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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
FIRE THREATENS
LOUISIANA FOREST
Much Of States Best Tim
Der Being Swept By
July Blaze

ALEXANDRIA, La, Aug. TO-
PGThe worst forest fire in Louis.
lana's history continued to run
riot through some of the states
best timber stands today as the
National Guard for the first time
sent out Jeep-moupted patrols to
locate flames hidden by a heavy
smoke pail.
The guardsmen's action came
after State Forester James F.
Nixon returned from a flight over
about half the fire area and re-
ported 1880 acres of burning tim
Der.
Four Jeep partols were ordered
to reconnoiter an area extending
as far as 200 miles from Camp
Beauregard. where the National
Guard is now in summer encamp-
ment.
The Guardsmen were to seek
out the flames hidden by the
smoke from the regular fire watch
ers. They will report back to the
camp and if conditions warrant,
several hundred other Guardsmen
will be ordered to aid the $50 men
already modified and fighting the
cores of some n fires.
The parched forests first began
blazing in July and the fires
reached huge proportions last
week. The weather bureau said
rain still was not in sight. \
No casualties have been report
ed from the fires to date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
TEACHERS
TO ATTEND MEET
Faculty Members To Gath
er At Burgaw School,
Aug. Is AT I'll P. M.
Special to the Star

BURGAW, Aug. 10 White
teachers Of Fender county are
asked to attend a county wide
teachers meeting at the Burgaw
White school on Monday, August
10 at 2 p. M, in preparation for
the opening of school. Wednesday,
August 20. it was announced yes
terday by T. T. Murphy, superin-
tendent of public schools in Pender
county.
Superintendent of Health, DR..
Eleanor H. Williams, will speak
to the group at this meeting, SO
that they may understand what
the Health departmen mt hopes to
accomplish through the schools
this year. Murphy said.
Textbooks are hoped to be dis
tributed to the larger schools by
the beginning of school term.
Though it was reported that the
small one and two teacher schools
will have to start school without
textbooks and return later to Bur
gaw to get them, Murphy said.
Each member of the first and
second grades will be distributed
textbooks on the basis of 20 print
ed books for each 40 pupils.
Schools with less than 20 students
in the first and second grade will
receive one book of each title.
High school textbooks will be
$500 for the year, instead Of the
regular prices.
Picture books will be distributed
among the various schools in larg-
er units than past years. The
books are issued to the students in
order to get them started with the
new pre-Primer adopted last year,
Supt. Murphy said.
DR.. Highsmith suggested to the
school board that teachers use the
old primer "Playtines'' for which
ali of the primary teachers have
an Introductory book to get start
ed.
The pupils monthly report cards
for the coming year have been
ordered for several months. il was
learned.
A meeting of the White school
principals of Fender county has
been called by DR.. Highsmith, t;
was reported, and they will meet
with the principals of Duplin coun-
ty, September 5, at 2:30 p. m. to
5 p. M.
School bus drivers have been
asked to pickup their buses Tues
day, August 18th, and are asked to
reach Burgaw by 9 a. M, in order
to hear details of safe driving.
Murphy said.
D. 7. Copeland, safety supervi-
sor, will speak to the group on
What Constitutes Safe Driving"
ALI bus drivers are asked to
bring their little carr" said Muir
ply" so as to be sure that he
has authority to drive a school
bus"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11

tree. In this cozy den the bear
goes into a winters sleep. known
as Information. At this time. the
bears breathing and circulation
slow down, and the only nourlsh-
ment he obtains is from the tat
which lovers the body.
Here in the den the bear stays
until spring, and it is during this
period that the cubs are born. At
birth the young r very sma!!:
An American black bear cub will
be about eight inches long and
weigh ten ounces, while the moth
err may weigh over two hundreo
times that much.
The cubs grow rapidly and are
able to leave the den and follow
their mother about when she
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
French and foreign transitory

French and foreign transitory
camps.
Tomorrow - the second full day
Of the session which will run until
Aug. 81 French Cub Scouts will
visit their ''elders" en- rlasse, and
special trains will bring in addi-
tional thousands of scrool children.
They will be taken around the
rolling 1000 acre campslte in tiny
jamboree trains.
Scheduled for tomorrow is an
international congress of medical
scouts. which will study medica,
problems involved in camping.
Campfires blazed around the
1000 acres of encampment to-
night, but Americas four Black
feet Indians, who already have
been photographed 5000 times in
two days as they danced for all
Corners, retired early to their wig
vans, with guards to ward off
the curious.
Gen Joseph Lafont. French ma
tional scouting director, and Col.
John Wilson of Great Britain, d.
rector of the international council,
gave a dinner tonight for top Off
Gals from all nations represented
at the jamboree.
The dinner also was a special
tribute to Eubert Charles Fret
well, American national executive,
since he represented the worlds
largest Scout movement. Wilson
said the international executive
council will meet Immediately aft
ter the jamboree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
Whiteville Acting
Police Chief Plans
To Leave Force Soon
Special to the Star

