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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
C0UNCILMEN MUM
ON REALT0R PLEA
City Officials Also Fail Ia
Comment On Lower Tax
Rate Appeal

No comment came from city
council members and City Man.
sger J.. R. Benson last night to
the appeal of the Wilmington
board of realtors that the existing
municipal tax rate remain at its
present level or less for the 1947-
48 fiscal year.
Benson said that it will at least
be another week before estimates
from all departments are placed in
the hands of the council.
After that has been done, it will
take another one to three weeks Of
study before q budget for the next
fiscal year can be worked out and
presented at council session for
action.
Rumors that the present tax
rate Of $1.35, that has been in eff
tect for the last few years, will
be increased, was neither con-
firmed nor denied by city author
tiles. The budget for this fiscal
year totaled ST. 1853, 261 Of which
81, 493, $50 went to the general
fund.
Group Takes Action
Realtors will ask the city coun-
Gil to revert to a former practice
OF allowing groups and Whining
ton residents, as individuals, to
appear before the council to ex-
prese their o%niniOns.
They decided this at yesterdays
meeting of the body when Fred
Willetts ST., chairman, said that
members agreed to send a letter
to Mayor E. L. White asking him
ito use every means at his dis
posal to reduce the rate"
Willetts declared that the ap-
pearance Of citizens before the
council had proved beneficial in
the past in assisting the city faith
ers in arriving ar a tair distri-
button Of funds. He also added
that the realtors action was in
keeping with steps being taken in
other cities of similar size Of Will
nington in cutting government ex-
penses.
Benson explained that a series
of conferences will be held be-
tween council members and heads
Ct municipal departments to work
cut amounts necessary for 1947-48
operation after the department
heads have presented their re-
quests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
LABOR DONATION
REQUEST DENIED
County Commissioners
Turn Down Appeal For
Convention Aid

New Hanover County Commits
sioners have turned down a re-
quest of the Wilmington Central
Labor council for funds to assist
that body in staging the annual
state convention of that group in
the Port City next August.
That was revealed yesterday.
But members Of the board made
personal donations.
The action of the commissioners
was in contrast to that Of the city
council which donated $500 to-
ward the convention which is ex-
pected to attract more than 500
delegates from throughout North
Carolina and at which at least one
nationally known labor leader will
address the body and other proml-
nent government and labor OIL
Gals will attend.
The action of the commissioners
comes at a time when the South
eastern North Carolina Beach as
sociation is appealing to both the
board and the city council LOT
SIS. 600 from each group to meet a
budget for advertising for tourist
trade and business for beaches IN
this area.
The beach group met opposition
from the commissioners for do
nations when its members appear
ed before the commissioners Mon
day.
The laborities, headed by c. B
Kornegay, president of the labor
council made their appeal a
| months ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18

Along the same line, it was
found necessary to set up a defer
ment office to assist in selective
service. Thousands Of persons
were deferred from military serv-
ice from time to time because OF
their skilled war work in the yard.
At one time or another during
the war, approximately $500 en-
ployees terminated their work to
enter the armed forces and the
Maritime Service. Of that number
80 met death during the conflict.
With so many men entering the
services, the company turned tc
women employees in ever greater
numbers. More than 1000 women
entered production work in the
yard.
HEALTH - Physical examina'
tons prior to employment was re-
quired to keep personnel at a high
health point. Chest ex-rays were
given. Periodic ex-rays and re-ex'
aminations were given persons ir
work where they might be expos.
ed to illness.
An up to date infirmary wa
establishment at the plant. FRS
aid stations were set up at advan'
age points about he yard. UEl
mately seven physicians and Ii
nurses composed the Technical
staff. DR.. j. W. Hooper was medl'
cal director and chief surgeon. AS
sistant chief surgeon was DR.. D
d. Knonce. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
And So To Bed

E Two L~egionaries, clad only In
swim suits and carrying walk
ing canes, we're standing by the
road near the waterway bridge
at Carolina Beach hitchhiking.
For four days they had been
having a good time at the
State convention. For four days
they had been given the town,
shown every courtesy, wined
and dined.
And when a passing motorist
stopped to pick them up and
return them to the beach city
their gratitude knew no bounds.
But their Illustration which
almost had them in tears,
caused one to remark:
eve would like to commend
somebody on the good time that
has been shown us but We
don't know who to commend!%
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
RETAILERS HURL (
POLITICS CHARGE
M erchants Association
Dares Simmons To Prove
"Dishonest" Deals

