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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
SHALL0TTE POST
ELECTS OFFICERS
R. D. White, Jr., To Head
American Legion Post
For Coming Year
SpeciaI To The Star

SHALLOTTE, June ia full
slate Of officers have been selected
by the Shallotte Post of the Ameri-
can Legion, it has been announced.
The election was held last week
and the following men were elect
ed for the coming year:
Commander, R. D. White, Jr.;
vice commander, H. B. Mobiles;
vice-commander. Odell William
son; adjutant, J. D. Bellamy, Jr.;
athletic officer, W. T. Russ; chap
lain, Major Richard Braunstien.
Finance officer, J. D. Bel
lamy, Jr.; historian, Edward Dali
ton; service officer, Edward Red
wine; sergeant = at = arms, Charlie
G.. Arnold; Americanism chair
man, Eli Kravitz.
Boys State chairman, Ernest
Parker; child welfare chairman,
DR.. M. M. Rosenbaum; employ
ment chairman, Edward Red
wine; graves registration chair
man. A. W. Bradshaw; member
ship chairman, Henry B. Usher.
National defense chairman, LIE
Grand Redwine; oratorical chair
man, Marvin Bennett; publicity
Harlie Hewett: rehabilitation
chairman, Edward Redwine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
NOT SOUR GRAPES
Publicity Aids Grape
Planting In Brunswick

three month illness with a badly
injured foot. He is understood to
have been playing nurse to a
sick COW which entertained no re-
spect for his qualifications at that
work. The COW got well but Demp-
sey had to 60 to the hospital at
Charlotte to have his proken foot
doctored. Dempsey declined to say
whether the foot got hurt when
the COW stepped IN it or whether
he sustained the injury while run
ming.
In any event, the pure bred
Brahams seem to be on the Regal
Ranch to stay. There has even
been rumors that in addition to
the natural increase the company
may do something to bolster the
number by making another and
larger purchase this year. Owing
to the unusual weather during the
later part of the winter the COWS
we're placed On a limited amount
of feed foI a short time. They
all did well, became much gentler
than when first purchased and it
is thought that they will require
no feed at all during a normal
winter.
The Reigel company has 81 ,000,-
acres of timber land in the
Green Swamp and its areas. This
gives ample pasturage for a great
nhmber of cattle,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
ALLEGED BANDITS
FACE TRIAL TODAY
Two Men, Three Women
Charged With Shallotte
Robbery June S
Special To The Star

SOUTHPORT, June 15-Two
white men and three white women,
all residents Of near Lumberton,
charged with breaking into the
store of Obie Tharp, in Shallotte
township, are scheduled to get
a hearing in Brunswick county
recorders court tomorrow morn
ing.
The five persons are charged
with breaking into the store and
allegedly stealing an iron safe,
said to contain ately
1000. Those being charged are
Henry Willis, Martin Willis, Mrs.
Martin Willis, Dixie Willis and En-
ma Willard.
The store was broken into some
time after three o'clock Thursday
morning, June S. The arrests we're
made at Lumberton and Fayette-
vile Friday night, June 6.
The defendants have revealed
no trace Of the missing safe. Il
has been reported that the five
persons stopped at the store and
after purchasing some cigarettes
from Tharp, they stood around anc
talked to him for nearly an hour.
asking questions about how tough
| the police were in that section
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
JEC[ESS BUILDER
COMPLETES BOATS
,.,eral Craft A d d e d To
Huge Shrimp Fleet
At Southport
Special to the Star

enrTHPORT, June l5-Making
~, first run from dock to dock,
w. -nandia. Fla, to Southport, in
) sonrs. the Claudia, j., and Bill,
u arrived here last Monday,
d. their nets aboard and began
'o.n 1ino for shrimp Tuesday. The
,'s.s are 50 footers, new all the
p.r~ Their keels were laid two
D ',o+bs ago at : Fernando yard
division of the General Mo-
s +. Corporation.
r1e Claudia, j. is named FOR
,t-s W. S. Wells, the Bill, Jr.,
~. her son. Mrs. Wells and her
W lo..or Miss Helen Johnson of Ra-
i H; went to Fernando and re-
. .+opd on the Bill, Jr., which was
.ao+ed by her son, Billy Wells.
pa'v 17-yeers-old. graduated
2 3.,n hiah school this year and
III enter college in the fall. De
..i+a his age he has been skipper
i.s biz shrimp boats during the
M .,7orer months for the past two
s.ssrs. He will operate the Bill Jr.,
The arrival of these two big
,odern travlers brings the W. S.
wells fleet of big diesel powered
boats up to nine.
lewis ]. Hardee, with five other
~s2.footers in his plans, will COM
~1o+e his first locally built trawler
!. another ten days. As a build
~ H.. Hardee imported Lewis
snaulding. Florida boat builder
With a lifetime of experience. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16

