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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
Report Clears Reynolds
Company OF Intentional
Wrong As Charged

RALEIGH, June 1s-tR-viola-
ton of the child labor laws were
disclosed by a State Labor de-
partment investigation of the
REYNOLDS Tobacco company, but
the violations were technical"
with nothing Indicating they were
Intentional" Lewis p. Sorrell,
deputy commissioner of labor, re-
ported today.
Sorrell reported on an investiga-
ton which Vas ordered by Cover
nor Cherry after officials of the
Agriculture, Tobacco and Food
Workers union (CIO) had charged
that the company was employing
teen-aged children as "strike-
breakers" and were placing them
on the most hazardous jobs in the
tobacco factory.
The charges, which we're denied
by the company, were made dur
eee MINOR ON Page Tive
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ROAD DEATH TOLL
TERMED DISASTER
Truman Cites 1916 Acct.
dent Figures In State
ment To Council

WASHINGTON, June 10 up -
| President Truman declared today
that the country's traffic accident
toll "amounts to a national disas-
ter"
Referring to the $500 men,
women and children killed and
more than 1,t0O,0 900 injured in
highway accidents last year, Mr..
Truman said:
IF those deaths had occurred
at the same time in a single COM
munity, tine whole world would
have been profoundly shocked.
Every resource Of the United
States would have been modified
Immediately to prevent the recur'
renee of such an awful tragedy
Therefore, the president told
delegates to the second annua'
meeting Of his highway safety con-
ference:
1.-THE challenge is no less urgent
because it is less spectacular. We
are dealing here with what
amounts to a national disaster.
Mr.. Truman said the conference
deserves the major share of credit
for the reduction in the loss OF life
in traffic accidents last year to
$500 less than in the 'Sblack year.
of 1871.
Urges Reduction
He said the downward trend
was set in motion at the first
meeting of the group a year ago.
And he urged highway users and
officials 70 further reduce the zap
paliing'' annual toll.
Several hundred delegates, in
See ROAD On Pare Two
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REQUESTS
U. S. MANAGEMENT
Griswold To VIRTUALLY
Take Over Economic
Reins OF Nation

WASHINGTON, June 1S-P)-
The United States will virtually
take over the economic manage
ment of Greece under the $500, 600,
600 American aid program design
ed to buttress that country against
communism.
This was shown today in an ex'
change of notes between the two
countries.
At the same time it was reported
un~officially that the United States
will favor political reforms in the
Greek government. 1t would like
to see responsible positions given
to "liberal" elements which are
considered to be without adequate
voice in the so-called "rigat wing
government.
The state department made pub
lie notes between Washington and
| Athens outlining a vast program
| of economic reforms to be under
taken in Greece. They deal with
taxes, government administration,
trade, finance, industry, agricul'
ture and the like.
Greeks Committed
The notes were released preli21-
inary to the signing in Athens Of
a formal agreement by which the
Greek government commits itself
to American conditions for receiv'
ing assistance.
In general, these guarantee that
Administrator Dwight Griswold
and his team of military and eco
nomic experts will have effective
supervision of all the dollars spent
to promote Greek recovery anc
strengthen the Greek army. Girls
void is now in Washington com
pleting preparations for his work
in Athens.
While the note made no commit
ments on strictly political matters
and the state department is ie-
ported determined to respect
Greek sovereignty, responsible au-
Sec GREEOE On Page Two
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AIRLINES PROTEST
P A CERTIFICATES
Major Companies Claim
| CAB Errored In Deci-
sion; Meeting Planned

Petitions have been filed by five
airline companies protesting the
certification of the Piedmont
Aviation company by the Civil
Aeronautics commission for plac-
ing Wilmington on it's route.
That was revealed yesterday,
for the first time, by members Of
the Chamber of Commerce, avia.
ton committee.
Petitions Of the Eastern, T. w. A.
American and Commonwealth Air
lines have been placed with the
CAB asking that a ~rehearing in
the certification be conducted by
the government agency on the
ground that it had errored, said
members of the chamber.
Petitions filed by those compan'
les in seeking r%ehearings on the
grounds that CAB errored in its
decision favoring Piedmont, read
that "the board has recognized
that it cannot grant to an appli-
cant a route substantial beyond
that specified in the application
and in the applicants evidence"
The other firms contend that
Piedmont did not present speci-
fled evidence of including Will
mington on it's route.
Positions Of. both the New Han
over county commissioners and the
Wilmington city council on the
protest likely will be determined
next Monday.
At least a meeting of the commits
sioners, council, Chamber of Com
merce and airline representatives
last night tentatively had been
scheduled for that day. .
Officials believe that Thomas
See ARLINES On Page Two
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Settlement OF Maritime
"Sitdown" Strike Now Expected;
Senate Passes Bulwinkle Bill
Three Unions
Accept Offer
Operators Propose Wage
Boost Similar To Figure
Granted Tanker Crews

