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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
EPILEPTIC GIRL
HAS CAGE HOME
State Institution Unable To
Admit Hopelessly Ill
Kannapolis Child

KANNAPOLLS. Aug. 24-R- A
14-year-old epi1eptic girl has lived
in an open-air wooden stockade
and cage-like room here for three
years while her parents have
sought unsuccessfully to have her
admitted to state institution.
Police Chief I. T. Chapman said
today.
The girl is Maxine Smith,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. L..
Smith. Chief Chapman said that
the hopelessly-sick child roaras
the enclosure, alternately tearing
up paper and leaves, and batter
ing her head against walls and
screaming.
In Raleigh, DR.. R. G. Blackwell
der, superintendent of the State
Hospital for Epileptics, said that
Maxine was one of 100 or more
patients on a long waiting list for
admission.
He said the state institution had
been unable to take new patients
FOR several years and would be ur1-
able to admit any more until new
facilities now under construction
are completed.
For Protection
Chief Chapnen said that Max
ines parents, built the stockade
to protect the girl and themselves
It is constructed of two-by-fours
and is connected to room at the
back of the house.
Maxine is let into the enclosure
every day and at night her
father a wounded veteran OF World
War one, leads her into the room.
Chapman said that Maxine is
too strong to be handled by her
mother or sister, and that her IA
ther is barely a match for her.
Smith is a textile mill enploye.
He said he had worked a double
shift 30 hours last week and
had often don so to meet medical
expenses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
GUSHING VENTURES FORTH

CUSHING VENTURES FORTH
The exploit of Naval Lieut.. Will
liam Gushing, Union officer, oc-
cured on June %, 1864, after the
Confederate small fleet hac jour-
neyed down the river and engaged
the Federal fleet blockading the
mouth of the Cape Fear river.
Returning into the river, the
iron-clad Confederate vessel, 1.-THE
Raleigh, became stuck upon a
shoal and to accomplish its des-
truction and at the same time, un-
dertake a reconnaissance OF the
South's defense in that region,
Lieutenant Gushing volunteered:
Notwithstanding the warning OF
his superiors that ne would almost
certainly be captured or killed,
the lieutenant persisted in his
scheme.
On the night Of June %, 1854, ne
let 1.-THE USS Monticello", to
which he was assigned. He left
the vessel in cutter accompa-
MED by two subordinate officers
and Is men, crossed the western
bar and passed the forts and town
of Snithville without discovery.
NEARLY RUN DOWN - After
passing Smithville his cutter was
nearly run down in the darkness
by an outward bound blockade
runner. Following that narrow es-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
Hundreds OF Men Milling
En- Masse On Outskirts
OF Nelson, B. {.

NELSON, B. c., Aug. "a. Police
today prepared to cope with hum
dreds of nude members OF the
"Sons of Freedom" a radical unit
of the Russian Doukhobors, who
were threatening to march on this
Kootenay Valley city to protest the
arrest of 10 of their clansman.
At last reports the naked Freed
omites were milling en- masse at
Shore Acres, Is miles West Of here.
Police Chief Robert Harshaw said
the demonstration might last two
or three days, and he augmented
his force of officers with reinforce
ments from other provincial law
enforcement agencies to be ready
for the mass march which he said
would probably follow.
The Doukhobors' long history
since their migration from Rus
sia to Canada has been marked
by frequent mass parades in the
See HUNDREDS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
TROPICAL STORM
FORCE DIMINISHES
Hurricane Passes Inland
Leaving Little Damage
At Galveston

GALVESTON. Tex, Aug 24-@
The center Of a tropical storm
passed over Galveston at 4:45 p.
m. (CST) today with winds up to
65 miles an hour.
The storm headed inland in
North Northwest direction.
The Weather bureau predicted
that the storm would begin to
break up as it moved inland.
Trees were uprooted here, signs
were blown down and other dam
age of a minor nature were OBJ
served.
The force of the wind reached
65 miles per hour in gusts and
was blowing steady at So miles
per hour.
At 3 pm. the barometer wss
29.68, then dropped to 1928 when
the center passed over the city.
It climbed back to 29.33 shortly
afterward.
Heavy laden skies and binding
rain blanketed the area.
There was very little traffic and
few pedestrians. but improved
shelters teemed with refugee per-
sons living beyond the sea-wan.
The city's power plant was
knocked out.
Hundreds Of persons hocked in
to the city hall and municipal au-
ditoriun.
The last Weather bureau advi-
sorry predicted at pm. that the
center of the storm passed near
Galveston tonight.
This gulf coast resort town was
Uttered with oleander blossoms,
palm leaves, small tree limbs and
other debris.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
NATIONAL AIRLINES
MOVES OPERATION OF
FLIGHT CONTROL"

