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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-25
Chapter 8

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INSTEAD of turning back TO-
i ward home JEFF took the road
out of the west side of town
After two or three miles the des-
ert gave way to cotton fields, then
ranches and large truck gardens
At a sign saying Rocking B
Ranch jeff turned in. There were
no truck gardens here, only the
pastures and White-washed fences
and stables of a cattle ranch. The
palomino whickered as it caught
the scent of its own kind; JEFF
tied it to a post and entered the
cool shadows of an enormous
barn. An elderly man came for
ward to meet him.
"Jeff Irskine! AS I live an
breathe boy, it's good to see your
jeff took the others hand
grinning. Aside from Luke Reems
and Pacheco it was the first sim
cerely enthusiastic welcome he'd
had.
''It's mighty good to be back
Mr.. Briscoe, even though some OF
the folks around here seem to
look on me as ghost"
Briscoe's eyes crinkled at the
corners -.
"You mean that stuff about
bein' killed, / guess. Hell's bells
/ never believe half them news
paper Stories.
well, I'm glad that one wasn't
true"
Briseoe's keen sixty-year-olc
eyes could judge men almost as
well as horse flesh. What brought
you out here, boy?"
"A horse"
Briscoe grimaced. "That some
of your army humor?"
jeff laughed heartily. mo joke
intended,-I want to buy one"
"Hmmm, that's different
story. What you got in mind?'
"A riding horse, of course
that's all it will be used for"
Got a pair of three-year- olc
seal geldings that are beauts."
Lead me to EN-" ~
pRISCOE took him to an en-
- closure where a group o.
horses milled around. He pointed
out two dark brown ones, each
with star marking his forehead
They're half-brothers," he ex
planned, "sired by one of my bes
prize stations, Desert Chieftain
Aren't they lovelies?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-25

Jackson Square USO will be
the setting tomorrow night at s
o'clock of the final Chamber of
Commerce Fun Mite" for the
present season.
Plans are underway to, close
this series of gay nights with an
evening of gala entertainment,
including a one-act play, present
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-25

Daughter To Palmers

Born to Mrs. Edward E. Palmer,
wife of 1t. Edward E. Palmer of
the Key West Submarine Base,
a daughter, Dorothy Foreman
Palmer, Jr., at the U. S. Naval
Hospital.
The baby weighed seven pounds
at birth. The Palmers have one
other child, a boy, three and a
half years old.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-25
Son To Wickers

A son was born this morning
at 1913 o'clock to Mr.. and Mrs.
William WickerS, GA AShe street.
The newcomer weighed eight
pounds and nine and one-half
ounces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-25

During World War II, SO per
cent of U. S. Marine Corps Of
ficers and SO per cent of enlisted
men served overseas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
WILMINGTON GETS
BEER, WINE CASH
City Awarded $17,231.64
AS Share In Sales Tax
Proceeds

RALEIGH, Nov. 24-R-The
city of Wilmington. today was
awarded $17,231.64 as its share
of 81, TIA, 1892 from wine and
beer sales taxes.
Local government units which
prohibit the sale of beer and
wine did not share in the dlvl-
sion, and those which prohibit
beer or wine sales had their
amounts reduced accordingly.
The ALLEGATION of beverage
taxes to the counties, cities
and towns resulted from legis-
lation passed by the 1947 legis-
lature which doubled tax levies
on beer and wine and provided
that one half of the revenues
should 60 to local government
al units which permit sale Of
the beverages.
The legislation became effec-
tive on July l, and the amount
allocated today represents rev
enue for beer and wine sales
for the months of July, August
and September. Next year, the
division will be made on the ba-
sis of sales for an entire fisca
year.
Collections High
Commissioner of Revenue Ed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
CONCRETE MIXER
ANTEDATES FLUTE
Mdern. Pied Piper Set
For War To Death On
Rat Population

WAYNESBORO, Pa, Nov "a
-R-A crowd of modern Pied
Pipers, employing a concrete
mixer instead of the legendary
flute, today launched a war to
the death against rats.
Hundreds of town people and
nearby farmers joined in distri-
buting more than a ton and a
half of poisoned horsemeat
throughout this Southern Penn
sylvania area in an intesive ef-
fort to wipe out the rodent pop
ulation as q grain conservation
measure.
A. crew OF six men, using a
cement mixer, prepared the le-
thai rat lure and the volunteer
army of exterminators oueued
up in long lines to receive one
pound packages of the poison
pellets.
Carefully briefed by experts
in the placing of the poison, the
volunteer exterminators get out
to distribute the pellets in more
than 300 homes and industrial
establishments in the area.
To aid farmers in the outlying
See MIXER on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
TOBACCO GROUPS
REPORT PROGRESS
Senator Hoey Says Steps
To Include Le.f In Stop
Gap Aid