NEW YORK, June 10. -(Pe~A
ship operators spokesman who re.
fused to be identified reported late
tonight that operators had made q
wage increase offer to the three
unions involved in the CLIO sea-
mems stoppage and that two OF
the unions considered it "satis.
factory"
AS hopes mounted that the "sit
in" stoppage which has tied up
hundreds of ships in U. S. ports
since 1901 a. m. Monday might be
ended momentarily, the spokesman
said that the operators offer was
patterned after n which earlier
resulted in ending a dispute be-
tween the National Maritime union
and tanker companies. He gave no
other details.
The offer was reported s~atisfacto.
ry to the NMU and the American
Communications association, but
the Marine Engineers Beneficial
association was said by the spokes'
man to be holding out for more
liberal contract terms. Union of
ficials themselves did not COM
ment Immediately.
Curran Satisfied m
Joseph Curran, NMU president,
had announced that the S per cent
wage boost that settled the tanker
dispute would be agreeable to his
union.
Joseph Selly, president OF the
American Communications, associ-
alton, another of the five unions in
volved in the dispute said his group
was willing to use the same pact-as
a basis for settlement.
However, Frank j. Taylor. pres1-
dent of the American Merchant
Marine institute and chief spokes-
man for 80 East and Gulf Coast
operators, declined immediate COM
ment on the unions offer.
The union leaders made the state
ments at the offices of the U. S.
Cancellation service where they
were comforting with Assistant Sec
Iretary of Labor John w. Gibson
in a series of talks which Gibson
hoped to climax with a joint bar
gaining session.
MEBA Invited
Representatives of a third union.
the Marine Engineers Beneficial
association, also were invited to
the parley.
Referring to the tanker settle
ment, Curran said there is no
reason why this should not serve
as the basis for agreement between
the companies and the other I'M
ions.
Besides the pay boost, the agree
ment provides for nine paid holt
days at sea and a four week paid
vacation in place Of the present
three.
Tankers had not been affected
in the current shipping stoppage
because of a day-to-day extension
See UNIONS On Page Two
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT

The popular panel, Robert L.
Ripley's "Believe it or Not"
will become a regular member
of the Morning Stars ever grow
ing list Of features beginning
Monday morning.
On the following Monday
morning, June D, "Abbie and
Stats" will join the other popular
comics strips on the Stars comic
page. Be sure to look for each
one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
abamaHandymanI1eld
rMurderO fNephews

BREWTON, Ala, June 1s-P)-
Sheriff F. F. Fountain said today
that Cecil M. James, 29-year-old
Escambia county handyman, had
signed a statement saying he beat
his 10-year-old nephew to death
with a piece of stovewood because
he refused to work."
Fountain said James had been
charged with first degree murder
and was being held in the Es-
Gambia county Jail here.
The boy. Paul Benson James,
was found beaten to death in a
small plot of new ground in the
Osake community near here last
Wednesday. The boys uncle first
told officers he had been killed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
CIGARETTE COMP ANY
WILL DISCONTINUE
THROAT RIGHT" ADS

WASHINGTON, June 49, Up -
The Federal Trade commission
announced today that the Brown
& Williamson Tobacco Corp, of
Louisville, KY, has agreed to quit
advertising that Raleigh cigarettes
r Fright for the throat"
The FrC added in a statement
that it has accepted a stipulation
in which the firm a1sosagrees to:
discontinue any other repre-
sentation to the effect that Ra-
leighs have been adapted to or
made suitable for the throat so
that the smoke from such ciga-
rettes is beneficial to the throat
or less harmful to the throat than
the smoke from other cigarettes"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
Navy Plans Restriction
Outlying; Gas TooShort

WASHINGTON, June 10 - Up,
T. The Navy announced tonight
that because of a gasoline short
age it is restricting some of its
air operations.
Capt. Ralph E. Wilson, senior
Navy member Of the Army-Navy
Petroleum board, told reporters
insufficient offerings of aviation
gasoline have been received from
the petroleum industry. He said
the industry is more interested in
its civilian markets than its mill.
tary markets.
He interpreted the Navy order
0 mean that training would be
limited to short hops around air
stations and that the Naval Air
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
President Gets 100000
Letters, Wires On Bill
Heavy Majority Favor.
Veto OF Labor
Legislation