National Airlines, which serves
Wilmington, is moving its flight
control section from Jacksonville
to Miami, it was announced today.
Officials said the move is in COZ
nection with a general "speed up"
program featuring faster sche-
dulles and instant confirmation of
requests for reservations.
Flight control governs opera
tions Of National Airlines planes
throughout 10 states and Cuba.
The section will be housed in the
newly completed addition to the
NAL maintenance and operations
base at Miami international Air
port.
L.W. Dymond Of Miami will be
assistant operations manager in
charge of flight control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
The Weather

FORECASTS:
.,N,' North Carolina - Partly cloudy and
sa.inued s.aa warm widely scattered after
"Voa thundershowers.
,o'o aouth Carolina - Partly cloudy and
,aihued r.4.ied warm Monday and Tuesday,
Wr.efeo Me- afternoon thundershowers.
.,s,s .,sM,es'eorological data for the "a hours
'1s t'50 p. m. yesterday.
TEMPERATURES
n .eo a, m, IS; $50 a. m. rs; 80 p. m.
mu ''So p m. 70; Maximum 81; Mini
" "a. Mean 80; Normal n.
la, HUMIDITY
~ a. m 95; 80 a. m. 50; / 80 p. m.
a. 7'so p. m. SO.
PRECIPITATION
~ aoni FOR "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
"s inches.
a. ss0tal since the first of the month
r TIDES FOR TODAY
tNssom the Tide Tables published by
g. coast and Geodetic Survey.
Nn.., HIGH Low
ston ------ 4:36 am. 11:49 am
N,,. 5:i8 pm. pm
ioofo Inlet - 2:24 am. 8:43 am
a,. 3:17 pm. 9:39 pm
.@n. @qnflse .t $40; Sunset e:47: Moonrise
ny, Moonset IL lila.
more WEATHER On Page TIVE
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
Paul Griffith
Warns Nation
Citing Danger OF Confla-
grafton Abroad He Calls
For "Training"

NEW YORK, Aug. "a. --W.H--
Paul H. Griffith, national COM
of the American Legion,
said today the United States should
sent troops to aid Greece if that
country is invaded.
He warned that the Critical sit
uation" in Greece poses the threat
Of world confla grafton on a mo-
ment's notice." and urged Presi-
dent Truman to call a special ses-
sion of Congress to enact univer-
sal military training legislation to
strengthen the nations armed
forces.
He conceded that dispatch Of
U. S. troops to Greece probably
would mean a shooting war, but
pointed to the material support
already being sent to Greece and
said that 'if it takes troops I
believe we ought to send troops"
Griffith, here for the national
Legion convention, declared that
'the critical situation which has
developed in Greece within the past
few hours is a direct and dam
gerous head-on clash of the
ideologies of democracy and Com
munism. 1t could spread into
world confla grafton on a moments
notice."
Urges Session
Griffith said that confronted
by the new European situation
Truman should call Congress at
once to enact UNIT legislation. He
urged that no other matters be
considered at this proposed ses-
sion, because our national exist
ence perhaps depended on speedy
Congressional action on the coun-
try's defense.
When asked at a press confer
ence if the United States should
send troops to Greece to protect
that country's interests, Griffith
replied. .--.,s.,
eve already have sent support
to Greece and our Navy is now in
the Mediterranean. If it takes
troops I believe we ought to send
troops"
Asked if the sending of troops
to Greece would mean a formal
declaration of war against Rus
sia he said, II don't know what
you mean by a formal declara ton;
Goo -RJEEITu I'm paSe Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
Legion c Commander UrgesSending
United States Troops To Greece;
New Third Party Picks Wallace
Unions
Behind Drive
Three Hundred Delegates
Launch Movement AT
Los Angeles Sunday

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 24-U.D-
A third political party, which will
back Henry A. Wallace as Presi-
dential nominee, was launched
here today by 300 representatives
Of labor, civic and minority groups.
The new party was named the
Independent Progressive Party OF
California. Chief organizer and
temporary chairman Of the state
wide committee to promote the
party is Hugh Bryson, 81, San
Francisco, president Of the C1O
National Union of Marine Cooks
and Stewards.
Officials of AFL unions and the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
will serve with him on the steer
ing committee.
The committee will seek at least
350,000 names of qualified voters
on petitions to be filed with the
Secretary of State, a necessary
preliminary to having the party
certified.
An objective Of the party is to
put slate Of delegates in the
field pledged to Wallace as the
party's Presidential nominee, Bry-
son said. A statewide slate Of
candidates also will be pushed.
The party founders hope to quail
fy it for the 1948 election.
Follow FDR
The party is determined to "con-
tinue to fight for progress in the
tradition Of Franklin D. Roosevelt"
and ''to build a new party that
See LABOR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
I IJntruthful Clock Runs
AfOul Streamline World

