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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Baden Man Goes Berserk
With Gun, Shoots Wife
Blood = Smeared Woman,
Holding Baby, CoIlapses
From Bullet Wounds
Special to the Star

ELIZABETHTOWN, Aug. s. 4
47-year-old farmer of the Dublin
section of Bladen county went Der
serk at his home early this morn
ing and seriously wounded his 80
year-old wife, shot one time a
his eight-year-old son, and calmly
walked down the road and tool
his own life with a 20 calibre tar
get pistol, according to BLADDER
county sheriff John B. Allen.
Guthrie c. Kinlaw, father o:
seven living children ranging ii
age from IA months to 10 years
and five dead children, was sale
to have had breakfast with his
family at their modest farm home
this morning.
After the meal the children left
the house to work in the tobacco
fields and Mrs. Alma Kinlaw, his
wife, went to the back porch with
her 14-months-old baby and begar
to wash the family clothes.
Kinlaw shot his wife in the arm
while she was washing the
clothes. He fired through the
screen door, Sheriff Allen said
After the bullet struck her in the
arm the mother picked up the
child and ran through the house
AS she left the house Kinlaw free
another bullet at her fleeing form
the bullet struck her under hel
arm, the sheriff said.
Shot Third Time
He then followed her to a com
bination service station = grocery
store some $50 yards distant ano
shot her again as she sought safe
ty in the store. The third bullet
struck her in the abdomen, Aller
reported.
The frantic woman, bleeding
profusely, then ran to the home
Of a neighbor about 100 yards
from the station. She collapsed ir
the yard from loss OF blood, the
baby still clasped in her arms I'M
injured, but bathed in blood. Kin
law then walked down the road
a short distance from the station
and shot himself in the heart with
the % calibre target pistol, Sher'
if Allen said.
The sheriff said that Wilered
eight-year-old son Of the couple,
was fired at when he refused te
tell his father the direction ir
which his mother had fled. The
bullet went wild and did not strike
the boy, Allen stated.
Sheriff Called
In the meantime, persons wit
Messing the shooting had called
Sheriff Allen, who arrived at the
scene eight minutes after receiv'
ing the call.
Upon his arrival, Sheriff Allen
said, he found the body of KinlaW
lying in the road about 20 yards
from the service station. He hao
shot himself in the heart with the
pistol and died instantly, accord
ing to Bladen county Coroner w
j. Melvin.
Mrs. Kinlaw was taken tt
Bakers Sanitorium at Lumbertor
where attaches late tonight report
ed her condition as "critical."
Coroner Melvin impanelled ;
jury later during the day and the
jury returned a verdict of suicide
in the death of Kinlaw.
Neighbors heard the shooting
See BLADEN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06

Bells we're rung, cannon fired
and the entire population without
regard to age, Sex or color
thronged the wharves to welcome
her arrival. The tide was at low
ebb and the struggle between the
advancing steamer and the fierce
current was a desperate one"
The historian goes on in dra-
matte terms to relate how the
steamer labored with smoke
streaming from her one funnel
and her engine, described as a
high pressure one, reverberated
through the woods as she slowly
crept along bucking the tide.
THE STEAMER - From o d
wood cuts, the steamer appeared
TO be a stern wheeler. Her funnel
Sc CAPE FEAR On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
WILLIAMS RACER
| ON WAY TO AKRON
Wilmington Soap Box
Champion To Be Poyally
Entertained Next Week

Looking spick and span with q
sew coat Of paint and bearing or
both sides the words whining
ION, N. c., Star-News," Ted Viii.
liams' speedy racer which he
drove to victory and the Whining.
ton championship in the Soap Box
Derby last Wednesday, is now en-
route by express to Akron for the
aational finals On August II.
Ted's car was shipped to the
rubber city on Monday and the
lroud oWner-driver will give it a
test run owe Derby Downs on
Friday, August Is.
Champion Ted and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. j. C. Williams and
Star News representative will
Rave next Tuesday night for Ak
Fcn' Ted must report in to All.
American Soap Box Derby head
quarters by noon of August IA.
IN arrival at headquarters, Ted
NIL be registered, assigned his
hotel room and receive a special
'treet-wear clothes, gaily colored
snlrts and hats.
Myron F. Scott, All American
soap Box Derby director had no
llled headquarters here that Fri
rays activities august 15) for
ne champions of 1876 cities in the
United States and Canada will be-
gin with a group picture of all
Locai winners. The picture will be
AIKEN near Akron's city hall, and
,fterWard the boys will be given
ne keys to the city by Mayor c.
c. Slusser.
Following the city-ha1l activity,
Lea and the boys will 60 to Derby
ooWns, the specially constructed
race course near the Akron Air
port where they will be given an
opportunity for a test run down
NE last track Each boy will have
cnahce 10 test his car on the
I,ack by himself. Friends Or me.
e@ahlcs who 60 to Akron with the
sanplor may assist him at the
Jest run, but they may not be
present ut the top of the hill
nurlng the actual race Sunday.
Inc racing cars will be kept ir
See WILLIAMS On Pare TWn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
ORGANIZED LABOR
HAS DEWEY C:zLAY
New York Governor Jumps
Gun With Holiday State
ment;; Votes Counted
BY The Associated Press

