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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
CLOTHING ASKED
FOR CHILDREN
Jaycees Say Toy Box At
Postoffice Welcomes
Clothes

Francis Malloy, chairman OF
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce Christmas activities cam
paign last night reported gifts
of clothing will be accepted in
the Jaycee 'Toy Box" located
in front of the postoffice build
ing, and scheduled to be Santa
Claus for approximately 1926
underprivileged Wilmington and
New Hanover county children.
Prior to the announcement the
Jaycees were accepting only
toys, but requests for clothing
have flooded the civic. organi-
zation during the past few days
The toys and clothing collected
in the box will be augmented
when a special show at the
Manor theatre Tuesday morning
at II will be presented to the
children. The annual Christina.
dinner will follow the theatre
programs,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
500 Nurses
Authorized
By IheState
Fifteen Young Wilmington
Women Are In
cluded
ALSO NEARBY TOWNS
Are Eligible To File As
Registered
Nurses

Fifteen Wilmingtonians were
Yesterday reported eligible for
REGISTERED Nurses certificates
after successfully passing the
North Carolina State Nursing
Examiners board. Approx
matelv 500 North Carolina girls
took the test.
The Wilmington and South
eastern North Carolina ellgibles
are:
Wilmington - Baker, Lucille ;
Bennett, Catherine; Branch,
Bonnie Pearl; Cain, Lois; Cav
enaugh, Leola Virginia; Collier,
Jean Stith; Kairston, Laura
Helen; McFarling, Mildred An.
gerlee; Nets, Mary Loui Sc;
Padgett, Virginia; Rhue, Iris
Zeta; Robinson, Jonnie S-dden,
Alfredo Braxton, Mrs; Wa d,
Ruth; Winberry, Martha; Wray,
Mamie Alice.
Lumberton - Maxwell, Alice
Geraldine; Sanford, Bertha
Bernice; Shepherd, Lettie Eliza
beth.
Fayetteville - Brown, Id q
Elizabeth; Carr, Mary H e len;
Grimes, Christine Elizabeth
Hendrix, Nettie Jacqueline; Nc
Duffie, Ella Ruth; Maness, Cora
Elizabeth; Mathis, Edna: Mel
vim, Frances R.; Myers, Flada
Virginia; Raynor, Margie Gold
Shaw, Ruth Alena; Spell, Ora
P; Trogdon, Eunice Katherine
Upchurch, Frances M.
Goldsbvro - Batten, Viola;
Lisk Helen; Massey, Ernestine.
Kinston-Creech, Esther Ruth;
Faulkner, Leila Frances; Jones,
Virginia Dare; Noble, Rosa Lee;
Rhodes, Aida; Sutton, Edna
Raye; West, Tiffany Brice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21

Johnny ]. Woods, who made
the climb at 3 pm. and 1880
pm. to raise funds for the New
Hanover County Tuberculosis
association, used a hook only
twice on his way up the wall.
Dressed in a shiney red jack
ct, a white helmet and a pair
of tennis shoes, 81 year : old
Woods asked the audience not
to ''jeer or criticize" during the
event because it might take
my mind off my work" Only
a few persons yelled to him on
his way up.
Hal Love, president of the Ju-
nior Chamber of Commerce,
which sponsored the event for
the tuberculosis association, re-
ported that approximately $500
was crossed through donations.
He said 80 Jaycees asked the
crowd for contributions. Woods
received $66, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
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thousand Western Union

