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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
C0NFEREES SCRAP
. RENT PROVISION
City, Town, County Gov.
ernments Power Elimi-
mated From Measure

WASHINGTON, June 6. - B -
, Senate-House conferees agreed to-
:. day to eliminate from the final
draft of rent control extension leg
. islation a local option provision
i. which would have permitted city,
, town or county government to end
, rent control within their borders
!, when they deem it wise.
. They likewise dropped a provi-
=, sion authorizing individual states
y to put their own control programs
a. into effect.
. Senator Buck (R-DeD also told
reporters the conference commit
/. tee agreed to accept a provision
in the Senate bill which puts
: Housing Administrator Frank
= Credom in charge of rent control.
Buck said the c%onferees still are
, at loggerheads On when rent con
troll should expire.
The Senate bill continues the
program through next February.
The House measure continues it
through Dec. 81, but gives tn e
President authority to extend it
another three months - through
March 81, 1943.
Conferees Agree
= The %conferees agreed on a Sec
: ton setting up local advisory
: boards in each defense rental
area. These boards would submit
4. recommendations for rent increas-
= es O. removal of ceilings to the
: National Rent Administrator.
The recommendations would 60
e into effect automatically unless
the administrator ruled otherwise
within 80 days.
Buck reported a tentative agree
ment to scrap a Senate provision
giving the administrator authority
!, to require permits Cor commercial
. construction.
Both bills require permits f o r
recreational construction. They
also wipe out all construction con-
trolls On new housing.
Senate Yields
~ In eliminating the Senate
section giving state legislatures
the right to put state control pro-
grams into effect, the Senate
yielded to a House contention that
the federal government should not
= delegate authority to the states.
There is nothing in the bill
which prohibits a state from set
ting up a rent control program on
a standby basis, as in New York,
but it could not be put into effect
while the federal program remains
in operation. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
Wilmington Man Nemed
On Music Faculty

Marry E. Newkirk, Jr., formerly
of Wilmington, has been appointed
to the faculty Of the London Con.
servatory of Music in Baltimore.
Md, 1t was learned here yester.
day.
According to his uncle, Arthur
Newkirk, the former Wilmington.
ian, who served with Patton's Third
Army in Germany, will teach
piano, harmony. music theory and
solfegio.
For the past 10 years he has lived
in Pensacola, Fla, and began his
career in piano at the age of 10.
Newkirk, now "a, has studied with
Rudolph GAM in Chicago, at the
Louisiana State university in Ger
many and at the Peabody Con
=. servatory in Baltimore. Md.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
MILL EXECUTIVE
ENDS OWN LIFE
Prominent Greensboro Man
Had Been Missing
Several Days

GREENSBORO, June 6 -(Pe
Walter L. Holt, knitting company
executive whose body was found
here today after several days
search died of a self-inflicted chest
wound, Acting Coroner H. c. Len.
non said.
Search for Holt began soon after
he did not return home last Tues.
day night after a trip to Kerners-
vile. His wife told police he had
seemed nervous lately.
The ~53-year-old secretary-treas-
urer of the Vance Knitting COM
pany was found in a thicket in
the Starmount Forest section here
this morning.
Two boys, who said they had
seen a car parked in the area for
the last three nights, informed Of
ficers and deputy sheriff Homer
Brannock found the body.
Brannock said he found a 81
caliber pistol under the body. OF.
ficers said their investigation indi'
Gated Holt had been dead severa.
days.
Holt a native of Burlington, is
survived by his widow, Hester
Lilly Holt; a brother, William D.
Holt and a sister, Mrs. R. o. Burns,
both of Fayetteville.
Funeral services will be con.
Quoted at Holy Trinity Episcopal
church tomorrow at l pm. and
interment will follow at 4:30 pm.
at Cross Creek cemetery in Fay
etteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
FINAL n! Examination,
" c ,ven :, At collss,
center Here Yests'l.

Students at the colleg.
at 4t. New Hanover High Ss Cent
rerday too final ex sSnool V
m institutio1 the s, sna q that ts n53s,.o
mon months has served the he past 4.
learning. e''er acaden
Dale Spencer, dirso4,.
t 90 Center, sad the .' sos Of 1
De succeeded by the w S(nool
j.; Junior College which " vim
It's doors in September. "''' o
The College Center bay..
an an enrolment of PIP st9Sa.,1
Sept. 1916. Regular eo 1,paeas
man courses were ossersS ~
me year and the school aos
on a quarterly system opera
Yesterday some t8o ..-,.
exams and will enter VIM ysTn 1'
junior College. Most of tba f
lists are veterans 'Ne IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
STRAWBERRY SEASON
END AT CHADBOURN
Special To The Star

