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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
18th WIFE SOLVES
a0USEKEEPER NEED
.,.year-Old Deliveryman
" said He Needed Some
oue To Keep House

CbIp- James F. Williams, Shy,
vssone. 65-year-old delivery.
disclosed today he had be-
1ss . bridegroom for the 18th
lon' He said he needed some
I'M snS to keep house for him.
on Williams revealed he had doubled
Ceremonial score set by millio'
nlayboy Tommy Marville
f i.so,,t paying a cent of alimony,
Established what may be a re.
~ H.a last Oct. 4, when he married
s~ uu,n Mrs. Louise Parker, Cleve.
I..s O., after an eight-month
sa,rt ship by mail. p
Mrs, Williams. no. is, announced
w. we're wed in simple cere-
Iaosips at Kansas City, but they
p'at it secret until today. She
sN,j,aid she didn't know her bride.
.'0orn had been married Is times
before.
"Fifteen times" she said. 81
.,n't believe it. Fifteen times"
AIT williams assured her this
.aild be his last marriage. Since
". second matrimonial venture,
.-sich lasted "a years, from Sept.
1906, to May %, 1880, Williams
", been wed Is times to 10 diff
aren't women.
IA married and divorced one
A them twice, and another, four
INES. He has no children.
He divorced most of them on
,,srges of ''cruel and inhuman
rs%atment.'
Williams said he didn't know
what all the fuss was about, just
sscsuse he'd been married 16
Zines. I've just wanted to find
woman to keep house for me-"
i, said, land keep me happy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Chieftair Surrender
Is Important Event

MANILA, March 22.-CP-Mili-
tary police reported today the
surrender of the Datu Mampao,
Moro chieftain, an event more i'm
portant to the hill people of South
ern Mindanao than the capitula-
ton of Japan.
Police said a drive against him
and other Moros in the wild back
country has resulted in recent re-
lease of more than 300 Christian
slaves and harem inmates.
For more than 80 years this willy
little chieftain and his dagger
welding followers led authorities
on a bitter chase through their
rugged homeland around Cotabato.
The war meant nothing to these
men o fth eMoslem faith except
a better chance to capture Christ
ians who had fled from the cities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Wings
Over
Wilmington
BY WEDDELL HARR1ss

maneuvers, and an air-race-open !
only to civilian planes. In ad-
oltlon to this, a number of &C.
complished s~tunt-artists are on
the agenda to exhibit their wares,
Carl was asked to present his
drunken farmer" act, and Burkl
RENDER vas invited to demon
strate the versatility of his auto
gyro. Rurk informed us, however
that due to business commit
tments he would be unable to at
tend.
The well-known "Sky Club"
located at the Airpark, is sched-
uled to reopen tbu week. Closed
Tor over a month Cor remodeling,
1t now has acquired a new kitch-
en-, new dining room, and recon
structed snack bar. Muck Dunn,
who runs the Club, stated that
the snack bar would open Tues
day, and that tn e dining room
would be christened later in the
week.
The Renders have picked up a
new mascot. IT'S none other than
a pet coon, appropriately named.
Bandit. So far, the striped ref
ugee from Milady's coat has lived
UP to its MAMIE, having gotten into
everything except { windsock.
They're expecting that most any
day.
Laverne, Burk's wife, was tell
ing us about the Wilmington Aero
Clubs "breakfast flights, sched-
uled to get under way the middle
of April. The idea is for every
body to fly formation on a cross
country hop to a designated town,
set down for breakfast, and fly
back home. S ome Of their
prospective destinations include
Myrtle Beach, Lumberton, Colds
boro. Clinton, Fayetteville, and
Holden's Beach. These flights are
scheduled to last on through early
fall, and should provide all con
cerned with an unusual amount of
pleasure.
Did you ever stop to Think OF
how flying establishments seem to
be damned. full of family owner
ships? Wilmington is strictly a
Class AAA example of this. BY
way of calculation, the Airpark is
owned and operated by the three
Dunn brothers; Carl, Muck, and
Bill. Peiffer Field - often refer
red to as Carolina Skyways is
leased and operated by Burk and
John Render, and Pennington Fly
ing Service is operated by Warren
a n d Jimmy Pennington. Another
example is the Jacksonville, N. c.
airport, which is run by two
brothers also - Jack and Jim
Stevens.
Warren Pennington, n of the
early lighter-than-air pioneers,
celebrated his (%censored) birth
day last Sunday. Rejecting back
on his years in the air, Warren
remarked that he had been get
ting a birds-eye view of the local
geography for over % years. In
a later column, We'll endeavor to
bring you some of the highlights
Of his extensive experience.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
THE TOP

