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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
Way Shift Made
In immigration Aides

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -W.D-
President Truman made a three
way shift among his top immi-
grafton aides today in a renewed
effort to solve the tragic plight"
of Europe's displaced persons.
He also disclosed that he and
top administration officials again
are reviewing the problem of dis
placed persons.
Confronted by the failure OF
congress to act on his proposal
to relax immigration quotas, the
president re-shuffled the top COM
mand of the U. S. immigration
and naturalization service.
He named federal security ad-
ministrator Watson B. Miller to
succeed Ugo. Carusi as commits
sioner of immigration and trans
ferred Carusi to the state depart
ment to survey all the "critical''
problems relating to displaced
persons. Oscar Ross Ewing, New
York city lawyer and former as
sistant democratic national chair
man. was named to succeed Mill
er.
The changes become effective
Immediately. Miller and Ewing,
however, are recess appointees
and subject to senate confirma-
ton when congress reconvenes.
In announcing the appointments,
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said that Carusi
will become special assistant to
assistant secretary of state Char
les E. Saltzman, who takes Of.
flee shortly.
One Of Crusi's principle duties,
he said. will be to look into the
problems surrounding the reset
tlement of displaced persons and
administration of Mr.. Truman;s
directive of Dec. %, 1945. That
order called for co-ordinated &C.
tion by federal officials TO admit
as many displaced persons as pos.
sible within quota limitations.
ter to Miller that he recently dis
Mr.. Truman asked congress
last July to authorize the admis-
sion of a Substantial number" OF
displaced persons from Eastern
Europe. Legislation was introduce
ed which would have permitted
400, 900 persons to be admitted
during the next four years. but
congress failed to act On it be.
fore it adjourned.
Mr.. Truman Is expected to re-
new his request when Songress re-
convenes in January. Until Their
any action presumably would be
confined to present quotas.
Mr.. Truman revealed in a let
ter TO Miller that he recently dis
cussed with Miller and other high
officials 1.-The importance of crit.
cal problems relating to displaced
persons which the country now i.
facing"
1.-THE conscience of the nation
has been moved by the tragic
plight of these persons" he wrote
Mr.. Truman said Miller's ex
perience in the administration O.
community war services and If
emergency action on behalf o
war victims entering the Unitee
States fitted him we'll for the new
post.
Miller, a native of Indiana, sue
ceeded Paul V. McNutt as Fed
eral secruity administrator
Ewing, aso an Indiana native
was a lawyer in the New York
firm Of Hughes, Hubbard ane
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
SHERIFF MAKES HAv
WHILE sun s S1AI

SIOUX CITY. la. --s
Sheriff Ralph Hindma A. 0e2as
noms to % bell believe tass a, : 3ss@.
Hindman was sitt.n as J.,
ice wondering how he n M al' Of.
to find Ben Leedom Of w Was 3a1,
Neb', who had been in"dMiae9ag5
tn the Woodbury. County gr5s5 b
on check forgery c5ar 2.sa' is,
Then the telephone 49,
voice on the other said T.
Ben Leedom. I want W., Ia
my wife He said his w WIG . ta.
their car land I jus, do WE
her to drive" @V "a,
Hindman told Leedon q,
help him find his wife 49,, -. AZ:
casually BY the way. ~. s''i.
we do?" N--'E Ill.
Leedom supplied the adsr..
Il wasn't long before HinIr..ss al
there to arrest him. Va
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
LARCENY TRIAL
: SET FOR TODAY
Robert Sewell Charged
: With The Theft Of $40
. From Beach Cottage

Arguments in the trial of Rob
ert C. Sewell, 26, charged with
larceny and receiving will be
made by attorneys before a jury
this morning IN Superior Court be-
fore the case goes to the jury.
Specifically, Sewell is accused
of taking $40 from the room Of
Resale Lassiter, 10, at Carolina
Beach last August 4. Resale Las
sitter and a companion, Blanche
Sewers, II, who roomed with her,
testified yesterday.
Miss Lassiter said she believed
the man entered her room in a
cottage while she slept and re-
moved the bill from a purse. The
other girl told of coming home in
the early morning hours to find
her roommate in tears and OF po'
lice being called by the landlord
Sewell testified that he met the
girl In the cottage and borrowed
a cigarette and match from her
as he stepped momentarily into
her room. He denied taking any
thing.
Riley Sellers, Brunswick county
resident, pleaded guilty to embez-
cling $758 from the Railway Ex-
press company and was handed
a three to five year suspended
sentence. He was placed on pro-
baton for five years after it was
shown that the money had been
repaid by Sellers.
Bonnie wilkins, former pugilist,
late yesterday still was awaiting
sentence after a jury found him
suilty of assault with a deadly
weapon. He was found guilty of
shooting william Flowers after an
argument over splitting wood.
Arrangements were being made
last night to place Kenneth Wat
kins. II. of Durham, in the Jack
son training school. He pleaded
guilty to the larceny of a pistol
July 20 from John B. White, Jr.
Pleading guilty to receiving
women's dresses which had been
stolen July 26 from a dwelling a.
71O Green street, Arthur Lee Ste
venson, 40, Negro, received a two
years sentence on the road.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
A r,