Wilmington and New Hanover
county retail merchants yesterday
leveled a charge of politics" at
J.. S. Simmons, former weights
and sales inspector, and dared him
to prove dishonesty among local
merchants.
The charges came from the
Wilmington Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION following the appearance
of Simmons before the county COM
missioners twice and before the
city council once during the last
month.
The merchants group asserted
that Simmons is interested in OBJ
tanning a political job but if he
"realy has the interest Of the pub
lie at heart, let him name the
alleged c~heaters."
Monday he told the county com.
missioners that scales and weights
in the city have not been inspected
See RETAILERS On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
Impose Flat Embargo
On Freight For Ships In Port;
Work To Begin On Inlet Channel
s: S.Ameriica
"Portbound"
Largest United States
Liner Stays AT Dock As
Seamen "Sit-Down"

NEW YORK, June IL up
flat embargo was imposed on all
rail freight shipments destined for
American ships in U. S. ports and
sailing of the Liner America was
postponed today as the two day
sit-down of CLIO seamen frightened
it's grip on the nations maritime
commerce.
Shippers across the country were
ordered by the American Associa-
ton of Railroads to send no more
consignments to U. S. ships in east,
west and Gulf coast ports.
Union spokesman claimed TOO
ships are affected by the sit-down.
The AAR said the embargo would
prevent clogging of the ports and
undue detention of freight cars
badly needed elsewhere.
George Randall, the associations
manager of port traffic here, ex-
planned the action would not tie
up all overseas shipments since
more than half of American out
bound cargo is handled in foreign
bottoms.
A similar embargo was put into
effect in the 1916 maritime strike
eight months ago.
America Tied Up
The America, largest U. s. pas
senger vessel, was to leave to-
morrow afternoon for Cobb, South
ampton and Cherbourg with 1000
passengers, much of whose lug
gage already had been taken
aboard. The U. S Lines set Friday
as a new tentative sailing date.
The postponement came after
National Maritime union members
had announced termination of ar
ticles of voyage for the sailing.
Joseph Curran, NMU president,
See AMERICA on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
STATE TO PLACE
MILLER ON STAND
Victim OF So-Called "Love
Shooting" Will Be Used
As Peoples Witness
SpeciaI To The Star

LUMBERTON, June II. - David
Miller, young Rowland store ope-
rator, who was shot by a Negro
farm hand, allegedly hired by his
attractive 24year-old wife, Mrs.
Mary Edna Currin Miller, will be
used as a state witness when the
case is tried in the August term
of Robson county superior court,
F. Ertel Carlyle, ninth district
solicitor, said today.
A Robson county grand jury
indicted Mrs. Miller today on a
charge of secret assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
The Negro, Fred Virgins, was in
dicted on a similar charge yester-
day.
Immediately after the grand
jury returned a true bill against
the Negro, Virgins appeared in
court and plead guilty to the
charge. Judge Walter Bone said
he would not pass sentence on the
Negro until after the trial of the
woman.
Continuance Granted
Counsel for Mrs. Miller yesterday
obtained continuance of her trial
until. the August term OF court. Her
attorneys introduced an affidavit
from DR.. Ray Griffen OF Appala'
chan Hall, swanky Asheville sana'
torium, where Mrs. Miller is a pa
tent, that she is seriously Ill.
Solicitor Carlyle told Judge Bone
that the young victim of the alleg'
ed murder plot which failed be-
cause of poor aim, will be a state
witness.
The Negro is alleged to have shot
Miller as he lay asleep in his home
Sunday May II. In his confession
to Robson county officers the
Negro said Mrs. Miller asked hin
to kill her husband and make i
"look like a suicide"
Virgins said that Mrs. Miller
furnished him with her husbands
gun and gloves to hide his finger
prints. He was admitted into thu
room where Miller vas sleeping b.
Mrs. Miller a few moments before
he aimed Miller's .38 calibre pisto
at his victims chest and fired. Th'
bullet missed Miller's heart al
most an inch.
sI,ove'' Angle
Mrs. Miller was arrested and l
alleged to have confessed that She
nired the Negro farm hand t.
shoot her husband. The officer
said that Mrs. Miller said she wa
in love with Garland Cottrel, youth
full former sailor, and a tenan
farmer on her fathers farm nea.
Rowland.
Miller was carried to a Lumber
ton hospital by Allen Currln
wealthy Robson county farmer an
father of Mrs. Miller. He was re
leased last week and is convalesc
ing at the home of his parents, MI
and Mrs. Robert Miller.
Mrs. Miller was released iron
Jail on a SIS, 900 bond signed by he
father. She was carried to a Dlllo'
See STATE On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
SEN. A. A. LENNON
TO STUDY BILLS
Wilmington Man Named To
Commission Ordered By
General Assembly