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a. -(R)
- Senator Hoey (D-NC) said
today "some headway has been
made toward including tobacco
in plans for a stop-gap aid to
Europe"
Hoey told a reporter tobacco
state Senators have conferred
with government agencies and
with the Department of Agricul-
ture and National Defense "to
work out removal of government
restriction" in order to expedite
export of tobacco to occupied
countries.
"We want to be sure no regu-
lation hold up delivery of govern
ment held tobacco, for instance,
the German cigarette factories
in case we get that proposee
program raedy," he added.
A special Congressional tobac'
co committee will hold its first
session tomorrow morning to
consider three industry pro-
posals to increase exports: l
To ship 5o,ooo,ooo pounds of to
bacco to start German cigarette
factories: 2. To get financial aid
through the Export-Impor,
Bank and 8. To include tobacco
See GROUPS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
SealCampaignGe
Off To Good Start
WAA Inspector Here
Slightly Injured In
Crash With Big Truck

KINGS MOUNTAIN, Nov. "a
P)-A man identified as Oliver
Martin, about 81, of Charlotte,
died enroute to a hospital early
today following an automobile,
truck collision here during
heavy rain.
Patrolman J. W. Roach said
that Martin was a passenger in
an automobile driven by Jack
L. Yarboro of Shelby and War
Assets Administration inspec
tor at the North Carolina Ship
building Co., in Wilmington
Roach said Yarboro told hin
he gave Martin a ride as he
was leaving Shelby. Yarbore
was not seriously injured.
A hearing into the case has
been scheduled here for Mon.
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
RAIN MAKER

RAIN MAKER - Paul Hess,
meteorologist of the U. S. Gov
ernment weather bureau at Will
mington, is a patient and long
suffering man. Not the least OF
his suffering is caused by the
fact that local newspapers pub
ish weather reports received
over the leased wire services
from Washington, D. c.
These reports are generalized
to cover a large area and sell
dom can account for local
squalls, thunder showers, and
local weather conditions that
suddenly develop within the
broad area covered by the
Washington report.
Readers see the general
weather report and frequently
call Hess to tell hm off when
local weather conditions do not
fit the Washington picture.
The best way to get a local
weather forecast is to call Hess
at the weather bureau here. he
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
ROBERTSON HEADS
MEDICAL SOCIETY
Wilmington Surgeon Auto
matieally Succeeds Late
Dr.F. A. Sharpe

DR.. J. F. Robertson, of Will
nington, has succeeded DR..
Frank A. Sharpe, Greensboro
physician who died on Thurs
day, as president of the North
Carolina Medical society.
DR.. Robertson's automatic as
eension to the presidency was
announced here last night by
DR.. S. E. Warshauer, secretary
Of the New Hanover County
Medical society, and confirmed
in Red Springs by DR.. Roscoe
Macmillan, secretary of the
North Carolina Medical society.
As observation-disclosures, to
which position he was elected
by the State society last June,
Dr.. Robertson, according to the
bylaws of the organization, au-
tomatically assumed the presi-
dency upon the death Of DR..
Sharpe. The local surgeon will
serve out DR.. Sharpe's term and
begin his own term as president
III May of 1949.
DR.. Robertson, who attended
the funeral of DR.. Sharpe ir
Greensboro on Sunday, yester-
day expressed his regrets at the
sudden death of the society's
president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Veteran Postmen Deliver
First Batch OF Christmas
TB Stamps
BY BERNICE JENKINS
Star Staff Writer

Veteran Christmas seal deliv-
erer Vance L. Smith and other
Wilmington postmen started
their routes yesterday morning
with $500 tuberculosis seals, zoo
to the letter, to officially oper
the New Hanover TB Seal sale
for 1947.
Mailman Smith, who has beer
delivering the seals in Viii.
mington for % years, as he
started his route yesterday de.
clared, eve all believe in TE
seals because it's one of the mos
important things we can do tt
help fight against tuberculosis.
According to Miss Lucy Nash
executive secretary of the New
Hanover county Tuberculosi!
and Health association, all O.
the seals to be mailed in thi!
county this year were postee
yesterday, with the exception O.
tnoSe S1ated 1or WrlghtSV1llt
Beach residents.
Fred Beach is heading thu
committee of the Lions club a
Wrightsville which is in charge
of the sale there. Mrs. Percy
Morton, representing the Amer
ican Legion auxiliary, is chair
man of the sale at Carolin;
Beach.
There are approximately
1000 regular contributors to thu
drive who purchase seals eac1
year, according to Miss N Ia S h
who said that 5000 completely
new names were added to thu
list to whom seals were mailed
this year. The new names art
See SEAL ON Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
House. otes Contempt Citations Against
Te - iollywood Script w Writers, Directors;
Caldwell County Jury Indicts r. L. Fritz
District Attorney
To Receive Cases
Republicans, Democrats
Stand Behind Committee
Findings