first boat, now being finished, is
said to be the strongest and best
built So footer that has ever been
based at Southport. The others.
which will be coming along as
fast as they can be built, will
all be duplicates of the first.
L. c. Arnold, Iegless boatbulld-
er of Southport, IS now getting to-
wards the finishing touches on two
big trawlers and has orders for
two more Of he craft. He turned
out two big boats last year and
they are now in operation. Despite
the handicap of having only 5 or
E inches Of stubs Of legs, Arnold
is very active in his boat con-
struction work.
From a yard in Florida Cap
tain Merritt Moore plans to bring
a brand new 63-footer to South
port in the next two or three
weeks. This craft was built &C
cording to his own plans. He has
fishe> both coasts and wanted
sou hing in line with his own
IDEAS of needs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
Col. Dan Floyd To Head
Lumberton Legion Post
Special To The Star

LUMBERTON, June l5-Colonel
Dan B. Floyd, retired regular army
field officer, has been elected COM
mander of Lumberton. Post No.
AZ, Of the American Legion. He
will succeed Furman K. Briggs,
ST., who has served for the past
two years.
Pritchard Davis was elected
first vice-commander, Ed Hender-
son. second vice-commander, and
Ed Waters, third vice-commander.
Charlie Mcintyre was elected
new post adjutant to succeed
Frank Mcneil, who had filled out
an unexpired term. New assistant
adjutant is John Ayers.
These and 16 other officers anc
chairmen Of activities were named
at a meeting at the American LIE
gion hut, at which members adop'
ted a list of nominations prepar-
ed by a committee headed by W
B. Ivey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
Robson Tax Rate
Increases 10 Cents
For Year 1947-48
Special To The Star

LUMBERTON, June Is - Robe.
son county's $1.55 tax levy for the
1947-48 fiscal year, announced by
County Manager E. K. Butler, is
made up of a general levy Of 80
per 500 property valuation, to be
assessed on a total county prop
erty valuation of $37, 900, 900.
The tax rate is up 10 cents
above the $1.45 rate in effect this
year, and the total property val.
uation is $2,0 900, 900 higher than
this year. The total budget figure,
tentatively estimated at $825, 900.
represents an increase of approx
mately ten per cent above this
years budget.
The entire 10 per cent increase
in the tax levy is to be used fol
school purposes, Mr.. Butler said
and all schools in the county ane
city administrative units are tt
share in the increase in proper
ton to their enrollments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
By GILL KEZIAH
Star

SOUTHPORT, June IS. Last
tall considerable publicity ap-
peared in the Star-News and other
papers relative to the bountifuI
crop of scuppernong grapes and
the price they brought. One story.
especially, was relative to Mr..
and Mrs. J. D. Bellamy, of Shall
lotte, getting owe 81, 600 for the
grapes from one vine.
This story was authentic and
car be fully verified, depite the
fact that newspaper headline writ
ers persisted in tagging it with a
Sour Grapes" caption. County
Agent j. E. Dodson will voucn
for its truth at any time. The agent
is a great believer in the grape
as a money crop in Brunswick,
but is una.le to do any press agent
ing of the matter. This because
he good ladies OF the county
would go after his scalp if ne
boosted anything that could pos
sibly be made into wine. He left
the press ~agent,ng work to a local
neWsman, with the understanding
that the news man would not men
ito him.
That last summer press agent
ing appears to nave been most eff
fective. Literally thousands of new
grape vines have been set out,
the operations covering all sec
ions Of Brunswick county. Not on
ly have new vines been planted, old
ones have been trimmed, cultiva-
ted and given new arbors where
such were needed.
The greatest grape planting Of
all has come from the sex that
the county agent feared most Of
all in connection with grapes. Mrs,
Cornelius Thomas of the beautiful
old Clarendon Plantation, on the
river road, has planted ten acres
in grape vineyards. These ter
acres required hundreds of vines
and a big monetary outlay for
both the vines and creosoted tim
bers with which to build the sup
porting grape arbors. Although
Mr.. Thomas is still very much
alive, the ten acre vineyard is
enirely Mrs. Thomas. We have
her husbands word for that. How
ever, Mr.. Thomas has a six acre
vineyard of his own down near
CrissettoWn. The vines are young
but he expects to gather a good
crop this year.
Despite the countless new grape
vines planted within the year, the
old pre-civil war grape vine on
the J. D. Bellamy farm near Shall
lotte. with it's 1916 production and
price the production brought, prob
ably established a national record.
And this record will probably
stand for many years, unless the
same old grape vine sets out to
outdo what it did in 1916.
The latest news from the Rel
gel Paper company's Maketeka
Ranch, deep in the heart of Green
Swamp, is to the effect that the
herd of SIS Burma cows, purchased
last summer, dropped so calves
this spring. The cows had all been
bred before being shipped to their
new home. The fact that 80 per
cent of them came fresh with
| calves is considered a fine record
Dempsey Atkinson, mainstay at
the ranch, passes out the informa-
ton that the original herd of 50
COWS and 3 pure bred bulls is
now increased to 106. Two of the
calves were lost through some &C
cident or other.
Atkinson Is now getting over a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16

