eway of the dodo.
john Webster Spargo, professor
Of English at Northwestern Uni
versity, believes all U. S. resi-
dents eventually will sound just
like midwesterners.
The reason, he said, today is
that the rest of the country is out
by midwesterners, who
move around in large numbers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

Observance of North Carolina
Hospital week here from Mon
day through Saturday is ex-
pected to be marked by an
nouncement of a l%0ng-range
program Of improvement for
James Walker Memorial hos
pital, it was learned yester-
day as officials Of the COM
mua,ity's four hospitals disclos-
ed their plans for the spo cial
period.
The week, planned to coincide
with National Hospital Day to-
morrow, is sponsored by the
North Carolina Hospital as
sociation's Public Education
council.
During the period, Whining
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

on a long-range program for
the 46-year-old institution dis
closed last June by w. D. Nc
Caig, member of the board Of
managers.
At that time McCaig said
the construction of a skyscraper
institution between the present
northern unit and the Marion
Sprunt annex was included in
the plans.
Rankin, although evasive last
night on the content Of his
speech, did indicate his talk
would bring forth plans for ex-
tensive repairs to the institu-
ton On which more than one
million dollars has been spent
since 1888.
McCaig's statement Of q year
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Vets Widow, Children First
To Receive Security Benefits

Quick action in filing a Social
Security claim in the Wilmington
office yesterday will mean total
benefits of nearly s12,000 for the
next II years to Mrs. Sylvia H.
Harris, whose husband died Aug.
%, 1916, after being discharged
from the armed forces.
Harris died Is months after his
service release. He had returned
to civilian life as a student at the
University of Wisconsin and
worked in employment covered
by the Social Security Act. but
when Mrs. Harris checked the So
cial Security administration ). she
found nothing was payable on the
basis of wages earned before the
war. Neither could she collect
anything from the Veterans Ad :
ministration since her husband
had died after his discharge, and
not as a result of a service con-
nected disability. she was told.
According to N. D. Avera, msa-
ager Of the local field office, and
Leonard Barrett, Wilmington rep
resentative for the State veterans
commission, Mrs. Harris is the
only Wilmington widow who has
received benefits under the 1916
amendment to the Social Security
act. They said othersmay be ELI
gible for the benefits. The act
provided for payments to families
like the Harris family. For vet
erans' who died on or after Au-
guest 10, 1916 Or survivors who
file their claims after February
10, 1947, payments r retroactive
for three months. Because the
claim for herself and two child
rem was filed within six months
after passage of the amendments,
checks totaling more than $345.06
in retroactive benefits were sent
to Mrs. Harris. covering pay :
ments beginning with the month
of her husbands death. She will
also received notify benefits to-
falling $57.51 until the children are
10 years of age.
The children r Harland j,
Harris, IL, less than a year old,
and Lynn M. Harris, three year
old daughter.
The Social Security checks have
enabled the family to stay togeth-
err in their home in Wilmington.
The mother agreed to the pub :
licizing of her own case history
in an effort to reach other fami-
lies who may be eligible for SINH
lar benefits. In order for a vet
erans's survivors to qualify, the
following conditions must be met:
/. The veteran must nave serv-
ed in the active military or naval
service on Or after September l6,
1910.
2. The veteran must have been
released from the service under
conditions other than dishonor =
able.
3. The veteran must have had
at least So days OF active service.
4. The veterans death must
have occurred within three years
after the date of his discharge.
5. The survivors must not be
eligible to receive pension Or COM
%pensation from the Veterans Ad-
ministration.
Receipt of payments under the
National Service Insurance Policy
would not bar benefits under this
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
WRECK KILLS TWELV"

MADRID, May 10.-Gp-Twelve
PERSONS were killed and Is injured
,ouay WI ! two trains collided at
= Empel dor stat ~oar c. dad
veal about 80 miles south OF
-Ndufld, provincial officials an
.uuaced. The dead included +
sA1uteh, tW~ of them infants. The
s1osh occurred when a train was
S"'tched to an occupied track.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Pender-Bladen County
Road Contract Awarded