DURHAM, Aug. 10. (P) -
Claude Robertson Wheatly, Beaufort
business man and former member
Of the North Carolina State High
way commission, died in a Dur
ham hospital today after a brief
illness. He was IS.
Wheatly was one of the organic
ers of Beaufort Fisheries, Inc.
Long active in the civic develop
ment of his community and coun-
ty. He was credited with being
partly responsible for construction
of the bridge which links Beaufort
and Morehead city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
Fight. Breaks Out In
Labor Trouble Probe

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10 U.H-
Irving Mccain, so, counsel for a
congressional sub = committee in
vestigating Hollywood labor
troubles, seized Joseph A. Pad
way, Sc, general counsel Of the
American federation of labor, by
the throat today and struck him
three times with his fist.
The incident occurred at a COM
mittee hearing with Rep. Carroll
D. Kearns. R., Pa, chairman.
presiding. Pathways glasses were
broken.
Mccain was questioning AFL
Vice-President W. c. Doherty
when Padway objected to one of
his questions as ambiguous. Nc
Cam, who was seated as Padway
was, leaped to his feet. shouting:
You can't interrupt me-"
You can't scare me-" Padway
replied. Just act like a gentle
man."
Mccain stepped over to him.
shook a pencil under his nose,
shouted: You can't coach your
Witnesses"
II don't"
NO." shouted Mccain. "You
just testify for them. like you did
in Washington"
Padway rose. addressed the
chair, saying he wanted "a clari-
fication' of McCann's question.
Mccain shouted that the rules OF
procedure had to be followed and
Kearns agreed, turning at the
same time to apologize to the wit
nesses for the interruption.
"I'l follow your procedure
Padway said. But 1 don't 90 for
this Gestapo stuff"
"You can't use the word Ges-
tapo," Mccain shouted.
He then seized Padway aao
struck him.
Separated, Pathways voice
trembled with emotion as he de-
manded that Mccain be removed
as committee counsel.
Il say the AFL will ask re-
council for this committee he
moval of Mccain as general
said. He has conducted himself
in a most inhuman, brutal and
cruel manner. This man should be
removed Cor his d%aetardly, mali.
cious and brutal attack.
eff he would step out into the
hall with me, he would be torn
to pieces"
Mccain was not apologize.
Nothing would have happened
if Padway had obeyed the proce-
dure as requested by Kearns," he
said.
81 am sorry this happened"
Kearns commented. "Some things
go back a long way that We know
nothing about"
He said Mccain had been ia
boring alone and under a great
strain a few minutes later.
Physically, the opponents were
of about the same height, Nc
Cam, despite his greater age, is
huskier and weighs some Is
pounds more.
Padway said he still was weak
from a recent illness for which
he was hospitalized.
The committee is investigating
a year-cld jurisdictional dispute
between the AFL international al
lance of theatrical and stage en-
ployes and the predominantly
ALL conference of studio unions.
Three ALL vice-presidents,
dubbed the ''three wise men, 10
whom ALL Chief William Green
assigned settlement Of the COM
plex row, were being questioned.
Besides Doherty, president of
the National Association of Letter
Carriers, they were Felix H.
knight, Of the railroad carmen
and w. c. Birthright, of the bar
bers' union.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
COURSES AVAILABLE
NOW TO VETERANS

Approximately 200 complete ed
ucational courses ranging from
high school subjects to automobile
mechanics are available to i'll and
disabled veterans at Veterans Ad
ministration hospitals, it was an
nounced yesterday by r. S. Mat
thews, of the Veterans Admins
tration.
Matthews said that the courses
obtained from the U. S. Armed
Forces Institute are offered to pa
tents as part of the VAS educa-
tional therapy activities.
In addition to academic h i g h
school material, the courses cover
a variety of vocational and pre-
vocational technical subjects,
such as poultry raising, photog-
raphy, radio repair, and plastics.
Commercial subjects being Civ
en- by the Veterans Administra-
ton include tipping, bookkeeping,
shorthand, filing systems, and
problems Of operating a small
business.
The human brain is exceeded IN
size only by those Of elephants and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
LABOR MAN ATTACKFn