CHADBOURN, June 6. - The
1947 strawberry season ended here
Tuesday. According to c. L. Tate,
president of the Chadbourn Mar
keting. Company, operators of the
local market, a total of SO, 1874
crates were sold for $275, 1854. This
represents a considerable increase
over the 1916 yield of 20, 900 crates
which sold for $685. 1852.
Indications are that the straw
berry acreage will be materially
increased next year.
While the revenue from the
strawberry crop does not approach
the income from tobacco, it does
come at a season of the year when
many farmers are in particular
need of ready cash to finance their
farming operations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
BY CARL CAHILL
Star S~taffwriter

Oil the hinges on the storm
doors, ready the matches FOR bat
tening and watch the barometer.
The hurricane season arrives of
ficially in Wilmington and vicinity
on June IS.
According to weather bureau
statistics there is only a slight
possibility that a tropical dis
turbance", as the forecasters la
bel it, will occur before that date
OR after November Is, the close
of the season. Most of the storms
come in the months of August and
September.
Records kept at the local U. S.
Weather Bureau at the Custom
House show that big blows" &C.
cur in Wilmington on an average
Of once every five years. These
records date to 1873 and show the
last hurricane to hit this area was
in 1914.
While only three years have
passed since that disturbance
roared out of the South and de-
scended on Carolina and Wrights-
Vile Beaches, Wilmington and
Southport, leaving an estimated
ST. 800, 600 in damaged property,
Weatherman Paul Hess isn't
counting On nature offering two
years of grace.
At present he is engaged in a
preparation for the storms. This
week Hess visited weather sta
tons in Beaufort, Morehead City,
New Bern, Southport, Burgaw,
Trenton, Jacksonville, Oriental
and Camp Davis and inspected
communication systems, facilities
in forecasting and storm prepara-
tons.
These trips are made annual;
as part of the Weather Bureaus
plan Of action under "advisory'',
~"alert'', or hurricane condi-
tons.
When the barometer drops low
enough and weather conditions in
dictate high winds, officials at the
Weather Bureau begin warning a
list of persons, firms and instltu-
tons on the "advisory" list.
These include the radio station,
telephone company, newspapers,
owe company, U. S. Corps OF
Fnginers. police, towing lines,
railroads, and several others.
When the weather conditions in
dictate the approach of the storm
the ~"alert'' list is called. This list
is longer and more detailed than
the ''advisory" list.
Then when a hurricane is indi-
Gated warnings are sent out. A
list of about rs local numbers are
called. These include all those on
the "~advisory'', and "alert" lists
plus the board Of education, flor
lists, county commissioners, city
manager, bottling companies,
nurseries, bus station and seed
companies. The nearby weather
stations are also notified by long
distance telephone.
All this is to minimize the dang
err of a hurricane similar to the
one which struck here on Tues
day, August /, 1914. The center
of the storm struck Southport
about 8 pm. and wind velocities
reached So miles per hour in Will
mington and in some gusts, u
miles per hour. The barometer
dropped to 29.41 and about Alb
inches of rain fell.
Wrightsville and Carolina
Beaches were evacuated. Damage
was high at those two resorts. At
Carolina heavy seas washed over
the beach and battered houses and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
DEFENDANTS GET
30tDAYS ON FARM
Court Dislikes Odor Oh
Confiscated Illicit
Brew

James Armstrong charged Mar
tin Edwards, both Negroes, of at
lacking and cutting him with q
knife. They appeared in Record
er's court yesterday.
But Judge Winfield Smith de
cided Armstrong aggravated the
situation and Edwards did the cut.
ting. So they both were handed
3o-day sentences on the county
farm.
joan E. Green, 81, Negro, plead
ed guilty to possession of non-tax-
ed paid liquor. A partially filled
bottle was produced as evidence.
The court took off the cork and
smelled the contents. He handed
it to Green who smelled it.
Doesn't even smell like good
liquor" commented the court.
"Thirty-day suspended sentence or
the county farm"
Harry sneed, 35, and Renda
Sneed, "a, Negroes, also came up
on charges of violation of the Ii.
quor laws.
ABC agents said they found IA
half gallons of liquor at the Sneed
home. The defendants contended
a man had brought it to them for
safe keeping. Fifty dollar fines
and six months on the county farm
were the penalties. The fines and
sentences were suspended upon
condition that the couple obey the
liquor laws.
Marcales Cureton, u, Negro,
was bound over to the grand jury
on a charge of assault with a dead
ly weapon, specifically hitting
David Lewis, another Negro, with
an ak.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
PIEDMONT ASKED
TO AID FISHING
State Department OF Con.
servation Urges Increase
In Angling