Sen. Alton A. Lennon, of Viii
mington, was yesterday named
to a seven-member commission to
study means of stopping the flood
of public, local and private legis-
lation which swamps the general
assembly every two years, accord
ing to an Associated Press dis.
patch from Raleigh.
The announcement Of the com
mission was made by the COVER
nor's office.
The commission was directed in
a resolution passed by the 1941
genera assembly to recommend
the passage of general, statewide
laws or subjects which are fire..
quently embodied in public, local
and private legislation and to rec.
ommend an amendment to the
state constitution which would pro.
hibit passage of bills on matters
that are provided for in these
general laws.
merry names Two
Governor Cherry appointed two
of the seven members, Albert
Coates of Chapel Hill, member O.
the faculty of the University Of
North Carolina law school, anc
Bryan Bolich of Durham, member
of the Duke University law schoo.
faculty; 1t. Gov. l.. Y. Ballentine
named two other members, State
Senators John c.. Kesler of Sails
bury and Lennon; and House
Speaker Thomas ]. Pearsall nam
ed three others, Representatives
Robert F. Mosely Of Greensboro
Fred S. Register Of Henderson
and Arch T. Allen of Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
TIGER KITTENS, BORN
AT SEA MAKE CUSTOM
SCRATCH HEADS

BALTIMORE, Nd, June 17-A]
Customs officials were scratch
ing their heads today about a twln
problem that came here with the
landing of the steamship Mormac-
moon.
The freighter left COPENHAGEN
with IA animals consigned to the
Ringing Brothers and Barnum n
Bailey circus. It docked with TO-
Two baby tigers were born at sea
three days ago.
What bothered the customs
AGENTS was how to admit legally
the cubs when the ships manifest
listed only nine tigers and five
elephants. They don't consider the
little fellows exactly stowaways'
And they figured the circus people
are going to be twice as bothered
ANYWAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
De dNewsprintM May
Solve Paper Shortages

NEW YORK, June 17-(PEF.
B. Oldham, inventor of a process
for production of newsprint from
de-inked waste newspaper, said to-
day at a press conference that out
put, presently 80 tons a day, will be
expanded in the next few years
to 100, 900 tons annually with the
building of -four or five new mills
spotted throughout the United
States near the largest cities"
Cooke Coen at the same con-
ference said he and Frank ]. Buff
fun of Buffum and Co., currently
using the process at the Sheffield
Paper mill plant at S~augerties,
d. Y. had incorporated n Qalar
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
The Weather

FORECAST:
daT AVN CarolinaPartly cloudy Wednes-
NJ and Thursday, slightly warmer
t.mIl Wednesday. Little change in
1mtpe.ature Thursday.
day Carolina-Partly cloudy Wednes-
we5n ana Thursday, slightly warmer
tur. Sosy. Little change in tempera-
e Thursday.
Eastern Standard Time)
Wy L. S. Weather Bureau>
.nsirr astrological data for the "a hours
';O p. m. yesterday.
l.n TEMPERATURES
O. 30 n. "a; 1880 a. M. u; 1870 p. m.
np,n Nv ~ p. m. 70; Maximum IS; Mini
o. Mean II; Normal II.
len HUMIDITY
4: 49,, d N. 81; 7:3o a. m. "a; 1870 p. m.
" $50 p. m. II.
ro.., PRECIPITATION
tN ITO r "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
~ inches.
r. TIDES FOR TODAY
I. s0n the Tide Tables published by
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
NDr HIGH LOW
"nston s:os am. 4:12 am.
&ssoo+ 9:48 pm. 4:N pm.
"i0oro Inlet 6:54 am. 1907 am.
sYnr;. 1928 pm. 1:08 pm
ls si.iflse SEQ; Sunset 1926; Moonrisc
h. Moonset 1852.
stage at Fayetteville, N. e. d
Y tuesday 93 feet.
"sss H1ATHKl d Rass Jva
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
Six Snort Samplers Sip
S%chanapps; Stuff STILES

taxes and regulates the sale OF
intoxicating beverages.
It sees to it that the labels on
the bottles match the varnish
curler on the inside. That's where
the chemists come in.
1--WE don't have the power to
keep the bad stuff off the mar
ket," said the Internal Revenue
man. "But at least we can see
to it that it's labelled so the custo-
mer knows what he's buying"
Here's a typical ohore:
The departments drink detec-
tives noticed that a mess Of bran
ylsse FIX On Page iva
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18

ware yesterday "a $40, DOC, 900
newsprint CORP" to act as pa
rent company in building and
operating additional plants.'
The company buys folded news
papers, chiefly over-runs, from
waste dealers at $32 a ton. Coen
said that the process in time could
produce newsprint at $40 to SIS a
ton for a total cost of operation,
mot taking into account capital
cost and returns" and the COM
pany is currently selling at the
standard price of $50 a ton.
Both Oldham and Coen said the
See pEINKED On Page Eve
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
Bv ARTHUR S