ROME, Ga, Aug. l9-vp-r-
bur Gupton, member of Ne ~ "
southern organizing con,,'
told a Sunday labor meetir- ",
he and his wife, Doris, ws,. "''
tackled on Lagrange, Ga. ss.' Il,
last Friday night while : ss'
crowd watched curiously '''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
HOMING O FAST

NEW BERN, Aug. 1a-In send
ing his check for court costs tc
Recorders Court Clerk L. e. Lam
caster, a defendant convicted Of
speeding in this county wrote on
the check in the lace assigned fo1
it's monetary purpose: "For com.
ing home too fast"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
City Briefs

Ruby Aline Bowen, the mother
of four children, yesterday filed
a divorce suit against Eugene /.
Bowen in New Hanover county's
Superior court. She charged that
her husband deserted her three
years ago and that they had been
marrid II years.
E. c. Snead, assistant collector
of customs, is on routine business
in Winston-Salem, and will be in
his office Thursday, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Miss Ann Mason, county home
demonstration agent, is in New
York on her vacation. She will
return to her office in the Custom
House in a week, it was an
nounced yesterday By Miss Nancy
Ingram, assistant home demon
STATIONS agent.
Raymond D. Christman, col
lector of Internal Revenue, is abb
sent from his office because of
business. He will be in his office
Thursday, it was reported yester-
day by officials.
Work has been completed on the
Veterans Administration clinic in
the Custom House building with
the exception of special equipment
to be received later, was an
nounced yesterday by Custom
House building superintendent.
Toms Drug store, Front and
Market streets, was nominated
yesterday for an award given for
outstanding work in training and
rehabilitating disabled veterans
by local veterans representatives,
James S. Craig, acting command
er, American Legion Post No. 10,
said. The award is given to one
business establishment in each
state in the nation, which is train
ing disabled veterans,
The purple and silver 1900
horse power DIESEL locomotives
that have been seen flashing over
the rails on the man line of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad today
were being seen on the Rocky
Mount and Florence runs out OF
Wilmington.
c. E. Fonvielle Wasamoagthe
IL North Carolina men that were
yesterday granted licenses as all
conditioning contractors by the
State Board Of Examiners FOL
Plumbing and Heating Contrac'
tors in Raleigh.
A report of the month was read
and accepted at the August 18th
meeting of the Executive Commit.
tee of the Board of Directors Of
the Associated Charities, it was
reported yesterday. During the
month of July the Associated Char
tiles assisted 208 families in a fl
nancial way and case-work ser
vices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Ewing before coming to the gov
eminent.
Carusi, born in Carrara. Italy
came to this country shortly after
his birth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
CARRY RELIGION TO WORLD

LAKE JUNALUSKA, Aug. 49,
R)-Ray H. Nichols of Vernon,
Texas, president of the genera
board of lay activities of the Meth
odist church, today called on re
ligious leaders to carry freedom
to three-quarters of the world HI
| said was without it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
TWO CHARGED WITH MURDER

KINSTON, Aug. 10. -PE Lem
uel Parrot of Kinston and Sam
Thompson of Goldsboro were dock
eted today for trial Thursday in
Lenoir Superior Court on murder
charges in connection with the rob-
berry Staying of a Kinston bakery
employe, Kenneth Taylor, so.
nial 2-23l1 For NeHsnaner Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Reaches! Reaches!
Kill Your Reaches With
SHEPARD'S GUARANTEED
ROACH KILLER
MANUFACTURED BY
JOS. c. SHEPARD
Wilmington, N. c.
On Sale at These Stores:
Jarman Drug Store
Lanes Drug Store
F%utrelIe's Drug Store
Saunders Drug Store
Greenfield Drug Store
+. W. Wood and Sons Seed Store
Carl Marshpurn Grocery
Paul Marshburn Grocery
J. H. Herring Grocery
HARRISON Grocery
Mayban Grocery
Overton Grocery
Georges Food Store
Loveless Grocery
L.. L. Mills Grocery
W. D. Mills Grocery
S. D. Bordeaux Grocery
Ideal Open Air Market
Open Air Market
Super Open Air Market
B~atson's Grocery, Sunset Park
E. C. Robinsons, Carolina Beach Hwy
johnson Drug Store. Jacksonville
Ketchan Drug store, JacksouNlhs
Bunch Drug Store. Carolina Beach
Seashore Drugs, Carolina Beach
Seagul Drug Store, Carolina Beach
Bame's Grocery. Carolina Beach
Jones Grocery. Carolina Beach
Piner Grocery, Junction
Southland Grocery
7-Mile Grocery
Finley Carr, Wallace
Warsaw Drug Co., Warsaw
Joe Brown Grocery
Guarantee Food Store, Southport
Bokenbagon Grocery
Ellis Meyers, Fair Bluff-El1s
Meyers, WhiteviIIe, A. A. HOODS
Jot-Em-Down Store. Leland
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
MRS. VIOLA WARD STUCKEY