"Gentlemen, this is the greatest
clock in the world. 1t will run
forever"
Halt an hour later the clock
stopped.
Though it was quickly repaired
and for years after guided Phila-
delphians in regulating their COM
ings and goings, in recent months
the clock has not told the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
So, like most everything else in
this postwar world, Billy PENIS
clock Is going to be streamlined.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
EASTERN GROWERS
EXPECT $50 TOPS
Warehouses In Is Towns
OF Belt damned With
Leaf For Opening Day
BY The Associated Press

Long after the sun set yesterday,
Eastern North Carolina flue-cured
tobacco growers continued to bring
their offerings to their favorite
warehouses for the openings sales
today on IS markets.
AS usual there was an electric
current Of apprehension over first
day sales as the farmers and ware
housemen speculated about price
averages. Many older heads
agreed with the Federal-State De-
partments of Agriculture prospec-
tus that averages would run about
$50 per hundred, or almost the
same as the Border Belts opening
day prices Of three weeks ago.
The Eastern Belt warehousemen,
meeting in Farmville Saturday,
agreed to start sales at 9 a. M, or
80 minutes earlier than the usual
beginning time. The market will
operate on four-hour sales sched-
ule each day until the opening OF
the Middle Belt on September Is,
when sales time will be slashed to
3 1-2 hours.
The Eastern Belt will sell 400
baskets per hour for each set OF
buyers. The maximum weight OF
each basket has been set at $50
pounds.
The Federal-State Crop Report
ing service indicated that this
years Eastern Belt crop would be
about four per cent lower than the
1916 all-time record high Of 454,-
25O,OO0 pounds. but predicted that
the crop although somewhat light
in weight would be of good quality,
particularly for cigarette purposes.
The per-acre yield of the crop,
as of August 1, was set at 1,l3o
pounds - only 20 pounds off the
1916 acreage yield, the Federal
State Crop Reporting Service said.
Keeping pace with increased
postwar cigarette consumption,
the belt has 106 warehouses, nine
more than last year, and through
out the state re-drying facilities
have been improved.
One Coop Market
At least one market, Wendell,
offers a warehouse owned and
operated by cooperative OF
farmers, the first in the state. Ac-
cording to the Federal-State De-
partments of Agriculture figures,
Wilson last year led the Belt and
the entire state nvolume or sales
with 83,244,733 pounds sold - the
figure does not include resales.
Runner-up was Rocky Mount with
67,324, 785 pounds and in third place
was Greenville with 62,027, 667
pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25

Hundreds and reputedly thousands
OF men are at work there with
ponderous machinery. Civilian pi-
lots say that planes of the most
modern war types, from jet pur-
suits to extra-long-range bombers
are standing near runways a
short distance from the construc-
ton CENTER"
There is a story, according to
the Post, ''that deep underneath
the mountain range there is to be
large chamber, hewn from solid
rock and then lined with concrete,
asbestos and lead "there's word
also about miles of conveyoc belts
running out Of the bowles of the
earth to deliver automatic bombs
to the surface"
The Post said David E. Lilien-
See, ARMY-NAVY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25

WASHINGTON, Aug "a -(P)-
North Carolina ranked fourth
among the Southeastern states in
per capita income during 1946,
Commerce department report
showed today.
The North Carolina figure was
$817 as compared to 81 200 for the
country as a whole. None of the
nine Southeastern states equaled
the national average.
Florida was tops among the
nine with $1017 other 1916 figures
included Virginia, $952; Tennessee
$843; Georgia, $500; Louisiana,
$784; y Kentucky, SITS; Tennessee
$73S, and South Carolina, $729.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
n. c.. Per Capita Income
Was Only $817 In 1916

The department reported that in
almost all states the total income
payments to individuals il 1916
were at a record high.
The report noted that in the
Central, New England, Middle
East and Northwest regions, in
dividual incomes in 1916 were 10
to IL per cent above 1945, while
in the far West, Southeast and
Southwest, where the war effort
had provided the largest income
expansion, the 1947 gains were OF
smaller proportion.
BY states, the per capita income
for 1916 varied from a high OF
81, ,703 in Nevada, to $555 in Mis-
sissippi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
And So To Bed