WHITEVILLE Aug. 10.-E. W.
Hobbs. acting police chief of
Whiteville, has rendered his resig-
nation to city officials and will
leave the police force next Friday.
Mr.. Hobbs was assistant chief
OF police under W. B. Coleman
until Mr.. Coleman resigned the
first of August to accept the post
of superintendent Of public works.
At that time. Mr.. Hobbs was made
acting chief.
City Manager c. D. Pickerell
said this morning that he had no
staten ,nt to max at this time
as to a successor as head of the
police department. He indicated,
however, that he night have a
statement to make within a few
days.
Mr.. Hobbs served with the
Whitevllle police department be-
fore he entered service during the
war and returned to his post here
following his discharge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11

Crisp, cold cherries, fresh and
full-flavored, add their goodness to
kresh fruit salads for summer
meals. they combine we'll with
other fruits and add a good color
accent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
SCOTT JAMB0REE
IN FULL SWING
Youths Attend Church Ser
vices; Stage Folk
Dances For Visitors

MOISSON, France, Aug. LIQUID
The Sixth International Scout
jamboree was in full swing today
before high ranking youth move
ment officials and thousands Of
visitors, who poured in on special
trains from Par.5.
After most of the 40, 1000 youths
had attended open-air c.-urch ser
vices this morning, national dele
cations staged folk dancing and
singing exhibitions for the visitors,
who included Pierre Bourbon,
French minister of youth, art and
letters.
No general campfire like that
with which the jamboree of peace
opened last night a scheduled
this evening. Individual camps.
however, burned their own fires
and American Scouts planned to
perform Indian dances.
On land for the first postwar IN
ternational encampment were 25.-
900 boy, Girl and Sea Scouts. Five
thousand more were expected.
There were $500 Rover Scouts ov-
er-seeing operation of sub-camps,
1900 girls acting as guides. and
5000 youths each stationed in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
Member Oh Powell
Family Passes Bar Exam
Special to the Star

WHITEVILLE. Aug. 10.-Walter
N. (Buck) Powell. Jr.. o Of At
torney and Mrs. Walter H. Powell,
Sr. of Whiteville. passed the State
Bar examination last week to be-
come the third member of the inn
mediate family with license to
practice law.
Following in the footsteps of HE
father who is a veteran lawyer
and legislator. he also joins his
brother. Frank Powell. in the legal
profession.
MI. Powell's study of law at the
University Of North Carolina was
interrupted by four years of mill
tary service during which he dis
tinguished shimself. He entered
the Army as a private and ad-
vanced to first lieutenant. He
was in the landing at Salerno,
Italy, and commanded a platoon
in the bitter engagements which
followed.
He was one of Whiteville's out
standing athletes during his high
school days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
The Book OF knowledge
Department: ANIMAL LIFE
THE BEAR FAMILY

The bears belong to the order
Carnivora, or fleih-. aters. That
does not mean that they eat meat
or fish exclusively. they do have
the long canine teeth which are
characteristic Of the members OF
this orde4, but their molars. or
cheek h, are quite different
from the cutting teeth Of the cats.
The crowns of the nat1ars are flat
ter and broader than those Of the
cat family and thus are more
adaptable to the grinding Of food.
Much of he bears TO consists
of insects and vegetable matter
such as roots. grass and berries,
substances which have to be
ground up rather than sheared of
before they can be swallowed.
On account Of certain similari-
ties in tn skull, ~ears at n time
were believed to be close relatives
of the weasels. But further re-
search had led scientists to be-
lieve that they are Of closer kin
to the dogs.
Bears are known as. p~lantigrade
animals, which means that they
place the entire sole of the hind
foot on the ground when walking,
the same as man does. Many
animals, such as the dog, cat or
horse, are digitigrade, stepping on
ly on their toes. (Digits Ire fingers
and toes.)
The bears are animals of the
Northern Hemisphere; only n
form ranges south Of the Equator.
In the northern parts Of their
range, they. become exceedingly
fat as winter draws neal. and as
soon as cold weather approaches,
they seek out a den. This may be
among rocks, or q hole in a hill
side or under the roots Of a fallen
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11