s. 1NGION, Lee. zU-tH)
= - thousand Western Union
workers, members of the AFL,
awaited momentary word to-
night from their top officials on
whether to begin a nationwide
telegraph strike.
The union had set it's strike
deadline originally for next
Tuesday morning. But last night
it sent kilograms to President
Truman and Cyrus S. Ching,
federal mediation n d Concili!
alton Service director, serving
notice that the strike may be-
gin cat any time" before then.
Two other smaller AFL
unions, the telegraph workers
union and the telegraph employ
es union - have joint strike
plans with the CTU.
Joseph L. Egan, president OF
the company, contends that
meeting the union demands
would cost $19,0O0,O00 a year,
adding that would be d o Il b lie
Western Unions expected earn
ings this year, which he said
included $4,000, 900 worth of busi-
ness it did as a result of the
telephone strike in May.
The communications facilities
of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company are not at,
Ifected in the present strike call.
But the Communications Work
ers of America, an independent
union of telephone employees,
has called upon it's members to
help the Western Union work
ers.
'"Their battle is pretty much
our battle" declared Joseph A.
Beirns, CWA president, in a
statement. "They deserve our
support.
Brungs said the change in
plans, allowing the AFL unions
to "pull a strike suddenly and
|hard-without notice." is due to
"threats and intimidation West
ern Union is bringing to bear on
the workers."
He said the company is de-
manding a Eyes or no answer"
from each worker on whether
he intends to participate in a
strike and that some of those
who admitted they would strike
"are being threatened with loss
of their Jobs"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
WhiteOakVetSDeath
Under Investigation

ELIZABETHTOWN, Dec. 20.
Thomas J. Dunn, 20, White Oak
died this afternoon as a result
of circumstances under investi-
cation last night, according to
Sheriff John B. Allen.
Dunn, veteran of World War
II died from injuries received
when he repeatedly fell from a
moving automobile while en-
route home from a party the
sheriff said.
Sheriff John B. Allen said
that John Cain, 23-year-old
White Oak World War II veteran
is being held on an open
charge" pending the results of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Edman Acquitted
OF Wife's Staying
In Indiana Court

BROWNsTOWN, Ind, Dec. 20
-R-David E. Edman, former
wealthy Winston-Salem, NC.
electrical contr actor, today was
acquitted OF a first degree muir
der charge in the shotgun death
of his divorced wife.
Tears streamed down the face
of the 41-year-old former North
Carolinian as the clerk of the
Jackson county Circuit court
finished reading the verdict.
The jury had been out almost
13 hours before returning a seal
ed verdict to Judge George II
GoSsman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
NEE TRIAL ENDS
IN CONVICTION
Satira Reported To Get II
Year Sentence,
Fine

HAVANA, CUBA, Dec. 20.-lR
- A three-man court was re-
ported today to have decided to
sentence the sultry American
dancer, Patricia (Satira) Sch
midi to II years in prison and
to fine her $4,000.
There was no official confir-
nation. Miss Schmidt's trial on
a charge Of Staying her lover,
John Lester Nee of Chicago
ended yesterday. A court an
nouncement said the trial had
been "concluded for sentencing.
Legal observers said that meant
the danger had been found guilty
of homicide - the equivalent of
the charge of manslaughter in
the United States.
The tribunal was reported to
have decided to impose the $5,-
600 fine as indemnity to Mee's
family, and to order Miss Sch
midi to pay the court costs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21

A wave of human kindness
was flooding the city yesterday,
she said.
This brought to 81 the total
number of units that will be
helped.
Hearts were touched enmasse
when the people began to real
ize the extent Of suffering and
hardship which their fellowman
faces at the time of year when
all hearts should be filled with
joy.
And the hearts of those who
gave were ightened as they
gave. The hearts of those who
were to receive were humbled
and overcome with gratitude.
The appeal published by the
News snowballed into an avail
anche of telephone and person.
al calls, promising food, cloth
ing, toys and vitality needed
I1lGQlC1lIcS.
Mrs. L. o. Ellis, executive
secretary of the Associated
Charities, told of these acts o1
kindness:
Following the pledge of $10(
by an anonymous textile mill
operator last Friday, two more
persons, who wished to remain
anonymous pledged $100 apiece
A young woman gave a fifty
dollar bill, and said, "Do as
much as you can to bring some
kind of Christmas cheer to a
few families.
A farmer brought in a bushe]
of potatoes.
Four persons gave four large
baskets of clothing and toys.
Two local grocers promised to
give plentiful supplies of food
for at least two families.
In the mail, Mrs. Ellis said
she received one check for $25
one for SIS, one for $40 two for
S. and one for $3.50.
(Continuod nm POGO q Col al
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Wilmington Justice
Celebrates His goth
Birthday Saturday

