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Evening star., 1947-11-28
To Repeat PLAY

The st. Paul's Players prOduc-
ton Of 1.-THE. Importance of Being
Earnest" will be given a repeat per-
formance at $3.50 pm. Saturday to
accommodate those playgoers who
were unable to obtain tickets for
last weeks sell-out presentation.
Tickets are now on sale at the Fair
Wav and the Willard Hotel,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
FUTURE FARMERS
HEAR CHERRY
Convention Attend
ed By 600 Delegates
From Over State

RALEIGH, July 8-R - some
600 delegates to the 18th anhua1
state convention of the Future
Farmers of America were pralseo
for their achievements by V
nor Cherry here today.
with an ever-expanding pro-
gram of work such as is planneo
by this organization. it is easy W
see that Future Farmer OF To-Day
will be the u~ndisputed leader IN
the field of agriculture tomorrow
the Governor said.
The governor pointed out that
the Future Farmers increased
their active membership from
10, 900 to $4,000 during the past
year and that labor income rom
their project work totaled $1,000
40. ID.
Also speaking to the Future
Farmers at the opening session
of their three-day meeting, was
State Superintendent Of PUBIC
Instruction Clyde A. Erwin. he
told the Future Farmers to main
tain economic independence, re-
member the greatest assets are
those given to you by nature, ano
have a high regard for your pro-
f%ession."
A public speaking contest and
ritual and parliamentary procedure
contests were on the program Tor
tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Twice Signed Letter
OF Lincoln's Found

TROY, N. Y. W.D-A letter sign
ed twice by Abraham Lincoln is
the proudest possession of a 49,
year-old school boy, Michael Va
carelli.
Written less than a month be-
fore. Lincoln was shot, the letter
was penned to a Mrs. Amanda H,
Hall. Although Lincoln scholars
have known of the letter and its
contents, the original was not dis
covered until the death of Arthu,
w. Harvey, a Civil War veteran
here who served as a member o:
the honor guard when Lincoln's
body lay in state.
The letter is dated March 20
1865, from the executive mansion
in Washington. A brief note tt
Mrs. Hall signed Respectfully, A
Lincoln" tops a portion of Lin
coins famous Second Inaugural
address, after which he placed
his full signature, Abraham Lin
cOln."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
YOUNG PRISONER
ESCAPES GANG
II Year Old Boy With
Only II More Days To
Serve Flees

RALEIGH, July 8-R-A IT
year-old boy with less than II days
of his prison term left to serve
was among four prisoners who fled
from a road gang Of the Rocking
ham county prison camp y%ester-
day. Prison Inspector Kyle Mat
theWs reported today.
Another of the quartet was shot
in the leg by a guard and recap
tured, and was brought to the
state prison hospital here where
his condition was reported as
fair" Matthews sac. He was
identified as Robert M. Abee, o.,
OF High Point, serving four months
for malicious damage to property.
George C. Bently, who was
sentenced in Rockingham county
last August to IL months for lar
ceny of an automobile was sched-
uled to be released on July 10.
The other two escapes were
identified by Matthews as Ray
Simpson, %, sentenced in Rocking
ham last May to 10 months for
larceny and Earl Elmo Coggins,
u, of Rockingham, sentenced in
Guilford last March to II months
for embezzlement.
Matthews said that the four
ducked into the underbrush while
they were being marched to dinner
and that guards opened fire hitting
Abee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Local Player And R. W,
Garris Agree TO End
Tournament In Tie
BY JOE r. RAGLAND
Star Correspondent

WINSTON-SALEM, July 8-The
annual checker tourney sponsored
bv the North Carolina Checker
Association which had been in
progress since Friday, July 4,
came to an end in the early morn
ing hours before dawn Sunday
when w. M. Eu5anks of Whining
ton and R. W. Garris of Charlotte
agreed to tie after battling most
of the night for the state champ
ionship.
These Knights OF the squares,
coming from every section o.
North Carolina gathered at the
Y.M.C.A. in Winston-Salem tc
match their skill with the experts
and after the qualifying round
which usually eliminated the weak
players, it is truly a battle OF ex-
perts each one prepared to COZ
the championship and the cash
prize with it. Ore player was
heard to remark that he had spent
as much as s hours studying
every day for the past year, how
ever, he was knocked out in the
fourth round.
The most of these experts play
correspondence checkers with
good players all over the nation
and abroad. Ten games r usual
lv played at one time with each
game assigned a rumber and aft
er the opening moves, n move
in each game except forced moves
in which case they r played ou1
is forwarded back and forth by
postal card. The National Checker
Association sponsors such tour
revs by mail anc offers cash
prizes. This form Of playing offers
an avenue of reel cation for the
invalid and semi-invalid in addi
ton to making acquaintenances
throughout the nation.
To the novice who does not I'M
derstand nor care FOR checkers,
the game is q dull, drab silent
one with every move appearing
the same but, to the expert veter-
an of the squares, it is a highly
scientific game and they expert
ence a thrill that can come from
nothing else when they ma
neuver their pieces across the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Matter OF Fact
By Joseph And Stewart Alsop