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a. -@
- In rapid-fire order, the House
today voted contempt citations
against 10 Hollywood script writ
ers, directors and producers who
refused to say Eyes" or mo" when
asked whether they were COM
munists.
By sending the citations to the
United States District Attorney
for prosecution, the House over
whelmingly backed its commit
tee on un-American Activities,
which had questioned the men
in it's investigation of alleged
Communism in Hollywood.
Maximum punishment for con-
tempt of Congress is a year in
Jail and $1,000 fine.
The 10 contended that by in-
quiring into their political be-
liefs, the committee was violat-
ing the constitution.
Although each of the cases
was handled separately by the
House, there was only one roll
call vote and it ,thumpingly up
held the committee, 346 to II.
Long Record
Rep. Thomas (R.-N.J.), chair
man of the committee, told the
House the 10 were subpoenaed
because our investigation had
disclosed that they were Com
munists or had long records Of
Communist affiliation and activi-
ties"
Opponents of the citations
warned against 'hysteria" and
contended the committee was il-
legally invading the field Of
Thought and opinion"
Fifteen Democrats, one Re-
publican and the lone Ameri-
can-Laborite member opposed the
citation of Albert Maltz, the only
case in which there was roll
call vote. Favoring it were 2Os
Republicans and 137 Demo-
; Gratis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
PRICE CONTROLS
BACK IN CANADA
Government Takes Step To
End Rising Fruit, Vege-
table Costs

OTTAWA, Nov. "a -U.D-Fi-
nance Minister Douglas Abbott
re-imposed price controls today
for certain canned fruits and
vegetables.
Prices board officials were to
announce the items which were
10 be controlled and their cell
ing prices.
i have directed the Wartime
Frees and Trade Board to re-
impose price ceilings on the more
important varieties of canned
fruits and vegetables and, as
Well' to be prepared to re-im-
pose mark-up control on fresh
,luitS and vegetables and canned
Hult juices" Abbott said.
ne acted to combat spiraling
prlceS OF fruits and vegetables
aao m to spike widespread reports
VI scarcities. Indicative of the
ihluatlon, the price of carrots
Jumped from $3.50 to $3.50 a
euSAel, washed, on the local
'damers IN, market Saturday.
:. mere is absolutely no justi-
t,, Hcatlon whatever for any panic
ouyhg Of basic foodstuffs such
~ has been reported in the press
uyef I'VE, the past week." Abbott de.
.raleo. .,'al Domestic supplies o.
su sutn Items as potatoes, cabbage
u,lDt unions and carrots are fully ade
ssS saS'e 1or this season of the yeal
''ia lor several months to come.
"a Spokesman for the Price:
see PRICE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Prominent People
Sign $4,000 Bond
NCEA President F a c e s
Charge OF Fraudulently
Obtaining Money

LENOIR, Nov. 24-lR-R. L.
Fritz, Jr., former Hudson schools
principal and president of the
North Carolina Education Asso-
citation, was free tonight under
$4,000 bond, signed by six pro-
minent Caldwell couni citizens
only a short time after he was
indicted by a Caldwell county
grand jury today.
The NCEA president, champion
of the South Piedmont plan fo1
higher pay for teachers, was
named in an indictment charg-
ing him with obtaining money
under false pretense in connec-
ton with the handling of school
funds totaling about $1,6O0 ir
the Hudson district.
Those signing Fritz bond were
Mark Goforth, chairman .of the
Coldwell county commission; c.
M. Abernethy, former county SUI
perintendent; Paul Righ, a mem
ber of the county board of edu-
cation; Russell Presnell, Cald-
well county dairyman; and Silvio
Martinat, part owner of a Cald-
well county bakery, and v. D..
Guire, former state highway
commissioner.
Committee Leaders
Three of the men who signed
the bond are members of local
committee which has been form
ed to help Fritz. Goforth is chair
man of the committee, CURE vice
chairman, and Abernethy, sec
retary-treasurer.
Meanwhile, Fritz's attorneys,
Max Wilson, former Congress
man Sam ]. Erwin, of Morgan
ton land Folge L. Townsend, in
a conference this afternoon with
Judge Allen H. Gwyn, decided
to try to have the case called
during the current term of Cald-
well Superior court, provided
that it would not be prejudicial
See PEOPLE on Page Two ~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
NURSES REQUEST
W CONFERENCE
Action By State Associa'
ton Follows Receipt OF
Rankin Letter