WASHINGTON, Jone 10 Up -
Nearly 700, 900 messages have
poured into the White House abou'
the Taft-Hartley labor bill, it was
reported today, and "a heavy ma.
jority" of them all for a presi-
Dental veto.
Eben Ayers, assistant press sec
rotary, said the flood of mail and
kilograms is easily the greatet
received by President Truman on
any issue since he became presi-
dent over two years ago.
Mr.. Truman passed up his
weekly news conference to work
on a message to Congress on the
bill. In this message, to be deliv-
cred Friday, he will say whether
he is signing or vetoing the mes
sage and give his reasons.
He told reporters yesterday that
II haven't made up my mind.
Nevertheless, Rep. Lesinski ID
Mich) said: Il know there is 60.
ing to be a Veto"
Most legislators agree that there
are enough votes in the House to
override a veto but some are not
so sur about the Senate. The bill
passed the House by 4 to l and
the Senate by 3 to i.
Veto Status Doubtful
While the Senate margin was
far more than the two thirds vote
it would take to override a veto,
some senator's believe that an in.
creased attendance plus some
changed votes by Democrats who
would want to support the Presi.
Coz pRESmENT On pana T,x,n
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when his pillow horse broke away
from him.
Fountain said James signed the
..ate1Ileut IN presence o. Circuit
solicitor A.. H. Elliott, state inVeS-
.4ga.orS ana nl1nseu AMER Iour
days Of almost constant %grilling.
4ue suer111 Saio James tod TINS
story OF the Staying:
The lO-year-ola boy was helping
MS uncle clear the plot OF new
ground last Wednesday and when
ne refused to dig up a long tree
root Cecil M. James pulled it out
o. the ground and whipped HIM
with it.
ABOUT three hours later, James
Instructed his nephew to make a
fire in the stove and when he
gust stood by and didn't DO it,"
grabbed up a piece OF stoveWood
and beat him over the head and
about the legs and body.
Then he grabbed an iron rod
about IA inches long and struck
the boy owe the head.
Fountain said James was arrest
ed as he left the cemetery after
attending funeral services for the
boy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
Measure Also Provides
Funds Fer Protection OF
Ship Yard, Basin Here
Star Washington Rure;

Morning Star Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 18. - A
bill enabling the Veterans Admins
tration to buy an Eastern : North
Carolina site for a 1000 bed neurop-
sychiatric hospital, which Whining
ton is trying to obtain, passed the
House yesterday and was sent to
the Senate
The bill also provides funds for
various independent Offices" in
GLIDING $3.50, 900 for protection of
the idle shipyard at Wilmington,
one of four being kept in reserve
for future emergency needs. Money
for maintaining the reserve fleet
at the Port City and half a dozen
other places also is included.
Main feature of the bill is that
it empowers Comptroller General
Lindsay Warren of Washington, N.
c., to require proper accounting
SEQ HOUSE on Paes Ewo'
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Transport service could make
routine flights only.
Only essential flying will be
permitted at Navy 4Air stations, he
explained, with the commanding
officers Of the stations dete-min-
ing what is. essential and what is
merely desirable"
Army needs are not as critical
as Navy needs, Wilson said. He
estimated it will be about two
months before the Army feels
pinched.
The Navy buys oil and gasoline
for both services. Their presen'
combined requirements, he said,
total four per cent Of y. S. crude
production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
BY SUE MARSHALL
Star Staff Writer

With only a few changes, ex, y
the title of ownership from ~
U. S. government to the McWil-
liams Dredging company, an LIST
which once carried military per.
sonnel and equipment now carries
d hedging crews and equipment.
The great mouths that once
opened to disgorge tanks were
opened yesterday afternoon on
such a ship here to release pipes,
pipe lines, pontoon lines and other
dredging equipment, which will be
used in the project of deepening
the Cape Fear river channel to
a depth Of 80 feet.
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Over 1000
FightFloods
1,va River Drives All But
Able Bodied Out OF
Oakville, La.