In the face Of these perils on
the home 'front.', what can be
done? On2 view is that it should
be left up to Secretary Marshall
to carry the day at the last mo-
ment. Marshall is envisaged, fig
uratively at least, as placing his
five stars back on his shoulders.
Then, in a dramatic joint session
of Congress, he would give a de-
tailed exposition CT the meaning
to the United States of the failure
Of the European plan, in primari
ly military terms. The highlight
of such an exposition would be
the cold-blooded assessment tina
the United States would be ob1ig.
ed TO devote at least half it's ma
tional income to probe a shakey
minimum of defensive security in
cas- Of Soiet domination of the
European continent.
Yet this technique of terrorizing
Congress, at the last minute, into
Going what must be done, has
been used before. It has been
used SO often that it can no longer
be relied upon. Both in the State
Department, and ir the more en-
lightened and far-seeing quarters
on Capitol Hill, the conviction that
there must be a better way is
gaining strength.
One such way is now under dis
cussion at both ends of Pennsyl-
ania Avenue. That is the appoint
ment Of a high-ranking State De
partment official with a thorough
ly competent STAFF, whose first
end only duty would be to explain
to Congress factually and in de-
tail what American foreign policy
is, and why. Such an official must
have certain qualifications. He
must rank: praobably at least an
assistant secretaryship. Otherwise
most Congressman, not uncon-
scious of their own political rank,
would remain unimpressed. He
must have real experience of for
eign affairs, for he must be cap
able of making his case convinc-
ing. And he must hae that mys-
FERROUS quality which men like
William Benton have SO conspic-
uously lacked, and men like Dean
C. Acheson have conspicuously
possessed, of winning confidence
and trust on Capitol Hill.
Such a man, if he is indeed ap-
pointed, will have an enormously
difficult assignment. He must per-
suade the Congress that the
choice confronting American
policy is not between spending
money and not spending money,
nor between Communism and So
cialism and Senator Balls version
Of a free society,"" nor been be-
tween democracy and totaliar-
ianism. It is quite simply a choice
between and Independent Europe
and a Europe tludgeoned into a
Soiet-dominated, anti-Anericar
alliance. And sooner or later such
an allianc would surely leave to
the United States the old, terrible,
choice; the choice between fight
ing, perhaps too late, and knuck-
ling under.
COPYRIGHT, 1947, N. Y. TRI.
BUNE, INC.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
County Tobacco Farmers
Urged To Vote Saturday

ready operating, with the full CO.
operating of the Farm Bureau, ~
Grange, the State College EA,~A-
sion Service and tobacco allied In
terests."
Setter emphasized that the
security of a healthy foreign mar
ket is vital to everyone living in
the flue-cured belt and added thai
the program is endorsed by bank
ers, warehousemen and all other
businessmen.
The following North Carolina to-
bacco and business leaders, al
directors of Tobacco Associates.
are taking a leading part in the
drive to "get out the vote' Sat.
urday: T.. w. Allen, Creedmoor;
Claude T. Hall, Woodsdale; P. N
Taylor, White Plains; j. H. Vaughn
Elm City; j. E. Winslow, W. H
Woolard, j. H. Blount and ]. H
Ficklin, all of Greenville; H. P
Foxhall, Tarboro and Edwin Pate
Laurinburg. ]. B. Hutson, former
U. S. Under-Sec-etary of Agri
culture, is president of Tobacco
Associates, and E. Y. Floyd. Ra
leigh, a tobacco farmer and direc
tor of the Plant Food Institute
of North Carolina and Virginia, i:
secretary.
These and other leaders through
out the belt realize that only e
large vote in the referendum will
flue-cured producers impress Ma.
tional and International govern.
ment and trade authorities of the
seriousness of tobacco expert prob
lens. Every grower in the flue.
cured tobacco belt is urged TO vote
Saturday, July IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Kentucky To Renovate
1892 Prison Towers