Wilmington's 90-year old jus
tice of the peace, William Car
penter celebrated his birthday
yesterday with two brisk walks
from his home at IL North Fifth
street to the city's shopping dis
trict, and recalled his favorite
memory of a life lived against
the colorful panor anna of late
1880's - the time he sat or
Abraham Lincoln's lap in I'll {
White House.
Carpenter had gone, as a boy
to Washington during the fina.
stage of the war between the
States, to intercede for an uncle
held prisoner behind the Union
Inns.
Carpenter, now in excellent
health, was born in Fredericks
burg, Va, and came tc
Wilmington when he was about
IL years old. He has been 8
justice of the peace for the past
Is years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
CHRISTMAS TREE
LIGHTS ABLAZE
Largest Living Tree In City
Welcomes Visi-
tors

Lights of the worlds largest
living Christmas tree last night
began beckoning many thou
sands to witness the Yuletide
pageant that each year brings
more and more visitors to the
scene in Wilmington.
The lights were turned on fol-
the first time this season at $50
o'clock. They will burn each
night through the first of the
year from $3.50 until II o'clock
with accompanying music.
Decorated with 5000 multi.
colored electric bulbs and tons
of Spanish moss, the giant 300
year-old water oak rises to 8
height of rs feet and spreads its
branches 10 feet in Hilton Mu-
nicipal Park as a living symbol
of the greatest religious and fes-
tival season of the year.
Unchallenged since winning
the only national contest in the
last decade for the largest iv.
ing Christmas tree in the world
it stands alone today in undis-
puted splendor as throngs pay
it tribute each night the latter
part of December.
Its natural, awe-inspiring
magnificence has been en-
hanced by a man-made di c
station constructed beneath the
spreading limbs from which
e1nanates Christmas music tina!
(ContinueE on Pare q. Col. 50
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
EMERGENCY CITED
IN WASHINGTON
State City Without Power,
Navy Asked To
Help

RALEIGH, Dec. 20. -N-
Saying that an "emergency ex-
ists", Governor Cherry today
appealed to the Navy to furnish
a destroyer escort to provide
power for the Washington, N. c.
AREA.
The municipal power plant al
Washington was badly damaged
by an explosion on Dec. /, and
has been operating on a make
shift basis ever since.
Governor Cherry, after re-
ceiving an appeal from State
Senator W. B. Rodman, Jr., o1
Washington, sent a telegram tc
the Admiral commanding naval
facilities at Norfolk, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Eyewitness
Account Told
yHotelMan
Soldiers Rushed To Area.
Houses Wrecked,
Eight Killed