WASHINGTON, JUNE II "a
takes all kinds OF workers to make
up a U. S. government.
Such as whisky-tasters.
Six of these snort-samplers
work daughter, applause) Tor the
Internal Revenue bureau.
But don't get the idea they do
their chores while lolling around
in exclusive grog shops. No, they
toll in a stuffy laboratory, and
whisky-tastlng is only a small
part of their many tasks.
A fellow over at the Internal
Revenue office told a reporter to-
day that his department both
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
RATION TICKETS STOLEN

PARIS, June 17-R9-More than
200, 900 ration tickets for the Sec
ond six months of the year were
stolen from the rationing head
quarters at Chateauroux today by
eight bandits who kidnapped the
Waterman, drove him to Paris,
and set him loose in the streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
NEW COMIC STRIP

There's good news coming for
readers of the Stars comic page.
Beginning Monday morning
the Star will offer its thousands
of readers the popular comic
strip "Abbie and Stats" and the
panel by Robert L. Ripley, "Be-
lieve it OF Not"
Be sure to look for them
starting Monday in your Morn
ing Star.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
HUNGARIAN CHEF ARRESTED

BUDAPEST, June T3R-A1r
Force Col, Istvan Scenes, chief OF
the Hungarian military delegation
to the Paris peace conference, has
been arrested by the political Sec
ton of the Hungarian war minis
trv. informants said tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
PRESIDENT NOT SURE
THERE WILL BE VETO
OF COP LABOR BILL

PRINCETON. N. J., June
-P-President Trums- 49,
tonight that he CHI .N NS
up his mind WI xS aH
the labor biz ei 40 ~
be a We. "a I'D
:s:s "! /: 49, 80 :: s' s:::
orary degr haven't made
up my Mint yet"
Told that the House failed
to override his veto of the tax
bill, he said THAT'S two more
votes than 1 expected. 1 am
deeply grateful that the House
upheld the veto of the tax BILL
"Will you be equally graft
fled if the House uphoIds the
veto of the labor bill?" the
President was asked.
II am not sure that there is
going to be a veto Of the la
Dor BILL" the President replied.
81 haven't made up my mind
yet"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-18
FORECAST:

wilmington and vicinity: Partly
,,o,,dy and slightly FARMER today;
1sursaay partly cloudy with little
change in temperature.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Brill and Dow Named
10 Medical Faculty al.
Georqetown Center

The appointment of two we'll
known physicians to the faculty Of
the Medical Center at Georgetown
University was announced yesterday
BY the Very Rev. Lawrence G. Cor
man, s. j., president Of the uni
versitye
DR.. Norman q. Brill will become
. director Of the department Of neu-
rology and professor OF neurology
! while DR.. Robert r. Dow will head
the new department Of physical
therapy and serve as an associate
professor of medicine.
DR.. Brill, who Is So years old,
comes to the Medical Center from
the Veterans Administration where
he served Is consultant and as
| sistant chief of neuropsychiatry in
Washington. He was graduated from
the College Of the City of New York
in 1880 and received his medical
degree from New York University in
1884. He interned for two years at
Morrisania Hospital in New York
City.
From 1896 to 1899 he held a resi-
dency in psychiatry at Montenore
. Hospital and at the New York State
Psychiatric Institute. He entered
private practice in 1899, serving rs
. lecturer and consultant for schools
, and hospitals in the New York area
at the same time.
DR.. Brill entered the Army in 1941,
! serving as chief of the psychiatric
branch In the office OF the Surgeon
General. He was discharged from
the Army in May, 1916.
Dr.. Dow, 80, was graduated from
Georgetown in 1880 and received his
medical degree there in 1894. He
served his internship at st. Joseph's
Hospital, Paterson, NJ j., and held Z
residency in gynecology and obstet-
RIGS there until 1886. He entered
general practice and in 1899 limited
his field to physical therapy. becom-
ing director of the physical and fever
therapy department at st. Joseph's
Hospital. He. entered the Army in
1912 and upon his release was ap-
pointed chief of physical medicine
and physician-in-chief, medical re-
habilitation Of the Veterans Hospital
in Washington.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Rites for Col. H. A. Carr
To Be Held Tomorrow
BY the As.ecioted ersss