FRANKFORT, Ky. W.R)- Ken
tucky's abandoned prison towers
here will be renovated.
The towers, said to be a replica
of Warwick Castle in England,
were erected in 1892 when Ken
lucky became a state. The towers
are all that is left of a prison that
was abandoned after the disas-
trous Kentucky river flood of 1887.
Successive grand jurieS here
have urged demolition of the tow
ers as a nuisance" and "accident
hazard" Women's clubs, civic or
CARNATIONS and similar groups
have urged their retention.
The State Park division amour
ced its intention to spend S25, DOC
to renovate the towers and make
them suitable for office space.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09

New Hanover county growers
have $48, 600 stake in the flue-
cured tobacco referendum Satur-
day, July IL.
This is the amount they receiv-
ed for their tobacco that was ex-
ported in 1916 and represents 40
per cent of the $120, 900 New Han
over growers received for their
crop last year.
G.. F. Setter, Jr., County Farm
Bureau President, yesterday
urged all flue-cured farmers to
get out and vote Saturday, as he
disclosed these important facts.
"In toher words" Setter said,
forty cents out of every dollar
tobscco brings to growers must
come from sales to other coun.
tres. The referendum Will deter.
mine whether the farmers are
willing to assess themselves 10
cents per acre or about as cents
per year for the average produc-
er during the next three years.
That market meant 5000 per acre
or almost $1,000 to every flue.
cured grower last year."
SETTER revealed tnat the A New
Hanover County farms produced
225, 600 pounds of flue-cured tobac.
CO from 1856 acres last year.
If tWo-thirds Of the farmers
voting in the referendum Satur.
day approve the assessment
Setter said, "a broad three-year
program for protection and expan-
sion Of foreign trade in flue.
cured tobacco will be stepped up
Immediately. Tobacco Associates,
a non-profit organization formed
to administer the program, is al.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
W. NJ Eubanks Ties Charlotte
Man For State Checker Crown

squares against an expert oppon-
ent.
Checkers is one Of the Oldest
games and it has ben said that
Napoleon used a checker board
and pieces to study the formation
of his armies against the enemy.
A short business session was
held before playing got under way
at which time Harry S. Anderson:
Winston-Salem tUbacconist was
elected to serve the association a;
it's president for the ensuing year
and Grover c. Swinney, textile ex-
ecutive of Draper was selected tc
serve as secretary.
A motion was carried to hole
the next tourney IN the town max
ing the highest lid to the secre'
tary and the time and place to
be announced later.
Edward Scheidt who Won the
championship last year while heae
o. the F.B.I. in Charlotte did no;
defend his title his time since he
has been transferred to New
York. Scheidt, a native OF Nortt
Carolina has held the champion
ship several times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
'Coast-To-Coast' Flight
Takes 10 Minutes

WICHITA, Kan. WID Pilot
Bert Briney's home office IN
Wichita was puzzled for a while
- when he cabled from Santiago,
Chile, that he had flown coast-to-
coast in 10 minutes and SIX sec
onds.
Amplification of his messagt re-
vealed that while delivering a
Beech Aircraft plane to a buyer in
the South American country he
had crossed the Isthmus of Pana-
ma from ocean to ocean in that
time.
Briney piloted the single-engin-
ed cabin plane from Wichita to
the Chilean capital, a distance OF
1000 miles, in so IL hours flying
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Jay Walking Gamblers
Warned Off Street

NOW YORK W.H-Mrs. Sophie
Hahn heard two of her geese honk-
ing in distress and hurried to the
street to find her pedigreed gan
der, James ". lying in the gutter.
Il cried, Jimmy, speak to me-
but he did not" Mrs. Hahn TOLD
Justice Harold Crawford in small
claims court. He was dead"
She blamed Joseph Levine, a
milk-truck driver, in her suit for
damages.
while the courts sympathy is
with the plaintiff in the death Of
her pet" Justice Crawford ruled,
"the law favors the defendant. The
case is dismissed"
He pointed out that ganders
walk the city's streets at their own
risk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
THE HOME O