BLAUSEE, Switzerland, Dec.
2O.-U.P)-An ammunition depot
blew up deep inside a mountain
in the Benese Alps shortly be,
fore last midnight creating q
man-made volcano that spewed
boulders, bombs, hand grenades
and hot shells throughout Kan
derthal valley, wrecking scores
of hourses and a railroad sta
ton.
A police sergeant in charge Of
a small detachment in the dis.
aster area reported that nine
persons had be-. lied, four to
five were missing and an unde-
termined number injured.
Swiss military authori IS or
dered the entire area closed for
600 hours as small explosions
continued to rumble from the
shattered mountains slide and q
Hgnt snowfall covered uneAplOd-
ed missiles scattere d through
out the valley.
Several hundred sole rs were
rushed into the area and some
300 firemen were working on
the scene.
The explosion occurred in
Qauderthal Valley near the
little rail station of Blausse-
Mittholz which was flattened by
rocks and debris. The first
great rumble was heard round
midnight and explosions contin-
ued until near noon.
Anti-aircraft shells, hand
grenades and bombs were
thrown in every direction from
the gaping hole in the mountain
side where the depot used to be.
AS soon as the rain of missiles
subsidized, anti-mine detach-
ments went out to gather UP
live shells.
While the main explosions
ceased around noon, smaller
ones were still erupting inter-
mittently in the heart of tn e
wrecked depot
Arnold Steiger, manager of
the Hotel Kurhaus which is
about one and a half miles from
the ammunition dump, said he
first heard the explosion at
11:35 pm. last night and even
at that distance ''it nearly
knocked me off my feet"
81 saw binding flash, win
dows in the hotel ratified and the
whole building just seemed to
bend," he said. "Panicky peo-
pie came from everywhere. The
skies were criss-crossed with
red hot shells that looked like
tracers Some shells exploded in
the air and some on the ground.
Some just buried themselves In
the ground without exploding"
Steiger said.
Steiger said he walked one
and a half miles to the neigh
boring village of Mittholtz and
that it's 400 inhabitants had fled
On the way, he said, he found
two dead - the station master
and a woman, both hit by shell
splinters.
"Of 40 houses at Mittholtz,"
he said, "five were burned to
the ground and IL others DAM
aged with all the windows,
doors and furniture smashed.
Most of the other houses were
damaged,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21

league, group of religious
leaders seeking to prohibit the
sale of wine and beer in the
county.
Representative citizens here
declared that an election was
virtually unnecessary to insure
the banning of sales, but plans
were being made to hold the
vote
1t was ; nd that only 427 Of
Bladen's residents need to vote
no in the election and the zoo
petitioners have expressed thei,
intention of supporting the dry
vote.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21

a coroner's inquest into the
death Monday at 10 a. m. Bond
was set at $4,000.
Allen said that Dunn died as
a result of a fractured skull and
other injuries, repeatedly su-
stained when he fell from an
automobile near here Saturday
morning about 3 o'clock. Cain
and a woman, whose name was
not given, were riding in the
front seat when Dunn fell from
the car. The three were return
ing from a party and had let
others of lie group out of the
car shortly before Dunn fell out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Bladen County Drys
Ready ToBan Liquor

ELIZABETHTOWN, Dec. 20.-
Bladen county today was set to
ban the sale of wine and beer
within its borders.
A lengthy petition, containing
some 700 names of objectors to
the sale of beer and wine had
been handed in to the chairman
of the Board of Elections at
sundown today, and sales ap-
peared doomed.
Conservative estimates here
and in other large towns about
the county predicted a 4 to /
victory for the Allied Church
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Free Wrapping Service
Handled 2,835 Packages
Over That OF Last Year

The Retail Merchants associa.
ton free wrapping service has
handled 1885 more packages
this year than last in spite of
the difficulty in obtaining paper
for wrapping, it was announced
last night.
So far this year a total Of
6,335 packages have been
handled, $500 of these COM
pletely wrapped, it was report.
ed. The figure last year was g..
835.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
The Weather

Forecasts Until 1880 PM. Sunday
r.I toA WILMINGTON AND VICINITY:
ns1t, nst today and tonight; Sunday clear to
10y a. cloudy and slightly warmer; low
ss. @ tselhperature tonight 38 degrees; high
~. s sunday 81 degrees; moderate north
easterly winds.
o,a fof NORTH CAROLINA: Partly
.,otoy today, tonight and Sunday; cold
'gaay and tonight; warmer Sunday.
clo,,5oF 5oF SOUTH CAROLINA: Partly
cS.nIy Srnuy To-Day, tonight and Sunday. little
N'anse IN temperature.
p,'".AohlNGTON, Dec 20.@PeWeather
taii tiiiIao ta report of temperature and rain
orirat ~ me % hours ending F. M, in the
wbasa b,'s.psI cotton growing areas and else
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
36MoreF amiliesAided
Because eOfNewsStorv
By BOB KLINE. Staff Writer