A. O'Mara of St. Claire's parish,
New York City, and the Rev.
Philip j. O'Mara of st. Paul's
parish, New Bern, were ordained
20 years ago; while the Rev. John
B. O'Mara, the twin brother Of
the Rev. Philip O'Mara, was or
dained % years ago. A number
of other Catholic priests were
present for the ceremony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
WORK

NEW BERN, June 15-Work IS
progressing on the new radio sta
ton authorized for Morehead City,
it was reported here by Grover
c. Munden, one of the owners.
The station will be called WMBL,
"Morehead and Beaufort Link"
Paul Parker, formerly of the staff
Of Radio Station WHIT at New
Bern, will be its program director
and station manager.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
From where | sit by Joe Marsh
Industry Looks at
Our Town

As Doc Walters says, that sort of
life just naturally sets you up for
work the next day 90. whether it's
in Office, mill, or field. And Doc
should know. He works fourteen
hours, but never misses his mcrn-
ing constitutional" or his evening
glass of beer with friends.
From where I sit, any industry
could profit from being in a town
where wholesome living, temper
ance, and friendship are the rule.
&s M~4x
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16

c1e4z UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION. NORTH cunusu coaaMss
Suite 6o6-6o7 Insurance Building. Ro1ssh. North cuoHna.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16
3 Catholic Priests
Observe Anniversary
Special To The Star

NEW BERN, June Is - Three
Catholic priest brothers celebrated
the anniversary of their ordination
to the priesthood with a solemn
high mass. Two, the Rev. James
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16

Young Americas first industrial
enterprise. historians believe, was
a crude glass furnace set up by
eight Dutch and Polish glass
makers amog the coloizers who
landed in jamestown, Va, in 1907.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-16

Maybe you read how a group of
industrial experts have decided that
the small town is the place for in
dustry-not big cities. Reasons they
give are better housing, pleasanter
living, and more opportunity for
wholesome recreation.
Well, looking around our town
I'd say that was about right. Most
of US own our homes, and keep them
looking nice; we enjoy each others
company: and our recreations are
mostly simple outdoor sports, and
in the evening a mellow glass Of
beer with pleasant company.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
Ninth NWA Fair Best Ever

THE NORTHWESTERN ALASKA FAIR is sched- uled to begin with bang tonight when the Nome Esk mos welcome their visiting brethren with Potatch Party in the Native Clubhouse
 The reindeer have already arrived by plane from the north country to be display and will participate in many of the Fair events. The potlatch is regular event of the Fair but the reindeer events an vaton of the 9tn Annual Fair This is the first time in the history of the Fair that ve trained reindeer have been flown to Nome to participate in the Fair. The events should create considerable interest
 The Ninth Annual Fair, and it's predecessors, show the many phases of Alaskan industry, and ingenuity with view toward advancement and the fostering of mining, fishing agricultural, and manufacturing inter- ests in the Second Division embracing northwestern Alaska. Accordingly the Educational Entertaining = Enlivened Ninth Annual Fair" being held Wednes- day evening through Sunday, holds many interesting and valuable exhibits and events and should prove an inspiration to greater achievements
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
Wallace Speaks
 As Private Citizen
(By Jack Bell)