Molotov's huffy walk = out, the
brilliance OF planning and concep-
ton which lay behind the Mar
shall proposal is becoming ever
clearer abroad. Indeed, the en-
thusiasm of the European re-
Spouse has surprised even those
who helped Marshall to plan the
policy. AS one of the planners put
it: I'VE expected them to jump
six inches or so. But we never
thought they'd jump ten feet"
Yet while the news from abroad
is more hopeful than the most
sanguine expected, there are
signs of real trouble ahead on TIE
home front. This fact was recent
ly underlined by one of the most
capable and best informed Sena-
tors, himself deeply convinced
that the Marshall proposal is our
last best chance.
"The State Department." ne
said, els failing to protect its ear.
If Bevin and Bidanlt and the Eu-
ropeans came Up with a first rate
plan tomorrow, and Marshall asked
for the necessary appropriations
the day after. he'd be turned down
flat by an overwhelming majority
in both Houses"
The meaning of such a Con-
gressional veto on the European
plan can be summed up very SIM
ply. All of Europe in the view
Of the most experienced obser-
ers here, would move with math-
ematical certainty into the Soviet
sphere. And as cne expert put it:
tits as though you had asked
Bidault and de Gasperi and the
other non-Communist European
leaders to line themselves up
against a wall to be shot"
Nor is a flat, total rejection of
the plan the only danger. That
there is another, perhaps more
pressing threat was demonstrated
in a recent meeting OF freshman
Senators, organized by able Sena-
tor Cabot Lodge, to discuss the
whole problem of American aid to
Europe. Present at this meeting,
as a guest star, was Harold Stas-
sen, contender for the Republican
Presidential nomination. Stassen
repeatedly expressed the view,
which he has already put forward
in speeches. that countries apply
ing for aid must abandon at
tempts at specialization before be-
coming eligible. A few days later
Senator Joseph Ball, who is ex-
hibiting a somewhat pathtic Gag
erness to demonstrate his true
blu conservatism since his slip
in supporting Roosevelt in 1914,
played the same tune in a radio
interview. "If the real issue in
Europe is between Socialism and
Communism, rather than Commu-
nism and a free society,"" Ball
announced, then it is hopeless,
and we had better conserve our
resources for the ineitable con-
fiict."
The suspicion exists in some
well informed quarters that Ball,
with his internationalist reputa-
ton, is being used as a stalking
horse by those Senate conserva-
tives and isolationists who pri-
vately would like nothing better
than to see the Marshall plan fail.
At any rate, to attach the sort
of strings clearly implied by Stas-
sen and Ball to American partic-
ipation in the forthcoming Euro
pean plan would have an entirely
foreseeable result. The American
position would be furiously reject
ed by the British, the French, and
the other western European peo-
pies who have voted overWhelm-
ing~ for some degree of social
cation of their countries. This in
turn would mean Soiet domina-
ton of the continent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Says Good Bartenders
Promote Temperance

NEW YORK U.P-A good bar
tender can do more for modera'
ton in drinking than all the TEN
perance conventions in history.
according to Arthur Gillett, presi
dent of the United Restaurant Il
ouor Dealers OF Manhattan.
The good bartender always can
be down at the other end of the
lar when the customer calls for
one drink more than is good for
him, Gillett said. If the customer
becomes insistent, the bartender
can even explain he might lose
his job.
but always courteously," Gil
lett said. 1.-The heavy drinker is
likely to be a sensitive fellow.
That's why he drinks. If the bar
tender offends him, that'n only
make him want to drink more
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Recalls Abraham Lincoln
On Her 101st Birthday

EVANSTON, III. U.D-Mrs.
George Hunt talked about Abra-
ham Lincoln on her 101st birthday
anniversary. She remembers him
as a frequent visitor at her girl
hood home in Fremont.
"Once he wouldn't come to u
house to dine. Later he told my
father his elbows were out and it
embarrassed him." she said.
When she was go, Mrs. Hunt was
the author o. personal Recollec-
tons of Abraham and Mary Todd
Lincoln
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Racine Gets All Wet

RACINE, Wis. WH-Mathemat-
ically-inclined weather officials
here said that the recent rain
spell which delayed the advent OF
summer provided enough mois-
ture for each resident to have
more than $4,000 gallons Of water.
During a six-week period, 1,410,-
81, STA gallons of water fell on
Racine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09
Coast Business Boom,