-. By The Associated Press -
A mild furry stirred the mid
summer political doldrums Tues.
day as primary returns were
counted in three states and Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey praised "the
principles of union organization'
in a statement some viewed as
possibly significant.
With nearly a full month to GO
before Labor Day, Sept. /, Dewey
issued a pre-Labor Day statement
in Albany, N. Y, declaring:
"The administration of the gov
eminent of New York state is ded-
icated to the principle that the
principles of union organization
and collective bargaining must be
preserved"
Dewey said the holiday should
serve as an occasion "to pay tri-
butte to the devoted by-gone pio-
neers who spearheaded the unior
movement in its days OF storm
and stress"
Statement Change
The statement came four days
after Dewey's return from a g..
500-mile Western trip during
which he was quoted by a group
Of Utah Young Republicans as ap-
proving the Taft-Hartley law.
AS a prospective candidate for
the COP Presidential nomination,
Dewey has been prodded from
many sides to speak out on cur
rent issues.
On the election tight, returns
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Pilot 7hparts Plot To Ouerpover Plane Crew;
Lady Aston Not Frightened Over Soviet War
Along The Cape Fear
THE BOAT ARRIVES

THE BOAT ARRIVES - The
story of the arrival in Whining
ton of this first ship to ply the
Cape Fear river after the boats
construction at Beaufort is a story
in itself. Its arrival is described
graphically in early history books.
One book tells the story in these
words:
"Expectations were on tiptoe
after the departure of Captain
Gautier from Wilmington. A
feverish excitement existed in the
community, which daily in
creased. as nothing was heard
from him for a time owing to the
irregularity of the mails; but
early one morning this anxiety
broke into the widest enthusiasm
when it was announced that the
'Prometheus" was in the river
and had turned the Dram tree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
And So To Bed

Members of the Star STAN
are constantly hopping up and
down to give avid baseball fans
the latest baseball dope.
Last night the phone rang
and the newsman was greeted
by a rather sweet voice which
said. "How do you do. This
Is the Cape Fear Hotel"
"Hiya," mummered the stat.
fer respectfully. "This is the
Morning Star. what can I do
for you?"
"Not 50 good. People keep
calling me wanting TO know
about those Cards and Buns"
She pleadingly asked. what
about them anyway? What can
I tell the guests?"
Happy to have company In
his trouble the scribe replied.
1.-THE Cards won, and I'm
sorry, but the Buns don't play
until tonight and I won't have
the result until IL O'clock" He
chuckled and said, Until then.
try and stSve them off.."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
American Born British
Woman Says Bear Too
Busy For Strife

SHANNON AIRPORT, Fire,
Aug. 5-P)-A plot among Scandi-
navian deportees from the United
States to overpower the crew and
escape from a transatlantic plane
was thwarted, the pilot said on
the planes arrival tonight, be-
cause several members of the
crew understood the Swedish and
Norwegian languages.
A strong force of Irish police,
alerted by a radio message for
help sent from the plane as it
neared Fire en- route from the
United States, met the aircraft
when it landed. Those who plotted
the break for freedom changed
their minds when they saw the
See SCANDINAVIAN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
HEAT WAVE TAKES
LIVES
Break Begins To Develop
But Relief Will Be Scat
tered, Reports Say
BY The Associated Press

A break began developing Tues
day in the years worst heat wave
as the number of heat deaths rose
to at least II.
However, only scattered relief
was forecast for thirsting corn and
vegetable crops in the midwest.
AS thermometers in many mid
west areas touched the 100-degree
mark for the third consecutive day,
a cold air front from Canada
brought relief to parts Of Mime
sofa, the Dakotas and Nebraska.
Weather forecasters said the cool
err air, from Is to 20 degrees be-
low temperatures prevailing dur
ing the heat wave, was moving
Eastward and would extend as
See HEAT IN Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Scandinavian Deportees
Change Mind AS Irish
Police Meet Ship

