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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
MINIS ORCHESTRA
GIVES CONCERT
Miss Patty Jones Featured
As Soloist In Presen-
tation Here

The New Hanover High Schoo
orchestra, Mrs. Laura Howell Nor
den conducting, was heard in the
school auditorium last night by
all too small an audience.
The orchestra under Mrs. Nor
den's guidance has made marked
Improvement since last years con
.cert, but still lacks several instru
rnents needed to round out the en-
semble.
The trumpet, oboe and French
horn particularly were missed and
their absence left a gap in the per
formance.
There has been difficulty in Sc
y, curing these and other instru-
ments since the orchestra's reor.
ganization, but it is understood
: the shortage is about overcome.
by next year, the orchestra prob
- ably will have complete en-
. senble, which will not only make
= Mrs. Norden's task easier but raise
. the standard of performance to a
much higher level
. Last nights program opened with
Won Suppe's Poet and Peasant
overture, which was followed by
excerpts from Mozart's Symphony
= No. 40.
Then the soloist, Miss Patty
Jones, who won an AL rating last
week in the Greensboro competi-
ton among pupils Of the states
high schools, played three brief
solos - the allegro from a Haydn
: piano sonata, Bach's Invention NO
-l3, and Reads Poeme - all so de-
90 ~iightful and so roundly applauded
that an enchore was iiescapable.
= She responded with Chopin waltz.
Her auditors would have liked her
- to continue indefinitely.
The evenings entertainment clos
led with four well-known short
numbers - Schubert's Marche Mil
itaire, Haydns Minuet for Strings,
= one of Dvorak Slavonic dances, and
the stirring Stout Hearted Men by
Romberg. For an enchore Mrs.
Norden chose a sleepy Spanish
dance appropriately named Siesta,
in which the orchestra did partlcu-
larly well.
= The entire program was so
So creditable that the members de-
serve encoura agement to continue
and to recruit new members next
.year. The outlook is the better by
treason of the fact that many OF
the players are freshmen this year.
While three of the members are
- seniors and will be graduating on
MAY 20, the progress of the others
"justifies the forecast that their
places will be taken by competent
successors. - J. E. H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
ALEMAN
Continued From Page One)

the parade, with Grover Whalen.
the city's official greeter, at bis
side. T h e traditional ticker tape
Hoated down and vclleys of "Viva
Alenan" followed the parade S
progress.
Mayor William O'DWyer met
the Mexican president at Pennsyl-
vania station early today, but ex.
tended official greetings at city
hall after the parade through low
er Manhattan.
There he conferred honorary
citizenship on Aleman and hailed
the presidents "enlightened lead
ership'' under which, the mayor
said, Mexico will gain even
greater stature among the nations
of the world as a bulWark of pro-
gressive democracy.
Replying, Aleman said 'let III
remember that our countries are
united by the similarity of their
institutions and their common love
OF freedom, rather than by their
geographical proximity and paral'
lei histories"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
VILLAGE
Continued From Page One)

life and administer communal af-
fairs. One of their first problems
was that of providing education tt
their children. The cid building
had been destroyed during thu
massacre and its school master
killed with the others.
Soon a new school was organ
lied in one Of the village houses.
Children of Veljun attended regu-
larly. This was done in a Kordun
region of Croatia where education
was neglected by central author
tiles in the prewar years and the
illrteracy rate was high.
The women have done splen-
did job. They look forward with
confidence but they know they
can never erase the horrible
marks of the wholesale slaughter
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
HOUSE FOR AGED METHODIST

Construction is expected to start
some time this month on the pro-
posed $3.50 home for aged
Methodist ministers near Char
lotte.
Approval of an application to
start construction was announced
today by the construction division
OF the office of the housing ex-
pediter in Greensboro. The home,
which will be located in the
Hickory Grove section of Mecklen-
burg county, about five miles east
of Charlotte, will consist of three
units, including three-story brick
building.
The home will be erected by the
j. A. Jones Construction Co. Of
Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
Grandmother Predicts
Own Death After Fall
Into A Well OF Water
WINSTON-SALEM Nav 2. -(P

WINSTON-SALEM. May q Up
- Muttering Il know I am going
to die" an 81-year-old grandmoth
er died in the arms of her rescuer
tonight after falling into a 30-fool
well near here.
Mrs. Martha Dell Gourley, who
made her home with a grand
daughter, Mrs. Isaac Witt, Winston
Salem. Route 3, was walking in the
yard at the home when she crash
ed through the tin roof covering
of the well, sheriff's deputies re-
ported.
Thomas Clifford, neighbor
lowered a rope into the well and
went down to rescue the elderly
woman. She was alive when he
reached her.
He placed the rope around her
waist to ease her out OF the 3O-foot
hole. Her head was above water,
Clifford said.
After forecasting her death, Mrs.
Gourley died in Clifford's arms OF
shock.
A native of Guilford county, she
spent most of her life in Forsyth
county. She is survived by one
daughter and three grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
NEGRO WOMAN DIES
OF HEART ATTACK