emerges from her Information, at
which time they are about three
months old. Bears generally have
cubs every second year, the cubs
running with. the mother for two
summers.
Bears have poor sight and hear
ing but a very keen ems of
smell and they depend upon their
noses, to a great extent. to find
food and detect enemies.
Later articles will describe the
different species of bears.
copyright, 1916, by the GROLlER
SOCIETY, Inc. based upon THE
BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE)
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: Falsta1 and
Prince Hal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
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Lady Angkatell's drawing room or
the afternoon of the crime, look
ing down at a pile of bridge mark
ers, standing by a painted iror
table in the pavilion the next
morning and a question thai hi
had put to Gudgeon.
He said:
THAT is what you drew on you,
bridge marker-a tree"
yes" Henrietta seemed SUD
denly aware of what she was do
ing. "Ygdrasil, M. Poirot." She
laughed.
why do you call it Ygdrasil?'
She explained the origin o.
Ygdrasil.
And so - when you doodle
Chat is the word, is 1t .not?;-it
Is always Ygdrasil you draw"
Eyes. Doodling is a funny thing,
isn't it,"
Here on the seat on the
bridge marker on Saturday eve.
ming in the pavilion On Sum
day morning 80"
The hand that held the pencil
stiEened and stopped. She said ir
a tone of careless amusement:
Sin the pavilion?"
Eyes, on the round iron table
there"
ooh, that must have been on
on Saturday afternoon"
1T was not on Saturday after.
noon. When Gudgeon brough the
glasses out to the pavilion about
twelve o'clock on Sunday morning,
there was nothing drawn on the
table. I asked him and he is quite
definite about that"
"Then it must have been"-she
hesitated for just a moment-"o1
course, on Sunday afternoon"
But, still smiling pleasantly,
Hercule Poirot shook his head.
II think not. Oranges men were
at the pool all Sunday afternoon.
photograpaing the body, getting
the revolver out of the water.
They did not leave until dusk.
They would have seen anyone go
into the pavilion"
Henrietta said slowly:
Il remember now-I went along
there quite late in the evening
after dinner"
Poirot's voice came sharply:
"People do not doodle in the
dark, Miss S~avernake. Are you
telling me that you went into the
pavilion at night and stood by
the table and drew a tree without
being able to see what you were
drawing?"
Henrietta said calmly:
81 am telling you the truth. Nat
urally, you don't believe it. You
have your own idea. What is your
idea, by the way?'
81 am suggesting that you were
in the pavilion on Sunday morning
after twelve o'clock when Gud-
geon brought the glasses out.
mat you stood by that table
watching someone, or waiting for
someone, and unconsciously took
out a pencil and drew Ygdrasil
without being fully aware Of what
you were doing"
81 was not in the pavilion en-
Sunday morning. I sat out On the
terrace FOR a while, then l got
the gardening basket and went
up to the dahlia border and cut
off heads and tied up some of the
Michaelmas daisies that were un-
tidy. Then, just on one o'clock,
went to the pool. I've been
through it all with Inspector
Grange. I never came near the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
SCHOOL
APPOINTS COACH
Paul L. Powell, Native OF
Whiteville, Selected For
Athletic Post
Special to the Star

BURGAW, Aug. lo.-Paul l..
Powell of Whiteville has been
named as head coach Of Burgaw
High school for the coming school
term and will report TO: duty in
the near future, it was announced
today by E. M. Thompson. prin-
cipal of the Burgaw schools.
A graduate of West Virginia Col
lege, Buchanan. w. Va, Mr.. Pow
ell entered the coaching profession
at Whiteville High School in 1885
and during his four years at the
school turned out some Of the
greatest athletes in the schools
history.
Among these were David Oarks-
dale, the great all-around White
vile sports figure who was elected
captain of the football squad at
the University of North Carolina
at the end of his sophomore year.
and later starred for the Navy.
Barksdale is now in the Pacific.
Others who made outstanding
records during Powell's coaching
areer we're Harvey Jordan. Jack
Walters, Joe Smith. Harry High.
James Spivey, Hyman Leinwand,
H. G. Avant, Jr., Eddie Odum.
James Ford, a West Pointer who
lost his life on a routine flight dur
ing the war, and the Canady twins,
Manson and Hanson, who played
center and end on one Of Powell'S
football squads.
From Whiteville, Powell went to
Edwards Military Academy where
he changed from high school foot
ball to college competition.
His coaching career was inter-
rupted by work in the shipyards
during the war and in 194o-46, he
returned to his home town high
school at Lumber Point, w. Va.
The Burgaw coach is married
to the former Miss Lila Mae by.
son, Whiteville. They have two
children, Paul L., Jr., age 3, and
Mary Frances, sge z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
WHITEVILLE POSTAL
RECEIPTS INCREASE
Especial to The Starr

