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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Along The Cape Fear

The historical nature lover
who writes Along The Cape Fear
did not say enough of Green
field Lake in Autumn. He men,
toned the stately cypres trees
festooned with Spanish moss
guarding the lights and shadows
of the five miles of shore line.
Perhaps he should have added
that this cathedral of cypress
with its organ pipes of nature
signing in the breeze was about
the oldest spot in Wilmington.
Some of the expresses show
signs of advancing age where
the green foliage had turned al
most black in centuries of imi-
tation of sacred trees of the an
clients. Doubtless some of the
cypress wonderland of Green
field Lake was there long before
the British Revolution when old
Wilmington revolted at the UNI
just Stamp Act first imposed by
William II. Gin a Charles II re-
vival.)
Cypress trees similar to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
employees ENJOY
STAR-NEWSPARTY
Publisher, Wife Hosts Al
An Annual Feast;
Bonuses Distributed

Approximately $50 employees
and their guests attended the an
nual Christmas party of the Will
mington Star-News yesterday at
the Cape Fear Club, second and
Chestnut streets, with Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Page, and R. B. Page,
Jr., co-pub1isher as hostesses.
Christmas bonus checks were
presented the employees by R. B.
Page, publisher of the papers.
The checks represented ten per
cent of the net earnings Of the
company during the past year.
Employees received varied
amounts dependent upon tn ir
length of service and the amount
of their regular earnings.
Publisher Page announced that
the same bonus plan would be
in e1fect during 1913. Ecah en-
ploye with one years Sci vice on
the staff will receive an appro-
pirate share of the ten per cent
net earnings during next year.
Guests began arriving at II
o'clock yesterday and following
a coctail hour the banquet vas
served at one o'clock.
The speakers table was center
ed with silver painted smilax
See employees On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Mcmahon Urges Overall
Speed On Marshall Plan
Connetic D e m era
Fears Possible Rus
sian Dominance

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-tP-
Senator Mcmahon (D-Conn) urg-
ed today that the Marshall plan
of European aid be sped to pre-
vent "all of Europe from coming
under the dominance of Russia. "
Agreeing, Senator Baldwin (R-
Comm that the alternative to
helping the 16 Western European
non-Communist countries might
mean tie paying out of $66, ,OOO,-
100000 year for national de-
fense.
The two lawmakers, who dis
agree on many issues, spoke
jointly in a radio program for
the Connecticut Forum of the
Air.
A third senator, Elbert D.
Thomas of Utah, told another
radio audience (station WEAM)
"All he resolutions passed by
Congress can do no good toward
establishing stability in Europe
till Europe itself is ready to act.
The Senators spoke as the Sen.
ate Appropriations committee
prepared to start hearings jan
uary 7 on the Marshall plan OF
spending $17,OO0,000,000 for the
four year recovery program sub
mitted to Congress by President
Truman Friday. The originator
of the plan, Secretary of State
Marshall, rested meanwhile al
Pinehurst, N. c.
White In Accord
Senator White (R-Me), the Re-
publican flood leader, predicted
over the weekend that Congress
finally would agree on just about
the overall plan Mr.. Truman ad-
vanced.
However, the fight may be
long. Senator Ball (R-Minn) OBJ
jected to committing the nation
in advance to such tremendous
undertaking. Others ais object
ed to tackling the job on more
than year at a time basis.
Senator Mcmahon said today
See MCMAHON On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
POLICE HOLD MEN
OVER GANG RIDE
B o u n d, Gagged "In-
former Escapes From
Speeding Automobile