u O0Z
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola
Ward Stuckey, Sc, of 2l4 Meares
street, who died while en- route tc
James Walker Memorial hospital
yesterday morning at 4:3C
o'clock, will be held this aft.
ernoon from the residence,
The Rev. P. L. McCarn will
officiate and interment will fol
low in Bellevue cemetery.
Mrs. Stuckey is survived by hel
daughter, Mrs. Emma Stuckey
n son, Martin M. Nichols; two
sisters, Mrs. Rose Baker of Boil
ton; and Mrs. Mamie Henderson
of this city; one brother, Jason W
Ward of Wannanish; 10 grand chill
dren, and nine great-grandchil
dren.
Active pallbearers will be L. C
Williams, L. R. Frost, Eric
Franks, Gladyn Pridgen, Asa Far
row, and George l. Grandall.
Honorary pallbearers will be DR.
c. J. Powell, Rosie Carney, Brant
ley Dillon, DR.. R. M. Fales, ane
H. L. Beatty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

The human brain is exceeded in
size only by those Of elephants and
whales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

MISS KINNIE N

Funeral services for Miss Kinnie
Hawkins, Y, who died at her resi-
dence, 413 N. Fifth street, Sunday
morning after an extended illness.
were held from the chapel of the
Ward Funeral home, yesterday
afternoon at 5 Q. m, with the Rev.
]. A. Russell officiating. 1nterment
followed in the Oakdale cemetery.
STAFFORD MACK BROWN
Funeral services for Stafford M.
Brown, 119 Castle street, who died
at his home Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock after a short illness,
we're conducted from the Chapel Of
Andrews Mortuary, yesterday
morning at II o'clock by the Rev.
Guy c. Moore. Interment followed
in Bellevue cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Dial 1881 For Newspaper Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Raymond D. Christman, col
lector of Internal Revenue, is alb
sent from his office because of
business. He will be in his office
Thursday, it vas reported yester-
day by officials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

JOx14N 4NAOAAlAAIO OOv1A
John Richard Covil, rs, Wilma
bow, died yesterday morning at
$50 o'clock in the James Walker
Memorial hospital. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. John R. Covil
and five sons: j. Wyatt Gown and
Louis l. Covil of Winnabow, and
W. E. Covil, j. w. Covil, and c. Y.
Covil, of Wilmington; a sister,
Mrs. Lila Smith, Jacksonville,
Fla; and two brothers, L. A. Covil,
Wilmington and D. L. Covil, Bur,
gaw.
Funeral services will be held at
3 o'clock this afternoon at the
chapel of Yopp's Funeral Home.
The Rev. G. w. Sheppard and the
Rev. j. M. Carroll will officiate,
and interment will follow in the
Prospect cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Work has been completed on the
Veterans Administration clinic in
the Custom House building with
the exception of special equipment
to be received later, was an
nounced yesterday by Custom
House building superintendent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20
RICHARD M. PADRICK

ii M. II
Funeral services for Richard M.
.Padrick, ST., 81, who died at his
residence, 414 S. 4th street Mon.
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, were
held yesterday afternoon at 4:3G
o clock from the chapel of Yopp's
Funeral Home. The Rev. W. R,
Gurgsnous of Jacksonville, off.
ciated, assisted by the Rev. H. j.
Wilson of this city.
Mr.. Padrick was a retired mem
Der of the Wilmington Fire depart
ment.
Active pallbearers were Car
Sellers, Raymond Willetts, Henry
Frye, Clyde Jordan, Dick Lane,
and Robert Bell.
Honorary p%allbearers were j,
L. Groom, DR.. R.. M. Fales, W.
D. Walkup, r. A. Cox, James
Sneedon, E. D. Smith, Fret Pois-
son, J. M. Hall, and j. S. Bryan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Miss Ann Mason, county home
demonstration agent, is in New
York on her vacation. She will
return to her office in the Custom
House in a week, it was an
nounced yesterday By Miss Nancy
Ingram, assistant home demon
STATIONS agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