Piedmont Aviation Inc, of Wins
ton-Salem, has been requested tc
join in an effort to increase resort
fishing in Wilmington and vicinity
according ITO a statement made by
Bill Sharpe, state news bureau di.
rector, yesterday.
Piedmont Aviation plans to in,
stitute airline service from Gin.
cinnati and other Western cities tc
Bluethenthal airfield late this
Summer.
The request was made by the
North Carolina Department of Con.
servation and Development, Sharpe
said. The department emphasized
marine fishing off the North Caro-.
lima coast.
In a letter to the Winston-Salem
airline, Sharpe stated, Gin view OF
your new schedule into Wilmington
the department would be happy to
have you join in an effort to in.
crease resort fishing in the area
According to the letter, coastal
cities are anxious to aid in the pro-
gram to increase tourist trade by
air
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
VINS0N TO HEAD
WHlTEVILLE UNIT
Columbus County Red
Cross Holds Annual
Election AT Meeting
Special to the Star

WHITEVILLE, June 6. - E. L.
Vinson was reelected chairman OF
the Columbus County Chapter OF
the American Red Cross at the an
nual meeting at Wilson'S Lodge
southeast of Whiteville.
Other officers named, most OF
& whom were reelected to posts
they have held for one or more
years, were:
H. L. Lyon, vice chairman; A.
W. Lewis, vice chairman; M r S.
E. K. Proctor, secretary; Mrs.
Helen Lewis, treasurer.
r AL Branch chairmen were re-
turned to their posts with A. W.
Lewis for Chadbourn, Mrs. Har-
y riett L. Skies for Tabor City, W.
A. Weir for Lake WaccamaW and
Pelham Renfrow for Fair Bluff.
Standing committees W. M.
Boice, community service; L a W.
renee Bowers, home service; Paul
Woodall, first aid, water safety
and accident prevention; Mrs.
Frank Young, Junior Red Cross;
". M. Boice and F. M. Smith,
disaster: Mrs. o. l.. Owen, ma
triton; Willard G.. Cole, public
information.
Members-at-large: Herman Le-
der. Mrs. A. E. Powell, ST.; Mrs.
H. L. Lyon, ST., Mrs. John Hall,
Miss Myrtle Rooms, Mrs. Percy
Brown, Mrs. w. A. Thompson
and H. B. Wyche.
The annual meeting began with
a fis4. fry with Mr.. and Mrs.
Vinson as hosts to Red Cross lead
ers who came from all sections
. of the county.
Reports we're then heard from
various members on the work OF
j.. last wear. Mrs. Frances Elliott,
executive secretary of the county
chapter. reported among other
things that 1916 cases were SER
weed by the local office last year.
Although no disaster relief was
necessary in The county, work ac
complished indicated that the
chapter filled a great need during
the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON N. c.
|MISTRIAL ORDERED
IN ATTACK CASE
Violation OF Court Pro-
cedure Brings End To
Trial Oh Youths

. TARBORO, June 6-P)-Viola-
zion of court procedure resulted
in a mistrial being ordered here
today in Edgecombe Superior court
for two 18-year-old Tarboro youths
who are charged with criminal as
sault, attempted criminal assault,
and carnal knowledge of Cleta Mae
Coley, 15-year-old Rocky Mount
girl.
Order for mistrial came from
Judge j. Paul Frizzelle of Snow
Hill, presiding, when it was dis
closed that one of the jurors kept
overnight some pictures which the
defense presented yesterday.
Thus the trial of the two local
youths-Andrew Parker and Ray
mond Parrisher-came to 2 sud
denly dramatic conclusion.
The pictures had not bee iu-
troduced as evidence, since the
state at the time was still present
ing its argument. According to
law, this constitutes grounds for
motion for a mistrial.
Judge Frizzelle read this decree:
'The court, being Of the opinion
that the integrity and validity OF
this trial has been vitality affected
thereby, or might reasonably have
been vitality affected, and the in.
tegrity Of the court and a proper
administration of law in this case
involving a capital felony, requires
that a mistrial be ordered, it is
now therefore ordered that a juror
be withdrawn and a mistrial or
dered."
The action came at the opening
Of today's session. c. E. Pridgen.
one of the officers in charge of the
jury, presented the pictures tc
Judge Frizzelle, and then explain
ed what he thought had occurred.
An unidentified juror, according
to Pridgen, inadvertently kept the
pictures overnight after they hao
been passed around the jury yes
terday: The juror, Pridgen said,
probably intended to return the
pictures during a recess, but for
got to do so.
L. H. Fountain, defense counsel,
said that he intended to introduce
the pictures as evidence today. The
pictures were to show roads and
places visited, Fountain said.
The trial of the local youths thus
will be delayed until the Septem-
Der term of Edgecombe Superior
court, unless a special term is
ordered prior to that month.
Meanwhile, the defense hopes
to obtain a court order which would
allow the youths freedom upon
posting bond.
The p~rosecutrix testified during
the first two days Of the three-day-
old trial that she had been carried
against her will by the two Tar
boro youths to Portsmouth, Va,
and back to Rocky Mount. During
the trip, she testified that Parker
assaulted her more than once.
She said that Parrisher did not
assault her, but did drive the auto
mobile to the Virginia city and
return.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
Obituaries
FRANK POWELL