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 -WD-Po-
lice seized three men today for
questioning about a gang ride
the result of a battle over
Christmas loot-from which one
of two intended victims escaped
by plunging from the gangs
speeding car though he was
bound and gagged.
Police were making 4 city,
wide search for the second vic.
tim, but believed he had been
slain. They commented that the
case was similar" to the gang
murder a week ago which end
ed with four men dead and two
wounded seriously.
The man who escaped from
the one-way ride was identified
by police as Joseph Radek, ~.
He is in the Bridewell County
jail) hospital in serious condi-
ton from a gang beating and
injuries suffered in the plunge
from the car.
He said he knew his missing
companion only as eddie" He
told detectives that Eddie, also
bound and gagged, still was in
the kidnap car when he manag-
ed to lean against the door
handle and fall out as the car
sped through the city's South
west side at 80 miles per hour
late Friday night.
Has Record
Police 1t. Orrin Ross said Ra-
dek had named Richard Calm
ski, Is, as one of three men who
engineered the ride. Ross said
Galinski has a police record.
Galinski and two other men
were taken into custody for
questioning.
Ross said he did not think the
other men had any connection
with the ride" but knew Gal
inski well.
! Galinski, Ross said, "clains
he doesn't know from nothing"
Deputy Chief of Detectives
Aiken said the gang ride fol-
lowed a quarrel over the divi-
See POLICE on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
UNDERPRIVlLEDCED
WILL HAVE PARTY
Jaycees, Resturanteers
To Combine With
Feed For Needy

Tuesday will be the big day of
the year for the underprivileged
children of Wilmington as they
will be entertained and feted by
local businessmen under the aus
pices of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, with a visit from
Santa Claus thrown in at a party
at the Community center.
A delicious Christmas dinner,
including the traditional roast
turkey and cranberry sauce with
ice cream dessert, will be donat-
ed by % members of the New
Hanover County Restaurant as
sociation.
Jaycees will furnish transporta-
ton for the underprivileged chill
dren to the various restaurants in
the county Immediately after
they have been entertained at a
free movie at the Manor theater,
which is being given ourtc-y
of Manager H. S. Luther. The
picture will begin at II a. m.
Tuesday.
After stuffing themselves with
the delicious Christmas dinner,
the children will be conveyed to
the Community center, where at
4 o'clock in the afternoon a visit
from Santa Claus with gifts and
candies and fruits will be the
feature attraction.
Cooperating Cafes
The following New Hanover
See PARTY On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
KEROSENE BLAST
TAKES SIX LIVES
Majority Of Camden, South
Carolina Rural Home
Wiped Out

CAMDEN, S. c., Dec. 21.-P-
Six members of a family died to-
day of burns suffered when q
kerosene can exploded in a room
of a rural frame dwellin gin near
by Bethune community yester.
day.
The dead were identified by c.
c. Kornegay of the Granger
Kornegay Funeral home as:
Mrs. Maebelle Melton, Al, Ce-
cell S. Melton and Clayton c.
Melton, 13, her sons, and Ronny
Lee Melton, Mrs. Melton's
eight-month-old grandson.
Funeral services for these four,
Kornegay said, will be held to-
morrow at 11:00 am. at the
Pleasant Hill Baptist church near
Bethune.
Other victims identified by
Kornegay were Mrs. Ella Melton
Wright, II, daugheter of Mae
belle, and Elias baby, Mildred
Louise Wright, one year and
See KEROSENE on Page ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
ACCUSED MARINES
FACE new COUNTS
Highway Patrolman From
Kinston To File Holdup
Charges Today

Two of the three men being
held here on charges of highway
robbery and attempted murder
of a local taxi operator on No
vember 20 are wanted for the
armed robbery of a service sta
ton operator of near Kinston
State Highway. Patrolman z. L.
Spruin Of that city said last
night.
Warrants were slated to be
sent here today for Cecil r. Hos.
rner, 17-year-old ex-Marine with
a bad conduct discharge, and
Pvt. Gerald Lee, 18, of Camp
Lejeune and Toledo, Ohio, Hos.
mer is native of Birmingham
Ala.
Meanwhile, Jack L. Rabe, 18
year-old Marine private from
See MARINES on Page :
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
MERRY CHRISTMAS
WAS HIS M0NIKER
Mobile Hotel Clerk How
ever, Thought He Was
. Just Being Nice