Ruby Aline Bowen, the mother
of four children, yesterday filed
a divorce suit against Eugene /.
Bowen in New Hanover county's
Superior court. She charged that
her husband deserted her three
years ago and that they had been
marrid IL years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-20

E. C. Snead, assistant collector
of customs, is on routine business
in Winston-Salem, and will be in
his office Thursday, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Political Unit Formed
In South Carolina
To Fight Labor Act
By the Associated Press

GREENVILLE, S. c., June %
South Carolina, one of the Nation S
strongest Democratic Party strong
holds, witnessed the birth of a new
political group today. labor -spon-
sored state Council of Liberal
Democratic Clubs" formed to cir
cumvent antipolitical provisions of
the Taft-Hartley labor bill
Among first official acts Of the
new group was the passage of reSo-
lutions condemning seven of the
States eight congressional mem
bers for their support of the Taft
Hartley bill. One resolution speci-
fed that Senator Taft and his Re-
publican Party be asked to take
Senator Maybank, Democrat, of
South Carolina over lock, stock and
barrel"
Formation of the new group came
Immediately after adjournment of
the 35th annual convention of the
States Federation of Labor (AFH
Delegates then met as private
citizens" and elected Federation
officials as leaders of the new po-
litical faction.
Two resolutions considered struck
out at the National Association OF
Manufacturers termed as world
capital controlled" One resolution
advocated that communism propa-
ganda be circulated in the same vol
ume that the National Association
of Manufacturers uses against the
working people of these United
States And another favored
permitting the Communist Party
of the U.S.A. (to) have the same op-
portunity to present their propa-
ganda as the national association
The resolutions were given ar
unfavorable committee report anc
the delegates voted to sustain the
committees action.
Delegates to the labor convention
previously had adopted a resolu-
ton which disapproved members o1
Evening star., 1947-06-29

the Communist Party holding office
in the federation.
George Googe of Atlanta, South
ern AFL director, who suggested
the political plan, asked delegates
to return to their local unions and
set up branch clubs of the council.
Leaders of the movement said
before the organization session that
the new group would work through
the States established Democratic
Party. Earlier, the States Demo-
cratic Party chairman, State Sena-
tor William P Baskin, jr., of Bish-
opville, said he had mo comment"
when questioned about the new
group and it's relation to the States
party.
Benjamin Boozer of Columbia,
one of II Negro delegates accredited
to the labor convention, declared
there will be no race problem"
with the help of the cooperative
spirit shown by organized labor.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Board Of Trade Urges
Members 10 Attend
Forum on Sales Tax

More than $500 members of the
Washington Board of Trade will re-
ceive copies of letter tomorrow
from John A. Reilly, president of the
organization, urging them to attend
a forum Wednesday on the Mary
land 2 per cent retail sales tax,
which will go into effect Tuesday.
The meeting will be held from 2
to pm. at the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, 1915 H
street NV.
All merchants in the Washington
area are invited to the meeting,
which will be under the chairman
ship of P. Y. K. Howat, first vice
president of the Board of Trade.
Questions to Be Answered.
The sales tax will be discussed by
Walter E. Kennedy, chief of the re-
tail sales tax division, Maryland con-
trollers Office, and his assistant,
Edward F. Ingelbert.
After explaining provisions of the
GdA, l1lC IWO litClI Wall
tions from the audience. They also
are expected to discuss the so-called
Maryland use tax. This provides that
anyone buying goods outside Mary
land for intended use in the State
must pay the same tax as he would
if the purchase were made in Mary
land.
Mr.. Reilly's letter reads in part:
The Maryland retail sales and
use tax becomes effective Tuesday.
1t applies to most enterprises doing
business in the State of Maryland
and to those delivering goods in
the State.
1T applies to wholesalers and
manufacturers in many instances. 1t
requires those making sales of tax
able goods in Maryland to secure a
permit and file reports monthly to
the State controller.
Most Washington business houses
do not understand the law and are
not able to secure clarif1cation of
Evening star., 1947-06-29
100 Homes in HopeweII
Damaged by Storm
BY the Associated Press

HOPEWELL, Va, June %. A
flash windstorm of tornado-like
velocity cut path six blocks wide
through a residential section of
Hopewell today, damaged at least
100 houses and injured 10 persons.
None of the injured was seriously
hurt.
The wind ripped roofs from
houses, tore off number of porch
es, uprooted trees and disrupted
telephone and electric service. A
Southside emergency crew from
Petersburg supplied the Petersburg
Hospital with emergency power.
Damage had not been estimated
tonight but was expected to run into
many thousands of dollars.