A little boy started TO retire
the other night after q hard
days playing in the yard.
"Son'' his mother said.
"don't forget to take . good
bath before you 90 to bed"
eyes, Mummy, the young
ster replied.
An hour later his mother
cracked the bedroom door to
find the boy sound asleep on
the bed. his feet covered with
dirt.
She Immediately awakened
the boy. "Didn't 1 tell you to
take a bath before you went to
bed?" she asked.
eyes, Mummy" the sleepy,
eyed youngster replied.
But you did not wash your
feet" Mother said.
"No. Mummy" he replied.
II am not going to stand up u
bed"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
Athens Prepares For Violence;
NudeDOukhObOrs Threaten Citv
HE LIKES 'EM

COLUMBIA, s. c., Aug. ID
R)-S0uth Carolina's bachelor
governor, ]. Strom Thurmond,
said today 'I'm against" long
er skirts for women's dresses.
Asked why, Thurmond re-
piled, II think that should be
obvious, don't you?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25
VIOLENCE TAKES
LIVES OF EIGHT
Airplane Crashes Account
For Three Deaths In
State Over Weekend
Nv The ASSOCIATED PRESS

Three persons were killed in air
nlane crashes and at least eight
others suffered violent death in
North Carolina during the week
end.
Rowland 3. Nash of Raleigh and
Jack MCGEE of Crosse lie, Mich,
were killed Friday night in the
crash of Nash's private plane dur
ing a storm near Lumberton.
Paul Bowen, 20, of Alexandra
Mills, died Friday in a Ruther-
fordton hospital of injuries suffer-
ed Thursday when the plane In
which he was riding crashed near
Rutherfordton.
Vernon Peeler, 10, Of Jackson
vile, Fla, was killed early Sat
urday in Rocky Mount when scrap
See VIOLENCE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25

See GRIFFITH On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-25

See POLICE On Page Two
The frontiersman., 1947-02-19
AOOP PTION BIll
 IS REVISED

Attorney Gen era1 Ralph Riv CTS this week wrote J. W. Thomps on. chairman of the Public Heal tn Council conmi t. tee named to protest Vel fare legisl lation soon to come up for pas ssage. that revise bills had incorporated all of the sugges t ions the comni ttee made in regard to the proposed adoptton bill.
 Mr. Rivers said the bill had been in tro- duced in both house es and should come up for action soon.
 Legt station regard- ing the lie en ing of fos ter homes has been postponed and will one up in a second bill later in the ses- sion.
The frontiersman., 1947-02-19

! OVERBOARO GOES DEVELOPMENT BOAR
 One of Alaska's most progressive ideas in years is about to be thrown in the trash can ting in Juneau. The Alaska Development Board, after two short years of existence, is doomed.
 Senator's Green and. coffey started the there seems to be no doubt of the passage of the Legislation.
 The first toward a coordinate plan for the development of the territory since it came into the posses sion of the United States, the Board already has done much to bring Alaska's possibi II ties to the atten- tion of stateside industrialists. The cent interest in the development of major pulp industry in southeastern Alaska can be traced directly to the activities of the Board.
 And the determined opposition the Board has made to any increase in freight rates to Alaska, spot with every sourdough and cheechako in the territory, would seem, in large measure, to justify it's continuance.
 The real reason for the bills introduce tion apparently is dislike of members of the Board well objection to the go- vernor's partici patton in Board activities. So the short ighted legislators have decid- ed to throw away the whole idea a piece of spoiled fruit, rather than to take the re- medal action which would dig out the blem- ishes and give the territory complete and unified whole.
 cornnunt sm does not reach the heart of e
The frontiersman., 1947-02-19
DOCK A0tNT
 SAYS THANK YOU

Appr ec l at lon TOT the cooperation of Seldovi a's merchants and tr ansfer men in the recent unloading oper ations of the Denali was exressed by the operators of the finders on Dock this week.
 Mrs. Juanita And- err son of the dock of fic5 said that if it had not been made pos ible to continue the night deliv- cribs, much of the Homer freight would have had to have been placed oon the dock to await fur ther hand ling.
The frontiersman., 1947-02-19

Rooms and depr sions be el imina ted-- but not by government alone. Both labor and management needed in free Ameri ca. They have got to learn how to get along.-- Irving M. Ives, Republican senator elect of New York.
The frontiersman., 1947-02-19

'm does not reach the heart of a >ws he is treated justly, whether *, red or broWn.-- Methodist Bis
 Hey Oxnam of New York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07