WASHINGTON (P)-The White House said today that Henry A. Wallace speaks only as "a private citizen" in his attacks abroad on American foreign policy, and no official notice" has been taken of his speeches.
 Presidential secretary Charles G. Ross emphasized that when re- porters questioned him at a news conference about the furore raised in Congress by the former vice Presidents assertions that the United States is embarked on a course of imperialism"
 One question was whether this government would notify the Brit ish government that Wallace is speaking for himself"
 Ross replied: "It is an obvious fact, is it not, that MT. Wallace is speaking as private citizen? I have no comment on that"
 Asked if it would be correct to assume that the U. S. government has taken no official notice of Wal lace's speeches, Ross said: "Of course it has taken no official mo- tice." He added that any official notice would be published.
 The questioning started with a query as to whether President Tru- man has been asked, or the White House asked, by Congress mem bers to make some statement about Wallace.
 "Not to my knowledge" Ross replied.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
PUBLIC WELFARE HERE TO CLOSE

Advices have been received by Miss Frances K. Schoenig, district worker, from director Russell G. Maynard, department of public welfare, instructing that the Nome district office be discontinued eff fective April 30, l947.
 Miss Schoenig announced that arrangements were being made for the shipment of more than 520 in dividual case files of all depart mental programs to the centrol of flee at Juneau, Alaska. She also declared that bids were being re- ceived at the Nome district office for the sale of certain office equip ment, and that any interested part ies could contact her with regard to submitting bid for the pur- chase of them.
 Miss Schoenig, who has been distict worker at Nome since July 1946, explained that in the instruc- tionS received from the director of the department, the Second Judi cial Division would return to the former procedure of being served from Territorial office at Juneau. Special fee agents located though out the Division have been instruc- ted to communicate directly with the office of the director at Jun eau on all program matters.
 Since the establishment of the Nome district office, all special fee agents throughout the Division have maintained direct contact with the district worker at Nome, which type of service proved to be much speedier efficient, and more satisfactory in handling of social service cases and special problems relating to pensions, relief, medi- cal care, and care for children. . This type of service will no long CT be available to the Division. In addition to this service, Miss Schoenig, has provided social serv- ice consultation and case work services through local groups and Federal and Territorial officials in the Nome district.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16

CHICAGO (P)-For seven years August Richter, 79, and his blind sister, Amelia, 89, had lived in vir- tual poverty in squalid South Side flat.
 Yesterday, August suffered a fatal heart attack and his sister asked a neighbor to summon po- lice. This is all we have" Amelia told detective Thomas Edwards as she led him to an old trunk. Ed wards took the contents for safe keeping-S21 ,OO0 in currency and $22,159 in domestic and foreign stocks and bonds. Richter was a night watchman until his retire. ment.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
KANSAS CITY, (P) - It. Roy

KANSAS CITY, (PD - It. Roy Wigdon, stationed in Tokyo, Ja- pan, telephoned his wife here yes terday, despite the telephone strike. Later Mrs. Wigdon, who is planning to leave next month with their 5-months-old son to join her husband, was asked if it was an emergency call.
 "In a way it was," she replied. My husband wanted me to be sure and take the washing ma chine with me. There are no pro- per facilities in Tokyo for wash ing baby diapers"
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
WEST LOS ANGELES, (P)

''The world is gold" That is what a burglar wrote, in German, on a in the home of Prof. Max S Dunn, after pocketing some jew elry.
 Now the thief can add to his re- pertoire the saying "All that gilt ters is not gold" The professor told police the loss was entirely ir costume jewelry."
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
NEWS IN BRIEF

LOWVILLE N. Y. Rt - Only two taxpayers appeared at a pub lie hearing to determine whether this community of $500 favored daylight saving time. One was against it. The village board went along with the first fellow, and voted 10 start fast" time Sunday, April 27.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16

PRAGUE, (P)-Augustin Precul, 34-year-old Czech accused of be- traying countrymen to the gestapo and delivering to the luftwaffe a new model RAF plane during the war, was executed last night at Pancraz prison for crimes against the state.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
SAN DIEGO, Calif. R) The

SAN DIEGO, Calf. (P - The little fishing boat Mabel Jo, with four aboard, hoisted distress sig nal when the engine failed several miles off San Diego Bay entrance and-The super-battleship USS. Iowa came to the rescue.
 The Iowa launched a small boat and the boat lowed the Mabel Jo safely to port.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
WASHINGTON, P)-23,282 U