Thrtysix additional less fortunate families yesterday
added to already mounting total of those to be
aided Christmas who otherwise would not have had
Christmas but for the appeal by Mrs L. Ellis executive
secretary Of the Associated Charities which published
exclusively in the Wilmington News (evening).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
BRITAIN CUTS BEER

LONDON, Dec. 20-P- Bri-
tain's beer must take another cut
with the years end-this time in
quantity rather than quality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
1uman Fly Crosses
$500 For TB Drive

Crowds of approximately 5000 persons witnessed the
Human Fly scale the side of the Murchison building
two separate ascents Yesterday
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
Cherry Acts In Oil
Shortage In State

RALEIGH, Dec. 20.-(AP)- Governor Cherry today
acted in the fuel oil shortage by naming State Purchasing
Agent W. T. Belts Estate Oil Coordinator For North
Carona and by appealing to citizens to fuel oil
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-21
WEATHER

WILMINGTON AND vICIN1TY-Fa;r
Sunday and Monday, except some cloudi-
ness today Mild Monday.
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy interior and coast. Light
rain on the coast this morning Clear to
partly cloudy tonight and Monday.
Warmer Monday.
Evening star., 1947-03-21

Pre- e-Columbian peoples in the Salt
River Valley of Arizona cultivated
250,0O0 to 100000 acres of land by
irrigation.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Symphony Receives
'PIaudits al Lebanon
graph.
Speeiol Dispatch TO The star

LEBANON, Pa, Mar. 81. - The
National Symphony Orchestra con-
cert here last night provided what
many listeners termed the musical
treat of the season. Extra chairs
were placed in the aisles of the
,2O0-seat auditorium of Lebanon
Senior High School to accommodate
the capacity crowd.
Announcement that DR.. Hans
Kinder, conductor of the orchestra,
was ill in Washington was a keen
disappointment to many who re-
membered his previous concerts
here. However, Howard Mitchell,
assistant conductor, turned in a
most able performance.
Another change in the program
was the substitution of Angel Reyes,
Cuban violinist, for Joseph Fuchs,
who Cancelled his engagement due to
an arm injury.
From the first stately and solid
phrasing of Bach's "Chorale Prelude
Wachet Auf" to the last austere
sounding of "Finlandia" by Sibelius,
the orchestra gave superior per-
formance. The program was well
rounded and provided excellent con-
traStS.
The major Offering was the Mozart
Symphony No. 20 in A Major"
which gave full play to the orches-
tra's talent. 1t played the first move
ment with tender lifting phrasing
and the violins virtually sparkled
over the trills which ornament the
last movement.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Chance for Avertinq
Rubber Strike Sunday
Hinted by Both Sides
By the Associated Press

AKRON, Ohio, Mar. 21.-Union and
company officials of the big Four
producers of the Nations rubber
limited strongly today that there was
a fair chance of averting strike
set for Sunday midnight.
Leaders of the CIO-United Rub
ber Workers disclosed that they
hadn't given up on the idea of a
peaceful settlement of the wage con-
troversy by scheduling a meeting in
Cleveland tomorrow.
L. M. Buckingham, attorney rep
resenting the four giant rubber pro-
ducers, said at the same time: Il
am hopeful that the union and the
companies will settle this"
He spoke for B. F. Goodrich, Fire
stone Tire & Rubber, Goodyear Tire
& Rubber and United States Rub
ber-makers of about 80 per cent Of
all original equipment tires for au-
tomobile manufacturers.
Separating employers and en-
ployes in the most recent negotia-
,tions was a Scent margin. The
union has asked 16 cents hourly in
creases for the 10000 workers, and
the companies have countered with
10 cents. Average current wage is
$1.34 an hour.
L. S. Buckmaster, international
president of the rubber workers,
would not divulge the subject of to-
morrow's Cleveland session between
the International Policy Committee
and the International Executive
Board. All he would say was: Were
trying to settle this problem"
Evening star., 1947-03-21
AirfieId in Newfoundland
To Be Permanent AAF Base
By the Assoeioted Press