WHITEVILLE, Aug. l0.-White-
vile Post Office receipts for July
taotaled 3d. 1867. 10, up s283.1 IA from
July of last year. Receipts in July
of 1916 were So, 1884, 5.
Receipts for the first seven
months of 1947 indicated a healthy
business condition in Whtieville.
The post office revenue is $3.50. SO
ahead of the lame seven months
of last year.
Through July 81, receipts totaled
$21, 595.78 against $40, FOG. 20 for the
corresponding period of 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11
,uAPTER

.orcule Poirot sat on the bench
'rlookjne the chestnut groves
O 1sove the pool. He had no sense
ap'~ trespasslng since Lady Angka.
o., had very sweetly begged him
'sA mander where he would at any
70 It was Lady Angkaten's
'l .'oo+ness which Hercule Poirot
considering at this moment.
w. Tron time to time he heard the
..aoting Of twigs in the woods
Gave or caught sight Of a figure
snnvjns through the chestnut
sroves below him.
presently, Henrietta came along
natb from the direction of the
,aSe She stopped for a moment
teaa she saw Poirot, then she
WIZ and sat down by him.
Wood morning, M. Poirot. !
.ra lust been to call upon you.
+', you we're out. You look very
0 DIV Are you presiding over
hunt? The inspector seems
ms active. What r they look
for? The revolver?"
ny ives. Miss savernake."
vii they find it. do you
a,ink?'
should say
sbs looked at him ineuiringly.
~Have you an idea, then. where
It Isl"
mo. But I think it will be round
soon. 1t is time FOR It to be found"
you do say odd things, M.
PROT"
odd Naings happen here. You
nave come back very soon from
london, Mademoiselle."
Her face hardened. She gave a
snort. bitter laugh.
THE murderer returns to the
scene Of the crime. That is the old
,nperstition, isn't it? So you do
think that I did it. You don't be-
]jeve me when I tell you that I
wolldn't-that l couldn't kill any.
Boy
poirot did not answer at once.
At last he said thoughtfully:
1T has seemed to me from the
beginning that either this crime
was very simple-so simple it was
difficult to believe its simplicity
(and simplicity, Mademoiselle,
ran be strangely baffling) or else
It was extremely complex-that is
10 say, We were contending
against a mind capable of intri-
cate and ingenious inventions, so
that every time we seemed to be
heading FOR the truth, we were
actually being led on a trail that
VISITED away from the truth and
led US to a point which-ended in
rc.ningness. This apparent fulfill
IT, his continual barrenness, is
.cal-it is artificial, it is plan
A very subtle and ingenious
is plotting against us the
Hlola time-and succeeding"
"Well?" said Henrietta. What
has that to do til me?'
The mind Al is plotting
against us is cceative mind.
Mademoiselle."
Il see tA9 where -cme
in?"
She was silent, her lips set to-
Eether bitterly. From her jacket
pocket she had taken a pencil and
now she was idly drawing the out
line Of a fantastic tree on the
white painted wood Of the bench.
browning down as she did so.
Poirot watched her. Something
stirred in his understanding ir
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-11

When Harold Fairhair conquer
ed Norway in 872, thousands of the
local jarls or lords abandoned their
ancestral estates. and set up new
establishments in, such places as
Scotland, Ireland, the Hebrides,
the Orkneys, the Shetlands, the
Faeroes, northern France and sew
eral countries on the M~editerran-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-09-18
Willemma Harper,
Cumberland, Dies

Mrs. Willemma Harper of Cum
berland, widow of the late L. r.
Harper, died Friday afternoon al
the residence of Mrs. H. A. Knouft
of Cambridge.
Mrs. Harper had spent the past
three months at the Knouff resi-
dence, and had been in good health
until suffering a heart attack Fri
day, which resulted in her death.
Born in Cumberland, she had
spent the greater part of her life
there and was a member of the
Presbyterian church at that place.
She is survived by two children
of former marriage, Robert John
son of New York City and Mrs.
Craig Tribble of Cambridge. A sis
ter, Mrs. Will Mann of Cumberland
also survives.
The body was taken to the Tom
funeral home at Cumberland where
it remained for services at 200
o'clock Sunday afternoon with Rev.
r d. Wingert officiating. Burial was
made in the Cumberland cemetery.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-09-18
PROCLAMATION