oAKv1LLE, Ia, June 18-R-
.rmv of troops, Coast Guards
and civilians numbering
n a.arIv 1000 worked feverishly tt
aeId back the rampaging Iowa
a a:,.or whose flood crest was ex'
.octed TO reach here some time
tonight. -
w.. community of 400 were or
lared cut to safer places wher
usotective dikes broke in at leas'
nroo nlaces ard Mayor o. D
Iahnson expressed the fear tha'
Sorkwa.ers would pour into the
The levee breaks here and up.
.4ream at Wapello spread the
1owa's waters over large areas
IT rich farm land and left the towr
surrounded by a sea of dirty, de
bris.Iaden floodwaters. Only one
ro.d out of town could handle
trsffic at noon and that was water
covered.
The Weather bureau at Daven'
nort, Ia. said the Oakville-Wa
rello vicinity should prepare fol
crest of 1875 feet although saying
the stage quite likely" would
mt 20 that high unles there wa!
exceptionally heavy rainfall.
Meanwhile, the midwest in gen
oral and particularly Iowa which
has been flood-plagued for twt
wpeks-was assured of some re
lief BY official action in Washing
ion. The Senate passed and sen
10 the White House a measure au
thorizing the Army to use $15,
OM,NO Of available funds for re
oair of levees and other protec
five works in the stricken Mid
west area.
Additionally, the reconstruction
Finance corporation declared
Central and Southern Iowa a dds
aster area" and announced it!
Chicago office would accept appli
cations for disaster loans for re
construction of private property
damaged by the floods.
Army engineers estimated tina
approximately $50, 1000 acres o:
land stood under water and tina
several hundred thousand more
were in danger of a like fate.
The Mississippi, which last weel
inundated 104, 600 acres between
Keokul, Ia. and Cairo, Ill, APP
peared building itself up to an
other big overflow. The stage a
Burlington, 25 miles downstream
from Oakville was 1877 feet thii
morning, a 24-hour rise of a foot
Al7-foot crest was predicted there
for tomorrow or Friday.
Further downstream the crest o
the destructive Des Moines river
which twice in two weeks has caus
ed millions in damage and driver
thousands of persons from thei
homes, was pounding to a juno
ton with the Mississippi at Keo
kk, Ia.
Canton, Mo-, a community o
1000 persons about Is miles Soutl
Of Keokuk, remained half cover
ed with water from last week
record crest of 1899 feet. A rein
forced sandbagged barricade sur
rounded the city power plant, ant
r levee, which broke last weel
had been repaired.
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Measure Will
Railroads
Majority Vote Sufficiently
Large To Over Ride
Presidential Veto

WASHINGTON, June 10 - P-
The Senate today passed, so to q,
a bill freeing railroads from ally
threat of antitrust law prosecu-
ton when they get together to fix
rates with the approval of the In
terstate Commerce commission.
The vote was sufficiently large
to override a Presidential veto
for which minority leader Barley
D-Ky) expressed a "fervent
hope"
Opponents of the measure, which
now goes to the House, have ex-
pressed hope that on the final test
they a sustain a veto and pre-
vent the measure from becoming
law.
The House last year approved
the bill, PECULIARLY known as the
Bulwinkle bill for the North Caro-
lima Democrat who sponsored the
measure there, but it was not
acted upon by the Senate.
Before acting finally, the Senate
wrote in by voice vote an amend
ment by Senator Russell D-Ga)
which he said assures that enact
ment of the bill will not interfere
with a Supreme court decision in
the suit filed by the State OF
Georgia.
The state charged that the rail-
roads have entered into a con-
spiracy to discriminate against the
South by maintaining freight rates
which are higher than those in the
North.
Accepts Amendment
Senator Reed (R-Kan), author OF
the Senate bill, accepted the
Amendment. He said frequently
during debate that the purpose OF
See MEASURE On Page Two
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And So To Bed


Monroe, N. c., may be about
$50 miles away but Calvin Rod
dy, 22, Negro, thinks he can
make it in about 10 minutes
from Wilmington.
IF this court gives you 4
suspended sentence of IS
months on the road, will you
leave town immediately" ask
ed Judge Winfield Smith in Re-
corder's court yesterday where
ROddy was charged with tax.
ing So from another Negro. -
"I'n be in my home I'm
Monroe in 10 minutes" replied
the defendant 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19

c. Oxford was the chief welding
instructor.
SAFETY - The safety depart
ment established to keep accidents
at a minimum, followed the
proven theory that it should offer
educational and inspection service
and train every employee as a
safety engineer himself.
AS a result of that program, the
company was awarded the Nation
al Safety Councils distinguished
service to safety award. c. B.
Yearout was safety engineer.
The company and employees
freely participated in making con-
tributions to patriotic, community
and religious causes throughout
the entire five years of the his
tory of the yard.
CONTRIBUTIONS The compa-
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
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May Permit Veterans
Cash Terminal Leave Bonds