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 5 Up
Lady Astor said today that she
was mot in the least frightened
of Russia"
After a visit to the United Ma
tons Security council, the Ameri-
can-born wife of Lord Astor gave
these views on world affairs:
Russia: II don't think she wants
another world war. Her internal
problems are too big"
Com m unism: "International
Communism has its hands every.
where. It wants disorders. II
wants to stir up trouble where
ever it can"
Zionism: eff they get every
Jew in the world in Palestine, they
still WORT settle the Jewish pro
See AMERICAN On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Plants
Avoid Strike
last Minute Compromise
Halls Walkout; $1,000
Workers Face Lay-off

DETROIT, Aug. 8 up The
4,ard Meter Co. avoided a strike
- fo7 900 workers today but al
W. same time announced a layofi
4. XII 900 starting within "a hours.
Each development stemmed
from The same general source
+be consequences of a dispute over
renalty provisions Of the Taft
Hartley labor law.
IN avoiding a strike, Ford com
~rrornjsed its differences through
last minute truce with the Go
United Auto Workers and kept it's
ear production moving.
Loss than six hours after the
deadIine for the strike that never
nor,e off. however, the company
.nnounced it would halt until next
tuesday all assembly operations
II the close of tomcrrow's work.
This was necessary, the compa-
Nv said, because of a parts short
.oe caused by the strike of 1000
~,orkers in a supplier firm over
the Taft Hartley Penalty provi-
sions.
Body Plant Idle
The Murray Corp, Of America,
which supplies a bodies and
narts to Ford and other auto man
%nfacturers, has been closed for
nearly two weeks by a CIO-UAW
strike. The union at Murray de.
mands an immunity clause in its
contract to protect against en-
Mover damage suits permitted I'm.
der the new law.
A scant eight hours before a
strike deadline, Ford and the
JAW sealed a truce providing for
a Joint effort to secure a "solu-
tion'' to the Taft-Hartley union
posed problem. The settlement
rave the union at least a years
grace from any strike damage &C
ton under the law.
D. S. Harder, vice president and
director of Ford manufacturing,
said the assembly-halt order
would affect IS, 900 Detroit area
employees and 10000 at Branch
plants through the nation.
A total of SIS, 800 thus will be in
golved in overall layoffs as a re-
suit of the Murray strike, Harder
said. Since July Is a total of 4,5OC
workers on the Mercury and Lin.
coin assembly lines have beer
IDLE.
In the meanwhile Detroit's per
astent 90-degree heat was blamed
See FORD On Page Two
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Us. FirmSAWarded
G rs g '1T1ighwayJobs
sff5Ss sfsa 1 s ssso Contracts For Railroad,
anoaN-.oad Work Announced By State
wv Department.; Advance Party Leaves

WASHINGTON, Aug. s. Up =
The State department. announced
today the award of $50, 400, 900 ir
contracts to American construc.
ton and engineering firms for
work on Greek highways, rail.
roads and principal ports.
The announcement, covering the
first such awards for Greek re-
construction, was made simulta-
neously with disclosure that an
advance party of American con.
tractors had left by plane for
Athens to start the work.
The contracts were negotiated
on a cost plus fixed fee basis
without bids. The State depart.
ment said they were awarded in
accordance with the experience o.
the companies in work outside the
United States, with personnel anc
equipment available, and with
past performance on government
contracts.
The highway, railroad and sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Cherry Takes Firm Stand
In jackson Assault Case;
Hughes To Testify Today
Leaves Coast
For Hearings
Roosevelt Scores Testimony
OF Meyer Regarding
Funeral Trip

LOS ANGELES, Aug. s. up -
Millionaire plane builder Howard
Hughes took off for Washington
at 1882 pm, psf, (5:32 pm,
EST today to keep a date with
the Senate War Investigating COM
mittee, a spokesman announced.
Associates said Hughes depart
ure, in secrecy as far as the press
was concerned, was from the Cul
yer City field of Hughes Aircraft
company. He flew in a B-23 con
verted bomber.
A spokesman declared that
Hughes associates still do moi
know whether he planned to fly
to Washington with a stop for tuel
or make an overnight halt e.
route. If he should fly with only,
one stop for gas, the trip might
take 10 to u hours, the spokes-
man figured, which would get
Hughes to Washington somewhere
between $3.50 and $3.50 am. (EST.)
tomorrow.
The Examiner said Hughes
only companions were mechanics
and quoted him as saying:
Taking Records
I am taking as many records
as l could get together. However,
the nine days. notice 1 had that
I Vas to 60 to Washington was
actually inadequate. I am very dis
appointed because it made it diff
ficult for me to get together all
the data I wanted to take with
me-"
Hughes announced last week, in
the last of a series of public state.
ments, that he was going away
for the weekend. U. S. Marshal
Robert Clark, who had a subpoena
See COAST On Page Two
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HIGHWAY WRECK GETS
STUDENT SOME REAL
SHOTS