MOBILE Ala, Dec. 21-R)-
A young man walked up to the
clerk last night and said:
Merry Christmas"
merry Christmas to you" the
clerk replied.
The man stood looking at the
clerk.
Z" Is there something I can do
for your" the puzzled clerk ask
ed.
"Merry Christmas the man re-
peated and gave the clerk an in
quisitive look.
Vernon Weldy, the clerk, said
the situation was getting out OF
hand when the man explained
that he wanted a bridal suite,
See MERRY on Pare Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

ones in Greenfield and Lake
Forest areas have stood for cen
turies, as the famed trees OF
Rome removed by Eugenius ~
estimated at HOO years old. BHE
Rome removed by Eugenius ~
estimated at HOO years old. BHP)
cause of it's value and durability
the ancients considered a cy-
press plantation a handsome
dowry for a young lady of noble
birth.
Perhaps some conservationist
of natural resources could tell
us whether the gloomy, fore
boding, yet stately expresses OF
Greenfield Park, now beautified
by the city, are sentinels of his
hory. At least, as the ALONG
THE CAPE FEAR writer sug-
gested, it is one Spot that in
Autumn should never be forgot
ten by citizens and historical vi
sitors, not even the Freedom
Train visitors Of December
10th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
AMERICAN BOARD
WILL HUNT SCRAP
EIGHT Man Mission Ia
Leave For Germany
To Seek Steel, Iron
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, - "a

WASHINGTON, Dec. q, - R
An eight-man mission will
On to Germany this month to
HINT iron and steel scrap that can
be brought back to relieve a
bottleneck in steel production in
steel id ldod rhr hh RI har tatat
in the United States.
Secretary of commerce Har-
riman announced today the in
'ustry-government mission, to
sail from New York December
80, will:
l. Determine the quantity and
location of scrap in the posses
tjon of the U. S. occupation
forces, and the feasibility OF
bringing the critically short
material to this country.
2. Report on the possibility OF
obtaining rubble and other scrap
from Germany for use in Anerl-
can steel mills. .-5
Hartman described this as
mother step to "assist and en-
courage industry in locating po-
tential sources of scrap at a time
when maximum steel production
See AMERICAN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
IF Your 7un1n,y Is Tired
Good Old Oysters Are 1t

of heavy eating" Fish and
Wildlife service news bulletin an.
nounces.
"In cocktails, they whet the ap-
petite for the treat to come. For
the main dish, they combine su-
perbly with the fol as oyster
stuffing.
"Oyster stew or oyster bisque
is a favorite supper dish for the
holidays"
In case anyone wants to know
more. the fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice has lot of recipes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
ATTACK ON! CRI: Ct! I.
BRINGS GUN FIRE
Jew. Now Down Two
British Army Men In
Heart OF Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Dec. 21-W.D-
Jews with tommyguns shot down
a British lieutenant and SER
geant-major today none OF
Jerusalem's busiest avenues and
one Arab and three Jews were
reported killed in scattered new
disorders from Salad in the
North to Lydia in the : outh.
The British sc :ers fell grave
1y wounded with 10 slugs in
their stomachs of King George
avenue, few hundred yards
from the Jewish agency build
ing. The Irgun Zvai Leumi tele-
phoned the United Press that its
agents shot them and said:
''This is retributio. for the GRIM
minal assault of a JEWS girl in
Jerusalem last week by British
soldiers"
Robert Stern, British Jew
who was public informant IN Off.
Ger until recently, was shot dead
in the Talhbieh quarter of Jeru.
salem.
CurfeW For Area
An Arab was killed and tive
others wounded in a shooting
scrape at Salad in Northern
Palestine. The British immedi.
ately clamped another curfew on
the area.
A Jewish truck driver and his
assistant were stabbed to death
between Tel Aviv and Jerusa-
lem. They were killed and their
See ATTACK On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
FOOD HANDLERS
RETURN TO WORK
Labor Peace In Italy As
sures Christmas Bread
For Citizens