WASHINGTON. June 18-(P)-A
prediction that Congress will vote
at this session to permit veterans
to cash their terminal leave bonds
Immediately was made today by
Speaker Martin (R-Mass).
Meanwhile, a House committee
acted to deny Communists any
veterans benefits.
Martin told newsmen that Con.
gress, using Savings" obtained
through budget reductions, could
permit payment of leave bonds
right away and thus reduce the
national debt against which they
See CONGRESS On Page Two
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GETTING BUMPED BY AUTOMOBILES
WON'T HURT so MUCH IN FUTURE

PALO ALTO, Calf, June l8-PE chemical discovery which
may lead to the development of elastic automobile tenders, plastic
bumpers and hundreds of other non-rubber articles with the ability
to stretch and then snap back into their original shapes was re-
ported today at the National Colod symposium.
The findings, announced by Prof. E. A. Eauser Of the Midwest
Rubber Retaining company, East st. Louis, ILL.,, go a long way
toward explaining the natural mystery of elasticity.
Hauser and Lebeau found that elasticity is not an exclusive
property of rubber and a very few other substances, but rather
the result of a wel-balanced combination of fibrous and liquid
molecules in a given substance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-19
Converted Will
Aid In Channel Job
McWilliams Dredging Company Ship Docks
Here With Equipment Tps Isas opening
Cape Fear To A~Srrse so 'eet

.gpo'" foreich, who is in
,aN' OF the LIST and crew, sale
At this is the first trip the ship
has made since the McWilliam
company acquired ownership.
This 1923 foot long LIST is be.
lieved to be one of the few which
have been purchased by dredging
companies as war surplus. Fro
reign said that he knew of only
one other and that vessel was now
OF a project in South America,
Used Barges
Formerly the New Orleans com,
pany and other dredging firm:
moved their equipment on barges
SeeCONVERTED On Page Two
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FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: Considerable
c,o1diness with scattered showers and
t,unAerstorms, cooler today; Friday,
partly cloudy and rather warm with
scattered afternoon and evening thun-
dershowers.
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See UNIONS On Page Two
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CONTRIBUTIONS The compa
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
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the army, and the Rev. V. P.
Scoville was appointed as pastor.
The building committee named
at this time consisted of E. l..
Matthews, chairman, j. w.
Brooks, E. L. Prince, j. S. Will
liams, E. M. Dewey and E. v.
Mckenzie.
1t was during the Rev. Mr..
Scoville's pastorate that the church
building was completed, but the
first service in the new church
was held on December q, 1921,
when the Rev. H. c. Smith began
his ministry at Trinity. This first
service was conducted in the Sun
day school department..
The pipe organ was installed
and dedicated in memorium to
Mrs. Ellie Hancock Beery during
his passionate. In 1885, the stained
glass windows were installed.
Pastors serving in the new
church prior to the celebration Of
the 50th anniversary in 1871 were
the Reverends L. D. Hayman. W.
R. Royal, L. C. Larkin, A. P.
Brantley, Walter Pattern and R,
L. Jerome. At this anniversary
celebration, many handsome birth
day gifts were presented to the
church.
DR.. Fred w. Paschall was the
minister when Trinity church was
dedicated on Sunday, October 3,
1943, by Bishop Clare Purcell.
The Rev. E. B. Fisher has beer
pastor of Trinity for the past Is
months. The present membership
is 1,040; 100 of which have
joined during his pastorate.
A cereditable amount of money
is on hand and plans have been
made toward erection of an educa-
tional building to complete the
original plans of the congrega-
finn
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leave an illiterate ministry to the
churches when OUR present minis
tiers shall lie in the dust" This
sentence, from the journal of the
founder Of Harvard college, will
be quoted from many evangelical
pulpits on Sunday, June 8. when
ministers and congregations of
many denominations give atten-
ton to the purpose and continu-
ance of church colleges. Many of
them were founded in the early
days for the purpose of training
for the ministry. Today Student
Sunday in some places known
as "Chlldren's Day" emphasizes
the Importance of the college, and
is an occasion for the raising of
scholarship funds for students
from the churches.
Speaking recently to men who
plan to be agricultural mission.
aries to Africa and Asia, DR.. Wal.
ter c. Lowdermilk, soil conser
v%atlonlst of the U. S. Department
OF Agriculture, and former ad.
wiser to the Chinese government,
said: "The dishonest real estate
slicker may lie about the land
but the land itself speaks the
truth.