Mayor >. M. SecreSt In a pro-
clamation issued today in behalf
of the Noble county chapter No.
81 of the D. A. v. urges generous
giving by the citizens of Caldwell
during the annual Forget Mel Not
drive on Saturday, September 20.
The mayors proclamation follows:
The only congressionally char
tered spokesman of, by and for
the wartime disabled, The Dis
abled American Veterans and
commonly called the D. A. v. is
deserving of generous giving by
all citizens in response to its an
nual Forget-Me-Not appeal. The
excellent Rehabilitation service of
the D. A. v. has brought meal
-culable returns, both humanitar-
ian and financial to thousands of
deserving wartime veterans and
thus has helped to increase the
purchasing power of every COM
munity. 1t is to the interest of
all citizens that this type of con-
structive service shall be con-
tinued.
- Citizens who contribute to-
wards this cause will be making
a big dividend-paying investment
in community service. May every
citizen be prompted to be gen.
erous in his giving in exchange
for a Forget -Me-Not."
S. M. SECREST, Mayor
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-09-18
War Department S Notice OF Death OF
Next OF Kin Must Be Considered Final

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE army's
chief of chaplains, Maj. Gen. Luther
d. Miller, today asked the parents
of war dead to spare themselves
"the anguish of uncertainty by ac-
cepting the war departments notice
of death as final.
Miller said his plea to parents was
occasioned by several reports of
mothers who had held the war de-
partment wrong as much as two
years, only to have their hopes that
sons were alive shattered by careful
checks and rechecks made by the
Graves Registration Service.
Miller cited a case from his per-
sonal experience in which mother
travelled to Europe with her family
physician, who identified body as
that of her son. But she still clung
to the hope that a mistake had been
made.
In an effort to end needless grief
for such parents, Miller made the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-09-18
COURTHOUSE
HAPPENINGS
Probate Court

Probate Court
Will of Anna Stallings filed. Com
mission to take disposition of wit
nesses to will issued.
Estate of Eliza Davis not subject
to tax, first and final account of
George Berry, administrator, filed
For hearing October 81.
Authority to transfer certificate
of title to motor vehicles filed in
estate of John Mcfarland.
Hearing on guardianship of Will
liam Ernest Bailey filed, for hearing
Sept. is.
Commission and disposition of
witnesses to will of Eunice Landaker
returned and filed.
Commission and disposition of
witnesses to will of Anna StallingS
returned and filed.
Inventory and appraisement filed
in estate of Mary E. Dotson.
Real Estate Transfers
Fred and Anna Bradley to B. e.
Farms Co., Brookfield township,
27.25 acres.
Closson Alspach and wife to B. c.
Farms Co., Brookfield township, So
acres.
Charles Stoneklng and wife to Is.
c. Farms Co., Brookfield township,
80 acres.
Ivan Ramage and wife to B. c.
Farms Co., Brookfield township,
2795 acres.
c. o. Engle and wife to B. c.
Farms Co., Brookfield township, 80
acres.
Clarence B. McFerren to B. c.
Farms Co., Brookfield township,
29.42 acres.
Harold and Eleanor Kane to Lena
Alter, Caldwell, lot 7.
Phoebe Anderson, deceased, to
Fred Anderson, ct al, Noble town
ship, 20 acres.
Oscar Archer to Clarence and
Lola Morrison, Stock township, 81
acres.
Edgar and Sylvia Roe to Arch and
Josie Leach, Beaver township, 40
acres
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-09-18
Death Summons
Henry Matheny

A former superintendent of the
Ava brick plant, north of Caldwell
and prominent in the Democratic
circles for several years, Henry E.
Matheny, 78, died suddenly Wednes-
day afternoon about $50 at his
home near Derwent in Guernsey
county. Mr.. Matheny was stricken
while near the barn of his family
home.
Deceased was born in Noble coun-
ty in 1869, the son of William and
Louise Gale Matheny. In 1891 he
was married to Velma Larrick.
Surviving are the following sons
and daughters: Howard of Cam
bridge; Louis of Byesville; Mrs. C..
A. Layman, Mrs. Harvey Larrick, of
Byesville; Miss Ennis Matheny of
the home; Mrs. William Davis, of
Cambridge and Mrs. c. A. Fitch of
Wooster.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day afternoon at 200 o'clock from
the Mt. Zion Lutheran church with
Rev. c. E. Flath of Byesville Off
ciating. Interment was made in the
adjacent cemetery.