The Thursday Morning Music
club will present a program OF
sacred music on Tuesday evening.
February II, at $50 o'clock in
Trinity Methodist church. This
will take the place of the regularly
scheduled meeting OF the club for
Thursday morning.
A general business meeting of all
club members will be held at 8
o'clock in the ladies parlor of the
church, (doWnstrairs), this is not
an executive meeting.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this program meeting and
all members Of the congregation
r extended a welcome.
The program for the evening
will be as follows:
Passacaglia and Fugue in c
Minor - Bach. Edwin D. Clark;
Hymn No. 381: The Church's One
Foundation" = Wesley. (Congre-
CATION; O God, Have Mercy (St.
Paul Mendlessohn, Arthur
John; What Are These That Are
Arrayed Stairer. Mrs. Vernon
Avery, Mrs. James Murdoch, Fred
Caps and Arthur John; Hymn Of
Glory Yon. Warren A Hohl:
Jesu, JOY Of Mans Desiring -
Bach; Up, Up My Heart with
Gladness Bach, Women's
Chorus: Toccata from Fifth Sym
phony - Widor. John Pfeil; Re-
joice, o Daughter of Zion (The
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
Raleigh Wedding OF Interest
Here, Many tanning To Attend

Murchison, Mrs. Donald M. Pars-
ley and several others.
Miss Worth will have as her
maid-of-honor Miss Betty Worth of
Durham. and her matron-of-honor
will be Mrs. F a k Reynolds.
Bridesmaids include Miss Eliza
beth Young of Rocky Mount, Miss
Mary Jane Morgan of Interlockin,
N. j., Mrs. Emmett Ford of Char
lottesville, Va, Miss Clothild Grow
of Raleigh, Miss Agatha Chipley
of New York and flower girls will
be Diana Worth of Washing IN, D.
C., and Julia Worth of Ra. .gh.
DR.. Penick will have his brother.
Charlie Perick of Raleigh. as his
best man and his groomsmen in
clude E d ward Penick, George
Worth of Raleigh. George Mordi-
cae of Raleigh, and Francis King.
The ceremony will be performed
by Dr.. Sommers of the First Pres
byterian church, and tn e bride
| groom's father, Bishop Penick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
Mrs. Eddy Challenged Womeo
AtYW Tea YesterdayAfternoo

Mrs. Sherwood Eddy who was
formerly general secretary OF tie
YWCA in Canada, was the guest
of honor and the speaker at the
WV membership tea held yester-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
club house at Third and Grace
streets. ... ..,-
Before a large gathering Mrs.
Eddy, a woman of charm and
ability, spoke Informally using as
her topic Women in World AT
fairs" she brought out how through
the ages woman's influence has
developed especially in Russia
India and China. The changes that
have taken place in recent years
in these countries and how Wom-
ans position has been strengthened
after revolutions. She emphasized
the Importance of nursery schools
for children in order that mothers
continue their work in factories
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07
BY RUTH MILLETT
NeTA Staff Writer

A YOUNG man in Wisconsin,
charged with the theft of an auto
mobile confessed to the judge thai
he stole the car in the hope Of
receiving a prison sentence. Il
seems he was trying to get away
from a girl SO eager to marry
him she had offered to pay al
expenses.
That's rather an extreme ex.
ample of the lengths to which a
young man will 60 in a panicky
effort to get away from a girl with
marriage in her eye. But the
young mans fright and flight are
typical.
Often the answer to the question
81 wonder why Jane doesn't gel
married and settle down." is sim
ply that Jane gets that marriage
minded look in her eye early in
the game, which is enough tc
scare any young man to death.
Such girls quickly become pos
sessive,. or start mothering a man.
They have a habit of trying to
pin a man down by taking his
lightly spoken compliments toe
seriously. And they think they're
being subtle when they drag him
around to spend an evening with
a happily married couple, act silly
over babies, etc.
They are so afraid a man Wont
think of marriage himself that
they are forever bringing it into the
conversation.
And the first thing they know, the
young man stops calling quite SC
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-07

Of interest to society in the city
is the wedding of Miss Marguerite
Murchison Worth, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Hal Venable Worth OF
Raleigh, and niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett P. Crow Of Whining
ton. which is to take place this
Saturday evening to DR.. George
Dial Penick son of the Ri. hev.
Bishop Edwin Anderson Penick
and Mrs. Penick of Raleigh.
The wedding is to be solemnized
at $3.50 o'clock in the First Pres
byterian church in Raleigh and
will be followed by a reception at
the brides home, 500 Whitaker
Mill road.
Those from Wilmington VINO plan
to attend the wedding include:
Mrs. Emmett P. Grow, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry W. Stovall, JI., and
Nancy Stovall, Mrs. A. S. Will
liams, Misses Margaret and Car
lie Harriss. Mrs. Benjamin M.
Washburn. DR.. and Mrs. David r.