RALEIGH, Nov. 24-P)-The
director of James Walker Me-
mortal Hospital at Wilmington
has turned down a request to
confer with officials of the State
Nurses Association on salary
raises for the hospitals nurses
the association reported here TO-
night.
Director John w. Rankin turn
ed down the request in a letter
which stated:
ssIt has been the policy of this
hospital to hire and fire its own
employers and to discuss with
them at any time the conditions
of their employment as indlvld-
uals. We have never dealt with
any collective bargaining agent
for any enploye or any group
of employees, and we woulf
therefore not recognize an!
agent as the collective bargin
ing agent for any ernploye
here"
WRITES PENTON
After receiving the letter
Mrs. Marie B. NOEL, executive
secretary of the association
See NURSES on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
NEGROES CHARGED
WITH R0BBERIES
Police Solve North Side
Crime Wave With Arrest
OF Four Youths

A wave of robberies and burg
laries on the North side of the
city extending over the last two
mceShs was considered closed
and solved by police last night
as Detective Captain L. A,
league announced the arrest Of
four Negro youths charged with
the crimes.
The four youthful Negroes
were arrested at different points
in the city during Sunday night,
Captain league revealed.
Held on charges of breaking
and entering and burglary are:
Julius "Bubsey" Robinson, 70e
Brunswick street, 17-year-old
native of Sumter, S. c.; Eugene
"Collarbone" Hayes, II, Of 60'
Nixon street; and Sammie Eos
("Junior') Jarvis, II, of 11Ot
North Seventh street. Robinson
and Hayes were arrested al
Fourth and Bladen streets.
A fourth prisoner, only L
years of age, was turned over
to juvenile authorities.
Face Many Charges
Police said that the youthful
gang was responsible "for al
the robberies and break-ins OF
the north side of town for the
last two months.
Robinson and Hayes were
charged with breaking into thu
Red Front grocery at 713 Nc
Crae street on the night of Nov
ember 10 and stealing 1nerchan
disc valued at $50. Robinson
was also charged with breaking
into the B & H Service station
at Third and Harnett streets OF
the night of November z ant
stealing a shotgun, a rifle, som
cigarettes and a radio--all val
ued at $72. Hayes was charged
with breaking into Fisher
place at Sixth and Nixon street!
November IA and taking mer
chandise valued at $21.
Jarvis faces charges of break
ing into the Vow Grocery com
pany at Second and Brunswicl
streets on October 27 and steal
ing cigarettes, a pistol and 9th
er merchandise valued at $31.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
ACCUSED YOUTHS
HELD FOR TRIAL
Bonds Set At $4,000 On
Highway R o b b cry At
tempted Murder Charge

Three of the five youths charg-
ed with the highway robbery and
attempted murder of local taxi
cab operator on the night of
November 13, in Brunswick coun-
ty, waived preliminary he ring
in Brunswick Recorders court
yesterday and were bound over
to the January 10 term of Su-
perior court under bonds of $5,-
900 each.
The three defendants are Cpl
Carl Steinert, 10, native of Brit
ish Columbia, and attached to the
Second Marine Division at Camp
Lejeune; Pvt. Gerald Lee, 18,
Toledo, Ohio, Second division;
and Cecil Hosmer, 17-year-old
native of Birmingham, Ala, re-
See YOUTHS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Along The Cape Fear