WALLACE, June 6 Funeral
services for Frank Powell, 81, who
died Wednesday afternoon at his
home in Wallace, RID 2, after a
critical illness of several months,
were held at the home. Burial took
place in the family cemetery al
Deep Bottom.
Mr.. Powell was a member of the
Presbyterian church at Chinquapin.
He is survived by his wife, one
brother. and a number of nieces
and nephews, including Mrs. Stuart
Patrick, and Mrs. John l.. Mash
burn OF Wilmington.
MRS. LULA HOLLINGSWORTH
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
Hollingsworth, 10, wife of John W.
Hollingsworth of Wallace, RID 2,
who died at her home Wednesday
afternoon after a long period OF
declining health, were held Thurs
day afternoon at the home. Burial
was held in the Cavenaugh GENE
terry near the home.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter, Mrs. Frank Parker;
one g%randchild, Brenda Kay; one
sister, Mrs. Frank Powell; and a
number of nieces and nephews, in
Guiding Mrs. Stuart Patrick, and
Mrs. John L. Marshburn of Will
mington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
pArROy.MEN

ROCKINGHAM, June 8. -
The removal of 20 state highway
patrolmen who have been on hano
to prevent further violence at m
striking Safe and Pee Dee minis
here was announced today by High
way Patrol Col. H. ]. Hatcher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
pRITCHETT RESIGNS POST

BANNER ELK, June o. -H1-
Leo X. Pritchett has resigned as
dean and registrar OF Lees-McRae
college, a post he had held ID years.
Pritchett plans to leave soon for
George Peabody college au Nash
vile. Tenn, where he will be "A
consultant in a junior college work
shop in July and August.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
FRENCH HIGH COURT CON
VICTS BENOIST-MECHIN

VERSAILLES, France, June 6
-P)-The French high court try
ing former Vichy officials on
charges of collaboration, today
convicted jacques Benoist-Me-
chin, who was an under secre-
tary of state, and sentenced him
to death.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
City Briefs

The Mems Bible class of st.
Andrews = Covenant Presbyterian
church will meet Sunday morning
at 9:45 o'clock. Judge j. J. Burney
is the teacher. All men of the
community are welcome.
Louis J. Coleman left last night
for Fayetteville after receiving
word that his brother, Ephraim
Coleman, a patient in the Veterans
hospital there, is seriously i'll.
The Sunset Park Baptist church
Vacation Bible school will start
Monday morning at 9 o'clock and
continue each weekday Monday
through Friday from 9 until noon
for two weeks. Bible study, music,
handiwork and recreation will fea.
ture the program, which is design
ed for all children of the communi-
ty from 4 through 16.
The regular monthly broadcast
Of the Christian Science program
will be heard over WMFD Satur-
day night at 7:15 o'clock. The pro-
gram is to be presented under the
direction of the Committee on Pub
LEGATION for North Carolina in CO.
operation with the Christian Science
church in Wilmington. The SUBJ
ject chosen is MANS Co-existence
with God"
A picnic at Leland will be attend
ed by the Wilmington Negro Di-
visional Cubs this afternoon, D. w.
King, Negro Scout field executive,
said yesterday. The packs will be
under the supervision Of their re-
spective Den Mothers and include
Cub Packs 3116, 3112, and BIB.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
Human Welfare Group
Investigating Strike

WINSTON-SALEM, June 6-(P)-
DR.. Clark Foreman of Washing
ton, president of the Southern Con-
ference for Human Welfare, head
ed a three-man delegation today
to determine if any civil rights had
been violated in the current strike
Of the CLIO Food Tobacco and Al
lied Workers union at the R. J..
Reynolds Tobacco company.
With Foreman on an inspection
tour of the city we're Jennings Per-
ry, columnist for the New York
newspaper "PM' and DR.. David
Jones of Greensboro.
Foreman said they would release
a report later from Washington.
Meanwhile the union and COM
pany resumed negotiations early
this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
MRS. PER0N STARTS ON TOUR