A contract fir roadway work in
Pender and Bladen counties was
awarded yesterday by the State
Highway commission as one OF
five federal aid projects.
The project consists of grading,
surfacing and structures OF 40
miles from a point is miles west
Of Bureaw to a point three miles
east of Kelly. The contract went
t. E. w, Grannis Construction
company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
MISS AID

KANSAS CITY, May -0.-F-
Mrs. Fred ,rick Shaw of Kansas
City will be Miss Margaret Tru-
mans accompanist on Miss Tr-
man first concert t.ur beginning
Nav 20 at Pittsburgh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
Urges Farmers To Keep From Five To 10
Milk Cows Each As Benefit To
Consumer, Themselves
BY BOB KLINE
Star-NeWS Staff Writer

Milk would drop one cent a quart here with a savings
of $4,000 a year to customers and an added income of
1900, 900 to New Hanover county farmers if they would
each add from five to 10 COWS to their farming, Jennings
savings would result from elimination of import shipping
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

t0nians are invited to visit
their hospitals-James Walker
Memorial, Bullock Hospital
clinic and Community, in the
city, and Babies at Wrights-
vile. Sound-to become better
acquainted with the facilities
and staffs.
Scheduled to speak at the
weekly meeting of the Rotary
club Tuesday, John w. Ran
kin, superintendent Of James
Walker Memorial, is expected
to deal with its future plans
in his discussion of the topic
"Tl1e Hospital in the Com
mEn:ty-James Walker Me-
mortal Expansion Program
Rankin II expected to enlarge
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

Information on the latest
methods of raising dairy cat
tie may be obtained free by
writing the Extension Divi-
sion, North Carolina State Col
lege, Dairy Division, Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
The w Gather
Eastern Standard Time)

Ny L. S. Weather Bureau
en5 Siieofologica data for the "a hours
s HD pm. yesterday.
,.,, Temperatures
pm. II. i'
81. mi'imum 0o' mean w.
Ia, Humidity
..3a AN 66: 7:3o am. 60; 1870 pm. 43;
'r,A Precipitation
Inn M, Tor "a hours ending 7:3c pm
ia, since the first of the month -
p tides For Today
G the Tide Tables published by
Z Coast end survey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11
WEATHER

For Wilmington and vicinity: Clear To
| partly cloudy and continued cool TODAY
and tonigbt. Highest temperature TODAY.
p degrees. Slightly warmer today and
tomorrow,
For North Carolina: Fair and not
quite so cold. slightly warmer tonight
and tomorrow.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Mrs. Annie Marshall Dies;
From Old MARYLAND Family

Mrs. Annie H. Marshall, 81, whose
ancestors settled at Pettebone's
Rest, near Annapolis, Md, in 1866
died last night at Garfield Hos
pital, after an 11-week illness.
Mrs. Marshall was the daughter
of the late DR.. Philip Pettebone, a
physician in Anne Arundel County
and Mrs. Wilhelmina Hans Petite
bone. Her grandfather, Philip
Pettebone, was a judge in the Cir
cult Court at Annapolis.
She was married in 1901 to John
E. Marshall, who was killed in a
traffic accident here in 1941. Fol-
the last 40 years Mrs. Marshall had
lived in Washington. except for the
two years she lived in Richmond
Va, from 1921 to 1923. Since 1941
she had lived in the Clifton Ter
race Apartments.
Survivors are her daughter, Mrs
Marian P. Rockelli of the Clifton
Terrace Apartments; two sons, John
H. Marshall, Bristol, Tenn, ano
Philip P. Marshall. Statesville, N. c.;
one brother, Harry o. Pettebone
New York City, and five grand
children.
Funeral services will be held al
2 pm. tomorrow at st. Margaret
Episcopal Church. near Annapolis
Burial will be in st. Margaret's
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Police Disagree,
But Were Sure
About Speeding