WAXAHACHIE, Tex, Aug. 5.
-(P- Bill Hutchins of Dallas
missed his photo class today but
opined that all would be well with
teacher.
He was on a bus travelling be-
tween San Antonio and Dallas
which stopped because Of a road
blocking collision in which 81 or
% persons lost their lives.
Hutchins grabbed his camera
and dived out the door. His shots
Of the wreck were among the best
made.
After the excitement had sub.
sided, Hutchins remembered that
he had missed his photography
class at Dallas. Then he recalled
that his assignment for the day
was to take an on-the-spot picture
of some happening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06

port projects represent the physi
cal start on a $500, 600, 900 program
to bolster Greece against Commu'
nism. The recent Congress votec
funds for the task and in the
same appropriation bill set up an
other 500, 600, 900 for Turkish aid.
The largest block of the Greek
work, 1854, 600, 600, went jointly tc
these three companies for rehabil
itation of railways, highways anc
bridges-Johnson, Drake and Pip
err. Inc, New York; Guy F. Atkin'
son, Inc, San Francisco; ane
Star, Park and Freeman, New
York.
A contract FOR SIT, 500, 900 for re
construction of three Greek port:
and clearance Of the Corinth cana
was awarded to Grove, Shepherd
Wilson and Kruge, Inc, New
See FIRMS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
.Oard OfEducatiOn
Takes Fritz Papers
Revoking OF Teaching
License Raises Doubt A
To Legality OF Step

RALEIGH, Aug 5 -P)-The
State Board of Education today
revoked the teaching certificate OF
R. L. Fritz, Jr., Hudson district
schools principal who was accused
OF payroll Irregularities.
The board also directed the
Caldwell County Board of Educa-
ton to refund to the State trea1
surer's office all monies wrongful
ly paid out by the Hudson schools
during the school year of 1946-47,
and placed the amount at 81, 641.-
10.
Fritz, president Of the North
Carolina Education association
and active leader Cor teacher sal.
ary increases during the 1947 Gen
eral assembly, originally was
charged with Irregularities
amounting to over $1,000.
The board also directed that Lu-
Their B. Robinson, Caldwell county
superintendent who FritZ's attor-
neys said was familiar with a sys-
See BOARD on PAGE Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 -P-Gerry
Schemel, proprietor Of an ice
cream fountain, so far has found
no takers in Chicago Of his offer
of ION the house" to anyone who
can down three of the "montrosity
sundaes" he serves.
The reason might possibly be
found in the montrosity itself.
Weighing two pounds, it consists
Of six large scoops OF ice cream;
two whole bananas; two large
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
DISSOLVE

CLINTON, ILL.,, Aug. b-0P-Ra'
dio station WHOM had to SCRAP
it's melting melodies today when
several wax recordings dissolved
under the studios 112 degree heat
Fred Harrison, program dlrec-
tor, said remodeling of the bank
building in which the studll is
located prevented use of the all
conditioning system for several
hours.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Sundae Too Much
For Chicagoans To Eat

cookies and fresh fruit, topped off
with chocolate and marshmalloW
syrup, two inches of whipped
cream, a handful of chopped nuts
and two large Maraschino cher
ries.
Only IS persons have been able
to eat two of the 60 cent sundaes,
although the second is ION the
house" if the customer can eat
it all. Schemel said hundreds"
have tried to eat three, but he
cannot finish even one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
VOTE TO RAISE QUOTA

DURHAM, Aug. 5 Up The
Baptist Council of Durham and
vicinity has voted to raise $780,
900 during the next three years as
it's quota of the 81, 500, 900 goal set
for Baptist churches in the state
in connection with the moving OF
Wake Forest college to Winston
Salem. Horace E. Eason Of Shelby
and Charlotte, executive secretary
of the campaign, said at a meet
ing here last night that IS church
es have already agreed 70 raise
$3.50, 600.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
Policemen, Not Suspect
Will Be In Spotlight