Coroner Gordon Doran said last
n.eht that Georgianna Pickett,
Negro woman resident of the Tay.
lor Homes project, died of heart
attack while enroute to a local
hospital last night.
The coroner said that the woman
was on her way to a doctor with
another woman patient when sht
was stricken on 4th street. She
died before the ambulance could
take her to the hospital, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
FIVE-YEAR-OLD DIES

MOUNT AIRY, May 2. -(P)-
Harry Lee Christian, five-year-olo
son of Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR w
Christian Of White Plains, dice
here today from injuries suffered
Wednesday when a concrete bird
bath pedestal toppled over on him
striking him in the stomach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
M'ARTHUR
Continued From Page Onel
places, with specific permission of
Allied headquarters required.
Short Letter

places, WIN SpeclIlC PERMISSION Oh
Allied headquarters required.
Short Letter
Remarking that the new consti-
tuition would inauguarate "a gov
ernment erected on democratic
principles by a free expression Of
tn popular will, composed Of CO.
ordinate organs Of state power
fully responsible to the people, in
whom sovereignty now rests, ;"
MacArthur's three-paragraph let :
ter to the premier said:
To mark this historic ascend :
ancy of democratic freedom
which events have made possible,
I believe it PECULIARLY appropriate
that from henceforth the Japanese
national flag be restored 20 the
people of Japan"
The new constitution, drafted
by the japanese in close collabo-
rstion with occupation officials
makes the emperor a tax-paying
Symbol of state" renounces war
and maintenance of armed forces,
abolishes the peerage and strength
ems the powers of the elected Diet.
Constitution Day complete
witt fireworks - orators and mu-
sic-opens the first extensive Jap
anese festival since 1910, when
the old militarist regime sought to
weld the people together for war
by commemorating lavishly the
2,006th anniversary of the en-
pire's legendary creation by the
Emperor Jimmu.
First Test Looms
The constitution may get its
eirs4 test in the prospective battle
for the premiership between the
Social Democratic party, which
holds pluralities in both houses of
the diet, and Conservative parties
which hold majorities through
coalition.
Conservative Premier Yoshida
scheduled a cabinet session Tues
day to decide when the present
government will retire. He decid-
ed to convok the new Diet May
&c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
REYNOLDS
tContinued From Page One)

menting on the orderliness of the
strike said the police department
had received fine cooperation
from both the union and the COM
.pany.
Local %, United Tobacco Work
-ers, F. 7. A.-C. l. O., is contend
!. ing for 15-cent wage increase,
and, according to the union, the
company has offered five-and a.
half cent increase.
A statement from the company
-said it had proposed an increase
amounting to 1911 cents, by its
figures, and 1888 cents, accord
ing to those of the union.
Another principal cause Of the
lack of settlement to date, accord
ing to the company, is that local
'22's union security demands are
worded in order to circumvent the
North Carolina right to work"
bill recently passed by the general
assembly.
The union has disavowed any
intention of violating the new state
law, and claims that the wage
issue is the prime cause Of the
dispute, affecting about 10000
employees.
Neither the company nor the
union changed their estimates Of
the number of persons out on
strike. Previously, the company
had said the number was about
5000, while the union said about
5000.
Clayton Moore, counsel and
spokesman for the Reynolds firm,
declined TO estimate today how
close production is to normal. Ed
win K. McCrea, representative Of
the F. T. A. assigned to local %,
said the union estirn mated the fig
ure at one fifth of normal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
GRADUATION SpEaKpDs

RALEIGH, May 2. -lP- ~.
ernor Cherry and DR.. Franl> oO, "
Graham. president of the gra,.s
University of North Caroljns |',s, a,,s
be the principal speakers at *.l
58th graduation exercises of N Is n
State College, June g. Col y, ~ y
W: Harrelson, chancellor Of 'tl,. III.
college, said today. 1e
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

DURHAM, May 2. -(P)- An all
day program Of business meetings,
scientific papers and social activi-
ties, will highlight the eighth an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
Society of X-Ray Technicians which
convenes tomorrow here. About
100 members are expected to be in
attendance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
REVENUES INCREASE

RALEIGH, May 2. -UPy- Stat,
Revenue Commissioner Edwin tsTI cTi
today reported that North car. wv
lina's total state revenues frou,
general fund and highway ".i, t,nl
taxes combined, climbed to s,, ,u
708,929 during April - an incres,. s,
of 6.o7 per cent over the sl2,a9t
425 collected in April 1916
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
NATIONAL PICTURE