SALISBURY, March o. [Pl -
sLsoury-RoWan county chapter Of
he American Red Cross raised
'N,276.02, well in excess of its $14,-
w quota, in its 1947 financial cam
Falgn, it was announced today by
anpaign headquarters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

apples OF a given variety can
held in storage two to three
months longer than formerly
trougl the use of newly devel-
Sped control measures.
Evening star., 1947-01-16
Some British Worker,
Fed Up With Labor
Government 5 Policy
By Edwin A. Lohey

/ Some rank and file trade union
lists in Great Britain feel that when
Labor took over the government, it
was a new twist to the old system
Iof cutting a mans wages by max
ing him a partner in the firm.
Since the Labor Party came in
power In 1a45 the workers have fire.
quently been reminded by their"
government that with power comes
responsibility, and that the trade
unionists should not itrock the boat
and scare of the middle classes by
pushing their own economic claims
ltoo vigorously during the transition
period.
One official of the British Trades
Union Congress told me a month
ago in London, when I visited him
to say good-by, that the workers
he saw daily on the local level were
"ruddy well fed up" with being nice
boys just because the Labor Party
had come into its own at Whitehall.
Truck Drivers Fed Up.
From the dispatches, 1t would ap-
pear that the British truck drivers
were "ruddy well fed up" with the
process of negotiating for improved
working conditions, and simply re-
belled against the bureaucratic in
tricacies through which British
workers must wend their way before
they can put the bite on the boss
for an extra shilling.
What is the wage negotiation syS-
tenn which apparently had the Brit
ish truck drivers "ruddy well fed up
enough to launch their unauthorized
strike?
Most wages in Britain are estab-
ished by wage councils" which
have statutory being. There are So
of these wage councils, for as many
industries. They are set up on re-
gional and national lines, and labor
and management have equal repre-
sentation on them. When these
management and labor representa-
tives agree on wage rates for their
particular industry, they relay their
findings to the Minister of Labor,
who then issues an order establish
ing these rates. The order has the
force of law. It recalls the industry
codes of the NRA in this country.
1945 Statute Cited.
| A single statute, the Wages Coun-
Gil Act of 1945, covers So industries
The trucking industry is covered by
q separate statute. the Road Haul
age Wages Act of 1885, This act sets
up 10 regional wage boards in Eng
land and one in Scotland, with equal
representation of workers and en-
ployers on each board.
| At the top of this heap is the
National Road Haulage Wages
Board, made up. of "a representa-
tives from the regional boards (half
worker and half employer), 10 ad-
ditional members appointed by the
Minister of Labor from the ranks
of labor and management, and three
independent or public members" "
The regional boards and the ma
tional boards play catch with wage
proposals. the national board send
| ing their recommendation to the
regional boards, and the latter
groups returning them with proper
comments within a statutory pc
riod. Under the Road Haulage Act,
the regional boards are supposed
to reply to the findings of the ma
tional board within 81 days.
Drivers Tired of Delay.
It was in one of these exchange
periods between the national and
regional boards that the British
Evening star., 1947-01-16

truck drivers decided that they were
In a rut.
Apparently, no increase in wage
rates was involved in the truck
drivers case. The drivers were ask
ing for a reduction of their work
week from 43 to A hours, without
a pay reduction, and for. II holi-
days year, with pay. In Its recon-
mendations to the regional board,
the national board plumbed for a
4S-hour week and nine paid holi-
days year.
Copyright, 1947. by Chicago Daily News.)
Evening star., 1947-01-16
they were nual convention in Boston, the Az

nIal convention In Boston, the Az
sociated Press reported today
Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton.
president of Wellesley College and
wartime commander of the WAVES,
was elected president, succeeding
DR.. Charles j. Turck, president Of
McAlester College, st. Paul, Mimi
Executive Offices of the association
are at 744 Jackson place NV. DR..
Snavely's home is 900 Hudson ave
nue., Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1947-01-16
Dr.. SnoveIy Reelected
Head Of College Group