The Army Air Forces disclosed
plans last night to make permanent
one of its airfelds in Newfoundland,
A building program of several
million dollars" will transform the
temporary wartime installation at
Harmon Field Into peacetime per-
manency," an AAF announcement
said.
The base was one of those &C
quired under the prewar 99-year
lease agreement with Britain in ex-
change for American destroyers.
The construction plans include
permanent family-unit dwellings for
officers and men, engineering and
ordnance shop facilities and other
buildings.
While the Army refused to discuss
details, an announcement last De-
cember on the establishment Of
system of unified commands for
overseas areas included creation of,
a Northeast Command" which the
Evening star., 1947-03-21

Dioh"p &Si''' lo1d1lI, d pOo0 w
which he was elevated in 1911.
A member of the same family
as the American naval hero, Oliver
Hazard Perry, Bishop Perry was
born in Germantown, Pa, where
his father was rector of Calvary
Episcopal Church.
Surviving besides his widow, are
two sons, the Rev. James Perry, jr.,
Newtonville, Mass, and DR.. John
Weir Perry, Cambridge, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Reynolds D. Brown Of
Charleston, near here.
Services were held in st. Pauls
Episcopal Church here at II am.
today. The body will be taken to
Providence where services will be
held at 10 am. Monday.
Bishop James De Wolf Perry was
elected presiding bishop March rs,
1880, and served until 1887. AS
such, he was recognized as the
sixth ranking prelate of the
Anglican communion throughout
the world. He was conseerated
bishop of Rhode Island in 1911 and
retired from that post last year.
During World War I he served
as senior Red Cross chaplain with
the American forces overseas. He
previously had served as secretary
of the War Commission of his
church during the war.
Always interested in Christian
unity, he moved in world atmos-
phere of Christian leadership. But
in all negotiations for interdenomi
national unity he was a firm cham
'pion Of the historic Episcopacy.
Hoped for Merger.
A practical manifestation Of his
desire for unity was his lifelong
interest in the Eastern Orthodox
Church which he labored to bring
into accord with the Anglican faith.
His hope that the two branches
might eventually be merged never
diminished.
Bishop Perry was the son and
grandson of clergymen. His father
served for 62 years as rector and
rector emeritus of the Calvary Epis-
copal Church, Germantown, Pa.
Bishop Perry was born in German
town on October 8, 1871. He was
graduated from Germantown Acad-
emy in 1887 and from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania in 1891, which
in 1911 bestowed on him the honor
ary degree of S. T. D. He also was
a graduate of Harvard University
and the Episcopal Theological Sem
mary at Cambridge, Mass, where
he received his degree of doctor of
divinity.
From 1895 to 1897 he was assistant
at Christ Church, Springfield, Mass,
then rector of Christ Church in
Fitchburg, Mass, until 1904 when he
became rector of st. Paul's parish at
New Haven, Conn, which is closely
allied With Yale University. There
he remained until his election as
bishop.
He was a member Of the Phi Kappa
Sigma, the Society of Cincinnati,
which he once served as president
of it's Rhode Island branch, former
vice president of the Pilgrims OF
America and a member of the Art,
Authors and Century Clubs. He also
was chaplain in the 9th Massa-
chusetts Infantry.
He was a delegate to the Univer-
sal Conference on Life and Work at
Stockholm in 1925, served on the
Executive Committee of the World
Conference on Faith and Order in
Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1927, and
was a member of the National Coun-
Gil of the Episcopal Church in 1919.
One of his last public appear
ances was at the installation OF the
Right Rev. Henry Knox Sheriff. as
the Goth presiding bishop of the
Episcopal Church in ceremonies at
the washington Cathedral here on
January IA.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
RI. Rev. James Perry
Dies; Once Presiding
Episcopal Bishop
By the Assoeioted Press

SUNIMERVILLE, S. c., Mar. 21.-
The Right Rev. James De Wolf
Perry, rs, of Providence, R. l., for
mer Presiding Bishop Of the Episco-
Evening star., 1947-03-21

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