ROME, Italy, Dec. 21-La.
bor Minister Amintore Fanfani
announced today that the ma
tional strike of food workers
had ended on terms salts
factory to both sides, assuring
Italians of bread for Christmas.
Three hundred thousand work
ers in the food industry agreed
to 60 back to work after their
negotiators and industry repre-
sentatives reached accord on
pav-ment of dismissal indemni'
ties. recognition Of seniority
rights and extra holiday pay.
The workers, members of the
Commists-led General Labor
Confederation, left their jobs
in basic food producing and pro-
cessing plants at 10 am. yester'
day. Only enough food handlers
remained on the job to assure
a temporary supply Of bread
milk and fresh meat, but they
could be pulled out on a mo-
ment's notice.
Union officials said the strike
See FOOD on apage Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Initial Trader List
observation-disclosures
TEACHERY BURNS

ASH, Dec. Fl. - Fire to-
night completely destroyed the
two-story teachery here after
firemen fought the stubborn
blaze for two hours. Damage
to the building and contents
including personal belongings
of approximately IS men and
women teachers, many of
whom are away on vacations,
was placed at $4,000 by Su-
perintendent of schools ]. T.
Denning. Martin C. Friedman
is principal Of the Ash school,.
The building is owned by the
board of education of Bruns-
wick county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Army XS-1 Flies
Faster Than Sound
Flights At Speeds Somewhere Above $50
Miles Per Hour, Reaching New Attitudes
Vouched For By Aviation Paper 4
u,b beH1NGTON. Dec. 21-UH-

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-W.D-
,,e United States Air Forces
aau, .nr rocket-engine plane, the
i,s ps1l XS-1, has broken through
y .be "supersonic barrier" to fly
sneter ,,is than the speed of sound,
ll lsy;ation Week magazine will re-
mort tomorrow.
pVF flights at speeds somewhere
,bove $50 miles per hour, and
~hjch reached new record alti-
.mdes have been m a d G
"several" times during the last
month at the Air Force desert
aobt test center, Muroc, Calf,
.ts .be publication will assert.
No official announceme' It o1
,rcb flights, which would con-
.titute one of the greatest feats
IN aviation history, has been
made by the Air Force, nor did
Air Air Force officials comment i'm
mediately.
~ According to the magazine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
CHRISTMAS FOWL
RUINED BY BLAZE
Forty Thousand Pounds OF
Turkey Go Up In Flames
AT Charleston

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec.
81 -P)-Forty thousand pounds
of Christmas turkeys went up IN
smoke today in one of two fires
which xept two West Virginia
cities and caused an estimated
loss of $850,000.
The turkeys were in the Char
lesion plant Armour and
Company where loss was esti-
mated at $500,000.
A business block in the coal
city of Williamson, 80 miles to
the southwest, was burned out
in the other fire which also re-
suited in injuries to three men
Loss was figured at $350,OO0.
: The Charleston fire broke out
shortly before midnight in the
two-story Armour warehouse. J:
F. Nelson, manager, estimated
the value of the building at
100000 and the contents at
100000.
Seven fire companies finally
brought the fire under control
at 1880 a. m. but only the shell
of the warehouse remained.
Firemen said the blaze was ex-
ceedingly hard to fight because
of the inflamable nature of the
buildings Notwithstanding a
carload of lard.
Lard Fans Fire
Nelson said ,~esides the turkeys
and lard, the firm also lost a
carload of corned beef and a
large supply of hams, sausage
and other meats.
In Williamson, a father and
his two sons were hurt while
trying to save Christmas mer.
chandise from their department
store which was destroyed. They
yere 74-year-old j. M. Berman
ond his -ons, Morris, At, and
Irwin, AZ.
The Williamson fire also de-
See CHRISTMAS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
COP Sponsored Initiation Measure
Faces Possible Veto As Meaningless;
< AFL Unions Agree To Call Off Strike
Sen. Wilson Says
Bill Kids Public
Former Iowa Governor
Lends Staunch Support
To Democratic Ideas