NEW YORK, Aug. -N9-Posi-
tons will be reversed when po-
licemen are placed in a lineup to
be scanned by Joseph Philips,
who says police asked protection
money to permit him to continue
bookmaking in the Bronx.
Assistant Bronx District Attor-
ney Edward F. Breslin said today
the self-styled former bookmaker
would seek to pick out the men
he says sought the money.
Philips testified before the
Bronx county grand jury yester-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06

day and today but was not able
to identity by name all the police
men he linked to the alleged pro-
lection demands, Breslin said.
Grand juries in both Bronx and
Queens counties are investigating
charges of police gambling graft.
After the biggest police shake
up in many years, the city-wide
drive on all gamblers, with speci-
al emphasis on bookmakers, went
through its second day today with
several dozen more arrests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
The Weather

Forecasts:
paoglh Carolina and North Carolina
alLy cloudy, not much change in
H.. ,tpefature Wednesday,. Warmer Thurs
10y, scattered thunder showers mostly
vi afternoon.
Eastern Standard Time)
by U. S. Weather Bureau)
Chronological data for the "a hours
""s 100 p. m. yesterday.
Ia TEMPERATURES
b! .9o a. m. 10; 7:3O a. NJ. II; 80 p. m.
n1 M, ''N p. m. 30; Maximum 81; Mini
''OAn 10; Mean 70; Normal 70.
~ HUMIDITY
n ~ a. m. SO; 7!20 a. m. 90; 1870 p. m.
- f:@0 p. m. ~.
PRECIPITATION
Mn r'Cal for "a hours ending 1880 a. m.
~ inches.
Total since the first Of the month
TIDES FOR TOMORROW
b ron the Tide Tables published by
@ Coast and Geodetic Survey.
s;i.. HIGH Low
'"hngton - 1915 am. 1929 am
nssonb 1888 pm. 1888 pm.
'o4poro Inlet 1907 am. 4:16 am
e. l 0:23 PM. 4:24 pm.
lnuhrse 5:27; Sunset 7:08; Moonrise
'sSpL Moonset 9:31a.
nors WEATHER On Page 1--WE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06
FORECAST,

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
with not much change in temperature
today; Thursday warmer with scattered
afternoon thundershowers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-06

lunuhrlse 5:27; Sunset 7:08; Moon
esp Moonset e:31a.
More WEATHER On Pare TIVE
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See ORGANIZED On Page Two
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See UMsTEAD On Page Two
Evening star., 1947-03-14
President S Proposal
To LET Draft Act Die
|0verruIes Army
By the Assoeiofed Press

President Truman overruled
his top military manpower ex-
perts in advising Congress to let
the wartime Draft Act expire at
the end of this month.
This became known today after
Chairman Quincy of the Senate
Armed Services Committee made
available to reporter the transcript
of closed-door session the commit
tee held Tuesday.
Sen. Gurney previously reported
a committee decision to urge de-
lay of at least three months in
transfer of draft records from local
boards to State capitals because OF
the troubled world situation.
The recorded testimony of Tues
days committee meeting disclosed
that both Maj. Gen. w. S. Paul,
Army chief of personnel, and Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective
Service director, conceded under
questioning that they had recon-
mended continuance of the draft
even though there have been no in
duction calls since October.
SaIstonstall Questions Paul
Sen. Saltonstall, Republican of
Massachusetts,, asked Gen. Paul
whether it would not have been
better to have extended selective
service itself, rather than set up an
Office of selective service records
proposed by the President to keep
draft files intact.
"As for me, I think personally it
would be far simpler to have re-
tanned the skeleton organization,
but the Commander in Chief did not
see fit to do it, so I am in no posi-
ton to say otherwise" Gen. Paul
replied.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia developed that Gen. Hershey
and the President also differed
about extension of the draft after
Gen. Hershey testified the machin-
cry would be badly needed for any
rehabilitation"
1.-The President did not agree with
yOu Oll O1lot NolASCl SSSc1ooS AAS "SSA~
have recommended continuance
of selective SERVICE" Senator Byrd
observed.
"I think that is obvious" Gen.
Hershey responded.
Recommended Continuance.
Zone more question" Senator
Byrd said, land do not answer II
this is embarrassing-but did you
recommend the continuance of Sc
lective service this year?"
1.-TWO or three times, yes, sir" was
the reply.
Mr.. Truman told Congress in a
message March that because OF "a
recent Frightening in recruiting
prospects," he was recommending
that there be no extension OF the
draft "at this time"
He added, however, that he want