+ QUANTICO, Va, Mar. Funeral
services, will be held here Monday
for Col. Henry A. Carr. so, Marine
Corps veteran of both World Wars,
who died here Thursday night.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
! Col. Carr Is survived by his
widow. Mrs Cecilia Carr, who lives
in Fredericksburg, and sister, Mrs
William Miller, of Fresno, Calf
He was a native of Elmonte. Calf.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
How u YEARS OF TESTING Produced
THE SURPRISE CAR OF THE YEAR

YOU'LL BE SMART if you wait! For this is IT ..
completely new, yet with engineering principles
completely proved. the SURPRISE car of 1947.
Already pilot models that will be the inspiration
of engineers for years to being completed
in the TUCKER plant largest and most modern in the
world
Already preparations for the most advanced tool
ing and production lines are being completed.
Already Tucker distributor and dealer franchises
in some major cities and states have been awarded.
Later in l947 you'll Judge the new car for yourself.
Be among the first to give the Tucker '4s workout.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

Challenged by War, American industry
developed new production methods. At
last, the new engineering ideas Of Tucker
would be volume produced. So, when
peace came, the great B-as plant-larsest
and most modern in the world-was found
10 BE- the best to turn out the Tucker 4s
1.-The first completely new desipa IN mo-
tor cars for fifty years, with enrinsering
principles completely proved
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Arthur PeoIe, 70, Dies;
Indian Historian
BY the ksseeiofsd Press

NORWICH, Conn, Mar. AR
thur Lincoln Peale. 7s, a national
authority on wild life and Indian
history, died here today after an
illness of two months.
Mr.. Peale was an avid student Of
Indian lore and was the author of
two books on the Mohegan and
Pequot Indians who once lived in
Eastern Connecticut. He also was
one Of the pioneers of the Boy
Scout movement here.
Survivors include his widow, a son
and daughter.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
WHEN YOU DO, THIS IS SURE.

WHEN YOU DO, THIS IS SURE.
You'll get the motoring thrill OF your life you'l
find nothing you've experienced before will compare
with the smooth surge Of FLOWING POWER from the
Tucker engine drive the comfort of riding
on the unique Tucker individual wheel suspension
the feeling Of security you have in driving 20
precisely balanced that it almost drives itself.
You'll discover the completely new car you've been
waiting for many years is not just postwar dream
.but really here :. five years ahead Of its time yet
with engineering principles complsy proceed by fifteen
years Of rigid tests
Evening star., 1947-03-02

For Years, the famous engineering team
Of Preston Tucker and the late Harry Mil
ler designed special cars, with engineering
features years ahead Of those turned out
in volume production factories In fifteen
years, Miller Specials won eleven Of the
annual Speedway Classics It indianapolis,
recognized a the greatest testing ground
toe automotive progress.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

Now, ut Last, Tucker is on its way. With
finest tools and die. plus m orsanisstioa
Of top motor sexee eutives- Hanson Amss
Brown, former neral Motors vice nes;-
dent; Fred Rockelman, former president
Of Plymouth Division Of Chrysler; Lee s.
Treese Of Ford; Chief Engineer K. Z. Ly.
man, formerly 81 Borg Warner and Bendix.
and other leading motor car executives.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

When War Came, Preston Tucker went
to Washington and, from his storehouse Of
tested designs. developed engineering iea-
lures in the motorized vehicles and aifa'
craft which helped win the war. His ideas
went into bonbers and pursuit planes =.
into the Sherman tanks that defeated
Rommel. and into the motorized artillery
which spearheAded Patton across France.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
THE NEW TUCKER YEARS AHEAD

Rear Engine Drive. Birds eye cutaway
view Of the Tucker fiat opposed cylinder
engine. Electronic high frequency isni-
ton, measured fuel injection. Higher
power-weight ratio than any volume pro-
duction automotive engine ever built. This
means greater economy, Hexibility, fAstss
starting. trouble-fres operation, safety.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

At indianapolis, the pit of the Miller Spe-
cial was always theeente Of interest for
manufacturers Of both racing and passen-
ger cars. But manypf the features devel-
oped by Preston Tucker could not then be
utilized in mass production cars. So they
were stored away for the day when vol
ume production methods would Be ad-
vanced to the point Of utilizing them.