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. -WN
- A midwestern Republican
Senator accused his party lead
ers today OF "trying to kid the
public" with their anti-inflation
program, and a Democratic
Congressional source said Presi-
dent Truman Is undecided
whether to approve or veto it.
Sen. George A. Wilson, form
er governor of Iowa, said his
|party's stop-gap plan to curb
high prices doesn't mean any.
thing"
I'm not in favor of kidding
the public" he told reporter.
This bill won't accomplish
anything, and anybody who
studies it will soon find that
out" OF
Wilson, giving unexpected
support to Democratic claims
Congress acted "too little and
too late' to cut down living
costs, was one of three COP
lawmakers who voted against
the plan. The others were Sens.
Wayne Morse, r., Ore, and
William LANCER, r., ND.
Truman Debates m
A Democrat, who sometimes
takes a part in White House
thinking, said Mr.. Truman ID
debating whether to sign or re.
lject the Republican "quckie"
answer to mis- drastic, .10-point
program which called for emer.
gency price, and consumer ra-
tioning controls. But it was as.
sumed he would approve 1t az
''better than nothing"
He probably won't make up
his mind, it was said, for
several days" He has 10 days
to think about it.
Whatever he decides to do,
this source said, Mr.. Truman
will probably tell the country
See WILSON On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Newspaperdom Mourns
A Friend; Hellinger Dies

The sudden death of one of the
youngest movie makers shocked
Hollywood, which ten years ago
welcomed the famed Broadway
columnist from New York. Hell
linger, after a stretch at screen
writing, had barely had start at
producing movies with the same
down-to-earth twist that touched
his short stories.
Hellinger was one of the most
prolific writer's of all time. He
turned out more than 5000 short
See NEWSPAPERDOM ON Pare 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Agricultural Department
May Release First Quota
This Week

WASHINGTON, Dec. I'll. -W'H)
- The Agriculture Department
probably will publish sometime
t, lis week an advance list" OF
500 to 900 trader who had big
holdings in the commodity mar
kets on some sample" day OF
days of the last two years, it was
disclosed today.
Senate Investigators, for whom
the list is being compiled, mean
!, lille called on Edwin W. Pauley
Especial assistant to Army Secre'
tary Kenneth c. Royal, to sub.
nit without further delay" the
books and records on his owr
market operations. The uproal
over commodity speculation was
touched off by the charges o.
Republican Presidential aspiran1
Harold E. Stassen that Pauley ane
"other administration insiders
were cleaning up in the grain ex'
changes.
]. M. Mehl, chief of the Agri'
culture Departments Commodity
Exchange Authority, told the
United Press it was Extremely
Unlikely that his small staff
would be able to complete work
this week on the full list of $4,000
to $4,000 traders, large and small
whose market operations have
been recorded by the government
during 1916 and 1947.
But he said the agency "prob.
ably" will get out a first install
ment of $500 to 600 names,
showing who held large amounts
of commodity futures On a given
market day, or days.
Such a list can be compiled
See LIST On Page Two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-P)-
For the jaded appetite and the
tired tummy of the Christmas
New Year holiday, try an oyster.
This is the suggestion of the
u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
which is still trying doggedly to
get people to eat more seafood
and less fowl even though Presi-
dent Truman's food conservation
committee dropped that part OF
its grain-saving program.
"Oysters, being readily digest
ed, are particularly adapted to
use during the Christmas season
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Three-Man Panel
To Weigh Dispute
Government Concila'
Tors Avert Threat OF
WI Walk-Out