NATIONAL PICTURE
CHICAGO, May 2 --U.H-A.1 in.
creasing number Of merchants a.
cross the nation reduced prices
today as the "NeWburyport Plan
to combat initiation spread to ad
ditional communities.
The Today trial period of the
Newburyport, Mass, anti-inflatior
plan ended, but merchants voted
to continue their 10 per cent price
reductions indefinitely. They re.
ported that the reduced prices had
boosted business 30 to As per cent.
Sponsors of the plan said that
storekeepers who were unable tc
continue the price cuts had been
given an opportunity to drop out.
Independent grocers at Newbury.
port said they could not continue
the full cut, but would make the
best price adjustments possible.
Merchants in some communitie:
were skeptical of the plan. They
said that where the increased
sales emptied their shelves they
would have to restock at higher
wholesale prices.
In Chicago, members cf the
South Side merchants association
voted to abandon a blanket 10 per
cent price cut instituted last Sat.
urday by $50 stores in an eight
mile square area. Leo c. Pliner,
association president. said that
while business had increased an
average of IS per cent the price
cut reduced the merchants mar
gin of percentage profit too
much"
However, there were an in :
creasing number of reports OF
price-cutting across the nation.
Reports from various states:
New York-three areas in New
York city began price reduction
plans. In Jackson Heights, 400
stores cut prices and reported
sales up 300 to so 0per cent. In
Far RockaWay, 100 stores adopt
eG the plan for a three-day trial.
In Brooklyn. 225 stores announced
cuts. At Newark, N. Y. % mer-
chants united in a Today, 10-per
cent price reduction plan. No
prices actually were changed, but
customers We're refunded 10 per
cent Of their total bill. Shoe price
reductions ranging from to 80
cents a pair were announced by
the Neville shoe Corp, New York
city
Observation-Disclosures Corp. De :
troit. a large producer of alumni
num cookingware, announced an
immediate Is per cent price re-
duction. The Detroit retail gro-
GERS association said most of its
members had cut prices by vary
iEg amounts.
California-Gasoline, which was
marked up 8-10 Of cent last
month, was cut $40 of a cent to-
Gay in San Francisco by the
Standard, Union and Richfield
companies in response to Presi :
dent Truman S appeal for lower
prices. Walnut Creek, a conmu-
nifty of $4,000 persons in the east
bay area, announced it would a.
dopt the Newburyport plan for a
trial period, May BIT.
Connecticut Ansonia Derby
and Danielson started 10 per cent
cuts On Today trial basis. They
reported sales volume up Is to 40
per cent and were optimistic a.
bout the prospects.
Pennsylvania-The profit shar-
irg day held at Pottstown last
Wednesday, when storekeepers
cut prices from 10 to so per cent
was pronounced "a great sue
cess. The Chamber Of Gem :
merce was considering adoption
of the plan on permanent basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS

DUNN, May 2. - P) - State
Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, who
will be a candidate for Governor
in 1948, will deliver the commence
ment address at the Lafayette
High school Monday night, May II.
Plans for the commencement pro-
gram were announced today by
the Principal of the school, Guy
Davies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
APPOINTMENTS

.ul74A RALElGH. e; May 2. -p- =
ernor Cherry today announce Gov,
appointment of Col LIVED The
Rosser of Chatham countv -uoA Or e.
successor to T. Boddie y, as the
Motor Vehicles Commissieo,.,o' as
North Carolina. 'SloAer Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
APPLICATIONS
CRFENSRORO Nav Q

GREENSBORO, May z. -P)C
Largest of 80 applications for per-
mission to begin nonresidentiai
construction projects in the state
for which approval was announced
here today by Chester o. Ensign,
North Carolina district director of
the construction division, office of
the housing expediter, is a $3.50, 900
R. o. T. C. armory to be erected
at State College, Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
CHECKS EXPEDITED

WINSTON-SALEM, Way z. -[H7
- Subsistence checks for North
Carolina veterans taking education
al or Job training under the G. l.
bill were being expedited after a
short delay in mailing. the regional
veterans administration office was
informed tonight by its Richmond
branch headquarters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
BOOM FAILS

RALEIGH, May 2. --CP,- Hisb
building costs are forcing so ms0y ~,
people to put off building bouse,
that an expected spring boom i,
construction activity is failing n IN
show up, Clarence Pritchard A.
rector of statistics for the stats
Labor department, said TO-DAY
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
ANNUAL MFET1>-o

RALEIGH, May 2. p
North Carolina section of the A.s The
lean Institute OF Electrical Alasr' m
neers' Tuesday, will hold j.. Hnsl'
State college. a. ~ c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
WINDS DAMAGE

SALISBURY, May 2. - (P) -
Heavy winds that struck Rowan
county late Thursday afternoon did
considerable damage in the Wood
leaf section and reached near-tor,
nado proportions, natives of the
area reported in Salisbury today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
APPEAR IN COURT