$. government Alaskan seal skins in three colorA-matara safari and black--Were sold at the regular SD. ing auction yesterday at the Foulk Fur company for a total sale price of $l, l,l34,5l3.5O. The total average for all colors was $48.75 while the average last fall was S52.45.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
Report On Statehood
(Alaska Daily Empire)

(AlaSka Daily Empire) THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA has charged that the Alaska Legislature Eighteenth Session just adjourned has violated the Federal Organic Act by approprating several million dollars more than will into the Treasury in taxes during the next biennium
 The Organic Act provides that ". no indebtedness for actual running expenses shall be created assumed in of the actual income of the Territory for that year"
 Apparently the Legislature did one of two things:
 Either appropriated too much money or;
 Didn't pass enough new tax measures.
 It's all in your point of view
 However, this is by no means the first time the Or ganc Act has been violated in this connection.
 Two years ago the Territory had $500 OOO or $500 900 in bonds which spent during the last two years in addition to the Territorys income for any year The Board of Administration also last year apparently au- thorzed the borrowing of around $150 000 also in vlo lation of the Organic Act.
 Of course the present Governor has charged before that various sessions of the Legislature failed to provide sufficient revenues, but only to find out that he wrong.
 However are inclined to believe that the ends will not meet this time It will be interesting to see what is done about it. Will the Board of Administration make budget that will fit the expenditures if the Terri tory goes broke? Or will have another expensive spe cal session of the Legislature and let the legislature work 1t out?
 To hop picket lines of striking teamsters, New Bradford Mass. electrical firm hired commercial heli- copter It flew supplies to the plant while pickets ran box-kite interference and urged Washington to ban strkefighng aircraft But the air battle lost the ground The hecopter stopped when teamSterS threat ened to bar gasoline deliveries by pckeng its home air. field. That leaves still wondering: How high is a picket line?-The Denver Post.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16

PALM SPRINGS, Calf. (P) - The private plane of industrialist Henry Kaiser slowed off a landing strip here last night and was wrecked, but Kaiser and his two sons, Edgar and Henry, Jr., es- capped injury.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16
That's That
 By BRUCE GUSTIN

at the cour.S aT2ir. The S:X-da. work s,opp2ge Ae called as peri cd of mourning for victims Of t1, Centrala coal mine disaster wa nothing but a strike. The date h: picked for beginning th.s worl Stoppage was the identical date ht had set for a coal strike until tho United States supreme court stop ped him.
 The last time Lewis showed hi: contempt for the courts, it cost hin Sl0,000 personally and his unior S700,0O0. This time, he is hiding behind technicality which may save him from punishment for contempt. He claims there is q clause in the coal contract which permits the union 10 order a "me- morial" shutdown at any time. And he took advantage of that to dem onstrate that when he made up his mind to call a strike on April l, he could order to miners to walk out regardless of what the United States supeme court or anybody else said.
 The mourning period strike call ed by Lewis was another demon stration of his power. The attitude of the miners appears to be sum med up in the statement by one ot the Pennsylvania coal diggers who said: "Whatever Lewis says goes He's our leader" The German peo- pie once gave Hitler that same kind of blind fellowship. Whatever Der Fuehrer decided was law to them The Italian people were the same way about Mussolini. They allow cd him to do their thinking. And look where the Germans and Ital- ians are now!
 Bernard Baruch has expressed deep concern over leaks of atomic secrets and has suggested that the Russians have been getting infor- nation from Canada. That may not be their only source. Congress man Mundt of South Dakota told the House last week that during the year ended June 30, 1946, 3,696 Russians were admitted to this country. He said there are only 250 Americans in Russia. And they do not have the freedom to look around the country that visiting Russians have here.
 Mundt may have something in his idea that Russia is getting all the information it needs about our defenses over here and they are not interested in making any conces- sions that might permit America to learn what they are doing over there" His suggestion that may be, if we make it more difficult fol them to get further information here, it will help get an agreement with Russia from the standpoint ot controlling the atomic bomb by having an arrangement for inter nal inspection" makes sense.
 Backing Marshal Tito, a Com munist, in Yugoslavia was thu worst political blunder made by tn, late President Roosevelt and for mer Prime Minister Churchill 1T World War II. They really let Sov jet Russia sell them a "bill O goods" in that deal. After all tn,
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16

SEBRING, La. (P)-Mrs. Rex Beach, wife of the novelist, died at their home were yesterday with her husband at her bedside.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-16

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