DR.. Guy 3. Snavely, Of Washing
ton, has been reelected executive
director of the Association of Amer
ican Colleges, a position he has held
since 1887, at the organizations an
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Interview With Dictator
u. S. Is Victim of Propaganda
Against Spain, Franco Charges
Invites Star Writer
To Search Nation for
Concentration Camps
By Constantine Brown
Sior Sfoff Correspondent
{CoDyripht 1QA7

MADRID, February 14.-Gen-
eralissimo Francisco Franco
charged in an interview today
that the United States is the vic
tim of violent propaganda against
Spain and its government, and
reiterated previous denials that
Spain aided Germany with vital
materials during the war.
Gen. Franco denied Spanish Re
publican charges of the! existence of
concentration camps in Spain, and
invited me to go wherever I liked,
without interference of any kind,
in an effort to find these camps and
prove the falsity of the charges.
He invited me to take another coun-
tryman of mine who speaks Spanish
to assist in the investigation.
Il know the people of your country
are victims of violent propaganda
against Spain and its government" j."
Gen. Franco declared "It is para
doxical that we are smeared as COL
laborationists, pro-Nazis and Fascists
because we kept Spain out of war.
1.-THE prestige your government
has attained with it's industrial and
scientific development, and with the
victory of its arms in war, must
command the respect of all peoples.
For this reason it is tragic to see a
country of such stature mistaken
and this is happening in the attitude
of the United States toward Spain.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Truman Names
Son in Mistake
For His Father

The name of an Alexandria postal
clerk, inadvertently nominated for
postmaster in place of his father,
was withdrawn by President Tru-
man today.
Elmore P. Mudd, "a, clerk for
the last or 10 years, who lives at
l West Spring street, Alexandria,
was nominated by the President
January 10. His father, Acting
Postmaster Elmore Mudd, So, of Is
Sunset drive, Alexandria, has been
with the Office 40 years and was in
line for the appointment.
They are related to DR.. Sam
uel Mudd, who rendered medical as
sistance to President Lincolns as
sassin, John Wilkes Booth.
The elder Mr.. Mudd said he at
tributed newspaper accounts of his
sons nomination to inaccurate re-
porting. He learned last week it
was true, he said.
Norman r. Grant of the division
of Postmasters, Post Office Depart
ment, said "Elmore P. Mudd" was
withdrawn by the President to cor
rect the name to that of the father,
which originally was intended. The
elder Mr.. Mudd has no middle
initial.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
DurantF cared Fence,
CriminoIogist Tells
Jewel Trial Board
Interview in Chicago
After Port Of Gems Was
Found Is Described
By w. H. Shippen. Jr.

Testimony that Col. Jack Du-
rant was in grave fear of per-
sonal violence from a Chicago
jewel fence" was given today
at the court-martial of the for
mer Interior Department attor-
ney in connection with the theft
of the Hesse royal jewelry trove
from a castle in Germany.
DR.. LIE Moyne Snyder, legal and
medical director of Michigan State
police, told the eight t-man court
martial board sitting at the Penta-
gon that Col. Durant made this
statement to him in friendly in
terview" following his arrest in Chi
cago last June.
DR.. Snyder, a physician and at
torney as we'll as the author of
works on criminology, said he was
brought into the case at the request
of Army Investigators and that the
38-year- old defendant made no OBJ
lection to discussing the case with
him. At the first interview, DR..
Snyder said, he told Col Durant he
was convinced that fear of the un-
derworld character was hindering
the colonel's efforts to repair the
damage he had done" and restore
the stolen property.
Witness Quotes Durant.
After large quantity of the gems
were recovered in a Chicago railway
station, where they presumably were
deposited by the fence" acting un-
der Col. Durants telephoned direc-
tions, DR.. Snyder said he asked Col.
Durant:
Wasn't I right when I told you
that a fence had the jewelry and
you were afraid of him?'"
You're damned right I am afraid
of him!" he said Col. Durant replied.
The court overruled defense
motion to strike DR.. Snyder's testi-
mony from the records on the
ground that Col. Durant apparently
had spoken to him in confidence,
believing he was seking the advice
of an attorney.
Under questioning from members
(See DURANT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-02-14
u. 5. Envoy Returning
From Warsaw Post
BY the Assoeioted Press