MONROE, May 2. -P,-- Nine
ty-six members of the C1O Tex
tile Workers Union of America ap-
|peared in Superior court here to-
day to answer an order for them
to show cause why they should not
be restrained from interfering with
the operations of the Safe Manu-
featuring Co. plant in Rockingham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
FOUR MEN ARRESTED

YADK1NVILLE, May 2. -(P)-
Four men have been arrested on
charges of highway robbery and
inpersonating officers in three
separate cases and are being held
under bonds of $40, each.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
DECHMAN TRANSFERRED

CHARLOTTE, May 2. -P)- T
A. Dechman, regional director O
the War Assets Administration il
the Carolinas, with headquarters il
Charlotte. has been transferred tt
Atlanta as deputy zone administra
tor for the Southeast, it was an
nounced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
REORGANIZATION spr.

RALEIGH, May 2. ,-rP- IN "S
ernor Cherry and Josenh]s n lov'
will be the principal spesker' aIIIeIS
at a reorganization meetjno :. mere
North Carolina press ssgoc; vi ne
on May 8. '0's'Ion
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
INCREASE

RALEIGH, May 2. -W.H- An
increase Of 3.6 per cent in work.
mems compensation insurance
rates to meet increased benefits
provided under legislation passed
by the l947 General Assembly was
announced today by State Insur-
ance Commissioner, william P.
Hodges,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
7. B0DDIE WARD

Continued From Page One)
Pou, served as commissioner for
the State Highway Commission
from 1887 until 1941 when Cover
nor Broughton named him head
of the motor vehicles department.
The motor vehicles post now
pays $6,6 annually, but will be
boosted to $1,000, effective July l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
SEND REQUESTS

DURHAM, May 2. -(P)- W. G.
Whichard, executive secretary OF
the North Carolina State Life I'm
derwriters, sent a request today
from Durham headquarters to all
affiliates throughout the state. re-
questing their cooperation in a
veterans administration informa.
ton program to acquaint veterans
with national service life insur-
ance and to urge reinstatement Of
NSLI policies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
NOTIFIED

GREENSBORO, May 2. -(P)-
The Tobacco committee of the N.
C. State Grange has notified the
North Carolina Congressional Dele
CATION of its recommendations on
international trade relations and
expansion of the tobacco program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
News OF The Carolinas
UNOPPOSED FOR MAYOR

MOREHEAD CITY, May 2. Up,
- George w. Bill, the incumbent,
is unopposed for mayor in the May
6 Municipal election, but IL men
have filed for five city commits
sion seats.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
WILL DISCUSS VISIT

CHAPEL HILL, May 2. -(P)-
U. S. Senator Carl A. Hatch, Cd
N. M will discuss his recent visit
to Greece and Turkey in an ad-
dress at the University of North
Carolina next Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
LOBBYIST

RALEIGH, May 2. = W,D =
Charles W. Tillet, Charlotte at
torney and husband of the Demo-
cratic party's national vice-chair-
man, received $1,136 for lobbying
during the 1947 North Carolina
legislature, Secretary of State
Thad Eure, reported today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
RETIRED MINISTER DIES

STATESVILLE. May 2. -{P)-
The Rev. Eugene Leon Siler, D. D..
79, retired Presbyterian minister,
died here today at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. P. Johnston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
PROJECTS AWARDED

RALEIGH, May 2. H. Chic,
Engineer Vance Baise of the State
Highway Commission today an.
nounced the awarding OF Two road
projects from the April Is letting
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
PATROLMEN INVESTIGATE

WINSTON-SALEM. May 2. -U.P)
- State Highway Patrolmen to-
day investigated an unconsigned
cargo of 10000 pounds of sugar
seized yesterday when they stop
ped a transport truck for routine
check.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
STATION OFFERED FOR SALE

CHARLOTTE, May 2. -(PJ- The
War Assets Administration office
here said today the former Coast
Guard life boat station on Ports
mouth Island. in Carteret county.
had been offered for sale on bid
basis
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

of their husbands unless new part
ners arrive to help them.
So their one request, voiced in
a tone of maternal concern by an
old woman whose bearing showed
her moral and physical suffering.
is their hope for the future: "send
us men so we may bear chill
dren."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03

The earliest commercial use o.
rubber was in erasers after Jo'
seph Priestley, an English chem
list. reported in ITO it would ruo
out pencil marks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
STILLS SEIZED

CHARLOTTE. May 2. -P)- The
Alcoholic Tax Unit announced to.
day that 46 stills were seized in
North Carolina last week, the larg-
est number taken in several
months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
The Weather

Weather bureau report Of Temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending D.
M. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-03
LOCAL

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