lis apt to be there any morning
in the week. Although there has
been considerable overcast dur
ing the month of November,
and not few drizzles, the to-
tai precipitation for the month l
through Sunday, November 20,
was less than six inches. Inc
Cape Fear was measured at
1872 feet at Fayetteville, which
is not far from normal at this
season.
Because published for e.
casts do not always describe the
local weather situation many
people have lost faith in the
neurological reports.
IT never pay any attention to
weather forecasts" Wrights-
Vile Beach fisherman said re-
Gently. IT stick with the old
almanac" He does, and he il
frequently stuck with it, no
doubt. When a six day drizzle
See CAPE FEAR ON PAGE TWl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
TOBACCO PRICES
STAGE RECOVERY
Old Belt Market Reports
Gains As Warehouses
Announce Closings
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tobacco prices staged a rise
on markets of the Old Belt yes
terday while they were falling
on the Middle Belt, the federal
and state Departments of Agri-
culture reported.
Eastern Belt markets, mean
while, were closing rapidly. The
Smithfield and Farmville mar
kets announced they would end
their sales Tuesday, Kinston
Wednesday, Greenville Dec. 3,
and Wilson and Rocky Mount,
Dec. S.
On the Old Belt, a few leaf
grades showed losses but most
were up from 81 to $4 per hun"
dred pounds. Smoking leaf fluc-
tuated 81 to 81 with gains and
losses about evenly divided,
nondescript rose from $50 to
$2.25, Cutters were up 81 to 81,
and lugs were relatively un-
changed There was little
change in quality and volume Of
sales was heavy. The Rocky
Mount, Va, market announced
it would conclude sales Wednes-
day, the first Old Belt market
to announce a closing date.
Declines on the Middle Belt
ranged from SIS for poorest
heavy nondescript to S. for fair
green orangeside leaf, but most
decreases were from 81 to So.
There were few gains Of from
81 to So, mostly for leaf grades.
There was little change in quail
ity and volume was heavy. The
Aberdeen market announced 1t
would close today and Carthage
announced it would end sales
Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Arab States Warn
OfHoly War Threat
Egypt Declares Partition OF Palestine Will
Bring Reprisals Against Jews Where
ever The Two Races Meet

a Soviet-American plan for di-
viding Palestine into independ-
ent Arab and Jewish states ano
rival Arab plan which would
keep the territory intact, and
set it up as free, Arab-con-
trolled state.
Arabs also pressed for a vote
on a resolution to ask the In
ternational Court of Justice
whether UN had a legal right
to partition Palestine, which
Great Britain now rules under
an old League of Nations man
date.
An Arab spokesman Mo-
hamed Hussein Haekal Pasha
of Egypt, told the committee
that eff Arab blood is shed in
Coo APAR m pova Txuo
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Federal Reserve Seeks
Credit Buying Control

America and four other organi-
cations followed the Federal Re-
serve proposal with pleas to the
Senate Banking committee to
turn down President Truman's
appeal for re-establishment of
consumer credit controls as
part of the administr alton, 5
cost-of-living program.
Expired Nov. l
There have been no statutory
See FEDERAL on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
Government Will Seek
Indictment OF General
Army, Justice Department
To Crackdown On Meyers;
Pension Stopped

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-W.p
The Army and the Justice De-
partment joined forces tonight
in a crushing breakdown on
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers
retired Air Forces purchasing
officer whose private wartime
activities were officially de-
nounced as lone of the m S
shocking scandals ever exposed
in the history of our govern
ment."
in addition, the balding So
year old officer faced prob
able lawsuit brought by pretty
Mrs. Mildred Lamarre, who
flatly denied Meyers testimony
to Senate War investigators that
she was his "girl friend" "A
suit for SANDER seems the only
answer" she told reporters.
Acting only two days after the
Senate committee heard final
testimony that Meyers made
$1O5,0OO from a secretly owned
war subcontracting plant while
he was active in procurement
{purchasing) for the Air Forces,
Air Secretary W. Stuart Sym
ington announced: -,~
1.-The $461 monthly pension
which Meyers has been receiv-
ing since he retired from tn
army in 1945 on disability
grounds-he said he had nerv-
Gus breakdown - has been
stopped.
Steps are being taken te
strip the florid, fast-talking gen.
eral of his military decoration:
the Distinguished Service Med
al and the Legion of Merit.
3-Meyers will be tried by ar
Army court martial.
Will Act Today
Immediately afterwards, tn
Justice Department announced
it would go before a fedora
grand jury here tomorrow ane
seek indictments against Mey
erS.
The charges were not detailed
| in advance, but the Senate
War Investigating subcom
mittee which probed Meyer!
suggested a study of possible
war fraud, corruption, perjury
and income tax evasion charges
Attorney General Clark an
nounced last week that the in
come tax phase of the cas'
would be presented to a grane
jury in the city where Meyer
filed his tax returns. Official:
disclosed today they were filee
at Baltimore.
Symington expressed graft
tude to the Senate committee
headed by Senator Ferguson
| (R-Mich), for unfolding what h
See GOVERNMENT on Page 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-25
And So To Bed

A baby was left on the door
step of a young Sunset PARK
couple Sunday night.
The excited father" by
accident, called the Star and
asked what he should do.
The reporter, almost as ez-
cited as the sudden father,
suggested he take the child
inside and notify the au-
thorities.
"I've got some ones goat"
the papa by proxy kept yell
ing over the phone. Finally
the reporter was able to dis
cover the trouble. It was q
baby goat.
"I don't know whether to
call it Bill or Man," the young
husband replied. He added
that he had no use at all for
the animal and wanted the
owner to claim it Immediate
ly.