Not guilty." said Theophile w.
Streule, jr., when he heard the
Traffic Court charge that he had
been driving a car at an ''unreason-
able" speed near Jefferson Memorial
on Fourteenth street S.W.
Police had testified they paced
Streule, 80. of the 1900 block of
Kenvon street NV, at a. miles per
hour.
Facing Judge Nadine L. Gallagher
the defendant added he thought
the case should be dismissed be-
cause of reasonable doubt.
You see. your honor" Streule
said, ''the two officers that followed
me disagreed over what to do when
they stopped the car. If they
couldn't decide there whether or not
I was guilty, 1 think you should have
a reasonable doubt
Motorcycle Patrolman C. M
Blackburn, however, quickly clari-
fed that point for the judge.
- What we disagreed on he said,
was whether to give him a ticket
or take him to the precinct station
Streule was fined SIS.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
90 u. 5. Military Planes
Sold 10 Brazil for Million
BY the Associated Press

The State Department yesterday
announced that 80 American mill
tary aircraft. including SO combat
planes, were sold to Brazil in June
for $1,1o4,500 Their original cost
was $12,903 ,645.
The department. also announced
the sale to Sweden of 5,500,000
rounds Of so caliber ammunition in
May at the. original purchase cost
of $787,096
Its report showed sales of torpe-
does, mine sweepers, landing craft,
ocean rescue tugs, a patrol frigate
and one tank to Peru: spare air.
plane parts to Uruguay, and 20
planes, including fighters, to Vene-
zuela.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Police Seek Identity
OF Dead Woman

The identity OF woman, found
dead in room at 800 M street NE.
last night, was still mystery today,
police reported. No marks of vio-
ledce were on the body.
Residents of the house said they
had never seen her before. police
said. She was thought to be about
As years old.
The body was found by Frank
DeMenneth, a Capital Transit Co
employe. when he returned to his
room after a short absence about
midnight. Mr.. DeMenneth said he
did not know the woman, according
to police.
Deputy Corner Richard Rosen-
berg said he would hold an autopsy
at the District Morgue today to de-
termine the cause of death.
The woman was described as
feet 2 inches tall, weighing 11O
pounds and with brown hair. The
body was clad in a white slip and
brown suede shoes. police said. A
light blue dress with polka dots was
crumpled on the floor beside the
bed
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Miss Harriet Elliott Dies;
Was Administration Aide
By the Associoted Press


CARBONDALE, ILL.,, Aug. miss
Harriet Elliott, So, who served on a
number of public service committees
during President Franklin D. Roose-
velt's administration, died yesterday
She was So,
Funeral services were scheduled
for today.
Miss Elliott, dean of women at the
University of North Carolina, suf-
fered a cerebral hemorrhage several
months ago.
Just before the outbreak of World
War II she was named as the only
woman member of the National De-
tense Councils Advisory Commits
sion. She also was a director of
the women's division of the Treasury
Departments War Bond program, a
member of an Advisory Committee
on setting up a Women's auxiliary
to the Navy, member of the OPA's
Consumer Commission and a men,
ber of the American delegation to
the London conference of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Army Sets Qualification
For Women in Reserve

Qualifications for women who
wish to apply for Army Officers
Reserve Corps commissions as
nurses or medical specialists were
announced today by the War
Department.
Applicants for appointment as
second lieutenants must be 81 to %
years old, and are required to pass
a technical test prescribed by the
War Department.
Registered nurses, dietitians. phys
ical and occupational therapists are
eligible, if thsy have the proper
educational background. Detailed
information on procedure for sub
mitting applications will be furn-
ished by the commanding general,
military district of Washington.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Russia Says Printing
OF Invasion Marks
Stopped Ju|y1, 1946
By the Associated Press