OLYMPIA, Wash. Wp-n-
1916, 1926 new business
ing 10000 workers were bou,F!
Washington. unemployment
pensation records showed.
biggest single field of dow"
ment was in retail and whoIs,,.,;2.,
trade. AA
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-09

Four fifths of the ponn1,u
Romania is engaged in agric,Ial o.
and stock raising.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-02
%N w-@wAw. So. 3w. Sww.Mw'a
School Children OF
City NeedClothing,
Request Donations

Many appeals for children's
clothing for school wear are be-
ing received by the Monroe
County Child Welfare Council.
President John E. PickenS said
today. He asked that good, uSable
clothing be turned in to the
council.
Requests arc investigated by
the State Welfare Board workers
or by the council. Clothing for
all ages, including tecn-aged boys
and girls, is needed. Donations
may be left at the home of the
president, SGT William street, or
d representative of the council
will call for clothing if called at
phone 743-J.
The Child Welfare Council al
so advises that additions to the
staff at the Poinciana pre-School
nursery makes it possible to ac-
commodate additional time
or full-time children, ages two
through five.
The nursery is located at the
north end ofNl7th street, near Duck
avenue, Poinciana, and is open
for inspection during the regular
hours, 1880 TO 5. Further infor-
nation may be obtained by call
ing Rev. Pickens, 743-J.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-02

and conditions SO ideal for sub
marine and surface operations. If
housing for the Navy is so acute
that curtailment of these opera
tons is threatened they can con-
vert numerous vacant buildings
at Boca Chica, Fl. Taylor, the
Naval Seadrome, and at the Key
West barracks. Then. too, Naval
personnel already have priority
and are being admitted to the 210
units of Poinciana as fast as va
cancies occur. At the present
time, 40" of the people in this
portion of the project are Naval
officers, enlisted men and their
families.
II would seem ridiculous to as
SlGnc that the Navy would with
draw from Key West because they
were unable to obtain 81 addi-
tional housing units as they i'm
ply OF even the 2l0 units they
would actually be getting. The
disposition of Naval personnel,
equipment and installations is de-
cided in Washington, based on the
Continued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-02
1925 Violent
Deaths In us.
During Weekend

Try The Associated Pressp
WASHINGTON. Sept. a.
Four hundred twenty-five
Americans lost their lives in
violent deaths during Labor
Day and the weekend. il was
announced today by the Ma
tional Safety Council.
The councils prediction of
the number of traffic deaths
during that period turned out
to be exact. 1t had said on
Friday that ESQ persons
would be killed in traffic ac-
cidents. and. up to early this
afternoon. the number just
reached that figure.
California led in violent
deaths. It topped the list with
90. and Illinois. which was
second. had 81. Twelve died
in Florida from traffic acct
dents. drownings and other
mishaps.
Last years Labor Day
weekend fatalities from ac-
cidents numbered AS7 as COM
pared with this years AIS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-02
Whitehead Heads
Electrical Board

Hilton Whitehead has been APP
pointed chairman of the City
Electric Board which has reor-
ganized in accordance with new
ordinance passed by the City
Commission. Whitehead, master
electrician, took office at meet
ing held Friday at City Hall,
called by City Manager o. j. S.
Ellingson.
Albert Cruz, journeyman, was
named vice chairman. Other
members of the board which
now calls for two masters, two
journeymen, a dealer and city
electric official or qualified en-
ploye were: George Lucas, Paul
Mesa, L. w. Joiner, Whitehead,
Cruz and Will E. P. Roberts. city
electrical inspector and ex-officio
! secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-02
Mrs. Nettie Park
Died Yesterday

Mrs. Nettie Louise Park, "A,
died yesterday in Miami. The
b dy is being brought to Key
West, and funeral services will
be held tomorrow at p. m, in
the First Methodist Church,
where the body will be placed at
2 p. m. Burial will be in the fam
lily plot, in City Cemetery. Rev.
G.. Leon Wells will officiate. Lo-
PEE Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. May
Haverland, Mrs. Camille Mallard
ana Mrs. Marjorie Roberts; son,
Charles Park; five brothers, Har-
ny, Robert, Willard, Charles and
John Lowe; four sisters, Mrs.
BERTHE Higgs, Mrs. Annie King,
Mrs. Gladys McRay and Mrs.
Susie Bradford; five grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild.