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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26
The Weather

FORECAST:
North and South Carolina Partly
10y and continued moderately warn
ss44eoay and Wednesday with scattered
",WeiHoon thundershowers.
chronological data for the "a hour:
lung 7;3o p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
Al " 2. m, rs; 7:30 a. m. rs; 1870 p. m.
m1 f:So p m. rs. Maximum SO; Mini
'NH- ~; Mean 81; Normal II.
HUMIDITY
a 40. a m, IS; 1880 a. m. IS; 1870 p. m.
'S; f:30 p. m. SO.
PRECIPITATION
iotaI for "a hours ending 1880 p, m
''lo inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
II ron the Tide Tables published by
. coast and Geodetic Survey.
Will HIGH Low
'"inlneton --- $50 am. 1871 am
Mas. GIL pm. 1910 pm
'NoNooro Inlet 1922 am. 9:39 am
xu Ali pm. 1898 pm
ysns1se Sal; Sunset 6:A6: Moonrist
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cam 80 was followed
b 81 ~, of summer light
p.% q id swept away.
8 st run, from West to
80 rdegree temperature, the
.ot flashed through the trap
ASA -eet from the bed and then
led up and away in an easy roll
before disappearing from sight.
Sweeping back, trailing a black
smoke tail, the ship once more
bent down almost to the ground
and flashed through the green
smoke flares marking the start of
the course 1t was less than sc
feet off the ground.
AS Carl knitted through the pink
flare at the far end, he pulled up
once more as the official timer
shouted into his microphone:
Marion, that was pretty low;
take it easy"
He disappeared from view but
in less than two minutes he was
boiling down on the course once
more. With his left wing a little
lower, he slid through the run at
rs feet and then rolled away at
the end.
Hardly had he gone when he was
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26

See MARINE On Page Two
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FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly cloudy
and continued moderately warm today
and Wednesday with scattered after
noon thundershowers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26

WINDSOR, Aug. 25.-R-C.
l.. league, who resigned his COM
See CORPORAL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-26

2 ys!'1se Sal; Sunset 6:E6: Moonri
"'H; Moonset IL ABA.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
INNUEND0ES RlLE
MAJ. GEN. GROVES
Wartime Director o.
Atomic Bomb Project
Denies Report;

WASHINGTON, July 71-W.R-
Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, wartime
director of the Army's Manhat.
tan atomic bomb project, today
angrily denied what he termed
reports and innuendoes" that he
had encouraged a campaign" to
discredit the Civilian Atomic En-
ergy commission.
In a special statement issued
through the war department and
drawn up at the request of Secre-
tary of War Robert P. Patterson,
Groves said that the reports care
absolutely untrue"
1T am not nor. have I ever been
a party to any effort calculated
to place the Atomic Energy com.
mis- sion in an unfavorable light in
the eyes of the American people"
he said.
Asserting that he had long fav-
ored legislation to remove atomic
energy development from the
Army's control, he recalled that
in February, 1915, he told a con-
gressional committee that he. be-
lieved the proposed atomic COM
mission must have "a civilian ma
iority."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
GASOLINE BLAST
TAKES TWO LIVES
Five Others Seriously
Burned, Seven Buildings
Leveled By Flame

MINOT. N. D., July 81 -F1-
Two persons were fatally burned,
five others seriously burned, and
at least nine business establish
ments destroyed iE a spectacular
fire here today.
Firemen battling the blaze since
& gasoline bulk station explosion
touched it off shortly before noon
said tonight they could keep II
confined to the area it has gutted
unless a south wind springs up.
Dead are:
Chester Weston, 30, Minot.
William Foster. Minot.
The injured:
Hobart Myers, Minct; Mrs.
Clyde Bradley, Minot; Adam Run
van. Minot; Orion Nelson, Mlnot,
and Edwin Brown, Williston.
Weston was a Shipping clerk IN
the Mandan Creamery and Pro-
duce com my, located across the
street from the Westland Oil COM
pany's bulk station where the ex-
p1osion and fire originated. Foster
was a pedestrian in the vicinity.
Two oil stations with their tanks,
three creameries, a grocery store,
a cafe, a grain elevator, and an
equipment company were destroy
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Strike Of Engineers Ties
| Up Southern Pacific Line;
Dutch Planes Strafe Ports
Rocket Raids
In Progress
government Filters
Machinegun Indonesian
Airfields, Rail Lines

BATAVIA, Java, Tuesday, July
%. -W.R- Dutch warplanes were
reported machine cunning, bombing
and rocket = blasting 1ndonesia air
fields and rail lines today in a
blazing follow-up of the action
launched yesterday by Dutch air.
craft and armored units.
The second day of air activity in
the colonial war vas reported by
the Republican radio at Soerakar-
ia. Radio Jogjakarta, voice of the
Indonesian capital, was BANKED by
heavy static possibly the result
of Dutch jamming.
The Republican radio reported q
rocket raid on Malang, in South
eastern Java, and a bombing ano
strafing attack or Poerwokerto, 1875
miles Southeast Of Batavia.
The Indonesian broadcast also
said hat hedge-hopping Dutch
fighter planes machine-gunned 8
train at sunset yesterday neal
Sragen, on the railroad between
Malang and Jogjakarta.
Dutch sources had no comment
pending issue of an army communi
que later today.
Batavia Quiet
Batavia was relatively quiet this
morning, except for a noticeable
increase in military traffic in the
streets.
The Dutch Air force spearheadec
yesterdays attacks, opening the
See ROCKET RAIDS On Page Tw,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Little Sally Ann OIeary 7ucks Her Leg Braces Away
If Your Tongue Rolls You Can Pronounce These Names
Along The Cape Fear

the interesting story Of the cause
way across Eagles Island over in
Brunswick county.
Howell wrote that with the
separation of Brunswick from New
Hanover a project was started to
construct a cauSeway across
Eagles Island as part of an i'm
proved roadway between Whining
ton and Brunswick.
The idea came about as a re-
suit of the difficulty of crossing
the morass that formed the island.
The collector of the port, Colonel
William Dry, conceived the ieea OF
using ballast from vessels coming
into the harbor for the causeway.
The work extended over a long
period of time and was finally
completed.
Now the ballast of ships is often
nothing but dirt and this soil from
See CAPE FEAR - Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
The Weather

FORECAST:
''nth Carolina-Mostly fair Tuesday
sN Wednesday, except scattered thun-
WMlsloweFs coastal area, slightly cooler
rol.A Tuesday, not much change
Wednesday.
NoflA Carolina-Part1y cloudy with
I%''tered thundershoWers East and Slight
eooer interior Tuesday. Wednesday
with mild tempe atures except
'efeo thundershowers coastal area.
Eastern Standard Time)
ny L.. S. Weather Bureau)
chronological data for the "a hours
lung 1;5o p. m. yesterday.
,, TEMPERATURES
Is, % a n. "a; 7:30 a. m. IS; 80 p. m
~ p m. 70; Maximum 81; Mini
"'m "; Mean rs; Normal 70.
-. HUMIDITY
H. ~ a m. 90: 7:3O a. M. SO; 1870 p. m.
No. 40 p. m. IS.
PRECIPITATION
sn 0.a' for "a hours ending 1870 p. m.
,yo,sl since the first Of the month
TIDES FOR TODAY
II rom the Tide Tables published by
coast and Geodetic Survey.
Viii. HIGH Low
NiAg(on 1865 1856 am. sos am.
Mas, 1:24 pm. 1926 pm.
10'ooro Inlet 11:25 am. 500 a I'M.
1888 pm. $40 pm.
loIaif!se 5:l6; Sunset 7:21; Moonrise
D. Moonset lo:47p.
Il, ,Ntf stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at
~ Monday SO feet.
~" WEATHER On Page Tive
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
new WITNESSES
IN ALIM0NY CASE
Case Enters Second
Week OF Litigation
At Wentworth

WENTWORTH, July q -F9-
The defense presented three new
witnesses today as the Matte
Eggleston alimony and partner
ship suit against her husband,
Frank Eggleston, went into its
second week.
Geraldine Strickland, the Egg
gleston's Negro maid, testified that
she had often tended Mrs. Eggles-
ton in illness, sometimes massag-
ing her back, and had never seen
marks of brutal treatment alleged
by the plaintiff.
Mrs. Eggleston is suing for ST.
500 monthly alimony without di-
vorce, and half interest in her hus-
bands business enterprises.
P. W. Minter, a business as
sociate of Eggleston, and Mrs.
Minter, a cousin of the defendant,
testified that Mrs. Egglestoa stay
ed in their home several times
after she left her husband in June,
1916.
, Minter said she told him Of her
plan to enter suit and he c%ounseled
against such litigation, warning
that she might lose the case, to
which he said she replied, "if
See NEW WITNESSES On Page
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
JUDGE CONTINUES
10 COURT CASES
Trial Of "Cat Man" Due
To Get Underway At
Courthouse Today

Trials were lined up for the week
yesterday when Judge Leo Carr in
Superior Court continued 10 cases
upon the suggestion of Solicitor
Clifton Moore.
The trial of Corden Williams,
Negro dubbed by the police as
The Cat Man. after they csarg'
I'd him with burglary by n%oiseless-
ly entering Wilmington dwellings
last spring for burglary, was set
for today.
Continued was the case of Leon
"Scooper" Cause, charged with
murder as the result of the shoot
ing of a man in New Brunswick
county. Cause was convicted
once but the Supreme Court order
cd q r~etrial. Cause is seriously
Ill in a hospital, Solicitor Moore
explained.
Case Continued
Leonard Gilman, facing two
charges of passing worthless
checks, had his case continued
after the solicitor said the man
was in Washington, D. c., and pos
si0ly arrangements can be made
in settling the case in an effort to
save the county expense.
A bad check charge against j.
]. Curtis, also was continued and
a capais ordered for his appre-
hension. Like charges against nj.
Christopher were continued. The
man is in South Carolina, the
solicitor declared, and extradl-
ton proceedings are pending.
Earl W. Brown, charged with
assault with intent to kill and dis
orderly conduct, no longer is IN
the United States. His case was
continued.
In other states are George W.
1effery, charged with non-sup-
port, and Edgar Renfrow with
passing a bad check. The case OF
James w. Mckenzie, a marine,
was transferred to juvenile court.
he was charged with larceny.
Two other cases we're continued
PehQlng the outcome of other
charges against the defendants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Robson Sheriff Believes
Couple Reunited On
Beach Vacation

LUMBERTON, July 81 - A
young Robson county merchar1
and his wife. who is charged with
hiring a Negro farm hand to kill
him, are missing from their re-
spective homes, it vas learned
here this afternoon and they may
be at a beach resort on a second
honeymoon, according to sher
iff Willis c. Britt of Robson coun
ty.
David Miller, 28-year-old store
operator of near Rowland and his
pretty wife, Mrs. Mary Edna Cur
rir Miller, repeatedly have beer
reunited and are v%acationing a
Carolina Beach, Wrightsville
Beach, Crescent Beach or Myrtle
Beach, according to usually reli
able sources.
Young Miller was shot by FREQ
Wiggans, Negro farm worker. a:
he lay asleep in his home abou'
6 o'clock in the morning of May
IL. The Negro, ir his confession
to Robson county officers, sale
Mrs. Miller asked him to shoe
her husband and make it look
Ike a suicide.
Wiggans plead guilty to
charge of assault with intent tt
kill and was sentenced to
II months, in state prison at the
June term of Robson Superior
Court.
Mrs. Miller. was arrested and,
according to Robson county CT
ficers, confessed that she hao
hired Virgins to kill her husband
because she was in love with a
young ex-sailor, Garland Cottrell,
a tenant farmer on her fathers
farm, near Rowland.
Youth Questioned
Cottrell, when questioned by re
porters of the Wilmington Morn.
ing Star denied he had any rela-
tons with Mrs. Miller and said
See MILLERS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
SENATORS SUBMIT
INSURANCE PLANS
New Bill Would Establish
Flexible Provisions OF
Security Laws

WASHINGTON, July 81 -(P)-
A new national social insurance
program was proposed today by
Senators Murray (D-Mont.), Wag-
ner CD-NY) and McGrath ORD.
Senator Murray told the senate
these we're the principal features
of the bill:
l.. To establish flexible retire
ment provisions for persons who
become disabled for a period long
er than six months before they
reach age IS.
2. To reduce the retirement age
from 65 to go under the old age in
surance system.
3. To increase the earnings a
beneficiary may receive without
loss of his benefits from $14.99 to
$50 a month.
4. To increase the minimum
monthly benefit to $50 for a man
and wife and the maximum from
S85 to $120.
s. For payment of lump sum bu-
rial benefits equal to six months
insurance in all cases where the
person dies insured.
g.. For payment of supplement.
tary benefits for a disabled aged
husband or widower Or a retired
insured woman and the continue
ton of payments to a permanent
ly disabled child after age IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Congressional Leader
Hear "Inside Story On
Diplomatic War

WASHINGTON, July 21-UP-
Secretary of State George c. Mar
shall told the inside story" of the
world situation to a handful of
Congressional leaders today and
they came away from the secret
conference with word that the pic
ture he gave them was grave"
None of the conferees - men,
bers of the House Foreign Affairs
committee and a select group from
other key House committees -
would reveal what Marshall told
them at The locked-door meeting.
They said they were sworn to
secrecy before the secretary began
what obviously was a frank and
See SITUATION on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Situation "Grave"
Marshall Reveals
NO CHANGE

There has been no change in
The status of the establishment
Of a Veterans Hospital in south
eastern North Carolina, Rep.
Bayard Clark, from his Wash
ingtOn office, said yesterday.
Rep. Clark's statement follow
ed a published story In yester-
days paper that hope for the
hospital had almost faded.
The story was quoted from a
Washington paper. But this
story was an error, and Rep.
Clark said that Wilmington may
yet get the hospital since a
delegation from the Veterans
Administration is expected to
come here soon and inspect this
area for the possible location
of the institution.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Senate Group
Doubles Fund
Subcommittee Votes $500,
900 For Cape Fear
River Dredging Work

WASHINGTON, July 21-(P-Ths
Senate appropriations subcommit'
tee today upped the Cape Fear
River dredging funds from 500, 0oC
to $500, 900 along with approva.
of flood projects in the SOUTH!
Approval by the Senate on the
additional funds will be the fina.
action on the project.
Senator Umstead of North Caro-
lima said that he hoped the Senate
would give speedy approval" tt
the subcommittee recommends
tons.
Also included in the recommen'
dations were other increases
amounting to $1,000, 900 for Nortf
Carolina Waterways.
The Senate raised the 1948 ap
preparations for the ST, 730. 0O'
Bugs Island reservoir on the
Roanoke River from $4,000, O0l
voted by the House to the $4,000,
900 which Army engineers said wa
Essential" for best construction
of the navigation, flood contro
and power program, Senator Um
stead said.
Report Today
The full committee is expected
to report today the 194S War De
partment civil functions appropri
atoms bill including the Nortl
Carolina items.
Also recommended by the Ap
propriations Subcommittee for tn
same amount as the House votes
is the Neuse River project nea.
Goldsboro for $285, 200 and the Phil
pott Dam in Virginia, on the Roa
noke River development, for $3.50,
900.
Georgia: Clarks Hill res, Geor
gia and South Carolina, Sc, $50, 0O'
| Isl, 4S1, O0O).
North Carolina: Bugs ISLAM
res. Virginia and North Carolina
81, 800, 900 ($3, 800, 0o0); Goldsbor
$S5, 200 ($85, 20o).
Rivers And Harbors:
North Carolina: Cape Fear rive
at and below Wilmington $500, 00'
($10O, 000).
South Carolina: Winyah Ba,
$500, 900 ($500, 1000. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
1900 FURNITURE :
BUYERS JAM SHOW
High Point Exposition At
tendance Expected
To Set New Record