The Russians claim they stopped,
on July /, 1916, issuing German in
vasion money" printed from plates
supplied by the United States.
But American Military Govern
ment officials, who relayed this So
Wet assertion. say they have no way
of confirming it.
At one point, the free e-f1owing in
vasion marks printed by the Rus
slams led to a $250,0oO,00O overdraft
in American occupation costs.
The Russian claim was included
in data received by the Senate APP
preparations Committee in its inves-
tigation of reports that the United
States lost huge sums in redeeming
the Russian-printed currency. The
documents were made public last
night by Chairman Bridges.
They disclosed that the plates
were delivered in Moscow after a
Soviet threat to upset plans for a
joint Allied currency.
Provided by the State, War and
Navy Departments, the documents
give these further details:
Foreign Minister Molotov of Rus
sia delayed acceptance of the Brit
sh-American plan for use of a
single invasion currency in Germany
from November, 1943, until Febru-
ary IA. 1914: Then he insisted that
the Russians be given identical
plates to print their own money
supplies. Unless this was done. Mr..
Molotov said Russia would print
it's own invasion currency.
Finally Henry Morgenthau, jr..
then Secretary of the Treasury. put
the issue directly to the Combined
Chiefs of Staff, made up of top
British and American Army, Navy
and Air Force leaders.
A memorandum by Daniel w. Bell,
then Treasury Undersecretary, re-
ferred to a letter from Gen. Mar
shall on April 13, 1914, which Mr..
Bell said suggested that the ma
terials requested by the Soviet gov
ernment be made available" Gen.
Marshall as Army Chief Of Staff
was a member of the combined
chiefs of staff.
The next day, April IA, Mr.. Nor
genthau notified Andrei Gromyko,
then Soviet Ambassador in Wash
ington, of the decision.
At hearings in June, Howard c.
Peterson, Assistant Secretary of
War, said the Army went $3.50, 0,000,-
600 in the hole redeeming German
paper marks turned out by the Rus
slams.
He contended, however, that
American taxpayers won't lose be-
cause the Army will make up for
the $25oO0O,000 by turning the
marks over to Germans in pay
ment for labor. supplies and the like.
But he said that so far as he
knows the Russians still were print
ing the currency at the time of his
testimony.
Evening star., 1947-08-07
Sister N. Thomas Aquinas,
Educator, Services Today

A solemn requiem mass was to be
sung this morning for Sister M
Thomas Aquinas, O. P, 54, who died
Tuesday night in Providence Hos
pitai after brief illness. The serv-
ices were to be in the Immaculate
Conception Chapel of the Domini-
can House of Studies, 487 Michigan
avenue NE.
Mass will also be held Saturday
at Mount St. Mary Hudson,
Newburgh, N. Y, where she will be
buried only few miles from her
birthplace.
Connected with Catholic Univer-
Sity for the past seven years, Sister
Thomas Aquinas was coeditor and
author of the intermediate Faith
and Freedom readers published by
the American Citizenship Commits
sion for use in parochial schools.
For some years before she came
to Catholic University, Sister
Thomas Aquinas was we'll known
as teacher both at Mount St
Mary's and at the Thomas Edward
Shields Memorial School here.
At the Shields school, Sister
Thomas Aquinas was one of the
pioneer staff of teachers who helped
the late Msgr. George johnson de-
velop notable program of Catholic
education. She was also a member
of the Research Committee of the
American Council on Education.
She is survived by sister, Miss
Margaret McManus, Richmond, Va,
and a brother. Peter j. McManus,
Newburgh, N. Y.
Evening star., 1947-08-07

for several months. according 10
members of the family.
Mr.. Stretch came to Washington
about 81 years ago and was en-
ployed at the Government Printing
Office until his retirement IL years
ago. He was born in Newport, KY.
Before the death five years ago
of his wife, Mrs. Flora Stretch, Mr..
Stretch lived at 1928 Second street
NE. He had been living with his
son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Ries, if Silver Spring
for the past year.
Mr.. Stretch was president of the
Association of Veteran Union Print
ters and had been a member OF
Columbia Typographical Union No.
101 since 1893.
Survivors include mis- son, James
J. Stretch, 3001 South Columbus
street, darlington; :. -ee daughters,
Mrs. Edith Watkins, Laurel, Md;
Mrs. Flora Griehths, 720 Twentieth
street NV; Mrs. M. Kathryn Ries,
of the Dartmouth avenue address,
and a sister, Miss Jane A. Stretch of
the same address.
Requiem mass will be said at
II am. Saturday at st. Michaels S
Church. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.