WARSAW, Feb. IA. - American
Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane pre-
pared today to depart for Wash
ington on February "a to consult
with the State Department. Con-
siderable doubt was expressed in
official American circles here that
the veteran diplomat would return
to Warsaw.
Mr.. Lane last night notified JoZef
Olszewski, acting Polish foreign
minister, of his intention to leave
for the United States. A source
close to the Ambassador said he was
not expected to return to Warsaw,
but probably would get new diplo-
matte post if he did not retire.
Mr.. Lane has been career diplomat
for 81 years.
In Washington, a State Depart
ment official said that whether Mr..
Lane returns to Warsaw depends
on his own personal wishes. The
official observed that living condi-
tions in Warsaw are difficult and
that the diplomatic assignment
there is considered "the most rugged
post in the foreign service" Mr..
Lane took over the Warsaw post
In April, 1945.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Trading in US. Money
Suspended in China
BY tho Associoted Press

SHANGHAI, Feb. 14.-The Chi
nese dollar fluctuated wildly today
as dealers in Shanghai, acting un-
der drastic government orders, sus-
pended open dealings in gold bars
and American banknotes and the
mayor of Peiping threatened to
treat dealers in American currency
as traitors.
Dealers in Shanghai practically
ceased operations. alarmed by po-
lice inquiries into the identities of
those involved in operations Tues
day which sent the Chinese dollar
plunging to 19,400 to 81 United
States.
However, individual brokers this
afternoon secretly offered to buy
American dollars at 11,000-to-$l.
In Peiping Mayor Ho Sze-yuan
said he had received orders to ban
gold transactions. He planned to
negotiate with the American mill
tary to have American soldiers paid
In Chinese currency to curb money
market speculation.
"I will treat dealers in United
States currency as traitors" the
mayor declared. He said he had in
structed police to arrest persons
dealing in gold, confiscate all sup
plies and seal up stores handling
the precious metal.
The American dollar dropped from
10000 to 11,000-to-$l in Peiping to-
day
: The Shanghai investigation was
being conducted by Gen. Cheng-
CHA ming, head Of the state secret
police, acting on direct orders of
-Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Troopships Seriously Deficient,
ButNo Threat to Life, ArmySuys'

1--WE have serious Deficiencies" he
testified, but "our safety record has
been good and we don't feel that
we are unnecessarily jeopardizing
any human lives by the continued
operation of these vessels.
They are operating within what we
feel are reasonably safe limits.
So far as he knows, Gen. Leavey
added, there has been no loss of life
from troop carriers that do not meet
standard safety requirements.
If they cannot be used, he de-
clared, "the people don't move" be-
cause much time and money would
be required to install required safety
equipment.
The hearing grew out of an asser-
ton by Representative Weichel, Re-
publican, of Ohio that Army trans
ports operated for the War Depart
ment by the Maritime Commission
do not carry enough lifeboats and
life RATS.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
AttIee Declines Offer
OF Truman to Divert
Coal to Britain

Prime Minister Attlee today
declined with warm apprecia-
ton" President Truman's offer
to divert coal destined for other
European countries to aid in
the British fuel crisis.
In a message to the White
House he said:
MY colleagues and I have
learned with warm appreciation
of your offer to do all in your
power to help in relieving our
coal shortage and in particular
to support measures for divert
ing to this country United
States coal now en- route to
Europe.
IT need not say how grateful
we are, but the need for coal in
Europe is no less pressing and
we could not ask that cargoes
should be diverted from Europe
to the United Kingdom"
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Britain 10 Take Issue
.0f Palestine 10 u. n.
As Conference Fails
Statement Will Be Made
To Commons, Bevin Tells
Arabs at Lost Session
SISTER FROM U, S. visits Gruve.
in cell. Page A.;
By the Associated Press