HIGH POINT, July q -R-
There were so many buyers try-
ing to get into the History South
ern Furniture Market Exposition
building today that police we're
called to handle the crowd.
Manager Paul Casey said a new
record would be established for
ficst day attendance when final
t%abulations were made tonight.
More than 1900 buyers had regis.
tered by o on and they were still
coming strong" Casey said. Tho
opening day record Of 1863 was
set last January.
This is the first summer show
OF the Southern Market exhibitors
since the war.
Casey said several trends were
in evidence as the tWo-Week show
got under way.
In the first place, he said, prices
are expected to remain steady,
which follows the New York and
Chicago exposition trends.
Keeping Pace
Another point, he said, is a defi-
mite indication that the textile in.
dustry is keeping up with furni-
ture trends. Casey pointed to the
riot of bright and gay colors OF
furniture coverings as an ex-
ample.
He also pointed out that much
covering On the shows furniture
was made of nylon-and also in
m~ulti-colored designs.
Casey said that buyers who a..
tended the New York and Chicago
shows said the buying is much
faster and brisker here, in fact,
the quickest they We seen since the
war.
The buyers also were lavish in
their praise of the local show, tell.
ing Casey that it was far superlorl
to the other two in artistry and
beauty. n
Casey said that there were mo1
than 300 exhibits Of manufacturer
in the building ard more than
private shoWrooms Throughout
town.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Pittsburgh Child Walks
Unaided After Baths
AT Famous Shrine

PITTSBURGH, July 81 - (B -
Sally Ann O'Leary's braces are
tucked away in 4 desk drawer
today. She said she didn't think
she'd need them any more.
The red-haired, freckled girl
who returned this morning from
ar air journey to the shrine OF
Our Lady of Lourdes, France,
grimaced Slightly as she closed
the drawer on the steel and leath-
e, bands.
81 feel much better she said.
81 don't expect to wear those
braces anymore"
To prove it, she walked about
the room. Her steps were batting,
to be sure, but still she walked
without reaching for furniture OF
ether aids.
Mrs. Ellen O'Leary, who accom-
panied her twelve-year-old daugh-
(See PITTSBURG on Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Leave
Engine Cabs
Brotherhood M e m b
Walkout At Deadline;
Settlement Expected

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21-P-
A strike by locomotive engineers
against the Southern Pacific Rail-
roads Pacific lines began at 6
p. m. psf tonight, but an hour
and a quarter later, a spokesman
for the union stepped out of a
day-long negotiation meeting 10
predict a settlement tonight.
In the days first optimistic
statement from a union official,
P. 0. Peterson. West coast chair.
man of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers, told news.
men.
1--WE reached a tentative agree
ment on 20 out of 20 rules (for
which the brotherhood was strik.
ing).
I'VE are hanging on language.
l think there will be a settlement
tonight"
AS Peterson spoke, reports al
ready had been received from more
than a dozen cities that the strike
had taken affect. Trains not al
ready under way remained at
terminals. Pickets appeared be-
fore company properties in several
cities.
The railroad announced half an
hour after the strike deadline that
its first reports showed the engi-
neers had walked off the engines
at more than a dozen cities from
Oregon to Texas, and that the
first pickets had appeared.
At Many Points
THE engineers have walked off
the engines at West Oakland.
Bakersfield, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Reno, Sparks, New,
Eugene, Ore, Ell Paso, Tex, Sac
ramento, Roseville, Calf, Odgen.
Yuma and Tucson" a company
spokesman said.
Elm addition, property is being
picketed at Ell Paso, Sparks. Og-
den, Yuma and Tucson"
Picketing also appeared at the
company's Third and Townsend
streets station in San Francisco.
The brotherhood called its strike
to force the railroad to make
changes in 10 working rules. AL
though President Truman created
an emergency board to intervene,
See PIT OTIS IN paon Tuvn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
Trash Kills
anyPersons
Transport Plunges
Into Crowd AT Buenos
Aires Air Show