BUENOS AIRES, June 6-P-
Mrs. Maria Eva Duarte
Peron, wife of Argentina's Presi-
dent, departed today on a Spanish
airline plane on a two-month tour
of Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
S. LULA HOLLINGSWORTH
MISS ANNA DAISY KING

Funeral services for Miss Anna
Daisy King. former resident OF
Wilmington, were held yesterday
afternoon at 5 o'clock, from Ward
funeral home, with the Rev.
Charles A. Maddry, pastor of the
First Baptist church, officiating.
Burial was in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers we're P. R.
Smith, X. M. Williamson, Edward
q. King, Clayton L. King, Donald
c. King, William S. King.
Honorary pallbearers were DR.,
r. H. Bellamy, w. w. Storm, I,
w. Solomon, w. F. Register, sher.
man L. S%chulken, R.. Kenneth
Weeks, and Lew Stein.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07

OPERATORS GIVE UP WAITING
WASHINGTON, June 6 - R1
Southern Coal operators gave up
waiting for John L. Lewis min
ers to return to contract talks to-
oay and the. meetings were recess.
ed indefinitely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07
r ]. G. LeGRAND

Funeral services will be held
this morning at II o'clock for
Mrs. ]. Quincy LeGrand, 81, wild.
ow of George S. LeGrand.
Mrs. LeGrand died early yester-
day at the home of her son, Rufus
L. LeGrand, on Masonboro Sound.
Active pallbearers are Martin
Willard, Emerson Willard, Clar.
ence Myers, Sr., Burt Myers, Sr.,
George Mitchell, ST., and Willard
Cantwell.
Services will be conducted by
the Revs. E. w. Halleck and MORT,
mer Glover from St. Johns Episco-
pal church. .
She is survived by three sons,
including Eugene @. and Jack @.
both of Wilmington. A grand.
daughter, Miss Jane LeGrand, and
two grandsons, Gordon B. and John
L. LeGrand, also survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-07

HUGE CLOUDS of smoke kllow
from a big government rubber
dump (top) at Mitcham, a suburb
of London, as fire sweeps through
piles of tires. The heavy pail OF
smoke, which rose several thous-
and feet above the CONFEDERATION
and rolled over the English cap
ital, recalled the terrible days OF
the blitz in 1910 when fires set
by Nazi bombers regularly GOV
cred the city with dense smoke
clouds. Thirty engines fought the
blaze, but firemen (right) were
handicapped because they had to
pump water from a river some
distance from the scene of the
costly blaze. - international
Exclusively.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

ments within the Small Landhold-
ers' Party.
ALL THAT was known was
that a secret organization-the
Hungarian Community, as it is
called-had been discovered which
was purported to have directed
the activities of the conspirators
through a mysterious COMMITTEE
of Seven"
But soon the truth came TO
light. It transpired that the
anti-republican plot had really
been Matched by long standing
HorthY followers among the
leaders Of the Small Landhold-
ers' Party in the government
coalition. Bella Kovacs. the
partY's general secretary. was
one of the ringleaders of the
fascist conspiracy.
It appears that Bella Kovacs
gave instructions to the plotters
even on such matters as the tech
nical organization of the conspir-
acy and the establishment of con-
tact with the Horthy forces in
Austria. 1t is true that he, in his
turn, received instructions from
the Hungarian Community, but
these instructions came from a
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-14

Ousting of Ferenc Macy as
premier of Hungary and his
replacement with Lajos Dinn-
yes was neither as "Comlnu-
mist coup" nor a Russian an
swer to the Truman doctrine
in Eastern Europe," the rec
ords show.
Instead, it merely insures
the carrying out of economic
reforms already started by the
postwar government.
Both Macy and Dinnyes are
members of the Small Holders
party, the majority party in
the coalition of Small Holders,
National Peasant, Communist
and Socialist parties which
still governs Hungary.
OF the Is government Off
Gals, IA have not been
changed. The only other Off
cial to lose his post in the
housekeeping was Foreign
Minister John Gyongyosi.
THE FACTS are that Macy
was accused of being involved
in plot to hinder the coun-
try's democratic development
under the announced three
year plan which his party
helped shape. He was sum-
moned from Switzerland to
face trial but refused to re-
turn.
The records show that on
March 3, 1916, organized Com
munist-Socialist mass demon
STATIONS issued a demand to
Macy to Gust pro-fascists from