LONDON, Feb. 14.-Foreign
Secretary Bevin said today Brit
ain would take the Palestine
issue to the United Nations.
Mr.. Bevin made the announce
ment to Arab delegates in the final
session of the British-Arab confer
ence which attempted unsuccess-
fully to solve the Holy Land prob
lem by agreement.
A communique said Mr.. Bevin told
the Arabs that, since no proposal
put forward by Britain had proved
acceptable even as a basis for fur
ther discussion, Britain decided to
refer the whole problem to the
United Nations.
The communique said full state
ment would be made to the House
of Commons "at an early date" and
informed sources said they believed
the announcement would come Mon
day.
The statement gave no hint OF
what plan, if any, Britain might
suggest to the United Nations as a
means of bringing peace and a final
settlement to the Holy Land.
Sources close to the government,
however, emphasized a probability
that Britain would withdraw her
troops and mandate administration
either at once or at some stated
period.
If they should withdraw at once,
these sources said, the action would
be reported to the United Nations,
either with or without recommended
tions for a solution.
Any decision to withdraw at some
future date would be certified to the
United Nations also, they said.
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Marshall Describes Worlds Ills
As Critical; Military Fund Slash
Backed in Overwhelming Vote
TroubIe Spots
Discussed at
Closed Meetinq
by the Associated Press

Secretary of State Marshall
reported "the world is in very
critical condition" in his first
meeting today with the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
The new Secretary of State gave
this word to neWspapermen as he
left the closed committee session.
Chairman Vandenberg said he
found Gen. Marshall's report on
world affairs encouraging in many
respects"
Gen. Marshall refused to elabo-
rate on his hour and a half talk.
He told reporters on leaving that
the recall of Ambassador Arthur
Bliss Lane to report on conditions
in Poland does not mean a rupture
in diplomatic relations. He refused
to say, however, whether Mr. Lane
later would return to his post in
Warsaw.
Trouble Spots Discussed.
Asked specifically whether he had
made a hopeful" or encouraging"
report to the Senators on interna-
tional conditions, Gen. Marshall re-
piled:
IT told them the world is in very
critical condition"
He added he talked about most of
the worlds trouble spots
After the committee meeting, Gen.
Marshall was closeted with Senators
Vandenberg and Connally, Demo-
crat, of Texas for Is minutes. The
Secretary refused to say whether
they discussed the possibility that
the two, who served as advisers to
former Secretary Of State Byrnes,
might join him later in Moscow for
the Foreign Ministers Conference
there.
Senator Vandenberg listed this
conference of foreign ministers as
one of the subjects covered by
Gen. Marshall Relations with
other nations, particularly China
and Latin American republics, also
were mentioned by the. commit
tee chairman.
On Top of His Job.
Senator Vandenberg commented
that the review showed the new
Secretary of State certainly put
his brief weeks to excellent ad-
vantage since he has been home
and IS obviously on top of his job"
Senator Vandenberg has said he
does not desire to attend the open
ing of the Moscow Conference, but
would answer any later SOS" if
Gen. Marshall wants his services.
Senator Connally also has indicated
he would go if Gen. Marshall in
sistS
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Plane Lands on Antarctic Lake
In MYSTERIOUS Ice-Free Area
BY Thomas R. Henry

WITH NAVY ANTARCTIC Ex-
petition, Feb. II DelayeO "A
geological furnace several miles
deep in the earth is the only pos
sible explanation for a 400-square-
mile area of green lakes and ice
free brown rocks discovered yes
terday just over the Antarctic con-
tinent coastline
That was the opinion expressed
by geologists of the expedition after
the most remarkable find yet made
below the Antarctic Circle
Late yesterday a plane landed on
one of the lakes. A return is
planned with the first good weather.
The plane crew took sample of
the lake water.
A few birds were found on the
rocks, but no vegetation. The wa
ter was considerably warmer than
the surrounding air. The pilot re-
Evening star., 1947-02-14
Sunday Reading -.

Labor and industry are,
quietly mixing their own medi-
cines while Congress tries to
find the formula for a strike
panacea. 1t naturally is to be
hoped the experiment will
turn out happily, but James Y.
Newton, in a careful analysis
in next Sundays Editorial
Section, outlines some grim
industrial possibilities.
The last time Constantine
Brown saw Paris he didn't care
much for it's attitude toward
the United States. He tells
why in the Editorial Section.
In the same pages will be
found a study of the fiscal
dilemma now harassing some
of our municipal governments
due to a back-to-the-f farm
movement.
A wide assortment of other
features, embracing music, art,
books, the theater. plus the
24-page Pictorial Magazine
with a striking color cover
portrait of George Washington
by Gilbert Stuart, round out
the usual thorough news con-
tent Of
The sunhay Stas