n,-rNOs AIRES, July 21-W.D-
.+'saet II persons were killed anc
A. injured today when a four
Nv Argentine Army trans
'.p+ crashed into a large Grove
p0+ 1 at Palomar Air base for
Smilitarv show, the Aviation de-
asrtment announced tonight.
potb the opposition newspaper
prensa and the Peronist (gov'
,aoent) afternooner La Epocs
'anorted that 40 persons were kill
and others we're critically burn
~ La Epoca said several were moi
expected to live.
70 Fnoca reported the only sur.
x;vor among the occupants of the
.isne was the pilot, a Lieut.. Rey.
s.bo was said to have leaped from
.h. shin when he saw it was going
~ crash. Three children in tbs
Nth If the plane were run down
I'D killed simultaneously, the
newspaper said.
According to the version carried
Nv the semi-official Epoca, gaso,
Inc in the transports tanks came
~ contact with a high tension cleo
.ric wire and exploded after the
nlane snapped a pole on a power
line along the edge Of the field
Nswsmen seeking to determine
tbp full extent of disaster were
bampered by military restrictions
imposed by Air Base authorities
Immediately after the accident
Renorters were not allowed closer
than 200 yards to the scene Of
the accident,
Police said all is persons aooare
tbe nlane ''between four and nine
,pectators" we're killed and tina
many" injured were rushed Il
two hospitals, one Of them the all
base hospital a short distance from
the scene Of the crash.
The plane, an American-buIi
Douglas DC4 crashed as it wa:
taking off to join a 20o-plane
demonstration flight. 1t was I'm
able to gain altitude, struck tele
phone wires at the edge OF the
air base and smashed onto the
highway running alongside Palo
mar. It struck a car and burst irtf
flames as it ploughed into specta
tors lined along the highway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22

Millers Report
"Eoneymo>1ing''
REGRET EXPRESSED

Regret on the leaving of Col.
B. C. Snow, in charge of the
Wilmington office Of United
States Army Engineers, was *
pressed yesterday by the New
Hanover county commissioners.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Harry Gardner, the commits
siOners passed a resolution and
ordered it sent to Colonel Snow
who soon will leave for his new
station in Guam.
The resolution declared that
the Colonel has been of great
service to Wilmington and that
his transfer will be a loss to
this community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
BOARD EQUIPPlNC
TECHNICAL UNITS
Preliminary Registration
AT College Will Open
On Thursday

The Board of Education of New
Hanover County, is equipping a
technical branch at the high school
and at Bluethenthal Airport for
various fields of training, it was
announced yesterday.
The schools, for which prelim-
mary registration will be held on
Thursday ard Friday at the high
school, will include laboratories,
one of which is now on display at
building T-801 Bluethenthal Air.
port.
George West, with the assistance
of Malcolm Mcleod and James
N. Myers, will register technical
students and discuss the types OF
See BOARD On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
ADVICE,
lCOSTS HIM LOSS OF
PAY FOR FOUR WEEKS

YONKERS, N. Y, July q Up,
|-Patrolman Frank Miller return.
ed to duty today minus $250-be-
cause he offered free advice.
Miller was in a neighborhood
tavern while On duty recently
when a man approached him and
told him he needed money to meet
a monetary obligation.
Miller's advice: stick up a bank.
The conversation was overheard
and reported to Miller's superiors.
Miller was tried OF charges and
pleaded guilty, at the department
tai trial, although he said he Of
f'ered the advice in jest. He was
fined go days pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-22
And So To Bed

The mother called in the
father and a short consultation
was held.
SON." the fat-er said "you
will have to try to write better
than this" as he displayed D
sample of the 8-year-old yoanR
ster's handwriting.
"Well, Daddy" the little
tike answered, "If 1 learn to
write better, then you will fuss
with me about the way l spell.
Daddy gave up.