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. -Wn,
- Three AFL unions tonight
agreed to call off scheduled ma
tionwide telegraph strike after
the Western Union Telegraph
company agreed to submit the
wage dispute to a fact-finding
panel, it was disclosed tonight.
Informed sources said official
announcement that the strike has
been averted would be made
shortly.
The unions agreed to call off
the strike, which they had threat
ened to start "at any moment"
after federal mediators persuad-
ed the company to let a three
man public panel investigate the
wage issue.
Informed sources said the pub
lie panel would be appointed by
Cyrus S. Ching, director of the
federal mediation service.
The panel will have no power
to make recommendations. 1t will
merely investigate and make a
formal report on the wage is
sues.
Turned Down Before
Union leaders previously had
agreed to a similar proposal but
t e company turned it down.
The unions are asking Is
cent hourly wage boost for their
$4,000 members.
It was said the unions called
off their strike at least until the
fact-finding panel has made its
report.
The break came after day-long
negotiat:: S sponsored by Ching
and his federal conciliators.
The conferences got underway
at the Labor Department at 1880
a. m. EST, with one federal Ia
Dor official expressing hope that
some way could be found to
"move the negotiations from
dead-center."
Some nine hours later, after
See PANEL On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

the first supersonic fligke1 .c,N
tory was made by c. - Z
Yaeger, Air Fore Is
says that "sevel aco At
penetrations" of tt ~ bar
rier have been made W test pi-
lots Howard Lilly and Herbert
Hoover.
Flights were timed by radar
tracking at attitudes of 10000 to
10000 feet, setting new altitude
records for airplanes," the. mag
azine will say.
The highest previous altitude
ever reached by piloted plane
was 56,046 feet, a record set by
Col. Mario Pezzi of Italy in 1888.
The highest man has ever gone
is 1884 feet, an altitude attain
ed by Capt. Orville Anderson
and Capt. Albert Stevens Of the
U. S. Army in a free balloon
flight near Rapid City, S. D.,
on Nov.- II, 1885.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
And So To Bed

The sports minded people
OF Civitan club were discus
sing their past scores and
present standing in the bowl
ing league.
Apparently enough play
ers had not been turning out
and so Leslie Boney, bachelor
and tennis player himself,
gave a brief suggestion - q
remedy for this obstacle.
B0ney said: "The game os
love is never postponed ON ac-
count Of darkness"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
BY ALINE MOSBY
United Press Hollywood
Horrocnond dark

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21.-WH
Film producer-newspaper writ
er Mark Hellinger, the first tale
spinner about the little guys in
show business, died today of a
heart attack. He was A.
Hellinger died about 2 am. in
the arms of his wife, ex-Ziegfeld
follies queen Gladys Glad, al
Glars of Lebanon hospital. He
had been taken there two hours
earlier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
The Weather

SOUTH cARoLINAPartly cloudy and
mao ,al Monday. Tuesday mostly cloudy
Ma continued mild. Light showers Late
''%Snaay %Ssy night or Tuesday.
NoAFR CAROLINA - Partly cloudy
%a partly cooler Monday. Tuesday
s ~us.ly cloudy and little change IN tenn
m'a'ufe Light showers late Monday
" early Tuesday.
", FORECAST
M psychological data for the "A hours
'AuiAe 7:30 am. Today.
,.,. Temperatures
,,..@ .,@ am. 43, 1890 am. 43: 1880 o. m. IS;
'so pm, a.
ssai.s,m Maximum " As; Minimum SO; Mean ~;
,oo Humidity
,.an' I'u am 49, 7:3O am. "a; 1880 pm. 81;
r... Precipitation
o. VA ID 1o7 the "a hours ending 1890 am.
a, ',si a. S-ce the first of the month -
H.. Tides For Today
I ron the Tide Tables published by
d coast and Gcodetic Survey.
gi),oi.u High Low
i'slon - so am. am.
N,sorh 500 pm. 1900 pm.
"'ofo Inlet 2:2l am. $50 am.
s,nr;, 2:39 pm. 9:12 pm.
Il isI,'se 1:l4; Sunset 5:07; Moonrise
aIyrsr" r",, Moonset 1881 am.
am e' stage at Fayetteville, n. c., at
"i; - feet.
zee WEATHER on Page Two